sheffield mike patsy 1973 chile

8/12/2019 Sheffield Mike Patsy 1973 Chile

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M iss iona r i e s i

M/M

M.E.

Shef f ie ld

Cas ii ia 14017

Co r r e o

21

Santiago Chile

Forwarding

Agents

Mrs Serf

Wight

B ox 2 8 6 8

Ode s s a

T ex as 7 97 60

Name: Donald Gene

Sheffie ld

Donnie Born: December 26

1972

a t

9:30

p m

Weight:

7

lbs

10

oz.

Condit ion

Pe r f e c t P r a i se th e

Lord


2/9


3/9

Jeff Myers will be In charge of the

Bible

Seminary soon

to

open in

Santiago

The

building

was purchased in October and is now

being

prepared

for

the opening in April of th i s year

Mike also uses the

College

building as

off ices and to s tore

the e -

vangel is t ic t en t

between campaigns Since

the

f i r s t

campaign

in

September

and

extending in to

February

of

1973

over 300

sou

Is

have

been won

to Ch r i s t t h r e e

chu r che s have been e s t a b l i s h ed and

thousands have heard the

gospel .

On the personal

side

Donnie was born perfect and heal thy Patsy

fee l s

f ine

Michael

is

well

and

growing

every day and

I feel

good

and

work

hard

for the

Lord Living condit ions have

grown

s teadi ly

worse in January beef

could

be bought once a week now once a

month i f

t h a t of ten Gas Is ra t ioned Food

of

ail

kinds

is scarce

and is now being rat ioned

Prices

have

gone

up

an

unbelievable

250^* All Americans are being

pressured

to leave*

u

time here

may be

l imited

but God^s power

is

l imi t less

Many

of

you

have received

a

specia l appea l bccause -o f

our emergency

situ tion Th i s situ tion h a s n o t

been s o l v e d .

We s h o u l d

know

w i t h i n

th e

n ex t

few

w eek s w ha t a c t i o n

mus t

be t a k e n . You

wi l l

be

in-formed

immediately

when and what act ion

i-s

to be taken

In

the

meantime

continue

to pray and if poss ible support

Special Thanks

fo r

the specia l offer ings

Schel City

Christian

143.01 Sheldon

Christian

115.30

Paramount

Ter r ace

Ch r i s t i a n

150 00

Ant ioch Ch r i s t i a n 289 63

Puxico

Ch r i s t i a n

146 00

I nd i v i dua l s

850 .00

Eas twood Ch r i s t i a n 54 64


4/9

SUPPORT REPORT FOR DECEMBER

1972

Chu r ch e s

1st

Christian-Puxico

45.00

Youth

Group o f R ineh art 10.00

Shel l

City Chris t ian 57.08

An t i o ch Ch r i s t i a n 50 . 0 0

TNT

Cla s s

-

Cen t r a l

Christ ian^

Clovis 15.00

Har l anda l e

Ch r i s t i a n

23 .05

Pa r amoun t

Te r r a c e -

designated 40.00

Pleansant Gap

Missionary

42.03

Adult

Women^s

Bible Study

Group, Tyler 32.26

Durango

Chris t ian 20.00

Paramoun t Te r r a c e 50 . 00

Nor t hwes t

Ch r i s t i a n -

McKinney 20.00

1 s t C h r is t ian -L am ar 25 .00

CHILEAN

MISSIONS

A Miss ions

Out reach

o f

Antioch Chr i s t i an Church

4040 Maple

Odessa, Texas 79762

Mike Sheffield,

Missionary

iss ion

Box 177

Kemoton

{>429.42

Ind. 46049

Individuals 153.00)

M M Eddie Fowler

Mrs. Marga re t

August

Mary Jo Donaldson

Jack Scott

W L

Vincent

L. E. Bookover

Harry Pecotte

Berna rd Tha l en f e l d

Ch r i s tma s G i f t s

198.79)

Mrs. Q.

E. Simpson

Judy Wight

Betty Norman

Richard Riepe

M M Sam VantelIman

Larry Osborne

Golden Rule Cla s s -

Rineha r t Chr i s t ian

Frank Gaenes

Ant ioch Ch r i s t i a n

?

Non-Pro f

Organizat ion

U.S.

Postage

Paid ^

Perm

i t

97

Odessa,

Tx.79762


5/9

As you Jmow we have had

an

emergency s i tuat ion j have been

mable to t e l l

you

un t i l

now. Because o f th e po l i t i c a l s i tua t ion a l l

mai l

has

been cen

so red both incoming and outgoing. Some

of

t

has

been conv eniently

l o s t

in

rou te to

th e

S ta t e s^

In

November,

Mike wrote a

l e t t e r

s ta t ing

he

would

need

to

purchase

a

truck

to

haul his tent

and

equipment

and

s tat ing he would purchase

necess

ary

truck

unless told not to The cost of l iving was increasing 25 ?^ fe

n ev er r ec eiv ed th e

l e t t e r

and

knemf

noth ing un t i l th e

check

bounced^

In

fear

of imprisonment the

Antioch

Church covered the

check, but

because of

the large amount^ suggested he sel l the

truck.

This he promptly did, and

a l l debts

are

covered. He sold t to

an

English speaking

Church

o f C hrist

who, in tiAfn, agreed to s e l l t back

a t 300;00 per month.

He

needs the truck to carry

on h is

work

and a l l

contr ibut ions

are

great ly

apprec ia ted.

I f you

can f ind t in your hear t to increase your regular

support of Mike, t would aid him g rea t ly in th i s

most

important

work.

HOVv EVER

Not

only

h is

mail

i s

being

censored^

but

h is

telephone

i s

bugged

and he cons tan t ly inder

su rve i l l ance Therefore

DO

NOT SIND ANY

MONEY

TO HIM IN CHILE. Send

t

to

the

Forwarding

Agent;

See

Chr i s t i an

Standard ,

March 4, 9 7 'News o f

the

Brethren


6/9

MISSIONARJ-^S:

The S h e f f i e l d s

C a s i l l i a I4807

C o r r e o

al

Sant iago,

Chile

m. 11, No. 7

Dear Friends

in

Christ ,

THE

I /

CHILE

A N

CHRISTIAN

O c t o b e r

1973

Forward ing Agent:

Carl Wight

Box

2 8 6 8

Odessa , Texas 79760

O dessa, T exas

Box

2 8 6 8

Odessa , Texas

Sep tember 24,

1 9 7 3

name

of our

wonderful J esu s Chr is t I s n t

it

wonderful

what

our Lord has

done

for us by saving us

from-sin7-He

t r u l y

IS a wonderful Saviour and Priendo

I'm writing to

you from

the safe confines of the United

States

now.

AS most of you know by

now,

we decided to leave Chile for c-ood and

states. As

many

of

you

have

been

calling

wondering

It

out before the war started, we felt

i t

might be good

oust

to^

write to you

all

and tell you

that we

made:it out safe.

We

^=1

? 'iecided to

come

home

much later

than

our

actual leaving

anir,^ beart of my wife to persuade me to

get

E Had we stayed until

we

had planned to

our 0 ^

snd still not have gotten

for

u^

wanted to be home and

hurried

things

up

e were fortunate in that

we

were able to

sell

all of

our

personal be-

oEsfomf

E'' because of the problems in shipping

and

inl lTsf^Tf

oomrn

t r

everything

there

except

my

books and

we

are

hav

ng to

start

completely

from

scratch

again. But,

God

has provided so

lapked in nothing so f a r . , I was

mdecided as to^ whether or not to sell the truck and

tent

that I had

spent so

much

time and

money

getting together, but

decided

in-the-erra

I missionaries did, not

feel

that,

tent

campaigns

fEnLno io.be

doing, and

neither

one

of

them had

the

time

nor the

t h e r r r

1

r ?

^^^^l^ans could

not

handle it

either,

so

This

rr

finally

sold to the

Christian

Missionary

Society.

press

sEd

expenses as well as help

buy

a

ress

and

other expenses

such

as travel and getting set up.

Santiago,

i t

was a

sad affair

as

we

knew

what was coming,

but

rv,?i

when.

I honestly believe the

work

that I did while

work

wEn i continue and

know

that now with this new government, the

Zith ZZei with a great push.. Since we have such a

firm

start

a

ZLbll^n-flK5

(oi-.

1 in

every, 100

Chileans is

laZSst aZd

Christian

movement in

Chile will be one of

the

I hid

t n 5

Z d , It was a

sad night, though, when

nad to say good-bye to my Chilean brethren. I

do

not

know

i f thev are

alive and well, but have to leave it all in God's handZ ^

t h a t

included a

mile walk

with winter clothes

tZeel MiSli Miami as well as having my wallet stolen soniewhers

be-

ween Miami^d

my

final destination,

we

were

able to end our travels

fin-

StL'Zo

lilt all

16

plilL

'IblkinZ Ifl-illuf ^exas and

be

with my folks for a

while,

are IIZ' i l lll and preaching has filled my schedule

since

then. e

ChliltTan IhlllhTrl\'l'OdllZI

ApxaSo

it

I S

s o

n i c e

t o b e

i n

o u r own ,

glili

tl bl

l i r I i la fon;i ist,a lilila while,.Now, we are

fllllv fill -il + visiting of churches, but

we

tl be dofll

we

tell what

we

did and what

we hope

, doing. Here

is

a t.gntati.'v.e

l i s t

of speaking dates^ If

vou don t

find your place here

and

would

like for us to

comeT

blllte cintllt ul bv

writin^to_th_jjrwarding

Agent,

or calling


7/9

SEPT.

23Harlandale Christian ChurchSan Antonio, Texas

Sspt 30Monahans

Christian

ChurchMonahans, Texas

October 7Paramount Terrace

Christian

Church PM

service

only -Amarillo,TX,

October

14First Christian

ChurchDalhart, Texas

October 21Antioch

Christian

ChurchOdessa, Texas

October 28Schell City Christian ChurchSchell City, Missoxrri

November 4First

Christian

ChurchSheldon, Missouri

November 11

Pleasant

Gap

Christian

Church AM

servic0 -Butler Missouri

Rinehart Christian Church PM service Norton, Missouri

November 18^^go

Christian

ChurchDurango,

ColoradoFaith

Promise

Ra l l y

November

25N.

W.

McKinney Christian ChurchMcKinney, Texas

December 2Eastwood

Christian ChurchDallas,

Texas

There are other faith promise rallys that I have just found out about

but have not confirmed the dates on them. I would like to sav that

the whole

Idea

and

purpose

behind

going

is not

only

to

tell

of

what

we

did while in Chile, but to attempt to get the churcLs that sunLrto^

that support to the missionaries remaining in Chile as

they

desperately

need the help that I was giving them if ofr shartL

of expenses. Vtith the

new government

coming .into power prices are a-nfrxi-

to be very

high, and

the cost of living is going to go Ap greltl^

Running

such

a large course

and

training schools really costs Md

>w i l i

cost

even that much mofe. i =i.iiy costs and

We

will close

this

letter

to

you

now

with a big

and

heartlv thanks for

a ll you ve done

for

us

those

two

years.

We will be nrintirir = f

newsletter sometime

soon

and will be mailing out a financial refrot ^

as c o d

ever forget the Christians

down

in Chile and contin^to

b r^ ^ fT ST

are S God s hSdfli^L

Will

be Shwoing

us-saon

what

He

wants us

to

do.

Grod

bless

you

greatly.

th e -SHEFFIELDS


8/9

CHILE N

E V NGELISM

The S h e f f i e l d s Forwarding Agent : /

Casillia

14017

^ .r\73 Carl

Wight

C o r r e o 21 -

Box

2868

Santiago,

Chile Odessa, Texas 79760

December

1

1973

Dear B r o t h e r s

and

S i s t e r s i n C h r i s t

Greetings to you in the

name

of Jesus Christ.

pray

that this let ter finds you

well

and receiving

the

bless ings of

the

Lord. As we go into t h i s season remembering

th e

birth of our Saviour,

our best

wishes

go to you

for

a happy season of

joy

and

praise and a

p r o f i t a b l e

year

for

the

Lord.

Since

t h i s

i s the l a s t

l e t t e r

from us as m i s s i o n a r i e s t o C h i l e

we

want

t o

take

t h i s

opportunity to th ank each and every one of you for

your

support and

for your

prayers

for us. God

has

richly blessed

us and taken

care of

us

while we

were in

C^ile

and

since we

have returned

home. He has provided

our

every

need and

cont inues t o watch

over us even

n o w .

I would

l i k e to

recap

for

you the ev ents that have

happened

since we,returned home.

Upon our arr ival

in

Miami and subsequently

in

North

Carol ina the

las t of

August,

we discovered tha t my

wallet

had

been

stolen and thar some very precious mpney went

with i t . That was the f i r s t of many things

that

worked ou t for the best

in

th e

end.

Wettraveled

on from

North

Carol ina t o

the

D a l l a s area where we began

our

speaking

dates.

I t

was

therd

that the

f i r ^ t door

seemed

to

open

for

a

ministry, but,

the Lord

just as quickly

seemed

t o

close

i t and we continued on with

our

speaking way.

Arriving

in the West Texas town

of

Odessa, we were greeted by many

loved ones

who .

had prepared for ns a small place

to

live while we were speaking in the

different

churches.

During that time we traveled to Oklahoma,

Kansas,

Amarillo, Texas and

Dalhart , Texas ,. also spoke in the

Antioch

congregation

of

Odessa, Texas as well

as the

Monahans

congregation in

Monahans,

Texas.

Flying

from Texas up

to

Missouri,

we began a

whiil-wind

week o f speak ing and

working

for the

Lord.

Upon arr ival

in

Missouri,

we

were

again presented

with

the oppor tuni ty to

go into a

ministry,

and

we again

began to

pray

and

seek

God s

guidance.

While

there

we

spoke

at the Schell

City

Christian

Church, the Pleasan t Gap

Christian

Church, the

Rinehart

Chrsstian Church, and the Shhldon Christian Church.

This

was all done in a full

week of working with one of the local congregations. But, after the wefek was over,

i t again seemed that the Lord

just

didn*t want us in Missouri after all, so we again

l e f t on the plane t o r e t u r n home to Odessa.

A job had been

offered for

some time

in the

city of

Tyler,

Texas so

we

left for

Tyler

on

our

way home

from

Missouri.

Upon arrival

there,

we

again

saw

that God

had

closed

that

door,

at

least for

us,

so we arrived

home

finally to

Odessa a bit con

fused and

bewildered.

That Wednesday night we found out tha t

ou r

duplex apar tments

other side

had been

rented ou t to a-large group of

yourjg men and as

we lay

awake

with

the

window

panes ratt l ing

from the

vibrations

of the music,

we couldn*t

help

bu t

w o n d e r w h a t t h e L o r d h a d n e x t f o r u s .

Thursday morning Patsy went to the Doctor

for

a check-up and Thursday afternoon,

PPatsy

was in

the

hospital,

li figured

the Lord was

trying

t o t e l l us

something,

so

I called Friday morning

to

a job

offer that

I had had before, and was

hired to

begin

on Monday

That

evening

we

found a

home to rent,

and

Saturday Patsy

was

released

from

the

hsopital with a godd

possibil i ty of further surgery.

The next week was

a

hectic

one of prayer and seeking God s g uidance.

It seemed

that, because of .our

participation

in

the Charismatic

movement

and our

beliefs

concerning

the

Holy

Spirit,

-

t h a t

God was leaving us on

our own.

How wrong we

were.

Sunday m or ni ng, we

just asked

God to sliow us where

He

wanted us to worship Him,

where we could do the most good, and where we could be free in the Spirit of the

Lrd.

He

answered

every

need,

praise

His name, and led us to a

wonderful

fellowship

of people.

I t is

a non-denominational

group of

people from

many

different

groups

and fellowships who have felt led of God to come out and work together for th e

fu r

therance

of

t he gospe l.

The

name

of

the

group

is called

Life,

Unlimited and

they

are

presently

building a

large

group of buildings to be used

fo r

mass evangelism.

They have no

minister

nor preacher but instead everyone

is

considered a priest

and

we are

a l l a

part

of

the great priesthood

of believers

described

in Hebrews.

Everyone is financially

independent

and God

is marvelously

working within this group.

They espouse a l l the principles

of

the^ restoration movement, bh4 without the names

commonly placed on the church

building

of the movement. Being free in

their

worship

rf

and through the Holy Spirit, they do not make a test of fellowship the belief in

K i i

nc::

His

powers today. Using only

the

name Christian

for the

members,

they

want

t o s e e k and save

t h e

l o s t d ur i n g t h es e

l a s t

d a y s .


9/9

I t

was

t h e r e that

we

prayed the p r a y e r

o f fa i th f o r

Patsy

to be

healed

of

h e r i l l

n e s s . Monday

sh e went

to

th e doc t or ready fo r a nyt hi ng,

but he

t oi d her that a t

t h i s t i me

t h e r e

would

n o t be any need

for

s u r g e r y

and

tha t i s

sh e

c o n t i n e a d

th e way

she

was, t h e r e would n o t even be

an y need

fo r m e d i c a t i o n . Praise H is name, He

worked

o ut e v e ry

d e t a i l

We p l a n

to ju s t work

fo r

the

Lord

in e v e r y

wa y

tha t

we

c a n .

We

c o u l d a l l

wh o

c a l l

^ upon th e name

o f J e s u s an d

a r e borne a g a i n

w i t h

Him as

b r o t h e r s

b ecu as e

o f o u r

r e

l a t ionsh ip w i t h

the

Father

We

s e e k your

prayers

and l e t t e r s an d

want

yo u

to

know

from th e

depths o f ou r

hear t s t ha t

we love

an d

c h e r i s h each

and e^ ery on e

of you. -

We have been l i i ing a d a i l y walk

with

the

King,

and

i t has

been a

wonde rful

l i fe

wi t h

H i m .

We would

l ike to say

that anything

postmarked

af te r December

1 an d

addressed

to

Chilean Christian Mission w i l l

be sent on

to

th e

missionaries

now working in Cj^ile.

A ll of f er i ngs

w i l l

be handled in

t h a t

way unless they

have

our name on

them

an d

are sent

to the address of Box 2 86 8,

Odessa, Texas.

SfjOuld you

wish

to continue

/ s u p p o r t i n g th e m is si on , the

names

of t he m i ss io n ar ie s

and

t h e i r

forwarding

agents

will be sent to you on request.

Please

cont inue to

wr i t e

to

u s a s

we

w i l l b e here in O d e s s a u n t i l

the

Lo rd moves

us e ls ew he re o r un t i l

He

comes.

A fu l l

f inanc ia l repor t wi l l be pr in ted w i t h i n

a

shor t time and wil l be sent to the supporting chuxches.

God*s r ic he s b le ss in gs upon each of you

P

S

I n H i s

n a m e ,

pJ

Mike, Patsy

M i c h a e l ,

an d

Donnie

Just a

note

of thanks

f o r

a l l the help an d love you have shown

to

Mike an d P a t s y ,

^l^nks

a l s ^ f o r the ^offerings and

prayers,

as well as your patience

with

me in.,

my

wofk^hefe. Ybu

may

write to

me

anytime for

information at my home address:

P. 0,

8o x

103,

GoiEdsmith, Texas

79741,

Thanks

aga in

CHILEAN C HR IS TI AN M I SS IO N

A n

o u t r e a c h

o f

t h e

A n t i o c h

hristi n C h u r c h

4040 E, Maple

O d e s s a , T e x a s 797 62

.A.

, Car l Wight

F orw a rdi ng Agent

N o n - p r o f i t Org.

U S

P o s t a g e

P A I D

P e r m i t 97

O de ss a, T ex as 2

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