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

MR. AND MRS. DAVID M. lAYLESS CAIXA POSTAL 926 BELEM. PARA,

BRAZIL

SPONSOR /

FORWARDING

AGENT

Rldg cr it

Chrltllan Church

/ J Ff d

BoyUtt

53CX Eait.rn

Avenue

S. E. W

00 Eoilerr* Avenue

S. E.

Albuquerque,

N.

M. 87108 Albuquerque, N.

M.

87108

May,

1980,

Newslet ter

Dear

Friends

in C h r i s t

The

e l e v e n churches

h e r e s e t

g o a l s

o f

32

growth i n

1980. By March

31

they had

baptized 51, twelve

over the goal

for

the

f i r s t q u a r t e r . There

has never

been

g rowth su ch a s t h e c h u r c h e s a r e h a v i n g now.

I n Janu ary Dale Mason and I

began

working in

Cidade

Nova New

City) ,

a

housing

a d d i t i o n which

w i l l

have

300,000

people

when

f i n i s h e d . We work with Wellington

Ribe i ro t h e r e evangel iz ing and

t r a i n i n g

men.

The church began

in March, and

has

over a dozen members, about h a l f

of

thera men. There are

bap ti sms about

e v e r y week.

I n o ur e va ng eli sm

we

walk down t h e s t r e e t

o f f e r i n g

t o t e a c h t h e B i b l e t o men we

m e e t . About h a l f a c c e p t it We t e a c h about C h r i s t i n a s i m p l e and i m i t a t a b l e

way. S e v e r a l o f th e

new

men

a r e

l e a r n i n g to e v a n g e l i z e

and

p a r t i c i p a t e

r e g u l a r

l y . We

a r e always

t e a c h i n g a b o u t 20 men.

I n

March W e l l i n g t o n t r a v e l l e d 24 h o u r s by bus t o h i s

home

s t a t e o f Ceara t o

e v a n g e l i z e h i s r e l a t i v e s . I n A p r i l he went

back

t o b a p t i z e

16

o f

them.

I n

May

he p l a n s t o go a g a i n t o t e a c h t h e men t o r e a d and e v a n g e l i z e .

In t h e

Agulha church, which our

family a t t e n d s Antonio,

the l e a d e r f e l l i n t o

s i n .

Three

men

he

had t r a i n e d were chosen as l e a d e r s . The c h u r c h s 20

growth

in

1979,

to

73

members,

continues

a t

about 20 , One

o f

the three evangelizes in

Tenone,

a

town three

miles

away, where he l i v e s .

He

has

strong

hopes o f begin

ning t h e church

t h e r e

v e r y

soon

w i t h 4

men

and t h e i r

f a m i l i e s .

_Gaili.ne

went up 14 in

April,

to

2.16

a

gallon.

The

cost of liv ing in

Belem

rose

79,137o

in 1979. Prices

have

r i s e n 307o s ince

December, but the

d o l l a r s t i l l

b r i n g s th e same amount o f money

it

d i d then .

That

means

it

buys 30

l e s s

than

i n December. We

hope

f o r a r i s e in

t h e r a t e

o f

exchange

o f d ol l a rs soon. We

have

a little

c a r

now

t h a t

g e t s

21.5

m ile s p er g a l l o n o f g a s .

ebeensick with a Te^l^bed Ui_, .but are recovered now,

Joanne

Is ex

c i t e d about

the

h ig h sc ho ol

t r i p

s h e s

taking for the f i r s t

t ime.

I 'm

d i r e c t i n g

th e band

i n

th e

Sound o f Music and

Oklahoma,

among

o t h e r

numbers, John announced

a Sherlock Holmes p r es e n ta ti o n r e ce n tl y i n a 4 t h

grade

program.

As

prices

c on tin ue t o

r i s e f a s t e r

and f a s t e r we are thankful for

the

support

you send, making i t

possible

to go

where

we need to go to evangelize and give

orientation, with this

2,16

gas,

XlBtrrapfiad-ing nv-ar 1/2 t imes .as much time

in

ellsm t h i s

vear

as I did ^-^-str^yeaJL, . due

t o. .j n0^^pp .Qr4LLin lt is, Also

I give

orientat ion to leaders in three

churches.

This

i s

a l l possible because

of

your;

support. I t gets

more and more

expensive

to work

here, Hi^ever, the results

are

gett ing

better and _bet_t^r^

Y o u r s i n

C h r i s t .

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PRESENTING

David

Beverly Bayless

Missionaries

Christ For

The

Amazon

l/a//ey

Caixa Postal 926 66 000

Belem

Para Brazil

rite to them at this address Air Mail only)

O r Phone: Dial 11 55 91 227 22

Beverly

David

Joanne

16)

These Missionaries are Sponsored by

RIDGECREST C H R IS TIA N CHURCH

53 Eastern

Avenue

S E

ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO,

87108

Forward ing Agent

J FRED B AYLES S

5300

Eastern

Avenue S E

Albuquerque N M

87108

John 10)

ore 0 98

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NOW

IN

THE

22nd YEAR

OF

SERVICE

IN BRAZIL

Davidand BeverlyBaylessbegan workingin Belem, the principalcity

of the Amazon Valley, in 1959. This capital city has over a million

population.

The work they are engaged in primarily is church planting and train

ing leaders in the churches. This includes preparation and printing of

study material, and personally showing potential leaders how to

evangelize in beginning a new church, and building up existing chur

ches.

The twelve Churches of Christ in the area range in size from fewer

than 10 members to over 150. Recently they have been growing at an

annual

rate of over 30

Beverly teaches ladies in

one

church, and in another is training ladies

to teach Sunday school. She takes excellent care of the familyand sews

a lot for the family and many others.

Joanne

is a Sophomore in high school and John is in the 5th grade in

a Christian English-Speaking school. Joanne plays in the band, which

David d ir ec ts

for relaxation .

Inflation in Brazilis running over 100% annually. In a recent 8 month

period food prices rose 150 .

The

rate of exchange of the dollar is not

keeping up with these increases. Gasoline costs

2.40

per gallon. For

these reasons the Bayless family is very thankful to the churches

and

in

dividuals who have been faithful in sustaining this work for over 23

years. We thank God for them,

and

want all to know that we plan to

continue

in

the

work.

Your letters are welcome

Send

letters

z

ounce) with 31C postage,

plainly

marked

Air Mail . Send all mail to:

Caixa

Postal 926

66000

Belem,

Para,

Brazil

Or phone us Dial 011-55-91-227-0220 after 6:00 p.m. CST, which

is 9:00 p.m. Brazil Time.

November 1980