iME IN 19

ing

lan Sparrow, forward agent for the West

German Christian
has advised us

Mission,
that the

Fausz family
turn to

plans to re One reason

the United States

early in I960,

for their return is to en list more support for this growing mission endeavor. It was noted in our last business meeting that the pledges to the Faust fami

ly have not been coming in

as they should. Please do

all on
you.

your part
If you

to keep

your pledges paid up. This family is depending on

are financi

ally unable

to make

pay

ment please contact Ifrs, Frances Jones and revise your pledge. If you would like to

pledge to this work, and have not before, you too

are asked
Jones,

to contact Mrs.

can of

be doneJ

What can be

anything that

we set

our
have

the fact that we

projects valued at over n organ debt free. We have

level of the building com-

e just purchased a new SVE rip projector. These are se things we can use for years to come# For these
to the Lord and to you for

ever, there is one other each of you set your heart

ncrease of

faithfulness in

program of the church. I ou make a special effort to ; and every Bible Study.This

fact, this is v^at the Lord

Will you set your mind to ee you in the house of the

Your Preacher,

CJ-

TrJEST GERMAN CHRISmN MISSION

Missionaries:

Mro & Mrs. Edward Fausz

Forwarding Agent: Mr. Goleman Te Sparrow

2211 Ninth Avenue

Bockenheimer Landstrasse 68
Frankfurt am Main GERMANY

Huntington^ West Virginia USA

February 11, I960

Dear Friends of West German Christian Missions
EMERGENCY INFORMATION

Because of health reasons and immediate attention to this factor, the Edward Fausz family

have stepped up their plans to return to the States on furlough from the first of May to the last of February. A letter written February 2 contains this news, "Yesterday I made

plane reservations with

to leave Frankfurt on Friday aftemoonj February 2$ at

RM

Class by jet (TWA has only jet service between Frankfurt and New York) Flight number TlIA.-701, We will stay in a hotel in New York overnight and leave for Cincinnati at 9rhO AM Saturday, February 26 on Flight AA-77? arriving at Greater Cincinnati Airport (Boone County,
Kentucky) shortly after noon 12:35 PM the same dayo"

arriving in New York the same evening at 7iiiO PbM.

This will be on the Family Economy

Contained in this letter was a request for an immediate check for ;i^,100 for paying the necessary bills including plane tickets and the closing of their apartment and offices in preparation for their furlough. We had $1,000 Repatriation Fund reserved plus approxi

mately ^00 sent in by supporters for travel Several dollars is needed to cover the full amount as you can readily see. There was sufficient mission money on hand to cover their
immediate need however we wish this to be replaced as work must be continued in the broad cast field during their furlough to the Stateso Mr Fausz is now preparing eight sermons

a day and will continue preparation of these sermons while on furlough shipping them back to Germany for broadcast. All correspondence will be carried on from States side includ ing the mailing of ^00 to 600 sermons per week to German subscribers We, therefore, solicit any financial aid you can give at this time to allow this work to continue with out being hampered by lack of finances., While the Fauszs are on furlough their salary
must be continued at .$ii00 a month as was on the field to allow the family free time to

visit camps, churches and spend considerable time with living All money above their living support (salary liiOO) will go to Transportation must be arranged for ^rfoile they are on tour of furlough time which means the purchase of a second-hand caro

link churches serving them. mission work in Germany. the States during their This must be provided for.

If you haire made a recent contribution your receipt is enclosed. We appreciate all the
help you have given during their first term on the mission field and we pray your contributions will be continued iirt^ile they are home that the work might be continued in

Frankfurt. It is hoped that in this year furlough a new family can be recruited to return with the Fauszs to help them carry the load of evangelism there. If you would like the Fausz family to make a personal visit in your congregation, please write us giving approximate time you would want them. The first thing on the itinerary is for the Fausas to spend a few day^ with their folks in Cincinnatio Eddie^s mother has been seriously ill in the hospital then they themselves will enter the Christian Hospital in St. Louis for a complete medical check-up and if any treatment is needed this will be received before they begin their work of touring. Thank you again for your past prayers and fin
ancial support.

Sincerely in His Service,

Coleman T. Sparrow, Forv/arding Agent

VJEST GERMA.N CHRISTIAN MISSION
ClS;ibh

THE liEWCRSON

Vol. 2 Church of Christ

No. U8.

Henderson, Mich
Minister

Dennis W, Mobley

^amdij/Q&tu.tns'Tk.ls Montk
Dear Friends of West German Christian Mission: Because of health reasons and immediate attention to

this factor, the Edward Fausz

their plans to return to the States on furlou^ from

family have

stepped up

the first of May to the last of February. A letter written February 2 contains this news, "Yesterday I made plane reservations with TUk to leave Frankfurt on

Friday afternoon, February 2$ at 3sU5 P.M. arriving in New York the same evening at TsUO P.M. This will be on

the Family Economy Class by jet (TV/A has only jet ser
vice between Frankfurt and New York.) Contained in this letter was a request for an im

mediate check for $2,100 for paying the necesaory bills including plane tickets and the closing of their
apartment and offices in preparation for their far-

lou^. YiTe have $1,000 Repatriation Fund reserved plus approximately $200 sent in by supporters for travel.
Several dollars is needed to cover the full amount as

you can readily see. 13iere was sufficient mission money on hand to cover their iiranediate need however we wish this to be replaced as work must be continued in

the broadcast field during their furlough to the States. Mr* Fausz is now preparing eigjit sermons a day and will continue preparation of these sermons while on fUrlough shipping them back to Germany for broad
cast* All correspondence will be carried on from

States side including the mailing of ^00 to 600 serContinued on back page

Edward Fausa - West German Christian Mission, Frankfurt am Main,

Deutschland, Germany#

family returned for furlou^ early in 196O.

from America.

After four rather difficult, but fruitful, years the Edward Pausz .

broadcast is being continued, and follow-up letters are being sent

The German language

The term of service was made difficult by the critical illness of Mrs^

Pausz, requiring hospltalization and surgery In December 1958 and January 1959. in February 1959 i^ro, Pausz also spent a time in the
hospital*

Since October 5, 1958 a German language broadcast entitled "Search the Scriptures" has been sent out by Bro# Fausz over Sadio Luxembourg^
The sermons are prepared in German by Iiro Fausz and put on tape at ai
recording studio near Frankfurt#

This program is in co-operation with the Gospel Broadcasting Mission who furnish money for the cost of air time* The West German ChristiPJ5.
Mission bear all other expenses including the recording time, tape,

correspondence and follow-up work#

They are mailing out nearly 350

sermons a week in response to the broadcast#

TAKING

HOPE

TO

THP'HEART

OF

GER

vWf)-

GREETINGS- 1961

We Are Thankful
all, for having spared our lives and making it possible for us to spend this year with our many friends in Christ throughout America! What a joy and blessing this year has been, as we were united with
loved ones and with wonderful Christian

WE ARE THANKFUL to God, first of

- By Mary Fausz that they cannot worship and attend services

in freedom!

Besides all of these reasons for being thankful, we are also thankful for the many
"little things!" For example, I thought it was simple wonderful to walk into a supermarket and just look around at all of the lovely things on sale so different from Germany! Cake
mixes, canned foods, water melons, sweet potatoes. . . all of the things that we couldn't get over there! And to think, too, that the labels were all written in English! There were no jawbreakers like rindfleischsuppe (beef soup), kartofein (potatoes), wienerschnitzeln (veal cutlet). Time certainly goes fast, and already, we are half way through our furlough time! We are trying to use it wisely, as weprepareourselves
for our second term on the mission field.

friends! We take so much for granted while we

are in America; and not until you have served a term on the mission field, do you realize

what a joy it is just to be able to sing hymns and hear the preaching in our own language! Secondly, we are thankful for all of the interest, prayers and support of Christians in America and for the sacrifices they are making
to makeourwork in Germany possible! Believe

me, youare always in our hearts and constantly in our prayers! May God bless you richly, as you share in our work with the German people!
Third, we are thankful for the freedom that

Please let me take this opportunity to we can enjoy in this country! Whenever E_d_ -thank-you~again for making our work-possible receives letters from behind the iron curtain, and for remembering us in your prayers to our he reads and translates them to me, and our Heavenly Father! May God bless you now and hearts go out to those people. What a pity always.

Yesterday - Today - Tomorrow

YESTERDAY That is just before we came home on furlough, the work had progressed to the point where we were receiving as many as 20 to 30 letters each week from people gen uinely interested in New Testament Chris tianity. At this time, we were mailing more than 500 sennon copies each week to those requesting them. We had baptized a number of souls into Christ, and have others now in Germany making contacts and telling them
about Christ. We have several scattered Chris

ber 8th, 1961; and have succeeded in laying the groundwork for the second phase of our
labor.,5^

TODAY We are home on furlough with a twofold purpose! First, it is necessary to raise additional support, since the work has out grown our present mission budget! Second,
we must recruit workers to return with us to

tians and groups meeting together in homes,

as a direct result of our broadcast. Before

coming home, we had cut more than 200 sten cils of our sermons to bring homewith us; had taped our sermons in advance through Octo

Germany, and to labor in areas which are promising to be fruitful and ready for a local work. Our mailing list has grown to 1,000 and is still climbing as this goes to print.

(Continued on page 4)

- By Ed Fausz

J
J

VEN as Martin Luther passed through

these doors to present his plea and
defense at the Diet of Womis, we, too,

are being presented with additional opportuni ties through our broadcast for furthering the plea of New Testament Christianity in other parts of the world. Although we have received letters from more than twenty different coun tries on both sides of the iron curtain, and
our broadcast is available to more than 100-

our part, the same German-language broadcast which is being heard every Lord's Day by the by the Germans in Europe, could also be heard by the millionsof Germans living in Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay. We have no
missionaries present In either Argentina, Paro

guay or Uruguay, and a broadcast now, would

provide us with initial contacts and a nucleus
of Christians on which to build a local church

million German-speaking people in Europe, another "great and effectual door" has been
opened unto us. On my desk before me is a letter which 1 have received from Radio Buenos Aires In Argentina, offering us radio time for a 15-

later on. Of course, any missionary going Into this area would have to be Spanish-speaking. The Germans living there now are bl-lingual, speaking both German and Spanish. We are
seeking direct-support churches that will be interested In underwriting this work.
Our connection with this work would be

minute German-language broadcast. For just

$60 per week, and with no additional effort on

limited to broadcasting and correspondence (Continued on page 4)

YESTERDAY - TODAY - TOMORROW

OPPORTUNITY

(Cont/nuec/ from page 2)

TOMORROW The Lord willing, when we

(Continued from page 3) with Germans living there. We would also send German tracts, andcopiesof oursermons, instructing the people how to become Chris tians. Eventually, we would like to see a Spanish-speaking missionary go into this area
to make direct contact and to establish local

return to Germany to begin our second term on the field, we hope to have several missionary
recruits with us to establish local congrego-

tions. Our plan is as follows:

Since we already have a radio broadcast, we plan to announceseveral monthsin advance

that we will be in a given area at a certain

time. Then, when the time comes, we hope to

enter the area with a missionary recruit and hold a two or three-week evangelistic meeting.

congregations. We would be glad to cooperate with him, and supply him with the names of our correspondents. We have this opportunity NOW! To delay it maybe eternally TOO LATE!
CHANGES OF ADDRESS

Thus, we plan to establish local churches, using our interested listeners as a nucleus on which to build, giving the work over then to the missionary recruits. We hope to con tinue in the radio broadcasting just as long as funds permit, and as long as we are receiv*

While on furlough (until August 1961) the

Fouszes can be reached at either of the fol

lowing addresses:
Edward W. Fausz 3 Ohio Avenue

ing such a wonderful response! We also pray that the Lord will lay it upon the hearts of
our Christians in America to make not only
or

Newport, Kentucky
Edward W. Fausz

this broadcast possible, but also additional

stations such as Radio Buenos Aires (see

article entitled Opportunity), Please pray for

4640 Clayton Drive Cincinnati 44, Ohio Phone: PLymouth 2-0080

us, and with us, that these needs might be met, and that a way might be provided for furthering theGospel of our Lord, Jesus Chri st in other parts of the world as well! Ed.

The new address for our forwarding agent

Coleman T. farrow
315 Cherokee Trail Garden Farms

Huntington 5, West Virginia Forwarding Address

Coleman T. Sparrow, 315 Cherokee Trail, Garden Farms, Huntington 5, West Virginia

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