baird robert dawn 1988 zaire

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T LION'S

S ee th e Lion

of

the tribe of

Judah

has triumphed

6=. I

BOB

DAWN BAIRD

Elizabeth,

Rachel

Joshua

December, 1988

There

are

different

kinds

of

gifts,

but

th e

same

Spirit. There

are

different kinds

of

service, but

th e

s am e

Lord . The re

are

d if fe re n t k i nd s o f

workings, but

th e

same God work s all o f

them

In all

men

Now to

each the manifestation

of

th e

Spirit Is

g iven for

th e

common good. I

Cor.

12:4-7

IN

ZAI

AFRI

In

our

TEE-Blble Institute

Programs

we

hold

seminars at

the beginning

of

each book. These seminar s

include

preparation

for

the

new book,

lessons

fo r

student

preachers

and general lessons for the

Church to

meet or answer

specif ic needs .

The specific need voiced

by the

Church is

about

a lack

of unity.

Our problem is that we

have

people,

Chr is tians, who

are dividing

th e Church

because

of pride

and

jealousy.

One

Christian

or Elder,

or

Preacher, sees

another who has

a

posit ion of responsibil ity,

a

gift,

and

he

becomes j ea lous and responds

to

th e other by

s tr iking out.

The manner of attack here

is

by let te rof accusation delivered

during

one

of th e

Church s

regional meetings. The letters are

never

signed and most,

if

not

all, of

th e accusations are

untrue. These letters, if published

abroad,

always

cause

division, because everyone takes

a

side.

As an answer t o

this

problem,

wha t bet te r sec ti on

of

scr ip tu re to s tudy t han

I

Corinthians

12,

13

and

14?

Spiritual

Gif ts , Love

and

Unity.

What

a perfect guideline for unity, God th e Father, God the

Son,

and God

the Holy Spirit. He is

Oneand

even though we

are different,

and serve

differently,

and

receive

different

gifts,

out

o f these di f ferences

we are

one

How?

We who

receive

different gifts from God remember that these gifts have been

given for the common good. Not

MYgift

But Our gift made

manifest in me. I am

and

you a re , wha twe

are

in

th e Body

for

our

common good . It ssimplereallyandquiteclear. Iflhave

a gift from

God

I have it to profit the Body wholly and


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individually and the result of its

use

will be unity

It's really

wonderful

when

we

Christians of

America

can

help

our brothers and s is te rs here to

seek the common good in

their differences and

as

a

result

to find unity. I

say

this

with

tongue

in

c he ek b ec au s e

I

th ink t h a t

w e have

n ot l ea rn ed

this

simple lesson

ourselves. We fight

over

Gifts

of th e Spi rit . Gi ft s are individual and are for th e

good of

one

person. His personal gift Hier

archies are

developed

showing

one

gift being of

more value

than another

and more

sought after.

Fol lowing in l ine with

this attitude

is

pride and

jealousy Fellowship is determined by agree

ment on

a

particular notion about gifts and

in that

differences

are

denied.

The

Body

of

Christ

becomes an eye that is neverseeing

or

an

ear

that

is never hearing.

How clear

is

this message from

th e

Holy Spirit

about Himself? I think that

we

really need to ask

ourselves,

In what

way

has the

Body

of Christ

profitted

from ME?

As

a

result

of my

work,

service,

or

gift, is there

unity?

We here in Zaire

are

asking

ourselves these questions. We urge

you to

do

th e s ame.

Bafwasende

TEE

Class

taking an exam.

T E E

T H E S E C O N D

B O O K

How

exciting

it is to

be writing

this article. In

the

September Lions Line we related to you

about t he

New TEE Program.

In this program

th e

students

are

learning

and

doing.

The

first

book was Ta lk ing with God, which was on

prayer.

That

book with exams

was to

take

te n

w e e k s

Time

is a

difficult thing

to

contend with

in that

there is

such

a

delay

between

what

we

do

and

when

you

find out about it.

When

you

received

that last

report

we

wer e a lr eady back

to collect

th e results and

start

th e process fo r the secorjd

book.

And

the

results

were

great,

not

perf

course,

but really

encouraging. There

some

del ay s and conflicts

with other

need

some difficulties,

but

nothing insurmount

Even with problems

we

have seen

a

tremen

attitude

among

those who

are

leading the

Schools, We hav e h ea rd of what peopl

doing

with their prayer lives and wh

happening

as

a

r esul t o f p raye r. They s ay

they did not know how to pray, norwhat to ex

from

it.

Now that they have learned, thing

happening.

W h e n w e

s ta rt e d t he f irs t

b o o k

w e

h a d

students

and

only lost

10% of

these during th

weeks.

The teachers

report

tha t more peopl

asking

to

begin

so th at we are expec ting a

i n c r e a s e in

s t u d e n t s f o r t h e s e c o n d

b o ok . W

also

be

adding

two

new schools

in

areas

w e re w i th ou t t he m

before . In

o n e c as e w h e

appointed teacher

failed to

keep the c lass g

t he a s si st an t

t o o k

it

o v e r

a n d

f in is he d w i

losing anyone exc ep t th e te ache r. The in c

we see

here is

great

and

the

reason for it i

attitude

of

those

who are leading

the

scho

One

thing you must

remember is

how diff

this new program

is

from

th e

old o ne . Be

each school would only

finish two

week

l e s s o n s

in

a

m o n t h s t im e a n d

a

w h ol e b o ok i

months'. Everything depended on the

Mis

ary's showing

up

each

month

to keep the

gram

going.

Now

everything

is in the hands o

t e a c h e r s a n d

t h e i r

a s s i s t a n t s

W e h av e

a s e m

and

t hen they do

not

need us aga in

until

the

book.

In

this program we

can

complete

books in a year

as

opposed to

two before

each

book retains its

continuity.

The impo

thing

is that

this

is their program an

dependent on their ef forts for it

to survive, an

are only technical

assistants.

S o w h a t is b o o k n u m b e r t w o ?

T h i s

b o

ca ll ed, Kanun i z a

Biblia-Wokovu o r Doct

of

the Bible-Salvation. It is designed for a

Christian

to

study

as a

means

of

leading

him

decision. This

is

how

we are

using

this

book.

book

is

only four

weeks

long, so for the firs

weeks the TEE students study

to

see

how

book works and

to

memorize approp

scriptures. Week five t hey h ave a test ove

whole book

and

review to

make

sure

understand it. Weeks six

th ru nin e

they

l

non-Christian thru

a study of

this

book.

D

t h e s e

w e ek s t h e T E E s c h o o l

c o n t i n u e s

t o

with th e s tu dy of

more

relevant

scriptures

discussions concerning their progress.

The

week

in this

book

is decision week and only t


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who

have come to faith and have been baptized

into Christ will go on to

week

four which is

concerning the

new life in Christ. You

can see

the

potential here for growth in numbers.

How

many

will believe

as

a

direct

resul t o f this? How

many

of these will

then tell

others? This could

really spark a growth in numbers fo r

our

Churches But

what

we really want

to

happen is

t h a t f o r t h e

f irst

t i m e

o u r

C h r i s t i a n s

will s h a r e

t h e

f ai th w i th s o m e o n e

e l s e .

I d o n t

t h i n k

t h a t it is o u t

of line

to

figure

that

90% of

th e people

In our

Churches have never

done

anything in

the

way of

evangelism.

If

by using thi s book

they

gain

In

that

experience, and

gain confidence to

do

it again,

and again, then this

book

will

truly

have

been

a

success. We want It to be a tool by which

they

can

mature In the spirit and

gain

confidence

In

his

power.

I want you to be praying again

and

again

forthe

TEE program here.

This

next

book

really

emphas izes the doing aspect of

our

program.

T h e

book

will s t a r t a b o u t m i d N o v e m b e r a n d

finish mid -Janua ry . Whenever

you receive this

report pray for us. I m particularly

concerned

fo r

this one

because

Iwrote

th e

teachers' guide fo r It.

R O A D S ? ? ?

It

would seem that

you hear a lo t

about our

roads, and you do,

but

they figure in to

what we

do. How are

th e roads? I m g lad you asked

To

give you a cl ue, we have not

been

Into Kislngani

since

August.

Remember

it Is

only

160

miles

to

Kislngani. As

I remember that Is a IVi or 3 hour

trip

where you are .

Right now

It Is

taking

the

large

t rucks, commercial carriers ,

over

a week and the

smaller pickup

type

vehicles three

to four

days,

if

they

ca n ge t a ro un d the

bigger holes.

You remember

that

we get our

fuel,

flour

sugar, cons t ruc tion supplies, case goods, etc.,

from

Kisingani.

When

we

can't get

through, then

we have to ge t

those things

from Bukavu

and

fly

them

in

and

that Is

very expensive. Actually with

th e

building

that

Mike Walton is doing,

he can 't

get cement or lumber from anywhere

but

Kisingani. When we go we have

to

go with the big

truck and

you

can see

what

that

means. Almost

t hr ee weeks on the

road

just

in

traveling,

just

in

getting there

and

gett ing back. Possibly a

month

away

from Bafwasende.

We had

wanted to

go

to

Wamba

in

ordertovisit

o u r C h u r c h e s t h er e . W a m b a is

E a s t

a n d N o r t h

o f

here as

opposed

to

Kisingani

which is

West.

I

think you

will remember

my mentioning Wamba

before

and we have yet to visit with

those

people.

S o whi le

R o n

B u t l e r

w a s

h e r e

w e d e te rm i n ed

t o

Ill inois

Baird

a n d Butler

in T he Road of Doom

Deluxe a c c o m m o d a t i o n s o n t h e Bomili

Road

do

it.

We

made

only

15

miles

in

one

hour

fifteen m i n u t e s a n d in t h a t 15 miles we h a

negotiate more than 20 very

bad

hole s o r w

o u t s .

Before

w e r e a c h e d 15

miles it s t a

raining

and

at

15 miles we held a

vote.

It

unanimous that If we wanted

to

ge t back

b e t te r t u rn a r o u n d t h e n a nd

w e

did.

So then, to add

to

our

d il emma , we

had

visitors.

They were Je rry and Phil who a re Br

Engineers specializing in Bailey Bridges. Ba

are named

after

their designer and

w

developed

as

temporary

for military use. Al

bridges

In our area,

an d they

looked

at

twe

are

Baileys

and have been

in

place

fo r

twenty yea rs . Jerry

and

Phil had

th e

jo

inventorying each bridge

and seeing

what

would

need

to be

fixed and

a projec ted c

Their comment

was tha t

It is a miracle that

are not

all collapsed. Fo r one thing,

t hey w

designed for 15 to 20 tons and the t rucks here

hauling

over

30 tons. Sometimes it would

better

to

not

know

certain things.


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Just another Missionary horror story for you.

Would you please pray t ha t t he road would open

up for

us ?

Pray for us

also

to have

th e

strength to

go on

an d

do what needs to be done In

spite

of

limiting

conditions.

N E W S B R I E F S

J o s hu a

has

f in is h ed h is f i r s t 7 week s of s c hoo l a t

Rethy.

He an d

Rachel

c a m e h o m e

fo r

a

long

w eekend

a nd o ur family

w as complete. J o s h u a s

attitude

is

good but with some feelings

of

insecurity.

E liz a b e th m iss es he r b ro th er a nd s is te r bu t

she

co n t i n u es

to

d o

very weli

at her h o m e studies.

Rachel

is keeping her grades In the 90 s even

French

that she

t h i n k s

is YUKI

Missionaries who

have

chiidren

in

boarding

school se e

t ho s e

ch i ld ren

a

t ot al o f

9

months

in

years .

In J an u ary Dawn an d I

would like

to attend

French

studies in

B uk av u. D aw n asks

fo r

prayers

t o u nd e rs ta n d

g r a m m a r an d

I

ask

fo r p r ay e rs t o

hear

correctly

an d pronounce

properly.

T he foundation is just a b ou t d o ne fo r the Walton

hou s e . Next is th e Chu rch founda t io n . We

need

the

road ope n to

haul foundation stones and

supplies.

Mack a nd J oy ce Myers

are

n o t r et ur ni ng t

field because of

h eal t h p rob l ems .

Wayne an d Betsy Duke n ew m is si on ar i

Bafwasende were originally scheduled to

in November

bu t

will delay until

after th e

fi

th e y ea r

be c a use of

finances.

A ful l house

Before you move please

send

Ihe mailing label below along with a copy of your new address to:

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SERVICES ASSOCIATION

P.O.

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Knoxvllle TN

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