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A BRIE F LOOK AT THE WORK OFDAVID an d RUTH SANDE RS ANDDALE an d CA RO L McAFEE AND

PHILIP a n d T A BI TA W c AF EE

R ZIL CHRISTI N MISSIONT 7

Vol. XXXIII Jan.-Feb., 1982 No. 1Technical Production an d Mailing by: CAPSTAN, Inc.

Address Correction Requested: Capstan-BCM Rt-2.BoxLH32 Checotah.OK74426

CEILANDIA P R O G R E S S E S

Bre thren in Cei landia and Bras i l iaare sharing also

Upon my return, I r eceived a phonecall from th e father of one of t he o ld erfamilies, wanting to in form me that hewanted to send another offering for thechurch in Ceilandia (they live in anotherarea). This man had already bought half ofthe bricks. Others are giving pittances .We hope the Brasilia church may be able

to share $1,200.00 over the next 6months.This willbe a major help, but we still needyour one time gift or monthly giving, tono t only compl et e t he p ro je ct , b ut c lo seout our de bt . T he Brasilia c hu rc h c ont inues to pay half of the monthly paymenton the propertyOn the first Sunday of the new year , awidow (with son in prison) who walks twomiles to partake of the Lord 's Suppe r,brought he r tithe of $8.00. She lives in aboard s ha ck a nd works in th e m ar ke tplace daily to gain her daily bread. TheBrasilia church sen t a Christmas basket toher a long with 24 other needy families.

TH A N K Y O U in behalf of CeilandiaThank you one and all for your special

prayers for Ceilandia.Weare not over thehurdle yet, bu t we have new assuranceboth in the many offerings given andpromised and hoped for. Here in Brazil wehave started the process for extension oftiiVic to coiviplete the coiistruclion.Our new goal fo r your prayers an dth e Inauguration is May, 1982Yes, pl ease continue to pray for

Ceilandia, not only for the buildingthere,but fo r th e lost souls t he re . Th e Se tor Pcongregation ha s united forces with another small group and has already built asmall chapel as a p)art of one of th ebrethren's home, and are meeting thereregularly.Since returning to Brazil, we have

discovered another group of 60 brethrenwho have been transported to this newsector and have a lready formed the thirdcongregation in thi s city of over 200,000fjeople.Itisour hope and prayerfor other newareas to be opened in Ceilandia in 1982...This could be your prayer too

TH E BRAZILIAN BIBLE SOCIETYOFFERS CHALLENGE1982 offers challenge. The BrazilianBible Society sent a letter to David withthis challenge.Take this calendar an d remember to

pray /o r ou r ministry. We have this challenge for Brazil: To distribute 50.000,000portions oj scriptures in1982. This is reallynot enough for the Brazilian reality. IVeneed to do more. There are born in Brazilannually 3,000,000 new countryrnen. Newliterates are able to read annually. Infact.

Las t M i nu te N ew s:

LEGAL BATTLESlLegal Battles may beover as Government allows construction tocontinue even thoughdebyed past deadline.. .We note others inarea are having similar problemsYes construction continues even in full rainy season andevery day brings a heavy rainbutsince finishing work isbeing done inside men canwork without waiting for the rain to

s top .

we don't havefinances to meet this opportunity. We ar e counting on your spiritualhelp, your moral help, your materialcontribution. Participate an d bring yourcongregation to participate in this common mission. . . 'sow th e precious seed'.Let us labor together during 365 days of1982. God will confirm th e work of ou rhands. With votes of a great year in 1982.

Erasmo Dan t a s/?egiona/-Secrefary

In 30 years, protestants have jumpedfrom 3% to 6.5%.. .Scripture distributionis one of our major tasks.. .The youth ofthe Brasilia church have a lready dis tr ibuted 5,000 portions of Scriptures in 1982.We help subsidize this activ ity. Whenasked why a young univer sity studen t-came to worship last Sunday, he replied:A young man gave me this and handedus a Scripture portion with th e invitation ofth e church an d h ours of services. Heat tended our new c onve rt s a nd visitorsclass.

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P h i l sP a r a g r a p h s

Philip McAfeeNovember was a joyous month, beingthai Linda was married, and a grand timefor us to be together again, before oursoon-to-be separation. The McAfee clan

willnow be spread a little more. Tabita and1should, with the blessing of God, get tose e everyone every four years as we returnto the U.S. for furlough. Our first separation willonly be one year and a half, sinceour first furlough is planned for May orJune of 1983.December was a pleasant month, withprepara tion for the Chris tmas programwhich was a success , at trac ting a largecrowd. Many stood in front of the doorsand windows trying to hear the program.Joseph (Phil) during one scene , had tokeep the baby Jesus from rollingout ofthec rib while holding the roo f of the st able ,which began to f ll Tabita participated inthe program singing in the choir.

The chu rch at Urias Magalhaes isdesperately in need of funds to launchconstruction of a permanent church building.We built a littlemeeting place on the lot ofone of the members, as a temporaryhousing place. Our ca r is in need ofrepairs, and new tires. We need funds toset aside for ou r furlough, and money torepay the Mission for the loan for a downpayment on ou r apartment. Any helpwould be a blessing. Perhaps your churchcan consider an increase in your monthlygiving, as a few have (Praise God forthem ), or perhaps a special program andoffering for the immediate needs.Each New Year brings new andexcit ing things. On January the 21st,Tabita an d 1 were moved into our newhome, a two-bedroom apartment on thefourth floor. Thanks to the Mission, wewere able to take ou t a loan in orde r tomake a down payment on it. We are quitea ways f rom the churches we work with,bu t at least we ar e spend ing money onsomething that willone day be ours. Godwilling

January is always a busy month . Wereturned to Goiania after seeing myparents off to the U.S. after 20 years ofservice in Brazil. We were able to spendthe New Year with my in-laws beforereturning to work. Soon we were off to th eMissionaries Conference, where I wa sV.B.S. teacher for th e 12- to 14-year-olds.Our speakers this year were DonDeWeltand Alger Fitch,who was able to bring hiswife with him. We tha nk th em for beingwith us .

Tabita isbeginninga course inauxiliarynursing, and will be finishing High Schoolin the evening. P lease be praying for herthat sh e might finish both.

Urias Magalhaes began th e yea r with19 members , and we have two candidates

Above, missionaries attending theJanuary, 1982 Missionary Conference inGoiania. wait fo r the dinner bell. Right,Bruce Co/son, Don Dewelt, Alger Fitchand Merlin Shields enjoy a good disc u s s i o n

for bapt ism. Fama is sad with thedeparture of missionaryThomas W. Fife,who left for a short furlough. They havethree candidates for baptism. Please prayfo r them.Our new address is. Av. Rio Verde ,cond. Barao da Torre, B1 C , Apt. 404,Setor dos Afonsos, Goiania, Goi6s. Foryour correspondence and our conven

ience, please write to us through ourmailing address:C P 5167

74.000 Goidnia, Goi^s, BrazilWe would like to hear from all of you.

R e m a r k s f r o mR u t h

One month from today, on February16, we ll be back home in Brazil. We havebeen traveling for 42 days, having visited27 different cities, 25 different churches, 2missions, 4 nursing homes, 2 gradeschools, 6 high schools, and one prison:giving ou r program in song and witnessing42 t imes and showing s lides of Brasi lia 6times.

We had a wonderful surprise, January8, when Daryl Bruce arrived, havingdriven from his naval base in Charleston,S.C. to meet us in Anthony, Kansas. Hewill be trave li ng with us for two weeks,helping in our programsand driving beforegoing on to New Hampshire where he willhave more special training.

N E W S T A T EOn January 4, 1982 the new State

called R o n d o n i a became t he 23 rd State ofthe Federa t ion of Brazil. With Ministers ofJustice Ibrahim AbiAckel and Minist e r o fInterior Mario Andreazza present, theState of Rondonia was installed along withthe first Governor, Colonel Tetxeira deOliveira, at 12 o c lo ck n oon (Rondoniatime) at the Palace of the Governor, calledPalacio Vargas. (News note adapted fromthe daily Brasilia newspaper, O CorreioBrasil iense .)

On January 11, we left Joao Marcos(Mesquita) and his sister. Nubia Carla, tobegin the semester at Manhattan Christian College, and leftAna Paula Borges deFonseca in Osage City, Kansas, to enrol las a freshman in high school. She will livewith my niece, Kala Bamett and family forsix months to a year.

Although we had planned to leaveMaria in the U.S. to attend school, sh e willbe returning with the other young peopleto go to school in Brasilia.

So as we leave these others along theway, the remaining six (myself , Kyula,Fabiana, Denise, Ricardo, an d Maria) haveyet 12 more cities and churches to visit.We will be in Iowa, Indiana, Alabama andFlorida, with two or three days atDisneyworld before leaving for Brazil.

The kids are getting tired of hamburgers and chi cken at the quicky stops.They a re experiencing cold like they venever known befo re , but they are veryimpressed and pleased with the warm,friendly reception they are receiving fromloving, interested people. We feel ou rmission of transmitting love and whatChrist means to us in Brazil is being fulfilled. Ou r thanks to each of you who havehelped make this possible.

Yours in Christ,R u t h S a n d e r s

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DALE AND CAROL McAFEE:Minis ters in B razil

Dale and Carol McAfee joined theBrazil Christian Mission as missionariesin 1960. Dale served on the Brazil Christian Mission Board of Representativessince 1954, most of the time as Secretary.The family arr ived on the field in 1961.Brother McAfee has served as preacher,professor and director of preacher training. He has served in located ministries inBrazil. In training, he has worked insettingupTheological Trainingby Extensionandwritten various programmed works lorthis activity. This last year, as professor ofthe new seminary, the students chose himas the most outstanding professor of theyea rBrother McAfee leaves a big vacancyin the evangelistic and training of theministry in Brazil. He iscommended to the

brethren with prayer.He ha s beenasked to continue with th e

mission until June of 1982 when hewishesto be separated officially from the Brazil

Christian Mission. We a sk th e churches tocontinue their loyal support for him untilthat time. We thank him and his family formuch work done in Brazil.We thank you,ou r brethren, for your support both in thepast and in the future that the kingdommay continue to grow.L/oyd David Sanders

UPDATE 1980 - 1982Gleanings from the 1980 census helpsto understand some of the national unity

predicted in 1961.One of th e first s t a tement s made was:

The ones who benefitted in th e lastdecades in the urban population.Over the last ten years the following

growth has been reported:Running water from 5 million to 14

million homes .Electricity from 8 million to 17 millionhomes .Homes from 17 million to 26 million

addit ions.Sanitary i ns fa /i afi on s 2 million to 6

million.Te/eu/sion - from 4 million to 14 million.Cars - from 1 .5 mil lion to 6 million.Brazil has 57.6 million youth 19 years

and below. More than this many have beenbom s ince Brasilia was bomTotal population is now 119,000,000:

90 Catholics, 6.5 Protest ant s and 1registered spiritualists. There were 2.5

The growing cityof Brasilia:Ministry ofJustice inforeground,Ministries of ArmedForces in th e background.

other religions or no religion. One interesting published note was leading spiritualists registered themselves as Catholics.)Illiteracy percentages were 25 for thoseabove 15 years ofage; this isa change from75 in 1 940.The population of Brasilia has alreadygone over the one million mark. CentralBrazil population in and around Brasilia is

over t he thr ee million mark.Asphalt highways have crisscrossedthe country from north to south, and east

to west of the country.This is th e central west where Brazil

Chri s t i an Miss ion established itself in1948, and where today , with the help ofother Christian Church Missionaries, wehave seen over 30 churches planted. Theall-Brazil total report is no t yet in at thiswriting, but is estimated at 70 differentcongregations.Our united goal for Brazil is 120churches by 1984 16 new workswere reported). For this we seek yourprayers alsol

Cos t of Liv ingMissionary Information Bureau)Inflation, devaluation, and mone*tary correction all rosebetween95 and96 in 1981. This is expected to drop to

70 in 1982.The Commercial and Industrialdaily on January 4, 1982, reported thateconomy in Brazil had the worst year inhistory. There has been industrial reces

sion, high interest rates 96 ), high indexof inflation 95.2 ), lack of jobs, 2.5 millionunemployed, and difficulties in industrialactivities.

EDITOR - L. David SandersMISSIONARIES

L. David a nd R ut h Sander sMailing Address:

Caixa Postal 07-86270.359 Brasilia. D.F . Brazi l

For information, colored slides andmission studies, write to:Mr. and Mrs. Larry Durham2929 South Martinson StreetWichita, Kansas 67217

MISSIONARIESDal e H . and Carol McAfeeMailing Address:700 MulberryValley Falls, Kansas 66088

Phone: 13) 945-6283MISSIONARIES

Philip K. and Tabits McAfeeMailing Address:

Caixa Pos ta l 516774.000 Goiania, GO BrazilSend all c o nt ri bu ti on s a nd

questions to :Brazil Christian Mission

Box 17067Wichita, Kansas 67217

Please help keep ou r recordsstraight by designating your offerings for missionary or project.Please do not send ch eck s o r billsto the field.

The Brazil Chri s t i an Missionis owned by the religious organizat ion of the s ame name and is pu blished bi-monthly and mail ed byCapstan, Inc., with second classpostage paid at the U.S. Post Officein Checotah, Oklahoma 74426. Su bscriptions are paid from offeringsreceived.

Please send a dd re ss c or re ctions to; Capstan BCM), Rt. 2,BoxLH32, Checotah, OK 74426.

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BRASILIA UPDATEEditorial Irom the Department of

Tour i sm in Bras i l iaAilbig modern cities in the world owetheiroriginto severalreasons: political sociological, strategic, etc. Brasilia wasplanned and carefully thought out. Evenbefore becoming a reality it has represented the hopes of many, and the waitwas long.Nothinghad been done inhaste,

and it took more than a century to materialize, patiently and wisely awaiting theproper moment to become a reality.Difficult means of communication andt ranspo rt at ion made t he transfer of thegovernment seat unpracticable.With modern possibilities of transportation, such as airplanes, came a newimpulse. Aviation, together withnew roadconstruction methods and machinery,brought the dream closer to realitytherebydestroying the argumentsagainstit. Usually citiesare founded for History,but Brasilia hadbeenfounded on History.After all, the city had already existed as apoint ofreference onthe maps. Ithad beena revolutionary idea in the days of 1789.Back in 1810 it had been the object ofpointless discussion for lack of anythingbetter to debate. wasmerely suggestedin a message to Congress in 1823, But itwas, again, an outburst of patriotic precautions of self-defense raised by the realization of thedanger towhich aCapitalcitybounded by the sea was exposed.Another reason was the necessity ofshielding the Government against theambitions and vested interests of partiesinvolved in the turmoil of a city alreadyoversized. It was transformed into anation-wide decision in both the 1934 an d1936 Constitutions.If is only necessary to examine demographic density figures available to visualize the problem: 8.5 million square kilometers within sight but entirely out ofreach. On a narrow strip ofAtlantic coast15 inhabitants per square kilometer, in the

interior only 0.5. 64 of the country isunpopulated. 98% of the Brazilians live inthe coast, and behind them remains anuninhabited country. The Northeast andCentral-west parts of Brazil showonlyademographic density of 0.74.

Brasilia even before itcan be said tobe the compliance of a Constitulonal provision, isa pioneer'saccomplishment, builtthrough conquest and reconquering, a

march to the West. Something concretethat had alwaysexisted onmaps -BraziliaSoil. A new and rational, as well as logicaway to distribute a growing population oapproximately 200 million souls by the endof the century.Today, Brasiliarepresents the strengthand significance of a fully accomplishedpatriotic ideal of national unity finallyachieved.

WANTED: Chr i s t i an Worke r sChoose Your Field of Serv ice

OVERSEERFor small farm and camp grounds near Brasilia. Simple, rural life. Needs toconstruct ownhome on camp grounds. Electricity available. Three milesfromcitylimits.

Needed: Self-support Portuguese language Some knowledge of truck farming valuable.ITINERANT BIBLE PROFESSOR

Needed

SEMINARY PROFESSORNeeded

Training in BiblePortuguese languageLove fo r the lost.Master's degree Training in Church grooifh Theological t raining Portuguese language Love fo r the lost

SPECIALIST IN D ISC IPL INGNeeded: Training and practice in discipling Bible training Portuguese language Love fo r the lost

Talk to us abou t hard work i n Br az i l. Write to :L. David Sanders Daryl BostonC.P. 07-0862 Box 17067

70.359 Brasilia, D.F. Wichita, KS 67217Brazil, S. A.

You can share in th is Brazil ian Ministry ; IS THIS A FIRSTTIME?m This bulletin comes to you be-2 cause we want to keep the brethren- informed about the spreading of the2 Gospel in Brazil. We hope you willZ find it challenging and useful.2 Your congregation has in theZ past or may plan to contribute to the2 support of one of our families inZ Brazil. We want you to know that= you may also designate special offer-S ings - Thanks offerings. Faith offer-2 ings, Love offerings - through your local church or direct to our agent.S They may be designated for church5 construction funds {Now Ceilan-S dia). Bibles, scripture portions, the-2 ological education materials, studye books, and/or to an individual mis-2 sionary family.n

Dear B r et h re nWe'd like to partake in the Lord's work in Brazil through you, b>

contributing in the following way(s):n Pledge per month for the Ceilandia Pro jec t until the note is paid,n Pledge per month towards Phil McAfee's support,n Contribute for Acts Illustrated in Portuguese for use on the field.( 1.60 per copy)n Contr ibute for Chacara and Campground program.r i Other:Name

Addr e s s

City S ta t e ZipMail form and check or moneyorder to: Brazil Christian MissionJo e Means. Treasurer P.O. Box 17067 Wichita, KS 67217