RADIANT

BEAMS
of

The li^ca Empire Christian Mission

JEFF JUDY MVERS
CASILLA 1297

ANTOFAGASTA, CHILE
Vhe Cove- of Christ Constraiyietk us...
TL COB.. 6 : 14-

January 9*1973
SPEAKING SCHEDULE

January 14-20
January 21 January 23

Johnstoxm Church of Christ, Ohio

Licking Valley Church of Christ, Ohio Attend Leadership Training Workshop, Ozark Bible
College, Missouri
Heath Church of Christ; Ohio Hoath Church of Christ; Ohio

January 2^1 January 28

January 30

January 31 February 2

Icuisville Bible College, Kentucky Kentucky Christian College, Kentucky Eastern Christian College, Maryland
Howard Church of Christ, Ohio

February ^

February 6
February 8
February 9 February 13

February l6
February 19 February 20

February 28
March 4

Great Lakes Bible College, Michigan Bluefield College of Evangelism, West Virginia Johnson Bible College, Tennessee Memphis Christian College, Tennessee Winston-Salem Bible College, North Carolina Dakota Bible College, South Dakota Platte Valley Bible College, Nebraska Bilengual Convention, Colegio Biblico, Eaglo Passf
Texas

Corinth Christian Church, Kentucky

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A BIG THAM YOU

We want

to thank

the

many

individuals and churches for their

I t won*t be a vacation time but a time foi' a lot of work for the Lorda If there are others

support sent during 1972o

Many have asked, "Pfow Is your

who would like to join this group

write to us and let us know,
RETURN TO CHILS

support?" The xfay .that I reply

is that the Lord has supplied the
money for all our needs# We never

Time
we first

passed quickly sinoo

arrived in the States

have any extra but thanks to you we were able to cociplete many projeots in 1972q

the first part of epteinb-3r; 197^i

My 3 date to return tr>

Thanlc yoU; too,

prayers for us. Time

for
and

your
time

Chile is March 11,

1973.

( from

Miamjja I will be talcing care

ren two weeks later.

of

again it has happened that a door

hac just all of a

sudden opened^

some things along the 't.'a.y and Jud^ VTill be following with the oiiildSome say that we have fceen

We didn't understand why it open

ed but we took advantage of the opportunity. Within a day or two we would get a letter saying, "We
pi-aysd for you and the work/'

There was the reason why the door

Was operieda

here too longn So^ie say that we have ' ' ' . 1. long onoughe But at ai^ TcvC-e wo arc aiixious to get h&Jk to Chile,
BETTGR LATE TK.MJ 1]^^

Somotimos we would get di.scouraged; tired and reaf^ to'qtiit and a letter ^rould comG 'sayi.ngj " We are praying'>for you,."'. It woiJld change the whole picture, Tbahlvs -Ec rauch for caring-, I just,
wan!: to say that I love you all/
SUMER HELPERS ' -

Judy

wants to t^ll 'jveryor.a

iho He'^aik-

"hello"" ' direct ii-i-

Ohio hospital-: ' is now a-'onrjing around tol].in{;; everyone that he has a
babji- f;iot':r., Ke told Grandnia that moioy ;72nt to th-^ store and got a'baby sisterc - - . -Gwen-Angela was born Mondr.y:

In response to an article in

recent

newsletter

five yo.ung'
to work

people

have vSilunteer.ed

in Chile during the entire suirnsr

of 1973v'

Jan, -8^ According ' to ' Jr.dy sh3 'weighed abox.t l6 tohS;: It'- wijj really only 9 lbs-, and ^ ozjSa
Judy and the baby'are, both

The

group breaks

down into

one colleg.e student and four high school students ( one jrciung man andfour young ladiesDc Those who,.

fineb"'_ Judy wants to thank all of you 'for ybur prayers on her bo. The" "Centerburg church was
prai^ng that she wo^'d'liave the "baby "^oh " Mono no ^Sat we coulc conclude their faith promise ral ly on Sun, God ansvrered the pray

Want to go must pay all of their own traveling expenses, Vfe will
furnish their room and board.

(Cont, next column)

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M/7 EQUIPMENT

V7HjIT about the fusure?

We "have been able to ptirchase

a new binding, machino l^Lth the presses that'we. now have in Chile

Recently

there was a sales

woman who Came to the doora After conversing for some time she asked

'j will be able ."to print and as semble large books for -use in leadership traininge 'We also bought a large stock of co.vers
and back binderso

iii0

what

did for a livings

told her ihat for the past four

years I had.been a "jack-of-all-

'Ue have also gone together with in5.ssionary'Bd.Holt to.buy a

used Varit5?psre This machine does
about the saiiie typesetter. It of work as a will be u;:ed In

trades" missionaiy,'She then ask ed me if Tie were going back to .C!d.le,. V?hen I told her yes she
Wanted to know whai: I would be doinsc I told her that we would be

no-vdr.g from
v.ia^c. I

the

city of Antofabe the director

producing

printing plates.-,

At

gasta 'CO the capital city of Sanwould

the present

tiiae the ir^chirie i.s

being repaired#. With the new.building that we have in Chile^ the print shop is . really going to be soirietliin:^
else;

of the new

Chilean

Institute of

I^7ar^9licm and a nationmde. proi'l'am.' of leaddi^ship training

Ile.r reply was, ".Wowee?" I

saidj "Ebn-t get so excited, it*s alTi.. title and no money involvedci!

' '

SUCCE-SS FOR GOD

Ed Holt;' diroctor of the

/mcthBT

person

asked, me if

Cliilc.ih Bible Correspondence

course; \7".'otq Gaj^ng,''V/e now have 5000 stuJ.outs in tlie courso: Af

this change w:-.uld separate ms fron the churohec and establishing new congregations 5 I told the person
that I would be. involvedmore -tiia'-i over .with the churche::,, Instsad

ter stddjr.ng lesrcn. over

seventh (final) fifty per jent say

of ;tust working
country
ers 5

in. tib

North I

that bhsy eit'"-(.r aren't mcirbers of a chiirch, they novex* attend chui-;ch or they are Catholics and
they want to ac^cpt Jo.su l''"

-A~ill bo, traveling throughout the

traiiiing Christian lead-

We workers

are' planning to train tIlro^^gh the Institute of Evangelism; night. Bible clasoss;
correspondence courses and Exten sion classes 0 Untraiimd leader--

LEADERSHIP TRAINING There are about fifteen stu

dents

that

are

ready

to study
In

full-time in the new Chilean

stitute of Bvangelajsrrio

Before
addition to

the
this

end of 1973 j we hope to have

men in

Eiiip is the biggest problem fa^rf-n^; the Chilean churches Through these methods of training workers we hope to eliminate the problem and push forx-rard with the "VTinning
of Chile for Christ,

one hundred

studying

in

night

Bible

classes or extension schools

WE ARE THANKFUL FOR THE GIFTS

FROM ANTOFAGASTA

received this past two months from those who have continously suppor
ted us as well as some who are new

The preacher's wife from the La Portada church wi*ote saying that there hadbeenfive baptisms
in the church there since we left Chile,

or occasional givers,..,.
Churches of Christ in Ohio t

Adena Rd, Chilli co the Eden, St. Louisville Fairfield, Lancaster

Howard Croton Heath

"The

Manuel Garcia wrote saying, work is progressing. The

members of the Colombia St, church

First Chr., Springfield Utica Licking Valley, Newark Bell, utica I-Iartinsburg Bladensburg Centerburg
Hount Gilead Johnstown

are all involved in preparation for the Christmas program.

ther Alegre(oneof the men in the church) is better than over. If

you would hear him preach you would give glory to God for his progress," The report from the church

Rocky Fork, Newark Northside Burnt Pines Ch, N Vernon, IN

W Walnut St Ch, Portland, IN

First Chr, New Port Richey, FL Suncoast Youth Group, FL Wellsburg Church of Christ, KY Northwest Missionary Conf. Oregon
Powel.l Butte Com. Cburoh, OR Ashaland Christian Church, OR Loyal Berean Class, Utica, OH

on

the

Hill (Prat B)

is, "The

church continues well under the direction of Brother Wilfredo.

Willing Workers Class, Bell Church

Sunday school attendance is still averaging about one hundred," Manuel said, "The churches continue to help each other. Vis ion by ui'iiL

Young Adults, Grove C/C, Gainbier,0

Kiss Janet Turner, Mrs, Jay Popham

thers

N/H Ray Holton, Glen Morrical,

Clarence Smith, William KcCauley, Harry Fulton, Adrain WcClanahan, Clyde Baker, Russell Jones, and
Clarence Rittenour.

the s^rTCttal-i-ty'of "alX"

the members."

Postage Paid
Permit No. 7 Utica, Ohio

Mrs Warren Myers,Forwarding Agent

Route 2, Utica, Ohio

4'3080

Form 35^7 Requested

rZARK n IBLE COLUGE 1)11 N MAIN JOPLIN, MO 6480

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RAD IAN T
B E AMS

The iKica Empire Christian MissioK

JEFF . JUDY MYERS
3C02xxx2amxfGiss^^

O^/te o%fe- of Christ Constrxiiyteirh us...

n COR.. 5! !--

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May 1, 1973

FRONT PAGE PEOPLE

In the past when this forwarding agent has received the newsletter tO prepare and send.on to you readers there has been one short column left on the back page to recognize those who si^port the work. Today it came ivith a note saying, "FRONT PAGE IS YOURSi OUR SUPPORTERS DESERVE FRONT PAGE
THIS TIME AS THEY ARE SO IMPORTANT TO THE WORK." These .gave since Januarys

Mrs. Jay Popham, Ethel McClanahan;

Miss Janet Turner, Jackie Newland;

Loyal.Berean Class of Utica, OHIO Willing Workers Class of Bell C/C

Jr. Ch. First Christian,Springfield
Adena Rd. Ch, of Christ, Chillicothe Bell Church of Christ, Utica

Mr. & Mrs. Ray Kolton, Carl Druiniii, Danny Riggen, Harold Van Winkle,
T. W. Kitchen, Robert Lederer, Carl Bischoff, William Oliver; Sr. Class of Corinth Christian,KY

Bladensburg Church of Christ Centerburg Church of Christ

Croton Church of Christ

fCehtucky Christian College

Ban Jose Bible College, CA
Dakota Bible Collie, Huron,. SD-

Eden Church of Christ, St. Louisville , Fairfield Ch, of Christ, Lancaster

Heath Church of Christ Howard Church of Christ Johnstown Church of Christ

prayson, KY

Church of Christ .
Chxirch of Christ

Jellsburg, KY Church of Christ .^irst Christian, NewPort Richey FL

Greenfield, MI

Licking Valley Ch" of Christ, Newark

I'-iartinsburg Church of Christ
Mount Gilead Church of Christ Northside Ch, of Christ, Newark

Burnt Pines C/Christ, N.Vemon IN

New Testament C/C CorpusChristi TX

'Licking Co, Ass. Ch. of Christ
Jr, Ch, of Howard Church of Christ

OHIO

fbcky Fork Ch, of Christ, Newark

South East Ch, of Christ, harysville
Utica Church of Christ

Loyal Women, perryton Ch. of Christ

Mail Gifts to Forwdg, Agt, ^irs. Warren Myers, -Route 2, Utica, OH 43080

ANTOFAGASTA

HOME SWEET HOKiE

NATIONAL CONVENTION

Aftor

months

of running it
"brown-brown

Wo Just finished tho national

convontion for church loaders cel

was good to sGG tho

ground (no'groon-groon grass' in

a desert) of homo." Of course it
as all wo was roiLly short-lived

ebrated during

tho

Easter week, "

About thirty loaders gathered togothor for planning and fellow

ship, Tho thoTio of the convontion was "Saturation ovangolism How
best to win
tians."

had time

to do

was pack our be

longings and got ready for tho moving van to come to move our things to Santiago,
MANUEL

and

conservo Christwill bo

Tho next convontion

hold in Soptember. It is being

planned to have a combined con

^ianuol Garcia, a graduate of Colegio Biblico in Eagle Pass, Texas, has been working with us
in Antofagasta
He came

vention of Christian leaders, tho wivos and young people.

ANia: HAS HIS SAY

for
as a

almost

two

years.

short term

(approximately one year)

but when ho saw

worker

We have

lived

in

so many

the great need

for preaching the Gospel in Chile

he decided to stay for a longer

period of time.

houses the past few months that I hardly know where to call home. I was tickled to get back to all my toys in Antofagasta but W no
sooner got them all out than tiama

As those of you know who have been receiving our newsletter durthe past year; Juan Mauricie, another Mexican preacher, . worked with us for a year, returned to tho States, got married,- raised
si^port and returned a missionary,
Manuel

was busy boxing them up again.

house that Mama and Daddy keep

calling home. It

Now we are in another big

just doesn't

seem like home to me though.

Maybe one of these days
and into the bed frame

For

to Chile as

one thing my bed won't "stand up."

when we
and a few

has'the same desire.

get that mattress up off tho floor other things straightened out this will be what I can call "home" and
really mean it.
CHANGE OF ADDRESS

I am not sure about the getting married part but he is now going
to Mexico and the United States

to raise support

so that

ho can

return to Chile. He wants to con

tinue to vrork in tho city of Anto

fagasta.

IT IS IMPORTANT TO TAKE NOTE givo our highest recom-

We

mohdation for Manuel' and tho work that he has done. If there is a

of our new mailing address is as follows:.

which

Jeff and Judy Hyers

Casilla 1^01?
Correo 21

church or church group interested in sT^porting Manual, please con tact ray forwarding agent.

Santiago,

Chile

S.A.

THE FMNINE.VIKW

It's a good thing Andy has Gwen to understand him because the Chil
eans sure don't now and neither dows he understand them. It is really good to be back. We already miss Antofagasta, but we will get used to Santiago in time. One thing I don't look forward to is winter here and today i t feels like it is already here. It is cold and rainy almost all winter long and that makes for a long winter in my book.
THAT AIOTl

BEVIVAL CONTINUES

I did manage ing ticket while

States. One week

to get a warn I was in the

I decided to

take my family withmeas I visit

ed i'ieit^jhis Christian College and Winston-Salem Bible College.' On the way to l-ieu^his Chris tian College we traveled through Kentucky. As I was driving along not bothering anyone Andy cried out, "Potty, Daddy, potty." Judy said, "Pull off to the side of the road and lot him go
here,"

Chile is really, really ripo for preaching tho Gospel. Almost all of the churches are exporioncing a continual revival. The churchos in Antofagasta aro grow

ing and havo tremendous plans for

tho future. Tho now church in La

Union just bought property three blocks from tho downtown sqxiaro and plans to start building as
soon as tho fiinds aro available.

Tho church in Valparaiso is start ing to build a now chapol. Tho

church in Osomo has bought prop

I replied, "It is just one mile to the next exit, let me try
to make i t because i t is too cold outside." W e l l . . b e t w e e n where we
vrere and where we needed to be to

erty and hopes to inaugurate its

now chapol (to seat 3^0) in Juno.

The church in Santa Rosa (a

section of town

in Santiago)

is

let Andy potty there was a highway patrolman. When he pulled me over ho said, "Do you realize that you were doing 79 miles per hour in a 70 mile per hour zone?"
I told him that I wasn't

knocking down one of its walls to expand its chapel area. Hero in Santiago there is a now church in
tho section of town called "La

Foria." tiago .

Two now churchos

aro in

tho planning stages

horo in San

meaning to make excuses but I was trying to got my boy to the bath room, The officer thon went up and lookod in tho car. Andy was prancing around by that time and

Just to givo you an idoa of what is happening, tho first Sun day back in Chile I preachod at
the Santa Boss, church. That night

two

teenagers (about

17

yoars

old) accoptod Christ.

Last week

looking protty desperate

so

tho

patrt>lman said, "Well, I'll give you the benefit of tho doubt but take i t oasy now."

during a caE5)aign with Alborto Gonzaloz proaching in La Foria throo more people accoptod tho
Lord,

INSTITUTE OF EVANGELISM

NEW FIELDS OF LABOES

Monday, April 23rd, was the inauguration day for the Santiago Institute of Evangelism. We will
be offering night classes in San tiago and ^tension classes in
Curacavi and Antofagastat

We are

still

trying to get
and I

settled into our new house

am trying to get my office finish

ed in the building several missionaries bought recently down
town.' But we now have made the

The purpose of the Institute

is to train church leaders. There will be'about fifteen students

big move

to

Santiago,

our

new

field of labor,

Santiago
Chile, It is

is the capital
a city

of

studying

in' the Santiago school,

at the Curacavi

of. about

fifteen students

extension school students in the

tension school.

and twenty-five Antofagasta ex

we want

three and a half million people. One third of the popul.ation of

Chile lives in this section of

Chile, - It

is

a very

strategic

Within four months

to open nsv/ extension centers in Valparaiso and Osorrio. Also we

want to'bO'able to offer Institute

area and yet a very neglected one. In greater Santiago there are two Churches of Christ. Right now thore are four missionary families

level Bible Correspondence'Course

within' six months.

(including us) working in the San

tiago area.

/-One thing that hinders quick

e3^ansion of the school is the

lack of teachers.
classes. We know

We are

hoping
of

to add two Chilean teachers start

ing with the second semester

that God will

Our aim in go is to branch evangG3j.zo the try. In Chile that "all roads If wo can

working in Santia out^ from-kuro to rest of the coun it is really true

lead to Santiago." win Santiago wo

supply
school.

what

is needed

for this

can win Chile for Christ.'

Mailed by Utica-Church of Christ

Postage Paid
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115 N Central, Utica, Ohio. ^3080

Fom 35^7 is Requested

OZftRK BIBLE COLIEGE

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RAD IAN T BEAMS

of

The Inca Empire Christian A^issioK

JEFF f; JUDY MVERS
CASILLA 1297

ANTOFAGASTA,CHILE
'Jhe tox^e- of ChHstConstraiMieih. us...
U COR.. B: 14-

i
Juno 22, 19^3
THE FS4ININE VIEW

Yov'vo hoard of costly mis takes? Well, lot mo givo you the story of tho costly mistake. Right
aftor wo moved into our now house

LITERATURE DISTRIBUTION As soon as tho materials aro

available wo go to tho stroots to got them Into tho hands of Chilean pooplo. As ah example, last Suji-

I ordorod korosono for tho stove,

day wo wont to a political ral!l

and gave out coupons advortisij

to bo dolivorod.
woro filled.

In a couplo of
custom horo

days tho truck camo and our tanks

It's a

tho corrospondonce course.

Sinc^

wo \JorQ

the only onos giving ou)

those people thougl

to tip people who do such sorvico

propaganda,

for you, so I promptly pulled out twenty-five escudos and tipped the driver. Butthat was onljr about
one tenth of what I should havo

ganda for tho rally. They actu^ly camo looking for us to got coi pens, Tho nine of us distributod

that this vras tho official propa

tipped him.

So the

next timo

ordorod korosono to bo dolivorod

it was supposed in fifteen days

22,000 coupons
hours,

in oj-o and a half

but

that has boon a month ago.

would really have boon

Wg havo about 100,000 tracts

Our house

stamped and stuffod (with coupons)

ready for distribution, Oiir aim during Jiuio is to got out at least 50,000 piocGS of litoraturo here in Santiago, V7o could do i t vory oasily if wg just had a litt.o moro holp. Dosire is groat but
workers aro few.

cold waiting for thorn to fill the

tanks, oxcopt that I've boon going

to tho sorvico station in tho car and bringing koroscno back homo in containers. Uh, noxt timo re

mind mo to givo an abundant tip!

RESULTS OF CORRESPONDENCE COURSE

THE SUMMER RECRUITS

Sd Holt is director of the corrospondonco courso "El Elncuentro," Thoro aro now ?,500 stu dents and graduates of the intro ductory courso. A now coizrso in Christian growth is about to bo

I guess
them

that I

shoid.d call

winter recruits since i t i s

wintertime here in Chile, Because

of the change in climate

than ever. The houses

the rehere are

crui.ts really notice the cold more

not centrally heated so the re-

printed. Tho introductory course tells

how to boconoa Christian.

A very

high pcrcontago of those starting

tho courso ?r.r finisliing it. Moro oncouraging yet is that a vory

criiits crowd in around the stoves like the men used to crowd in

around the potbellied stove at tho

corner store.

high porcoiitage of those finishing this courso ai-o accepting Christ, toing a rocont trip by Mike Shef field to Concopcion, ho called on
fiftoon graduates of tho introduc

The last two

of tho six re

cruits arrived just a few days ago. They will - all be leavirg about the end of August.
These recruits have been in

tory Goui'oGi Of those, thirteen docidcd whilo ho was there to accep'C' Christ and bo baptized. The reason why the next courso w.is developed is that Kike came

volved in putting advortisr^ent coupons into tracts, tract distri

bution, literature assembly, typ

ing letters in Spanish, arranging card files for the library of the Bible Institute and visiting oxisting churches. This- week they vdll start language study. Their mornings T-Jill then be used in study and the afternoons in working. I have also given t-hem assigned readings an missionary preparation, chui'ch growth and literature evangelism that we will discuss in a weekly
discussion time. This will be to

home from Concepcion tolling Ed

t-iat 27 out of 30 graduates of the
Wo are

inuroductorycouirsewanted to con

working on home, Bible study books 'o cciT^jlinent tho correspondence

courses so that the graduatcj can

tinue studying tho Bible.

G-art churches in their homes. Ab a result of the introduc^^ofir'espondonce co^orse the -lotiiodist Pentecostal church of
baptizing

irmaorsion only. i-eturnod from a meotinr ^thagroup of Catholic graduate! j-n flancagua and thsy are goin? tr.

ffd

help them

appraise

the

Chilean

work and to- be able to.' form edfi-

aSV th^ifSfho^ for al-alt belT^^^gSgS^

As you can see the results

nite ideas on how to do missionary work in any given field,

- Thanks to the recruits we

have been able to complete several

projects
the work

that have been pending

even in the short time

of the course are tremendousi

because of lack of time. They have really been a blessing to

that they have been hero.

A WORD FROM ANDT

I don't have much time to say anything this time. I am too busy stuffing coupons into, tracts for distribution. I maybe just a little boy but T can stuff as many coT:^ons as any adultif you give me a little more time. We've got to toll all theso people about Jesus who lives up in heaven. Gwon is too grabby to help but she does create a happy at-

mosphore (whatever that is).

Several

CONCEPCIONi n i l now churches

have

INSTITUTE OF EVANGELISM For the first semester of i t s

been started in Concepcion. Mike Sheffield has boon working vjith the graduates of the correspond
ence courso there.As a result

operation

tho Institute of Bvan~

while others are

gelism enrolled jS students. Seme

are full-time

churches have boon started in the

homes of several recent converts.

only taking one course. V/o are offering night classes, Saturday classes and extension
classos. The extension classes

Also, several independent churchcs have opened, their doors for fur ther teaching and.are buying the literature that wo arc producing here in Santiago. It has really been exciting to hear the reports given by -Mike when he comes back from Concepcion.. It is the third largest city in Chile-but up until now we did not have tho perjonnol to work there.
Some of those who have be
an account come Christians are:

arc being hold in Antofagasta and Curacavi. Tho night classos and
Saturday classes arc "held here in Santiago. We arc xTOrking to train those

who arc already in positions of leadership. Also wo are trying

to teach others how tovrorkin the

church

without being on any typo

of a salary. Each student is oxpocted to pay all of his own ex penses in the Institute.
In the Institute we have en

ant for the Conccpcion Fire De partment, an accountant for the National Petroleum Company, a fourth year student of English Pedagogy, a inoc.ical student, an electrical eng^'.nccring student,
and a sociol science student.

rolled four preachers,

several

deacons and other church loaders.

We

have

had

problems mth

attendance because of bus strikes, riots, demonstrations, and holi

days.

The students

study in tho

There are many others that space won't permit me to tell about. One of tho graduates of tho correspondence courso is tho plant manager for a shop at tho naval yards in Concepcion, Ho is hold ing services at tho plant during
lunch hour.

evening (7:30 to 10;30) and if bus

service is bad
leave their

then they have to

at about six

houses

o'clock and got back homo about midnight. I am working to got an old bus fixod up that I bought last year. If we can got i t fix
od then wo can take
home after classes.

the students

LITERATURE

YOUR PRAYERS AND GIFTS ARE NEEDED

Wc

now havo

two presses in

AS NEVER BEFORE TO SPREAD THE WORD

IN CfflXE. OUR THANKS TO:

operation.

It has

taicon awhile
They
Say

to got them in running order.

now tract, "What Does God

Mr. &'Mrs. Danny Rlggen

Mr. & Mrs, T. W, Kitchen Mr. & Mrs. Harold Van Winkle Sr. Class, Corinth Christian, KY

were both in prettj'- bad shape. Wc havo finished printing a

About Baptism?"!

and a booklet,
"The

Wcllsburg, KY, Church of Christ

"Does God Exist?" Other ones that

arc ready to be printed are

Burnt Pines C/Christ, N.Vernon IN W Walnut St C/Christ, Portland IN

First Christian, NewPbrtRichoy FL

Christian and Politics", "The Big Brother Program" and the now cor respondence course. Right now there is little or

Adena Rd. Ch./Christ, Chillicotho

Boll Church of Christ, Utica, OH

no importation of Christian liter

ature into Chile, The materials the needs of the

V/illing Workers Class of Bell Bladcnsburg Church of Christ, OK Centorburg Church of Christ, OK
Croton Church of Christ, OH

that do enter
and do not moot

are very expensive

people here. Because of this many churches are going to be buying

our materials. This is really a

Eden Ch,/Christ, St.Louisville,OH Fairfiold Ch./Christ, Lancaster

Ho-ith Ch\irch of Christ, OH Howard Church of Christ, OH Johnstoxm Church of Christ, OH

tremendous opportunity. The one thing that has slowed us doT^m some on the printing work has been a shortage of funds. This is a very needy area. If you would like to give an extra designated

Jr. Ch. First Christian, Sprgfld.

Licking Valley Ch./Christ, Newark

Martinsburg Church of Christ, OH
Kourj^^ CTiload Church of Christ, OH

gift

for this purpose,

it would

really be helpful. Send to:Mrs Warren Myers, Forwdg. Agent

Northsido Ch,/Christ, Newark, OK Palmyra Ch./Christ,Fredoricktown Rocky Fork Ch./Christ, Nowark, OH South East Ch./Christ, Mnrysvillo
Utica Church of Christ, OH Loyal Berean Class of Utica Postage Paid
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JEFF f, JUDY MYERS

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of

Casllla 14017 Correo 21

Santiago, Chile
y/te Hove, of Chn'st Constrai/^eth us,.,
n c o , 5:1-*-

August 10, 1973

LITERATURE
SMTA ROSA REVIVAL

V/g have- ponnission to copy

Standard materials but as usual

The Santa Rosa church here

in Santiago is really growing.

V/ithin this chua^ch the teen-age

WG are lacking tho" personnol to "get it all togothGr",

Some of the nm items that
have coDiG off the press arc a

group is the strongest section. ,

Missionary Jack Speer justpreached a three day revival for the church and during those days eight

booklet, "The
with Christ".

Big

Brother Pro

gram." , and part of the next cor-

people were baptized.

rospondencc coursoi

"Cominunion

Items ready for

This church just remodeled its building so that it t-jxII sea'i

printing are a booklet, "What is

Repentence?", and a Jesus paper

doiible its old capacity. Svenwith

quickly filling up,

plus many more lessons for tho

Bible correspondence course.
MAIIUEL GARCIA

seating now for 200 it is still

| ; FIRST PROVINCIAL CONGRESS The first provincial con-^

ilanuel Garcia who vras work

gress for gradua.tes of the corre

ing td-thus in the North returned

to Mexico on furlough to raise
ho

spondence course "El Encuentro**

was heldin Concepcion, third lar

support.
will not

Ke was planning to bo
be able to return at

back early in August but because

of the death of his father,

gest'citj'" in Chile, on July 15* About sixty persons attended. Ed

Holt was tho featured speaker,

the present time.

Pray for him.

telling of the needs, the future plqjis and goals of the course.

THE RECRUITS

having a spiritual retreat, Susan

Lesher, one of the recruits, was

The six recruits that helped

in Chile this summer did a tremen

baptized.

The baptismal ser^ce

dous job. Hany souls were affect ed by the work that they did. The recruits helped us to meet the goal
of distributing 50000 pieces of
literature in June. Each day they

was held
tho hotel.

in the swimming pool of

x^ere working in folding, stuffing and distributing tracts. They also

worked in the churches with tho

Debbie Silverberg, another recruit, has decided to stay for one year. She will be working mostly with young people while she
is here. All of the recruits wont -iway with a lot of memories, exporienc.es, desires to return, njid
an awareness of the need for much

Chil^n young people, Some of them

^ t to travel out of Santiago to see what is happening in the Lord's
work in other cities of Chile.

ovangolism in Chile,

One

day

while tho rscriiits

CONTACTS, CONTACTS, CONTACTS

It never coascs to amaze me

were dox^ntot-m passing out tracts, two tcen-agors walked up to talk

to thein. Ono of them spoke a lit tle English and tho recruits spoko a little Spanish so they were able
to talk to thom about the Lord.

to soe the people who are being reachcd through tho Bible corrospondonce course. Many of thom
aro soarching but Satan hcis led
thorn off into all different aroas.

The noxt ^y the tv/o

teen-agers

went to the office to help in pre

A lady 65 yoars old said that sho really wasn't anything as far
as religion is concemod right now but she is attending classes on
transcendental meditation,

paring tracts ahd to talk more about the Lord. The following Fri

day night both of them accepted Jesus arid were baptized.

Tho recniits also worked in

A college graduate who start

assembling

booklets

that wo had

produced in the print shop.

Then too, every morning they studied Spanish at the North Amer
ican-Chilean Institute. By the time

ed studying for the priesthood loft that and went to drugs. Ho thon loft drugs and went to yoga. From
yoga he returned to a 15 yoar old

Indian boy who claims to bo tho roincarnation of Christ and tho gra

that they left Chile thoy could carry on pretty good conversations
i-rith the ChAleans by means of hand

duate now attends sessions

by the Indian boy,

givon

gestures, English, and Spanish. Everyone, including the Chileans,-

walked with English/Spanish dic

A 60 ye-tr old accountant fools that personal sin is nothing comparod to tho sins of society such as exploitation of the poor, wars,
oct. \Vhat he doesn't realizs^e is

tionaries in their hands. While we missionaries and re cruits were at a dovmtown hotel

that it is the personal sins that cause the sins of society.

(Bontinued next column)

THE BUlLniKG..

VJhe knows what the second se

Wo aro already starting to lack space at the office. We noed more room for paper storage, an enlarged print shop and especially

mester holds?
situation

I am just glad the

like Paul talks

isn't

about in II Corinthians 11:25-28:

COHRE-SPONDSffiE COURSE K3WS

a now room that will bo a baptism

room.

Tho

correspondence - course,

V/oareurgently trying to fin ish the baptism-room, iiany come

diroctedby Ed Holt, has nowpassod

the 9000 student enrellmont mark

in as a rosiilt of the correspond

ence course and after talking with them, they say that they would like to be baptized. But wo have no place at present to baptize them.

There are about 200 now people en

rolling each week. Besides the Chilean students there are now stu

dents studying the course in Peru, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, Colunibia, Bolivia and Mexico.

The church buildings

are quite a

distance from tho offico so i t is

Of the first

105 graduates,

not practical , to take tho people there for baptism.

CHILEAN INSTITUTS OF I?/MGSLISM . We aro about to finish the first semester of classes, I can

103 of them wanted to continue with future Bible study. The second course is now ready to bo sent to
the students= The second course is callod "Communionwith Chidst".

say withro reservations that this semester vdll not soon be forgot
ten.

push

Wo have been making a special for the couj?so in northern

Chile through tract distribution and newspaper advertisment.

mm HAS HIS SAY

Sinco -it is
the students

a night school We "three year olds'* have a vocabulary and meanings for things that aro all our very own. Soe if you can figure somo of these out, "Hy snooze got out and I
couldn't
more."

have to travel back

and forth from class each evening. \h scheduled classes for 7:30 to 10j30 p.m, throe nights a week and then all afternoon Saturday. V/ell. during this first semester wo have been through two

catch

iti"

national strikes (everything com pletely stopped), three bus strikes (no public transportation and no students have cars), oneattoi?5)ted
military overthrew and one curfew

"I'ly eyes

can't stay up

any

(off the streets by li:00p.m. and

sinco i t takes most of the students

"The sun gets in tho airplane and goes homo to Kentucl<y every night and that's why i t gets dark." "Jesus was asleep in the boat and a big storm came along. Every
one was scared but then Jesus wokod

one hour minimum

can see what time

to get home you

we had to end

classes). (Continued next col\amn)

up and said 'Peace' and then the lightning tat." "jjbos Jesus have spagetti?"

MSW LITSRATUHE

'il-zAi^Ko FOii SUFfOiiT Fi-KJI-.J . -- ..

The presses have really been doing a good job. We are talking
about the printers working another
ten to fifteen hours per week to try to got n^re printing done.
V/e would like ' to start pro ducing Sunday school materials but wo need another press like the one

hrs Louella Fopharii l./i-

Silvey,

Adrain L^Clanahan, i/ilbert Clark,

Lydia Circle, l aplowood C/C, Terr?;

7. V/. llitchsn

Cljde Sakar, and i:yrl Spicsr; v In rcmory of lomer i'^nkj (IlautSiIKi

First Christi.-'n,Church, Lonf^niont CO Sr. Class, Corinth Christian, ivY

wo presently have to be able to do it. ..Wq would like to keep a press

exclusively for Sunday school ma terials and the other press for all
other materials.

Jsllsbur^, KX. Church of Christ lurnt i-inss C/Christ,K,Vornon - lit 'Jalnut St C/Christ, lortland Ilv
First Christian, nex^'tortrdchey ?! ilsll Church of Christ, Utica Uij ..llling -.'orkers Cl9ss of Bell 31ad3nsburi3 Church of Christ OH Bladcnsburg Vacation 3ibl3 School

Wc have

people

begging for
Thoro arc

materials. There.isnow absolutely no irroortation of Sunday school

literature into Chile.

Adena lid Ch/Christ, Chillicoths O.i

Ccntcrburf,- Church of Christ
Croton Church of Christ ui-:

approximately one and a half mil lion Evangelicals who are needing ma.tcrials and none is being pro duced in Chile right now.
BOUGHT V/HEHLS

0^.

tiiden Church of Christ, St,Louisi?oath Church of Christ villo 0i ioward Church of Cnrift, Gi.

Jr. Ch. First Christi-n, Sprgfld.

V/o were able to buy a car this

Liclcinf; Vallsy Ch/Christ, rlewark

i.-artinsburg Church of Christ 0:i.ount Gil cod Church of Christ, OM <orthside Church of Clirist, .icuark

past month.
Codgo Dart.
that there is maite i t run.

The

car

is

a 19^9
is
strike -

The only problem

a truckers'

now and so there is no gasoline to

^-yocky Fork Ch/Christ, lier-.'ark j.-: South oast Ch/Christ, 'arysvillo

Utica Church of Christ Gi;

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Fairfield c/Christ, Leinc^ster CIPost^fiG prjid

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The lnca Empire Christian Mission

JEFF a JUDY MVERS

Casilla 14017
Correo 21

Santiago, Chile
"Dhe oue. of Chn'stConstraiyteih us...
n COR.. 6:1-*-

October 5i 1973
OUR SAFETY

Many have called or written to our -forwarding agent wanting

to know about us since the mili

been soarchod sinco the takeovero'

We do have

to respcet

tho 10:00

pm to 6:00 am curfew.
I havo had tho.car inspected and also ny papers revised several
times, but then I was released'

tary overthrow of the government. Ono miscionarj'- told me that his

board had been informed that he was under house arrer'-.. Others have told me other odd stories that were released about the mis

sionaries

and foreigners in gen

eral in Chile.

At this time I would like to make i t cloar about our situation

Judy and the children are not in' any immediate danger in the house = We have a military guard in front of our house.... twenty-four hours a day. The guard is not be cause wo are so iir^^ortant but be

cause wo have an in^jortant neigh

bor.

Please disregard other rumors that

you have heard about us.
We are all safe. Kono of us

It is
beautiful

really surprising how

tho Psalms are when

were injured in tho fighting that

has

followed

tho military coup.

There have boon no bullots that have entered our house. Wo arc

there is machine gun fire all around your house and bullets fly
ing over it. Like David said, "When I am afraid, I trust in God."

froo to come and go as wo please.

Wo are not under arrest.
wore arrested.

We never

God is tho Ono who has protected us and delivered us from danger.

Our house has not

For tho first timo

THE POLITIC;\L SITUATION in throe hours, then the food line for five

yoars I fool froo to explain tho political situation in Chile.

During tho Marxist government of Salvador Allende it was hot pos sible to teoll things fts they real ly were because of the limited liberty of expression. For many of you the fellow ng details will be things that you have already heard. This is to

or six hours,

then

the kerosene

line (if there was any) for three

hours. The entire country was oji strike and the government made no
move to solve i t . The President

was breaking the laws of the con stitution, I could go on and on

but it would only fill up the pa

per. From this-J.ittle I have told you can get an idea of how bad i t really was.

explain how xvegotto where we are today. You could say that Chile
is the first country to elect a

The military and police took

over on the llth. They found doc
uments that revealed that the com

communist government, not like it

and then be able to get rid of that same government. It was es sential that the Marxist govern ment be removed the way i t was for
there would have been no more free

munists were planning to kill al 1 military and opposition leaders on September 1?. After these were

killed they were planning to just

start pulling people out of their houses and shooting them, I talked to a general's wife
after the overthrow. I told her that before the overthrow I felt

elections in Chile.
that

It was proven
for

in the March elections

Congress 300>000 Communists voted

at least twice.

On September llth, the mili tary and police forces decided to

intervene. I t was not done because

we had about
Chile,

one

more

year

in

She looked at me and said

of personal ambition by the mili tary men but "teo prevent total chaos
and economic ruin. Before this

very seriously, "Jeff, you didn't

have eyen a week left." The military government

is

time almost everything had to be bought on the black market at about ten times its value. Chile

very strict but the people like it. They are restoring the law
and order that Chile once knew.

was

completely bankrupt
economic. failure

because
of the

There are

difficult

days

ahead

of the

for Chile,

There may be

kidnap

communist government. Many people

(especially women
was in

and children)
First it
for four

ping- and- terrorism. The problems will not be over for many months

stood in lines all day.

the bread line

yet, Chile .will need massive help

from the other countries *s. But Chile is in food free.

FILMSTf&W^'
Jack Speer is producing

a filmstrip series

in Spanish called "EL

Encuentro,"
the Church,

It includes

individual ifilmstrips

on God, Jesus, Man and

Importation of filmstrips is illegal, in Chile.

TEN THOUSAND

is just a saiT^le. Other graduates

include detectives, school teach

August 30th

was a proud day

for everyone at the office. On that day we hit the mark of 10,000
students enrolled in the Bible

ers, accoujitants, Judges, military personnel, store ovmers, lawyers, etc. God is really blessing the
course.

correspondence course "EL Encuentro," We had a"-big celebration.

While 3d Holt, the director of the

ANOTHER PRESS

course, is on furlough I am s^3?ving as temporary director.

We have finished with the

The press that we were using

was not able to get out the mate

rial that we wanted to print. Be

cause of this, we were limited in

printing of the second course en

titled "Communion with Christ." The third course "Fundamentals of

what we were able to produce. Since we wanted to expand even

the Faith" is ready to be printed. In all there will be appro^mately

ten courses.

more, we bought_another press. God really supplies! Printing

presses are few and far between

The tremendous
the students

response

of
A

in Chile

but we got the opportu

condition. " We now

is unbelievable.

nity to buy a used 1250 Hultilith

in excellent

very

largo

percentage

of those

,who start the first course finish

have the l'250W and the 1250 both

working to reach Chile with the printed word. With the addition of tho new press we will be able to come out

and about 98^ of those who finish

the first course go on to study
Most of those the second course.

studying are riot Christians. One man came in to get his

New Testament and diploma. His remark about the course was, "Wow, that first lesson was terribly hard," (All you have to do is fill in the books of the Bible.)
"So was the second lesson. I had no idea what tho Old Testament and New Testament are nor did I know

with four books for Sunday school. Approximately ton per cent of the Chilean people are Protestant and there are no Sunday school " materdals available. Even under the

new government
a while before

it will bo
materials

quite
can be

in5)orted so these materials will meet a very special need.

GHLLE SPARED

what those little and big numbers mean." That man is a Jeweler and
his wife is a school teacher.

Under communism Chile reached

One Jhursday five collage students came in to get their New

a moral
carried

and spiritual
over

low which

into the churches.

Testament them are

one,

and diploma. Two of engineering students>

This

Some churches

were

starting to

one, an architect student, one is a farming engineer student and

an education student.

suffer persecution. Our now Pres ident, General Pinochet, is a very God-fearing Catholic. God

has truly spared Chile,

LITERATURE

Nc2W works that have come off our presses recontly are:
Booklotsj What is Repentance?..Study Guide for the Book of Mark,.,
Lessons About the Christian Life

Tracts:

The Incoa5)arabl Christ

Misc.?

Newspaper "Maranata" (A teen-age Christian magazine)

^iaterials in Preparation are: Booklet: Why does Evil Exist?,., Tract: God Loads a Very Sheltered Life Books: Sunday school workbooks t;^oachers' books for two different age levels
'//S WAKT TO THA^IK EVERTGNE .WHO ISiPRAYIKG ON OUR BEHALF AND FOR THESE First Christian Ch, Longmont, CO

WHO ARE GIVING TO HELP THE WORK HERS;

Kr, and Mrs, T, V/. Kitchen I'ir. and Mrs. Harold Van Winkle hiT, and Mrs. Ronald Abshire x-j:'. and Krs, i^iaurice Lucas Julia White.

First Christian Ch, NewPortRichoy

Gray's Chapel, Beattysville KY
Heath Church of Christ, OH Howard Church of Christ, OH Johnstown Church of Christ, OH

FL

VBS of Cottage Grove, OR Otter Creek, Terra Haute, IN

Adena M ChTChrist, Chillicothe OH Bell Church of Christ, Utdca, OH Willing Workers Class of Bell Bladensburg Church of Christ, OK

Jr.Ch, First Christ, Springfld, OP

Licking Valley C/Christ, Newark Oi

hartinsburg Church of Christ, OH ht, Giload Church of Christ, OH

Northside Ch/Christ, Newark, OH Rocky Fork Ch/Christ, Newark, OH

Sr. Class, Corinth Christian, KY

Burnt Pines C/Christ, N Vernon IN

Centerburg Church of Christ, OH Croton Church of Christ, OH

SouthEast Ch/Christ, Marysville 01

Utica Church of Christ, OH Loyal Berean Class of Utica

Eden C/Christ, St. Louisville OH Fairfield C/Christ, Lancaster OH Mrs. Warren hyers, Forwarding Agent
Route 2, Utica, Ohio i{-3080 Mailed by: Utica Church of Christ 115 N Central, Utica, Ohio 4-3080

Weilsburg Church of Christ, KY

Postage Paic Permit # 7
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NO 873

The following is a copy of a letter from U. S. Citizen

Jeff Myers
Casilla 1^-017
Correo 21

Santiago, Chile

sent to all United States Congressmen in a desire to tell it like it is<.

Share it with your friends, neighbors# associates, and fellow citizenst

To Whom It hay Concern:

As a long time resident of Chile, I would like to share some insights

into the events that have been transpiring in Chile during the last
few months. I feel this need because of the move by Mr. Edward

Kennedy and other U, S. Senators to have economic aid cut off to Chile
"until the civil rights of Chileans have.been restored." I believe .
this move is' due to a false understanding of what the supposed Chilean

"

democracy has been like during the last three years, and also to whatI consider to be very distorted reporting on the part of the Ainerican
press.

I ask yoiJi to take into consideration some of the things that took place during the three years of the Allende government, 1. Mr. Allende was elected by a minority, about one third of the

popul.ar votc-

Ho novor ruled -as Prosidont of Chilo, but rather

as Prosidcnt of his political party.

2t

Unlike traditional political p&rties in a demodracy, iMr. Allende sought to gain total power over the Chilean Republic in the
following ways: a , " Bank credits from nationalized banks determined which busi nesses and industries would survive or die according to their
utility to tho /CLlcndc rogimo.

b.
c.

The land reform program, instead of giving the peasant land,

made him an en^^loyee of the State,

In the government-controlled industries party membership was a pre-requisite to employment, and the learning of Marxist doctrino was iiqDortant in keeping one's job. Thousands of 'professional'people and technicians,, who could not fit into t^ie system, joined the ranks of the linemployed and thousands
more were forced to leave their homeland to make a life some

where else. Meanwhile, the government continued to create artificial conflicts in private industries, sending in govern ment mediators which eventually recommended their becoming part of the national domain, steadily decreasing a citizen's

right to bo employed where ho was not fitted in to a Marxist

mold.

, ,

3.

Mr. Allende ruled a democracy of which the Executive Branch

formed only one part. However, he ignored the Congress and attacked the Justice Department as a tool of the bourgeois
system.

The so-called educational reform system that the goyornmont sought to impose on all levels of the educational system was designed to indoctrinate the student only according to Marxist philo sophy.

5*

No Cliilean excaped suffering the government control of consumer

goods,

^nce things such as television sets and refrigerators

were no longer sold on the open market, they had to be gotten through factory organizations who charged not only in currency,
but in ideological faithfulness. Those who did not havo accoss to those items through govornmont sources wore forced to buy them through the govemment-croated black market, which sold for as much as more which meant that the majority of the people wore unable to buy.

pio govermont solution to tho 6, 2^, and 48 hour lines for basic food products such as broad, milk, moat, and sugar was rationing. Tho rationing cards wore given out, a card for each itom, by Marxist-controllod organizations. To got thoso cards tho person
had to submit himself to the scrutiny of tho organizational representative, who surveyed the number of members in tho family, the numbor of roomo in tho house, and tho political boliofs of
its members t

6. The chaos in tho Chilean oconomy was not duo to the boycott on tho
" doctrine that you. must completely destroy tho nation's bourgeois
to take over the govornmont totally for tho Marxist, Allonde's
pnrt of the Chilean businessmen or even to th i incredible inofficionc'y of iho /Culcj.dj G-'Vornnon't. It vas auo to tho co:mianist cconomj^ to put it back together again according to Marxist norms,

7. Mr, AUendo was an intimate friend of Fidel Castro. In a plan

party elaborated the intricate '"Plan Z," which vras to bo carriod

out according to the Cuban model, assassinating those olements

.within the Armed Forces not favorablo. to tho government,. Tho ainount of arms from Russia and other socialist countrios woi^d ^yo boon coir^Jlotoly adequate-to outfit any'number of-rogimonts.
Thig plan was backed by hundred'^ -of citiaens from >iarxist

C|o,untrios who taught the use of arms and revolutionary .tactics.-

by asking for their resignations from thoir posts and thon requiring
them, to r-osign from the military. '

than any other govornmont before, repeatedly serving in the ministides^and many othor high posts. Thoy wore obedient to tho civil authorities even when Allendo ropoatedly humiliated high offxcors

The ^history of-the .Chilean Armed'Forcos has boon loyalty to tho elected government, It was no different during tho jVllondc rogimo, Tho Armed Forcos had given the govornmont a moro complete backing

Finally when Chile had become coirqplotoly broken economically,

socially and morally-with no hope for recovory, the,military folt '

obligated to intervonoa From the vantage point of another countryj tho new government undoubtedly muut seem highly restrictive. Ono
must take into account- howe/or, that every "bone in tho institutional body was broken. Someone had to put cn tho cast,
Mr. Allendo's govornmont was part of tho international communist
propaganda machino whoso aim is to deface tho imago of tho U, S.

around tho world, and for throe yoars on Chilean radio, pross, and TV, tho Allendo government portrayed tho U. S. as the imperialist
monster who was responsible for tho ills of Chile and for thoso of '

all lyider-dovolopod nations around tho vrorld.

that tho Marxist portrayal of us is untrue,

My coiintry 'has made

Tho, new Chilean govorn
It dosorvos

gravo orrors in its foreign policy and in tho way that it has 'allowed its businessmen to behavo themselves in pthor coujitrios, but 1 boliovo
mont is a friend of the Ue S. and a salvation to Chile. much moro consideration than i t has rocoivod.

Respoctfully. yours, Jeff Myers

Mailed by Utica Church of Christ 115 N Central, Utica, OH ^3080

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of

The Inca Empire Christian MissioK

JEFF ,
Casilla 14017 Correo 21

JUDY MYERS

Santiago, Chile
C7/^ of CHHstConstrametfz us...
n COR.. 5:14-

November 15 1973
FOLLOW-IJP

Daily we have
come to

new graduates
to receive

congregation. Thus wo i^ll work through a Biblo study with all of

tho students of that arc^i.

the office

their diploma and New Testament that they receive when they finish the first course, ' kany others
come in to visit i^rith us, talk and

Sinco I have boon responsible

for the direction of tho course I

have boon limited in what I

could

ask questions concerning their lessons. Daily they have more and more confidenco in our teachings.
Host of the students have abso

lutely no religious background so all of the teaching has to bo done slowly. This WGok we have planned a. youth meeting. There are- about

do in tho way of follow-up. Wo had a 10:00 pm curfow before so i t was almost impossiblo to have any kind of an evening mooting. Wc now have an 11:00 pm c\irfcw. That permits "us to have a few more
activities. NEW MISSIONARIES Wion I talked with Ed Holt

100

young people (agos 1? to 25)

to the mooting. On Sat
a meeting with all

on tho tolophone

he told mo_that
who are

irivitod

there were five families

urday wo have

of tho studis^'^s
are intorostod

from the section

There are in starting a now

of town callod Maipu.

now planning to come to Chile. They are all graduates of Ozark Biblo College, . Tho first family

several students in that area who

is to got hero in February, 197^.

Fray for thosvo recruits as

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they prepare to como ^oro to work

in tho Lord's kingdom. Kany more workers fl.ro needed to do follow-

THE WORD CONTINUES TO SPREAD There aro now 13,000 students

in tho primary
onco course.

Bible corrospond
Enrollinont has gono

up on tho corrospondonco coursc. iiany hundreds of tho Bible study groups could bo started right now
with the students th^i-t we have if we just had the xrorkors to got
them started.

up to about an avorago of 1,500 per month. Thore aro now bettor

than 1000 graduates
coursc.

of tho first

Tho second course, "Fel

PitTNT 3B3P - BOOK3TOH Wo now have the licensc to run tho main bookstore in our of

lowship with Christ", out in August is now its first graduates.

course, "Fundamentals

which came graduating Tho third

of tho

Faith", is finished and some stu

fice building. Wo want to open smaller stores around the city and in other cities of Chile to got the Christian literature that wo

dents are starting on fourth course "Jesus"

about written.

it. The is just

The incredible part

is that

are printing into

tho opcople.

tho hands of

of thoso graduating from tho first

course, about 50% did not havo any

idea how to oven look up a cer tain scripture before starting to study the course. Many tell mo thnt they were not sure what

Now that wo have the pnper work finished on the bookstore wo

arc working to coii^letely legalize

"tho print shop

easier

so that tho mater

under the new

ials produced in it can bo sold. Although all of this, has boon much
and faster

the big and little numbers (chap

ters and verses) meant before they
started tho course.

governmont it has still required

time and effort to get everything
finished.

In

the print

shop

wo

now

I talked with Ed Holt, tho director of the coursc, on tho telephone. Ho is on furlough right now, He will be back at
tho end of November. On his re

havo two Kultilith 1250

prossos,

a full sizo paper cutter, n.n in dustrial stapler and a Varityper, Wo hope to bo ablo" to set up a
darkroom soon so that wo can do
has really blessed

turn trip
many

he will be stopping in
Ho says that

South Amorican countries to

start

tho course.

our own photography work,

Tho Lord

ho was ablo to raise additional support while on furlough with

which he will

plan to up enroll

to buy all of this equipmont. I just want to thank all of thoso

who havo helped financially to buy
thoso
ment.

tho work by allowing us to be ablo

ment to ii-OOO per month by Juno.

.Tho present enrollment of 1500 por month seems liko a lot until you think that at that rate i t would take 500 years to roach
all of tho nine million Chileans

noccssary piocos of equip

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if

tho pop-ulation

did not grow.

THANKS FOR YOUR PiUXERS

As I have said so many times, NOV/ is the time in Chile. People here are searching for spiritual satis
faction. Because of lack of work

ers many are being lost to Orien tal religions and spiritualism. The course is getting adver tisement from many different and new sources. An Assembly of God radio preacher from Temuco wrote asking permission to offer our course on his program, i'iany dif ferent .churches are using the course to evangelize their area.
Since the course carries the com

Many have written telling us that they were praying for us dur ing the change of government here in Chile. We thank all of you for your prayers. I know that you are as happy as we are that Chile has remained open for the preach ing of the Gospel, The new gov ernment is very sympathetic toward
our work and so we have the lib
in the streets.

erty to preach, teach and distrib

ute literature disasterous end.

God really delivered Chile from a Right now we are still under a "State of Seige" which means that the country is being run the
same as i t would' be in a time of

plete Gospel message many churches are changing their ideas about the plan of salvation and baptism.
AIOT HAS HIS SAY

war.
have

Those

who respect
to fear

the law
but those

nothing

Just yesterday Mommy was say ing that if my grandma could hear me talking she would faint imme

who raise up
the government

resistance

against

or break the laws

diately if not sooner. All 1 can talk about is how we have to get inside before they start shooting guns. Every airplane that flies over, is carrying bombs to drop on
us. The two soldiers on this
street will shoot us i f we don't

of the new government are being punished. The past government has left
Chile in economic ruin. Chile was

in copiplete bankruptcy and indus

trial production had dropped to no

thing, Inflation for the year will

hide from them.

be officially about 1200^,

means

That

that an item that cost one

After I get tired of all the

shooting

and hiding to keep from

dollar at the beginning of the year

getting shot, sometimes I like to take something to the soldiers to

will cost $12 by the end of 1973

I have never done i t before

make friends with them.

One day

I tried to find something to give to them but we didn't have any thingno apples, no breac for sandwiches, no cookies, nothing! Finally I thought of the ideal thingvitamin pills ti But Mommy
wouldn't let me take them somel

and so I really don't know how to say it. But we must havo more

financial support
continue to work

to be able
in Chile.

to
We

will keep oiir same salary of $^^00

per month plus $100 per month'for

housing but we desperately need more working funds,

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To give an ej^nple of price IncroasGSt Gasolino went up 8OO50

in the month of October. ' F^er

This month we have recoived finances from these co-workers: Mrs. Zena J. King
Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. .and and and and and and and Mrs, Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs.

for printing

has gone up Q00% in

the past two nonths. Now we just

thank each one for their prayers and their financial support and ws know that God will guide us

H. L. Barker. W. C. Wienecke

Dave Fagan William Silvey

Clyde Baker
Harold Van Winkle
T. W. Kitchen

through

the

crisis.
GUESS WHO?

Adena Rd Ch/Christ, Chillicothe 0.

28 inches
Bell Church of Christ, Utica, OH

Kii

Guess

who's

tall, weighs about I8 pounds, has

the bluest of eyos, not much hair

and looks just like Andy did at ten months of age? Andy's ray fa
vorite word too. You're right, that's me, Gwon, the one with the

Willing Workers Class of Bell ' Bladensbiirg Church of Christ, Oh Centerburg Church of Christ, OH
Croton Church of Christ, OH

Eden C/Christ, 3t,Louisville, OH Fairfield C/Christ,. Lancaster, OH

First Christ. Ch, NewPortrdchey FL Heath Church of Christ, OH
Howard Church of Christ, OH Johnstown Church Chri~t, OH

big smilo.

was

kind of quiet

tjie first few mo-nths but you ought

ta hear me making up for it nowi j.'jTi Just i'tHTQ to toll you that my daddy had to make a trip
to Calama recently. With the new

Jr.Ch.First Christ, Springfld, OH

LickingValley Ch/Christ, Newark OH

Martinsburg Church of Christ,
Mt. Giload Church of Christ,

government, all paper work on ve

OH
OH

hicles' has. to be done

tb take care

so he went
that he

of tho bus

Northside Ch/christ, Newark,

OH

bought

a long time

ago.

He en

BDcky Fork Ch/Christ, Newark,

Utica Church of Christ, OH

OH

joyed seeing

all our friends

in

Sr. Class, Corinth Christian, ' KY

Calama,. I was just glad him got back home again.

Mrs Warren

to see

SouthSast Ch/Christ, Marysvillo OH

Loyal Beroan Class of Utica Wellsburg Church of Christ, KY Gray's Chapel, Beattysville, KY
postage Paid
Permit 7 Utica, Ohio

itouto 2,

Utica,

?lyers, Fowrarding Agent Ohio ^1-3080

14ailed by Utica Church of Christ

115 H Central, Utica, Ohio

Form 35^7 Requested

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