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T LION S

See

th e Lion of th e tribe of Judah has triumphed

B O B

DAWN

BAiRD

Elizabeth

Rachel

Joshua

May 1990

Bob

Dawn

Elizabeth Rachel

and Joshua

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F U R L O U G H

R E P O R T

Since we have been home fo r eight

m o n th s m a yb e

it s a b o u t

time to write

another Lion s Line probably

wa y

past

time. Our furlough is going by

very

fast

a nd t ha t is

b e c a u s e

t h ere is

so m uch to

do . W e h av e t ra ve le d

12,381 miles doing

things

related to

o u r

work

in Z ai re . M os tl y

those miles

have been in visiting ou r

supporting

c h ur ch e s a n d

reporting the events of

ou r

l a s t t e rm . Also in

t h o s e

miles

were

several M is si on M e e ti n gs o n e

of

w hi ch w a s in

Dallas.

J u s t t w o trips

h ad to

d o

w i th F ai th P ro m i s e Rall ies .

T h e s e miles do not

include

trips to

s e e family

s o m e

of w hich live in

California.

Lots

of m iles

b u t w e

e xpe c te d them

b e c a u s e

that is w h at

furlough is all

about.

W e l o c a ted

o ur se lv es h e re

in Bet

tendorf

Iowa a nd

the

kids

g o t s et tl ed

into

t he s ch oo l system. T h ey all are

doing

very well

forthe

big

adjustment

they

have h ad

to m ake. J o s h u a

w ho is

now

10

and in

th e

3r d grade

has

made m an y n ew

friends.

He started

piano

le ss on s a nd took lessons in

wrestling.

Rachel

is 15 and a s o p h mo re who is

Visiting with family

Demonstrating African lifestyle

th e a pp le

of

h er F re nc h

t each er s

e ye b e

her

pronunciation

is so

good.

I g u e s s it

h e

learn French w here they

really

use it.

b el on gs t o

the French Club

takes

tumblin

s o n s . a n d a t t ends a fte r s

Bible

Study.

Elizabeth is 1

^ w be allowed to particip

the

g ra du atio n th is y ea r

school.

S h e h as participa

and

been

a

spectator

a t m

the

S p ec ia l O ly m pi cs eve

o u r area. H er g reat es t e

men t

now

is that

sh e

is go

t h e

senior

p r o m

with

a da

It s

very

nice to be h

A me ric a p arti ci pa tin g i

English-speaking ch u rch .

missed a

lo t b e c a u s e

of

trav

b u t

w e h av e

b e e n able

to

b e

of

s o m e

things. Dawn

helped

with a

youth

g ro u p

whi l e . Al l o u r k id s h av e b

the

Sunda y Scho o l an d

Group

programs. We were

able

to

at tend

t h e S w e et h

Banquet and there is no

quite so American a s


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rOULON HIGH SCHOOL

HOMK

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THE

TROJANS

Visiting family

places

of

interest

Looking

ahead, we are

going

to

h ave no

letup

in our traveling.

For

April

and

May 5

weekends

are a lre ady taken. Two of those weekends are

actually double with us covering two churches.

Then

in June

and

July,

we have

5 VBS

programs and

1 camp. In

August, get

ting

close to

going back, we have 1

VBS, a

big

ACM

Meeting, and then

th e

final mad dash to

say

goodbye to all

our

family.

We

really

have

to g o b ack t o

Z a i r e to

s lo w d o w n

a n d h a v e

a

n o r m a l

l ife.

During furl ough we have

had

some

pro ject s to work on . Because of our

m o v e in Z a i r e f rom B af wa se nd e to

Bukavu

we have to

raise

more monthly

support. We re

still

working on that.

We

wanted

to

go

back

with a computer

and

printer

and tha t p ro jec t has b ee n

taken

care of fo r us

by

friends from the

M o r r i s

C h u r c h

s

w e

l o o k

fo rward

to

going

back

we

n eed to

raise the

travel

funds

for

that which could be as high

as 11,000.

We

have r ecei ved

1900

to w ar ds th at to d a t e

Furlough

is a

very

stressful time. We

tr y

to b ala nc e o ur commitmen t t o

al l

our suppor ting churches , with

the

needs o

family and the expec ta ti on s of

our

rela

Sometimes it seems like i t s all

leaned

onew

th e other and someone is not happy. So we

you

as we always have to help us to balanc

lives

with

your prayers .

Car ry u s

thru

th e

n

months and h elp us to

accomplish all

that

n

to be done with your prayers .

F O R W R D IN G

G E N T S

Furlough time also

seems

to be

Forward ing Agent

time.

The Senniffs

W a r n e r s

h ad

in fo rm ed u s

t h a t with

the i r

responsibilities they

felt

we should

find

new

They

had

served

us

wel l in

this

job

and

we

very

sorry

to

have

to lose

them.

But we

are

grateful to

them

for faithfully

serving

with us

these

past

3

years.

It

seems

that God was ready to

fill this

job

just

as soon

as

it

was

empty.

On January

1

new

FAs started officially

in

that role. The

Larry and Carol Comer of Morris, Illinois.

W

we

first

met the Comers, Larry was on

Missions Committee and

very

dedicate

putting

missions

before

the congregat ion.

Larry an d Carol Comer


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he is an Elder

and

brings

that same

dedication to

the

FA

job.

As we

welcome them to

this

important par t of our ministry, please

pray

for

them as you do for us.

CHANGES

We

have a new name and a new address but

the job

remains

the same. We

are

no longe r

with

P ioneer

Bible Transla tors

so

our mission name

is now Afr ican Chr i s t i an Miss ion a nd t ha t ne ed s

to b e on all che ck s .

Ou r s t at e si d e

a d d r e s s is now

ACM

5410

Commercial Rd. Morris Illinois

60450 .

Before

you move, please send h e mai ling lab el with a copy of your new

address

to

MISSION SERVICES ASSOCIATION

PO Box

2427 Knoxvllle

IN

37901-2427

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