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Our

Addres s :

Shanda D e la n ey O a kl ey

PC Box M - 2 1

Mabelreign, Ha ra re

Z i m ba bwe , Africa

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Forwarding

Agent:

Frank Rosemary

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O o i m c ,

IN

47451

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A t

Vo lume 4

April

1987

Num

D e a r F r i e n d s,

We

hope

t hi s f in ds y ou

all well Of

cou

us personally this year

has

gotten off

to

start.

With

our

w ed di ng o n

January 3rd,

still happy

newly-weds. We apprecia

much all your

c a rd s a n d

letters

and Ipers

c a n n o t wait fo r

you to meet

Mark.

Many have asked wh at my working sit

is

now that

we

a re

m ar ri ed . N ot hi n

changed

in

that

area.

I still

do the

secre tar ia l

and

mus ic

w o r k here

at the

G

c r o f t

Christ ian Church

and w o r k in t h e s c

The r e s e em s to be more to do a ll th e t i

Mark Is

taking

classes at the Univer

Zimbabwe. He w ent to University

in

th e

but they

would

not

a c c e p t

hi s

acco

degree

h er e. T hi s year

he is

taking

conv

c l a s s e s In tax-law a n d o th er s u bj ec ts a n

take

hi s

CPA

in

S e p t e m b e r of 1988.

We

h

r e tu rn

to th e S t at es s o o n

a f t e r

t ha t

We both have a n ew m i ss io n field a nd

to

Mark s

parents,

w ho are

not

only

Christian,

b ut ar e

often

opposed an d

re

t o w ar d s C h r is t ia n s

a nd t he c hu rc h. P le as

that

we

will live in

s u c h

a

way that

they w

our Heavenly F ath er a nd t he ir n ee d fo r

I

thank yo u once again fo r y o ur p ra ye

financial

support.

Ma y G od

bless

e a c h

o

Lo v e In Him,

Mark a nd S ha nd a

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OUR

NEW CHURCH

BUILDING

Asyou can see, our newchurch building isgoing upand has progressed a lotsince this picture

taken.

Every

Sunday the peoplewalk overto seethe progress. Thankyouso muchforyoursuppor

has made this project possible. We hope to haveour first service inside in May although itwon

finished. Ourjuniorkidsare performing a

Kid s

PraiseMusicai on May 17so weare prayingwecan

in our new building as the kids themselves almost fill up the old.

FOR

ME

tative

and actually

not letting

them

come to

youth

meet ing. Nothing in

between seems

work and Mark finds th e s ame thing

when

teaches

fo r

me.

It makes me dread Sund

School and Youth meetings and that is no t f

on anyone. P lease pray for methat

God

w

give me

wisdom and

patience,

and

will a

change t he hea rt s of the girls.

PRAY

I am beginning to think when they made girls

and boys, they mistook the characters and it

should have been

girls

are snakes and

snails. I

am really struggling with a group of about eight

girls whom I just can t seem to get through to.

They make it so hard to teach to

the

whole

group and I ve tried almost everything; from

being a chummy friend to being very authori-

THIRTY PI S OF

SILVER OFFERING

Next Sunday is Easter Sunday and we are

having a special Thirty Pieces of Silver

offering to go towards

our

new building.

Judas

betrayed Jesus with his thirty

pieces

of silver,

but we want

to bring

glory

to

Him with

ours.

This offering is above what we usually give. The

ladies of the church m ade

small bags

out of

scraps

of material withyarn drawstrings.

These

were

passed ou t

a few

weeks ago

for

people

to

collect

their silver in.

(Zimbabwe

silver comes in

5, 10, 20, 50.

and

100 cent coins.) Whereas, in

the States, everyone goes to church on

Easter

Sunday, here everyone goes away for vacation.

Although our attendance will be down we hope

this will be a

special

service in celebration of our

Lord s rising from the

dead, and

therefore

our

promise of rising to walk a new life as well.

Friday

night youth

meeting.

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SIXTH FORM SEMINARS

Just

recently I have joined a

team

that is

trying

to

reach

all

the

high

schools

in

Harare

\with a Seminar

on Relationships.

We

open this

up to Form Sixes which is equivalent to Fresh

man in college. This series

was

written to deal

with

mostly men/women relationships

and in

c lude : wha t

to

look for

in a

mate

handling

problems in a dating relationship becoming th e

best person you can

be

etc.

Most

people

in

the

classes are

not

Christian

so

we do

not

push

Christianity but

we

go

in

with

the under

s tanding that we are Christians and

will

use the

Bible as

our

textbook yet will accept where

they are

coming

from. These Seminars

are

in

valuable in

regard

to

spreading

the Word. I am

involved presently

In teaching

at th e boys high

schoo l down the road and l as t w ee k at our

Fri

day evening youth meeting I was so pleased

and excited

to

see one

of my students

show

up .

Please

pray

with me

that God

will really

use

these

Seminars

to reach

the

young

people

here

in

Harare. Hopefully

I will be working

next term

in

the

other

two

high

schools

around

the Green-

c ro ft h ri st ia n h u rc h

Children

ages

4-8

go

to creche on

Sunday

mornings

while

t he adu lt s

worship.

m

cue fKo32 uj\^ Q

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Ou r Add re ss :

Shanda

Delaney Oakiey

PO

Box

M-21

Mabelreign, Harare

Zimbabwe,

Africa

Forwarding Agent:

Frank

Rosemary Manzenbe

1003 Eric

Ave

Oolitic,

IN 47451

Phone: 812

279-5222

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Volume

4

Dear Fr iends ,

Decembe r 1987

MERRY CHRISTMAS

For

God so loved tha t

He Gav e

Mark

and Shanda

Oakley,

Betty

Charles Delaney

Num

Christmas is a time of giving. When Ithink of you Ithink of the ways you have given. The Green

Christian Church building was built because you gave. The body of believers is growing because

have been

taught

the Word and now have

space

to invite theirfriends. Bibles have

been

made avai

because

you provided the funds to

purchase

them. We were able to have material for Vacation B

School

because Standard

Publishing gave materials left over from the previous year. Straights Ra

and Jet Cadets have been

thoroughly

enjoyed by

our

youth

because

you have been sending th

Because of you Ihave

the

joy and fulfillment of working here and seeing all that the Lord is doing i

mids t

And

so

at this Christmas, I not only think of God giving His

Son

to us.

but

Ialso think of

th eways

have given to me and the Church here at Greencroft.

Thank you for giving.

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K I D S

P R A I S E

O ur j un io r age kids performed Kid s

Praise 3 a story

a b o u t

Psalty a

singing

s o n g b o o k

w ho

c o m e s to h e lp c h i ld r e n

sing

s o n g s

ab o u t J e s us

from

their heart.

The

kids pr acticed tw ice

a

w e ek f o r t h ree

m on th s a nd everyday fo r th e last two

weeks. T h ey d id a fantastic jo b a n d 1w as

s o

proud

of t h em.

We p er fo rm ed o n a

S un da y a ft er no on and many

people

f r o m

t h e

H a ra re C h ri st ia n

C h u r c h in

H a t f i e l d

c a m e

t o w a t c h W i t h i n

a

w e e k

after th e p er fo rm an ce th e kids were

asking me when

we were

starting the

n e x t

o n e

Psalty

w as played b y C ec il Ross

a n d

Psaltina

b y B ett y D el an ey .

K i d s

P r a i s e k i d s

Kid s

P r a i s e b o o k s

L E A D E R S H I P

T R A I N I N G

As most of you know we have trouble getting work permits for missionaries an d t hi s p ro

involved all denominations. Things

are getting

w or se r at he r

than

better. Realizing th e limited tim

have in Zimbabwe we

ar e

more

than

ever aware of th e

need

to train ou r

Church members

to car

t h e

L o r d s w or k o n

t h e i r

o w n

Please pray

for us

as

we

have

this

situation before

us

that Go d

will

guide

us

as

we t ra in th e

pe

Pray He will raise up men

an d

women from

among

t he p eop le wh o will be

s tr on g a nd hav

leadership qualities

n eed ed .

Pray

w e will

not

w as t e time

with trivial

matters but will

ha ve the

wisdo

d o w ha t

is m o s t u r g en t .

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A YEAR OF GROWTH, A YEAR TO GROW

Many

days

we fee as if things are moving so slowly and nothing is getting done. Yet when we t

back

on

where

we were a

year

ago we realize

just

how

much has been accomplished.

An obvious

accomplishment

is

our

new church

building.

This ha s

made

room for

other sign

physical growth, Since this time last

year

our adult attendance has almost trippled and th e high sc

g roup h as grown

by

one third.

We have seen

ou r

members

step

ou t and take on responsibilities. Before, we had three men tak

turns giving

the

communion meditation on

Sunday

mornings. This year we have had four men join

list. From two Sunday

School

classes taught by Mom and me, we now have six, involving 10 diffe

t e a che r s

Most o f

all

we have s een t he

faith

of the

people

grow as they

draw

closer

to God.

learn more o

Word, begin to t ithe, and

get

involved in

serving as

well

as absorbing.

This year has been a year of growth but we feel it is only the beginning. The real growing will

place

during

this

next

year. Please keep

praying

for us and your b ro ther s and s is te rs In th e Lord a

Greencroft

Christian Church . The

work has just

begun.

Andy

won the

Hat Competition.

Youth group during prayer time.

I

THANK

GO FOR

ANDY

In

June

of 1986 one of

our

seventh

graders

brought his

older

brother, Andy, to the worship servi

greeted him and invited him to VP as Ido all

the

teenagers,

no t realizing what he would turn

out

ot

From

that

day

on ,

Andy never

missed

a

Sunday service

no r

youth

meeting unless he

was

visiting

grandmother s village. He accepted the Lord

and was

baptized a few weeks after coming for the

time, was voted in as a VP leader in June of this

year and issuchajoy

to us. Andy makes sure things

ready

for

VP

and c le an s and

locks

up bef or e h e

goes.

Yesterday, Andy

came to

me

and

said

he

something

he wan ted

to

say to

th e

youth group.

He

spoke

fo r 20

minutes on

the

need f or u s

to

witn

giving

scriptural references and

examples.

Andy

is

every

youth

minister s

dream and

also

what

many local

congregations strive to

bring up ou

their

youth.

He is such a

blessing,

I d

like

to

ask

all of you

to p ra y for

Andy.

We can see him as

a

strong leader

in

later

years if

not

a

time minister. He still has a couple

years

of school left, has many family problems

and

may have to m

out of town resulting from family break up.

Pray

for God s will to be done in hi s life, whatever

God

ha

s to re . Pray also that he

will continue to

grow

and

remain

strong.

I thank

God

fo r

Andy.

Will

you?

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HOLIDAY BIBLE SCHOOL

We had Holiday Bible School during the month of August. We began the week with 89 and grew

140.Itwas a good weekand our teachers enjoyed themselvesas muchas the kids. (Thatmaybe har

believe but itis true ) Last year we had 120kids inthe house because itrained. This year itwouldn t h

mattered if it

rained because

we

had a building

with

classrooms

to

meet in.

We rejoiced

through

wh ol e w ee k

Pra ises :

1.

Our growth

in

attendance.

2. The

renewal of Mom

and Dad's work permit .

3.

Our Sunday

Schools.

Prayer Requests:

1.

Leadership t ra in ing

at the G reen croft

Chris t ian

Chu r c h

2. Robin and

Jeff as

they raise support . They

plan

to

come

in January 89.

3. Guidance in the youth

work.

Migual

p r es en t ing me with f lowe rs f rom

the

Praise group.

Belore you

move,

please

seno

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mailing label

below, a long with a copy ol youi new

aoaress

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