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RADIANT BEAMS
of
Santiago, Chile
y/te ove- of Christ Constrai*ieth. us..^
m COR.. 6:14-
MO RECEUITS ThIS
We want
to say
"thank you"
ad<ii-
people
asked
I
and other
whether
tional support during the past several months. We pray that y^u will continue to give extra on a monthly basis so that the work
can continue t^) e3q>and.
ar
Z% v/e
riving between now and August who have less housing for recruits.
exan^le I thought that our 70<^ a gallon for gasoline was unbeliev
able until I heard that in Uruguay
^0 appreciate
of those who have
the
interest
considered an
- GOD A.!^!S;^EfiS.PR4YSR
he decreed that oui' mail could be sent for a little less . than one half of the n.ew rate. So .now
plained
our purpose
for running
the course, the affect that the course has had upon the life . of
many individuals and the effect
Jack Speer,. who has , been working with the Santg itosa Church
here in SaJitiago,
on Seventh Ave.. here in-Santiago. They vjill have the building finished in thi-rty days. Then
the floors and walls have to be finished and the building vrill be
ready for use.
heard the case and two days later (Cont. next column)
will
"printed mission
It enables its reader to study ar^r particiT.ar point of the mesage that captures his attention.
In the form of a book, it can give the hungry heart hours and even days of continual preaching and of continual feeding upon
the truth.
EVANGELISTIC TRIP
Fifteen teen-agars
tiago traveled with m
from the
to the
ate. Like I tell i.oramy when we get home, "We hardly workl " wliich is really supposed to mean that
we work hard.
evangelize. The young people were there for three weeks* '/ie give thanks to God that during the three weeks forty, persons made
confessions of faith and many of these were baptized. Others wish ed to receive more teaching before
One evening after a day of "hardly working" I came home dirty and tired, i^ommy immediately put
me in the bathtub. She didn't soe a razor lying by the side of the tub. After she left I found
out
being baptized# Nightly meetings in the churches had- "standing room only" crowds# Scores of peo
ple stayed after services to question the . young Christians
about their faith.
didn't get the razor cut on my face because I was tr3d.ng- to shave
my leg. It's getting together now, though.
One thing about
all
back
all. this
Daily we worked in Antofagasta in tract distribution, beach evangelism, street evangelism,. street preaching and nightly
preaching services. God greatly blessed the trip, i.-sny of the same young peo ple traveled to, Valparaiso several months ago with the^ same purposCf to evangelize. The Valparaiso church is still continuing mth that revival, hany have been won
to God. ANDY AND
until finally I got the message and I wanted milk as she always
asks me if I want "more" when I am drinking it. I'd learn more
Since Gwen is learning to talk I have to share with her, but not until I get in my part firsts I am Daddy's big helper now si^ice I go every other day to the office with him to- help "make a houise"
city -of -Antofagasta under the di rection of Wilfredo Soto- are con
I'd
but I have
be built soon.
Nfilrt/ COlvSTRUCTIOlM
so have
license.
our commercial
But with the
printer's
ma.terials
Danny Blggen
Carl Jacobus
John A. Berry
Kevin kelchsr
that we want to print and with the paper stock that we havof our
print shop
small.
r-iiss Sherry Ivy Vincent i-.elcher Joe B Glentzer H. W. Lederer itichard Smith Mrs Kary Richardsor i'^rs Robt. Leshar Ray holton and family Like Sheffield Adrain i-cClanahan Scott Stickle
T. W. Kitchen
720 sqi ft. of space for enlarging the print shop. Besides ths addi tional print shoj space the build ing will include a baptismal room. "
This room will have a baptistry and changing rooms in it. The pur pose is to ha.V0, the baptistry at b-'ind. +0 be able to baptize immedi ately the people from the correspondance course who so desire.
B. Van Winkle
Fairfiold Sonibr High Class Christian iVomen, Farmington i%. i^omen's Fellowship, iioseburg OR First Christian, KewPortRichey FL
Licking Valley C/Christ, i^ewark 01-^ hartinsburg C/Christi Oh bt. Gilead C/Christ, OF fTorthside c/Christ, Newark OB Hocky Fork C/Christ, Newark OH SouthSast c/Christ, jy^arysville OF Utica C/Christ <x Loyal Bereans
Irs Warren i-^yers, Forwarding Agent Boute 2, Utica, Oh >3080 i^ailed byj Utica Church of Christ 115 Central, Utica, Oh ^3080
Bladensburg Church of Christ, Qb Centerburg Church of Christ, OK Croton Church of Christ, OJ:.
^ .Joplin
OCT i s
'74
RADIANT
BEAMS
of
Santiago, Chile
liH \
y/te tov& of Chn'stConstp^tyieih. us...
n COB^. 5:14-
I have
horo
tried
to study
tho
matorial that I
by moans
of correspondonco
studied two printing courses from tho American School on printing techniques. Although I am not
running tho presses, I an direct
ing
which
tho work
makes
of-' tho
those
print shop
coursos very
in a five
boon giving 'tho increaso. Almost the entirety of the present growth has been through students who havo enrolled .others. Newspaper adver tisements are outside of our budg et for the present timo..
Adaptations starto'd in of this Chilean Moxico,
El Encuontro courso have now been
month art class. Tho purposo of this class is to loarn drawing, lay out techniques, color combina tions and many other things which aro iu^Dortant in literature pro
duction.
Puerto Rico,
I siQDposo that if you would talk to ray grade school toachors they would say that I am wasting
my timo, but for tho Lord, wq mil give i t "tho good old try".
FINANCIAL REPORT
January
January 1, 197^
197^ - June 30, 197^ - Total Income .. -$ lC7_r^9 Total Funds ... $ 155*2'' ,lZ
$ II938.I8
-4-86 $
Balance on Hand
$ I63O.77
January 1, 197^ - June JO, 19?^ Expenditures: Mission Field Expenses Advertizing $ 10.50
Books, Tapes, Literature .c -ar Payments Consti'uction Construction Salaries ...., $ 111.87 $ 500 >00 $ ZOh^, 53 $ ^-85,91
$ 8324,97
'
, $ $ $
'
General Operating
Money Zbcchango Office Supplies Photography Postage Printing Salaries Telophono Tro.nspor-bation
, $ l6602
Hiscellaneous . r $
$ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $
9362
46.:31 46.08 40.05 73..06 61^^,57 2772,96 80,75 460,35 832^7
.$.2600, w!
^ 800,00
'
3500 00
V ,
100.00
$ 3500.00
$
$
31.68*'"
7^.97
6,56
113.21
$ _113.21
$ 11938.18
boon in Santiago, I have roportod about tho work that is boing done through the El Encuontro course. Some people may have the idea that tho SI Encuontro work is the only thing that is boing done by tho
Church of Christ in Chile.
support his family. Barbarino Barrios, Calama's preacher, studied at Colegio Biblico in
"fhc church is
averaging about fifty adults in thoir Sunday services. The biggest problem tho Calama church has is that i t is so
Those, past two months I boon traveling extensively. my travels I would like to you about what else is boing
in Chile.
separated
in
distance
from the
other churchos. Thus it has very little fellowship with the other
works. Brother Wilfredo and Bro
plans to unj.to
present work extends is Antofagas%ta. Ante has a population of about 200,000. There are four con
in Christian fellowship.
At tho opposite end of Chile
I visited with the church in Osorne for one week. It was tho first tirao since 1970 that I had boon
gregations there. Tho congrega tion in- Balm,accda was only started recently by Wilfredo Soto and the yoxing people of tho Prat B church. Brother Wilfredo now has his eye on Arica which is 500 miles far
there. Tho Church of Christ was quite large in Osorno until 1970 vrhen tthe church divided because of a morality problem of tho
preacher. At that'time throe fam ilies worked to ostafelish a now
ther north.
to buy items
Since
onco
ho goes there
a month, ho
wants to take advantage of those trips to work vdth graduates of El Encuontro in starting a now
work there.
work. Through use of a loan givon to the church by Ed Kolt and my self thoy woro able to buy prop
erty. In July, 1973i thoy inau gurated thoir now chapel, it was built to scat I50 to 200 people.
While I was thoro i t was filled every night. Edio Carcame, tho preacher, toldmothat i t is like
that at every sorvico, Thoy are now talking about knocking down
tho back and side walls to build
of tho
e-
The Lord has blessed the work in Chile through you, and we are thank
In June we submitted
a, budget to our supporting churchos showing a need of $2600 monthly to cover the inflationary costs of the work here. Your gifts have increased
and whilo wo are still $600 a month short of our budget, wo arc trusting
tho Lord to supply tho nood through you so that wo may continue proclairing
tho Gospol in Chilo.
Jan.-Juno OHIO
197^
Adona Road Church of Christ, Chillicothc Boll Church of Christ, Utica Willing Workers Class Bladonsburg Church of Christ
Vacation Biblo School Contorburg Church of Christ
Croton Church of Christ
300.00
150.00 30.00
120.00
159.36
600.00 30.27
300.00
210.00
^63.00
300.00
210.00
185.00 61.00
271.50
257.65
50.00
840.00
41,17 45.00
20.00
665.00
86.28
" 73.72
519.13 75" 00
1575.7^'
150.00
150.00 955.00
85.63
50.00
11,65 356.35
510.00
100.00
705.00 229.52
20.00
50.22
Anonymous Gift
1500
KENTUCKY
Bolloviow Church of Christ, Grant Corinth Christian Church, Senior Class - Gray's Chapol Christian Church, Boattyvillo
Kentucky Christian Collogo Student Activities
80,00
"
75.00
17,00
Etna roen Churchof Christ Dorcas Miss. Soc, Burnt Pines Church of Christ, North Vernon .
25.00 ^5,00
^5,00
210.00, 30.00 .72.65 15,00 135.00
First Christian Church, NowPort Richoy, Fla. Canby Christian Church, Oregon Jackson Church of Christ VBS, Montrzumaj Iowa Missionary Group
2^5,37
12.00 100.00 33.00 60.00 50.00 . 23.50 60,00
30,00 25,00 10,00 -300.00 135O0' 120,00 20.00
Christian Church Women,' Farmington, N,Mexico Christian Women's Fellowship, Mather, Penn. First Christian Chjildren's Church, Longmont,CO Headowbrook Christian Church, Kirksville, MO Mrs. Louella Popham, Newark, OHIO Mrs. Robert Leshor & Family, Columbus, OHIO
Harold Bishop, Utica. OHIO Kevin Kelcher, Mt, Giload, OHIO Mr. & Mrs. Vincent Melcher, Mt. Giload, OHIO
Mr, & Mrs. Harold Van Winkle, Heath. OHIO Mr. & Mrs. Ray Helton, St. Louisville, OHIO Mr. & Mrs, Sco-tt Stickle, Newark, Ohio Mr, & Mrs. Danny Riggen, Cincinnati, OHIO Mr, & Mrs= T, W, Kitchen, Frazeysburg, OHIO Mr. & Mrs. Clyde Baker, Newark, OHIO Mr. & Mrs. Donald Davis, Martinsburg, OHIO lass Vicki Swart, San Jose, CALIFORDHA Sgt, & Mrs, Williajn Silvey, OKINAWA
Mr, & Mrs. Kenneth Smith, Montezuma, IOWA .Mr, & Mrs. Mike Sheffield, Odessa, TEXAS
36,00
IO5.OO
. 10.00 10.00
25,00
30.00
1e
'mm " ^ mk
I arrived
back
in Santiago
the Prat B church, baptized four into Christ. After the baptisms
wo returned to tho Prat B church for tho first session of a two
on Friday, July 13th. The follow ing Monday I had to start working to gat caught up at tho office. By Friday I was pretty well caught
up,
son) and'I left for Osorno, which is at the opposite oxtreme of tho coiintry, Antofagasta is a thou
sand milos north and Osorno is 700 milos south of Santiago. I was
night revival mooting. A trio from Santiago did the singing and preaching. Monday morning I loft for Santiago. Ed and Mike both stayed for tho mooting Monday night on
scheduled to proach a week long youth revival in Osorno. At the; same time I took tho opportunity
to toach two classes in tho after noon. Studonts wore out of school for T/dnter vacation. These two
tho Biblo and scionco. Ed report ed an attendance of approximately 20 university students. Ho used the class to present tho theory
of creation as contrasted .to tho theory of evolution. Most of tho young people were convinced that
i t isn't so outdated to believe
classes that I offered wore "How to toach a Biblo class" and "Apolor
spiration
ual needs,
of tho Scriptures
and
August l6.
To plan an all-day spiritual rotroat for tho toon-agers of tho Anto Chubchos of Christ, I spent tho day ' calling on tho preachers and young people while Ed and Mike
did tho final visitation to ar
at least
throe more
will be baptized.
To
EL ENCUENTRO PROGRAM
The
four phases
of the "El
range for tho Monday night class. Saturday wo started the youth services at 9'00 a.m. Wo studied the Bible and sang praises xintil 3:00 p.m. At that time wo wont to tho beach for a baptismal servico. Wilfrodo Soto, preacher of (Continued next colur;ji)
(Continuod on Pago B)
Churches of Christ
in
In Januarj'- of
this
year an
Santa
Anto. They all have services at d^.fferont times so we were able to attend one .service at each
church.
L-.c^roe
in Chemical
Engineering,
Brother proachor in
<vo encourage
tro":
told hiiii thatvro definiteljr wovudWo either lied oi else underesti mated how much we had to do in Santiago-. The' next time that I
.'.n hor hcmo= Later that aftornoon Cd and Chris visitedvrith tiTO bro-
thersj ono of whom had finished the' Bible course. When the con-
got back to Antofagasta was the first weok of '^u]-y. The July trip served several
piirpoEos: to preach in the chur'.,;h~
expressed a
OS,
day morning. After eating lui-.ah, Ed and Chris started visiting gra
duates of the course. I visited
north).
turned to Santiago,
mooting (attendance of "about 50 teen-agers), Ed and Chris got back from calling about 10:00 p^m.
On Sunday wo were kq^t busy
attending sorvr.cos at the foiir
in 3 major cities,
5 Churches of
Christ visited,
baptisod
scheduled.
and a mooting
ing to work into tho third phase of the program. There are foiir
courscs now available to those
ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES In the combined bulletin that we mailed out last month several names are mentioned as new workers
Tho correspondence course has made positive contacts. There are now 20,000 persons who arc enrolled in
the first course.
Casey, and Dale and Judy Porter. Together with the arrival of
new workers wo regret the leaving
2,250
have graduated.
of others.
with a g>oup in Anto plus there's a group that was started in Mike
Cowsert's homo hero in Santiago.
to get ten groups going with the people that we now have who can speak Spanish. Although there are
several now families in tho XTOrk,
year here at tho office building. The print shop area is completely
finished and tho workers are now
Spanish,
finishing tho bdptistry room. The baptistry should bo finished and in use by the end of September,
\
Joplin,
MO
6^801