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A BRIEF LOOK AT THE WORK OF DAVID and RUTH SANDERS AND CAROL and DALE AAcAFEE JANUARY FEBRUARY 1974
No. 1

Vol. XXV

GROWING IN GRACE AND KNOWLEDGE

by Dale H. McAfee
Theme for the 1974 All Brazil

Convention of Missionaries of the Churches of Christ (both those who do and those who do not use musical

instruments) was "Growing in Grace and Knowledge," (II Peter 3:18). "Best yet" was heard several times in reference to this year's convention, the
12th that has been held (almost every

W
L. David and Ruth receive gift presentation of two hand-cut green vases and
hand-made flowers at the "This is Your Life"program.

year) since 1961. The messages were inspiring and edifying, the meeting place was beautiful, the food was good, and the attendance was strong. Under the leadership of J. Lynn Cleaveland, the program committee developed an excellent program making possible a meeting of minds and hearts with Christ at the center. Everyone missed the
Cleavelands, who had returned to the U.S. in December after having decided to terminate their ministry in Brazil. Earl. Haubner took over as acting chairman, with Carol Louis Lowe as

"THIS IS YOUR LIFE"

by Dale H. McAfee A major highlight of this year's
Missionaries' Convention was the class. He was also the Sanders' first

program prepared and presented by

Harry D. Scates in honor of L. David and Ruth Sanders and their 25 years of

Forwarding Agent, even before the title 'Forwarding Agent' was used to identify the job. He was known as the treasurer
for 'The Sanders to Brazil Fund.' Now

pioneer missionary service in Central

Brazil. It was a complete surprise to them! Harry worked a whole year on it...part of the time while he was in the States with his family on furlough. He managed to gather photographs and tape recorded memories and greetings from family and friends near and far. Part of the Sanders' family and some of
their fellow-workers, (even from the

he is Forwarding Agent for his own son and daughter-in-law, David and Beverly Bayless, who already have several years
of service in Brazil behind them.

business manager and Charles Kent in charge of the kitchen and purchasing...a
team that worked beautifully.
SPEAKERS AND MESSAGES

Having given so much concern, counsel and prayer to the establishment of the Sao Paulo group effort in modern missions, by the Churches of Christ (a-capella). Brother Reuel Lemmons was
a logical choice as a special speaker for the convention. Another logical choice,
in veiw of the desire which exists in

The whole program, presented after the communion service Sunday night, took an hour and a half. Family and Brazilian co-workers waiting in the wings to appear had quite a wait!..but
the excitement was intense and

very early days of labors in Goiania)

were present.

Another special treat on the program was to have Mr. and Mrs. J.
Fred Bayless present. Brother Bayless was a former professor of the Sanders' at Johnson Bible College and he was sponsor of Lloyd David's graduating

everybody enjoyed it. The slides and tape recordings used were presented to the Sanders as a gift, along with pictures taken during the program.
Honor to whom honor is due: to the

Sanders, to the Scates for a job well

done, and to the planning committee for

such a kind and love provoking gesture.

[Continued on pg. 2]

Page 2 [GROWING, cont'd from pg. 1] Brazil for unity among the brethren,
was that of Brother Carl Ketcherside. Brother Lemmons, editor of the 'Firm

BRAZIL CHRISTIAN MISSION

themselves to all in attendance- Just to

Foundation' periodical, has for years

8RASIUA

*OIANIA

been one of the most vocal leaders of the Churches of Christ. Brother Ketcherside, editor of the 'Mission

have them together at the same gathering for the period of the convention was an accomplishment for which we are truly grateful and we ail benefited by their presence. It was an added blessing to see them sleep in the same cabin! Sleep? Well, at least they
shared the same cabin!

OFFICE OF PUBLICATION

This publication Is printed, addressed and mailed by

Capstan, Box "E" - Checotah,
Oklahoma 74426

Messenger' periodical, is known far and wide as a speaker especially directing his attention to the area of unity within
the Restoration Movement.

Both men masterfully handled the

assignments given them and endeared

Both men brought sermons, directed Bible studies, shared in presenting the morning devotionals and led in an after noon discussion. The portions of Scripture selected for exposition at this year's convention were Galations and
Psalms 24, 47, 87 and 121.

(a missionary service ministry)

Field Editor Dale H. McAfee
MISSIONARIES

L. David and Ruth Sanders

Mailing address:
Caixa Postal 07-862

True to the Restoration principle of conducting only that business necessary to perpetuate the convention, only one
small session was ailoted for business.

70000 Braziiia, D.F., Brazil

House Address:

\W-3, Quandra 708, Bloco 1, Cosa 35 70000 Braziiia, D.F.. Brazil For information, colored slides and mission studies, write to:

Next year's planning committee is: Carol Louis Lowe, President; Gary Burrell, Local Arrangements; L. David
Sanders, Norman Maddux, Glover

Mr. and Mrs. Larry Durham

Box 17067

Dale McAfee, Lloyd David Sanders

and Merlin Shields discuss one of the

Shipp and Robert Grissom. Speakers

will be Tom Holland and Mr. and Mrs.

books recommended at the Missionary

Convention.

Bob Yawberg.

Wichita, Kansos 67217

To receive prayer letter,

write to:

Brazil Christian Mission

%BethGny Christian Church

Rural Route 1 - Box 618C

Anjierson, Indiana 46011

MISSIONARIES

REMARKS FROM RUTH

L. David and I have been back in

Dale H. and Carol McAfee Caixa Postal 154

Brasilia just a few short weeks. It was a

thrill to us as various missionaries and

76700 Ceres, Goias, Brazil For Information, colored slides and mission studies, write to:

Brazilian Christians came to the airport in the early morning hours to give us a

joyous welcome. The only problem we

encountered on the trip was the cancelling of the big 747 flight from Guatemala City because of the energy crisis. This produced some confusion in transferring baggage, at the last minute, to another plane...19 suitcases
were left in Panama. One of those

Mrs. Taylor McAfee

510 Oak Street

Valley Falls, Kansas, 66088

To receive prayer letter,

write to:

Brazil Christian Mission

%Capston, Inc.
Drawer E

Checotah, Oklahoma 74426

Send ALL Contributions to:
BRAZIL CHRISTIAN MISSION
Box 17067

suitcases was mine, with my personal clothes and items needed on the trip. Fortunately the next afternoon after my arrival, it was located and sent down
from Panama.

Ruth Sanders, Starla Joy Sanders Azevedo and daughter, Kyula Jane in
front of the two mission cars: Sanders'

Wichita, Kansas 67217

Please help keep our records straight by designating your

Back in Brasilia, we are once again

getting used to the heat, washing in

cold water, eating rice and beans, having people in and out, making the many decisions that need to be made,

offering for missionory or

project. Please do not send checks or bills to the field.
The Brozil Christian Mission is

Vemaguet and McAfee's VW Kombi. Getting reacquainted with our precious grand-daughter, Kyula Jane, has been a wonderful experience! Maria Joyce is happy to be back in Brazil and, though she will have to take some special classes in this, her summer
vacation, she is doing fine. We always expect the unexpected and, sure enough, there was the burning of the light-weight coat I had brought down to Starla Joy. It was a
freak accident. The iron was

owned by the religious organization of the some name and is published bi-monthly with second class postage paid at the U.S. Post

getting involved in the end of the year programs of graduation and Christmas and enjoying every minute of it. Our
household is even getting into a sort of
order now.

One interesting new development is

74426. Subscriptions are paid

from offerings received.

Office in Checotah, Oklahoma

having to stand in line for meat...then only being allowed to buy four pounds and having to pay $1.50 a pound for it!

accidentally left on, close to where the coat was hanging. We have enough left to remake into a jacket, so all was not

lost. Then, last night our son-in-law's

taxi was wrecked, but fortunately his

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dezembro BRASfLIA The Ministerial Association of the Federal District- Note ,L. David Sanders, second from left on second row. On his right is Christian Church pastor, Luiz Lira, and directly in front of Luiz is Christian Church pastor, Avelino Souza.

driver escaped with only three stitches

in his head and another three in his knee.

Of great importance, we praise the Lord for the on-going of His Kingdom
here in Brasilia. We have witnessed

SEVENTY-THREE
HOUR

eleven baptisms since our return, one of them our daughter, Maria Joyce. The others were some of the very ones for whom we had been praying. The way to their yielding had looked difficult, but the Lord is working through His people! Besides three very special, inspira tional programs put on by the children and youth of the church to mark the Christmas season, we rejoiced with one of our young couples who were joined in
wedlock on December 22.

BIBLE MARATHON
The Brasilia church took part in a
continuous 73 hour reading of the Bible, from Genesis through Revelations, as

Following the opening, each member

of the Brasilia Directory read a chapter.
L. David Sanders read one of these

part of the celebration of Bible Day in

Brasilia. The ceremony was opened on Thursday evening, 6 p.m., December 6 by the president of the area Bible Society directory. The initial scripture was read by the president of the House of Representatives, Flavio Marcillio. This was followed by prayer in which Pastor Ernesto Bernhoeft, president of
the Ministers' Association of the

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opening chapters. The reading of the scripture continued, without interrup tion, until the reading of the final chapter of Revelations at 6 p.m.

Sunday, December 9th. This hnal

chapter was read by Federal
Government Minister of Justice, Alfredo Buzaid. Three teams from the Brasilia

Christian

Church,

led

by

Osorio

Federal District, asked for blessings on the President of the country and for all

Gonzalves,

Abigail

Mesquita

and

Filemon Ribeiro, read for two hours

Maria Joyce and rabbit with Kyula

Jane.

the people. "The Good Trio," composed of three young believers, sang several hymns between scripture reading.

each on Friday. Saturday and Sunday, and also took part in the opening and closing ceremonies.

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A
Years.

LIGHTNING

IMPRESSION
brother, Philip. So far, I have half of my support. Your prayers and any financial help will be appreciated. I need $600
yet.

by Steven McAfee
Brazil is still beautiful. It is also hot and humid even at Christmas and New

possible, because I wanted to tell them

about Christ. I had never spoken to
some of them about the Lord. Most

I just spent two very nice weeks with my parents and the Brazilian
brethren. It had been three years and
five months since the folks returned to

have gone away to school...some are doing nothing...some are married...and

some have died without Christ. I

There have been many changes in

Brazil since I left. Most have been for

Brazil and the same length of time since I had seen them. It was a real joy, in many ways, to be back in Brazil. I was two days late arriving, due to the fuel shortage. I had a hectic time, and gained much experience in getting over there...finally! The day after I arrived in Ceres, I started preaching, and did so for five nights. We had a revival. My Portuguese came easier than I expected and everyone assured me I had done well. The meetings were not as well attended as we had hoped
and we had no decisions, but God was
with us and we feel He will use the

couldn't find very many of them. The ones I did find put off making a decision
about the Lord till some later date. I

good...some bad. The cost of living there is higher than in the States now, almost
everyone smokes, and, due to American movies and what they hear about the U.S., young people are trying to imitate American boy-girl relations. There is also a lot more spiritism now. This religion entices many Christians with its legalism and mysticism, causing them to fall away. Weaker Christians are scared silly by Mediums and other Spiritu alists. These are among the many

pray that God will help them to come to

know Christ as their Savior...soon!

We went, as a family, to the All

Brazil Churches of Christ Missionaries' Conference, held near Goiania. It was acclaimed as one of the best. Carl Ketcherside and Reuel Lemmons did a

fantastic job! It was very refreshing. My trip to Brazil was great, but
short! It was unexpected, also! I have

problems faced by missionaries in Brazil

and I will have to face them during my internship. Some of the changes for the better are the advances in technology, decrease in illiteracy and better educational methods. The government is starting massive efforts to provide better education for all people. They are opening the Amazon Valley and generally raising the standard of living
in Brazil.

been planning to take my internship in

Brazil, a requirement for my A.B. degree in Bible-Missions from Manhattan Christian College. This will become a reality this year. With God's help I will be back in Brazil in late May or early June to work for the summer, along with my father, mother, and

messages in His own way.

I graduated from Brazilian second ary school in 1969 and was a Boy Scout,
also, so I have many friends in Ceres. I tried to find as many of them as

CERES TO BUILD

Even though I had lived in Brazil, I experienced culture shock when I

returned. Of course. I soon got over it,
but it reminded me that Brazil is still an

enigmatic giant of undeveloped power. If properly seeded and nurtured with the Gospel, this great nation could one
day be a world leader in sending
into the uttermost missionaries forth

parts of the world to proclaim the precious Gospel of our wonderful Lord!

BRAZIL'S PRESIDENT A LUTHERAN

Weaverville, N.C. (MNS) - General

Ernesto Geisel, 64, who is slated to take

over as Brazil's fourth successive

military chief next March 15,

is

Dale McAfee and Ruth Sanders look at some of the plans for the Ceres Church building. Maria Joyce is in background.
The first meeting house for the Igreja de Cristo de Monte Siao will be built this year. We expect to erect a part of the building sufficient to accommodate meetings by the first of August, when we will be going on furlough. According to the decision made in our Field Association meeting, we will construct the building on a matching funds basis. The members, most with very limited means, are giving faithfully. The blueprints are being drawn up and estimates made. We will let you know the expected
total needed as soon as we can - several thousand dollars will be needed! Send funds

grandson of a Lutheran missionary and

attends Lutheran church services,

according to The Presbyterian Journal' (Aug. 1. 1973).

Observers believe the President-

designate to be the first Protestant to assume the office. Acquaintances of General Geisel identify him as a 'born

again believer,' the article said.

He attends the Evangelical Church of the Lutheran Confession, pastored by
Rev. Wilhelm Krautlein.

designated for the Ceres Church to: Brazil Christian Mission, Joe Means, Treasurer,
P. 0. Box 17067, Wichita. Kansas 67217.

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and RUTH SANDERS AND CAROL and DALE McAFEE MARCH APRIL 1974
Vol. XXV No. 2

BRAZIL CHRISTIAN MISSION

WHAT IS HAPPENING IN BRAZIL

by Dale McAfee Brazil is on the move.. .growing by

leaps and bounds. There is much

discussion as to whether or not Brazil

can now be considered a developed nation. One of the implications

considering Brazil a developed nation is

Waldir I'irt-r, and family; Walmir,
Waldir. Maria and Walma.

Ri'iiialclo Pereira Siha and

fainil>

Apuiciida, Brenda and Keinaldo.

that she shall have more

international commerce

sway

in

and

more

influence politically in international

THAT HE SEND FORTH LABORERS

Many prayers were answered when two young men and their families united with the Brasilia congregation to give of
themselves in this harvest field! This is

affairs.

"That

may

be

hard

to

was pastor of the 2nd Christian Church for three years. His wife, Maria de Vaz, is taking an active part in women's groups, in visitation and as a substitute
teacher for two children's classes. They have two children, Walma - three years

accept.. .like when a teen-ager becomes an adult and goes out into the world on
his own!. .. but it is one of those things

that normally happens and we expect it

to take place! Recently, the Missionary Informa tion Bureau (the January bulletin)

a big step forward in the life of the Brasilia congregation, and a direct result of a new spirit of prayer, faith, and hard work. A new class for young married couples has been initiated and there are now classes for each age group of children headed by teachers who are interested and willing to work. Five of these teachers are taking a special teacher's training course two nights weekly. There are new groups going out in prayer and visitation. Bible studies and prayer meetings are being
held in the homes of believers and non-

old. and Walmir - one year old.

Reinaldo Pereira SUva has returned

published a symposium by evangelical

missionaries from the U.S. and Europe

to Brasilia after a three year term of study and work at Intermountain Bible

describing ways that Brazil is different now than it was 10 years ago. They
discussed what is happening in missions, what should happen, what the

College, Grand Junction, Colorado. He

is currently working at the National Hotel where he helped to welcome the Henry Ford and Mrs. Pat Nixon parties on their respective visits to Brasilia recently. Reinaldo helps in visitation, as
a substitute teacher for the Bible

future may hold, and what type of missionary work will be needed in the
next 5 to 15 years.

classes, and in preaching and witnessing

in the services at church and in homes.

The first thing mentioned was the great territorial colonization spurred by the building of roads (Brasilia-Belem 1,500 miles of new highway almost

believers. Eighteen members are actively enrolled in the Theology by

Extension Course, "Personal Evan

His wife, Aparecida, is active in the women's group "integration" and

teaches the new class of 10-11 year olds

completed, Trans-Amazon road under

construction, and Perimetral North road

gelism". and attendance at every

service is increasing.
Waldir Fires Garcia is the first man

to

be

begun

June

1974).

The

in Sunday School. She also provides

special music, singing for worship

services, weddings, etc. They have one

Trans-Amazon road alone, opens the way for colonization of an area larger
than the countries of France, Greece.

to be called by the congregation to take charge of the evangelistic program, the preaching and the outreach of the church. Waldir has had seminary and university training, and has taught in the public Junior High Schools. He comes from Anapolis, Goias, where he

daughter, Brenda Kelly (born while they were in the U.S.A.) who delights
relatives and friends with her

Sweden, Italy and Spain all put together! Until now this land, rain
forest and Indian tribal hunting

knowledge of English. Pray for these young couples as they

serve Him!

grounds, has been dormant with very

sparse population. IContinued on page 2]

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UP-TO-DATE ON THE COW PROJECT

This term of service has not afforded

and muddy clothes!) he

enthused about his visit!

came back

HOIANIA

OFFICE OF PUBLICATION

us sufficient time to expand the cow and heifer project - a program designed to stimulate self-help among the Brazilian rural people - but we have worked to keep it going. In 1970, when we returned to the field after furlough, there were 20 contracts in effect. Many
have matured until we now have only 8
contracts in effect. Three were lost

With the government pressure to

organize the industry, prices dipped to a

critical low in December, January, and February. Now that the scare is over, and pressure is relaxing, prices

This publication is printed,

addressed and mailed by

Copstan, Box "E" - Checotoh,
Oklahoma 74426

{a missionary service
ministry)
Field Editor - Dole H. McAfee
MISSIONARIES

L. David and Ruth Sanders

Mailing address:
Caixa Postal 07-862

70000 Brazilia, D.F., Brazil

House Address:

because the people who received the cows sold them and used the money to pay debts or as living expenses and then had no way to repay the mission. The saddest part of these losses is that those who sold the cows and lived up the proceeds damaged their own future and that of their children by liquidating a capital investment. Two of the remaining eight contracts are at Sao
Luiz do Norte, two with Sr. Lazaro and

Delfino treats the navel of a small

W-3, Quandro 708, Bloco 1, Cosa 35 70000 Brazilia, D.F., Brazil For information, colored slides and mission studies, write to:

Mr. and Mrs. Larry Durham

Box 17067

four at Corrego do Sapato - Rio Bonito. Recently the Brazilian government set up rigid controls for cattle raising. Packing houses had begun exporting beef. Herds were being depleted and meat disappeared from local markets.
So, the government intervened. As a
result we had to make a written and

calf. He is one who repaid his contract early and continues to farm, owning his own land. Delfino and his family
continue to benefit from the cow

project, as do some 23 others who have already repaid the loan.

are beginning to go up rapidly. All this

leaves the mission with a small herd of

Wichita, Kansas 67217

cattle, and us not knowing exactly what

to do with them! New means of

To

receive prayer letter,

write to:

Brozil Christian Mission

%Bethony Christian Church

Rural Route 1 - Box 618C Anderson, Indiana 46011
MISSIONARIES

registered pasture rent contract with Sr. Lazaro, then register the mission as a cattle raiser and acquire purchase
documents for all the cattle owned like

Dole H. and Carol McAfee

Caixa Postal 154

everyone else was having to do. Sr. Lazaro is sick and spends about half of his time in the hospital, so he is not able
to take care of the business. He was

employing the project will have to be developed. We are seeking guidance from the Lord as we pass this transitional stage and develop this project. HAPPENING [cont'd from pg 1] Industrial expansion and a 10% increase in gross national product were also mentioned. All this has brought
about a new attitude of materialism and

76700 Ceres, Goias, Brazil For information, colored slides and mission studies, write to:

Mrs. Taylor McAfee

510 Oak Street

nationalism. The city people are more

sofisticated, but sects such as Seventh

Valley Falls, Kansas, 66088 To receive prayer letter,

write to:

Brazil Christian Mission

%Capstan, Inc.
Drawer E

Sr. Lazaro with a cow he has on

Checotoh, Oklahoma 74426

Send ALL Contributions to: BRAZIL CHRISTIAN MISSION
Box 17067

contract. His illness has cost him neariy ever> thing he has, so the project can be a help to him in this way.

Day Adventist, Jehovah Witness and the Spiritists are busy sowing confusion. Churches begun by mission aries ICQ years ago are looking after their own affairs more and beginning to send, out missionaries to foreign fields
themselves.

Consider
persuaded to give his power of attorney
to his son. Money from recent contributions was used to buy more
cows and calves and added to the herd

these

few

thought-

Wichita, Kansas 67217

Please help keep our records stroight by designating your

offering for missionary or

project. Please do not send
checks or bills to the field. The Brazil Christian Mission is

on Lazaro's farm. Maturing contracts

have also added to the herd, as cows or

owned by the religious organization of the same name and is published bi-monthly with second class postage paid at the U.S. Post
Office in Checotoh, Oklahoma

74426. Subscriptions ore paid from offerings received.

heifers (in one case a young bull) were returned to pay the loans. Our contractual terms of the project were altered last year to be more realistic (less of an outright gift) after consultation with Bro. Virgil Marshall, who visited us in March of 1973. Virgil went with us on a trip to visit the two Sao Luiz recipients of contracts, and. in spite of our accidentally dumping him in a shallow creek (he suffered only wet

provoking excerpts from the symposium. The gospel and man's need are unchanged. The commission is still "Go Ye"... .not send your tape recorder. I forsee the need of that type of missionary work that will best train the
nationals to do their work, be it

disciplining individuals or small groups, offering Bible training by extension, or by training men in live situations. The
missionary who will be most effective in the next 5. 10 or 15 years will be one
who knows the Word of God, has some

experience at home serving the Lord, has lots of empathy and one who can relate spiritual truth to real life.

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CENTRAL BRAZIL CHURCH GROWTH SEMINAR

by Dale H. McAfee

REMARKS FROM RUTH

I sometimes feel that our lives are like a beautiful RAINBOW and each of

our days

is

filled

with

different

As a part of the overall program of the Goiania Christian College (school of training for Christian ministers) an
annual seminar has been held in

Library, 1973) served as the basis for the messages and discussion. A total of
23 men (15 nationals and 8 missionaries), attended the sessions.

COLORS. There is the steady DRIZZLY-GREY drip, drip, drip of the

rain, inside and outside our house. Our

January for the past three years. Men,

who are leaders in the churches of the

area, have gathered for a time of study, prayer and Christian fellowship. On one
occasion their wives were also invited.

The seminar was again held at the camp grounds near Brasilia, where Charles Kent had everything function ing well. The outdoor beauty of the rugged countryside and the ever-ripe
native fruits on the cultivated area

back hall is one huge puddle that gets wiped up between rains. Two young men from the church were going to fix
the roof, but one fell with a bucket of

40T BLACK tar and seriously burned

his hand and wrist. No one else has had

This year it was held the last week of January. The subject of this year's three day
seminar was "Church Growth". A

adjacent to the grounds makes an attractive setting.

David Sanders wrote, "The Seminar

Manual for Evangelism / Church Growth, by Virgil Gerber (Wm. Carey

appeared to challenge pastors to march

forward." An immediate result was that

the time or courage to climb back up and try it again. And, speaking of falls, an hour ago Maria Joyce fell from the wooden shelter over the orchids which joins to
the roof. The wooden beams had soaked

one young man, Joel Moreira, dedicated himself to give leadership to the
Christians in the Rio Bonito area near

up a vast amount of the rain we have been having, and so were weak. They

Formosa. Joel is working as a practical

dentist in Santa Tereza near to this

rural area he is now serving: this is

where the folks of the area do most of

broke with her weight, even though she is light. Thankfully, no bones were broken, but she was badly shaken and has several deep scratches and cuts.
Tomorrow she will be BLACK .AND

their shopping. Messages at the Seminar were all given by our own men: Earl Haubner, Gerald Holmquist, Filemon, Mendes,
Iran Bernardes, and me.

BLUE in several places. Birthdays are a happy color. L.

David received some BRIGHT BLUE towels from the church ladies on his

Charts and group dynamics were used in developing the theme "Church Growth" at the January seminar of churches of Christ leaders. Missionary Dale McAfee presents message.
Men at the seminar listened

birthday the last of February. Starla Joy received a GRFIEN alarm clock a few days before her birthday on March 15. It will be handy because she and husband Luiz must get up very early to get rer.dy for work. We are now looking forward to Kyula Jane's second birthday in April.

Daryl Bruce has put it down in

BLACK AND WHITE...he will be

attentively and took an active, enthusiastic part in the discussions.

graduating in May and he plans to come to Brazil shortly afterward. This gives
us all a WARM YELLOW GLOW,

thinking about having him back with us

PRAY WITHOUT CEASING

[Prayer Requests] For the McAfee family and Sanders family in their four-fold needs: Spiritual, Mental,
Social, and Physical.

for a while. This GLOW

continues and BRIGHTENS as we remember each of

you...the interest and concern you have

for us and the witness here in Brazil.

May the Lord's blessings be for you as

VARIEDand RICH as the COLORS OF
THE RAINBOWl

For the Ceres Mt. Zion Church in its building campaign. The McAfees hope to see the building built on the new lot before their furlough in July.
For the members and national leaders of the Brasilia and Ceres congregations, who are going forward in faith and prayer, many encountering problems in personal living, in their families and in the community.

For the registration of the night school and typing classes sponsored by the Brasilia congregation, a special service to the community and an opportunity to witness. For Osorio and Lidia Maria Rodrigues... (you have read of them from time to time) a young couple dedicated to His Kingdom, currently working with the printing
association, the Christian Institute and the national mission. They are also active

participants in the Brasilia congregation. She has just undergone an emergency operation and faces the possibility of not being able to have any more children if she
loses the child she is now carrying.

Kyula Jane and friend, Brenda Kelly, help prepare corn for dinner.

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BRASILIA CHURCH HOSTS

by Dale McAfee
The Brasilia Church hosted the

NEWS-N-NOTES
- :iU- McAlVf

annual meeting of the Brazilian Association of Theological Schools for Extension Theological Education February the 4th through the 7th. The Association is better known by its initials AETTE. Membership in the
association came about soon after the

The theological education by extension program was begun in 1969. Over thirty of the eighty or more Brazilian theological institutions are
now members of AETTE. All tests used

are programmed materials employing

the modern auto-didactic methods.

program of instruction at Goiania Christian College (ICEC) opened under the leadership of Aurelino Mendes and
Mendes was elected to the board of

This year's annual meeting featured a writers clinic the first two days.

Brazil now has the largest missionary community in the world 3,100 "foreign" missionaries, according to statistics gathered by M.A.R.C. (Missions Advanced Research and
Communications Center, arm of World Vision, Monrovia, California).

Preparation of text books using programmed methodology is a big task.

Present in Brasilia for the Clinic were three of the churches of Christ missionaries from Belem, who are

directors at the annual February, 1973.

meeting in

producing a programmed text on

This year. Mendes and L. David Sanders, host minister, were responsi ble for reception and housing of the guests in Brasilia.
hermaneutics.

Construction has begun on the "missing link" in the Pan-American Highway - a 194 mile stretch in the
Panama isthmus and in Columbia. The

At the business session Aurelino Mendes was elected to serve as

vice-president of the AETTE.

project is designed to produce a graveled road by 1978. Paving will be done later as a second stage. This project will allow motoring from Alaska to the southern tip of South America, with branch highways to Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and Venezuela. (From the OAS Weekly Newsletter, January 7, 1974.) According to the January 7, OAS Weekly Newsletter, Peru is developing her automotive industry to supply the "Andean market". The Japanese Toyota corporation has an exclusive franchise through the Peruvian Government's policy of industrial nationalization. This decision to have a unified, single, auto vehicle industry will probably lead to the closing down of Chrysler, Volkswagen, and Nissan-Datsun plants there (this has already happened to British Leyland, General Motors and
Ford).

A psychology professor from a Sao Paulo university presents lecture on the

subject "Theological Institutions and
Contextualization", at the 1974 annual

AETTE meeting in Brasilia.

Mendes, director of the ICEC (Goiania

Christian College 1speaks from the floor of the AETTE meeting at the Brasilia church. Seen in background are:
missionaries Dale McAfee, Elarl Haubner;
Waldir Pires beside Haubner. Also in

attendance were L. David Sanders, Merlin Shields, Charles Kent, and Osorio
Gonzalves.

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A BRIEF LOOK AT THE WORK OF

BRAZIL CBRISIIAN MISSION

DAVID and RUTH SANDERS AND DALE and CAROL McAFEE

VOL. XXV SEPTEMBER

OCTOBER, 1974 no. s

BRAZIL CHRISTIAN MISSION IS

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Brazil Christian Mission is a growing ministry. This has been true ever since Lloyd David and Ruth Sanders and
their fellow missionaries, friends and

supporters formally organized their efforts under that title to present a Christian evangelistic witness and to found churches patterned after the New. Testament Scriptures in Brazil. In 1950, BCM became a religious, benevolent, non-profit corporation under the laws of|
the State of Oklahoma. J. Richard and,

Carolee Ewing, and Ruth Spurgeonj (now Mrs. Homer McKinley) were the!
Sanders closest associates and coworkers. Brazil Christian Mission is now a

Dedication Day for new "church house" in New Horizons.

^ Kansas corporation affiliated with ~'dHristian Churches'congregationally

governed and recognized by the U.S.
Internal Revenue Service and the State

CHURCH IN NEW HORIZONS

The first new church work in Goiania to be started by Church of Christ Missionaries

of Kansas to own and use property for religious, charitable purposes and
receive tax deductible contributions.

since 1960 was begun March 8, 9 and 10 in the suburb of New Horizons. Gai^. BjurrelJ and.EarLHaubner, missionaries living in Goiania, worked together with Christian Institute Director, Aurelino Mendes and students in putting up large signs in the
streets and in distributing printed invitations to the 'grand opening' to every house in New Horizons. Preaching and Bible teaching films were presented in the center of town and, on Sunday night, in front of the "church house." Average attendance for the three nights of open-air services utas. ovqr .3.00.. Attendance in Bible School on the 10th was 75. Fifty people responded to the invitation to learn more about the Bible and the
Church in New Horizons.

Trustees are Robert W. Baker, Wm. A. Shattuck and Joe D. Means, all active

members of the Glenn Park Christian^

^jnLtffLinnariftR^arp L. David and Ruth

<: Sanders, Dale and Carol McAfee. A

Church,

Wichita, Kansas.

Pres_ent^

similarly organized corporation operates in Brazil, composed of the missionaries, for the purpose of Church planting and
education. ,

A small house was purchased and remodeled and, on July 28th, the church in New Horizons was dedicated in special services.

Brazil Christian Mission is dedicated i>^

to the Restoration ideal. Members of the mission believe that restoration means to exert an influence to restore

HAVE YOU?
Have you sent that $5 yet to help finish the Ceres church building? Many did. A total of $193 was received in August in response to the request "Will You?" in

the July-August BCM news. That leaves $4,807 yet to be met. Send your
offering today marked for the Ceres church to: Mr. Joe Means, Treasurer, Brazil Christian Mission, P. 0. Box 17067, Wichita, Kansas 67217

to the Church the image that Christ gave her when He built her through the work of the Apostles a perfect image, just as that image given man at creation was perfect when God breathed into Adam's nostrils and made him a living
soul. Above all, we believe that restore

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BRAZIL CHRISTIAN MISSION

HOW HIGH IS THE SKY?

or Where is Heaven?

Some believe in a hierarchy of heavens. When you are in seventh

heaven that is the most. How you get

there would be some special send-off and how you know you are there still remains subjective. Jewish tradition
does refer to seven heavens. And the

by Dale McAfee
fiRASlUA

60IANIA

Sammy, 6ne of ogR^^jeaF-old twin

sons, looked out the window as oiir

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plane reached cruising altitude after Teaving Brasilia. "Ohla, papai, estamos
no ceu!' he exclaimed. In Brazil he

apostle Paul says he

knew a

man

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preferred to speak in Portuguese. Its a uese. Its a little hard to translate, since the word / "ceu" means either sky or heaven, leaven. So.i/ lets translate it, "Look, Daddy, 7, we're up

(himself?) who was caught up to the third heaven perhaps in the body (II Cor. 12:2). Which goes to prove that even he, an apostle, wasn't overly-well
informed as to where heaven is, or if

in heaven!" That started me thinking.

Where is heaypn? Of course, we have all

T^ed'Cliat question, and then put it in

the back of, or entirely out of, our minds. Well, where is heaven, anyway?
And is heaven where God is?

you can go there in the body. Or maybe he just took it for granted that you can be in heaven in the body, but because of the etherial nature of said experience,
he wasn't able to be sure how it took

L. David and Ruth Sanders

Mailing address:
Caixa Postal 07-862

place - in bodily reality or a vision seen only with the mind's eyes.

70000 Brazilio, D.F., Brazil

House Address:

Then Danny (also five), said to me as we were walking to school the other day

The word "heaven" is used quite

often in the plural (as if there are several and one can be distinguished from another - maybe the different ones have different functions or purposes) in

W-3, Quondro 708, Bloco 1, Casa 35 70000 Braziiia, D.F., Brazil For information, colored slides and mission studies, write to:

and heard the sound of a jet far^^

don't you. Daddy?" He had also thought that the plane from Brasilia, leveled off at cruising altitude, was parked in
heaven. Stewardesses waited on

airplane you go up where Jesus lives, '

overhead, "When you go up in an^S

Holy Writ and out. "In the beginning

God created the heavens and the earth...and God said, 'Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters

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everyone. Music came through the

sound system, the seats were

and let it separate the waters from the

waters'...and God made the firmament

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comfortable; everything a little boy

needed, or could imagine, was there. I

and separated the waters which were

under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament...and God called the firmament Heaven. Genesis 1:1, 6, 7, 8.

Brazil Chriitian Mission

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Anc^rson, Indiana 46011

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suppose that was convincing enough. But, of course, that particular height
is satisfying for only a short time. The boys want to know more, and boys and men want to explore farther. Dean England told a bunch of budding young

Dole H. and Carol McAfee

1416 Loramie

From this point on the focus of attention in the Holy Scriptures is upon

Manhattan, Kansas 66502 For information, colored slides and mission studies, write to:

theologians when I was at Phillips University graduate Seminary, that

since the space explorations and man's widened vistas, we need to change our terminology and refer to heaven as being out instead of up,...especially
since to the Chinaman our heaven would

the place under the firmament (or

heavens) where man lives. So there is

Mrs. Taylor McAfee

510 Oak Street

someplace above heaven (the sky), and there is water there! When you get thirsty you will be glad to know that.
But then, that shouldn't be too

Valley Fails, Kansas, 66088 To receive prayer letter,

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be down and vice versa. Recently a local dive advertised that they and their customers were way out. And it was a Russian cosmonaut who took a little trip
out in the 'heavens' and came back

surprising, for the river (or fountain) of the water of life flows by the throne of God (Revelations 21:1-7; 22:1-2).

saying he had proven that God doesn't

exist because he hadn't found Him.

To conclude for now, we hope your study of heaven is not limited to astronomy, and that it will continue. Our emphasis most surely and

satisfyingiy can be that given by the

Apostle Peter, who said that the
heavens that now are (which were created long ago) will be destroyed and

I wonder if we don't unconsciously

Wichita, Kansas 67217

'confuse God and His throne in glory

with His creation, and think of space, in this material universe, as being God's
residence...and therefore heaven is

Pleose help keep our records straight by designating your offering for missionary or

project. Please do not send

cf^ecks or bills to the field.
The Brazil Christian Mission is

around here...somewhere. And, some-

"pass away with a loud noise", being "dissolved" (II Peter 3:5-13). According to the promise of God "we wait for new
heavens and a new earth in which

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' one will immediately assure us that God is everywhere! Being on cloud nine must be close to, if not heaven. Things are divine and girls are angelic, until you marry one! (Whoops, darling, no offense intended! My wife will read this, even though she isn't looking over my shoulder!) Hollywood movie personali ties and T.V. entertainers Ijave been stars for a long time.

righteousness dwells" (vs. 13). Oh what a glorious day (God's day, see vs. 12) that will be. Will you be there? Preparations to be there are being made now by the saints that meet together in Jesus' name (Jesus of
Nazareth, the Christ, Lord of Heaven and earth). Oh, don't you want to be in
that number?

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July 28, 1974 was Dedica tion Day for the Ceres

NEWS N' NOTES

The Dale McAfee family arrived stateside August 3, for their third furlough. Grandmother (Mildred) McAfee and Patty Rider (MCC student from Emporia) met their plane at Kansas City, Missouri international airport, and then when they landed at Wichita, they were met by BOM
trustees Bob Baker and Bill Shattuck.

Church's new building (now in the closing phase of construc

tion). Christian brethren from the various Christian churches

participated in this occasion, as

well as brethren from local

denominations. To the right, Missionary Dale McAfee leads

the afternoon service. In the background are missionary Paul Lanham,

missionary L. David Sanders, Fflemon Ribeiro (Brasilia elder), and Sebastian Tillman (Pastor of the Ceres Presbyterian Church).

The McAfees plan to return to Brazil 1

next June or July, which will give the/f children an uninterrupted school year.
Contact them at 1416 Laramie,

This special day also included a setting apart service for elders and transfer of leadership responsibilities. In Brazil it is customary for all visiting Church dignitaries to participate in official capacities in special ceremonies. At left Baptist, Presbyterian and Assembly of God pastors participate in the
laying on of hands service for Elders Jose Gomes and Edvaldo Cambui. In the

Manhattan, Kansas 66502, phone (913) 537-2569, for speaking

engagements.

past when we have visited denominational services, we have been urged to the front and official participation; thus is demonstrated a solidarity and unity that
overrides denominational differences. Below, the new leaders of the Ceres

"Brasilia is exploding in all points of view" according to reporters in the July 8th issue of VISAO magazine. In the
last two years, population in the Federal District has increased 90,000,

Church are presented to the congregation. The group includes the new Sunday School Superintendent, class teachers,
elders, custodian and church secretaries.

bringing the total population to 710)0^0,

There are now 85,000 cars in Brasilia and in 1973 there were 7,000 traffic
accidents.

27th

National

Missionary

Convention will convene November

CERES

26-29 in Convention Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, under the banner "God's

Compelling Power." Brazil Christian Mission display

booth will be No. 134. Dale and Carol

McAfee plan to be there. Drop by the

booth to visit with them while attendance at the convention. in

The final days in Ceres before the McAfee family returned to the United States on furlough, were hectic ones. To the left. Dale McAfee turns over Boy Scout materials to Dr. Domingos Mendes da Silva, who had been selected by the Ceres Lions Club (the Scouts'sponsoring organization) as

MOBRAL, an organization sponsored by the Brazilian government to teach reading and writing to adults throughout Brazil, is now in 3,953 cities
and has enrolled some 18 million students. In 1973, 40,000 teachers were

trained besides state, area and city supervisors. Mobral was brought to the
Federal District in 1970 and is directed

Ceres Boy Scout Director. McAfee was secretary of the Lions Club '73-'74, and son Philip was Cub Scout master. Last minute documentary work occupied much of the time, as the McAfees prepared to leave the field for furlough. This Notary Public and the registrar's office in the Ceres City Hall were a big help as power of attorney and contracts with the city government were drawn up.

toward teaching adults from 15 to 35 years in age. Not only has reading and writing been taught, but special professional help has also been given.
The local Brasilia Christian Church also

holds afternoon and night classes for the

same purpose.
* * * *

Brazil has been under an alarming

"epidemic of Meningitis the past several

months. The September 1st issue of the
Correio Braziliense (Brasilia News

paper) stated that there was an average of 50 new cases daily entering the city hospital and 8 deaths daily reaching a total of 500 dead from the beginning of the epidemic. Due to country-wide
vaccinations and isolation of the sick,

the epidemic is now under control.

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BRAZIL CHRISTIAN MISSION

BACK IN BRAZIL
Daryl Bruce

TEACHING ABROAD
From the Institute of IntemationBl

Education, we have the following

information for those who are

THE CHURCH IN THE HOME

"House churches" are gaining interest in Brasilia this year. Besides regularly scheduled Sunday services in various homes, calls come for special prayer meetings and Bible studies on other days of the week as well. Attendance averages 25 or more. A small group of high schoolers initiated a Bible study the first week in September. Two members of the

Sanders* graduated from high school the last of May and, shortly thereafter, returned to Brasilia," Brazil. He is taking some special short courses and working four to five hours daily with his Dad, L. David. He plans
to return to the States in the fall of 1975

to go to college. Daryl will be 19 on September 30. Pray for him and the
Lord's direction for his future.

(BCM IS, cont'd from pg. 1)

means to replace man, through the

gracious work of God, as revealed in His

plan, to his rightful place in the universe - a child of God fulfilling the Father's purposes. So Brazil Christian Mission joins with others of like precious faith to appeal to all of God's
people everywhere to forsake divisive creeds and practices and traditional stances, to be joined in the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace, that the world may believe that God did send His Son and accept Him as his only
Savior. Brazil Christian Mission is a

interested in teaching in Brazil. The requirements for teaching in regard to educational background, previous teacing experience, language ability, age, and certification, vary depending upon the program. The length of appointments abo varies; cultural exchange awards are usually tenable for an academic year, while some other programs require a commitment of several years. In general, application should be made from six months to a year in advance of the expected appointment date. In each case, specific information should be requested from the administering agency as listed below.
International Schools Services

Brasilia church are to meet together weekly with two other young people, with hopes of increasing the size of their
group.

We praise the Lord that there were five baptisms and one reconciliation during the past two months in the
Brasilia church.

Teaching and administrative work in international and American community elementary and secondary schools in Latin America. Apply to: Director of Educational Staffing Program
International Schools Services 554 Fifth Avenue New York, New York 10016
OR

FINANCIAL REPORT
January - June, 1974

testimony to the Gospel, the saving power of Jesus Christ as God's agent to redeem mankind. It is composed of God's people rendering a witness for
Ckrist and His Church in Brazil. Brazil Christian Mission is the confidence and

2000 P Street N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20036

Latin American Secretariat for

expression of trust and faith by faithful born-again believers who sustain this ministry through their prayers and financial giving. Brazil Christian Mission is a leading influence ettcour.aging Christian
churches and churches of Christ

Academic Services (LASAS) Teaching at various levels in Latin America. Apply to:
Latin American Secretariat for
Academic Services

Note: We are going to make this a regpilar feature in this paper - a semi annual report of giving to Brazil hrisTiah Mission. This report is abbreviated and a bit late. We beg your indulgence. Bro. Joe Means, BCM treasurer, will be contributing this
information in the future. Please write

him your questions and suggestions: P.

0. Box 17067, Wichita, Kansas 67217.

620 Michigan Avenue N.E. Washington, D.C. 20017

Overseas Educational Service

missionaries in fellowship and coopera

tive extra-congregational efforts in

Designated giving (money received): Brasilia Church $ 1,851.36 McAfee account 8,786.54 Sanders account 12,616.12
Ceres Church 205.00

Brazil. Initial steps taken to organize

the Goiania Christian Institute (now
known as the Institute Cristao de

Educacao e Cultura - Seminario), the all

Brazil Christian churches and churches

of Christ missionaries' annual conven

Teaching at the college and university levels (and occasionally in higher technical and teacher training institutions) in Latin America. Apply to:
Overseas Educational Service Education and World Affairs 548 Fifth Avenue New York, New York 10036

Philip McAfee
Didir Santos Ester Teodoro Santos Dorvalina Santos Josefina and David Santos Cook Memorial
Total

171.00
25.00 25.00 60.00 35.00 360.00

tion, and the Christian service camp association at Brasilia, are examples. In
addition to the above, there is the work
with the Association for Christian

$24,143.02

Literature (APLIC), headquartered in

Goiania, and the Central Brazil

Churches of Christ aqnual convention. These efforts have as their goal the firm

yfl establishment of autonomous, but inter-

f I dependent, congregations and arms of / f out-reach. Vital to the purpose of the

mission is the teaching, training and the smooth turnover of leadership in these
institutions to Brazilian nationals.

World HealtbOrganization and Pan American Health Organization Teaching of nursing, public health, medical and clinical sciences. Apply to: Pan American Health Organization Pan American Sanit^y Bureau Regional Office of the World Health Organization
525 - 23rd Street N.W.

Working Capital Fund received

$2,508.33 out of this total. Its source

was 12% of funds designated to

Sanders-McAfee retirement
missionaries.

accounts.

This for

fund the

pays for publications, bookkeeping and

insurance

Personal accounts (Sanders and

McAfee) receive funds for salary (living

link) and allowances, field funds (service

Washington, D.C. 20036

link) and furlough.

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i-'iisaion Servioes iissn.

Box 177

Kernptoiij ind,

46049

BRIEF

LOOK

AT

THE

WORK

OF

DAVID and RUTH SANDERS AND DALE and CAROL McAFEE

VOL. XXV NOVEMBER DECEMBER, 1974 no. 6

We salute the 27th NATIONAL MISSIONARY CONVENTION. A carefully planned program has been prepared to challenge, inform and inspire you.
Convention theme

God's Compelling Power

(II Cor. 5:11-6:13)

November 26 (Tuesday evening) - 29 (Friday evening) Convention-Exposition Center, Cincinnati, Ohio Sessions are planned for children and youth, as well as adults. Nursery facilities will be
provided for infants.

While at the convention, visit the BCM display booth, No. 134 (south bay). Dale and Carol McAfee will be there to welcome you.

iM'mn
People everywhere are talking about
the terrible avalanche of trash that is

handled through the Post Office. Post Office employees are throwing bundles of missionary prayerletters and publications in the trash; others throw them without reading them. Help us stop this destruction! Do you think this publication is trash? Maybe its worthy, but needs improvement. We really want to know what you think. We want to hear from you. Write: Dale H. McAfee, Editor,
1416 Laramie St., Manhattan, KS 66502.

This past year as inflation spirals, the effects have not only been felt in the United States, but also by the missionaries in many foreign fields. This
has been true in Brazil as we have

mentioned in previous articles. What

has inflation meant to us in Brazil? Here

are a few implications: In the large cities, where thousands are turning to Christ, rents are outlandish. The money spent on rent can never be recuperated. This means

The continuing education of mission ary children on the field runs up to $1,200.00 a year per child. Travel to the United States, one-way, amounts to $400.00 to $567.00 per adult, depending on the city. Medical doctors in Brazil charge $25.00 per visit. Poor Brazilian people, through the government, get
free or low cost medical service which is not available to missionaries because

we are not included in Brazilian social

insurance.

Always write zip codes on the addresses. Certainly we do not wish to

use the church's financial resources to

that for many missionaries, working

where land cannot be obtained, work

Add to these costs such items as

burden you and overload the already overloaded personnel of the Post
Offices.

may have to stop. Even in the frontiers of the Transamazon, missionaries report difficulty in renting.
For those who can find land on which to build, construction costs are

house and car upkeep, furlough expenses, clothes, insurance, corre

spondence costs,
miscellaneous items.

work funds and

In a country where the per capita

income is so low, one wonders how the

You can help us by sending in

address corrections where our address

list is in error or in duplicate. And if your address changes (many move!) let us know!! Send your address
corrections marked "B.C.M.", c/o CAPSTAN, Drawer E, Checotah, OK 74426. Please mark both your old and

going up. However, looking on the good side, the day the building is completed
it can be sold for 300% more than costs,
at least!

citizens of the country manage. Here are some ways Brazilians make ends
meet:

Surveys indicate that cars made in

Brazil cost over $4,000.00 for a

The poor people don't live in or near the big cities, they prefer instead to travel 2-4 hours to reach their jobs in the city each day. Those who do live in
the cities, live in shacks similar to a

medium-small car. This is the size your

missionaries use. A four-door Ford or

new zip codes clearly, as the mailing lists are filed by zip code, not your last name. Thanks for your help!

Dodge costs anywhere from $8,000.00 to

10,000!

child's tree house, or a whole family will live in one room. Many couples will wait

(Continued on page 4)

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BRAZIL CHRISTIAN MISSION

BRASILIA

SOIANIA

1974

OFFICE OF PUBLICATION

This publication is printed, addressed and mailed by

Capstan, Box "E" Checotoh,
Oklahoma 74426

(a missionory service
ministry)
Field Editor Dale H. McAfee
MISSIONARIES L. David and Ruth Sanders

Mailing address:
Coixa Postol 07-862 The 1974 Central Brazil Churches of

70000 Brazilia, D.F., Brazil

House Address:

W-3, Quandra 708, Bloco 1, Casa 35 70000 Brazilia, D.F., Brazil For information, colored slides

Christ Preaching Convention was held at the Tagualinga church just before Easter. Above Schirley and Joan de .Arc present special music. At left, Iran Bernardes brought the opening message of the
convention.

and mission studies, write to:

Mr. and Mrs. Larry Durham

Box 17067

Wichita, Kansas 67217

To receive prayer letter,

write to:

Brazil Christian Mission

%Bethany Christian Church

Rural Route 1 - Box 618C

Anderson. Indiana 46011

MISSIONARIES

Dole H. and Carol McAfee

1416 Laramie

Manhattan, Kansas 66502 For information, colored slides and mission studies, write to:

Mrs. Taylor McAfee

510 Oak Street

Valley Falls, Kansos, 66088

To receive prayer letter,

write to:

Convocation for the new school year at the Christian

Institute of Education and Culture was held in March. Here

Brazil Christian Mission

%Capston, Inc.
Drawer E

students line up to receive best wishes from faculty and

friends at the service.

Checotah, Oklahoma 74426

Send ALL Contributions to:
BRAZIL CHRISTIAN MISSION
Box 17067

Wichita, Kansas 67217

Please help keep our records straight by designating your

offering for missionary or

project. Please do not send
checks or bills to the field.
The Brazil Christian Mission Is

owned by the religious organization of the same name and is published bi-monthly with second class postage paid at the U.S. Post
Office in Checotah, Oklahoma

74426. Subscriptions are paid from offerings received.

The McAfee family at daughter Linda's high school graduation exercises, May 26, 1974. Steven, on left side, had just arrived to begin a Summer Missions Internship.

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CERES MT. ZION

CHURCH

Construction began May 15. 1974 on the first permanent building of the Ceres Mt. Zion Church. Blue prints were drawn up in April for a building which would
house an auditorium and four classrooms. Much of the

work involved those interested in seeing the church building become a reality for the Lord. A civil engineer who now lives in Goiunia, donated technical supervision, church members and others of the community donated material, freight and labor. In order that the building could be fini.shed sufficiently to serve as a meeting place before the McAfees' furlough, mission funds were borrowed which will be repaid by the congregation from designated offerings. This was done in order to avoid

spiraling costs on labor, materials and service which

would result, were the construction to stop while the McAfees are on furlough.

Dedication Day finally arrived for the new building on July 28, 1974. Besides being the first time the congregation met in the new facilities, the special services also served to set apart new leadership and transfer
duties so that the work would continue smoothly through

the McAfees' furlough. Many missionaries and local preachers participated in the meetings, as did L. David Sanders, who will serve as senior minister during the McAfees' furlough, visiting the church one Sunday a
month.

The services also served to give special recognition to the various leaders in the church, and also to Steven and Philip McAfee, who had special responsibilities in assistance and outreach. Many people participated in these services from various other Christian churches, such as the Brasilia youth

group, the "Christ's Youth" singers who presented

special music.

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PRAY WITHOUT
CEASING
For the McAfee family while they are on furlough, and as their children adjust to school in the United States. For the Sanders as they carry on the work in Brazil, continuing the efforts in Brasilia, and seeking to help fill the gaps left by the absence of the
McAfees.

LOOKING BACK ON 1974

The Youth Challenge of Brasilia, an
evangelical association founded two

years ago by interested evangelicals to establish centers for recuperation of drug addicts held their first rally in the Brasilia Church of Christ in May. The programs which included preaching and special music, were attended by nearly 600 persons each night. Day sessions were attended by delegates from eight
different centers in Brazil, with an average of about 50 in each session.
Don Wilkerson from the New York

skinned, tall, thin, they work with iron and engage in agriculture. The government agency, FUNAI, plans to

send an anthropologist into the region

for closer contacts and, at the same

time, to plan a program of vaccination against malaria, measles and tubercu

losis in the tribe.

For Daryl Bruce as he studies in the States, far from his family. For the Drug Center at the Brasilia Church, that it may be an effective
tool for the Lord in the lives of those

The Wm. A. Cook Memorial Fund

Teen Challenge brought night messages and studies on drug problems during
the two-day sessions. Representatives from each center presented problems, questions and discussions concerning the betterment and further expansion of the program throughout Brazil. The Youth Challenge of Brasilia
contracted with the Brasilia church for

made a gift of more than 100 books to the library of the Christian Institute of Education and Culture (ministerial

reached. As these young people are contacted, they will be aided and sent on to a special home and treatment center in the country outside of
Brasilia.

For the Ceres Mt. Zion Church as it seeks to meet its commitments in the

training school in Goiania). All gifts to this fund are being designated for ministerial education of promising young Brazilians. The Institute library is growing and with its growth it will be able to be registered and receive gifts of
books from government agencies for its general credit. (HIGH PRICE, Cont'd from pg I)

building program, and as the local leaders carry on in the absence of the
McAfees.

two rooms on

two-year lease in

For the national

leaders

in

the

Christian churches in Brazil, that they might be strengthened for guiding the local congregations toward
growth and witness.
For the Christian Institute in Goiania

exchange for finishing the rooms. These rooms are being used for office space and room for two boys to be available to work in the community (immediate area

of 10,000 people) at any hour of the day

or night.

until they are nearly 30 before they marry in order to save up money to buy a small place to live before marriage.
Many couples may live with their

parents until they are 35 years of age.

Quite a few homes have two or three

in all of its needs...spiritual and physical. For the leaders and students of the extension course among the
churches.

families or generations under one roof.

A new tribe of indians has been discovered on the frontier, of Brazil with

Many must keep their diet on a simple rice and beans regime, two times a day,
every day of the year for their whole
lives

Bolivia. They are thh /Amaks, dark

CHRISTMAS GREETINGS

May this Christmas season bring joy to your heart, hope for the ^ future, peace and spiritual security to you and your home.
from your missionaries
L. David and Ruth Sanders

Dale H. and Carol McAfee

Bob Baker, Bill Shattuck, and Joe Means, Trustees
and all the staff at CAPSTAN