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Volume III
Number 1
Greetings in the
name
Christmas here
80 degrees.
But
the same hustle and bustle is found, some buying and some just looking
here were decorated by Thanksgiving and much of the
decoration will remain until carnival time (Feb. 23-28). We saw only three or four nativity scenes. Most of the decorations downtown
were for the carnival.
With Christmas past the New Year exploded at our feet. Openings have come in two areas. Ibura and Torre have opened up and along with
the worship service each Sunday morning on our front terrace our ac tivities for the Lord have increased considerably. Our first service
in
IXura was attended by about 40 besides our family and helpers, and
altogether made a total of fifty people. We started out with about 30 and by the time we had sung several choruses the number had risen to M-0 and before I completed my sermon the number had risen to 50, We are waiting for next Sunday with expectations. Where do we meet? In front of two homes and with the rainy season ahead, we are hoping and
praying for a more secure location. The homes in this area (500 now completed and 1,000 yet to be completed) are all government biiilt.
They are of two general types and are purchased for about $41 dovm and
$12 a month for 15 years. The houses are not divided with the except ion of the kitchen and bathroom. The people then can divide as they
want. For most it is far more and better than they have had before.
For many,
however,
a place to meet.
months, I have talked with the president of the corporation respon sible for the houses and today I will be talking with the city govern ment, Please be praying about this. Torre also has chances of growth in the near future. Both these works have been made possible through the contacts given us by Mark and Phyllis Pinnick who were here with USAID, Now with the language
Franscisco, who was a driver for Mark part of the time he was here, has now moved to Ibura. He has recently received a three year safe driving award. Here that is quite an accomplishment. His move to Ib ura has helped to open this area.
With the in
crease of interest of these two groups and our other contacts which still need cultivating we are making plans for our first furlough in
is for two or three families immediately in the
Northeast. If you want to serve the Lord in one of the fastest growing areas in Brazil and in reality the capital of an area the size of
Texas, God can use you here.
Fund.
Thank you once again for your offerings toward the Educational It has helped us tremendously and your continued support will
many Christmas cards and letters.
Some of our needs for the present are for Christmas card pictures (especially Bible pictures). Pictures cut off cost less to mail and save us time also. Any Bible Story pictures will also be appreciated.
Editors note:
Bro. John reports there were two baptisms recently. This seems to indicate a general opening up of the work
in their area of Brazil.
Milford Christian Church, Milford, Indiana Main Street Christian Church, Saltville, Va. First Christian Church - W.W. Class, Knox, Indiana Central Church of Christ, O'Fallon, Illinois North Madison Church of Christ, Madison, Ohio Clay City Christian Church, Clay City, 111. Brightwood Christian Church, Indianapolis, Indiana
St. Joe Church of Christ, St. Joe, Indiana M/M William Butler, Auburn, Indiana
M/M Forrest Ramser, Athens, Georgia M/M Marvin Biery, Detroit, Michigan
Royalton First Christian Church, Royalton, Ohio Rushsylvania Church of Christ, Rushsylvania, Ohio Brightwood Victor's Class, Indianapolis, Indiana
Brazil Mission Fund, Indiana
20.00 25.00
20.00 20.00 20.00
20.00
883.86 $1,500.00
PERSONAL FUND
25.00
Mrs. Ross Jefts, Bryan, Ohio M/M C. Russell Bowers, Cave City, Ky.
5.00 10.00
$if0.00
Salisbury Christian Church, Petersburg, Illinois Central Church of Christ, Jr. Boys, O'Fallon, Illinois M/M L.P. Castor, Bryan, Ohio
Medaryville Kum-Join-Us Clas, Medaryville., Ind. Medaryville Ladies Aid, Medaryville, Indiana North Madison Church of Christ, W.W. Class, Madison, Ohio M/M J.J. Robinson Jr., Hannibal, Missouri
NORTHEAST BRAZIL EVANGELISM YEARLY REPORT 1970
$ 50.00
60.-0
26.43
10.00
$242.43
Salary
Utilities
Rent
$1^,765.15
483.35
Special conferences
Furniture
49.85
223.05
1,634.77
306.87
Children*s education
TOTAL INCOME
745.56
$9,348.03
.716.70
301.88 120.85
$9,534.00
Medaryville, Indiana
TO:
Seth Wilson
1
May, 1971
Number 2
Volume III
Greetings from
and Jerry's baptism and since this time one of the girls (Sonia) has taken an added interest. Our at
tendance in Torre has been real good on Sunday night with the Wednesday night sometimes down. However, we have had several adults attending each service
For Mother's Day Joyce and the children prepared a potted tulip of construction paper to be given to each child to give to his mother. All went well in Ibura with the flower given and the people home be fore the rain shower. We then had about 35 potted flowers left which we thought would be enough. In Torre we finished the worship service and began pass ing out the flowers, children who come once in awhi
le began to come in the house for a flower also. ran out before everyone had one. Many evenings We we
have 30 children inside and nearly that many outside. It is a real thrill to hear them sing and shortly a five inch tape will be available for use in the var
ious churches in the U.S. One side will be singing of the young people in Torre and the other side will be from the family.
purchase of an orthopedic mattress she was doing bet ter when still another pain developed in her right
side. The doctor suspected possible adhesions ft?om earlier surgery and gave her medicine to calm the
area. After about three days she was feeling fine. One week later the same thing happened again after
she had helped in moving a storage box. After more rest and feeling better the pain started again and this time with a high fever. After tests were made it was determined that she had a kidney infection. The doctor prescribed a strong antibiotic and she spent about ten days more in bed. She is now doing better and will be able to go with me and help with music. We recently made the trip to Ibura and Torre by hitchhiking, bus, taxi and walking. This was a new experience for us. Joyce, Mark and I walked and car ried the accordian, song bookg, chorus books, flannelgraph boards, etc. for three blocks where we were pic ked up by another missionary who dropped us off at our bus stop. We took the bus on a side trip to another villa. We had to go around a couple of cows lying in the middle of the road. At the end of the bus line we crawled into a Jeep and make it on to our destination. The return trip was also eventful when our bus suffered a broken fan belt leaving us stran ded. We were finally able to take a taxi on home.
The reason for all this? - our car had broken down
by walking
town. We
on a boat - three
are
again
Janice is truly
other morniijg when it was time for school Joyce asked her if she wanted to go and see her teacher and
We again thank you for your support in the preach ing of the gospel to the people in Recife. May the
Lord richly bless you.
Brightwood Chr. Church, Indianapolis, IND 180.00 Royalton Christian Church, Royalton,0H 30.00 Clay City Chr. Church, Clay City, IL 30.00 Rushsylvania Church of Christ, Rushsylvania, OH 30.00 Brightwood Victor's Clasr., Indianapolis, IN 30.00 Brazil Mission Fund, Bill S Lora Metz, IN 30.00 Fair Oaks Chr, Church, Fair Oaks, IN 25.00 St. Joe Church of Christ, St. Joe, IN 95.00 Medaryville Christian Church, Medaryville, IN 1596.00
$2250.00
BUILDING FUND
10.00
Central Church of Christ, Jr. Boys Class O'Fallon, IL Mr. Mrs. J. J. Robinson Mr., Hannibal, MO St. Joe Missionary Study Group, St. Joe, IN
50.00
$170.00
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Number 4
from the sunny northeast. Yes, it has finally stop ped raining at least once every day and the weather
with some new Bible Classes
have lifted our spirits to an all time high. God has certainly blessed our every effort for His Glory. As you know Joyce has been having some diffi culty with back and kidney problems but after much medical attention is now doing much better.
This week Janice came down with scarlatina and
Jeff the
mal pace.
rainy season and the problems created by the home where we had been meeting. We have switched this
meeting to a Friday night. Our crowds on Wednesday night in Torre have been running consistently between 55 and 70. This is to see the filmstrips. The projector was purchased from
funds sent by the Northwest Christian Church in Mt.
Filmstrips
are
being
Our meeting on Sunday night in Torre is well at tended but not as well as we would like. This past
Wednesday I began a Bible Study with Joao Pontes (translated John Bridges). John is a young man who
works in a downtown department store and has been in terested for some time but he is taking night classes. Finally I was able to make arrangements to use the Evangelistic Book Store during the two hour noon per(continued on next page)
iod and Joao will be meeting me there each week. I don't think that I have ever seen a young man so in terested in learning about the Bible and the Christ
ian life. He says that he would like to be a mission
ary but I am sure he doesn't know yet what the work means. Please be praying for him. A tape will be available by writing to our for warding agents. The tape contains part of a service at Torre. It has the group singing and a short por
tion of my sermon and a short message from us.
Within the next two or three months I will be
meeting with John Rodgers in Forteliza for between a week and two weeks of meetings. Then John will be
here.for the same length of time for a joint effort here. Please be praying that as final plans are be
Thank
you
for
for
your prayers.
one else interested in coming to Recife as the time for our furlough draws nearer. Prayers for Joyce are asked that she may continue to recover.
Special
Milford Christian Ch., Milford, Ind. Sr. Joe Church, St. Joe, Ind. Forth Eastwood Victor's Class, Indianapolis First Church of Christ, Bryan, Ohio
40.00 105.00
10.00 120.00
Royalton First Christian Ch., Royalton, Ohio Clay City Chr. Church, Clay City, 111. North Eastwood Chr. Church, Indianapolis
North Madison Church of Christ, Madison, Ohio M/M Robert Fallot, Wayifisburg, Ohio
5.00
M/M Elmer Meiser, Waynesburg, Ohio Fair Oaks Christian Church, FAir Oaks, Ind.
M/M Bill Metz, Brazil Mission Fund
5.00 25.00
30.00
Rushsylvania Church of Christ, Rushsylvania, Oh.40.00 Medaryville Christian Church, Medaryville, In.C913.00
$1,500.00
SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL FUND
St. Joe Missionary Study Group, St. Joe, Ind. Mrs. Ida Coburn, Medaryville, Ind
Jesse J. Wayne, Lafayette, Ind. M/M Eugene Crosse, Kenmore, N.Y. Floyd Stabler, Rosiclare, 111. Indiana Run Chr. Church, E. Canton, Ohio
2,3,4 5th. classes
30.00 10.00
2.00 40.00 10.00
30.00
40.00
25.00
M/M Raymond Berg, Knox, Ind. Mrs. R.C. Eaton, Augusta, 111.
5.00 10.00
25.00
42.00
M/M C. Russell Bowers, Cave City, Ky. First Church of Christ, Bryan, Ohio
A.E. Sims, Powell, Tenn.
100.00 100.00
10.00
M/M Larry Tease, Cleveland, Ohio Cave City Christian Ch., Cave City, Ky.
10.00
Sunday School 50.00 Ladoga Christian Church, Ladoga, Ind. Women's Bible Study 10.00 Medaryville Christian Church, Medaryville, In. 271.00 Milford Christian Church, Milford, Ind. 103.00 M/M Thoral Mitchell, Bryan, Ohio 25.00
Buy and Beulah Lone, Wheatfield, Ind. 10.00
$958.00
(I wieh to personally express my appreciation to the many who responded to the special appeal letter of August 9. This extra money should help tremendously to get the Bush family over this rough spot),
W Parman
4,
BUSH NEWS
John Bush Family
Volume III Nov. S Dec. 1971 Number 5
Greetings
past months.
from
the
fastest
growing
rolled we
Then we pla
city of the Northeast of Brazil. The Lord has been good to us and to our co-ntacts-^he
on a mactress in
couldn't
do
Many things have happened since our last visit together. In July, Joyce suffer ed from a second kidney infection (the most
serious) and we thank God that the situa
Two - during
ese masseur we
our visi - .
che Japan
were
asked i f we could se
tion seems completely cleared up. During the second week I learned to give injec
tions. She needed four a day and the doctor said, "Can you give them. . .?" and I an swered, "I'll try" - so with some thirty
injections behind me I've made a start.
cure a Bible in Janapese for them. Mark Maxey in Japan, supplied the Bible and study tracts. So Go has used adversity
to open one more door - i service.
We continue to teach Joao Pontes and
the
off
again,
and since
helping to prepare him for his life's am bition - to be a missionary. Although he has grovm up in the Roman Catholic Church he has felt empty and a need to study the
Bible. I first contacted him in a downtown
turned
found the proMem or helped very much to relieve the pain, we changed to a Japanese
masseur and she improved until the last Sunday in September, when she was unable to get out of bed and she started having se
vere pain. I went to see a doctor that liv
opportunity to teach him "fhe faith once and for alt det-ivered to the saints,"
ed close and he made three trips - the last one at 2:30 a.m. Monday. He left an "am-
pola"
sed,
contact
Growth planning a
I used it.
Monday
Forteieza
for us.
in
December.
Please be praying
VJednesday, I was able to find a hospital with a bed. Thursday was X-rays which lo cated slipped disc or possibly two. Friday was back home - still in pain. Bed rest
for four weeks and pain pills. And after
One can never express with words what the special offerings have meant to us and
the work of the lord in Recife. Y. fir---
three days of very little sleep and pain increaring - at 4:00 a.m. Monday, I went to the drugstore and purchased two "ampolas) for an injection (no prescription needed
unless they are narcotic). This was not strong as the cne doctor had given, but it
ial offerings have had their effect on our neighlxjrs, since they had been wond.iring how we would pay the expenses c i ' special offerings came in "-h t f provided through the offerings of those who
cared. Almost all "die expenses have been
las
paid to the present and we are waiting for the amoung from the specialist.
Thank you all once again.
The Bush famil\^
After
me bring
45
rin :tes
I
She has
my
neurosurgeon
could
do
pital.
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FINANCIAL REPORT FOR SEFTIMBER AND OCTOBER, 1971 Milford Christian Church, Milford, Indiana Bryan First Christian Church, Bryan, Ohio Clay City Christian Church, Clay City, 111,
Central Church of Christ, O'Fallon, 111.
$ 40.00
20,00 20.00
Villa Grove Christian Church, Villa Grove, 111, North Eastwood Christian Church, Indianapolis, Ind. North Madison Church of Christ, W.W, Class, Madison, Ohio
St. Joe Church Royalton First North Eastwood M/M Bill Metz, of Christ, St. Joe, Indiana Christian Church, Royalton, 111. Christian Church, Victor's Class, Ind. Brazil Mission Fund
$1,500.00
11.18
100.00 50.00 100.00 25.50 10.00 20.00 100.00 25.00 5.00 185.00 40.00 50.00 10.00 4.00 20.00 25.00 830.68
North Madison Church of Christ, W.W. Class, Madison, Ohio First Church of Christ, Bluffton, Indiana Pelton Ave. Christian Church, Coldwater, Michigan M/M Elrner Meiser, Waynesburg, Ohio First Church of Christ, Bryan, Ohio
M/M J. J. Robinson Jr., Hannibal, Missouri: East view Christian Church, Bloomington, 111. MVM Ralph Unkefer, Waynesburg, Ohio
Jesse J. Wayne, Lafayette, Ind.
Central Church of Christ, O'Fallon, 111, Royalton Christian Church Youth Group, Royalton, 111.
TOTAL ?
Fi'liiLea
for"Bush Mission"
NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION U.S. POSTAGE 1.7<: PAID
Forwarding Agents:
Mr. S Mrs. Melvin Roller
Rt. 1
Medaryville,
Indiana
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