PERSONAL FILE

Date /D

Name in full

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Complete address on field U-V cjoniComplete forwarding address

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Houuard Tuc-ker

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Name and address of Livinglink church or churches:

Strfiftt.

Street.

City

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Sf-atp

City.

ZoneState.

Names and addresses of other sponsoring or endorsing churches:

strppf

Street,

nify-

7.nnp

City,

Zone__^ State.

Please send along with this form copies of recommendations from churches which will encourage other churches to support your missionary work. There are churches which will not allow a visiting missionary to speak unless a church recommendation can be shown. Since it is impos sible for any one person to know all Christians in the world, this recommendation by a respon sible New Testament church is a vital help in persuading others of your worthiness and the value of your mission. Mission Services stands ready to help you inform HORIZONS readers about your church recommendations. Since the church is sending you to the mission field (Acts 13:1-3) and will help provide the necessary needs on the field, naturally the church should share the credit in your missionary ministry. One of the ways that the church can do this is to share their conviction regarding your missionary ministry with others. Certainly, their words will help convince others regarding the worthiness of your work. Please help MISSION SERVICES to spread your news through HORIZONS, Packets and Slide library by sending your church recom mendations as soon as possible. Thanks. Send what you have now, and the others later. Recommendations by Christian Leaders: (List names and addresses here and enclose a copy of
each letter, thanks,)

NAMF lUcociroLo'
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Zip

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, Mey^o

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Name and address of hometown newspaper.

Name and address of other papers which might carry stories of your work:

Street.

Street.
State.

City_

City_
c a

Zone.
s

Place of BTRTH. S3 A
Day nf hirfh Mnnth. ^ Vpar.,?>9

Me>t'ico

Where hapt.isp-H?_ Pa

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State

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On an extra page please describe any details regarding conversion which you might care to
mention. m a r i t a l STATUS:

Marripd.

Single.

mo.

day

Divorced.

yr.

Widowed.

Date of marriflgp // fC ~

Where married? j n

/O. R).C.. rJv"\p'y

Who solemnized your wedding? ^ 11'! nod roLV

P li 'i U p-s
day, month, and year
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List children by full name giving place, day, month, and year of birth: (If your children have been adopted, please indicate.)
Name

Place of their birth

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Please list places of previous Christian service and what service you did. Give approximate dates:
Place Service Dates

. C\Up^v-r .n g. . fcih. M&>. .

Pr<p.^^Ue,rP.-.p,ar iner

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1^1

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SCHOOLING (high school and later):

Name of school

Location

Number of years

Degrees and date granted

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What things influenced you to become a missionary? What is your purpose? What do you hope to accomplish on the mission field? Your own story in some detail might be influential in leading others into fulltime service (Use an extra sheet if you need more space):

(^Ujt CI^C( :t/iC U/Ciy^

-Describe briefly in outline form the nature of your daily duties on the field;

Which of the following terms most nearly describes your missionary status?

Pivflngplifit.
Homemaker

Bible College Tpanhpr.

"nnffDr

Public School Teacher^

Music teacher.

Nurse^_^_ Social worker.

Radio ministry.

Radin fMlnwiip,

.nhristian Service Camp

Linguistics,

Maintenance of mission equipment,. Benevolence^ Office work.

Name other:

PARENTS:

Father's name and home

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Deceaseds
Zone_ State.

His nnoAipatinri^^ji^'^-^ynu^-^ Tr he aChristian? ye>>^- ^nn.

What positions of leadership has he held in the local church?
What Christian service does he now do?

Mother's full maiden name:

StrPftt CM-iT 7r>nP

Living^l!ll_Deceaseds
SfgtA

Is she a Christian? vpg

Mn

Her occupation if employed outside the home.

What leadership positions or Christian service has she rendered to the local churchi?^

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FORWARDING AGENT:

/'
Street,

City,
Where attend nhnrrh?-

y.nrift.

State.
Strp^t

Telephone:

City.

7.rvnP.

StatP

What duties are performed by the forwarding Does the forwarding agent receive a salary?,
Should money be sent to the forwarding agent only?,
In what form should funds be

If funds are to be sent directly to the missionary on the field, please explain the details of how to do it, so we can give your explanation to HORIZONS readers and others who may inquire.
Use the remainder of this sheet or an additional sheet to supply other information which you think might be helpful to the staff of MISSION SERVICES in preparing news stories about your ministry:

PERSONAL FILE

Date

/ 0 ~ (3 ~ ^

Name in full -Jit

Complete address on field ti/'e donf o.ici v&T

Complete forwarding address % M ntoArd

+empcrar^ ,ry

Tur.kp r
l^lnOl'1

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Name and address of Livinglink church or churches:

Strpft.

Street.

City -

7.r>r>a

gffltp

City.

ZoneState,

Names and addresses of other sponsoring or endorsing churches:

strPAt

Street.

7.nr\f^

statP

c.ity.

Z one

State,

Please send along with this form copies of recommendations from churches which will encourage other churches to support your missionary work. There are churches which will not allow a visiting missionary to speak unless a church recommendation can be shown. Since it is impos sible for any one person to know all Christians in the world, this recommendation by a respon sible New Testament church is a vital help in persuading others of your worthiness and the value of your mission. Mission Services stands ready to help you inform HORIZONS readers about your church recommendations. Since the church is sending you to the mission field (Acts 13:1-3) and will help provide the necessary needs on the field, naturally the church should share the
credit in your missionary ministry. One of the ways that the church can do this is to share their conviction regarding your missionary ministry with others. Certainly, their words will help convince others regarding the worthiness of your work. Please help MISSION SERVICES to spread your news through HORIZONS, Packets and Slide library by sending your church recom mendations as soon as possible. Thanks, Send what you have now, and the others later. Recommendations by Christian Leaders: (List names and addresses here and enclose a copy of each letter, thanks.)

NAMF
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Ph'Jiipc;
\ 09(1
95'/0S
Zip

Name

Hcigar- cie.

ZEecL

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Luis Potc^>^..S,L.P. , Mevico State

Name and address of hometown npwspapftr.

Me-raigj
O-H-auja , Kayisa-s

Name and address of other papers which might carry stories of your work:

.
Street.

CcLA.nfry iZ/.s/T'cr
B
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Street.

City

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Zone, State,
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Place of BTRTfJ.
Day of hirth

H Cryu i^iy
Month. 7* Vpar. D
n.

Where haptigoH?
City

^ ^

-DsXe^^JLUj^ / 9-fTJ
State.

On an extra page please describe any details regarding conversion which you might care to
mention. MARITAL STATUS:

Date of marT-iagf> // - //O -

Married, )/ _ Single. Divorced^ yno. day yr.

Widowed.

Where married? Ul

'

r\ r:> ^

C , c/? ap e I

Who solemnized your wedding? , lA^QodrQv.'Phi Hip-^

List children by full name giving place, day, month, and year of birth: (If your children have been adopted, please indicate.)
Name

Place of their birth

day, month, and year

(n 0 D !

r!u iqtxiafp.mnr,
/4 b ram
Sarah

Hftvico
fly,+nv\\ry. Tp,v
9

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Please list places of previous Christian service and wWt service you did. Give approximate dates:
Place
koM.

Service

Dates

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fie, Lrt^Vo
, t<>c3ie. Potis. Te*.

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SCHOOLING (high school and later):

Name of school

Location

Number of years

Degrees and date granted

OttrV v;;fi , O+tai..u-^ ^ka-u fOjzark BWole CoHecyfc , Jc.pli/;, Mo.

I-/.S. d! iDitnA a.

What things influenced you to become a missionary? What is your purpose? What do you hope to accomplish on the mission field? Your own story in some detail might be influential in leading others into fulltime service (Use an extra sheet if you need more space):

OcytA^(>C

<9'n^ -

Describe briefly in outline form the nature of your daily duties on the field:

Which of the following terms most nearly describes your missionary status?

Fvangplist.
WnmpmflWpr

Bible College Tpaohpr.

Tinntrtr

Public School Teacher^

Music teacher.

N u r s e _ _ , Social wm-i^pr

"Radio ministry.

fnUnwup.

_PVirigtian Sprvinp ramp

Linguistics^

Maintenance of mission equipment^ BenevolenceOffice work.

Name other:

PARENTS:

Father's name and home address:.

Living

, Deceased.

Rfrffpt.

City.

- Ztme
\ jj^d rr^

Rtflfp /fo:^

His nnnnpatinn-^*^

^le a Christian? yfiR-Z^ nn.

What positions of leadership has he held in the local church?

What Christian service does he now do?

y)t///

>^/Uc nj i^/WcyL .

Mother's full maiden name; ^/hxf V/^y:thL.\'&

Is she a Christian? Yes Nn

Living^J!^_Deceased.

Her occupation if employed outside the home

What leadership positions or Christian service has she rendered to the local church.?. T^^/y

FORWARDING AGENT: Name. Street,

City,
Where attend nhurnh?.

Zone___
RtrfiPt

Telephone:,

City.

7.nr>P.

Sf-fltA

What duties are performed by the forwarding Does the forwarding agent receive a salary ?-

Should money be sent to the forwarding agent nnly?.

/
In what form should funds be

If funds are to be sent directly to the missionary on the field, please explain the details of how to

do it, so we can give your explanation to HORIZONS readers and others who may inquire.
Use the remainder of this sheet or an additional sheet to supply other information which you think might be helpful to the staff of MISSION SERVICES in preparing news stories about your ministry:

The Escobedo's Adress

It will be a great pleasure to hear ITom you, Mall us a

note, send us a postcar'd. Let ns lmo that you are behind us with
your daily prayers,
Our address;

Isaias c Theo Escobedo

Church of Christ Tovti & Country

Box 91

uttavja, Kansas

66067

MISSIONARY
We hope that by the time you read this we will be on our

way to San Luis Potosi, Mexico,

We have enjoyed visiting with

Christian friends and relatives in this area, and everyone has

peoven to be a grest host.

We haVe profited spiritually from the

past revival, it was l great pleasure for us to hear the Lord's

word through a man like Bro, Ransom Ebersole.

We are grateful to all of you that have remembered us in

prayer and those of you that God has used as "senders".

Eventhough

we still do not have all our basic support, we know that God will

provide, he has never failed anyone that trusts and obeys Him.
It takes money to fight a v;arit takes prayers and

money to fight sin anil ignorance of the vord of God,

He has

commanded us to the battle field an" we knovi that with Christ as

our leader great victories

e to be
Isaias

Kingdom.
Theo lilscobedo

ROMAN'S 10:14

15a

How then shall they call on him in whom they

they hear without a preacher?
V '

*iave not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how sha'

And how jhall they preach, oxcept they be sent?

>+.

and later attended Ozark Bible College in Joplin, Mo. There I met my wife Theo, who
was a student at O.B^C. when we were married.

of the body of Christ, We have been attending Fairview Christian Church in Carthage. I am a I960 graduate of Colegio Biblico (a Bible College located in Eagle Pass, Tex.)

We arelsaias & Theo Escobedo and family, residents of Carthage, Mo. and members

We plan to dedicate ourselves to preach and teach the Gospel of Christ on a full time basis. Our field of service will be San Luis Potosi in central Mexico, where there is a
great need for the Gospel of Christ to be preached,

W-ith-t-he-Lord's-help, we hope to incourage God'-s pe'ople to participat^spiritviaHy^aTrafinancially in the spreading of the Gospel,

We need sixty dollars a week to provide our basic needs and a fund to print Christian
literature in spanish.

We are going because the Lord has commanded us to go and we want to please Him. We are going because of the need of those peoples ' souls to know Christ and the way of salvation. We are going because of the joy of being ambassadors of the King of Kings. We would like to urge you not to send us, but to go with us through your prayers and^-' financial support and share the joy of being co-workers in the Lord ... . , Jr
/"Isaias and Theo Escobedo '%

Isaias and Theo Escobedo, whom I have known but a short timepdesir'^^^return to
his native Mexico to evangelize for their Lord,One needs only to meet this family once to
see their humble lives their dedicated lives for the Lord. They know how to work for
their Lor^, and are hard workers.

May we be co-workers with them in prayer and financial support,

Wilbur Ebersole

THE GREAT COMMISSION, Leaves Nothing to OUR choice,

Go Teach

Baptize Teach.

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We are Isaias & Theo Escobedo and family,
residents of Carthage, Mo. and members of the

body of Christ. We have been attending Fairview Christian Church in Carthage#

and later attended Ozark Bible College in Joplinj Mo. There I met my wife Theo, who was a student
at U.B.C. when we were msirried.

(a Bible College located in Eagle Pass, Tex.)

I am a I960 graduate of Colegio Biblico

We plan to dedicate ourselves to preach and

\
cn

for the Gospel of Christ to be preached.

in central Mexico, where there is a great need

teach the Gospel of Christ on a full time basis. Our field of service will be San Luis Potosi

to

cn

\ With the Lord's help, we hope to encourage 1 God's people to participate spiritually and in the spreading of to the provide Gospel. for ^ , \i \Y We need sixty dollars a week i ^ J our basic needs and a fund to print Christian VJLiterature in spanish.
We are going because the Lord has commanded

going because of the need of those peoples' souls to know Christ and the way of salvation. We are going because of the joy of being am bassadors of the King of kings.
We would like to urge you not to send us

us to go and we want to please Him,

We are

only, but to go with us through yuur prayers and financial support and share the joy of being
co-workers in the Lord.

In Christ,
Isaias and Theo

flov/
missionary
Greetings
We

T San

Luis

Potosi;S.L.,P.

Mexico

in

the
in

nanne
San

of

our

Lord
on

& Savior
Oct. 29

Jesus
at 5

Christ

arrived

Luis

Potosi

A.M. and

thanks be to God we didnthave any difficulties at the bor der or mechanical troubles either, even though we were exhausted we feel that this is the place where the Lord
will use us best,

Saturday, Nov.1st, we went to a nearby village, by the name of San Agustin, about 50 miles from here, our boys really enjoyed the trip, they were so happy they didnt even notice the dust , and there was plenty of it, this particular area has not had any rain for a year,San Agustin has a small c}iurch building and a group of faithful Christians, So we made our "he adquarters"there for the weehend. Sunday mo rning we had a marriage ceremony, Benito Silis performed the Ceremony,! preached & Bill McCarty presided,In the af ternoon we went to ElRefugio*whe\*e I preached and then to El Salitre where Benito spoke, by then it was 6 P,M,and we just made it back to San Agustin on time for the evening ser vice,Ip reached there again. By this time we felt we had put in a'lEullday", We got back to San Luis Potosi at 1 A, M, mo n day
At this time we are still living with my parents.We hope to be in our "own house" by the next 11 -n e you h e a r^ f rom_ u.s Bro. Ted Murray offered us 2 small rooms that he is not us ing,Theo will be teaching a class at the "Casa Hoj,ar" for the children who do not go to school. _

We are

gi'eatCul to the Tow?j.

^Country" Churc'i Of Lhrist -or

a 1 i > -.v ; - j IS j p a c e in t 'i I r >: 'i ; v c h paper. If therfi s. s - church or a gro-ap of Christian brethern that would lilce to fielp us in patting out a regular news letter, we wo .Id be glad to henr from you! We can print it here i'. SanLuis, or if you prefer we will send you the news and you can take care of the printing and mailing. We dont fully understand Luke 10:2 until we come out and see the thousands of people that have not heard the Gospel
of Christ once in their lives.

Please
Potosi,

pray for

us

as

we

labor

for

our

Lord

in

c ^

T 'i' "

InChr i

Isaias
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o'"E s c o b e d o ^
a * v. * * ^

Kov, 12, 1969

Andador de la Ttiea 61 Col, ? Arriaga., San Ifliis Potosi,

aiissTii^s IN TII3

o? our IiOrd

J3SUS CHRIST; OUR SAVIOR

T'7o'liaT3 baon in San Lais Potosi ov^r two rjid'

it sedffls to us that wo just arrived. Time seens to i^ly. We have had Bible studies here in the city of Sc.n Luis Potosi and iasereral villass not far from here in 331

Refusio, 31 Sali.tre and San Agustin. These are sar.ll

People are eager to hear the Qoppel,
to^-ms about two hours drive west of San Lu5.s Potosi,
see us ooms and talk to them about Christ#

They are happy to

still do not speak or \inderstand enough to assiniilate an3rthing but tney have adapted and enjoy school.

Our boys are going to a local primary school#

They
.Jo

started out i/ith our ovm small savings and since t^iis was limited we find ourselves financially concemedi Soon

We do not have regular financial support yet.

I will be ^^rldLng part-time in order to have a sm^ll income to provide for our fs^ly's physical needs# _

We feel that our Lord will not fail us. things do not v/ork out the way we had planned them it is because
He Imows best.

lour pravers and financial support are needed and

will be greatly appreciated.

In Christ^

Town & Country Church of Christ

Box 91

IsaJLas & Theo Sscobedo

Ottawa, Kan. 66067

Mrs. Violet EberIe

Isaias & Tfteo fscobedo

Town &Country Cfi. of Clirist

Box 91

TidSorTrfrVtiea-H^'

Ottawa, Kao. 66067

Col. P. Arriaga Sao Luis Polosi, S.L.P.

Dec. 16, 1969

Gretings in the name of our Saviour Jesus Christ, With great joy in our hearts we write this news-letter, to inform our breathren of some
of our activities and share the blessing of being a laborer for Crist.

We have moved to **our house** (two rooms that belong to the orphanage) eventhough
we have no bathroon or water, we are still very proud of our house. We have partly furni

shed it. We get the water from a neighbor's house. Last Thanksgiving-day we gathered at a place where a church house is being built unter Benito Solis* direction Bro Antonio Medina brought the message. Aftewards we had a fellowship dinner at the same place. No, it was not a turkey dinner, here in Mexico Thanksgiving-day is not known as a national holiday.

I have continued to visit and preach in three small places near San Luis PotosJ, in two

of these places we meet in homes- The third one, San Agnstin, has a church building.
Moises Saucedo and I have been doing house to house evangelism in the city. He holds
services at his house where I have preached.

I would like to remind you of the great need of Christian literature in spanishi We can use Bibles, New Testaments as well as visual aids. I would like to place a Bible or New Testament in every house that we visit. These items can be sent direct to us. l)^nks to the groups and individuals that have helped vis spiritually and financially.
Here we list the contributions that we have received since we left the States Oct. 29, 1969.

Church of Christ at Lake Ellen, Casselberry, Fl. Churck of Christ at Lake Ellen, Casselberry, FL
Westide Christian Ch Parsons, Kan.

Town and Country Ch. of Christ Ottawa, Kan. Galesburg Christian Ch. Galesburg, Kan. Fairview Christian Ch. Carthage, Mo. Willing Workers Garnett, Kan. Willing Workers Garnett, Kan. "Kum Join Us" Galesburg, Kan;
Douglas Mosher Fort Hood, Tex.

20.00 10 00 20.00 21.00 25.00

50.00

M/M Henry Smith Tougonoxie, Kan,

Gift Otthawa, Kan.

Jess Hoover Carthage, Mo. Minnie Ingle Lawrence, Kan.

Glen Seibel Lamar, Mo.

10.00 5.00 5.00 20.00 5.00 10.00 10.00

10.00
12.00 10.00
15.00

Thelma Mosher Wellesville, Kan. Gift Otthawa, Kan.

Christ filled New Year.

We take this opportunity to wish to all of you a very joyful Christmas season and a
In Christ,

l.saias ^ Theo Escobedo