SPONSOR Ridgecrest Christian Church 5300 Eastern Avenue S. E. Albuquerque, N. M. 87108 Friends in Christ: APRIL 1972 NEWS LBTTE BELEM, PARA, BRAZIL FORWARDING AGENT J Fred Beyless 5300 Eastern Avenue S. E. Albuquerque, N. M. 87108 Things are moving along here. At the Print Shop we have just finished the Revised First Lesson for our follow-up lessons, to use after a person finishes the Bible Correspondence Course. And just, in time, too! We have over 100 people who have finished the course. Most of then will accept the three personal lessons, which we teach in their homes. On April 9 we visited a young man who had finished the Course, and after about a half hour of study and explanation with him, he decided to be baptized. One of the young men of the church baptized him a few minutes later. In January the conversions from the Bible Correspondence Course got off to a big start with the baptism of a man who took both courses. As soon as he was baptized, he himself baptized 6 others! So now there is a new church about 35 miles east of Belem! A Soccer play was baptized about 4 months ago, after studying the correspondence course; and now he has enrolled about 80 others! One has been baptized from his work, and about 40 others are to receive diplomas this week and next. We will offer the followup lessons to them, but don't know how we're going to get around to all of them. We'll have to have the first convert do a lot of the teaching, and I think he will. At the end of March, in a settlement about 10 miles east of Castenhal, where we have a stand in the market, four people decided to become Christians, due to the Bible Correspondence Course. The Devil is working against them, in the person of a "Christian" who likes noise and confusion. Please pray for these people! They are so young in the Faith! One of the men we had in mind for leadership in the Agulha Church got derailed spiritually in January. He is back on the track now and doing better than before. He works in distribution of the correspondence courses and in followup. Now he has moved to Castanhal east of Belem. With other leaders, we think we have the Agulha Church in good hands for our furlough absence. There is a developing leadership in it, whom we will be teaching when we return. Furlough plans are for us to leave here June 3 for Bogota, Colombia, and arrive in the States around the 12th of June. The Lord willing we will visit you before long we want to show you some things and talk to you about what is happening here. Write for a date for us to visit you. We will try to work it in, but may not be able to get to everyone in 7 months. Joanne and Paul are anxious to go to the United States. John doesn't know we're going anywhere! He talks a lot, but not about that. In fact, we don't know what he's talking about! He is a singer, too! He'll be two in July. So it won't be long now, the Lord willing, till we can present a report personally to you who are keeping us at work here. There are special needs right now, such as for the Print Shop and Bible Correspondence Coiarse. We need both money and workers, along with prayers. We are very thankful for the support you are giving. And we keep you in our prayers. Yours in Christ, NACC, CINCINNATI, OHIO tforkshop, 6:00 p.m. Missionary July 12, 1972 Bele'm, Para, Brazil Mission Intern Work Programs There are several kinds of Intern Work Programs, commonly called mission intern- sKips. Some are for the three siimmer months between school years. Some are for the period of one year, others are for two years, and there could be others. Usually an internship differs from regular missionary work in that it is for just one time, and is more brief than the usual missionary term. The three-month period can hardly be called an internship, being more in the nature of a quick visit, and might be called Very Short Term (VST). Only a person with proper preparation for his purpose should undertake an intern ship, after he has decided as well as he can that he wants to work on the field of the internship. This should not be before the end of the junior year of college^ and of course is undertaken only with the approval of the missionaries in the area he intends to visit. Most internees are single, and often a married man is forced by financial reasons to go alone, A married couple could learn a lot together if they are able to settle down in one place and actually experience missionary life. It seems to be unwise for a married couple to tour over a wide area, moving every few days. This has been so discouraging to couples that they have not returned to the field. They did not find out how missionary life is, and they were just a burden to missionary families, A single young lady can have a very effective internship if she goes for a specific purpose, as a secretary or teacher, or in some other fianction which enables her to be a help. A single young man is able to accompany a missionary in his daily acti vities and thus learn much about missionary work, whereas this usually is not pos sible for a young lady. Preparation for permanent return to the field is one of the great advantages to the internship. The earlier language learning is begun the better a person will learn to speak correctly, fluently, and with less foreign accent. Also the cultural adaptation will be easier at the earlier age at which most people go on internships. Upon returning permanently, later on, the culture is not likely to shock the former intern. This avoids one of the major causes of missionary dropping-out. Another advantage of the one- or two-year internship is the real contribution an intern can make to evangelism, and the help he can give to the missionaries. It is not just a visit, but a real assistance to the cause he plans to work in later. Also those who discover that they are not suited for the work are weeded out by the internship. Damage to the reputation, and the expense involved in going to the field only to quit, can- usually be avoided through the internship. Statistics on 20 men in north Brazil follow: 7 visited the field for J months before returning permanently All continued working after their return. None quit. 2 of these are now on their 1st term, 2 visited the field for J months They decided not to return to Brazil. 2 went to the field not having visited for ^ months They quit duping their first term, 9 did not make a preliminary visit to the field They returned for succeeding terms 1 of these is on furlough, planning return for second term. David M. Bayless - 2 Travel is so fast these days that distance does not matter in the internship, as far as time is concerned. A long distance for a Very Short Term internship might rule it out. But the cost of travel in the Western Hemisphere is not so grea^ as to make it infeaslble. The intern should realize that it is not necessary to make a "grand tour" through a large country, suchf as Brazil, in order to learn what the country is like. The culture is different enough from American culture in any part of anotner country, to let tne intern see what another culture is like. The travelling involved in a large country only servs to cut down the possibility of doing anything constructive, and is considered by most missionaries to be an Imposition. They feel that they must drop their work to give the intern a sight-seeing trip, while not being convinced that it is contributing or will contribute to evangelism. This is specially so in the case of the three-month internship. Most interns, in the course of a real in ternship, of one or two years, will have ample opportunity to see the country. Transportation will be the major expense of going to another country. The intern should plan to contribute his share of the expense in whatever household he is in. If he is in an American household his expenses will be about $1.25 per day probably. He should check with the missionary before leaving the United States, There will be expenses with passport, shots, possibly with a visa, and other legal expenses. It will be necessary to have sufficient funds for photography, some curios or items representative of the country, and miscellaneous expenses. The best preparation for language study will be a course in Phonetics. Study of Phonology also will put the student in a position to know what he is hearing in a foreign language, how sounds affect one another, and how to repeat these sounds. Several Bible colleges offer these courses. The Summer Institute of Linguistics, of the Wycliffe Bible Translators, in Norman, Oklahoma, also offers these courses to- gethel* with others which will be of less value to the intern, because of the nature of his future work, Those who provide the financial backing for the internship will expect an ac counting during the internship and after it. There is little that any group in the U.S. can do, however, to supervise the intern while he is on the field. This must be left to the missionary. The intern should understand before going just what his responsibility will be to the missionary who is in charge of him. He should consider himself subservient to the missionary, and not expect to be in any decision-making. Above all, he must understand that because he does not understand many aspects of the culture of a different country, and the reasons for many practices of their lack, he will not criticize. He is in his pbsition to learn, not to lead. His travelling, and specially dating, among other activities, must be in accord with direction from the missionary. The intern's purpose also is not to provoke a scandals Some colleges offer credit for some phases of an internship. In a two-year in ternship a student can learn much more of a foreign language than he would learn in two years of college study, if he has the right preparation for language learning. Credit is often given to some degree in his work in cultural adaptationfand under- s-tanding, and for other experience, depending on the person, the field, and the time spent. The mission intern work programs are proving to be valuable to foreign evangelism for the immediate contribution the intern can make, valuable to the future missionary because of the insight and preparation for his future work, and valuable to the churches in the United States because of the contact provided between thok and the work of the gospel in other lands. They ought to be a part of more missionaries' preparation to serve Christ. David and Beverly Bayless went to work in Belem, capital of the state of Para, in north Brazil, in 1959. Belem is located on the south bank of the Amazon River, 80 miles from the Atlantic Ocean. Population of the city of Belem is about 750,000. The city Is modernizing rapidly. The climate Is very humid, but there are no extreme high or low temperatures. The Baylesses have three children, adopted in Brazil. Joanne was born October 12, 1964. Paul was born August?, 1966, and John was born July 8, 1970. Paul and Joanne are citi zens of Brazil and the United States. John Is Brazilian. Evangelistic work consists of personal evangelism in homes, teaching, preaching, and training Brazilian leaders to do the same, besides correspondence Bible teaching and personal Instruction of graduates, and production of lessons and other aids for the churches, in the print shop. Brazil Is the 4th largest country In the world In area, and the 7th largest In population. There are more than 90 million people In the country. Roman Catholicism Is still the predominant religion of Brazil, but it is very slowly dying. As Brazilians move to the cities they pull up their roots and are ready for a change. Education Is also causing them to give up their old faith, for which they had no reason except tradition. Spiritism Is the fastest growing religion In Brazil today. This Is a religion of "spiritual cures," and "revelations." It is an attempt to attain salvation through personal merit. The Gospel Is finding acceptance among many Brazilians, due In part to the radical change which comes In people's lives when they accept Jesus as Lord. Also, we offer a reason for believing, which Is something they have not had before. It Is very rewarding to work In Brazil, teaching the Gospel. Presently there are so many people concluding Bible study through the correspondence courses, that there are not enough people to follow up with the personal teaching for which we are Invited Into their homes. Mr. and Mrs. David M. Bayless, Missionaries i'/iM David, Beverly, Paul, 6, John, 2, and Joanne, 8 On furlough June 1972 to January 1973 Working In Belem, Para, Brazil, since 1959 Furlough address: 5300 Eastern Ave., SE Albuquerque, N. M. 87108 Phone (505) 265-2776 Forwarding agent: J Fred Bayless 5300 Eastern Ave., SE Albuquerque, N. M. 87108 Address in Brazil; Calxa Postal 926 Belem, Para, Brazil Phone 26-0454 The equipment we asked the churches for during our 1968 furlough is installed in Belem. A very nice print shop is in operation. In October, 1971, 220,000 tracts printed in the print shop, each offering a Bible course by correspondence, were distributed In Belem, in the largest religious procession in Brazil. Hundreds are presently studying the Bible through courses offered by the group of missionaries in Belem. Hundreds of people in many parts of Brazil are graduates of the Bible courses offered by the group in Belem. Thousands of tracts offering a Bible Correspondence Course have been printed and distributed. Follow-up studies are in progress with many of the graduates, and the number becoming Christians is increasing. Missionary families in the Belem area are those of Norman Maddux, Paul Lanham, Lanny Maddux, Bill Moreland, Gary Meyers, Dale Mason, and David Bayless. These missionaries are working with and in 10 churches in the Belem area. The Bayless family has been working in personal evangelism and leadership training in the Aguiha church, in which 44 people were baptized into Christ in 1972. Needs for the work: Power Paper Cutter ^ Paper Drill ^ Large Folder ^ 13 Moody Science Films ^ 2 Air Conditioners ^ Dehumidifier ^ Recruits to work in Brazil IPofM, ^nofU "^Kn.. Aiut ^eiuieC "TH- "ScUfttAA. 'THtaotoKOnUA 5300 Eastern Avenue SB Albuquerque, New Mexico 87108 (505) 266-1325 Dear Christian Friends: FORWARDING AGENT: J Fred Bayless 5300 Eastern Avenue SE Albuquerque, New Mexico 87108 (505) 265-2776 September, 1972 This furlough is three months old. Already we have visited some of the churches that support our work in Brazil. I wiII soon be off on a trip to visit churches, speak in Bible colleges, and attend the missionary convention in Norfolk, Virginia. Plans are for us to be in the United States until around the middle of January, when we will return to Brazil. The evangelistic program in Brazil continues, although handicapped by the absence of two familiesDale Mason family and ours. Actual and prospec tive growth In the correspondence courses and follow-up program require more people to work In the Be Iem area. For this reason I will travel mucph more than usual for a furlough, visiting Bible colleges and conventions. The group In Belem is looking for ten couples to go to Belem by September, 1973. With these people expansion will be possible into new parts of the city and into other areas of the Amazon Valley and north Brazil. These new workers will study Portuguese for one year, then participate in the follow-up teaching under experienced missionaries, some of whom have been in Belem since 1959. We recommend three years for a first term of service. Bible CO I Ieges I will be v i siti ng are Mi dwest Chr i stIan Co I Iege, Ozark Bible College, St. Louis Christian College, Cincinnati Bible Seminary, Pacific Christian College, and San Jose BibIe College. Also I wiI I attend the missionary conventions In Norfolk, Virginia, and Phoenix, Arizona, look ing for recruits. Anyone who is interested in this work may contact me. ii/We must take a larger paper cutter back to Brazil. Our full-time printer, Lonnle Bennett, has arrived in Belem. The printing work Is growing all the time, as we produce correspondence lessons, follow-up studies, and other teaching aids and material necessary for the courses. The old paper cutter Is too slow for the amount of work being done now. The new one will cost around $2000.00, used. We anticipate a greatly Increased enrollment from university and high school students when we can begin using the Moody Science Films in school showings. In centra! Brazil missionaries have used these with tremendous success. The thirteen films we must take back with us cost $160 each, if you would pro vide one or more, please let us know very soon. It is nearly time to be buying them. These high-quality films would also let us get on TV for three months, if we had the money for broadcasting. Please pray for evangelism in Brazil. '^rs In Chr Ist. ON FURLOUGH UNTIL JANUARY, 1973 %5t, *i*<^ 7^5w. 'Daviet 7^. ^acfteAA, "^U^aCottwUeA 5300 Eastern Avenue SE Albuguergue/ New Mexico 87108 (505) 266-1325 December, 1972 Dear Christian Friends: FORWARDING AGENT: J Fred Bayless 5300 Eastern Avenue SE Albuguergue f New Mexico 87106 (505) 265-2776 It has been great to spend the past few months in the United States. Seeing so many of our friends has been specialiy nice for us, and we have enjoyed visiting most of the churches that support the work we're doing. There are stiI r a few to visit. While here in the north country I have visited six Bible colleges, and there are six couples planning to go to work In evangelism with us in Brazil, with others thinking seriously. We are praying for ten couples. Dale Mason has found one or two couples, and also has others considering It. The response from churches and friends has been wonderful, to the appeals of evangelistic possibilities in north Brazil. The church in Sapulpa, Oklahoma, has bought the large paper cutter we need to take back. Seven of the Moody Science Films have been paid for or promised, of the 13 we need. The 2 air conditioners have been given, and the dehumidifier. Here is a small list of present needs: Large heavy-duty folder 5 Moody Science Films @$160 each Paper drill Recruits to work in evangelism Since we left Brazil in June 2 new families have arrived there to begin lan guage study and get into the program of evangelism. Another young lady has arrived to help in the secretarial part of the correspondence lessons. In the area of Belem there are now 14 churches that we work with. Two of these have begun as a result of the correspondence courses. Our plans are to leave the U. S. January 24, the Lord willing. We want to spend 4 days In Puerto Rico, and go on to Belem January 28. Paul and Joanne start to school the next day, in the American school. God has been providing so many specific things that we needed, that we are constantly thanking Him for something else. He seems to use people always. Right now there is $2000 lacking for shipping expenses to Brazil. We are not worried about this, only reporting on It. This month I will be visiting 2 Bible colleges in search of volunteers to work with us in following up the Bible correspondence students who want more teaching personalIy. Also I wi I I be finishing up buying equipment to take back, and packing and crating everything for shipping. Thanks to you who support this evangelism in Brazil. Also to so many who have given personal things. We are all in this together, and God is blessing. Yours i n Chri st ON FURLOUGH UNTIL JANUARY, 1973