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month for the matching program. Perhaps the best example we have to date concerning the response

is th e letter we r ec e iv e d f ro m O li n A tw oo d:

Dear Bill & Rosa,

Greetings, dear

ones.

Whata

blessed

Saviour &God we have InAugust, September &November of 19861 was

near

death

and did not expect toget out ofthe hospital, except under a sheet

How

Hehas blessed, strengthened

a nd sus t a ined me

Inmid-Novemberof 19891started dis-mantlinga 24 x 16grainery for a neighbor. Hegave me the lumber

for doing the work. I finished thejob onJan. 2. Ithad

x

studs forwalls and, of course,

x

sills

andplates. Isold those for$200.00am sending themoneyto helpyouinyour MatchingFunds campaign.

I thank God

daily

that Hegave me the strength and stamina todo the job I worked2 to 3 1/2hours

in the morning

and

then 2 to2 1/2in the afternoonif I feltlikeIt.Ifnot, I didn't work

Anyhow

He helped

me do it keptme safe on ladders, scaffolds, etc. All I have leftto do Isburn some of the old shingles

a nd it

is al l done.

NowI'mlookingaround formore workto dooldhouses to take down for the

lumber.

IfI findanything

and get the lumber sold, there will be more money for you. Pray that I may be able to do it.

In His

dear

love,

Olin

PS. Deloris just over a

week-end

bug .

f you want to know more about the SAE Matching Funds Program ,

please

contact us at SAE.

Picturestaken

at

American

Rehabilitation Ministries in

Top: Bill Baker with 850,000 tracts which were printed in

A two-color

press

could increase our capacity to 10.000.0

SCENES FROM CENTRAL AMERICA

LeftOn the Honduran border a group of happy people wanted their picture taken with the New

and

the Gringos who presented the special gifts to them. Bottom

LeftA

bus load ofpeople from

graciously received New Testaments for their own use and then asked for additional copies for

in their home community. Shortly after returning to El Paso, we

began

receiving enrollment ca

correspondence course from deep into El Salvador as a direct result of this God-given opportun

RightBill Baker with Humberto Mansilla in Cuilapa,

Santa

Rosa. Guatemala. He learned abo

American Evangelism while in Mexico City. Someone gave him a ride and a New Testament wit

and address

In it. He wrote the office requesting New Testaments. This man

has

a zeal for evan

used the 400 New Testaments we gave him to evangel ize and open two new mission points. H

to

open communication

with

a

primitive Indian

tribe

which does not speak

Spanish. Humlierto has

additional New Testaments because his supply was quickly exhausted. Lord willing,we will replen

in April.

Thousands

of individuals were introduced to

the

Gospel

as

a result of

the

trip which

was

ta

July and

August

last

year.

EXPANDED

FACILITIES FOR

With th e

addition of

several

new staff

members an d

equ

present office facilities will be splitting at the seams even mo

recently

able

to p ick up three

desks and

a used phone

sy

will increase our efficiency. We will be getting all

th e

us e p

of

our present

facility until we

a re abl e

to

relocate

into larg

I cannot go into details, bu t I am in negotiation for

the

ac

a

12,000

square foot

building

on 1.4 acres . The negotiation

around

a

possible trade

which could leave SAE without add

Ifwe

a re abl e

to

complete

thi s t rade , we would

have

room

motor homes for ou r snow-bird friends who spend som

u s and help in th e finishing of tracts and other materials. Th

for

three

two-bedroom apartments and four guest rooms a

be

in

prayer concerning the

future

expansion

of SAE.


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ACTIVITIES

AT

LOGAN HEIGHTS

While

the work at

Logan Heights

Christian

Church

is

not

a

part

of th e ministry of Spanish American Evangelism the Baker family

t akes an

active

part in all

areas

of the

program

at LHCC. Rosa

teaches a Sunday school class

works

with many musical groups

and

organizes

several

special programs

during

the

year.

Bill

serves

as

an elder, treasurer t ea ch er a nd g en er al handy-man. Billy

presides at

many

of the services and provides

positive leadership

in the youth program. Allof the children are active in their respective

ag e

groups. Pictured

h er e a re

three

scenes

of

church

activities:

AbovePart of the congregation following church services . Top

RightThe

youth

choir

as they sang

at the

National

Hispanic

Convention in Denver, Colorado RightThe

youth

and

children

of

the

church as they

presented the

Chris tmas program this

year.

MATCHING

FUND

PROGRAM AUTHORIZED

A Christian businessman

has

agreed to match dollar for dollar up to 60,000.00 all funds which we

can raise during 1990

for

the purpose of expansion and relocation of the ministry. our program of

expansion and relocation is successful, our effectiveness

will

increase

ten-fold.

The effectual

fervent

prayer of God's people is imperative during the coming year.

The expansion program is centered In

the

following areas: 1. Relocating

the

Robert Marsh and

Tito Rojas families and Ruth Knavelto ElPaso. 2. Acquisition of larger facilities for the ministry.

3. Expansion of printing capability. 4. Remodeling of the larger property. 5. Enough paper for the

printing

of te n million

tracts.

Because

ofthe potential inthe matching program, we

can

accomplish

these

goals and

end

the year

debt-free

You can help us reach the 60,000.00 goal For many ministries, 60,000.00 is not a lot of money.

ForSpanish AmericanEvangelismit is an enormous sum. The general fund ofSAE averaged less than

1,800.00 per month during 1989. The stipulations on the matching funds require that current giving

not be included inthe matching program. Inorder to reach our goal for the matching fund program,

we need to raise the equivalent of almost three years of our current general fund giving.

The successful completion of this program

depends

upon a

response

from

as

many different

sources

as possible. Wehave heard from a number of individuals and churches concerning the matching fund

program. One congregation is planning a special Easter offeringfor the SAEMatching Funds Program

and has set a goal of5,000.00. This project is toobigfor any one individual or cof;tgregation to respond

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NEW RECOR

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A B U S Y JUNE A ND JU LY IN M ON TA NA A ND

C O L O R A D O

Th e e n tire B a k er family shar ed in th e program of

Little

Rockies

Christian S er vi ce C amp in Landusky

Montana, during June. We worked with three different

weeks of c am p a nd were

also

able to shar e

th e

ministry of SAE in churches throughout the s tate of

Montana during

the week-ends

also.

The

entire family

w as a ble to participate in t he c am pi ng program.

Rosa

Billy

an d

B a rb ie we re

able

to

provide

special

instrumental music.

Th e

entire family

taught

some

songs in

Spanish.

We really enjoyed this opportunity

to b e a b le to work with

th e

young people of Montana.

Itis

our

prayer that

we made

as

much

of

an

impression

on

them a s they

made

on us.

During

th e

senior week of camp Billymade a com

mitment to

spend

at least

on e year

in Bible

college.

R o sa a n d

I

have not t r ied to force o u r d e s ir es o n o u r

children.

It

made us

very

happy

to know

that

Billy

wa s wanting to m ak e t hi s t yp e of a decision. He is

now trying to find a

school

which

ca n

provide him

with a good background in

Bible

an d a ll ow him to

cont inue

hi s

violin s tudies

Following

t h e t im e

in

Montana we participated a s

a family in th e National Hisp a nic C o nv e ntion in

Denver, Colorado.

R osa

wa s in charge of

th e

music

at th e convention. This provided a time to fellowship

with

workers

in th e Hispanic churches from all areas

of

th e United S ta te s . The c o n v e n t i o n

fo r

1 9 9 0 will

be

held

in

Eagle

Pass

this

summer a nd R os a

is in

c ha rge of th e

e nt ir e y ou th

program. Ple a s e

remember

he r

in

your prayers

a s

sh e

plans

a n d p u ts

together

th e

program.

T O

C E N T R A L A ME RI CA A ND B AC K

On August

24th

Billy,

Brother Larry Leathermon Al

Hamon

an d I d ep ar te d o n a

t hr ee w ee k t rip into Central

A me ri ca . T hi s was an eye

o p e ni n g e x pe r ie n ce for Billy,

a s

th e C e n t r a l A m e r i c a n s i tua

t io n

is

fa r

different

fro m th a t of

Mex ico . W e visited Ch r is tia n s

in

Mexico Gu a t e ma l a

Ho n

d ura s a nd El

S a l v a d o r . The

9 3 8 0

Ne w

Testaments

w e

were

able to transport were provided

through Christian Gospel Distributors, Monroe,Oregon.

As a resul tof th e New Testament distribution, over

30 0

newst udent s have been

enrolled in

th e correspondence

course. It wa s beautiful to

se e

soldiers, young

people

an d

t r aveler s accept ing

copies of God s Word

an d

immediately

filling

out e n r o l l m e n t ca rds

and

returning them to

us

for

processing.

N e w

contac ts were

mad e with

hr i s t i an

workers

throughout th e

Central American region.

As th e situation

in

th is tr o u ble d

a r e a of

th e world

seems

to worsen with each coming day, itis good to knowthat

Go d ha s

His

own ar my

of Christian Guerrilla Warriers

in

place

to spread

news

of th e only hope

available

for

mankind. We at Spanish American Evangelism praise

God that He is opening more an d more doors of

opportunity

for

ou r

ministry in

that

area.

Iam planning two trips intoCentral America this year.

Th e

first will

be during

April

as

I h av e b e en invited to

preach an Easter revival inCacahuatan, Chiapas,

exico

Following the meeting, p lans call for visiting and

distributing literature to national workers in

Guatemala

Honduras and ElSalvador. The second tripis tentatively

planned

for th e fall. If you wou ld

be interested

in

accompanying

me

during

on e

of these literature

distribution

adventures

please

contact

me.

A slide presentation h as b ee n prepared concerning

this latest trip intoCentral America. Ifyour church would

be

interested

in

hosting

a

presentation

Iwould

be

will

ing to work with you in sett ing up a date.

1 250 000

TRACTS

PRINTED

IN TE N DAYS

Because of a

special

arrangement with American

Rehabilitation Ministries inJoplin, Missouri, I wa s a ble

to print over 1,250,000 tracts in approximately ten days

printing time. Brother Jo e Garman, president ofA.R.M.,

agreed to allow me to us e their press in

exchange

for

a port ion of th e Sp an ish materials printed. Part of the

ministry of A.R.M. is to provide printed materials for

prisioners in Amer i can penal institutions. Th e current

prison populationis heavily Hispanic. This arrangement

allowed A.R.M. to expand their work among Hispanic

inmates without

a substantial financial

investment.

It

allowed Spanish American Evangelism to produce a

record

n u m b e r of

tracts in a

minimal

a m o u n t

o f t im e.

We provided all materials used, they

press.

Since we ar e in t he b u si n es s

evangelistic

materials

in

Spanish

at n

t h o s e

wh o n e e d

them what difference

ifwe

gave

A.R.M. over 125,000

tracts

f

prisons

of America?

Th e time I spent in Joplin convinced

could do m an y t im es m or e t ha n

we

ar

if a two-color

press could be acquire

closing

down

their printing

operation a

hopes of either purchas ing their sho

similar equipment on t he u se d market

A D D I T I O N A L S T A F F

F OR S

During

t h e p as t

two-years, we

have

b

for additional staff for SAE. I have been

th e printing in addition to management

tion, an d promotional responsibilitie

created a situation w h e r e

corners

h ad

certain

areas.

Many t im es t h e over-all

Spanish

American

Evangelism

ha s

b

back because of lack of personnel. An i

ha s continually been for at

least on

worker

in this ministry. Go d ha s apparen

that

prayer.

In late

February

or early March,

thre

units will be moving to El Paso to work

gram

ofSAE. Ruth Knavel is a ret ired sc

employee with experience in graphic arts

inEl Paso at th e beginning of last

year a

to

relocate

to El Paso from Illinois. Bo

Marsh

served in Peru,

South

America

mini str y for 19 yea rs . The ir love is in

Spanish-speaking people. Their tract mi

distributed approximately

on e

million

tra

Because of th e political situation i

Marshes

returned to

th e

States

last

Fe

went to Peru with a 10

year

old

daughter

with a daughter, son-in-law a n d t hr e e gr

Their son-in-law, Tito Rojas, worked with

print shop for

sever al years

prior to

co

United States. Both of these families pla

this spring to ElPaso.

They

will be bringi

several

pieces of print ing

equipmen

complement t hat

which we

already

ha

These

additional workers

ar e

responsib

t h ei r o wn

living-link support. They ar e a

additional

support.

If

any church

or

gro

interested in helping

them

let us know


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FRESH

FROM

THE BAKER S

OVEN

The

Bill Baker Family

Serving Christ

Through

Spanish American Evangelism David Montoya

sharing

news of

his

ministry w

3135 Forney Lane El Paso TX 79935 akerin Coatzacoalcos

Veracruz

Mexico

V o l u m e No. 9 Christmas,

1990

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C h r i s t s

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for

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Volume No.

9 Christmas,

1990

Num

Dear Friends of the Baker

family,

For

unto

us

a Child is

born,

Unto

us

a

Son

is given

What a joy it is to know that we have a Savior sent especially for each o

Without our Lord Jesus Christwe certainly

would

be nothing Thank

you,

G

for Jesus who

has

brought us salvation

What a busy

family

we have been since

May.

After

Billy s

graduation it seem

like wewere inhighgear to reach our nextdate. Wetraveledonce again todiffe

churchcamps and churches.Thenwewere homeone weekand had togo to

E

Pass to the

National

Spanish convention. was a good convention, but my res

sibilities as director of the youth convention sure kept me

busy.

I had about

young people every service. I thank the Lord I was able to carry it out and fo

the help He brought me through other people. Bill

and

the kids love this kin

life,

but I guess I'm getting old. I'd like a

summer

at home

Billy did not travel with us. He decided to stay home and work. Then beca

of car problems that didn't work out. He ended up going to Hahn's Peak, Color

to

work

with the state parks department there. Wethank

Rilla

Wiggins

for

her

and concern shown to

Billy

while he stayed with her throughout the summer

came home in mid-August in time to get ready and go

off

to college. He isatten

Pacific ChristianCollege in Fullerton, California, and is doing

well

and really l

it.

Finances are

kind

of tight, but I guess that's part of

growing

up and learn

to juggle your dollars. Lord willing, He'll be

home

for Christmas.

The other three are fine and were a big help at the

camps

this summer. Ba

took over as songleader, gave specials, etc., and did a great job. She's doing re

well on her piano

and

continues to

get

better on her cello.

Frances keeps bringing home honor

roll

report cards and does well on her p

under Barbie s teaching.

Caleb is quite a kid. He likes to draw

and

play,

of course. His special inte

right now is reading the Bible. He is discerning God's Word for himself.

The Logan Heights Christian Church keeps going slowly but surely. We

have most of the money for replacing the church roof, and Iguess, when Bill

back, his next small project

will

be doing that. Anyone want to help?

My

pra

are

that soon they will be able to stand on their own two feet. Keep us in pra


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The last two months have really been hard since Bill has been gone so mu

Sometimes Iwonder i I can stand

it

Right now he is still in Central America,

Lord

willing

bythe time this letter goes out, he

will

be back and will give you

hand news of his escapades

My

past year has been really busy. School was great, but it took much w

on my part.

t

was really exciting to learn so much more new things about mu

Because of finances Iwas not able to continue, but Lord

willing

next year I

start again. This year Iam a permanent substitute junior high choir teacher. 1te

2 1/2 hours a

day

but because of all the paper

work

and

daily

work I am put

in

quite a

bit

of time on this. The good thing is maybe I can save some mo

to go back to school

Thank you so much, and may God's love and mercy be with you.

Merry Christmas

and

Happy New Year

The

Bakers

Rosa

Bill

Billy

Barbie, Frances & Caleb

P.S. Well,

as

you

can

see Rosa wrote the above

letter

while I w s in Centra l A m e ric a la st month

Although it Is always a hard trip, it is an encourage

ment

to

meet

people

who

are

using materials

produced

and distributed by Spanish

American

Evangelism

Space

and

time

will not allow

me

to

give

a

complete

report

here

I do however want to

share

a few of the highlights. We

t raveled over

7 000 miles and visited seven different Latin

American countries

in 20 days. We left El

Paso

with

13,600

New Testaments and approximately

50,000

tracts and other

literature

items

(I had h oped to

take

15,000

New Testaments but

was

prevented

doing so by

the

weight limitations on the vehicle.)

The

response to literature distribu

was excellent, and we had the privilege of meeting personally for

the

first time individ

who have been using our materials for some time. One of

these

was David Mon

from Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, Mexico. David

learned

of SAE as a result of previ

literature distributions. A year ago he was In danger of losing his right leg to

cancer

was asking

the Lord to open

up an avenue

of

service

He

came across

one of the

N

Testaments we provide in cooperation with Christian Gospel Distributors of Monroe, Oreg

He requested some for evangelism purposes and has provided over 300.00 forshipp

New

Testaments

Bibles and o th er

Chri

literature

was

distributed

throughout

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expenses. We

had

previously shipped him 5 7 00 New Testaments

and

other evange

materials and left him 2 400 New Testaments and a box of assorted tracts during this

In talking with him

he credits Spanish American Evangelism

with his

being cured

cancer. He stated that, when he

began

in earnest a l it er at ur e

distribution

ministry

Lord

cured

him of the

cancer.

His scars

are

still present on the

leg and he

walks

a limp

but

the

cancer

is

gone

I told him that it

was

not SAE

but

the Lord who h

him. Because of travel delays we arrived with the literature

later

than expected. He

200 people

waiting to

meet

us on

Wednesday and

Thursday

to

hear

the message

of

G

salvation

through

Jesus Christ. He was excited to

see

us on Saturday morning bu

disappointed

that

we were not able to meet with the

larger

group earlier. The timing

not

right on

this

trip

but he

wants me to hold a week of meetings with him in the f

as time and

finances

permit.

Another high point in

the

trip

was

meeting Juan Rodriguez in David

Panama.

This y

man is a native of the

Dominican Republic

and

has

started 25 churches in Central Am

He has trained local leadership in each of these churches. One of

these mission

ches

visits the mother church each

week, and

his mi ni st ry is growing at a phenom

rate. It

made

my day week and yea r when he related to me that

one

of the reason

the

success

of

his

ministry

was

the

solid

doctrinal

materials

he

has

been

receiving

Spanish American

Evangelism.

There is so

much

more I could share if I could just sit down and visit with each of

Perhaps, God

will allow us to

do that

in the future.

In Christ,

Bill

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