BRAZILIAN

SPRING 1980

OUTREACH

The Jim Sturgeon Family Carol, Mark, Timothy, and Jim

A church building, a school, a library, a counseling office, a study, a meeting place, a recreational center, a hotel, a motel, a hospital, a health clinic, a restaurant, a coffee house, a homeall these and maybe even more are included in a missionary's
house. Our house will be dedicated to God's work so it serves as an all

purpose center which wit! cost around $15,000 or 675,000 cruzeiros. It will have three bedrooms. We have $6,000 and God will provide the rest! Construction starts
in April or May. Your financial support and all your prayers will help this home and our lives be used for God's honor and glory so people can come to Jesus Christ, our Lord and

Saviour. Please send all gifts to our forwarding agent Nina Audino, 269 Allyce Ave., Grand Junction, Colo. 81503. Please designate if the check is to be used for our
house.

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We are praising the Lord for our safe return to Brazil. Our Christian family here
gave us a warm welcome and tears were shed of thanksgiving and praise. During the
first few weeks of February many of our Christian friends invited us to eat and have fellowship together.

Since we got back to Brazil we have been staying with very close friends. Nils is from Sweden and married a Brazilian, Luzia. Living together two months we have gotten to know each other more and see God's purposes. Will you pray with us that
they will become Christians?

Patience, waiting on the Lord needs to be learned if you live in Brazil. Things
are slow here so tomorrow may never come. For three weeks or more we waited for

a man to repair our house. He never got started. Romans 8:28 says, "all things work together for good to them who love the Lord." Now a Christian brother in our group
has started repairing our house and will build the three bedroom house with his

partner. Olair and his family are Christians but Luiz, his partner, is not yet. Both of
them are competent brick layers.

On Monday, March 24 the dust began to fly and rubble began to pile up at our small house we bought in 1975. The property that we own is two lots together. We
are building the new house on the same lot with the small three room one. On the

other lot we will have a garden, lawn, and trees. (The lots are not as big as in the
U.S.).

We are praising the Lord that the church is growing here in Uberlandia both numerically and even more spiritually. Many Christians are letting Jesus take complete control sanctifying their lives. From Wednesday through Resurrection Sunday we are having special programs. Pray that the Christians will be strengthened
and that new souls will be won.

TIME WITH CAROL

Living out of suitcases is exciting especially when it is for about three months! At least now 1 am more organized so I do not have to look through all 12 suitcases to
find something! The end of December we moved out of our mobile home we had

rented in the U.S. With much prayer God is helping us to be in our own home by
April. We are thankful for our small three room home (and bathroom). We will

probably not have electricity until May or later. God is so good to us! Some people in Brazil do not even have a home or a place to stay. Brazil was easier to adjust to after coming back since we have been there six years. We miss many things especially our dear families but we are happy in God's

service. God makes up for loneliness and keeps our lives and hours busy. I use many
afternoons for visiting Christians and non-Christians, too. Usually I take a Brazilian Christian with me so we can share Jesus' love and His plan for our lives. Taking time
for others is so rewarding.

A missionary in a foreign country or even a person in the U.S. cannot always go home for important events but we can pray. Although f cannot go to my sister's wedding, I will be there in prayer. Pray for Christie and John as they are married May
18 and as they pray for God's leading in their service to Him.

Mark and Timothy

TIMOTHY'S AND MARK'S CORNER

Timothy After 17 hours in four airplanes we are glad to get back to Brazil. We got to Brazil on Thursday and I started school on Monday. I kind of forgot how they talk here in Portuguese but God helps me all the time. I have homework every day
and go to school after we eat our rice and beans from 1 - 5 P.M. We walk sometimes or go on the city bus because it is about 15 blocks to my school. (I counted it one

time). I asked Mom and Dad why we could not stay in the U.S. three years since we stay here three or four years at a time. They said we need to be here to tell people
about Jesus.

Mark Brazil is really hot. We brought our coats but sure do not need them now. All of us got sunburned and our skin came off but God made more skin grow.
Here we cannot make snowmen like we did in the United States. I still do not know

what the people here are talking about all the time but someday I will remember how

I used to talk (in Portuguese). Getting letters from Grandma and Grandpa is fun. We are a long ways away from them, but we pray and remember our good times
together. They say they love us a million times and we wrote and told them we love them 10,000,000 times. Guess what? Jesus loves us even more than that!

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BRAZILIAN
SUMMER 1980

OUTREACH

Luiz is throwing tile roofing up

to Oiair. These two men repair
ed the small house.

Harry Scates is baptizing Luna,

Charrier's wife. Charrier is

learning by doing.

VISITING WITH JIM

Two homes! The pictures in the newsletter show the results of two homes being Our small house which has been repaired serves as our home for the present. We are making plans to build a larger house in the future. From February to May our small house has been repaired and a high brick wall built around our property. We are thankful for our house which the Lord has provided through the gifts of His faithful children. "HOME Where each lives for the other, and all live for God." Because of the love of God our house is a home. Send all gifts designated for our house to our forwarding agent.
built.

Luna, who is the wife of Charrier, has entered into the eternal home of God and

is added to the Kingdom of God. Many people here in Uberlandia are claiming Jesus as
Lord and Savior, It is marvelous when both husband and wife become Christians

because Christ can work so much better through a united family than one which is divided. Christ wants whole families to praise Him. In the last three months eight people have been baptized and many more have grown spiritually in Jesus, During the last of May, we had an American missionary here visiting with us. His name is Virgil Smith. He is 77 years old and has been preaching in Brazil for 58 years. He shared with us in several meetings, He encouraged all of the Christians with his inspiring messages. We had an evangelistic meeting at the park in the center of Uberlandia and many people who would not enter a church heard the gospel preached
and wanted to know more about Jesus and salvation in Him.

"So then you are fellow-citizens with the saints and are of God's
household, having been built upon the foundation of the apostles and

prophets, Christ Jesus Himself being the cornerstone, in whom the whole building, being fitted together is growing into a holy temple in the Lord; in whom you also are being built together into a dwelling of God in the Spirit." Ephesians 2:19-22

Timothy is near our six foot brick wall.

We sure do enjoy playing in our big yard and riding our bicycles.

TIME WITH CAROL

Praise the Lord! Yes, we and the Brazilian Christians are learning to thank God and praise Him more than complain and always ask for something. We are thankful for our small home. Housekeeping is quite interesting since our home does not have a ceiling, but a tile roof, so The red dirt drifts in because of the dry season and wind, construction, and dirt streets. The floors are red cement and aue cleaned by throwing water on them, mopping, and waxing. The Brazilians are great housekeepers and take pride in their clean, highly waxed, and polished floors. I am amazed when I sweep and
have a pile of dirt and sand.

Notice how my Christian wash lady carries our clothes on her head. She takes
our clothes to her home where she washes them and beats them. Some white clothes

are boiled to keep really white and are also left in the sun to bleach them before being rinsed. She uses a barbed wire fence to hang the clothes on. The clothes sure get clean
but wear out faster with all this treatment! I wash the nicer clothes at home! When we

get electricity I will use our washing machine. It is nice to have a clean home and clean clothes, isn't it? Jesus wants to live tn a clean home (our heart) and wants us to be boly and pure like Him. Many Brazilian Christians are letting Jesus sanctify or clean up their lives. Gene, a Christian widow, tells of how Jesus lives in her heart and has given power to raise twelve children - six of her own and six others (children of prostitutes, etc.). Her son, an alcoholic, has recently accepted Jesus. By her Christian example, her family and others are being
won to Jesus.

June is saint's month for many Brazilians who put a pole up in the air with a picture of a saint. They honor the saint as a family tiadition giving thanks to that saint in the ful fillment of a request granted (prayer
answered). It is also done because of

a promise somebody (even a grand

parent) has made. A fire is built and
fireworks are used. We are here to show

Jesus is the Saviour and God is the only

one who answers prayers.

Myonese (Brazilian potato salad)

try this, a Brazilian favorite, Make a regular potato salad and add (for color

and taste) tiny slices of tomatoes, cooked sliced carrots or raw grated
carrots, peas, and sliced green beans.

One time for my birthday, Jim had a surprise picnic supper for me. He asked a girl to bring mayonnaise (Por
tuguese for potato salad and also for

salad dressing). Instead of bringing a nice big potato salad, she brought a jar of salad dressing.

Eunice washes our clothes by hand.

TIMOTHY'S AND MARK'S CORNER

We have fun watching the two men build the high wall around our property.

Many Brazilians have walls around their lots usually instead of just a fence. The men
do not have a cement mixer or a big cement truck so they use big holes to mix the dirt and cement. A wheelbarrow is used to carry the wet cement. They sure are strong and work hard from when we get up at 7:00 a.m. until we get home from school at 6:00 p.m. One man does not wear any shoes so his feet get really dirty and are tough. They ride a bike or walk and if they live close they go home to eat, but if they live far they always bring rice and beans in a pan (never sandwiches!). We try to make cement like they do and one day made a little swimming pool out of bricks. Mark adds: It is colder now when we get up and at night so sometimes we wear our winter coats. We do not have furnaces or heat in our homes here. In the day it is nice. It is windy so we make "papagayoos" (kites) and fly them. I go to school now at Timothy's school. I can speak like the other kids now. tn July is our winter vacation. We all call our teacher "auntie." We have fun all day and at night when it is dark we use a gas lamp for light. The

light is on a big pipe hooked to a gas bottle. All the red dirt gets our clothes and us so dirty. Sometimes we take a cold bath, but usually Mom heats water. The men put up light poles and wires so soon we might have lights and a refrigerator. One time Dad bought some ice cream and we got home and ate it before supper so it would not melt. We all really like our home. I pray, "Thank you, God, for our house without any lights."

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Jim and Carol Sturgeon

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FALL 1980

OUTREACH
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Old House and

Property
March 1980

New House and

High Brick Wall

October 1980

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Building a home in Brazil is extemely different than building in the U.S. I've found that out everyday since July when a new experience happens. Patience and love only Jesus can give have been learned. Simple, slow, disorganized, messy workers have been here for about four months. We pray Jesus might become Lord and Saviour in these lives. Brazilians even maybe think different than Americans, but we're here to

give Jesus, not to make Americans. They throw trash anywhere and everywhere, the painters get paint all over, not thinking to protect floors, etc. Cement is thrown down the drains. These months have not been easy but your prayers and God's strength have given the victory. The plumber put a part in wrong in the kitchen sink. I asked him if it should be another way, but he was used to doing it that way. After he went
home, I fixed it right (he never knew it was changed).

Yes, we saw some interesting differences but also learned to love each man who'had a part in building our house. One bricklayer's wife just recovered from tuberculosis. They have little, ride on a bike to work, work from seven a.m. to eleven, twelve to five-thirty or six p.m., bring rice and beans in a pan for lunch. They work in this

tropical hot sun, in the rain and wind. They make about $45.00 to $60.00 a week.
Their methods are simpleno cement trucks but cement {sack by sack) carried and mixed (heavy, hard work). Because of their hard lives with little income some can see that a better life is needed, only Jesus can give (eternal life). For the last six weeks there has been a revival (Tues. Sun. 7:30 p.m.) with around
120 decisions of visitors who want to know more about Jesus. The Holy Spirit has

usually touched most visitors to ask for spiritual help. Many who have made decisions seem to be letting Jesus inyoung and old. People on drugs and alcoholics have at
tended these revivals. After a decision is made, that very night a strong Christian coun

sels that person, telling him the plan of salvation and praying with him (in another roompersonal approach for that specific person). There have been 25 baptisms in the past four months including a homosexual who has a new life in Jesus. Personal home visits are really important and keep the Christians busy. Follow-up is the key. Therefore, we give God all the honor and glory for building our new home and for giving us and these Brazilians who are coming to Jesus a home in heaven.

These are the men that built our house.

Three bricklayers, two ser

vants, and one foreman, or constructor. He is the second man from the
left. We were thankful that he built the house for us.

TIME WITH CAROL

Praise the Lord for our new home!

By the time you receive this newsletter, we

should be in it. After living in this small, simple home we understand better what

many Brazilians experience. We really will appreciate more the extra room and better
convenience in our new home. My new kitchen sink I'm already using. Before I washed dishes not in the kitchen but in a place where I washed clothes. Now the boys

are sleeping in the living room, but soon will have their own bedroom. Sometimes visitors would come and they'd get up to get out of the way! But lots of fun was had visiting in the kitchen too, where we fix Brazilian coffee for our friends and our
Christian brothers and sisters.

Km thankful for our new home because it is practical. This small home has a red cement floor which is usually highly waxed and highly polished in a Brazilian home. It's lots of work and my cement floors probably look quite different to them. Our new home will be much easier to keep clean also because it has a ceiling so dust and
dirt don't drift In through the cracks. We thank God for this small home we've lived in and thank God and you for our new home. But we know these are temporary and our final best home Is in heaven. We dedicate our home to God's work that we may use it for His honor and glory.

Also, our 1971 car is dedicated to Jesus serving as a church bus, ambulance, all pur pose car. Our lives and children are also dedicated to Jesus who has blessed us so
much.

God, I'm thankful you've taught me to not just use my time for myself in my

home, but to get out telling others of Jesus' love. Many afternoons a week (3 or 4), I go calling, praying and studying the Bible with new Christians and those needing to become Christians. God has richly rewarded these visits. Not only are the others helped, but I can grow in Jesus as I share and hear their testimonies of Jesus' love
and power.

Sammy is our new dog.

Here is our gas lamp we used before we had electricity. We're ready to go to school!

TIMOTHY'S AND MARK'S CORNER

Like Jesus says in the Bible a house needs a good foundation or it will fall. Well, our house has a real good foundation and we got to watch all of the building since we live right behind the new house. It's sure interesting. Jesus knew about building a house because Joseph was a carpenter. The men mixed the cement with their big hoes and carried it in big cans or a wheelbarrow. They are strong. They threw the bricks up and the other man caught them when they were working on the ceiling. Our house is made of big bricks like most all of the Brazilian houses. On top is a wood frame for the roof. Here termites chew on the wood and can destroy a house. They

leave kind of a pile of sawdust. Our house will be ready soon because it's painted^and
the toilets are already put in. We sure thank God for our new home. Mark and I will be glad to have our bedroom. Come and see us here in Brazil. There will be
room for you in our new home. There are 3 bedrooms.

One day I told Mom and Dad, "I'm tired of watering the garden. God could send some rain and He'd water it." Guess what? The next day it rained! God has answered a lot of prayers. We've had lights now for awhile but the posts stop right
on our corner.

Mark says, "Five years ago 1 was born here in Uberlandia on September 23rd. I don't remember much about that but I'm growing and learning more about Jesus and the Bible, In Bible school we're learning the books of the Bible in Portuguese and Bible verses. Sometimes our friends can't go because their parents won't let them. We need to pray that the moms and dads and children will want Jesus more. We play marbles with our friends. Jesus can help us play right so they'll see it's good
to have Jesus. He's our best friend.

Timothy and I get to march in a parade. I like to march and am glad I can be a soldier for Jesus. (Like we sing I'm in the Lord's Army.) Guess what? Our Grandma and Grandpa Sturgeon are coming to see us soon. (November 19 December 16} They will come on an airplane clear here to Brazil. We'll show them how Brazil is and help them talk to the people. Our Grandmas and Grandpas live so far away but Jesus helps them to be close to us because we pray for them and they pray for us!

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Jim and Carol Sturgeon

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BRAZILIAN
WINTER 1980

OUTREACH

The Jim Sturgeon Family Jim, Carol, Timothy, and Mark

VISITING WITH JIM

Happy New Year!

Well, our departure date is swiftly approaching. We are

returning to Uberlandia, Minas Gerais, Brazil, South America on the 30th of Jan
uary. We are looking forward to returning so that we can get back into the church work at Uberlandia. Recent reports from Uberlandia indicate that the Christian

Church In Uberlandia is experiencing great growth at the present time. The Christ ian Church of Uberlandia is comprised of two groups meeting at separate locations in Uberlandia. Our church now comprises about 120 baptized believers. There have been 26 decisions for the Lord since August. We are anticipating great church
growth in the future.

When we return to Brazil we are going to begin building a new house on our
property that we bought in 1975 in Santa Monica, a suburb of Uberlandia. We are going to be living in our small house with dimensions of 12 feet by 50 feet until we

are able to build another house. A new house will probably cost us around $20,000 to build. We have about $6,000 saved at the present time so that we can get a good start on the construction. We would appreciate any money designated for building our new home. Please send all gifts to our forwarding agent; Mrs. Nina Audino, 269 Allyce Ave., Grand Junction, Colorado 81503. Please be sure to

mark your gift if it is to be used to build our new house. It is a must for us to
build our own home because rent is getting so outrageously expensive. Inflation

has really skyrocketed in Brazil (from 40 to 70 percent). Gas has gone from
$1.80 per gallon to $2.65 per gallon. Please pray for us as we return to Brazil. "for 'whoever will call upon the name of the Lord will be saved.' How then shall they call upon Him in whom they have not believed? And how shall they believe in Him whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear
without a preachcr? And how shall they preach unless they arc sent? )ust as it is written 'How beautiful are the feet of those who bring glad tidings of good things!"

"This snow sure is cold. We can't play in snow in Brazil"

TIMOTHY'S AND MARK'S CORNER

We've sure had fun in the United States, but now we're getting ready to go back to Brazil. Everybody writes us letters from there and tells Mom and Dad how they miss them and need them to help tell people about jesus. My school starts in February in Brazil. I can read English now because I went to first grade
here. I like to know how to read so I can read the Bible.

About every Sunday we ask Mom and Dad which church are we going to today? We've got to go in many Sunday School classes and meet many new friends who love Jesus. Some churches arc big and some are little but all of them sing about jesus and study the Bible. Mom and Dad have shown those pictures of
Brazil so many limes. We even know which picture comes next!! Christmas was so nice because we remembered Jesus. Our dad doesn't know

how we're going to take everything back to Brazil. Our Grandmas and Grandpas

gave us a train and trucks. Dad said we'd need a truck (or train) to take everything
back to Brazil. The only thing is we're going on the airplane. We got some new suitcases so we can put things in them. In Brazil it's going to be hot. We hope it snows so we can make a snowman.
Dad wouldn't let us take a snowball in our car from church.

We'll go to Brazil January 30 on a big airplane. We'll leave about 7 in the morning and get to Brazil after we sleep all night on the plane. We get to live on our lot where there's lots of dirt to play in and make a garden. We'll have a new
house some day. God is good to us. We can have Bible School in our home again like we used to. We came to see younow it's your turn to come and see us in
Brazil!

"Mr. and Mrs. Del Tondo and

children jeanetta and Bruce."

"Our new forwarding agent

Mrs. Nina Audino."
TIME WITH CAROL

We praise God for the John Del Tondo family who have been our forward ing agents for six years. They have been used by God in this service. Many hours of bank balancing and writing thank you notes to the churches and individual Christians have been involved. Imagine keeping the books balanced and in order when the Missionary and forwarding agent are 10,000 miles apart. It's a big job and we know God will reward them for all their labor. Thank you John and Gerri for your Christian service and help to us.

(continued)

Because John works for Penney's, he's been transferred often. Wherever they have lived John and Gerri have served Jesus and told of His love. In a way they are missionaries in the U.S. as they worked in Grand Junction with the youth

(I was in their youth group), helped start a new church in Alamosa, and now are
serving Jesus in Longmont, Colorado. God will continue showing them what He
can do through them wherever they are.

Nina Audlno, a close sister in Christ is our new forwarding agent. Through much prayer and consideration, God has shown Nina to be used by God in caring
for our business. Please pray for her. Nina Is a servant of the Lord active In the
Orchard Mesa Christian Church.

Everyone has a talent he can use for Christ's glory and honor. We apprec iate the Dei Tondos and Nina Audino because they use their talents for Jesus and help us as we share the Good News of Jesus to people in Brazil.

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