Sanders LDavid Ruth 1957 Brazil

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BRAZIL CHRIST IAN M I S S I

WHAT IS THE BR ZIL CHRISTIAN MISSION?Brazil

Christian MissionEntered In Post Office at Denver. Colo,, assecond class matter under Act of March 8,

Office of Publ ica t ionGCtPoplar, Denver, Colorado

Publ i shed Month lySubscription rate25c per year

Field Edi to r , Cnrolce EwlngS en d a ll con t r ibu t ions toWm. A. Cook, Box 409, Gurmon, Okla-l i omc

Miss ionar ies i n B rnK il :C a ix a P o st al 201Golania, Coins, Brazil

Jj. Dav id ami Ru th S and e rsJ . R ic ha rd an d Carolee EwingRu th M. Spurgeon

Missionaries in Language School:Escolu de Portuguese OrientacaoCaixa Pos ta l 15Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Edwin C. an d Lula KnowlesKenneth L. and Cla ri ce Ma th is

Re c r u i t sMerlin L. a nd Ge rt ru d e Shi el ds

B ox 3 ). W asc o, OregonIf vo u a re no t su re to whom y ou r c or re -SDoniience should lie directed send it to Mr.Cook and ho will forward it to the correct

a dd r e s sThis s tudy booklet was prepared by the missionaries on the Held under the direction ofthe Held editor and p roof read by Dale McAfee.Regular subscribers to the Brazil .hristianMission receive the booklet as the Septemberissue of that publicntion, bu t th e cost of printing is considerably more than tlie regularmontlilv Issue. 25 cent contributions to covercost of printing and handling will be gratefully r ece ived bv mis si on treasurer, Wm. A.Coo k. Box 409. Gnynion, Oklabomii.

BOARD OF REPRESENTATIVESW. O. French. Scottsbliiff, Neb., ChairmanTing R. Champic, Wichita, Kans., 1s t Vice-Cha i rmanFloyd M. Strnter, Enid , Okia., 2nd Vlce-Cha i rmauDale H. McAfee. Enid, Okla., SecretaryWm, A. Cook, Gnymon. Okla .. Mis sion Agent

a n d T r ea su r erEar l Henld, Grand Junction, Colo.Warren F . Mathi.s. I n d ia n apol i s , I n d,Russ el l B lower s, I ndi a napo li s. I nd.

PurposeThe Brazi l Ch ri st ian Mission is an aff il ia tion of direct support missionariesand their representatives fo r the purpose

of evangel iz ing Brazi l. It s purpose iscompletely Biblical and spiritual thepurpose of Jesus, to seekand to save thelost ; that they all might be one ; thatthey might have life abundant . . , aiming to accomplish this through the HolySpirit by faith, prayer and works.P l a nThe plan of action is through evangelism in every possible realm, the establishment of New Testament churches andChrist ian institutes where young m enand women may prepare themselves fo rChristian leadership through Bible trainin g and spiritual development.

OperationTh e Brazil Christian Mission cons ist s

of a group of affiliated missionaries, cooperating under self-imposed rules formore effective and extensive work and incorporated in both the United States andBrazil so as to provide a trusteeship before these governments.

SupportThese miss iona ri es individual ly s eeksupport among interested brethren andchurches for the purpose of salaries , special projects and enlarged work. The mis-sinoaries receive link support f rom one orseveral churches.

WorkEach missionary chooses his own fieldof labor within th e scope of th e work being done and planned. Work is currentlycentered in the new state capital city ofGoiania on t he wes te rn f ront ie r. Fromthere it reaches ou t to embrace severalareas of endeavor some distance f rom thecity.

Boa rdServing with the missionaries is aboard of representatives who aid thework by holding in trust property, givingan account ing of funds, representing themission in th e U. S., helping form the policies of the mission and assisting in th eselection of new worke rs for the field.The Board of Representatives is nominated by the missionaries and is responsible

fo r such dut ie s as will relieve th e mis

sionaries of administi-ative du ties inUnited States and free them fo r th eing of souls in Brazil.A mission agent has served frominception, without salary, to receiveforward funds to the field. He actsboth th e field association an d th e boof representatives.

HistoryIn March, 1948, Lloyd David and RSanders arrived in Rio de Janeiro, Bras their f ir st s te p in opening thework of th e Churches of Chri st and Ctian churches in Brazil . Choosing Goion th e frontier as their field of lathey moved there in June, 1948. In tfour room, ren ted home they lived tmor e mon th s c on tin uin g their langs tudies and making acquain tances incity.In September the first Sunday Scwas begun with two children at tendIn th ree mon th s t he a tt en danc e ha dcreased to an average of 15. In Janu1949, a five room house was rented inVila Nov a s ub ur b where Sunday scChristian day school, Christian^Endeand preaching services were initiatedth e end of their first year five conwere bapt ized into Chr ist. Evangewa s increased in 1949 wi th Sunday Scand preaching services opened in Bfogo, another adjoining suburb. Hmeetings and street meetings werein various villages and an intensive ewas mad e to distribute tracts an d BA radio ministry was also begun.J. Richa rd Ewing and family andSpurgeon arrived in Brazil in 1950this time the work was strengthenedexpanded in the several locations owork a nd further survey-preachingwere made. In October, 1951, MissCase arr ived i n B ra zi l to wor k w itmission. W ith the increased growthe V ila Nov a congregation to sommembe rs th e first church buildingcompleted in March, 1953. This samework was opened in t he hi ghl y RCatholic city of Silvania sixty maway. The gospel message was takSilvania through preaching servicea Sunday school. Although a difficultthe re a re e ight members of the Silchur ch a nd a Sunday school t he re

ages 30 in attendance.In July, 1953, the f irs t preachering session was held with twelve eniThe f ir st full year of preacher trainst i tute was held in 1954 w it h t wfour students enrolled. Realizing thefor Chr is ti an leaders, much prayeeffort ha s gone toward the establisof this school fo r evangel is ts and rs

This same year a two acre tract owas given to the mission by JerCoimbro Bueno former governorstate and present senator, owner ofland ti-acts and des igne r of the cGoiania). The foundat ion was soofo r th e first building and in 1955,th e direction of Dick Ewing, th e


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B R A Z I L C H R I S T I A N M I S S I O N

THE WORK - NOW AND IMMEDIATE FUTUREFirst StepOf th e nine m issionaries now on thefield, four are currently engaged in language and orientation study in Campinas,

S ao Paulo. T h e M a th is and Knowles fami lies should complete their work there inMarch of 1957 an d will then move toGoiania to begin actua l miss ionary ende a vor

Too much importance cannot be givento this important phase of missionarypreparation for th e field. Wit ho ut a n a dequate and wel l founded knowledge of thePortuguese language a missionary cann ev er rea ch th e B raz ilian people. I t isonly in a school such as the on e in Campinas (the onl y one of it s kind in Brazil)where an American can get th e benefit oflanguage specialists trained to teach th elanguage to adults.Nurse-sEvangelist

The only single missionary of the B. C.M., Miss Ruth Spurgeon, R.N., is currently occupying one room of the Instituteapartment a nd actin g as house motherto t he f ou r g ir l s tu dent s. In addition to alarge medical practice which averageso ve r th re e treatments a da y (first aid,injections, instruction f or c ar e o f sick an dinfants, dressings, attending deliveriesand operations, etc.) Rutinha (pronounced Hoocheenya ) supervises andteaches in Bot afo go and Setor BuenoSunday Schools, teaches two hours a clay,five days a week a t th e Bible Ins t i tu te aswell as supervi si ng the study periodthere. Her day begins at 5:30 each morning and officially ends at te n each night.She r ides a motorized bicycle to t ak e h erabout th e city and suburbs to accomplishh e r w o r k Botafogo

Th e Botafogo Sunday School, locatedin a suburb to th e so uth a nd eas t ofGoiania separated from the city by asmall creek, has received Miss Spurgeon sspecial attention fo r several years. Approximately three miles long by a halfmile wide, t he subu rb is on e of t h e o ld estp ar ts o f Goiania a nd wa s originally usedas workers housing area (luring construction of th e c i ty . G r ad ua ll y t heshacks are being torn down, th e lan dlotted and small homes ar e going up.

building was completed. This first buildin g of the Goiania Christian Institute isbeing u se d t o hou se boys an d girls dormitories, dining room and k it ch en , a smallapartment, cTass rooms and office space.It is extremely cx'owded bu t th e missionaries know th at i t is o nly t h e beginn ingand they look forward eagerly to th eground breaking on th e second building.In the year 1955 a chapel was bui lt inVila Operaria where a Sunday school hadbeen in existence fo r several y ea rs a nd ahouse was pur chased in Silvania f or s er vices in that city.F o r a f u r t h e r review o f the w ork accomplished by this miss ion s ince its inception se e page 6.

The southern part of Botafogo ha s nowbeen designated as t he unive rs it y areaand already two of the college buildingsare well on their way to completion.Sunday school was begun in the northern section of this suburb in early 1949as an auxiliary to th e Vila Nova work.However, as th e Vila Nova work acquiredl an d a nd c on st ru ct ed a lm os t on th e divis io n b etwe en th e tw o s ub ur bs , t he B ot a-

Dorvollna gives an iniecfion.

fogo Sunday school was t ran sf en -ed fa rther sou th . Not officially organized as acongregation, th e group c on tin ue d t omeet in th e home of V il a No va memberswho l ived in t h a t section o f tow n w ithservices held on Sunday a f te r noons an doccas iona l week nights u nt il Mar ch ofthis year when a vacant s tore building-home w as m ad e ava il able f ree of rent . A tthis tim e Sunday school was organ iz edon a Sunday morning basis and I'OgiilarThursday night preaching begun. Approximately 17 members of th e Vil a Novacongregation live in this area and it ishoped that within the vary near futurethe Botafogo work can be organized completely independent of th e Vila Nova congregat ion. The mos t immediate need isfo r a future building in this universityarea.

Send MeIn addition to Miss Spurgeon, chiefpersonalities in bu ild ing th e Bo taf ogo

w o r k a re tw o s tu d en ts of the Bible In s t itute, Florisvaldo, a young man of 26, andDorvalina, a young lady of 19.Florisvaldo came to Christ thi ough theefforts of on e of our e ar ly c on ve rt s a ndsoon a ft er w ar d r et ur ne d to his hometown to work in th e mines. There he

found no o t he r C h r is ti a ns w i th w hom tof el lowship and s en si ng t he terrible lackamo ng h is people, sent word to the mi ssionaries, Come and start a work amongmy peopl e. Unhappily, th e answer wa sa repeated, Sorry, Florisvaldo, but thenis no one to spare from the work here.F ina lly , sens ing not. only tlie great needof h is people, bu t his own inadequacy inpresenting Christ to them, he packed h isb ag s an d headed o ut w ith what what hefelt was th e only so lu t ion : I f you won ts end someone , make me a preacher sothat I can t ak e t he g os pe l t o my own peo-^1^ ^ ? T7 0 ^ 4 1....

young men like him, the mission preacht ra in ing inst it ut e was fo unded an d hstudent ministry in Botafogo has provhim ap t in handl ing the Word of God.All fo r Christ

Dorvalina's family lives in BotafogShe has taken an active part in the Suday school there not only because she hdedicated her life to teaching childrabout Jesus, but because she hopeswin he r own loved ones to Him. She rmembers how difficult it wa s fo r her whshe first went to work as a helper in thEwing home in 1953. Sh e heard DonCay talk often of J esus an d sh e couoverhear Senhor Ricax do praying fher soul. But she came from a long liof Roman Catholics and while she founthe simple gospel attract ive, she did ndare think ser iously about the heret icreligion. Then Dick and Cay left to rtui-n to the U. S. on furlough and as thetold her good-bye they reminded her ththey would continue their prayers evethough they were far away. She staye^ work for Ruth Spurgeon and ElleCase. And then came the day when shfound that four missionaries' prayer wetoo much for her. Believing on the LorJesus Christ as her only and personSavior, she gave up the religion of hefamily and became a Christ ian, but nwithout much protest, weeping and waiing from her mother and a sound beatinfrom her o l de r b rot her .Since then Dorvalina has dedicated he

life to teaching others of Christ andconstant prayer fo r he r family, heyounger sister ha s accepted Christ anwould have been baptized some monthago ha d her mother no t t hrea tened firmurder and then suicide. But lately, thmother has allowed the younger daughteto attend gospe l s er vi ce s and read thBible and shows signs of opening thdoor of he r own heart jus t a ci-ack Shis burdened now with the grief of aolder son who recently took a commolaw wife because his mother would noallow him to marry her, then, in a jealourage when she was found paying attention to other men, murdered her. Fromprison bars th e older brother told Dorvalina, This would not have happened ifhad been a Chris t ian.Dorvalina has not only helped in thBotafogo Bible School and women s meeings, but has been trained by Ruth Spurgeon as a nurses assistant. She hel pMiss Spurgeon greatly in he r medicawork, administering simple first-aid, giving injections and changing dressings.Sefor Bueno

The other Sunday School under MisSpurgeon s direction is at Setor BuenoIt meets at present in th e Bible Institutbuilding on Sunday afternoons. This areis until now, sparsely populated and immediate prospects of growth ar e smalbut potentially the area has great pi'omise. Lots in the area are currently beinsold in Rio de Janeiro an d Sao Paulo fomore than $1,000.00 each (approximatel


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