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Greetings from Portugal

(poX-]

Go

therefore and make disciples

of all nations.

. .

Box 67,

ol l insvi l le

mino i s

62234

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January, 1980

We have been

in language study

since November, trying to learn a

very

dif

f i cu l t language - and how successful we become remains to be seen. We

have been

able to

meet a few

friends

during

this time

and have been

able

to

share

notes on the happenings in Portugal.

I t is

a very interesting

country

and^he

nged

for

Christ s

message

can

be

seen

all

around

us

During

th e

month

of

October, Lew

Cass and I

made

the visi t into

Bangla

desh and

for

a few

dollars

more,

decided

to survey

Singapore

to d iscover

the possibilit ies

there.

At the moment,

i t

seems as i f our

getting

into

-B^.3.l3desh

will

be a

l i t t le

delayed. The government there

is making

all

foreigners re-register

and

our contacts there,

both

foreign

and

national,

advise us to

wait

until this program

is

finished

before

we

apply for

our

visas. Otherwise, we

might

get caught

in the

shuffle.

They suggest

we

wait

at leas t six_mo_nths to apply.

While in .

Singapore,

Bob and Lew were able

to

make

contact

with men who

Bob

had known while he was

in Singapore in

1970, waiting

for

his visa

into

Indonesia.

One

man,

in

particular,

has

since

started

a

leadership

training program and was very anxious to have someone

help

him. We have

no work in

Singapore,

so we prayed about

this

possibi l i ty

also.

Since

i t is

easier

for us

to

make a move, ra ther than Lew, we decided that

another

door was

opening for

us . We contacted

th e elders

of ou r living-

link

congregation

in Collinsville,

Ill inois,

and

they agreed

100 per

cent that we should move-on to Singapore (providing visas can be ob

tained

an^Lew

stay

here

until someone

comes

to replace

him.

We would be teaching

in

the

Leadership Training

School,

plus perhaps

able to s tar t

a work there. Also, there

is

a

Bangladesh Consulate

to

work

with,

whereas

there

is none in this country . . . and

i t

is closer

to Bangladesh.

We

ask your prayers concerning

this

possible

move. It

takes all of our

prayers

and e f fo r t s to

get

the

job

done tha t

needs

to be done.

Due

to

th e

fact that

ou r

contract was up on

our f i r s t apartment,

we have

had

to

move again. Qur^address will be the same as the Lew Cass,

family

and i s printed on the back.

Love in h r is t J es us

BOB 6 VJANB SJGAfOOSE


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therefore and make disciples

I

of

all

nations.

Box 67

Collinsville

ininois

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June,

1980

Greetings

from Portugal

They

say that

springtime

in

Europe

is

a beautiful sight

to see. We

agree.

t

seemed

as i f overnight

the

trees

popped out in delicate

shades

of

green, while multitudes

of

f lowers displayed

a wide

array

of colors: p ink, yel low, purple, red,

blue,

with varying shades of

each. t

was an

uplif t ing time for

us

to

look

out across

the

hi l ls

and valleys

made green by

t he w in ter

rains and

experience

a new surge

of

urgency in

proclaiming

Christ to these many

around

us. To be able

to give

them an eternal

season

of love,

beauty

and the

blessed

as

surance

of a springtime forever. We thank God for His promise

of

springtime

After

many months of

survey,

making

contacts

and other

necessary

means of beginning a new

work.

Lew and Bob

have finally

come

in

con

tact

with

a

group

of immigrants

that want to

be taught.

Immigrants

from

former Portuguese

colonies

such

as Angola,

Mozambique

and

others number more

than one million

a t

the

present, which makes up

more

than one-ninth

of

the

total

population

of Portugal. At the

mo

ment, they

seem

to

be

the most receptive.

Eventually,

these

immigrants

will have to

find

their way into

the

Portuguese society. t is a good

opportunity

for

us.

The Bible Study meets

in

a home on

Friday

nights, beginning a t 9:30 and

las t ing

until

midnight. This

big home houses ten families

l iving to

gether

and one

of the

bedrooms

is

used for the meeting.

To be

sure, i t

i s

a l ttl crowded

wi th f our t een

adu l t s

and seve r a l

ch i l d r en We

covet

your

prayers

in

th is

new adventure fo r Chris t .

Singapore Immigrations

Department

has

sent

us more

forms

to

f i l l

out,

which we

did,

and

are s t i l l waiting for

an

answer to their decision.

We

have learned many things on the mission f ie ld

one

of the most

important things has been patience.

On

the more

personal side

we

have

had s ever al gue st s

off and

on

since

Christmas. Usually

the Casses house them

a ll as

we don t

have

a

lo t of

room

But

then, we try and

share

on the meals and taking

our

guests

around

to see the interes t ing places

that

are

so

near to

us.


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have enjoyed

t he Chr is ti an

fellowship and hold

i t dear.

I t

does give us an

encouragemenJt

that we are not a ll alone here.

Debbie and Laurie have

enjoyed this past year

studying

at

Artesia Christ ian

College. They intend to go to

the

Collinsville, I l l inois area for

the

summer

to

work.

appreci at e the concern of

those

there who

have

so

graciously

o ffe red to look

a f t e r them.

Thank you

for

your

continued prayers for this

work

here in Portugal. I t

is

needed . . . .

Love

in Chr is t ,

Robert

Diane

Sigafoose

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y

November

I98O

We w e r e v e r y e x c i t e d a n d t h r i l l e d t o b e a b l e t o b e home t h o s e

few weeks

i n

America f o r our d au gh ter D eb b ie s

wedding.

I t

was

s o g r e a t t o

b e t o g e t h e r w i t h

b o t h

o f th e

g i r l s

t h a t s h o r t

t i m e

a f t e r

s o l o n g a n a b s e n c e from one a n o t h e r . Our Debbie

married a

wonderful

C h r i s t i a n

boy whom

we

i mm ed ia te ly l ov ed

and

were

very happy

to

a c c e p t

him

a s

p a r t

o f th e

fam i l y. e

do seek y ou r p r a y e r s

f o r t h i s n ew a d v e n t u r e

f o r

t h i s

c o u p l e .

Lauri e has r e t u r n e d to

A r t e s i a

C h r i s t i a n

C o l l eg e

which h as

become h e r

home

w h i l e

we have

been gone. She e n j o y s h e r

many

p a r e n t s t h e r e

a n d

t h e y

a r e

good

t o

l o o k

a f t e r

h e r

n e e d s .

e a p p r e c i a t e d t h e C o l l i n s v i l l e , I l l i n o i s c o n g r e g a t i o n w h i l e

in the

S tates.

^^ey did a tremendous job o f looking

a f t e r

o u r n e e d s a t t h a t t ime by p r o v i d i n g

a

p l a c e f o r

o u r

f a m i l y to

be

t o g e t h e r , p l u s t r a n s p o r t a t i o n and making

s u r e

we had a

good s u p p l y

o f

t h a t

good

o l e American

f o o d . God t r u l y

h a s

b e e n

good t o u s t h r o ug h t h e e f f o r t s o f ll o u r b r o t h e r s a n d

sisters in C h r i s t .

As

you c e l e b r a t e

th e

me a n in g o f

C h r i s t m a s t h i s s e a s o n v/ith

y o u r f a m i l i e s

and

y o u r

c h u r c h f a m i l i e s , w i l l

you

t a k e

t h e

t ime

t o

p r a y f o r o u r t h re e f am i l i e s

h e r e a s

we t r y

t o

e n d e a v o r t o

sew

a n d

p l a n t

s e e d s

i n

t h i s

n i n e

m i l l i o n

p o p u l o u s

c o u n t r y

o f

P o r t u g a l ?

e p r a y t h a t God w i l l r i c h l y b l e s s

each and e v e r y o n e

o f y o u w i t h H is G o o d n e s s ;

Our

v i s a t o

S i n g a p o r e d i d

n o t

come

t h r o u g h . e i n t e n d

to

s t a y

h e r e i n

P o r t u g a l

f o r

t h i s

n e x t

y e a r ,

still p a v i n g r o a d s and

making p r e p a r a t i o n s f o r ne w m i ss io n a ri e s t o come. H o p e f u l l y

sometime a f t e r

n e x t

May

we

a r e

e x p e c t i n g f o u r

new

m i s s i o n a r i e s

t o

come

t o

P o r t u g a l

a n d

ta k e o v e r th e r e s p o n s i b i l i t i e s

we

h a v e

b e g u n .

A f t e r t h a t ,

we

w i l l b e

l o o k i n g

e l s e w h e r e f o r

a

n e w

c o u n t r y

i n

w h i c h

t o o p e n t h e

d o o r s

t o t h e G o s p e l

a n d

t o h e l p

g e t

m i s s i o n a r i e s i n t o t h e

c o u n t r i e s

we c a n o p e n .


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November 29, 198O

Repor t

f rom Delmer

and

Wins ton

Our

first

exper ience a t working

a

booth a t the N atio na l

Missionary Convention was

very

heartwarming

and

provided us

with a much

broader

ins ight

to

the needs of the world

and

how

b e s t to accompl i sh th e work our Lord has s e t be fo re u s .

Nothing can match the experience

of

l i s t en ing to a group

of

missionar ies

from

so

many

d i f f e r en t

par t s

of

God s world

shar ing joys and sorrows,

vic tor i es

and defea ts . Fel lowship

was

evident in

many ways as we

discussed in

groups

or on

a

one to one

ba s i s th e

ways

Good News Chr i s t i an Mis sio n co uld

help to fulfill th e theme

o f

th e Convent ion, W holeness

in

M i s si o n s ,

Using the

example o f A cts 11:22 and 13 :2 -4 o f

Barnabas

and Saul being set apart by the olySpirit and sent forth ^

from

the church a t

Ant ioch , we a re sending

ou t

Bob

and

Diane

Sigafoose as our

missionar ies

to

open up new areas of work so

t ha t permanent

workers

can fol low up behind them taking

over

th e work e sta bl is he d, f re ein g our team o f Lew

Cass

and Rober t

Sigafoose

to re sea rc h

and

open up

o th er a re as

while

there

i s

y e t

t ime .

We

h a v e f o und f rom o u r r e s e a r c h and from d i s c u s s i o n s w i t h

others

a t

the N.M.C.

t h a t more and more co un tr ies a re c lo sin g

t h e i r borders

to m is sio na rie s

coming in to

es tabl ish

churches

and to

spread

th e t r ue

Word

o f th e Gospe l ,

Time

i s so

sho r t and

t h e re

a re

so few wi th th e exper ience

and know how to open

new

f i e l d s

fo r

our

Lord . Bob

and

Lew have

t h i s experience and

know how

and

we

a re

t rying to use it to the

b e s t

advantage . We f e e l th a t

it

i s v i t a l

t h a t t he se f i e l d s

be

opened

so t h a t

others

may

come

to assume the

work on a

permanent

b sis

I n th e summer of

8 1

Di ck and Sa r a h Rob i s on will rrive

in Lesbon, Por tugal to take

over

the two groups t ha t

have

been

es t ab l i shed .

This wi l l f r ee

our team

to begin

surveys

and work

in othe r

a reas

t h a t need to be opened to the Word,

are

cur ren t ly

conduc t ing surveys in Spain and expec t to have

ano the r

work

s t a r t ed

t he re soon. have

r ec ru i ted a

young couple

who

speak the language

and

know the

customs

of

the Spani sh p eo pl e

to t ake over as soon as we can ge t

t h i s work

s t a r t ed a t Badai.02.

In c los ing ,

l e t us say t h a t

in

p repa r ing

and

working the

booth a t

the N.M.C, we

received

a g rea t

b les s ing

in

th e se rvice

o f

our

Lord and

Saviour

J e sus Chr i s t , We co ntinue to seek your

prayers and suppo r t . We t hank and

p ra i s e

God

fo r you

who sha r e

so fu l l y with us in

His

Serv ice .


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m

FURLOUGH

PLANNED FOR SIGAFOOSE FAMILY

Good News Christ ian

Mission

is pleased to announce

that

Bob and Diane

Siga-foose will be returning to the States -for a six month -furlough

beginning in

March o f

198^.

It

will be a short time in the States, but

they can only

be away from

Singapore

a few

months

due

to that

government s

tax regulations and

the

renewal of

visas again

in August.

They

are preparing

a

special

presentation

of sermons,

slides,

pictures

and display items to

bring

you a

report

of their labors in Singapore.

Bob and Diane are grateful

fo r

your

response

to

the

need

for

a new

typewriter. Because of

your wonderful response, they

have been

able to

purchase a new portable electronic

typewriter

which

is

an indespensible

i tem these days

They are

in

need of

a ir

fare

home

and

an

automobile to use for the i r

travels

while they are home. Their air fare will amount to

1,900.

We

now have 600 in the Travel Fund

to

apply to the t ickets . The Mission

board has

located

a

car

that can be purchased

for

3,000. The

ca r is

a

1979 Ponti ac Bonnevi lle and has 45,244

miles

on i t Those of you who

are interested

in

helping

with

e i ther of

these two

needs

may

send your

gifts

to ;

GOO

NEWS

CHRISTIAN

MISSUS,

P.O.BOX

67,

COLLINSVILLE

IL

62234.

We

have se t

up

both

an

Automobile

Fund

and

a Travel

Fund and ask

that these designations be used for all gif ts toward this

endeavor.

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