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Forwarding Agenti Missionaries

to

NIGERIA:

Carol

Scar brough Don

Marianne

Baiighman

370

Whitehead

Road

35^ North South Street

Midlothian,

Texas 76065

Wilmington, Ohio

^5177

(21i^) 775-2138 (513) 382-6699

30

June

1986

Beloved

F r i e n d s t

We

arrived,

in

Port land ,

Oregon on

Apri l

27th smtd

were

del ighted

to

spend

a few days with

our

daughter

Jane

and with

Dennis Bartoldus, They

were

united in marriage on

May 10th , Lisa

flew in

from Kentucky,

and

Judy, Marc, Kristen,

Kendra

and Paul came

from

Nebraska, I t was wonderful

to

be with our children againS

Don s

brother Dick and his wife were

also

with

us

for the

wedding. After the

marriage, we flew to

Nebraska

fdr a week with the Champions, Marc is now minister a t Firs t Christian

Church

in Lexington, On to

Texas for

a v i s i t

with Mar ianne s

s is te r

Carol

Scarbroxigh,

and

her

family, Carol is also our forwarding agent.

We

arrived

in Columbus, Ohio on

May 31st

and

were met a t the

airport

by Arthur Merkle with the vehicle you

generous

brothers and s is ters were

so,kind to

buy

for

us

— a

l ight blue Pontiac 6000,

We

are

g ra tefu l to

you

for

supporting

our

Furlough

Fund.

This

has

enabled us

to

buy the

car ,

provides a place to

l ive

pays for our plane

t icke ts to suid from Nigeria, and gives us funds to pay

ut i l i ty

costs

We are overwhelmed by your many

kindness

to us and by your beautiful

sp i r i t

of

sharing. We love

you

and appreciate

you more than words

can

convey. Thauik

you,

Don wil l be P re sid en t o f the National Missionary Convention

in

Memphis, Tennessee, September 20-23, I987, He has been

plsuming

the

program and preparing

the

agenda which he wil l

take

to Indianapolis

for

the

NACC NMC July

6-lOtho The Continuation Committee of the NM

wil l

meet in Indianapolis

to work

on the^NMC

program

for I987.

We

a re gradual ly

gett ing

acclimatized

to

these

8 ®

cool,

rainy

days. We have been to the Wilmington Church of Christ , Southwood and

Gahanna churches

in

Columbus, Ohio, We look forward to vis i t ing with

you

soon.

Our schedule

i s now underway and we urge you to

write

to

us

i f

you have specisd

dates you d

l ike for

us

to

come. Our address

i s :

35^

North

South s t r e e t

Wilmington,

Chid

45177

Phone: (513) 382-6699

We

a re thank ful

to report tha t

Walter smith,

who

returned to

Nigeria

in

March, has improved heal th

and

i s

re turning

to h is normal

ac t iv i t i e s

Also,

on June

8th

the

Smiths

received

t he i r

Nigerian

Residence

Permits

fo r two years Thank you a l l fo r your prayer s

Now may

our

God

and Father Himself and Jesus our Lord d i rec t our

way

to

youj and

may the

Lord cause you to

increase

and abound

in love

for one

another ,

and for a l l men,

jus t

as

we do fo r youj so

tha t

He may

establ ish your hearts unblamable in hol iness before

our

God and Father

a t

the

coming of our

Lord

Jesus

with

a l l His saints , (1 Thess 3«.11I')

I n C h ri s ti a n l o v e

Don

and Marianne Baughman

West Af r i c a Ch r i s t i a n Mis s i o n



Dear

Chr i s t i a n Fr i ends ,

Forv/ard ing Agent ;

Ca ro l S ca rb ro ug h

370

v /h i t ehead

Road

Midlothian ,

Texas

76065

21^-775-2138

35^

North

South

S t r e e t

V/ilmington, Ohio ^5177

Phone:

513-382-6699

30 September

I986

F i r s t of

a l l , we ask

t ha t you

keep Walter and Edna Smith in

your

praye

They a r r ived in Niger ia l a s t March to take

over

our gospel

work.

Walter has

been

well

since

Hay. He was

able

to attend the August

conference

of the

churches in the

Cross

River but he

has heaavy

responsibi l i t ies of teaching i

the churches and

hosting re treats .

Eddie i s

handling

the

Bible

Corresponden

Courses. She writes , Korede,

Ebenezer,

Paul

(a l l preaching

the gospel a t

their

own

expense and

Eraan

were

here

today for a pla.miing meeting of the Da

of

Prayer

-

Oct

1st .

Also,

she

says ,

. . .government

minist r ies

begin

movin

Abuja

new

capitol)

next week.

Firs t to

move

wil l

be

the

Ministry of Intern

Affai rs .

This wi l l mean addi t ional t rave l l ing for the Smiths to

t ransac t

mi s s i o n

b u s i n e s s .

In Ju ly we

a t tended

the

NACC N vlC in Ind ianapo l i s

and

saw

many

of

you

t h e re

— a t r uly u p li f t in g

t ime in th e

Lord

Afterwards

v/e

drove to Nebrask

for

DVBS with

Judy

and Marc Champion

and

our grandchi ldren a t F i rs t Chris t ia

Church

in

Lexington.

Back to i lngola, Indiana, we came

fo r

our f i r s t , but no

l st Lake Jam.es Schoo l o f

Mis s i o n s .

For

s eve ra l

yea r s now

Don

has had lower back t ro u b le , d e te r i or at in g d i

and

t h i s

year

i s

no excep t ion . He r es ted h is back

on

th e

f l oo r a t home in

Wilmington during pa r t of August.

The f loor

gave

him the

l a rges t

desk

he*s

ever

had

fo r

correspondence

and

paperwork.

On

Sundays

we

reported

to

the

churches

a t

New Vienna , Mt. Olive , Gahanna, Delaware

and Middlebrook

in

Ohio

In S ep tember Maria nn e spok e to the Sonshine Ladies

a t

Wilmington. We

t h en t r a v e l l e d to

Tu l s a ,

Oklahoma to visit th e

churches a t

Ea s t Tul sa

and

Sapulpa. Don v/ent on to Oklahoma City to part icipate in the ir Kaleidoscope

Missions for

two weeks.

Marianne returned to Wilmington to begin

Computer

Classes a t

Southern

Sta t e College. Pray t h a t we wi l l be able

to

f ind a

computer system

t ha t

wi l l work on

our

so l a r panels . I 'his

wi l l

ease Marianne

s e c r e t a r i a l

du t ies

in Nige r i a .

On Oct. 3 and ^ we v/i l l be a t the Ohio Chr i s t i an Convention in Dayton,

Ohio.

We l l

t r a v e l to J ac k so n v il l e, F lo rid a fo r a Fai th P romis e Conf er en ce

Westside

Chr i s t i an

Church

Oct

8-12.

Marianne

re turns

to

V/ilmington

on

the

1

Don

wil l

be

speaking

a t F lo ri da Ch r is ti an College and in

Georgia

on

h is way

back

to

Ohio to attend a Missionary Rally a t Fi r s t

Church

of C hrist

in Bryan

Ohio,

The

f i r s t three weeks in November Don v/il l be speaking a t Atlanta

Christian

College, Mid-South

Chris t ian College

and

in

the

Memphis,

Tennessee

area in preparat ion fo r the Missionary Convention.

We

have several speaking

reques ts

from

you which we wi l l v/ork

in to

our

schedule

as

soon

as possib le .

We are

g r a t e f u l

fo r your pa t i ence ,

The Lord i s

supplying a l l o f

our needs and we

pray

t h a t He

i s bless ing

you w ith every good and pe r fec t

g i f t , There

has

not

f a i l ed

one

word

of a l l

His good promise,

1

Kings 8,56,

I n C h ris tia n l o v e ,

T he B au shm an s



• ^

News

Re l e a s e

LEADERS

PREPARING

FOR

1987

MISSIONARY CONVENTION

Preparations have begun for the 40th National Missionary Convention which

will meet Sept 20-23 (Sunday

through

Wednesday) in the Memphis, Tennessee

convention Center Complex

Don Baughman, pioneer missionary to Nigeria, is

serving

as Convention

President He has been a missionary in the West Africah nation

since

1956,

endeavoring to establish missionary churches in Africa s most populous nation.

Don is also well known for his study

of

African snakes

This came about as a

result

of the Baughmann s moving out into

the

jungle to

try

to reach some of the

unreached people s

groups

They found out they had lots of

green

slimy looking,

large

poisonous neighbors that they needed to get to know, or at least know

something about them. Don is

now

in

the

process of contacting

the

people who

will be

the

main

speakers

at the convention He is also

travelling

to speak about

the Nigerian work and the convention. Don, and his wife, Marianne, are the

parents of four

daughters

Ruthie, the oldest, died as a result of an unknown

illness

in Nigeria at the

age

of f if teen

President Baughman has also appointed two key men to help. Jim A

very

has accepted the responsibility of being National Prayer Chairman. Jim has been

the minister of the Draper Park Chris tian Church in Oklahoma City since

1968

He

is a graduate of Lincoln Christian College. He and his wife, Patricia, have four

children Jim is

also

the Local Arrangements Chairman

for the

North American

Christ ian

Convent ion

which

meets

in Oklahoma

City

in

1987

Arthur Merkle will be the National Registration

Chairman

He established

the Wilmington

Ohio

Church of Christ with six families in 1954 the year he

graduated from Cincinnati Bible Seminary. In the years of his ministry the

church

has grown to an attendance of nearly 500, has none

through three

building programs with buildings and property now valued over one million

dollars

In

addition

to

other missionary support

the

church has

now

taken

on

the

full support of John and Becky Bliffen as

their

Ministersof Missions. The Bliffens

will be going to Uruguay to

start

a church there. Arthur is the Treasurer of the

Ohio

Christ ian

Convent ion He and his wife Mabel have tw o sons

Information on

th e

Missionary Convention is

available

from the

convention

office at Box 11

in

Copeland

Kansas

67837

TH N

by

r



Don and Marianne Baughman ^

NIGERIA

Missionaries

to Nigeria

rt

WlLbi Al KlCA

Wilmington

Ohio 45 77

Phone:

513) 382-6699

W E S T AFRICA CHRISTIAIM

MISSIOIS

D e c e m b e r

N e w s l e t t e r

1986

Thank you,

dear friends,

for your loving

and generous

support

of us and

ou r

work in Nigeria. We are

grateful

and

thank

God fo r you.

Good news :

Evangelist

Ofigi Ewa is

out

of prison and

back

in Ekori with his

family. We

praise

GodJ Also, Don s back is much better.

Thank you for your prayers.

Don has

spent several

weeks in Memphis, Tennessee area

preparing

fo r

the

NATIONAL- MISSIONARY

CONVENTION

which will

take

place

t he re Sep tember

20-23,

1987. We

hope

that you

will

be

able to come.

Wal te r and Eddie Smith a re in th e Sta tes Walter will have t e s t s for his

he a r t

at New York Medical Center

in

January. Pray that

th e

results

will be

good.

Th e Smith

will return to Nigeria on January 1^. Pray for their safe journey.

Marianne jus t completed final exams in Data

Entry

and Data Process ing computer

classes The Lord

willing, she

will

take

one more

course Jan 6-March

K in Lasiw

Programming I. P lea se p ray that we will be able

to have

a

computer

and printer

in Nigeria

to

increase

our supply o f liter atu re th at we

distribute

freely.

From

December

22

through

January 7 we will be in Neb raska

with

Marc and Judy Champion

^

z H

1109 N L i n c o l n

Lexington, Nebraska 68850

Phone:

(308) 324-3228

and our

grandchildren,

Kristen,

Kendra and Paul. Jane and

DennisTwill

come from

Oregon and Lisa from Kentucky. Don s mother will fly witri us from Dayton, Ohio. ^

Mother Baughman is doing very

well

since he r hi p and knee surgery last

October,

We

look forward

to being together as a

family

this year.

We

pray

that your hol idays

will

be

filled

with

P E C E JO Y a n d H O P E

For unto us a

child

is born; A Son is given

And t he governmen t will rest upon His shoulders;

And His n a m e

will be

ca l l ed Wonder fu l

Counse lor

Mighty

God, Eternal Father, Prince of Peace.

In Christ ian love,

Don

and Marianne Baughman

baughman don marianne 1986 nigeria

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