MISSION

SERVICES ASSOCIATION
For office use only:

PERSONAL FILE

OmeSent: '^AY 1 3

FORM

Date Rec'd:

This form is prepared to help you give accurate background informa

tion about yourself and your mission work.

Information from this form will appear in Horizons and other infor
mation formats published by Mission Services Association.
Please type or print clearly

*Do not abbreviate

"Please do not writeon this form anything other than that requested. Attach extra sheets for additional informationyou may want to provide.
This is not an application form. It is not an official form endorsing you and your work. It is simply a worksheet designed to help us publicize
your work that may help produce new friends for you, prayers and financial assistance. If any questions seem too personal or seem offensive
to you, please feel free to leave them blank.

Date: Mr,, si Jl^ 1^^/

Day

(Month

ArnolA

Name in full _
Spell out ell names

Complete address on field:

Year)

First Name

Middle Name

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(Number

Street

City'

Sfa'e
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Zip number

Country)

In Case of Emergency call # :

Phone number on field:

Ask for:
(First

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Last name and address)

Your complete address while In USA:

(Number

Street

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City

Stale

Zip)

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Your USA phone number: area code

813

phone

number

Name and address of Livingiink church or churches:

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City: ]^eife^do^T

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Names
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sponsoring churches whose eiders recommend you:

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(Full name ol church)

City: OrfOy\
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Number &Street

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state

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(FulLfiaj^e ol church) .

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Number & Street

City: Vii t(7/fr

Zip

State

G-2. -li-T-

Please sketch a map directing visitors to your location on the mission field

Please send letters of recommendation from the elders in

your sponsoring churches which will encourage other

churchestosupportyourmissionarywork. Certainly the
words of these elders will help to convince others
regarding the worthiness of your mission work. Please
help MSA to spread your news through HORIZONS by
sending these elders' letters from your sponsoring
churches as soon as possible. MSA will be happy to help
you contact these elders if you will send the full
addresses of the churches.

Recommendations by Christian Leaders: (List names here and enclose a copy of each letter.
Name

City:.

(?M.rry

Number &Street

QrXptds Ca /

Name

AI

(Sdiycr^iT

City

/_

State

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City

Place of Birth

Zip

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State

(Number & Street)

Zip

(Year)

(Oey)

(Month)

2Zi ^

Number & Street

/Sy>-gy\

Date of birth

Zip

State

(Add date of arrival

and naturalization date

(Day)

(Month)

(Day)

(Month)

(Year)

if applicable.)
(YBar)

Where baptized?

City /P/lplts/s;

Yl-A/

Date

State

7ip

t^/z iK

On an extra sheet please describe any details regarding your conversion which you might care to mention..
MARITAL STATUS:

Married .

Single

Divorced

Widowed

Please give the complete name of >^ur husband or the maiden name of your wife
Date of marriage

10,
(Month)

Who solemnized your wedding?

no.

ID
(Day)

Dabom Cole-

Where married?

(Year)

(-

PAirt5Aiar\ (^MUtrcl\

List children by full name giving the place, birthday, month and year in the order of your children's birth days. (If your
children have been adopted please indicate.) In case you are single, please list your brothers and sisters by name in
this space.
Name

Place of birth

Month,

Day

ni

/2-

R.

lO-l-

(MiirrlSrJui ^

Year

-is^.

Please list places of previous Christian service and \what service you did as a brief career summary. Give
approximate dates:

Place

_ PositK^

.dX-

Service
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Dates

n^cj

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EDUCATION (high school and later):

Name of school

\c

Number of years

Location

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Liui/^aLy\ j'V-L.

/^tACoU ClA.riS>i\aiA &).,

What influenced you to become amissionary?

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is

your

purpose

in

(List honorary degrees)

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Cif<J (^Lyi^jioM ftujircl. GoJ

What

Degrees granted and date

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missions?

field?

Your own explanation in some detail might

you need more space):

.^0 i^jrm/i4dA4Aury\

chjA
gIn4:

Describe briefly in outline form the nature of your daily duties on the field:

7?aA,r]
Which of the following terms most nearly describes your missionary status?

Evangelist

Bible College Teacher

Homemaker
ministry

Doctor

. Nurse

Radio follow-up

mission equipment

Bible Reader

Public School Teacher

Social Worker

Christian Service Camp

Music Teact^
Linguistics

Pilot,
Radio

Maintenance of

Maintenance
Benevolgi^
Office Work
Production of Bible
Production of Gjprintin JnIferi^^ IFfr in the National Language
Village

Correspondence Courses
Evangelism
Name other:

Languages you know (fluent/non-fluent)

^Tk/7/yi

PARENTS:
Father's name and his home address:
-/

Living

Deceased

City fOtXf ^OcliaJ^

(first

Number & Street .

State

Zip

Middle

Phone

His occupation _

^ Lastjjarpe)

^(^3h S^OPf

is he a Christian? Yes

No

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

What Christian service does he now do?

Mother's full maiden name

/^Ainei

Ljsui^

^cUiM\dr.
(First

Living

Deceased

Middle

Last name)

Number & Street

City

, State

Is she a Christian?

Yes

Zip

No

Phone

Her occupation if employed outside the

home

What leadership positions or Christian service has she rendered to the local church?
Do you have relatives in mission work? Yes

No

'

If so, please list their names, location, kinship and details on a separate sheet with a brief explanation of their
missionary activity.
FORWARDING AGENT:
Name

w 'First

Number and Street

State _

^ /Oei/
i/ickro-j
^z Last name.
ItII applicable,
applicabfe. ilist both Mr. And Mrs. lull names^

^ Middle

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Zip _ Colp^l,
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Where attend church?

Zip

What duties are performed by the forwarding agent?

Should money be sent to the forwarding agent only?

Does the forwarding agent receive a salary?

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yes

In what form should funds be sent? dtlrA^i fllA

Please give the full name of the mission: _

Does the mission have official tax exempt status?

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Please give details of HOW checks should be written to this mission: P/r,nfee.

ilrti'i^LrpicS

If funds are to be sent directly to the missionary on the mission field, please explain the details of HOW to do it, so we
can give your explanation to HORIZONS readers and others who may inquire

Mission Services Association is depending upon you to keep her informed regarding your missionary activity.
Thanks so very much; you are the BEST source for your information we know, so you are a vital partner.
if you have additional information that you think will be helpful to the staff of MSA in preparing news stories about
your ministry, please feel free to send it. MSA is depending upon you. Thanks.

MISSION

SERVICES ASSOCIATION
For office use only:

PERSONAL

FILE

DateSent: '-^AY 1 ^ 198]

FORM

Date Rec'd:

This form is prepared to heipyou give accurate background informa

tion about yourself and your mission work.

Information from this form wili appear in Horizons and other Infor
mation formats pubiished by Mission Services Association.

piease type or print clearly

*Do not abbreviate

*PIease do not write on this form anything other than that requested. Attach extra sheets for additional information you may want to provide.
This is not an application form. It is not an official form endorsing you and your work. It is simply a worksheet designed to help us publicize
your work that may help produce new friends for you, prayers and financial assistance. If any questions seem too personal or seem offensive
to you, please feel free to leave them blank.

Date:

Jl^
(Month

spell out all names

Complete address on field

Cc>le.

Va U3ir]

Name in full

Middle Name

Oay

l^o\rJ

Last Name

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*

(Number

Street

City

/ear;

State

Zip number

I7S

Country)

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In Case of Emergency call # :

Phone number on field:

Ask for:
(First

Middle

Last name and address)

Your complete address while in USA:

^07
(Number

B
Street

3^

City

state

^XL

Zip)

^10^!

phone number

Your USA phone number: area code

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Name and address of Livinglink church

chqrch or
churches:

/?C(pids
Ci4y ciirisjrrt>1
f (Fullp^e ofchurch) / /n f
City
City

Lrry

(FuH name o(church)

Number &Street
State

SjL

Number &Street

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Zip

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Zip SXlZZ.

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Names and addresses of o.ther sponsoring churches whose elders recommend you:

Qlrltyvx cltrlidtaw

Number &Street

/ZD Z-

(Full name of cnurcn)

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City

Drioyx

State

ZTL

Zip

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(Full najBOo'

City:

UPwlU

St

Number & Street

state

7ip g'27^

J^UJ^

Please sketch a map directing visitors to your location on the mission field

Please send letters of recommendation from the elders in

your sponsoring churches which will encourage other

churches to supportyourmissionary work. Certainly the
words of these elders will help to convince others
regarding the worthiness of your mission work. Please
help MSA to spread your news through HORIZONS by
sending these elders' letters from your sponsoring
churches as soon as possible. MSA will be happy to help
you contact these elders if you will send the full
addresses of the churches.

Recommendations by Christian Leaders: (List names here and enclose a copy of each letter.

Gurry

Name:

Number & Street

City: _

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Name

City _

Zip

State

Number & Street

'por'^ &fircrY\

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Zip ^

State

City

Place of Birth

A)
Zip

state

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(Number & Street)

Date of birth

, /fS'o

^
(Month)

^VearJ

(Day)

(Add date of arrival

and naturalization date

(Month)

(Day)

(Month)

(Year)

(Day)

if applicable.)
(Year)

Where baptized?

Qate

City

US I /

State

Zip ^ I

On an extra sheet please describe any details regarding your conversion which you might care to mention..
MARITAL STATUS:

Single

Married

Divorced

Widowed

Please give the complete name of your husband or the maiden name of your wife
Date of marriage

/o

10
(Month)

(Day)

1^0Left4rnoU ^lYe/

Where married?
(Year)

? tof cLYisfiaM (ZIuayJ^ lt4orc. (hy\u^rsi/rw

Who solemnized your wedding?

List children by full name giving the place, birthday, month and year in the order of your children's birth days. (Ifyour
children have been adopted please indicate.) In case you are single, please list your brothers and sisters by name in
this space.
Name

Place of birth

Month,

CLtcn^o^ ti
darLe /

Day

Year

TO

ml

i5_, lQ-7t
iMniririUM , If

I-2-

Please list places of previous Christian service and virhat service you did as a brief career summary.

Give

approximate dates:
Place

Position

Service

Location

Number of years

Dates

EDUCATION (high school and later):

Name of school

Degrees granted and date

(List honorary degrees)

4s
\Jo<.

LfiAJ

What influenced you to become a missionary?

What

is

your

purpose

In

missions?

Or wh^ do you hope to accomplish on the mission

field?

Your own
own ex^anation
explanation in
in some
some detail
detail might
might be influential in leading others into full-time service.

(Use extra sheets If

you need more space):

Describe briefly in outline form the nature of your dally duties on the field:

wni^ of the following terms most nearly describes your missionary status?
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Evangelist
Bible College Teacher
Bible Reader
Public School Teacher
Homemaker

Doctor

Nurse

Social Worker

Music Teacher

Pilot
Radio

ministry
Radio follow-up
Christian Service Camp
Linguistics
Maintenance of
mission eguipment
Maintenance
Benevolent
Office Work
Production of Bible
Production of Christian literature in the National Language
Correspondence Courses
Village
Name other:
. /lyy^ . -r'/yy/Zir/y-
Evangelism
/ ^

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PARENTS:

Father's name and his home address:

(First

Living _

Deceased

City -San Lut<^

^State

His occupation

Number &Street

Middle

Lasteame)

jrUoYrri

Zip.

.Phone

-I4c^ ?

Is he aChristian? Yes

No

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

What Christian service does he now do? Hf COO/k-^

Mother's full maiden name

B\Je.L{A CkavLertf(First

Living

City

Deceased

Number &Street

/Ct^COa

Is she a Christian?

No

Middle

Last name)

/OO ^

, state
Yes

T\p O1"^^ PhnnpS(3W5-^-^^^

^

Her occupation if employed outside the

home

What leadership positions or Christian service has she rendered to^tpe local church?
Do you have relatives in mission work? Yes

No

If so, please list their names, location, kinship and details on a separate sheet with a brief explanation of their
missionary activity.
FORWARDING AGENT:
Name

(First
(First

Mid^e
Middle '

Last
Last name.
name.

Number and Street

State

if
II applicable,
applicable, listbe
list both Mr.

and Mrs. lull names.)

City

Zip

Phone

Where attend church?

(Full name ol church)

Number & Street

City

State

Zip

What duties are performed by the forwarding agent?

Should money be sent to the forwarding agent only?

Does the forwarding agent receive a salary?

In what form should funds be sent?

Please give the full name of the mission:

Does the mission have official tax exempt status?

Please give details of HOW checks should be written to this mission:

If funds are to be sent directly to the missionary on the mission field, please explain the details of HOW to do it, so we
can give your explanation to HORIZONS readers and others who may inquire.

Mission Services Association is depending upon you to keep her informed regarding your missionary activity.
Thanks so very much; you are the BEST source for your information we know, so you are a vital partner.
if you have additional information that you think will be helpful to the staff of MSA in preparing news stories about
your ministry, please feel free to send it. MSA is depending upon you. Thanks.

JUL 2 o 1981

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In Papua New Guinea

BOB & DAWN BAIRD

Elizabeth, Rachel & Joshua

JUNE 1981

BAIRDS TO JUNGLE CAMP IN

JULY OF '82
Our oldest daughter, Elizabeth, is in Special Education and
has the opportunity to go to the State Wide Special Olympics.
She really wants to go! To be able to she must accomplish

certain things. First of all she must prepare thru training. Every
week, twice a week, she participates in group practices. She
also must practice at home. She must participate in area
preliminaries. She must go to and get a gold medal at the Four
County Olympics held at Augustana College. Then, after all
this, she CAN. not just want, but CAN go to the State Wide
Olympics.
We want to be in New Guinea Jungle Camp in July of '82. But
just like Elizabeth, in order to fulfill our desires we must work
our way thru the preliminaries. These are the preliminaries:

1) Raise required monthly support by December of '81.

2) Purchase of all items necessary to live and work in PNG
by December of '81.

3) Raise funds for airlines tickets and bond insurance by

January of '82.

4) Pack and ship drums to Catifornia for transport to PNG by January of '82.
5) Apply for visa and bond insurance by February of '82.
6) Request malaria pills,
apply for registration forms,
and make more definite plans for departure by February of '82.
7) Apply for Australian visa in March of '82.
8) Depart for PNG in April of '82.

James says, "Now listen, you who say, Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city,
spend a year there, carry on business and make money.' Why, you do not even know what will
happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then
vanishes, instead you ought to say, 'If it Is the Lord's will we will live and do this orthat.'" We
have asked this question and the answer has been, YES! Yes, the Lord wants us to fill this

urgent need for Support Teams in the work of Bible Translation. Yes! Therefore we must push
on to reach the goal which he has placed before us.

If God is for us, then what can stand against us? Join us in these months to come, in your
prayers. Let us watch together as God most certainly accomplishes His will for the needs of
Pioneer Bible Translators.

Elizabeth

Dawn

Joshua

Rachel

SUPPORTING THE

SUPPORT TEAM
The Support Team working in New Guinea is the living
link of the Translation Team. All that is necessary to keep
the Translation Team at work in the Tribal Language is
supplied by the Support Team. There is another
Team at work in Pioneer Bible Translators, these
people are the Forwarding Agents. The Forward
ing Agent Is the vital link between you, and the
Missionary Teams on the field. They are the
ones who handle all the finances, which

includes taxes, insurances, retirement,

travel fund, bill paying and the monthly
transfer of funds from Stateside to the

field. They are the ones who know

what the missionary teams are doing,
what they need, where they are and

they have the responsitjility of

making this information known.
More than this, they know person
ally the people they are support
ing, they agree with the Commission
that put the Missionaries on the field,
and are in fact doing a necessary part
toward fulfilling that Commission.
We would like to take this opportunity to
introduce to you our Forwarding Agents, Rog
and Bev Vickroy. The Vickroys are active members
of the Christian Church in Rapids City, Illinois, where

Rog is an Elder and Bev is the organist. They have three daughters and three grandchildren.
Bev works for the Federal Government as a secretary at the Rock Island Arsenal and Rog is
employed in Industrial Engineering at John Deere.

The Vickroys are very qualified to handle the physical aspects of being our Forwarding
Agents just from their own business experience. They are also qualified because of their
Spiritual maturity coupled with their desire to help us to accomplish what God has laid out

before us. On top of all this they bring to the job the experience of being Missionaries
themselves. The Vickroys served in South Africa from February 1967 to September 1973,
working in the Johannesburg metropolitan area with the non-whites.

We have introduced you tothe Vickroys so that you might begin to pray for them as you have
for us. Wewant you to knowof their vital part of the ministrywhich God has given to us. Please
pray for them to have the wisdom and endurance they need to complete this task.

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1. Pray for the Bairds to be ready to depart

for Papua New Guinea by April "82.

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2. Pray that we might obtain the right over
seas educational program for our
children.

3. Pray for those nationals who are already

Christians and are facing the assault by
Mission Services
Box 177

Kempton, Indiana 46049

Satan, alone!
Non Profit Org.
U.S. Postage
PAID

ADDRESS CORRECTION REQUESTED

4. Pray for the Vickroys.

Kempton, IN
Permit #4

5. Pray for Robin Butler who is having

health problems in New Guinea.
6. Pray for the Bairds as we travel this
summer doing VBS programs and
camps.

THE LION'S
"See the Lion of the tribe of Judah ... has triumphed"

IN
ZAIRE
AFRICA

BOB & DAWN BAIRD

Elizabeth, Rachel & Joshua

SEPTEMBER 1981

CHANGES
Life is characterized by growth and growth is
characterized by change. Our son Joshua is 20
months old and this whole part of his life has been
characterized by phenomenal change. Jesus said that
we are growing branches on His supporting and
supplying vine. He said that we are to grow and
change under the Vinedresser's hand until we are
bearing all the fruit we can. Paul sees our growth
together in the Church as that which will change us
into a Holy Temple where God will dwell. Peter says
that we grow in grace and knowledge of the Lord, and
through this growth we change and become like Him;
we share in the Divine Nature. Growth and Change!
Change comes also because of outside influences
as opposed to the process of growth. Peter came to the

conclusion that he should refrain from taking the

Gospel to the Gentiles. But God sent Peter a vision of
unclean animals that were made clean, God sent Peter

to the Gentiles to preach the Gospel, God sent the Holy

Spirit on the Gentiles in Peter's sight, and Peter
changed his mind.
Paul, being an experienced
missionary, knew that Asia was the place to go, but
God stopped him. If not Asia, then Bithynia is the place
to go, but again he was stopped by Jesus. Then in
Troas God sent him a vision and Paul changed his
mind about where he should go. In each case the
change brought growth. Change and Growth.

As you have already noticed the format of our Newsletter has changed, but this is the result
of a much larger change. In May of this yearwe attended the Pioneer board meeting in Joplin,
Missouri. During the meeting we met Ed and Brenda Buell who are with African Christian
Mission in Zaire, Africa. They were attending the meeting to report on the Huddlestons, our
PBT translation team in Zaire. That report said that the Huddlestons are in critical need of a

support team, and none are going. As a result of that report, we -- the Bairds -- are going to
Zaire. Africa instead of Papua New Guinea. This change first of all changes the direction we
are going by 180 degrees. As a result of this change we now know why it has taken us so long
to finish raising support. We will have more responsibilities in preaching and teaching and
God held us back to get that experience. The Huddlestons needed to be there and the Buells
needed to be home on furlough. This change means we go in January instead of April.
At a time like this when a whole new horizon has been opened up to us by God, we want to
thank you for your support of us. God answered all our prayers, maybe not as we expected,
but answered them all. Thank you for praying for us and with us. You have also been faithful In
financial support even as the time stretched out. Thank you for all this and we pray that you all
remain with us until the job is done.

NEW FINANCIAL NEEDS

House
4 Wheel Drive Vehicle

8,000.00
15,000.00

Refrigerator

600.00

Stove

600.00

Generator 3000+ Watts

800.00

$25,000.00
These items have been recommended to us by the people of African Christian Mission. The

first item and the last three of course all have to do with having a place to live. Our intention is
to have a comfortable place to live so that we are able to keep at our job. The 4 Wheel Drive
Vehicle of course has to do with the actual job laid out before us. In Africa it costs $170 an hour
to use a plane. The Huddlestons receive one five hour flight every three months because of
this expense. This means that they receive their mail and supplies only once in three months.
We will be using the vehicle both to support them and to set up preaching and teaching points,
to train African Christians. These vehicles are much too expensive to buy in Africa, so we buy
them here {$10,000 + $1,000 in parts) and ship them over ($4,000).
If you looked at this list and its total and felt a shock, then you reacted the same way I did. But
it came to my mind about all the VBS programs I have been to -- hundreds of little children
bringing pennies, and dimes, and quarters. Each individual offering seems so small, but each
year thousands of dollars are raised for missions from those seemingly small offerings. This
is one reason why we are in the Church, to put our littleness togetherso we can serve God in a
big way. Would you help us to obtain these things we need to serve God's purpose for us in
Zaire, Africa?

Zaire, Africa

BOB & DAWN BAIRD

Elizabeth, Rachel & Joshua

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PRAYER

REQUESTS

1. Pray for the January departure of the

Bairds.

2. Pray for Mark and Martha Huddleston

and children, that they might be
encouraged even in their isolation.
3. Pray for the vickroys.
Mission Services

Box 177

Kempton, Indiana 46049

Non Profit Org.

U.S. Postage

4. Pray that just the right funds come in

before January.

PAID

ADDRSS COflflfCr/Or/ RBQUESTBD

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Permit #4

5. Pray that we have a super abundant

amount of organization in our packing.
6. Praise

God

patience.

direction