Prong Rodger Linda 1977 Chile

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PERSONAL

FILE

N am e in f u l l

Complete

address on f ie ld

Complete forwarding

address

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Name

and address

of

Livinglink

church

or churches:

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Please

send

along with this form

copies

of

recommendations

f rom churches which will

encourage

other

churches to support

your missionary work.

The re a re churches which

will

not a llow

a

visiting missionary to speak unless a church recommendat ion can be shown.

Since it is

impos

s ib le for

any

one

person to

know

all Christians

in

the world, this

recommendation by a

respon

sible

New Testament

church

is

a vital

help in persuading others of your

worthiness

and

t he value

of your miss ion .

Mission Services

stands

ready

to help you inform HORIZONS readers

about

your

church

recommendations. Since

the church

is

sending

you

to

th e mission field Acts 13:1-3

and

will

help

provide

th e necessary needs on the field, naturally th e church should share the

credit i n you r missionary minis t ry . One of the ways that th e church can do this is to

share

their

conviction regarding

your

missionary minis t ry with others.

Certainly,

their words will help

convince o the r s r ega rding th e worthiness

of

your

work.

Please help MISSION SERVICES

to

spread your news

through

HORIZONS, Packets and Slide l ibrary by

sending

your church recom

mendations as soon as pos sib le . Tha nk s. Send wha t y ou have now, and the others la ter .

Recommendations

by

Christian Leaders:

Lis t names

and addresses

here

and enclose

a copy of

/O L êach

letter,

thanks i

NAME.

S t r e e t

Pity. Vi {\/\. (k-

Zone

Name

Sti*eet ,

City. ZoneJ^kate


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Name and

address of

hometown newspaper

Name and address

of

other papers

which

mi^ t

carry

stories

of your work:

s t r ee t

Ci ty_

S tH e t _ _ _ .

,

one_^

Sta te

Place o f B IRTH^

Day of birthjtSiS MonthYear

C i

Where baptised?^ O Lu\rcJLo

c i ty .

,

Zone

.S ta te

r i

Date .

Sta te .

On

an extra page please describe any details regai ding conversion whichyoumight care to

ment ion .

MARITAL STATUS:

MarriftH

Single

Divorced

Date of

marriage

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Who solemnized

your

wedding? ,

Widowed

Wt

ere

married?^

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f?.

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Iruua^Ljt-

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dally duties

on

the

field;

DesciSibe briefly^

outline

form

th^pature

of

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Which of the following terms most near ly descr ibes your missionary status?

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Bible

College T e a c h e r _ _ ^ Publick School Teacher

omemaker__ octor urse__ Social worker .

Music

teacher .

Radio ministry^

followup^^:^l_^Christian Service Camp__^^

Linguistics,

Maintenance of mission e q u i p m e n t _ _ B e n e v o l e n c e O f f i c e

w o r k N a m e other:

J/Âj oâ.^/e C^S


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PARENTS:

F a t h e r s name

and

home

address :

^ S t r e e t

His occupation

I s

h e a C h r i s t i a n ?

Living

D e c e a s e d .

City

Zone. State

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no

What

posi tions of leadership has he held in

the lodsil

church?

What Chris t ian

service

does

he now do?

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M o t h e r s ful l

m a i d e n

name:

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P E R S O N A L F I L E

Date Ik.

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Name in

full

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Complete address on field _

Complete forwarding address

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Name

and

address

of Livingl ink church

or

churches:

CAu^t

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City 7 nr\f^ ^

ity

Names

and

addresses

of

other

sponsoring

or

endorsing churches:

S t r e e t . V^

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7 1 ^ S t r e e t .

Zone i tv. Zone. . S t a t e

Please

send

along with

t hi s form copies of recommendations

from churches which will

encourage

other churches to suppor t your missionary

work.

There are

churches

which will not a ll ow a

visiting missionary to speak un le ss

a

church recommendat ion can

be shown.

Since i t i s

Impos

sible for any one per son to know

all

Christians in

t he wor ld , this

recommendation by

a respon

sible New Testament church is a vital help in persuading others of your wor th iness and

t he value

of

your mission.

Mission Services stands ready

to

Jielp

you

inform HORIZONS readers

about

your church recommendations. Since

th e

church is sending you

to

th e mission field Acts 13:1-3

and will

help p rovide the necessary

needs on

the field, naturally the

church

should share the

credit

in you r missionary minis t ry .

One of th e ways that the

church

can do

this

is

to

share their

conviction regarding your missionary minis t ry

with

others. Certainly,

their

words

will

help

convince others

regarding

th e worthiness of your work. Please help MISSION

SERVICES to

spread your news through HORIZONS

Packets

and Slide library by sending your church recom

mendations

as

soon

as pos sib le . Thanks.

Send what you have

now, and

the

others later.

Recommendations by Christian Lieaders: List

names

and addresses

here

and enclose a copy of

each l e t t e r thanks.

N A M F .

S t r e e t

7.nnf>

RtatA Zone_

S t a t e .


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Name and address of hometown newspaper

Name

and address of other

papers which

might carry

stories

of your work:

S t r e e t

City.

one_

Sta te .

St ree t

Ci t y ^

P l a c e of BIRTH^

ayof rt ^

Mont

Year

9S3

Where

baptised?

City-

Z one

Sta t e

Ai

On

an

extra

page

p]

men t i on

lease describe

any

de ta il s rega rding conve rs i

rsion

which you might

care

to

MARITAL STATUS:

MflrriftH K Single

Divorced

ate of

w

ex

6luaxx

cu

i i .

Who

solemnized your wedding?

Widowed.

List children

by full name giving

place

day, month, and

year

of

birth:

If your children have been adopted please indicate.

Nam e

P l a c e

of t h ei r b i rt h

Wher e ma r r i e d ?

ay .

month

and

year


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Please

list

places of previous Chris t ian serv ice and

what service

you

did.

Give approximate dates:

_

Place

Serv ice D atese r v i c e

IlliM kueh

Dates

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^Degrees an^ dat.e panted

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What

things influenced

you to become a

missionary?

What

is

your purpose? What do you hope

to accomplish

on

the

mission

field? Your

own story in

some

detail

might

be

influential

in

leading

others

into

fulltime

service

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an

extra sheet if you need

more

space :

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PARENTS;

F a t h e r s

n a m e

a nd h om e a d d r e s s

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L i v iiving^J^^

Deceased.

S t r e e t . City.

His occupation.

Is

he

a Christian?

y e s _ ^ . n o

What positions of leadership has he held in the locjal church?

What

C h r is ti a n s e rv i ce does

he now

do?

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o t h e r s

f u l l m a i d e n

n a m e :

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J nity

Is she a Christian? Vpr. / Mn Her occupation if employed outside.the ho

What leadership

positions

or

Chri st ia n s ervi ce has

she

rendered

to

th e local

nhurch:?.

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P R I M E R A

IGLESIA

D E

C R I S T O

JanuAry

20 , 1977

SntiAgo, C h i l e

D BT

Bre t h r en ;

Ue v leh to r e cos a s nd fo r

wuv co n e i de r a t lo n

c a n d l d A c e s

co Che

t^ealon f ield

here in

Chile,

ftoger end Li nd e Tron g .

The

v or k h er

In

Chile

I t

edvencing

rep ld l ;

end

ve

scend

in g reat

need of

aore

workere fo r

the

herveac. lo

t he p as t

Chree yeerf

there

have been

five

newchurchea begim in the ceplcal

city

of

Sa n t i a g o an d

a e v e ra l

a o r e

in

o u c l y i n g areas . The

El

Sncuentro

Bible C o r r e s p o n d e n c e

e o u r e e

c o n t l n u e a to g r o v an d now

he s

over

30.000 people e nr olle d

who

ar e

studying

the

Word of God Over

of thetD have

f in i sh e d t he

course and

a r e w a i ti n g

f or p er

so n a l

f o l l o w - u p .

F or

t h e s e

alder

the field and the

candidates

and

ac t accordingly.

Y o u r s

i n C h r is t.

UWMMJKt a f a .

O e e r

B r o t b e r a

an d Sleteri

1b brlstt

t la o ur p le as ur e t o I n t r o d u e e to jo u i ou r

Cbr l s t l en

f r l e ndSr

h o d g sr

SAd

M o d s Prong ReeenCly

tb la

o o u p l e d e d l o st e d tbel r

l i v e s to

f u l l

t in s C b r l et l. ^ s er ri oe i ta d tbsy

heve

a n s w e r e d

a

oa l l

to

s s rve in

Chile S o u t b

Asi erl oe

Rodger and Llndt

hsTe b ee n e o o u t e t e n d i n g young e o u p l e

In

ou r

c on g re ga ti on h er e I n I > el t a O h io . Tbey

ae

p r a ssA t e d

est. 4ee

in song.

Linda

a l s o

wri t es

l y ri e e

Tbey taeee t e u g b t ola i t ea

b ee n y ou th sponsors^ as r t ed as e a a p workers

R o d g e r

b te

rs eent ly b e s n e ls ot ed t o

s e rv e w i th

us t s deaaon. He a l ee be a

th e ability

t o p re ae h w h a n

oa l l ed

oc

to

do ao .

T h e s e f ine y o u n g people b a v e t be v ot e o f e on fi de ao e

o f ou r

e n t i r e oburob

boa rd . Ou r p rayer s fo r b l eas l nge go wltb tb w

as

t be y s ee ro b ou t oew

ways

in

w b i e b to

s er ve t be

lord

side

We b in J^ a t t l n

John

ilartsell

The Rodger

Prong

Family

Linda

Rodger

Clint

Na th an


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THE

WORK TO BE

DONE

The miss ion work in

Chile

is presently

contered

in the

capital city

of Santiago.

Here live 4,000,000

people

who n eed to

h ea r th e

gospel

of Chr is t. It is here

too,

that

a

small

group

of

Church

of

Christ

Chr is ti an s have set

up

the

Center

of

Chris t ian Diffusion

in a concen t r a t ed

effort to ev ange liz e all of

Chile.

The

missionaries decided upon a method

which would lay a solid foundation for

Chris t ian faith

and estab l ish chu rches

with t ra ined leadership. Initial contact

is made through a Bible correspond

ence

course, where the elementary

facts of faith in Christ are taught. Some

30,000 Chileans have enrolled in this

course and addit ional advert ising could

push

the

enrollment

up

to 100,000.

However,

th er e a re no t enough

workers

to do the jo b now. Upon completion

of th e

course, Bible s tudi es a re

set up,

in which the

missionary

continues in

st ruct ion. 90 of those who are

involved

in these home Bible s tudies

receive

Christ

and a re

baptized. These

believers

are

then form ed into

chu rches whe r e

lea ders a re

chosen

and then

t ra ined

OUR PLANS

We are

planning

to leave

the

states

in January of

1978 for

th e

Spanish

Language

Institute in Costa Rica. Here

we will receive the

specialized

training

which will enable us to begin work im

mediately

upon

arrival

in

Chile.

This

training

will

last six mon th s then

we

cont inue

on

to

Chile .

Linda and

I

are

planning

to be

In

volved

in

the

fo llow-up work fo r

those

who have taken

th e

correspondence

courses,

teaching

and

helping them

set

up

churches of their own. Linda will

also

be

helping with the ar t work for

th e

Cen t e r

OUR NEEDS

'Monthly expenses

Salary 700.00

Work fund 600 00

1,300.00

One

time

expenses

Travel 1,750.00

Shipping

2,000.00

Emergency return

fund 1,750.00

5,500.00

*Thi s e s t ima t e

c am e from mis s i ona r i e s

already working in Chile.

CHECKS

ARE

TAX DEDUCTIBLE

IF

MADE

OUT

TO THE

DELTA

CHURCH

OF

CHRIST CHILEAN

MISSION

These

may

be sent to ourjorwarding

agent:

Mr.

Kevin

Kane

Route

1,

Box

113A

Delta, Ohio 43515

Corres pondence and request

for In

f orma ti on may be sent

to :

Mrs. Peggy Lesniewicz

Route 4, Box 100A

Wauseon, Ohio 43567

C

H

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L

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F

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n

To Chile ( Aug. 18, 77 W)

( P i c t u r e

'Ihe Eodger Prong

family

plan t o laave the s t a t e s

i n

January, 19?t fo r the Spanish language

I n s t i t u t e

i n

Costa

Kica. Specialized t ra in ing

there

wil l l a s t about

Gix months and it w i l l anable chem

to

be^in vork i n

Chile soon

a f t e r aridval.

In Chile they

plann

to

help

i n the follow-up work f o r

those

50,COO who

have

taken

t h e

ccri 'Gsponaeiice

coursei- ,

t o t e a c h

and

t o

a i d

i n

establ ishinrv

chiirclieG. Lijida

plariS iji a d d i t i o n to

j \.\LtXji tll-'t' WoX J-. JTOir .-Li

i CIcit/U-J-o

Kodgor rrcnt; bcin

Juxv. CC, 19.yJ

i n Bluffton

Ohio

to

Karolc

C.

and

i1r3

Velina

Tlae r rong.

he

was

g r a d u a t e d frosj higli s c h o o l i n A l l e n l a r k r . i c h .

Ee

took

t r a i n i n g

a t the- Cincinnat i Libie --oHiinaxy

i n

Ohio/

ana Uoi'tiiwet-t l o c h

Arcl-. ibold,

Ouio.

ha^ s e r v e d

i n

ycutn

work

i ; incc 1969 i::; Kich it-an and O^vioo a i i ^

couple

ir:.

recor-cr.oncod e l u c r r o f :

JJclta

Church

o6

Chidst ,

Delta

Ohio and

Memorial

Church c f

C h r i s t

l i v o n i a

n i c h

I h e j a l r o

recommerujationc.

Ixxia

ni6Pionarie?

i n C h l i e :

J e f f

Hyerp.

Oiirin

UeJa l t

and

\ cl

F o l t .

AiPo Robert Bf?xnc?c^ l ima, Chlo wri teRi

T? ;ij: ir; ^,o

v.r^e ^''our f a v o r a b l e c c n r i c c r a t i o n

?bey vjilj.

reef^l v e r y adequate n -oney

t o

j

ivetroi t ,

r i c h

t o

Fraiikl ln

anc^ rr^ P a t r i c i a

Ann Sto Xoiiis Linda vcis p^^radiiated froTfi

l \ i ^ -

rr-ohool

i n

Livonia ,

Hich. i n

1971.

2hG had one-

y e a r

a t H i l l i g a n


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(

Page

- 2 - PaK>ng

To

Chile -

Aug.

18,77

Colleg

in Tennesnee;

a par t o f a year in Cincinnat i

BiV: e 3i;ninLr;7

in Ohio and

a

yoar with an a r t school

in MixjiKiaxôliG, Minne 3ho

narriorl

Jioclfêr

on

October 2,

1971

in

Al l en

j ax l: Ch\ irch

o f

Ch r i s t i n

I l i ch .

vr i th

Harold T-ronf? off ic ia t ing^ T^ ioy have t>:o sons: Glin t

i^tcplion l-ronj:: Lorn i ay 19? ^

in Cinc inna t i , Ohio

and

ITajliaii

Giu l

^

rong

box-n

oei.voeifi be.L^

13,

in

I /anneon,

Ohioa sLared thciô

oiio-ufeiits. I v;es

i n f luenced

to bocoiie

a

niriJ-ionar^ l-y tho po te i i t i a l

I

have

seen

in

Chile , and tho need of toG mif33ioa t ho re . Borne

poop?.o ous t a r en ' t h?;cp7/

if

t hey fool ijhero i c

sorr.othing

Eiore

can

do

fo r

th o

Lord

and

I 'm

one

o f

peo-plo,

by

Rodgero

In vhc

spr ing

of 1970, we s a t

dov. n and

r ea l l y

prayod

t l i a t

Ood aouid

ohovsj

wLat fie

/ ' anted u a

t o do . :Ie knev;

th t

God

v;ould

ani.5wer o u r

prayer

b ^caucê Ho

miT -^rec

c o

ve iy raany fo r

ure ~

11

wae i n

camp t h a t aicsmer t h a t th e cxoom

wan

^ iven

to

uf i , J ohn Iruntfep >=a8 t th e WoJve r i n e

Obrxr r i . i an

S e r v i c e

Camp

t o i l i ng

o f

the work

p;oi:op: cn ôvm

in C hilr , fly

]rai-.ba\io

ana

I

vêre both thri- i Jed

with

the

vihole concept

c f the ^ /orlc

hy

I > Fo l t . J e f f fyer^r, CYltIb

T-cMcr^.t,

r h i

CriJ-.py

and

o-bheJ Fo

Fov sitrprisêH

g

c-ach f

u n

vnon mc-

f ou i v ' o t h e r

a i '

interested

i n th e

v/ork art \ê were I VJe

had neve^r

been

i n

agreement

before

about a

fu l l - t ime ChriGt ian voca t ion .

i Je l l ,

MG

a r e

in i s

i o n a r i e

n h oijiid

f o r Ch i i

(

Their n eecs include: i^700

per

month

fo r

j iv ingl ink

and tfSOO per iconta

v/orii

fund. The one t ime ecspenses


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c Pagê 3 - Prong To Chile( Augo 18, 77 ?

are; m,750

for

travel, ?i2,000

for

shipping and Si,750

fo

i^norgency

re turn

fmi/l.

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ftmds

to the

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Delta Cliiu ch of Clirict, Gbiiean IiL sian,

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Rodger, Linda, Nathan,

and

d l i n t

Piong 7 p t .

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5o dg er P ro ng

family

o l a n s to l e a v e

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th e U . S . in January

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to en ro l l in

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in

Co^ta

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Rica.

A ft er about s ix

months o f trai ning

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there

they

w i l l

go on

to S antiag o

to

b e g i n work.

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addi t ion to

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re spons ib i l i t i e s a s par t of

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from

h ig h s ch oo l in

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took

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Mrs. Linda Lee

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Rodger and Mrs. i-inda f rong

departed

December 29 1977 for

Sa n

J o s e

Costa

^Uca

to

study

in

th e Spanish Wnguage

Institute for

s ix

months. Then th ey p l a n to go

to

Santiago

C hile

South

America

fo r th e n e x t t o an d

a

ha l f y e a r s

to

help

establish churches. Their

forwarding agent is ? Chile s Chance

Fo r Ch rist

Kevin Kane, Rt.

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Santiago,

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C O R RE S PO N D IN G A G EN T

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GOD

i iNSWERS GRAYER

God answers

prayer

I s n ' t

t ha t wonderful?

In making our

preparat ions to go to

Chile ,

we have , .

seen

t ime

and

again

the

exc i t ing way

God

provides

as we

take

our needs to Him in prayer .

We wi l l

be

l eav ing

on December 29, 1977 fo r

Costa R ica to study Spanish

a t

the Spanish Language

Ins t i t u t e

in

San Jose , fo r s ix months* We

wi l l

then

cont inue

on to

Sant iago ,

Chile

where we wi l l

be spending

the

next

years helping to

es tab l i sh

c h u r c h e s

t h e r e _

Tickets have already been obtained and paid

for

The cost was 150*00

less than

what we had been

told by

the a i r l ines tha t the t icke ts would cost

There are

not outs ta nd ing

b i l l s

and

we

have

nearly

enough

to

meet

our

shipping

expenses

r igh t

now*

God

has met our every need

also

thought

you might l ike to

know

tha t

a l l our

papers

are in

order, ^^s soon

as

we

get a l l packed (what a jo.b that ' s

going

to be)

we' re ready to go. We are,

r ea l l y

ge t t i ng exc i ted .

We would

l ike

te ask you to continue

to

pray fo r us and our

brothers

and s i s t e r s in Chile.

know t ha t God answers

prayer

PRAYER LIST

1.

Please pray t ha t God wi l l be preparing

us in

every

way fo r the work

we wi l l be doing

with

the. Chilean ipeople.

2. Pray that God will

help

us

adjust

quickly to

the c^tures

in both

Costa

Rica and Chile. ^

3. Pray that God

will^

really

be with

us ^d

help

us'through

the

six

months

we wil l be studying Spanish e ight hours a day. We've been to ld th is i s

real ly

the

hardest

part (to

adjust to) .

Pray t h s t

Go d

wi l l cont inue to meet our f inanc ia l -needs . ,

,

5 Pray that God will be ' preparing the hearts of the Chilean

people

to

r e c e i v e H is Word.

GOD SENDS

How

blessed

are

we

t ha t

know

the

good

news t ha t

there

i s

a

r ea l

and

personal

God who

ru l e s our universe

He-

i s

a God who

i s holy and

a God

who i s

love.

He loves

us

because He

has

made

us

arid

has

a

purpose

for

our l ives now

and

for e te rn i ty . He has given us th e oppor tunity to be. freed

from

the power

of s in

by

our accep tance of what Jesus did

fo r us on the

cross .

He

promises t h a t if

we. wi l l accept Him, He wi l l come

and dwell in

oior

hear ts through His Holy Sp i r i t and give us power

to

overcome the

f o r c e s

o f

vil

in o u r s e l v e s

and

in

t h e

wo r l d .

What a

tremendous

message fo r a world drowning in material ism and

despai r .

How

can we

ignore the crdes of modem man,

who

in h is bel ie fs

tha t there i s no purpose fo r

l i f e ,

no one in contro l ,nothing

and no

one

in whom to t rus t j sinks

deeper

into the mire

of

s in ,

ev i l ,

hopelessness,

and

lostn ss

So many

are

l os t . Do we care?

Do

we

re al ly oare? Do

we

reallSf love

the l o s t

enough to cry , enough to

pray and

enough to reach

out

with

the

gospel,

in

MM?

are the body

of C hris t.

Through us, God

wants

to rescue these l o s t

people, these people

made

in

our Father 's

image.

He will

give

us

this

precious harvest

i f

we a l l put

ourselves

in His hands.

Together,

through

Jesusy= we

can

gather

Hi s

los t

lambs

into Hi fold i f we care, i f we

love,

if we^'work, and

if

we

pray.

THEN

SAITH

HE UN^O

.HIS DISCIPLES,

THE HARVEST

BRULY IS

PLENTEOUS, BUT

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