Baker Bill Rosa 1989 Mexico

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Top Left: Frances and Barbara are

all

smiles

for

t h e c ame ra .

Bottom Left: Caleb wanted daddy

to take a pictureof him at his

desk.

Above: Billy in concert at the UIL

district

contest

in El

Paso.

Volume No. 8

The Bill Baker Fam/ZyServing

Christ

Through

Spanish

American

Evangelism

3135 Forney

Lane El Paso TX 79935

May

1989

Numbe r 1

Dear Friends of the Baker family;

I thank my God every time I remember you. In all my prayers for all of you, I always pray

with joybecause ofyour partnership in the gospel from the first day until now, being confident

of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of

Christ

Jesus.

Philippians

1:3-6 NIV

Rosa

and I would tike to take this time to tell you that we appreciate what you mean to

our ministry. We may not be able to write each one of you a personal note but please

be

assured

that you

are

on our minds and

are

an important part of this ministry.

A MINOR CHANGE O

FORMAT

Rosa

has

written

several

of

the

last

news

letters. She writes in the form of a letter; I am

going

to

break

from

that

format

and use

headings to create an outline concerning the

areas of

serv ice in which

we are

involved. If

you have a particular part of our ministry

which interests you, It should be easier to find

information you

desire

quickly.

SPANISH AMERICAN EVANGELISM

PROGRESS

AND

POTENTIAL

During 1988 I

was

able to

complete

the

produc

tion of over

one

mill ion evangelistic tracts in

Spanish. That is a large number,

and

it is even

larger

when

one

realizes

that this was the first full

year

in which I had the entire responsibility of the

printing and production of the

materials

in addition

to t he managemen t a nd administration of S.A.E.

We are still looking for additional help following


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carpenters and/or cabinet makers at that time. Ifyou are

interested in helping out in any way possibie, please

con t a c t

me

FAMILY NEWSAre Things Always This Hectic?

We recently had the privilege of having two separate

families

visit

us

in El

Paso. Carol

and

Paul Caulkins

arrived

in El Paso from Minnesota on Saturday, May6, and Chester

and Leone Proulx arrived on Monday

th e

8th. We always

enjoy having visitors

spend

a few days with us.

Because

Samuel Guzman was

ou t

of town, I

was schedul ed

to

preach on Sunday morning, in addition to that there were

a whole host ofother activities going on at the same time.

Visitorsoften apologize, saying Ifwe had known how busy

you were going to be at this time, we wouldn't have

stopped. Don't let that bother you, ifany of you ever get

close to El Paso and don't look us up, we may never forgive

you Even though we may have a tight schedule, we always

seem to find time to share fellowship withChristian friends.

Billy

will soon be a senior in high school. It is hard to

believe that Billy celebrated his first birthday just a few days

after we arrived on the campus of Coiegio Biblico and

began working on the Spanish-speaking mission field.

While I was in Mexico City during February this year, he

got his driver's license. Itwas kindof hard on Rosa to finally

realize that her baby is growing up. He has

been

exceiimg-in school in many different areas. He

just

was

named the best non-native Spanish-language student in

Eastwood High School (a school of obout 4,000 students ).

He will

be

in Austin for

the state

competition on

th e

violin

during the first weekend of

June.

He is a young

man

who

can and

will go a long way.

Barbie is continuing to progress in both the piano and

the cello. She is entering

her

teens

and

is developing into

quite a young lady. We now have two teenagers in the

house at th e

same time, this

will

continue

for at l east ten

more years . Parenting takes on a

whole

new perspective

at this stage in the game. She recently participated in a

piano recital

and

is the most

advanced

student her

teacher

now has. Her piano teacher

has

been having a

struggle

with cancer. It

was

thought that

she

had

it

whipped

last

year, but complications have recently developed. As this

is being written, she is in Houston undergoing a new series

of treatments. A prayer on her behalf would be deeply

appreciated.

Frances is very much concerned about her grades. She

has

made

the A-honor roll for every grading period so far

in her school career with th e exception of one

grading

period. Because of this she is worried that she might not

make

an

apointment

to the Air Force Academy. For a third

grader she has her s ights set high.

On th e 15th of May, Itook ail of

the

kids to

see the space

shuttle as it was sitting on

the

runway at Biggs Army Air

Field, in order to see it

before

going to school, everyone

had to get up at five o'clock. Excitement was high, but

Caleb put it all in

perspective

as he asked, Daddy, is it

always dark like this eariy in the morning? Ifyou haven't

guessed, both Rosa and I are extremely proud of our

children and what they represent in the future of God's

kingdom.

Rosa is currently trying to get accepted into the Master's

in Music program at the University of Texas at El Paso.

She

is not interes ted in the degree particularly but

wants

the

knowledge which would go with it in order to further the

work she is doing in

the

church.

She

constantly

has

a

challenge in working with the youth choir at the church.

With the Lord's help, they will perform at the National

Hispanic Convention of the Christian Churches in Denver,

Colorado, this

summer. Rosa

is in

charge

of arranging the

entire music program for the convention, including com

posing the words

and music

of the

theme song.

A FIFTIETH

WEDDING

ANNIVERSARY

The entire Alejandro family will be at one

place

at one

time fo r the

first

time

that I

can remember

since

before

our marriage. Almost 80 direct

descendants

will be

celebrating

Martin

and

Eva's fiftieth wedding anniversary

in Del Rio, Texas, on the 20th of May. Del Rio was picked

because of Martin's sickness. He is still in a r es t home,

and the celebration will take place there. He still is very

much

in

need

of your prayers. Of thirteen surviving

children, four are actively involved in some type of full-time

Christian service,

and several

of the grandchildren are

preparing to make a similar commitment.

Summer

ScheduleWill

There

Be Any Time To Relax?

We have an extremely busy

summer

schedule planned.

Pray that the Suburban holds together. (It

has

only 196,000

miles

and

will have a lmost

210,000

on it

before

school

begins in the fall We will be leaving as a family early in

June in order to work

with

Little Rockies Christian Service

Camp in Montana. Almost the entire month of June will

be spent in Montana. Following that it will be on to

Wheatland, Wyoming, and then to Denver, Colorado, and

back

to El

Paso

on

the

17th of July. From

there

it is on to

Central

America

and back in t ime

fo r

school to start. The

tentative schedule

is

as follows:

u n e 6 or 7 Leave El Paso

June

10-11

On

to Havre, Montana

June

11-16 Senior High Week-Little Rockies

Camp

June 18

For

Ben ton, Montana

June 16-23 Junior High Week-Little Rockies Camp

June 25 Lewistown,

Montana

June

25-30 Junior

Week-Little

Rockies

Camp

July 2 Libby and Big Fork, Montana

July 9

Wheatland,

Wyoming

July 11-14 National Hispanic Convention

July 16 Denver,

Colorado

July 17

Back

to El

Paso

July 24VVug. 12

Central America

Trip


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N EW T ES TA ME NT S B U RN E D

D U R I N G

P V B C T R I P

During th e annual Platte Valley Bible College

missions trip into Mexico in February, I experienced

something which I ha d only heard about in th e

past.

While working with the

congregation

in

San

Felipe,

Jiquipiico, I was

approached

by a ma n who wanted

to know how many New Testaments we

had

available.

Itold him that we could spare approximately40 0 New

Testaments. He then

proceeded

to plead With me to

do a dis tribution in his home community. I was told

that he had been run out of town at gun point because

he was a Christian ina Catholic community. I realized

that there could

be trouble

so only took volunteers to

do

th e

distribution. For

th e

most

part

th e

New

Testaments were

accepted

even though four copies

were burned in the streets.

Please

be inprayer for the

town of Coroneo, Guanajuato, Mexico. Th e

process

of sowing

th e

seed

ha s

begunwe have a few

students

already enrolled in th e

correspondence

course, an d

God s spirit wants to work in that com

munity. We have begun something which cannot be

stopped.

P R A Y E R R E Q U E S T S

As Iclose this newsletter, Iwould liketo remind you

of some of the things mentioned previously whichar e

itemc of prayer. 1firmly believe that God does answer

the prayers of His people.

Yi ijr

prayers do

mean

a lot

to

this

ministry.

Please remember thfrfollowingitems inyour prayers:

1. Spanish American Evangelism

a. Production and distribution of evangelistic

materials in

Spanish

b.

Search

for additional helpa printer

an d

b u si n e ss administrator

c.

Need

for additional

space an d

relocation

2. Central America Trip

3. Logan Heights Christian Church

a. Samuel Guzmanhis family an d finances

b. Finishing the

parsonage

c. Choir preparation for the National Hispanic

C o n v e n t i o n

4. The Baker family

a. Billy's state violin competitionJune 4th.

Rosa s

quest for a

Master s

in Music

c Travels during th e summer

Well, I

should

close for now. Please remember to

keep us in your prayers. We appreciate hearing from

each

ofyou. MayGod bless

as

you strive to serve Him.

Sincerely in Christ,

Bill

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Rosa, Billy, Barbie,

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