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lYalUy

MR. & MRS.

DAVID

M.

BAYLESS

BPONaOREO

BY OAIXA POBTAt. 9 PORWAROINQ AOENT

RI BECRE T CHRISTIAN CHURCH fehl Srv FREC BAYLESS

BSaO

EASTERN AVENUE,

B. B. J c. I f ^ p. O

BOX *92

ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO DLQVIB, NEW MEXICO

Dear

Rriends

i n Chr i s t :

We think of

you

often and keep

you

in our prayers, as We trust

you

do us, even tho

we

have not written to you recently. Seems our days are too full But we are thankful that

we

have

the privilege of serving

God

and our

Lord

here in Brazil,

where

there

is

such

need

of the

Goepel

message. And lives are being reached for Christ

in

this Ministry.

Especially

is

our work with Belem Bible

Seminary

being blessed. The seven students

enrolled last school year completed the full year. Now some of the students are leading

the Churches

in

Vacation Bible Schools:

just

completed a

VBS \iith

the Outeiro Road

Church

with 101 children for the closing day program. In January there was a good V B S

at

the

Agulha Church, with local people and the Seminary Students leading. Recently one of the

Seminary Students baptized 3 people in these churches.

Some

of them

go

out

each

week-end

to teach and preach in needy communities.

You

help make this type of work possible

Every

one

of

you

who have helped in this

work make

possible the various activities of

the Mission work here along the Amazon River. The

Churches

are growing, tho slowly.

The

Seminary

is

proving

its

worth

we

espect

at

least eleven students to enroll in

March

for

the second year of the

Seminary. These

students are worthy of your continued support.

Before long we plan to send a longer letter with

more

information direct from Brazil.

So_be

looking

for thi s

Beverly and I keep busy.

She

teaches Bible Classes in

Porln^guese

as she is now q^uite adept in the language. I v^ill teach 4 days each week in the

Seminary^

as I did last year. In December we

helped

with a Meeting at

JIacapa north

of the River),

in

which 4

men

were baptized, and

the

Churches were strengthened.

If you have questions, please write to us or our Forwarding Agent. Receipts for 1961

totaled

approximately S7100.00;

and

we

spent about 7200.00. More complete finance report

7 will be mailed to supporters upon request.

are

tr3ring

to use every dollar in the best

interest

of

the

Lord and His Work

in

Brazil. We thank you for your help. Do continue to

pray

for

us and the

work

and support

this

mission

as

you

are

able. Ask others

to

help.

Faithful ly

yours in Christ ,

Ha.

David M

Bayless

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/ m i s s A o das ig re ja s

de

c r i s to

MR. AND MRS. DAVID M. BAYLESS, Missionaries

C A I X A P O S T A L . 9

BEL^M, PARA, BRASIL.

SPO N SO RED B Y F o rw a rd in g A g en t

RIDGECREST

CHRISTIAN CHURCH April

20 , 19^2 J

FRED

BAYLESS

AL B UQUE R QUE . N EW MEXICO

Box 492,

Clovis,

N.

Chr i s t i an

F r i e nd s :

This time our letter comes

to

you by boat from Brazil

We

hope

i t finds

you all well

and

enjoying

your vjork, as

i-re

are and

are enjoying ours,

3oon we will have

been

in Brazil tv/o and a half years For

quite

a v/hile we have

been

well into

our

work, thanl:s to you who have made i t possible to come

down

here and stay

here Financial

support

ha^ been adequate, for whiclf we thank God, v;ho continues to

bless

us alv;ays

The Belem Bible Seminary, in which I teach several classes, is no f in i ts second year,

and i s

progressing

very v /e ll , with ni ne students enrolled

Tvfo came from

the

new

ca

pi tal Brasilia

The

seminary i s improving in every wayphysical properties, spir i

tual growth of the students, and greater

ability

for Christian v?ork. Classes I teach

are Acts,

the

Life

of

Christ , and Eng lis h, n in e

hours per week,

Beverly's Portuguese is

gettin g to

be quite good, and we are

able

to do more in

th e

church now, espec ia l ly caHing

and

teaching,

Ihe

church we v/ork

with

is

having

a

continuous growth,

although not

always

rapid. One encouraging aspect is the remark

able

number

of men, who usuaHy fa r outnumber v/omen

in

the serv ices .

Attendance i s

about

thirty to thirty-five in

the

morning and from fif ty to. sixty-five a t

night

on

Sundays,

with

somev/hat'fewer on V/ednesday nights *

Life

i s

very en joyab le

here,

and

Brazil

cer ta inly

seems

l ike

home.

There

doesn ' t

seem

to be any feel ing of disl ike

for

Americans, v/hich

some

countries

are experien

cing Most things

are

getting betterroads

are

being paved^ our tov:n had several

paved streets, electricity is better (up to I9 hours a day now),

stores

are improv

ing, and the people are enjoying more progress

than

ever before.

The

churches

with

which

v e

are

associated

(v/ith

five other

missionary

families

in

the

area) are growing, and becoming a lo t stronger Several of them have recently

fin

ished,

or

are

novr

in building projects and are improving

t he ir f a ci li ti e s The

mem

bers are increasing thei r giving to the church, and some soon

should

be

able to become

par t ly or

complete ly

se l f -support ing

Please con tinue

praying for God's guidance

of

the

v/ork

being

done here,

and for

us.

V g

hope

t ha t

you

who

support

t h i s

work

f inancia l ly

v /i ll c on tinu e,

and

we

thank

you

very much for

it

Nearly a l l of

the

funds v/e receive

to v/ork

with are

pledged to

de

f in i te projects ,

such

as

the

seminary,-help

to

one

of the churches,

print ing

of Chris

t i an

l i t e r a tu r e help to one of the preachers ,

and

other projec ts from time to

time

I f these

funds

should increase , some things would go forward fas ter Occasionally

some

are forced to

discontinue

the i r

support, and

it is

necessary.to

secure

others '

help

At any

t ime

v/rite

to us

i f

you would

l ike

to knov/ more about how we v/ork,

or

more

de t a i l s

about some project

Yours in Chr i s t

David

M

Bayless

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MISSAO DAS

IGREJAS

DE CRIsfo

vMI^ AND MRS. DAVID M BAYLESS/Mlss^^^^ o m ov:

i .--. - GAIXA POSTAU

9 ^ ^

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^ ^BELeM, PARA,

BRASIL

^

SPONSORED

BY , : T

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FortWABOINa AE>ltV^

RIDGECREST

CHRISTIAN CHURCH December, 1962 J FRED BAYLESS

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ch pistipn ^

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Plpyi-?*-

Iwk.

I t

has

been

a while since we

wote

to you, but the

last

letter

was

sent

by

boat

maii, :^so-It. tjiok

jabxiut twc'ffiontha ^^^

reabh liie:

DV S

- Ihia

one'

is vMir inadl/

akd'.

due to

i;iie4:fttio^rJ?ere^

irirBraaia>t l^ierfr^l ^ifOBt^^e iTs Wrth-

God has blessfid: the;-wocfe:' ogP :.theic^tothea^h^re^ ojSjibrtunities go pa-ssed up

thpugh;, for: l^ck pf;liihfii..qr

aaP

workerSb - We Sllli

are

Vohklh^With he

f(5UleirW

Hoad church on the ^edge; iof looara^/2 and l^tel^

have

started wbfkirtjg

with

the

church in Agulha, another

-pairt- of:' the ame

toW, where

we IWe^o V/br1eang With

twd

boys from

the

Bible college we have begun a new

calling

program, with tv/o baptisms

in

th^first-month*:. t>y-

Ifetre

in

our-.fcurth year

here^^ ^n^^

and

in

ahou-t

a-year^- the

Lor

Miliihl;,- We ll he

in

rthej

United Stateai

I-tiVfill

be g^rod;

to^

v i s i t friendhj

ah^^ l^et

tb^l^bw dbine

of--;you whom;;we have;known^only

thr ough

ybiir l e t t e f s o

r

. t ^

In

November the second successful year of classes

ended

in

the

seminary,

which

i s

noSfecalled

Para

Bible

Inst i tute .

ESght stiafdentt wer e

ehrotred;:

For next^yeal^

t here are prospectfSDfor-^a gobd number of:new student s, I taught thre fe dlaasesi^

ActS

of

the.-Apbsti esi, liife

of

jChrlst^ and*ES:i gli sh^-this yearo - -

-Vfticfi we oame;trb

Braaii

we asked

the

churches-in-the Uni ted Sta tea^ for-enoijghTmoney

to work:with.> isdiichbyou ;generbusiy-arepr6vddingi We thank God' every

day

at- ^

there has alwaya been enou^ to keep up wprldwe began, wit^outbhavin g any-Worry

about

money,

Tlie

funds

we

have received

hdVe been.used

.to^bupport

the Ihatitu te,

-

help

the

churches, help

one

of

the

preachers, support

the

Work

of

publishing. l i

terature for.:

the churches^

and

buy

and

maint incthe c i r , ^ v - b i - ^ -

. . . ^.

V

. -f.- V

Most of

the

support for the

Inst i t iate I s

frcm

missionar ies

here

in*Brazl l ,

We ^

need to keep on

contributing about

70

per month.

Extra money

received

a t times

has gone into

t he bui lding ftihd for thb

much needed boys dormitory.

Help to

the

church^p j^s b^^ slbpppedv bi^'^ce i t was doing more harm than good.

The churches wpre not Vislijly strengthened, but appeared to be weakened. This

help usually

v/as in

con str uc tion o f buil di ng s.

The preacher we

were helping

has

moved t o

the I n s t i t u t e

t o

l i v e

and s tudy, and i s

no

longer

receiving

anything

from us d i r e c t l y

but does receive a

scholarship

from the

school.

I f

you

can imagine

what

the

work

of

your

church

would be

l ike

without l i t e r a t u r e

for

Sunday

school,

VBS,

or

any

other purpose,

you may have an

idea of the handicap

here.

Recently th e B ra zil

missionaries

together

began

publishing l i t e r a t u r e

and

already are turning out

th e

best Sunday school l i terature in Brazil, S t i l l very

l i t t l e

other

p rin ted ma ter ia l

i s

avai lable,

and no

books,

Beverly has been

t each ing the g i r l s

at the orphanage in cooking classes

every

week. She spends the day there while the director and family shop in Belem,

The girls a re learning a lot, and Beverly is too. Her Portuguese is getting good.

She

l ikes

to

read

a

l o t and most

of

i t i s

in

Portuguese,

A

l o t of

good American

books a r e

s old h ere in Portuguese,

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V-

J

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1 ,; . V

^h^e.'

nk sh e

is

cra^sy to leave .that religion s he

follov;ed

before.

There are enough people here

v/ho would

listen

to th e

gospel i f we had time and

evangelists to teach

them.

This

is why

the Par^ Bible

Institute was

begun.

We

often

viondey

i f we

afre spending top

.muck

tiine

w ith the

Institute

>

but

already

soine

of t^o stvidpnts are doing

good

work in.

the.

chunch^i i Wa are trying to

show

them

how

to work th e

best

i-jay.

fliey.

will .be able

to

do a

lot-for

Christ, because, they

a re

n o t

f or ei gner s .

We would

l i k e tp

urge you

v;ho

have begun

with

uS-in thiB;; work to

keep

on

a t l e a s t

u n t i l

we .return to th^ .United, Stat'esi^ t-p

yi^.i

iivp irrff while -down heiPe

i t

1m.

s i mi l ar

to

c u t t i n g

off., .The Inst i tute would:: be in /serious d i f

f i c ul t i e s, we would have no XTgrjawrtatl'On, and our

part

of the

Christian l i ter a

ture

vwork--wettld- BuPferir- lretr--i -be-^cleari' that whatever

we Jrakve^done

for^

the king^-

dom of

;(^ri.st here has

been

with

Gpd'B ^help

and: blessing, .providing: all

that

we

have neaded through.[you: friends-i

We

ar.eigaaateful to : youi, and hope to.-see you :

bef

or-o^much-longer- to thank yo u per s onal l y, . :

Colored

s lid e s

a re

a v a i l a b l e ; f o r any

g r o u p H h a t

wants t o use

them. Write

to our -

forwarding agent about th'em. Write

to

us when you have time. We like to hear,

and

we ll

answer..:tPlea.se keep on

praying fo r

God to upe us and guide us.

y-.. : Yours in Chris t ' ' , . ,