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RON and

MARTIBAUMANN

Turkish W or ld Out r e a ch

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Fr l i i tva le

Cou r t

Grand Junctioh CO

81504-5768

21 January 2001

PRAYER UPDATE

Dear Chr ist ian

Friends,

Thank you sincerely for the many prayers for Marti as she underwentsurgery on the 11^ of

January. The operation was very successful with the tumor being removed and some lymph

nodes taken for biopsy. Shewas released from the hospital the following afternoon, ishealing

remarkably well and is regaining her strength. We thank our Lord for these blessings.

While the news is excellent, there is an area of concern.

One

of the thirteen lymph nodes

removed was cancerous, as was a small area adjacent to it. We were not looking forward to

being told by the medical oncologist that chemotherapy would be indicated; it isnot What a

tremendous answer to

prayer

this is.

Her

treatments have already

begun with

an oral administration of the hormone - Tamoxifen.

She will continue this for five years. The radiation oncologist has decided to begin radiation on

the first day of February; this will continue for thirty more exposures. The tumor

and

the

lymph

nodes areas will be treated aggressively, according to the physician.

With all this therapy, Marti has a 90 chance for no recurrence of cancer. We

are

thrilled and

thankful for such a good prognosis. There is absolutely no doubt

that your

sustained prayers

have made

this possible.

Our

God is a greatGod.

Thank you also for the many cards, flowers, visits and calls. Each one has its own part in

helping

her

as she recovers. One of the cards included the verse that we used

when

raising

support in 1979 and 1980 as we prepared to go to Zambia. It remains the

same

huge

encouragement to us now as it did then:

... not

by might, nor by power, but by MySpirit,'

saith the

Lord

of

hosts. [Zechariah

4:6]

Please continue in prayer for her strength

and

healing.

Faithfully^

hrist

Ron and Mar t i Baumann

386 Ridgeway Drive

Grand

Junction,

Colorado

81503

[970] 257-1775


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Grand Junction CO 81504 5768

Dear

Christian

Friends

It's with great joy that I bring you this update on Marti 's medical condition. As

the song goes, A Wonderful Saviour Is Jesus My Lord.,. WegiveHim the

honor, glory and thanks for all these many blessings.

Marti's surgery was the ofJanuary 2001. Within ten days she was back in

the classroom at Cornerstone Christian School, teaching her 4^ grade students.

She has been teachingfor four and one-halfweeks already It's a remarkable

recovery, when you think about it.

Her radiation treatments continue five days of every week (she gets the weekend

off ). She has completed eighteen treatments, with thirteen more to go. The last

six treatments are scheduled to be boosted a bit.

Other

than being tired, she is

holding up quite well.

Thank5'ou foryour continuedand sustainedprayers.

The)'

havemade the

difference Thank you also for the many cards, calls, flowers, mealsand every

kindness that you have showered on us. Yourexpressions oflovewill remain

with us for a long,

long

time.

...With

numberless blessings e ch

moment

e

crowns...

I

Oh glory to Godfor such a Redeemeras mine

Love in Christ

Ron an d Mar t i

386 Ridgeway Drive

Grand Junction, CO 81503


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Grand Junction CO

81504-5768

Dear Praying Friends,

Martiand I felt the need tobringyouup to dateonher treatments, recovery progress

and the future. Wereallyappreciateyour support, both prayer and financial.

Marti completedher radiation serieson the 19^^ ofMarch. The examinationon that day

revealed amazing progress. Her energy levelhas remained fairlyhigh, and her skin

survived the radiation process quite well. For all of this we are thankful.

From the very start, her medicaloncologist stated that she did not need chemotherapy.

Without going into detail, we learned recently that he died rmder unfortunate

circumstances. We were stunned, needless to say, to hear of his death. As is the case in

medicineand manyareas of

life

there are almost always two (or

more

ways to do

anything. Suchis the casewith her treatment It is possible that her new oncologist may

recommend chemotherapy after all. Wewill know more after her appointment on the

16^ of April.

Pleasepray (with us) thatGod s wisdom will be imparted to the oncologist. If

additional treatments are necessary, we certainly

want

to do that, but Marti would

rather not go through the trials of chemotherapy. Our prayer is that the correct decision

will be made according to the leading of the Holy Spirit.

My hope is built on nothing less...but wholly lean on Jesus Name...

On Christ the

solid

Rock^ I stand.. .

Love in Christ

Ron

and

Mar t i

386Ridgeway Drive, Grand Junction, CO 81503


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RON and MART I BAUMANN

Turk i sh

W o r ld Out r e ach

8 Fru i tv a l e Cou r t

Grand Jlinctioh

CO

81504 5768

Dear Praying Friends,

Greetings from 'The West Spring has sprung, God's creation is beautiful and

lifeis wonderful. We Praise His Holy Name.

In our mostrecentprayerletter 2 April 2001 , Martiand I wereaskingfor the

right decision to be made relative towhether chemotherapy should (or should

not) be administered as a followup toher cancersurgery and radiation. Weare

convinced that that has happened, and we are proceeding with the treatments.

We are thankful for the influenceofGod's wisdom and the leading of the Holy

Spirit as

we

made that decision.

Marti received her first chemo treatment the 18^ of April. She has five more

scheduled that will be administered at three-weekintervals. Other than a rough

five-hour period two days later, she is doing quite

well.

Pleasepray with us that

the remaining treatments will also be tolerated well and that her resistance level

will stay high. She continues to teach daily in the Christian school, and, for that,

she is very thankful.

Once again, we want to thank you for all of your prayers and expressions of love,

along with your financial gifts. These all make it possible for us to remain inHis

Service .

Love

in Christ

Ron and Mart i

386 Ridgeway Drive, Grand Junction, CO 81503


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V O L U N T E E R S T H E O F F I C E

What would we do without the thirty or so willing volunteers (from the church

community here in western Colorado) who come to the TWO office to help us,

sometimes on very short notice? The answer to that question is I

don t

know\ Some of

our mailings are in the

5 piece

range, whichmeans there s a lot ofprinting, stacking

and

stuffing going on. With twelve to fifteen helpers here, we can usually do the bulk

of the work in roughly three hours. There are so many ways for all of us to serve in

tlie building of His Kingdom. Thank you volunteers.

O ur

Annual Volunteer

Banquet

This prayer letter ispublished and distributed byTurkish World Outreach

508 Fruitvale Ct Grand Junctioh CO81504-5768


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F ROM M RTI

Dear Christian Friends,

TJtank you

for standing by nte

during

this difficult time. Your cards,

phone calls

and

lettersare suchan encouragement.

On

the

8'

of

December

2000,

just

before

our

Christmas

break,

I

discovered

a

lump

in

my

breast.

A

needle

biopsy oftlie

tissue

revealed a malignant

tumor.

After much

prayer,

we decided

toproceed withour planned Christmas

holiday

in Tennessee withfamily. It wasagood decision.

Family has alzvays been the

second

most important thing in my

life

(God

being

first and

foremost), and

their

love, strength andencouragement

helped

prepare mefor the long road alzead.

On Thursday, January IV^, my surgeon performed a

lumpectomy

and removed some

lymph nodes from the right

axilla

region.

(The

surgeon xvas amazed at

how zvell

I recovered. I

zoas able togo

home

thenextday. 1

told

her I liave a lotofpeople prayingfor

me .

I

zvas

able to

resume

teaching

about

ten

days

later.)

The

area surrounding the tumor zvas cancer free, hutone

of the thirteen lymph

nodes

had a

comer

zoith

cancer cells

present. Although

this

zvas a

disappointment, Ron andI knew God zvas in control of the situation. God isgood

The

thirty-one radiation treatments began in February,

Monday through

Friday, and

ended in March.

Although

tlie treatments left me zveakened, the Lord

continued

to give me

strengthfor each dayduring this time.

My

medical

oncologist Imd

told

me I zvould not

need

chemotherapy, but

this changed

dramatically after his untimely

death.

My nezv

medical

oncologist, as zvell as my radiation

oncologist, foltI should

have

hadchemotherapy allalong. Ron andI

agreed,

feeling this zvould

be

in my best interest.

I began the first ofsix chemotlzerapy treatments on the 18^^ of

April.

By tlie time you

receive

thisI

zvill be

recovering from

thefifth

one,

and mylast treatment is

nozv

scheduled

to

be

on the 3 ^ ofAugust. ]A/ith

each

treatment it takes me longer to regain my strength, but

zvith

yourprayers I know I

will

make

it through. I vebeen asked over and over, Hozv areyou doing?

Areyou okay?

My

answer

is Yes Vie Lord has

given me

His

peace

and I

knozv

His is in

control

During the

Christmas holidays, Ron spoke

to one of our supporting churches in

Chattanooga. Viis quote fromhis sermon really spoke to me.

When

President

John

Adams zvas

eighty

years

old, he

metafriend zvho inquired, 'Hozv is

John

Quincy

Adams today'?

Quite

zvell,

I thank you', replied the former president, but the house in zvhich he

lives

is

becoming

dilapidated; in fact almost uninhabitable. I think John Quincy Adams zvill

have

to move out

before

long.

But he,

himself,

is

well

Quitezvell'.

Because I

knozv

Jesus as

Lord

and Savior, I can tellyou with assurance that I am zvell,

quite

zvell.

I don tknow

zvhat

the future holds, butI knozv holds the future.

Once

again, thank youfor yourfaithfulness toprayfor myhealing. Love,Marti


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IN

MEMORY

OF

MOTHER

ANNA

MAR

CARET

JOHNS

ON

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[IDECEMBER 19 7 9

JUNE

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2001

Dear Ch ristian Friends

The opportunity for evangelism in the Muslimworld has never been greater than at this

time. In view of the horrific losses we (Christian America) have sustained,

no w

is our

chance

toshowthe loveofChrist to these peoplewho livein darkness. Traditionally,

Christian outreach to Islamiclands has been neglected - we must now admit But, it is

not too late God's timing is always perfect,and we need to be sensitive to His timing

an d act wisely. Many Muslims in the

world

love peace,

bu t

the y don t

have

the Peace

of Christ They need Christ, and we want to see that they have Him.

We, at Turkish World Outreach, are working extremely hard to send ou t the message of

Christ our Savior to Turkish Muslims in Centi'alAsia, Turkey an d Europe. We, the

Baumanns, are well into ou r sixth year of doing this. We now have a problem Over

the

past

year or so, we have experienced a shortfall of our budget needs. I will

mention

several factors that are involved in the decline of

ou r

financial support: some

congregations have decided to specialize in certain areas of tlieworld (Africa,for

example); several individual supporters

have

passed away; some congregations have

h ad n ew workers arise within their ow n group an d felt the

need

(rightly so) to support

them; some

have

decided that Muslims are too hard as a group to reach;

an d

there are

o t h e r r e a so n s I m s u r e .

We need your support at this time. We're especially praying that some of you wiUbe

able to send monthly support to assistwith our ministry. Onetime or occasionalsupport

would be welcome too. Asking for financial help was very difficult for us twenty-two

years agowhen we decided to gointo missions full-time. It is still difficult for us to do

that, but we find it necessary again. Whenwe decided to go in 1979 it was a lifelong

commitment;not a five-year period nor a ten-yearperiod, but indefinitely. Wesincerely

wish

to

remain

here in the Lord's service another three to five years,

bu t

we

need

additional support to be able to do so.

Please seek the Lord s will in this matter. We know full well that there are literally

hundreds of worthwhile mission endeavors out there, all needing support. We want

you toknowtoothatwewill

give

a

one

hundredper centeffortto shareChristwith

theTurks ifyoudecideto assistus

financially More

importantly, weneedyourprayer

support.

Faithfully in Christ,

xM

R o n a n d M a r ti a u m an n

T u r k is h W o r l d O u tr e ac h

5 0 8 F r u i t v a l e

C o u r t

Grand Jxmction

CO

81504


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CHRISTMAS

SEASON

Wannest holiday greetings from Grand Junction. When we speak of the holidays

the birth

of

our Savior and the coming New Year, we are excited to have plans to be in East Tennessee and

Georgia during that period of time. We are looking forward to being with all our family members. The only

sadness will be thai Mother will

no t

be with us this year. It is a tremendous blessing though to

know

that

sh e

has received h er r ew ard a nd is with our Lord forever.

We ll

still miss her. We certainly hope to see some

of

you during

our

time at home.

ANNOUNCEMENT G r e a t e x c i t e m e n t w i t h i n th e

Baumann clan was created recently when Andrew an

nounced his engagement to Carey Ann McCulloch.

Carey is the daughter of Lynn and Carol McCulloch o f

Mt. Juliet, Tennessee. Andrew s brother, Russell, made

the introductions at a church gathering in Knoxville in

the spring of this year. Carey, who has a Bachelor of Sci

ence degree from the University of Tennessee, is an in

tensive care nurse at a Knoxville hospital.

The

wedding

will be in middle Tennessee

on

th e 22nd

o f

June 2002. It

was wonderful to have Andrew and Carey vis it wi th us

here in western Colorado for a few days recently. We

ask the Lord s blessings on them as they plan for a life

time

together.

PRAYER

Safe travel to Knoxville and back to Grand Junction during Christmas

The Lord s blessings on Andrew and Carey

Our financial support for the next three years or so

Praise for Marti s remarkable recovery from cancer and the treatment

Faithfully in Christ,

Ron

a n d M a rt i

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