International Christian Ministries.

Damob, M.P., India, upon the commemoration of the10th anniversary of the incorporation of Mid-IndiaChristian Mission in July, 1969, in Oklahoma.

Second Trin to Australia, Oct. 6-31

AninvitationbytheAustralianbrethrenhas beenacceptedto deliver the annual "STEPHEN CHEEK RESTORATION

LECTURES" in Brisbane, Queensland, Oct. 10-24. StephenCheek, a leader among the Churches ofChrist in Scotland, firstintroduced the Restoration Movement in Australia 140 yearsago. The All-Southern Pacific Christian Convention, meetingin Toowoomba, Queensland, has invited me to address theconvention and to lead a workshop in "Missions."

llil

Dr. Vijai Lall at the microphonerecording a Gospel message inHindi which will be broadcast byshort-wave radio via FEBC,

subcontinent" of India. "RADIO

MID-INDIA" is directed by DavidLall, the oldest son of Vijai andPushpa Lall.

9th Trio to the PhilipDlnes,

Nov. 30 - Apr. 15

I will fly to the Hiilippines Nov. 30 to teach the secondsemester in the Cebu Bible Seminary. Eileen will joinme inFebruaryandremainthroughtheCBSgraduationinMarch,the FhilippineNational Convention, andthe AnnualAmerican Missionary Fellowship in April. (Must be home for theKiamichi Men's Clinic in Oklahoma, May 2-5,1994).

rAustria

Arriving in Vienna, Austria, gateway to Haus Edelweissand the two-month Bible conference with TCM.

After a Sunday morning worship service in the front ofTCM's Haus Edelweiss,Austria. (L.toR):DDD; Dr. Barbara Curie, Lincoln (IL) Christian Church staff;Eileen; Vera and Dr. Marion Henderson, Professor, New Testament, LincolnChristian College. DDD, Barbara end Marion were the Bible instructors for theAugust conference with Christian leaders from Poland, Hungary andCzechoslovakia.

St. Vincent

Eileen with Jean Robinson, Haitianstudent in the Windward Islands School

of Evangelism, St. Vincent, in March,1993. Jean, a very zealous student witha serious language (English) problem,has a burning desire to return to Haitiupon graduation as an evangelist. Heoften did his "practice preaching" fromhis French(Creole) Bibleup anddown thestreet or upon the roof tops.

•Philippines

The closing session of the 1992PhilippineNationalConvention, Manila,had an attendance of 5,000 people ••largest gathering of New TestamentChristians anywhere in the worldoutside ofthe NorthAmericanChristian

Convention. (L to R): Terry Knippers,Missionary; Jack Howard, Minister,WestBurlington (lA) ChristianChurch;Crispin Millendez, Minister,Katarangan Church of Christ, Bohol;Luz Castellano; DDD; and JulCastellano, Minister, ChristianChurch,Tagbilaran City, Bohol, Philippines.

Spearheaded by leaders from the Marion (IN)Christian Chiirch, Rick Jett, Minister, a work crewassembled fi-om Texas, Ohio and Indiana spent twoweeks in February, 1993, working on the new multipurpose building of the Windward Islands School ofEvangelism, St. Vincent. Amid lots of sweat (perhapssome blood and tears), this jolly crew was able to makenotable progress in the concrete work and roofing on thebuildings. AHtheconcretewashand-mixedandconveyedby bucket brigade up the hill to the concrete finishers.

Hebrews4:11a, "Letus, therefore,make every e^ort to enter that rest..." But could it be this Scripture istaken out ofcontext to describe this

scene? Nonetheless, a hammock inthe shade in the tropics shouldneverbe passed up anytime. (Guyana,South America)

Jack Howard, Bimlington, lA, minister, baptizing in PacificOcean waters. Island of Leyte, not far from the famous landingsite of Gen. Douglas (I shall return) MacArthur in October 1944.

Jack Howard, Burlington, lA,minister; Jul Castellano, Filipinoevangelist; and Dan Aquino for Dan'sfirst ever visit to a McDonald's inBocolod, Negros Occidental. Dan is anorphaned child, the son of DaisyAquino, our maid and helper in theCebu Bible Seminary until her deathfrom a stroke in September, 1988. Oiirdaughter, Lucinda, andhusband, JackCraig (Atlanta), are sponsoring Dan inthe Green Plains Chi^tian (boarding)School in Bocolod.

Mrs. AmparoKnippers, Filipina,wife of Terry Knippers, missionaries ohBohol, Fliilippines, ona visit to the USApickingoranges intheback of the home ofDDD and Eileen, 412E. Tillman Avenue,Lake Wales, FL.

Russia

Dr. Alex Bogacheve, Ph.D.(Physics), formerly with the RussianInstitute of Science in Moscow,following a session of Bible study inJune, 1992. Dr. Bogacheve was amember of the original class of 102students inthe pilotprogramlaunchedin May, 1992, for the purpose ofcertifying Russian school teachers toteach the Bible in the curriculum ofthe DepartmentofMoral andSpiritualEducation, now an official part of theRussian educational system.

Roman Naz-

arov, translatingin the "LIFE OFCHRIST" seriesofBible studies in

Moscow, June,1992.

DDD with three Babushkas (Grandmas) in Moscow, followingthe morning worship service in the Technical College where thefirst Bible classes were being held. The Babushka on the rightinformed me (through an interpreter) that her father/preacher hadbeenkilled by Russian Police in 1930 whenshe was a small girl andthis was the first communion service she had participated in in 62

ARussianschool teacher, amemberof the first class in Bible in theDepartment of Moral and SpiritualEducation, presentingred roses to herProfessor in "LIFE OF CHRIST' onthe closing day of classes, Jime 26,1992. The lovely roses were toobeautiful to throw away so the Prof,decided to "smuggle" them throughcustoms and immigration.

U.S.A.

The professor's "lady in waiting" atthe Orlando, Florida, airport smiles withthegiftofthesmuggledroses. Theywerestill lovely 4 days later, June 30th, for our51st wedding anniversary.

Newls^veds, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Craig (nee LucindaDebault), in the kitchen ofTCM'sHaus Edelweiss, listeningas Dr. Barbara Curie reads for them a special poem writtenin honor of their wedding the day before in the chapel of thel,000year-oldcastleLiechtenstein(ViennaWoods, Austria).

One of the most welcome sights in themore than 50 countries where ourmissionary travels have taken us is alwaysthe emblem of the old USA (Georgetown,Guyana).

— Ul aSi IHliU

Walt rVevost, Missionary in the Hiilippines, preaching, as youngFilipino evangelist, Arnold Corsiga, translates for him.

"OVER THE TOP' -- one of the great blessings in a FaithPmrnisft Missionary Rally is to see the "thermometer" exceed thegoal. Revis Brazel, DDD and an elder in a church in Indiema.

Sixteen Years, Going On SeventeenIt was June, 1977, when we began serving in our first DVBS programs, Christian Service Camps, and missions rallies as

full-time short-term Missionaries. I celebrated my 60thbirthday in a DVBS atFirst Christian Church, Council Bluffs, lA, June10, 1977. We were Field Representatives for Mid-India Christian Mission, Damoh, M.P. India, with ihe headquarters andForwarding Agent in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Eileen Said, "We Will Try It One Year"

In the fall of1976, we resignedthe ministryofFirstChristianChurch, Dunedin, FLto promoteMid-India ChristianMission.We stored our furniture eind roamed the globe for 5 years without a home. We had our little cabin in the Kiamichi Mountainsin Oklahoma; my parents were still living in Mason, IL, and Eileen's mother was (and still is) living in Lake Wales, FL. Plus,wefelt"athome"withmysiblingsandwithdearfriendsinTulsa, Illinois andFlorida. Wehadnosalarynorassuranceoffinancialsupport fix>m any source. It was (and is) truly an "ADVENTURE EN FAITH." By the end of 1977, we had spread the messageofthe work of Dr. Vijai L.all and Mid-South Christian Mission in scores of chiirches, camps, conventions and rallies across thecountry.

We had lived, paid ourbills and saved enough moneyfor a mission trip to India and the Orient. Our first two visits to Indiain 1971 and 1973 were sponsored by members of the Osage Hills Christian Church in Tulsa. From New Years, 1978, throughApril, we had "missioned" in India, Assam, Burma, Thailand, Hong Kong, Taiwan andJapan. After that first mission trip, wenever looked back. An international ministry loomed before us, butwe couldnot have possibly realized the magnitude of it. Godopened doors and we simply walked Ihrough them by faith. We tried it for "ONE YEAR" and we liked it!

Now, Page Two, The Next 15 Years

We have served in well over 100 weeks of DVBS and 100 weeks of church camps, mission rallies, conventions and missionemphases in more than 20 states across the coimtry. The "ONE YEAR TRIAL RUN" has led us into every continent (over 50countries). Our ministry expanded immediately from preaching and ministering with fellow missionaries into leadershiptraining, teaching in Bible college^^nstitutes and seminaries in other lands. We found time to teach a term in Bluefield CollegeofEvangelism, WV, and my Alma Mater, LincolnChristian College, Illinois. A highlight was a month inMoscow, Russia, June,1992, training Russian school teachers to teach the Bible in the public schools of Russia. My dream, my goal is to minister inthe Gospel of Christ on the soil of Red China.

Even A Wild Goose Goes South for the Winter

My first 15 weeks of 1993 were spent on the island of St.Vincent, teaching in the Windward Islands School of Evangelism (WISE). It is a beautiful tropical island setting in theGrenadines, West Indies. Eileen spent a month with me in themiddle of the term. Now I must arrange a schedule to fill theinvitations to return to teach inWISE andthe LowerCaribbean

Christian College, Barbados, with Leadership Training Seminars on Antigua. Youmay be assured the invitations will all befilled in the winter time (it's a tough life)!

"In The Kiamichis, What AWonderful Time"

The four finest out-doorcooks in the world (if you dont believe it, ask anyoneof the four). DDD, Drew Mowdy, Charles (Chick) Debault, and Jack Howard.

^ ^ Ik

3 J «_ <8g £ &

o C' «/> <«

3 6 2 JC

tj A e

O O UJ

1^11

?C0 £ SB ^O 5> ^

^ m M a.

e K =o o »

|S 1£ cu ^

Delmar and Eileen Debault

Directors

News of

THE MASTER'S MESSENGERS

With

International Christian Ministries

P.O. Box 848

Lake Wales, Florida 33853Tel (813) 676-6667

July 15,1993

A wise man once said, "The higher the privilege, the greater the responsibility." The Master said it bestin the parable of the talents in Matthew 25:29, "For to everyone who has shall more hegiven, and he shall have anabundance: but from the one who does not have, even what he does have shall be taken away."

Eileen and I realize more andmore the incomparable privileges that seemto increase with everyexperiencewe have inour internationalmissionsministryofleadership training andevangelism. Since our lastgeneral appealfor travel funds inearly1992,Godhas "privileged" usto travel andministerinthePhilippines, Russia, andtheWestIndies. We have tried to be good and faithful stewards - good stewards of the finances you have provided for ournecessary travel andfaithful stewards oftheWord andtheMaster's Message ofRedemption. Withinone year, yourprayers and financial imdergirding put us on three continents in a ministry almost divergent in nature - fromremote primitive Philippine Island villages to the Philippine National Convention in a modem convention centerin Manila ~ in Moscow, Russia, training educational leaders in the Bible who have rejected the Marxist atheisticsystem. Classroom lecturing in the fall of 1992 in Lincoln Christian College and walking the hallowed halls oftheological academia - a full teaching load in the Bible college on St. Vincent, West Indies in the spring -1 countit all both an honor and certainly the highest of privileges.

We are not OTsJ SAT ,ARYfrom any of the areas of service (even in LCC). We paid our own way and our ownejqjenses. Our Social Security (mine from 1982 andEileen's from 1987) maintain our cottage home in Lake Wales,FL, plus the monthly "essentials." Wecouldfoldourtents,quietlyretire, andjoinranks with ourfellow "snowbirds"and watch tiie world go by...

BUT NOT YET!

... as long as those invitations keep coming from around the world to "come over into Macedonia and helpus" (Acts 16:9). I am blessed with good health and, so far, the stamina to withstand the rigors of "away from theold US cultural comforts," and as much brains as I ever had (never claimed to have had much). So we can't quitand will not until it is impossible to continue, then like General Douglas MacArthur's "old soldiers never die," wewill just fade away.

Two invitations have been accepted, with our faith in God andtrust in our loyal partners that we wiU havethe money for the travel. I am honored to be asked by a number of Australian brethren and churches to deliverthe Annual "Stephen Cheek Restoration Lectureship," andpreach in a two-week evangelistic crusade in Brisbane,Queensland. Following the lectureship and crusade, the south Pacific Christian Convention, meeting inToowoomba, Queensland, October 27-31, has invited me to address the convention and to conduct a leadershipworkshop. I plan to leave Orlando, FL, October 8 and return November 3. The Australian brethren will providefor my travel and accommodations while in their fellowship.

After spending November in Florida, I wiU leave for the Philippines November 29 to teach the winter termin the Cebu Bible Seminary and return April 16. Eileen plans to join me in Cebu February 19 for the remainderofthePhilippinetrip. Thefour anda halfmonthPhilippine sojoumwill consistofa full teachingloadinthe Seminary

(with a couple of night classes to make up for the weeks I will miss in November). Almost every weekend will bespentoninter-islandpreachingmissions,theYouth AnnualChristianConference (Christmasweek),preachingandteaching in the Visayan Christian Convention in Cebu, graduation and Commencement in the Seminary, thePhilippine National Convention in April, and the Annual American Missionary Fellowship (a little bit ofheavenon earth).

I have been able to find discounted airfares to the Philippines witii China Airlines (Taiwan). Our roimd-trip fare, Orlando - Manila - Cebu will be $1275.(X) for each ofus. I will have one trip from Cebu to Manila at theendofJanuaryto secure anextensionofmy59-daytouristvisa(a necessity), round-trip costof$125.(X). I will makeanotherflight to Manila to meetEileenFebruary 19 ($125.00roundtrip). Inter-island air fares are quite nominalwith an anticipated total of$200.00. We must rent living quarters in Cebu for the first time (we had lived in theMission house previously, but it burned in March, 1989). The housing expenses will be $200,00 per month, for atotal of $800.00.

THE BASIC COST OF THE PHILIPPINE TRIP

Round-trip Orlando - Manila - Cebu ($1275.00 x 2) $2,550.00Round-trip Cebu - Manila ($125.00 x 2) 250.00Visa extension fee 200.(X)

Inter-island air fare^ship travel 200.00House rent and service 800.00

TOTAL $4,000.00

As of this writing, we do not have one dollar in travel funds. We can live and not go without any help,but we cannot go and live without help. Ifwe go, the funds must be suppliedby you, God's people, our fidendswho know us and believe in what we are doing. These are actual figures, the expenses are realistic, notexaggerated. We must have $4000.00 or we cannot go.

We are in our SEVENTEENTH YEAR of full-time short-term missionary service. We have neverhadto cancel a trip because we failed to receive the fundsfor the ministry. We walk in faith that our God willsupply all our needs according to His riches in glory.

We are asking for your help. InternationalChristian Ministries is a tax-exempt non-profit missionary incorporation for your IRS records. Our faithful secretarj^easurer, Mrs. Louise Carden, who livesin Lake Wales, FL, will acknowledge your gifts madeto the mission for our ministry "down imder" andacross the Pacific. We would earnestly like to have thefull $4,(X)0.00before I leave for Australia, October8, sothat both our tickets to the Philippines can be purchased to avoid anticipated increases in airfare.

Gk>d Bless and keep you. I hope to see a few ofyou personallythis summerandfall, but ifnot, keep usin your prayers always. Jesus said, "And I will hewith you always." My prayer is that He will also bewith us "low and high, even at 38,(X)0feet in a B-747."

Serving Jesus,

Delmar & Eileen

a: Stm 0* M

^ S El!*5 < =

M Z

|s|

g «« i "2.C;

^iscf

z

S

5in00

$ c!

pSS i 8'ae M

i - 9 -iS E CL .3|o i£ a.