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SOUTHERN RHODESIAN EVANGELISM

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Z id en L . N uct

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21 .

1964

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Karoi , S . Rhode sia

Dear Fr i ends in

Ch r i s t i

Greetings in the name

of

our

blessed

Lord from South

Cent r a l

Afr ica As

th e

New

Year i s underway

t

causes us

in writing to you

for

th e f irs t time this year, to quickly glimpse back over 1963.

God blessed our labors in a wonderful way,

and

again we were privileged

to

see

the

power of the Word accompanied by the Holy Spirit convict many of the

African

people.

Many

of the. churches grew

_in spirit

and

ni^bef

. Our

Hrst Christian Day

School _

opened at Chidamoyo Mission with

6 young

people

who

were taught by African Chris

tian

teachers.. A highlight

during

the

year

came

in

July as the Bruce Amfflerman family

arr ived from Oza rk Bible College to labor

with

us

in

the Chidamoyo area. We owe so

much

to Ozark,

for

i ts inspiration and

challenge,

and

now for

the

sharing of

one

of

i ts teachers, Bro. Bruce, to enter

the Harves t

Field

of

Rhodesia. Bro. Bruce and

his

wife Karolyn, with their two

children,

are a g rea t a ss et to the work, and provide

fellowship

for

us which we long desired since being in the Urungwe alone. The old

year

also- had problems and

death

took

i ts

toll again.

Several loved

ones passed away

and

among

them

was

one of

my

boyhood

teachers in

the Gospel. Though

he s

gone from

this

earth,

his teaching

l ives

on

through

me and

others,

and makes

me to

realize more

fully the great responsibil ity in my hands while living and teaching for others. On

our third Christmas away from America, we were happy to be

with

the

Ammermans

in

t h e i r

new

home a t Chidamoyo

Miss ion

During the

next six

months

here

in Rhodesia our program will concentrate on the

teaching

of the almost 850 new converts. Teachers and leaders must be raised up fror

among

the

converts to

carry

on

the preaching

of

the

Gospel. This

is

a

task

which car

only

be accomplished by

the help

of God. Pray that wisdom and guidance will be

granted in this work. The

calls

from other areas leave

the

task

of

conserving the

converts

no t alone , for from Vuti, Bashungwe,

Chitau,

Katene,

and other places, come

pleadings for the

Gospel

to

be

preached.

These

calls

must be answered and

considerc

with a compassion fo r lost souls, and yet with

the realization

that

we

are

only able

to

give our best.

As

God

opens Doors

of

Opportunity we depend upon Him to lead us.

e have written families about coming,

that

a ll th e cal ls might be answered

with

tl i

message

of

salvation. Some

of

the convert s are

willing

to answer some

of

those

cal ls ,

and to

this

end we str ive: that those who die to self and rise with

Jesus

will share that blessing inunediately with others.

Much

more could be said

here,

bu t

I leave t

beseeching

your prayers and our

labor.

I t

i s with a

b i t

of anxious feeling

that

we think of coming to America to

re

hearse a l l we have done

in

the

name

of the Lord.

Yet ,

t wi l l

be so

d i f f i cu l t to

leave

those

for whom we

have

come

to

serve . I f

the Lord permits ,

we

wil l arr ive

in

America the

middle

part of .Ju ly , th is year.

e

are

ful l

of

desire

to come and

report

to

you

th e Gospel s

effect,

and

to lay

forth

the

return

and

anticipated

work

fo r

a

second term in Rhodesia. All your kind gifts have been needed in the work and we ve

been able to save

nothing

for th e

return,

so we appeal to you

to

send, as

the

Lord

prospers, a special gif t marked

Furlough

Fund to 2,

Box

164, Lowell,

Indiana

46356. What a

wonderful

Lord we serve and you,

our

Chr is t ian b ret hren,

have been

so


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good

Co

s up po rt o ur

w itn e s s

or

C h r i s t

in Rhodesia. Your

encouragement by pi^ayers,

l e t t e r s ,

an d

gi f t s has

been a

major par t in ou r

work. We

g i v e praise

to God f o r H is

love a s shown th ro ug h y ou , and even

though

we a r e in d e b t fo r th e C h r i s t i a n Day

School, we have been p le a s e d and overjoyed

with

your h e l p and c o n f i d e n c e .

We

pray

tha t

God

wi l l

ta k e th e

f r u i t

o f

ou r la b o r s

an d

cause

it

t o

abound

unt o

your

a c c ount .

U nt i l next

month,

we

shal l close th is

l e t t e r , praying G od s

r iches t blessings

on yo u

in

your

e f fo r t to g i v e

g l o r y and

h o n o r to Him.

Because

of

Ou r Risen

L o r d ,

Z id en , H ele n, and f a m i l y

* * * * * ^ * * * * * * * * * -* * * * *

Chu r ch e s :

CONTRIBUTORS FOR DECEMBER 1963

I n d i v i du a l s ;

Erie Chr is t ian Ch u rch ,

K a ns a s

Merr i lv i l le

Church

o f Chr i s t ,

I n d .

homl l c h u r c h o f C hrla t, I n d .

Blackoak Chur ch o f C hris tj I nd.

Truman

Church .oj^. .j?hr ist , Minn.

Madelia C^rch .ofvChrist, Minn.

Church at 26th

Colfax,

Gary, Ind.

A r c h i e

Chr is t ian Ch u rch , Mo.

Wheatland Chr is t ian Ch u rch ,

I n d .

T r a d e r s

P o i n t

Chris t ian , . I n d .

Copeland

C hri st i an

Church, Kansas

So u t h V a ll ey C h ap el , Kansas

Richland C h r i s t i a n

Churchy.

Mo>

Eagle Lake Church

of

Christ,

First Christi,a.n, ,Ei Centro, Cali^oniia

Thayer Christian Church, Kapsas

F i r s t C h r i s t i a n Church,

Anaheim,

Cali f .

Galesburg

Christian Church, Kansas .

Community Christian, Fort Pierce, Florida

F i r s t

Christian, Lexington, Ky, . .

Rinehart

Ch ristia n , Hortoh,

Mp.

Mt .

P le a s a n t C h r i s t i a n , , C a r t h a g e ,

F i r s t Chr i s t i an , Russel l , Kansas

Group s :

Friendly Bible Class, Lowell, Ihd.

Ladies

Aid, Madelia, Minn.

Washington Hi School C l a s s , Lebanon, Mo,

U ni on A ve .

S . S . ,

Moberly,

Mo.

WiHing Workers Class^, Brook, Ind.

A nn a R am se y S . S . C l a s s , Met z, Mo.

Friendship C l a s s , Fi r s t C h r i s t i a n ,

L e x i n g t o n ,

Ky.

Savonburg Ladies Aid, Kansas

R i c h a r d s

S.S. , .

Mo .

Missionary Society, Barnsdall, Okla.

Youth.Group,

South V a l l e y,

Kansas

Chr is t ian W o r k e r s Class , C r o c k e r , Mo.

Sr.

C..Y.H., Lansdowne Church

of

Christ,

Eas t S t . L o u i s , 1 1 1 .

Missionary Group

^2,

P r o t e c t i o n , Kansas

C. Y. H. , Dewey, Okla .

F r ie n d s h ip

Cl ass, West

M ilf o r d , Ohio

Rails

Grove Yoiith

Class,

Marion,

i l l .

A l t r u i s t i c C i r c l e , West Shore C h r i s t i a n ,

Tampa,

Flo r ida

F r i e n d s h i p Class ,

A r c hi e ,

Mo.

Welcome

Class,

Loami,

111.

B u i l d e r s

C l a s s , Crown Poi nt , I h d .

Mrs . O n a F . Smi t h

M r s . C o r a

B .

McKelvy

Mrs . Ea r l Konk l e

M r .

Mr s . Lawr e nc e

Gr e e r

Mr.

Mr s. Mil lard

T . Clark ,

J r .

M r . Mrs . Clem Atk i n s on

M r .

Mrs .

Da l e Er i ckson

Mr .

Mrs. C ha r l e s F . A lg e rs

J an i c e B e n t o n

M r .

Mrs .

Alonzo Sims

M r .

M rs. D av id Sims

Mr.

Mrs. Ra y

McMillan

T i t u s

S ol om on . . .

Mr.

M rs . H . C . John son

Mr .

Mrs.

Sherel Nutt

Wbr. M^Si

Ira

W.

Beerbower

Lillian E a s t e r

Mr^

M r s ;

A l e x

Rener io

Mr s. Pa ul Weeton

Mr. Mrs .

L.

A.

Magner

M r.

C c M rs l

N .

L .

Gul ick

M r s .

Ef f i e Hershman

M r. 6t Mrs . A rt

Claussen

Mr.

Mr s.

Rodney

Dil l ing

M r.

Mrs .

Richa rd Wood

Mary

Pierce

Mr.

Mr s. Owen

L i s k e y

M r. Mrs . Wta;

A r c h

M r. M r s . H o w a r d

Hi l l s

A d a C . L e h m a n

Mr .

Mrs.

Roy Wilburn

Margaret

S c r u t c h f i e l d

H o w a r d

Nu t t

Many g r o u p s

an d i n d i v i d u a l s

have gi ve n through the i r l o c a l

chu r che s and

t h e r e f o r e

a r e

n o t

l i s t ed sepa ra te ly .


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Karoij S.

Rhodesia

bear Frieiids in Christ:

The

rains

continue

to

dhange.our;daily plans, but

they.also give us opportunity.:in that-thange to again send

you greetings.,In the

name

of Christ.

While

the rain is-bringing our

rain gauge up

a

few

tenths from-the already madeimark of 32 Inches this season, I want to share

with^

^u^me of~6ur

laTiors.

.

I ve

just stepped in from the-other;side'of the iOO acre --

Chidamoyo .Mi8slon;;.where

we are clearing for

the

clinict; Within

the

next month

.th6>.i

Pruettsfwiil be here to

finalize

the plans for the beginning, of .ChidamoyoXhristian ^.

Hospital. At first it will

only

be a little outpatient bhildingtfor treatingv but. r

its

location must bei'determined

in

relationship to the whole-anticipated development.

Before

they arrive we; want i t cleared so as to see the area, thus .making i t easier

for them to lay out the plans for the beginning stages.' The bricks, foundation

stones, river sand, and pit sand are

all

hauled to the general

site

and await the

foundation

of-the first

building.to be

dug.

The

landing

strip

has

been

cleared

and

a grader wiil^be here as quickly aa the rains allow.

The

rains cut down the

Sunday

attendance

some,

as many of the people must walk

for several miles as well as meet outside after having gathered.. But we are pleased

with the

many

new Christians for the most part and continue to be thrilled with

those who are accepting Christ as Saviour.

The

many groups, scattered over such a

large area,

make

it impossible to. give much leadership to their spiritual growth,

but we continue to encourage them to do as the early Christians

did in

the.church, -

just after Penteco8t--to

go

and tell

what

they

know.

Some of-our

groups around ,; i;

i

Chidamoyo

have

no

one

who

can

read the Bible or teach hjmahs to sing in worship tp.v.,:. .;.

their new Father in Heaven, but we are confident that God Will guide and.direct . '

through-the indwelling

presence

of the

Holy Spirit ,

The Chidamoyo

Christian

Day School

has an enrollment of.194 this year,

and we

have opened a new school this year at the rapidly developing

Vuti

Farming District.

There are now 86 qualifiedfaimers

in

the area-and

in

another day or two a

new

sec

tion of

72

farms will be released for sale.

We

must build the sdhool building this

year .before July. It was granted about

6.

months l,at.er than.usual, but was

approved

on a special petition. The

farmers

only moved in this past September, and applica

tion,

before

their

own

approval for the

mission

is given, cannot

be made.

This re-:.

-. i

gion

of Southern

Rhodesia

is now ready for a full

time missionary

family,

and

we

pray the

Lord

of the Harvest to raise one

up

to meet the challenge.

Several requests for speaking Mates-hSve 'already Come to us from America. We

will arrive in

Chicago

sometime

in^mid-J^flyi

Lbt-d^willing. We'll report briefly to

the supporting churches in Northern Indian^ arid Minnesota during that latter part of

July

and August, spending some time =n-d^ps during AugustJ

During September

through part of January we ll report to

churches

d.n the staies-of-Missouri, Kansas,

Oklahoma, and

Arkansas,

returning for more detailed reports to supporting churches

in the Great Lakes

Region

during the next few

months

of

1965.

It is with arixious

thoughts that

we look forward

to seeing,

many

of

our

Christian b'rethren to renew the

. . , yjFFtUATFp. .WITH

CHURCHES

OF CHRIST, S OU TH ER N R HO DE SI AN MISSION


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blessed joy of Christian felldwship, add rej>ort to those of you who hSve been so

fai thful

in

supporting our

labors

with p rayh rs

and

fidance.

We are in need

of fur

lough funds and invite

you,

tp participate a^ve

your

regular gifts

by sending

a

gift

to our forwarding agent marked Furlough Futid there

is

much to be done in Rhodesia

before coming and we covet your

prayers

that God

will

supply

the

needP and Strength

to accomplish

all

that must he ddne

during

these

next

few months.

The

pitter-pattering of the rain has

shopped,

for.

today,

and

i t

is

time

to

go

on

to

other work, but

in closing

le t me again give,oUr thankb

to

you for your

interest

in the

saving of

souls in

the

uttermost

parts

of

the

world.

May God bless your ef

forts in Christ ian witnessing bring ing g lory and

hbhor to

His name.

Because Of Our Risen Lord,

Ziden,

Heldn,

,add family

CONTRIBUTORS FOR JANUARY,

Chu rch es

Copeland

Christ ian

Church,

Kansas

Lowe ll Chu rch of Chr is t ,

Ind,

Wheatland Chr is t i an Church, Ind.

First

Christian,

Joliet , 111.

New

El l i o t Christ ian

Church,

Ind .

Blackoak Church o f C hr is t,

Ind.

South

Va ll ey Chape l, Kansas

Truman

Church

o f C h ris t, Minn.

Western

Hil l s

Church

of

Chr i s t ,

Cinc inna t i ,

0 .

Wapella Chr is t i an Church,

111.

Mt.

Pleasant

Chris t ian , Carthage,

111.

F i r s t Christ ian Church, Richland,

Mo.

Rinehar t Chr is t i an Church, Mo.

Fi r s t

Chr i s t i an ,

El Centro, Cal i f .

Fi r s t Chris t ian , New

Port

Richy, Fla .

Thayef Christ ian Church, Kansas

Archie

Chr is t i an , Mo.

Cleveland

Church

o f Ch ris t, Minn.

Eagle Lake

Church o f

Chr is t , Minn.

McCune

Chr i s t i an Church, Kansas

Christ ian

Church, Onarga, 111.

Ccmmunity

Christ ian

Church, Fla . .

Fi r s t

Christ ian Church,

Clovis, N. Mexico

Madel ia

Church Of' Chr i s t , Minn.

Chris t ian Church, ElmWr, Mo.

Group s

Savonburg Lad ie s A id , Kansas

Bu ilde rs C la ss , Crown Point , Ind.

3rd

Grade Class ,

Deep R iver , Ind.

South Valley Youth Class , Kansas

Metz

Chr i s t i an S .S . , Mo.

Women's

Missionary

Circle , LaMarque,-Texas

Christ ian

Missionary, Bamsdal l , Okla.

Willing Workers

Class,

Brook,

Ind.

Church of C hris t Bible School, Truman, Minn.

Friendship Class ,

1 s t

Christ ian,

Lexington, Ky.

C.E., Southside Chris t ian , Hammond,

Ind.

Ydung~People

fo r

Chr is t ,

GfenbTa,~ Kansas

Welcome

Class ,

Loami,

111.

1964

Groups ( con t inued )

Missionary

Group No.

2^

Protec

t ion ,

Kansas

Friendship Class, Archie, Mo.

Ladies Aid, Madelia, Minn.

I n d i v i d u a l s

Mrs . E t h e l Mur r e l

Kathryn Taggart

Mr. &

Mrs.

Samuel

Taggart

M r.

&

Mrs . Lawrence Gr e e r

Mr. & Mrs .

R.

C . W in kle r

Mrs .

J ohn

Koeme r

Mr. & Mrs . C . L .

Atk in son

F r a n c e s

Combs

T i t u s

Solomon

Mr. &.Mr8.

Oscar

Rampley

Mr. & Mrs,,;M, T.

Clark, J r .

Margaret

Scrutchfield

Mr. 6i\^s. Rodney Dilling

Mr. & Mrs*. ];ra w* ^e


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.; Rhodesia

b ea r F ri en ds in Christ: ,

Greetings

in

th e name

of

our Risen-L ord.

The past

week-end has been a wonderful Vlo^s.i^S our

worfc-and

to our family. Heieh and i; were lifted with visiting .churches pf the

area.to

spirit

ual heights., as Brothers Chikapda and

Annnerman

led in ,3: three,

.d^y.

evangelistic pro

gram. The

resurrection of Christ in

all its power and

glory

was

presented,.and the

challengeleft in each heart', Cp daily live with-Him iu; the

assurancc-of^^ûr:

reaurrec

tion from the dâd, and as,a living witness of the new

life,

we

now

ppssess^ In

mo

ments of despair,

and

discouragement, our living Christ has daily strength

and understanding. Even thpugh^God is

giving

victoriesthrough

the;power

of the Gos

pel,

there

are

times

of

loneliness and weariness. : ^ , .

.

A'name

which is f o l i a r to thousands of people, andvheld in high regard by a ll

I know who .had kiôwn it,,.nqw stands as a part of history in Christian Missions. Bro

ther

Ray

foiapp

from

the

Churches

of Christ in

New

Zealand

passed

on

into eternity .

during

the.

first.part of.

Majrch;*

and

even

though

he

no longer inhabits an earthly

body,

the love of'Christ'through

him

will be seen for years.toicomp. I,

pould

scarce

ly know the influence he was,

fop,

Christ, but in the Sinoia. area especially

he led

in

pioneering the

work

and for years will be

spoken

.-about. Qur^several occasions I .

qamped-with

him

as

he

showed,.,me

.the many preaching points in .tih.e

Sinoia..and,prungwe

,

areas.

Even

in the following.month of May

we

had another trip.planned,wbipk

now

will

never take

place.

Plans

will

change, and time

will

march

qn.until even we are callef'

one

by

one, or in a great throng at the coming of Cl?ri t, and.our'witness for Christ

will cease in this land.

May

pur witness ever be faithful, so that we are rqady .to

me e t o u r C r e a t o r a nd

M a s te r . - f-.

Again, we enjoyed

the fellowship of co-workers

when we

journeyed to Mashokp

Mis

sion for surgery

on

Tommy.

Tommy

had

a hernia (probably congenital)..which

we

wantec

Dr.

Pruett to examine

and

make right

if

necessary..,,. This he dlq skillfully, along wit'

the assistance of hi s fine staff, Madonna Burget,;Dr.'

Jerry

Smith, and Sarah Stere.

Dr.

Smith alsp checked our teeth and

filled

one of Helen's. While there visi ting ,

with the .many famiilies

we agaip

shared in a

mountain top

experience of

fellowship..

Brother

'Jack Peniiington

was

also

there

lecturing fo

the BiSle

Training School.

Jack

is from'the Zambezi, Mission. Barry

Kennedy

of Buiawayo dfopped

in

fo r a day

also,

.

we saw

several, making the visit a joyful memory. It was a joy to visit with Bro.^

Dale

Erickson

whom

I, ;had,.

gone:.to.

school, with at. LjLneoln. Bible.

Institute (LCC now) ir

1957. Dale is spending 3 months here

and

will, fben return to, the,U.S. to finish mec

ical training before returning to Rhodesia,,if -God. permit^.

Several have asked about the furlough fund which

we ll

need

fo r

coming

to

Araerl

ca this July ,to report our Rhpdeslan activity to .the

churches:...

Almost

two

thousand

dollars

will be needed and i t must be

in

our forwarding agents' hands by Che first of

'june, Qur speaking- schedule/.is-filling up rapidly for which we are thankful-;

Most

of our time will be spent in reporting to those who have supported the work. All

re-

ArFILIATED

WITH CHURCHES OF

CHRIST,

SOUTHERN RHODESIAN

MISSION


6/21

SOUTtiEI^

RHODESIAN LAMPLIGHTER

Page

2

Number 3

quests should

be made

to

our

forwarding agent for confirmation Only

bhr^ months

remain

before our

r e turn

and quickly it

wi l l pass .

We want to

f in i sh

the

school

bui lding

(ad dition o f th re e classrooms)

as

wel l as s t a r t the c l in ic and

have

it f in

i sh ed bef or e coming.

Our landing s t r ip wil l

be ready

th is

week and Dr. Pruet t wil l

come to lay out the medical developement. What a

grea t

impact th is w ill have to our

witness

here.

We

ask your

prayers during the next

three

months

that

we' l l

be

able

to

accomplish

t ha t

which

i s se t

before us. Let

me

ag ain tak e th is opportunity to thank

you

for your

prayers and support . May God

add

to you r a ccount tha t which you are

making

poss ible through us as your miss ionar ies , in Rhodesia.

Because o f

o ur R ise n

Lord,

Helen,

Ziden,

and chi ldren

iei f k kie ki it k k k kieieitiit kitit ki i it i leieie k

C h u r c h e s :

CONTRIBUTORS FOR

EElkUARY 1964

I n d i v i d u a l s :

Truman

Church

o f Chr i s t

Minn.

South Valley Chapel, Kansas

Galesburg Chris t ian Church, Kansas

Copeland Chris t ian Church,

Kansas

Rinehar t Chr is t ian Church, Mo.

Archie Christ ian Church, Mo.

Sauktown Church

of Chr i s t

Ind.

Lowell Church of Chris t Ind.

F i r s t Chris t ian

Richland, Mo.

Wheatland

Chris t ian Church,

Ind.

Mt.

Pleasant

Chr i s t i an Carthage, I I I .

F i r s t

Chris t ian

Anaheim,

Cal i f .

Eagle

Lake

Church

o f

Chr i s t

Minn.

Saybrook Chr is t ian Church, I I I .

Conmunity

Chris t ian

F t.

Pierce , Fla . -

Church of Chris t ,

Sebring, Ohio

W^atah

Christ ian

Church,

Ind.

First Christian,

El Cent ro , Calif.

Chris t ian Church, Medaryville, Ind.

F i r s t

Chr i s t i an Lexington, Ky.

Blackoak Church o f C h ris t Ind.

New El l i o t Chr is t ian Church,

Ind .

Thayer Chris t ian Church, Kansas

MadeIia

Church

of

Chr i s t

Minn.

Gr oup s ;

Ladies

Aid,

Madelia, Minn.

Union Ave . S .S -. , Mober ly ,

Mo.

3 rd Grade rs ,

DeepRiver Church of Chris t Ind.

Sr.

C.Y.H.,

Lansdowne Church

o f C h ris t

Eas t S t . Louis

I I I .

Builder 's Class, Crown Point ,

Indiana

Rai ls Grove You th

Class

Marion, I I I .

C.Y.H.,

Dewey,

Oklahoma

Savonburg

Ladles Aid,

Kansas

Friendship Class

F i r s t

Chris t ian

Lex-

ington.

Kv.

' ^ ^

Richards

Chr is t ian S.S . Mo.

Chris t ian Missionary Soci ety, Ba rnsda ll , Okla.

Missionary

Group 2,

Protect ion,

Kansas

South Valley

Youth Class Kansas

Friendship Class

Archie ,

Mo.

West Side

Chr is t ian

S.S . Denver, Colorado

Welcome

Class,

Loami,

I I I .

Mr.

Cora

B.

McKelvy

Mrs.

Floyd Forkner

Mrs.

Margaret Scrutchfield

M r. & Mr s . Lawrence

G r e e r

Mr. e Mrs. Rodney

Bi l l ing

Mr.

& Mrs .

Clem Atk inson

J a n i c e Ben t on

M r. &

Mr s .

R u s s e l l

ills

M r. &

Mr s . Thomas

E . C a r r

Mr. &

Mrs.

John

Oglesby

Mr.

& Mrs. L. A.

Magner

Mr. 6e Mrs . Don Deo l

L o i s

D.

Abbo t

Mr.

&

Mr s .

E lmer K oe m e r

M r. 6t Mr s . Cha r l e s

Van

Nada

Mrs. Virg in ia Bar t l e t t

Mrs. Hazel Bryan

Miss JOan Hackney

Mrs. Bet ty Burger

Mrs . Al t a

Johnson

Mri T i t u s Solomon

Mr.

Mrs. Roy Wilburn

Mr.

& Mrs. Raymond McFarland

Howard Ni i t t

Mr. 6e'Mrs. Win. Griesing 'er

Fur lough Fund

Co n t r i b u t o r s :

Mr.

t

Mr s .

M il

l a r d T .

Cla r k

Mr. &

Mrs. Millard t Clark, J r .

Lowell

Church

o f Chr i s t Indiana

Missionary Group 2, Protect ion,

Ka ns a s

Norma J

B r u c e

L e o ti P in k er to n

Many others

have

given

through the i r loca l

churches or

classes a nd therefor are h o t

l i s t ed sepa ra te ly .

Contributions'for Livihglink and Working Fund:

1,243.60

Contributions for Furlough

Fund:

60.00

TOTAL CONTRIBUTIONS FOR FEBRUARY:

1,303.60

Total

in Furlough Fund as

of

Apri l

I I 1964: 653.23

k * ie ic ic i t i t i t : i t i t ,

jit 'r

i t , it ' i t

it .

;it

i t

i t i t

i t i t i t i t

i t

i t i t

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Southern

Rhodesian

Lamplighter

Volume IV

Apr i l

29 , 1964

beaT

Co*Laborers in Chr is t:

Number 4

Private Bag

38

Karoi , S. Rhodeisia

The tough hide of the goat had

been

pierced on

each

side

of i t s neck,

and

i t la y l i fe less about

100

yards from

Evangelist Chikanda's

home

at

the

center of

Che

mission

property. Teiiseness f i l led the mis sion per sonnel as Bro. Ammennan and I

drove

quickly

to

the far.side

of.

the mission

where -the

leopard

would be going. The

dogs had

begur>

barking which caused

the leopard

to

leave ir s

kil l

behind,

but

before

we

could arrive, i t had ascended back up into Kenyongo Mounta.in. Excitement f i l ls

our

daily

activity,

and

makes

us to

realize

that our

home is

South Central^ Africa.

On

July IsC a temporary change will begin, and if God permit we'll bd back with loved

ones in

our

homeland for about one

year.

Leaving

Salisbury,

S. Rhpdesia

at

8:40 P.M.

on

the 1st, we'll

arrive

in

Chicago

at 4:40 P.M.

on

the

2nd, This time seems incred

ible; and, with this quick change we'll f ind ourselves in modem America, having left

behind our

Rhodesian home,

surrounded

by a primitive civilization of

our

African

peo-

Pie .

^

Leaving behind that which we have grown to love and that which

God

has

accom

plished through our witness, we

press

forward to a

year of

reporting to you

who

have

faithfully

stood behind us that our witness would be

possible.

A thousand

souls

have

been brought to the feet of Christ through the combined witness in

this

area of the

native evangelists, Christian people, and missionaries; Three

Christian

Day Schools

have been

established

with a total enrollment of just under 400 young people;

Chris

tians have been nurtured.and

made

more ready fo r leadership; an

airstrip

has been cut

out of the

thick forest

of this area

to

fac i l i ta te the medical ' program under Dr.

Pru-

et t s

able

direction; and

in many other

ways,

the

power

of God

has beeti

seen

by

these

people who come to give the praise and glory to God. In

all

these things

we

have

thrilled at the

wonderful workings of the

power

of

God. The

Holy Spirit has convictC'

and

guided .

It is our prayer that while on furlough,

God

will 'use us to challenge^ others to

enter

this area.

Sinoia stands ready for someone to work with the leaders of severs

already

established

groups, to

nurture

and

train .and organize.

Vuti

is how

opening

and

already

we have one church group and a Christian

Day

School there with calls

cot.j

ing almost every week to come into another section. We pray God ,to

Use

us to bring

to you a. report

that will, enable you

to

witness the

power we

have seen with our eyes

among the African people. Through mission revivals,

evening

reports, teaching

classes, etp, with pictures and films the work will be

presented.

Since i t will take

about 5 months to report to the Missouri and

Kansas

areas,

we

have accepted an invita

tion to teach in .the Missions Department at Qzark Bible College during

the

fall semes

ter.each

morning.

.This will also

enable us to be with

potential laborers

of the

world harvest. Pray that God can take us with

our

few abil i t ies and l i t t le experi

ence to help.others in their.preparation

fo r

specialized s^.Tyice at

home

or abroad.

For special gatherings which you would, want^ the work

presented

by us i t would be

well to

write now

to our forwarding agent.

Many have already

written

and the calen

dar is filling'up rapidly. ' Furlough funda must be

in the

hands

of

ojur forwarding

ArFiLIATED WITH CHURCHES OF CHRIST, SOUTHERN RHQDES/AN MISSION


8/21

agent by th e

f i r s t

par t

of June. With

only

two

months

l e f t we are finding it

impos ^

s i b l e to accomplish

t h a t which we see s e t befo re us and so the nights wil l become

shor ter

and

the days

lo ng er, b ut

i n

a l l things God provides and we look to Him for

His wisdom and

grace

to

r e s t

upon

our daily activi ty that

glory

wil l be brought

to

His

g l o r i o u s

name.

We do

covet

your continued prayers

and support, as w ell as

furlough funds.

We

want

to complete

several more commitments whicn

we have taken i n

building

up the work

here, before leaving. Our

small car

and Dodge Power Wagon, which together

have car

ried

us over 100,000 miles preaching and surveying,

will

soon be up for

sale

to de

fray expenses, but

we rest upon you

to

contidud

helping in whatever

way possible.

Answering a c a l l to preach in

another

area balanced against

the high t ravel

costs in

Rhodesia and

the

time it

would

take

has

not made decisions easy. Souls are the price

to

be

considered,

and

who can put a price

on

such

ptecious

ones for

whom

God gave His

Son.

We

cannot p la y w it h t ime, for

the

forces of e v i l

and

doc tr in es o f men rush

in

with

decei t and

cunningness. Being the

only ones to pfeach

ih several hundred

thous

and

square miles,

and

c a l l s to come so many

times

tears a t the heart. ' Because

of

time--and

finance

we have

refused

some who begged for help, and it made

us

cry

out

that

God would

understand

and when judgement came would not weigh

us

and find

us

wanting

for those souls who we

l e t s l i p

into the hands

of

fa lse doctrines. We had

failed

to understand

this

feeling

before coming

to

Rhodesia when

it

was explained to

us,

but

now

i t

tears

a t the

heart

strings.

Pray with

us

that

the Lord

of

Harvest

will

raise

up laborers

and

provide

sufficiently

for

the

task.

How

we

continue our

thanks

to God for

th e Ammermans

who are now doing

that

which we

could not

do,

and

who

are finding

new

avenues of entrance into the hearts

of

the people, and yet

the

tre

mendous

opportunities

c a l l for more to help guide t he Afr icans into a

reconcil iat ion

w i t h God.

We know

and

we can

say,

This i s my Task ,

but

we

covet

your concern for

the

ac

complishment

of that

task

that it

may

be f u l f i l l e d

through God's

grace

and

our

zeal

i n making known the

Truth

which

can s e t

the capt ives f r e e . How we

th ank each

one

of

you and

praise

God

for

your

concern;

and,

as

we

press forward with

you

to p lan t, we

know

that

God will give

the

increase Of

f r u i t

among

our

people

here in Rhodesia.

Yours

f o r

a

C h r i s t i a n

world.

CONTRIBUTORS FOR MONTH

C h u r c h e s

New E l l i o t C h r i s t i a n Church, Ind .

Church o f C h r i s t Lowell ,

Ind.

Tniman

Church o f

C h r i s t

Minn.

Black Oak Chutch o f C h r i s t Ind .

F i r s t

C h r i s t i a n Richland, Mo.

C h r i s t i a n

Church,

Anaheim, C a l i f .

C h r i s t i a n Church,

Archie,

Mo.

Galesburg

Chris t ian

Church,

Kansas

Community C h r i s t i a n Church, F l a .

Wheatland C h r i s t i a n

Church, I n d .

Rinehar t C h r i s t i a n

Church,

Horton,

Mo.

The Church a t 25th

Coifax,

Gary, Ind.

F i r s t Christ ian

Church, E l Cen tr o,

C a l i f .

South Valley Chapel ,

Kansas

Church of C h r i s t

Eagle

Lake, Minn.

Maple La im

C h r i s t i a n

J o l i e t

111.

Mt.

Pleasant Christian, Cafthage,

111.

C h r i s t s Church, Clayton, Oklahoma

F i r s t C h r i s t i a n Clovis, New

Mexico

F i r s t

C h r i s t i a n .

Lexington.

Ky .

Thayer C h r i s t i a n Kansas

Church of C h r i s t

Cleveland, Minn.

G r o u p s

Union Ave.

S . S . Moberly, Mo.

Sr. C.Y.H., Lansdowne Church, E.

St;

LouiS,

111.

Welcome Class, Loami, 111.

Savonburg Ladies Aid,

Kansas

Richards C h r i s t i a n S . S . Mo.

Christian Missionary Society, Barhsdall , Olcla.

Many

other Gi^bups and individuals have

given

through

t h e i r local churches and,

there

fore, are not

l is ted

separately.

Ziden , Hel en , and family

OF MARCH*

I n d i v i d u a l s

Mr.

Mrs.

Raymond

McFarland

M r. M r s . L a w r e n c e G r e e r

Mrs. Cora

B. Mckelvy

Mr.

Mrs. M i l l a r d T.

C l a r k

J r .

Mary Pierce

Mr.

Mrs. Ray McMillan

I d a C. Meyers

Beni ta Ke ll ey

Mr.

Mrs . Clem A t k i n s o n

Margaret

Scrutchfield

Mr.

Mrs.

Henry

F.

Sull ivan

Mr.

Mrs. L. A . Magner

Mr.

Mrs.

Rodney

B i l l i n g

Laura

O'donnell ,

I n Memory o f

James

O'dbnnel l

Mr.

M r s . Thomas E . C a r r

Mr. Mrs. Ita. G r i e s i n g e r .

Howard W.

N u t t

Mr.

Mrs. Roy Wilburn

Jto.

Mrs.

John E.

B l a i r

M r .

Mrs. Don Deol

P h i l l i p

Deol

illi n E a s t e r

F u r l o u g h

Fund

Mr.

Mrs. Alex R e n e r i o

Lowel l

Church

o f C h r i s t I n d .

Mr. Mrs. J o h n Koerner

Mr. Mrs. Harold Mauger

Richards S . S .

Mo.

Mr.

Mrs. T ho rn e C l a r k

Margaret Scrutchfield

Mr.

M rs . A lo nz o Sims

Archie

Church

o f

C h r i s t

Mo.

MARCH

CONTRIBUTIONS FOR LIVIKGLINK

AND

WORKING FUNDS;

1,180.65.

MARCH

CONTRIBUTIONS FOR

FURLOUGH FUND 349.19.

TOTAL IN

FURLOUGH FUND

AS OF MAY 4: 1,070.64.

*Due to lack

of

space, the o ther con tr ibutors will be l isted

next

month.


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10/21

May i t suffice

for

now

to

pray God's

blessings to rest

upon

our

la

bors un t i l

we

personal ly share

with

you

tha t

vhich

God

has done in

t h i s ha rve s t

f i e l d o f Sou th e rn Rhode si a.

Your

mi s s i o n a r i e s

i n Rhode s i a

Z iden and H elen

Due

to l ack

of

space the

fol lowing contr ibutors were

no t

l i s t ed

in

March :

G r o u p s :

Friendship

Class

Lexington,

Ky.

Bui lders

Class Crown Poin t Ind *

Missionary

Group 2, Protectidn,K

Rai l s

Grove

Youth,

Marion,

111

C.Y.H.,

Dewey, Okla

Intermediate Class , De^p River,I i

Wil l ing Workers, Brook, Indv

King's

Daughters,

Pootvil le ,

Wis

Milan

Christian

S,S, Mo

Friendship Class ,

ArcMe,

Mo

urlou^ Fund :

dhurch of

Christ ,

Sebring,

Ohio

Marilyn B\iche

Bfi?s

Laura

0 'Donne11

S h e r r i e

Fo r k n e r

Mr* Mrs Ch a rle s W a l te rs

Mr

Mrs

L A

Magner

Janice

Ben t o n

Mrs

Vio l e t

Smi th

Howard

W Nu t t

Mr .Mra John Blair^^

Chu r c h e s :

Thayer

Chr i s t i an

Kansas

Copeland

Chr is t ian

Kansas

Blackoak

C

of

C , Gary, Ind

Fi r s t Chris t ian,

Lexington, Ky

Galesburh

Chr is t ian Kansas

Truman

C of C ,

Minn

New El l i o t t Chr is t ian

3hd

Church

of uhr id;

, Madelia , Minn

Church

of

ChriA

,

Lowell,

Ind

Com

Chr is t ian

Ft Pierce Pla i

Fi r s t Chr is t ian

AneUieim,

Cal i f

Archie

Chr is t ian

Mo

Contr ibu tors

fo r Month

o f Apr i l

Individuals (cont inued)

Mrs diem Atkinson

Mr

Mrs

Henry Sul l ivan

Mr Mrs R* C Winkler

Cora B McKelvy

Marilyn Buche

Mr

Mrs Rodney

Di l l ing

Margaret Scrutchf ie ld

Ben t t a Kel ley

Mr

Mrs

Thomas E

Carr

A riend

Mr Mrs L A

Magner

Mr

Mrs

Roy Wilburn

Mt

Pleasant Church, Plymouth, 111

Mrs

Snyder

Fi r s t Chr is t ian Richland,

Mo

Rinehart

Chr is t ian

Horton,

Mo

Fi r s t

Chr is t ian

E l Centro,

Calif

South Valley

Chapel,

Kansas

Eagle Lake

C of G,, Minn

Wheatland

Chr i s t i an

Ind

Group s :

Pleasan t

Hi l l ChTirch,

Roby,

Mo

Missionary Society, Bamsdal l ,

Okla

Savbnburg

Ladies

Aid,

Kansas

Welcome Cla s s Loami, 111

Ladies Aid , Madelia , Minn

A riend

Mr

Mrs.

Kenneth

Travis

Mr

Mrs Ray McMillan

Fu r l ough Fund :

A

Fri^d, 111

Galesburg

Christ ian, Kansas

Lowell C of C . Ind

Mt.

Pleasant

Ch ,

Plymouth,

111

Union

Ave

Church,

Moberly,

Mo

C

of

a .,. Sebring Ohio

Mr. Mrs Joe York

Mr.

Mrs Walter Burk

Jr High C.E.

Souths de,Hammond,Ind Loyal

Teens, Lowell, Ind

Friendship

Class , Lexington,

Ky^

Richards

Chr i s t i an S .S .

Mo

Anna

Ramsey

Class ,

Metz,

Mo

C.Y.H ,

Dewey, Okla

Builders

Class

Crown Poin t

Ind

South Valley Youth Class , Kansas

Arch i e Ch r i s t i a n

Virginia

Bart le t t

Hgzel

Bryan

Joan Mackney

Mary

Schwandt

A l t a J ohn s on

Lndles Sunshine Circle,ReTTv111

e,T1

IMr,^ ^ DoPngll

Friendship

Class , Archie, Mo

Union Ave

S .S . Moberly,

Mo

Sr

C.Y.H ,

Lansdown,

E

S t . Louis

Rai l s

Grove

You th , Mar ion, 111

J a n i c e

Ben t on

Wheatland

Chr i s t i an Ind

Mr

lUrSm

Charles Walters

Ben i t a DePue

Sr

Youth, Sauktown Church,

Ind '

Church a t 25 Coifax, Ind

Howard

Nu t t

Mrs. Ol ive Cla rk

Mr.

Mrs

Wm Hudson

Mr Mrs Roy Albery

Individuals

Mr Mrs Lawrence Gre e r

Mr.

Mrs

M i ll a r d C l a r k J r

Ge r t r u d e

McLa i n

T i t u s

So lomon

Mr.

Mrs Raymond

McFarland

LIVINGLINK WORKING FUND FOR

APRIL

FURLOUGH FUND

TOTAL CONTRIBUTIONS FOR APRIL

TOTAL

IN

FURLOUGH FUND AS JUNE

1 :

,525.60

618 .95

2,144.55

2,150 71


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T he

C h r is tian

Mission,

Vol. 8, No. 8, August, 1964

Page 21

C E N T R A L A F RI CA N

MISSION

C H U R C H E S

OF

C H R I S T

Chidamoyo Mission

Chidamoyo Mission

was

opened in 1961

while Bro. Nutt was still working in Gwelo

nearly 300 miles from

here.

At th at

time

th e

property was dense bush

with

no bu i

Idings

on

it.

S in ce t he n a

p le as a nt m i s si o n s ta ti on has

been

developed

to m e e t t he n ee ds of th e m an i

fold p eo p le living in nearby areas. Mr.

an d

Mr s

Z id en N u tt

moved to the

miss ion

with

only c am p in g e qu ip me nt i n m id -1 96 3 to begin

th e

development program. They

have

two

children;

K aro lyn ag ed

4,

an d

Tommy

aged 2

M r and

Mr s Bruce

A m merm an cam e to

the

f ie ld i n

July

1963. They

also

have tw o

children;

Gay aged 3 and Amy aged 1 1 / 2 .

The work

i s

div ided be tween th e

tw o

fami l i e s

Bro.

Nutt

is

in charge of the education

work

of th e

mission.

Right now we a re in

charge

o f t h r ee school s w i t h

a t o ta l e n r ol lmen t

o f

over 3 50 s t u d e n t s . S e v e n t eachers are r e s p o n

s ib le f or t he s e c hi ld re n. Education h as

p r o v e d

t o

be

a n i n v a l u a b l e manne r in w hic h to

r each

th e hearts of

young

people

an d

a d ul ts a l ik e .

T w o

s ch o ol u n it s

n o w

s tand on the mi s s i on

property.

B r o. Nutt is

also

in

charge of

the

building an d development of th e mission an d

o the r school s i t e s

Bro A m m er ma n h as devo ted h is t ime to

th e d evelop m en t of a

working evangelistic

pro

gram.

T hi s i nc lu de s t he

dire c ting of two full

t ime evangelists

for

the wide

a r e a

we c o v e r ,

arranging teaching sessions w it h t he more than

15 churches

an d p re ac hi ng p oi nt s, d ai ly visi

tation

in near-by

villages,

an d

the

directing

of

th e ev ang elis tic

side o f

the

school

program.

Much pr ogr e s s

has been seen,

both in the

n um be r o f

converts gained an d in the maturity

of

existing Christians,

through

th e

efforts

of

both

missionary families. Th e missionary

w iv es h av e d ev el op ed

a

busy schedule

fo r

th e

n a ti ve w o me n

o f

weekly

instruction

in sewing

an d domestic problems,

plus

s in gi ng a nd B ib le

l e s s on s

SPIRIT

O F

POWER

Chidamoyo Mission is located in the Ur

ungwe

R e s e r v e ,

an area

where

t r i b a l

la w

is

still in

affect an d

i n w hi ch t h e l o ng - st a nd i ng

cu s to m s

o f th e

people

a re

in

practice. B e

c a u se

of th is if it w er e not

for

th e power

vhich has

been

granted from on high, the work

would

not b e possible. T he

f o r c e s

which

op

p ose u s

a re

n ot t ho se w h i c h can b e b e a t e n

down

with

sticks

an d

stones.

They

r at he r a re

forces

which

m u s t be met with s p ir i tu al power.

We

have witnessed

sick

bodies healed by

physical power, alo ng w ith God s help;

we

have rejoiced

to

see

ignorant

m inds e nlight

e ne d t hr ou g h e du ca ti on al p ow er

with God s

blessing;

most of

all

we have

seen darkened

lives an d hearts brought into God s marvel

o us l ig ht through th e

spiritual

power of th e

Holy Spirit. The enemies have

not

all

been

taken away, bu t we do no t fear b ec au se o f

physical

harm for G od s spirit of p ow er a nd

o f love

will d i r e c t

an d p r o t e c t

a s

w e w i t n e s s

fo r

Him

GOALS

To open in the near

future

a

medical

cli

ni c

A nurse is

to be

provided

alo ng w ith

two

o rde r l i e s to ca r e fo r th e

med i c a l

work A

long range plan includes a major hospital to

b e b uil t

he r e

unde r

t h e d i re c ti o n

of D r

Prue t t

NEEDS

A water system. Now we haul water

by

l orry in

m e ta l d r um s . We

will

need a

pump,

piping

fo r

1000 ft , an d materials to make a

r e s e voir on

Kanyongo

Mountain.

T he

m e d i c a l

w o r k will

t ak e m u ch e xp en se

in buildings,

personnel,

an d

medicines.

Women s

work

n e ed s sew in g

materials,

buttons, needles,

pins, thread, an d yard

goods fo r p r o jects .

Flannelgraph lesson

packets.

O ur sup

pl y is

limited an d

are getting worn,

especially

on th e Life

of

Christ an d Acts. Along with

t ha t

w e

c ou ld u se

mo r e

cot ton f lannel

P r a y e r s fo r spiritual g u id ance and wis

d om

Z id en a nd H ele n N utt

P /B 38

K a r o i ,

Southern

Rhodesia,

A f r i c a

Forwarding Agent:

M r and M r s

Ziden

Nu t t

R R

2

Box 164

L o well, Indiana

B r u c e

and C arolyn A m m er m an

same

a s

N u t t s

above)

Forwarding

Agent:

Miss

Mary

Lo u

C r i s l e r

B ox

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C a rt ha g e, M i ss ou ri


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The

Christian Mission

Vol

8 No. 8

August

1964

Page 34

SOUTHERN RHO ESI

John and Marjorie

Pemberton

Ziden

a nd H ele n

Nut t

Tommy and Karoljm

Amy

Wendell

Beth

and

Ruth Freeman

Bruce and Carolyn Ammerman

Gay and Amy


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i


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The Ziden L. Nutt Family .

R. R. 2, Box

164

Lowell

Indiana

4^

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SOUTWtty

AFRICA

ihiiibi

Southern

Rhodesian

Lamplighter

Vol

IV

August

10 1964

Number

7

Dea r F r i e n d s in

Ch r i s t ;

Greetings

in the

name of b ur Precious

v.. . Lord.

The

l a s t

three

weeks

in.

Rhodesia

were

4 , rather quiet

after starting

out vath a bang. On

4 .. , . June 3j

1964

I

was

coming around a blind curve

w}:^n suddenly appearing was a

Ford

pick-up coming nn my side.

..The

head-on

col l i s ion to ta led

both

vehic les but l e f t

most people in

pre t ty

good

condition*

TTir^ ih tn e dthef vWic lT sp^T^moa^t two weeks In th e hospital ,~but those

,^s.;.in ,the

Dodge

Power Wagon had only a few

cuts

and bru ises and I

some

cracked

r ibs. No

physical

work for

at

least two weeks

meant

that i t would give some

o f the

needed tim e

fo r

ge t t ing th ings ready

to come to America,

and

to p re pa re

p ro grams a nd r ev iva l

messgges.*

We f e l t a great

deal

of r e l i e f

as

we l e f t Chidamoyo with the many

r espons ib i l i t i es

behind.

They

were l e f t

in

the

hands

of Brother Ammerman and

h is

family.

With mixed

emotions

we

boarded

the

Al i t a l i a

je t

on

June

28th

waving goodbye to the Ammermans, Madonna Burget, Dr.

Dennis Prue t t

and the

Vernon Lawyer

family,

who were standing on the

balcony of

the

Salisbury Air

por t

Arriving in Rome the next morning we

took time

to

v i s i t

the

catacombs,

and

other

his tor ica l places re la t ing to early

Chris t iani ty

The next

day

we

spent

th i r teen hours in

the

g i r cruising a t

six-hundred miles per

hour

before

a r r iv ing in Chicago where we were met by l i t e r a l l y a

bus

load f u l l of people.

Besides Helen s

folks

Mr. and Mrs* Marvin Forkner

and

two sons

of

Horton^

Missouri; my s i s t e r and

family

Mr. and

Mrs.

Thomas

Carr

and family;

the Dale

Erickson s from t he L inco ln

Park

Church in Rockford, I l l inois ; and Mr. and

Mrs. Bi l l

Hudson

o f Hammond, a bus load , inc3.uding fo lks from the Lowell

Church of Chr i s t arr ived to gree t us

and

take us to my

fo lks

home near Lowell,

I n d i a n a

The plane t i cke ts

from

Sal isbury to

Chicago cost

f i f t een hundred

f i f t y one

do l la r s

fo r our f ami ly but many o f

you,

our American bre th ren

together suppl ied twenty f ive

hundred

dol lars fo r the

furlough

fund. Though

the

surplus was immediat ely used in

Rhodesia

on an eight thousand dol la r

indebtedness and cu t down i n t e r e s t

it

enabled

us to

purchase

by

downpayment

a ca r s t r a i gh t

away

to

use

here

in

America

in

coming to

r epor t to

the churches.

A 1964

Custom

Ford

was purchased

with a d is co un t o f fiv e-h un dre d dol lars and

r esa le condi t ions t v /il l c ar ry us

some 50,000

miles

repor t ing

to

churches

who have supported the work.

Already in

our

f i r s t

for ty

days in the

U.S.A.

I

have

p re se nt ed t he work for ty

t imes,

and

our

schedule

w ill e as ily be f u l l

f o r

th e ye a r we

a re h ere

While repor t ing

in

the four

s t a t e

area of Missour i , Kansas, Okla . ,

and Arkansas we have accepted a

daytime

assignment in

the School of Missions

a t

the Ozark Bible

College, ll be

teaching and

guiding potent i a l r ec ru i t s

in

a study of Pioneering

in

Church Establishment

Among

Primitive People.

AFFIL IATED WITH CHURCHES OF

CHRIST.

SOUTHERN RHODESIAN

MISSION


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Southern

Rhodesian

Lamplighter

- Page 2 ~ August 10, 1964

This g iv es

a grea te r scope to

our

minis t ry

while

here in

America.

Even

with

only

the one class we l l be able

to help guide

s ervant s o f the Lord in

mission

preparation

and thought. We ll

personally

provide our own accommo

dations

in Joplin, and the twenty-eight dollars a month

for

teaching will go

into

our

service

l ink

or

back

into

the

School

of

Missions,

or

both.

Our

budget

t h i s

y ea r r eq ui re s no l e s s than while on the f i e l d fo r

in the

beginning

stages of

Chidamoyo Mission and a

continual

church

visitation

and

survey

programi we calculated income and

expanses, and

progressed one year

beyond our three

year

income f inancial ly, depending on repaying

the

amount

during

the year on fur lough.

Addit ional funds mhst

also

be ra ised to

complete

our

water sys tem, pur ch ase

a

projec tor fo r chiirch evangelism with

f i lms t r ips

and many-visual

a ids

and re pla ce th e

Dodge

with

a smaller,

four wheel drive

vehicle . Fif ty thousand

dol la rs

must also be ra ised separately to be used

u n d e r th e

d i r e c t i o n

o f

Dr. P r u e t t i n

t h e

c o n s t r u c t i o n

o f

a one -hund r ed bed

hospi ta l a t Chidamoyo beginning in

la te

1965. Men of the Chidamoyo

area

have

volunteered much l abor already in providing an a i r s t r ip fo r Dr. Prue t t

and

are

wi l l ing

to help in

the hospi t a l const ruct ion

as much as possib le . Although

they do not have

mater ia l resources

they

can

cut down c on st ru ct ion c o st

by

v o l u n t e e r l bor

A big

program

l i e s before

us while in

America,

and

how

wonderful it

is to

be here.

he fellowship is

so marvelous and

the

beautiful grass

(in

stead of dirt) and lovely modem

homes

with

electricity

are

nice.

are

enjoying these things and ye t we cannot take

our

eyes from the harves t

fields o f Sou t h e r n Rhodes i a

e covet yoUr prayers t ha t a l l wi l l

be

accomplished tha t need be

before re turning to our home

in

South Central

Africa

in

the Summer of 1965.

We ll not continue

a

monthly

newslet ter

th i s

year

but

from

time

to

time

wil l

put

one out

to keep you in fo rmed

of

our

ac t iv i ty here . A

f inancia l

summary

of

our

f i r s t

term

incomes

ahd expenses

wil l

be avai lable in about

a

week,

from ou r forward ing agent, and wil l

be

presented to the churches as we t rave l

about.

As much

as

possib le we

wi l l list those

o f you who are so w ill in g to

uphold our w i tn e ss in g i f t s but it wi l l

not be

always possib le s ince t h i s

newsle t te r

wi l l not continue monthly. e pray

t ha t

God wil l bless

a l l

those

who

cheerfully

give

tha t whosoever

wil l may

come.

Your Missionaries

to Rhodesia,

Zideii, Helen, and family


16/21

Gj

WITNESSING

RHO ESI


17/21

Karolyn Ziden

Helen

and

Tonuny

Nut t

The

b i an n u a l

Chr i s t i a n

Conference was in p ro g ress a t M asnoko M is

sion and

the

dedicat ion of

the

beaut i fu l Christ ian Hospital was to

close th e

program

on August 27 1961 Following th i s we

spen t

one

month a t Mashoko

ge t t ing

acquainted with the work b ef or e v en tu ri ng

ou t alone to work in the

Gwelo

Sinoia and Urungwe areas . We l ived

a t

Gwelo

u n t i l th e W endell F re em an

fami ly a r r ive d

in September 1962

y

th is tiDie

the ground work had

been

la id for

the beginning

stages

of

development a t Chidamoyo

Mission 270

miles away t r ave led

65 000 miles during tha t f i r s t

year

in vis i ta t ion of

the churches

and

making

prepa ra t i on

in

the

Urunge

fo r th e

Chidamoyo

Mission

Evangelist

Miga

Chikanda

moved

to

the

Urungwe from

the

Sinoia

area

to

preach in

th i s virgin f i e ld . His love

for souls had

motivated

him

to

t r ave l

hundreds o f

miles

by bicyc le

to preach Now

he would

move

to th e

Urungwe and concen t ra t e h is

e f f o r t s among th e peop le

where

t h e

m i s s i o n

would b e e s t a b l i s h e d .

In cons ide ra t ion o f a

major h o sp i t a l

b u i l d i n g .

Dr

P r u e t t and fam

i ly t r av e le d s ev e ra l t imes to

th e miss ion

area

to help

determine

th e


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exact locat ion. In A pril 1962 we a l l departed on Resurrect ion Day

from Chidamoyo with f inal plans

to

submit

for approval

of the govern

ment. Approval

was

given and

in June we s tar ted clearing away

the

brush

to begin development

of

the one hundred

acres.

A Christian Day

school was

granted

to be opened in January 1963 which was a big

a dva nc e m e n t

fo r

this

new

work .

Extensive

t ravel ing

in

Church vis i ta t ion and

preaching;

preparation

and arrangements

for the mission; cutting out of the African bush

a

one hundred acre

mission

s i t e

and developing i t were a l l expensive.

The circumstances of

th i s

unique Rhodesian f ield cal led for an exam

ination

of methods and techniques and

th is

brought

forth

a strategy

which

we had

to

fol low

if sou l s were to

be reached.

The work

grew

rapidly

and the yet unanswered

cal ls

for us to come and preach s t ra in

ed

daily

upon

our

minds

Carefully

and

mindful

of

our

circumstances

we

went forward

answering

in

th e a ff irm a tiv e

to

the ex ten t

of our

t ime

and en e r g y

Prayers were answered and

strength and

wisdom granted. Prayers

for another family were wonderfully answered on July 24 1963 when

the Bruce mmerm n family arrived to preach among

the

people giving

encouragement

and guidance

to the

hundreds of young

Christians.

had spent

day

a f t e r day bui ld ing and

paving the way fo r grea te r

witness;

for

without

these

things

Chief

Dandawa

would

have

l o s t

confidence in us. So

in

ant ic ipat ion of

another

family we worked

many hours making

our presence

possible and

gaining

the

peoples

con

f idence Ideas t ha t we

had

come to

s e t

up a market fo r buying and

s e l l i ng t he i r wives

to

America

were

decreas ing The work

has

spread and now more laborers j

a re

needed. The Vuti

a rea

i s

amazing

and

i t s potential t re

m e n d o u s

We have t h r e e s c h o o l s w i t h

400

s t u d e n t s who r e c e i v e

30

m i n u t e s o f B ib le i n s t r u c t i o n

each

d ay

The government has

asked

th e

Church

o f

C h r i s t to

b u i l d

a

100

bed hosp i t a l a t Chidamoyo

under

D r ruett s d i r e c t i o n An air

strip

h a s

b e e n p r e p a r e d to

facilitate h is c om ing a nd

clearing has

been

done

for

the

e r e c t i o n o f th e

h o s p i t a l


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Through

deliberat ion

with

Dr.

Pruet t

and

Bro.

Ammerman

it

was recom

mended t h a t f i f t y

thousand d o l l a r s

be

r a i s ed immediately fo r t h i s

pro jec t through our

combined

e f fo r t s

Gif t s

should be designated

Med

i ca l

Superintendent ,

Chidamoyo,

and wil l th en be

forwarded to Chidamoyo

f o r u s e

u n d e r

D r

ruett s

d i r e c t i o n

Almost one thousand have been

immersed in to

Chris t during

the pas t

t h ree ye a r s Much pre pa ra t i on and

ground

work h a s

been

necessa ry fo r

t h i s

Ingather ing,

but God has given the increase

in

a wonderful w ^

There i s

much

y e t

to be

accompl i shed

and g r e a t e r

t h i n g s

to

b e

done

br ing ing g l o r y and honor

t o

God. We

look

forward to o ur

second

term

in

Rhodesia w ith anx iou s he a r t s ye t knowing t h a t pa t i ence love ,

unders tanding and s t rugg les wi l l

play

a major ro le

in

our dai ly

w i t n e s s

We have no t fo rg o t t e n

th e

t h r i l l i n g

moments

which come from

th e

environment

of our

Central African home.

We

well

remember the spi t t ing

cobra which Karolyn a lmos t stepped on by our front door; and

the

many

puff adders around th e

house;

nor

do we

forget

th e sound o f

leopards

during the night or the day one ki l led a goat a

few

hundred

yards

from our home. These a l l make our days f i l l ed

with

ex citemen t, b ut

we ve a story to

t e l l

more thr i l l ing than

thesea

Story which brings

L i ^ t to

a

dark

continent. I t has

been a joy

to preach this

message

and to

see

the African

people

turn from centur ies

of

paganism to God

Of these things we now report to you, our brethren in Chris t who have

sent tha t Gospel through the witness o f our family, May the f ru i t of

our

labors

be added

to

your

account ,

and

be

commended

to

God

fo r

His

c a re

and d a i l y gu idance

Forwarding Agents :

Fore ign

Address:

S 1 8

Mr, and Mrs. Z iden H u t t

R, R. 2 Box 16U

Loiael l ,

Ind i a na

P/B

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Karo i Southe rn

Rhodes ia

South

Africa

O.B.C, Press


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taking

hold

of an opportunity to serve, liay God bless each of our labors

i n the s a l v a t i o n

o f s o u l s

and the u p l i f t i n g

o f one a n o t h e r

^^'^^have asked, VJhat can

we do above

our regular giving, like a spe-

something? Maybe you are looking.for something also, so

I

following l i s t and take this opportunity

to share

i t

with

^ if Water System for

the

entire mission ^1^500,00

g

Pump

v550,00

Piping 700.00

n e s e r v o i r

250.*00

j/

2

Pour-VJheel Drive Vehicle 3^000.00

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A d u l t G l a s s Koby, Mo,

C : i r i s t i a n

M i s s i o n a r y

B a r n s d a l l

Q k l a .

B e g i n n e r s C l a s s A z t e c New Mex.

F r i e n d s h i p

C l a s s Lexington, Ky.

3) A Parsonage in Rhodesia 3^000.00

Si Bricks

125-00

1 / Roof 1000.00

S I

other Material , 1000,00

I# Labor 875-00

U

Ghidamoyo Christian Hospital 50,000.00

MThis i a a 100 bed

hospital

and i s broken down

into

100 accomodations a t

K3OO.OO

for one. ^200.00 more per accommodation would provide X-Ray, opera^

ftive,

etc,

facil i t ies .

The

name

of

the

contributor

for

one accommodation^

^will then be placed on

the

door. These funds are separate from regular g i f t s

land should be designated to Chidamoyo

Christian Hospital .)

\

Maybe

the church, a

group

in the church, or you as

an

individual could

\e.re.3.p.Qn.sibl.e ,for a.project or a .part of. .one, over the next six months.

iSt us

know

of your det.ermination

to_

help in -this special way. Then during

tlTfe~next

s i x months, or

even

12 months, send your g i f t designated

f o r t h a t

whrch you

have i n d i c a t e d , If it s an

accommodation

in the h o s p i t a l l e t us

know

and t h e n s e t

a s i d e so

much each month o v e r

t h e

n e x t

I 8 m o n t h s .

We do

cove't

your

prayers and support t h a t a l l

w i l l

be

quickly

promised

t h a t

we might

r e t u r n to

Rhodesia

as soon as

we

have

reported to

the churches.

-May. God

bless

you

i n

your

VB'itness,

.and may

our

l i v e s

be

f i l l e d

to bubbling

over w ith the

joy

of knowing Chris t . , th e Saviour

f o r

the world.

Your

E v a n g e l i s t a b r o a d

.. .. ^

C o n t r i b u t o r s -

F o r

N o v e m b e r

Mrs. Cora B. Mckplvy

M r M r s .

L i M .

Greer

H o w a r d N u t t

Mrs.

O r r - M e m o r i a l Gift

Mr. k- Mrs . M i ll a rd T.. C l a r k

Jr.

Barbara

J o

Stauffer

M a r g a r e t

S c r u t c h f i e l d

M r . ^ M r s .

K G

W i n k le r

Miss

M a r i l y n

Buche ' .

M r . k M r s . C l e m A t k i n s o n

V i r g i n i a .

B a r t l e t t

Hazel Bryan

A l ta J o h n s o n

.

Mr. k Mrs.

R ay M cM illan

Mr,, k

Mrs. Wm. G r i e s i n g e r

Mr. .6c Mrs.

i^aymond McFar land

Mr.

k M r s . - H e n r y

F .

S u l l i v a n

-Myu'.t.le

K. S t a r r _ _ .

-Lillian

Easter

Mr. L Mrs. Hoy W i l b u r n

Mr. 6c Mrs, R a l p h Magner

- -Many o th e r i n d i v id u a ls -and groups

have

g iv en t h ro ug h

t h e i r

l o c a l

churches

an d

therefore are not

l i s t e d s e p a r a t e l y .

Total . C o n t r i b u t i o n s for

N o v e m b e r :

: .. iA,5uu.9o

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