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C H R IST I M

ntroductory

ssue



About the

Miss ionar ies . . .

Mike was born on July 7 1949 in Odessa Texas. At the age

of

12 he joined

the Antioch Christian Church in Odessa and was a member until he left for

Ozark Bible College He dedicated himself to full-time Christian Service in

November

and

has been preaching the gospel since January 1969. During his

ministry at Schell

City

Christian

Church

the

Lord

added over 30 to His

church

the attendance as well as the giving rose and an addition was built onto the

church. In March 1971 he received a letter from Ed and Sarah Holt in Santiago

a inglh o

come down and work with the missionaries there. After prayer

fully considering the call Mike resigned at Schell City and is now raising support

to go. He will graduate in May with a Bachelor of Sacred Literature Degree.

Patsy Sheffield is also from Odessa Texas. Born August

30

1949 she met

Mike in the 9th grade

and

they were married in July of 1968. She is a member

of

the Antioch Christian Church also and has worked together with Mike in his

ministry at Schell City.

They have one son Michael Jr.

who

was born January 12 1970. He

and

his

mom and dad plan to leave for Chile in September 1971. Pray for them all as

they prepare for this work.

Recammendat ions;

We

the

members

and

Elders

of

the Schell City Christian Church do give

our

full support to Mike and Patsy for their work in Chile. We feel he is worthy of

the task he is attempting to do and place our stamp of approval upon his efforts.

Wilbert

Schmidt Sec.

Schell City Christian Church

I am sure Mike and Patsy will serve the Lord faithfully wherever they are led

by Him to go and I recommend them without reservation.

Paul Butler

Registrar—Ozark BibleCollege

I

have known Mike Sheffield for 9 years. 1 first met him during my ministry

with the Antioch Christian Church in Odessa Texas. He came

into

the church

then. 1 commend both

of

them to

you

as being most worthy of your financial

support.

Ronnie R. Hanna

Dean

o f Students



About the Country...

The Sheffields plan to work in the central portion of Chile in the

cities. Their w ^ will consist

of

establishing churches and

training

leaders. 2:They placelnbch emphasis on

personal

evangelism and

personal training. Mike will beSvotkmg with the correspondence

courses iiuollow-up

work.

Thepresent

missionaries

have

over

60,000

enrolledin

these

courses.

Chile i^2 700 ni^^lernoj-gidlfeli^verage width

of

only^lr miles

The

noiêrn section

incliS^

one w

the hottest

and driest dêrts

in

the

world.V

The south k one of the coldest and wettest areas of the

t l^râi

orld.

Cental

Chile

i deal c limate.

nd has

n

Chile has a populatiori of 10,000,000. Eight millionjji these people

live

in

the

central v

are of mostly Sp

Catholic, althoug

Catholic church

f irs t

to elect

the people are

held

averaging

c tion

Bible

ey where the Holts will beivorking. The people

and

Indian mixtures They are nominally

here has been a reqeht

trend away from

the

e government is officially communist, being

the

nist president m the Western Hemisphere.

But

Several

revivals have

been

tbndance, with 250-300 in the morning

fSANTIAGO ,

open

to m

The Sheffields lah

to Wve

in September for Chile. They will be

working primarily/with tHe Holts, Gary Lutes and Jack Spears. They



A b o u t

O u r N e e d s

1.

Your prayers

in

our

behalf.

2. Monthly living link salary, housing, etc.) 500.00

3. Monthly service link furlough fund, working

400.00

expense, travel, newsletter, etc.)

4. Customs Fees travel fund, taxes on goods, etc.) 2,000.00

5. Repatriation Fund emergency return) 1,000.00

Forwarding Address: Sponsoring Church for

Mr. and Mrs. Larry

Norman the

Mike Sheffield family:

8800

D ub li n S t. Schell City

Christian

Church

Odessa, Texas

79765

Schell City, Missouri

64783

O u r Ad d r e s s :

M .

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Joplin, Mo. 64801

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Until

June 1st



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can give your explanation to

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readers

and others who

may inquire,

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M i c h a e l Bdv:ard S h e f f i e l d

CencerBlHg C e n v e r s i e n :

Raised in Bap tis t Churches, meved to Odessa, Baptized whi le Antioch

Christian Church was s t i l l in infant stage, f e l l away during highjU

School, got mixed

up with

Rentecostals and

had

t rouble

there Met

my wife

in HighjK School and

she

began

going

to ^tioch a f t e r

I

l e f t .

She

decided

to

go t© Ozark

Bible

College,

and I went

®ne

semester

to

a

s e c u l a r s c h o o l .

Dedica ted my

l i f e

t o

f u l l t ime

C h r i s t i a n

s e r v i c e

in

November

of

1967, came to gzark

in

Jen, ©f 1968, Was married

to Ratsy in

June

19,

1968, began

preaching

a t Sch ell C ity

Christ ian

c h u r c h i n J a n

o f

1969. Recieved l e t t e r from

m i s s i o n a r i e s

i n C h i l e

to

come and help in Jan, of

1971? decided

in

March dur ing Mis sions

Emphasis

week

to

go, and od Is s t i l l guiding and changing

my

l i f e .

I

have always f e l t

the need

f o r world^wide evangelism.

I

had kept

a f i l e

on

another countyy from my

beginning

in school and f e l t sure

this was where od wanted

me to go.

But,

the

doors

just never

opened

I continued to pray and seek God s

w i l l

as the

end

of my senior year

rolled around. Then I

recieved

a l e t t e r from my good friends in Chii,

Ed and

Sarah

Holt. He

asked

me

just

to

pray about

i t

and I

did.

Then,

I

s a t

down

with

Gad's word and

began

to

read

the

book o f

Jeremiiik

I d i d n t

have

to read

far

to

see

God was t e l l i n g

me

^hat I was to go

even as he told Jeremiah.

So.

I plan to go and

work

with the exist ing

missionaries on the f i e l d primari ly with f ol low-up with new Chris t ians

and

\ i l th personal evangelism. This

i s the

greates work

any

person

could do and as

another

has

said, don't

stoop to be a

king,

Concerning a d d i t f i a a a l

ne®5:

The country i s the f i r s t

e l e c t e d communist

government i n the w estern

Hermis^ere,

The

country

i s calm and prosperous now but this may

not

always be. The

need

for

reapers

i s now for the

harvest

may soon

be

past.

I f

the

commu ists

are not

reelected

the

next

election,

they

may a t t e m p t t o

over thrownthe

gov er nmen t and t h a t would

mean

th e end

o f t h e

w o r k

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other churches to

support your missionary

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are churches which wil l not a ll ow a

visiting missionary to speak unles s a church recommendat ion can be shown. Since it is

impos

sible for any one person

to

know all Christ ians in

th e

world, this recommendat ion by a respon

sible

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field Ac ts 13:1-3

and will help

provide the

necessary

needs on

th e field, naturally th e

church

should share

the

credit

in

your

missionary minis t ry . One of the ways

that

th e church

can

do this is to share thei

conviction regarding

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missionary minis t ry with others. Certainly, their words wil l help

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What things Influenced you to become a missionary? What

is

your purpose? What do you hope

to accomplish on the mission field? Your own story in some detai l

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others

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service Use

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f o r m

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missionary

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supply

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think

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helpful

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Abou t

c o n v e r s i o n :

Bapt i sed in Bap t i s t

church

a t

young

age but soon

l e f t

during J r Hi

and

began

to seek fo r more fu l f i l lmen t V ent

to d i f fe ren t churches

Lutheran

e t c

and

f i na l l y ended up a t Antioch Chris t ian^ There she

placed her members hip a nd began v;orking fo r th e l o r d Dedica ted

h e r

l i f e

to

C hris t in Life Recrui t

week

in

Aug

o f

I960

Left

in

Sept

of 1967 fo r Ozark

Bible

College

where her f iancee

joined her

in

Jan

Worked

v/ith

husband

and blessed with rst

son

in Jan

o f

1970

Reason

fo r

being

miss i ona ry :

Fi r s t of a l l

i s

a Love fo r the

Lord

then of course

i s

my

love

fo r my

husband I fee l

th e personal

need to be led daily by

the

Lord

and

e has opened

so

many doors fo r us

both

t h a t I

know

e

wi l l

l ead

us

on

into

eternity

Rremarily

I v/il l be

concent ra ti ng o f being

a house

wife

and work ing with my own children as

well as

being a strength

to

my

husband



TIE ,

. LO,

I m

YOU

AL^ AYS,

CHTLSAN EVEN UNTO THE

END

OF

CHRISTIAN THE -^AORLD.,..»

The -voice of Mike and Patsy

Sheffield,

recruits to

Chi l e •

VoI»

o 2

Odessa^ Texas

^

UJliily

5 97

THE BRaVN

BOMB IS DEAD

Many of

you are

probably not asvare

of

our brown s ta

t ion

wagon, kiown

affect ionately as

The

Brown Bomb.

I t

was given

to

us

ieh

we

3e

f t

Joplin

by

some

very

good f r ie nd s o f

ours

t o dr ive t h i s summer. t was

an

old

clunker, but i t

served

it s purpose

very well

and vre drove

i t

many

miles. I t

has

been

over it,000

miles

when it decided to end it here Af t e r our t h i r

week

of

camp, we

were heading home

one Saturday morn

ing

only

60 miles from home when

the

transmission

blew up,

the

drive shaft

broke

in

ii places, and

the

motor

block

f e l l

out

on

the

ground,

a

unloaded

our

things

into

our forwarding

agents car,

said our good

byes,

and

watched the old g i r l

being

carr ied off to

her final resting place.

After the

old brown Bomb died,

it

made

Patsy

and I

stop

and think. • .we

have

no home

of

our own, and now

we have no

car .

But, then I began

to

remember tha t

Jesus never

had a

car.

He

never

had a

home,

He

didn' t

even have

a place

to s leep.

Then I

began to rea l ize

that ,

even more

than

I had before, our home i s not

here on

this

earth, <Ve

are

but staying here for the

time of our service to

the

King,

then

we will f ia-

a l ly get to go home.

How about yourself? **here i s your home? Jesus

said,

^where

your

heart

is,

that

is

-siiiere

your

home

ia.

3o often

we

get so

wrapped

up

in

the things of



ABOUT OUR FAITH PRG ITSE,..,

Many are asking about our support^ and many others

are concerned

vath

Isow

7/e raise our-

support^

• his

is

the procedure

we

are following, and

i t

is. the:

genera l

p lan o f

most

miss ionar i e s

T/e~.are.-invited into churches to present o.ur needs.

After preaching and telling of our plans^ then

we

leave with the churches and

the

indiv idau ls the

choice of whether to use God's

money

here of some-

. where

else

in the kingdom. give the groups or

individuals

a

piece

of

paper like

the

one

you see in

closed in

this

newsletter,

^hen,

after

prayerful •

consideration,

they respond (hopefully) by a set

amount per month or year. This

is

called a. faith,

promise card. t is

just

as

i t implies.

t re-

quires faith on the

giver s

part,

i t is a promise t^

the missionaries, and

i t

i s in written .form so that

the missionaries can have

some

idea of how to figuree

out

a budget.

At .present

we

only teve:,

in.actual

pled^s,

-aOittle

over

llOO.OO,

Two

churches have

oledged-support

but have not given us an exact figure. This is not

even aoproaching the amount we wil l have to

l ive

on.

The

missionaries in the country have agreed to let us

use their vvDrking

funds if

we

cannot,

raise

enough for

. our avn. But,

we

must have at. least-SSOO.OO in^qtual

pledges before

v/e

can

gD,

X

his

means that

God s

people are going to have to conB

to our aide.

Many

of you

i Hve

tentatively pledged

support to

us

. Please, please write that support down

so we can have i t on f i le and know

for

sure.- I-f we

cannot

get

enough support by the first of Augist

we will have to out off our departure dates until

November,

v.e

are

going

atead

mth

all

olans as

If

we had

all

the supoort,

we

feel that Gad will



Michaels

Meditations *-J«««--5HHH.s«Hf

Hii I m ifichael, and I Just

.had

a big birthday. I

am

nov/ 18 months old. ^addy said I could get up here

and

t3rpe

this

part of the

letter.

I just love to type

But,,

for

some

reason,

^adc^ always

screams

and

yells

sornethihg

about having

to get a

nev;

tyoe-v/ii ter, but

knoiftf-h-p-doesn *t really mean it ;

V e

have really been busy, e just got back from Dalla

and

seeing

my Qrandmoramy

and tirandpoppy. his

is

quite a mouthful, but they

always

enjoy

it

wten

I get

i t all

out. e

have

been so many miles,

that

^ usual

just*

curl

up

and

sleeu

vnhen

we

get in the car.

But,

I

have met a lot of real

nice

people and have

le t

them

know I liked to oreach as well as

my

daddy, ^he only

•thin^.

I like to

do

more that preach

when

daddy Is prea

ing

Is*

to sing with everyone. My favorite songs are

Praise Ye the Lord , Jesus Loves Me , and Deep and

•* ide .

• f

f

I

have

an extra sp0c:;al surprise. Daddy and fiommy got

a new car. I t is

not

a

really nev/ car,

but i t sure

beats

riding on Daddy s shoulders everywhere, i»e

are

really looking forward to getting

down

to Qiile. I

have a

special girlfriend in Chi le haven t seen in

a l^^ng time. But, we- 11

just

have

to wait,

I

hear

Dadc^ coming.so .X.better^clifflb^dpwn from. here. It.

sure is fun to see him jump

up

and down, but sometime

he gives

me

a l i t t le

love pat

that

doesn t

feel

too

good.

Gotta

go—byp.

h a t we need . . . .

Here

are some of the things we could use down in Chile

and before we

l e ave ,

£d

and

Sarah

Holt

have

requested that

we

try to get

sonE sleeping bags, e will be traveling a

lot

throug



Financially Speaking

Balaice brought forward

6/I/71

Contributions for June

Ind iv idua l

Ooups and churches

Total giving

for June

Contributicns for July until

7/15/71

Ind iv idua l '

Ck-oups and churches

Total giving July until 7?l5/71

Jo ta l

expense

June

otal expense

7/15/71

Total

expense

Total giving and balance

Total

expense

Balance on

Hand

7/15/71

Working

fund

T r a v e l

fund

.

EnErgency Travel fUnd

Retirement fund

Baiance

^CTS

OF

ANTIOCH

visit

toyour W

^tioch Ctaistian

Churcir

4040 Map eAvenue

fe39 50

181 00

618.7lt

WfWM

I170 OO

87 sb

5257 50

5713 80

1 2

IHHToo

|l,19U.6l4

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II4O 20

59 92

120 60

59 92

380.611'

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T. H E

HILE N

HRISTI N

Fonw^ding

address:

M m

lissrry

Norman '

8800;.I ublin '

Odessa, Texas 7976O

F ie ld addre ss

Mke

&

Pais^

Sh e

C a s s i l l i a i 111807

Correo 2ZL

Santiago, Chile

Vcl 1,- -No. h

September,

1971

Odessa,

G IDEON 'S F L E E C E

In the.Old Testament, the story is v/ritten con

cerning a young

man

by the name of Gideon. He

was cabled of God to go and perform great

thingss

for

Gb;^

as well as be His spokesman.

Gideon

had

problem that

is

not unique to

him,

but to us

all.

id-that he had a lack of faith. In order to

find the will of'God,

and

to be sure Gideon 7/as

willing

to accept it,, he put out the fleece

for

God t«

honor by showing Gideon His wdll»

The

complete story is found in Judges 7,

The

whole point

in

Gideon's fleece v/as so that

Gideony,

not

God, vrauld know

for sure

that

is

what

God him to do. This is the way we have

tried live this summer. In the beginning, we

soughtrjô see God s vrf.ll by asking for spetifi

aignq- t.ât

we might

knov7 for

ourselves?

that what

we

werb:.:tr^ng to accomplish

might

be in

His?

vdll

Time

ahd

time again, the

answer came

ba«k for

us;

to go Arfd

continue going..

fe nowji^ve our tickets- for bur flight to Chile..

Our pejônal

items-

are already on the

dock

in

Chilei|::We leave

Monday,

the 13th, at 2;;30 in

the

morrdng from

Dallas. After a layover in

Miami tq;^ complete some business with the consul

ate

therb,

we

vrill

fly

from

?vaami at

1:33

A.

M

on

,the

liith, arriving in Santiago at

10:30

A.

li.



TOTAL CONTRIBUTORS FOR JULY l^th-SEPT. 9th

Groups:

El

Porvenip-

Camp

Schell City Christian

Church

>xiibuquerque^ New Mex Schell City, Missouri

Allena

Christian

Church Church of

Christ

7

B .

S

San Antonio, Texas

Paremount .Terrace

Chri st i an

Church

Amarillo

Texas

S t

Jo e

Indianai

Youth

I n

Chris t

• -

Dal hart

Texas

Puxico

C h r i s t i a n

Churoh-

Puxico

Missouri

Antrioch Christian

ChurchLake Murray

Chr.

Camp

Odessa, Texas

Fi r st

Christian

Church

Balhart Texas

F irs t

Christian

Church

oamar Mis sour i

Durango Christian Ch.

Lurango, Colorado

Fo-u- Corners Chr.

Camp

^ortea Colorado

•

Lajf:e

Francis~Ohr Camp-;

Slloam Springs Ark,

Ardraore, Oklahoma^

Pleasant

Gap Christian

Butler Missouri

Berea

Christian

Ch.

Waiker, Missouri

Rinehart

Christian

Ch,

Korton Missouri

DaOlas

Christian College

Dallas

Texas

Individuals. -.

Joyce Ify-de

, l el l v i l l e Arkansas

Ron

Debbie

Kohler

vopj.in Missouri

Nova

Brackenridgei

Schell C ity Mo

W/2

Edwin

C,

lYhite.

Amarillo

Texas.-

M/M

S,H, Boozer

Amarillo

Texas

Eddie Je a n i e Fowler

Sheldon

Mo

M/M Gary

Schell

Cortez

Colorado

Kaifchryn

Oakes

U/U Warren Wilson

Dallas.

Texas

Sue McKinney

.

Garland

Texas

Anna. Mae. Hammond

Schell

City,,

Mo

T homa sj Goodman

Schell

City Mo.

William E,.

Holt

Santiago

Chile

Mrsi, M argaret H olt

Lewistown,, Montana

Itrs

Le.ta Harvey

Schell

City Mo.



''1 in«i ><n

5

FINANCIALLY

SPEAJaNG::::

Bâaice brought fonward from—7/15/7I • |

380^6iit

Contributions-

from 7/l5/73i- until 7/30/71.

Individuals^

1 13^.00

Cajnips\<S:

Churches—

^

1

30l4 39

Contributions

from

7/30/71 until—Vp/tT ^ .

Individuals 111 —

610.

Oii

Groups

&Churches. 1105..3-1

Total Contributions

^2^09

Total Expense from 7/1^/71 until 9/9/71 $2270.93

Balance on hand 9//9/71

V/orking fund—— —— 10 ^ 7)1

Travel fund

^ ;_J 79 39

Retirement fund-- 5o*32

Bateioe j. £36'.lig

_E3ênces .. ...

. . ^

1

'

—T—— iU78.31

i:yi.25

2 —~-i —

95.58

•Medical — —

92 ..'Ô

Misc. tTithe—

29

r.

NORilAN'S NOTES

> Everydaiy we learn something nev/ about ourselves,

I've, learned that I ^ a lousy newspaper lady. But

I'm still trying, so don't give up,

and

maybe before

Mike

and

Pat^ come home

again

l l

be putting out

cu

fa i r ly decent

paper . . .

Mike, Patsy, &Michael T;ill

be

in Chile by

the-

time everyone

gets this paper...and by the next paper

I should have some news about them.

y^^> 1^

you



. ^

* .-

•

MICHAEL S MEDITATIONS...... . ^ - •

_S.c

mary -people

seem

to

think

they can t understan

me J T o clear things up, I want to include a sh

dictionary of important t e r r a s

1, Thi..

(pronounced

thee)

can

mean

look, see

e

often yes, as in Spanish Si ..

2.

Gar-Ga..

(Spanish aigua) means water, but only

Spanish water, English

water

is. . .water 1

3;.

Mommy...can mean (and

usually

does)

Daddy, M

Aunts, Uncles,, friends (both male and female)

horses., etc .

I4.

No

Lee.,

(usually followed

by a tsk,

tsk) Goll

an expression of great

surprise

or annoyance

Such

as

when

M mmy doesn't sing

the

right

son

^ t

c . •

. ^

5. You hear

pie ..

.answer I

give

to

Daddy

when

h

scolds

me

so

he will

laugh and forget

what he

mad abour^ Works every time«.

6, ee-i-ee—i~o ,,either mispelling of

sons BIBL

or

Old McDonalds

Farm .

'

I love you...what Mommy

and

Daddy love to hea

mes t . .

4 , r

6hS_ean Christian

'

Acts

of

Antioch

[jOliO

Maple

Odessa.,

Texas

79760

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U.S.

Postage

P a i d

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No.

?7

Odessa,

Texas

0CT6



•• T E E

C H I L E A N . ;

. . C H E I S T I A N : :

J|issionaries3:

Foirw^djtng

Agents:

M/M'Mike\Sheffield M/^

Laspry

Noiman

Gassillia. 111867

8800 Dutrliri

Correo 21 Odessa.^ Tessis 79760

S a ntia go Ghii.e S cAp.

-3 No^ Ij Odesssaj Texas OGrbo35ei% 197X

1.

: 3S5 MILES

FROM

MXAMI'

.,, . . ; , •

• • . t

Viv^

Chile i

We

are

here f The above

t i t l e

t e l l s

the emct number of miles i t

is

frora Mamis Florida:

to

oantiago

Chile- And what a

great

distaijce

has beeni Let

me fil l you in

on the journey dov/n

to this white field ready for harvj^s.t* „ .

^'iie

left

Dallas Love ^^Field at the

very

uncomfortable

homr

of •

2.; 30

AoMa -on'Monday^ the 13tho After a-.. .

.•

short changeover of planesLin Alanta,

we

arrived

in

Miami a t 8:00 on the 13tli. There we were met

by

a pair of angels in disguise, C3bd had really ,

sent them to help us, as. they were,

really

wonderful

in taking

iis

where

we

heeded to go. and letting us

stay

with

them0

Norman

Regnaub

of the church.

in

Maini

took us

around

the

town

as

we

needed to

finish some busihessthere. Then, again

at

the

very

unlike^

hour of 3O0

A.M.

qh the

ihth

we

boarded.-our plane from Miami» Ih

hours

later

we

were in

Santiago Chile.

.

The trip, down was pretty une-^entful, but was ex-;

citing

in

many

ways.

We

were

able -to

see the

jlndes in all

thier splendor

We flew over an

extinct volcanoo, saw^miny Dales of ..the Gulf of •

Mexico as well as the Pacific ..Qceon,

.and

stopped ^

at

such

places as

Pananma

City,

Panamaj

Quitoj



IW L E C T IO N S

ON

THE WORK

Whaib w e v e done

s i n c e

b e i n g h e re

The work

here

is a wide open f i e l d . Since

being

here, I have been honored with being

able

to

preach

a t

both the English service here on Sunday

afternoon,

and

th e

Spanish

s e r v i c e s

a t

th e S a n t a

Rosa

Ig les ia

D

Chr i

s t o .

There

are

3

churches in Santiago, one preaching

point Mble study group) and an English congregation

meeting, in a-

home.

T h e r e a r e 2 7 c h u r c h e s in a l l of

Chile, a coimtry

of

10 million.. I have been working

with various

correspondence courses;, mainly

seeing

wha

i s

b ei n g

done. Right now th e re a re ii d i f f e r e n t course

in

the countrv, Pats^ and I personally have been busy

enrolling

in

language

studies,

v/hich we

w i l l

s t a r t

on

the 27th, looking

for

a house to

rent,

working on gett

ing our personal goods through customs, and generally

J u s t

g e t t i n g adjusted. I t has been a fu l l 2. weeks sinc

we

have been here, and we are Just now beginning to be

come

adjusted

YJhat we

hope to

do

After talking with many

of

the

other missionaries

we

have

a l l agreed

that

we

want

to

attempt

to__do

jbhe

following: ) Unite in a

Joint

effort

for

effective

evangelization

of

the country. There are basically 5

missionaries who

are

willing to effectively work

to

g e t h e r , 3 are o f th e C h r i s t i a n Church and 2 are

of

th e

Church.of

Christ. Yj/e plan

a meeting next week

to plan

the work so

evangelization

of the country will go more

smoothly. 2) Pool

a ll

the

correspondence

courses

into

one

large,

one.

All

those

concerned have

said

they

wan

and

are ready

to do t h i s . Ed Holt nyself

are both

working

to take t h i s

over. The

correspondence course

course

of

the Church of Christ

will

be phased out, the

courses from th e radio

ministry

wil l be channeled into

th is and we hope to have 10,000 students within one

year., 3) Because the time is short, we are all

agreed

that we

want

to begin

a

movement

rather

than

spend 3

years

on

individual

churches.

We

may.

not

have more

than

5

years, so

we want

to

work

together to begin an



FINANCIALLY

SPEAKING^... .

•

^oLiaicef brought forward 3 f s h \

CONTRIBUTIONS:

I n d i v i d u a l s

Giroups

Churches

T o t a l

.Loan f rom F i r s t S t a t e Btok

TotaaiL

Tota l expense

60 0

729».9

«ao3«JW

300^0

lllU.7.7

190 7

56.00

79.39

55.3

Balance on hand

9/31/71

.XXrXXXmxmXi

TTorging fund*

.Emergency Travel Fund

R e t i r e m e n t M e d i c a l Fund

Expense

Fre ight

Salary

O f f i c e

Mi s c

11003.0

1 0 0 0 0

35.38

9.3

SI1W77

Contrihutions

received

after

9/31/71

will

he on

next

n wsl tt r •

NORMriN S

NOTES.. . . .

^

Mike

Paibsy,

and

Michael

are

set t led

in the i r

ho

se in

Chile by

now,.

Also

they

were

able

to get

t he i

things

o ff the

dock.

They wrote

tha t a l l the i r

thing

ware

in

good

shape. Except fo r

occasional homesick

ness ai

spider bi t e which

made liLke very

sick

and

jus t

get t ing used

to a new

climate and

customs they

seem

to

be

doing

f ine

and

are

working very hard.

The

homesickness can be helped

by

a l l

of us here

in the

s ta tes by a

short

note l e t t e r

cards

and many

p r ^ e

This-wi l l

-help them

great ly. . . . . . . .PLEASE

TRY 11J



MICHaEL*S i^DITATIONS*-)HHH«t

Did

you ever

hear the

one about Dadcty

with his foot

in

his.mouth?

Let me

t e l l

you t h a t

one...,,

.TTe were

flying.domi. here to

Chj.le

(and i t was quite a

trip),

out

we Stopped

in

Lima^

Peru

for

a

short

t ime.

Dad

dy

wanted to take

some

p ic tu re s o f a l l of us.

and

he

saw • his-;^man

standing around on the bottom landing

strip

. He marched

us a l l down the

ramp

and

asked

the

man

i f

he spoke English^ The man said he did^

so

Daddy,had him

take

several p ic tu res^ To make

conversation

as

we were

waiting for l^he

pictures to,,.,

•^ikej Daddy aJ?i^ed the man

i f

he v/as from the states,.

No , he said5

I m

from

Russ iaDaddy

must have

been out in

the;

sun too long because .h^ had sud.deuly .

become .sun-

bui-ned

and quickly decided to get out iof

the surij . sb he ran up the steps and sat

right down

in

his

seat* I asked him vfhat was wTong, but he only

mumbled something

about

chewing shoe leather^ I . *

guess he.must have been hungry. Anyway, the

man-S3

l i t t le

boy and I exchanged gifts

later,

and things

worked

out

all

right-.

But

Daddy

still belches

up

a,

l i t t l e

shoelace

now

and

then thinking about it^ *

Adioth, and love**,*

ACTS

OF

.M IOCH

A v i s i t to your norae

from:

Ant ioch

Chr i s t i an

Church

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Alvarado Min, to Mexs..

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j •• ;• ,v. T Tfe • • • •:

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•

;:

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.8800,

Dublin.. . .

Cassillia 11,807

Odessa,.

Texas 797^ . ..Correb 21

t. - Santiago

Chile S:.A:,

COlJT^JTSRV^

RF.VLQyTIj^^

WinChile, I

have

noticed the.,

deeo

upheaval,

this county

is

??ointhrough ric ht

.

now. very day we see. new thin?js

to indicate

the country ia^r^^niring,

and is,^.

in fact, in .

jevolutipn,.Itjii s .both frightening and reassur—

.;ihg

at

.the

ea*ne

tiine.. But-there-is another

revolution going on that doe.sn t .get as .. [nuch at

tention. Let-me

tell you

about,that.

• ;

.It

îs

i ievolutibn tliat begirt almost 2,000 years

ago.

i t

spread over the knoivrt world ind=?;as

influential in

every ohase.

of . Hfe at that

ti-me.

^

It

toppled

governrnentsy effected decisions, -and

changedjjthe-

cburse of history.

It v/as

and is

the-revolution

o f

Christ. -

Today,

this

same

revolution

is

going

txi

in,the

^ .»orld. It is npt interssted-in

govemaents

or

o rId ideas, not creeds and doctrines^.. It. is

interested in ;t.he souls of

men

and ûehands the

complete sacrifabe of epph. xevolntionaiy -Tt

grows inêvery. type -of .situitiori- nrid flourishes

da,e. .out. The

revolutionaries

must

iiide,

effort

and

money.

to

the cause

of this

revolution. But

revolutions of Che Guevarra: Lenriin.



ABOUT

THE MISSIONJHHHt

Coxrespondenc®

course

The

correspondence

course

is

going

greaab

guns now as

we

prepare

to

take the

laslfc few lesisons to

the

trîsB-

latoi?^

We

had ai

very

diff-iculU time

getting

a

good-

translation

but by taking thee manuscript f i rs t to ny

Spanish teacher

at

the University here,wB were ^ le to

gat a good Chileno

t ranslation .

We wars

also able to

get the

services

of ai local artist to illustrate- i t

and

have contracted a prin ter to. do

a l l the

work,.

Right now we are buying paper and storing i t

as

.the

paper

company

,is

now owned

by the Commuriist, but we -;..

hope

to print

up

several

thousand

the

fir

si

printing.

You

can

help by'desiâtihg

your

funds

Correôndence

Ceurae ' to bi;^ papef-ând printing.

Language

Studies^

- =

By the ttoe you reîys.this-letter.

Patsy

and

I will

have finished Our

first

course in

language

study.

We

both passed, and after a

week s

break, will begin -1

course 2,

It-has

been

rather

difficult

but

we

have

every-opportunity-to-prabtice the ianguage every-day.

Many people w^t to/pi'adtice'

Enflish.

with me

so.

can't think of a..better-way to practice^ thanMth

the-/.

•i>

Gospel. I have set up .lO

mrute^

aessWs wit^ 2

men^ .

.

and we have been, working with bptj.neighbors on .either • :

side of us.

Pray

thatJthis

oightr-

continue.

.

Crusades

/ ^

A slightly

hampered

crusade

has

just beeh completed in

the port city of Valparaiso; '.

Due

to a

govei^riment

mix-

up, the workers were .not able

to

get: the. teht until

+ ^ ^ 4 X _ ' -kV • « - . '

the last of the cruspde. Bit. despitarall the set

backs-

-

the attendance Tan.about 65-70 per night> ahd the'churches

p:^w because

of

it.

During

January,

Feb., March

.^Ml

there will be a

crusade

in the South, and

here

•

in Santiago,

As

a

follow-up

to the

prusadS-.lh-Vktpo



FINANCIALLY SPEAKING^.-..

Efelance brought forward

CONTRIBUTIONS

I n d i v i d u ^ s

(S:*oups & Churcheffl

T o t a l

190.72

68.00

teUfc-a

Expense

Balance on hand IO/30/7I,.

Working fund-* /

Emergency travel

fUhd; • '

Retirement & radica l ' fund

T o t a l

I

163.717

3:7lJili

• 79.39

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ContribuH;ion®,:reoeiy8d

after

10/30/71 mil be on

nbxit.

n e w ^ e t t e r . .

<i.;,..., ' * * '

SPECIAI, NOTE.;...

Antioch Christian Churchy hefe

in

Odsss®.

'hasi'

offered their,.help

by

handling ®11 checks icoming ih.

This

will mean ;that

^1

check® need to be- made pay^ala

to

AntiOch

Christian

Church,,

foir Mike) Sheffield

nhilear,

Missions.

The

hheoks

will s t i i r W l ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^

. ^ w w

V9011U,..UU

UDB CLIj

0000

Dublin-Odessa^

v.T®xas

but they;will

be

recreEipte<f

from the^ct^nh*.^ Iimll stiih 'write, notas

and

return

the receipts?

to

each individuaOU

This-will

ba a

a n d f o r

t a x

purposes .

NORMAN'S

NOTES a. I.-, , ' ^

^

Fell

i t sbpms that.

Mike,

.Patsi^; -Michael are

etill

having a

little

trouble

^ t h

eicicnees.

I'm

not

jusii

'

re^ sure

what

is. ytx'.ongj but please-.

remember

them in

yoip

prayersw

Their

work, and

studies-

seem to^-be ^

Are'-get-^Jng. into the '^oH^

of things

there^now..^ They

have

a eaissette tape • ^

recorder and

we have-

started

sendihg

Jtapes

back „

forth. kl e think i t will work out real-well so i f

any of you would

llfc^

tbi Sehcfthem a taped message-

1

know;

they

would

love.3it'. Please- write to

them

anyway . . i

•

p*

their are

any<-questlonsb

concerning

the

chang

ing of the checks, leti:md''kridw.

.



i u i c h a e l s

M e d i t a t i o n . . , . . ,

'.Veil, I guess I d bette^T ciir^b up here and try-

to

help ^pad<^ finish, uo his ncv;sletter. SeeniB.-

like

vhefi

,I

T;ant

to type, he always has a fit,-,- •

but

when

he vânts ne,:to,

i t i s

on soraething

v

e l s e .

OhY. ell...

One of trie

best

thinf^s I

enjoy

doing here

in Chile

( or

in

the U.

3.

is

eating.•

l e t ne

t e l l

you some

o f th e

good and

strange

foods people e a t h e r e . They

e a t

a thin,g

c a l l e d

.

Corvino, v/hich i s sea

b a s s , t h a t

I l i k e vary

much. Daddy does

t o o ,

you could see h is

s to

mach

you could

t e l l

v.hy.

Also,

t h e y

have

a

f i s h

called Congrio,

;vhich

i s

sea

e e l ,

that

i s really

fun and .good t o e a t . . .lommy

j u s t

t r i o s no t t o

t h i n k w h a t

t i s . The

p e o o le

h ere .just l o v e

to

get

live

.rmscles or snail-fish, put then in a

bow l, and squeeze -leribn j u i o e o v e r t h e n . I tucss

t h a t

i s a l l r i g h t j •but. J- n

afraid

the poor fish

i;ould

sq u rite t rig h t

back

a t e

can

only

buy

n e a t .onco

a r twice

a month,

so

lve

d o n t

have

a

lo t

of

i t .

They have

diffcrant

-grades

of

neat,

.from o ne t h a t t a s t e s

l i k e

t h e b e s t T - 3 o n e i n t h e

s t a t e s ,

t o

one

t h a t

i s l i k e

vcarnpd-over

shoe

leath er . The best food I l i k e , and always

will,

i s

;good old red bean s, c ornbread , and fried

oot-

atipeiS.,

Y o u l l

n ev er make a Chileno o u t o f

m e , . . . *

P r i n t e d

a s :

. . . ,

i^bn-Profit

I r g .

,

Acts

,0 f

Antioch

U.

S .

.ôstage

- -

i OUO ilsple

Aye.

Paid

Odessa Texas

79760 ,

Permit

No.

97

•Ôdessa,

T e xa s

o t c



THE

CHILEAN

CHRISTIAN

Misslonariesr Forwaarding'

Agents:

M M

i&ke

Sheffield

M/iJ.LanEy

Norman

Cassillffi lUSO? :8800 Dublin

Correo 2Ql

Odes5sa,

Tessas 7576©

^feitlago. Chiles A. '

VoJu. 1,

No,.

6

December, 1971

Odessa,

Texas

, .. A STOERTBE CHRIST jJAS'

PRAYER '

Dear

Father

in

Heaven,

as the Christmas time comes

agai

this.yeaTj Patsy and I

have

a soecial prayer to offer to

You

now.

Lord,

helo

.us

to forget

a ll

of the past Christm

and only live for you today. Since the weather has been

v/arm,

we

long

again for the crisoness of winter aiir, for

snow/, and for cold nights \7ith lots of

cover,.

Help us

Father to remember

7fhat

your Son said, if you love moth

father, brother, or sister greater than me, you are not

?;orthy o f me . Help us

to

mean

i t

And

Father,

when

the other part of the

world

prepares for

shopping giving, help ua to prepare for a summer of wo

Thank you Father, for your Holy Spirit,

which

you gave to

guide us, and we pray His special strength

upon

us

in the

coming

months .

Especially help us Father, to not live beyond today.. Y ©

know

this country is in serious times ahead, but

we

are

also

reminded

of the strength

vie

have

in Christy

and

the

mieacles You

performed with the nations of old.

e

pray

for

this

country, for

i t s

leaders,

and

for our

own

coun

try.

Help

us to remember Youe' first coming^ and to

commemorate i t with our love for You. But, we also re-

member the

promise You gave through Your Son

to

^orae

agai

and

this

is the 'Christmas'

we

look forward

to.

As

i t i s

winter in the north of

this

world, help those there to re®

member

us with a

special

prayer. Thank You for a ll of th

God,

and

strengthen

each of them

just now,.



ABOUT

THE

-

1) Correspondence Course^^HHt-We are s t i l l working away

a t the

course,

^u t

Satan has r e a l l y

t r ied

to impede dujr

progress^ But, the Lord willing, we should begin print

ing

cy

the

end

of

t h i s

month,

e

were

fortunate

enough

to s ecu re th e

serv ices

o f a top qua l i ty a r t i s t to ill •

u s t r a t e th e course, as w e l l as

s e v e r a l t racts

to go

with

it. He

i s

a

nat iona l ly known

a r t i s t

and p u t s

o u t aj

monthly

animated magazine read by many^ With t h i s out

o f

th e way, v;e have h i r e d a pr in te r and

should

b eg i n

mass p r o d u c t i o n s o o n , Ed

and

I

b o u g h t

t h e p a p e r in b u l k

b u t I w as

no t

ab le

to

help

a s much a s

I w o u l d

h a v e

l iked .

Si n c e th e comrminists are s e e k i n g to t a k e o v e r th e p a p e r

fac to ry

and

p a p e r

i s

ge t t ing scarce

vre

had

to

buy

it

now. y D e s i g n a t e

a ny

f un d s- — C or re sp o nd en ce C o ur se

2. Curaua.vi 'HBJ-The new church

a t Curacavi is

grow

in g stro n g .

However,

we_ a r e

w a i t i n g

to b eg i n a serious

a t t empt a t conver t s in

mass

u n t i l we h a v e th e se rv ices

o f

a

young

g i r l g r a d u a t e o f

C o l e g i c o

Bibl ico in

Mexico.

We

have th e f ac i l i t i e s

o f

th e C h r i s t i a n

Service- camp h

h e r e ,

s o

we are

g o i n g

to

d i v i d e the

classes

n e x t vreek,

need

B i b l e s , m a t e r i a l s ,

'

and

addi t iona l

h e l p v / i th

t h i s . D e s i g n a t e y o u r f u n d s — C u r a c a v i .

3)

S3J^tiago-5H« -The

churches in

Santiago

are growing

as well». The Santa Rosa Church ,is attempting

to

buy

some

p r o p e r t y o f

the i r o-wn,

as th e church

has

fa r

o u t

grown it s

p r e s e n t

bui ld ing .

They have a fu l l t ime

Chileno

preacher,

and

the

missionaries are going

on to ;

other v/orks. A

new

work in our area

is

attempting to '

be

s ta r ted

as

t h e r e

i s

no

work

in

th i s

par t

o f

town.

•Revivals^and

D;V-B.Sv s are planned

for

Dec. and Han.^

here*. Designate any

help

S a n t i a g o ,

ii)

Camp s

and Crusades*-'«'-Briefly, camp in 2nd 3rd

week

i n

Jan,., w ith P ats y

and

myself

teaching.

Then. I

l eav e f o r th e s o u t h f o r cru sa des th ro ug h

Feb. Mahch,

Travel expense,* crusade tracts, bulletin^, are

needed?

D e si g n a t e

C r u sa d e s,

. - . • - ^

WHAT CAN I DO???? This i s o f t e n asked. 1)PRAY.

Never

cease

to pray,

remember us

in

your

prayer

meetings



FINANCIALLY SPEAKING.... - .

Contributors from Sopt. 71

thru

Nov.. *71

F i r s t C h r i s t i a n ChurOh

Lariar

Missouri

Paramount

C h r i s t i a n

Church

Ainarillo Texas

N o r t h w e s t

C h r i s t i a n Church

McKinney. Texas

A n t i o c h

C h i i s t ia n

C h u r c h

Odessa Texaa

The

L o r d s Reaoers^

Ozark Bible

College

Joplin

M i s s o u r i

Youth Group o f

Rinehart

•Christian ^hurch Horton, Mo

Schel l City Christ ian Church

Schel l City Missouri

F i r s t

Chris t ian

• hurch

Puxico Missouri

M M Frank GaAnes

Schell

City

Mo..

Thomas

Ggodman

Harwood

Missouri

nc.e 10/30/Yl.

r i b u t i o n s 816..62.

Ifc

Pleasant

Gap

Chris t ian

Church Butler Mo.

F i r s t Christian

^hurch

Dalhart Texas

Dallas

Christian Colle

Dallas Texas

Eastwood C h r i s t i a n

Ch

Dallas

Texas

Church

o f C h r i s t

.St . Joe Indiana

• Nova

Brackenridge

Schell City Mo,

Robby McKinney

Schell City

Mo..

Mrs. Margaret

August

Durango

Colorado

M/M Eddie

Fowler

Sheldon

Mo..

I^/M Ife rr.y

Pecotte

Silver

City New

Mex.

M/M

Sam Vantellman

Schell ^ity. Mo..

Expense

— . . C i i i .

Balance: 012/2/71.

W7»P7



MICHAEL S MEDITATIONS,

Did you hear??? Daddy has a garden I don t

think

we ll

start truck farming

just

yet, but he did look

funr^ out there

hacking

away at those weeds;:. I help

ed

him

by

pulling

up

the

weeds

he

wafe

working

on

right

then. Daddy doesn t appreciate ray help too much, be

cause

he

would raise the hoe and holler about always

in the way . h well, I

made

up for it by watering

the yard for him. I

love

to water for Daddy, because

he usually misses the buildings, himself, and the

•clothes

hanging

out to dry. But, I usually manage to

help

him

out. I don t

know hovf

much of a garden he is.

supposed

to

have, so I decided

to

take

some

of the

weeds

out for

him. Boy

J A

guy

sure has i t hard these

days. ow

was I

supposed

to

know

that

weed

was corn

Anyv/ay,

I

ipiow

Daddy likes me to help

him

in the yard.

Like the time I helped pick the old flowers, I

knew

they

were

old because they weren t flowers anymore

just little round buds. So much for ray helping

Daddy..

But, you

can help

Daddy

by

writing and telling him

i t

is

alright.

Maybe

you

have

a

little

helper

around

your house too. So long, I just

found where

the carrots

are planted. I never did like those things.

Chow

Spanish for so long). .

ACTS OF ANTIOCH

hOhO

Maiple Ave..

Odessa Texas 79760

Non-Profit

Org.

U.

S . Postage

id

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No

97

Odessa

Texas

7

<5^



CHILEM EV IMGELISM

M i s s i o n a r i e s :

M / M . M .

S h e f f i e l d

C as i l la 1 4 0 1 7 C o r r e o 21

S a n t i a g o

Chile

Forwarding Agents

Mrs. Arthur

Wight

B o x

2 8 6 8

O d e s s a

T e x a s 7 9 7 6 0

CHILE N

EV NGELISM THE

GROW

. . tW . .

THE NEW

CHRISTI N

TEMPLE

C h i l e a n

E v a n g e l i s m i s

t r u l y on

t h e g o .

Here

we

s e e

a

p i c t u r e o f

t h e new

C h r i s t i a n

Temple

t h a t

was d e d i c a t e d on t h e 22nd. o f

March

T h i s new

Church

is

i n

a h o u s i n g

a r e a

o f

a p p r o x i m a t e l y

5 0 0 0 0

p e r s o n s

and t h e n e a r e s t c h u r c h is a b o u t 25

b l o c k s

away.

We

a l r e a d y

h a v e

10

c o n t a c t s

t h r o u g h

t h e

c o rr es p o n de n ts c o ur se

which have i n d i c a t e d a d e s i r e t o a c c e p t C h r i s t

and

become

C h r i s t i a n s .

B r o t h e r F e r n a n d o Nunez o f C u r a c a v i moved t o this c h u r c h

just

b e

f o r e

t h e

d e d i c a t i o n and w i l l b e w o r k i n g

f u l l t i m e w i t h u s

w h i l e h e is

s t u d y i n g i n

t h e I n s t i t u t e o f

E v a n g e l i s m

I n t h e irst s e r v i c e th t w as h e l d t h e r e w e r e o v e r

1 5 0

a d u l t s

w i t h many coming

from

t h e c h u r c h e s

o f

S a n t a Rosa and C u r a c a v i

With G o d s h e l p t h i s w i l l b e o n l y t h e

irst

o f many

new

c h u r c h e s

i n t h e S a n t i a g o

a r e a .

We a r e now l a y i n g p l a n s f o r t h e s t a r t i n g o f a

new work i n

a

t o t a l l y new p a r t

o f

t h e c i t y . With G o d s h e l p and y o u r s

C h i l e a n

Evangel ism w i l l c o n t i n u e t o

grow.



The planning

and

s t a r t i n g

o f

a

new

church

every

f o u r months

i s a t remendous

task

Shown

h e r e

a r e S i l v i o

V a l l e ,

d r i v e r

o f the t r u c k ,

who

a l s o has

r e s p o n s i b i l

i t i e s for the t e n t and the evangel is t ic

equipment

p lanning w ith S erg io

Bore.

Sergio i s

the administrator

of Sunday

S c h o o l literature f u n d s

o f

C h i l e a n

Evangelism and also works as per

s o n a l s e c r e t a r y .

As most o f my

t ime i s

spent work

ing

with the churches they are an

enviable

p a r t

of the growth

o f

the.

churches i n

C h i l e . S i l v i o

i s

an o r

dain ed Me thod is t

M i n i s t e r ,

who

has

s h o w n g r e a t i n t e r e s t i n

t h e

C h r i s t

i a n movement.

T h i s

i s

a p i c t u r e

o f t h e

new

t r u c k

t h a t was

purchased

by Chilean Evangelism

t o

be used i n t h e t r a n s p o r t a t i o n o f

the

t e n t and t o a id i n E v a n g e l i s t i c Campaigns

t

i s a 7 Chevrolet 1 /2 ton t r u c k .

During

t h e

months o f January and Feb

u a r y , t h e

t r u c k

t r a n s p o r t e d

a t o t a l

o f

m i l e s , o f which 1224

were

f o r

t h e

se

of purely

e v a n g e l i s t i c

campaigns.

the campaigns i n th e south and i n

h e c e n t r a l zone

t h e r e

were

a t o t a l o f

08 persons b a p t i z e d .

A l s o

p i c t u r e d

is t h e

d r i v e r

on t h e

S i l v i o

V a l l e .

I am s h o w i n g h e r e t h e

b u i l d i n g which we were a b l e

t o

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

I n s t i t u t e

o f

E v a n g e l i s m ,

t i s

a t h re e s t o ry b u i l d

i n g

i n w h i c h w i l l b e h o u s e d

t h e offices o f

t h e corres

p o n d e n c e

c o u r s e , t h e

e v a n

gelistic

o f f i c e s ,

a n d a l s o

t h e c l a s s e s of t h e nstitute

t

w i l l

a l s o

be

a dormitory

f o r m a l e

s t u d e n t s a n d

h o u s e

t h e

p r i n t i n g p h a s e

o f

th e

w o r k .



During

t h e month o f

t h e c h u r c h e s

o f

e

C e n t r a l

Z o n e h e l d fam

y

camps w i t h

churches o f

and

Curacavi par

T h e r e

w e r e

a tot l

of

24 a d u l t campers

and

t h e r e

f o u r

de isions

t o

a c

C h r i s t d u r i n g

t h e

week.

he e v a n g e l i s t i c t e n t was

sed as male dormi tory and

H e r e we

s e e

a

o f

campers d u r i n g a

s e r v i c e a t t h e ri

The young man

w i t h

e accordion i s t h e p r e

t

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a n d

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man b e s i d e h i m w i t h

e

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i n

h i s arm

is

t h e

t r a i n e d

p r e a c h e r

a t

J o rg e S o to .

s the churches begin t o

grow

e

g r e a t

need

f o r

good

l i t e r a t u r e

grows.

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t h i s i n mind we

purchased

a

l a r g e

s t o c k

o f

Sun

y

S c h o o l liter ture t o b e u s e d

our own

p r i n t e d

m a t e r i a l can

p u t

i n t o

c i r c u l a t i o n .

H e r e we s e e S e r g io

i n

t h e s t o r e

with the

stock

of su pp lies i n

e

b a c k g r o u n d .

One o f

o u r g r e a t e s t b u i l d

i n g s i n t h e w o r k .

i h e r e a r e a g r e a t

number

o f

young

p e o p l e

coming t o

t h e L o r d .

These young p e o p l e between t h e

a g e s

o f

15 and

2 5

h a v e

b e g u n

t o

t u r n

t o

t h e

L o r d i n g r e a t numbers

a l l

o v e r

C h i l e . Here i s

p i c t u r e d

o n e

o f

t h e

young men f r o m

S a n t a

Rosa

b a p t i z i n g

d u r i n g t h e

f a m i l y

c a m p .



F RO M

M I C H A E L

A l l h a s

n o t b e e n p u r e work

i n t h e s e last few d a y s .

H e r e I

am t i c k l i n g m y s e l f

s o t h a t

I

c a n s m i l e

a r e a l b i g

s m i l e

f o r you all My little

b r o t h e r is i n t h e

b a c k g r o u n d

b u t h e d o e s n t

know t o o

much

y e t .

It

w o n t

b e v e r y l o n g b e f o r e we

a r e a b l e

t o

p la y t o g e t h e r

b u t

u n t i l t h a t t i m e I just h a v e t o

b e s a t i s f i e d p l a y i n g w i t h my

d a d d y .

Michael

CHILEAN

MISSIONS

A M i s s i o n s

O u t r e a c h o f

A n t i o c h C h r i s t i a n Church

4040 Maple

Odessa

Texas 79762

Mike

Sheffie ld

M i s s i o n a r y

sy

F R O M D O N N I E

I am c r y i n g b e c a u s e I h a v e

r e c e i v e d any l e t t e r s

from

any o

y o u .

Even

t h o u g h

I

w as b o r n

i n

C h i l e

I

still

like t o

h e a r

f r o m

my

A m e r i c a n f r i e n d s .

I know th

my

mom

a n d d a d d y w o u ld

a l s o l i k

to h e a r

f r o m t h e m .

I now w e i g h 14 l b s . a n d

am

g e t t i n g

l o n g e r

t h a n my d a d d y s

memory. I do n o t

a l w a y s c r y

b

it always

h e l p s t o g e t me

p i c k e

u p

o r

f e d .

If

we r e c e i v e lots

letters maybe n e x t t i m e I w i l l

s m i l e

f o r

t h e

p i c t u r e s .

D o n n i e

I ; . i s r - i o n

Box M l

Kem nton

Ind.

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