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MARCH 1 , 1994B r a s i l i a , DF

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THE FIRST LETTER OF THE NEW YEAR TO YOU WHO HOLD UP OUR HANDS

THE FIRST OF FEBRUARY L. David , Ru th and S t a r l a met t o g e t h e ri n a F ie ld miss ionary meet ing here i n B r as il i a . S ta r la came downf rom Rec i f e fo r s e v e r a l days and we s p en t th e t ime i n p r aye r ,d i s cus s ion , going over f in an cia l rep or ts and needs , plann ings t r a t e g i e s and prepa r i ng promot iona l mat e r i a l . Dec i s ions weremade . t o have an insert i n Hor izons and s end in r e g u l a r newsi t ems to th e C h ris tia n pub l i c a t i o n s . . . a proposed budge t fo r 1994,to encourage S t a r l a i n her r a i s i ng o f fu nd s . . . f o r Ruth t o have aboo t h at t h e Nor t h Amer i can Conven t i o n in July... f o r Starla t oa t t e n d th e Na t i ona l Mis s iona r y Conven t ion i n Oc t o b e r . . . and nowthere s mu c h need of nraver a n d wo r k I

Starla was able to c h e c k into some of her n e e d s here inBra s i l i a . . . i n c ome ta x forms , t r an sf er en c e f or Ka l inka t o s t udy i nSao P au lo , (K al ink a was h e r e ov e r t h e weekend , e n r o u t e t o SaoPau lo ) . t r an sf er en ce fo r Kyula to s tudy i n Rec i f e , (Kvula is backin Brazil a n d is p l a n n i n g to ma r r y either in Julv or S e p t emb e r ) ,as well as to visit with a few of her friends. t h a d b e e n thefirst t ime back s i n c e s h e moved t o Rec i f e last A p r i l . A f t e r sh ew en t b ack home, she c a l l e d to say sh e had c on t r a c t e d a con t ag i o u sr as h ( ev id en tly be fo re she came he r e ) and wanted me to be su r e andwash up all cove r s , t owe l s , e tc . th a t she had come i n con t a c t wi thh e r e . La s t call from h e r she was g e t t i n g a long better.

Whi l e sh e was h e r e we wa tched a v i d e o that Kyu l a h ad b r o u g h tback wi th h e r from D a r y l ' s . . . Af t e r some s t a t e s i d e TV prog rams , th elast part of the v i d e o was of Katie... w i t h v i ew s of the rest oft h e f ami l y ( and a s h o r t s cene o f Lloyd wi th h i s g r and - daugh t e rwh i l e he was t h e r e last Ap r i l ) . . . a s cene o f R u s ty 's 8 thb i r t h d a y . . . We r e a l l y en joyed it... a f t e rwa rds we watched it aga inand let Mar ia t ake it home to se e it aga in be fo re s end ing it backt o Kyu l a .

Word c ame f rom Starla in Re c i f e o f an a n swe r to p r a y e r Wehave been p r ay i ng fo r a sma l l farm o r some a r ea ne a r th e ou t s k i r t so f town where th e s t r e e t ch i l d r en t h a t a r e be ing ca r ed f o r migh thave s p a c e and oppo r t un i t y f o r g e t t i n g o ff t h e streets and bet r a i n e d and he lp ed t o know th e Lo r d . . . Someone h a s o f f e r e d them a no ld v a c a n t mo t e l t o r e fo rm and us e S t a r l a , N ubia and Ab i g a i l wereto visit t y e t this week and s e e if t c a n b e u s e d .

As s oon a s Starla left f o r Rec i f e , We t ook f i v e d ay s off...t h r e e at a ho t sp r i ng s abou t hour s f rom he r e and t h e last two toa tt e n d th e y ou th c on g re ss in Ca t a l a o . Th i s is Ca r n i v a l t ime and wet r y to g e t th e young peop le ou t o f Bra s i l i a and th e wo r l d ' st emp t a t i o n s t o a p l a c e o f s t u dy and p ra i s e t o t h e Lo rd . The r e we r ea pp r o x ima t e l y 1000 i n a t t e n d an c e . Being away a l s o d id u s muchgood

Ru t h ' s f am i l y (o n h e r father s s i d e ) is h av i n g a firstr e u n i o n in Dioh ton . Ks i n June ( t ho s e o f you in Ru t h ' s f am i l ya l r e a d y know a bou t t h i s ) and Ruth is hop ing t o g o . She w i l lp robab ly go to th e S ta t e s somet ime i n May, visit f ami l y and somechurches... attend t h e r e u n i o n and return to Brazil via Or l a n d o ,

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F la and t h e Nor t h Amer ican Conven t i on th e first o f J u l y . Marce l o ,Maria Joyce ' s 10 yea r o ld may meet her in Or lando . . . and a v i s i tt o Di s n e y l a n d .

Maria Joyce and family a re doing f i n e . . . they expec t t h e i rbaby th e first pa r t o f A pr i l . The i r dog j u s t had 11 pups oned i e d ) . . . The i r c a t ( t he one t h a t we r a i s e d fo r a y e a r i n ou rapar tment and found ou t it d idn ' t en joy apar tment l i f e , so gave itto Mar i a ) . . . has j u s t had 5 k i t t e n s . . . add these to two smal lpa rakee t s and two boys . . . and now th e new baby . . . it is qu i t e amatu rn i ty ward. M aria wi l l ge t th re e months o f f work (wi th paywhen the b aby is b o r n .

We a r e we l l . Lloyd Dav id is schedu led f o r two , two hou rc l a s s e s this s eme s t e r . . . ba s i c B i ble c o un se lin g and b a s i c L ib r a r yTechnology. He i s working wi th a rea p reache r s to use s t uden t s inl o c a l p r a c t i c a l l e ad e r s h i p t r a i n i ng t e a ch ing p reach ing evange l i z ing in house churches and p l an t i ng seed . He has a lo to f pape r work to do i n o rd e r to pu t th e Bra z i l i a n Miss ion up - t o -d a t e so it can t r a n s f e r s e v e r a l chu rch l o t s and bu i l d i ng s t o th el o c a l chu r che s . He is a l s o t empora ry p r e s i d e n t o f th e Chr i s t i a nCol lege while Paul Lanham i s on fu r lough . Tonight he has an e l de r ' smee t i ng i n th e l o c a l Bra s i l i a chu r ch .

We wen t o u t t o Adona i , ou r homes f o r t h e e l d e r l y , this l stSa turday and s t ayed un t i l Sunday noon. We had a sma l l ce l eb ra t i onwi th them fo r Lloyd Dav id ' s 76th b i r t hday Most o f th e houses ou tt h e r e have been r e - r oo f e d , bu t th e heavy r a i n s came and t h e l st2 duplexes 4 homes have had to wa i t . . . one o f the se is th e onewe s t ay in when we go ou t . . . t h e r e a re still s eve ra l l e aks and acoup l e o f broken tiles bu t soon we ' l l be ab le t o r e - r oo f it andth e o t h e r s no t y e t d o n e . . . t hen t h e r e is a l o t o f p l a s t e r i n g ,pa i n t i ng , r e -do ing th e e l e c t r i c a l sy s t em . . . and r epa i r i ng some o ft h e p l umb i ng .

Th e r e mu s t b e a lot mo r e we ' d like to t lk bout but we d owant to say t hank you fo r be ing a p a r t o f th o se who a re ho ld ingup ou r hands i n p r aye r and g i v i ng , t h a t we migh t no t g e t to o wearyi n we l l - do ing Exodus 17:11-12)

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