Crosley Dan Kathy 1976 Spain

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AS

THE FATHER HATH SENT ME, SO SEND I.

YOU JOHN

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FRANCS

MADRID

SPAIN

Come to Mieres and Help Us Read Acts l6;9-10) After

months of praying for direction and while on a survey trip

this i s the

cal l tha t we

heard. In the

Region

of Asturias

a small group of believers that did not have a church

in

their

area were praying that the Lord would send

someone to

help

them.

heard the call and on May 31

moved

from

Madrid to Mieres, Charles and Cheryl Levi also ansWered the

c a l l

and

have

now moved

t o Mieres


2/11

I

SERVICES IN

OUR

APARTMENT

Mieres i s

qu i t e

a

change from Madrid.

Madrid,

th e

mod

ern

capital

of Spain, has a population of

million.

Mieres, loca ted in th e

hea r t o f

th e coa l mining area

o f

Asturias, has a population

of

65,000 which

apparently in

cludes

smal l

surrounging v i l l age s Never the less Mieres

i s the l a rges t

c i ty

in

Spain t ha t

does not have an

Evaji-

ge l i c a l Church,

We

are working

with a

small

group of bel ievers who

have

been

Chr i s t i ans

fo r

a

number

of yea rs They

a t tended

a

church in th e

c i ty of Oviedo but

were

unable

to be ac t ive

due to the

problem

of t r anspor ta t ion . I t i s I5

miles

from

t h e i r homes t o th e

chu r ch and

none

o f

them have

a c a r

Our

purpose in working with them is to establish a

church,

not

only to minis ter

to

t he i r

sp i r i tua l

needs but also

to e-

vange l i ze th e a rea

The

first

se rv i c e

was

he ld

on

June

17 th

with

e ighteen

adul ts and s ix chi ldren

present

Since then we have con

t inued to

meet weekly

in our

apar tment .

By

law

we

cannot

meet in our apartment i f there are

more than

20 adul ts

present. As

you

can see,

th is

puts a

rea l l im it upon

the

work

un t i l we

have

a bui ld ing . We

are

in the process of

looking for a

local storefront

to rent

but

have

not

yet

found

one

t h a t i s

within our pr ice range. The en t i re group

has

pledged

120

toward the

monthly

rent.

Pray with

us

for

th is need.

hope

tha t

one day we

will

be

able

to buy a

local A downpayraent

of

ten

or

f i f t een

thousand

dol lars

wo ld

probably

be required.

Pra i s e th e

Lord

with us f o r

His

d i r e c t i on in

our

moving

to

Mieres,

Pray

with

us

for th is

group

of

bel ievers tha t

they will grow in love and fai th so tha t they can

have

a

f r u i t f u l minis t ry in th e area of Mieres.


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Pra ise the

LordJ He has

made

it possible fo r Dan

to

re app ly

fo r h is residence permit . This i s the t h i rd time

t h a t

he

has

appl ied . According to the head of the H vangel

i c a l

Legal

Assis tance

Off ice the government i s more

ap t

to

gran t

the

permi ts

to fo re ig ne rs l i v ing in a reas other

than Madrid and

th e

sou the rn c o a s t a l a r ea s .

Pray with us

t h a t th e a u tho r i t i e s w ill g ra n t

the permi t

t h i s t ime. Hav

ing

the

permit

would

remove

some

r e s t r i c t i ons

t ha t

are

now

placed upon our

minis t ry

N E W RESSi Danie l Kathy Cros ley

c/. Heroes de Simancas 22

P i s o

d c h a

Mieres Astu r ias

SPAIN

KATHY

TEACHING

TH E C HIL DR EN

Severa l weeks ago Kathy s t a r t e d t ak ing th e ch i ld ren o f

th e be l i eve r s apa r t in

order

to

t each them.

This

not on ly

makes

it eas i e r

fo r

the adu l t s

to

p u t

themselves

in to

the

s e r v i c e s b u t a l s o g i v e s

th e

c h i l d r e n a chance t o h e a r a

Bible s to ry .

The ch i ld ren

have

espec ia l ly been t h r i l l ed

to

co lor p ic tu res

r e l a t i n g to the

s to r i e s Ruth an

ac

t i v e

seven

year

o ld

has been show ing her

p ic tu res

to her

neighbors .

This

may

be one avenue to i n t e r e s t ch i ld ren

in

coming to

the

se rv i ces and fo r

even tua l ly

being

able to

witness

in a d i r e c t

way to the

paren t s .

Kathy

i s

still

of t en

f r u s t r a t e d

in

th e

l anguage

b u t

P r a i s e

th e

Lord t h a t sh e

is

a b l e t o t e a c h

th e

c h i l d r e n .

This

i s em

exce l l en t

oppor tun i ty

fo r

h er

to improve h^

a b i l i t i e s in Spanish besides giv ing her a more d i r ec t form

o f minis t ry . She

hopes

to be ab le

to

obta in a t u t o r in th e

f a l l . Pray fo r

h er as she cont inues

l ea rn ing

the

language

as sh e

m in is te r s th ru

t e ach ing

th e c h ild re n and

as

sh e

ca r

r i e s o u t h er

r e g u l a r

du t i e s

a s

m other and

m i ss io na ry w ife .


4/11

PRAYER

GLO l^pr

As I s a t down

t o

wr i t e

t h i s

s e c t i on o f th e news l e t t e r I

put on a tape recording of religious music. One of the

f irs t songs

was

a song of

praise

that quotes from Psalm 96

and

97 Several

phrases jumped

out a t

me Let

the heav

ens re joice and l e t the earth

be glad;

l e t the sea roar

and

the

fu l lness thereof

Let

the

f i e l d

be

joy fu l

and

a l l

t h a t

i s there in ;

then

sha l l the

t r e e s o f

the

fo res t rejoice

l e t the h i l l s be

joyful

together These

phrases

express

beaut i ful ly the

thoughts t ha t I have when I

drive

through

the region

of

Asturias where we now l ive Everytime I look

a t

the

vibrant green mountains with the i r solid

rock

peaks

the

forests

the

lush

f ie lds

and

see the

waves

crashing

against the rocks along

the

coast my heart i s

f i l led

with

joy and praise

for the

Creator

I cannot

understand

how

people can deny

the

existence of God but I know they do;

nei ther

can

I

understand

how

people

cam

r e j ec t

the

Saviour

but they do.

Pra ise th e Lord fo r His f an t a s t i c crea t ion t h a t s ings

His

qxraise.

Praise

Him fo r our

sa lvation . Praise

Him

for

al lowing

us

to

hear the c a l l

to

come to Mieres

Pray t ha t He

wil l

continue

His

work

in our l ives

and

in

the l i ve s o f

the

be l i eve r s

Pray

fo r

the

evamgel izat ion of

Mieres

Pray

t h a t He

wi l l supply a l l

of

our needs.

Because

o f

a

r i s e in pos tage

you change your

address and wish to

con t inue r ec i ev ing th e

Ifews-

I f i t te r pl.ease send your new address to Glen Ellyn

^acLs

Sftain

First Christian Church oivtrofti

rg

25

W.

171 Geneva

Road

Glen Ellyn III. 60137

Dan

and

Kathy

Crosley

Missionaries

to

Spain

U. S

POSTAGE

Pa i d

Gln Ellyn. til.

Pafmit No. 160

Address Cocrrection

Requested

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EUROPE

The

Cros ley and Lev i f am il if es

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new

loca t ion

in

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Daniel and

Mrs. Kathy Crosley

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worship

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s e rv i ce

on June

17

1976

in th e i r

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apartment

with 18 adul t s and 6 chi l4ren

present

w

limits apartment^

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meet ings to 20 adu l t s

so

t h ey

a re

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seek ing a l a r g e r worship a rea . i

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property the downpaym^t

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needed

would

run Sl0,000 to 15,00^'I

fo r

a

l a rge r

worship cen te r . |Dan

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Kathy p l an f r u l ough from Spa in

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fo rward ing

agen t s

a r e :

Thomas p .

and

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Sue Mole

c/o

F i r s t Chris t ian phurch

23 W

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Road Glen El lyn

IL

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Dan Crosley,

missionary

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wife Kathy in

Hie re s ,

Spain , has supplied

T A T

th e fo l lowing news.

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plan to be

on fur lough beginnq.ng

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in Pebruary , 1977?

and

to

r e tu rn

to

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in

Ju l y .

We con t inue

to

thold

s e rv i ces in our l i v ing room bu t need

a s t o r e f r on t as we a re l im i t ed , by law,

to 20 p eople me eti ng in

o ur a pa rtm en

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We have been u nab le , thu s f a r , to

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f i n a

a

bu i l d ing

t h a t

we can

r e n t .

In

order to

buy we

waid need

over iS5,000

j

fo r a

down

payment and remodel ing.

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need i s f o r

a

couple to work

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with

us,

not only in

l ight

of our upcjiomihg

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fu rlo ug h b ut

a l so

on a r egu l a r i bas i s

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p ray fo r

t h e se

p res s ing ineeds

I

The n e e d for

mor e

wo r k e r s h a d become

g re a t e r s ince

Char le s and

Chery l L ev i

l ft

Spain

to

r e t u r n

to

th e

Uni t ed

States , f-Levis and Crosleys had worked

2 ^ years |

t o g e t h e r fo r

Kriy

i n Madrid

and

I t?

Mieres.-* Anyone

i n t e r e s t ed

in

l e a rn ing

more

abou t

th e

oppo r t un i t i e s i n

Spa ih

s h ou l d

c o n t a c t

Dan t

this

a d d r e s s :

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c/ .

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de Simancas 22, Pico 1 dcljia.

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Mieres , As tu r i a s , Spain , by a i rma i l .

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Funds to

he lp

them

secure a bu i l d i ng

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AS

THE FATHER HATH SENT ME, SO SEND /. YOU

JOHN

20:21

Nov - Dec 1976

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10/11

AROUMD 1HE HOME

All

of usy of cou rs e,a re exci ted

and

anxious

about

ge t

t ing to

spend

Christmas with our fami l ies Ve

are

busy

ge t

t ing a l l

of the

de ta i l s taken

care of

before our

departure .

Nathan

did not understand why we couldn t leave the very

same day

we

told him

about the t r ip According to him, the

plane i s loading up with people

and

we need to hurry

be

f o r e t l e aves

The biggest

de ta i l to be

taken

care

of i s our move

to

the apartment above us.

Mhile

we

are

gone, our

landlord

plans to

put a

medical

off ice

in the apartment

we are

cur

rent ly

l iving

in The apartment above

us in

now being

papered and painted e tc due to the mess t was l e f t in

So,we

are

await ing

word

tha t

we

can

begin

cleaning

and

moving in before

our

departure date in Just 6 days.

t

has t rue ly been a blessing and a s t rength to

see

how

a l l of the

deta i l s are

being taken care of by our heavenly

Father, He has directed us

towards

different paths

than

we

had

chosen thus

saving us time

and monby

in

postage,

clothing,

a ir

fares ,s torage fo r the car and our new apart

ment should

be

warmer, He

Praise

the Lord

nd

rejoice

over

and

over

tha t

He

i s our

God,

Father,

Shepherd and

King;

FURLOUGH INFORMATION

are

tentatively

planning to return to Spain in

July

depending

on

the

poss ibi l i t ies

of

obtaining

the

Charter

f l igh t

during

that month.

Therefore

the change in our de-

partu re date should not

cause us

to make any

changes

in the

i tenary

that we have already established with

the

majorfty

of our supporters .

During

our

furlough we

wil l be

l iving in a mobile home fur

nished to

us

f ree by

the Shephwds

Bethel mission.

e

do

Praise

the

Lord fo r supplying th i s

need.

e may

be

contacted by

writ ing to

us in care of the

Fi rs t Christ ian

Church

of Glen Ellyn, I l l ino is or

a t th is

add r e s s t

Dan Kathy

Crosley

c/o Shepherds

Bethel Inc.

Box 37

West

Baden Springs, Ind iana 47^9


11/11

PRAYER CLOSET

Praise

the Lord

for allowing

us to move our departure date

up so

that

we can take

care of

needed

business

be

with our

families

for the holidays and

save

on

our

ir

f a r e

Pt y

for

the believers

in

Hieres

during

this

time

when

they

will

not

be able

to

hold regular worship

services

the Lord for supplying our need for housing

during

our

f u r l o u ^

Prav tha t the Lord

wil l

watch over us

as

we t ravel

Praise

the Lord

fo r supplying

us

with a

place

to store

the

c r

Pray

t ha t

the

Lord

wil l

guide the

Elders

and us as

we make

future plans

Pra ise God fo r the Christmas sesuson when we a re a l l reminded

In

a

special

way

of

the

birth

of His Son

who

is

God

incarnate and idio came

to

s e t us

f ree

from

our

sin

so

that

we could have an

:eternal

relationship

with

God the

ather Pra ise

Him fo r

the Prince

o f

P e a c e

f^eac ies

Sjim

25

W 171 Geneva Road

P a

Glen Ellyn, III.

60137

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Missionaries

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Crosley Dan Kathy 1976 Spain

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