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Miss ionar i es

Bil l

Rosa

Baker

264 Brazos

,Eagle

Pass, Texas

78852

February 13, 1976

Deal

Friends in

th e

Lord:

Latin

American

Wheels

FOR EVANGEUSM

TRAVELING

FROM

LAW

UNTO

GRACE

Forwarding agent:

Evelyn Behm

2015

P

St .

Gering, Nebraska

69341

Many tilings have happened

to

us

during

the time

since ou r

last letter

went

ou t

It doesn t seem

possible

that

it

ha s

b ee n a lmo st t hr ee mon th s s in ce we

last

contacted

you through this le tte r. Our goal is to someday be able to

get ou t a newsletter every

month.

We

haven t

made it ye t

an d it

doesn t l ook

l ik e we will be

able

to

do so

fo r

some

t ime

to

come

Since the last letter,

I

have

been

very busy widt

tite work here

at

Colegio Biblico. The

previous

letter

mentioned my trip to the National Missionary Convention

in St. Louis over the Thanksgiving break. This tr ip

was made and everything worked

out

extremely well at the convention. During the convention. Dean Gary

(our next president) and I had time to outline our program of work at Colegio Biblico. He was introducing

me as his public relations man while we were at the convention.. He does have a

lot

of good ideas for the Colegio.

Many

of his ideas will

mean more

work

fo r me, however.

The month of December went very rapidly. Rosa and I

both

would

like to thank

those

of

yo u

who sent us Christmas

cards and other greetings during th e holiday season. They all

meant so much to us. During December, I was busy in preparing

a special

fund

appeal fo r Colegio Biblico

and

I was also

engaged

in getting the Colegio Biblico missionary calendar ready to

print

The

highlight

of th e month, however, did no t arrive unti l December

wasalmost gone. Grandmother came to visit During her visit, we

were able to

take a

few

days

of f

an d travel

to Saltillo and visit with

the Northrup family on their ranch. This trip was particularly

relaxing

fo r

me

and helped

me recuperate from the work which

I had been doing. The big surprise of the trip came on

the

morning

of the 28th. as we awoke to approximately 2 inches of snow

covering the

Northrup

ranch. It has been several years since it

ha s

snowed

in

Saltillo and

all

of th e children on t he s tr ee ts were

really enjoying

their

new toy.

January was also a very

busy

month.

Included

in it was

a 10 day trip to Illinois and Indiana for

th e

entire f ami ly . We

represented Colegio Biblico

at

a faith promise ralley

at

Fortville,

Indiana and also spoke at

several

different locations

in

th e

Illinois

area. During the trip, we were able to fellowship with: Ken and Linda Smyth; Vince and Sandy McFarland; and Monty

and Diane McClenahan. These visits brought back many memories of our college days at Platte Valley. It .wasgood

to

learn

some

of th e

things which

those

MY DADDY SAYS, NEBRASKA IS STILL NO. 1

GRANDMA CAME FOR A VISIT.

\Mio we

studied with were

doing. While I

visited

th e

campus

of

Lincoln Christian

Seminary, I also was able to talk with Terry

Fraker ano ther classmate from PVBC.

Aside

from

th e

t rip north, the re

were many other things which kept us busy

on campus. I was caught working very long

hours in the prin t shop in getting

out

th e

Calendar

and also

the

February

issue of

th e

Border Christian.

In addition to

these

activities, we also represented Colegio Biblico

in th e Houston,

Texas

area on

th e 25th of

January.

Presently, I am in a short lull of

activities in the print shop. I am waiting to

receive the completed copy for our school catalogue from

one

of ou r missionaries in the Mexico City area. He does

artwork for many of tiie missionaries in Mexico and I contracted with him the job of preparing the school catalogue.

Once this arrives, I will be very busy again as the Colegio wants to have the 54 page book ready for distribution at

the Bi-lingual Convention

at

the end of

this month.

I should be receiving it in the next day or two.

b ib l i co

THE DISPLAY WHICH BILL

PREPARED

FOR

COLEGIO

BIBLICO


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The present

student body

is down a lit tle

bit

this year. We have

ha d

considerable problems with th e

Mexican counsulate in getting the students across the border. This is one of the reasons for the drop in

enrollment. Things are looking up for the student

body nextyear,

however. All of th e faculty seem to be

pulling together under the direction of the interum president, Johnnie Smith, in an effort to enlarge the

student body next year. My part in this project is to work very close with a program through th e mails in

an effort to encourage prospective students in all of Latin America. Presently we are in contact witf.

young people in six different Latin American countries. We have se t the goal of doubling th e enrollment

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STUDENT

BODY

Weare

now

making some plans for this summer s activities. We will

no t

be traveling as much during th e

coming summer as we did last summer, but , we do plan to

make

a short t rip into di e Platte Valley area after the

National Christian Convention in Denver. We have been asked to participate in a VBS program in Lyman, Nebraska

during th e fnst of June. I will no t be able to make this engagement,

bu t

there is some possibility

that

Rosa an d th e

two little ones might fly to Scottsbluff and aide the Lyman group in their VBS. I would dien pick them up prior

to the National Christian Convention. I am going to be forced to stay close to the campus as we will be moving

the print shop into the Multi-Purpose Building on campus. This move may take most of ê summer as I will probably

have to do some of th e

work

in getting

t he n ew

location ready for

th e

move.

During the past summers, we have been able to build up a sizeable reserve in our fund. Because of being

able to visit camps, VBS s and churches we have been able to use the additional income to carry us through the school

year. We will

no t

have that privlledge this year. Please pray for our work an d also that th e needed finances will come

in as

they

are needed during th e coming s choo l year . We will i nc lude a complete financial report in o ur n e xt l et te r

This report will include all income and expenditures for th e year of 1976.

Thank-you for

your

continued support through the means of your prayers and your gifts.

Y o u r c o -l a b or e rs o n

th e Mexican Border.

Bill Rosa

Billy

Barbara Baker p

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Miss ionar i es

Bi l l

Rosa

Baker

264 Brazos

Eagle

Pass,

Texas

78852

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August

9, 1976

Latin

American

Wheels

FOR EVANGELISM

TRAVELING

FROM

LAW

UNTO

GRACE

Once again, Greetings in the Name of the Lord

Forwarding agent:

Evelyn

Behm

2015

P

St .

Gering,

Nebraska

69341

After such

a long

period of no

newsletter,

it

seems

hard to

begin

with what should be

said

at this t ime. I know

that

many of you

may still be

wondering about our

condition

because

of the

accident in April and I suppose this would be a good place

to

begin this newsletter. We

praise God in that we are all back to our work

with

Colegio Biblico in our regular activit ies. I am

still

trying

to

take

it

easy

on

my back although this

is an

extremely hard thing

fo r

me

to

do

with

so many things to be done here. Rosa's

broken

back is feeling as though it was never

broken

and my

back

still gets sore if I do a little

too

much to it. Billy is getting along

with his leg as though

it

were never broken. He can

now

run

and

jump

and

play with all of

the

kids

on campus.

Many prayers have been

answered

concerning us

and

our physical

condition.

My face still

hasn't

received all

of

it s feeling back, bu t I

can

tell

that more

feeling is

coming

as

time

progresses.

Even though

we

were away from

Eagle Pass

fo r

almost

three and

a

half months,

we

were

able to keep rather

busy with

speaking dates, VBS's,

the

NACC

and a family reunion. Our

first

VBS this summer

was

with the church

in

Lyman, Nebraska. This

was

scheduled fo r June the 7 th

through

the

12th. During the same week, I visited th e VBS in Berea, Nebraska for

two

days while

Billy, Barbara

and

Rosa

held down

th e

fort at

Lyman. I was able

to

be in

Lyman for

4

days during

the week and

in Berea

for

a

total of

3

days

including

Sunday. Following this week of

VBS, we

worked with th e VBS program

in Minatare, Nebraska fo r th e week

of June 14-18. Sunday the 20th

of June found us in Turner, Montana for the services there. The following Sunday we presented

two

services in Havre at Sixth Avenue Christian Church . The t ime spent in Montana was refreshing

to

the

entire fami ly. We were able to reunite ou r friendships with many of our Christian friends

in

t he s ta te and gain

a

better knowledge of what

is

being don e fo r the Lord

in

Montana.

We

were

able to visit Harold Hamon and the Big Sky Christian Youth ranch during

our

visit. This seems

to be a

g reat ven tu re for the

Lord.

After the

trip

to Montana,

we

made our

way

to

Estes Park,

Colorado for

a family

reunion

over

the

fourth of July. It was

good to reunite

with

my

family after a

two

year break. Immediately

after

our reunion, I made th e trip to

Denver

fo r the

North

American Christian Convention.

Once

again it was a great blessing to be able t o mee t

with

so many concerned people about our accident.

It seemed that I was always running into someone who

had heard

about our misfortune

and

had

to

explain what had happened

again.

Our origional plans were

to

return

to Eagle Pass

right after the North

American, but

because of

a

planned

operation

on my mother,

we

decided to wai t unt il thi s

was

completed.

My

last

speaking

engagement fo r the summer was with t he Rock

Springs,

Wyoming church on t he 18t h of

July., Once we

found

out

that

my mother was going to be OK, we made

the t rip back

to Eagle Pass,

araying.j3ere

on the

23rd

of July.

Our

first

activities

in

Eagle Pass were

putt ing the house back in order . Remember,

we

left

in April thinking that we

would be

gone

only

10

days. Those ten

days

stretched

into

over

three

months and a lo t of things

had

to be done

in

getting

t he yard and

house

back

into

condition.

In th e

last

week, I have prepared

two

complete mailings fo r Colegio Biblico, a

total

of

almost 20,000

pieces

of

paper.

It

had been

since

January

that

Colegio Biblico

had anything

along

the order of promotional

material placed in

the

mails. Much still needs

to

be

done before

classes

can begin. That accident really-putxiur

promotional

program

behind.

Things really

look

good

fo r

th e coming

yea r a t

Colegio Biblico. At

last count, we

are

ej^ecting approximately 60 male students and 30 female students. This looks to be a record

breaking year

fo r

Colegio Biblico. In

the

next week or two, I

must

see that

the

print shop is

relocated in the Memorial building in order to convert the present printing facility into

tempory housing for our record number of male students expected.

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OF

THE BAKER FAMILY

November 1, 1976

Dear Fr iends in the Lord

Greetings in the name of our Lord and may you all be happy and well-as we areThanks

to Him We thank God for the interest which you showin our lives and the encouragement

which you bestow upon our work at Colegio Biblico, Things are pretty well here. We are

busy, Busy, BUSY because of tiie coming and past

events-

I finished playing for two nights

of an areayouth

ralley last night There will

be a concert presented by a deaf concert pianist,

JaneStuckenbruck, on

November

the 13th Priorto the concert, I

will

beattending a

special

music clinic in Dallasfor a few days. The National Missionary Convention and the Basketball

Tournament at Cookson Hills will also involve many ColegioBiblico personnel.

The

kids

are

doing

pretty

good.

Theyboth have beenkindof sickand I

guess

that it's just

the flu or something They seem to getover it and then it starts again. Theyhave both grown

verymuch. I can't believe that Barbie will be a. yar old in the next week. Shereally walks

goodand tries to talk quite a bit

She s

also a terrible cry baby.

No,No,

NO, Tm

not pregnant again

We heard

that the

Walt

Hinebauch's got that idea from

the above picture. Please forget any of those ideas Just a little on the funny side.

Even

though

I

have

lost 10 lbs

since September,

I

hope

to lose another 10 lbs

soon.

I hope

sol

Lord

willing,

Bill will

be

going

to the

National Missionary Convention. He will

be

leaving

Eagle Pass with another Colegio missionary on the 15th of November and return a week later.

Pray for them that they will havea safe trip.

You wouldn't believe the ram we have been having

here.

It's

rained

for 3 days straight. We

were ready to anchor our house down to keep it from floating down the street. Now it

probably won't rain

again for 8 months or a year It's either so dry and hot that we can't

stand it or it's so wet wealmost drown. During one of the youth ralley meetings in Piedras

Negras last weekend, the

water was

so bad that

when

a little

boy

got out of the

car

to

go

into

the church building, he fell ina hole withwater up to his neck. Praise the Lordhe was old

enough to keep his feet under

him.

The water

has

also

been

getting

into the

print

shop

where

Bill

spends most

of

his

time. During

one day last weekthere was almost a half inch of water on the floor. Any of you who are

familiar

with printing will understand what humidity like that would do to paper andthe

printing

processr

He

isjust finishing up the next

edition

of the

Border Christian. You

may

have received

your copy by the time that you

read this. He

has

been

doing quite a bit of

workon the mailing listand now ismailing out over 10,000 copies of this publication for

Colegio Biblico. He has a staff of five students working with him for a total of 15 hours

per week per.stin cjit and this

iclps

out quite a bit, but he still needs to get a full time

secretary to handle much of

the work He s responsibje

for

two

completely

different

publicity

thrusts, one to the

United

States andanother into

Latin America.

He is also looking

for a printer to

relieve

some of this responsibility But, until

then,

the entire program is

his from much

of the

copy

writing, to the

set-up work

and then the

printing

and

mailing.

In the last

three months,

he

has

seen to it that approximately

100,000 items were placed

in

the

mails fo r Colegio Biblico

Once again, wethank you for the continued interest which you have shown for the work

of Colegio

Biblico

and our part in thisgreatministry to

Latin America. Colegio Biblico

is a major key to the evangelization of Latin America andyouarea major key in keeping

us here Your

prayers

and

financial

support

provide

uswitha

means

of

staying

hereand

continuing with the work which we have begun.

We

want to

wish all

of youa

wonderful

Thanksgiving dayandmay God bless you even

more during

th e

coming

months.

Love to

All

T h e

Bill

Bakers

264 B R AZ O S S T .

I fn

EAGLE

PASS,

TEXAS

78852

TELEPHONE 512 773 6467


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Once

Again Greetings

in

th e

Name

of the

Lord from

your

co-workers on

t h e Mexican Bo r d e r .

My how time fl i es i t seems only yesterday that Rosa,

Billy

and I go t

into

our

bus.

Loaded

with a l l of

our

belongings

and

pulling

our Opel

s ta t ion

wagon we headed for Eagle

Pass Texas.

That was t h r e e an d a

half

years ago.

Many

things have

happened

since then.

I t

is

your continued

support

through your

prayers

and

g i ft s

which have

enabled us to continue with the work which

we

are doing here. All of

Latin America will feel the effect of our joint venture here. During the

first three and a

half

years here, I have spent the majority of

my

time

in

developing a promotional

program

for Colegio Biblico.

Through

the continuance

of

this program we

are

striving

for a goal of

500

students

by 1986 The

effects of our promotional program are

just now

beginning to take hold.

We had an increase of enrollment of almost 70 this year. Three and a

half years

ago

only three countries

were

represented in the Colegio Biblico

student body, we now have

eight

represented. We

hope

to soon say that we

have a representation of a ll 22 countries of Latin America, Pray with

u s

t h a t t h i s

wi l l

b e th e case .

Last month was a busy one for a ll of us at Colegio Biblico. Rosa and I

were both able to attend the National Miysionary Convention in Dodge City,

Kansas. In

addition

to this

we

represented the

work

of Colegio Biblico in

five

different churches on the

trip.

Another

faculty member traveled

with

us f o r the 9 da y t r ip .

Rosa

has been busy with the

girl s choir.

She has been directing the

making

of dresses for the group. During December the choir will be very busy.

Concerts

ar e

scheduled for the 8th and the 10th in the Eagle Pass

area

and

following the final performance on the 10th, we will be leaving in the bus

for El Paso, Texas for a day of television recording. This will be a part

of an experimental

NASA project

using a space satellite capable of broad

c as ti ng i nt o

a ll

of

this

hemisphere.

NASA

will

provide up to 2 hours of

free television

time per day five days a week for

a ll of

1977 to

ou r

churches.

Many

of the

Mexican

missionary workers

ar e

cooperating in this

effort.

Initial programing

is

to begin

after the 1st

of January.

As the holiday season is rapidly approaching, we pray that our great God

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