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ChrUtian Mission

Field

Address:

Don

Bridges

Kaisers trasse

66

6790 Landstuh l

West

Germany

VOL 6 JANUARY -

MARCH

1987 N

Discipleship has

a purpose - to

make

us

into new persons. God has created us with

a capacity to

be

like

Him. There are various

examples of what God had in mind. The

walk of faith may be seen in t he example

of

Abraham.

The

making

of a leader Is

seen in Moses, and

what

real

beauty

is

displayed in

Esther.

It was not until

Jesus

c ame tha t we

were

ab le

to se e how

s e r i ous

God

was. He

points the

way

toward

a

total

reworking of

human life.

God

is deter

m ined to m ake

u s

l ik e h im

The Bible states if any man is in Christ,

he is a new creature, the old things

have

passed away; behold newness has come.

2

Cor.

5:17

Paul

says

of

our bapti sm

we

are

raised to

walk

in

newness

of

l ife

Again, he urges

us to be t ransformed

by

the renewing of

our

mind. Many

more

passages

of

scripture could be

added

which talk about

this

new life, this

transformation, this way of discipleship.

However, these will suffice.

It should

be noted

that in 2

Cor 5:17,

Paul

Is not trying to

explain

this

new

crea

tion.

He is not urging

us

to become new

creatures, nor

what we

may become, nor to

put

aside

the old

and work

ourselves

toward the new. He Is merely proclaiming

wha t h as happened to us

In Christ Earlier

he

said we

all,

with

unveiled face

beholding as

in a

mirror the glory

of

the

Lord, are being t ransformed

into the same

image from

glory

to

glory... God

is deter

mined to

make u s

l ike him This

will

affect

who we

are,

what we believe,

how

think, and what we do.

There

Is much

talk

about being b

again. What

is

overlooked

is

the

ide

transformation

which

is

part of

it.

C

cerning

this,

C.S.

Lewis

writes

it

is

n

change

from

bra iny men to

bralner

me

is a

change that goes of f

in a

totally

feren t d irection

-- a

change

from

b

creatures

of

God

to being sons of G

This may

be

Illustrated with a jump

horse. One could teach a

horse to

j

bet ter

and

better . This would no t

transforming

the horse,

however.

Bu

one

cou ld

take

th i s

horse and m ak e him

to

a

winged

creature, this

would

t r ans fo rma t ion

Transformation is

not

just

improvem

For Chr is tians , it is

christlikeness.

always get more than

we bargain.

Chris t, we

find

forgiveness. God wan t

make

us

forgiving In

Christ, we

peace. God sends us into the t umult .

gain confidence

in Christ.

God comma

us to be servants.

He

keeps pushing us

ther

than

we want to go -- all the wa

Christ likeness. There

is

no middle grou

It is christlike or

nothing

It is for

reason that many are surprised a t

things we do e.g., 1 Peter 4:3-4 . Our l

are

not patterned by the things of

world

bu t

by

Christ.

God Is conforming

to

the image

of His

son. The

old

thi

have passed

away,

behold,

newness

come .


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People who attended th e 1966 Mid-Wlnter Rally at

Balingen, South of Stuttgart.

MiD-WINTER

RALLY

Just a fte r Chri stmas , ove r 100 Chris tians from

around

Europe

gathered outside

of Balingen,

West

Germany for a three-day rally.

Based

on th e

books

of

Peter, the

theme

was Challenging Discipleship. Fif

teen

attended from

the

Landstuhl congregation. It

was

a

good

time of fellowship and

teaching.

One of the most intriguing parts of the program for

myself

was

a class on

th e use

of computers in a local

congregation. There were several ideas

given

on how

computers

could

be used

within

a

congregation

as

well as a tool for evangelism.

Some

of

the

simple

ideas dealt

with d ri ll s

and

practice,

tutorials, and

simiiations life of Paul,

dynamics

of

the

church) . I

have taken

some

of

these

ideas

and

am

beginning

to

develop them

with

my computer. Some of th is means

that

I have

to

learn programming. I am looking for a

way to

use the

computer

in

conjunction

with a

youth

group (perhaps have a one-week computer instruc

tion camp,

something

to get them interested).

However,

there

ar e a couple of items which I could

use.

First, if you have

any ideas about

how I could

develop this, i would be glad to hear from you. Se

cond,

if you know of any

public domain software

whch could be used

along

these

lines,

please send it.

I will be willing to pay for

the

mater ia l. Last, if you

know of any

commericai

material which

could be us

ed , write and let me

know

about It. I have an Atari

1040ST machine Thanks

Also,

at this rally, I was elected to chair th e rally

committee

for

th e

nex t year . We will be having a

meeting

in May with another to follow in

th e

Fall. It

should

be

an exci ting

time.

ANNOUNCEMENT

As I

was

sitting in my

ca r

listening

to

my

radio

wai ting for the 2 o 'c lock news, on which th e

change

rate

is

announced,

I

heard

LANDSTU

CHRISTIAN CHURCH,

lo cated at

Kaiserstr. 66

Landstuhl,

invites you to their

s ervi ces. Sun

School

begins

at 9:45 am

and

Worship service a

am . If you need a ride

or

fo r

more

information,

Landstuhl Civilian 06371)

62988.

We have com

long

way

from not being a llowed to put

up pos ter

nouncing our

vacation

bible school

to

having this

nouncement put

on

AFN

radio

(although they will

no t allow

us

to put up pos te rs ). It is aired as

the

tion has time available

and

are willing to do it. I

h

heard

it

several

t imes and

others

tell me

they

he

quite often . A few people

have

come as a resul

this

ad. Rejoice

with

us a s some good things are

pening

NEW ACTIVITIES

We

have

begun

some

new activit ies

here

at

L

stuhl.

With an

eye toward

growth and

evangelism

invite a visitor to

dinner program was

initiated.

simply

means that

different

families

will

take

responsibility

to invite a visitor

over

to the ir home

a

meal (ei ther

on a Sunday o r

during

th e

week).

will allow each of us

to be

better acquainted.

We have

also

begun (although it

was

really sta

during

my furlough) a get

acquainted time betw

Sunday Schoo l

and

Church services. It

has

b

working ou t

well

as

different

people are respons

for hospitali ty,

greeting, and

clean-up. It is a

g

time fo r all to

sit

and talk and relax

and

enjoy

e

othe r

Finally, we have

also

begun a

calling

progra

was calling up people

and

a sk ing wha t a re you

ing? When they

said

nothing,

i told

them

I woul

by in 15

minutes and

we would go

calling. Now,

ple are giving

one

night a week

to go

calling.

W

this

means, however,

is

that

I

take one on one n

and

ano ther on ano ther night, it is like a small t

ing period until they are

able

to

take another.

So f

has

been working

well.


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FI N A N C I A L R E P O R T

January

-

March 1987

Balance

on

Hand12-31-86

2 162.89

Income 4,005.33

6 168

Salary 1 500.00

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4 223

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ChrUtuin

Mission

Field

Address: Don Bridges

Kaise r s t r a sse 66

6790

Lands tuhi

West Germany

VOL.

7

APRIL

OCTOBER 1 9 8 7

N

ASCENSION AND CORONATION OF THE

MESSIAH

David, by the Spirit, says,

The

chariots

of

God

are

twenty

thousand, even thousands

of

angels;

the Lord is among them

as

in

Sinai

in

the holy

p lace . Thou hast ascended on

high;

thou hast led captivity

captive; thou

hast

received

gifts from

men;

even from the

rebellious,

that

the Lord God

might dwell

among

them. Again, David,

in

speaking

of

the

solemn

and

joyful procession

at the

carrying of the ark

of

the covenan t t o Mount

Zion, turns his eyes from

the

shadow to the

s ub s t a n c e

and

thu s

desc r i b e s

th e M e ss ia h s

entrance into heaven: Who may ascend the

hill of the

Lord? The

attendant

angels

in the

train

of

the Messiah, approaching

the

heaven

of

heavens, shout ,

L if t up you r

hands, 0 you

gates

Be lif ted

up, you eve rl as ti ng doors , and

the king

of

glory shall come in. Those within,

filled

with astonishment that any one

should

so confidently

demand admission

into those

gates so long barred

against

the sons of men,

respond Who

is

the king

of

glory? The

angels

in

at tendance

upon

the

Messiah

reply,

in

strains as t r iumphant , The Lord,

s trong and mighty mighty

in battle

and,

still

more exultingly

triumphant, shout, Lift up

your heads, 0 you gates even lift them

up,

you eve rl ast ing doo rs, and

the

king

of

glory

shall come in.

Who

is the

king

of glory? He

is the Lord of

hosts he

is the

king

of

gl

In

the

presence

of

all

the

heavenly hier

the

four

living creatures, the twenty

elders,

and

ten thousands t imes t e n t hou

angel s, he presents himself before the

th

So soon as

the

first-born

from the

dea

pears in the

palace-royal

of the

univers

Fa the r and hi s

God,

in hi s inaugural add

when anointing him Lord of all says,

L

t he angel s of

God worship

him.

S it a

right

hand,

till I make

your

enemies

foots tool . Jehovah

shal l

send ou t

of

[Jerusalem] the rod of your strength: r

the midst

of

your

enemies.. .

The

Lord

sworn and

will not

change his

mind.

Yo

a pri es t f or ever a ccording

to

the

ord

Melchizedek.

Your

throne,

O

God,

en

forever: a scepter

of

justice will be the sc

of your kingdom. You love r ighteousnes

hate wickedness; the re fo re

God, you r

has

se t

you above your companions by a

ting

you with

the oil of

joy.

0

Lord,

i

beginning you

laid

the

foundation

of

the

and th e h eavens

are

the work

of

your

h

they

will

perish,

but

you

will

remain;

the

wear out

like a

garment. You

will roll the

like robe: like a garment they will be c

ed. But

you

remain

the

same, and your

will

neve r e n d .


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Thus God highly exalted him

and

did

set

him over all

the

works

of

his hands , and gave

him

a name

and an

honor

above

every

name

in heaven and

on e ar th , tha t a t

the

name

of

Jesus glorified every knee shall bow, and

every tongue

confess, to

the

glory of God.

Now we see

Jesus

who

w as

made a lit

tl e

lower than

the

angels,

that he might taste

death

for all, on

account

of

the

sufferings

of

death,

crowned

with

glory

and honor.

Now,

angels, authorities,

principalities and

powers

are subjected to him.

The Holy Spirit sent down by Jesus

from

heaven, on Pen tecos t after his resurrection,

to the disciples

in attendance in

Jerusalem,

informs

the apost le s

of

all

that had

been

tran

sacted

in

heaven

during

the

week

after

his

ascension.

Peter,

filled with that

promised

Spirit,

now

informs the immense crowd

assembled on the great day of Pentecost that

God

had

made that

Jesus

whom they

crjJcifledbath_Lord

an d

Christ exaltecLhim a

Prince

and

a Savior to g rant repentance to

Is rae l an d r em i ss io n o f

s ins .

The first act of his

reign was to bes tow

the

Holy Spirit, according

to the

prophecy of

Joel and

his

own promise. So soon

as

he

received the kingdom from

God

his father, he

poured out the

blessings

of his favor upon his

friends; he fulfilled all hi s

promises

to the

apostles , and

forgave

three thousand

of his

f ie rces t enemies. He

received

pardons and

gifts for

them

that did rebel, and poured for th

abundantly

all

spiritual

gifts on the little flock

to whom it

pleased

the Father to give the

kingdom.

Thus

commenced

th e

reign of

Heaven, on

the

day of

Pentecost,

in

the

per

son

of

the

Messiah,

the Son

o f God ,

and

the

anointed King of the universe. Under him his

people,

saved

from

their sins, have received

a kingdom which

can not be

shaken or

r e m o v e d .

A C

EVENTS OF THE PAST MONTHS

Aside from th e u s u al a c ti v it ie s c onne

with

the

church here,

i.e.,

calling

preaching,

we have had

some

sp

ac t iv i t i es .

In June,

the

congregation

once

again

with Italians

from Karlsruhe,

Wolfsburg,

even

France

fo r a

joint service. Guy

May

led in

the

all

day

meeting held

on

a Satur

Then, on Sunday, Charles

Gresham, a

fessor

from

Kentucky

Chr is ti an Col

delivered

a

message from the

boo

Romans. This was followed by

a

pot-luck

ner.

Although these

visits are brief, th e

very important

to

us

because of

the

couragement we

are able

to

receive

fellow Christians.

Even though the

major

the

work is done

among the Ame

military, we do have some contact

with

mans. So it becomes important

to

us w

_w seeJ iQw Christ and hi s gospejjwork i

l ives

of

th ose w ho

a re o f

a

d i ff e re n t c u l

In

July,

a

group

of

us

travelled

to

Ital

our s ummer camp . This year, 47 we

camp

8 went

f rom Landstuhl) .

It

was

a

of encouragement and good fel lowship.

y ea r s th eme

centered around the boo

Philippians.

I was

allowed to lead

a

two

session on

encouragement.

To state

b

the main

gist of

what

was

said;

Encou

ment depends

upon our wills, not

upon

ou

c u m s t a n c e s . I will m a k e a ch o i ce

of

w h

do or say based

upon

what will strength

build

up the

other

person. Tiredness,

atti

of others or

even bad c i r cums tances ar

my motivation for what

I

do.

To

encoura

our goa l (e .g .,

a

goal may be

clearly

st

our though ts ), and

this may diffe r f rom

desires (e.g.,

wanting someone to under

us). To confuse

a

goal

with a

desire

may

lead

to

frustration. This is

because

a goa

be achieved by you alone,

whereas

a d

involves the cooperation of another pe

In August, we started looking

agai


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some better facilities.

Some

of the problems

of

t he p re sent location

are

hard to

overcome

(dampness,

cold,

noise,

functional layout).

Although we have adapted to th is

situation,

we

see the need

for

some improvements

to

make

the work

here m ore effec tive .

You

might pray with

us

in finding a location which

w ou ld b e m ore co nd uc iv e.

In

September,

my

brother

and hi s family

visi ted from

the

s ta tes , and

w e

were able

to

spend

two enjoyable

weeks

together I per

sonally

was grateful

for th is , for when

one

is

fa r away from

home,

he will miss

his

family

and friends all the

more.

However, the

impor

tance of the work c ompels us to

stay.

During

t hi s t ime, some

new families have

come

and

joined

us

here.

Guy

and

Laura

Perkins

began attending

in

July short ly after

they arrived in country. On

October

4th, I im

mersed Guy

into

th e Lord Following

that,

Guy

tu rn ed a nd im m e rs ed h is w if e in to

t h e

Lord.

It

was simple, but

a

beautiful service.

I

would

ask

that

you would

pray for them as

they

walk

in th i s n e w life

Jane t Aldrich

has also joined

us

here at

Landstuhl. She is the

sister

of Susan Spencer

w h o

a t t ended

here w hile h er h u sb an d

L

V.

w a s s t a t i oned in Pirmasens .

J a n e t

vis i ted her

fo r

two

summers

and is now here working as

a teacher for the

school system.

John

and

Toni Marinelli have

also

joined us.

He

is

stationed

with

the army her e

in

Land

stuhl. We have enjoyed having

them

and

hope

they

will grow in the

Lord

B O O K S T O R E

Plans

are now underway on beg inning

a

bookstore to serve the community here.

For

a

populat ion of over 100,000 Americans, one

small

Baptist bookstore

(using a 15x30 '

room)

and S ta rs and Stripes

bookstore

(with a dozen

or so titles) simply do

not

meet the

needs of

the

Christians

here.

We o fte n h av e

peopl

quiring

if

we ar e

a

bookstore

because

we

books (a small

mail

order s to re ). We will n

some

capital investment to begin.

If

you

willing

to help

in

thi s, p lease send

a

che

Thanks

DOLLAR EXCHANGE

As

some

of

you

know, the dollar

has

fa

dramatically in the

last year.

It

has

gone f

2 .23 in J une

'8 6

to 1 .69 in Octobe r

' 87 .

T

is

24% drop

in

value-buying power.

translate

it

anothe r way,

100 will

only

76

worth

of

goods now .

Even

though

costs

2.36

a gallon

when

it comes from

rather than

from

100 ,

it

does make

ha r de r .

I

known that t imes a re hard for most p

ple,

and I

appreciate those

who

faithfully

c

tribute

towards th is work in West Germa

Deficit

spending can

only go

on

fo r so l

however. If

you are convinced that t hi s w

is

important, try to convince

someone

els

another congregation in the next few mon

You

may obtain a copy of

my finan

statement by writing

to my forwarding

ag

Thanks for

your

help

PRAYER

REQUESTS

1

The expansion

of the work among

th e

milita

2 Financial

support.

3. A building.


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Chrii tv in

Mission

Field

Address;

Don

Bridges

Kaisers t rasse

66

6790

Landstuhl

West Germany

VOL 8

NOVEMBER FEBRUARY 1988

CHRISTIAN HOPE

N

Peter,

by

the Spirit,

says,

Blessed be the

God a nd F ath er

of

our

Lord

Jesus

Christ , who

according to

His

great

mercy has caused

us to

be born aga in to a l iv ing hope through the

resur

rection

of

J e s u s

Chris t from

th e d ea d.

John

testifies

Dear

friends,

now

we are

children

of

God,

and

what we

will

be has not yet

been

made

known. But we know that when he appears, we

sh all b e like him , for we

shall see

him as he

is .

Everyone who has

this hope in

him purifies

himself,

just

as

he is pure. Paul expresses hi s

hope when he says I conside r tha t our

present

suf fe rings a re

not worth

comparing

with th e

glory

that

will

be

revealed

in

us.

The whole

hope of the

Christian

may be summed

up

in one

sentence: Now

if

we are

children, then

we

are

hei rs hei rs

of G od

and co he i rs with Christ .

Eternal

Life,

th e riches

of Christ,

th e

glory,

honor, wealth and

joy

of God's

only

begotten

Son

are enjoyed

equally with

all

the saints.

Hope differs from fai th.

It

looks only forward

to

future events

and

objects.

It

does not look

back or at present circumstances. Paul says

Hope

that is seen is no hope

at

all. Who

hopes

for what he already

has?

It

desires

and

expects

good

and

nothing else. There is

not

one dark

cloud,

not

one

dark

speck

in all

the

heavens

of

Christian hope. Every thing seen in i ts realm is

bright, cheering,

alive and transporting. It is all

desirable and desired. It is all

earnest expecta

tion and a

confident expectat ion

of

things

hoped

for.

There

are various

degrees

of hope;

bu t

in

the

least degree of

it

there

is

desi re combined with

expectation. Things expected are

not

always

desirable, no r are th ings

desirable

always

expected;

but

hope

embraces

promises t h

desirable, and

expects

th e enjoyment of

For

it is

based

on the promises of God (n

mere poss ib il ity

or even probabili ty it

on

covenants,

promises,

oaths given

by

As

we grow

in our

knowledge

of

God's

given

by

God).

As

we

grow

in

our knowled

God 's character , of the ful ness and

richn

the

promises,

hope,

like

faith and

love,

gr

But

the things hoped for by the Christia

beyond

description.

Eye, indeed,

has

not

ear

has not

heard, the

human

heart

has no

ceived

th e

glories

of

th e

resurrection

of

t h

the n ew bod ie s, the new heavens, the

earth, the

new

Jerusa lem, the new

societ

new pleasures. According to the

promis

look for

(expect)

new

heavens and

new ea

which r igh teous peop le shall

alone dwell.

it has been said that if Christianity,

o

gospel,

did no more

than to

free man from

s la vis h f ea r of d ea th , o n this

account alo

would

be

worthy

of

universal

acceptance.

does

incomparably

more

than

this.

It pla

one's

heart

a

hope

a full

assurance

of

tha t h e will triumph

over

death and th e

and forever

live in

the

presence

of

this

Redeemer.

Do we not

think

and feel and

s

A hope so grand and so

Divine,

May trials well endure;

And purify

our

hearts from sense

and

s

As Christ h imse lf i s pure

Hope

keeps a Christian's eye on heaven

he

has

it in h is h an d.

But

this is no t

the

all engrossing

aim

an


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fort of a Christian

man o r w om an. W e

have a

work to

do beyond what is due to ourselves. We

have

to

work

fo r

God

and man,

fo r the Savior

who d ie d for

u s

and st i l l in te r cedes for us His

whole kingdom is a kingdom of priests and He

requires

their

aid

and

best

efforts

In

his cause

and

for which services he ha s

promised

large

h on ors a nd r ich rewards Al l th e s ain ts are to

labor

with him

and

for him

in

whatever

sphere

he has located them. He gives them

g race and

glory. He credits

them for

a

cup

of cold water

given to

any of hi s

friends

in need.

The

realiza

t ion of

tha t

to which

hris t has c alle d a nd

is

calling us in

our

faith

and

hope is the greatest,

strongest, and most

enduring stimulus

to

call

forth and employ our whole ene rg ie s and

in

fluence. Let us

ari se and

go to work in

earnest

for

the Lord. Jesus Christ has

destroyed

death

and

has

brought life and immortality to

light

through th e gospel.

Adapted

from

A.C.

DEPARTING

OF

A FRIEND

There may be

some

of

you

who know or have

heard

of Guy Mayfield. He

had

been th e Land-

stuhl

area for th e past

s ix years. H is

work was

primarily among the Italian people

as it

has

been fo r the

past

40

years.

This past

September,

Guy and hi s

wife

Thelma,

headed

toward th e

s t a t e s to

a t tend th e

Nat iona l Mis

sionary

Convention.

Complications, however,

arose making it Impossible for them to atte nd .

Guy underwent some tests

and

was

told

th

needed

to undergo open

heart

surgery.

flew to

the

Mayo Clin ic

and

from

her

Thelma

continue) Guy again underwent

tests and finally on November 25th unde

open heart

surgery. Guy

made

a

satisfa

recovery

from

surgery, and on Mo

December

7th we flew back to

Johnson

Friday

night

of

that

week, Guy

did

not

feel

and

on Saturday

afternoon

he was

admitt

the

Medical Center. On Sunday mornin

realized that

Guy was failing rapidly . .

s lipped away

quietly

at about 11 o'clock.

F ra nk Smith , fo rmer minister o f G ran

Christian Church in Johnson City wrote:

was

such

an altogether alive per son, w

assumed he would go on forever here.

Sud

we must realize not here, but, no

less

aliv

ing on

forever.

It was through

hi s

inf luence that the

Winter

Rally

and

th e

Summer

Camp

established.

He pioneered

th e work

in

sou

ly in

the

years

following

WWII.

Today, ther

fellowship of

Italian

Christian Churches

several

third

generation Christ ians servi

posit ions

of

leadership. He also carried

a

and specia l i nte re st for the Americans se

in

the military overseas.

He

and The lma

many hours

contacting service families

cou ragin g th em

in

their Christian live

helped in establishing the

Military

Chr

Fellowship from which I receive most o

contacts).

There are

many different

i tems

which

c

our atten tion , but it

seemed for Guy

tha

one

overall

conce rn was

a

person's relatio

with

the

Lord

Je sus Added to

tha t ,

he

c

with

him

a

lo ve f or th e

res torat ion

movem

which

we are

a

part. His

conversat ion was

of

this movement and its

principles. His

cern was that we would not loose sight o

place

from

which w e

had

come.

He

often

If

I see

farther

th an o th er men, it

is beca

have stood on the shoulders of giants.

Guy had

a

dream.

Of all

the

work

which

done in

Italy,

he

would

have

liked

to

have

s

building

bought

by

the congregation

in

R

He said

that

over

100,000

was n eeded to

small storefront

in the

heart

of Rome. As o

only

about

15,000 has been rai sed over th

five

or six

years. A memorial fund has

bee

up to honor

Guy,

and

the

funds will

undergird

th e work In Italy.

Offer ings m

sent

to Martha Ward, 6632

Westdrum

Roa

dianapolis, IN

46241.


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Guy is going to be missed. His love for

the

work, his

enthusiasm

for Christ,

and

hi s

con

cern for

people

will be remembered. Nothing

greater can

be

said about Guy than his whole

heart

was

In

the work

Thanks Guy

until

we

meet agin

MID-WINTER

RALLY

This year's

Mid-Winter

Rally

was an excel lent

time

of

fellowship, worship and teaching. The

theme

of

this

year's rally

was

Let every

tongue

confess Jesus

I

greatly enjoyed the preaching

and teaching. Following the theme,

sermons

were

given concerning confessing Jesus

as

Creator, Lord, Risen for

our

sakes,

and as

com

ing King It was a time of encouragement.

Thi s year, we extended

th e

rally

one

day in

o rde r tha t w e cou ld have a smal l forum. The

morning

session dealt

with th e

principlesof

the

r es to ra ti on m ov em en t. T he a fte rn oo n sess ion

concerned

itself

with

how

we

put

these

prin

ciples into application the different ar i n

which we live This

sharing

of views

was well

received, and people expressed a desire to

keep

this in

the program

for next year.

Raymond

Bodley and

I

are looking into

a new

location

which

may have

some

better

facilities

with which

to operate.

I am already looking for

ward to the next rally.

BOOKSTORE NEWS

As Iwrote in

the last newsletter,

I am

w

on

setting up a Christian

bookstore

here.

done

some

legwork on thi s

and

have fou

I need a permit

(which

will

take

a

while

approved).

I have

applied for this and sho

hearing from

the government

soon. I am

talking

with the government

concerning

and

customs

which

will

need

to

be

paid.

Meanwhile, I

become

more conv inced

need

here

as people

continue

to

come i

building thinking that

we

are

a

bookstor

awai ting informat ion from the

states

f

how to

of

setting

up a

bookstore.

Our

p

present are

for including books,

t eaching supplies , cards and maybe v id

t hi s s to re . As I se e

what is

available, I

able to

better

decide.

Again,

if

you

wo

able


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