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Central Christian Church Address

Correction

Requested

2555 Meridian Avenue

San Jose, CA

95124

CHILEAN

Non-profit

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U.S. POSTAGE

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San Jose, CA

Permit No,

999

CHALLENGE

W o o d y &

e t d a P h i l l i p s 'V X O e v T i S

M i s s i o n a r i e s t o C h i l e

St#

KoXoiiio, 46901

Field Address:

Casilla 21119

Correo21

Santiago, Chile

Forwarding

Agents:

Bryce& o essup

6188 e a n A

e n u e

January 10, 1977

San

o s e , C a . 95123

Newsletter

No. 4

Halfway

It seems like we just arrived, but we've

already completed

half of our time

and

study here at the Spanish Language Institute. This first

tri

mester was

nothing

like

we

expected, but we have been able

to

learn a lot of S pc in is h in four months.

Our

fluency seems miles

away

still, but

our

comprehension is much improved and we can

get our point or

question

out if our listeners

will

have

enough

patience

Up to now we

have studied only

the present, past and

future

tenses, so we have

a

long

ways

to go. And, little by

little, our

vocabulary increases as we

study and pick up new

words in

conversation. The second

trimester

begins

January

11,

and

we

are hoping to

make

lots of progress before

we

have to

leave in

April.

Many say that

Spanish

really

begins to

fall

into

place in this term,

so

we are

hoping

they are right.

We

are frustrated by

being here and not

being actively involved

in

direct

ministry, but are finding

some ways

to serve here,

We are looking forward

to

being

in

Chile,

and know

already

that

there will still be much

to

learn before we take

a

completely

active part in

planting

churches. Keep

praying for us

Christmas

Costa

Rica

has

discovered

Christmas

trees

and Santa Claus, but letters

from the

children

are still

addressed

to "Dear Baby Jesus".

Duri ng the evenin gs, people fill the streets downtown for danc

ing and t hrowin g

confetti

and

looking

at

everyone

else. There

are

parades

and

bicycle

races and

boxing matches

and baseball

series and

bullfights

here

i n

San J ose, but we opt ed for a nice

quiet time at one of

t he

Pacific

beaches.

Jim

and

Lynn

Adams

went

with us and we had a

great five days just relaxi n g

in the

s u n and

body-surfing

t h e gentle waves. It didn't seem much

like Christmas there, but we really enjoyed it. We cooked a

canned ham

and

scalloped po tatoes

for Christmas

dinner,

and

i t

tasted

so

g o o d w e t h o u g h t we

were back

i n

the Sta tes We re

ceived many

cards from

friends and relatives, and these

b r i g h t

ened our lives and our house

during

the

holidays.

Thanks to

all of you for your

love

and care during

t h i s

special

t ime of

remembering

Jesus.


2/9

How to

Friend and

fellow-missionary

(in

Brazil)

David

Bayless told

us abou t Geroge Patter

s o n , missionary

i n Honduras,

and

threatened to skin us alive if

we

got out of Central America Without learning what he knows

about planting churches. SincW we valued our skin

and

wanted

t o know about starting churches we invited George t o come and

teach

us

for th ree days. He accepted,

and

spen t December 18-20

with

us here in

San

Jose. What

a

super

blessing

and learning

opportunity

Taking

only soun d Biblical princip les he showed

how t o be obedient t o Christ, What a church is, and

how t o

set

one

i n t o the motion of reproduction rig ht from

the

start.

He

helped us see ho w

t o

train faithful men t o

teach

others, t he

vitality of obedience, the

natmre

of the Body

of

Christ,

and

h o w

seed carefully plan ted willi

stimulating time as we

exsimined

God would have

us

do

in

Chile.

u s, and we had about twenty

f u i d u r e church-planters

sessions.

row

It

was an

exciting

and

the

Word together

and

saw

what

Other students came i n to join

in

for

the

All were

appreciatiye, and

all of us

learned.

S o,

t ha nks to

t he Father--and

to

David Bayless.

Jeremy says

At

the

beach I played in

the

sand

with my new bucket

and

shovel.

My

Dad to ok me in i he water and

I

swam very well.

T h e r e

w a s

s a n d

all o v e r m e all t j h e time, so my M o m m a d e m e

take

about ten

showers a day.

I d o n ' j t like showers Here at home I

have lots of friends

to

play with --some speak English and s ome

s peak S pa n is h.

I

speak

th em all My

Dad and Mom buy

me cars

to play

with, but I

lose

them deal

fast.

Maybe

th ey'll buy me

some more. Adios

More

Woody's broth er, St eve, left for Chile Janu ary

first with

Colleen and their two

boys.

We

real

ly

wanted to

go

t h e n ,

too,

bu t

we need

to stu dy more first

O n e

of W o o d y ' s j o b s at s c h o o l i s | to s e r v e as

d i r e c t o r

of the

"Big

Brother"

program.

He

sees

that each

new student has some

one already

here to meet

h i m

at the

airport

and

help

him get

started in school, A

few

last-minute applicants

are keeping

Him prett y busy

Ralph and

f c

indy

Shead

arrived here for

s c h o o l j u s t a f t e r C h r i s t m a s , a j i d w i l l j o i n

u s

i n S a n t i a g o i n

Aug us t...

.We

enjoyed a visit frm Carl Palmer and Bob Clarke i n

December. Carl is Min is ter

of

Miss ion s

at

t h e Los Ga t os (CA)

Christian Church where Bob's an

elder.

As one of our helping

churches,

they

like

t o visit

every so

often. We

enjoyed hav

in g

them so very much,

and

they yere really

an

encouragement

t o

u s

We

appreciate the support and prayers

of

so many of

you

w h o s t a n d b e h i n d u s

e a c h

m o n t h . :| If

y o u h a v e

t i m e , d r o p us a

line

a t :

Apartado 10240, San Jo se, Costa Rica.


3/9

CHILEAN CHALLENGE

2555

eridian Avenue

San

ose, Ca. 95124

Woody

&

etda h i l l i p s

Missionaries to h ile

Field

Address:

Casilla21119

Correo21

Santiago,

hile

Forwarding

Agents:

Bryce&

o essup

6188

ean Avenue

S a n

Jose,

a.

95123

March 30, 1977

Newsletter

5

Dear

friends

and

supporters,

We are

finally leaving for Chile Our

flight

leaves Costa R ic a a t n o o n o n

A pr il

1,

and

after

a day's layover In

Panama,

we will arrive In

Santi ago o n

A pril

3. Nelda and I are very ex

cited

about

finally

getting

to the land

where

our h e a r t s have been for over

a

year. Ou r

move has

been

keeping us busy,

but

It's all lots

of

fun.

S o

what h ave

we

been doin g?

Well,

we

are

present

ly leading a pretty boring life:

ge t

up, go to

language

school, eat lunch,

do

our

homework or

some shopp ing, maybe visit friends, read and g o

to bed.

We

have been

doing this for seven

mo nths h ere In Costa R ic a , and are

ready

for a

switch.

(By

t h e

way.

It

sure has been hard to

find something to say In a

newsletter

out of

this

everyday

routin e ). No, our

Spanish Isn't per

fect, and It

probably

never

will

be. But, It's

a

start on

a lifetime

of trying to master

the

language, and

we are

glad we spent

the time

here.

We though t

you would like t o

see

the latest

report

on

the

overall work

In

Chile. The missionaries

there prepared

t his

recently, and

It

Is a very

up-to-date summary

of

w h a t God

Is

doin g wit h His

servants th ere. We are sending t h i s In

place

of

a

full newsletter this t ime, and hope you will

enjoy reading

It. Next

time around,

newsletter

#6 will

tell the

story of how It feels t o have

heart and body re-attached, and what It looks

like thro u g h

our

wide

and

open eyes.

Thanks

to all

of

you for

your generous support

and

continual prayers

for

us.

The

Father has been

supportive, too,

and we

give

thanks

to all. Write

when

yo u can,

but be sure

you use o ur new

address

In

Santiago.

God

bless

you

all

Yours

In Christ,

Woody, Nelda and

Jeremy


4/9

Central Christian Church

2555 Meridian Avenue

San Jose, CA 95124

CHILEAN

CHALLENGE

Woody

&

e/da

h i l l i p s

^

Missionaries t o Chile

Address Correction Requested

Field

Address;

Casilla

21119

Correo21

Santiago,

Chile

Forwarding Agents:

Bryce

& o essup

6188 ean Avenue

San ose,

Ca.

95123

Non-profit Org,

U.S.

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--PAID--

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Jose,

CA

Permit No. 999

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P.O.

Box 177

Kcmpton,

IH

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June

8,

1977

Newsletter

6

Being

here

language Studies

i n

Costa Rica

landed

W o f r o

a

A p r i l 3

w i t h a t l e a s t

t h r e e

h a p p y

p e o p l e

o n b o a r d ,

n f

e a g e r l y

o u t

i n t o t h e

w a r m

s u n s h i n e f o r o u r f i r s t b r e a t h

n a i i oia? through

customs

a n d e m e r g e d from

the inter

a t i o n a l

l o u n g e to g r e e t o u r f e l l o w - w o r k e r s w h o h a d come to m e e t u s

^ ^ s r a a y , there were

no

familiar

faces

outside,

f h n n f

l u g g a g e

o v e r

to

t h e

s i d e

a n d I

w e n t

to

m a k e

a

h o n e c a l l . N o

o n e

a n s w e r e d a t e i t h e r n u m b e r I d i a l e d , a n d h a v i n g

n o

a d d r e s s

w i t h u s , w e

s a t d o w n

to w a i t . T h r e e a n d a h a l f

h o u r s

l a t e r , j u s t

a s w e

w e r e l e a v i n g to f i n d a

h o t e l f o r

t h e n i g h t , t h e y

d r o v e

u p . A

m i x - u p

o n

t h e t i m e o f a r r i v a l

h a d c a u s e d

t h e d e l a y ,

a l l

s G o a ^ o ^ g o t t e n - u i f r t h e

^ O 5 r ~ o f - s e e ± n g - p - e o p r e w e Knew^

W i t h i n a f e w d a y s w e h a d b o u g h t a c a r (a 1 9 6 9 R e n a u l t f o r $ 3 5 0 0 )

o u n d a h o u s e , a n d b e g a n to s h o p f o r s o m e f u r n i t u r e . W e c o u l d n ' t '

get into

o u r I j o u s e for

three w e e k s , so

w e

s t a y e d in three different

p l a c e s

w h i l e w e w a i t e d . F i n d i n g o u r

w a y a r o u n d a

c i t y o f f o u r m i l

l i o n

w a s d i f f i c u l t , a n d m a n y t i m e s I h a d to p u l l

o v e r

a n d s t u d y t h e

map agaLn. And again. And

again.

months, we

have

our house, some

furniture

w a l l s , a n d I o n l y

g e t l o s t

a

c o u p l e

o f timesTw^k:

H

A ? b e c a u s e

of t h e

b e a u t i f u l

s n o w -

c a p p e d A n d e s M o u n t a i n s r i s i n g a b r u p t l y j u s t e a s t of the city b u t

h e a y i e r - t h a n - L . A . s m o g o b s c u r e s e v e n t h a t

s u r e

l a n d m a r k

f n S s

™

a s t h e r e

i n

t h e s o u t h e r n h e m i s p h e r e , s o m o r n -

n g s

a n d e v e n i n g s a r e

c h i l l y a n d r e q u i r e s w e a t e r s

a n d

c o a t s

N e l d a

l e a v e " t h e " L u s e ^ ° ™ ' ' " ^ ^ h o u t w h i c h

s h e

r e f u s e d

t o

o u r ^ n P w ® h n m ^

s e e ,

w e

a r e

p r e t t y

w e l l s e t t l e d , a n d

a r e

e n j o y i n g

n

S a n t i a g o .

J e r e m y

f o u n d o n e

friend in

the

(Did

I tell the

house.

^

K 9 ^ A that he 11 have

a

little brother o r

sister in

Nov

e m b e r . )

A

p r e s c h o o l

n e a r t h e o f f i c e p r o v i d e d t h e s o l u t i o n a n d

h p

H ^ l o v l s i r ^ ' p n d ®

m o r n i n g s

l e a r n i n g a n d

p l a y i n g

w i t h o t h e r k i d s .

p e c i a T f v r P ^ p t ^ p a i n t i n g ,

c r a f t s ,

v o c a b u l a r y

s t u d y

a n d

e s

q u i e t

t i m f a r h o m e

p r o v i d e s N e l d a w i t h s o m e n e e d e d

good

to finally b e here--the place we have though t talked

o'sftSrs

^

ctujubLineni:,

out these are cominR alone. Wp feel


5/9

Beginnings

The

work here

in

Chile

is

nothing short

of

exciting.

A

new church

is started almost every month,

c i ^ d

reports of conversions come

to

us

every

week from the different: congregations and home teachers.

with

a

brand new house church in

Santiago,

where I

work

with

Ju an]and Marion Nu nez.

They are

three-

year-

ld Christians who

have becsn

studying in

the

Institute, and

are

now ready to

start

a church on t:heir own. They

help

me with language

and T help them

with ideas and e i i i c o u r a g e m e n t . We

had

only

a

couple

of conversions so far, but have not yet really gotten into the

n e i g h b o r h o o d to

t e a c h .

I ' m

g l a c .j t o

b e

w o r k i n g t h e r e , a n d b e l i e v e

the

church will grow and multiply.

How to

There

are

lots of ways

to

start

about

one

especially effective n

responds

with

the overall strate

and Leadership Training which I

1. Contact. Every

neighborh

market

which

operates

one

a

church, and

I

want

to

tell

you

thod

here in

Santiago. This

cor-

y

of

Contact, Conversion, Churches

told

you about

a year ago.

ood in Santiago has a traveling

or

two days a

week.

Here

the

people come to shop for frfuit, vegetables, meat and whatever

else

is

offered that weekJ

These

are often large

markets,

covering 1-6 blocks each.

W e

go

in

with Chilean work rs

set up a booth,

and

offer a free Bible

Study

course. Hun

dreds

have come

and

signed

up

for it,

and

begin studying in

| 4 s they complete a lesson, they

and

receive

the

next one.

In

ad-

dart having a musical concert with

their homes. Each week,

bring

it

back for grading

dition, we are going

to

s

testimonies in

conjunctiod

with

this

work,

and believe that

2

3

several thousand

will

att

we can enroll many in the

nd. This gives more contact,

and

course.)

Conversion.

We begin havLns graduates within 3-4 weeks, and

we

offer

home classes

to

them, especially focusing in on

fam

ilies.

Most graduates want j t h e classes. They usually last

four weeks and almost always result in conversion and baptism.

Churches. The converts are then encouraged

to

beg in meeting

together with

a

leader already selected

and

prepared,

and

a

church

is formed immediateily. They will usually meet two or

three times

a week

for

teajching,

prayer, praise and

the

Lord's

Supper. Growth

and

maturity are

the

next goal,

and, of

course,

this will

take

a longer period

of

continued f ellowship w ith

the new

local

body.

Leadership. Leaders

of these new

churches

are

u sually those

who have

been studying

in the

Institute

and who already been

exercising leadership in their

own

churches. They work with

us

from the start, and g e t t j

to

know the people through the booth

New leaders can then be fo^d from new

converts, and

can

begin

daughter churches within

few

months.

What is the role of the missionary

in

this process?

We

can help in

g i v i n g i m p e t u s a n d o r g a n i z a t i o n t j o e a c h

n e w

w o r k , b u t m o s t o f a l l

w e

work with

tl^

Chilean leaders

to

equ ip them to evangelize and pastor

these

new

churches. e

do

much

o t

the

initial home teaching,

but

4

they g o along

too,

learning how

t

months,

we then can

step out and

indigenously. And

we are then fr

another neighborhood.

Thanks

Ou r support has been holding up

w

of you for

your

encouragement,

our needs before the Father, and

pra

e

o do it by

example. Within a few

:now that the church will continue

s e

to

begin the same process in

ll, and

we are so

thankful

to each

a [ y e r s a n d f i n a n c i a l a s s i s t a n c e . K e e p

d i r o p u s a line when you can.


6/9

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Central Christian Church

2555

Meridian

Avenue

San Jose

CA

95124

CHILEAN

CHALLENGE

Woody

elda

h i l l i p s

Missionaries

to Chile

Field Address:

C a s i l l a 21119

Correo

21

Santiago,

Chile

Forwarding

Agents:

Bryce o Jessup

S T i S f f Lean

A'iwjwe

San

o s e , Ca. 95123

Anniversary


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August

18,

1977

Newsletter

#7

T h i s m o n t h m a r k s t h e c o m p l e t i o n

of

o n e y e a r ^ t r a v e l .

(AuRust 2 7 ,

1976), and

w h a t

a

y e a r it s b e e n . A y e a r o t

f r u s t r a t i o n , j o y

a n d

e x p e c t a t i o n .

O v e r

h a l f

o f

i t

w a s s p e n t

i n C o s t a

Rica, where

we

studied Spanish

until

it came out

r p i v

it d i d n ' t

f l o w

t h a t

s m o o t h l y o u t o u r m o u t h s ,

a n d w e a r e

s t i l l

^ o r

iS n

i t

W e h a v e a

l o n g

w a y s t o

g o

y e t , b u t c o n s i d e r i n g

t h a t

w e k n e w

no S o a n i s h

a

y e a r ago, w e ' v e m a d e p r o g r e s s . It

s

b e e n

a

h a r d time^in

m a n y w a y s ,

l e a r n i n g t o

l i v e a w a y f r om f a m i l y a n d M c D o n a l d s , b u t w e

v e

s u r v i v e d , a n d e v e n m o r e . W e

l e f t

w i t h

a

b u s y t h r e e - y e a r - o l d . a n d n o w

e n j o y

a

b u s i e r f ou r - y e a r - o l d

( J e r e m y ) ,

w h o

g o e s

t o

s c h o o l

a n d w h o is l e a r n i n g B i b l e v e r s e s a t h o m e . A n o t h e r

c h a n g e w i l l

b e a r r i v

i n g

i n

N o v e m b e r , w h e n

o u r

f a m i l y w e l c o m e s a n e w b a b y . O u r d a i l y l i v i n g

h a s c h a n g e d , t o o .

W e

h a v e l e a r n e d h o w

to

e a t n e w f o o d s a n d

l i v e

h o u s L w i t h

n o

c a r p e t s

( o h ,

h o w w e s u f f e r ) , a n d h a v e a l s o b e c o ^ l e t t e r -

w r i t e r s - e x t r a o r d i n a i r e .

I t w a s

e i t h e r - C h a t

- o r - f o r - g e t - f a m i T y

a n d - f r i e n d s ,

a n d w e c o u l d n ' t d o t h a t . O u r w or k h a s c h a n g e d , t o o , ^ ^ ^ - h e

w e' r e h a v i n g t o a d j u s t t o n e w c o - w o r k e r s ,

n e w

r e s p o n s i b i l i t i e s a n d t h e

new language.

So h o w

h a v e w e

b e e n

d o i n g ?

I n g e n e r a l we

l i k e it h e r e

in

C h i l e

a n d a r e

g l a d

w e

m a d e t h e

d e c i s i o n

to

c o m e . B u t

w e

w o u l d

b e l e s s t h a t

h o n e s t i t

we

said everything

was

just

peachy. We get

homesick som etimes,

d e p r e s s e d .

W e

m i s s

U . S .

s h o p p i n g

( t h i n g s

i n

C h i l e

a r e e x p e n s i v e

a n d

poorly-made), restaurants

(oh,

for

a night at

c h u r c h e s (just to h e a r the c h o i r s i n g

a n d

b e e d i f i e d b y o n e of B r y c e

J es s u p ' s s e r m o n s ) ,

a n d

p e o p l e

w h o

s p e a k E n g l i s h (

o u l d

y o u

r e p e a t t h a t

nlease a

little

slower? ) . There are days

when we

think our Spanish

is

r e a l l y ' i m p r o v i n g ,

a n d w e f e e l s o g o o d a b o u t i t . T h e n s o m e o n e w i l l c o m e

a l o n g a n d

s a y s o m e t h i n g u n i n t e l l i g i b l e

to

u s ,

a n d

w e

r e a l i z e

o u r n e e d

for m o r e s t u d y . W e a t h e r

affects

o u r m o o d s (does it y o u r s ? ) , a n d there s

been

lots of

cold

and rain

this

winter-- our seasons

are

opp osite, by

t h e

w a y . W e ' v e

g o t t e n

t h r e e

d a y s

o f

s u n

t h i s w e e k

a n d

a r e

r e v e l l i n g in

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e x p e c t

m u c h

m o r e ,

a s s p r i n g

is n o w

a p p r o a c h i n g

in t h e

S o u t h e r n

Hemisphere.

We

plan

to

stay.

Our

times of

frustration and discouragement

are

normal , we realize, and we do think

we

are

in

a good p lace to work.

O p p o r t u n i t i e s f o r

discipling

are endless

a n d

w e want to

take

p a r t in

the harvest.

We'd appreciate your

prayers in our lengthy adjustment

period.

There's never

enough,

right? Wrong. God knows our

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p r o v i s i o n i s s u f f i c i e n t . Throu^ y o u r

g e n e r o s i t y , we ' re e n j o y i n g g o o d r e g u l a r s u p p o r t a n d a r e g r a t e f u l t o t h e

Father. And

we also

want

to

express our

sincere thanks to

you.


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Newsletter

#8

Turkey

time

Hello,

again

As you

read

this you

probably

have

turkey

and

cranberry

sauce

in

your

mind--if

not in

your

mouth. (Want to t rade places

for a

day or

so?)

It*s the

holidays that

bring our thoughts homeward and

make us

think of what it would be

like

to be there.

For

me, the thought

of watching a football

game on T.V. while

enjoying the golden aroma of

a

baking turkey

could drive

me

crazy (steady

there.

Woody). I

think

I

enjoy the waiting about as much as the devouring--especially when it's

with family. Well,

God

may time the

birth

of

our

new baby

to

help us

get our mind on other things--due date

is

November 20th--so

it's

pos

sible we'll survive

Thanksgiving. Christmas will be

different

since

my parents will be here

in

Chile for three weeks in December and

Jan

uary. Now

if

we could only get Nelda's family down here,

that

would

be

super

-Tiiaiiksgiviiig is sumething we can

do, even

if we~ d:on~'^Ra^e~anciS^ .

The

fact

is that we are grateful to so many of you

who

are helping

us to

be

here--with

prayers, financial help, letters and concern.

Your sharing in the

venture

makes

it

seem

as

if we're

not

so far away,

and that

we

are not

here

alone.

We

give

you thanks, and

to our good

Father

whose

love

and

care

is

without national

or

seasonal

boundaries.

I t s happening

Being

involved in the

ministry

here

is not

always

the best place to

evaluate

and

appreciate

it. Allow me to step outside for a minute and

briefly report on how the

overall

team effort

is

going here in

Chile.

Perhaps I can characterize it best with the words growth, immaturity

and opportunity. Growth is seen in the rising

strength

of

individual

congregations,

most of

which

are only

a

year or

two

old. Each one is

adding members

and

building Bible principles

into

the body. We also

see

growth in the

expansion

of the

church in

starting

new works.

There

have been seventeen new churches added so far this year, most of which

look

as if they will make

it. Recent special

meetings

in four

of the

churches

have

resulted

in

scores of

conversions

and

a

new strength

and

impetus to the

congregations

involved. We are

encouraged

by

this

growth, and rejoice in what God

has

been doing

during

the last twelve

months.

(My

part in this

is

working with one of the new churches

in

Santiago, and helping t o produce material for leaders and

churches.)

There-is also a certain

measure

of immaturity in the work. Many of

the believers

are new

Christians, and even many of

our

best leaders

have

been

following the

Lord

only

two or

three

years. Therefore we


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see many still struggling with f a i t i ly and

marriage

problems, some

evidences of legalism, and a

failure

to tackle church problems with

Biblical principles.

We

are

not

alarmed by

this,

since

it's natural

in

new

believers and

new

churches t

o

exhibit these signs of insta

bility. It does point out

the

m a s j s ive job we have

of

educating

and

demonstrating God's

way of

doing things. We are working with several

churches in teaching first principles--repentance, love, obedience

to Jesus, giving.

Lord's

Supper, piayer--as well as practical subjects

such as the use of the tongue, sol\ing family problems,

witnessing

and

trusting

God.

We

also work directly with the leaders

so

that they

can grow and

lead effectively

in their congregations. It's

not a

speedy process, but a necessary one

develop maturity. There's

no

short

immaturity,

but prefer it

to

stagne

Opportunity doesn't knock here; it

There are any

number of

contacts and areas

where

we could

we

could

work, and it is difficult to

choosy

is young and inexperienced (like the missionaries ) but there's

a

great future waiting.

The

number

cf

churches could double

in

the

next

two

years--they

have almost

doubled,

this

year

We

should

be opening

up

new

areas in Chile and Argentina

Jesus. The job appears staggering

new. But we are learning how

to

work in God's power and timing, and

seeing that this brings results

with the team,

and

we expect

at

lea

I t

here

are now

ten

missionary units

St

ten more within the

next

couple

of years.

But,

more

exciting,

we

row have

fifty

or

more trained

and

in-training

active leaders in

the C

the future of God's work looks

brig

h

And

us?

T h a t

w h i c h d e s c r i b e s

t h e

w o r k i n

c l n i l e

a l s o

h a s

m u c h to

s a y

a b o u t

where we are in

our

lives

The woi

tunity apply

to

us,

too. Growth

i i

not

without

some

pain. Depending On good

sermons,

helpful

seminars

and retreats, and coffee and praye^

pleasant

memory,

and in its

place

i

r e l a t i o n s h i p t o a p e r s o n a l G o d j

our own. Life is

not

always

a

stea

happiness. Sometimes burdens weigh

few steps under

the

lead. And yet

gle,

if not

progress

toward

that

illusionary goal. Can

it

be

that

it

if

the

churches

are

to mature

and

-cut

we

know

of. So, we deal with

tion. It's more solvable,

practically kicks the door down

some

and

leave others. The church

Many want

to

learn and obey

sometimes, since

everything

is so

ilean churches,

ht

It's no

wonder

ds growth, immaturity

and oppor-

a

slow

but evident process, and

with a best friend

is only

a

s

coming a direct trust in and

we

are to grow, we must do

it

on

dy plodding forward to success

and

heavy and

we stagger

backwards

a

there is growth

through

the strug-

is in

the

side

trips

of

life where

really made or destroyed? Amid the

there

is

the struggle always before

we face

the dragons

that we are

joy and fulfilment we have

here,

us--and we are growing. God is

there, the dragons are being met, and we're getting stronger for the

next go-round. Perhaps

part

of the

The skeletons

of

unresolved problems

rattle

out of the

closet

to

stare

at

us. My own selfishness an

at me with vacant eyes a couple of

been shocked at

our immobility

in

t

ness, and ashamed to

admit

that

we'

successfully with the down times.

d

scarcity

of giving-love

glared

months ago, and shook

me.

We've

imes of depression and homesick-

ladn't

always been able to cope

Should it

not

be

that "missionaries"

would be strong in times of crisis and difficulty, calling

up

Scripture

and

God's

power

to see them through?

Well.

.

.yes,

but it

has

not always

been

so

with

us,

and we

have

much

t3

learn. God

is

a

loving Father,

~and~

Lakes

His

children-where-tlaey^

are

being dismantled. Always beforb

us is

the opportunity,

not

only

of

sharing Christ with Chileans, but of growing to be God's people--

trusting, sharing, loving, moving in the

stream

of His power. If

it is in

difficulty

that we can grow best,

we have our share--cultural

adjustment, this

language

which

defies mastery,

parental

and family

challenges, the struggle to deepen our marriage. God wants us not

just to exist, or to "make it". His expressed desire

for

us is the

"abundant

life".

And it's

ours, too.

It just takes some of us

longer

to

reach

out

and

take what

God

has already

promised. Our hope and our

trust

is in Him,

for

He

is

life, and He is love.

struggle

is

due

to our

immaturity.

Phillips Woody Nelda 1977 Chile

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