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Forwarding Agenti Missionaries
to
NIGERIA:
Carol
Scar brough Don
Marianne
Baiighman
370
Whitehead
Road
35^ North South Street
Midlothian,
Texas 76065
Wilmington, Ohio
^5177
(21i^) 775-2138 (513) 382-6699
30
June
1986
Beloved
F r i e n d s t
We
arrived,
in
Port land ,
Oregon on
Apri l
27th smtd
were
del ighted
to
spend
a few days with
our
daughter
Jane
and with
Dennis Bartoldus, They
were
united in marriage on
May 10th , Lisa
flew in
from Kentucky,
and
Judy, Marc, Kristen,
Kendra
and Paul came
from
Nebraska, I t was wonderful
to
be with our children againS
Don s
brother Dick and his wife were
also
with
us
for the
wedding. After the
marriage, we flew to
Nebraska
fdr a week with the Champions, Marc is now minister a t Firs t Christian
Church
in Lexington, On to
Texas for
a v i s i t
with Mar ianne s
s is te r
Carol
Scarbroxigh,
and
her
family, Carol is also our forwarding agent.
We
arrived
in Columbus, Ohio on
May 31st
and
were met a t the
airport
by Arthur Merkle with the vehicle you
generous
brothers and s is ters were
so,kind to
buy
for
us
— a
l ight blue Pontiac 6000,
We
are
g ra tefu l to
you
for
supporting
our
Furlough
Fund.
This
has
enabled us
to
buy the
car ,
provides a place to
l ive
pays for our plane
t icke ts to suid from Nigeria, and gives us funds to pay
ut i l i ty
costs
We are overwhelmed by your many
kindness
to us and by your beautiful
sp i r i t
of
sharing. We love
you
and appreciate
you more than words
can
convey. Thauik
you,
Don wil l be P re sid en t o f the National Missionary Convention
in
Memphis, Tennessee, September 20-23, I987, He has been
plsuming
the
program and preparing
the
agenda which he wil l
take
to Indianapolis
for
the
NACC NMC July
6-lOtho The Continuation Committee of the NM
wil l
meet in Indianapolis
to work
on the^NMC
program
for I987.
We
a re gradual ly
gett ing
acclimatized
to
these
8 ®
cool,
rainy
days. We have been to the Wilmington Church of Christ , Southwood and
Gahanna churches
in
Columbus, Ohio, We look forward to vis i t ing with
you
soon.
Our schedule
i s now underway and we urge you to
write
to
us
i f
you have specisd
dates you d
l ike for
us
to
come. Our address
i s :
35^
North
South s t r e e t
Wilmington,
Chid
45177
Phone: (513) 382-6699
We
a re thank ful
to report tha t
Walter smith,
who
returned to
Nigeria
in
March, has improved heal th
and
i s
re turning
to h is normal
ac t iv i t i e s
Also,
on June
8th
the
Smiths
received
t he i r
Nigerian
Residence
Permits
fo r two years Thank you a l l fo r your prayer s
Now may
our
God
and Father Himself and Jesus our Lord d i rec t our
way
to
youj and
may the
Lord cause you to
increase
and abound
in love
for one
another ,
and for a l l men,
jus t
as
we do fo r youj so
tha t
He may
establ ish your hearts unblamable in hol iness before
our
God and Father
a t
the
coming of our
Lord
Jesus
with
a l l His saints , (1 Thess 3«.11I')
I n C h ri s ti a n l o v e
Don
and Marianne Baughman
West Af r i c a Ch r i s t i a n Mis s i o n
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Dear
Chr i s t i a n Fr i ends ,
Forv/ard ing Agent ;
Ca ro l S ca rb ro ug h
370
v /h i t ehead
Road
Midlothian ,
Texas
76065
21^-775-2138
35^
North
South
S t r e e t
V/ilmington, Ohio ^5177
Phone:
513-382-6699
30 September
I986
F i r s t of
a l l , we ask
t ha t you
keep Walter and Edna Smith in
your
praye
They a r r ived in Niger ia l a s t March to take
over
our gospel
work.
Walter has
been
well
since
Hay. He was
able
to attend the August
conference
of the
churches in the
Cross
River but he
has heaavy
responsibi l i t ies of teaching i
the churches and
hosting re treats .
Eddie i s
handling
the
Bible
Corresponden
Courses. She writes , Korede,
Ebenezer,
Paul
(a l l preaching
the gospel a t
their
own
expense and
Eraan
were
here
today for a pla.miing meeting of the Da
of
Prayer
-
Oct
1st .
Also,
she
says ,
. . .government
minist r ies
begin
movin
Abuja
new
capitol)
next week.
Firs t to
move
wil l
be
the
Ministry of Intern
Affai rs .
This wi l l mean addi t ional t rave l l ing for the Smiths to
t ransac t
mi s s i o n
b u s i n e s s .
In Ju ly we
a t tended
the
NACC N vlC in Ind ianapo l i s
and
saw
many
of
you
t h e re
— a t r uly u p li f t in g
t ime in th e
Lord
Afterwards
v/e
drove to Nebrask
for
DVBS with
Judy
and Marc Champion
and
our grandchi ldren a t F i rs t Chris t ia
Church
in
Lexington.
Back to i lngola, Indiana, we came
fo r
our f i r s t , but no
l st Lake Jam.es Schoo l o f
Mis s i o n s .
For
s eve ra l
yea r s now
Don
has had lower back t ro u b le , d e te r i or at in g d i
and
t h i s
year
i s
no excep t ion . He r es ted h is back
on
th e
f l oo r a t home in
Wilmington during pa r t of August.
The f loor
gave
him the
l a rges t
desk
he*s
ever
had
fo r
correspondence
and
paperwork.
On
Sundays
we
reported
to
the
churches
a t
New Vienna , Mt. Olive , Gahanna, Delaware
and Middlebrook
in
Ohio
In S ep tember Maria nn e spok e to the Sonshine Ladies
a t
Wilmington. We
t h en t r a v e l l e d to
Tu l s a ,
Oklahoma to visit th e
churches a t
Ea s t Tul sa
and
Sapulpa. Don v/ent on to Oklahoma City to part icipate in the ir Kaleidoscope
Missions for
two weeks.
Marianne returned to Wilmington to begin
Computer
Classes a t
Southern
Sta t e College. Pray t h a t we wi l l be able
to
f ind a
computer system
t ha t
wi l l work on
our
so l a r panels . I 'his
wi l l
ease Marianne
s e c r e t a r i a l
du t ies
in Nige r i a .
On Oct. 3 and ^ we v/i l l be a t the Ohio Chr i s t i an Convention in Dayton,
Ohio.
We l l
t r a v e l to J ac k so n v il l e, F lo rid a fo r a Fai th P romis e Conf er en ce
Westside
Chr i s t i an
Church
Oct
8-12.
Marianne
re turns
to
V/ilmington
on
the
1
Don
wil l
be
speaking
a t F lo ri da Ch r is ti an College and in
Georgia
on
h is way
back
to
Ohio to attend a Missionary Rally a t Fi r s t
Church
of C hrist
in Bryan
Ohio,
The
f i r s t three weeks in November Don v/il l be speaking a t Atlanta
Christian
College, Mid-South
Chris t ian College
and
in
the
Memphis,
Tennessee
area in preparat ion fo r the Missionary Convention.
We
have several speaking
reques ts
from
you which we wi l l v/ork
in to
our
schedule
as
soon
as possib le .
We are
g r a t e f u l
fo r your pa t i ence ,
The Lord i s
supplying a l l o f
our needs and we
pray
t h a t He
i s bless ing
you w ith every good and pe r fec t
g i f t , There
has
not
f a i l ed
one
word
of a l l
His good promise,
1
Kings 8,56,
I n C h ris tia n l o v e ,
T he B au shm an s
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News
Re l e a s e
LEADERS
PREPARING
FOR
1987
MISSIONARY CONVENTION
Preparations have begun for the 40th National Missionary Convention which
will meet Sept 20-23 (Sunday
through
Wednesday) in the Memphis, Tennessee
convention Center Complex
Don Baughman, pioneer missionary to Nigeria, is
serving
as Convention
President He has been a missionary in the West Africah nation
since
1956,
endeavoring to establish missionary churches in Africa s most populous nation.
Don is also well known for his study
of
African snakes
This came about as a
result
of the Baughmann s moving out into
the
jungle to
try
to reach some of the
unreached people s
groups
They found out they had lots of
green
slimy looking,
large
poisonous neighbors that they needed to get to know, or at least know
something about them. Don is
now
in
the
process of contacting
the
people who
will be
the
main
speakers
at the convention He is also
travelling
to speak about
the Nigerian work and the convention. Don, and his wife, Marianne, are the
parents of four
daughters
Ruthie, the oldest, died as a result of an unknown
illness
in Nigeria at the
age
of f if teen
President Baughman has also appointed two key men to help. Jim A
very
has accepted the responsibility of being National Prayer Chairman. Jim has been
the minister of the Draper Park Chris tian Church in Oklahoma City since
1968
He
is a graduate of Lincoln Christian College. He and his wife, Patricia, have four
children Jim is
also
the Local Arrangements Chairman
for the
North American
Christ ian
Convent ion
which
meets
in Oklahoma
City
in
1987
Arthur Merkle will be the National Registration
Chairman
He established
the Wilmington
Ohio
Church of Christ with six families in 1954 the year he
graduated from Cincinnati Bible Seminary. In the years of his ministry the
church
has grown to an attendance of nearly 500, has none
through three
building programs with buildings and property now valued over one million
dollars
In
addition
to
other missionary support
the
church has
now
taken
on
the
full support of John and Becky Bliffen as
their
Ministersof Missions. The Bliffens
will be going to Uruguay to
start
a church there. Arthur is the Treasurer of the
Ohio
Christ ian
Convent ion He and his wife Mabel have tw o sons
Information on
th e
Missionary Convention is
available
from the
convention
office at Box 11
in
Copeland
Kansas
67837
TH N
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Don and Marianne Baughman ^
NIGERIA
Missionaries
to Nigeria
rt
WlLbi Al KlCA
Wilmington
Ohio 45 77
Phone:
513) 382-6699
W E S T AFRICA CHRISTIAIM
MISSIOIS
D e c e m b e r
N e w s l e t t e r
1986
Thank you,
dear friends,
for your loving
and generous
support
of us and
ou r
work in Nigeria. We are
grateful
and
thank
God fo r you.
Good news :
Evangelist
Ofigi Ewa is
out
of prison and
back
in Ekori with his
family. We
praise
GodJ Also, Don s back is much better.
Thank you for your prayers.
Don has
spent several
weeks in Memphis, Tennessee area
preparing
fo r
the
NATIONAL- MISSIONARY
CONVENTION
which will
take
place
t he re Sep tember
20-23,
1987. We
hope
that you
will
be
able to come.
Wal te r and Eddie Smith a re in th e Sta tes Walter will have t e s t s for his
he a r t
at New York Medical Center
in
January. Pray that
th e
results
will be
good.
Th e Smith
will return to Nigeria on January 1^. Pray for their safe journey.
Marianne jus t completed final exams in Data
Entry
and Data Process ing computer
classes The Lord
willing, she
will
take
one more
course Jan 6-March
K in Lasiw
Programming I. P lea se p ray that we will be able
to have
a
computer
and printer
in Nigeria
to
increase
our supply o f liter atu re th at we
distribute
freely.
From
December
22
through
January 7 we will be in Neb raska
with
Marc and Judy Champion
^
z H
1109 N L i n c o l n
Lexington, Nebraska 68850
Phone:
(308) 324-3228
and our
grandchildren,
Kristen,
Kendra and Paul. Jane and
DennisTwill
come from
Oregon and Lisa from Kentucky. Don s mother will fly witri us from Dayton, Ohio. ^
Mother Baughman is doing very
well
since he r hi p and knee surgery last
October,
We
look forward
to being together as a
family
this year.
We
pray
that your hol idays
will
be
filled
with
P E C E JO Y a n d H O P E
For unto us a
child
is born; A Son is given
And t he governmen t will rest upon His shoulders;
And His n a m e
will be
ca l l ed Wonder fu l
Counse lor
Mighty
God, Eternal Father, Prince of Peace.
In Christ ian love,
Don
and Marianne Baughman
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