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AS
THE FATHER HATH SENT ME. SO SEND I YOU JOHN 20:21
U S L ^
J a n
--
March. 1978
A ll power la given unto
me
in
heaven
and in ear th
Go
ye
therefore, amd teaich a l l
nations
baptis ing them in
the
name
o f th e F ath er
and of
the Son, and o f the Holy Ghost.
and
lo I
an tr i th
you always, even unto
the
end of the
world. Matt.
28i18-20 ,
Jan naJum
Vhat
a
wonder fu l p romise
in
these
words
o f
our
Lord
and
Savior ,and
with the promise a t a sk
fo r
a l l
o f
His chi ldren
t
heis
now
been
four
year s
s ince
we first left our homeland
to spread the Good News in Spain. These ^ years have been
many things
the b igges t has been
a
t i ne o f lea rn in g
i
learning to minis ter
in
a
fore ign
cul ture
and language,
to
be eei>arated
from fami ly to
make
new f r i ends
and
above a l l
l ea rn ing
to
t r u s t more f u l l y
in our Lord.
e
have
learned
more
about His
power
and
His
constant
presence as we se t t l ed
in
Madrid, made the move
to
Mieres
and began the
work here
left fo r fur lough and then r e tu r n
ed to resume t h e work i n H i e r e s S i n c e
o u r
last n e w s l e t t e r
our Lord
revealed even more of His
power
and presence >dien
Kathy had to
spend
a number
of
weeks
in bed due
to
Hepati
-
t i s The Lord
gave her
a speedy recovery
and blessed
us
abundantly
thru
the time. praise im for His power and
presence.
preiise
Him
fo r the
opportunity to
serve
Him,
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SOWIN
TH
SEE
^
SoKlng
the
Word
of
I ^ in the
hearts
of
ff
y /
the
people In Spain
I J la a big Job one
r
^Ich
deaands tine
ded ica t ion Varl
ou s a e a n s c a n be
i used
Juan,
a
Joyful , Serving Chris t ian
Juan has been extrenely active in the Lord s work the
last few months. He has been distributing
literature
by himself and with an
He
has also
been accompanying
an
in
h ie
ca l l ing on contac ts
A new method
of teaching contacts has
been
the use of
a
series of slides with tape recorded
narrations,
Ihe series
covers
Bible
history
giving the
people
a
basic
Idea
of
the
Gospel,
Thus
far
about
15 non~bellevers
have viewed
one
or more of
the
presentat ions.
In Mark if126-29 Jesus uses a parable to tel l how that
when
the
Vord of God Is planted, we don t know how I t
grows but at the proper time i t
will
grow and be ready for
harvesting. We are
busy planting the seed and trusting
God for ihe
results. The
apostle Paul saldi I planted,
Apolos watered but God gave the Increase,
Rut Stamping I tac t s
Ru^,
Juan s
youngest
daugh
te r who Is 8 years old, was
exci ted
about
being able to
help
in
the work by prepar
ing
l i t e r a t u r e
fo r d ls t r lb u
t l o d
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run,
^N l
Hlqul
Nlqul i s the b ro th er o f
Trlqul
Spanish T.V. b
Cookie Monster. Nlqul who
I s always hung ry fo r God s
Word visits o u r
chu r ch
s r
vice each Sunday to help
p lan t
the
Word
In the
hear t s
o f the ch i l d ren .
Another
way
t ha t
we
Chris t ian
Movies
have begun to
use In
I
' '
planting
the Word la t .
t h e u se o f Ch r i s t i a n w
fil s I hu s f a r we
have shown
two.
ach
movie has been shown
twice, once
fo r
the
a d i a t s
and
th e o th e r
time fo r the young
people .
Bes id e s t h e be
l i e v e r s
two men
and
3
ladles were pres
ent
for the second movie, and one of
the ladles
brought
her
8 year
old
daughter. Her husbautd,
idio
has been seeing
the
s l ide ser ies
would
have cone
but
was
sick.
are
also
using
these movies
as
a neans to begin a
desperately needed work
among
young people. Our hopes
are
to
encourage
the
two
young believers in Mleres and to
reach
other
young
people In
an atmosphere
geared to then.
were very
excited the
f irs t night
when
13 young people
came, 9 of which had never before heard the Gospel.
Ihe
movie did an excellent job of presenting God's message of
Love
to
the
young
people.
Most
of
them
stayed
for
over an
hour afterwards to discuss the film idille having light re
freshments that Kathy had
made
Eight young people came
to the
second movie and
again stayed to
discuss
the
mes
sage
and
one asked
to
take a ew Testament home.
Three of
these had not come to the f irs t movie. Next month we plan
to
show a
third one,Pray
with us
that
this
seed
will fa l l
on good
so i l and bring for th
f ru i t
f t
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Ihou
t
th e God t h a t do e s t wonders : Thou h a s t dec l a r ed
Itay st renght aaong the
people.
Psalias 77tl4
Praise
God fo r
His
loving
care
to
us
during Kath/s i l lness
and
fo r
her
speedy
recovery.
Praise God fo r Nathan s
happy,
SBlllng face as he boards
the school
bus each day
now.
Pra ise God fo r the
opportunit ies to
plan t
the
seed
in
Hie r e s
and
f o r th e
c on t a c t s
made.
Pray fo r the new contacts and
the
work begun with the
teen
agers e need lots of wisdoa and guidance for
this new
work).
Pray fo r the Rolands
and
fo r t he i r
support
to cone
in so
t h a t they may
soon
Join us in Spain.
Pray that the goal set for the local
(storefront
builds
ing)
downpc^ent
will
be reached soon and
^ a t
the Lord
wi l l
provide
Jus t the
r i gh t local ,
Pray
fo r these
prospects
by
naaet
Anado,
Manuel and h is
wife,
Roberto,
Raljiundo,hi8
wife
and
daughters.
Pray
fo r
our
Forwarding
Agents,
Tom and Sue
Mole,
and the
Glen Sl lyn Elders as they cont inue to provide
v i t a l
services fo r
the
work here. Also pray
fo r
a l l
of our supporters.
Sfa/n
First
Christian
Church
25 W. 171 Geneva
Road
Glen Ellyn, 111 60137
Dan and
Kathy
Crosley
Missionaries
to Spain
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/IS THE FATHER HATH SENT ME. SO SEND / YOU JOHN 20:21
No.
2 3 April
Juni 197Q
F IR3T
PUBLIC MKBTING
300
In Attendance
May
13
was
an exc i t ing day fo r the worh
in
Mieres . t
was the day we held our f i r s t
pub lic g ath ering.
The turn
ou t
was t reaendous ly
encouraging.
In
February
we
began showing Chris t ian novies in our
apar taent
Altogether in th ree
nonths
30
some
d i f fe ren t
v i s i t o r s
a t tended
some saw two
or
t h ree
d i f f e r en t movies.
That
was
encouraging
to
us
especial ly
when
you
remember
tha t
we
cannot
publicly invite people to our home and also
considering the
reluctance of
many Spanish
people to
go
to
another person s apartment.
Thus,
when we became
aware
of
the poss ib i l i ty
of using
the auditorium of
a
savings and
loan bank, f ree of charge, arrangements were
made
fo r i t s
use idiich included a permit from
the governor s
off ice
to
hold a
public
meeting,
tfe
decided to show the movie
A
Tine
to
Run
which
s
th e
b e s t Chr i s t i an movie
t h a t s
available
to
us.
We advert ised the showing in
two
reglonai
newspapers and passed
out more than 1500
invi ta t ions
I t
turned
out
tha t
the date
we
selected
was a
poor
one
f i r s t
of a l l because t vaa a Saturday. I la te r learned
fr( the
manager
of the auditorium that Saturday
is
tradi
t iona l ly the
poores t n igh t o f the week fo r
any
such func
t ion
Secondly, tha t
same evening was the date chosen by
two opposing
po l i t i ca l
par t ies to hold mass campaign meet-
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i n g s
In
Mieres.
B ut
P r a is e th e Lord even with a l l o f
tha t
going against the
p o s s i b i l i t i e s o f
p eo ple co nin g
300 p er
s o n s came o u t
to
s e e t h e
movie. I
was
p e r m i t t e d to s a y a
few
w o r d s a f t e rwards
I h a d taken a
s t ack
o f New Tes ta
ments
and Gospels according to John which
were
o ffe re d to
t h o s e t h a t would
a s k
fo r
them.
Twice
as many c o u l d
h a v e
been
given
o u t
I
would
have
had
enough
fa i th
t o
have
t a k e n t h a n .
Young
and
o ld a l ike
were a n x i o u s
to
h a v e o n e .
Each person s eei n g th e movie was give n two s t i m u l a t i n g
t r a c t s
as
t h e y l e f t t h e a u d i t o r i u m . I wish t ha t I c o u l d
have
i n v i t e d a l l
o f
t h es e people t o o u r s e r v i c e s b u t be
cause
we
do
n o t
have
a
b u i l d i n g
I
co u l d n o t do tha t
o
public
decisions were made
t h a t evening.
would
n o t
have been p e r m i t t e d
to
offer such an invi ta t ion in
t h a t
a u d ito riu m
anyway. The
u se o f movies and
dis t r ibu
t ion
o f C h r i s t i a n l i t e ra tu re i s v e r y u s e f u l in
exposing
people to the
Good
ews o f
Jesus Christ
but
usually more
cul t ivat ion i s needed be f or e one
i s
r e a d y to g i v e h is l i f e
to th e Lord. Pray
with
us t h a t the
Lord
w i l l enable
us
to
water th e seed t h a t was planted t h a t
evening
through th e
movie
in
th e
h e a r t s
of
t h e s e
300
p eo p l e and pr a y t ha t
Ho
wi l l
g i v e
th e in cr e a se .
A
UNIQUE
OPPOR nJNITY
days
af ter
the public meeting when I was able
to
show the
same
movie to
a much
s m a l l e r b u t
v e r y
unique g ro u p .
The
day before
the
public
showing
o f
the movie, I had
h e s i t a t
in gly in vite d
the teachers
and
workers
a t
Nathan s
nursery
school who
are oman Catholic
Nuns. They
did
not come
to
the public showing for idiich one of
then
apologized saying
t h a t
they
had
been
imable
t o
I
quickly
asked
i f
they
would be
i n t e r e s t e d
in seeing th e movie r ight t h er e
a t
th e
school which
a ls o
ser ves a s thei r home, Biey agreed t o
this so
l a t e r
that
week I found myself showing a
Christian
movie to a small group of oman
Catholic
Nuns, They were
a l l deeply impressed. Afterwards they invited
me
to stay
f o r
coffee and
to t a lk This
nay
l ead to f u r t h e r c o n t a c t s
with them and
the
possibility of entering a Catholic
hic^
school
with
the
movie.
Pray
fo r
th is
unique
opportunity.
Pray
that
the
Lord will give us wisdom and boldness
PRAISE THE LORD We
bel i eve
we h a v e fou n d a su i t ab le
building fo r the church in Mieres The
Glen
Ellyn Elders
have
given
approval.
The leg al d e t a i l s are being worked on
now.
Pray
for the remainder
of
the 10,000 downpaynent to
be
s up plie d q uick ly .
More details
in next
newsletter.
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J o s e f and
Ba rba r a
W in te r
SWISS INTERNS
In
April
we
made
a
tr ip to
Zara^oza to Interview a
young couple from
Switzerland
interested
In
working with
us
on
an
Internship
basis, Ihey
are Josef
and Barbara
Winter, Ihey were baptized by our missionary
In
Switzer
land, David St l t t
Ihey are
Interested In
working
as
missionaries
In a
Spanish
speaking
country, Ihey
studied
Spanish
In Madrid during ay and
June,
and
arrived
In
Mleres on June 30
to
l ive
and
work
with
us
for
three
months. At t imes the language bar r ie r I s a
problem as
the
Winters
are
still
working
on
the i r
Spanish and
Joe
epeaks very l i t t le English
(his
wife,Barbara speaks Eng
l ish
fluently).
But
praise
God
that
He can help us over
come
a l l
obs t ac l e s The Winters a re l im i t ed
In
t h e i r
ministry here due to the
language
but they
have already
b^iui
to make some
contributions,
Barbara helps Kathy
with the housework
and
wil l be
taking care
of
a l l
of the
children during
Bible Study
on Thursday evenings. The
assistance
tha t
Barbara
gives
with
the
housework
Is rea l
ly needed especially now
that
summer Is here and Kathy Is
teaching Nathan
his
U
S, Kindergarten correspondence
course
so t h a t
he
wi l l
l ea rn
to
read and wri te Engl ish .
Joe la helping
Dan out In the
office and
accOTipanles him
on
h is cadllng.
The
Winters
traveled
from Madrid
up
to
Mleres In ay In
order
to
help
pass out l i terature etc,
fo r our
f i r s t public meeting.
We
were
s ad en ed
to r
ce ive word
from th e Harold
Hicks
family
t ha t they
have lt l e d
to r e tu rn to
America.
Ihey
have l ived
in Zaragoza s ince coming
to Spain four
years
ago.
They
hope to work among
Spanish speaking people
In the
U.S.
e pray God s
bless ings
upon
them and
t h e i r new
work .
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PRAYER
CLOSET
Pralae
God fo r the turn out of
300
people fo r the f i r s t
public meeting
P r a y
f o r
t h e
Word t o t ake r o o t
i n
t h e h ea r t s o f t h o s e ex
posed
to
the Gospel through
the
Chris t ian mov
ies
Praise
God
fo r Josef
and Barbara Vlnter and the i r
will ing
nes s
to
se rv e th e Lord
Pray
fo r the
Harold H icks
family as
they
re turn to the
U.
S
to work t he r e
Praise God
t ha t
the Paul Roland
family
wil l soon be
ar r iv -
vlng
in Spain
Pray fo r the
prospects
in Mleres as well as the
edi f ica
t io n o f
th e
Chr i s t i a n s
Pray
fo r
the
deta i l s
to
be
worked
out
quickly
concerning
the
buying
o f the
bui lding
in
Mleres. Also
pray
tha t
the
remainder of
the
downpayment
wi l l be for thcaaing
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Paul
and Helen Roland along with t h e i r chi ldren Jon Paul
and Amy
plan
to
ar r ive
In
Madrid
Spain
Ju ly
20
Ban
and
Kathy plan ^o meet then a t the a i rpo r t .Kathy . Helen
and
th e
c h i l d r e n w i l l
t a k e th e
t r a i n
back
t o Mleres an d Dem
wi l l
help Paul
hunt fo r an
apartment in
Madrid
where
the
Rolands wi l l be spending a t l e a s t 9 months in language
s tudy.
Pray fo r the Rolands as they ge t se t t l ed .
Sjiain
First Christian Church Non-Profit Org.
25
Geneva
Road
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THE FATHER HATH SENT
ME
SO SEND /. YOU
JOHN
20:21
J i i lv
Sep t embe r .
1978
H_E J L I G B
WJE
T H L S I
Amado
Prada being baptized in
the r i ve r
Jesus
saidi There
i s joy in the
presence of
the
angels of
5od
over one
sinner
tha t repenteth There was not only
joy in
heaven
but
also among
the
Christ ians
in Mieres
when
Araado confessed his fai th
in
the
Saviour
Invited Him into
h is hea r t and then submit ted h is l i f e
to th e
Lord in
Chr i s
t i an baptism
Ama^o
i s
the
very f i r s t
convert
during our
ministry
in
Mieres Dan s ta r ted
cal l ing
on Amado in the Fa l l of 1976
After
our
furlough l a s t
year Dan continued
to v i s i t Amado
who
then started attending worship services but only spo
r ad ica l ly , Pra i se the Lord with
us
t h a t
th i s summer Amado
became
a Christ ian Pray with us fo r his sp i r i tua l
growth.
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September 23rd Second
Public
Meeting
EVARCELIST in
MAMA
Drama is a seldom used method of presenting the
gospel
message to
non-christians.
Nevertheless,
we
decided to
sponsor
a
Christ ian
theatr ical
group
from Madrid which
has
been perfoxming in various parts of Spain were again
able
to obtain
the public
auditorium
of
the savings and
loan bank where we had our f irs t public meeting a few
months ago.
advertised the event in
the
regional
news
paper and passed out
3,000
invitat ions. Praise the Lord;
More
than
300
non-christians
attended the program.
The
drama
en t i t l ed
The Six Who
Died
i s about
s ix d is
t i nc t
personali t ies
that die on the same day. They find
themselves
th ru st in to
eterni ty
awaiting admittance thru
one of two
doors.
Mr Capi ta l i s t
i s
sure tha t his
hard
work his money and his
influential contacts
will permit
him
to pass through the door to the ce les t ia l
ci ty
Miss
Happiness,
a
hjrpochondriac,
counts on
her miserable physi
cal l i fe to be
recompensed
by passing t tox the celes t ia l
door. Another
i s confident because of her
good
works and
a
young
skydiver
i s
bett ing
on
his
persuasive
abi l i t i es
One
i s
Miss Hippy
who
does not bel ieve ^~an af te2i lfe and
i s sure tha t they are a l l
Just
experiencing a momentary
phenomenon
a t the t ime
o f
death. The
l a s t
of the s ix i s
the only one
who i s
finally
allowed
to
enter
the
heavenly
ci ty
and tha t
because
of
her fa i th in Jesus Chris t The
play
ends when the
other
5
open the second
door, see a
blazing f i re
and
Miss Hippy
screams
as she rea l izes tha t
th i s
i s
a l l
rea l ly
happening.
After the
perfozmance
the di rec tor introduced each
of
the
actors and
then
explained from the
Bible tdiy the
char
ac t e r
they
represented was refused uimittance
to
heaven
with exception
of
the Christ ian. In th is way a
very ex
p l i c i t
presentation of
the
gospel was made to these 300
souls
An inv i ta t ion
was not
presented
but
those t ha t
were
in te res ted in
d isc us sin g th e
message
were
in vi ted to
stay to
talk
with the
cast .
About 40 young
people stayed
As a di rec t r e su l t three young i eople have s tar ted a cor
respondence course. Pray
with us that the
seed planted
thru th i s drama wil l be allowed to spring for th and tha t
Gk>d wi l l
bring about an increase
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Al i sa r ea l l y
enjoys her
nursery school
which
i s
named
Disneylandia
This wi l l
help her
to
l e a rn
enough
Spanish so
t h a t she wi l l be ready
to a ttend regu la r pub
li s choo l .
PICNIC
WITO ROL N S
IN MADRID
The
Paul
Roland family
a r r ived
in
Spain
on
Ju ly
20th They
a re
studying the language
i n
Madr id
\k/
Kathy works
with Nathan
on
h i s
Amer ican
Kinde r
gar ten course a f t e r
he
a r r i v e s
home f rom
is
Spanish school
He
must
do t is t o l e a r n to
read
and wri te
Engl ish
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PRAYER CLOSET
pra ise God fo r the conversion
of
Aaado.
Pray
for
Amado s continual spi r i tua l growth*
Praise
God
that OO
souls
were able to hear
the
gospel
th ru th e Evange lis tic drama*
Pray
fo r
Monica,
Nontserra t
and
Jav ie r
who
have
s t a r t ed
a
Bible correspondence course.
Praise
God that Paul and Helen Roland
are now
in Spain*
Pray for the Rolands as they continue to adjust to
thei r
adopted country,
especial ly pray fo r e ir
language
study*
Praise
God that Nathan
and Alisa are
happy in
school.
Pray that God
will
direct us
to
the right
Local
store
front
building) for the church
in Mieres*
Praise God tha t He
supplies our
every need*
ATTENTION
Tom and Sue Mole, our Forwarding Agents, issue
income tax
deductible receipts
on a
quarterly
basis to
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ABOmiD
THE
ECm
What a joy:
What
a
Blessing. . . . two smiling,
happy
chil
dren
bouncing
off to
school
each day. School began here
the middle of September, and indeed, i s a blessing to
have
the t ears
of
l a s t
yea r repla ced
with smiles and
con
tentment.
Last
year
Nathan
cr ied every
morning
fo r months
before
going
to
nursery school.
The
language
bar r ie r
was
th e
r e a son
Nathan
i s in kindergarten,
at tending
a nat ional school.
He goes from 9
a*m. to
12
and
2 in
th e af ternoon un t i l
f ive
days
a week.
His biggest joy i s carrying
a satchel
f i l led with
his books,
pencils and
paper jus t l ike
his
big fr iend Andres.Nathan also
has
English classes a t home.
Alisa attenifcnursery school three hours each morning
of
the
school
week.
I t
i s
a new
school
called
Disney-
landia.
How
excited
she gets
each
morning
as we
approach
her school and she sees the sign with
the
pictu res o f
Mickey and
Minnie Mouse
and
Donald
and Daisy
Duck:
Priase God fo r th i s
vic tory .
ask i ^ a t you continue
to pray
fo r
Nathan and
Alisa
to have
a good year
in school
and
to pray fo r
the i r
hecdth.
God
always
knows
bes t
When we
f i r s t
moved
in to
our
apartment a
year ago,
I
asked
Dan
myself and
God
Why so
big? Although the
apartment
i s not
so big
as compared
to
American homes
s t i l l is bigger
than the average Span
ish apartment.
During this
past year, God answered over
and over again ray
question,
Why so Big?
The
visi ts started
with
Dan s folks las t January.
Throughout the Spring, our home continued to be blessed
with many visi ts from
different friends,
including
the
visi ts
of
the
Harold Hicks
family,
Pepe Jurdao
and family
and
the vis i t of Jack Fisher, Elder
from Glen
EUyn.
In July the
Winters began
their three month s t^ with
us working out an
internship.
Later
in July the Paul
Rolands arrived in Spain and
spent
almost two weeks with
us. Ihen
in September we had
five
young people from the
theat r ical group
spend
the night with us.
Needless to say , our home has been r i ch in Chris t ian
Fellowship.
We
thank
God
fo r
so
many
fr iends
and
the
blessing
they are
to us. Thank
od too
that He supplied
our need
fo r a large apartment
even
before we knew we
needed
one
Praise God t ha t even though
the
value of
the U.S.
Dollar
has fallen by more than
13^
in
Spain
since las t Septeraber
and that the inflation rate is over 20^ He has
supplied
our every
need
through
loving,
concerned
Chris t ians
His
Love i s t ru ly grea t
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A
W R
FROM THE GLEN ELLYN
ELDERSHIP:
I t was a th r i l l
for
me when I discovered
last spring
that company business would require me to travel to
England^ The
trip
would
make
i t
possible for me
to go
to
Spain
and
v i s i t
the
Crosleys
and
the
work
in
Mieres
I
arrived in Mieres
on
Friday
May
26 and
stayed unt i l
Thursday
June 1 That was enough time for me
to
meet
the people vis i t
them
in
their
homes
preach
on Sun
day
lead
mid week
Bible study take
a lot
of pictures
and
l eam to love
each
person there
Chris tian f ri end s our brothers and s i s te rs in Mieres
are
very
much
l ike
we
are
though
their
needs
may
be
different . They live in a
climate of rapid
social and
pol i t ica l change. The congregation is small but
devout.
They
pray regularly for the supporting churches in the
U.S.
We
would do we l l
to
do th e same
fo r
them
Due
to Spanish laws assembly
of any group
without
a
speci f ic dated permit i s l imited to 20 in number.
This
means
that
a Church
meeting
in
the
Crosley
apart
ment ^
with
21 present would
be
i l legal In spite
of th i s
and many
o ther obs tacles the
Church
in
Mieres
is
growing.
You and I
can
have
the blessed priv-
i ledge of helping tha t growth with our contr ibut ions to
the Agape Building Fund Please consider your special
gi f t
as
a
fellow
worker with the Lord in this way.
While
in
Spain
I
recorded
greetings
from
several of the
brothers and s i s ters
there.
These voices
are a par t
of
a
tape-slide
presentation
I am making available to you.
To
borrow
the
presentat ion
for
a
committee meeting or
a
missions program jus t contact
Tom
and Sue Mole the
forwarding
agents or me
a t
Fi r s t Chris t ian Church
in
Glen
El lyn
In Christia n
Love n
e l
amor
de
Jesus
Jack L Fisher Elder
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Sfirn O^
j
S THE FATHER HATH SENT ME SO SEND / YOW JOHN 20:21
I
^z[Lz
czAfautdaJ
Even though not
a l l
of
the brethren in Mieres axe pic tured
he re we
all
wish
ou r
bro the r s i n
ner iea
and around
th e
world
a
very J O Y OU S CHRISTM S
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rst m p r s s o n s
w r i t t e n by Paul Roland
ow
do
I descr ibe
t h e rushing t o r r e n t o f s i g ht s so un ds
f e e l i n g s t a s t e s and smel ls
t h a t
go t o g e t h e r t o form my
f i r s t impressions i n t h i s
new
country.
I h i s
t o r r e n t
i s
almost
l i k e a
swollen r i v e r
engulf ing me with every
kind
o f s e n s a t i o n .
Some
o f t h e s e a r e o l d
and f a m i l i a r
t o
me,
while
o t h e r s
a r e c
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sit dorni
with
Jon Paul and Any But another
t ine
four
or
f ive w Maen graciously
remained standing
so
Helen
could
sit with
the kids only
to
have a man push
h is
way pas t
a l l the
women and
grab
the
sea t
before Helen
could
get
to
it mong my
f i r s t
impressions
of
the people
of
Spain
i s
the
goodness
of
several
of
our
neighbors
when we
forgot
and locked our keys in the
house.
Our next doo r neighbo r
not
only l e t
me climb from
h is
balcony
to ours,
bu t kept
ho ld
o f
me whi le I
d id so
I would
be
su re
not-
to f a l l .
On
t h e o t h e r
hand th e unknown
i n d i v i d u sd who stole
H e le n s
glasses
out o f her
purse while on
the
subway wil l
a lso
forever
form
par t of my f i r s t
impressions
of
the people.
In short ,my f i r s t
impressions
of the people are
a
mix
tu re ,
I am
impressed on
the
one
hand by
the
extreme
good
ness, poli teness and helpfulness
of
the people in
so
many
circumstances , idii le on the other hand
I am
impressed
by
the
se l f i shness ,
greed
and rudeness
in
so
many
other c i r
cumstances, The good i s there
r igh t
next to the bad, the
bad
i s
always there with the good. When I think about it
though,
i s n t
tha t how people are everywhere? Goodness
should be expected in even the l e a s t
of
mankind, fo r man
was
created
in
the
i i i ^ e
of
God,
But
also
we
should
ex
pec t
ev i l in
even the g rea t e s t , fo r
a l l
have s inned,
There
i s the
spark o f
goodness
re f l ec t ing the
image
of
God,
but t ha t
image
i s marred
by the
scar
o f
s in .
As
Chris t ians
not
only should we
expect th i s
mlKture
of good
and
ev i l ,
but in
f a c t it should
be a
motivating
fac to r in
our
l ives . The
image of
God
in
man
speaks
of
man s worth,
no matter how badly -that
image has
been scarred. Because
we
have
the
gospel
we
should
be
motivated
to
proclaim
it
to every
maneven
i f
in our eyes he i s the
highes t humaoi
The bes t human still
has
need, the worst
human
still
has
worth,
80 whether we look a t
the
goodness
o r
the wicked
ness
of man we Christ ians
should be
motivated to preach
the
gospel . Because of man s worth and man s need we a re
here in Spain proclaiming God s
remedyi
and it i s because
of
the
need
and the worth
of
men
in
every par t
of
the
wor ld
t h a t
J e su s
c
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BRAYSR
CLOSBT
Praise
God
t h a t Jayler
one o f
the contac ts from the draaa
presented
in Sept^her has c
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