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MISSION SERVICES ASSOCIATION

PERSONAL FILE FORM

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( Page - 2 - Oakley

To

Portugal - June 24,80 W M

fo r

e te rna l

l i feo I

hope to

begin

by teaching English and using

the

Bi ble

as

our

t e x t hooko

We want

th e

Por tugese

people

to know Christ as we know Hinia

She i s recominended by th e e lde r s o f

The

Chris t ian

Church Heyworth I l l

Also

Bob

Mitchell

of Bloomington I l lo

and Pro fe s so r Dick Robison o f JBC

recommefld

her highly

Funds nay be

sent to Portugal Chris t ian Mission

or

Cheri L. Oakley

Missionary

in

care

o f he r forward ing

agent s

Wayne and Mrs

Linda

Cowan, Rt 1

heyworth, IL

61745

phone 309)

473-3378 Watch Horizons fo r her


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RECOMMENDATIONS:

From chairman of church board Heyworth

Christian Church Heyworth IL

From my close assoc ia tion with

Cheri

over the past ten years I believe he r

to

be a

dedicated

Christian young

woman

having been faithful to the teaching of our

Lord

I can recommend

he r

highly

th e

world needs more

l ike her

From a long time friend Robert Mitchell

Our

family has

known Cheri

for

ten years

an d

consider her to be a

fine

Christian

woman.

She was a

strong

witness for

Christ during

her high school years in our

community I am convinced that she will

do

h er b est

to be a

credit

to

he r

Lord in

mission work and her utmost goal will be

to present Christ to those she comes in

contact

with

From Professor of

Missions

at Johnson

Bible

College Richard

Robison

I t is with high anticipation that I recom

mend Cheri Lynn Oak ley to

the

mission

field of Portugal Cheri is an honor

grad

uate from J oh ns on w it h a Bible-Missions

specialty She is a diligent student and

hard worker. She has had some practical

experience in that she spent a term with

he r

f amily in

Africa and

also

went

on

an

internship to Brazil in the summer of 1979

Cheri

is worthy of your support.

CHERI L OAKLEY


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Cheri Lynn

Oakley

was bo rn

on

October

1,

1957

at Winslow,

Arizona

to

Vernon

an d

Kathryn

Oakley. Sh e became

a

Christian

while

serving

with

her

family as a missionary

in Zambia,

Africa.

Cheri

graduated from

Heyworth

High School,

Heywor th , IL

i n 1 975

a nd f rom Johnson Bible

College, Knoxville, TN in 1980.

She

is doing

her graduate

work

at William

Carey

Inter

national Univers i ty , Pasadena ,

CA

and will

receive he r

Masters

in Teach ing Eng li sh a s

a Second

Language.

She

hopes to

arrive

in Lisbon,

Portugal

during

th e

summer

of 1981. He r

co-workers

in

Lisbon

will

b e R i ch ar d

a nd S ar ah

Robison.

Her p rima ry work will be t ea ch ing Eng li sh

on a private level

and

then

into th e

public

school

system.

She

will

be involved in Bible

Correspondence, language training, and

door-

to-door evangelism.

And whatsoever you

do in

word

or in

deed,

do

all

in th e name of th e

Lord

Jesus, giving

thanks

to

God,

the

Father,

through

Him.

'T can do all t hings through

Christ

which

strengthens

me.

MY NEEDS:

YOUR PRAYER SUPPORT

As I go to Portugal and faithfully obey

His command. He has left me with the pro

mise, Lo, I am wi th

you

always, e ven unt o

the

end of the world. During the difficult

times

I will lean upon His promise as I carry

ou t His

will

fo r

my life. In Romans

Paul

a sked, Now

I beseech you, brethren, for

th e Lord Jesus Chris t sake,

and

fo r th e love

of

the

Spirit, that you

s t rive together

with

me in your prayers

to

God

f or m e.

I need

your prayer

support

Some

ar e n ot a ble

to

give financial support, but ALL can give

the ir prayers.

YOUR FINANCIAL SUPPORT

Living Link Salary

Se rv ic e L ink

Field

ministry

expenses

(postage,

printing,

tracts,

office

material,

Bibles,

Bible

correspondence,

news

le t te rs, t ravel)

Furlough

& Emergency Fund

Housing

Medical & Life Insurance

Ret i rement

450.00

450.00

50.00

350.00

1

50.00

TOTAL MONTHLY SUPPORT. 1,450.00

Relocation

Fund 1,200.00

MY

FORWARDING AGENTS:

Wayne and

Linda Cowan,

Heyworth,

IL

have

graciously consented to be my forwarding

agents.

Both

ar e ded icat ed Chri st ians and

interested in world-wide evangelism.

Al l

funds

an d

contributions should

be

sent

to PORTUGAL CHRISTIAN MISSION

in

care of my forwarding agents.

FORWARDING

AGENTS

Wayne

& Linda Cowan

R.R .

#1

Heyworth , IL 61745

Telephone: (309) 473-3378

MISSIONARY

RECRUIT

Cheri L. Oakley

P .O . B ox 57 6

Heyworth, IL 61745

Telephone:

(309) 473-2081

oakley cheri 1980 portugal

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