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HORIZONS
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6/1/78 TITLE: KKHKK CHILE
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PHILLIPS R PORT
T h e
c h u r c h I n E l
M o n t i j o
i s o n t ^ e
move "
report
Woody and
Nelda
Philllpg,
missioners
in
Santiago, Chile,
in
their
i
March newsletter. "Anticipation mixed
w i t h p r o b l e m s
b e s t
d e s c r i b e s t h e
n e w |
church at El M o n t i j o « j where I have worked
s i n c e
i t s
b e g i n n i n g l a s t
M a y .
T h e g r o u p
h a s
g r o w n
f r o m
n o t h i n g | t o
a g r o u p
o f 2 0 t o 2 5 a n d w e ' r e l o o k i n g
for
property where
we can
construct
A
building.
Baptized
Chilean adults n iw
n u m b e r 1 4 w i t l j ^ h r e e m o r e b a p t i s m s s i t
for
Saturday. Members are growing ii
the Lord, and the
presence
o f Christ'is
I
known to the church. This ye ar promi ses
to be
a
good one
for
the
congregation,
and the plans made
will
produce continu ed
r e s u l t s .
We believe
we'll
have
a
fiim
I
group of at
least
50
by ye ar's
end. '
All
o f
this
is
not
without problem s,
however. Marriages
are damaged
b y
yiars
I
o f po or com mun ication , previo us marital
relationships,
and
lack
o f
commitment,
and m y marriage couns elin g sk ills art
I
being
put to
the tes t
weekly.
Cultutal
tra di ti o n
and social
norms clash
witt
the ethic
of
Jesus, and the adjustments
are not made overnight.
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But the stronger of the two
characteristics
is
not the
problems,
because they
have
solutions through ^d*s
p o w e r .
| I t i s
t h e
j o y f u l
a n t i c i p a t i o n
a n d p r e s e nt s at i sf a ct ion that th e c h u r c h
i s oper ating in th e Spir it s power a nd
the
Father's
timing.
dHao
OTicc
CCIZ
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half
of
the mountain and
the
bright
blue heaven
above. God's match
less
artistry speaks
to me of
His interest
in the
affairs of men.
And His attention to detail reminds
me
of the close relationship I
can have with
Him
through
Jesus.
We
enjoyed the visit immensely, and their enthusiasm
and rich
ministry was shared with the rest
of
the team in
a
week-long
retreat
at
the
camp.
Our
blessing was
doubl
lives
and
experiences
of
DON
AND ELS
o
them
shared
in the
Biblical and
everyone went
away
fed.
My Dad has never
been
wild aboii
when I
can talk
sensibly
with them.
gooing and clucking over his brand-n
his heart
(and of
course, Grandma's
tears on
the plane trip
taking
them
visit
in every
way.
T h e
m i d d l e
o f J a n u a r y b r o u g h t u ] s C R A I G A N D S H I R L E Y
W O O L S E Y ,
future C h i l e a n m i s s i o n a r i e s p r e s e n t l | y m i n i s t e r i n g
in
Eldon, M i s s o u r i
They brought two of their four children
for
a survey trip and we
t
children ( I like them better
),
but you should have seen
him
ew granddaughter,
Sara. She won
too;, and
they
both
confessed to
from Santiago. It was a
good
invited
th
ed there
as we also
enjoyed the
IE DEWELT (Chris'
parents).
A ll
ractical
input
given
us,
and
em
to
stay with us for hal
Not only did they get to see the
wof
but we had such a good visit with
t h l e m in our
home. One
weekend
Craig and I
took
a trip
to
San
Carlos,
five
hours south,
where I
preached and he
sang.
They
loved
h i .
E nglish, and he sang ten times
throu
six times
and about used
up my file
f c
hurch
there
is so
alive
and
growing
and blessed.
T
f
the
time
(twenty days
in a
s music, even though it was
ll).
< and affirm their plans to come.
in
ghout the three
days
I
preached
of
sermons in Spanish.
T he
and
we were
greatly encouraged
Family
birthday recently by turning
Dack.
Her proud
parents
are
3wed
another month
to fatten her
more frequent feedings, and
she
surprise
the doctor this week.
Sara
celebrated her three-month
over between giggles--from front to
h a p p y to a n n o u n c e t h a t s h e i s m o r e b e a u t i f u l e v e r y d a y . T h e d o c t o r
told
us in December that she was
awfully
puny and
that
he
wanted
her
on a formula. We balked, and he
all
up naturally. Well, it
worked
with
hds
grown
considerably.
We plan to
J e r e m y
has b e e n the p r o u d a n d
p r o t e c t i v e b i g b r o t h e r ,
a n d ^ h a s
quickly developed a special r e l a t i o r i s h i p with his
baby
sister.
Today is his first day
in his
new s c i h o o l .
The
Grange, and
Nelda
has
prepared his clothes
so
he'll
be
all set.
We snapped a photo
of
him
just
before
he left
in
his mandatory
uniform
of
grey shorts,
white shirt and tie, blue knee socks
b l a z e r
with
the school
emblem
o n
th3 ^
w e
c a n h a r d l y b e l i e v e h e ' s e n t e r i n g k i n d e r t o d a y , b u t a f t e r p r e -
kinder last year, he's ready for t h i i s big step. The school is a
g o o d
o n e - - a m i x t u r e
of
S p a n i s h a n d E n g l i s h - - a n d
we
a r e
happy that
he was accepted. Now we only hope h e j accepts the school, but with
his native
adaptability, there
should be
few
problems,
left
him today he
didn't even
look
back.
D i s n e y l a n d S o u t h
i s t h e n a m e ; g i v e n
i n
t h e
a d s to S a n t i a g o ' s
own Fantasilandia". This new amusement
park
features
about
eight
e x p e n s i v e
rides
a n d
l o t s of p o p c o r n , j
b u t
d i d n ' t q u i t e
m e a s u r e
up t
the advertisements. Never he e ,
J f ^ i r e m y
enjoyed
o n r
visit last
^aturda^
n o w ^ w a n t s
n : o
go
every d a y . His f a v o r i t e w a s t h e
b u m p e r
cars which he drove alone while we cheered him
on
from the sidelines.
His numerous crashes almost
knocked
I
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The church
in
E l
Montijo is in a holding
pattern
now as we
look for property. The gov ernment owns
the
entire neighb orho od,
so we
have
applied to receive a lot on which we
can
construct
an
adequate building. Red tape surrounds our request, and
cut
ting it m ay
take
several
mo re weeks.
In
th e meantime we continue
t o meet
in
a hom e with
the
20-25 people we have, but we're not
able
to
g r o w .
So w e r e w o r k i n g
i n
a nearby
a r e a , m a k i n g
con
tact
in the neighborhood market for teaching in homes. The
Bible
Study Course
is
offered, and graduates are approached
for
fu rther teaching. More th an sixty have enrolled, and some
are now starting
to
finish the seven-lesson course.
If
all
works
out
as
planned, we'll h ave
two
groups
instead
o f
one by
year's
end.
We've had six
baptisms in th e
last couple of months,
with
three
or
four more
lined
up. One or two will
be
baptized this
week, ^r^Qther when—ahe_gelLs—her mind f u l y set^^
and
the—other
when he
gets out
of jail. (Some
people
resist
the
Lord until
something
serious
happens, and th is is th e case with Mario.
We were
teaching
him, h e
was
thinking,
was
arrested for
some
previously-committed
misdeed,
and gave
his
life t o Christ
behind
bars.)
I
m
turning mo st
of the
responsibility
o f the
church over
to J u a n , the
Chilean leader
with whom we began
the group,
and he
is fully
c a p a b l e
of
c o n t i n u i n g .
I w i l l m o r e a n d m o r e
b e
t u r n i n g
m y
efforts
to
team administration, publications, family seminars,
and
visiting and supporting the different congregations. In
this way my ministry will be expanding,
and
I think I' l l be
more
effective.
O f
course
I'll
continue strong contact with
the E l
Montijo
church through Juan, and visit often. But it's
time
they
began
to
make
it on their own.
JUST
LATELY
J i m
and
L5mn Adams and
I
sang for
a
weekend meeting
at
the
San Juaquin (Santiago) church May 12-14. Th e chu rch
had b or
rowed a club in the neighborhood for the meetings since their
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rented a neighborhood sports
Attracted hundreds each night
before
this
weekend. They alsp
club for the three nights, and
with Christian films, lively singing
and
good
preaching.
I
went on Saturday, and after a short
greeting
to
the
large
crowd,
retreated to
the
back to
sermon brought more than
twenty
watch. A short but pointed
adults
to the
front
to
acce
where they meet The next weekend I
visited
a meeting at
a brand-new church in Recoleta
(also
Santiago). Manuel Nunez
began
the
church there
about
April 1,
and had
baptized 31 people
and conversions
and came up wit
April and
May,
plus another
80
sent
only the churches here in
pt
Christ. Altogether
the
three
nights
saw
33
come
to
know
the
Lord.
Followup
calls
and
teachi.ng
will precede
baptism of
most
of them in the next two or thrde weeks. This
church
is looking
for property also
This
morning
I
met with several of the
Chilean pastors and two
of the
missionaries
to
discuss the work.
One Chilean
pastor
told stor y after story of people who have
come
to
Christ in recent weeks. He added, Now
is
the time of
harvest,
brothers "
He should know.
He
baptized 19 last month,
and
started a new daughter church. We
began
adding up
baptisms
:h at least
100-120
baptisms
in
or so pending.
And
these repre-
^antiago. One pastor
remarked
that three years ago, all
the
churches in
Santiago
didn't
have
120 me
t
bers
....
.One
way we
try
property for
constructing
building.
This
is
usually out of
their
reach, but with the lots,
they c
the construction.
(Lots
are $1C
known
to some
in the
U.S. and
w ^ e r e recently blessed with gifts
of several thousand
dollars
to
help buy more lots. Praise the
Lord
We're
now
looking
into
the best
way
to
spend
it,
and have
eight
locations
in
mind
where
buildings
are needed
yesterday
F MILY
Sara is now half
a
year ol^
Mother's milk brought her to thi
for a
supplement now. Her
a c t i j v
in the way she shakes her rattlte
loped a system
of
letting us
kn^w
when she's ready to
eat (loud
and persistent
crying). Two
tiny teeth
have
appeared
in her
lower gum--further
evidence of
advanced cranial development.
At least we're convinced.
Jeremy
is enjoying school
and is learning,
teacher
night
last week,
one
of
he does his work and follows ins
social,
and too
much talking
dur
into
trouble
occasionally.
His
At a parent-
his
three
teachers
told
us
that
tructions well. He
is
highly
ing story-time
has
gotten him
teacher added that he
speaks
o help
the
churches is
to
buy
an
usually
go
ahead and
handle
00-1500.)
We
made this need
and
has finally started
on
food,
rteen pounds, but she's
ready
e intelligence is readily seen
up and down, and she has deve-
and
understands
English and
Spanish equally, and
is
at
home
in
either. (Nobody s a y s that about h i s parents ) M u c h
of
J e r e m y s
class
is
in English, and he gets a little bored sometimes wait
ing for his Chilean classmates to
get
it. We saw his art work,
and
are
^ure
we have
a
budding
Rembrandt
on our
hands.
He says
hi
to
all^his Stateside friends.
We won't leave for furlough until December, but our minds
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J u n e 2 7 1 1 9 7 8
Mr» Woody Phillips
Ch&lean Challenge
Ca^lla 21119
Ooppeo
21
Santiago Chile
Dear
Woody
Thank you for the very Informative letter and material on
your
work organizational
structure
and economic program for mlssloners*
Bncloaed Is the material you requested* It may he helpful hut
It seems
to
me you have done your homework
In
the program you
have set In
motion.
I think
It
Is one
Z
could
live
with
If Z
were to
he a mlssloner on the
team
X*ll
he
glad to consider y o i u c article for puhllcatlon
on
the
roll of
missionaries.
So
send
It when you
have
It
ready.
You
are hlessed Indeed to have a good financial hase for
yoxsr
work.
Z
really feel
for
th ose mlsslo ners
ô ave
difficulties
In
gett ing support. They are so deserving hut may not have the
right
contacts
or
personality to appeal
to churches and
Individuals.
Zt*a
not so much that the mlssloner needs help
In
seeking support
hut
the
church needs
help
In
evaluating
and
sending support.
They
want
to he
responslhle contrlhutors
hut don't know how to go ahout It. So much hinges on financial
reports. That shouldn't he neglected
hut
churches also need
to
evaluate caiaaes they give to from a
time
report and Involved
skills
report.
If
they could come
to
understand
how a
mlssloner
udes
his
time
and how he Implements
his
talents Into the
work
and difficulties he encounters
In
the cmltural situat i on they
could hotter
know how
to
support
and
how much.
The
30th
parallel
seems
to he
the
dividing line
between reeeptlve
and
resistive
mission fields. Or it seems educational and economical aggreslve*
ness and retardation make
the difference In
receptivity.
Kuch
could
he
said
ahout
these
things»
hut
In
search
of
aneers
we
keep praying
for
you
and ot hers serving
In
forlegn
areas.
Hay
God
he
glorified In your life
and
In your work.
Sincerely
Blohard Xi.
Bourne
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CHILEAN
CH LLENGE
F i e l d A d d r e s s F o r w a r d i n g A g e n t s
i V o o d y
& e l d a
P h i l l i p s
a s i l l a 21119 B r y c e
& o e s s u p
M i s s i o n a r i e s to C h i l e
Correo
21
6188 ean A
enue
Santiago. C h i l e San
Jose,
Ca.
95123
June 16,
1978
Richard L. Bourne, Editor
Horizons Magazine
Box 177
Kempton, IN 46049
Dear Brother Bourne,
We were pleased and interested
i n what
you
said
concerning mi s
s i o n a r y s a l a r i e s i n
y o u r
e d i t o r i a l of
March 15, 1979.
As
a
t e a m
we
have recently s t r u g g l e d with this issue and came
up w i t h
o u r
p o l i c y
c o nc ern in g
LATM
s a l a r i e s .
I am
i n c l u d in g
a c o p y s o yo u
can see what conclusions we
came up with.
Our salary policy is
p r o v i s i o n a l ,
and c o m e s up for r e v i e w i n Oc t ober ,
s o
we would
apprec ia te
s e e i n g t h e
plan
you
hav e .
We would a l s o be in teres t ed
in the ORC
cost
of living
statistical information. We were
aware
of
it
t h r o u g h t a lki n g w i t h o th er e v a ng e l i c a l m i s s i o n a r i e s h e r e i n
Chile,
but d i d
not
have
access
to it.
I
think it would help a
lot in mak i n g
adjustments needed. The only comment we received
about it
was that
it
was not
always up-to-date on
every
country.
Argentina,
for
in s tanc e,
was rated 20-25%
hi gher t han
D.C.
,
while
Chile was rated around 90-95%. This does
not
appear accurate
to
s o m e p e o p l e .
H o w e v e r ,
you have
to
consider that D.C. is a pretty
expensive
place to l i v e , a n d fe w m i s s i o n a r i e s
come from there.
Most of
us
come
from
areas where
costs are
considerably lower.
So,
if a p e r s o n reads the s t a t s to
say
that the
missionary
s alar y
should be 90%
of what he
would
receive in the
U.S.
, this is
inaccurate.
R e c e i v i n g 90% of the
cost
of l i v i n g s c al e in
D.C.
is another story, and would represent
a
big
difference. But, in
spite
of
p o s s i b l e confusion, this
i n f o r m a t i o n
w o u l d
be
helpful
to many people, and we encourage you to
make
it available to your
readers
Boy, Gorden Patten's article in
that
issue was
a zinger
So much
of what he said is accurate
and
needed to be said, but it
repre
sents only
his view
as a missionary
in
the
Orient. It
appears that
it has always been difficult to
raise funds
for that area of the
world. I would guess that the slowness of
the
work discourages
possible supporters, and they would prefer to put their money
where things are moving a bit faster.
I
have
to
disagree with his
statement,
"It is next to
impossible
to get money onto the mission
field." I believe that is his experience, but not a generality
for every field. In Chile, for example, our
support has
always
been good, and sometimes outstanding. Our ten team members average
about 1875 per
m on th
each i n t o t a l i n c o m e (f i g u r e s c o m pi l e s i n
Mar ch c o v e r i n g
the
p r e v i o u s year o r
s o ) .
And,
when
we
have
a
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two
special need and let it be
know,
the
response
has been terrific.
For
example, Just in my case, I
asked for help
in
paper purchase
for our El Encuentro Bible Course last Fall, and received over $1600
In March, needed
to
make
a
trip
to
Costa Rica.
I asked
one of
our supporting
churches in
the
States
if they could help,
and
they
sent
a
check
for
the
entire amount
of
$850. That same
church
last
year responded to two other requests of 1000 each,
in
addition to
a
very generous monthly check.
More
recently, we have
needed
to
purchase property for
several
new growing churches, and we
sent
letters
to
various churches about
it. Within a
month,
I
had
received gifts of $2000 from a church
and
$4000 from an individual.
I hear
the
pain Gorden is expressing, but cannot
report
that his
experience is
also ours.
I surely
do appreciate his
courage
and
"guts" in
writing the article for
publication, and I
hope
it
will
cause some churches
to
re-evaluate their use of money. He is so
right in saying that many churches
are
incredibly selfish. But
there are
also
many who are not.
Richard, I
am
not
writing any of this for publication in the maga
zine- Just for
you. I
am interested, however,
in submitting
an
article
before
long on the role of the missionary for
your
consi
deration.
And,
we
are going to try and
keep
Horizons better informe
on our work
here.
One
step
is seeing that you
get
our quarterly
LATM newsletter--the first one included here,
and
the next one
to
go out right
away.
We're
sending
the copy
to
be printed today.
By the way, LATM (Latin American Team Ministries) is the name we
have
chosen for the
team.
We
have
kind of
unique
set-up, in which
we
retain the
direct-support
idea and the
sending elders, but
add
the benefits of additional advice and more careful organization.
I'll also
include a
paper
I
Just finished describing
this
in detail.
Again, this is not for
anyone
but you, as we want to be careful in
how we
move
on this. We're
not
interested in fighting with anyone,
and we know
that
some may
be opposed to some of
our plans.
I'd
appreciate hearing from you
if you
get
any time,
and
knowing
some
of your observations on what I've said. But, don't feel
obligated, except to send the salary plan.
Best wishes
to
you. We appreciate receiving the magazine
and
your
fine
work
in
putting
it
out.
It takes so long to
get
a good LATM
newsletter
together,
I
can't
imagine producing
24 issues a year
Yours in
Christ,
Woody
Phillips (writing
as a representative of LATM in requesting
the salary plan, but individually in the rest.)
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L TIN MERIC N TE M MINISTRIES
THE WORKING STRUCTURE
RIEF HISTORY
When Ed Holt
arrived
in
Chile
in
1970i
he brought with
him
the
dream
of
a team ministry.
He began work on a
correspondence
course
a n d w a s j o i n e d by M i k e S h e f f i e l d in 1 9 7 1 . The
c o n r s e w a s
c o m p l e t e d
and first offered in early 1972, and the response was
good.
J e f f
M y e r s
who h a d w o r k e d in
N o r t h e r n C h i l e
s i n c e 1969, began
t a l k i n g
a n d p r a y i n g
w i t h
E d a n d M i k e a n d
i n
early
1 9 7 3
j o i n e d t h e m in the
nation s c a p i t a l of S a n t i a g o . The c o u r s e h a d taken off,
w i t h
o v e r
7 0 0 0
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ADVANTAGES OF TEAM MINISTRY
The idea of working together was fairly entrenched,
and
the
a d v a n l a / ^ e s
wore
b e c o i i i i n / , clear.
As l . A F M sees i i : now, there a i j
several distinct
advantages to
t e a m m i
i i i . s l r y ,
a n d h o y
arc l ) a ; : ( d i n
the
belief that Christ s
church
functions best when each
member
is
using
his God- given abilities to contribute to the g o o d o i all.
A
team
effort
allows
each member
to
celebrate and
utilize his
own
giftedness, thus freeing
and encouraging others to do the same
in
a
coordinated endeavor.
.
Work efficiency
is
increased as duplication
is
avoided
through clear communication
and
an
organized
work plan.
In Chile,
missionaries have
shared voluntarily in
joint
projects,
but the team has
been careful
to preserve
the
independence o l each
member.
Each
individual raises and administers
his own
funds. H e -
is selected and
responds to
his own sponsoring church. He
decides
a n d directs his own area ol service, carelully l / a L m i o i i i / u i i g
I n
s e l m s
w i t h t e a m g o a l s
a n d
n a t i o n a l
s t r a t e g y . H e p a r t i c i p a t e s f u l l y
d e c i s i o n s a n d p o l i c y ,
t h u s
h e l p i n g to f r a m e t h e o v e r a l l g o a l s a n d
methods the team employs. Through working together the
team
promotes
a
m o r e u n i f i e d n a t i o n a l w o r k . M i s s i o n a r y f a m i l i e s
e n j o y
r i c h i n t r a -
team fellowship. Working closely with one another points
p o r t a n c e o f a c c o u n t a b i l i t y f o r u s e o f t i m e a n d f i n a n c e s . T h i s p r o m o t e s
n e e d e d r e s p o n s i b i l i t y a n d
a v o i d s
t h e
p o s s i b i l i t y o f , m i s u s e o f f u n d s .
S h a r i n g
i s
t h e g r e a t e s t a d v a n t a g e - - s h a r i n g
i d e a s ,
m a t e r i a l s
m i d
b o o k s .
S h a r i n g
p r o b l e m s a n d
f r u s t r a t i o n s . S h a r i n g d r e a m s , p l a n s
a n d g o a l s .
RECENT TEAM DEVELOPMENT
By 197 7 the—Chil pan- mission - w e r e — e e n v i i i u e d
the
t e a m m i n i s t r j ^ L , — b ^ i f e ^ J a a d a l s o b e c o m e
a w a r e
o f
t h e n e e d
f o r
f u r t h e r
c l a r i
f i c a t i o n a n d d e v e l o p m e n t o f t h e t e a m i d e a . O u t
o f
r e g u l a r w e e k l y
m e e t i n g s
a n d m u c h
a d d i t i o n a l
d i s c u s s i o n
c a m e t h e d e v e l o p m e n t
o f s e -
v i r a i
d e f t n i t T v e
s t e p s :
a
G u i d e l i n e s
f o r
n e w
r e c r u i t s w a s
d r a w n
u p t o
s u p p l e m e n t
a
b o o k l e t
p r e p a r e d r n
1 - 9 7 5 .
C a r e
w a s
t a k e n t o
e n c o u r a g e
o n l y p r e p a r e d
w o r k e r s
t o
c o m e ,
a n d t o
g r v e s p e c i f i c
w r i t t e n
a s s i s t a n c e
t o t h e
s p o n s o r i n g c h u r c h a s
to t h e i r
r e s p o n s i b i l i t y
i n
s e l e c t i n g
a n d p r e p a r i n g
t h e i r
c a n d i d a t e .
A q u e s t i o n a i r e
w a s d e v e l o p e d
I n d
t e s t i n g
a n d c o u n s e l i n g w a s
r e q u i r e d ,
t h u s
h e l p i n g
p o t e n t i a l
m ^ s s i S n a r i l s t o b e t t e r
a s s e s s
t h e i r a b i l i t y t o s e r v e c r o s s - c u l t u r a l l y
a n d
to f u r t h e r
p r e p a r e
t h e m
f o r
t h e f i e l d . L a n g u a g e
t r a i n i n g
i n
C o s t a
i ? c a w a s m^e a ^ r e q u i r e m e n t f or c o m i n g , b T e a m
g o a l s
w e r e wr i t t e n
u p ,
a n d
c o o r d i n a t i o n i n t h e i r f u l f i l m e n t
b e g a n t o
b e m o r e s p e c i f i
.
E a c h u n i t g e a r e d
h i s
w o r k i n t o o v e r a l l t e a m g o a l s , a n d
e a c h
m a d e
h i s
contribution
to
the team s general
direction for
the
year,
c) The
missionary
u n i t s o n
the
f i e l d c o v e n a n t e d
to
c o n t i n u e
as
a team,
a n d
to
s e t
u p p r o c e d u r e f o r
a r r i v i n g a t p o l i c y d e c i s i o n s a f f e c t i n g
t h e
o v e r
all work.
To
date,
policy has been
set concerning
purchase
of church
property,
missionary salaries, team
goals
and
the monthly filing o
work and financial
reports,
d) Most importantly,
and
on a subjective
level, team unity was
becoming
a reality
for
everyone. Diversity
was apparent in abilities, ideas
and personalities,
but
unity
grew
i n
s t r e n g t h
e a c h
m o n t h . A s t r o n g e r s p i r i t u a l b a s e w a s b u i l t
t h r o u g h
t h e t e a m
m e e t i n g s a n d s e v e r a l
r e t r e a t s ;
c l o s e f r i e n d s h i p s
w e r e
b e i n g
f o r m e d ; w o r k i n g t h r o u g h
s o m e
t o u g h p r o b l e m s b r o u g h t a c l o s e n e s s to
the r e l a t i o n s h i p s ; p r o b l e m s w e r e
s o l v e d i n s t e a d
of a v o i d e d ; p l a n n i n g
for
the future committed the
team
to each
other and
to
the plans
laid jointly
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LATM STATESIDE
In 1978 the
development
of the team idea contiiined with the
decision to
produce
a LATM newsletter quarterly, and the desire to
aLLrauL
s u p p o r l f o r
. A T M a p a r t f r o m
w l i a r
each i
e a i i i
i i i e i i i ] ) e r reeeived
t h r o u g h h i s o w n s u p p o r t e r s .
L A T I N
A M E R I C A N T E A M M i N l S l K l E S (LAIM)
was adopted
as the team name,
and
its
use
has
increased in all c o r a -
cunications and promotional
materials.
By midyear the dec ision was
reached
to
Incorporate LATM in the
U.S. and to
select an Advisory
Committee. This decis ion paralleled the DeWelt s announc ement that
they were returning to the States in September, 1978, to
work
with
College Press in Joplin, Missouri.
Chris*
desire to continue to
help in LATM brought about the arrangement that he would help as
Stateside Coordinator--a link
LATM needed in Che
States.
HOW LATM WORKS
In
order
to fully understand LAT M, one must see
the r e l a l . i
onship
beCween
the sponsoring
diurcii , the L e a r n
on
t l i e
Meld
the
Advisory
Committee and
the
Stateside Coordinator.
.
A A A A . l y . 1
i H ) N S O | | NC
C l / U R C I I E
/yO
M
M
M
M M M
M M
M M
TEAM
ON
THE FIELD
STATESIDE
COORDINATOR
ADVISORY
COMMITTEE
Essentially, the relationship b t s O i i s with L i r e sponsoidn;
church
whose elders approve
and
send
out t i i e missionary.
They receive
reports
on his
work
and
progress,
a n d retain
lull
authority
over
h i m
The team on the
field
makes plans and
carr ies out
the
work,
b ut has
all policy dec isions ratified
by the
sponsoring chur ches. The A d
visory Committee looks
out for the team--giving
advic e, worning
and
support from their wisdom and experience. Ihey I i a v e
no
authority
ove r individual mis s iona rie s , b u t r e c o m m e n d , approve amend and
strengthen
LATM s plans
and
directions.
The Stateside
Coordinator
is
the
team s
financial agent
i n l u ^
U.S. and
chief p r o i i i o i
or
of
the
work
More
specifically, each
body is defined
as follows:
1.
T l i e
Spoiisori
ng Churcli
L A T M s
unde r s t andin g
of B i b l i c a l
missions centers
on
the
relati
Miship
between
the missionary
and
his
sponsoring churc h. It is the responsibility of the sending body of
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four
elders to
know
the
candidate
well enough to fully endorse him, and to
take
financial and moral responsibility for
him on
the field. They
also serve as
spiritual
overseers for
tlie
mi ssi oiiary--gi vi ng
advice,
V . i l Mi
I
I I , l
l i e work
he does, iv-eei v i i / . rr'pori . s , and rf^laininr. at ilho-
rity over
him.
The
candidate
is exi)ected to maintain
close
Lies
with the church
and
report fully on
his work to them.
His accounta
bility to these elders takes precedence over his relationship to LATM,
and
they are fully
informed
of
team directions,
plans
and activities.
Furthermore,
LATM
policy must be ratified
by each
member's sponsoring
church
before
it
becomes official.
In
this
way,
the
spiritual and
supervisory relationship between church and missionary is
maintained
and encouraged.
(See
supplement on Guidelines
for
sponsoring church
es
for
further
detail.)
2. The team
on
the
field. The
hub of the ministry
naturally
centers in the field. There
LATM
members together work out long and
short-range
goals,
methods for reaching them,
and
policy
which affects
the
overall
work.
Coordination comes through
weekly
meetings and
periodic evaluation of
progress and direction.
Each
team member
is
expected to
keep
his sponsoring church
fully
informed,
and their
approval and ratification
of
policy decisions
is
required. Because
of distance and impracticability,
LATM
does not expect that churches
will
want to be
involved
in
details
of the work, or to approve in
advance
the
plans being
made
and
executed. (Occasional
visits to
t he
field are encouraged, however.) The sponsoring church watches th e work
carefully, to
be
sure,
anfl
intervenc's wlum
necessary.
They do not
take part in day-to-day operations, but their' approval
is
imperative
to conti i i i ng.
LATM believes that each team member
should
be both
responsible
and
accountable for what h
does and how he uses
his mission funds..
They recognize that U.S. churches
are
not geographically
in a posi
tion to do this, so LATM has
developed
a system of self-regulation.
Team
members must complete monthly reports of expenditures
and
these
are checked against bank statements
and
receipts before being placed
on
open file with
the team's
bookkeeper. Also required is
a
monthly
work
report which includes
time
expenditure, plans for the
next
month, goals reached
and
self-evaluation. These are discussed with
another
team member in detail, and also inquiry is made into family
life,
spiritual health. Stateside communication and use
of work
time.
These
reports are also
kept
on open file. In addition to
these re
ports,
the weekly
team meetings and other
informal gatherings serve
to encourage each
member
to
work responsibly and with an eye on
the
overall goals of LATM.
3. LATM Advisory Committee.
While the sponsoring
church looks
out for'their individual missionary,
the LATM
Advisory Committee
looks
out
for the
team
as
a
whole.
The
sponsoring church has authority
over an
individual,
but the team
is
not her domain--except insofar as
it touches that particular missionary.
The church can
certainly
inhibit
and even stop team policy and direction by
restricting the
missionary under her autliority, but it is unreasonable to expect the
sponsoring
churches to govern and
evaluate the
team as a whole. No
sponsoring church knows each team member,
and
none accepted the res
ponsibility
of
watching out
for the
overall work in Chile.
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The
Advisory
Committee then is
th
body
which
considers the
overall work
of
LATM. They are
kept
fully informed
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6, New arrivals should take an establishment fund of $1000 for
compensation of extraordinary differences in
prices
of
household
items, (Refrigerators;, stoves^ and all'appliances are/much more
expensive
in Chile
than
in the
U.S.) The
new
missionaries
may
choose to use this to pay shipping and customs on these items
sent
from the States^ if desired. This amount
would
only
be
repaid to
works
funds if
the family
chose to return
to
the
U.S.
before
serving three years.
Those items which should
be
paid from the missionaries^
work funds
(as opposed to his
personal
salary)
include
the
following;
1.
Full
payment
of flight
fares^ shipping of
work
and personal
items and any
customs charges
which may be
acrued
on
said
items.
The mission
work funds should
take
responsability
for
all these
items but any customs paid by the mission on
personal
items should
be
repaid
if said
items
are
sold within Chile,
2.
Any
and all transportation is
paid for
out of mission work
funds .
This includes
the
purchase
of a
vehicle,
maintenence,
gas,
insurance, etc. The only exception
is when
the vehicle is used
for
a
personal pleasure trip,
in
which case gas
and
tolls
are
paid for
by'the user. Also included in transportation are trips within the
country, travel while on furlough, which
includes meals,
lodging,
ga;s,
tolls, maintenance, etc.
3. Postage
expenses
and office
supplies
should be paid from mission
*Vork funds ,
unless
the item
or letter
is
exclusively
personal,
4. All books
in
Spanish used
in
the
work
can and should
be
financed
by work
funds , and an exclusive allowance of
$10 per
month may
go
to purchase English texts needed
in the work (with
exceptions
made
in certain cases), These books become
the
personal property
of the missionary.
5. If
the
missionary.wishes to purchase a good quality camera,
he
may-borrow
up
to
$300
from his
own
mission work funds . If he
then
chooses to sell the camera
or
leave the field with
the camera,
he
repays the
loan,
6. Planning meetings, whether
with Chileans
or other missionaries,
which involve food and/or other expenses, may
be
paid for from
work funds .
7.
Mission work
funds
should also pay the following; charges
for exchanging
moneyj costs related to
legal
papers and
visas;
expenses incurred for retreats, camps and mission-related work
outside of
Santiago; equipment needed in the
work;
photography
costs which are not exclusively personal.
Additional note; A missionary who decides to return^Jto: the U.S.- on
a permanent basis
should
receive his regular salary
for a
period
of
2^4 months while he seeks another avenue of service. This should
be worked
out
clearly in
advance
with his
sending
body.
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MISSION RY S L RIES
L TIN MERIC N
TE M
MINISTRIES
Santiago9
Chile
April
1,
1978.
Working together in
a
team means that
a
variety
of
people with
differing ministries and varied histories
come together
to labor
side-by-side.
At
times
it
can mean that
a
co-worker with
a
graduate
degree and ten years of experience in church administration^ preach
ing
and
teaching
works
right alongside
a brother
who may not
have
had
any previous experience
whatsoever.
Ministering
as
a
teams
is
effective, and
we
feel
that
God has blessed our efforts
here. But
at the same time we believe that the monetary remuneration which a
worker on the
field
receives
should
be compensatory
with his
exper
ience. For this reason
(along
with
the
sharp rise in
the
cost of
living
in
Chile), we recommend the following as guideline
for
salaries
and benefits for
those
who
are considering
this
area
of
the world as their field of service.
The cost of living in Santiago is
at
least equivalent to that
of the mid-westem U.S., if not a
bit
higher. A recent study has
stated that
the cost of
living
for
Santiago, Chile
is
9
less than
the cost
of
living
in
New York
City.
(New York is
considerably
h i g ; h e r in cost of
living
than the
average mid-westem
t o w i i .
There is
also
consideration given
to the
salary a
person
would
make for similar ministry
in
the
U.S., althoiigh
we recognize that
this is relative. However,
we
present here a sincere and carefully-
prepared proposal for setting missionary salaries in Chile. We
are
encouraging
each team member and
sending church to consider it
carefully
and adopt
it,
thus
producing parity
and fairness in this
delicate matter.
1.
New missionary families
coming to
the
field
with less
that^
three years
fulltime
experience either in missions
or U.S. ministry
would begin
with
a
base salary
of
800
per
month.
Including
housing.
2. After three years of experience (missionfleld
and/or
U.S), the
base salary would
increase to 900 per
month. After six years
of
experience,
the
family would receive 1000
per month.
For t h ? o s e
with nine or
more years experience, we prefer to
leave
latitude for
personal negotiation
with
the
worker'^s
sending body.
(Note;
missionfleld experience begins with language
school in
Costa Rica.)
3. Each family would receive
a
straight allowance of 50 per month
for
medical
expenses. It may be used for insurance premitims,
saving
toward
future
medical expenses,
etc.
4.
One half of
Social Security
would be paid, or the equivalent in
caeh.
5.
Schooling
for
children would be paid, up to 85 per month for
each
child. This would include enrollment charges, also, which
are
paid
on a one-time
basis
upon entrance. An allowance is
also
made
of
25
per month per
family if
special
transportation
is
required
for children up
to
and including the third-grade level.
Books,
uniforms
and school
supplies would be
paid
from personal salary.
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NEWSLETTER
#11
AUGUST 23, 1978
CONSTRUCTId^;
At
long last work has begun on the church building in
El
Montijo. After a long look
and
an
equally lengthy
wait for permis
sion, the
church
was turned down on her request for
property
in the
government-owned development.
With no
other
choices for now, the
church
decided to build
on the property
of
the pastor, Juan Nunez.
His side
yard
is not large, but careful use of
all
the
space will
result
in
a
building which will seat
about
70 comfortably, and crowd
up
to
a
hundred
with every inch in use.
Besides
the church
members
themselves
in
El Montijo, help has
come
from a
sister church
in
Pudahuel in the
actual
construction. Proposed is a simple wooden
structure which
will
be
easy
to
dismantle
in
the
event
of
obtaining
a better location in the next year or so. The main problem right
now is
that everyone expects that the building
is
too small, and we
will
have
problems
right away. Upon completion of the structure, a
meeting is planned, and the results should bring in a good group of
new
Christians. Well,
we'll just have to cross
each
bridge as it
comes. For
now,
we
are very happy with
a solid group
of 25-30
adults
and with the
start
of the buiIding. The LordJias_ledlus this far.
He'll
provide what we need
as
we move
along
in faith.
ON
THE
GO: I now
know something
about the
length
of
Chile, having
visited
in
the South last December and
having
just returned from
a
trip
to
the
northern
city
of
Antofagasta.
The
purpose of the
lastest
trip was
to
conduct another seminar on "The Christian Family". The
trip north is 20 hours
by
bus, so I found it
b e t t e r
to fly up and
back, thus saving about 15
of
those
hours.
Th e seminar
was
pr ofitabl e ,
as several couples expressed
appreciation and proposed
changes in
t h e i r famil i e s
as a
result of
t h e
teaching. I s ta y e d
in
a very p o o r
home
which just had
a
dirt floor, but their kindness and sacrifice was
extended through g e n e r o u s and delicious meals and
giving
me
their
own bed. (They must
be immune
to fleas, but I m
s u r e
not ) Next
week
I will be traveling South
to Osorno to
hold the same
seminar,
and
am
looking forward
to being
with
the
healthy church
there.
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Newsletter 12
November 1, 1978
A t last, s ervices have begun in the recently-constructed building
in El Montijo. It isn't much, but
it
has walls and a roof, and
room for
seventy
adults. The church
is
very excited about it,
and ready for the expected growth.
A
five-day
evangelistic
campaign
is
set
for November 1-5, and
the
nearby church of Bar
rancas will help us with
it.
T h e r e will be preaching
in the
streets, door-to-door witnessing and gospel
films,
in addition
to the
nightly
s ervices.
We are
planning and praying
that
many
will decide to walk with Jesus because of this effort.
The church
is
a solid group
of
believers
with a
very adequate
and
capable
Chilean pastor.
D u e to
many other seminars and preach
ing commitments, I have be en le s s and l e s s a
part
of the El Montijo
church
life.
But
they have continued to grow
and
learn under Bro
ther
Juan Junez's able
leadership,
and will do just fine without
me. This^majces
me very^happy, since a^roup dependent
o n the
missionary
is one
that
will never
experience
spbntaneous^fbwth.
Praise God for what He
is
doing
in El MontijoI
Survey
t r i p
Just
across the
Cordillera
range of the
Andes Mountains,
35 min
u te s
by
plane,
is the
Argentine
city
of
Mendoza--Santiago's
closest
A rg entine
neighbor. Ed Holt and
I
just returned
from
a
three-day survey
trip
there--made
to
gather information
for
fu
ture L A I ^ missionaries working there.
We discovered a
beautiful
old city
of 700,000 residents, with
tree-lined
streets and side
walk
cafes
ev erywhere.
Evengelical
work
there is
not
large, and
the opportunities are enormous. Pray with us that we'll
be able
to prepare
a
team of workers
to take
Mendoza
for
Christ within the
coming years. This will give us
a
foothold into Argentina, and
pave
the
way for work
in
the capital
of Buenos
Aires.
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Family seminars
During the
months of July throug
Family
and
Marriage Seminars in ^
of Oklahoma City to
Los
Angeles,
and practical help
was more
than
never really
considered
what
God
that
many
are
making
new beginniiii
foundation on which solid family
Chile is a beautiful country.
Th
north
changes
into
a patchwork
of
and this
in
turn gives way
to
the
volcanoes
of the
south And
all
east by the snow-covered Cordille:
Argentina.
The
opposite side of
and thousands of tiny islands
off
truly
remarkable,
and a
gorgeous
ability.
We re going
home
October, I conducted
nine
n area that stretches the distance
The need for
Biblical material
obvious,
and most people
had
wants in families. I'm hoping
gs and that this will be a
life and marriages
can be
built.
e
stark and dry desert in
the
farms in
the Central Plain,
lakes,
waterfalls
and towering
of this is bordered on the
i r a which
divide
Chile
from
Chile
boasts a
2500 mile beach
the
southern
coast. It's
display
of God s
artistic
But
just for a short visit. Our
U.S.
on November
20, and we returp
ruary.
During that time we'll
vi
interview and
recruit new
workers
Advisory
Committee
meeting, and s
friends. We
are
eagerly looking
checking
off
items on a long
thin^
We left the U.S.
26 months ago,
a
to this
time
f
urlough will bring us to the
to Chile at the end of Feb-
3it our supporting churches,
with LATH, attend
the LATH
]5end time visiting family
and
orward
to it,
and anxiously
s-to-do-before-we-leave list.
,nd we are surely looking forward
the
ill we see
you
while we're in
itinerary
so
that we
might b e
ablt
Valley View,
Dallas,
Dec.
3
Muskogee, First, Dec. 10
Muskogee, Riverside, Dec. 13
Westwood,
Madison,
Dec. 31
LATM
Advisory
Committee,
Joplin,
MO,
Jan.
3
Central,
San
Jose, Jan.
7
First, Orland,
Jan. 14
A.M.
Other dates are unconfirmed
G
Our
financial needs
will
increase
o u r furlough, a n d we
i n t e n d
to
C j :
on
the field.
We d
appreciate
yo
Letters
Until
Christmas,
write us at:
1306
Live
Oak
Muskogee, OK 74401
States?
Here's
our confirmed
to get together:
ray
Ave.,
Yuba City, Jan. 14, P.M.
etaluma Christian, Jan.
21
A.M.
Redwood City, Jan 21 P.M.
OS GatOS
Christian, Jan
28
irst,
Ceres,
Jan 31
]?almdale.
First,
Feb. 4
irst,
Anaheim, Feb. 11 P.M.
astside, Fullerton, Feb. 18 P.M.
at
this writing.
due to
travel
expenses
during
^
htinue
supporting
the LAT H
w i o r l
jr help especially during this time
From Christmas to Feb. 15, write
2555 Meridian Avenue
San
Jose, CA
95124