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AS

THE FATHER HATH SENT ME. SO SEND I YOU JOHN 20:21

U S L ^

J a n

--

March. 1978

A ll power la given unto

me

in

heaven

and in ear th

Go

ye

therefore, amd teaich a l l

nations

baptis ing them in

the

name

o f th e F ath er

and of

the Son, and o f the Holy Ghost.

and

lo I

an tr i th

you always, even unto

the

end of the

world. Matt.

28i18-20 ,

Jan naJum

Vhat

a

wonder fu l p romise

in

these

words

o f

our

Lord

and

Savior ,and

with the promise a t a sk

fo r

a l l

o f

His chi ldren

t

heis

now

been

four

year s

s ince

we first left our homeland

to spread the Good News in Spain. These ^ years have been

many things

the b igges t has been

a

t i ne o f lea rn in g

i

learning to minis ter

in

a

fore ign

cul ture

and language,

to

be eei>arated

from fami ly to

make

new f r i ends

and

above a l l

l ea rn ing

to

t r u s t more f u l l y

in our Lord.

e

have

learned

more

about His

power

and

His

constant

presence as we se t t l ed

in

Madrid, made the move

to

Mieres

and began the

work here

left fo r fur lough and then r e tu r n

ed to resume t h e work i n H i e r e s S i n c e

o u r

last n e w s l e t t e r

our Lord

revealed even more of His

power

and presence >dien

Kathy had to

spend

a number

of

weeks

in bed due

to

Hepati

-

t i s The Lord

gave her

a speedy recovery

and blessed

us

abundantly

thru

the time. praise im for His power and

presence.

preiise

Him

fo r the

opportunity to

serve

Him,


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SOWIN

TH

SEE

^

SoKlng

the

Word

of

I ^ in the

hearts

of

ff

y /

the

people In Spain

I J la a big Job one

r

^Ich

deaands tine

ded ica t ion Varl

ou s a e a n s c a n be

i used

Juan,

a

Joyful , Serving Chris t ian

Juan has been extrenely active in the Lord s work the

last few months. He has been distributing

literature

by himself and with an

He

has also

been accompanying

an

in

h ie

ca l l ing on contac ts

A new method

of teaching contacts has

been

the use of

a

series of slides with tape recorded

narrations,

Ihe series

covers

Bible

history

giving the

people

a

basic

Idea

of

the

Gospel,

Thus

far

about

15 non~bellevers

have viewed

one

or more of

the

presentat ions.

In Mark if126-29 Jesus uses a parable to tel l how that

when

the

Vord of God Is planted, we don t know how I t

grows but at the proper time i t

will

grow and be ready for

harvesting. We are

busy planting the seed and trusting

God for ihe

results. The

apostle Paul saldi I planted,

Apolos watered but God gave the Increase,

Rut Stamping I tac t s

Ru^,

Juan s

youngest

daugh

te r who Is 8 years old, was

exci ted

about

being able to

help

in

the work by prepar

ing

l i t e r a t u r e

fo r d ls t r lb u

t l o d


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run,

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Hlqul

Nlqul i s the b ro th er o f

Trlqul

Spanish T.V. b

Cookie Monster. Nlqul who

I s always hung ry fo r God s

Word visits o u r

chu r ch

s r

vice each Sunday to help

p lan t

the

Word

In the

hear t s

o f the ch i l d ren .

Another

way

t ha t

we

Chris t ian

Movies

have begun to

use In

I

' '

planting

the Word la t .

t h e u se o f Ch r i s t i a n w

fil s I hu s f a r we

have shown

two.

ach

movie has been shown

twice, once

fo r

the

a d i a t s

and

th e o th e r

time fo r the young

people .

Bes id e s t h e be

l i e v e r s

two men

and

3

ladles were pres

ent

for the second movie, and one of

the ladles

brought

her

8 year

old

daughter. Her husbautd,

idio

has been seeing

the

s l ide ser ies

would

have cone

but

was

sick.

are

also

using

these movies

as

a neans to begin a

desperately needed work

among

young people. Our hopes

are

to

encourage

the

two

young believers in Mleres and to

reach

other

young

people In

an atmosphere

geared to then.

were very

excited the

f irs t night

when

13 young people

came, 9 of which had never before heard the Gospel.

Ihe

movie did an excellent job of presenting God's message of

Love

to

the

young

people.

Most

of

them

stayed

for

over an

hour afterwards to discuss the film idille having light re

freshments that Kathy had

made

Eight young people came

to the

second movie and

again stayed to

discuss

the

mes

sage

and

one asked

to

take a ew Testament home.

Three of

these had not come to the f irs t movie. Next month we plan

to

show a

third one,Pray

with us

that

this

seed

will fa l l

on good

so i l and bring for th

f ru i t

f t


4/18

PRAYBR CLOSET

Ihou

t

th e God t h a t do e s t wonders : Thou h a s t dec l a r ed

Itay st renght aaong the

people.

Psalias 77tl4

Praise

God fo r

His

loving

care

to

us

during Kath/s i l lness

and

fo r

her

speedy

recovery.

Praise God fo r Nathan s

happy,

SBlllng face as he boards

the school

bus each day

now.

Pra ise God fo r the

opportunit ies to

plan t

the

seed

in

Hie r e s

and

f o r th e

c on t a c t s

made.

Pray fo r the new contacts and

the

work begun with the

teen

agers e need lots of wisdoa and guidance for

this new

work).

Pray fo r the Rolands

and

fo r t he i r

support

to cone

in so

t h a t they may

soon

Join us in Spain.

Pray that the goal set for the local

(storefront

builds

ing)

downpc^ent

will

be reached soon and

^ a t

the Lord

wi l l

provide

Jus t the

r i gh t local ,

Pray

fo r these

prospects

by

naaet

Anado,

Manuel and h is

wife,

Roberto,

Raljiundo,hi8

wife

and

daughters.

Pray

fo r

our

Forwarding

Agents,

Tom and Sue

Mole,

and the

Glen Sl lyn Elders as they cont inue to provide

v i t a l

services fo r

the

work here. Also pray

fo r

a l l

of our supporters.

Sfa/n

First

Christian

Church

25 W. 171 Geneva

Road

Glen Ellyn, 111 60137

Dan and

Kathy

Crosley

Missionaries

to Spain

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/IS THE FATHER HATH SENT ME. SO SEND / YOU JOHN 20:21

No.

2 3 April

Juni 197Q

F IR3T

PUBLIC MKBTING

300

In Attendance

May

13

was

an exc i t ing day fo r the worh

in

Mieres . t

was the day we held our f i r s t

pub lic g ath ering.

The turn

ou t

was t reaendous ly

encouraging.

In

February

we

began showing Chris t ian novies in our

apar taent

Altogether in th ree

nonths

30

some

d i f fe ren t

v i s i t o r s

a t tended

some saw two

or

t h ree

d i f f e r en t movies.

That

was

encouraging

to

us

especial ly

when

you

remember

tha t

we

cannot

publicly invite people to our home and also

considering the

reluctance of

many Spanish

people to

go

to

another person s apartment.

Thus,

when we became

aware

of

the poss ib i l i ty

of using

the auditorium of

a

savings and

loan bank, f ree of charge, arrangements were

made

fo r i t s

use idiich included a permit from

the governor s

off ice

to

hold a

public

meeting,

tfe

decided to show the movie

A

Tine

to

Run

which

s

th e

b e s t Chr i s t i an movie

t h a t s

available

to

us.

We advert ised the showing in

two

reglonai

newspapers and passed

out more than 1500

invi ta t ions

I t

turned

out

tha t

the date

we

selected

was a

poor

one

f i r s t

of a l l because t vaa a Saturday. I la te r learned

fr( the

manager

of the auditorium that Saturday

is

tradi

t iona l ly the

poores t n igh t o f the week fo r

any

such func

t ion

Secondly, tha t

same evening was the date chosen by

two opposing

po l i t i ca l

par t ies to hold mass campaign meet-


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i n g s

In

Mieres.

B ut

P r a is e th e Lord even with a l l o f

tha t

going against the

p o s s i b i l i t i e s o f

p eo ple co nin g

300 p er

s o n s came o u t

to

s e e t h e

movie. I

was

p e r m i t t e d to s a y a

few

w o r d s a f t e rwards

I h a d taken a

s t ack

o f New Tes ta

ments

and Gospels according to John which

were

o ffe re d to

t h o s e t h a t would

a s k

fo r

them.

Twice

as many c o u l d

h a v e

been

given

o u t

I

would

have

had

enough

fa i th

t o

have

t a k e n t h a n .

Young

and

o ld a l ike

were a n x i o u s

to

h a v e o n e .

Each person s eei n g th e movie was give n two s t i m u l a t i n g

t r a c t s

as

t h e y l e f t t h e a u d i t o r i u m . I wish t ha t I c o u l d

have

i n v i t e d a l l

o f

t h es e people t o o u r s e r v i c e s b u t be

cause

we

do

n o t

have

a

b u i l d i n g

I

co u l d n o t do tha t

o

public

decisions were made

t h a t evening.

would

n o t

have been p e r m i t t e d

to

offer such an invi ta t ion in

t h a t

a u d ito riu m

anyway. The

u se o f movies and

dis t r ibu

t ion

o f C h r i s t i a n l i t e ra tu re i s v e r y u s e f u l in

exposing

people to the

Good

ews o f

Jesus Christ

but

usually more

cul t ivat ion i s needed be f or e one

i s

r e a d y to g i v e h is l i f e

to th e Lord. Pray

with

us t h a t the

Lord

w i l l enable

us

to

water th e seed t h a t was planted t h a t

evening

through th e

movie

in

th e

h e a r t s

of

t h e s e

300

p eo p l e and pr a y t ha t

Ho

wi l l

g i v e

th e in cr e a se .

A

UNIQUE

OPPOR nJNITY

days

af ter

the public meeting when I was able

to

show the

same

movie to

a much

s m a l l e r b u t

v e r y

unique g ro u p .

The

day before

the

public

showing

o f

the movie, I had

h e s i t a t

in gly in vite d

the teachers

and

workers

a t

Nathan s

nursery

school who

are oman Catholic

Nuns. They

did

not come

to

the public showing for idiich one of

then

apologized saying

t h a t

they

had

been

imable

t o

I

quickly

asked

i f

they

would be

i n t e r e s t e d

in seeing th e movie r ight t h er e

a t

th e

school which

a ls o

ser ves a s thei r home, Biey agreed t o

this so

l a t e r

that

week I found myself showing a

Christian

movie to a small group of oman

Catholic

Nuns, They were

a l l deeply impressed. Afterwards they invited

me

to stay

f o r

coffee and

to t a lk This

nay

l ead to f u r t h e r c o n t a c t s

with them and

the

possibility of entering a Catholic

hic^

school

with

the

movie.

Pray

fo r

th is

unique

opportunity.

Pray

that

the

Lord will give us wisdom and boldness

PRAISE THE LORD We

bel i eve

we h a v e fou n d a su i t ab le

building fo r the church in Mieres The

Glen

Ellyn Elders

have

given

approval.

The leg al d e t a i l s are being worked on

now.

Pray

for the remainder

of

the 10,000 downpaynent to

be

s up plie d q uick ly .

More details

in next

newsletter.


7/18

J o s e f and

Ba rba r a

W in te r

SWISS INTERNS

In

April

we

made

a

tr ip to

Zara^oza to Interview a

young couple from

Switzerland

interested

In

working with

us

on

an

Internship

basis, Ihey

are Josef

and Barbara

Winter, Ihey were baptized by our missionary

In

Switzer

land, David St l t t

Ihey are

Interested In

working

as

missionaries

In a

Spanish

speaking

country, Ihey

studied

Spanish

In Madrid during ay and

June,

and

arrived

In

Mleres on June 30

to

l ive

and

work

with

us

for

three

months. At t imes the language bar r ie r I s a

problem as

the

Winters

are

still

working

on

the i r

Spanish and

Joe

epeaks very l i t t le English

(his

wife,Barbara speaks Eng

l ish

fluently).

But

praise

God

that

He can help us over

come

a l l

obs t ac l e s The Winters a re l im i t ed

In

t h e i r

ministry here due to the

language

but they

have already

b^iui

to make some

contributions,

Barbara helps Kathy

with the housework

and

wil l be

taking care

of

a l l

of the

children during

Bible Study

on Thursday evenings. The

assistance

tha t

Barbara

gives

with

the

housework

Is rea l

ly needed especially now

that

summer Is here and Kathy Is

teaching Nathan

his

U

S, Kindergarten correspondence

course

so t h a t

he

wi l l

l ea rn

to

read and wri te Engl ish .

Joe la helping

Dan out In the

office and

accOTipanles him

on

h is cadllng.

The

Winters

traveled

from Madrid

up

to

Mleres In ay In

order

to

help

pass out l i terature etc,

fo r our

f i r s t public meeting.

We

were

s ad en ed

to r

ce ive word

from th e Harold

Hicks

family

t ha t they

have lt l e d

to r e tu rn to

America.

Ihey

have l ived

in Zaragoza s ince coming

to Spain four

years

ago.

They

hope to work among

Spanish speaking people

In the

U.S.

e pray God s

bless ings

upon

them and

t h e i r new

work .


8/18

PRAYER

CLOSET

Pralae

God fo r the turn out of

300

people fo r the f i r s t

public meeting

P r a y

f o r

t h e

Word t o t ake r o o t

i n

t h e h ea r t s o f t h o s e ex

posed

to

the Gospel through

the

Chris t ian mov

ies

Praise

God

fo r Josef

and Barbara Vlnter and the i r

will ing

nes s

to

se rv e th e Lord

Pray

fo r the

Harold H icks

family as

they

re turn to the

U.

S

to work t he r e

Praise God

t ha t

the Paul Roland

family

wil l soon be

ar r iv -

vlng

in Spain

Pray fo r the

prospects

in Mleres as well as the

edi f ica

t io n o f

th e

Chr i s t i a n s

Pray

fo r

the

deta i l s

to

be

worked

out

quickly

concerning

the

buying

o f the

bui lding

in

Mleres. Also

pray

tha t

the

remainder of

the

downpayment

wi l l be for thcaaing

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LAST MINUTE NEWS

Paul

and Helen Roland along with t h e i r chi ldren Jon Paul

and Amy

plan

to

ar r ive

In

Madrid

Spain

Ju ly

20

Ban

and

Kathy plan ^o meet then a t the a i rpo r t .Kathy . Helen

and

th e

c h i l d r e n w i l l

t a k e th e

t r a i n

back

t o Mleres an d Dem

wi l l

help Paul

hunt fo r an

apartment in

Madrid

where

the

Rolands wi l l be spending a t l e a s t 9 months in language

s tudy.

Pray fo r the Rolands as they ge t se t t l ed .

Sjiain

First Christian Church Non-Profit Org.

25

Geneva

Road

POSiACiE PAID

Glen Eiiyn III. 60137

Glen

El lyn III

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JOHN

20:21

J i i lv

Sep t embe r .

1978

H_E J L I G B

WJE

T H L S I

Amado

Prada being baptized in

the r i ve r

Jesus

saidi There

i s joy in the

presence of

the

angels of

5od

over one

sinner

tha t repenteth There was not only

joy in

heaven

but

also among

the

Christ ians

in Mieres

when

Araado confessed his fai th

in

the

Saviour

Invited Him into

h is hea r t and then submit ted h is l i f e

to th e

Lord in

Chr i s

t i an baptism

Amaô

i s

the

very f i r s t

convert

during our

ministry

in

Mieres Dan s ta r ted

cal l ing

on Amado in the Fa l l of 1976

After

our

furlough l a s t

year Dan continued

to v i s i t Amado

who

then started attending worship services but only spo

r ad ica l ly , Pra i se the Lord with

us

t h a t

th i s summer Amado

became

a Christ ian Pray with us fo r his sp i r i tua l

growth.


10/18

September 23rd Second

Public

Meeting

EVARCELIST in

MAMA

Drama is a seldom used method of presenting the

gospel

message to

non-christians.

Nevertheless,

we

decided to

sponsor

a

Christ ian

theatr ical

group

from Madrid which

has

been perfoxming in various parts of Spain were again

able

to obtain

the public

auditorium

of

the savings and

loan bank where we had our f irs t public meeting a few

months ago.

advertised the event in

the

regional

news

paper and passed out

3,000

invitat ions. Praise the Lord;

More

than

300

non-christians

attended the program.

The

drama

en t i t l ed

The Six Who

Died

i s about

s ix d is

t i nc t

personali t ies

that die on the same day. They find

themselves

th ru st in to

eterni ty

awaiting admittance thru

one of two

doors.

Mr Capi ta l i s t

i s

sure tha t his

hard

work his money and his

influential contacts

will permit

him

to pass through the door to the ce les t ia l

ci ty

Miss

Happiness,

a

hjrpochondriac,

counts on

her miserable physi

cal l i fe to be

recompensed

by passing t tox the celes t ia l

door. Another

i s confident because of her

good

works and

a

young

skydiver

i s

bett ing

on

his

persuasive

abi l i t i es

One

i s

Miss Hippy

who

does not bel ieve ^~an af te2i lfe and

i s sure tha t they are a l l

Just

experiencing a momentary

phenomenon

a t the t ime

o f

death. The

l a s t

of the s ix i s

the only one

who i s

finally

allowed

to

enter

the

heavenly

ci ty

and tha t

because

of

her fa i th in Jesus Chris t The

play

ends when the

other

5

open the second

door, see a

blazing f i re

and

Miss Hippy

screams

as she rea l izes tha t

th i s

i s

a l l

rea l ly

happening.

After the

perfozmance

the di rec tor introduced each

of

the

actors and

then

explained from the

Bible tdiy the

char

ac t e r

they

represented was refused uimittance

to

heaven

with exception

of

the Christ ian. In th is way a

very ex

p l i c i t

presentation of

the

gospel was made to these 300

souls

An inv i ta t ion

was not

presented

but

those t ha t

were

in te res ted in

d isc us sin g th e

message

were

in vi ted to

stay to

talk

with the

cast .

About 40 young

people stayed

As a di rec t r e su l t three young i eople have s tar ted a cor

respondence course. Pray

with us that the

seed planted

thru th i s drama wil l be allowed to spring for th and tha t

Gk>d wi l l

bring about an increase


11/18

Al i sa r ea l l y

enjoys her

nursery school

which

i s

named

Disneylandia

This wi l l

help her

to

l e a rn

enough

Spanish so

t h a t she wi l l be ready

to a ttend regu la r pub

li s choo l .

PICNIC

WITO ROL N S

IN MADRID

The

Paul

Roland family

a r r ived

in

Spain

on

Ju ly

20th They

a re

studying the language

i n

Madr id

\k/

Kathy works

with Nathan

on

h i s

Amer ican

Kinde r

gar ten course a f t e r

he

a r r i v e s

home f rom

is

Spanish school

He

must

do t is t o l e a r n to

read

and wri te

Engl ish


12/18

PRAYER CLOSET

pra ise God fo r the conversion

of

Aaado.

Pray

for

Amado s continual spi r i tua l growth*

Praise

God

that OO

souls

were able to hear

the

gospel

th ru th e Evange lis tic drama*

Pray

fo r

Monica,

Nontserra t

and

Jav ie r

who

have

s t a r t ed

a

Bible correspondence course.

Praise

God that Paul and Helen Roland

are now

in Spain*

Pray for the Rolands as they continue to adjust to

thei r

adopted country,

especial ly pray fo r e ir

language

study*

Praise

God that Nathan

and Alisa are

happy in

school.

Pray that God

will

direct us

to

the right

Local

store

front

building) for the church

in Mieres*

Praise God tha t He

supplies our

every need*

ATTENTION

Tom and Sue Mole, our Forwarding Agents, issue

income tax

deductible receipts

on a

quarterly

basis to


13/18

ABOmiD

THE

ECm

What a joy:

What

a

Blessing. . . . two smiling,

happy

chil

dren

bouncing

off to

school

each day. School began here

the middle of September, and indeed, i s a blessing to

have

the t ears

of

l a s t

yea r repla ced

with smiles and

con

tentment.

Last

year

Nathan

cr ied every

morning

fo r months

before

going

to

nursery school.

The

language

bar r ie r

was

th e

r e a son

Nathan

i s in kindergarten,

at tending

a nat ional school.

He goes from 9

a*m. to

12

and

2 in

th e af ternoon un t i l

f ive

days

a week.

His biggest joy i s carrying

a satchel

f i l led with

his books,

pencils and

paper jus t l ike

his

big fr iend Andres.Nathan also

has

English classes a t home.

Alisa attenifcnursery school three hours each morning

of

the

school

week.

I t

i s

a new

school

called

Disney-

landia.

How

excited

she gets

each

morning

as we

approach

her school and she sees the sign with

the

pictu res o f

Mickey and

Minnie Mouse

and

Donald

and Daisy

Duck:

Priase God fo r th i s

vic tory .

ask i ^ a t you continue

to pray

fo r

Nathan and

Alisa

to have

a good year

in school

and

to pray fo r

the i r

hecdth.

God

always

knows

bes t

When we

f i r s t

moved

in to

our

apartment a

year ago,

I

asked

Dan

myself and

God

Why so

big? Although the

apartment

i s not

so big

as compared

to

American homes

s t i l l is bigger

than the average Span

ish apartment.

During this

past year, God answered over

and over again ray

question,

Why so Big?

The

visi ts started

with

Dan s folks las t January.

Throughout the Spring, our home continued to be blessed

with many visi ts from

different friends,

including

the

visi ts

of

the

Harold Hicks

family,

Pepe Jurdao

and family

and

the vis i t of Jack Fisher, Elder

from Glen

EUyn.

In July the

Winters began

their three month s t^ with

us working out an

internship.

Later

in July the Paul

Rolands arrived in Spain and

spent

almost two weeks with

us. Ihen

in September we had

five

young people from the

theat r ical group

spend

the night with us.

Needless to say , our home has been r i ch in Chris t ian

Fellowship.

We

thank

God

fo r

so

many

fr iends

and

the

blessing

they are

to us. Thank

od too

that He supplied

our need

fo r a large apartment

even

before we knew we

needed

one

Praise God t ha t even though

the

value of

the U.S.

Dollar

has fallen by more than

13^

in

Spain

since las t Septeraber

and that the inflation rate is over 20^ He has

supplied

our every

need

through

loving,

concerned

Chris t ians

His

Love i s t ru ly grea t


14/18

A

W R

FROM THE GLEN ELLYN

ELDERSHIP:

I t was a th r i l l

for

me when I discovered

last spring

that company business would require me to travel to

England^ The

trip

would

make

i t

possible for me

to go

to

Spain

and

v i s i t

the

Crosleys

and

the

work

in

Mieres

I

arrived in Mieres

on

Friday

May

26 and

stayed unt i l

Thursday

June 1 That was enough time for me

to

meet

the people vis i t

them

in

their

homes

preach

on Sun

day

lead

mid week

Bible study take

a lot

of pictures

and

l eam to love

each

person there

Chris tian f ri end s our brothers and s i s te rs in Mieres

are

very

much

l ike

we

are

though

their

needs

may

be

different . They live in a

climate of rapid

social and

pol i t ica l change. The congregation is small but

devout.

They

pray regularly for the supporting churches in the

U.S.

We

would do we l l

to

do th e same

fo r

them

Due

to Spanish laws assembly

of any group

without

a

speci f ic dated permit i s l imited to 20 in number.

This

means

that

a Church

meeting

in

the

Crosley

apart

ment ^

with

21 present would

be

i l legal In spite

of th i s

and many

o ther obs tacles the

Church

in

Mieres

is

growing.

You and I

can

have

the blessed priv-

i ledge of helping tha t growth with our contr ibut ions to

the Agape Building Fund Please consider your special

gi f t

as

a

fellow

worker with the Lord in this way.

While

in

Spain

I

recorded

greetings

from

several of the

brothers and s i s ters

there.

These voices

are a par t

of

a

tape-slide

presentation

I am making available to you.

To

borrow

the

presentat ion

for

a

committee meeting or

a

missions program jus t contact

Tom

and Sue Mole the

forwarding

agents or me

a t

Fi r s t Chris t ian Church

in

Glen

El lyn

In Christia n

Love n

e l

amor

de

Jesus

Jack L Fisher Elder


15/18

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Sfirn O^

j

S THE FATHER HATH SENT ME SO SEND / YOW JOHN 20:21

I

^z[Lz

czAfautdaJ

Even though not

a l l

of

the brethren in Mieres axe pic tured

he re we

all

wish

ou r

bro the r s i n

ner iea

and around

th e

world

a

very J O Y OU S CHRISTM S


16/18

rst m p r s s o n s

w r i t t e n by Paul Roland

ow

do

I descr ibe

t h e rushing t o r r e n t o f s i g ht s so un ds

f e e l i n g s t a s t e s and smel ls

t h a t

go t o g e t h e r t o form my

f i r s t impressions i n t h i s

new

country.

I h i s

t o r r e n t

i s

almost

l i k e a

swollen r i v e r

engulf ing me with every

kind

o f s e n s a t i o n .

Some

o f t h e s e a r e o l d

and f a m i l i a r

t o

me,

while

o t h e r s

a r e c


17/18

sit dorni

with

Jon Paul and Any But another

t ine

four

or

f ive w Maen graciously

remained standing

so

Helen

could

sit with

the kids only

to

have a man push

h is

way pas t

a l l the

women and

grab

the

sea t

before Helen

could

get

to

it mong my

f i r s t

impressions

of

the people

of

Spain

i s

the

goodness

of

several

of

our

neighbors

when we

forgot

and locked our keys in the

house.

Our next doo r neighbo r

not

only l e t

me climb from

h is

balcony

to ours,

bu t kept

ho ld

o f

me whi le I

d id so

I would

be

su re

not-

to f a l l .

On

t h e o t h e r

hand th e unknown

i n d i v i d u sd who stole

H e le n s

glasses

out o f her

purse while on

the

subway wil l

a lso

forever

form

par t of my f i r s t

impressions

of

the people.

In short ,my f i r s t

impressions

of the people are

a

mix

tu re ,

I am

impressed on

the

one

hand by

the

extreme

good

ness, poli teness and helpfulness

of

the people in

so

many

circumstances , idii le on the other hand

I am

impressed

by

the

se l f i shness ,

greed

and rudeness

in

so

many

other c i r

cumstances, The good i s there

r igh t

next to the bad, the

bad

i s

always there with the good. When I think about it

though,

i s n t

tha t how people are everywhere? Goodness

should be expected in even the l e a s t

of

mankind, fo r man

was

created

in

the

i i i ^ e

of

God,

But

also

we

should

ex

pec t

ev i l in

even the g rea t e s t , fo r

a l l

have s inned,

There

i s the

spark o f

goodness

re f l ec t ing the

image

of

God,

but t ha t

image

i s marred

by the

scar

o f

s in .

As

Chris t ians

not

only should we

expect th i s

mlKture

of good

and

ev i l ,

but in

f a c t it should

be a

motivating

fac to r in

our

l ives . The

image of

God

in

man

speaks

of

man s worth,

no matter how badly -that

image has

been scarred. Because

we

have

the

gospel

we

should

be

motivated

to

proclaim

it

to every

maneven

i f

in our eyes he i s the

highes t humaoi

The bes t human still

has

need, the worst

human

still

has

worth,

80 whether we look a t

the

goodness

o r

the wicked

ness

of man we Christ ians

should be

motivated to preach

the

gospel . Because of man s worth and man s need we a re

here in Spain proclaiming God s

remedyi

and it i s because

of

the

need

and the worth

of

men

in

every par t

of

the

wor ld

t h a t

J e su s

c


18/18

BRAYSR

CLOSBT

Praise

God

t h a t Jayler

one o f

the contac ts from the draaa

presented

in Sept^her has c

crosley dan kathy 1978 spain

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