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CHRIST FOR
THE
AMAZDRI VALLEY
Inc.
MR.ANDMRS.DAVIDM.BAYLESS CAIXAPOSTAL926 86000 BELEM PARA BRAZIL PHONE: 5 91-235-0409
S P O N S O R
Ridgecrest Christian
Church
5300 Eastern Avenue S.E.
Albuquerque N. M.
87108
D e a r F r i e n d s ,
A p r i l ,
1985 N e w s l e t t e r
F O R WA R D IN G A G E N T
J Fred Bayless
5300
Eastern
Avenue S.E.
Albuquerque N. M. 87108
R
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S i x t y - f i v e young p eo p l e
a r e
still t h r i l l e d a b o u t th e y o u th
r e t r e a t r h e l d o v e r
Good
F r i d a y weekend. t w as t h e f i r s t e v e r
h e l d
o v e r
t h r e e
d a y s . At l e a s t
one
boy
d e c i d e d
h e w a n t s t o
b e a
C h r i s t i a n a s
a result
While
t h a t
was
g o i n g
on I p r e s e n t e d a f o u r - s t u d y Seminar on
Covenant
in Maraba
about io o
miles
south o f
Belem. Ji m
and
V an i t a Davis work
t h e r e
in tw o
c hur c he s.
About
50 were p re
s e n t f o r th e s t u d i e s . Maraba i s a g o l d - m i n i n g c e n t e r o f a b o u t
1I|0 000 people. I t
resembles
an old
west
town o f
1870.
B e v e rl y
and
Joanne
worked
a
l o t
i n
th e
youth
r e t r e a t , and
i n
p l an n i n g
it
Bev erl y p i l e d
t h a t
on
to p
b f
h e r r e g u l a r
a c t i v i
t i e s
i n t e a c h in g B ib le
s c h o o l
t e a c h er s i n tw o c h u r c h e s and
working with
t h e
l a d i e s
in
Cidade Nova
in
ev an g el i s m. That
i s
t h e
h o u s i n g a r e a o f 8 0 0 0 0 p e o p l e , n e a r o u r home.
I t s a w f u lly
h a rd
t o g e t s t a t i s t i c s from
one o f
th e
c h u r c h e s .
I t
appears
t h a t growth was probably Just
below
2 5^
in
the I5
c h u rc h e s o f o u r a r e a
l a s t
y e a r . The a v e ra g e f o r t h e p a s t f i v e
ye a r s
i s
between 175^ an d
2 ^^ p e r
y e a r . There are
J u s t
u n d er
8 0 0
members
i n
t h e f i f t e e n c h u r c h e s .
Joanne ha s been
b a c k
n e a r l y two months. She works a l o t i n
th e
Cidade
Nova
church
an d i s
h elp in g
s t r a i g h t e n
t h i n g s
out
in th e l i b r a r y o f th e Amazon V a lle y Academy n ex t d o o r where
she
graduated. John i s a
freshman
t h e r e , and
p l a y s
s o c c e r and
i s r e a l good
a t
v o l l e y b a l l . I
d i r e c t
th e s c h o o l b a n d .
On Monday
evenings
I
give o ri e nt a ti o n to th e e l d e r s o f
t h e
Cidade Nova church
about three
and a
h a l f hours.
On
Tuesdays
I give orientation
to the elders
and a
deacon across the city
in
a church by th e Amazon Riv er. And on
Wednesdays
I have a
s i m i l a r
c l a s s
w i t h
an e l d e r in th e Marambaia c h u rc h i n Belem.
I hope
soon t o s t a r t
up
ag ai n
w i t h
an e l d e r
i n
th e o l d e s t and
l a r g e s t church
o f th e group a f t e r
n e a r l y a
month s suspension.
On
Sundays
I m
t e a c h i n g
th e a d u l t
c l a s s
in
Cidade
Nova
ha d a record o f 14 a d u l t s tw o
Sundays
r e c e n t l y .
W e v e
We l i k e t o h e a r
from
y o u .
t h i s
work
g o i n g .
We t h a n k
Qod f o r u s i n g
you
t o keep
Your s
i n
C h r i s t ,
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PRESENTING
DAVID AND BEVERLY BAYLESS MISSIONARIES
Christ For The Amazon
Valley
Caixa Postal 926 - 66,000 Belem, Para, Brazil
Write to them at this address - Air Mail only
t
David
John
Beverly
These Missionaries are Sponsored by
RIDGECREST CHRISTIAN CHURCH
5300 Eastern Avenue S. E
ALBUQUERQUE, NEWMEXICO 87108
Joanne
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David and Beverly Bayless,Missionaries
The churches in the Belem area grew 17 per cent in 1984,
equalling the
v r g
growth of the previous
fiv
years. There are
over
7
members in 12 churches, with about 230 in the largest
one. The Baylesses continue to work directly in the church in a
housing area
of
80,000, and in leadership preparation in three
churches. The progress in leadership training has largely been
responsible for the good growth of the past ten years, during
which the churches have tripled their numbers.
Beverly has increased her work in teaching Bible school
teachers and in evangelism. She directed three girls from the U.S.
in successful VBS programs in 1985, leading to contacts for teach
ing parents
Preparation is goingwell for production of VBS and Sunday
school material in the print shop David manages. Financial back
ing for it is now the major problem. Avery expensive move of the
shop, due to highway construction, began the problem.
Joanne has been back from college most
of
the year. She
has been doing good work in VBS, Sunday school, and the
youth
group, as well as teaching Home Economics in the Amazon Valley
Academy.
John is a sophomore in A.V.A., and excells in all sports,
specially soccer.
A
tour
group of Christians from the U.S. visited Belem in
1985. Uiis was an encouragement to the missionaries and to the
Brazilians, as well as to the visitors. Everyone hopes there will be
more su ch
tours
Inflation continues to plague Brazil. The government is
combatting double-digit inflation;
that
is, it hopes to keep it
below 10 per cent per month. This does
not
affect the missiona
ries, but has lowered the buying power of the ordinary people to
the lowest level in forty years.
Seven churches have banded together in a constmction
fund, and have seen four church buildings erected in four years.
There has been considerable help on some
of
these from Ameri
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CHRIST FDR THE AMAZON VALLEY,
Inc.
MR AND MRS. DAVIDM.BAYLESS CAIXA POSTAL
926
66000 BELEM,
PARA,
BRAZIL
PHONE:
S5-91-23&0409
SPONSOR FORWARDING AGENT
Ridgecrest Christian Church j Bayless
S300EasternAvenue. S.E.
5300
Eastern Avenue.
S.E.
Albuqueittua. N M 87108 Albuquerque. N M 87108
August 1985 Newsletter
Greetings:
Better come have
some
pineapple, papaya, bananas, and coffee from our
yard.
I t s a ll
ripe
now.
We found ou t how much th e churches grew last year17%, from 594 to 696.
They reached 717 March
31
3 more.
After the May tour of ten supporters and,fr iends
from
the U.S. , Art Cordova,
of
First
Christian
Church, Albuquerque, and I
made
a survey
trip
1500 miles
west to two capitals.
We
hope mission teams will go there in a few years.
50
people
from
ten churches completed a 3-day seminar
on
practical
evangelism
this month. Methods were taught fo r group Bible
studies
in homes, followed
by personal study with more interested people. Some
of
the churches are
s t a r t i n g to put i t i nto p ra ct ic e.
Vonda Bland and^ Karen
Giefer from
O.^.C. , have been here
this
summer help-
ing put on VBS in four churches. Two churches are starting to grow, as
parents get in terested .
Ruth
Silva who works with the Morelands 400 miles south of
here is
writing
VBS
and
Sunday
School lessons
fo r
several ages.
We
plan to
them
fo r
use
all
over
Brazil.
To do
this
and continue
printing
teaching material
for leaders
we
need 600 per
month.
250
inflation makes i t
hard for churches
to buy
m at er i al
so we subsidize
i t .
Our print shop
was
taken last year to
widen
the highway. 10,000
compensa
tion
was
promised, but reduced to 4000, not enough to pay
for
the move.
And i t hasn t been paid yet. We have been unable to repay a loan for the
m o v e .
Last
year
I mentioned a church l ea der f or
whom we
financed a small store.
He got
into
hard times
and at e up
the capital and that ended
that. Win
some l ose some
Several
friends
in Albuquerque
ar e
completing the
price
of a lo t for a
church in Belem, so they can move from
their
20 x 24
f oo t b ui ld in g.
A con
struction
fund
among
the churches will help
them
build. I teach
three
of
t h e i r l e a d e r s .
Yours in C h r i s t