Bayless David Beverly 1975 Brazil

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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,

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