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VOLUME XII

JANUARY-MARCH, 1993

NUMBER 1

ARNALDO d'ASSUNCAO BRAZ RECEIVES HIS CROWN

On January 12, 1993, Evangelist Arnaldo Braz, 77 years old, passed away. He had been ill for a few months previous to his death. "Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on. Yes, says the Spirit, they will rest from their labor, for their deeds will follow them." Rev. 14:13 Bro. Braz was one of the first men we came in contact with after arriving in Portugal in August 1981. His house was the place for many of our first meetings and through the years he was very faithful In his commitment to Jesus and to the spread of His Kingdom. He was preparing another sermon to preach in February at the time of his death. He has left a legacy to the Kingdom in two of his sons, David and Luis, and his daughter-in-law. All are serving the Lord and are active in the Church.

Fernando Pereira is one of whom it could be

said, "He has a servant's heart." He and his

family here in Carcavelos. We are thankful for his ready smile and ready feet at all times. May God send us more like him!
INTERCESSORY PRAYER FOR EUROPE

Dale Chappell from Youth for Christ in Portu gal presented a seminar for music minded people in our Church. Our thanks to Dale for this assistance and willingness to share his gifts with the Church.

PORTUGUESE BIBLE SOCIETY

Each month for the past year we have prayed for a specific country in Europe. During the month when we prayed for Denmark, we were privileged to have a family from Denmark in our midst. Vicky has been very helpful in pre paring material for these presentations, along
with her husband Klaus. She is one of the

One mission supported by the Church is the Portuguese Bible Society. They print Bibles for all Portuguese speaking people in the world. Bro. Esperanca brought us an inspir ing message recently.

daughters of the late Vitoria Cardoso, a strong member of the congregation here.

Seventeen youth were present for the Feb ruary Retreat held at the church in Carcavelos. Cheri Oakley, Derlani Fife, and Sarah planned
the event. The theme used was "Make Me A

Servant." Several special visitors came and participated.

Tom Fife regularly comes to Portugal and teaches several of our members regularly
structured Bible content courses. He is sche

duled to return in April. He always enjoys seeing his family, son Robert, daughter-inlaw Derlani, and grandchildren while he is

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Steve Long demonstrated his soccer skills. He is a former player with the US Champion Chicago Stings. He showed us how sports can be used to bring people to consider study ing the Bible putting God in their lives.

FURLOUGH TIME AGAIN

We will be in the USA from August 4 through the month of November 1993. We will be making Knoxville, Tennessee our home during this time. Our address will be 1214 Hendron Chapel Rd., Knoxville, TN 37920. Our phone number will be 615-579-9340.

Please contact us at our Portuguese address for speaking dates and arrangements. A letter usually takes 7 days each way. We want to especially visit the churches that
we missed on the last visit.

Dick & Sarah Robison

Rua Por do Sol, 29

Apartado 541
2777 Carcavelos

Portugal Portugal Telephone - 011-351-1-456-1596

Phil & Dot Wiltshire

Powder Springs, GA 30073

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APRIL-JULY, 1993

NUMBER 2

EXCHANGE STUDENT FROM PORTUGAL

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Noemla Rute dos Santos will arrive In the USA with Dick and Sarah on August 3rd. She will be spending one year with Mike and Rita Arnold in Plainfield, Illinois. The Rotary Interna tional Youth Exchange program is sponsoring her. Rute is 16 years old and is the daughter of Inocenncia DIas Santos and Joao Baptista dos Santos. Her family also Includes 3 bro thers, Paulo, Daniel, and Samuel. She finished the 10th grade in July In Portugal. Rute Is a typical adolescent who has musical ability and uses her talents in the church. Pray for her time in the States and for her family In Portugal.

RECENT BAPTISMS AT CARCAVELOS

On May 23rd three more were baptized into Christ. This is always a time of rejoicing here
and in heaven. Robert baptized his 3rd daughter, Deborah Lee. and her Grandpa Tom Fife was present. Dick baptized Victoria
Johnston Hansen and Maria Celeste

ANGOLAN PASTOR AND WIFE WORSHIP IN PORTUGAL

Ester have been helping out while visiting in Portugal. He has shared in the preaching
and the Lord's Supper services. From time to time they sing in "Umbundu", one of the sev

Johnston Alves. Several of you have been praying for these two sisters and we thank you. Continue to pray that God will use all
three to show forth their new found life in Jesus to others.

eral languages that they know.

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GREEK CLASS Five people meet once a week for a serious attempt to learn Greek. God has blessed us with an excellent teacher. Francisco Pais

Monteiro. Good progress is being made by

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MANY PEOPLE HELP WITH MINISTRY

FATHER'S DAY AND MOTHER'S DAY

As strange as it may seem, both Father's and Mother's Day are celebrated at different times
than the rest of the world. On the 19th of

Luis and Lucia Braz have been helping out in several areas of the work here. During sever al services each month Luis is worship leader and rotates the preaching with Dick and Robert. From time to time Lucia helps him with the congregational singing as well as special music. For us it is an encouragement to have this young couple serving the Lord.
NEW YOUTH TRIO

March Portugal celebrates Father's Day. The first Sunday in May is Mother's Day. There were 9 fathers present on their day and 17 mothers present on their day. An effort is made to recognize these special days and "to give honor to whom honor is due."

Jonatas, Samuel, and Marcos got together one Sunday in June and presented a special number for the Church. One sees these guys playing, running, arguing, and singing to gether. They also play a good tamborine for
the regular services'.

The youth have been more "than willing to

FURLOUGH TIME AGAIN

We will be in the USA from August 4 through the month of November. We will be making Knoxvllle, Tennessee our home during this time. Our address will be 1214 Hendron Chapel Rd., Knoxvllle, TN 37920. Our phone number will be 615-579-9340. Please contact us for

speaking dates and arrangements. We are in need of transportation during the furlough time. Do you know of anyone who has a car that could be available to us during that time?
Let us know or communicate the information to our fonwarding agents as soon as possible.

Dick & Sarah Robison

Rua Por do Sol, 29

Apartado 541
2777 Carcavelos

Portugal

Portugal

Telephone - 011-351-1-456-1596
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Powder Springs, GA 30073

Non Profit Org.

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