BRASILIA BUILDER

February, 1996
" Our 48th Year in Service "
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** Letter of Report - Love - Praise and Renewal**

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Lloyd David& Ruth Edna Sanders Starla Joy & LuizCarlos de Azevedo
THE KINGDOM IS ACTIVE AND SO ARE WEI

Dear friends,

In the midst of our satisfaction and

"Events" for good or bad have come

upon us... we give glory to God for VICTORY

after many battles against the evil one... personal sickness, David and Ruth... Praise
for renewall... "guily" washers at our "homes" project.. Praise for reconstnictionl... crises
and restructure- renewal and rehabilatation -

Joy in seeing the Kingdom come and grow In Brazil as we, and others
announce the "good news", edify,
train servants of the Lord and plant churches, we become aware that it

has Ijeen three years,or more, since we have brought. In person, a

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robbery of all types- houses and equipmentpersonal and misslon-but God has given power
to meet and overcome.

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greeting to you, and a report of our

venture for Christ In Brazil.

Your prayers have given POWER and VICTORY. We are constantly in prayer for wisdom - orientation - power - and courage for each new dayl

After prayerful consideration, we are setting the period of April 25 to June 21 for Lloyd David to be in the
States. His tentative schedule Is:

Although slowing down considerably, we

are amazed at activities we have been able to

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April 26-30-Tri-City,TN May 01-03- Knoxville, TN 04-11 - Pittsburgh, PA

12-16 - OHiO 17-22 - INDIANA 23-31 - KANSAS June 01-10 -KANSAS & OKLAHOMA 11-17-IOWA

accomplish. Our BIGGEST "EVENF* was the end

of the year victory in 8 congregations Joining in the central Brasilia church for the largest number of baptisms in our history - 93 baptisms!
The year of 1995 was closed out with SIX
NEW CHURCHES OPENED or afflliated in the

18-20 - Columbia, SC
21 - RETURN TO BRAZIL

if it would be your pleasure to have a personal time with Lloyd David when he is in your area, send us a
simple airmail letter, phone
direct or send us a FAX: AIRMAIL: Caixa Postal 862

Federal District area. The year of 1996 was

us

begun with a proposal to DOUBLE THE CHURCHES IN THE FEDERAL DISTRICT by the
end of the year!

70.359-970 Brasilia - DP
Brasil - SA FrioNc: 011-55-61-242-8378 FAX: 011-55-61-1538 Recursos Humanos

Word comes from Goiflnia ( where "Paul Lanham, Earl Haubner, Merlin Shields and Gary
Burrell labor), of 70 CONGREGATIONS that are registered in that city.

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PRAY WITH US THAT THESE PLANS

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WILL BE FOR THE GLORY KINGDOM!

OF THE

YES, YOU ARE IMPORTANTl INTENSIVE DAILY PRAYER NEEDED - FOR "GOD IS OUR POWER"

Your prayers count for powerl

Join us for more wisdom from on high!

National support for intensive evangelismi Great steps in planting churches -1996-20001 Pray for 100 students in Training annually! What goals God has for Brazil and into all the world from Brazil... Some say, 500... Some say 1000 churchesi Will you pray for 50 missionaries to cross-culture evangelismi YOUR PRAYERS WILL EMPOWER! Pray for development of educational and training activities! EMPOWERING THE POOR - a Center of teaching for FACING THE POWERS IN GOD'S POWERl
BRASILIA - RECIFE Self-support activities! Personal needs - Development of "homes" Starla/Luiz Carlos still need $1000 monthly living link support

Telephone (in process) - $3000 Transportation for Homes - $40,000 Farm for "City of Hope" in Recife

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1. Students/Professors, in corner of library/classroom, receive books from Johnson Bible College. Ebi.
secretary of Missions Teresa, secretary of College -

Leila, wife of Rector

Osorio and

David Sanders

nail to receive books

nore books!

for college

library.

open Pray for

sector "Corner of the Ostriches" near tl>e Integrated Life Project of homes for children and elderly. Three preachers kneeling in front/left.New satelite area of Brasilia - New building in construction - daughter church of Ceilandia church. Pray for new openings 1

2. New church inaugaration in

^ 3. David Sanders reading Bible and praying for Consuclita

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are for much

years old) in "homes"for elderly. Immediate plans needed clinic and "center" for dining.
Pray for funds for development!

dormitory.

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IjH Christian College, and to all

monthly meeting of local

In front of Ceilandia Church, David Sanders presenting new book "The Family of God" by LeRoy Larson ,in the Portugues language, to Osorio Gonsalves, Rector of

the preachers
of

present at

Association

preachers and

leaders iri the

Federal

District.

Pray

for

necessary

literature - Bibles 6 books for advancina advancing Trainina. Training.

5. Water supply increased greatly through drainage of

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swamp area at the "homes" for the elderly.

Agriculture

department surveyed area and rented equipment for 1500 ft. drainage system. Each home now has water for irrigation. Pray for further development.

RASILIA
"OURS YOURS -

BUILDER
THEIRS"

Born and sustained in prayer

Greetings in the name of our great Eternal Hope!

July, 1996
LLOYD DAVID RETURNS FROM HIS TRAVELS

Thank you, each one, for your tremendous expression of love and concern in the fellowship with you and our brethren while on my travels in the USA! Here, back in Brazil, we are meeting a new wave of 50 degrees (ice cold-3 blanket-weather). Somehow the cold
feels colder and the heat feels hotter! But of course,

the "breathing" is just as important, or more so, as it is anywhere in the world. For this, and a multitude of other reasons, I give thanks to God for "headaches"
that are healed, for the comfort of the Holy Spirit that is always present, for the realization of wonderful fellowship with the brethren in every church the two months (April 23-June 21) I spent with you in
thB-States THREE NEW CHURCHES

Yes, in Brazil, we rejoice that upon my arrival, the welcome was so refreshing, I could weep with joy to be back with the "Family of God"- at home - away from home. We have been greeted these days with THREE NEW CHURCHES, two in the surrounding satilite city area of Samambaia, mainly through the efforts of the Rector and students of Brasilia Christian College. We attended the "opening night" of the other new church in the
satelite area of Santa Maria where the Missionary Team

which is training to go to Mozambique (Africa) has started a new congregation. Some 100 attended a chilling wind which did not chill the enthusiasm (but gave David the beginning of a bad chest infection)- a dark night in an open field seemed a little out of place and just two pressure lanterns did not help much. Starting with a traditional social time, soon lights
appeared in the small "clapboard" chapel with guitars

and drums, as we praised the Lord with prayer, singing and brief preaching in dedication of the chapel.
ANNUAL BRAZILIAN CHURCH CONVENTION

L.
Pires

David and Philip McAfee drove the 150 miles to

do Rio for the annual church convention the

weekend before the All South American Missionary Convention in Quito, Ecuador. Over 2000 were in attendance... (But David's chest infection became worse).
AND THEN WE TRAVELED!

L. David and Ruth were excited about being able to go to the All-South American Missionary Conference (held only every three years) to be held in Quito Ecuador this year! On July 15th they left early in the morning by plane to Belo Horizonte. From there they caught the plane to La Paz, Bolivia where they spent the night. I t was the Bolivian Independence Day holiday... celebration which lasted all night in the square in front of their hotel. A fairly high altitude, Ruth had trouble breathing and David suffered from fever all night. Next morning, off to Lima, Peru for

short stop over and on to Quito.

They attended the

first afternoon and evening sessions and the next day

it all fell apart. At 9300 ft., they could not breath well, no energy whatsoever, and seemingly "freezing cold." David got back to the conference one more time "to give a five minute report of the work in Brazil...
he was taken to the doctor who told us to get off the

mountain! We praise the Lord that passage was finally obtained four days earlier than we had planned and we
returned to Brazil and lower ground!
chest infections are cured.

Now after three

weeks, we are back to our normal energy and most of our

(The next such conference

is planned for Brasilia in 1999!).

RENEWED SHARING IN PRAYER!

We would give a special word of encouragement and appreciation to those who are new or renewed PRAYER PARTNERS! Pray fervently with us for the following
specific requests.

* Give thanks and praise God for local state authorities who closed the case against the Brazil Christian Mission concerning the land (where we have had the location of our camp grounds and Integrated
Life projects).

position from a rental property to a purchase at 10% of

market value of 100 acres of property designated for

This opens the doors for new growth, changing our

community projects. We can now implant community projects for "empowering the poor" and training in confronting the powers of darkness. Plans are underway
for a center for college training,
to the Christian l i f e .

for a

"factory of

hope" that in every way we can challenge the community

* - Starla is still needing an added $1000.00 a month for LIVING LINK support and some special offerings for

financial obligations. She is needing an added $1000.00

a month for GENERAL FUNDS for development and
transportation.

* - Pray for WISDOM in developing HOMES for children

and for the elderly, COMMUNITY CENTER for
training.

for a FACTORY gardening, for

OF HOPE and expansion of

Pray

for

PERSONNEL

for

expansion of

EXTENSION

COURSES aimed at planting new churches weekly. * - Pray for POWER, COURAGE, WITNESS, WISDOM in every manner of living. POWER to be able to confront the
POWERS and DECEPTIONS of this world.

YES,

Continue

to

pray

for

God's

name

to

be

GI JRIFIED in all that we do or hope to do for Him!

NORTHEAST BRAZIL NEWSLETTER No.3

RECIFE PROJECT

September,

1996

"MEN OUGHT ALWAYS TO PRAY, AND NOT TO FAINT." Luke 18:1

Dear Christian Brothers and Sisters,

It is with a

great deal of joy and thoughts of you who

have kept in touch with us, to take this opportunity to wish you each one a MERRY CHRISTMAS and a HAPPY NEW YEAR! We would like to thank you who are praying for our work
here in Northeast Brazil and you who continue to help on

a monthly basis. We would also like to thank those of you who are now sharing in the "ADOPT A CHILD" Project.
GOD'S GOODNESS SHINES BRIGHTEST AT CHRISTMAS and we see

HIS GOODNESS through your love and concern. May the accompanying "BITS OF NEWS FROM NORTHEAST BRAZIL" and pictures bring you closer to us and the work you help
us carry on! Mother and Dad Sanders (L. David and Ruth) were with us

here

in Recife

for

eight days.

They had gone

to

Natal

(northwest of us, on the coast) with another minister from Brasilia to inaugurate a new church and baptize 11 new converts. Since i t was but a 40 minute trip down here on the way to Brasilia, they stopped over. We had a good visit, walked along the beach every morning early (Dad and Luiz Carlos went into the ocean and fought the high waves). They visited our Association of Street_ Children and the young church here. Dad gave the evening message. THEY JOIN US in sending our love, our appreciation and OUR WISHES FOR A BLESSED CHRISTMAS!
Some friends have written to us from the States. It

is so nice to receive mail and know that care for our family, as your family, and
your work for the Lord!

you our

pray and work, as

Serving Christ (with you) in Northeast Brazil

Starla Joy Sanders de Azevedo & Family Rua Joao Fragoso de Madeiros, 297
Candeias 54.430-250

Jaboatao dos Guararapes,

Brasil SA

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And

in Brasilia:

L,

David

and Ruth Sanders

& Maria Joyce & Family

Caixa Postal 862 70.359-970 Brasilia
Brasil SA

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Our children nre developing in nnolher nren... Music! Sonic tinvc received scholnrsliips for clnsscs twice week nt n Music Conscn nlor^-. Some nre developing skills in pinnn, gtiilnr niid drums. Olhcrs nre singing in the Children's City Choir.
The "Adopt n Child" Project is in fiiii progress! So fnr we hnve II children "ndopted" (sponsored) in the USA nnd 60 hnve been "ndopted"here in Brnzil. There nre still 89 wlio need to l>e "ndopted". These sixinsorship "adoption" funds help iuiinenscly nnd the children feel loved when they know someone is caring about them. Please pray for tills Project.

I'UNDAC (hricndly Ihind - Project Agency) is agovcrnincntnl department which has sent 20 children to otir "Association for the RccuiKratinii ol Man". For each cliild ncccpteri, FUNDAC gives $50.00 for Some don't even know what a vegclnlilc is. Living in llie streets, tlicy don't understand there should be

their supiuirt. Ihcsc children nre (|uilc diniriilt. Some haven't had aniitrilions meal in along lime.

alime for sleeping, for eating, for playing, for stinlying, etc. Discipline is harder for them. They need siMcial prayer so tiiat they don't give up nnd run away... Soiiieof tiiese kids have never gone to school. Iheir tirst contact wifii school is within the Association. From here, we lio|>c they will be able to attend

a noniinl school on a part time basis soon.

from STARLA JOY & FAMILY

L. DAVID & RUTH MARLA JOYCE & FAMILY

Our silk screen worksiiop needs new equipment nnd new ideas. We also need a technical teacher for this project. Please pray
for new c(|uipmcnt, new ideas and a teaclier.

Our Recycled Pa|>crfactorj- is nt a slandslill for lack of space. We need to build on to have a special room. Our teacher needs
to take a sjKci.al course to learn how to make pretty tilings to sell.

Our new drcnni is to install a classroom for the teenagersof the Association and those in the surrounding area to learn to work with computers. Almost evcrj- job now rcrpiircs compnlcr knowledge nnd this class could prepare our teenagers for sup])orting themselves nnd helping tlieir families. Pray with us for this classroom and equipment.

.SOS (Riiicrgency Help - another State department) has just sent four children to be under our care. These arc also in the
same situation as the FUNDAC childrenexcept that this department sendsno (iiiuls for tiicirsiipiKirt

This year we were able to iiiangiiratc our library room... tbanks to a special lady wiio visited tiie Association. The ciiiklrcn
love to go to this room to read and study. Wc need more iiooks for the dilTerent age groups.

We also inaiigurntcd our Medical Room. A doctor comes here once a week to exam the children and treat the sick ones. Broken lioncs, or more severe sicknesses, arc sent to a local liospil.il. (Wc have had several of these this jcar). We have just received onr Public Utility Cerlincatc (Municipal). Now wc are working on the Federal Ccrtiricate. Wc also have our registration with (he City Ilnll. These will help us in getting funds for next year as contributors here in Brazil can
thus deduct their gifts from their income tax.