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C H R I S T
F O R T H E A M A Z O N V A L L E Y
MR . AN D
MRS.
DAVID
M.
RAYLESS
C AI XA P OS TA L 9 2 6
BEIEM,
PARA, BRAZIL
S P O N S O R
Ridoer*t Chrlatlan Church
5300
E at t ar n Avanua S.
E.
Atbwle, which
anyone can t ake
when
he i s
taught, and re-teach
to another
person. They ar e designed so
the
assignments are
i n d i r e c t obedience t o C h r i s t s
comniands, ie
s t u d e n t
who
cOTipletes h is a ss ig n
ments
w i l l se e a new church begin, or growth i n h i s own church.
I f yo u
would l ik e
to
have te n
pages
of
observations
I made on
th e t r i p an d
a
3-page
d ia ry o f
our
t r i p
please
w rite,
and
I
will
send
a
copy.
Th e
men i n th e churches
a re
anxious t o g e t s t a r t e d
with
th e new program. Th e
f i r s t
booklet i s r ea dy a lr ea dy ,
ar d scane
are
beginning. I t teaches
a
person,
even
i f
he
cannot read,
to
witness about
Christ,
We hope that here, as in Honduras, the
r e s u l t s o f using w i l l be many people won to C hri st .
While I was gone the men
in
the church became more active. I haven t
taken
back my
Bible school
c l a s s .
Instead
I teach Jose,
an d
he
teaches
i t . So now
th e
church i s
p r a c t i c a l l y going on
i t s
own
without us .
However, I don t
think
we
w i l l leave
in June, as
we
planned a year ago,
for
there
is
no reason
to .
o harm is done by
ou r
being present,
and we
have
t o be
i n
some church.
Also
I
believe i t
won t
scare
the
men
into t hi nk in g t he y
have
been
abandoned, I
plan to
keep teaching them,
but
in
such
a way
t h a t
they
w i l l
a l l
be
teaching
ot hers,
and
beginning
churches,
we
hope,
Beverly keeps on
teaching
th e
women
t o v i s i t others, an d helps i n th e Sunday School,
Joanne
i s
i n th e
Ut h
grade. She s
10,
John thinks
he i s b ig enough
to-go
t o school.
He
will
study kindergarten at
home
this year.
I t s to o
far miles to go to get
hiTM
a t
10:30 e v e r y mornizig when k in de rg ar te n g ets o ut
a t
th e American m i s s i o n a r y
s c h o o l Joanne
goes
t o .
S ure
would
l i k e t o
g e t some l e t t e r s .
lours
in
Christ,
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PR S NTING
David Beverly Bayless
Missionaries
Christ
For The
mazon
Valley
Caixa
Postal 926 66,000 Belem, Para, Brazil
David and Beverly Bayless, Missionaries in Brazil
since
1959, with
children,
Joanne 0)
John 4 .
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A Few Words About The Missionaries
David and Beverly Bayless have
been
missionaries in Brazil
since
1959,
working
as
Christ
For
The
Amazon Valley.
Bill
Loft began
the
missionary work
in
Belem in 1952,
the
first
person to take New Testament Christianity to this
area.
Since
that
time a number of families have spent from 2 to 15 years
there,
but
there is s till need
for
more workers to preach, teach,
and then help the
people
to
become self-sufficient
in the
churches
Immediately upon graduation
from
Ozark Bible College in
1959,
David and
Beverly
completed
plans
to
go to
Brazil,
where
I they plan to
spend
their
lives
in
His work.
Since they had no
\ children, they adopted three Brazilian babies over a period of
six years. Last
May (1974)
the second child, Paul,
developed
a
brain tumor
that caused the
family to
return to the States
fo r me dic al t r e a tmen t no t
ava i lab le
in
Brazi l .
The f in es t m e d
^ ical treatment could not save him, thus he died in Albuquerque
on June 1,1974. Even so,
the
few years he was with the family,
he
was a
blessing
to
them.
I t
is
st i l l th e aim of
the missionar ies
in th e
Belem
area
to
preach the Gospel of Christ, organize them into
local congrega
tions, prepare them to preach, teach, visit to evangelize, and
help them to take over the leadership.
The
missionaries
are
not
local
preachers , but help to t ra in the
nationals for this
work.
There
are about 12 congregations with
such leadership
in the
Belem a re a
The Print Shop
continues
to be a great force of evangelism,
as
the missionaries print and
send
out much material that is
not
otherwise available
in the Portuguese
language. Since
the
man
who
went to
Belem as Printer
has had
to leave the country
because
of
family
illness,
there is a great need for a printer
to
join
the
other
missionaries
right now.
Until
such a
man
enters
the work,
David and Norman Maddux
are
sharing
the work
of
printing.
They are much needed for other duties, so
hope for
re l ie f
soon .
There is always a need for
additional
financial
help,
as in
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C H R I S T
F O R T H E
A M A Z O N
V A L L E Y
MR. AND MRS. DAVID M. BAYLESS CAIXA POSTAL 92 6 BELEM PARA,
BRAZIL
SPONSOR FORWARDING
AGENT
Rl Ectern Av nue S E.
lbuquerqueN. M. 87108 September Newletter, 1975 qq
Dear Chris t ian
F r i e n d s :
Six
men
are
studying evangelism with
me^
using the sioqple teaching
material
we brought from Honduras*
Several
people have been converted^ the beginning
of
a church got going^ but most of
the
people
moved
away. Two of my
six
students
ar e j u s t beginning.
The
o th er four
are
in various stages o f
evan
gelism,
One had
some
converts
over
on an island hear here^ who moved away.
Another
i s to baptize a young man any day now. Another is s t a rt i n g
to teabh
a n a u n t
and uncle. Another
i s
te a c hing
a
f r i e n d .
If a person
wauits
to
repent^ and
learn
more^
we
have a program
for
him.
If
he
jus t
wants to learn more^ and
not
repent^ he
is
dropped.
Two
of
my
stu
dents have begun
teaching
th e same simple m a te r ia l t he y studied^ to
their
converts^ who
w i l l be taught to
do
the
same.
With s ix men
evangelizing^
plus me^ we should s ee s te ad y growth and some new
churches,
^e
experience so far has been encouraging. The witnessing guide
we are using is a tt ra ct iv e t o people^ and they will listen easily to i t . I t
gives
the student^ or his student^ a good opening
with
a person^ k e ^ him on
the
subject,
and
gets
the
message
of Christ and repentance across. I t
is
just
simple
drawings frcrni
th e
l i fe
o f
Christ,
We
have
te n
teaching
booklets
ready.
Here are
the t i t les
and
su b jects:
C h r i s t
C al lB l ou th e
w i t nessi ng
guide
Th e
Great Commission -Goincentive to
g e t out
and
evangelize
John th e Baptisthew to teach repentance
The
Infallible
Key
to
make lour Church growhow to get
converts
o ut w it ne ss in
The 7 Commandmentshow
to
teach
converts an d church
to obey
Chr i st
l^ e
Host
Powerful Seedstrong incentive
to
evangelize
Athanasiuschurch history,
divinity
of Christ,
how
to combat Jehovah s
Witt,
The lawhow
to
teach about the law, combat
Adventist
encroachments
Now I m ^vedhow to combat sin in new ccaivert a l i fe
Let s
Raise
up a New Churchhow
to
guide st udent
to
r a i s e up new church
We
have
a man learning p rin tin g , an d a student
p r i n t e r , g ettin g
a hot done.
Also we
have
a
secretary
now who
w i l l
le a m to s e t type for us.
There are
many
more
of
t h e s e
booklets
we
need
to
have
r e a dy
when
th e
needs
ar ise
l^ny
of
yo u have started writing to us
occasionally.
I t surely
is nice.
We
ca n
f i l l yo u
in
even b e t t e r on what we al l you add we, a r e
getting
done
here
fay
the
grace of
God who sent us, and supplies tdirough you,
Joanne
has begun th e
5th grade. The
kindergarten
m at er i al d i d n t
g e t pu t
o f f
the ship in
^ 1 ^ ,
and
has
gone
1000 miles
up the
Amazm
River, but when
i t
gets
back John
begins
kindergarten. We keep healthy. We r e running in th e back yard.
That s about i t
for now. Write, and we will,
s
in
Christ,