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machine gun fight started between a couple ofgroups a block away. I left Hugo's house and went lo make another call on a lady. She told me about her son who was run over and killed; survived by his wife and three children. Two weeks later oneof
the children was biten and killed by a rat. One week later

CENTRAL CHILEAN EVANGELISM The Ed Holt Family Casilla 14017 Correo 21 Santiago Chile
BAD WEATHER, BAD NEIGHBORHOOD,
GOD'S SPIRIT

We are having a pretty nice day today. It's about 55-60 degrees outside and even though it's awfully smoggy, it's not raining. It rained 8 days straight recently, causing alot of flooding, so a day without rain is a relief. Last week we had
more rain than our average yearly rainfall.

I expected the church attendances to be affected by our

winter weather, but they continue to grow. We are working with a plan of combined evangelistic campaigns and home teaching. The lastweekend of each monthwe have a threeday campaign with plenty of good preaching and singing, then during the month we follow-up our contacts. The first of our campaigns was held onJune 30th,July 1st,and 2nd. We had a high attendance of 130 which is a packed house for our

another of the children died of pneumonia. The lady shared that she had no reason nor desire for living.Two of the men in the churchhave been beaten up androbbed in the past 6 weeks
on three different occasions. Patricio, one of our young men,

many days hasonly apiece ofbread withaslice ofonion on it to eat... that's ifhe's lucky. His family of five liveon *32 a month with the cost of living in Santiago as high as New York City
now.

Crime, drugs, and alcoholism .. . between 60% to 70% of the population enter into one of these areas. But Jesus said,
"Those who are well don't need a doctor, rather those who are

little building at La Legua. We had to close the door half way through the meeting and not letanyone else in. Since then the church has been growing slowly, but steadily. Last night we
had 85 which included 22 men, over 20 years old, present. We
calculate that when we reach 100 attendance in a regular

sick." Many of the people inLa Legua area are willmg to hear

the gospel, but transforming them from drugs, crime and

alcohol to living sacrifices to God has been a tough job. If it
weren't for the fact that the same power that raisedJesusfrom
the dead is at work in the new converts, there would be no

meeting (not a campaign) we'll have to expand the bulding. Our goal is to reach an average of 100 by the end of August. Nowyou may get the idea that inChile thechurch will grow by itself. Alot of people get the idea that for some reason people are easier to win to the Lord in foreign countries. Let me be a little more specific aboutwherewe work andwho we
work with.

hope for changing those people. But thanks to God s power,

we have seen some tremendous changes. The night beforeour

last campaign began two drunks came to thechurch where we were working asking for money. I told them that I would be willing to buy food but had no money available togive to them for drinking. The next nightone of them came to the service
sober. I didn't even recognize him. He accepted Christ as his Savior. Last Tuesay as I was teaching him he told me that he
had been one of the two drunks. He also told me that drinking

La Legua is the mafia center of Chile. During the past two

months my car has been broken into four times. The church
has been broken into once. When Sara was walking to church

had cost him his job. All of his wine friends were ridiculing
him because he became a Christian. He and I prayed that God

two weeks ago a fight broke out and one man smashed the
other over the head with a bottle and then took the broken end

and cut his face. Sara and the girls ran to the other sideof the
street so they wouldn't get hurt. A week ago just as we were

would give him work so that he could show that he is interested in the totalperson. The nextmorning hewas hired.
Praise the Lord!

starting ourmen's meeting, about five houses down the street, agunfight broke out between agroup of about 30police and a
bunch of criminals. A three-year old boy was killed by a stray

WORK IS GROWING

bullet. Last Tuesday as I was talking with Hugo Farias, the Chilean co-pastor of the La Legua chxirch, another20-minute

The overall work here is advancing because of a sacrificial

love of the Chilean pastors and a spirit of cooperation and union for growth among the missionaries. The average

attendance in the Santiago churches is between 900 and 1,000

Christy has been taking piano lessons the past few months

adults and on the national level is nearly 2,000 adults per and really enjoys the piano. Brenda is planning on taking Sunday. That's up from an average of around 500 three years guitarlessons nextyear. Danny isnow speaking ifioreSpanish
ago.

FINANCIAL REPORT

than English. We try to speak English when we are alone at home, but the kids are with Chileans so much that Spanish just
comes easier for them.

We want to remind you that a complete analysis of our time and money is available on request from the Parkview Christian Church, 1362 S. Campbell, Springfield, Missouri 65807. Feel

Since the girls are now in school we are faced with a new problem which we hadn't thought about that much, and that is the problem of them reading in English. The school we send free to write the elders and ask for a copy if you like. Our them to was to be bi-lingual, but isn't. Christy started reading financial and time report as well as a goal and completion on her own in English, since Spanish is all phonetics. Brenda is just now beginning to read in English. Christy still spells most report are filed monthly. of her words as they sound due to her Spanish influence. I have We thank you for your support, interest and prayers. been trying to help the girls at home, but it's hard since they
FAMILY NEWS

have so much homework from school, also. We are

I have a short note of family news to add. The girls were out of school in July for their two weeks of winter vacation. It was fun to have them at home, but they got rather bored since it rained almost every day. (When it rains here it is a freezing

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was great fun having them at home. During their vacation we had a women's clinic for the Chilean women. Debbie Silverberg was in charge of it. I taught a class on the wife which I enjoyed.We ran around 100 women

considering changing schools, so we ask your prayers in this decision to be sure we are doing the right thing. In Chile we, have to buyshares in the schoolwhen we enroll a child,so if we change them we would have to do this again. It's just a matter that we need to pray about like I said. The children have some very valuable experiences havingTivedin twolcQlfSfeS and wig" are really thankful for this opportunity they've had, but there are problems, also.

which was reallygood considering the rains. This is an annual event which all the women look forward to, as it gives them a special boost for the year of classes they can apply to their
homelife, etc.

I'll say bye for today. Keep us in your prayers and we thank you so much for the loveyou'veshown to us.Ed and I just are so grateful for all our Christian friends back in the States and the concern they take in our work and personal lives.We just
feel very blessed in this area.
Love in Christ, Ed, Sara,

Debbie, our "adopted" daughter, isgetting married in Feb. to a Chilean Christian. They will be going back to the States for the wedding and then coming back to Chile to live. The girls have loved having a big sister. We are real happy for her.

Christy, Brenda & Danny Holt

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