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people

had

been

personally confronted with the occult

he

oraiseri

them as happy

and

special. he occult

has become

an object that is for

came interested

in

spiritism

because of a film

on

T V t had

artimiiv

He

protects

you

and

is

the

best

thing

that

can

happed

3

for

another

similiar

weekend in^April?

Planning

on trying

ui\ uLiubcK 6 the y o u n g e s t o f

the four congregations we ve been

w O i K i n g with h a d

a n

immers ion

anx^^ t ^

^ ita

were^ those^now

o i n c e

we

re n o t working so i re t

ly with the three

groups

in the

include an update on the four

congregations

with

the following

Genk--in 1990 had apx. 29 members ^

there were 2 immersions and some

left

for the Statpc: hnf ^


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morning Lord's supper and ladies gathering Tuesdays. There are not

children

enough fo r

Sunday

school but a youth group is being planned on a

regular basis.

REKEMin

1990 there

were

about 90 members on a regular basis

until

the Lanaken group

was begun. One member moved away because of sickness so there are now

about'28

regulars. They

have an active Sunday

school

and every two months

they

have a

pot

luck.

They share

the

Christmas program every

year, alternating in the Genk

and

Rekem

buildings. There

are

also

maybe up to 20 who are irregular

in

attendance

because

of their

health,

work

responsibalities,

non-Christian

partners

and other

c i r c u m s t a n c e s .

MAASMECHELEN--in

1990-91 they had between 15-20 regular attenders plus about 9 children

in

their

Sunday school. There were about 5 immersions in these two years and

besides their Sunday morning Lord's supper they have

Bible

study on Wednesdays,

prayer

meeting

on

Thrusdays

and

evangelism at the market

place on Saturday. They

also

have a monthly pot luck and fellowship.

LANAKENin 1990 they began

with

about 21 and thay've had 6 converts but some have l e f t

to

join with ano ther

congregation. They

are

esp ecia lly a ctiv e try in g to reach

non-Chri st ian prospects and

f ier ing

up some

luke

-warm

vrethern of

various

con

gregat ions .

They continue as a home church

with

t h e i r Sunday

Lord ' s

supper,

Monday

and

Fri day p raye r meeting, and Wednesday Bible studeis

being

held in the

home of Alex Beckers (seen below

immersing

in the Genk

church - l e f t -

with

Marck,

and Souw looking

on.)

Hopeful ly

t h i s

gives

a

glimpse

a t

the

work

we

helped

begin

i n

the

7 0 s

and

t h a t

though t h e r e

are ups and downs,

God's s p i r i t

i s a t

work-in Belgium

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hav^cng pKayzd bat

knom

notUng the coAH and

tA}cUck{^LLZn i6^

that âvzd kU tiio,

that

yUght.

He

couA4e

thanked

kLf

new

{^Kt^nd,

JeiJ

h

had

beeta

hC6

gua^dtan

angZz.

Thejie. -itvejial othe.^ ivho

had al/>o

pn.ayQ,d HznlU and we. pfiaUt God tht nztuooKk

oi ChvUtlam

who

uphM kan at

thu time,. We hope

thU

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thz

tmpoAtancz

kazping

aathotheji btiofiz God'.6 thKont ojJ

g/tace

at

all

tant6.

Vou.

juJit navzK

knouj

whzn ômtonz

may

be

tn

^pzctat nzzd but anablz to cM ioK hzZp.

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o^ thz

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o tho^z hzafUng tht6 6ton.y wa^: Vou can 4ee

how

God

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pzoplo,

to pKotndt

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havtng

pKayzd ôK Hznkt*6 opzJia-

tlon. Though we

hadn t bzzn ablz to notify you bzôKz oi tkU, m

hopz you'll

AzmzmbzA.

we e alwa^4 tn thz

WEEP o^j pnayzfil

Praise HIM with us that Henki is

st i l l

with us

and

in His service.

And again,

we

can

bul; THANK

YOU

for

forming with

others the

band

of faith-

ful supporters of

our

work here in Belgium.

We're working

on

plans

to

be

in the States this

summer to thank you personally s o extra prayers, funds and preperations for

this are

going to be indispensable.

We

long for

you

with the

affection

of Jesus

Christ,


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(IS

a

^ :A

m

A

TRUE

F A MT L y

BY THE TIME YOU READ

THIS, John

Mark s h o u l d

be in

the

S t a t e s

vis i t ing

some

of

o ur s up po rt er s,

an d

making

f i n a l

p r e p e r a t i o n s for a year

of

B ible C ollege. H e s

t aken

an

updated

an d re

vised

v ersio n o f th e

89-90 sl i d e report, pre

pared

origional ly

with

th e

h elp of Gene an d

I l a h

Thompson. In we not only include a

l i t t l e background o f

Belgium s history but how

modern

techonology ef fec t s l i fe in Belgium

bringing

hardships

an d

temptations. These pose

problems

with s p r e a d i n g

th e g os p el, bu t

also

o p en

new

d o o r s

o f

min i s t ry .

We

t e l l

o f

th e

b eg in ni ng s o f

ou r

sp i r i tua l ministry in Belgium

an d look to

th e

f u t u r e

w ith

hopes o f o pp ortu ni

t i e s to

work among d r u g users and p u s h e r s as

well as continued efforts with the Christian congregations. We rejoice i

several

steps foward in the

Genk

congregation, results of Henki s teachin

and our encouragement with this group being realized. We hope and pray a

who share

with

John Mark wi l l be blessed with

h is vis i t

and r e p o r t .

IN THE MEANTIME we ve als o be en w or ki ng on

the possible

vis i t

of

Henki an

or

Mary

Esther

l a ter this year. This will be to

tr y an d

vis i t

the

remain

supporters that John Mark won t be

able

to vis i t . As y o u l l se e from the

enclosed letter there are also

some

unforseen changes in our fowarding ag

situation. A trip^to the States

will

have to be combined with finalizing

these

changes and

joining partnership

with a

congregation

and

new

fowardi

agent s) according to th e L or d s l ea di ng .

We

fervently ask your prayers

to u nd erg ird us as d e c i s i o n s an d p l a n s w i l l be made tha t wi l l have a

b e a r

on

the

future

of

the m ission

in

Belgium for

Christ an d

our l ives in His

servic

HENKI

--

besides

many contacts

with drug

adicts

and pushers has been stud

ing up on how to find

better

methods to

minister

to and with these peop

He s g ot te n a cq ua in te d with government people

who

help guide him while

he s

get t ing

i n v o l v e d w ith a brand new

area

o f serv ice . He is a lso tu r

ing his mind to expanding

th e

Jule M iller

slide

study to

include more

a

Jesus

l ife and teachings and

get

i t revised and

u sa bl e a ga in .

JOHN MARK - - besides spending much

time,

ef f o r ts and coming up with ideas

to get the new

slid e

report of ou r work in Belgium ready, ha s been con

c e n t r a t i n g

on

g e t t i n g

everything

ready

for

h is

t r ip to th e

S t a t e s

for

a

year

of

Bible College. He s taken

a year

of leave

from

his

job and

ho

to

be

able to p re pa re h im se lf for

whatever

ministry

the Lord may

lead

him i n t o in the f u t u r e . He a ls o co ntin ues to have Bible s t u d i e s in h is

home

M onday s and

i s h e a d in g up

anot her

Youth

weekend in

Genk

a t

th e

time o f

th is

w r i t i n g ,

JAMES - - brought

a hand

made chess

board back

from

India

fo r

his

good

frie

Rudy, of the Leuven church. This was a completly unexpected tr ip , bu t

since his Roland grandparents who we d not seen in four

years)

helped

towards the e xp enses we decided

i t

was an opportunity not

to

be missed.

He s been working hard on

the

pond, yard and walk-in bird cage

behind

o

home in Genk whenever he ha s free time from his st udi e s.

He is

ooing

to

miss h is bro th er the

year h e s in

the

St at es

but

ha s

offered

to

help

care fo r his dog Joy

during

his

absence

so

is

developing good

character

Pray

he

may a l s o

devel ope

a

per s onal

re la t ion

w ith Je su s

an d

make a

dec i s i on to fo l low

Him

a s

M a s t e r and Savior .

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If.oi:

i (Cl)ri

^{frSj KiVftara

l/unijj-

?.pe.Khoi6VLn.at 75

i 00 G5^

and

their

families.

We've

found

ourselves caring 1 Si

for her chickens and

cat

as well as

transporting

'

folks to church in her absence PLUS

carino for

-

John Mark's

dog

and keeping his

home

clean and ' '' ' l

usable

for such th ings

as

youth

weekends and

visitors from the States. John Mark

was

able

tospend

a few days with these

families in Peachtree City, Georgia since had a few days free from his stud

e has written, I

am so

excited with this school. Every day is a complete

firendly, the professors

are

helpful and

the

class

are very intresting, the food is

good.

What

more

can I have? There

isone

Prayep._ I'm taking a full 16 hour

load....

When learning, I ha

especially in English . I also have a hard time con

centrating. So--we re not the

only ones

in

need

of your prayers. If

you ca

share

with

him

in

any

way

we're

sure

you'll

be

blessed

for

your

efforts^

(H

Campus View

Drive,

Lincoln, 111.

sharPd

R ^ Missionary Convention in Wichita,

Kansas

and

on spenSi^g T^anksg?ving'?Sge e'? '

of PhoInix' ^Arf7nna' having

visitors from

the Maryvale church

nnr

Congregation provided the

major

part of

funds

for

?p-rnfnn P^Tchase of a

second

hand computer and printer. hope

to

be

earning soon how to use i t for dif ferent par ts of our work. They are the on

Anr^

helped towards the announced

need

in the Sept.-Oct.

'91 and Mar

-

has'hppn l^^n? I studies so

advance on

thi

nrfr.^ ^ camera has

been

purchased and some of the recording room

from

^np^nf^

^ thus far.)

It

will

be

the

first

time

we've

had

a

deligation

??^p ^ supporting churches actually come to the field and

see

what

excited

and

really

looking foward to this and hope i t

ay be a

time

of mutual blessing and encouragement.

It

will be quite

some

vDu-ft'hP^

for

these

dear

Christians

also,

so-yes,

you guessed

it: w^hope

ou 11 be praying for every aspect of this venture.

SEARCH

for a replacement for Louella as

fowarding

agent has

Se Ld.?= -f- another.

have

persued every channel

Both I

niipfi

fnH S these needs.

in His hand^ Thtc h ^Y^ything we know of to do so are leaving

it

ip r= aspect of our ministry here in BelqLm

an t imagine how we

can

continue ithe

work

unless we can

have

both a

^n ^ = to Channel

our

U.S. funds

and

agent(s) for fowarding

^ handeling

different

things in

the

States.

The

word

is :

p r a y P r a y

PRAY

ALWAYS BEEN A blessing to have so

many

different conore-

and individuals

be

involved in the work of winning

Belgiu

X ihf?p nn f i ' ays-

When

visiting

the

U.S.

Christians

at

sr'9s as

Rescue

the Perishing are sung

know n? presentation.

This song isn't

in the

Dutch

that we

f, but recently the

words

seemed

to describe exactly

what we have

been


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doing

a l l

th ese y ea rs.

As you read the words you

rea l ize they

are

acts

tha

don ' t lend

themselves to picture taking to be

prin ted in

news reports , or

even always

accounts

that can

be

to ld about. Yet God's

kingdom

i s being

l ived

out and

spread

and

strengthened.

Again we

are thankful,

humbled and

encouraged t ha t YOU are

par t

of th i s rescue mission standing behind

us

with

a l l

the dif ferent kinds of support

shown from

month

to month,

year

to year. We hope we can

come

home soon and sing th i s and

other

songs

with

you

one

of

these days.

Unti l

then,

we l l

meet

you

before

the

throne

of grace as we approach Him for the

pe t i t ions

we

jo in

toge ther

to request

o

Him on behalf

of tha t

grea t Kingdom. (Matt. 18:19,20; Heb. 4:16)

3

i:i-/aiSSL

On behalf

of the Belgium

for Christ

r es cu e m is sio n, .

130

T t xmS .C t e s n

Rescue the FerishHng

Vau j j t S . Doakb

kii i; ;i. /h ' : r

w . w

ui i>wu] j r ,ceei UicB

jj e o o r ^ i e a u i a

4. SeS Coe

theper>lsb-iog, do-maodsit;StiQgth{ortb7)a-bartlie

*_ingone, lift

chOd to re-celve; F]eaa\rithtbemcar-n^lT, PleaawnaioemKen-ur:

Riaw cu ro-store;

^ncbed by

a

Io7.iag

heart,Wat-cned by kSd-nS,

lArd villpio-Tide; Back

to

the

oar row way

^.tienMy via

them;

^ t I* P P f t

tbemof Je

Bas

tho loigb t-y to save.

He will for-give if

CSxirdsthat

ai o

Dro>ken

Te

tbepoorvan-d rer a

fov~ lor bias

oa - ly be-lieve. Bes


13/15

BELGIUM;

FOR CHRIST

992

November

Financial

Statement

CONTRIBUTIONS:

Larry Barbara Falish,

Green Bay,

WI

1st Christian

Church

Belleville, IL

Missionary Society, Burnside, IL

Church

of Christ

at

Treaty, Wabash IN

Christian

Church

Peachtree City, G

Russell Shirley

Newell

Michigantown

Maryvale Christian Church

Phoenix

Z

Maryvale Christian Church

Phoenix

Z

Mountain Church of Christ,

Mountain WI

EXPENSES;

Funds transferred to personal account for

ELGIUM

FOR

CHRIST

Funds

transferred

to

TR VEL

EMERGENCY FUND

Funds transferred to EDUCATIONAL FUND

Postmaster

-

Coil

of Stamps

CONTRIBUTIONS

fo r November

Balance on hand

as

of November 1, 1992

EXPENSES

fo r November

Balance on hand as of December

1,

1992

Love Gif t

October

November)

October)

November)

November)

Pledge)

November -

November -

November)

Beacon Class

Fai th Promise)

SPECIAL

SAVINGS

ACCOUNT

FOR

TRAVEL

EMERGENCY FUND

Balance on hand as of

November

1, 1992

Funds

t r an s f e r r ed

to account

Balance

on hand as of December

1,

1992

SPECI L S VINGS CCOUNT FOR EDUC TION L FUNDj

Balance

on

hand

as of November 1,

992

'

Funds t r a n s f e r r e d t o

a c c oun t

Balance

on

hand

as

of December 1, 1992

20.0

400 .0

89 .7

200 . 0

60 .0

8 0 . 0

4 0 . 0

575 .0

15 .0

1479.74

1400.00

25 .00

50 . 00

29 .00

1504 .00

1479.74

39 .99

1519.73

- 1 504 . 00

15.73

1075.00

25 .00

: 1100.00

150.00

50 . 00

200.00

PLE SE M KE CHECK P Y LE TO MED RYViLlE

CHRISTI N

CHURCH N SEND IT TO

LOUELLA ROLLER,

P.O. BOX 164 , BURNETTSVILLE,

INDIANA

47926


14/15

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r f-

AS

WE COME

TO THE ENP i

0 j another, yzafi, yoa

may,

TPîffy

likz a6

be

wond^K-ing *.i _ L ^

we ue 4pen-t 363 ' Whn, ^ S

da^4 do-cng

tKuty

Mofiikohile

tk inQ i i .

T he iv o/ ild

a/ iound

u6 -t i i^/H.ng ^0

conv^nc^

u-6

n / /

0^ wfiat valuable, tfiy-Lngi 2?^^ ^ 55.

to pê-4- ^-( -6 moid-, \ 7

Jj mafe-tng

:Ke

and \ Nov. - Dec. 1992 /

ou.-^

^-ciê

tkd

pfi-iofuXy.

\

News

Report /

(RomaKii

/2:2) 6ci^

wîa^

doe>6 \ /

the gâce

0

J

God

-teach

u4?

It

> ' '

t tachz6 a6

to

-fiat/ NO to ungodl-LnZ66 and worldly pa-i-ii'to

ni,

and to

l i \)z 6zl{i-C-ontfiolled, upfL-iQht and godly liv.4> in th.ii>

pn.z6znt age. (T-ctui 2tn ,12) and to be vzn.y can.z{ûl, tkzn, k

you l-Lve--not

ai>

unw-c-ie but a-i mak-tng the mo6t

o{^

zvdKy

oppofitunity,

because

tfie dayi> a^z Q.vil. TkzAt{ôfie do not be

ôol-L'ih, but und(>^^tand lohat tko.

Lo^d 4

m-lII i6 . {Bpk. 5:15-1

THINKING

BACK OVER 1992 , P au l s

words

in

I I

Cor. 1:8-11

seemed to

be a

perfect description

of

the

year. We do no t want you

to

be

uninformed,

brothers, about t he hardships we endured in . . . .

We

were under great pressur

far beyond our ability to endure, so that we

despaired

even of l i fe . Indeed

in

our hearts

we f e l t t he s en tenc e of death.

Bu t

th is happened

tha t

we

might

not

rely

on

ourselves

but

on

God,

who raises

the

dead.

He

has

de

livered us from

such

a

deadly peri l ,

and he will

deliver us. On

him we

have

set our

hope

that

he

will continue to deliver us, as

you help us by

your

prayers. Then many will give thanks on our behalf for the gracious favor

granted us

in

answer to the

prayers

of many. Then looking back over a few

other

years reports, i t seemed a

reoccuring

theme was

the

hardship and su f

ferings we'd faced each year. The thought came of Jesus and

that although

he

was

a son, he

learned

obedience from what he

suffered.

(Heb.

5:8) If

we too learned obedience as a result of a l l the suffering i t would

be worth

it ll

In the

last three

reports this year we've made mention

of

what seemed

strange

and

coincidental

contacts with many people

of the

drug-world.

Again, looking

back

over

past

reports i t was discovered to be a

re

occuring theme

since

1989

It

was as

i f

God

was

confronting

us with a

problem,

planting

an idea

in

our mind,

conditioning

us

fo r His

plans,

trying

to te l l

us something When

we

f irs t told of plans

to leave

Opglabbeek and move to Genk,

i t

was with uncertainty,

NOT

really

KNOWING why,

but

we

felt

lead of

Him

and

rested

in the truth of

Jere.

28:11, For I

know the

plans I have for you. ..plans

to

prosper

you

and not to harm you, plans to give you a hope

and

a future.

We didn t

know

the plans. . the future, but

they

are

b-e-g-i-n-n-i-n-g to become

clear

now.

3(-or: (Clirist

Pfcnii Tkktrtacrv yamifj ^l

PzpQ.^ho{,6tAaat 75

3600 GEfJK

Nov. - Dec .

1992

News Report


15/15

THE REACTION

TO

DRUG ADICT5 of

most

of the

buisness

people

Henki's gotten

to know the past^ .

years

in

the Genk shopping centers

is

discriminatibn

and rejection. They

have forbidden many

of these drugs people on their

premises

but told Henki he's welcome but

not

his companions.

Sometimes i t is understandable, as they hold up

th,e

use of the toilets, ruin the reputation

of the

shop and

the like.

Yet,

they are

humans

in need of

food,^vyarmth

and understanding--

maybe

more than

the

average person.

Henki

spends

time

talking

with them, trying

to

give

them

love and concern while influencing them to try another life-style, and has even been able to

convince

some

to go for treatement. All the while he's trying to better

understand

the

general problem

and

how best to apply Scirptures to their situations.

EVEN CHRISTIANS ARE USUALLY apprehensive or even repulsed by this strata of society.

Much of

this is probably

because of ignorance and,not realizing the scope of the

^,.4

need

and

problem

and thinking i t s not in my

world

of existance but far

away. Once

it is

discovered to be right in

your own

back yard you're

forced with a decision.

What

you

do

about i t

is

the

same

as the various

reactions of the passers-by of the

man

going down from Jerusalem to

Jericho in Jesus' parable of Luke 11:30-35. W11|

we

pass

by

on the

other side or as the Samaritan take pity on them? Henki's

been^

having

to think about this a

lot

lately. Admitedly for us at

first, i t

didn t

soak

through

and we

didn't see the need or take the

time,

being so in

volved with church

work.

But the

more

you

come

in contact with

them

the more

i t

soaks through

Finally, as

Henki

explains, he

began

to realize

they

really

need

help and because of past

experience

in counseling

within

the church he automatically began to

search

for the solution

to their struggle for their souls are valuable.

Because

of

being

moved

with

compassion

we

feel

we

must minister to these people the best

we can.

Maybe our^past 20 years with the

church-planting/nurturing situation was simply preperation for this step...

IT

MAY BE

we

will loose friends, our reputation or

even

support because of our

compassion

and

decision. Yet

we

know

we

are bound by love

and

obedience to spread the word of

God.

This

is

for

two

impor tant reasons :

1.

It is

living

and

active.

Sharper

than any

double-edged sword, it

penetrates even to

dividing

soul

and spirit, joints

and marrow; it judges

the

thoughts and

attitudes of

the

heart. (Heb. 4:12) i. ^ i.

-n

2. So

is

my

word

that goes out from my

mouth.

It will not return to

me empty,

but will

accomplish

what

I

desire

and achieve

the

purpose

for which

I

sent

it.

(Is.

55:11)

Vôn't

you join us to cast your bread upon the waters for after many days you will find

it again.

(Ecc. 11:1)?? We cannot

but

continue

to

follow

His

guidance

in

obedience,

though

we

don't

know

the

details of

the

purpose it

will

accomplish

but

pray

that

it

be

to

the

glory

of

His name and kingdom.

AGAIN WE

ARE FTLLEP OlITH

THANKS iafi

yo(ii\

conce/Ln ô/i lo4>t in

SulQ-ium

and

zipzciatZu iko.

aA.ea-4 aA.ou.rtd

Genfe, and jou.fi pafLtnZfi^h-ip u -Lih.

u

-crt tA.y-inQ

to be a

liQht in

thz

dafLknz6 we

înd

hzAz. Jt 6

been a ha^d yzafi,

bat

^thzn

wie'we Izafimd lz^4>on^ obzdizncz and atiz tfia^ting guidance. That ^

a

tfLza6u.fLZ

iofi ztZKnity. Mat/ thi^ newi and

thz

ôlloioing

wo/idî

zncoufiagz

and motivatz you

aii

you Zook to anotkzfi lyzah. af^ ZivinQ 6acfiiîcz^,

hoZy

and

pZza4)ing

to God'-uthich i6

youA.

^pifiituaZ

MOfi^hip. (Rom.

12:1)

whzfizuzfL

you may înd you/L6zl^

in

1993 .

Redeem tkz

t imz--God onZy fenow4

Hom 6oon oufi tt z l iftZ may

cio^z

^ A4 z\JZfiy

pa^îng

momznt

a

With

alZ. it'(> pZza6an.Z'6

and

i t woz^.

m - -

non

Gfm zting6 in the namz o^

thz MOST

PRECIOUS,

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boonaerts henki maryesther 1992 belgium

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