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This document provides a summary of the international travels and missionary work of DDD over a 16 year period from 1977 to 1993. It details his work teaching and preaching in churches, camps, and conventions across the US and in over 50 countries on 6 continents. It also mentions his work training leaders and teaching in Bible colleges in other countries. The document is presented as a reflection on the first 15 years of serving as a missionary through the organization Mid-India Christian Mission.
This document provides a summary of the international travels and missionary work of DDD over a 16 year period from 1977 to 1993. It details his work teaching and preaching in churches, camps, and conventions across the US and in over 50 countries on 6 continents. It also mentions his work training leaders and teaching in Bible colleges in other countries. The document is presented as a reflection on the first 15 years of serving as a missionary through the organization Mid-India Christian Mission.
This document provides a summary of the international travels and missionary work of DDD over a 16 year period from 1977 to 1993. It details his work teaching and preaching in churches, camps, and conventions across the US and in over 50 countries on 6 continents. It also mentions his work training leaders and teaching in Bible colleges in other countries. The document is presented as a reflection on the first 15 years of serving as a missionary through the organization Mid-India Christian Mission.
10th anniversary of the incorporation of Mid-India Christian Mission in July, 1969, in Oklahoma. Second Trin to Australia, Oct. 6-31 AninvitationbytheAustralianbrethrenhas beenaccepted to deliver the annual "STEPHEN CHEEK RESTORATION LECTURES" in Brisbane, Queensland, Oct. 10-24. Stephen Cheek, a leader amongthe Churches ofChrist inScotland, first introduced the Restoration Movement in Australia 140 years ago. The All-Southern Pacific Christian Convention, meeting in Toowoomba, Queensland, has invited me to address the convention and to lead a workshop in "Missions." llil Dr. Vijai Lall at the microphone recording a Gospel message in Hindi which will be broadcast by short-wave radio via FEBC, subcontinent" of India. "RADIO MID-INDIA" is directed by David Lall, the oldest son of Vijai and Pushpa Lall. 9th Trio to the PhilipDlnes, Nov. 30 - Apr. 15 I will fly to the Hiilippines Nov. 30 to teach the second semester inthe Cebu Bible Seminary. Eileenwill joinmein FebruaryandremainthroughtheCBSgraduationinMarch, theFhilippineNational Convention, andtheAnnual Ameri can Missionary Fellowship in April. (Must be home for the Kiamichi Men's Clinic in Oklahoma, May 2-5,1994). r Austria Arriving in Vienna, Austria, gateway to Haus Edelweiss and the two-month Bible conference with TCM. After a Sundaymorning worship service in the front of TCM's Haus Edelweiss, Austria. (L.toR):DDD; Dr. Barbara Curie, Lincoln (IL) Christian Churchstaff; Eileen; Vera and Dr. Marion Henderson, Professor, New Testament, Lincoln Christian College. DDD, Barbara end Marion were the Bible instructors for the August conference with Christian leaders from Poland, Hungary and Czechoslovakia. St. Vincent Eileen with Jean Robinson, Haitian student in the Windward Islands School of Evangelism, St. Vincent, in March, 1993. Jean, a very zealous student with a serious language (English) problem, has a burning desire to return to Haiti upon graduation as an evangelist. He often did his "practice preaching" from his French(Creole) Bibleup anddownthe street or upon the roof tops. Philippines The closing session of the 1992 PhilippineNational Convention, Manila, had an attendance of 5,000 people largest gathering of New Testament Christians anywhere in the world outside oftheNorthAmericanChristian Convention. (L to R): Terry Knippers, Missionary; Jack Howard, Minister, West Burlington(lA) ChristianChurch; Crispin Millendez, Minister, Katarangan Church of Christ, Bohol; Luz Castellano; DDD; and Jul Castellano, Minister, ChristianChurch, Tagbilaran City, Bohol, Philippines. Spearheaded by leaders from the Marion (IN) Christian Chiirch, Rick Jett, Minister, a work crew assembled fi-om Texas, Ohio and Indiana spent two weeks in February, 1993, working on the new multi purpose building of the Windward Islands School of Evangelism, St. Vincent. Amid lots of sweat (perhaps some blood and tears), this jolly crew was able to make notable progress in the concrete work and roofing on the buildings. AHtheconcretewas hand-mixedandconveyed by bucket brigade up the hill to the concrete finishers. Hebrews 4:11a, "Let us, therefore, make every e^ort to enter that rest ..." But could it be this Scripture is taken out of context to describe this scene? Nonetheless, a hammock in the shade inthetropics shouldnever be passed up anytime. (Guyana, South America) Jack Howard, Bimlington, lA, minister, baptizing in Pacific Ocean waters. Island of Leyte, not far from the famous landing site of Gen. Douglas (I shall return) MacArthur in October 1944. Jack Howard, Burlington, lA, minister; Jul Castellano, Filipino evangelist; and Dan Aquino for Dan's first ever visit to a McDonald's in Bocolod, Negros Occidental. Dan is an orphaned child, the son of Daisy Aquino, our maid and helper in the Cebu Bible Seminary until her death froma stroke inSeptember, 1988. Oiir daughter, Lucinda, andhusband, Jack Craig(Atlanta), are sponsoring Danin the GreenPlains Chi^tian(boarding) School in Bocolod. Mrs. Amparo Knippers, Filipina, wife of Terry Knip pers, missionaries oh Bohol, Fliilippines, on a visit to the USA pickingoranges inthe back of the home of DDD and Eileen, 412 E. Tillman Avenue, Lake Wales, FL. Russia Dr. Alex Bogacheve, Ph.D. (Physics), formerly with the Russian Institute of Science in Moscow, following a session of Bible study in June, 1992. Dr. Bogacheve was a member of the original class of 102 studentsinthepilotprogramlaunched in May, 1992, for the purpose of certifying Russian school teachers to teach the Bible in the curriculum of the Department ofMoral andSpiritual Education, now an official part of the Russian educational system. Roman Naz- arov, translating in the "LIFE OF CHRIST" seriesof Bible studies in Moscow, June, 1992. DDD with three Babushkas (Grandmas) in Moscow, following the morning worship service in the Technical College where the first Bible classes were being held. The Babushka on the right informed me (through an interpreter) that her father/preacher had beenkilledby Russian Police in 1930 whenshe was a small girl and this was the first communion service she had participated in in 62 ARussianschool teacher, amember of the first class in Bible in the Department of Moral and Spiritual Education, presentingredroses to her Professor in "LIFE OF CHRIST' on the closing day of classes, Jime 26, 1992. The lovely roses were too beautiful to throw away so the Prof, decided to "smuggle" them through customs and immigration. U.S.A. The professor's "lady in waiting" at the Orlando, Florida, airport smiles with thegiftofthesmuggledroses. Theywere still lovely 4 days later, June 30th, for our 51st wedding anniversary. Newls^veds, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Craig (nee Lucinda Debault), in the kitchen ofTCM'sHaus Edelweiss, listening as Dr. Barbara Curie reads for thema special poemwritten in honor of their wedding the daybefore in the chapel of the l,000year-oldcastleLiechtenstein(ViennaWoods, Austria). One of the most welcome sights in the more than 50 countries where our missionary travels have taken us is always the emblem of the old USA (Georgetown, Guyana). Ul aSi IHliU Walt rVevost, Missionary in the Hiilippines, preaching, as young Filipino evangelist, Arnold Corsiga, translates for him. "OVER THE TOP' -- one of the great blessings in a Faith Pmrnisft Missionary Rally is to see the "thermometer" exceed the goal. Revis Brazel, DDD and an elder in a church in Indiema. SixteenYears, Going On Seventeen It was June, 1977, when we began serving in our first DVBS programs, Christian Service Camps, and missions rallies as full-time short-termMissionaries. I celebrated my 60thbirthdayina DVBS at First Christian Church, Council Bluffs, lA, June 10, 1977. We were Field Representatives for Mid-India Christian Mission, Damoh, M.P. India, with ihe headquarters and Forwarding Agent in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Eileen Said, "We Will Try It One Year" Inthefall of1976, we resignedtheministryofFirst ChristianChurch, Dunedin, FLtopromoteMid-India ChristianMission. We stored our furniture eind roamed the globe for 5 years without a home. We had our little cabin in the Kiamichi Mountains in Oklahoma; my parents were still living in Mason, IL, and Eileen's mother was (and still is) living in Lake Wales, FL. Plus, wefelt"athome"withmysiblingsandwithdearfriendsinTulsa, Illinois andFlorida. Wehadnosalarynorassuranceoffinancial support fix>m any source. It was (and is) truly an "ADVENTURE EN FAITH." By the end of 1977, we had spread the message of the work of Dr. Vijai L.all and Mid-South Christian Mission in scores of chiirches, camps, conventions and rallies across the country. We had lived, paidour bills andsavedenough moneyfor a missiontrip to India andthe Orient. Our first two visits to India in 1971 and 1973 were sponsored by members of the Osage Hills Christian Church in Tulsa. FromNewYears, 1978, through April, we had "missioned" in India, Assam, Burma, Thailand, Hong Kong, Taiwan andJapan. After that first mission trip, we never looked back. An international ministryloomedbefore us, but we couldnot havepossiblyrealizedthemagnitude of it. God opened doors and we simply walked Ihrough them by faith. We tried it for "ONE YEAR" and we liked it! Now, Page Two, The Next 15 Years We have served in well over 100 weeks of DVBS and 100 weeks of church camps, mission rallies, conventions and mission emphases in more than 20 states across the coimtry. The "ONE YEARTRIAL RUN" has led us into every continent (over 50 countries). Our ministry expanded immediately from preaching and ministering with fellow missionaries into leadership training, teaching in Bible college^^nstitutes and seminaries in other lands. We found time to teach a termin BluefieldCollege of Evangelism, WV, andmy Alma Mater, LincolnChristianCollege, Illinois. Ahighlight was a month inMoscow, Russia, June, 1992, training Russian school teachers to teach the Bible in the public schools of Russia. My dream, my goal is to minister in the Gospel of Christ on the soil of Red China. Even A Wild Goose Goes South for the Winter My first 15 weeks of 1993 were spent on the island of St. Vincent, teaching in the Windward Islands School of Evange lism (WISE). It is a beautiful tropical island setting in the Grenadines, West Indies. Eileen spent a month with me in the middle of the term. Now I must arrange a schedule to fill the invitations toreturntoteach inWISE andtheLower Caribbean Christian College, Barbados, with Leadership Training Semi nars on Antigua. Youmay be assured the invitations will all be filled in the winter time (it's a tough life)! "In The Kiamichis, What A Wonderful Time" The four finest out-door cooks inthe world (if you dont believe it, ask anyone of the four). DDD, Drew Mowdy, Charles (Chick) Debault, and Jack Howard. ^ ^ Ik 3 J _ <8 g & o C' /> < 3 6 2 JC tj A e O O UJ 1^11 ?C0 SB ^ O 5> ^ ^ m M a. e K = o o |S 1 cu ^ Delmar and Eileen Debault Directors News of THE MASTER'S MESSENGERS With International Christian Ministries P.O. Box 848 Lake Wales, Florida 33853 Tel (813) 676-6667 July 15,1993 A wise man once said, "The higher the privilege, the greater the responsibility." The Master said it best in the parable of the talents in Matthew25:29, "For to everyone who has shall more hegiven, and he shall have an abundance: but from the one who does not have, even what he does have shall be taken away." EileenandI realize more andmore the incomparable privileges that seemto increase witheveryexperience we have inour internationalmissions ministryofleadershiptrainingandevangelism. Sinceour last general appeal for travel funds inearly1992, Godhas "privileged" usto travel andministerinthePhilippines, Russia, andtheWest Indies. We have triedto be good and faithful stewards - good stewards of the finances you have provided for our necessarytravel andfaithful stewards oftheWordandtheMaster's Message of Redemption. Withinone year, your prayers and financial imdergirding put us on three continents in a ministry almost divergent in nature - from remote primitive Philippine Island villages to the Philippine National Convention in a modemconvention center in Manila ~ in Moscow, Russia, training educational leaders in the Bible who have rejected the Marxist atheistic system. Classroom lecturing in the fall of 1992 in Lincoln Christian College and walking the hallowed halls of theological academia - a full teaching load in the Bible college on St. Vincent, West Indies in the spring -1count it all both an honor and certainly the highest of privileges. We are not OTsJ SAT ,ARYfrom any of the areas of service (eveninLCC). We paid our ownway andour own ejqjenses. Our Social Security (mine from 1982 andEileen's from 1987) maintainour cottage home inLake Wales, FL, plusthe monthly "essentials." Wecouldfoldourtents,quietlyretire, andjoinranks withour fellow "snowbirds" and watch tiie world go by... BUT NOT YET! ... as long as those invitations keep comingfrom around the world to "come over into Macedonia and help us" (Acts 16:9). I amblessed with good health and, so far, the stamina to withstand the rigors of "away from the old US cultural comforts," and as much brains as I ever had (never claimed to have had much). So we can't quit and will not until it is impossible to continue, then like General Douglas MacArthur's "old soldiers never die," we will just fade away. Two invitations have been accepted, with our faith in God andtrust in our loyal partners that we wiU have the money for the travel. I am honored to be asked by a number of Australian brethren and churches to deliver the Annual "Stephen CheekRestoration Lectureship," andpreachin a two-week evangelistic crusade inBrisbane, Queensland. Following the lectureship and crusade, the south Pacific Christian Convention, meeting in Toowoomba, Queensland, October 27-31, has invited me to address the convention and to conduct a leadership workshop. I plan to leave Orlando, FL, October 8 and return November 3. The Australian brethren will provide for my travel and accommodations while in their fellowship. After spending November in Florida, I wiUleave for the Philippines November 29 to teach the winter term in the Cebu Bible Seminary and return April 16. Eileen plans to join me in Cebu February 19 for the remainder ofthePhilippinetrip. Thefour anda halfmonthPhilippinesojoumwill consist ofa full teachingloadintheSeminary (with a couple of night classes to make up for the weeks I will miss in November). Almost every weekend will be spentoninter-islandpreachingmissions, theYouthAnnual ChristianConference (Christmasweek), preachingand teaching in the Visayan Christian Convention in Cebu, graduation and Commencement in the Seminary, the Philippine National Conventionin April, and the Annual American Missionary Fellowship (a little bit of heaven on earth). I have been able to find discounted airfares to the Philippines witii China Airlines (Taiwan). Our roimd- trip fare, Orlando - Manila - Cebu will be $1275.(X) for each ofus. I will have one trip from Cebu to Manila at the endofJanuaryto secure anextensionofmy59-daytourist visa(a necessity), round-tripcost of$125.(X). I will make another flight to Manilato meet EileenFebruary 19($125.00roundtrip). Inter-island air fares are quitenominal with an anticipatedtotal of $200.00. We must rent living quarters in Cebu for the first time (we hadlived inthe Mission house previously, but it burned in March, 1989). The housing expenses will be $200,00 per month, for a total of $800.00. THE BASIC COST OF THE PHILIPPINE TRIP Round-trip Orlando - Manila - Cebu ($1275.00 x 2) $2,550.00 Round-trip Cebu - Manila ($125.00 x 2) 250.00 Visa extension fee 200.(X) Inter-island air fare^ship travel 200.00 House rent and service 800.00 TOTAL $4,000.00 As of this writing, we do not have one dollar intravel funds. We can live and not gowithout any help, but we cannot go and live without help. Ifwe go, the funds must be suppliedbyyou, God's people, our fidends who know us and believe in what we are doing. These are actual figures, the expenses are realistic, not exaggerated. We must have $4000.00 or we cannot go. We are inour SEVENTEENTHYEARof full-time short-termmissionaryservice. We have neverhad to cancel a trip because we failed to receive the funds for the ministry. We walk in faith that our God will supply all our needs according to His riches in glory. We are asking for your help. International Christian Ministries is a tax-exempt non-profit mis sionaryincorporationfor your IRS records. Our faith ful secretarj^easurer, Mrs. Louise Carden, who lives in Lake Wales, FL, will acknowledge your gifts made to the mission for our ministry "down imder" and across the Pacific. We would earnestlylike to have the full $4,(X)0.00before I leave for Australia, October 8, so that both our tickets to the Philippines can be pur chased to avoid anticipated increases in airfare. Gk>d Bless and keep you. I hope to see a few of you personallythis summer andfall, but ifnot, keep us in your prayers always. Jesus said, "And I will he with you always." My prayer is that He will also be with us "low and high, even at 38,(X)0feet in a B-747." Serving Jesus, Delmar & Eileen a: S tm 0* M ^ S El! *5 < = M Z |s| g i "2.C; ^iscf z S 5 in 00 $ c! pSS i 8' ae M i - 9 -i S E CL .3 |o i a.
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