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PORTUGAL y

PROFESSOR

VOLUME 6

MARCH 1993 NUM

For Christ s love .compels us, because we

are

convinced

that

one died for all and

al l died 2 Corinthians 5:14 .

ask me

about ^

MlSSm93

Over 7500 participants from more than 23 countries converged on Utreque, Holl

the 28th of December. I was among those that arrived,

full

of excitement, but also

tired. We had three large tour buses that

left Lisbon

or Porto around 11:00 pm

th

and

drove straight through

to Holland, arriving

around

11:00

am the

28th.

What

an

ience

to

be

with

so

many different nationalities and all praising

God

in their own lan

WOW

The congress was

all in English

and

then translated

into

more than

17 d

languages.

The

time of praise in

each session

was awesome as we

sang

in

our ow

uages.

Chills

ran

up

and down

my spine

as

I

listened

to

the praise

of my

brothers and

from th e e as te rn

bloc countr ies .


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They sang and prjiisedGod

freely

and

without

fear. The tears

rolled

as they joined hands an

How Great Thou Art- I definitely received many blessings throughout the week. I can als

Our God is an Awesome God with more conviction and meaning than ever before.

ire

was so much happening at once that

it

was hard

to

choose what to attend We

all

star

îth

a morning BibleStudy on2 Corinthians 5:9-21. The leader was

Ajith

Fernado

from

Sri

'êat I

worked

with a

group

called

Oasis which

had counselors from every

country

repres

Ho spend time with those needing to talk or having questions I spent several hours w

t e m

A/orksh^s occupied the afternoon

and

were well attended. Sêral different areas

and

topic

explored through these hour and a half meetings There was also an exhibition hall

where

disp

different

missions/colleges etc

were

set up. There were over 170 missionary organizations

p

5*^

Tmet many newfriendsand twoare in Portugal. Stacie Smedley isworking inthe north and G

Is here to learn Portuguese. He leaves in March to go to Mozambique

with

Mission Aviation Fel

MAF . Our picture was taken in the MAF booth.

Sleepingwas notsomething wedid a

lot,

but Iwas impressedwith the accommodations. The

tory was a huge

hall

in

which

they had placed mats in rowsand we all chose one to be our h

the week. There were over 2000 girls/women in one place. Interesting to say the least.


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Robert was

one

of the

main translators and he

slept on a

boat.

It was really neat. The capta

Christian and

in

th e

spring/summer

he uses the boat

for tours and evangelism

down the ca

Utreque.

^

It was very cold outside, but very warm inside.

The

Spirit was moving in a powerful way. Man

their lives to missionary service on Thursday night and we all rejoiced as we

prayed

in

the

ne

on Friday. Brother Andrew proposed two questions

as

we

entered

the new year: Do we wan

the answers to our own prayers? and Dowe want our hearts to be broken with the things tha

God s hear t ? Wow

The unity among Croatians, Subians and Slovenes

as

they prayed together at ivnucion 93 w

tastic. We

were

all FAMILY there and God was

present

and

pleased.

A long trip back to Portugal ended our few days away and we arrived on the 3rd of January,

were full of enthusiasm and ready to meet the new year. Mission 93 was a mountain top exp

and won t soon

be

forgotten

the

closing

service all 8000

shared the Lord s Supper togeth

for 15 minutes there was complete silence. We

sat

and listened and prayed. God was speaki

we were

silent

in His

presence.

Thank you to everyone that made my trip possible and for your prayers. May you each have

blessed

1993

and remember, Be still and know that I am God.


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Another

big

event

haf^pened

in

December

which

I

attended

in

thought

only. My sister, Cindy, graduated from

jliinois State University on December 19

with highest honors. Congratulations

Cindy She worked hard for this

and

she

is

to

be

commended. One other detail

concerning Cindy

-she

is engaged to be

married the 16th of April to Craig Smith.

The Lord willing, I

will

be home in the

Spates

for

the wedding.

My

family

is

sj^itely increasing in numbers this year

}ELD ADDRESS:

Cherl Lynn Oakley

Rua P6r do SoU-2^

2775 Carcavelos

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May

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Gree t ings

from

sunny (and sometimes damp) Por tug

hope

t h i s l e t t e r f i n d s

each o f you well and

en jo y in g

sp r

ing/summer weather . It has

been ver

y

warm he re .

h a v e r e c e i v e d s ome much n e ed ed ra in in th e l a s t few

d ay

s o m e c o o l e r temperatures

Once

again

i ts time

to

sha re

some

of the

highligh

th e la s t t h r e e mon t h s with you . However ,

b e f o r e

I f o r

wan t to

t h ank

you

f o r

you r l e t t e r s and c a r d s . They

always

an

encou ragemen t

and

seem to

come

j u s t

a t the

t ime.

T h a n k s for

t a k i n g

the t ime t o wr i t e .

Well

le t 's g e t down to bus iness . March s t a r t ed

with

ou r

annua l

Youth Re t r e a t . They a re a lways fu

ex c i tem en t an d

t h i s y e a r w as no ex cep t io n We met o n

2nd o f March

at

-i.-SOpm, begin ing o u r

t ime t o g e t h e r

r e g i s t r a t i o n . s i ng ing ,

introductions

and a

i c e -b r e ake r s .

We

set

ou t

an hou r

l a t e r , with o v e

youth,

fo r

des t ina t ion

unknown.

Window-shopping

a t th e

(Ca s c a t s

Shopp ing ) , s u p p e r a t McDonald ' s

( incl

sundae s ) ,

and

camping

out away f rom

th e

chu r ch were

exper iences

o f

the f i r s t

day.

Tuesday morning

found

us

a t th e chu rch by 8:00am

and r eady

fo r

a

day

of

s tudy

Ephesians ,

a Bible-Bowl

compet i t ion ,

a picnic

in

th e

a n d a sma l l basketball tournament N e e d l e s s to

everyone

was

exhaus ted by 7:00pm,

bu t

sp i r i tua l ly

high Pra i se th e Lord

f o r

ou r

you th

program

As

many

o f you know, I

have

been coach ing

ba sk

f o r th e

Br i t i sh

s choo l h e r e in Ca rc ave lo s , S t . Ju l i ans .

2 0 t h

an d

2ist o f

March we ho s t e d t h e big

Spo r t s

Fes t i

which s e v e r a l o t h e r

s choo l s p a r t i c i p a t e d in bo t h

ba sk

and

s o c c e r . They

were

two ve r y full day s . I r e f e r e e

games

o r

more each day and coached my team t h rough

schedule .

My gir ls played

well, bu t

didn ' t come

away

th e

t r ophy

th is y e a r . I

have g r e a t hopes

fo r

nex t

though. I really do en joy working with the coaching

o f Ju l i an s

an d

we

a lway s h a v e

a i o t

o f

fun .

I almost

forgot

to

mention that

we celebrated a


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/

APRIL

Con s e c r a t i o n - E a s t e r -

Sp r i ng

B r e a k

- A

I t was

de f i n i t e l y

a ful l

mon thw i t h

various

acti

b u t very r i c h In blessings

a n d

s p i r i t u a l r e n ewa

c e l e b r a t e d Der i an i ' s b i r t h d a y on th e 9 th o f

Apri l .

She

h ad tw o c a k e s t h i s

y e a r

it s Just

l ike

c e l e b r a t i n g w

own

s i s t e r

(C indy

a n d Der ian i are

t h e

s ame age . )

Dur i ng

o u r

p l ann ing retreat In J a n u a r y , we c h o

wee k

before

Easter to

have

a

s p e c i a l

em p h a s

consec ra t i on and ded i ca t i on . In

p r ep a r a t i o n

I p r a

wi th th e Alpha^Omega

g r o up

on a

s h o r t drama.

The you

I we r e

r e s p o n s i b l e

fo r t h e service on t h e 15 th

o f

A t ime o f s ing ing

t o g e t h e r ,

a short devo t i ona l

t h o u g

David B r a z ,

a r e ad i ng

o f

Wa tch

th e

Lamb

translat

Po r t u g u e s e )

with

t h e b a c kg r o und

mus ic ,

and

t h e n th e

dr

the

portrayal

o f

t h e c r u c i f i x i o n whi le I

s a n g

/ ^

Doioroso . After the song

David

played the part of

/ ImFj

r r thi nd

g ve

his

thoughts on wh t might

h a pp e n e d

In t h o s e three

d a y s

after Chr i s t ' s dea t h , we

wi th t h e

r e s u r r e c t i o n s c e n e a n d t h e r e

wa s n ' t a

d ry

the

church.

Decisions were

m a d e

afterwards

an d

heart

t o u c h e d a n d c h an g e d .

P r a i s e

God f rom Whom

all

b l e

flow

The

rest o f t h e week wen t very wel l

a n d

dec i s i on s we r e made . we

h ad

a n o t h e r

p r a y e r vigi l on

n i gh t after

hea r i ng

a s p e c i a l s p e a k e r a n d c e l e b r a t i n

Lo r d ' s

Supp e r

t o g e t h e r . The

p r a y e r

vigil g av e u s

a

t o r e f l e c t on

exa c t l y

wha t

God

h ad done fo r u s

and

w

wan t e d

u s

t o c h a ng e in

o u r l iv e s a n d t o consecrate

T he n ig h t

p a s s e d by qu i ck ly

a n d

we all f e l t

t h e

p r e s e

t h e Lo r d a n d His

b l e s s i n g s .

xi.

Eas te r Sunday, however, was

a day which w

r emembe r e d f o r a

long

t ime .

An

e a r l y s e r v i c e ( 7 : 30am

t h e

b e a ch ,

b a c k

t o

the

c h u r c h

for

breakfast

tog

morn ing worsh i p and

s t u d y o f th e Word, a n d

t h e n c los

Week of

Con s e c r a t i o n with

a n afternoon bap t i s ima i s

whe r e two .

Doro t f i l a

a n d Danie l ,

we r e

o b e d i e n t t o C h

bap t i sm .

Alpha '^Omega p r e s e n t e d t h e d r ama

o n c e

aga in

p a c k e d

hou s e .

P ra i s e th e Lord

The w eek after Easter I

h ad

t h e pr iv i l ege o f goi

Fe r n a n do Cunha and h is family t o o n e

o f

t h e local p r i s

p r e s e n t a musica l

p rog r am . F e r n a n d o

and

h is

wife

Mal

been

going

once

a week to

s h a r e th e Gospel

with

t h o s e

p r i s o n . I t

was

a g o o d e x p e r i e n c e a n d we hop

oppo r t u n i t y will come aga i n . T h e

rest

o f t h e week

t o

g e t c a u gh t

up on

s ome

work , s p e n d

s ome t ime

with

in

th e

c h u r c h , and

t a k e s ome t ime o u t t o l i s t e n t o G

how Impo r t a n t I t Is t o s t o p a n d

l i s t en T a k e

t ime

still before

the

L o r d .

B e still

and

k n ow that

I

am

( PS .

^6 : 10

NIV)

n

BY


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Sev e r a l

mon t h s

ago

we

(Rob e r t ,

Oer ian l and

I

a s k e d

if we would

be

willing t o s i ng t o g e t h e r with Fe

Cunha

t o record a cassette. After d i s c u s s i n g

I t

w

F i f e s , t h e t eam

in

g e n e r a l

an d p ray in g t o g e t h e r , we

a

th e ch a l l e n g e . Well,

n e e d l e s s

to s a y , there w as muc

s p e n t in l e a rn i ng new

mus ic an d

p r a c t i c e , bu t g lo ry

God.

t h e ta p e

was r e c o r d e d t h e first

week

o f

May.

h a v e I t

with

me t h i s

summ er I f a ll

g o e s well. I t

w as

a n d I n t e r e s t i n g

e xp e r i e n c e . To

God b e

t h e g lo ry , h o n

p r a i s e

Th e mon t h

o f May

w as

a l s o fu l l o f b i r t h d a y s

a s

a n d

h is

d a u g h t e r J e s s i c a Nasc imen t o c e l e b r a t e d t h e n

12 th , Debo r a h Lee F i f e (H t h ) . Vic t o r i a C a rd o s o ( I5 t h

Noemla

S a n t o s Cl9 t h ) .

I

am

s u r e t h a t many o f

you

remember Victoria Card

I s p o k e

o f h e r a s

my a d op t e d

g r a ndma .

She

was ve r y

h ad a n o p e r a t i o n f rom which s h e

n e v e r

r e a l l y

r e c o v e r e d . We were cal led in s e v e r a l t im es th ink ing s h

go ing

Home, b u t s h e a lway s

s e emed

t o r a l ly a r o u nd

The

morn ing

o f

May

16 th ,

howev e r .

Grandma

Vic to r i a

w

be with h e r Lo rd J e s u s . What a l o s s we f e e l

and

y e t

know ing that s h e I s at p e a c e In h e a v e n . Just a l i t t l

a y e a r s ince

my Grandma

Ba y n e s wen t t o b e with C

f o u nd

mys e l f

s i ng ing

at

my

G r a ndma

Vi c t o r i a ' s f u n e r

19 th o f May . Oh how I t hu r t , b u t y e t I f e l t

t h e

s ame

that

on l y Ch r i s t c a n g i v e . I

a s k

that you

r em

Vic t o r i a ' s fami ly In y o u r prayers as well as t h e c h u r c

a s we a d j u s t t o t h e a b s e n c e

o f

a

v e r y

d e a r

an d

de

Chr i s t i a n . S he was t r u l y a Jewel

T he sam e week . o f V ic to r ia 's d e a th , we h

evange l i s t i c campa ign beg inn ing on th e EOth

and

end in

E' t th .

I t

was a v e r y

exhaus t i ng

week bo th phys ica l

emot ional ly ,

bu t God prov ided

f o r

ou r ev e r y need .

In

phys i ca l s t r e n g t h .

The

mee t i ng s al l

wen t

well , b u t

we r e

tw o

very

s p e c i a l

h i g h l i g h t s . T he first w

Sa t u r d ay , May

23,

when

3500+

uni ted

and

marched

down

Ave nu e In Lisbon In t h e M a r ch f o r J e su s Wow

among God ' s

peop le

as 16 m arc h e s to o k p l a ce In E u ro

o v e r

120

In th e

Uni ted States on th e

s ame day

exc i t i ng

t o

say the

least.

Robert De r i a n i

a n d I

Invo lved In

l e a d e r sh i p te am s

a n d wha t a

b l e s s i ng .

W

t e n t r u c k s ( l ike p i ck - up s ) , e a c h with a s o u nd s y s t

l e ade r

f o r

s ong s , a n o t h e r f o r p r a y e r , and I n s t r umen

l ead ing a

p l a t oon o f

3 0 0 3 5 0

peop le . The

march end

a s e r v i c e Inc lud ing a

p r e s e n t a t i o n o f The Champion

h ad several f r om t h e

c h u r c h

p a r t i c i p a t e a n d Dav id

B ra

pu s h e d

Jo agu l n a

In h e r

whee l cha i r .

The

Alpha^Omega

h ad

a

shirt

d e s ig n ed an d

we

h a d

t hem

In t ime

f o r

t h e

The y l ooked

great

Wha t an

e x p e r i e n c e

JESUS

The o the r

highlight o f th e

week

was

Sunday s e

when t h e ch u rc h was ful l

f o r

bo t h

morn ing and a f t e

The a f t e r n o o n

s e r v i c e

was v e r y spec i a l a s

two peop l e

dec i s i on s

and two more

w ere b a p t i z ed . The Lo rd is

b


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well t h a t about w raps

it

al l

up.

Things a t sct ioo

winding down too as wc finish up the

12th of

June.

has been

qui te

a bit

o f

exciieinerii a t CI

as

i t iree

o

t e a c h e r s a r e

ge t t ing

mar r i ed

t h i s summer and will r e t u r

couples.

Linda Kllewer and Les Pa rke r will

be marr ied

6 th of August in

California and

Nicole

BIbelheimer and

McAbee

will b e

marr ied

th e 9 th o f

Augu s t

in North

Dako

C O N G R A T U L A T I O N S Y AL L

My

fu r lough plans a r e shap ing

up

and

l will

be

in

USA th e end o f June . A s I p r epa r e

f o r

th e summer t h e r

some p r a y e r r e que s t s I

would

like to

s h a r e

with you.

lease

pray

f o r

s a f e t y in t r ave l fo r al l th e t e a c h e r s o f

ACiA

t h r o u g h o u t th e month o f J u n e and ov e r th e summer;

f inal p repa ra t i ons o f l e s son

plans

and p r o j e c t s

fo

s c h o o l before l

l e a v e

for t h e States;

p r epa r a t i on s

f o r my summer

with

camps , p r e s e n t a t i o

mus i c , travel etc ;

th e

Fife

family

and

t he i r t r a v e l

and

time

in

Braz

with family and r e p o r t in g to chu r ch e s ;

Dick

and

S a r a h

Rob i son a s t h e y co n t in u e th e wo rk

s umme r in o u r a b s e n c e ;

i n c r e a s e d f i n anc i a l support s o

that

I may rent ano

apa r tmen t

when I

r e t u r n th is

fall;

c on tin ue d h ea lth

a n d

strength f o r e a c h o f th e

t eam

members . (Roblsons . Fi f e family. Cheri Lynn

Your p ra y e r s a re

so

v e r y impor tant to my ministry

thank you fo r your cont inued

s uppo r t

both

prayer fu l ly

f inancial ly. I could no t

be

he r e

without you

i

do

to

s ee

you

al l

this

summer

o r

a t

l e a s t

ta lk

with

Remember ,

you

a r e

v e r y

spec i a l to me.

In

the

S e r v i c e of

the

KING;


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C D E FG H I JK LM NO P Q R S T U VW XY Z

PORTUG L

PROFESSOR

a b c d e f g h i j k tm n o p q r s t u vwx y z

VOLUMES

JULY,

1993

REJOICING

IN

HEAVEN

1 2 3 4 7 8

C a t

NUMB

Hallelujah

Praise

be to

the

Lord May

23,1993

was

a

day

of joy

as

Celeste Cardoso

and Vicki Cardoso Garde-Hansen,

along

with

Deborah Lee

Tolentino Fife were bap

What

happiness and joy we all felt as we

witnessed

their new-birth There

were

tears

too as we

thought

of Vicoria Cardoso rejoicing with

the angels

in heaven as her daug

obeyed

the

Lord Jesus Christ in the

watery

grave of baptism. It

was

a

great

privileg

pleasure for

Robert

to

baptize

his youngest daughter as well. There were definitely sm

tears,

hugs

and kisses from

everyone

y

j f

t:

/

Cacilda,

Vicki

Celeste,

Sarah - Cardoso Sisters


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GOD S LITTLE SOLDIERS

Jonatas ran up

and asked

his Dad, Dad, can

we sing a special for

the service

thi s a fter

noon?

This

w as

l e s s than f ive

minu te s

before

the service

was to begin, but

the

answer was

positive and we

were

all blessed

by this

new musical

trio. What a beaut iful

sound

of

praise

coming from th e

mouths

of

these young

men They

sang with joy

and

convic t ion

and bubbled ove r with smi les and

God s

love. I am looking forward to hearing

them again and

hope

to capture their praise

on tape. Don't forget to praise

the

Lord with

all vour heart

and

talents. Sing praises unto

His name Remember Psa lm 1001

Jonatas,

Samuel, Marcos

LYDIA

CONFERENCE

The weekend I returned from Cindy

ding I participated in

the

Lydia

Conf

here

in Carcavelos. It was a very

bu

as I helped with transportation, taping,

sessions, and translating. There wer

leaders from all of Portugal and Spa

cluding th e islands.

Our guest speak

the founder of the Lydia Fellowship - S

McAlpine. Our theme for the three

da

found in Isaiah 2:5 Let us walk in the

the

Lord It

was

a very encouragin

spiritually uplifting time

for

all of u

prayed together,

sha red request s

fr

different areas

represented,

praised th

together,

prayed

some

more and inte

for different

parts

of the world. We

together

in

intercessory

prayer.

Derlani Fife is our Lydia

leader

for

th e

velos/Oeiras

group. We meet every

Tuesday and intercede for Portugal

as

different parts of the world as th

leads our

thoughts. It is work, but

so

r

ing.


11/20


12/20

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FIELD A D D R E SS:

Cheri Lynn

Oakley

Rua

Por do

Sol

29

2775 Carcave tos

PORTUGAL

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13/20

ortugal hristian Mi s s i o n

Chen

Lynn

Oakley,

Missionary

Rua POr

do Soi,

29

2775 Carcave io s

PORTUGAL

Oc t o b e r

6, 1993

arcaveios

Fo rwa r d i n g

Ag e n t s :

Bob

an d Bonn i e Mitche l l

R.R. #2

Box

26 6

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Te l e p hon e : 3 0 9 - 3 7 6 - ' l 3 3 8

Dea r Family and F r i end s ,

P ra i s e be to

th e God

and

Fa t h e r o f ou r

Lord J e s u s

Christ ,

who

has blessed

us in

the heavenly realms

with every

spir i tual bless ing in Chr i s t . I have no t s topped giving

t h ank s

fo r

you, remembering you in my prayers.

(Ephe s l an s

1:1,16

NIV)

The s e v e r s e s have been on

my

hea r t s ince

I

r e tu rned to

Portuga l the f i r s t pa r t of September, so much has happened

s ince my la s t

l e t t e r

to you and I

have

seen the blessings

of

God

in

my l i fe and

t h a t o f

my

family

and f r i ends . It

Is

so

exc i t i ng

to

s e e

t h e

Hand

o f God

a t work

and

t o se e

a n swe r s

to o u r p r a y e r s

a s

t h e y

a r e

a n swe r e d

In

His Time

Pra i se

be

to t h e

Lo rd

J e s u s Chr i s t , o u r Sav io r

and

Lord

If you

remember

in my l a s t

l e t t e r

I was prepar ing

fo r

t h e Miss iona ry C on f e r e n c e h e r e

in

Ca r c a v e i o s wi th B en

Alexander and a lso

fo r

my

t r ip to th e USA

fo r my bro the r ' s

wedding. Needless

to say ,

I have

lo t s to

re la te

to you and

hope I

c an

keep i t I n t e r e s t i ng and s h o r t . Ha Le t ' s

see . . .

U Y

I m

n o t

r ea l l y

s u r e t h a t

Por tuga l ac t ua l l y

had

a

summer

a s

f a r a s

th e

wea th e r was conc e r n ed a s it

didn ' t

g e t

r e a l

ho t

th i s ye a r a s in

y e a r s

p a s t . The wea the r was ve ry

comfor table

fo r

th e Missionary Con f e r e n c e and e v e r yone

en jo y e d th e

t ime t o g e t h e r .

The time

leading

up to th e

con f e r en ce

was very hectic ,

b u t wo r t h e v e r y

minu t e o f

p ra y er , f a s t i n g

a nd p r e p a r a t i o n .

Ben

and Miranda Alexander

a r r ived along with Ginny Lo f t and

th e Ve rg a r a

family

f rom Murc ia , Spa i n at

-IrOOam

th e 27 t h o f

J u l y .

Wha t

a

r e u n i o n

I

h a d

n o t seen B en

s i n c e

I w as

f o u r t e e n . What a b l e s s i ng to r enew

ou r

f r i endsh ip ,

i t was

g r e a t t o s e e

Ginny a nd th e v e rg a ra 's again too . we were

o f f

and r u nn i ng

with

t h e

c o n f e r e n c e

by Tue s d ay even i ng .

Eve ryone

seemed to e n jo y th e

d i f f e r e n t

se ss ions

with

Ben and

t h e o t h e r

s p e a k e r s

did

a

f i ne

jo b as well. I h ad

t ime t o

show th e A lex an de r 's and th e

rest

o f th e gang some

s i gh t s

h e r e

in Po r t uga l th e b e s t o f

which

was th e Caba

da

Roca

o r

t h e farthest

mo s t we s t e r n

po i n t o f

Eu r o p e . I t

I s

a breath

t ak ing s igh t t h a t

makes

me rea l ize each and e v e r y t ime

th e

greatness a n d aw e s om e p ow e r of o u r God

In

His

c r e a t i o n .


14/20

AUGUST

My

first

week b a ck

in

th e

States was v e r y

r e s t f u l and

r e l a x i n g . I

gave

my first

concert

in C oryO on , I n d ia n a o n

t r i e 1st of A u g u s t a n d

i t

w e n t well .

I

spent t h e we e k wi th

the Mike

Jones

f ami ly a n d just

f

eia .xed a n d c a u g h t up

o n s ome

v i s i t i n g .

I even h a d t f i e opportunity to can

t o m ato ju i c e

a n d wo r k in the garden. I h a d a w o n d e r f u l t ime

Mom ca l l e d d u r i n g

t r i e we e k

to let

me know t t i a t

Dad

had

been

called

to

be

the

minister

of the Christian

Criurch

in

F a r m e r

C i t y ,

starting Seotember first. In H is Time a ll

things

w o r k together for those

who l o v e

t h e

Lo r d . Wow

Ble s s i ng

after

b l e s s ing Our God c a r e s

f o r

u s in e v e r y

de ta i l Need l e s s to s a y , we w e r e - a re e x c i te d to

s e e

w h a t

G od has In store.

My

s e c o n d c o n c e r t

was

held in George town ,

I nd iana and

I t

wen t

v e r y well t oo .

Th e r e

w e re so many people

t h a t

I had

not seen

for auite

s o m e t ime a n d i t w a s

so

much

f u n

to v i s i t

with my

friends

an d family

t r ie r e .

i

w a s

e v e n ab l e t o v i s i t

wi th a

f ami ly

that I r i ad k n ow n before we wen t t o A f r ic a an d

h ad

n o t seen

much s i n c e

returning t h e B r y a n t

f ami ly .

I t

w as

g r e a t A r e n t

f r i e n d s h i o s

wond e r f u l

I a r r i v e d in Blooming t on t h e 9 th an d spent t h e week

r u n n i n g

r i e r e

a n d t h e r e , f o r my

Mom. g e t t i n g r e a d y for

t h e

wedding .

The r e h e r s a i d i nn e r was

held

at Mom and

Dad s

and

wen t

v e r y well. We al l had a g r e a t t ime. The

day

o f

t r ie

werjfjinq was

beau t i f u l

and we

all

r e . i o i c ed

with Doug

and Liz

a s t h ey w ere u n i te d

in

rioiy

mat r imony .

What a b e a u t i f u l

wedd i n g i

am

sure p r o u d of my brother a n d new

sister-in-love. Wow I v e g a m e d a brother an d a sister in

t h e s am e ye a r God

h a s

b l e s s e d

o u r family

beyond

words .

Doug

and Liz l e f t fo r

t h e i r

honeymoon in Cancun

and

we

s t a y e d

a r o und

fo r th e family

r eun ion

and

Gr a n d p a s

b i r t hday

c e l e b r a t i o n . i t was f u n be ing an

t o g e t h e r

a s we l a u gh ed

and enioyed

e a c h

other s company .

Bock-Oakley

Eikbetb A.

Rock of

Lelloy be

came

(he

bride of

Douglas

V. Oak

ley of 280S

Wellington

Way

Bloomington in a

ceremony

at 10

a.m. Aug. 14. 1093 at

Easlvlcw

Clir lst ian Church, Bloomington.

I Mr. and Mrs. Marcus Bock of ru

ra l

I/clloy

and Mr.

and

Mrs. Ver-

o

akley

of the

Welllnglon Way

address arc

(heir

parenLs.

There

was a church

reception

before th e n ew lyweds l eB fo r a

wedding trip to Cancun.

Mexico.

Beth A. Mccce and Wayne P.

Ite nrlchs were their attendants.

The b ri de , a g radu at e o f

LeBoy

High

School, ha s a bac he lo r s d e

gree from

Illinois Stale University,

ilcr husband a eyworth High

School g ra du at e, h as a bachelor s

degree

from

Johnson Bible College.

Both ar e employed by Slatd Farm

Insurance Cos.

They

reside In

Bloomington.


15/20

Augus t 22nd

was

r a t h e r a di f f icu l t day

fo r

al l o f

family and yet we

felt

the peace and

s t rength

that can

come from above.

We all

went to church

as

a

family

a s

was my

l a s t

Sund ay to

be in

th e

USA. Dad

sa id

t h a t

didn t feel

very good as he

fiad

pain

in his ches t , but

t hough t he

would be okay . He went

to

lunch with

us

and

me

tha t

his

che s t was still hurting.

o

make

a

long s t

s ho r t . Dad su f f e r ed a

hear

t

a t t ack

and

was hospita l ized

in tens ive

ca r e

t h a t ve ry

a f t e r n o o n .

They did a

h e

ca

the ter iza t lon

and said

t ha t

he

did

have

some

blockage.

Do

n o t be

anx i o u s

a b o u t

a n y t h i n g , b u t in e v e r y t h i n g ,

prayer a n d p e t i t i o n ,

wi th

t r i a n k s g i v i n g

present

y o u r

requ

t o God.

(Ph i l i pp i ans

iiG

NIV) The d o c t o r s t a l k ed o f d

t h e ba l l oon

p r o c e d u r e

C a n g i o p l a s t y ) , bu t d e c i d e d to

till Monday o r Tue sd ay .

Doug and Liz r e t u r n e d f rom

honeymoon

and

came to th e

hosp i t a l

to be with

th e

famil

was s o glad t h a t I was home

with

Mom and the

family.

Mom

an d I w en t t o

th e

ho sp i t a l

ea r ly

M onday m orn ing

v i s i t e d w ith D ad .

He w as

In

ICU, b u t we

cou l d

go a n d

him a b o u t

e v e r y hou r .

Th r oughou t th e

day th e

doc t o r s s

changed

and

t hey

began

to

ta lk

open

h e a r t

su rge ry with

o r

t h r e e b y -p a s s e s .

N eed le s s to s a y

we

we r e

apprehens ive ,

b u t th e p r a y e r s

o f

family and

f r i end s ca r

u s th rough ,

a s we

knew

t h a t

God would give

u s

the

s t r e

to hand le

wha t e v e r

came ou r

way. I changed

my t i c k e t

r e t u rn

to

Por tugal the -tth o f September

ins tead of

the

o f

August .

I

fe l t

t h a t I

needed to

be

with

my fo lks

family

at

that

critical

t ime .

Augus t

26th

Dad underwen t open hear t su rgery and

per fo rmed f ive

by -pa s se s

and t h r e e c lean-ou t s

a s

Dad

It.

(They opened

up

one o f h is

a r t e r i e s and c leaned

i t

and sewed it back

t oge the r . )

What knowledge and techno

they

have

today.

Dad

was on

a

resp i ra tor

and

lots

mach ine s when we saw him after th e su rge ry Thu r sday ,

bu

Friday morning

they had him

up

in

th e chai r

drinking a

c

Pra i s e th e

Lord Our

p r a y e r s we r e

a n swe r e d

and Dad

th rough

with

flying colors .

He was able

to

go

home

th e

a n d I

left

o n the ith of

Sep t emb e r .

I am happy to r epo r t t t ia t a t

th e

wri t ing o f

l e t t e r , my Dad is

the

new minis te r of the Chr is t ian Ch

in Farmer City

and

began

preach ing the

f i r s t Sunday

Octobe r . Thank

you fo r al l your

p r a y e r s in his

beha lf

well as for o u r

f am i ly .

S EP TEM B ER

I got back in time

to

s t a r t school with everyone an

was

r a t h e r hec t i c th e f i r s t

few

weeks . I do n o t h av e

heavy a load this year and I am

only

a t school th ree da

week. I am teaching

ESL

and music

again th is

year and

have already chosen the Christmas

musical.

ll

the t e ac

a re

new

this yea r

and

seem

to

be adjus t ing well

to

Port

We

have had

s eve r a l

meet ings^ d inners toge ther and enjoy

other s

c o m p a n y .

The Bible s t udy on

Fr iday

nigri ts has also s t a r t ed

and

we h av e s e v e r a l new member s .

Many

o f

th e

t e a che r s


16/20

Dick and

Sarah

are In the US on furlough and

win

return

the

first part of December. The Lord

continues

to give us

the strength to meet each new day and the different

activities of each. However, keep us In your prayers

I guess I didn t do too bad In keeping It short, but I

wanted to share

the

different events of the

last

three

months with you. I have turned a year older as

we

entered

October and enjoyed celebrating my birthday with the Friday

night

Bible

Study group. Before I close this letter, I

would

like to remind you of some praises and some

requests

to mention

before

the Throne

of God in your quiet

time

with

Him Thank you once again

for

your prayers and your

support You make a difference

P r a i s e

th e

Lo rd with me:

y for a great time with family and friends In August;

for Doug and Liz Oakley and their new life together;

for a speedy recovery on

my

Dad s behalf and

that the

s u rg e ry

went

well

and was

a

success ;

for the hospitality shown to

me while

stateside;

fo r

s ty In

t r av e l .

Pe t i t i on t h e Lo r d with me:

fo r

Dad s

continued recovery and new ministry;

for the

National

Missionary Convention (Oct. 15-17 ;

fo r

our revival the 27th - 3ls t

of October;

fo r Dick and Sarah

Robison

In the USA;

fo r

the

Robert

Fife

family in

health and strength;

for the work here In Carcavelos with the

church;

fo r

continued guidance

for each

of the leaders as we

s e e k

G od s

will.

Thank you again

for your

continued prayers In my behalf

and

for

your

financial

support.

I

will

try

and write

again

soon,

but rest

assured

that

you

are

in

my thoughts

and

prayers. God

bless

you

as

you

continue

to serve

wherever

you a r e

\

kx

VVOo

CSfl


17/20

VOLUMES

DECEMBER. 1993

MAKE

A

JOYFUL NOISE ALL

YE

LANDS,

SERVE THE LORD WITH GLADNESS

m i

NUM

Our kids, from

the youngest

Timothy

-1 year

old) to

the

oldest

are

singing, sharing

and

ing our Lord with gladness. It is

such

a joy to

see

them present special music, or to

scripture or pray for

the

needs of

others

in

our

different

services. They are

truly grow

s ta tu r e and

wisdom a s did

our

Lord

J e s u s

Chris t .

They are getting ready for a Christmas program and will present it the 19th of Dece

They

too, are missionaries and

need

your prayers. For such is the Kingdom of

Heave

Remember

our youth in your

prayers

this month and

as

we begin a

new

year.

That

it m

a

year

of growth for them not only in number, but spiritually too.


18/20

MEN TO ANGOLA

Once again we had th e privilege of having

Tom

Fife with us for a couple weeks and

were encouraged

by his

presence.

He

was

stopping by on his way to Angola with Tim

Thomas. They were able to go to Angola

this time, after many

disappointments

in the

past. They took some clothes and things

that could

be

used

by

our

churches

in

Angola

and the people

were glad to

see

them and to h ea r th e

news

of

th e hurch

throughout

the world.

The conditions

are

not good in

Angola

but the love of th e Lord

and

the hospitality

shown to our brothers

was

a

blessing.

Isn t it

great

to

be

a

part

of

the Family of God

and

to know that we have

brothers and

sis te r s

al l ove r th e world?

Our

God is

an Awesome

God

FAMILY NEWS

August 14, 1993 was another big da

family,

as

Igained

another

sister. In

Professor you met my new brother

and in this one you meet my new s

love. I

am

very proud of Doug and

wish them the

very

best. They

a

busy

with work and church activities,

definitely very happy. As I said earli

prayer

letter and other corresponden

Lord

has

blessed

our

family so ric

year.

ll

the praise

and

honor goes

who

is Worthy

NEW

MINISTRY

in FA RM ER CITY

My

Dad and

Mom

have

moved to

City Illinois to minister with th

Christian Church.

Needless

to

say.

rejoicing for this answer to prayer

opportunity

to serve the Lord in th

ministry

once

again.

Dad

was

to begin the first of

Septem

due

to a heart

attack and

subsequ

pass surgery

he

began preaching

of October

I

have ta lked to them

times and they are really happy in th

location

and

working with

the

churc

is doing

great

after his 5

by-passe

clean-outs and even

completed

week

rehab in 8

weeks

Pra ise

th e

L

w ll

have the opportunity to

meet

t

ple in Farmer City at

Christmas

as Iw

brate Christmas with my family

th

the Lord willing. After five years we

together as a family once

again.

I

exciting


19/20

So much

has

happened

in the year of 93

To my friends and my family an d even to me .

In Holland Mission

93

is where it began.

With a concert of prayer to bring peace to

the

land.

Serving the Lord here at church and in th e school.

Trying always to be

used

a s the Lord s ready tool.

April brought wedding bells for Craig and Cindy

Inside

th e

church

was

warm but outside it

was

snowy

an d

windy.

Preparations for summer

an d

a Missionary Conference in July

The

conference some concerts oh how time does

ly

Wedding bells rang again for our family in August

Doug and Liz to

Cancun

leaving us in

the

dust.

Dad s attack and his surgery his

speedy

recovery

too.

Were

a

part

of this year and

some things we

did do.

N ow it s

December

a n d t he r e s

still

lots

to

b e

done

Christmas

musicals parties singing and fun.

Iwish each of you a Merry C hris tm as and a v ery Hap py New Year

Serving the

Lord here in Portugal with my prayer

partners

near.

May 1994 be a blessing for all as

we

look to

the

future.

Knowing Christ s return is coming of this

we

are sure.

Che ri Lynn Oakl ey

1993


20/20

Prayer Needs: 1. trip to and from

the

USA (12/20-1/3/94)

2. Continued health

and

strength for

the

Team

as we

work

tog

in the service of the Lord.

3. Preparations and decision to

be

made concerning the

summ

of

1994.

4.

For continued wisdom

and

spiritual growth.

Merry Christmas and a Very Prosperous and Happy 1994

FIELD ADDRESS:

Cheri Lynn Oakley

Rua P6 r do

Sol

29

2 7 7 5 C a r c av e lo s

PORTUGAL

FORWARDING AGENTS:

Portugal Christian Mission

Bob

Bonnie

Mitchell

R.R. 2 Box 288

Non Profi

U.S.

POST

P A I D

P e r m i t N

Heyworth

6 7 4 5

M i s s i on S e r v i c e s

P O

B o x

2 4 2 7

Knoxvi l l e TN 37901

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