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HORIZONS

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6/1/78 TITLE: KKHKK CHILE

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PHILLIPS R PORT

T h e

c h u r c h I n E l

M o n t i j o

i s o n t ^ e

move "

report

Woody and

Nelda

Philllpg,

missioners

in

Santiago, Chile,

in

their

i

March newsletter. "Anticipation mixed

w i t h p r o b l e m s

b e s t

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

n e w |

church at El M o n t i j o « j where I have worked

s i n c e

i t s

b e g i n n i n g l a s t

M a y .

T h e g r o u p

h a s

g r o w n

f r o m

n o t h i n g | t o

a g r o u p

o f 2 0 t o 2 5 a n d w e ' r e l o o k i n g

for

property where

we can

construct

A

building.

Baptized

Chilean adults n iw

n u m b e r 1 4 w i t l j ^ h r e e m o r e b a p t i s m s s i t

for

Saturday. Members are growing ii

the Lord, and the

presence

o f Christ'is

I

known to the church. This ye ar promi ses

to be

a

good one

for

the

congregation,

and the plans made

will

produce continu ed

r e s u l t s .

We believe

we'll

have

a

fiim

I

group of at

least

50

by ye ar's

end. '

All

o f

this

is

not

without problem s,

however. Marriages

are damaged

b y

yiars

I

o f po or com mun ication , previo us marital

relationships,

and

lack

o f

commitment,

and m y marriage couns elin g sk ills art

I

being

put to

the tes t

weekly.

Cultutal

tra di ti o n

and social

norms clash

witt

the ethic

of

Jesus, and the adjustments

are not made overnight.

'

Type within the l i n e s . If short,

lengthen

the n ex t

i n e

that number f char

acters. If

long, shorten the

next

line

that

number

o f

characters.

Do

n o t

hyphenate

w o r d s o n t h i s

copy

heet.


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HORIZONS 736 6/1/78

TITLE: CHILE

PAGE

But the stronger of the two

characteristics

is

not the

problems,

because they

have

solutions through ^d*s

p o w e r .

| I t i s

t h e

j o y f u l

a n t i c i p a t i o n

a n d p r e s e nt s at i sf a ct ion that th e c h u r c h

i s oper ating in th e Spir it s power a nd

the

Father's

timing.

dHao

OTicc

CCIZ

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half

of

the mountain and

the

bright

blue heaven

above. God's match

less

artistry speaks

to me of

His interest

in the

affairs of men.

And His attention to detail reminds

me

of the close relationship I

can have with

Him

through

Jesus.

We

enjoyed the visit immensely, and their enthusiasm

and rich

ministry was shared with the rest

of

the team in

a

week-long

retreat

at

the

camp.

Our

blessing was

doubl

lives

and

experiences

of

DON

AND ELS

o

them

shared

in the

Biblical and

everyone went

away

fed.

My Dad has never

been

wild aboii

when I

can talk

sensibly

with them.

gooing and clucking over his brand-n

his heart

(and of

course, Grandma's

tears on

the plane trip

taking

them

visit

in every

way.

T h e

m i d d l e

o f J a n u a r y b r o u g h t u ] s C R A I G A N D S H I R L E Y

W O O L S E Y ,

future C h i l e a n m i s s i o n a r i e s p r e s e n t l | y m i n i s t e r i n g

in

Eldon, M i s s o u r i

They brought two of their four children

for

a survey trip and we

t

children ( I like them better

),

but you should have seen

him

ew granddaughter,

Sara. She won

too;, and

they

both

confessed to

from Santiago. It was a

good

invited

th

ed there

as we also

enjoyed the

IE DEWELT (Chris'

parents).

A ll

ractical

input

given

us,

and

em

to

stay with us for hal

Not only did they get to see the

wof

but we had such a good visit with

t h l e m in our

home. One

weekend

Craig and I

took

a trip

to

San

Carlos,

five

hours south,

where I

preached and he

sang.

They

loved

h i .

E nglish, and he sang ten times

throu

six times

and about used

up my file

f c

hurch

there

is so

alive

and

growing

and blessed.

T

f

the

time

(twenty days

in a

s music, even though it was

ll).

< and affirm their plans to come.

in

ghout the three

days

I

preached

of

sermons in Spanish.

T he

and

we were

greatly encouraged

Family

birthday recently by turning

Dack.

Her proud

parents

are

3wed

another month

to fatten her

more frequent feedings, and

she

surprise

the doctor this week.

Sara

celebrated her three-month

over between giggles--from front to

h a p p y to a n n o u n c e t h a t s h e i s m o r e b e a u t i f u l e v e r y d a y . T h e d o c t o r

told

us in December that she was

awfully

puny and

that

he

wanted

her

on a formula. We balked, and he

all

up naturally. Well, it

worked

with

hds

grown

considerably.

We plan to

J e r e m y

has b e e n the p r o u d a n d

p r o t e c t i v e b i g b r o t h e r ,

a n d ^ h a s

quickly developed a special r e l a t i o r i s h i p with his

baby

sister.

Today is his first day

in his

new s c i h o o l .

The

Grange, and

Nelda

has

prepared his clothes

so

he'll

be

all set.

We snapped a photo

of

him

just

before

he left

in

his mandatory

uniform

of

grey shorts,

white shirt and tie, blue knee socks

b l a z e r

with

the school

emblem

o n

th3 ^

w e

c a n h a r d l y b e l i e v e h e ' s e n t e r i n g k i n d e r t o d a y , b u t a f t e r p r e -

kinder last year, he's ready for t h i i s big step. The school is a

g o o d

o n e - - a m i x t u r e

of

S p a n i s h a n d E n g l i s h - - a n d

we

a r e

happy that

he was accepted. Now we only hope h e j accepts the school, but with

his native

adaptability, there

should be

few

problems,

left

him today he

didn't even

look

back.

D i s n e y l a n d S o u t h

i s t h e n a m e ; g i v e n

i n

t h e

a d s to S a n t i a g o ' s

own Fantasilandia". This new amusement

park

features

about

eight

e x p e n s i v e

rides

a n d

l o t s of p o p c o r n , j

b u t

d i d n ' t q u i t e

m e a s u r e

up t

the advertisements. Never he e ,

J f ^ i r e m y

enjoyed

o n r

visit last

^aturda^

n o w ^ w a n t s

n : o

go

every d a y . His f a v o r i t e w a s t h e

b u m p e r

cars which he drove alone while we cheered him

on

from the sidelines.

His numerous crashes almost

knocked

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Newsletter

10

The church

in

E l

Montijo is in a holding

pattern

now as we

look for property. The gov ernment owns

the

entire neighb orho od,

so we

have

applied to receive a lot on which we

can

construct

an

adequate building. Red tape surrounds our request, and

cut

ting it m ay

take

several

mo re weeks.

In

th e meantime we continue

t o meet

in

a hom e with

the

20-25 people we have, but we're not

able

to

g r o w .

So w e r e w o r k i n g

i n

a nearby

a r e a , m a k i n g

con

tact

in the neighborhood market for teaching in homes. The

Bible

Study Course

is

offered, and graduates are approached

for

fu rther teaching. More th an sixty have enrolled, and some

are now starting

to

finish the seven-lesson course.

If

all

works

out

as

planned, we'll h ave

two

groups

instead

o f

one by

year's

end.

We've had six

baptisms in th e

last couple of months,

with

three

or

four more

lined

up. One or two will

be

baptized this

week, ^r^Qther when—ahe_gelLs—her mind f u l y set^^

and

the—other

when he

gets out

of jail. (Some

people

resist

the

Lord until

something

serious

happens, and th is is th e case with Mario.

We were

teaching

him, h e

was

thinking,

was

arrested for

some

previously-committed

misdeed,

and gave

his

life t o Christ

behind

bars.)

I

m

turning mo st

of the

responsibility

o f the

church over

to J u a n , the

Chilean leader

with whom we began

the group,

and he

is fully

c a p a b l e

of

c o n t i n u i n g .

I w i l l m o r e a n d m o r e

b e

t u r n i n g

m y

efforts

to

team administration, publications, family seminars,

and

visiting and supporting the different congregations. In

this way my ministry will be expanding,

and

I think I' l l be

more

effective.

O f

course

I'll

continue strong contact with

the E l

Montijo

church through Juan, and visit often. But it's

time

they

began

to

make

it on their own.

JUST

LATELY

J i m

and

L5mn Adams and

I

sang for

a

weekend meeting

at

the

San Juaquin (Santiago) church May 12-14. Th e chu rch

had b or

rowed a club in the neighborhood for the meetings since their


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rented a neighborhood sports

Attracted hundreds each night

before

this

weekend. They alsp

club for the three nights, and

with Christian films, lively singing

and

good

preaching.

I

went on Saturday, and after a short

greeting

to

the

large

crowd,

retreated to

the

back to

sermon brought more than

twenty

watch. A short but pointed

adults

to the

front

to

acce

where they meet The next weekend I

visited

a meeting at

a brand-new church in Recoleta

(also

Santiago). Manuel Nunez

began

the

church there

about

April 1,

and had

baptized 31 people

and conversions

and came up wit

April and

May,

plus another

80

sent

only the churches here in

pt

Christ. Altogether

the

three

nights

saw

33

come

to

know

the

Lord.

Followup

calls

and

teachi.ng

will precede

baptism of

most

of them in the next two or thrde weeks. This

church

is looking

for property also

This

morning

I

met with several of the

Chilean pastors and two

of the

missionaries

to

discuss the work.

One Chilean

pastor

told stor y after story of people who have

come

to

Christ in recent weeks. He added, Now

is

the time of

harvest,

brothers "

He should know.

He

baptized 19 last month,

and

started a new daughter church. We

began

adding up

baptisms

:h at least

100-120

baptisms

in

or so pending.

And

these repre-

^antiago. One pastor

remarked

that three years ago, all

the

churches in

Santiago

didn't

have

120 me

t

bers

....

.One

way we

try

property for

constructing

building.

This

is

usually out of

their

reach, but with the lots,

they c

the construction.

(Lots

are $1C

known

to some

in the

U.S. and

w ^ e r e recently blessed with gifts

of several thousand

dollars

to

help buy more lots. Praise the

Lord

We're

now

looking

into

the best

way

to

spend

it,

and have

eight

locations

in

mind

where

buildings

are needed

yesterday

F MILY

Sara is now half

a

year ol^

Mother's milk brought her to thi

for a

supplement now. Her

a c t i j v

in the way she shakes her rattlte

loped a system

of

letting us

kn^w

when she's ready to

eat (loud

and persistent

crying). Two

tiny teeth

have

appeared

in her

lower gum--further

evidence of

advanced cranial development.

At least we're convinced.

Jeremy

is enjoying school

and is learning,

teacher

night

last week,

one

of

he does his work and follows ins

social,

and too

much talking

dur

into

trouble

occasionally.

His

At a parent-

his

three

teachers

told

us

that

tructions well. He

is

highly

ing story-time

has

gotten him

teacher added that he

speaks

o help

the

churches is

to

buy

an

usually

go

ahead and

handle

00-1500.)

We

made this need

and

has finally started

on

food,

rteen pounds, but she's

ready

e intelligence is readily seen

up and down, and she has deve-

and

understands

English and

Spanish equally, and

is

at

home

in

either. (Nobody s a y s that about h i s parents ) M u c h

of

J e r e m y s

class

is

in English, and he gets a little bored sometimes wait

ing for his Chilean classmates to

get

it. We saw his art work,

and

are

^ure

we have

a

budding

Rembrandt

on our

hands.

He says

hi

to

all^his Stateside friends.

We won't leave for furlough until December, but our minds


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J u n e 2 7 1 1 9 7 8

Mr» Woody Phillips

Ch&lean Challenge

Ca^lla 21119

Ooppeo

21

Santiago Chile

Dear

Woody

Thank you for the very Informative letter and material on

your

work organizational

structure

and economic program for mlssloners*

Bncloaed Is the material you requested* It may he helpful hut

It seems

to

me you have done your homework

In

the program you

have set In

motion.

I think

It

Is one

Z

could

live

with

If Z

were to

he a mlssloner on the

team

X*ll

he

glad to consider y o i u c article for puhllcatlon

on

the

roll of

missionaries.

So

send

It when you

have

It

ready.

You

are hlessed Indeed to have a good financial hase for

yoxsr

work.

Z

really feel

for

th ose mlsslo ners

ô ave

difficulties

In

gett ing support. They are so deserving hut may not have the

right

contacts

or

personality to appeal

to churches and

Individuals.

Zt*a

not so much that the mlssloner needs help

In

seeking support

hut

the

church needs

help

In

evaluating

and

sending support.

They

want

to he

responslhle contrlhutors

hut don't know how to go ahout It. So much hinges on financial

reports. That shouldn't he neglected

hut

churches also need

to

evaluate caiaaes they give to from a

time

report and Involved

skills

report.

If

they could come

to

understand

how a

mlssloner

udes

his

time

and how he Implements

his

talents Into the

work

and difficulties he encounters

In

the cmltural situat i on they

could hotter

know how

to

support

and

how much.

The

30th

parallel

seems

to he

the

dividing line

between reeeptlve

and

resistive

mission fields. Or it seems educational and economical aggreslve*

ness and retardation make

the difference In

receptivity.

Kuch

could

he

said

ahout

these

things»

hut

In

search

of

aneers

we

keep praying

for

you

and ot hers serving

In

forlegn

areas.

Hay

God

he

glorified In your life

and

In your work.

Sincerely

Blohard Xi.

Bourne


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CHILEAN

CH LLENGE

F i e l d A d d r e s s F o r w a r d i n g A g e n t s

i V o o d y

& e l d a

P h i l l i p s

a s i l l a 21119 B r y c e

& o e s s u p

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

Correo

21

6188 ean A

enue

Santiago. C h i l e San

Jose,

Ca.

95123

June 16,

1978

Richard L. Bourne, Editor

Horizons Magazine

Box 177

Kempton, IN 46049

Dear Brother Bourne,

We were pleased and interested

i n what

you

said

concerning mi s

s i o n a r y s a l a r i e s i n

y o u r

e d i t o r i a l of

March 15, 1979.

As

a

t e a m

we

have recently s t r u g g l e d with this issue and came

up w i t h

o u r

p o l i c y

c o nc ern in g

LATM

s a l a r i e s .

I am

i n c l u d in g

a c o p y s o yo u

can see what conclusions we

came up with.

Our salary policy is

p r o v i s i o n a l ,

and c o m e s up for r e v i e w i n Oc t ober ,

s o

we would

apprec ia te

s e e i n g t h e

plan

you

hav e .

We would a l s o be in teres t ed

in the ORC

cost

of living

statistical information. We were

aware

of

it

t h r o u g h t a lki n g w i t h o th er e v a ng e l i c a l m i s s i o n a r i e s h e r e i n

Chile,

but d i d

not

have

access

to it.

I

think it would help a

lot in mak i n g

adjustments needed. The only comment we received

about it

was that

it

was not

always up-to-date on

every

country.

Argentina,

for

in s tanc e,

was rated 20-25%

hi gher t han

D.C.

,

while

Chile was rated around 90-95%. This does

not

appear accurate

to

s o m e p e o p l e .

H o w e v e r ,

you have

to

consider that D.C. is a pretty

expensive

place to l i v e , a n d fe w m i s s i o n a r i e s

come from there.

Most of

us

come

from

areas where

costs are

considerably lower.

So,

if a p e r s o n reads the s t a t s to

say

that the

missionary

s alar y

should be 90%

of what he

would

receive in the

U.S.

, this is

inaccurate.

R e c e i v i n g 90% of the

cost

of l i v i n g s c al e in

D.C.

is another story, and would represent

a

big

difference. But, in

spite

of

p o s s i b l e confusion, this

i n f o r m a t i o n

w o u l d

be

helpful

to many people, and we encourage you to

make

it available to your

readers

Boy, Gorden Patten's article in

that

issue was

a zinger

So much

of what he said is accurate

and

needed to be said, but it

repre

sents only

his view

as a missionary

in

the

Orient. It

appears that

it has always been difficult to

raise funds

for that area of the

world. I would guess that the slowness of

the

work discourages

possible supporters, and they would prefer to put their money

where things are moving a bit faster.

I

have

to

disagree with his

statement,

"It is next to

impossible

to get money onto the mission

field." I believe that is his experience, but not a generality

for every field. In Chile, for example, our

support has

always

been good, and sometimes outstanding. Our ten team members average

about 1875 per

m on th

each i n t o t a l i n c o m e (f i g u r e s c o m pi l e s i n

Mar ch c o v e r i n g

the

p r e v i o u s year o r

s o ) .

And,

when

we

have

a


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two

special need and let it be

know,

the

response

has been terrific.

For

example, Just in my case, I

asked for help

in

paper purchase

for our El Encuentro Bible Course last Fall, and received over $1600

In March, needed

to

make

a

trip

to

Costa Rica.

I asked

one of

our supporting

churches in

the

States

if they could help,

and

they

sent

a

check

for

the

entire amount

of

$850. That same

church

last

year responded to two other requests of 1000 each,

in

addition to

a

very generous monthly check.

More

recently, we have

needed

to

purchase property for

several

new growing churches, and we

sent

letters

to

various churches about

it. Within a

month,

I

had

received gifts of $2000 from a church

and

$4000 from an individual.

I hear

the

pain Gorden is expressing, but cannot

report

that his

experience is

also ours.

I surely

do appreciate his

courage

and

"guts" in

writing the article for

publication, and I

hope

it

will

cause some churches

to

re-evaluate their use of money. He is so

right in saying that many churches

are

incredibly selfish. But

there are

also

many who are not.

Richard, I

am

not

writing any of this for publication in the maga

zine- Just for

you. I

am interested, however,

in submitting

an

article

before

long on the role of the missionary for

your

consi

deration.

And,

we

are going to try and

keep

Horizons better informe

on our work

here.

One

step

is seeing that you

get

our quarterly

LATM newsletter--the first one included here,

and

the next one

to

go out right

away.

We're

sending

the copy

to

be printed today.

By the way, LATM (Latin American Team Ministries) is the name we

have

chosen for the

team.

We

have

kind of

unique

set-up, in which

we

retain the

direct-support

idea and the

sending elders, but

add

the benefits of additional advice and more careful organization.

I'll also

include a

paper

I

Just finished describing

this

in detail.

Again, this is not for

anyone

but you, as we want to be careful in

how we

move

on this. We're

not

interested in fighting with anyone,

and we know

that

some may

be opposed to some of

our plans.

I'd

appreciate hearing from you

if you

get

any time,

and

knowing

some

of your observations on what I've said. But, don't feel

obligated, except to send the salary plan.

Best wishes

to

you. We appreciate receiving the magazine

and

your

fine

work

in

putting

it

out.

It takes so long to

get

a good LATM

newsletter

together,

I

can't

imagine producing

24 issues a year

Yours in

Christ,

Woody

Phillips (writing

as a representative of LATM in requesting

the salary plan, but individually in the rest.)


10/19

L TIN MERIC N TE M MINISTRIES

THE WORKING STRUCTURE

RIEF HISTORY

When Ed Holt

arrived

in

Chile

in

1970i

he brought with

him

the

dream

of

a team ministry.

He began work on a

correspondence

course

a n d w a s j o i n e d by M i k e S h e f f i e l d in 1 9 7 1 . The

c o n r s e w a s

c o m p l e t e d

and first offered in early 1972, and the response was

good.

J e f f

M y e r s

who h a d w o r k e d in

N o r t h e r n C h i l e

s i n c e 1969, began

t a l k i n g

a n d p r a y i n g

w i t h

E d a n d M i k e a n d

i n

early

1 9 7 3

j o i n e d t h e m in the

nation s c a p i t a l of S a n t i a g o . The c o u r s e h a d taken off,

w i t h

o v e r

7 0 0 0


11/19

page

two

ADVANTAGES OF TEAM MINISTRY

The idea of working together was fairly entrenched,

and

the

a d v a n l a / ^ e s

wore

b e c o i i i i n / , clear.

As l . A F M sees i i : now, there a i j

several distinct

advantages to

t e a m m i

i i i . s l r y ,

a n d h o y

arc l ) a ; : ( d i n

the

belief that Christ s

church

functions best when each

member

is

using

his God- given abilities to contribute to the g o o d o i all.

A

team

effort

allows

each member

to

celebrate and

utilize his

own

giftedness, thus freeing

and encouraging others to do the same

in

a

coordinated endeavor.

.

Work efficiency

is

increased as duplication

is

avoided

through clear communication

and

an

organized

work plan.

In Chile,

missionaries have

shared voluntarily in

joint

projects,

but the team has

been careful

to preserve

the

independence o l each

member.

Each

individual raises and administers

his own

funds. H e -

is selected and

responds to

his own sponsoring church. He

decides

a n d directs his own area ol service, carelully l / a L m i o i i i / u i i g

I n

s e l m s

w i t h t e a m g o a l s

a n d

n a t i o n a l

s t r a t e g y . H e p a r t i c i p a t e s f u l l y

d e c i s i o n s a n d p o l i c y ,

t h u s

h e l p i n g to f r a m e t h e o v e r a l l g o a l s a n d

methods the team employs. Through working together the

team

promotes

a

m o r e u n i f i e d n a t i o n a l w o r k . M i s s i o n a r y f a m i l i e s

e n j o y

r i c h i n t r a -

team fellowship. Working closely with one another points

p o r t a n c e o f a c c o u n t a b i l i t y f o r u s e o f t i m e a n d f i n a n c e s . T h i s p r o m o t e s

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

a v o i d s

t h e

p o s s i b i l i t y o f , m i s u s e o f f u n d s .

S h a r i n g

i s

t h e g r e a t e s t a d v a n t a g e - - s h a r i n g

i d e a s ,

m a t e r i a l s

m i d

b o o k s .

S h a r i n g

p r o b l e m s a n d

f r u s t r a t i o n s . S h a r i n g d r e a m s , p l a n s

a n d g o a l s .

RECENT TEAM DEVELOPMENT

By 197 7 the—Chil pan- mission - w e r e — e e n v i i i u e d

the

t e a m m i n i s t r j ^ L , — b ^ i f e ^ J a a d a l s o b e c o m e

a w a r e

o f

t h e n e e d

f o r

f u r t h e r

c l a r i

f i c a t i o n a n d d e v e l o p m e n t o f t h e t e a m i d e a . O u t

o f

r e g u l a r w e e k l y

m e e t i n g s

a n d m u c h

a d d i t i o n a l

d i s c u s s i o n

c a m e t h e d e v e l o p m e n t

o f s e -

v i r a i

d e f t n i t T v e

s t e p s :

a

G u i d e l i n e s

f o r

n e w

r e c r u i t s w a s

d r a w n

u p t o

s u p p l e m e n t

a

b o o k l e t

p r e p a r e d r n

1 - 9 7 5 .

C a r e

w a s

t a k e n t o

e n c o u r a g e

o n l y p r e p a r e d

w o r k e r s

t o

c o m e ,

a n d t o

g r v e s p e c i f i c

w r i t t e n

a s s i s t a n c e

t o t h e

s p o n s o r i n g c h u r c h a s

to t h e i r

r e s p o n s i b i l i t y

i n

s e l e c t i n g

a n d p r e p a r i n g

t h e i r

c a n d i d a t e .

A q u e s t i o n a i r e

w a s d e v e l o p e d

I n d

t e s t i n g

a n d c o u n s e l i n g w a s

r e q u i r e d ,

t h u s

h e l p i n g

p o t e n t i a l

m ^ s s i S n a r i l s t o b e t t e r

a s s e s s

t h e i r a b i l i t y t o s e r v e c r o s s - c u l t u r a l l y

a n d

to f u r t h e r

p r e p a r e

t h e m

f o r

t h e f i e l d . L a n g u a g e

t r a i n i n g

i n

C o s t a

i ? c a w a s m^e a ^ r e q u i r e m e n t f or c o m i n g , b T e a m

g o a l s

w e r e wr i t t e n

u p ,

a n d

c o o r d i n a t i o n i n t h e i r f u l f i l m e n t

b e g a n t o

b e m o r e s p e c i f i

.

E a c h u n i t g e a r e d

h i s

w o r k i n t o o v e r a l l t e a m g o a l s , a n d

e a c h

m a d e

h i s

contribution

to

the team s general

direction for

the

year,

c) The

missionary

u n i t s o n

the

f i e l d c o v e n a n t e d

to

c o n t i n u e

as

a team,

a n d

to

s e t

u p p r o c e d u r e f o r

a r r i v i n g a t p o l i c y d e c i s i o n s a f f e c t i n g

t h e

o v e r

all work.

To

date,

policy has been

set concerning

purchase

of church

property,

missionary salaries, team

goals

and

the monthly filing o

work and financial

reports,

d) Most importantly,

and

on a subjective

level, team unity was

becoming

a reality

for

everyone. Diversity

was apparent in abilities, ideas

and personalities,

but

unity

grew

i n

s t r e n g t h

e a c h

m o n t h . A s t r o n g e r s p i r i t u a l b a s e w a s b u i l t

t h r o u g h

t h e t e a m

m e e t i n g s a n d s e v e r a l

r e t r e a t s ;

c l o s e f r i e n d s h i p s

w e r e

b e i n g

f o r m e d ; w o r k i n g t h r o u g h

s o m e

t o u g h p r o b l e m s b r o u g h t a c l o s e n e s s to

the r e l a t i o n s h i p s ; p r o b l e m s w e r e

s o l v e d i n s t e a d

of a v o i d e d ; p l a n n i n g

for

the future committed the

team

to each

other and

to

the plans

laid jointly


12/19

page three

LATM STATESIDE

In 1978 the

development

of the team idea contiiined with the

decision to

produce

a LATM newsletter quarterly, and the desire to

aLLrauL

s u p p o r l f o r

. A T M a p a r t f r o m

w l i a r

each i

e a i i i

i i i e i i i ] ) e r reeeived

t h r o u g h h i s o w n s u p p o r t e r s .

L A T I N

A M E R I C A N T E A M M i N l S l K l E S (LAIM)

was adopted

as the team name,

and

its

use

has

increased in all c o r a -

cunications and promotional

materials.

By midyear the dec ision was

reached

to

Incorporate LATM in the

U.S. and to

select an Advisory

Committee. This decis ion paralleled the DeWelt s announc ement that

they were returning to the States in September, 1978, to

work

with

College Press in Joplin, Missouri.

Chris*

desire to continue to

help in LATM brought about the arrangement that he would help as

Stateside Coordinator--a link

LATM needed in Che

States.

HOW LATM WORKS

In

order

to fully understand LAT M, one must see

the r e l a l . i

onship

beCween

the sponsoring

diurcii , the L e a r n

on

t l i e

Meld

the

Advisory

Committee and

the

Stateside Coordinator.

.

A A A A . l y . 1

i H ) N S O | | NC

C l / U R C I I E

/yO

M

M

M

M M M

M M

M M

TEAM

ON

THE FIELD

STATESIDE

COORDINATOR

ADVISORY

COMMITTEE

Essentially, the relationship b t s O i i s with L i r e sponsoidn;

church

whose elders approve

and

send

out t i i e missionary.

They receive

reports

on his

work

and

progress,

a n d retain

lull

authority

over

h i m

The team on the

field

makes plans and

carr ies out

the

work,

b ut has

all policy dec isions ratified

by the

sponsoring chur ches. The A d

visory Committee looks

out for the team--giving

advic e, worning

and

support from their wisdom and experience. Ihey I i a v e

no

authority

ove r individual mis s iona rie s , b u t r e c o m m e n d , approve amend and

strengthen

LATM s plans

and

directions.

The Stateside

Coordinator

is

the

team s

financial agent

i n l u ^

U.S. and

chief p r o i i i o i

or

of

the

work

More

specifically, each

body is defined

as follows:

1.

T l i e

Spoiisori

ng Churcli

L A T M s

unde r s t andin g

of B i b l i c a l

missions centers

on

the

relati

Miship

between

the missionary

and

his

sponsoring churc h. It is the responsibility of the sending body of


13/19

page

four

elders to

know

the

candidate

well enough to fully endorse him, and to

take

financial and moral responsibility for

him on

the field. They

also serve as

spiritual

overseers for

tlie

mi ssi oiiary--gi vi ng

advice,

V . i l Mi

I

I I , l

l i e work

he does, iv-eei v i i / . rr'pori . s , and rf^laininr. at ilho-

rity over

him.

The

candidate

is exi)ected to maintain

close

Lies

with the church

and

report fully on

his work to them.

His accounta

bility to these elders takes precedence over his relationship to LATM,

and

they are fully

informed

of

team directions,

plans

and activities.

Furthermore,

LATM

policy must be ratified

by each

member's sponsoring

church

before

it

becomes official.

In

this

way,

the

spiritual and

supervisory relationship between church and missionary is

maintained

and encouraged.

(See

supplement on Guidelines

for

sponsoring church

es

for

further

detail.)

2. The team

on

the

field. The

hub of the ministry

naturally

centers in the field. There

LATM

members together work out long and

short-range

goals,

methods for reaching them,

and

policy

which affects

the

overall

work.

Coordination comes through

weekly

meetings and

periodic evaluation of

progress and direction.

Each

team member

is

expected to

keep

his sponsoring church

fully

informed,

and their

approval and ratification

of

policy decisions

is

required. Because

of distance and impracticability,

LATM

does not expect that churches

will

want to be

involved

in

details

of the work, or to approve in

advance

the

plans being

made

and

executed. (Occasional

visits to

t he

field are encouraged, however.) The sponsoring church watches th e work

carefully, to

be

sure,

anfl

intervenc's wlum

necessary.

They do not

take part in day-to-day operations, but their' approval

is

imperative

to conti i i i ng.

LATM believes that each team member

should

be both

responsible

and

accountable for what h

does and how he uses

his mission funds..

They recognize that U.S. churches

are

not geographically

in a posi

tion to do this, so LATM has

developed

a system of self-regulation.

Team

members must complete monthly reports of expenditures

and

these

are checked against bank statements

and

receipts before being placed

on

open file with

the team's

bookkeeper. Also required is

a

monthly

work

report which includes

time

expenditure, plans for the

next

month, goals reached

and

self-evaluation. These are discussed with

another

team member in detail, and also inquiry is made into family

life,

spiritual health. Stateside communication and use

of work

time.

These

reports are also

kept

on open file. In addition to

these re

ports,

the weekly

team meetings and other

informal gatherings serve

to encourage each

member

to

work responsibly and with an eye on

the

overall goals of LATM.

3. LATM Advisory Committee.

While the sponsoring

church looks

out for'their individual missionary,

the LATM

Advisory Committee

looks

out

for the

team

as

a

whole.

The

sponsoring church has authority

over an

individual,

but the team

is

not her domain--except insofar as

it touches that particular missionary.

The church can

certainly

inhibit

and even stop team policy and direction by

restricting the

missionary under her autliority, but it is unreasonable to expect the

sponsoring

churches to govern and

evaluate the

team as a whole. No

sponsoring church knows each team member,

and

none accepted the res

ponsibility

of

watching out

for the

overall work in Chile.


14/19

page

five

The

Advisory

Committee then is

th

body

which

considers the

overall work

of

LATM. They are

kept

fully informed


15/19

page

two

6, New arrivals should take an establishment fund of $1000 for

compensation of extraordinary differences in

prices

of

household

items, (Refrigerators;, stoves^ and all'appliances are/much more

expensive

in Chile

than

in the

U.S.) The

new

missionaries

may

choose to use this to pay shipping and customs on these items

sent

from the States^ if desired. This amount

would

only

be

repaid to

works

funds if

the family

chose to return

to

the

U.S.

before

serving three years.

Those items which should

be

paid from the missionaries^

work funds

(as opposed to his

personal

salary)

include

the

following;

1.

Full

payment

of flight

fares^ shipping of

work

and personal

items and any

customs charges

which may be

acrued

on

said

items.

The mission

work funds should

take

responsability

for

all these

items but any customs paid by the mission on

personal

items should

be

repaid

if said

items

are

sold within Chile,

2.

Any

and all transportation is

paid for

out of mission work

funds .

This includes

the

purchase

of a

vehicle,

maintenence,

gas,

insurance, etc. The only exception

is when

the vehicle is used

for

a

personal pleasure trip,

in

which case gas

and

tolls

are

paid for

by'the user. Also included in transportation are trips within the

country, travel while on furlough, which

includes meals,

lodging,

ga;s,

tolls, maintenance, etc.

3. Postage

expenses

and office

supplies

should be paid from mission

*Vork funds ,

unless

the item

or letter

is

exclusively

personal,

4. All books

in

Spanish used

in

the

work

can and should

be

financed

by work

funds , and an exclusive allowance of

$10 per

month may

go

to purchase English texts needed

in the work (with

exceptions

made

in certain cases), These books become

the

personal property

of the missionary.

5. If

the

missionary.wishes to purchase a good quality camera,

he

may-borrow

up

to

$300

from his

own

mission work funds . If he

then

chooses to sell the camera

or

leave the field with

the camera,

he

repays the

loan,

6. Planning meetings, whether

with Chileans

or other missionaries,

which involve food and/or other expenses, may

be

paid for from

work funds .

7.

Mission work

funds

should also pay the following; charges

for exchanging

moneyj costs related to

legal

papers and

visas;

expenses incurred for retreats, camps and mission-related work

outside of

Santiago; equipment needed in the

work;

photography

costs which are not exclusively personal.

Additional note; A missionary who decides to return^Jto: the U.S.- on

a permanent basis

should

receive his regular salary

for a

period

of

2^4 months while he seeks another avenue of service. This should

be worked

out

clearly in

advance

with his

sending

body.


16/19

MISSION RY S L RIES

L TIN MERIC N

TE M

MINISTRIES

Santiago9

Chile

April

1,

1978.

Working together in

a

team means that

a

variety

of

people with

differing ministries and varied histories

come together

to labor

side-by-side.

At

times

it

can mean that

a

co-worker with

a

graduate

degree and ten years of experience in church administration^ preach

ing

and

teaching

works

right alongside

a brother

who may not

have

had

any previous experience

whatsoever.

Ministering

as

a

teams

is

effective, and

we

feel

that

God has blessed our efforts

here. But

at the same time we believe that the monetary remuneration which a

worker on the

field

receives

should

be compensatory

with his

exper

ience. For this reason

(along

with

the

sharp rise in

the

cost of

living

in

Chile), we recommend the following as guideline

for

salaries

and benefits for

those

who

are considering

this

area

of

the world as their field of service.

The cost of living in Santiago is

at

least equivalent to that

of the mid-westem U.S., if not a

bit

higher. A recent study has

stated that

the cost of

living

for

Santiago, Chile

is

9

less than

the cost

of

living

in

New York

City.

(New York is

considerably

h i g ; h e r in cost of

living

than the

average mid-westem

t o w i i .

There is

also

consideration given

to the

salary a

person

would

make for similar ministry

in

the

U.S., althoiigh

we recognize that

this is relative. However,

we

present here a sincere and carefully-

prepared proposal for setting missionary salaries in Chile. We

are

encouraging

each team member and

sending church to consider it

carefully

and adopt

it,

thus

producing parity

and fairness in this

delicate matter.

1.

New missionary families

coming to

the

field

with less

that^

three years

fulltime

experience either in missions

or U.S. ministry

would begin

with

a

base salary

of

800

per

month.

Including

housing.

2. After three years of experience (missionfleld

and/or

U.S), the

base salary would

increase to 900 per

month. After six years

of

experience,

the

family would receive 1000

per month.

For t h ? o s e

with nine or

more years experience, we prefer to

leave

latitude for

personal negotiation

with

the

worker'^s

sending body.

(Note;

missionfleld experience begins with language

school in

Costa Rica.)

3. Each family would receive

a

straight allowance of 50 per month

for

medical

expenses. It may be used for insurance premitims,

saving

toward

future

medical expenses,

etc.

4.

One half of

Social Security

would be paid, or the equivalent in

caeh.

5.

Schooling

for

children would be paid, up to 85 per month for

each

child. This would include enrollment charges, also, which

are

paid

on a one-time

basis

upon entrance. An allowance is

also

made

of

25

per month per

family if

special

transportation

is

required

for children up

to

and including the third-grade level.

Books,

uniforms

and school

supplies would be

paid

from personal salary.


17/19

CENTRAL CHRISTIAN CHURCH ADDRESS CORRECTION REQUESTED

2555 eridian Avenue

San

Jose, Ca.

95124

CHILEAN CHALLENGE

Woody

&

e t d a

h i l l i p s

I .

Missionaries to

Chile

Non-profit

Org

U.S.

POSTAGE

--PAID--

San Jose, CA

Permit No.

999

Field Address:

Casilla21119

Correo21

Santiago, Chile

Forwardi ng Agents:

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6188 ean Avenue

San o s e ,

Ca. 95123

NEWSLETTER

#11

AUGUST 23, 1978

CONSTRUCTId^;

At

long last work has begun on the church building in

El

Montijo. After a long look

and

an

equally lengthy

wait for permis

sion, the

church

was turned down on her request for

property

in the

government-owned development.

With no

other

choices for now, the

church

decided to build

on the property

of

the pastor, Juan Nunez.

His side

yard

is not large, but careful use of

all

the

space will

result

in

a

building which will seat

about

70 comfortably, and crowd

up

to

a

hundred

with every inch in use.

Besides

the church

members

themselves

in

El Montijo, help has

come

from a

sister church

in

Pudahuel in the

actual

construction. Proposed is a simple wooden

structure which

will

be

easy

to

dismantle

in

the

event

of

obtaining

a better location in the next year or so. The main problem right

now is

that everyone expects that the building

is

too small, and we

will

have

problems

right away. Upon completion of the structure, a

meeting is planned, and the results should bring in a good group of

new

Christians. Well,

we'll just have to cross

each

bridge as it

comes. For

now,

we

are very happy with

a solid group

of 25-30

adults

and with the

start

of the buiIding. The LordJias_ledlus this far.

He'll

provide what we need

as

we move

along

in faith.

ON

THE

GO: I now

know something

about the

length

of

Chile, having

visited

in

the South last December and

having

just returned from

a

trip

to

the

northern

city

of

Antofagasta.

The

purpose of the

lastest

trip was

to

conduct another seminar on "The Christian Family". The

trip north is 20 hours

by

bus, so I found it

b e t t e r

to fly up and

back, thus saving about 15

of

those

hours.

Th e seminar

was

pr ofitabl e ,

as several couples expressed

appreciation and proposed

changes in

t h e i r famil i e s

as a

result of

t h e

teaching. I s ta y e d

in

a very p o o r

home

which just had

a

dirt floor, but their kindness and sacrifice was

extended through g e n e r o u s and delicious meals and

giving

me

their

own bed. (They must

be immune

to fleas, but I m

s u r e

not ) Next

week

I will be traveling South

to Osorno to

hold the same

seminar,

and

am

looking forward

to being

with

the

healthy church

there.


18/19

CENTRAL

CHRISTIAN

CHURCH ADDRESS

CORRECTION

REQUESTED

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eridian Avenue

San Jose, Ca. 95124

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CHALLENGE

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Missionaries

to Chile

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Newsletter 12

November 1, 1978

A t last, s ervices have begun in the recently-constructed building

in El Montijo. It isn't much, but

it

has walls and a roof, and

room for

seventy

adults. The church

is

very excited about it,

and ready for the expected growth.

A

five-day

evangelistic

campaign

is

set

for November 1-5, and

the

nearby church of Bar

rancas will help us with

it.

T h e r e will be preaching

in the

streets, door-to-door witnessing and gospel

films,

in addition

to the

nightly

s ervices.

We are

planning and praying

that

many

will decide to walk with Jesus because of this effort.

The church

is

a solid group

of

believers

with a

very adequate

and

capable

Chilean pastor.

D u e to

many other seminars and preach

ing commitments, I have be en le s s and l e s s a

part

of the El Montijo

church

life.

But

they have continued to grow

and

learn under Bro

ther

Juan Junez's able

leadership,

and will do just fine without

me. This^majces

me very^happy, since a^roup dependent

o n the

missionary

is one

that

will never

experience

spbntaneous^fbwth.

Praise God for what He

is

doing

in El MontijoI

Survey

t r i p

Just

across the

Cordillera

range of the

Andes Mountains,

35 min

u te s

by

plane,

is the

Argentine

city

of

Mendoza--Santiago's

closest

A rg entine

neighbor. Ed Holt and

I

just returned

from

a

three-day survey

trip

there--made

to

gather information

for

fu

ture L A I ^ missionaries working there.

We discovered a

beautiful

old city

of 700,000 residents, with

tree-lined

streets and side

walk

cafes

ev erywhere.

Evengelical

work

there is

not

large, and

the opportunities are enormous. Pray with us that we'll

be able

to prepare

a

team of workers

to take

Mendoza

for

Christ within the

coming years. This will give us

a

foothold into Argentina, and

pave

the

way for work

in

the capital

of Buenos

Aires.


19/19

Family seminars

During the

months of July throug

Family

and

Marriage Seminars in ^

of Oklahoma City to

Los

Angeles,

and practical help

was more

than

never really

considered

what

God

that

many

are

making

new beginniiii

foundation on which solid family

Chile is a beautiful country.

Th

north

changes

into

a patchwork

of

and this

in

turn gives way

to

the

volcanoes

of the

south And

all

east by the snow-covered Cordille:

Argentina.

The

opposite side of

and thousands of tiny islands

off

truly

remarkable,

and a

gorgeous

ability.

We re going

home

October, I conducted

nine

n area that stretches the distance

The need for

Biblical material

obvious,

and most people

had

wants in families. I'm hoping

gs and that this will be a

life and marriages

can be

built.

e

stark and dry desert in

the

farms in

the Central Plain,

lakes,

waterfalls

and towering

of this is bordered on the

i r a which

divide

Chile

from

Chile

boasts a

2500 mile beach

the

southern

coast. It's

display

of God s

artistic

But

just for a short visit. Our

U.S.

on November

20, and we returp

ruary.

During that time we'll

vi

interview and

recruit new

workers

Advisory

Committee

meeting, and s

friends. We

are

eagerly looking

checking

off

items on a long

thin^

We left the U.S.

26 months ago,

a

to this

time

f

urlough will bring us to the

to Chile at the end of Feb-

3it our supporting churches,

with LATH, attend

the LATH

]5end time visiting family

and

orward

to it,

and anxiously

s-to-do-before-we-leave list.

,nd we are surely looking forward

the

ill we see

you

while we're in

itinerary

so

that we

might b e

ablt

Valley View,

Dallas,

Dec.

3

Muskogee, First, Dec. 10

Muskogee, Riverside, Dec. 13

Westwood,

Madison,

Dec. 31

LATM

Advisory

Committee,

Joplin,

MO,

Jan.

3

Central,

San

Jose, Jan.

7

First, Orland,

Jan. 14

A.M.

Other dates are unconfirmed

G

Our

financial needs

will

increase

o u r furlough, a n d we

i n t e n d

to

C j :

on

the field.

We d

appreciate

yo

Letters

Until

Christmas,

write us at:

1306

Live

Oak

Muskogee, OK 74401

States?

Here's

our confirmed

to get together:

ray

Ave.,

Yuba City, Jan. 14, P.M.

etaluma Christian, Jan.

21

A.M.

Redwood City, Jan 21 P.M.

OS GatOS

Christian, Jan

28

irst,

Ceres,

Jan 31

]?almdale.

First,

Feb. 4

irst,

Anaheim, Feb. 11 P.M.

astside, Fullerton, Feb. 18 P.M.

at

this writing.

due to

travel

expenses

during

^

htinue

supporting

the LAT H

w i o r l

jr help especially during this time

From Christmas to Feb. 15, write

2555 Meridian Avenue

San

Jose, CA

95124

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