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OFFICE BOX^94ir-EAGLE_£^S, TEXAS

78852

PHONE:   512) 773-6467

JANUARY, 1979

Dear Loved Ones,

Merry Christmas even though its

kind of late, and may God bless you

as

we

celebrate th e birth

of

our Lord

and Saviour.

Christmas

is such a

joyous t ime of the year and it's a pri-

viledge to be able to

share

it with

Christians like you. People like you

also

make

it possible

fo r

us to have a

more

beautiful

Christmas.

1978 has been a year of many

changes

in

our

lives

an d

in our work.

I hope that these changes will not

alter your a t ti tude towards our

work

and ourselves,

because we feel that

th e Lord has guided us in these chan

ges. Please continue to support us,

especially by your prayers.

This year I have also found myself

teaching a nursery class at a day

school. It has really been a great joy

teaching little children so many new

things, but wha t excites me th e most

is that I

am able

to teach t hem s to

ries

a bo ut our

Lord Jesus .

I am

so

glad

that

the school permits it. I also

teach the Bible stories in chapel

every

day,

plus

a lesson in

th e

class

room

as part

of

th e

c la ss room work

once a week. I am also teaching the

music classes for the school. I enjoy

my work very, very much.

Billy

and Barbie are f ine and seem

to

be

getting fatter

with

Grandma

around. Her

cooking

is

fabulous

It

sure

doesn't

help

th e

diet

I

should

be

on It really has been a joy and a

blessing having her a round. It also

has left me free to do many other

things. Thanks;:Margie

Christmas t ime

is also a time

which has kept me very busy with

church participation.

I

have been

practicing

with th e

Youth Choir

fo r

ou r church for the Christmas

pro

g ram, whi ch ha s been lots of fun.

They also put on a play about the

birth of J esu s w it h

some

beautiful

puppets. They did a beautiful job.

Barbie was a little angel for the Na-

COLLEGE TOUR

During the early part of February,

a team from Platte Valley BibleCol

lege will be visiting with the Baker's

and

also

some of the work

in Mexico.

The team will be composed of mem

bers of the PVBC missions club.

More

will be done during the visit

than

simply

having a few days off

from

school

for a

vacation.

The team

is preparing a presentation which will

be

directed to

various churches in

sou th Texas and

also northern

Mexi

co. This experience will allow for a

first

hand

look at

the

mission field in

addition to providing assistance on

the field in the areaof evangelism.

One

of the projectsof the trip will'

include

distributing

upwards to

2,000 New

Testaments

in

the

areas

where the services will be held

each

evening. Bill has already begun the

process

of

getting the New Testa

ments

strategically located within

Mexico. During the past two weeks,

he has transported over 600 Testa

ments into Mexico.

Since border authori t ies are hesi-

•tant in allowing a shipment

of

2,000

Testaments to cross at one time, Bill

. is ge tti ng the Tes tamen ts in as fast as

, th e authori ties will allow. He has

been questioned on several different

occasions as to what he is doing with

the books, but until now, none of

the tes taments

have

been

confisca

ted.

  All

of

th e

testaments

have th e

LPlan .qf^aivation included on the in-

i side front cover. Placing those sheets

is

j ust one

of the activities which has

kept Bill s mother occupied during

her winter stay in Eagle Pass. To

date, she has pastedJn over 3,000

sheets containing the Plan

of

Salva

t ion

Please be in prayer for the

group

from

PVBC

as they prepare for their

adventure into Mexico. Also ask for

the Lord's blessing on the various

persons who

will

be contacted during

their week of missionary visitation

^(Feb.

2-9),

FROM ROSA

t iv ity scene , bu t I see it didn't last

very long, on our

way home she

was

acting like a

little

demon in th e

car.

The news about my sister' s l it tle

boy is very encouraging. In August

they

had given him 3

days

to live be

cause

of

his lukemia.

Praise

God

He

is doing very good now and seems to

be improving all th e time. Please

keep praying for him.

They

are mis

sionaries

in

Mexico.

We hope and pray that you will

continue to

support

us

both finan

cially and spiritually. You have really

been a great source of encourage

ment

in our lives.

Thank

you so

much for your support in

1978.

May

God bless you and lead you in His

way s - -

Merry Christmas &

Happy

New Yea r

Rosa Baker

PROGRESS

REPORT

Work cont inues on several differ

ent

printed

projects

centered

to meet

th e

needs of our churches in Mexico.

During a recent

trip

into Mexico, Bill

showed the

final

p roofs f or

a

new

calling booklet to

several

national

church

workers.

The

response

from

all of

them

was the same,

 How

soon

will

these materials be ava il ab le

fo r

me

to

use in

my minis try? The

an

swer, Within the next

month ,

was

well received

by

all.

The calling program, a planned

system for personal evangeli sm is

based on the calling booklet.desig.ned

by

Frank

Bush, President

of Platte

Valley Bible College. The final sys

tem

will

contain both

a flip

chart

and

a smaller

pocket

size

booklet

both

containing

actual

reproductions from

printed scripture explaining God's

plan for salvation. A third compo

nent in th e system, a training

book

let, will be produced at a later t ime

and will be used in

conjunction

with

th e othe r two

i tems.

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VNVICINX

The wor k of

a

missionary

is

ver y much

determined

by

th e transportation

which

he or she has available.

T h e

m o r e e c o

nomical

the t ransportat ion ,

th e more

ef

fective he will

be in

hi s c ho se n a re a of

w o r k

This

o n e

i tem

however

seems

t o

cause th e

majority of

th e grief

among

those

of us

who are working

in Mexico.

When on e o f o ur

co-workers

has transpor

tation problems it seems to eventually ef

fect

many

different

workers

in th e coun

t r y

I am beginning to build up a reputa

t ion

in this

area

o f

vehicle breakdowns.

It

all started several years ago (7 in

fact).

At

that time, I was a junior at Platte Valley

Bible College in Scottsbluff, Nebraska. I

had

th e goal a t t hat time of

taking

a large

group on

a

t ou r

o f

Mexico.

It

wa s

to

wards t h a t end

t h a t

a 1965 Chevrolet

school bus (56 passenger) was purchased.

Afte r adapt ing the bu s

to

meet the 'heeds

of a 5,000 mile trip from Scottsbluff to

Mexico City

and th e return,

30 of us

left

Scottsbluff for an

eventful trip

into Mexi

co . Th e

week was a

great experience for

all

of

us,

but

as we

were

returning from

Mexico City during

th e

end

of th e

week,

we blew the engine on ou r bus . We

man

aged to replace th e unrepairable block

on

t h e

side

o f th e road in

t h e

middle o f t h e

Mexican

desert

and

were back

on t he

way

within

tw o

and

a

half days.

The

next episode in

ou r

saga of car

prob lems concerned a ca r

w hich w e w ere

using five years ago. Upon leaving Eagle

Pass at 10 o'clock in the evening for a

speaking engagement and camp program

in

Indiana, the

front

lifters went out on

our

car approx ima te ly

12 5

miles from

Eagle Pass. We

were abl e

to

borrow

an

other

car

and make

it to Indiana

just

five

minutes after the Sunday morning service

was ended. In an effort to save money, I

replaced on ly the lifters on that engine

and had it back in

the

running for a trip

to Nebraska and

then

to

Lowe r Cal if or

nia, a state of Mexico. In Nebraska, it was

determined that th e entire engine

needed

to be rebuil t. So,

on

a Monday morning

just 6 days p rior to our engagement in

Lower Californ ia, I began pulling the

engine in Gering, Nebraska. The engine

was back in and

running

on Wednesday

evening

th e same

week.

We

made

it

to

California and that engine

ran

f or over

60,000

miles following

that

rebuild.

It

was still

running

very well when we were

involved

in a

n ea r fatal

a c c i d e n t

near

Oklahoma City.

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th e

school bus (remember

th e

bus).

It was

t h e

Chr i stmas sea son

a n d we

were

t ravel

ing

with

th e Girls

choir which Rosa

was

directing at th e time. Again we were in

th e middle

of

no-where and schedu led

to

be

s omewhe re for

a

choir presentat ion.

The

choir

made

it without

the

bus

only

three

hours late. Yet, the people

from

that church in Saltillo were still anxiously

waiting fo r

the

arrival o f t he choir.

Our

latest experience

has

been surroun

dingone 1969

Mer^cedes

Benz-diesel. With

gasoline'eVpenses rising on a regular basis,

th e b est

answer to economical

transporta

tion in Mexico is diesel power, it is cur

rently sel ling in

Mexico

fo r 11.2

cents

a

gallon

Because

o f t ha t

situation,

we pu r

chased

a

used Mercedes

Benz-diesel. Last

summer we found

ourselves

replacing the

engine in that car also.

Just

as I was retur

ning to Eagle Pass with the

new

engine, I

incurred a hofe in the oi] pan and ruined

the new

engine

I had

decided

to just

park

the

car and

then

work on

the

engine

when f u n d s became avai la b le . I t was t h e n

that I

decided to check w ith my insur

ance company. They said that they

would

pay fo r th e rebuild. After four

months

of

problems with

th e car, I picked it up

just

a few weeks ago. Insurance paid /•

1594.99 of

the.Jl8g2,6_9 bill.

We are

now finally running on

 economical

di e

se l

fro m Mexico.

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I

recently

completed

an

800 mile trip ^

into

Mexico

and

spent

less

than 4.00 on )]

fuel. If

that

car

continues

to

ru n without

further problems,

we will

soon

have

our

en ti re i nve stmen t r e tu rned because

o f

t h e

wide

difference between

th e

price

of

di e

sel

and gasoline.

During ou r most

recent problems with

the Mercedes, my mother showed me a

^hand-written fjopy of the poem Don't

Quit . I have included

that poem with

this newsletter.

It has

been

an

encourage

ment to m^ and I hope that it will be an

encouragement

to

you as you face th e

se t-backs o f l if e. We d o n t k n o w

t h e

name

o f th e

a uth or b ut di d feel t ha t th e

mes

sage

was excellent.

DON'T QUIT

When things go wrong, as they sometime will

When the road you 're trudgingseemsall up hill

Whenfunds are low and debts high

And when you

want

to smile bu t

you

have to sigh

And

when care is pressing

you down

a

bi t

Rest ifyou must, but don't you quit

Life is queer

with

its twist and turns

As everyone o f

us sometimes learns

And

many

a

failure

turns

about

When he might have won, had he s tuck it

out

Don't give up

though th e pace

seems slow

You may succeed with

another

blow

Often

the goal

is

nearer

then

It

seems

to a

f ain t and

flatering

man.

Often the struggler

ha s

given up

When he

might have captured the victor's cup

And he learned

to late,

when

the

nite slipped down

How close he was to the golden

crown

Success

is failure

turned inside out

The

silver

tint

o f

the c loud

o f

doubt

And you can never tell how close you are

I t

may be

ner

when

it seems afar

So

stick

to the fight when your hardest hi t

It s

when things seem worst that you musn't quit