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ANTOFAGASTA, CHILE
Vhe Cove- of Christ Constraiyietk us...
TL COB.. 6 : 14-
January 9*1973
SPEAKING SCHEDULE
January 14-20
January 21 January 23
Licking Valley Church of Christ, Ohio Attend Leadership Training Workshop, Ozark Bible
College, Missouri
Heath Church of Christ; Ohio Hoath Church of Christ; Ohio
January 31 February 2
Icuisville Bible College, Kentucky Kentucky Christian College, Kentucky Eastern Christian College, Maryland
Howard Church of Christ, Ohio
February ^
February 6
February 8
February 9 February 13
February l6
February 19 February 20
February 28
March 4
Great Lakes Bible College, Michigan Bluefield College of Evangelism, West Virginia Johnson Bible College, Tennessee Memphis Christian College, Tennessee Winston-Salem Bible College, North Carolina Dakota Bible College, South Dakota Platte Valley Bible College, Nebraska Bilengual Convention, Colegio Biblico, Eaglo Passf
Texas
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We want
to thank
the
many
I t won*t be a vacation time but a time foi' a lot of work for the Lorda If there are others
Time
we first
have any extra but thanks to you we were able to cociplete many projeots in 1972q
for
and
your
time
1973.
( from
of
sudden opened^
some things along the 't.'a.y and Jud^ VTill be following with the oiiildSome say that we have fceen
here too longn So^ie say that we have ' ' ' . 1. long onoughe But at ai^ TcvC-e wo arc aiixious to get h&Jk to Chile,
BETTGR LATE TK.MJ 1]^^
Somotimos we would get di.scouraged; tired and reaf^ to'qtiit and a letter ^rould comG 'sayi.ngj " We are praying'>for you,."'. It woiJld change the whole picture, Tbahlvs -Ec rauch for caring-, I just,
wan!: to say that I love you all/
SUMER HELPERS ' -
Judy
Ohio hospital-: ' is now a-'onrjing around tol].in{;; everyone that he has a
babji- f;iot':r., Ke told Grandnia that moioy ;72nt to th-^ store and got a'baby sisterc - - . -Gwen-Angela was born Mondr.y:
In response to an article in
recent
newsletter
five yo.ung'
to work
people
have vSilunteer.ed
Jan, -8^ According ' to ' Jr.dy sh3 'weighed abox.t l6 tohS;: It'- wijj really only 9 lbs-, and ^ ozjSa
Judy and the baby'are, both
The
group breaks
down into
one colleg.e student and four high school students ( one jrciung man andfour young ladiesDc Those who,.
fineb"'_ Judy wants to thank all of you 'for ybur prayers on her bo. The" "Centerburg church was
prai^ng that she wo^'d'liave the "baby "^oh " Mono no ^Sat we coulc conclude their faith promise ral ly on Sun, God ansvrered the pray
Want to go must pay all of their own traveling expenses, Vfe will
furnish their room and board.
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M/7 EQUIPMENT
Recently
woman who Came to the doora After conversing for some time she asked
'j will be able ."to print and as semble large books for -use in leadership traininge 'We also bought a large stock of co.vers
and back binderso
iii0
what
trades" missionaiy,'She then ask ed me if Tie were going back to .C!d.le,. V?hen I told her yes she
Wanted to know whai: I would be doinsc I told her that we would be
no-vdr.g from
v.ia^c. I
the
producing
printing plates.-,
At
the present
being repaired#. With the new.building that we have in Chile^ the print shop is . really going to be soirietliin:^
else;
of the new
Chilean
Institute of
saidj "Ebn-t get so excited, it*s alTi.. title and no money involvedci!
' '
/mcthBT
person
asked, me if
this change w:-.uld separate ms fron the churohec and establishing new congregations 5 I told the person
that I would be. involvedmore -tiia'-i over .with the churche::,, Instsad
of ;tust working
country
ers 5
in. tib
North I
that bhsy eit'"-(.r aren't mcirbers of a chiirch, they novex* attend chui-;ch or they are Catholics and
they want to ac^cpt Jo.su l''"
We workers
are' planning to train tIlro^^gh the Institute of Evangelism; night. Bible clasoss;
correspondence courses and Exten sion classes 0 Untraiimd leader--
dents
that
are
ready
to study
In
stitute of Bvangelajsrrio
Before
addition to
the
this
Eiiip is the biggest problem fa^rf-n^; the Chilean churches Through these methods of training workers we hope to eliminate the problem and push forx-rard with the "VTinning
of Chile for Christ,
one hundred
studying
in
night
Bible
FROM ANTOFAGASTA
received this past two months from those who have continously suppor
ted us as well as some who are new
The preacher's wife from the La Portada church wi*ote saying that there hadbeenfive baptisms
in the church there since we left Chile,
or occasional givers,..,.
Churches of Christ in Ohio t
"The
First Chr., Springfield Utica Licking Valley, Newark Bell, utica I-Iartinsburg Bladensburg Centerburg
Hount Gilead Johnstown
First Chr, New Port Richey, FL Suncoast Youth Group, FL Wellsburg Church of Christ, KY Northwest Missionary Conf. Oregon
Powel.l Butte Com. Cburoh, OR Ashaland Christian Church, OR Loyal Berean Class, Utica, OH
on
the
Hill (Prat B)
is, "The
Sunday school attendance is still averaging about one hundred," Manuel said, "The churches continue to help each other. Vis ion by ui'iiL
thers
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In the past when this forwarding agent has received the newsletter tO prepare and send.on to you readers there has been one short column left on the back page to recognize those who si^port the work. Today it came ivith a note saying, "FRONT PAGE IS YOURSi OUR SUPPORTERS DESERVE FRONT PAGE
THIS TIME AS THEY ARE SO IMPORTANT TO THE WORK." These .gave since Januarys
Mr. & Mrs. Ray Kolton, Carl Druiniii, Danny Riggen, Harold Van Winkle,
T. W. Kitchen, Robert Lederer, Carl Bischoff, William Oliver; Sr. Class of Corinth Christian,KY
prayson, KY
Church of Christ .
Chxirch of Christ
OHIO
Mail Gifts to Forwdg, Agt, ^irs. Warren Myers, -Route 2, Utica, OH 43080
ANTOFAGASTA
NATIONAL CONVENTION
Aftor
months
of running it
"brown-brown
ebrated during
tho
had time
to do
longings and got ready for tho moving van to come to move our things to Santiago,
MANUEL
and
conservo Christwill bo
^ianuol Garcia, a graduate of Colegio Biblico in Eagle Pass, Texas, has been working with us
in Antofagasta
He came
for
as a
almost
two
years.
short term
worker
We have
lived
in
so many
houses the past few months that I hardly know where to call home. I was tickled to get back to all my toys in Antofagasta but W no
sooner got them all out than tiama
As those of you know who have been receiving our newsletter durthe past year; Juan Mauricie, another Mexican preacher, . worked with us for a year, returned to tho States, got married,- raised
si^port and returned a missionary,
Manuel
For
to Chile as
get that mattress up off tho floor other things straightened out this will be what I can call "home" and
really mean it.
CHANGE OF ADDRESS
I am not sure about the getting married part but he is now going
to Mexico and the United States
to raise support
so that
ho can
We
mohdation for Manuel' and tho work that he has done. If there is a
which
church or church group interested in sT^porting Manual, please con tact ray forwarding agent.
Santiago,
Chile
S.A.
THE FMNINE.VIKW
It's a good thing Andy has Gwen to understand him because the Chil
eans sure don't now and neither dows he understand them. It is really good to be back. We already miss Antofagasta, but we will get used to Santiago in time. One thing I don't look forward to is winter here and today i t feels like it is already here. It is cold and rainy almost all winter long and that makes for a long winter in my book.
THAT AIOTl
BEVIVAL CONTINUES
ed i'ieit^jhis Christian College and Winston-Salem Bible College.' On the way to l-ieu^his Chris tian College we traveled through Kentucky. As I was driving along not bothering anyone Andy cried out, "Potty, Daddy, potty." Judy said, "Pull off to the side of the road and lot him go
here,"
Chile is really, really ripo for preaching tho Gospel. Almost all of the churches are exporioncing a continual revival. The churchos in Antofagasta aro grow
Union just bought property three blocks from tho downtown sqxiaro and plans to start building as
soon as tho fiinds aro available.
I replied, "It is just one mile to the next exit, let me try
to make i t because i t is too cold outside." W e l l . . b e t w e e n where we
vrere and where we needed to be to
section of town
in Santiago)
is
let Andy potty there was a highway patrolman. When he pulled me over ho said, "Do you realize that you were doing 79 miles per hour in a 70 mile per hour zone?"
I told him that I wasn't
knocking down one of its walls to expand its chapel area. Hero in Santiago there is a now church in
tho section of town called "La
Foria." tiago .
aro in
horo in San
meaning to make excuses but I was trying to got my boy to the bath room, The officer thon went up and lookod in tho car. Andy was prancing around by that time and
Just to givo you an idoa of what is happening, tho first Sun day back in Chile I preachod at
the Santa Boss, church. That night
two
teenagers (about
17
yoars
Last week
so
tho
patrt>lman said, "Well, I'll give you the benefit of tho doubt but take i t oasy now."
during a caE5)aign with Alborto Gonzaloz proaching in La Foria throo more people accoptod tho
Lord,
INSTITUTE OF EVANGELISM
Monday, April 23rd, was the inauguration day for the Santiago Institute of Evangelism. We will
be offering night classes in San tiago and ^tension classes in
Curacavi and Antofagastat
We are
still
trying to get
and I
big move
to
Santiago,
our
new
field of labor,
Santiago
Chile, It is
is the capital
a city
of
studying
of. about
fifteen students
Chile, - It
is
a very
strategic
area and yet a very neglected one. In greater Santiago there are two Churches of Christ. Right now thore are four missionary families
lack of teachers.
classes. We know
We are
hoping
of
Our aim in go is to branch evangG3j.zo the try. In Chile that "all roads If wo can
supply
school.
what
is needed
for this
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THE FS4ININE VIEW
Yov'vo hoard of costly mis takes? Well, lot mo givo you the story of tho costly mistake. Right
aftor wo moved into our now house
available wo go to tho stroots to got them Into tho hands of Chilean pooplo. As ah example, last Suji-
to bo dolivorod.
woro filled.
In a couplo of
custom horo
Sinc^
wo \JorQ
propaganda,
for you, so I promptly pulled out twenty-five escudos and tipped the driver. Butthat was onljr about
one tenth of what I should havo
ganda for tho rally. They actu^ly camo looking for us to got coi pens, Tho nine of us distributod
tipped him.
So the
next timo
22,000 coupons
hours,
but
Our house
Sd Holt is director of the corrospondonco courso "El Elncuentro," Thoro aro now ?,500 stu dents and graduates of the intro ductory courso. A now coizrso in Christian growth is about to bo
I guess
them
that I
shoid.d call
A very
criiits crowd in around the stoves like the men used to crowd in
high porcoiitage of those finishing this courso ai-o accepting Christ, toing a rocont trip by Mike Shef field to Concopcion, ho called on
fiftoon graduates of tho introduc
of tho six re
cruits arrived just a few days ago. They will - all be leavirg about the end of August.
These recruits have been in
tory Goui'oGi Of those, thirteen docidcd whilo ho was there to accep'C' Christ and bo baptized. The reason why the next courso w.is developed is that Kike came
inuroductorycouirsewanted to con
G-art churches in their homes. Ab a result of the introduc^^ofir'espondonce co^orse the -lotiiodist Pentecostal church of
baptizing
irmaorsion only. i-eturnod from a meotinr ^thagroup of Catholic graduate! j-n flancagua and thsy are goin? tr.
ffd
help them
appraise
the
Chilean
projects
the work
I don't have much time to say anything this time. I am too busy stuffing coupons into, tracts for distribution. I maybe just a little boy but T can stuff as many coT:^ons as any adultif you give me a little more time. We've got to toll all theso people about Jesus who lives up in heaven. Gwon is too grabby to help but she does create a happy at-
have
been started in Concepcion. Mike Sheffield has boon working vjith the graduates of the correspond
ence courso there.As a result
operation
only taking one course. V/o are offering night classes, Saturday classes and extension
classos. The extension classes
Also, several independent churchcs have opened, their doors for fur ther teaching and.are buying the literature that wo arc producing here in Santiago. It has really been exciting to hear the reports given by -Mike when he comes back from Concepcion.. It is the third largest city in Chile-but up until now we did not have tho perjonnol to work there.
Some of those who have be
an account come Christians are:
arc being hold in Antofagasta and Curacavi. Tho night classos and
Saturday classes arc "held here in Santiago. We arc xTOrking to train those
church
of a salary. Each student is oxpocted to pay all of his own ex penses in the Institute.
In the Institute we have en
ant for the Conccpcion Fire De partment, an accountant for the National Petroleum Company, a fourth year student of English Pedagogy, a inoc.ical student, an electrical eng^'.nccring student,
and a sociol science student.
several
We
have
had
problems mth
days.
The students
study in tho
There are many others that space won't permit me to tell about. One of tho graduates of tho correspondence courso is tho plant manager for a shop at tho naval yards in Concepcion, Ho is hold ing services at tho plant during
lunch hour.
houses
o'clock and got back homo about midnight. I am working to got an old bus fixod up that I bought last year. If we can got i t fix
od then wo can take
home after classes.
the students
LITERATURE
Wc
now havo
two presses in
operation.
It has
taicon awhile
They
Say
About Baptism?"!
and a booklet,
"The
Christian and Politics", "The Big Brother Program" and the now cor respondence course. Right now there is little or
V/illing Workers Class of Bell Bladcnsburg Church of Christ, OK Centorburg Church of Christ, OK
Croton Church of Christ, OH
that do enter
and do not moot
tremendous opportunity. The one thing that has slowed us doT^m some on the printing work has been a shortage of funds. This is a very needy area. If you would like to give an extra designated
gift
it would
Northsido Ch,/Christ, Newark, OK Palmyra Ch./Christ,Fredoricktown Rocky Fork Ch./Christ, Nowark, OH South East Ch./Christ, Mnrysvillo
Utica Church of Christ, OH Loyal Berean Class of Utica Postage Paid
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booklet, "The
with Christ".
Big
Brother Pro
rospondencc coursoi
"Cominunion
support.
will not
Ke was planning to bo
be able to return at
telling of the needs, the future plqjis and goals of the course.
THE RECRUITS
baptized.
dous job. Hany souls were affect ed by the work that they did. The recruits helped us to meet the goal
of distributing 50000 pieces of
literature in June. Each day they
was held
tho hotel.
Debbie Silverberg, another recruit, has decided to stay for one year. She will be working mostly with young people while she
is here. All of the recruits wont -iway with a lot of memories, exporienc.es, desires to return, njid
an awareness of the need for much
ovangolism in Chile,
One
day
to soe the people who are being reachcd through tho Bible corrospondonce course. Many of thom
aro soarching but Satan hcis led
thorn off into all different aroas.
teen-agers
A lady 65 yoars old said that sho really wasn't anything as far
as religion is concemod right now but she is attending classes on
transcendental meditation,
paring tracts ahd to talk more about the Lord. The following Fri
assembling
booklets
that wo had
ed studying for the priesthood loft that and went to drugs. Ho thon loft drugs and went to yoga. From
yoga he returned to a 15 yoar old
Indian boy who claims to bo tho roincarnation of Christ and tho gra
that they left Chile thoy could carry on pretty good conversations
i-rith the ChAleans by means of hand
givon
A 60 ye-tr old accountant fools that personal sin is nothing comparod to tho sins of society such as exploitation of the poor, wars,
oct. \Vhat he doesn't realizs^e is
tionaries in their hands. While we missionaries and re cruits were at a dovmtown hotel
THE BUlLniKG..
Wo aro already starting to lack space at the office. We noed more room for paper storage, an enlarged print shop and especially
mester holds?
situation
isn't
Tho
correspondence - course,
dents studying the course in Peru, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, Colunibia, Bolivia and Mexico.
are quite a
Of the first
105 graduates,
103 of them wanted to continue with future Bible study. The second course is now ready to bo sent to
the students= The second course is callod "Communionwith Chidst".
say withro reservations that this semester vdll not soon be forgot
ten.
push
Sinco -it is
the students
a night school We "three year olds'* have a vocabulary and meanings for things that aro all our very own. Soe if you can figure somo of these out, "Hy snooze got out and I
couldn't
more."
and forth from class each evening. \h scheduled classes for 7:30 to 10j30 p.m, throe nights a week and then all afternoon Saturday. V/ell. during this first semester wo have been through two
catch
iti"
national strikes (everything com pletely stopped), three bus strikes (no public transportation and no students have cars), oneattoi?5)ted
military overthrew and one curfew
"I'ly eyes
can't stay up
any
"The sun gets in tho airplane and goes homo to Kentucl<y every night and that's why i t gets dark." "Jesus was asleep in the boat and a big storm came along. Every
one was scared but then Jesus wokod
up and said 'Peace' and then the lightning tat." "jjbos Jesus have spagetti?"
MSW LITSRATUHE
The presses have really been doing a good job. We are talking
about the printers working another
ten to fifteen hours per week to try to got n^re printing done.
V/e would like ' to start pro ducing Sunday school materials but wo need another press like the one
Silvey,
Jsllsbur^, KX. Church of Christ lurnt i-inss C/Christ,K,Vornon - lit 'Jalnut St C/Christ, lortland Ilv
First Christian, nex^'tortrdchey ?! ilsll Church of Christ, Utica Uij ..llling -.'orkers Cl9ss of Bell 31ad3nsburi3 Church of Christ OH Bladcnsburg Vacation 3ibl3 School
Wc have
people
begging for
Thoro arc
approximately one and a half mil lion Evangelicals who are needing ma.tcrials and none is being pro duced in Chile right now.
BOUGHT V/HEHLS
0^.
tiiden Church of Christ, St,Louisi?oath Church of Christ villo 0i ioward Church of Cnrift, Gi.
past month.
Codgo Dart.
that there is maite i t run.
The
car
is
a 19^9
is
strike -
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October 5i 1973
OUR SAFETY
We do have
to respcet
tho 10:00
pm to 6:00 am curfew.
I havo had tho.car inspected and also ny papers revised several
times, but then I was released'
sionaries
eral in Chile.
Judy and the children are not in' any immediate danger in the house = We have a military guard in front of our house.... twenty-four hours a day. The guard is not be cause wo are so iir^^ortant but be
It is
beautiful
has
followed
There have boon no bullots that have entered our house. Wo arc
there is machine gun fire all around your house and bullets fly
ing over it. Like David said, "When I am afraid, I trust in God."
We never
God is tho Ono who has protected us and delivered us from danger.
THE POLITIC;\L SITUATION in throe hours, then the food line for five
or six hours,
then
the kerosene
explain how xvegotto where we are today. You could say that Chile
is the first country to elect a
munists were planning to kill al 1 military and opposition leaders on September 1?. After these were
elections in Chile.
that
It was proven
for
we had about
Chile,
one
more
year
in
of personal ambition by the mili tary men but "teo prevent total chaos
and economic ruin. Before this
is
time almost everything had to be bought on the black market at about ten times its value. Chile
very strict but the people like it. They are restoring the law
and order that Chile once knew.
was
completely bankrupt
economic. failure
because
of the
There are
difficult
days
ahead
of the
for Chile,
There may be
kidnap
(especially women
was in
and children)
First it
for four
ping- and- terrorism. The problems will not be over for many months
FILMSTf&W^'
Jack Speer is producing
a filmstrip series
Encuentro,"
the Church,
It includes
individual ifilmstrips
TEN THOUSAND
August 30th
for everyone at the office. On that day we hit the mark of 10,000
students enrolled in the Bible
ers, accoujitants, Judges, military personnel, store ovmers, lawyers, etc. God is really blessing the
course.
ANOTHER PRESS
The tremendous
the students
response
of
A
in Chile
is unbelievable.
very
largo
percentage
of those
New Testament and diploma. His remark about the course was, "Wow, that first lesson was terribly hard," (All you have to do is fill in the books of the Bible.)
"So was the second lesson. I had no idea what tho Old Testament and New Testament are nor did I know
with four books for Sunday school. Approximately ton per cent of the Chilean people are Protestant and there are no Sunday school " materdals available. Even under the
new government
a while before
it will bo
materials
quite
can be
what those little and big numbers mean." That man is a Jeweler and
his wife is a school teacher.
a moral
carried
and spiritual
over
low which
Some churches
were
starting to
suffer persecution. Our now Pres ident, General Pinochet, is a very God-fearing Catholic. God
LITERATURE
Nc2W works that have come off our presses recontly are:
Booklotsj What is Repentance?..Study Guide for the Book of Mark,.,
Lessons About the Christian Life
Tracts:
Misc.?
^iaterials in Preparation are: Booklet: Why does Evil Exist?,., Tract: God Loads a Very Sheltered Life Books: Sunday school workbooks t;^oachers' books for two different age levels
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Kennedy and other U, S. Senators to have economic aid cut off to Chile
"until the civil rights of Chileans have.been restored." I believe .
this move is' due to a false understanding of what the supposed Chilean
"
democracy has been like during the last three years, and also to whatI consider to be very distorted reporting on the part of the Ainerican
press.
I ask yoiJi to take into consideration some of the things that took place during the three years of the Allende government, 1. Mr. Allende was elected by a minority, about one third of the
popul.ar votc-
2t
Unlike traditional political p&rties in a demodracy, iMr. Allende sought to gain total power over the Chilean Republic in the
following ways: a , " Bank credits from nationalized banks determined which busi nesses and industries would survive or die according to their
utility to tho /CLlcndc rogimo.
b.
c.
In the government-controlled industries party membership was a pre-requisite to employment, and the learning of Marxist doctrino was iiqDortant in keeping one's job. Thousands of 'professional'people and technicians,, who could not fit into t^ie system, joined the ranks of the linemployed and thousands
more were forced to leave their homeland to make a life some
where else. Meanwhile, the government continued to create artificial conflicts in private industries, sending in govern ment mediators which eventually recommended their becoming part of the national domain, steadily decreasing a citizen's
, ,
3.
formed only one part. However, he ignored the Congress and attacked the Justice Department as a tool of the bourgeois
system.
The so-called educational reform system that the goyornmont sought to impose on all levels of the educational system was designed to indoctrinate the student only according to Marxist philo sophy.
5*
goods,
were no longer sold on the open market, they had to be gotten through factory organizations who charged not only in currency,
but in ideological faithfulness. Those who did not havo accoss to those items through govornmont sources wore forced to buy them through the govemment-croated black market, which sold for as much as more which meant that the majority of the people wore unable to buy.
pio govermont solution to tho 6, 2^, and 48 hour lines for basic food products such as broad, milk, moat, and sugar was rationing. Tho rationing cards wore given out, a card for each itom, by Marxist-controllod organizations. To got thoso cards tho person
had to submit himself to the scrutiny of tho organizational representative, who surveyed the number of members in tho family, the numbor of roomo in tho house, and tho political boliofs of
its members t
6. The chaos in tho Chilean oconomy was not duo to the boycott on tho
" doctrine that you. must completely destroy tho nation's bourgeois
to take over the govornmont totally for tho Marxist, Allonde's
pnrt of the Chilean businessmen or even to th i incredible inofficionc'y of iho /Culcj.dj G-'Vornnon't. It vas auo to tho co:mianist cconomj^ to put it back together again according to Marxist norms,
.within the Armed Forces not favorablo. to tho government,. Tho ainount of arms from Russia and other socialist countrios woi^d ^yo boon coir^Jlotoly adequate-to outfit any'number of-rogimonts.
Thig plan was backed by hundred'^ -of citiaens from >iarxist
by asking for their resignations from thoir posts and thon requiring
them, to r-osign from the military. '
than any other govornmont before, repeatedly serving in the ministides^and many othor high posts. Thoy wore obedient to tho civil authorities even when Allendo ropoatedly humiliated high offxcors
The ^history of-the .Chilean Armed'Forcos has boon loyalty to tho elected government, It was no different during tho jVllondc rogimo, Tho Armed Forcos had given the govornmont a moro complete backing
obligated to intervonoa From the vantage point of another countryj tho new government undoubtedly muut seem highly restrictive. Ono
must take into account- howe/or, that every "bone in tho institutional body was broken. Someone had to put cn tho cast,
Mr. Allendo's govornmont was part of tho international communist
propaganda machino whoso aim is to deface tho imago of tho U, S.
around tho world, and for throe yoars on Chilean radio, pross, and TV, tho Allendo government portrayed tho U. S. as the imperialist
monster who was responsible for tho ills of Chile and for thoso of '
gravo orrors in its foreign policy and in tho way that it has 'allowed its businessmen to behavo themselves in pthor coujitrios, but 1 boliovo
mont is a friend of the Ue S. and a salvation to Chile. much moro consideration than i t has rocoivod.
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November 15 1973
FOLLOW-IJP
Daily we have
come to
new graduates
to receive
the office
their diploma and New Testament that they receive when they finish the first course, ' kany others
come in to visit i^rith us, talk and
could
ask questions concerning their lessons. Daily they have more and more confidenco in our teachings.
Host of the students have abso
lutely no religious background so all of the teaching has to bo done slowly. This WGok we have planned a. youth meeting. There are- about
do in tho way of follow-up. Wo had a 10:00 pm curfow before so i t was almost impossiblo to have any kind of an evening mooting. Wc now have an 11:00 pm c\irfcw. That permits "us to have a few more
activities. NEW MISSIONARIES Wion I talked with Ed Holt
100
on tho tolophone
he told mo_that
who are
irivitod
urday wo have
of tho studis^'^s
are intorostod
now planning to come to Chile. They are all graduates of Ozark Biblo College, . Tho first family
in tho primary
onco course.
Bible corrospond
Enrollinont has gono
up on tho corrospondonco coursc. iiany hundreds of tho Bible study groups could bo started right now
with the students th^i-t we have if we just had the xrorkors to got
them started.
of tho first
PitTNT 3B3P - BOOK3TOH Wo now have the licensc to run tho main bookstore in our of
fice building. Wo want to open smaller stores around the city and in other cities of Chile to got the Christian literature that wo
is that
tho hands of
ials produced in it can bo sold. Although all of this, has boon much
and faster
In
the print
shop
wo
now
I talked with Ed Holt, tho director of the coursc, on tho telephone. Ho is on furlough right now, He will be back at
tho end of November. On his re
prossos,
a full sizo paper cutter, n.n in dustrial stapler and a Varityper, Wo hope to bo ablo" to set up a
darkroom soon so that wo can do
has really blessed
turn trip
many
he will be stopping in
Ho says that
start
tho course.
which he will
plan to up enroll
if
tho pop-ulation
As I have said so many times, NOV/ is the time in Chile. People here are searching for spiritual satis
faction. Because of lack of work
ers many are being lost to Orien tal religions and spiritualism. The course is getting adver tisement from many different and new sources. An Assembly of God radio preacher from Temuco wrote asking permission to offer our course on his program, i'iany dif ferent .churches are using the course to evangelize their area.
Since the course carries the com
Many have written telling us that they were praying for us dur ing the change of government here in Chile. We thank all of you for your prayers. I know that you are as happy as we are that Chile has remained open for the preach ing of the Gospel, The new gov ernment is very sympathetic toward
our work and so we have the lib
in the streets.
God really delivered Chile from a Right now we are still under a "State of Seige" which means that the country is being run the
same as i t would' be in a time of
plete Gospel message many churches are changing their ideas about the plan of salvation and baptism.
AIOT HAS HIS SAY
war.
have
Those
who respect
to fear
the law
but those
nothing
Just yesterday Mommy was say ing that if my grandma could hear me talking she would faint imme
who raise up
the government
resistance
against
diately if not sooner. All 1 can talk about is how we have to get inside before they start shooting guns. Every airplane that flies over, is carrying bombs to drop on
us. The two soldiers on this
street will shoot us i f we don't
of the new government are being punished. The past government has left
Chile in economic ruin. Chile was
That
shooting
One day
I tried to find something to give to them but we didn't have any thingno apples, no breac for sandwiches, no cookies, nothing! Finally I thought of the ideal thingvitamin pills ti But Mommy
wouldn't let me take them somel
and so I really don't know how to say it. But we must havo more
financial support
continue to work
to be able
in Chile.
to
We
This month we have recoived finances from these co-workers: Mrs. Zena J. King
Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. .and and and and and and and Mrs, Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs.
for printing
H. L. Barker. W. C. Wienecke
Clyde Baker
Harold Van Winkle
T. W. Kitchen
through
the
crisis.
GUESS WHO?
Kii
Guess
who's
and looks just like Andy did at ten months of age? Andy's ray fa
vorite word too. You're right, that's me, Gwon, the one with the
Willing Workers Class of Bell ' Bladensbiirg Church of Christ, Oh Centerburg Church of Christ, OH
Croton Church of Christ, OH
big smilo.
was
kind of quiet
OH
OH
so he went
that he
of tho bus
OH
bought
a long time
ago.
He en
OH
joyed seeing
in
to see
itouto 2,
Utica,
Bible Con