baird robert dawn 1990 zaire
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T LION S
See
th e Lion of th e tribe of Judah has triumphed
B O B
DAWN
BAiRD
Elizabeth
Rachel
Joshua
May 1990
Bob
Dawn
Elizabeth Rachel
and Joshua
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IN
Z I
F R
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F U R L O U G H
R E P O R T
Since we have been home fo r eight
m o n th s m a yb e
it s a b o u t
time to write
another Lion s Line probably
wa y
past
time. Our furlough is going by
very
fast
a nd t ha t is
b e c a u s e
t h ere is
so m uch to
do . W e h av e t ra ve le d
12,381 miles doing
things
related to
o u r
work
in Z ai re . M os tl y
those miles
have been in visiting ou r
supporting
c h ur ch e s a n d
reporting the events of
ou r
l a s t t e rm . Also in
t h o s e
miles
were
several M is si on M e e ti n gs o n e
of
w hi ch w a s in
Dallas.
J u s t t w o trips
h ad to
d o
w i th F ai th P ro m i s e Rall ies .
T h e s e miles do not
include
trips to
s e e family
s o m e
of w hich live in
California.
Lots
of m iles
b u t w e
e xpe c te d them
b e c a u s e
that is w h at
furlough is all
about.
W e l o c a ted
o ur se lv es h e re
in Bet
tendorf
Iowa a nd
the
kids
g o t s et tl ed
into
t he s ch oo l system. T h ey all are
doing
very well
forthe
big
adjustment
they
have h ad
to m ake. J o s h u a
w ho is
now
10
and in
th e
3r d grade
has
made m an y n ew
friends.
He started
piano
le ss on s a nd took lessons in
wrestling.
Rachel
is 15 and a s o p h mo re who is
Visiting with family
Demonstrating African lifestyle
th e a pp le
of
h er F re nc h
t each er s
e ye b e
her
pronunciation
is so
good.
I g u e s s it
h e
learn French w here they
really
use it.
b el on gs t o
the French Club
takes
tumblin
s o n s . a n d a t t ends a fte r s
Bible
Study.
Elizabeth is 1
^ w be allowed to particip
the
g ra du atio n th is y ea r
school.
S h e h as participa
and
been
a
spectator
a t m
the
S p ec ia l O ly m pi cs eve
o u r area. H er g reat es t e
men t
now
is that
sh e
is go
t h e
senior
p r o m
with
a da
It s
very
nice to be h
A me ric a p arti ci pa tin g i
English-speaking ch u rch .
missed a
lo t b e c a u s e
of
trav
b u t
w e h av e
b e e n able
to
b e
of
s o m e
things. Dawn
helped
with a
youth
g ro u p
whi l e . Al l o u r k id s h av e b
the
Sunda y Scho o l an d
Group
programs. We were
able
to
at tend
t h e S w e et h
Banquet and there is no
quite so American a s
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rOULON HIGH SCHOOL
HOMK
01
THE
TROJANS
Visiting family
places
of
interest
Looking
ahead, we are
going
to
h ave no
letup
in our traveling.
For
April
and
May 5
weekends
are a lre ady taken. Two of those weekends are
actually double with us covering two churches.
Then
in June
and
July,
we have
5 VBS
programs and
1 camp. In
August, get
ting
close to
going back, we have 1
VBS, a
big
ACM
Meeting, and then
th e
final mad dash to
say
goodbye to all
our
family.
We
really
have
to g o b ack t o
Z a i r e to
s lo w d o w n
a n d h a v e
a
n o r m a l
l ife.
During furl ough we have
had
some
pro ject s to work on . Because of our
m o v e in Z a i r e f rom B af wa se nd e to
Bukavu
we have to
raise
more monthly
support. We re
still
working on that.
We
wanted
to
go
back
with a computer
and
printer
and tha t p ro jec t has b ee n
taken
care of fo r us
by
friends from the
M o r r i s
C h u r c h
s
w e
l o o k
fo rward
to
going
back
we
n eed to
raise the
travel
funds
for
that which could be as high
as 11,000.
We
have r ecei ved
1900
to w ar ds th at to d a t e
Furlough
is a
very
stressful time. We
tr y
to b ala nc e o ur commitmen t t o
al l
our suppor ting churches , with
the
needs o
family and the expec ta ti on s of
our
rela
Sometimes it seems like i t s all
leaned
onew
th e other and someone is not happy. So we
you
as we always have to help us to balanc
lives
with
your prayers .
Car ry u s
thru
th e
n
months and h elp us to
accomplish all
that
n
to be done with your prayers .
F O R W R D IN G
G E N T S
Furlough time also
seems
to be
Forward ing Agent
time.
The Senniffs
W a r n e r s
h ad
in fo rm ed u s
t h a t with
the i r
responsibilities they
felt
we should
find
new
They
had
served
us
wel l in
this
job
and
we
very
sorry
to
have
to lose
them.
But we
are
grateful to
them
for faithfully
serving
with us
these
past
3
years.
It
seems
that God was ready to
fill this
job
just
as soon
as
it
was
empty.
On January
1
new
FAs started officially
in
that role. The
Larry and Carol Comer of Morris, Illinois.
W
we
first
met the Comers, Larry was on
Missions Committee and
very
dedicate
putting
missions
before
the congregat ion.
Larry an d Carol Comer
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he is an Elder
and
brings
that same
dedication to
the
FA
job.
As we
welcome them to
this
important par t of our ministry, please
pray
for
them as you do for us.
CHANGES
We
have a new name and a new address but
the job
remains
the same. We
are
no longe r
with
P ioneer
Bible Transla tors
so
our mission name
is now Afr ican Chr i s t i an Miss ion a nd t ha t ne ed s
to b e on all che ck s .
Ou r s t at e si d e
a d d r e s s is now
ACM
5410
Commercial Rd. Morris Illinois
60450 .
Before
you move, please send h e mai ling lab el with a copy of your new
address
to
MISSION SERVICES ASSOCIATION
PO Box
2427 Knoxvllle
IN
37901-2427
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