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VOLUME V

JANUARY-MAY

1992

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C a t

NUMBER 1

A LESSED GRANDMOTHER

What blessings

I

have

received from knowing Victoria

Cardoso.

She was one of th e first to take

me

under her

wing

when

I a rr ived In

Portugal.

My

sister

also found a

place

in

her heart

and she

always

asked about

my family in

the S tates and

how

things

were

for

them. When

my

grandmother

died

Grandma

Victoria

was

right by my side praying hugging

and

holding me up both emotionally

and

spiritually. Our heavenly

Father

gave

us something

special and I

am proud

to be a granddaughter of

Victoria.

Grandma

Victoria was very

sick the past

few

months and

Iwould like to

ask

for

prayer

for

her

family. Grandma Victoria died at 3:45

am

on May 18th.

She

had surgery

and

did not recover. Her

family and the

church

family

were

at

he r

side continually the pas t few

weeks.

Victoria was a fighter and

a

very strong

dedicated Christian lady who

wanted more

than anything to

see her

entire family serving

th e

risen

Christ. Please pray for

her

family.


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AN

EASTER I WON T SOON FORGET

The leadership here had planned a week of Consecration which would begin on the Wednesday before

Eas ter and end

Easter Sunday.

The

youth

made

up the

drama

club called

Alpha and Omega and

they

started planning a program for that week. Iwas asked to

sing Via

Doloroso and they

planned

to

portray

the scene through drama.

One thing led to

another

and

before we

knew it we had a fifteen

minute presentation.

I wrote

some

thoughts down of what might have happened in those

three

days

while

Christ

was

in

th e

tomb. What

did

the

disciples

do? Where were

all of His followers?

What

did

the

future

hold for

e ch

one

The

results of

the

presentation were overwhelming. The entire group learned, cried,

and

rededicated

their livesduring the presentation. Ittouched each of us ina special and unique way. There were many

barriers to overcome, but we were on the WINNING side The Sunday before Easter Ibegan losing my

voice and by Wednesday was talking in the basement and didn t have much volume at all. I prayed all

day

and the

team

prayed with me as did the drama group. With the help of a microphone and the heal

ing power of the Lord Jesus, we presented the play and Isang. What a

night

We presented the play

again

on Sunday

and

It

was

even better. The youth did a fantastic job

and are

to be

commended.

ll

glory

and

praise to

our

Lord and Savior


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AMERICAN

CHRISTIAN INTERNATIONAL

ACADEMY

Meet four of my ESL English as a S econd Language) s tu dent s all from the s econd grade. Rodrlgo

Katayama is from Brazil.

Joong

Kyu Kang is from Korea. Daniel Katayama is Rodrigo s little brother.

Luana Hayes is

from razil

and England. I have really enjoyed my classes this year and have gotten to

know the students a little better. I also teach Rodrigo s

and

Daniel s si ster , Ta ma ra , who is in fifth

grade.

I have a kindergarten class, a first grade class, second, third,

and

fifth grade

classes.

Needless

to say I keep busy. We meet every morning and then I have Music two afternoons a week.

The fellowship with the teachers and staff is great fun and very encouraging as

well

We are losing

s om e of our t each ers this year as they return to the S tates to continue their careers. We are praying

and trusting in the Lordto bring those whom He has

se t

aside for the next school year. Please pray with

us

Speaking of schools, Ialso

coached

at St. Julians this year. This is a British school

and

I really enjoy the

company of the fellow

coaches and

team

members.

I

coached

basketball

again

this year and

had

a

great

time. I

also had the

opportunity to do quite a bit of

referee

work.


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LIFE

IN

GENERAL

I am

looking

forward to spend ing the summer

and early fall in the

States

and will be seeing

many of you during that time. I have

so

much

to

share , and the

different

ways that

th e

Lord

is working In ou r lives

and that

of His

church

here in

Carcavelos

is exciting

There h as been much

time spent

in the

last

two

months

on

practices and

jam sessions

to get ready for recording time as

the

Fifes

and

Fernando

Cunha and myself recorded

our first cassette tape together. If all

goes

well, 1 should be bringing several to

the

States with me. If you are interested in ob

taining a copy, please contact my forwarding

agents. The

cassette

is in Portuguese but we

know that God can use it in a special

way.

We

give

Him th e Glory and Honor

I still have some time available for speaking

dates during my furlough. Please contact the

Mitchel ls

for detai ls

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Lynn

Oakley

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Greetings once again from Carcavelos, Portugal. After three

months

in the USA I

am

back home.

The

summer

was very busy

but also

very

encouraging.

One of the high

l ights of my

furlough was

my

last

day in the States which happened to be my

birthday.

Yes,

I

turned

35 There were many wonderful surprises and great fellowship with

family

and friends.

I didn't even mind adding another year I even

wore

the

shirt

announcing,

Aging

Graysfully 35 The Lord has b lessed me beyond

words and

I

just

pray

that I

may

serve Him faithfully.


6/12

SUMMER

99

Psa lms 108:1-5

Praises to

God

our ather The summer passed so

quickly

but Iwas so blessed and encouraged.

Much of my time was

spent

presenting the work of Portugal Christian Mission to different churches

camps and individuals. Ihad the privilegewithevery presentation to use the giftGod has given me

In

singing. How I love to praise the Lord in song giving Him the glory and honor due His name.

The summer s ta r ted off

with a few days with my

family when we did some

resting shopping

and

catching up on family

affairs. My first

week

of

camp was in

Indiana

at

Scen ic Hills. Dave

Eichenberge r was

the

dean and

we

had

a

great

week. Imade many new

friends

and enjoyed

working with the whole

staff. I not only taught

on Missions but-also-

had

a music group. They

performed

Awesome

God the

last evening

and did a great job.

Cheri Doug Cindy Oakley


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I also had the opportunity to share with my family

the

work in Portugal.

August

7th we celebrated my grand

father s 81St birthday with a family reunion inVestaburg

Ml. Everyone was present and we had a great time.

I

spoke

at the

church

on Sunday

and

it was

great

to

be

among family and friends.

There was

also

time for

some

relaxing moments with my

immediate family.

We

had a couple of cook-outs. Itwas

fantastic to spend time with my brother and sister and

just

goof-off

together. They each have someone

special

in their lives

and

I was happy to ge t to

know

them tool

As 1 started

out

saying, I was richly

blessed - how true I would

like

to

take this opportunity to thank

each

and every one who had a part in

making this pas t summer th e great

est. Those

who opened their homes-

hospitality unmatchable anywhere;

those who fed me - you made gaining

weight fun; those who

contributed

financially throughout

the

summer

and monthly; my supporting churches

for

their

continued

support;

my

friends for their encouraging words;

those who provided transportation for

the summer;

bu t most

of

all

fo r

al l

of

your

prayers.

Thank you

PRAISE - for safety in travel through

ou t the sum mer and the

return to Portugal.

- for a great time with family

and friends, and for the

many new friends I met.

PRAYER

- fo r

the church he re

in

Carcavelos

which

is grow

ing in

number and

in spirit.

- for my new apartment and

final

arrangements.

- for

th e purchase

of a

com

puter to

be used in

our

work

here

- for th e preparations to be

made

fo r

the MISSION

9

Conference

in

Holland.

-

for

continued

heal th and

energy

to

continue

my

work here


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Throughout the summer

I

made

many

new

contacts and made

many new

friends.

One

family in

particular really

blessed

my life

with their hospitality and avail

ability. Dr. Mike

and Mary Jones

along

with

their children were an

encouragement to me. They

opened their

home many times for

me to stay in

between speaking

engagements.

Thank

you Mike

Mary

Meredyth

and

Mark.

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Lynn

Oakley

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December - February

G race an d

pea c e

to each o f you in

th e

name o f

ou r

Lord

Jesus

Christ

I e cho

th e

v e r y word s o f Paul in h is

letter to Philemon

when he wro t e , I a lways t h a nk

my

God a s ' I r emembe r you in

my p r a y e r s . I

c an change th e l a s t

par t . -

o f t h a t v e r s e to

r e a d as fo l lows; b e c a u s e I h e a r a b o u t yo u r f a i th In

t h e

Lord J e s u s and ( fe e l ) yo u r

l ove

f o r

(irte a n d ) all t h e

s a i n t s . (Phi lemon

1)

What

a b l e s s i ng Thank

you

Wow How t ime

f l i es .

Where did J a n u a r y and Feb ru a r y

go? Seems

l ike

l

J u s t

t u r n e d

a r ound

and ' , t h e ho l i days were

o v e r and

th e

new y e a r

had begun .

Whew

So

much h a s

happened

s i n c e my l a s t

p r a y e r

l e t t e r . Allow me t o s p end a

few

minutes

with

you

a s

I

s h a r e

th e

d i f fe r . en t ac t iv i t i e s

o f

J anua r y and

Feb ru a r y , 1992, a s

well

a s December o f 1991.

(You may

wan t to

have a cup

o f co f f e e a s

you

read Don't

forget to

of fe r

some

to

me -


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Cindy arrived on the

27th

of December and her eleven

days

In fortugai were packed full of

different

events, some

o f which were new

exper iences fo r both o f us. Chicken

and

pork cooxed on

the open

fire of a f ire place

(potatoes too)

we're

pa r t

o f an

anniversa ry

celebration. An all day trip to

Seslmbra'

with AntOnIo

and

Concelgao

Parda l

was

ano the r

outing. tPf

course we enjoyed time by ourselves

tool

It was

really a

joy

to

have her

here

and

to participate and see

the

work

f i r s t

hand.

Every time

we

a re

t oge t he r I

realize how

very blessed I am to have a s i s te r who suppor t s and

encourages me in everything. (Reaiiy a whole family )

Cindy also got a taste of

late

nights

as

we celebrated

New Year s . Eve

t oge the r

with th e church family he r e In

Carcavleos. we even played baske tba l l

a t

t h r e e in th e

morning.

Crazy? ?

you

better believe it it was a great

evening as

we sang, prayed, and met around the

Lord's

table.

What a

way to

s t a r t the new year we drank

hot

chocolate

and a te d if fe re n t goodies t h r oughou t th e r e s t o f th e

evening.

.We

called

Mom

and

Dad

at

four-thirty

or so to

wish

them

a

Happy

New

Year and finally went to bed around

f ive- th i r ty , i t was

worth every single minute too

It

was reai iy hard

fo r Cindy

to leave Por tuga l th i s

time. However, she

knows

how much everyone

here

loves her

and

sh e will

be

back.

She

was also able to see and

feel

the

love

t ha t my family he re in

Portugal

shows and gives to me

so

freely.

From

him

th e

whole body, Joined

and held

together by

every

supporting ligament, grows

and

builds

i tself

up- in

love, as each par t does i ts work. (Eph.

-1:16)

We took Cindy *

to

the airport on January 6th

to

re turn

to

the

Sta t e s

and

picked

up

a

Brazilian couple from

Deriani 's

home

town o f ^oibnia . What a pleasure

to have

Luis

and

SedOnia

with u s fo r

a

s ho r t t ime. School

also

s t a r t e d

again on th e

sixth and s o everyone was really busy the r e s t of

the

week.

The 9th,

10th

and n th o f January

found

the

PCM

team

(Dick and

Sarah

Roblson, Robert

and

Deriani Fife

and

myself)

away from Carcaveios in a leadership r e t r ea t .

Praise be to

God f o r - His f a i t h fu lnes s and

mercy .

During a l i t t le more

than

fo r ty -e igh t

hours we

prayed,

fas t ed , planned, cr ied ,

shared , discussed

and

prayed some more seeking God's

guidance fo r

the work

here

In

Portugal.

We

re turned to

Carcave ios with plans fo r 1992 and ideas and t en t a t i ve

plans

fo r 1993

-

and

beyond .

It was

time

well

s p e n t

and

God

blessed

us all i i -special ways.

The-,

. f i r s t two months o f 1992 have

gone

ve ry

well

even

though

the re

have been those t rying times t h a t bring fo r th

pat ience

and perseverance .

One

of those times was th e

closing o f .

th e church

in

Rio de Mouro.

i t

was a

ve r y

di f f icu l t dec is ion to

make,

bu t

a f t e r much p ray e r , f a s t ing

and tear^f ^.the team along with the

congregation

here in

Carcaveids -agreed upon the closing. But, our God Is an

awesome .-Ogd

..and

has continued to

show

His will

to

His

children.... Tlid doors of the

church

closed,

but

the Lord has

brought -His ^sheep

back

into the fold.

One such

example is

that

of.-De vld .-Braz;

who

has

returned

and is working

very

hard

In di f fe ren t

act ivi t ies

of the church . We cont inue

to

praise the. Lord fo r

His

understanding and patience

with

us

H is

hildren


11/12

The chu r ch is growing bo th In sp i r i t

and

In

number .

F iv e m o re

I nd i v i dua l s we r e b a p t i z e d in the

middle

o f

D e c e m b e r , I n c lu d in g Chr i s t l anne Fife . ( s e c o nd d a u g h t e r

o f

Robe r t

and

Der iani ) Th e r e a r e o t h e r s w h o have e xp r e s s e d

t h e de 's i re t o k n o w m o r e o f

th i s

n e w l i fe

in J e s u s Chr i s t

and

we a re s tudy ing

w ith

them o n a

one to

one ba s i s .

Isn t

our

God

g r e a t ?

The end

o f J a n u a r y

was

p r e t t y t ough

f o r

me personal ly

a s i was d o w n In

b e d )

fo r ove r a w e e k a n d m i s s e d eight day s

o f schoo l . I In ju red

my

back

and

I t w as v e r y

pa in fu l

t o

m o v e to any

posi t ion.

Thankyou to D r . Lyie G r e n z an d to all

t h o s e w h o o ff e re d p ra ye rs in my beha l f , i r e t u rn ed to

s c h o o l

th e

10 th

o f

Feb r u a r y . I began th e c a t ch ing up w i t h th e

.

chu r ch

work and

c o r r e s p ond e n c e

a s well, i s t a y ed w i t h

th e

^ F l f e

kids

over valentine s

Day weekend so

that Robert an d

Derlan I cou ld

c e le b r a t e th ei r

nth weddiny

a n n i v e r s a r y

away

from home.

the

^ids

^n d

i had a

great

time

-O * /

Each and

e v e r y day

b r i ng s

s o m e t h i n g

now

a n d

u n e x p e c t e d ,

b u t

I t h a n k

G o d con t i r iua l iy for

r e n ewed

strength that

I

m a y

c a r r y

o u t t h a t to w h i c h i have been c a l l e d .

Doo r s

a r e

opening u p f o r n e w a r e a s

o f

w o r k he r e in ou r m i ds t an^l we

a r e v e r y

encou r aged

w i t h t h e poss ib i l i t i es .

T he c h u r c h h a s

t a k e n th e

first

steps In e s t ab l i s h i ng a

C h r i s ti a n

Boo k s t o r e .

wi th the assistance

of

LlFC^VIda

Publ ishers , we have

been

a b l e to

have an

e x p o s i t i o n o f

b o o k s

he r e

at

th e

chu r ch

f o r

people t o

choo s e

and

o r d e r . I am

r e s p on s i b l e

a s t h e c o n t a c t p e r s o n

with

V I d a f o r t h i s

end eavo r .

I

was able

to

a t t e n d

a

l uncheon

m e e t i n g

spon so r ed

by

VIda on t h e

29 th o f Feb rua r y which

was a

new and

r eward ing expe r i e n c e . The membe r s a r e h a ppy with t h e

s e l e c t i on o f b o o k s w e h a v e

offered

I h a v e p u r c h a s e d

s ev e r a l fo r my ow n l ibrary and

rea l ly e n j oy

r ead ing In

P o r t u g u e s e .

A s I m a k e

p l an s f o r

my

f u r l ough t h i s

summer

( Ju ly

-

Sep tember , 1992) , I a sk fo r you r p r aye r s . Al s o

r e m e m b e r

the

Fife

family

who will b e re tu rn ing to

Bra z il

d u r i n g th e s a m e

time to r e po r t

to

th e i r chu rches t he re . We

a re

a l ready

p la n n in g

th e

t r i ps

and schedules

a re

b e i n g

m a d e a s

well

a s

p repa ra t ion

w ith

l e s sons ,

v i d e o

t a p e s ,

c a s s e t t e s ,

e t c .

1 9 9 2 Is o f f to

_a

g r e a t start

and I am e x c i t e d with w h a t

th e Lord

h a s planned f o r

u s h e re In

Por tuga l . W o n t you

s h a r e

t h a t

exc i temen t

w i t h

m e ? i

would

l o v e

t o s e e each o f

you t h i s s u m m e r , bu t k n o w t h a t

time

Is limited. Howeve r ,

..A

TU.. please

contact .Bob

an d

Bonnie Mitchell if you are Interested

In a

t im e to s h a r e w ith

y o u

th e

f an t a s t i c th ings t h a t a re

h a p p e n i n g wit/i PCM a n d

th e

Igreja d e Cris to

(Cr l s t a ) In

V Portugal.


12/12

raise

G od

wi t h me for

... a g r e a t

holiday

s e a son and v is i t

with Cindy;

.. . a

quick

r e c o v e r y

with

my back ;

... th e growth we have s een in th e las t few months, and fo r

David

Braz

and

h is

willingness

to s e rv e :

... th e l eadersh ip

r e t r e a t

in

Janua ry :

my

f a i th fu l s uppo r t e r s

and p r aye r

pa r t n e r s .

A sk God

b e l i e v i n g

.. .

fo r

th e

plans o f

1992 and th e new a r e a s

o f

service;

.. . fo r my fur lough p repa ra t i ons a s well as th e r i f e s ;

.... fo r

th e

f inances

to secure an

apar tment of

my

own;

.... fo r i n c reased

f inancial

su p po r t ( th e pr ices cont inue to

r i se

and th e exchange r a t e has dropped making i tems

e v e n h i g h e r ) ;

....

fo r

Por tuga l

and

th e government

and

changes t h a t a re

being

made

a s

t hey en t e r th e Common Market ;

....

fo r ou r

d i f f e r e n t

discipieship

programs

and th e f inal

pr in t ing

o f A Peace

T r e a t y

With God which

will

be

u s ed

a s

a

t oo l

in

evange l i sm.

For we do no t

have

a high p r i e s t

who

is

unable to

s ympa t h i z e with o u r weakne s s e s , bu t we have one who h a s been

t emp ted in e v e r y

way, J u s t

a s we a re

ye t

was without

sin.

L e t u s t h e n a p p r o a c h t h e t h r o n e o f

g r a c e

with

conf idence , s o t h a t we may rece ive mercy and f ind g race to

help u s in ou r time o f need.

(Heb.

^:15,16)

i will c lose th i s

smal l

ep i s t l e s end i ng my love

and

p r aye r s . May God

cont inue

to

bless you richly t h roughou t

th e

n e x t week s and months , i

hope

to hea r

from you o r

meet

with

you

in

th e

summer . Remember ,

love

is

o u r

card Are

you show ing

i t

proud ly? Unti l

n e x t

time

in

h is Se rv i c e

and

love ;

S-CA.

oakley cheri 1992 portugal

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