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PflKER 5
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Pho t o s
Top Left: Frances and Barbara are
all
smiles
for
t h e c ame ra .
Bottom Left: Caleb wanted daddy
to take a pictureof him at his
desk.
Above: Billy in concert at the UIL
district
contest
in El
Paso.
Volume No. 8
The Bill Baker Fam/ZyServing
Christ
Through
Spanish
American
Evangelism
3135 Forney
Lane El Paso TX 79935
May
1989
Numbe r 1
Dear Friends of the Baker family;
I thank my God every time I remember you. In all my prayers for all of you, I always pray
with joybecause ofyour partnership in the gospel from the first day until now, being confident
of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of
Christ
Jesus.
Philippians
1:3-6 NIV
Rosa
and I would tike to take this time to tell you that we appreciate what you mean to
our ministry. We may not be able to write each one of you a personal note but please
be
assured
that you
are
on our minds and
are
an important part of this ministry.
A MINOR CHANGE O
FORMAT
Rosa
has
written
several
of
the
last
news
letters. She writes in the form of a letter; I am
going
to
break
from
that
format
and use
headings to create an outline concerning the
areas of
serv ice in which
we are
involved. If
you have a particular part of our ministry
which interests you, It should be easier to find
information you
desire
quickly.
SPANISH AMERICAN EVANGELISM
PROGRESS
AND
POTENTIAL
During 1988 I
was
able to
complete
the
produc
tion of over
one
mill ion evangelistic tracts in
Spanish. That is a large number,
and
it is even
larger
when
one
realizes
that this was the first full
year
in which I had the entire responsibility of the
printing and production of the
materials
in addition
to t he managemen t a nd administration of S.A.E.
We are still looking for additional help following
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carpenters and/or cabinet makers at that time. Ifyou are
interested in helping out in any way possibie, please
con t a c t
me
FAMILY NEWSAre Things Always This Hectic?
We recently had the privilege of having two separate
families
visit
us
in El
Paso. Carol
and
Paul Caulkins
arrived
in El Paso from Minnesota on Saturday, May6, and Chester
and Leone Proulx arrived on Monday
th e
8th. We always
enjoy having visitors
spend
a few days with us.
Because
Samuel Guzman was
ou t
of town, I
was schedul ed
to
preach on Sunday morning, in addition to that there were
a whole host ofother activities going on at the same time.
Visitorsoften apologize, saying Ifwe had known how busy
you were going to be at this time, we wouldn't have
stopped. Don't let that bother you, ifany of you ever get
close to El Paso and don't look us up, we may never forgive
you Even though we may have a tight schedule, we always
seem to find time to share fellowship withChristian friends.
Billy
will soon be a senior in high school. It is hard to
believe that Billy celebrated his first birthday just a few days
after we arrived on the campus of Coiegio Biblico and
began working on the Spanish-speaking mission field.
While I was in Mexico City during February this year, he
got his driver's license. Itwas kindof hard on Rosa to finally
realize that her baby is growing up. He has
been
exceiimg-in school in many different areas. He
just
was
named the best non-native Spanish-language student in
Eastwood High School (a school of obout 4,000 students ).
He will
be
in Austin for
the state
competition on
th e
violin
during the first weekend of
June.
He is a young
man
who
can and
will go a long way.
Barbie is continuing to progress in both the piano and
the cello. She is entering
her
teens
and
is developing into
quite a young lady. We now have two teenagers in the
house at th e
same time, this
will
continue
for at l east ten
more years . Parenting takes on a
whole
new perspective
at this stage in the game. She recently participated in a
piano recital
and
is the most
advanced
student her
teacher
now has. Her piano teacher
has
been having a
struggle
with cancer. It
was
thought that
she
had
it
whipped
last
year, but complications have recently developed. As this
is being written, she is in Houston undergoing a new series
of treatments. A prayer on her behalf would be deeply
appreciated.
Frances is very much concerned about her grades. She
has
made
the A-honor roll for every grading period so far
in her school career with th e exception of one
grading
period. Because of this she is worried that she might not
make
an
apointment
to the Air Force Academy. For a third
grader she has her s ights set high.
On th e 15th of May, Itook ail of
the
kids to
see the space
shuttle as it was sitting on
the
runway at Biggs Army Air
Field, in order to see it
before
going to school, everyone
had to get up at five o'clock. Excitement was high, but
Caleb put it all in
perspective
as he asked, Daddy, is it
always dark like this eariy in the morning? Ifyou haven't
guessed, both Rosa and I are extremely proud of our
children and what they represent in the future of God's
kingdom.
Rosa is currently trying to get accepted into the Master's
in Music program at the University of Texas at El Paso.
She
is not interes ted in the degree particularly but
wants
the
knowledge which would go with it in order to further the
work she is doing in
the
church.
She
constantly
has
a
challenge in working with the youth choir at the church.
With the Lord's help, they will perform at the National
Hispanic Convention of the Christian Churches in Denver,
Colorado, this
summer. Rosa
is in
charge
of arranging the
entire music program for the convention, including com
posing the words
and music
of the
theme song.
A FIFTIETH
WEDDING
ANNIVERSARY
The entire Alejandro family will be at one
place
at one
time fo r the
first
time
that I
can remember
since
before
our marriage. Almost 80 direct
descendants
will be
celebrating
Martin
and
Eva's fiftieth wedding anniversary
in Del Rio, Texas, on the 20th of May. Del Rio was picked
because of Martin's sickness. He is still in a r es t home,
and the celebration will take place there. He still is very
much
in
need
of your prayers. Of thirteen surviving
children, four are actively involved in some type of full-time
Christian service,
and several
of the grandchildren are
preparing to make a similar commitment.
Summer
ScheduleWill
There
Be Any Time To Relax?
We have an extremely busy
summer
schedule planned.
Pray that the Suburban holds together. (It
has
only 196,000
miles
and
will have a lmost
210,000
on it
before
school
begins in the fall We will be leaving as a family early in
June in order to work
with
Little Rockies Christian Service
Camp in Montana. Almost the entire month of June will
be spent in Montana. Following that it will be on to
Wheatland, Wyoming, and then to Denver, Colorado, and
back
to El
Paso
on
the
17th of July. From
there
it is on to
Central
America
and back in t ime
fo r
school to start. The
tentative schedule
is
as follows:
u n e 6 or 7 Leave El Paso
June
10-11
On
to Havre, Montana
June
11-16 Senior High Week-Little Rockies
Camp
June 18
For
Ben ton, Montana
June 16-23 Junior High Week-Little Rockies Camp
June 25 Lewistown,
Montana
June
25-30 Junior
Week-Little
Rockies
Camp
July 2 Libby and Big Fork, Montana
July 9
Wheatland,
Wyoming
July 11-14 National Hispanic Convention
July 16 Denver,
Colorado
July 17
Back
to El
Paso
July 24VVug. 12
Central America
Trip
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N EW T ES TA ME NT S B U RN E D
D U R I N G
P V B C T R I P
During th e annual Platte Valley Bible College
missions trip into Mexico in February, I experienced
something which I ha d only heard about in th e
past.
While working with the
congregation
in
San
Felipe,
Jiquipiico, I was
approached
by a ma n who wanted
to know how many New Testaments we
had
available.
Itold him that we could spare approximately40 0 New
Testaments. He then
proceeded
to plead With me to
do a dis tribution in his home community. I was told
that he had been run out of town at gun point because
he was a Christian ina Catholic community. I realized
that there could
be trouble
so only took volunteers to
do
th e
distribution. For
th e
most
part
th e
New
Testaments were
accepted
even though four copies
were burned in the streets.
Please
be inprayer for the
town of Coroneo, Guanajuato, Mexico. Th e
process
of sowing
th e
seed
ha s
begunwe have a few
students
already enrolled in th e
correspondence
course, an d
God s spirit wants to work in that com
munity. We have begun something which cannot be
stopped.
P R A Y E R R E Q U E S T S
As Iclose this newsletter, Iwould liketo remind you
of some of the things mentioned previously whichar e
itemc of prayer. 1firmly believe that God does answer
the prayers of His people.
Yi ijr
prayers do
mean
a lot
to
this
ministry.
Please remember thfrfollowingitems inyour prayers:
1. Spanish American Evangelism
a. Production and distribution of evangelistic
materials in
Spanish
b.
Search
for additional helpa printer
an d
b u si n e ss administrator
c.
Need
for additional
space an d
relocation
2. Central America Trip
3. Logan Heights Christian Church
a. Samuel Guzmanhis family an d finances
b. Finishing the
parsonage
c. Choir preparation for the National Hispanic
C o n v e n t i o n
4. The Baker family
a. Billy's state violin competitionJune 4th.
Rosa s
quest for a
Master s
in Music
c Travels during th e summer
Well, I
should
close for now. Please remember to
keep us in your prayers. We appreciate hearing from
each
ofyou. MayGod bless
as
you strive to serve Him.
Sincerely in Christ,
Bill
B a k e r
Rosa, Billy, Barbie,
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a n d
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