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J. Lynn Cleavel^nd family working in Uberlandia, Brazil

Vol. 7, No. 1, January, 19T3

Pear friends in Christ,

We arrived safely in Cincinnati on schedule Decem ber 19 after a short visit with my brother in Puerto Rico. Mother, who had visited with us for about a

month in Brazil, returned with us.

She

enjoyed

her

visit and can bore you by the hour with all the de tails of her visit! Needless to say we were happy that she could make the trip end see how we live and what we are trying to do in Uberlandia.

We are enjoying speaking in the churches, visiting friends & family and making new acouaintsnces.
The Christian Church at Bright has been so very

helpful in providing a furnished home complete with food, color TV and an electric can openerl It's so
nice we mi^t not leave!
And the Church of Christ at Harrison has furnished

us the use of a I968 Ford. God's people have provided

in a very generous and loving manner.
We want to use this issue of the Cable
to Brazil.

to explain

a change which will be put into effect -upon our return

At

a recent meeting

of the Elders of

the Bright

Christian Church it "was unanimously agreed to give u^s

permission to begin teaching English on a ftilltime ba

sis as a means of extending our outreach and contact with the Brazilian people. This of course means we will be receiving salary for this work and conse

quently will not continue

missionary funds.

to receive

a salary

from

This, of course, raises many questions. Weidll try to anticipate some of them and furnish some answers.
Question: Does this mean you will no longer be doing missionary work? Answer: No, we will continue to do the same work
we have been doing.

Question: What will be your relationship with the Elders at Bri^t? Will you still be under their oversi^t? Answer;' There will be no change whatsoever in our relationship with the Elders at Fright.
Question: Does this mean tinued missionary support? you will not need 'con

Answer:
funds

No,we will continue to receive missionary

for missionary projects. The con

to be used

gregation at Bright will continue their support as in the past. We trust that everyone who has supported
this work will continue to want to be a part of it.

Question:
spent?
Answer:

Since

you will not

be using funds

as

salary ($600 per month)

how will the extra funds

be

There are various areas

where we can use

extra funds. Specifically and more Christian literature which

immediately we need is expensive to put

into print, movie films to extend our film ministry and funds to place them on TV and funds for a camp &
retreat area. These are all expensive important in spreading the Good News. Question: What are the projects and

basic reasons you want to

make this change at this time? Answer: We believe it to be necessary for the fol
lowing reasons;

(1)

To continue and extend

our contact with mid

this ar

dle and upper class Brazilians.

(2)
(3)

To solidify our working relationship with the

To promote by example the concept that Chris
as

Harvy Scates family who have worked under rangement for the past three years.

tian leaders can and sometimes should !ftiake tents" did the great missionary and Apostle Paul.

(il)

To follow
Does

what we believe
this mean

to be

the Lord's
be a

guidance at this time.

Question:
Answer:

you will always

self-supporting missionary?
Not necessarily. When our work in Uber-

landia is finished (a congregation under a cap able eldership) we may well find it necessary to return
to missionary salary in order to begin a work in ano
ther area.

Question: By teaching English will, you be earning more salary than you have been previously earning?
Answer: In the next two or three years we will

probably earn considerably less than we are presently being paid. In the future as the school grows it is possible that our earnings will increase.
Question; Answer: Does this mean you will be putting less perhaps in a sense it does. On the other
time into missionary work?

hand Just how do you define "missionary work"? We will

be in daily contact with 300-ii-00 students in addition
to other contacts with businessmen in the community. As teachers we will be in a favorable position to in fluence our students as well as to use these contacts
to make other contacts.

Question;
Answer:

How long
That is a

do you think it will take

very difficult question.

to
We

complete your work in Uberlandia?

hope that in five more years we will have established a strong enough leadership that we can leave it on its
own.

Question:
ent documents?

Can you legally do this under your pres Yes, we have permanent visas which grant

Answer:

us permanent residence in Brazil with no restrictions

on our location or work.

DECEMBER COUTRIBIKONS - $1,099.28 FEOM:

Christian Church at Bri^t, Germantown and Bowling

Green; Church of Christ at Harrison, Bridgetown, Mt. Orab, and Union. Km Double Class, Searcher's Class, Bright; T.N.T. Class, Leah Circle, United Methodist Chtirch, Mt.Orab; Christian Women*s Council, Georgetown.

M/M Carl Hart, M/M Forest Barricklow,

Patsy Grubbs.

M/M Jesse

Smith, M/M Robert Patterson, Elaine Roberts, Betty &

FORWARDING AGENT

Harry T. Wilson
R.R. No. 2, Box 233

Lawrenceburg, Indiana 47025

Mailed by
CHURCH OF CHRIST P. O. Box 115

POSTAGE PAID

Non-Profit Org.
PERMIT NO. 38

Harrison, Ohio 45030

Harrison, Ohio

0^ BIB^ COLISGE P.O. BOX

6U801
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J. Lynn Cleavel^pd f^ily working in Uberlandia, Brazil

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Vol. 7 Number 2, February 1973

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returning to

Dear Friends,

After an enjoyable end refreshing two months in the states,we'll be returning to Brazil tomorrow marning. We regret that we could not visit in as many homes as we would have liked. However, we are thankful for

your goodness and concern

Uberlandia. We look

for us and for the work in

..our

forward to

friends in Brazil

end

trust that God

will pour out

" -rich blessings during our next term of service.

The response

to oui- plan of teaching English as a

means of outreach and example has been met with near

ly totel agreement. With only one exception, ell of those who supported us in the past have indicated their desire to continue in this work.
stewards and servants of his.

Thank you for

your confidence, and pray that God will make

us good

The Charles Kents, close friends and faithful ser vants of the Lord, are trying to secure pledged suppcirt
to continue their work in Brazil, The Kents received

a little over $600.00 per month last year.

mostofitat 8 genuine financial sacrifice.

They
If

re
you

turned for a short furlough in December of 1972. They

have had nearly ten years of experience in Brazil and could help them out, it would 'je a blessing to the
Lord's work in Brazil. You can contact Charles at R.2

Garnet, Kansas c/o A. J. Nixon.

Phone 913-W-6660.

I'll be happy to provide more information about them if you care to contact me in Tjberlandia.
I want to call your attention to recent articles

appearing in the Christian Standard. Tom Thurman had a two part article which appeared in the first two is
sues of the December I972 numbers. That arti cle,

dealing with missions, represents some widespread feelings and a need to at least take a critical .look
at what we are doing and why. The other article by Robert Fife also deals with significant points in mis sions. I believe it appeared in two parts in the Jan.

1973 numbers? If you can't get copies of this mater ial, let me know and 1*11 see that you get them.
Every year we issue a detailed financial report which is SQit to every person who contributed to this mission work. If you did not receive a copy, but would like one, simply request it from our forwarding agent,

Hariy Wilson.
the~"C^le."

His address appears on the back page of

^

Again let me indicate how our mission funds are to

be handled. All funds are to be sent directly to Har

ry T. Wilson. In the event you want to send a per sonal gift, it too, may be sent to Mr. Wilson. Mark your gift as such and he will forward it to us and in
dicate it was a personal gift.
******

We urge you to write the Cleavelands regularly and

be in prayer for them daily. For mail service of 1 to 2 weeks, always send yo\ir letters air mail. The
Cleavelands' address is:
J. LYM CLEAVELAND

Caixa Postal, 387

38UOO - Ub.erlandia M. G. Brazil

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In January Lynn's contributions
and came from the following;

totalled $llii-3.0i4-

CHURCHES

Harrison Church of Christ Mt. Grab Church of Christ

Bridget;o"wn Church of Christ

Williamsburg Church of Christ

Bright Christian Church Bowling Green Christian Church

Germantown Christian Church

INDIVIDUALS

M/M Robert Patterson

M/M Jesse Smith
M/M Kenneth Dale Mount

M/M George L. Glaze

Elaine Roberts

Elizabeth Humlong

Betty and Patsy Grubbs

^xxxx

GROUPS AMD CLASSES

Wee Worship Class, Bri^t Kum Double Class, Bright

Young Adult Class, Bri^t

Georgetown C.W.G. Searcher's Class - Br'i^t

Loyal Launfals Class, Germantown

Chi-Ki-Lo Class, Germantown Christian Youth Group, Germantown Bible Bugs Class, Germantown Faithful Bible Investigators, Germantown

FORWARDING AGENT

Harry T. Wilson
R.R. No. 2, Box 233

Lawrenceburg, Indiana 47025

Mailed by
CHURCH OF CHRIST P. O. Box 115

POSTAGE PAID

Non-Profit Org.
PERMIT NO. 38

Harrison, Ohio 45030

Harrison, Ohio

ozm BIB1 COIiBQE

P.O. BOX 518
*-rocrkTroT ig:ssouki

JOPUH

6W301

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J. Lynn Cleavel^dJtolly working in Uberlandia, Brazil

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Vol. 7> Number 3> March 1973

After a fun-filled jam packed two months it is good to be home in warm s\mny Uberlandia. We arrived here

on Sunday, February 25 after arriving in Campinas on Saturday. Dave Meadows, a friend with whom I left our

car, did not receive

my letter

advising him that we

would arrive at the airport in Campinas. So he waited for us at the wrong one. Welcome home and all of that
stuff!

Enroute home we enjoyed two days with Louis Ray and Donna Haubner in Orlando, Florida, Louis is a brother
to Earl who works north of us here in Brazil. They

showed us a nice time which included a day at Disney World. That was a great treat.

We went from Orlando to San Juan, Puerto Rico and visited with ay brother Gary and Karen. By then we.

were glad to get back to some genuine tropical heat. With all due respects to the Chamber of Commerce that winter sunshine doesnt quite get the job done.

At Gary's Mark fell

on the coffee table

while in

pursuit Ox a. balloon and opened a good size gash above

his upper lip. So it was a trip to the hospital and' eight stitches. He had them removed-after we got hdiffe.He's healing up fine and started to schodil the day af"er we returned. He had only missed' three weeks-of
classes.

Shona
12.

was happy

to find

she had not

missed any
until March

classes and that classes

will not begin

Our church family

got along pretty well

while we

were gone. Althou^ there were not any baptisms there were some good things happening. I guess the thing we would classify as negative would be the fact that Sirlene left again after her husband Elcio returned once
more to the city.
come of them.

Only the

Lord knows what will be

Some of you are aware that Loyd & Adele Smith will

be making a trip to Brazil in December 197^, the Lord

willing. Loyd, an Elder at Bright, received a round trip passage for one from an anonymous donor. We are happy to know they will be able to spend some time
with us here and get some first hand impressions of the Job we are trying to do. We have appreciated deeply the interest and concern manifested by the El ders at Bright and-believe, this will help to increase their understanding of the field, its challenges and
opportvinities.
It was difficult to leave with Julie's father in
As we

the hospital. At our departure time the diagnosis was

Parkinson's disease with more tests to be run.

prepare this copy

to send to the states (March 7) we

Surgery was schediaed
to receive

have received word that Earl had a tumor in the right

front part of his brain.

results.

for
those

last week and we have not had time

Again we want to express our thanks to everyone who helped to make our furlough so worthwhile. We did not get to visit in all of the homes we wanted to. It
was impossible and we hope folk understand. Others we saw only briefly and we could have spent hours in visiting and fellowship. Larry Pierson worked over time in taking care of many details and rates an ex
tra special thank you here.

Now everything will be just perfect if you'll write

and let us know what's go ing on. Some say there is nothing important happen ing. We don't want the headlines from you. We can
read them in the local papers. We enjoy hearing about
you and your family.
I was selected as chairman for the Brazil Mission

us a note once in a while

ary Conference to be held in Goiania,Goias January 38, 197^* Brothers Carl Ketcherside and Reuel Lemmons have accepted invitations to participate in this meet^

ing of missionaries
Churches and

from Churches of Christ/Christian

who do not use the

Churches of Christ

musical instrument in worsh|.p services. Each .grpup has about 25 families working in Brazil.

COjNT fiiaUTl OMS

miTTOPmrq February ContriDutions: $i,3U6.21
New Lisbon Christian Church, New Castle, Inc.

Osgood Christian Church Bowling Green Christian Church Bright Christian Church Methodist Church, Mt. Grab
Hollowtown Church of Christ

Union Church of Christ, Hillsboro, Ohio Bridgetown Church of Christ

Harrison Church of Christ Mt. Orab Church of Chrisc
GROUPS AND CLASSES

United Methodist Women, New Holland, Ohio Searcher's Class, Bright Osgood Christian Cnui-ch Circle
Kum Double Class. Bright Georgetown C.W.C.

M.E. Church 3rd & kth grade classes, Mt. Orab, Ohio
Cahall's Clothing Store, Mt. Orab, Ohio

GROUPS AND CLASSES (continued)

Elementary School, Bright, Ind.
Salem Christian Youth Group
IIOIVIDUALS

M/M Carl Hart M/M Robert Patterson M/M Jesse Smith

Elaine Roberts

Mrs. Newel Richey

Norma Cleaveland

M/M Dale Underbill

Betty and Patsy Grubbs

M/M Scot Schindel

M/M Paul Long M/M Fred Stratton

Edna Sraufe

M/M George Moon

FORWARDING AGENT

Harry T. Wilson
R.R. No. 2, Box 233

Lawrenceburg, Indiana 47025

Mailed by
CHURCH OF CHRIST P.O. Box 115

POSTAGE PAID Non-Profit Org.

PERMIT NO. 38

Harrison, Ohio 45030

Harrison, Ohio

OZARK KIBIiE OOLX^OK ,

P.O. BOX SlB

joraiK

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MCSSOORI 6I48OI
Address Correction Requested

J. Lynn Cleavel^iid fainjiy working in Uberlandia, Brazil

Vol. Yj Number I4., April 1973

For some reason iVe been terribly slow in getting
this Cable written. Part of it is due to lazinessi

suppose, some because

of a busy month

but mostlyl

confess it's because there are no great victories to

report. I seem to have this thing about preferringto brag instead of talking about failures and problems.
Of course it's not really all that bad but we are

in a slow period with our new Christians. I guess they've been followers of Christ long enough that the new is wearing off a little and some of the old habits are creeping in again. One of the men, Antonio, has been hitting the bottle again and missing services Another fellow seems to pay more attention to his father, a leader of a Spiritist group, then to Christ. Last Sunday evening we called on Lazaro who had miss
ed services because of his ailing father. .. But we

found Lazaro with a couple of buddies who had brou^t a bottle to enjoy the evening. Two of our folk have been involved in a neighborhood fuss. So things are
sort of rocky there.

On the other hand Valdo is growing

in

his

new

faith and has been working with his cousin in a Bi ble study. So we rejoice when there is reason to re

joice and try to help the stumblers and tho-^e who seem to grow very slowly. I suppose it really isn't
so much different than where you live and work. We

are dependent upon the Lord and that lesson is brai^

home daily.

A few days ago I sent a summary of our budget plans

to the Elders at the Bright Christian Church. The

main items budgeted for this year are the correspond ence courses, new religious films, printing the book What Jesus Taught and the big project of locating and

purchasing a suitable area for camps and retreats.

small place will probably cost in the area of five
seven thousand dollars. We need a place

A
to

like this

badly and we hope

to be able

to accumulate

enough

funds to make a purchase before December, 1973. If our financial support remains steady we should be able to swing it, the Lord willing. We have enjoyed personal letters from Fred Callaway and Lloyd Gulley. Doth men are busy leaders with
the Harrison Church of Christ. We appreciate it when

you take the time to write about personal experiences,

victories and defeats. And come to think of it, it's

really not fair that I or any missionary should be expected to keep up a steady flow of interesting in formative, challenging, edifying correspondence with out receiving any feedback. So let us know what God
is doing in your life.
The Charles Kent family of which we wrote in the

February Cable has returned to Brazil. They can still use financial support. You can contact them at C. P. ifO-0510 Taguatinga, D.F. 70700. They will con
tinue their work with the camp in Brazilia as well as

filling in for David Sanders while he is on furloi^.

And thinking of financial support I want to express
o\ir sincerest thanks for the stedfastness of those

who support

our efforts here.

Last

week

I talked-

with two fellow missionaries who had recently received

word that financial support was being dropped by two supporting churches. Unfortunately this is not un

common. It appears that too many congregations do not

take this matter of financial support very seriously.

In most countries missionaries are faced with a

ser

ious loss

of buying power

as a direct result of in
Brothers this is not

flation and dollar devaluation.

the time to be -thinking that some faithful workerwon *t miss twenty-five or fifty dollars a month. Or
that he doesn't need i t .

Carl Ketcherside and Reuel Lemmons

have

accepted

invitations to speak for the missionary conference in January 197^1. The planning committee will be meeting

on April 28 to choose a theme & work out the detfa i Is for a great time together. Yours truly is serving as
chairman this year.

co>r/K]y UTjoM
In March Lynn's contributions totalled $1292.5^
and came from the following:
CHURCHES

Harrison Church of Christ Mt. Grab Church of Christ

Bridgetown Church of Christ Bowling Green Christian Church Bright Christian Church
GROUPS Aiai) CLASSES

Wee Worship Class, Bright Kum Double Class, Bright Searcher's Class, Bright Georgetown C.W.C. T.N.T. L-ive Wire Class, Mt. Crab

CONTRIBUTIONS - continued
INDIVIDUALS

M/M Robert Patterson M/M George F. Glaze M/M James M. Adams M/M Walter Minnick
Betty & Patsy Grubbs
Elaine Roberts

FORWARDING AGENT

Harry T. Wilson
R.R. No. 2, Box 233

Lawrencehurg, Indiana 47025

Mailed by
CHURCH OF CHRIST P.O. Box 115

POSTAGE PAID Non-Profit Org.

PERMIT NO. 38

Harrison, Ohio 45030

Harrison, Ohio

Address Correction Requested

J. Lynn

working in Uberlandia, Brazil

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Vol. 8, N-umber 5> May 1973
Things are looking up in Uberlandia. Bright spots include a new family who is showing interest in the gospel, another young couple who have leadership ability and may work with us, a feud settled among two
women of our church family and indications that An tonio and his situation may be taking a turn for the

better. These have been matters of prayer with us and we believe God has been giving some answers.

To most people

of the world and

to some

of

our

readers that last statement sounds like so much self-

deception. But as Francis A. Schaeffer has so ably pointed out our God is not silent. He has spoken and he continues to speak to and for those who have ears
to hear.

How wonderful it is that we are not left dependent

upon our

own wisdom

and abilities

to bring men

to

Christ but that our Father works

ious for us to fathom.

in ways too myster

We are studying the book of Luke this month in our

Bible Studies. Each week each family receives the

study assignment with questions to answer from the text. Then we go over the answers together in our Sunday meetings. This works out well with the whole
family participating.

Earl Haubner*s folks, Lou and Freda, will be visit-

ing Brazil in July. visiting with them.

Goiania.

We look forward to seeing and Eerl & Ruth Ann are old friends,

and co-workers who live about 250 miles north of us in

A big word of thanks goes out to Elaine Roberts. We've already expressed our thanks to her privately but we want to say so again. She has gone to a . great deal of trouble to provide fine reading materials and teaching aids for Shona and Mark. Elaine is a teacher in the Cincinnati Bible Schools and a constant sup porter of o\ar work since its beginning.
Mark and Shona are doing well in school. Mark missed the first three weeks but managed to catch up by mid term so that his grades permitted him a week

off.

(After the mid-term tests the students who are

to put in a special

failing or have low grades have

week of recuperation while everyone else loafs.) Sho

na is off this week but will have to go for her draw-

class. Apparently she's not destined to be an^ artist.

The following article
in the

by Nick Thimmesch

appeared

Cincinnati Post and Times Star.

I t is infor

mative and tells the current story about Brazil as we

understand i t .

"One bad remark made about South America is that we Americans will do anything for our Latin nei^bors except read about them.

"For most
America' and

of us

up here, the mind runs

to Fidel
S.

Castro, then to that huge, vague land mass called

somewhere down there is Chile and its e-

lected Marxist President Salvadore Allende, and isn't

Brazil that great big one?

'"Yes, Brazil is that

great big one, and nowadays,

leap

the most in^ortant story in Latin America, thou^ on ly fractions of us up here really know about it. Bra

zil now rivals Japan in its economic boom, has

frogged from nowhere to the position of a leading in-

dustrial state and appears to be one Latin State fnat

really works.

"The system whicsh boosted Brazil defies

definition.

classical
the

"Like many Latin countries, Brazil turned out

old, failed order by revolution (Brazil's was in

economic foul-ups, corruption, heightened

but instead of the usual results - expropriation, new

misery,

violence and another revolution - Brazil achieved sta

bility, the economic boom and significant social pro

gress ,

"Brazil found relative success largely because its

military rx2lers were wise enou^ to delegate the civ i l administration to a groi^ of bri^t technocrats rather than to selfish, power-wielding politicians. ,

"By standards of the U.S. citizenry, Brazil has about as much democracy as, say, certain Chicago pre cincts^ West Point or the Mormon Church. There are two political parties, sure, but they are decorative.

There is a Congress and free debate, but

don't knock

Gen. Emilio Garrastazu Medici, the president, too much.

"There is a self-sensoring press which knows what it can't say and a fast-growing university system , but students mind their political 'Ps' and 'Q^'.
"It's also true that President Medici is enormously popular, that the creative arts flourish, indeed , people enjoy great freedom of mobility. Brazilians don't feel repressed at all. In fact, they possess an
enthusiasm about their once ailing countiy.

"Brazil's gross national product

averaged a 9 per

cent increase in the past four years (U.S. figure is 6 per cent). Capital flows into the booming, free
economy like water. Some 700,000 new cars are ex pected to be built in Brazil in 1973 including some

U00,000 Volkswagens. U.S. investment now runs to $2

billion, banks multiply

"Brazil's cities

and flourish and the economy

now exceeds $50 billion annually.

mushroom, Sao Paulo's population

being listed anywhere from 6-9 million, depending on

what you count and one boomer claiming this city will

be 20 million inhabitants by 198^.

"The philosophy of the technocrats is to build and expand, even if that means the gigantic chore of lay ing down hi^ways throu^ the Amazon. In the end, the people will be better off, they argue, so let free en terprise fly out in all directions.
"One result is that per capita income in Brazil

grew from $100 in 1966 to a current level of $530 still a long way from that enjoyed by richer Argentina

but enou^ to make a difference to poor Brazilians."

(To be continued) ....
TOTAL CDlJTiaBUTIOlSS FOR MONTH OF-APi?IL $988.85

FORWARDING AGENT

Harry T. Wilson
R.R. No. 2, Box 233

Lawrenceburg, Indiana 47025

Mailed by
CHURCH OF CHRIST
P. 0. Box 115

POSTAGE PAID Non-profit Org.

PERMIT NO. 38

Harrison, Ohio 45030

Harrison, Ohio

oaABK HBI MUS6E

P.O. BOX 518
mssom 6U801
Address Correction Requested

firA i^yeZb'i-^

J. Lynn Cleavelij?d
, *

working in UbedSnUia, Brazil

Vol. 8, Number 6, June 1973 Everything is topsy-turvy in Uberlandia today.

The transit department instituted a massive change in

the city's transportation system.

As

of today

city

buses are rerouted and all of the main streets run in

the opposite direction. Everyone, including lice, is somewhat confused.

the po

Even though our seasons here are the opposite of those in the northern hemisphere we still share the same season for strawberries. That jewel of informa tion was brou^t to my attention a while ago when we bou^t our first fresh strawberries of the year-.
Next month is the July picture edition of the
ble.

Ca

Pictures of Shona and Mark in their school uni

forms, several shots

of

local construction (we

as a result of

are

experiencing a building boom

new in

dustry, etc.) and a picture of our good friends Antonietta and Leonardo make up that number. Co-workers Harry and Elaine Scates and family will

be furloughing June 29. So we'll be" holding down

fort until the first of October. Harry ating from a recent siege of illness.

the

is recuper -

Next Sunday our group of Christians

will be meet
with us.
1:;'

ing in our home.

Another family

We'll be studying
has begun

from Luke 1^&15.

.The

worshipping

Jopiin. :'i-

mother and dau^ter have been baptized but the father

has never made that step of faith. We hope that he will

come to understand the claims that CJhrist makes
his life and choose to follow him.

upon

Lazaro is scmewhat

of a problem. He's been missing our worship services but keeps insisting he's going to make it. Peihaps, patience and the Love of Christ will perform the mir
acle.

Missionaries

from central Brazil

will be assemb

ling in Brasilia on July 5 and 6 to study I John and share in fellowship and prayer. Included here is the concluding part
Star.

of liie

art

icle, "A Solid Foundation For Democracy" by Nick Thimmersch which appeared in the Cincinnati Post and TSiues

"Brazil is aslarge as the continental United States,

has 100 million people and at 28 people per square mi. C8U1 be considered underpopulated.
"This fact & its Roman Catholicism combine to make birth control no priority and abortion verbotem. The

birthrate is hi^.
polyglot.

Brazilians, like Americans, are a

"In Brazil, it's Portuguese, Germans, Spanish, Italians, Japanese (about 1 million), Indians and des-

cendents of African slaves (11 per cent). Widespread intermarriage of this multiracial people brou^t about a happy lack of race prejiadice and prudishness.

"Immigration goes on, with even some adventvireccaae

U.S. citizen locating
eer style. Many

there on interior lands, pion

professionals, .engineers

American

and scientists join the ranks of their Brazilian col

leagues to earn salaries hi^er than any they can earn

in the United States. There's a premium pay for knowhow in Brazil these days.

"The United States enjoys excellent relations with

Brazil, and has for decades, including the one span ning World War II when Brazil mustered an army of
300,000, many of whom fought with the Allies in the

Italian campaign. Guerrilla activity which wound up with the U.S. ambassador being kidnaped,but unharmed
several years ago is now minimal.

"So while Brazilfe octane count on democracy does

n't measure up to oxir sometimes sanctimonious stand-ards, Brazil's society is a hppeful one.

"The Brazil story gives credence to the notion that

economic development can result in the care and feed

ing of people in an underdeveloped country and

eventually work toward a sound foundation oon

thus
which

to build a democracy."

CONTRIBUTIONS
In April Lynn's contributions totalled $988.85 and
came from the following;
CHURCHES

Bri^t cairistian CSiurch

Harrison Church of Christ

Bridgetown Church of Christ

Union Church of Christ

Bowling Green Christian Church Williamsburg Church of Christ

Mt. Orab Church of Christ
GROUPS AMD CLASSES

HpiVIDUALS
M/M RobertPatterson
Betty and Patsy Grubbs
Elaine Roberts

Wee Worship, Bri^t Kum Double, Bright

Searcher's Class, Bri^t

Georgetown C.W.C,
T.N.T. Class. Mt. Orab

M/M Carl Hart

Norma Cleaveland

Loyal Ladies Class, Bow

ling Green

M/M Thomas C. Cleaveland

An Ahoi^ous Donor

Ladies Circle Class, Warsaw, Va.

M/M Forest Barricklow

3HHf

In May lynn's contributions totalled $983.75

came from the following:
CHURCHES

and

Bri^t Christian Church

Harrison Church of Christ Mt. Grab Church of Christ

Bridgetown Church of Christ

Union Church of Christ

Bowling Green Christian Church

GROUPS MD CLASSES

UpiVIDUALS
RobertPatterson Jesse Smith

Wee Worship, Bri^t

Little Christians, "

Kum Double, Bri^t

Betty and Patsy Gmbbs

Elaine Roberts

Searcher's Class, Bri^t

Georgetown C W. C.

M/k Carl Hart

Norma Cleaveland

T.N.T, Live Wire Class,

Mt. Grab

My^ M^ M/k M/k

Thomas C. Cleaveland Forest Barricklow Virgil Minnick J. P. Long

FORWARDING AGENT

Harry T. Wilson
R.R. No. 2, Box 233 Lawrenceburg, Indiana 47025

Mailed by
CHURCH OF CHRIST P. 0. Box 115

POSTAGE PAID Non-Profit Org.

PERMIT NO. 38

Harrison, Ohio 45030

Harrison, Ohio

O&AIK

V.O- BOX JSISSOOTI

6U801

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Shond

25k.

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New

Industry

New Government Build-

ing

Su"

Antonietta and Leonardo

FORWARDING AGFNTS

Russell and Glenda Hall

Box 38115

Urbane, Ohio 43078

Mailed by: CHURCH OF CHRIST

P.O. Box 115

POSTAGE PAID

Non-profit Org.
PERMIT NO. 38

Harrison, Ohio 45030

Harrison, Ohio

OZAEK BIBLE COLLEGE

P.O. BOX 518

JOPLIN

MISSOURI

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ttRR /S' HO J. Lynn Cleayeland familj' working in Uberlandia, Brazil

Vol. 8, Number 8, Oct. 1973

Dear Friends, We have sent the following letter to each of our

%
it here

si^porting congregations

and reproduce

to

share with you our present plans.

'"Dear Christian Friends,

Greetings in the name of our Lord Jesus.
For various reasons and afterconsultation with the

Elders at Bright we have decided to return to a state

side ministry in January or February 197^.

We are so thankful for your help and interest in

this project over the past six years. We are indeed greatly indebted to you for your kindness and consid
eration.

The Harry Scates family will be returning from furlough about the first of October, 1973 and will continue to provide leadership for the new Christians here. We are happy to have shared in establishing
this work and believe it will grow and prosper for our
Lord.

We will not be accepting any mission funds after November 1, 1973. Any funds that Mr. Harry Wilson,

oTir forwarding agent, receives after that date will be

returned. The elders have authorized us to divide the

13.12ion funds we have on hand between the can^) in Bra

silia which is under the direction cf Charles Kent and

the A'?sociation for Printing Christian Literature un

der the direction of Carol Lowe and located in Gtoiania.

Tiianks again for the part you have played. May the
lord continue to bless you.

In Him,

J. lynn Cleaveland"
One of the greatest needs in Brazil has been met.

TJie Brazilian Bible Society just published the Portug-!j.ese version of Good News for Modern Man. The Eng lish trf>ni3lation of the New Testament was prepared by
Dr. Robert G. Bratcher who lived in Brazil for some

time. He assisted in the preparation of the Portu guese text which was translated from the Greek. It wss -produced completewi-fer-theline drawingswhich appear in the English version.
This translation is needed because of the educa

tional level of the masses. There is a good trans-. Ic-.tion available - but it is not in the popular langu^ise commonly used and understood. We have spent many si/ady hours trying to explain the Portuguese wordingto people in order to explain the meaning of the Bib

le passage.

This new translation is called

"A Bib-

lia Na Linguageiii De Hoje" (The Bible in the Language of Today) and will be a definite help in getting the
message across.

We recently had our little congregation in for stj)per. We had our regular Sunday afternoon service which includes songs, Bible study, prayer and the

Lord's Supper. Then Julie sejrved a mixture of Ameri can and Brazilian dishes. It was a good fellowship.

A rich chocolate cake

(that's

an American dessert)

vanished along with a good selection of Brazilian des-

serts, such as cheese and goiabada(a thick jelly made

frcan a local fruit), and a rich dessert of papaya and
milk caramel.

Though our nei^bors, Argentina, Chile, Bolivia, etc. are having serious internal political problems the situation in Brazil remains very calm. Brazil is in the midst of an economic boom. The new president
has been selected and will take office in January.

COMT<i;)UTJO>
In June Lynn's contributions totalled $1,07923. In July lynn's contributions totalled $ 865.62. In August lynn's contributions totalled $1,116.66

In Sept. lynn's contributions totalled $_^71726

The above contributions came from the following;
CHURCHES

Brigjit Christian Church

Harrison Church of Christ Mt. Grab Church of Christ

Bridgetown Church of Christ

Germantown Christian Church

Bowling Green Christian Church

Union Ch\irch of Christ

Williamsburg Church of Christ

GROUPS AND CLASSES

Wee V/orship Class, Bri^t Kum Double Class, Bri^t

Searcher's Class, Bri^t Georgetown C. W. C. T.N.T. Class, Mt. Grab

Salem Christian Youth Group

INDIVIDUALS

M/M Robert Patterson . M/M Jesse Smith

Betty & Patsy Grubbs
Elaine Roberts

M/M George L. Glaze M/M Thomas C. Cleaveland M/M Forest Barricklow

Miss Lenora Long

M/M 0. V. McFadden M/M Carl Hart

Norma Cleaveland

JA/U James M. .Adams

FORWARDING AGENT

Harry T. Wilson
R.R. No. 2, Box 233 Lawrenceburg, Indiana 47025

Mailed by

POSTAGE PAID

* CHURCH OF CHRIST
P. 0. Box 115

Non-Profit Org.
PERMIT NO. 38

Harrison, Ohio 45030

HarriMn, Ohio

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