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thought to "Where they would continue their work when la,nguage school was completed. Many things had been
the Bob Smiths at Belo Horizonte for help.

For some time Jerry and Becky have "been giving much

considered but a few weeks back an urgent plea came from

they made a trip to Belo Horizonte to see what was needed and if they thought this was where they should go. Shortly after the first of the year they will be^moving^to Belo
Horizonte to begin work there. Belo Horizonte is located about 400 miles southeast of Brasilia and has^a population of approxiffl,ately one million and another million within
a 100 mile radius. The name Belo Horizonte means Beautiful Horizons. It has been built among some of the prettiest

In October

mountains "co be foimd in Brazil.

jninf^rals.

commented) "It's kind of a case of a hillbilly finding a hill".) The city is located in an area that is rich in

(Ed.^note - Jerry^also

There are active gold minings, as well as mining

for somi-prooious stones. It is the only place that cement and lime arc produced in the whple.of the interior of Brazil. It also has the only iron mine and steel refineries in the
interior,

largest state in Brazil.

Belo Horizonte is the capital of Minais Gerais, second

Many of the smaller towns surrounding

Belo date back to the 18th century and are strong Catholic

strongholds but Belo itself is only 70 years old.

The work of the church was started in I960 by Art Carter who continued it until 1964 when he'was forced to return
to the U.S. because of health reasons. The Bob Smith family moved from Belem to continue the work there. Because of

furlough for over five years. With the arrival of the Halls, it will enable the Smiths to return to the U.S. for
a much deserved furlough. During the early months in Belo

this move, the Bob. Smith family have not returned for a

Jerry will be getting acquainted with the work in the furlough. Upon the return of the Smiths, Jerry will devote his full time to a new church which was ^ust recently
started in Bea Vista which is a suburb of Belo. This work at Bea Vista was started by a man and his family who were members of the Seventh Day Adventists Church. Through his downtown church and- will stay there during the Smiths

Bible study, .he came to the conclusion that the Adventists legalism was wrong and his desire was to follow the New
Testament. This desire led him to Bob Smith and now he has been responsible for leading a number of other families
'from the Adventists. ""

NEW ADDRESS
Effective immediately, please
send all support 0.nd corres

LOOKING AHEAD
Two important events upcoming.:.

pondence to the following

address:

Jerry's birthday, Dec.

22nd and Philip's

birthday, January 8th.

Philip will bo 5 yrs. old.
I didn't mention which like most of

Bob and Bonnie Weaver 2620 Arnold Road

DCS Moines, Iowa

50310

one Jerry will celebrate

because he,

Do not send to P.O. Box 2065'

us, is at the point where he no longer looks forward to them as I'm sure Philip is.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

MISSI0MRI3S

Jerry C. Kr.ll family

Caixr. Postal 24

FQR.fARDIAJG AG3NTS Bob and Bonnie Weaver

2620 Arnold Road

Toguatinga, DP. Brazil S.A.

Des Moines, Iowa'Phone: 515-^2?4-2357

Published by the Southern Brazil Christian Mission for the

Jerry Hall Family, Missionaries to Brazil Vol> 1, No. 7

May I share v/ith you some most wonderful news received from the Halls. Many of you already have heard so bear with us.
for those -who have not.

Nov. 18th:

"Ever since our marriage we have been anxious to know

if something could be done to help Becky's condition.

was the cause of this condition,

None of

the specialists could ever come to the same conclusion of what

IVe were told that i t was a

dislocated hip, a curbed spine, to the more honest answer .of "I just don^t know." Tom Pife knew a specialist in Sao Paulo, who was a
naturalized Brazilian. He was .bpr,n in Canada and lived in New , Tork for awhile. He has licenses to practice in these countries,

Vie made an appointment to visit this doctor In Sao Paulo and he said that-Becky had a mil'd. spastic condition that affected her ...

only from"the waist down.

He recommended an operation, which

would involve the' transferring of certain leg muscles.

Upon returning to Brazilia,we decided that we would consult-with a doctor,who works in the rehabilitation center here,
'Ve have found of late that this one here has one of the mos.t

modern .facilities of any in the world, '.ie consulted two doctors here and each separately came up with; the same diagnosis, but recommended a' lesser op.eration. It would involve the cutting and

lengthening of the tendens in Becky's legs.

If this didn't take

care of the problem, they would recommend the muscle transplant.

The operation was performed two weeks a.go (November 7th) .

here in Brazilia. Becky's problem is not at all uncommon down here, therefore, the doctors hpve had more experience in dealing'::

with it.' Hardly a day.goes by without our seeing the identical problem. The funny thing is that both of :these operations were' developed in the U.S., by U.S. doctors. In fact, many of the Brazilian'doctors go there ,to study.

Becky will be in .casts for another two weeks.

She cannot

walk until they are off. She will then have to have therapy for ' two months. 'Everything so far has-been a great success for -which we surely praise our Heavenly father. The sacrifices we think

we are making turn out not tc^b_^ sacrifices, at all."

at first. , ^

Nov. 25th: "Becky is ;doing very well. She will have th.e cas.ts off next Honday. She will undoubtedly have some trouble walking
(Same letter, but by Becky) I am anxiously counting- the. days before I can be back on my feet again, Por--the most part it has been a pleasant three weekd ,:.off my feet, Jerry has been the one ;
for me.:

who has suffered the most, with all the extra work he had to do

My, we do -rejoice with them and truly thank our Patherfor this
wonderful newsVie do pray'that the Lord T/ill 'continue to bless

them and strengthen them in this time and in their work there.

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want

to

tell you folks about and which I would highly recommend to all"'" of you for reading. In September, this publication had its
first printing and release and is called LAMP.

The following .information has -been copied from inside the cover of this magazine to give you more information on it!
"T.AMP is a missionary publication with concern for
Latin America. It derives its name from the initial letters of the words, Latin America Missionary Pioneers.

This name is very appropriate since missionaries carry the light of. salvation to far-bff places* They are pioneers for.the Lord, forerunners with the Gospel message. In this publication these Missionary
At first it is being subsidized from mission funds, but each subscq.ucnt issue will depend on the sale of

Pioneers will sometimes bo referred to as "Missioneers

"LAMP will be published as often as funds arc available.

Vfe hope that it will be well received by these interested

in missions and that it will be possible to publish quarterly, in the near future.

the previous number and the subscriptions received.

"T.AMP endeavors to bring to its readers news and adventures

of "missioneers" serving the Lord among Latin Americans.

We hope to include, from time to time, interesting,

thought-provoking articles by the "missioneers", human

interest stories, ideas for missionary study groups,

surveys of new fields, happenings of general interest

in Latin America, etc.

"LAMP solicits articles, stories and news from direct

support independent, faith missionaries who are taking

unadulterated, non-denominational New Testament

Christianity to Latin Americans."

whom you hoard so much about during the time the Halls were
.regarding Latin America and highly recommcnd it to you.
ten issues for J2.5O.
ill-

This publication is published and edited by. Bill Loft

I found this first edition most interesting and informative

The price of this magazine is 35^ por single copy,r25i5

in (Quantities of ten or more copies, or subscription rates of

it.

Jerry..is also serving as new editor"of

Walsh Street, Garrett, Indiana

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may write direct to:

Anyone desiring more information may write me or you

46738. , -

Lamp Magazine, c/o Nina Wilmot, 301 S.

In September Kent had his 6th birthday and September was also
eventful for him as he started

Beginning in early 1968, we

will.have slide programs

to school.
*

Becky said he was

* *

available for presentation. V7e will be happy to come and

anxious to start SO he could

learn to read.

present it or make it aval lab . :to any church or group desiring

tho'uso of i t . These are new

Note from Becky:

We had 34

slides recently received. If interested, please contact us

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people for Thanksgiving dinner. It was really lots of fun. We especially enjoyed the song
fest in the afternoon, as

We have completed the-first

year of the Southern Brazil'

Christian Mission and we want to extend our thanks to you fine

we don't got to sing in English

very often.
* * * *

poople who have supported the Halls with your prayers and
financial aid. As they begin

We wish to thank the Ames Church of Christ for the

opportunity to come and present

the work of the Halls to them.

their second year on the field, we pray that you will continue to support this fine family in
their work. On behalf of my

Our thanks to Tracy Chamberlain for presenting the work of the

Halls to the Pleasantville Church of Christ. We were

wife and myself, wo thank all of you. Wo are appreciative

for the opportunity to be
associated with the Halls.

We have enjoyed working with

them this past year. As wo draw to the close of 1967* niay we take this opportunity to

unable to attend but our thanks

to Brother Tracy.

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extend to cach of you on behalf of

. r , : d d ours.olvcc, B.cct wishes

' Our thanks also to Sandra

Moses, our typist, who

Wo pray that 1968 might bo a great

much for our Lord.

for a happy holiday season to alii

prepares the stencils for

our newsletter..
to these letters.

We appreciate

year for all and may we all accomplish the work she has contributed

ANNUAL M
Moines, Iowa, Octobcr 20th.
can be present at the next meeting.

Mission was held at the West Side Church of Christ, Dos

The first annual meeting of the Southern Brazil Christian .

We regret more of you could

not have been present for this first meeting. We appreciate the interest of those attending and hope more

The meeting was opened v;itb song and prayer by Brother

Charles Greer. Brother A. W. Coon reviewed first year of
Slides were shown and a ta.ped message from
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the mission and the Halls work and reported on their future,

plans.

Financial report of the first year was given by

Bonnie Weaver.

the Halls was played. The, meeting was dloscd with song and closing prayer by Brother Merv Moberlyi
ANNUAL FINANCIAL STATEMENT

10/15/66 - 10/51/6?
INCOME;
EXPENSES:

'

^13,053.65^**

Salary - Jerry Hall Expenses - Jerry Hall

Office supplies & postage
Move to Brazil Purchase of car

J 6,690.00
853.41 391.67

1,662.56
1,000.00
37.50

Legal foes

Projector and film

Misc. expenses

173.84
169.02

Personal gifts Repatriation fund

BALANCE

437.45
1.141.95

^12,557.40

to,557.40

CASH IN BANK

496.25

REPATRIATION FUND:

Savings account
Bonds

)403.17 *

S7S0.00

^Interest earned

|11.22

* 10/15/66 for trip to Brazil. Also included was proceeds;^

from sale of Jerry's 1964 Ford.

Included in this figure is 51500.00 Jerry raised prior to