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May 1996

Volume 6

Number 1

T IMES

4

ZAMBIA

Dr. and Mrs. Ronald S. (Ron and Mart ) Baumann

Field Address:

Friends of Turk^

508 Frultvale Court

Grand Junction, CO

81504

(970)434 1942

Forwarding Agent:

Susan L Baumann

8955 sl y Place Dr.

Knoxvllle, Tennessee 379

(423) 691-0206

I

AM

COMING

SOON

REV. 22 :2

5 SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

TOKKEY

Our

new

mission group.

Friends

of Turkey, is a

ministry

to the world s largest unevangelized

nation

and

Turks

world-wide. Turkey

has

a population of 60

million.

Of this

number,

99.7

are

followers

of

Islam.

There

are

53

million

Turks

in the

Commonweal th

of

Independent

States

(which

has

5 Turkic republics), 10

million

in Iran,

9 million in China, 3 million in Europe,

etc.

Friends

of

Turkey

is

dedicated

to:

winning

Turks

to Christ, seeing

them

discipled

and the planting

of

churches under national leadership.


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BE A PEN-PAL

AND

SHARE THE

GOSPEL

We offer you

the opportunity

to

be

a

friend

and

Christian witness

to someone

in

Turkey.

Through

letters

to

teachers

in

Turkish

schools

we recruit

students

who

want

to correspond

in

English. Most are between

the ages of 13

and

20

and are

eager to

receive

letters.

We

try

to

TlieaterinEphe8Us(deacribedinActs)

where

theprotests

against

Paul s

missionary

activities happened.

Baptistry at

Ephesus

match

t he se T u rk is h s tu d en ts w it h

Chr

t i ans w ho

h av e s im i la r

in te res t s

o r

a re

the

same age

groups. Each

Christian

ceives helpful guidelines for sharing

Gospel.

Let

us know i f

you

are intereste

YOU CAN BE A

MISSIONARY AT HOME

How? By mailingGosp el Letters toT

homes

Through Gospel Letters

you

can

T ur ks in ev en th e m o s t r e m o te

a rea s

Bible correspondencecourse is offered an

who respond

to your

letters will be

follo

by dedicated

Chr is t i an

w o r k

ers

T h e l e tt e rs

are mailed

by

v o l u n t e e r s

in

many locations

in d i f f e r e n t

coun t r i e s Th i s

m a k e s t h e m

l e s s

not iceable

in host i le a r e a s

a n d

reduces

in

te r fe rence f rom

Turkish

postal

w o r k e r s

l

though

the

mailings are

perfectly

legal, they are

quite

unpopular

with ext remist Musl ims. T urk ish m a t e ri a ls w i th a d dr es se s a nd

instructions will be sent to you at no

charge.

We will also provide a

translationofwhat

you are

sending.

Your role

is to

supply

envelopes

for the

letters, to address them,

provide postage,

pray

over

them,

and then mai l them.

Please contact

us if you

are interested in

participating in thi s

program.

Mosaic of Christ in

Sophia in Is tanbul


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THE

BAUMANNS

Andrew s

graduation from

high

school

in Kenya

(at the

boarding

school Rift Valley

Academy) was the highlight

of

1995. He

has

now

completedhis

freshman

year at the University

ofTennessee in

Knoxvi l le

in th e

college of

Arts and Sciences,

majoring in

political

science and

history.

Andrew

having just completed his

freshman

year

a t t he Unive rs it y of

Tennessee .

settling in. Russell

con t inue s

a s

a n

a r

chitect and Amy is

well on

her

way (in

school atU.T. i^iox-

ville)

towards be

coming

a secondary

school t eacher .

Jeff

Robbie ,

Stephen and

Kath-

er ine ce leb ra ted th e

third

birthdayof

the

tw in s r ec en tl y in

Knoxvi l le

wi th

a ll

o f

us.

They continue

t o

l i v e

i n

S t o ck

bridge,

Georgia and

Jeff is an analyst

w i th D e lt a Air l ine s

in Atlan ta .

The

graduate

with

proud

parents.

Susan is

completing

another year of elementary

teaching

(5th grade)

in

Knoxville. She is

our Forw

Agent as well.

Russell and Amy purchased their f irst home last

Knoxville

and they have

been

very busy

remodeli

Stephen

and

Katherine

3 years old.


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MARTI'S

PAGE

Lifeis exciting Itconstantly

changes.

I

am thankful thatthe

Lord

is in control

ofevery

aspect

o f i t .

After shedding

tears

of sad

ness

while saying goodbye

to

ou r

ZtunbiEin bro ther s

and

s is

ters

in

Christ,

i twas wi th

tears

ofjoy

that

we greeted our family

in the U.S.A.

We

really miss

one

another

when

we are apar t .

Our

family in 1960

(there

were only

two

of us )

has

now

grown to 10 in 1996. Upon our

return from Africa last year we

enjoyed

a family reuniou/vaca-

tion together. It was fun to share and catch

up

with each one. There are always many gaps

in

Ron and I are so t hankful to have children who love th e Lord.

0\ i r

hear t s overflow

as

w

the

twins

sing

Jesus

loves me

and other

Bible songs. We

are thankful,

too, to

have

childre

understand our

desire

to serve

Him and who are supportive of

the

work

He

has called

us

to

Our

choice

to

work with Friends of Turkey means another separation from fsunily

and

fr

Keep us in your prayers as

we

begin

a

new area

of service.

Joshua

24:15, . . . but as for me and

my

house, we

will

serve

the Lord.

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Baumann family of

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late

MaytoCo

our newministry to

the Tu

Musl ims

in th e world.

-

ou r

fa i thful

bro the r s

and

s

i n Ch r is t i n th e M u m b w a

Zambia that they will r

strong

in t he Lord.

Andrew as

he begins

his

more year

a t U.T. this sum

-

praise for the

fact that w

f ound a house in which to

G r a n d Junc t ion .

IN MEMORY

Th i s

f inal

i s sue

of

T im

Zambia is dedicated

to

the

m

of two fr i ends in

th e

Lord: M

Gerk in who w as

assoc ia t

many yeairs

with Johnson

College,

and Mr.

Robert

Co

was theministerformanyy

th e F ir s t

C h ris tia n C h ur

Greeneville,

Tennessee.


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...there is salvation in no one else; there is no other name...by which

we

must

be

saved

Acts 4 ;

12

RELO T ION

It is with great pleasure and reliefthat we are able to report to y

our

successful relocation to Grand Junction, Colorado. We

actually say that we are settled in Our household goods arri

in almost perfect condition, which is a minor miracle its

The arranging

of

furniture, placing

of

pictures and unpacking

boxes seemed almost simple. Traveling out in the car required t

and one-half days and was a pleasant experience. The scenery

Colorado (includingthe westem slopesof the Rockies as it is ca

(where we are located) is breathtaking. Granted, it is

not

E

Tennessee ( ), but it is beautiful in its own way. As we journe

through Kansas and Colorado we frequently had mental pictur

flash through our minds reminiscent of the Republic of South Af

and

Switzerland,

and

even the Great Smoky Mountains n

Knoxville. The Grand Junction area of Colorado (about thirty m

from the Utah border) is actually a desert region which has b

reclaimed through irrigation. The contrast is ever-present since

have lush, green areas and dry eroded areas. God's beautiful wo

certainly presents itself to us in many wonderful and different w

and is ample evidence

of

His hand in creati

TURKISH WORLD

OUTREACH -

OUR

NEW NAME

r-office

of

ricnd

ofXiirkey.w^ take on a new nam

January, 1997.

Turkish

World

OutreaSTwi^

Friends of Turke

a sufatatle?^he~newiidjiic T.W.O.

wilTmore

fully

describe our

reach to all of the Turkic-speaking groups (which quite natur

includes Turkey). Included in the group of independent Tur

nations accessible to Christians are: Azerbaijan, Kazaks

Kyrghyzstan,

Turkey, Turkmenistan,

the

Turkish Republic

Northern Cyprus and Uzbekistan. In addition, Turkish provin

districts, and autonomous republics in Russia, China, Mongolia

the Balkans have become open to Westemers.


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GETTING TO WORK

It tookonly abouta weekto get settledin our

home.

Obviously I w

anxious to get down to work at the Friendsof Turkeyofficeaf

waiting eightmonths (or so) to movehere. One huge task thatw

faced immediatelywas the Call to Prayermailing that goes out

almost seven thousand addresses. This takes days to prepare and g

out, andwe fortunately havetento fifteen localvolunteers (fromar

churches

whogive of their time to helpuswiththe

busy

work. A

a result

of

the Call to Prayer thousands and thousands

of

Christia

pray daily for the Turksof the world and themany

efforts

to rea

them

for

Christ

THRE T

The threat

of

a coalition governmentbeing formed in Turkey by t

conservative Islamic party, which would attempt to restore Islam

the religionof the State, is everpresent. A clear-cutmajority by a

one party was not possible in the December 95 election due to t

largenumber

of

political parties. A situationsuch as thisnecessita

the formation ofvarious coalition governments that are rarely tranq

and stable. The coalition government which was formed continu

to stagger forward amid scandals, rapid inflation and much infightin

T W O D E C D E W IS H

After hoping and wishing for twenty years or so to be able to teach

a Christian school, Marti will finally realize her dream. She will

teaching a split second/thirdgrade class at the CornerstoneChristi

School here in Grand Junction (which is located near to the F.O

office). Please praywith her that she will be the positive role mod

that is necessary in leading children to a fuller knowledge ofChri


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NEW

MAILING

LIST

Aftersixteenyearson the foreign mission field we are attempting

update

our mailing

list.

All of you are important to us since w

assume that you doprayfor us regularly. Pleasereturn the enclos

cardso thatyouwill be included on thenew list, or requestthatyo

name be removed. Please make any corrections that you wish to

made. The postage is paid, so please, please mail it back to us.

FACTOID

The population of the Moslem

world

is increasing

by

4,800 people every hour

OUR

SUPPORT

Itis

with great respect

anddeep

gratitude

thatwe

offer thanks

to you

for

your financial

support.

Fortunately,

during

our

furlough period,

wewereablethe express this appreciation to youfaceto face. At that

timewe alsoextended to youa standing invitation to visit the F.O.T.

home office here

in

Colorado.

This prayer >eiter is published and distribuied by.

FrtcnS

TwrkcR.

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Cl. Gr*M {unction.CO - 47**.

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Ron

Mar t i Baumann

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In 1980, after years as active members of Woodlawn Christian Ch

and a successful dentist practice, Dr. Ron Baumann and his wife,Marti, a

with their children, Jeffrey, Russell, Susan and Andrew, were led to

mission field. Living in Lusaka, Zambia s capital city, the Baumanns

undertaken key roles in establishing and leading churches there as we

various villages throughout the country.

The Baumann s mission work includes: planting new congregations,

struction of new church buildings, leadership training of men and wo

through weekly classes and/or periodic

conferences

of one to three da

length (intensivestudyof Scripturesor subjectsrelatingto the Christian


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TURKISH

WORLD OUTREACH

Our new name^

Turkish World Outreach

TWO

becomes

official on the first day ofJanuary,

1997.

Sinceotir outreach

is to the Turkish community worldwide, the new name more

accurately reflects

our

mission. There

are

seven

independent Turkish nations accessible in one way or

another to Christian workers, and we TWO want to be

significantly involved in sending workers into those seven

nations, as well as many other areas of the world where

Turks live. Church-planting teams in these areas remain a

high priority for TWO. We continue to provide Scripture,

Christian literatureand videos in fifteen Turkish languages.

THE UM NNS

Marti continues to teach

in

a

Christian

school here

in Grand

Junction She loves her work and she is blessed to be

workingwith a staffthat is united in their goals. Jeff, Robbie

and the twins Stephen and Katherine - three and one-half

years old are still living in Stockbridge, Georgia, with

Jeff

serving as an Analyst

with

Delta Air Lines. Russell and

Amy have beenworking hard, fixingup their home in south

Knoxville. Russell is an architect with Community

Tectonics, and Amy is a student at the University of

Tennessee in

Knoxville.

Suscin

continues as a fifth grade

teacher at the Rocky Hill Elementary School in Knoxville,

and she enjoys singing with the Knoxville Choral

Society.

Andrew is one-half of the way through his sophomore year

at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, and he is

planning to major in political science.


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For 10 us a

ch i ld

U b om

(o us a

so n

is qiven.

-

I s a uh 9: 6

THOSE

WHO

LEAD

MANY TO

RIGHTEOUSNESS

SHALL SHINE LIKE THE STARS FOREVER

AND

EVER

DANIEL

12 : 3

What a wonderful and marvelous verse to live by. Every

time we wake up we should ask God to bring someone our

way

so that

we

might

have

the opportunity

to

tell

them

of

Christ; ...to lead them to righteousness. We may reside

locally, or we may work on the foreign field. At home it

seems more and more that there are great numbers who do

not believe and obey. Our court

system

is

hostile

to

anything

Christian

or moral; Christian principles are no

allowed

to be taught in our

public

schools; some of our

military

training centers are unbelievably amoral; living

together , abortion

and

the gay

lifestyle

literally

surround

us; some large Protestantgroups are attempting to rewrite

the Word of God; church attendance has dropped to its

lowest level in two decades. Let us pray that God will lead

someone our way today, and every day Let each of us be

numbered among

...those

who lead

many

to

righteousness... We at TWO are devoting our lives to

leading

many

to

righteousness.

Through our

volunteer

Gospel

Letters program

(alone) letters go

outevery

month

to

about 12,000 different Turks in the world with the message

of Christ. That s close to

150,000

letters a year. Our goal: to

lead many Tiuks to righteousness.

CHURCH-BUILDING TEAMS

A great wish

of mine

is to be

involved

with a team

tha

would go out

to

construct church buildings for groups o

Turkish believers in various parts of the world

Unfortunately it is

almost impossible

to do

this

in

mos

places that are somewhat closed to New

Testamen

evangelism.

There

is not only

opposition to

this by th

Islamic radicals, but also by some so-called Christia

groups. We are investigating one such possibility at thi

time. Please

pray

vrith

usfor

open

doors

to

such ventures.


13/13

H E

BABY

BORN

BETHLEHEM

AND THIS

IS

WAS

G O D

O U R

M D E

MAN

HOPE

This prayer

leOer

ispublished and dbttibuted by

Taridfh Worid Ontreaeh

SOS

Fraitvale CUGraad

JaactiOB

CO

S1S04 I76S

EHOLD

I RING YOU

GOOD NEWS

OF GREAT JOY

WHICH

SHALL

E

for

PEOPLE

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