Bayless David Beverly 1964 Brazil

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Would like

to see

you while on Furlough; may do

that at

North American, which

we

hope to attend.

SPON

SORCO B V

RinCECREST CHRIST IAN CHURCH

3 E A ST E RN A V EN U E,

5 E .

A L B U O U E R O U C ,

N E W

M C X I E a

fT ' I

i he Ama z o n

MR . & MRS. DAVID M . BA YLESS

C A I X A

POSTAE 92 A

B E L E M ,

P A RA , BRAZIL

March

1964 tJewa

Le t t e r

PORWAROING ASENT

J FREt) BAYLESS

2010

Ea>l

15tb

St ree t

Pueblo, Colorcido

81001

Le a r Ch r i s t i a n F r i e nd s :

For nearly four months

we

have been in

the

States, to

report

to

the

Churches on our

f i rs t four years in the Amazon Valley. I t

has

been our privilege to present the challenge

of

the work to be

done

there

for

Christ

to

many Churches

and interested

people who

had

no t

before

had a part

in

this. We

deeply appreciate

your

interest

and

hospitality.

Medical checkups showed noces ai ty o f a sinus

operation

and

treatment

for an ulcer , an

infection, and a

tropical

para.site. Most of

this

has been or

is now

beinf

treated. We

both

are f ee ling

well

and are regaining

vital i ty, with

all th e good food and the cold weather ,

which we

d o n t have where

we

l ive

in

Braz i l .

Luring

th e past, throe years our missionaries have begun together to publish the

best

Cunday

School

l i terature

in

Brazil.

The commerttary by

T/on

DeWelt; Acts,.('lade

Actual ,

has

been translated into Portuguese, but could not

be

printed for lack oF-ro^^^^^lntavr'made

this

a special projc-ct of thic

furlough.

The total cost wi.ll be 1900,00 to print 1000

copiea, ir:oludlng a i l original set t ing

up

of the

book.

W? en printed, this

book ' ..'ill be

carried by

a l l evangelical

bookstores

in B ra zil,

a;id

will

be an

excellent

means

for spread-

i.ng

ow Testament

principles

of th e

Church. About .5900,00

s t i l l

needed

fo r this

project.

In

a Church we worked

with

for

four

years, two of the young men

have

been doing most

of tht2

preachin.g

and teaching in

our

absence. They have grown much stronger spir i tual ly,

s.nd show

that

th e Church i s

becoming capable of carrying

on without a minsionary

always

pre.sent. This in

the beauty

and

sti'ength

of

the New

Testament

simplicity

cf

the

Church,

not

hindered

b}' dencnjinatlonai pecular i t ies as well as Bible t ru th .

Letters

from

Brazilian.^

and

missionaries

in

the

Amazon

Valley

t e l l

us

th e

Churches

are malcing good progress. Plans ar e

being made for

radio work and more centralized work

of teaching and preaching in th e ci ty of Bo leTn

In our t ravels we

have

v?isited Plat te Valley

Bible

College, Citicinnati Bible

Seminary,

and Ozark

Bible

College

for

special weeks of Missions

Emphasis. I t is

a th r i l l to

se e

many

young people dedicate thecu.selves

to

missionary

service.

Regular support- for the

work we

have to

do

for Christ

in the Amazon Valley

of Brazi l

have discontinued the ir support,

and

we must replace th is . Wr t rus t

that Cod will .'supply as He

ha s

for five

years,

every need, through

Hia

people and through

-fTic gjidanoo. We ask. you to continue in

this

work with U3.

Since

last

Soptoinber

we

.have had

our

return

t ickets,

and

plan

to

go

baqii^^j p Auiyimt

to

live

in tho same town, icoaraci,

near

Belem, on

the

south bank of

the

imazon'Hiver, abobt

150 miles

south of

th e e qu ato r,

in

north

Brazil .

V e look forward

to seeing

many of you

yet,

in Camps, Churches, arid

personal

vis i t s .

We are t ru ly sor ry that

we can't visi t a il

of you Bo

please continue

to

pray for

God's

.leading and

help

so that

others

nay know

His truth

l eaae

send u s

you r 21?

code

Yours in C hr is t ,

r

..mz-Jy

David M,

Bayle-ea


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t

A BRIEF HISTORY

B e fo r e g o in g to

Brazil

where they arrived on November

8 1959 David attended Ozark

Bible College

where

he

received

th e

Th .

B degr ee

in

May 1959.

Their Sponsoring Church is Ridgecrest

Christian

Church

Albuquerque New

Mexico

T h is a nd

many

other Churches

an d

C h r is t ia n F r i en d s h a v e made possible th eir support which is

deeply

appreciated.

T he w or k w it h which the y a re

cooperating

in Brazil began

in 1952 an d

no w includes

four Churches

on e o th er

preaching

point tw o primary schools an orphanage.

Para

Bible Institute

regular

Men s B ib le C la ss e s

an d

Bible teaching in

th e homes.

Othe r

families wor ki ng in th e same a re a include: R ober t

L Smith Richard

Robison

Paul La nha m

James

Moreland

Fra nk

Horn and

Sta n

Wohlenhaus.

Brazil is a

c ountry

of 70 000 000 people

larg er th an o ur

first 48 States p r e do m i na n t ly R o m an C a th o li c w i th c o ns ti t u

tionally

guaranteed

religious

freedom.

Th e

Brazilian

people ar e re spons ive to

th e

Gospel an d th e

Churches ar e showing steady

progress

in numerical growth

niul spiritual

st r engt h.

C H R I S T F O R T H E A M A Z O N

V A L L E Y

M I S S I O N A R I E S

D A V I D

and B EV ER LY B A YL ES S

ON F U R L O U G H


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ON

FURLOUGH

1964

AFTER

FOUR YEARS SERVICE

PROGRESS OF

THE

GOSPEL

IN

THE

AMAZON VALLEY

The

Baylesses

have

been working, preach

ing, teach ing in two churches in Icoaraci,

near Belem.

David has taught during all three years of

regular

classes in Para Bible Institute: Acts

of

Apostles,

Life

of

Christ,

Apologetics,

Church History, Music, T3T)ing, English.

David an d other Missionaries have a series

of Bible Classes

fo r men of

the

area,

result

ing in these men taking

greater interest and

more active

leadership in th e

Churches, with

increased desire to study more.

or mazon

MACAPA

BCLCM

SPONSORED B :

Ridgecredt Chris t ian Church

5300 Eastern Avenue. S. E.

Albuquerque, New Mexico

ADDRESS IN BRAZIL :

Mr .

Mrs. David M. Bayless

Caixajpostal 9 6

Bel^m ^ard,Brazil

I

FORWARDING AGENT:

J Fr^

Bayless

2010 Eas t th St ree t

Pueblo, Colorado,

81001

RETURN

TO BRAZ IL

SUMMER OF

1964

The

Baylesses

plan

to

r etu rn to B r

zil about

August 1 ,1964,

fo r th e Seco

Semester

a t

t he P ar a

Bible

Institute.

A Special Pro ject o f thi s Furlough

t o r ai se

1500.00

to print

Don DeWel

commentary

Acts

Made

Actual, whi

already

is t rans la ted into Por tugue

and

ready fo r printing.

Financia l needs fo r th e second t er

will be a t least 600.00 each mont

300.00 Living Link-

and

300.00

fo

Service

Fund. Friends and

Churche

have provided t hi s amo un t d ur in g

th

past four

years. W e

thank al l of

you.


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Christ

For

The Amazon Yalley

SPONSaRCO R Y

RID6ECREST

C H Rf ST IA N C H UR C H

S3 E A ST E RN A V EN U E.

S

C .

A L S U O U C R O U e . NE W M E X I C O

M R . & M R S . DAVID M.

8 A Y U S S

C A I X A POSTAl 9

B C L E M .

P A R A

B R A Z I t

AUGUST

1964 NS^S LETTER

P O R W A R D t N Q

A O C N T

J F RE D B AY LE SS

2010 E a s t 15th

St ree t

Pueblo, Colorado 81001

D e a r

Fr iends

i n

Chr i s t :

As quickly as

possible

we will be getting back into

the

work

to

be done in Brazil

af ter

a r n v l n g

in Belem

August

6t h. Tiie Furlough we have j u s t completed has

been

re

freshing i n

many ways.

I t

certainly was wonderful to get to meet old friends again

and to make many new ones in th e many Churches we vi si t ed. I t ha s been a ny th in g b ut a

vacation though

actually

harder on us health-wise

than

working

in Brazil.

As fo r

the

work in Br a z il there i s more than ever

to

be done now. The Anti-Communist

revolution in April and subsequent drive

against corruption

should be a tremendous

b o o s t to

the;work o f

C h r i s t .

The Radio Program which we ha ve b ee n

needing

should be under way very

soon

and be a

few months

old

by

y e a r s

end.

The

plan

is

to

us e

i t

in

conjunction

with

correspondence

courses by mail, to teach

more

people than

we

could reach otherifise. This should produce

greater results

than we have seen in the past. All of our missionaries

in

the Amazon

Valley

will

be working together on

this. I f anyone

or any group

feels

the

desire

to help

financially in this work, your

contribution

will be acknowledged specially for this.

An Evangelizing Center in downtown Belem has been acquired, and will be opened about the

f ir st

of September. We hope th e nucleus fo r a new

Church

will come from i t . This also

is

requiring expenditure of more money about 50.CX5 per month.

Th e P ar a B ib le

Inst i tute

has

5

s tu d en ts e n ro l le d

this year which i s

ab out a n a ver ag e

of our

h i^

and low enrollment since the school began

full-time

in 1961.

We

will

be

working

a ga in w it h

th e

Institute

training

preachers

and chiarch workers.

Both

of th e

Churches in Icoaraci the town we

l iv e in

have been growing

during

our

absence,

which

is encouraging. They have not been without American leadership, but

have not had

i t

a l l the

time in

every service. One ha s grown from about 35 on Sunday

mornings

to

about 55, and t he other from 35

to

45. The Churches

usually

have a

larger

attendance in th e evenings than in th e mornings, i f i t

is no t

raining. One of

these

Churches has built a

Baptistry

and a

new

sidewalk, completely on i ts

own since

offer

ings have increased as a

result

of revival

in

the Church.

These

are signs of

better

g ro wt h a nd health in the Churches.

Money

Hah

been received

fo r printing

Acts Made Actual , the Acts C

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