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T

LION S

See

th e

Lion of

th e tribe

of Judah

. has

triumphed

BOB DAWN BAIRD

Elizabeth, Rachel

Joshua

April 1984

IN

Z I R E

F R I C

And thi s

is my p raye r: t ha t you r

love

may

abound

more

and

more in knowledge

and dep th o f insight, so that

you

may be

able

to d is ce rn what is

bes t a nd

may

b e p ure a nd

blameless

until

the d ay of

Christ, filled

with the

fruit

of righteousness

that

comes

through Jesus Christto

the

glory and

praise

of

God. Philippians 1:9-11

The

men

in

thi s p ic tu re

represent 10 churches, 10

Bible

studies,

10 different communities of th e world. Our goal fo r

them and the churches and

study

groups is th e same

as

Paul s fo r th e

Philippians.

Abounding

with love they

will

grow

in

knowledge and insight. They

will be

able to

discern

t he ir own world through Chr is t s Eyes and Christ s Love.

They will

choos e t he pure and

blameless

way, not because

we have

made

them, but they have

come

to

desire

to

make

th at c ho ic e.

They will

bear

the

fruits

of

righteousness

through the ir r elat ionship

to

Jesus Christ. God will

be

glorified and pra ised because

of

t he Church

in Zaire.

The

goal

of

ACM/PBT

in Zaire is to help

the Church to mature.

Please

pray for thi s goa l

with

us .


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3/10

E

are simple. First you start with the scripture

to

read

and

then a

question

is

asked

about itwith a

space available

fo r

thei r wri tten answer. The

next

section answers the question immediately

and then goes

on It is

slow

in

pace and

r ei te ra tes over

and

over the theme using

th e

questions and answers and

also other

appropriate passages.

As

they are working

th ro ugh e ach week there

is a

tape that goes

along

wi th it

Each

center

has

a hand crank

cassette

tape player. The ta pe

reads the book

out loud to them so they can hear it and see it

Through this system those who desire

it

are

able

t o s tudy every

book

of the New

Testament.

Basic

Chr is ti an Doc tr in es as well

as

Old

T e s t a m e n t s tu d ie s O u r P re ss h e re in u k a v u

prints these books

at a cost of about 1.50 to

me

fo r each book Then

I in

turn sell the b o o k s

to

th e students at a

cost

of about 15 Tha t put s

th e book in an

affordable

range for

them

and

makes

it

an

investment

on

th ei r p ar t

in

their

e d u c a t io n

For my

part

in

the

program

besides

purchasing

I

am also the delivery man. Earlier

I

said

the 10 week p rogr am t akes 5 mon th s. T he

reason

for

this

is the delivery

problem.

Ifly

from

Bukavu once

a month with

tapes

to cover two

weeks

of

study. The men know what day

Iwill

be

there from the

last

trip so

they

come

in

from

the i r ten

different

co mmu n i t i es

to

meet

with

m e

at Bafwasende . We

discuss

any problems

from

the last two weeks of

s tudi es and

they return

those tapes

to

me.

I

then pass out the new tapes

and we look through the

new material together.

What

1

try to do

is

to give th e leaders

of

these 10

different centers

something

to stretch

their

minds something

that

will help them to

grow

something

that

they

will

be

able

to

pa ss on

to

o th er s W h en w e

mo v e

t o a fw a s en d e

I will

b e

able

to work with

that

group on a weekly

basis

eliminating the

tapes.

The outlying communi

t ies

will co n t in u e

with

th e o th er m e t h o d

This

is

how T.E.E. w o rk s h er e

in

Zaire T h e s e

a re

th e

too ls

w e

u se t o d e a l with

t he n e ed s

o f

th e

church

here. When you pray about T.E.E. your

prayers should

include

the Africans receiving it

and the

missionaries

giving

it

th e Flight

Pro

g ram t ha t suppl ie s th e

way

to g et

to

these

pl a

ces the Printing Ministry t ha t s upp li es t he edu

cational

mate ri al t o

use. a nd th e

Casset te

Min

istry that supplies the tapes an d

players

for each

center. The

fulfilling

of the

goal is

the sum of

ALL the par ts

and the sum

of

your

prayers for us

Once

over Bafwasende to chase t he goa ts

and people

off th e

airstrip

then we land.

Meeting with

T.E.E.

leaders

a t t he chu rch

in

Bafwasende.


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FORWARDING AGENTS :

Roger Bev

Vickroy

P .O . B ox 5 06

Sherrard,

IL

61281

MAILING ADDRESS:

T h e B a ir ds

Box 53435 (ACM-Bukavu)

Nairobi, Kenya

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T LION S

Se e

th e Lion of the tribe of Judah. . . ha s triumphed

BO B

D AW N B AI RD

Elizabeth,

Rachel

Joshua

J u n e

1984

IT W AS GOOD

55

G 5

IN

ZAIRE

AFRICA

An d Go d said,

Le t

th e

l an d p r od u ce

living

creatures

according to t he i r k inds : livestock, creatures t ha t mov e

a long the

ground,

an d

wild animals

each according

to

its

kind

. . . An d

i twasso

. . . AndGod s aw t h a t it

wa s

good.

Gene s i s 1 :24-25

Not

more t h an 5 miles

f rom Nairob i,

Kenya is

Nairobi

National Park. Actually i t is not a parkas

we think

of one,but

i t is th e

end

of a huge plain which is specificallyprotected by

th e Kenyan

government.

While

we

werein Nairobi we visited

this park a few times.

Many

of the African plains animals live

there

an d by

driving

around for a few hours

you

ca n

se e

most

o f t h em. We we re a b le t o se e l ions,

cheetahs ,

hyenas, cape

buffalo, all types of antelope, giraffes, rhinos ,

hippos,

etc.

This is nothing like seeing

them

in

the

zoo . They are wild and

living just as

they

wer e i nt en ded. Each kind is l ike i ts k ind

an d distinctive from others. Even among a specific

species

of animal there is a

distinction

between types. One

may

be

s u pp le o r

strong,

beautiful o r dangerous , i ndomit abl e o r

fleet

bu t

all ar e a

delight

to

beho ld. Each

of us ,from Joshua

to myself, fel t a sense of aw e from this part of God screation.

All t hese a re made by His design. But then. Genesis is more

than just Chapter 1:24-25 . All i s by His

design.

Maybe if

we

truly opened ou r e ye s and minds to H is creation we might

find more

reasons to

be in aw e of ou r

God .


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Did

yo u

knowthat thereare 1.5million people

l iv ing in Nairobi, Kenya? Did you

also know

that th er e is

on e Christian

Church in

that

city?

Did

youa l s o know that there

is

no

on e

from ou r

Churches working

in Nairobi in evangelism?

In

th eschool wher ewetook languages tud ies

there is a religious map of Nai ro bi . O n that

ma p ar e

th e

locations of all th e churches

an d

their

names

located

in

th e

city. Th e

Jehovah

Witnesses have eight

we h av eo n e .

In

every

part

of

th e

city

is a

mosque

an d

various kindsof

cul tsexis teverywhere , but

in all

of

Nairobi there

is

only on e Christian

Church.

NAIROBI

While

w e w e nt

t o sc hool in Nairobi

we

visited

with t h e Chu rc h

there.

I

sa y visited because

with

th e

t im e w e

h ad t o

work with

t h em

it was

n ot m uc h m ore t ha n

a

visit. T h e C h u rc h is

meeting

in a very dirty

run-down old hospital

building. The mud

and

leaf buildings of

Zaire

ar e far be tte r th an what th ey have,

bu t

they will

no t move.

One of t h e c hu r ch l ea d er s

is

a

polygamist.

On

Resurrection

Sunday

they

did

no t have communion no r would they g ive thei r

reasons why Ther e maybe many reasons why

they have

come

to be wha t they

are,

bu t t he

point

is,

should

they

continue

like

this? They

ZAIRE

Be f or e we

lef t

fo r

Nai rob i

we

we lc omed

Mike

an d

Julie

Nichols t o t h e Bukavu

area.

On

May

28th

we

will be

welcoming

Mack, Joyce an d

Alan Myers

also to th e work here

in

Zaire. These

families

bring

th e

ACM/PBT total to

12

families

an d 2 singles working in Zaire.

The

major par t

of

ou r

work is

in th e Kivu P rovin c e, w i th 3

families

working

in Haute

Zaire

(Bomili an d

Bafwasende).

The

capital city of Zaire is

Kinshasa, th e

major

city o f Haute

Zaire

is

Kisangani, an d in t he s ou th is

Lubumbashi.

ACM/PBT does

n o t h av e

an y families

working

in

those

areas. While you're

praying remember

Zaire. (For

more

details

an d t h e

history of

th e

work here ,

please look a t t h e April

1984

issue

of

HORIZONS.)

V

have

lost desire

an d direc t ion

to

be

different.

After 4 months of

worshiping

with

this

congregation I s ti ll do not know what will

happen to

t hem. But

I

do knowthat th e

city of

Nairobi n e ed s t he

a tten tion

of th e Chr is t ian

Chu r c h e s

What

would you

be willing to do for Christ in

Nairobi?

Will youp r ay for that city to

be

won to

th e

Lord?

Will

you p ray

for

the

purity

of

th e on e

congregation

that

represents

us ail

there?

Will

you go there if in your prayers you find God is

sending

you?

Kinshasa

* (Leopoldville)

Bomih

Bafwas ende

Kisangani

(Slanleyvilie)

Buka vu

ZAIRE Kidodobo

Lubumbas h i

A

SPEC IAL VISIT

We had a very

special

visitorwhile we were in

Nairobi. Dawn's

sister Holly

came

an d

spent

six

weeks with

us.

Shewas

a b ig

help

to

us because

the

children's holidays did not

correspond

with

ours

and they finished

before

we

did. So

Holly

was a great help taking care of

them

while we

were in school We we r e ab le to t a ke h e r around

Nairobi an d to th e

Park so

t h a t h e r t im ewa s no t

all

work but

i nc lu de d m an y

first time

experiences.

We just praise

th e

Lord for her

comingand thegreat help and joy she brought

t o o u r

whole family.

TRANSPORTATION

Since

o u r De cembe r Newsle t te r was never

printed

our

truck repor t

to you was lost with it.

At

th is t ime

there Is stil l $4000.00

left t o p a y o n

th e WHITE

ELEPHANT . I f

you

would like

to

help

with this please designate

th e

gift as

being

for the Truck . That waywe ca n

keep

separate

monies and make payment s as they come in.

Also

in

th e realm

of

t ransporta t ion, while

in

Nairobi we

checked

Into

th e c os t

of

ou r

furlough f light to America. Whil e it will be

subject

to

any

in cr ease over th e next

year,

at

leas t w e have

an

Idea.

Tha t

cost will be

3,400.00. I f

you would

like to

help

in

this

area

please designate i t for Furlough Flight and

Roger will be able to

se t

it aside. We

now have

on e year left before coming home on furlough.

PRAISES

&

PRAYERS

1. Praises for Holly coming to stay with us .

2.

Praises

for

many

miles of safe travel

both

in

th e air an d on the ground.

3. Continue to pray for Ed, Brenda,Scotty, f

ohn

and

Matthew Buell |

4.

Pray

for th e peop le

o f Zai re as prices

(

continue

to rise

j

Pray for workers for Zaire

and

for |

Nai rob i .

t


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TH LION S

See

the Lion of the tribe of

Judah

.. . has triumphed

t

O

DAWN BAIRD

Elizabeth,

Rachel

Joshua

December, 1984

FURLOUGH

IN

ZAIRE

FRIC

From

Attalia

they

sailed

back

to Antioch,

where they

had been committed

to

th e grace of God for th e work

they had now completed. On arriving there, they

gath

ered

th e Chu rch

and reported al l

that

God had

done

through

them

and how he

had opened

th e door of

faith

to

th e

Gentiles.

And they

stayed

there

a

long time

with

th e disciples. Acts

14:26-28

When

I

read this

passage

In

th e book

of Acts my

mind

tends

to fill in

th e blanks

about

the

returning

to

Antioch. Paul

and

Barnabas

had set ou t

from

this church and they had

some very

deep ties

to that

area

nd the people

of that

church. They

had

traveled into parts of the world that might

have been

strange

to them, new

languages, cus toms,

attitudes

and

maybe they

had

received

a

shock

as to

th e

dif

ferences they

faced.

They had worked hard

for a

time

estab

lishing

churches and

they had used

themselves and had

been used

by

the people

they were serving. But now they

had

come

home again

to

the place

from

which they

had been

sent.

We

know

from

reading this passage that

they

reported

all

that God had

done

thru

them for th e

spreading

of th e

Gospel . But that was not all that happened in

the

long time

t hey had s tayed there. They became reacquainted to dear

friends and family members that they had not seen for a long

time. They

basked

in

the

love of those people and they began

to replenish in

themselves

all that had been given for

the

advance of th e Gospel. I

don t

know if

when they

returned to

Antioch they

already

had

decided

on

th e

second

journey, but

this

furlough

that they

took prepared them spiritually, men

tally, and physically to go again and to give again for the

spreading

of

th e

Gospel.

A few months from this newsletter, we will be returning to

th e place where we were committed

to

the grace

of

God

for


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the

work of

the

Gospel.

We

are

looking forward

t o thi s

with

much anticipation.

We a re ready

to

report to

the

churches

what h as

been

accom

plished

and

what still needs

to

b e d on e. We

need to be with you and fellowship with you and

draw

strength

from you

so that as

Paul

went

out

a ga in, w e also

may

go

out

again.

INITIAL F U R L O U G H

P L A N S

ivlany of

you

have already

started

asking

about what our plans will be when we

come

home on furlough.

We

do

have

some,

but we

know

an d h ope

that you

realize

all of

t hese can

only be tentative at

the

best

and

are always

subject

to change.

We expect

to

arrive in Ch icago abou t t he mid

dle

of

May and we plan

on

staying with my

sister

long enough

to have

our physicals

completed at

t h e

c l i n i c

in

W h e a t o n W h e n

t h at h as b ee n c o m

pleted, we will travel to Rapids City, Illinois

which will

be

ou r base for

this furlough,

While

in

Rapids

City

we

would like to

arrange an

initial

meeting

with

representatives

from

all

our

suppor ting churches .

In June

our

plans

are

to

go

to

Mesa,

Arizona

fo r

a

few w e e k s

of

v a c a t i o n

t i m e

with

D a w n s

m o m a n d s i s t e r W e

will

h a v e

a

P B T B oa r d

meeting to attend during this t ime a lso. At

th e

end

of

June

we

will

be

going

on

to

California

to

visit Dawn s dad

and

my dad and sister and

other

family members

who l iv e in

that part

of the

country.

While

there, and this will be

moving

into

t he month ofJu ly , we

hope

to travel

into the

Northwest

to

visit ou r suppo rt er s in that area.

We

are expecting

to

return

to I ll in oi s

about

the

middle

of

July

a nd th en

from

that time we

will be open to

speaking

dates.

We

will

be trying

to

get

to

the

North

American

and also

to

the

Missionary

Convention

later

on in

September,

along

with the

ACM Board meeting and getting

our children into

school.

Also

in

our

plans

and

hopes Is the possibility of my entering LCC

Seminary

to

go into

th e

Master s Program there.

T h i s c o v e r s

t h e f irst

five

m o n t h s

o f

o u r

furlough and we hope tha t

it

gives t he answer s

that

you

need. I d like to repeat

that

it is

tentative.

We

have thought and

prayed

about

it

and

now

present

it

to you to do

the

same.

F U R L O U G H

N E E D S

We

are

very grateful

that

God has

provided

for

us a

house

for

our furlough.

He

provided

it

thru

two very

good f riends of ours, Chuck and

Hilde DeTombe of Rapids City Illinois. As

fa r

as we know

t he hou se

is

unfurnished.

If you

would like to help furnish

th e

house you may

c o n t a c t e i t h e r Mrs. T e r e s a D e B o a r d a t 3 09-523 -

2681 or Mrs. Deedle Legler at 309-496-9214.

Another

l ar ge need tha t

we have fo r furlough

is

that

of

an

automobile.

With

all

the

traveling

that

we

will be doing

this

is

one

of

these

can t

do without items.

In our thinking it

would

not

fit

into our finances to try to buy

a

car and then

have to

arrange

its

sale before leaving again.

We

would be

very

interested in ren ting or leasing a

car for

our furlough. We

are thinking about

economy

and tha t

our

children are growing

and

needing

more space, along with what

we

will

have to carry

for

our

traveling.

If

you

have any

ideas or

suggestions for

us in this

matter

we

would

appreciate

your contact ing our

Forwarding Agent . Roger Vickroy at 309-593-

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WHAT N E E D S T O BE

C C O M P L IS H E D

During

our furlough we want

and need to

make contact with

ail of

you who

have

so

dili

gently kep t

us

in

your prayers and have kept us

going

financially. We

want

you

to

know

what

we have

been abl e t o

accomplish, our problems

and successes, and wha t we plan

to

do with the

future. We would like

to

ti e ourselves

to

you

even

more

tightly before we return to

th e

field

again.

One

of the things tha t

became

evident to us

quite

early

was tha t we came t o Zai re w ithout

enough

funds.

During ourfurlough

we

will

have

to

correct

t hi s s it ua ti on . We will

be

adding

some additional expenses, because when we

re tu rn Rache l will

be going

off to bo arding

school. We

know

that

all of

you, who

have

supported

us

so

faithfully,

have other

commitments and

responsibilities

and

we

underst and concern ing

the

financial

situation

in

America. So

in bringing

our finances up

to

where

they

should be

we will

have to

move

out

to other churches and individuals, to find the

additional

support

we need.

Would

you

be

willing

to

help

us

in

this?

What

about o th er

churches in your

a re a o r

other individuals that

you

know that might be in te re sted in the

ministry

of

ACM/PBT here in Zaire? You

have

done so

much to

help

us to

this

point

and

we ask

that you wou ld just go on

as

before.

We d like

to

share with you some

of

the

f inanc ia l

n e e d s

t h a t

w e h a v e n o w S i n c e

coming to Zaire, we have s pent about 900 a

mon th o n the flight p rogr am . This i nc lude s all

th e

supplies, food,

mail,

and

personal

transpor

ta tio n we

needed

in our first

t hr ee yea rs .

n

add it ion to thi s we will

be needing another

100

a

month to

provide

the

transportation

for

Rachel

to and from school. Tha t mon ey will

allow

he r to

come home

four t imes a yea r. A lso

after having

to

take Dawn

to Nairobi

fo r

the

doctor, we are

adding

45 a

month for an

emergency

medical flight fund.

Rachel s tuition

will

be

185 a

month

at

Rethe Boarding School .

In o u r

f irs t

te rm

w e

w e r e

no t

a ble to

se t

as id e

funds for

t axes o r

social security

or

for th e flight

home, which was

a

big

mistake.

We

estimate

that for taxes and social security we will need

125 a month and for

th e

flight we will

need

to

put aside 150

over

the

next three-year

term.

These are just some

of

th e finances

that

we

will

have

to rai se

before returning.

n our estimation

ou r support should

be 1500 a

month for salary

and

2500

a

month fo r

work funds .

We would

appreciate

your praying

for this

on

our

behalf

so

that

th e

way might

be

prepared fo r

us

even

b ef or e w e return h o m e

n th e

area

of

one-time

gifts,

we

will need to

ra ise

t h e r e m ai nd e r of t he f in an ce s o w ed o n

o u r

truck, funds to

pay

our

back

ta xe s and social

security and funds for our return flight to Zaire

We

would also like to look into the possibility of

bringing

back a solar system to lake care of our

electr ical

n ee ds a nd to re lea se u s from

s o m e

of

th e d ependency

we have

on kerosene

and

gasoline.

You might be asking yourself if one year is

enough

to take care of

these

financial

needs

alone. When

consider them

all

together,

as k

th e same question. But

there

are many

things

in

this life that are

overwhelming

in

themselves

and

we always must

fall back on the

truth

that

God is able to do exceedingly and

abundantly

more

than

we

can

even

imagine.

MORE

W Z U N G U

F O R BAFWASENDE

Mack.

Joyce an d

Allan Myers

The

word

Wazungu means

white people

and

we have

added some white people

to

our

town

of Bafwasende. They are Mack and Joyce

Myers

and

their

son,

Allan.

Mack

and

Joyce

are

both in

th e medical program

of

ACM. Mack

is a

Respiratory Therapist and

has had

experience

in hospital management and Joyce is an RN

Since

we will

soon be moving into the operation


10/10

of

th e hospital at

Bafwasende, Mack s

respon-

stbilities

will be in

the area

of

hospital

management

there. Joyce will b e

working

with

th e

baby

clinic for Bomili

and also

with th e

hospital.

Since coming

to

Za ire th ey

have

finished their

b on di ng w hi ch

is l iving

with

an

African

family for tw o

months, and are

no w in

t h e l a ng u ag e learning

and

home building phase

of their first term. Please add them to

your

p ra ye rs a s

they strive

to iea rn

Kiswahili and to

adjust to live here

Zaire.

D A W N S H E A L T H

For those who did no t get the special mailing

about Bafwasende

this

will come as a big

surprise to

you.

On the 10th of September we

flew to Nairobi Kenya for Dawn to be examined

by

a Cardiologist.

This

was

recommended

to

us

by a

d o cto r h er e

because

of

some

past

difficul

ties,

but P ra is e the Lord

she

wa s given a clean

bill of

health.

T he only tr oub le w as th at sh e

came down

with

malaria and was

in

th e hospital

for 3 days

and then

complete

bed rest

for 7

more. Well

we are very

pleased

to

r ep or t t h at

s h e

is f in e n o w

a n d w e a r e

a l l b a c k in

Zai re

T h an k you fo r y o u r p r ay e rs fo r u s in

this

m atter

a n d in all matte r s

FORWARDING A G EN TS :

Roger

Bev Vickroy

P O Box 5 6

S h e r r a r d ,

IL 61281

M AILING

A D D R E S S :

T h e B ai r ds

Bo x 53435 ACM-Bukavu)

Nairobi. Kenya

Before

yo u move please s e nd t he mailing label below along with a copy of

yournew

address to-

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