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Ziden L. Nutt
Family
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Forth The
Word
Of Life
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Philipplans
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The ZIDEN
L. NUTT
Family
Forwarding Address:
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BOX 164
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Fie ld Address :
P. 0 . BOX 392, SINOIA
RHODESIA, AFRICA
February
25,1970
Dea r
Co -Wo rk e r s ;
Greet ings in th e
name
o f
Chr i s t , Much has
happened
sino©
we—last-v/rote to-you,—and-a©—we-
dec ided -tt—wee t ime-^o
send a long
a letter
A Rock i n The
Pi l l ow
The words
dr i f t ed
from Tom s bedroom to
th e l i v i ng
room - I can t sleep. I t
fee ls
l ike there i s a rock
in
my
pillow.
Upon closer invest igat ion we
discovered
th at in sp ite
o f
no-.-pr^^uihuS - -^^^^^
o f
f ev e r o r an yth in g
much, th e
rock
was- a 7 mump on the r ight s ide . Karolyn and Lynda have not
taken-^^^heffi vas:
However,
many
children
have
been out of
School with them inc luding
Heidi
Marshal l v/ho presen t ly has
t h em .
This Saturday i s spor t s day a t the Sinoia Primary
School. Tom
is
Number 1 in his class
for running,
and
Karolyn i s
in s e v e r a l even t s as wel l f o r , h e r c l a s s .
This
all
makes schoo l l i f e qu i t e en joyab l e . Both seem to have ad jus ted
v/ell to school here.
Lynda
feels
l e f t
out,
but helps
Helen
in the ki tchen .
The ch i ld ren
have del ighted in
ge t t i ng
some
o f t h e i r f r i e nd s to a t te nd th e
youth
c lub which meets on
F rid ay n ig h ts
a t
the
European
church
bu i ld ing ,
which i s
being
rented f r om
a
local business man .
irst
ilmstrip P roduc e d
Good News Productions is now well on i t . s way,
and
th e first
f i lms t r i p i s r eady to go. It
approaches
th e
sub j e c t
o f th e B ib le
b e ing the Voice
o f
God, from th e Afr i can
background. I t
s t a r t s
from
th e
long sea rch fo r
th e s p i r i t s
t h rough
spirit mediums,
and shows how
t h a t
th e B ib le
i s
th e
Voice o f th e Grea t Sp i r i t .
This
pa r t o f
th e v/ork
in
Sino i a
wi l l
be known as
Good
News
Productions .
Working
space
is
very
limited; but,
wi th in a
yea r
we hope to bu i ld
up enough
funds to s t a r t on a
bu i l d i ng
th a t w i l l
prov ide
th e p rop e r
f a c i l i t i e s fo r an o f f i c e
and th e
making
o f f i lms t r i p s ;
and,
a l so
house
th e Good News
Books to re , which p r e sen t l y i s being p lanned .
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Witnessing to Rhodesia Page 2. February 25, 1970
The
Ford
pick-up
was
ea s i l y conver ted fo r a mobile un i t .
Thousands
of
t r ac t s
are
be ing
pr in ted ,
and
wi l l be handed
out each
t ime
we
show
f i lms t r ips .
We
showed
the
new
f i lmst r ip
to
a
small
group
of
about 300
people
l a s t
week
and were
pleased
with
the
good
response
Church ( ^owth
Dale
Marsha l l
and I have a schedu le t h a t
t ake s
each
o f us
to
a t le a s t
2
places each Lord s
Day,
and usual ly
to 5
or
6
depend
ing
on
the
^ s t a n c e . We are exci ted over th e response and conver
s ion , and remain concerned abh ut the~leadersh ipT ~
Lessons are being
prepared
by us
fo r
a comprehensive
s tu dy w ith each chu rch group
o f
men in p a rt ic u la r .
t
wi l l
have
app rox ima te ly
27
l e s sons
and wi l l
t ake
30
c l a s s
hours
wi th each
o f
some
32
groujis , p lu s s tudy and
t e s t
t imes .
Lord wi l l ing ,
we are planning
on
th i s being
worked
in to
a correspondence course as
well . I t co uld
ea s i l y be handled by th e
Bookstore clerk
when
it opens.
In
the
meantime we ane
trying to
f ind tim e b etween
preaching and ca l l ing to
wri te
the many l es sons
and
produce
th e f i lms t r i p s ,
which wi l l
broaden our
reach to the
m sses
A
V i s i o n
to Grow
Dale
has
been
working with a
white
congregation
here
in Sinoia , and it i s growing.
The
most recen t
conver t
i s th e
town j3v;eler who asked
for
help
with
a drinking problem he had.
Dale worked pa t ien t ly unt i l the man
gave
up drinking and turned
h is l i fe
over
to .Christ .
He was a
f ighter pilot- during World
War
2,~and oTi bne occasion fn
earl ier
l i fe , made
a twenty
foot boat and
sa i l ed from Aus t ra l i a
to
Capetovm.
The congregation recent ly decided they
needed
a perma
nent building in which .to
meet.
We were
th r i l l ed
t ha t
they have
t h i s
kind
of
vis ion .
. I t v/ i l l
not be
a mission
bu i l t bu i ld ing ,
but wi l l be paid
fo.r
en t i r e ly by
the
people here . Other than
Dale p reaching , and , bo th o f us giving personally,
it
wil l be the i r
pro jec t .
They
may
want
a
loan, but they
wi l l
pay
it
back
as
wel l
to who
eve r t h ey
ob t a i n one
f rom.
:
praise od
for
the way in which He is
leading.
Prob
lems
come
and go, bu t be ing on God s
s ide
makes them
to
seem
smal l .
»It looks l ike there i s no
l imi t
to the opportuni t ies . Please pray
t ha t God can make us equal to the t ask before
us.
As we
l abor
wi th you
fo r the
saving of sou l s in Rhodesia , we want to again
thank
you
so
much
fo r
your
fa i th fu lness
in prayer and support .
Thank you fo r
.making i t possible that God
can
use us
in
witnessing
to Rh o d e s i a .
Your Evangel i s t
to
Rhodes ia
•
— /-
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Volume 10
1
If you
are
seeking an interesting
and challenging place to labor for the
Lord, why not consider Salisbury,
Rhode s i a ?
Without
question,
Sal isbury is one
of the most delightful places in the
world to
live.
Its
advantages, as
se t
ort in a brochure by a local publicity
associat ion, are t remendous. In answer
to the
question,
What are the
advan
t ages t ha t Sal isbury has to
offer?
the
pamphlet states:
There is
he r
geographical
position.
The city lies in the ce nte r of th e area
STORY
Mar ch 1 97 0
known
as Central
Africa,
so
tha t it is
reasonably
accessible
to a ll par ts of this
vast area.
Salisbury is the
capital
and
chief
i nd us tr ia l c en te r
of a
powerful
economic country
with
a
vast potential
in
agriculture, industry and mining.
Salisbury s climate is her second
asset .
Though
in
the
tropics, it
is
situated
on the Mashona land plateau, five
thousand
fee t abo ve
sea
l eve l As
a
r e su l t
of this
altitude it
ha s
a
temperate
climate
with
sunny
days
and cool
nights for
seven
months
of
t he yea r-
In
summer
it is warm
with
occasional
very
ho t days, and
ye t
the
nights are cool. There
are no
extremes:
people c an work in comfort throughout the
ye a r
Number 3
With such a climate, including a
rain
fall
of over thirty inches a year, an d w it h
fertile
soils ,
Sal is bu ry h as become
a city
of
gardens
se t
of f
by
flowering trees.
It is
these,
both public
and
private, which
give
the
city distinction, beauty
and
graclous-
ness
and
arelaxed
and
res tful a tmosphere .
In
the
city
are streets
of modern shops
tempting
purchasers;
there
are
banks,
building societies, hotel s , restaurant s
and
c in emas o ff er in g
services
to those who
need them. There
ar e
government off ices
where civil servants c ar ry o ut th e adminis
tration
of
th e co un tr y
with
quiet
dignity
an d
efficiency.
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REMEMBER WHEN?
Have you
ever s topped
to realize
how much we tend to live in the
past?
The
far ther we progress along life's
pathway,
the
more we tend to look
back
and remember when .
Two
of the happiest years of our
lives were
spent
at
Mashoko
Mission
where we
helped
wi th t he medical and
evangelistic
witness in th e mrea.
Dur
ing
this
time we
truly
l e a rned to
love
the
bush
life.
Perhaps
it
was
a
combination of
the
personalities
present at the time that made the
experience
what it was for us . Certainly
some who have
fo l lowed
u s h av e n ot
shared
our
enthusiasm. Nevertheless,
Those
were the
days,
my friend, we
thought
they'd
never
end,
as the
song
go e s
Yet
today
we find ourselves in the
capital
city
of Salisbury, City slickers
by missionary standards, a role we
don' t cherish, being country bumpkins
by nature, in
spite
of the fact
that
I
was born in the city of Hazard, Ken
tucky.
You probably
won't
do
so ,
but you
might ask,
If
you
liked
Mashoko
so
much, why did you leave?
Perhaps
we
can
answer by doing a
little
remember
ing. It might also give you an
idea
why
we enjoyed
ourselves
in
spite
of a
lo t
of hard, d ir ty work.
I remember when, on the nig ht of
our
arrival
at
Mashoko, our
so n
David,
then
age
8
years, listened
to
Lester
Cooper talk
for awhile,
and then inter
rupted with, Say, I know who you
remind me of, the Beverly Hillbillies
Lester
was very polite,
even
though
he must have b ee n i ns u lt ed
He
has
never even been
to Beverly
Hills
I remember the many, many hours
spent with Dr. Pruett and the nursing
staff
in surgery and on the wards of
our 130-bed African hospital. Our mid-
morning b reak came around ten when
Lucy Pruett
brought her
husband's
breakfast
down to him. He is very
generous, so we always enjoyed sharing
h is b re ak fa st
with him.
This
triggers
o ff ano ther memory, when nurse Sara
Stere and I set an endurance record by
sharing the same
teabag
for seven days .
Each
day after dipping it into our two
cups,
we would reverently wring it out
and hang it on the f il ing cabinet to dry.
Frankly,
I must admit I don't
really
know how
one
reverently
wrings
our a
teabag. In fact, other than the two of
us , everyone else seemed rathe r d is
gusted as they
drank
their
coffee.
Page 2
I a lso remember
the
t ime
tha t
Denny
and
I took our
sons
on a whal
ing expedition after they discovered
the delight of making some of our
African
orderly's chickens
jump several
feet off the ground by shooting them in
th ei r so uth ern h em isph ere s
with
air
rifles.
Unfortunately one of the boys
s h o t a
l i t t le
fa r north and the
victim
went down instead of up
I rem em ber the chronic lack of
w ater while we
lived
a t
Mashoko.
Standing in the bathtub and bathing ou t
of a pitcher of water was
the
rule
rather than th e excep tion . Once we
even
go t
bits of a
dead l izard
out of
our
water tap. Perhaps
the
best illus
tration of
this
problem happened just
af ter
we
left t he m is si on Dr. M. E
Chitiyo, an African government doctor,
was staying at the Van Dykes overnight
in
order
to
complete oral examinations
of our
student
nurses.
That
evening
th e do ctor to ok hi s bath, and
when
Greg Van Dyke followed him
into
the
bathroom, he
shouted
with a loud cry
of anguish, Dr. Chitiyo
le t
out the
bath water I'm
sure
Marge Van Dyke
was very proud of her son.
I
remember
the f ir st r ab ie s scare
we had. This was a terrifying experi
ence, b ec au se we
had
to stand
help
lessly by and watch a young African
boy
die
with
this dread
disease.
Marietta
and
I (being expendable) took
th e
brain of the
child
to
Salisbury,
where
a
strongly
positive
report
was
given. Any dogs which were not
licensed,
were
shot
immedia tely We
have had other cases
of rabies
diag
nosed
in
animals , but
fortunately
no t
in
humans .
Severa l
of th e
miss ionar ies
have had to take th e ser ies of 14
painful abdominal
injections.
Poor
D en ise P ru et t
had
to take the
se r i e s
on two
occasions.
Dogs' best friend
1 remember the many birthday
parties
the
missionaries would throw
fo r o ne a no th er
Th i s
s o und s l i ke a
mutual admirat ion
society
until you
l ea rn
tha t
a s of ten a s no t th e e labor
ately
decorated cake
would be made of
cardboard.
Eating time
brings
to mind
th e
t ime
I da shed
in to
the
h ou se an d
eagerly poured myself a glass of
water
out of our whi te ename led pitcher.
Fortunately
I didn't drink much, for my
dear
wife declares to this day that the
bleach sh e put into the pitcher that day
was meant to
remove
te a stains,
an d
not m
1 remember the weekly
trips
1 made
down to Hippo Valley to do dentistry.
by Dr. Jerry R. mifh
Ax this time
there was
no
hospital at
Hippo and
also
no regular transporta
t io n b et we en t he re
and
Mashoko . . .
except
me.
Thus
it was that every
Monday morning
as
the sun came up,
so did
the
people,
al l wanting
a ride
to Hippo
Valley.
I would
usually leave
by the
f irs t light
of
day, and
would
groan when the shapes of more and
more
people
could be made
out
as I
peeked out the window. Once I had the
dubious
pleasure
of driving
past
a poor
old lady who
was actually
on her hands
and knees begging for a ride. Makes a
missionary feel real good. I would have
taken her
if
my
c ar h adn' t
been
full,
hone s t
1 remember
th e
t ime
a t
one o f ou r
mission
schools
where 1 preachedwhen
fifteen people came forward
at the
invitation.
I
have
since
heard
the very
t rue s ta te m en t t ha t s erm o n et te s m a ke
Christianettes,
but
perhaps
even
these
a re
be t t e r
t han t he se c ha ra ct er s we
see participating in peace r io ts all
o ve r t he
world.
I a l so remember
th e
incident
when
Dr. Pruett
was
away and a woman
brought her child who was dying
because
he had inhaled a peanut into
a lung. In spite of a
futile
trip to the
government
hospital
and a
desperate
attempt
to
recover
the nut with an
ordinary suction tube passed into the
bronchus,
the
little
fellow
died.
I
can
s t i l l remember
how w orn
out
and d is
couraged I
felt
after being up so
long
and
working so hard only to se e my
e ffo rt s f ai l. 1 was
thinking
how far
away seemed our friends and loved
ones in the
States,
and was wondering
what in the world we were do ing in
Africa,
when I heard t he hospi ta l
secretary's phonograph playing,
I' d
Rather Have Jesus. This was for me,
the
turning point in our
mission
lives,
the time I really
felt
th at this
was
where we
belonged.
We
can
cite many
other
experi
ences, volleyball
games
with the
African students,
trips
with
Doug John
son to town for groceries, and
breaking
all the
eggs, Easter services
ou t under
the big fig tree in front of the hospital
with over 400 in attendance, performing
surgery
without a
license because
there
was no one else to try, and an
unexplainable urge to help as I
could
in th e name o f Chr i s t
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W nhinq
m tke
Giti^
by MaryJo Dunlap
The Dunlap
family
has
been living
in
th e c it y
of
Salisbury
for more
than
a
year now. Our first two
months
on the
mission
field
were spent working in the
medica l m iss io n a t Mashoko .
T he
tr e
mendous task
of
preaching the Gospel
to
the v a s t numbers o f A fr ic an s cha l
lenged
us from
the
very
first
day
we
s e t foo t
in
Rhode s i a . When
i t
be c ame
apparent that
Brenda,
our youngest
daughter,
cou ldn t r eceive her high
school education
at Mashoko, we
began
to look elsewhere for a challenging
f ie ld o f s e r v i c e .
In our search we
began
to think
about
th e
hundreds
o f
s tudents who had
been
t ra ined
in our b us h s ch oo ls
bu t
who
had
migrated to the cities in search
of further
educat ion and
better
job
opportunities.
As we
thought
of
these
we began to give serious thought to
ci ty evangel ism.
We
r ea li zed tha t
such
work would not fit in with our pre
conceived idea
of
mission l ife, but
we
al so
r ea l ized
tha t
mos t of these
ideas
were no t
t ho se
o f
the
Lord
but
we re
our own. When the Lord
said,
Go ye
t he re fo re , a nd
teach
al l nations . . .
He
certainly meant the c it ie s a s well
as the bush .
When we
yielded
to
His w ill
in
this
matter doors
opened
al l around us with
opportunities untouched, multiplied
hundreds of times by concentrated areas
of people.
We also
saw
that
most Afri
cans
who l ive in
ci t i es
have
had some
education
(some
is
even
more
dangerous
than
none,
sometimes)
but until
now
there was no missionary
available
to
guide them. We
finally
saw that our
chal lenge was in Salisbury,
the
capital
and largest city of
Rhodesia.
j -wfSH*? f
I Hp- jis,
The last year has been a difficult
one,
bu t
very
gratifying.
As a result
of our effor ts
the Lord no w
h as tw o
African congregations meeting
in the
African townships of Salisbury (Harari,
70,000
population and
Highfield,
50,000
population).
The Lord willing, we
wish
to start
a new African congregation in High
lands, where
we
live.
Many of
those
who a t tend th e above ment ioned con
gregations are our friends and neighbors
whom
Owen and David have to t rans
port every Sunday morning and Wednes
day evening to the meet ing
places.
We
are
now
facing
a
new problem
for
the
government has refused to
allow
any
more
church
meetings
in
their school
buildings.
Another group which
we
have
assisted
in
getting started
to
worship
is composed
of
the
young
students
at
Goromonzi High School
( see art ic le
in
this issue). Also,
many
hours have
been
spent working
with
the c hildren
at
Jairos Jiri School for
Handicapped
Chi ld ren .
Working with a European
(white)
congregation (which
meets
each week
in the
Dunlap
home),
conducting
vari
ous Bible studies, doing personal
cal li ng and making preparations for it
al l
makes
it a
pretty
big
job.
There
have been twenty-seven
people added
to the
Lord s
Church through baptism
since
we
have
been here
in
Salisbury,
one European
and twenty-six Africans.
All
but one of th e . Vfricans
h av e b ee n
young adults, many of whom
are
mothers
an d
f at he rs . T h es e
wi l l be
th e l eade r s
ary
Jo Ounlap with handicapped children of Jairos Jiri Association.
The children are holding up New Testaments presented to them for
learning the books therein.
Morch 1970
The Dr. Owen Uunlap family.
rom
left: Owen, Brenda, Mary Jo, Charma,
David.
of
tomorrow
and rea r th e fam il ie s o f
th e f utu re .
We
a re th ri lled
to
sa y
that
there
are
great
opportunities
in
th e
cit ies
o f
Afr i ca .
REMEMBER WHEN
(continued from page 2)
We
have st i l l
not
ans wered th e
question
why we
ar e not
s t i l l
at
Mashoko,
except to sa y
that
we
feel
this
is
where
we
belong, and
we
plan
to stay long enough to make the time
spent
in extra
education
worthwhile. I
have
been
t old many times, My,
you
ar e
brave
going
back to school at your
age. 1
didn t
really
realize
how brave
I was
until
I
tangled
with
biochemistry
after a
thirteen year
layoff.
I am
taking medical
training
here
for two
main reasons.
Firs t ,
I am
receiving f ir st hand pract ical experi
ence
with d i s e a s e s
encountered in this
part of the world such as bilharzia,
malaria,
amoebic dysentery, sleeping
sickness and leprosy. Also
we
want
to prove our good faith to
those
who
are
supporting us by
endeavoring to
work on the
field while training.
We
h ave b ee n giving oversight
to
th e
church
at
Umtali, 165 miles to th e
southeast and are presently trying
to
assist
Owen Dunlap family with a work
here in
Salisbury.
However, the credit
goes
to them for any
accomplishments
here,
for we
can only
be
helper bees.
Marietta
is
now
taking
a more
advanced
Shona
language
course and
is
also
involved in a
literacy
cou rse (she
never could read very well). In spite
of the
fact
we are
busy
here in Salis
bury,
any newcomer
to our
house
is
probably going
to be
bored with,
I
rem em ber w hen we were
at
Mashoko .
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The
Goromonzi
High
School Church of Christ Group
(Edi tor s note: This
art icle was
written
by Zindoga Bungu, a Form III
student
at Goromonzi High School.
Goromonzi is one of the si x high
schools
in Rhodesia offering Form VI work to
Africans. In order to be
accepted
a
student
must
have
a high
academic
sla jjding. Zindoga stands ninth in his
c lass
To the b el ov ed b ro th er s a n d
s i s t e r s
in
Chr i s t who are
in Amer ica Th i s
report is given to you by one of the
members of th e Church of C hrist,
a
student
at Goromonzi High School in
Rhodesia. I hope
that
by
this
report I
shall
be able to show you h ow, t hr ou gh
the grace of God, we managed to have
Church of Christ
meetings
here each
Sunday. There
has
never been
anything
like it before. I should think the g ro wt h
of this group is like
t he invisible
growth of a seed.
After we left our
respective
mission
schools for high school, some of us
did not have
anothe r
chance to meet
a ro un d the Lord s table. By the grace
of
God, Mr.
DonStoll was made
to
think
about th i s
when I
vis i ted Mashoko
M is si on during the April, May holidays
in 1969- As Mashoko is the place where
I
lived an d studied from
1964 unt i l last
year, I had gone there to
see some
be loved
fr iends
Mr.
Stol l
asked me
whether
1 had
taken
the Lord s Supper
since I left the place after completing
my
Junior Certificate.
y
answer
was
negative for I had not heard a bout any
C hu rc h of
Christ
g rou p a ny wh er e in the
proximity of my
school.
He asked me
why I had not taken the
initiative
to
a sk him abou t th e matte r a nd 1 fa i led
to a nswe r h is q ue stio n.
Brother Stol l then
told
me
to
investigate the possibilities
of
start
ing a Church of
Chr i s t
group at
G oro mo nz i. H e
to ld me t ha t he would
supply us with the essentials
necessary
for the running of the services. Since I
had never done such a thing before 1
asked
B ro th er S to ll to recommend to
me
an
a ble lea der o f
th e church who
could
help me in conversing witli the
princi
pa l
of
our school. This
he
did. He
recommended Dr. Owen Dunlap who
lives in
Highlands, Salisbury.
What a happy day the 26th of May,
1969 was. Dr. Dunlap and his son,
Dav id , came to
Goromonzi
to talk with
us
my f ri en d, Ben i and
me)
about how
we cou ld
have Church o fC h r i st s e r v i c e s
every
Sunday here at school. 1
was
the
only
one who had
seen
Dr. Dunlap
by Zindoga Bungu
Dr.
Owen
Dunlap with Zindoga ungu on right) and
ularo
Mate,
s tu de nts a t Goromonzi.
before but
he
had
forgotten
me. I
don t
know
as
to whether he
had
completely
forgotten me for 1 was a member of
one
of the most outstanding s inging t rios
at Mashoko.
The
trio was termed, t he
Swonn Brothers .
Anyway it
wasn t
hard for the doc
tor to find
us .
He parked his car out
side
ou r hos te l and sen t fo r us.
Ben i
Sambana, Mufaro Mate
and
I
(all boys
from
Mashoko
Mission) came to him.
He told us tha t he bad heard from Mr.
S to ll about
my
talks
w it h him
and
he
had come to try to persue the idea.
U nf or tu na te ly , the
principal was
no t
inhis
office on t ha t day . We
thought
of going to his house but we turned
down
th e idea
becau se
i t would be a
matter of disturbing him during hi s
r e s t t ime So th e
doc tor
told us to see
the principal about this on the follow
ing day, and
that
in the meantime he
would call him on the telephone to ask
him
a ll
about i t The doctor left us h is
*
Vi
1 1
V
David Dunlap witli ihc Goromonzi group.
address
and
postage
money
so that
we
could wr i te him and
t e l l
him th e ou t
come of our
talks
with the
principal.
On the telephone they
agreed that
w e cou ld have Church
o f Chr i s t
se rv
ices
provided that the
respective
members were known by the principal
a n d t ha t
the r e
was a r e a s onab l e number
We
a l so
wer e
told t ha t
we
would have
to
attend
the general
school service
in
addition to attending our
service.
This
service is
non-denominational.
Any
preacher
from any
denomination
can
come
and preach to the
school provided
he
schedules
beforehand
The n B en i, Mufaro an d
I, th e
first
member s
of
d ie
Goromonzi Church o f
Christ, wrote
two
notes,
one
to th e
gi rl s and the
other
to the boys, to
as k
for any
students
who were m emb er s of
th e
Church o f C h ri st o r
who
would l ike
to join us to come
and
see
the three of
us . A bout four boys and one gir l came.
We told t hem the point beh ind the
call.
We a ll agreed to have a c om mon service
unde r
th e
n am e C hu rc h
o f
Ch r i s t
Wc
also agreed
to take Dr. Dunlap as our
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SERMON BY AFRICAN
STUDENT
A New
Urban
Church
in
a Changing
Env i r o nmen t
by Peter Baka
Th is is
a
se rmon tha t was
preached by Peter
Baka
at the
Chirodzo
Church
service,
one of
our two new
African congrega
tions. Pet er i s a
f ir st year
minis
terial s t u d en t from
Dadaya
Miss ion
It t e ll s s o
we l l
the s i t u a t i on
as regards
African evangelism
here in
Salisbury
an d
what is
being attempted
in
order
to spread
the
Good
News a bo ut C hrist
Text:
I
Timothy 4:11-16
I would
like
to thank my
brother,
Lazarus
Mutangi, for providing me with
this opportunity to preach to you this
morning. When he
asked
me to
preach
in his
place,
I
wondered greatly as
to
what relevant
material
I could preach
to a new congregat ion in an urban
situation. After l ong
hours
of
consid
eration,
I
resolved
to
speak
to you on
the
text I have j us t r ead.
I will often refer in my
sermon
to
thi s congregat ion
as
t he church
in
New Africa. Perhaps it is
necessary
that
I
explain at
the
outset
what
I
mean
by thi s phrase I have just
coined;
I am
here using the
term
N ew Africa
to
distinguish
between this
Africa of the
20th
century and the Afri ca prior
to the
advent of the white man,
known
then
a s T he Dark
Cont inen t
1 rea l ize
that there
can be as
many
differences
between
the two as one may want to
point out. But the
one
major
difference
I wish to s t r e s s i s th e
f a c t
t h a t in
th e
N ew
Africa,
th e Africa
in
Transi
tion, and particularly urban Africa
there
is
today
a
heterogeneous
mixture
of races and cul tu res exist ing, sup
posedly,
as
one
community. This is the
Africa undergoing a rapid
social trans
formation
It
is
significant indeed
that this
new church i s s ta rt ed in an
urban
a rea
and also at a time when the missionary
sc ramble
fo r
Africa
and
th e
miss ion
ar y i nf luence i s
on
the decline.
In
urban
;\frica today there is an ever-increasing
number of people, particularly young
people, who ar e
on
the rush
to
seek
employment in towns. These people
are flocking from the rural areas
into
Mofc/i
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the urban
areas. They
arc thus
leaving
the rural churches (where the early
missionaries concentra ted) now almost
empty.
Only
the
older
generation
has
rem ained in the ru ra l a reas
and
thus
the fu tu re
o f
the se
rura l chu r che s i s
futile. Hence we
are caugh t
up in a
situation
where we,
as
th e
church,
either follow the people, attract the
people
back to th e chu rch, or
remain
where
we are and a llo w the
church
to
perish. But I
feel
in our situation
th e f ir s t
a l te rna t ive i s th e b et te r a nd
more practicable one . And consequently
we
f ind m ost
churches have
taken a
new
concept
of their mission. The
urban
indus t r ia l c hu rc h m i ss io n i s
the
category in which you fall and you
must
therefore
understand
it s meaning
and
impl i ca t ions
from the very
beginning.
In my
message
I
will give
you
examples from contemporary observa
t ions which I t hink wil l
help
illustrate
my topic of a growing church.
The
first
one
is the growth, over a
short period of years, of one of the
African townships of Salisbury - High-
field.
This township
started
ju st a s a
small
location with very few buildings
and very l imited residential facili t ies.
It
has since
grown
rapidly. The
town
ship today ha s over 2 ,000 houses. It
ha s even grown
until
it
has
some
divisions
within
itself
—
Old
Highfield,
New
Highfield,
Egypt , Eng ineering ,
Western Commonage, Machipsa, etc.
The s econd example is tha t of
one
of
the commones t
frui t
t rees I have
observed at nearly every house here in
Harare
as elsewhere in the
townships
—
the
peach
tree.
This
tree s ta rt ed a s a
seed in the
ground;
it germinated, gave
a shoot,
th e
branches,
the
flowers
and
finally
it yielded fruit. And yet t his is
no t a l l I t s s e ed s arc a l so sown in turn
and more peach trees are grown until
it expands into a plantation. But al l
these a re mere ly off-shoots of the one
mother peach tree .
The fact
I
wish
to
emphasize here
is that of growing. You ar e still a
young church
and
therefore you ar e
bound to
grow.
I realize
the diff icul ties
facing
you in your
efforts
to grow
and
establish yourselves
as
a
church,
an
independent church. But in spite of
these
difficulties what
you
have
to
remember is the
dic tum:
Where there
is a wil l there is a way. So there is a
way for you to grow. What you need,
however, is encouragement. And it is
encouragement that is the sub ject o f
our t ex t t hi s morning.
In the Scripture passage I have
read to
you,
Timothy, to whom Paul is
writing,
is
representative
of a young,
new church. In our context the
young
church is YOU.
The
passage says
Timothy was
young, despised
and dis
couraged, but Paul built him up,
as
it were,
and
he
faced his
task
with
renewed, and c as t- ir on
determination
as well as conf idence. Apparently
Paul s letter is a reply to Timothy s
plea that the
latter
was
in
difficulty
because the people with whom he
worked despised him for hi s you th . It
is Paul s
response
to the
p lea t hat
is
significant
to us in our
situation.
Do
no t le t anyone despise your
youth,
says
Paul.
Rather, you
like
Timothy,
be an
example
for
the believers
in your
speech,
conduct, love and
faith.
Love
i s an e s s e n t i a l
c l emen t
in t h i s
connec
tion. Love
brought up the whole
idea
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It s
Only a Simple
Word
Like
a mirror casting reflections,
it seems that from most
every
tribe,
tongue, and nat ion,
that simple word
springs
for th . It
is
not
always
in
sound
alone,
but in
deed
as well. I
suppose
it
springs
forth
again today because
my
thoughts are drifting back
to
the
time
our family entered Rhodesia and met a
man who
has
since passed away.
Today, in a quie t place at Dadaya
Mission
some 250
miles
away from
Sinoia, there stands
a
stone monument
over his grave with a normal inscrip
tion of name
and dales
—
plus
a s imple
word: RUDO
which means, i n an Afr ic an
tongue — LOVE. Brother Ray Knapp
loved people, and people loved him
which the epitath
well bears
out.
Through the love of God, Brother Knapp
has been enabled to go on to Heaven;
But,
the
seeds
that
were
planted
grow
on
and
on though he now be
absent
from the
flesh.
Many of us in
Rhodesia
labor in areas today through contacts
initially
made by Brother Knapp with
Afr icans w ho m oved into
these
a reas
with the
message
of
Christ.
In S ino ia th is is
t rue
a s
wel l .
Brother Knapp had journeyed with me
to
Sino ia
on
di f f e ren t occas i ons and
introduced me to
s eve ra l
Chri s t i ans
who were scattered throughout this
vast
area . Mlubi Moyo
and
Miga
Chikanda were preaching in the
area,
and
Miga would go
with
us
when
we
would make the
vis i t s .
Brothe r
B ruc e
Ammerman and 1 made
periodic
visits
also
to the Sinoia area, but
really
had
our
hands
full
at
Chidamoyo Mission
some 120
miles away .
Brother Bruce
made many long trips because of his
love for the
people.
Growth
was
apparent, but I think I can speak for
both of us, that we felt a l i tt le helpless
towards the scattered groups of strug
gling Chr is ti ans because we were so
far away.
In
June
of
1966
a
wonderful
thing
took
place. The Lord
of
Harvest
raised
up the
Dale
Marshall
family,
and also
challenged churches to send them out.
Much
progress
ha s
been
made through
them as God has effectively
used their
many abilities to bring people in con
tact with the
power
of the
Gospel.
Having
occasionally
visited the
area in the early 1960s
and
now
living
and working here full time, many great
advances fo r Chri s t can be
seen s ince
the Marshall s
coming. However,
suffice it
to say
that what
God ha s
been able to do through them is nothing
hy Ziden L. Nutt
Brother S. Silhole center doing
personal work near t Darwin.
s ho rt o f a miracle. Helen and 1 cons ide r
it a
privilege
to help in the work
here.
1
guess
it is only natural, in my
case here,
in
wanting
to
r ef lect thi s
bi t of history
and
to relate a few
personal
though ts concerning the
growth. It is truly
amazing.
Yet 1 sup
pose
it is that
beaut iful , yet
simple,
word,
love
that best describes what
ha s
taken
place. From
the love
of God
on the
cross,
to the love f il le d l if e of
men like Brother Knapp,
it
posses to
men
l ike Brother Dale who continue
untiringly in
their
l abor of love.
It is thrilling to se e throughout
many areas, fine African men like Mr.
Chikanda
whopreach
wherever they
go.
He is
presently
in the Chidamoyo
area.
There
are
many
carrying
forth the
torch
of truth, like
Brother
Sithole who
preaches
and owns
a farm in the Mount
Darwin area. We praise God for
His
love which fi l ls men l ik e B ro ther
Sithole.
He is truly one of whom
it
ca n be
sa id ,
H e
loves
His Lor d. I t
is
to
this end we
all
labor, so as to
Commit t o f ai th fu l men,
who
can
t ea ch o ther s
also.
May it be that we
can so on
move
i nt o o th er a reas o f
th e
world because of men here who carry
the
Gospel
to al l sections of
Rhodesia.
Salisbury
continued rom poge 1
Fa rt he r a fi el d
ar e
th e indus tr ia l
town
ships, pulsating
with a wide
range
of
activities, providing
a
comprehensive
range
of
goods
of
al l description. Each
of
th e ci ty s communities, government. Indus
trial an d
commercial,
makes a contribution
to
the city s
life, ensuring a balanced
development to all.
T he n th ere
a re
th e cul tura l and soc i a l
amenities.
There
is
not
a
sport
(except
ice-skating a nd s ki in g) t ha t
is no t catered
for. Sal is bu ry p rovides a sportsman s
paradise.
It s
climate makes it
so .
If there
i s
one i n t e r e s t t ha t
i s c ommo n to a ll who
live
in the
city,
whatever
their
color,
age
or
means,
it is
spor t. Cultura l
societies of
a ll k inds f lour ish. Music, theatre, s inging,
s ci en ti fi c s oc ie ti es — all have the i r
fol lowers . No
one need l ack a kindred
spirit or interest.
Salisbury has
a
fr iendly charm.
It is a
pleasant
place to visit a nd l iv e
in .
Of
course
none
o f
the
above
mentioned things, nor all of them com
bined, will serve as
an
adequate
incent ive fo r a Chri s t i an
who
is s e ek
ing a place to
labor.
However, in
addition to
al l
of these many excellent
qualities,
t he r e is a tremendous
challenge
in
Salisbury
—the
challenge
of 370,500 people, many of whom do
not
know th e
Lord
Fo r some one person out of the
estimated
75,000
people
who
wil l r ead
this
issue of
the Central Afr ica Story
this may be your Macedonian call. If
so , we trust that
your
response
will
be
like the apostle Paul s who
trusted
the
Lord
and went
where He
sent
him.
Enock
Jirrie,
African mini.sler
now
serving in Salisbury.
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Sermon by Peter Boko
(continued from page 5
of establishing this church. Those who started it did so
not because they had nowhere to go to worship, but out of
love
and
a desire to
share
God's Word. Faith, too,
is
another necessary factor. It gives us hope that the whole
scheme
will
succeed
if we
believe
in the power of God
and
His purpose for us.
Faith
and confidence within you will
fe rti liz e the growth of this congregat ion. Once started,
keep going
despite
the
difficulties.
After
al l
it is one of
the principles of l ife to s truggle against the difficulties in
life in an attempt to overcome them.
Although planted by a missionary, this congregation is
not by any means a
missionary's
church. It is your
church
and only in so far as you are instrumental in the service of
God. Therefore you
should
be prepared to take up the
leadership
and
management of your own
church, when the
Dunlaps leave you. Timothy worked apparently in th e hope
that Paul would be
released
from
jail
soon and would
come to help him. But Paul
never turned
up,
at
least when
Timothy was expecting
him.
Paul
had
succeeded in creat
ing
leadership
and confidence
in Timothy. I also hope the
text will inspire you in the same way .
Give your time and effort
to the reading of scr ip
tures, preaching and teaching.
As in accordance with your urban
situation,
you
don't
have to import the methods of
t eaching and
preaching as
you used to in the rural
areas.
That was a d i f f e ren t
environment altogether
and those
methods may
not
work
effectively
for your urban
situation.
But find
suitable
methods
and
also adopt those
rural
methods
only
if you
f ee l th ey wil l help you in your situation.
Do no t
neglect
the
spiritual
gift in you. The power
and
guidance
of the
Holy Spirit
are s ignif icant in your
growth. It
gives
you the
courage,
hope
and determination
in your
constructive
endeavour. So
you
seek with sincerity
and through constant
prayer
the
inspiration
of the Holy
Spirit.
Practice what you preach, in order that your
pro
gress may be seen. As a growing
church it
is
important
that you
note
that you have to be
progressive
and not
stationary.
Only in this way and by example
can
you prove
your worth and
determination
to
al l
other established
churches in the city,
and
cause
your
youth to quickly
disappear.
In conclusion Paul said to Timothy,
Keep
on doing
these
things
. . .
and
you
will
save both yourselves
and
those
who
hear
you. Al l this
is
part
of our
service
to God
and our responsibility in accordance with the Great Com
mission
of
Jesus Christ to His disciples that we do
and
preach the Gospel
to a ll nat ions .
I do hope this short
message
will inspire
and encour
age you to realize your
hopes
of
building
to even greater
heights from th is very tiny foundation.
March 1970
MtSStONARY
ADDRESSES
AND FORWARDING
AGENTS
FA —Fotwctding Agwt
OF - On
M o o ^
R - RncruO pnpQrlnj t o e eoi* lo
DULAVAYO H1S90N
Mr.
sidMs JokaHorl
B ei
2 ]» e
Buliwiyo,
Rftodnila
FA k ir ,
and Hr«. Ernest
A. BercirS
Reule
2
St. Jesepn I l l lnelsSim
Mr.ud Mr*.DcrryKesnedf
P O B o i 2026
Bulsnsyo.
Rliedetia
FA Jo Ann S h e a
I l l s Erjckaon Road
CeluDbus, Ohio 43227
Mre.
P e t er N a l Ji u
FA Mrs. Florence Henry
3732
Cietlnood
Di. N P
Canton, Ohio <4708
Mm. Roamaiy tSwumo)
Tklle
40 Colenbrander
Avenue
North End,
Bulanayo,
Rhodesia
FAMr . e n d Mrs . t f l lle rd Resel
R R
I
Loosoole e , I l l ino i s
628S7
Dr. and Mre. A. C. Wattero
The Anchoreie
South Fergus
Place
Klrkcaldy, Scotland
FA Mrs. Shells Nenton
Bo> 103
Mllllgen
College, Tenn.
37682
ClIIDAMOrO
Mis a oN
P O
Bo a
330
Karol, Rhodesia
Mr.
aed Mm. F tn iee Anmmmut
FA
Walter
U.
Spia tt
P O
B o a 1 13
Moberly, Missouri 6S270
MIm Madonna llurgcl OS*
FA Mr.
a i td Mr s.
Gene
Sendelur
Routo 1. Boa 120 A
Robards, Kentuchy 424S2
Mr.and Mm. David Cempbell
FAMr.and Mrs. Wallace Storey
702 East
n th
Street
Michigan City, Indiana 46360
Dr. and Mm.
Da le Fr l r ^non
OV
FA Mr.
and
Mrs. Ralph V. Murphy
8 0 4 N o rt h Sth
Street
Ml. Verhon. t l l lnon 62864
Mr. aad Mm,
iarlc>H
Kellcy OF*
FA Mr.
an d Idrs.
Bale Wllcoa
70 2 Kot tn Heo i loch P l ace
Anatielin, Cahroinla S2606
MinnPatflrln A. Ktuioey
FA Mrs. M.
C. Ande r son
2147 Penny
Lone
Napa, California
04SSB
Minn
Olo
Marliui
FA Mrs . Eugene Smith
2156 Ata le a
Drive
LealRgton, Kentuchy 40504
Dr. Kenay Munnuina 11
1908 N, Cepllol Ave . Ap t. S
Indlinapolis,
Indiana
46207
Dr. ud Mm .
Ytll lnx
Nice R
FA
Ml. an d Mrs. Ken n st h R e ei l
R.R.
2
Wslei loo, Indiana
46793
Minn
Judith
Plckett
FA Mrs. Stanley Andersen
1S21
Menio
Avenue
Napa, Calilernla 948S9
OEtVRi' :
MISSION
P.O. Boa
73
Gutu, Rhodesia
Mr. ud Mrs. I.enler Camper OF
FA Mrs. John
P u ck e t t
Central
Church
o< Christ
1211
Grandvlen Avenue
Portsmouth,
Ohio
45662
Minn
Mnrgnret
Devuiin
OF
FA
Mr. an d Mrs, Nelson Roetter
Route
1 6. Box 1 70
Indianapolis , I ndi ana 46278
Mr.
ud
Mm. Donfdaa
iohasoa
FA Mr .
an d
Mrs.
Allan Miller
2198
Moiman Road
Hamilton, Ohio 45013
Ml. u d
Mm. D sn PootKU
FA D r. and Mrs, Wililom Ely
13200 Shady Brook Lone
Route 1
DcWItt . Michigan 48820
FORT VICTORIA MISSION
M in Alice
Fi^ha c k OF
P O
Bo x
231
Ft. Victoria, Rhodesia
FA
Mr,
an d
Mrs . Elton
Fishback
R.R.
1,
Box
78
Monnoutb, Oregon 97361
Mr.
ud
Mrs. Richard Smllk
P O Box 2 4 0
Ft.
Victoria, Rhodesia
FAMr . a nd Mrs . Robert Bientllnger
757 Burchspod
Flora ,
I l l in o i s 62839
Mr.
ud
Mr*.
Thomn*
T h s n u
P.O.
Box 231
Ft. Victoiis, Rhodssla
FA
Mr.
an d
Mrs. J
R P ea r so n
Jr
1102
Texas
Danville, Illinois 61632
01
Ml. and Mrs.
Richard
Boon
1006 5oi t th
Loo
Street
Fulleiton, Callloinla
92631
Mr. u d Mrs .Tayse L. Unger OF
P O Box
122
Fort Victoria,
Rhodotla
FA Mr. and Mrs . Mor ri s Ungai
Box 244
Sullivan, IfiOlina 47682
Mr.
u d
Mm. Lesser
Vn
Dyke
B ox 4 81
Fort Victoria. Rhodaala
FAMr.and Htt. Looter L. BJoreoi
1844 S. E 39tn
Ave .
Potlland,
Oregon 97214
CtKLO
MISSION
Mr. u d Mrs. Dovld
Mtllsrd
P O Box 98 5
Ovtelo, Rhodesia
FA Mr. a n d M rs . John W. Borlo
8 65 N e vi ll e S t.
Follansbee , W. Va.
26037
Mr. u d
Mm. Johi i Valluce
P.O.
Box
76 5
Gwelo , Hhodes l o
F A M l.
Paul
Weaver
5266 Good rich
Read
Claionce, Nan York 14031
[M.
so d
Mr*.
Densia P i s ei l O F
FA
Mr.
an d Mr s. D a n Coltai
2 8 3 0H en l c r aK Ro a d
Ninsten-Sileia, Herin Carolina
27100
Mis* Martha Ral l e
FA Ml. a nd Mrs . Chaileo
WIngfleid
8 0 4 S e c on d S l ie o t
Newport. Tonnos toe
37821
Mr.
ud
Mrs. Joha
R ou
FA Ml. a nd Mrs , Konnslh
Fadloy
3042 R o it n L a ne
Dallas. Teias 75229
Mr.
sad Mrs.
Robert
RaJih
FA Ml. a nd Mrs . Rog er
Kittle
R R 2
Gloustei, Ohio 45732
Mi r a
S a r i
Steve OF
FA Mr.
a nd M rs . Paul Novel
R.R.
1, Box 538 E
Altoona, Ponsylvania 16801
Mr.
ud
Mrs . Don H. Sloll
F AM l .
and
Mrs.
A. L. Henderson
15 2
Ea s t
Drive
Cenlervllle,
Ohio 45459
NVANCTSI MISSION
P O Bo x 4
Nuenels l .
Rhodesia
Mr.
u d
Mrs. Tb i u u
Courtney
FA Mr. a nd M i s. Merle
Scnioeder
10975 Southwest Walnut
Pertlend,
Oregon 97223
SAI .ISmiKY Ml.SSION
Dr. u d Mrs.Owu Daolap
P.O. Boa H.G. 229. Hlghlaiida
Sellsbury, Rhodesia
FA Ml . and
Mis.
Moishei l
J Leggett
828 H i lde en Drive
Lexington, Kenlucky 40502
Dr.
ud
Mrs. Jerry hrnllh
P.O. Box
H.G.
341
Hrghlanda
Slllsbiiy,
Rhodesil
FA Mr.
end Mr s. Vo rnnn Moor e
Route
1
Sprlnglleld, Kentucky 40069
SINOIA MISSION
Ml. and
Mm. Dale
Marshal l
P O Box 2 0 7
Sinola, Rhodesia
FA
Mrs.
Norma
Perry
2 3 10 G r a ce Stieet
Boise I daho 83702
Mr.
ud
Mr*.
Ivu
MiHlB
R
FA Mr. Lynn TeetS
728 S, Chenyvale Road
Boulder ,
Caioiado 80302
Idi. u d
Mrs. Z i d u
i. .
Na u
P O Bd i
392
Sinola, Hhddesio
FA Zldcn and Crys tal Fern
Null
15505
Cllne Avenue
Lowell, Inolxna 46356
HIPPO
VALLKY MISSION
P.O.
Box 96
Chl rodi i, Rhodes ia
Mlu
Maty Blirreii
FA
Mr.
J a c k
M. BIIHsh
Al lan ta Chr i sl l a n Col l ege
Eas t Po in t , Georgia 30044
Dr.
ud
Mm. Dav id
C n b b s
FA Ml. E A.
Grubbj
R R 2
Glouste i, Ohio
45732
Dr. u d Mm.
Jnmcs
R.
3'an
Csrrs
FAMr.and Mrs. Richord B. Tandy
11631 VanoergriTI Road
l ivOljnapot is, Indiana
46601
Dr.
ud
Mr s. R i ib c r 8 ' a lk n r
OF
FA Mr. and
Mrs.
Ron Hackler
445
Waupe lan l De lv e , Ap t. J- l
S ta te Col lege,
Pennsylvania
16801
P O Box
117
Chiiedzl,
Rnpdosia
Mr. u d Mrs.
Jnhn Panfa e rt a n
OF
FA Mrs . Leia LusOy
Kentucky Chris tian Collego
Giayion,
Kentucky 41143
Mr. ud
Mrs. S i e v s i u P u i h e n o n
FA Mr. H ar ry R . CHI
3413
P i e dm o n t R d .
Huntlnglon. W, Virginia
MlnsMsrllys Aan Rll'harda
FA Mis . N. S.
Ogden
801 Ndilh
snoiiiidge
Rd., Apt. 0
Indianapolis, Indiana 46201
Mlu
Uardn Kay
Uiouuc
FA
Mr, and l t
WIHord
E. Lta se re
Valhalla
Apt.
11 0
6719 D ix ie Hwy.
Florence. Kenlucky
41042
HMTAI.I Mi niON
Mr.
u d Mm. Weadel l Fr e e c iu
P o st e R e s la n t e
Umiall,
Rliodesia
FA
Miss
Key
Daniel
P O Bex 1 1 12 6
Indisnepolis, Indiana 46201
M A 9 I K MISSION
P O Hashoke
Rhodesil.
Africa
Dr.
Glo ri a Cohb
FA
Mr.
Robert T Lamb
R R
1
Tlplon,
Indiana 46072
Dr. u d
Mm.
James
Fraaure
FA Mr. a nd Uri. Jerry E. Fraiure
Box 287
Waynesvlllo, Ohio 45068
Miu
Sylvia Menhloicfc
F A M i ss Wtlma Jean n e Gabriel
Box 592
Howata . Oklahoma 74048
Mlaa DaiuLhea P a rk e r O F
FA Mr.Roy Anderson
12 4 Anderson
Le P o rt o , Indiana 463 50
ZAMIIEZl MISSION
P/Bag 9
D4tl, Rhodesia
Mr.
ud
Mra. David
Fluey
FA
Mr.
Donald F Co a
1362 S . Campbell
Avenue
Springfield. MItaouil 65804
Mi. and Mis . Sisgal
Schwaitt
R R
3
Hoopa iton , l l l lno l i 60943
Mr.
u d
Mr*.
Jack
reoafagiiM
OF
FA
Mrs. Eunice S a l tn
Box 3 65
Loigo, Floilds
33541
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The Central Africa Story
published monthly
for
th e
C e n t r a l Af r ic a M i ssi on
C h u r c h e s of
C h r i s t
by
Mission
Services
P r e s s
Box
368,
Joliet, Illinois 6043 t
E dited by T h o m a s T hurman
— o —
Tr eas u r er
F r e d E .
D u n n
4613
S. Main S t r e e t
Akron,
Oil
44 3
19
C h ai rm a n B oa rd o f
Directors
Mr. David J. Williams
B ox
7 4 7
G r ay s on , K en tu ck y
41143
R E SI GNAT I ON
Mr. T ho m as C ou rt ne y of th e
Nuantesi Mission ha s resigned
f r o m
t he C en tr al A f r i c a M i s s i o n .
Goromonzi High School
continued from page 4)
l e a d e r .
We
w r o t e
d o w n o u r n am es a nd
posted
them to the doctor.
held our first Sunday service
in
a F o r m 1 c l a s s r o o m .
T he d oc to r
a n d
his son
were
present.
We ha d commun
ion first
an d
then the Word
was preached
to us by Dr.
Dunlap.
I
lead
in
th e
singing of the hymns. We were about
si x
in
a ll , e xc lu di ng
the doctor and
D a v i d .
A f t e r
t h e
s er vi c e w as
o v e r
w e
d i s c u s s e d
o u r fu tu r e
s e r v i c e s . S u c h
things
a s the kind of hymn books, the
time of
meeting,
th e
type
of Bible
s t u d i e s w e r e c on sid er ed . T he d oc to r
lead in th e
drafting
of th e schedule.
Dr. Dunlap ha d brought with him
some
Nziyos
African song
books),
bu t
unfortunately some of us
di d
no t
know th e
hymns,
so these Nziyos
could
n o t b e
u s e d
in o u r
s e r v i c e .
H e
a s k e d
if we could us e Great Songs of the
C h u r c h b u t t h is b o o k w a s
a l s o t u r n e d
down because many of u s didn t know
the h ym ns .
Th e
one which
wa s passed
for
us e was the
one which
wa s
being
used by the school. We further
agreed
that we were going
to
have
a service
with
preaching
on one
S un da y an d
a
B ib le s tu dy
on the
next Sunday. Each
of us wa s
going
to take a turn in each
of
these, with th e
exception of
th e
g ir ls who could not preach.
I am ve ry t ha nk fu l for the kind
leadership of God throughout t he y ea r,
1969. T h e d o c to r w as with u s on almo s t
every S unday an d if he failed to come
D a v i d
c a m e .
Through
G od s l ea de rs hi p again
each one of us performed hi s or he r
duty wholeheartedly. On one of th e
Sundays we
visited
the C hi ro dz o g ro up
in Harare,
S al i sb ur y. T h is
wa s a very
nice day. were able to share our
abilities
with
the people of
this co n
gregation. The Goromonzi girls pre
sented some favorite songs, I
le d
th e
*i -
CHANGE OF EDITORS
T h u r m a n to R e s u m e P o s t
For the past two
years
th e
Central
A fr ic a S to ry ha s b ee n e di te d monthly
by Wendel l Freeman with the
help
of
h is w if e, R ut h. B e c a u se th e Fre e ma n s
will be on
furlough during 1970,
a
new
e d ito r w as s el e ct e d a t th e r e c e n t t r i
a n nu a l m e et in g
of
th e
missionaries
on
the f ie ld .
Thomas
Thurman, wh o
very
c ap ab ly e di te d
the Story
during
1965-
66, was chosen unanimously by th e
group to fill
this
post once more.
A permanent o ff ic e for the prepara
tion
of th e
Central
Africa Story is to
be se t up by Brother Thurman in Fort
V i c t o r i a .
A
h ea rt y t ha nk s
to the
Freemans
for th e many hours spent on th e Story
in
th e la s t tw o
years.
Congratulations
to B r o t h e r
T o m
a n d G o d s r i c h e s t
blessings
upon
hi m a s
he
o nc e a ga in
labours in
th e
capacity of S tor y editor.
song
service
and one of t he C h ir od z o
members
preached
to us .
Th e d oct or
hel ped us
by
paying
a
part
of
ou r bu s
f a r e .
As well known, there is usually a
leader in every group, an d so we
t ho ug ht of choosing one for o urs. Th e
o n e
w h o
w a s c h o s e n w a s Wi l fred
Mhanda, a boy in Form V.
Hi s
assistant
was Norman Nyazeme, a boy in Form
IV. Through
God s
grace they performed
t he ir d u ti es w e l l .
During
the year
18 we re
added
to
th e
g ro up , m ak in g 21 in all. Two
were
baptized into Christ. Unfortunately,
most of
th e
p eo pl e w er e
in
Form IV,
an d since many of t h es e s tu d en t s
will
no t be returning in 1970 we will have
th e task of starting over
again.
We ar e
hoping that
through
th e grace
of God
1970 will be as
great
as 1969.
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1970
Page
7
THE ZIDEN
NUTT FAMILY
I T S
ONLY A S IMPLE
WORD
Like a
mirro r casting r ef lec tions , i t
seems that
from most eve ry tr ibe,
tongue
and
nation,
a
simple
word
springs
forth.
It
is not
always
in
sound alone, but
in deed as
well.
I
suppose it
springs forth
again
today
because my thoughts are drif ting back to the
t ime our
family
entered Rhodesia and met
a
man
who has s in ce
passed
away.
Today in
a
quie t p la ce a t Dadaya Mission,
some 250
miles
away from
Sinoia,
there
stands
a
stone
monument
over his grave with
a normal
inscription of name
and
dates, plus
as imple
word Rudo which means love.
Bro. Ray
Knapp
loved people, and people
loved
him. The
seeds
he planted grow on
and on
though
he is now absent
from the
flesh.
Many of
us
in Rhodesia labor in
areas
today
through contacts
initially made by
Bro.
Knapp.
In
Sinoia
this is
true. Bro. Knapp had
journeyed with
me
to Sinoia on
different oc
c a s i o n s and i n t roduced
m e to s e ve r al C h r is
tians who were
scattered
throughout this
vast area. Mlubi Moyo
and Miga Chikanda
were preaching in
the
area,
and Miga
would
go
with us when
we
would make
the
visi ts .
Bruce Ammerman
and
I
made per iodic visits
to the Sinoia area, but we really had our
hands
full
at
Chidamoyo
Mission
some
120
miles
away.
Bruce made
many long
trips
because of his love for the people. Growth
was
apparent,
bu t
we
felt a little
helpless
toward
the
scattered
groups of struggling
Christians because
we
were
so
fa r
away.
In
June of
1966 a
wonderful thing
took
place.
The
Lord
of
Harvest
raised
up the
Dale
Marshall family,
and also
challenged
churches
to send
them out.
Much
progress
has
been
made
through them
as God has ef
fectively used their many
abilities
to bring
people
in
contact with
th e
power of
the
Gos
pel . What God
has
been
able
to do
through
them is nothing short
of
a miracle.
Helen
and
I consider i t a privilege to now
be liv
ing and
working
here with
them
full
time.
I
guess
it is only natural, in my
case,
in wanting to
reflect this
bit
of history
and
to relate a few personal thoughts concerning
the
growth. It is amazing Yet
I
suppose
it is that beautiful, simple word
love
that
best describes what has taken pice. From
th e love
of
God on th e
cross,
to the love
filled life
of
men like Bro. Knapp, to men
like
Bro.
Dale who
continues untiringly
in a
labor of love, in to the hands of fa ith fu l men.
It is
thrilling
to
see,
throughout many
areas , fine
African
men l ike
Mr.
Chikanda
who preach
wherever
they
go.
He is pre
sently
in
th e Chidamoyo area. There are
many carrying
forth
the
torch of truth, like
Bro. Sithole who preaches and own s a farm
in
th e Mount Darwin area. We praise God
fo r H is lo ve w h ic h f i l ls m en like Bro . Sithole .
He is truly
one
of
whom i t
can
be
said, He
l oves h is Lord . I t is to th i s
end
we a l l
labor; to Commit
thou
to faithful men, who
can teach others also. May i t be
that
we
can soon
move
into o t he r
a r e a s
o f th e w o rl d
because of men here
who
carry the
Gospel
to a l l
sec t ions
o f Rhodes ia .
Back Home Again
The
dus t was rol li ng behind as
we
ambled
along in the big
four-wheel drive
unit toward
bush country
near
the outpost of
Mt.
Darwin.
The
heavy
duty
springs
made us
bounce
a bit
mo r e .
T he h ot
coca co l a s we
d r ank
a few
minutes before seemed to expand right in
side
us.
But wi th the
cost
of
a king s ize cola
only
s ix cents ,
who
should
complain?
A ll
of
a s ud de n t he f ront
wheel s
d idn t
seem to
respond
to the
Nutt
behind the wheel,
Oh
well,
we got
stopped
and soon had
located
some
wire with
which we tied things together.
We crept along at about fifteen miles per
hour
Things held together
until
we
got
to the main
r oa d wh er e
we contac ted
Linda
and
Helen.
They brought us another
vehicle
so we could
carry on the
journey.
We filled up the gas t ank for 87 ^ a gallon
and
were
on
our
way again. A s igh of
relief
c ame
a s we
r eached ou r
des t ina t ion . Dale
Marshall, two
African
evangelists and myself
were
now
in
fo r some
good
old
hospitality.
We
were given tea, and more tea, and la ter
served the national dish
of
sadza a
corn
meal
mixture)
served
with
pork. After
singing
around a
lovely
campfire
under the
starlit sky,
we we re u sh er ed to a ro om th at had been e s
pecially prepared for
us.
The door
of
corn
sta lks w as shut behind
us .
With no w in dows
in the pole and mud hut with it 's grass
roof,
i t was no t too well
ventilated.
I had
slept
in
many
such huts
in years gone by,
bu t
not re
cently as
we
were
in the U. S. on furlough,
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8
The
Christian
Mission,
Vol. 14,
No 3, March 197
(continued
from
previous
page)
The hut was dark, which is
ideal
for s leep
ing, so
we couldn t see. However, another
s e n s e
t o o k
o v e r a n d
i n a
f r a c t i o n
o f a m i n u t e
we
knew
that spec ial
effort
had been made
very
r ecent ly to
prepare
the
house.
We
did
n t
n e e d a c a nd le t o know
t h a t c o w
m a n u r e
(which
actually makes an excel lent f loor con
ditioner)
had been
used.
We rested
well,
and i n the morning
were awakened
as
tea
w a s
s e r v e d
Things had been in
such
a whirl
during
t h e
t i m e
i n
th e S t a t e s and a l s o
i n
t h e f i r s t
days back in Rhodesia ,
that I hadn t mentally
made th e move. However,
lying
on
my camp
stretcher
a few
inches above t he wel l pre
pared
floor, I came
to realize
fully
that
truly
I was b ack
home
again.
How
nice
i t is
to
find
work
going
well,
and
a l s o to find o u t t ha t i nc o m e
t a x
h a s b e e n
reduced in Rhodesia. Of course, we enjoyed
going to the butchery and buying beefsteak
for
about 65 ^ a pound One oould go on and
on,
bu t perhaps this account
relates
a little
o f t h e d if fe re n ce i n t h e d o m e st ic l if e h e r e
It
is
good
to
be in Rhodesia once aga in .
We h a v e m a d e o u r
home t iBre
s i n c e 1961.
We
a r e
t h a n k f u l
f o r a l l who s u s t a i n
u s b o t h
physically and
spiritually.
May God be
glorified wherever we are, and may
a
boimtiful
harvest
be
had
fo r His
granary.
Z i d e n and H e l e n
N u t t
B o x
3 9 2
Sinoia, Rhodesia, Africa
Forwarding Agent:
Mrs.
Crystal Nutt
B o x
1 6 4
Lowel l, I nd iana 46356
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June ,
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Field Address:
P.
0.
BOX 392, SINOIA
RHODESIA, AFRICA
Dea r
Christian Friends
Greet ings in the name
of
Chr i s t . It w.as_a__ t e r r i b l e mistake
to make bu t it ended up
in
l augh te r . Going 26
miles
out from
Sino ia on a grave l road you would come to the Snyman home. Due
to th e
d i s t ance ,
they don t ge t in to eve ry s e rv i ce . However
a couple o f weeks ago t h ey were he re , and fo l lowing
se rv ice s
th e
conversat ion
s tar ted
l ike
th i s :
I t
cer ta in ly
was
wonderful
tha t
you
could be
here
fo r se rv ic es t oday . It s a shame it
happens
so. often. With only enough time lapse for an odd look from
Helen
Brother Snyman burs t ou t la ug hin g. His l augh te r ,
and
the
ho t
sun
o f
Rhodesia
kep t
my
face
from
l ook ing
qu i t e
so
r ed .
I
don t
t h ink I v e
made
such
a
vocabulary
mistake s ince in a message
as
a
s tuden t min i s t e r
v/hen I
r e f e r r ed to
a
matu rn l t y ward as
a
B.C .- Ward r a t h e r than an O.B. Ward.
Anyway
being re sp on sib le f or th e
European
work i s i n t e r e s t i ng ,
and a t t endance is ho ld ing up we l l . The Marsha l l f ami ly l e f t on
the
24th
of April for
a-9
month furlough which leaves us re
spons ib le fo r every th ing , a t l e a s t un t i l the Ivan
Mar t in
fami ly
a r r i v e s
in
ano ther
few weeks Lord
wi l l i ng . During
t h i s t ime we
are
t ry ing
to
pinch
pennies
so
as to
bui ld
up
enough
fo r
housing
{ rather than renting and also provide
fac i l i t ies
for making
f i lms t r i p s
in the A frica n language and
cu l t u r e .
We have one now
complete
and
i t
is
being
received
very
v;ell;
but
we
are
rea l ly
handicapped
by
lack o f space
and
t ime .
During
March
Helen
and 1 spen t
t ime in fu r th e r l anguage
s tudy ; Tommy
spen t t ime
in th e ho sp i t a l
and
i s now
doing
be t t e r
than
he
has
fo r a long t ime , and we a re
p le a sed w ith h i s p rog r e s s .
Thanks to a l l who sent cards and help during t ha t
t ime.
Lynda
spen t the month in an assessment c en t r e , and
Karolyn
s tay ed w ith
th e
Marsha l l s in S ino i a .
We
came ou t on
weekends to keep up
the
p re a ch in g s ch ed ule , and ca t ch up what we
cou ld .
New
Filmstrips
Ava i l a b l e
1 v/anted
to
mention
again
that
a
new
filmsj^^f^p
is
on hand
a t Miss ion
S e rv ic e s , a l so
a t
ou r
fo rward ing
agen t s . It i s
ent i t l ed , They
tha t were
scat tered abroad .
I t
is quite
inform
a t i v e concerning t h i s
area
and we
hope
y o u l l be b le ssed by it
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Witnessing to Rhodesia Page. 2 June, 1970
A
16 mm
fi lm
in
color
and sound
i s also
available through
our
for
warding
agents ,
on
a
l imi ted
bas i s .
I t
i s
along
the
same l ines
as
th e f i lms t r i p .
Gu t a
Ra J e h o v a h
continue
to
be amazed at
the
many opportunities. Though
we have entered many open doors, more keep
opening.
An
imusual
one recerrtl .y opened. I was
appraarrhed
~by- a delegatiiDn
from-
Guta Ra Jehovah (City
of God
which is about 25 miles from here.
They
wanted to
see
the
bioscope (Filmstrip)
we
produced, a t the i r
city for their next meeting. At Resurrection
Day
weekend they
had 1,983
of
their
members
present.
They
also
wanted
me
to
ass is t
them in drawing plans for their new temple. The group is
African
and has
qui te
a
se t
up. Since the Church
of
Chris t i s not ru led
by any earthly
body,
we feel
that
there
i s a strong appeal to
th is body
of indigenous people who don t
want
a white
western
church. Pray
for
this opportunity, and for God
to grant wisdom
as we present
the pure and
simple
message contained
in
God s
Word.
J ^^ve r dreamed tha t the f i lmstr ip and mobile uni t would have
such
.
piritualGrowth
One of the
32 churches we work
with now
feel
they
are also
ready for
an eldership. They are now reviewing the scriptures
on
the
eldership j just before
elect ion. This
is the* thing we viWant
-—to-see i n - a l l
groups,
so
that-we
can ~de
vote
moT^ tm e • to new area~s . ^
First,
w feel, the present groups ought to be more stable. They
are
reaching
out
as
well, for
which we are aiming
also. are
wanting to reach ,the masses as soon as
possible,
and presently
have a
ful l schedule of
showing bioscope
in surrounding areas
as
well as
in.a new
area called Copperqueen,. about 100 miles miles
away
Your wil l ingness to .
help
in
gaining
Africa
fo r C hrist i s
a
g rea t
encouragement,
and
we
p ray
t h a t
God
wi l l . eve r
be
g lo r i f i ed
by
our
e f fo r t s with you
to
accomplish t ha t t a sk . The program t ha t
we a re i n
has
it s demands, bu t th e
r e s u l t s
a re
rnarvelous
and we
are c on fid en t t h a t God wi l l cont inue
to
use you
and
us in
t h i s
minis t ry to
the
saving of souls . Once
again,
thank you fo r making
our
wi tness
to C hris t p os s ib le here
in
Rhodesia .
Your
Co-Worker,
Z i d e n L . Nu t t
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46356
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L.
NUTT Family
Forwarding
Address:
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LOWELL INDIANA 46356
J u l y
16,
1970
Field Address:
P. 0. BOX 392 SINOIA
RHODESIA AFRICA
-Gree-tlngs i lr -om—Ehode-sia- . Only—a_£eiix men—hane-.-lDaked-.-at—a,—RhinoaerDS.
from t h e
ground
up, and l i v e d . One
who
d i d g i v e s
h i s
t e s t i m o n y t h a t
s i n
i s l i k e a Rhino - t e n a c i o u s and
powerfu l .
We have seen l i o n s s e v e r a l
t i m e s
i n t h e w il d and a r e
c o n s t a n t l y aware
o f
t h e w a r n i n g
g i v e n b y
P e t e r
as well,
tha t the
devi l , your
adversary,
i s l ike
a
roaring
l ion, v/alking
about, seeking whom he
may
devour.
Sin
can c e r t a i n l y
come
into the midst
o f
mankind
w i t h
a p o w e r f u l charge as a r h i n o
or
as c u n n i n g l y as a
l i o n
t o
become King i n
the jungle
o f
s i n ;
b u t we give
p r a i s e
t o God who
can
s e t
t h e
c a p t i v e f r e e r e g a r d l e s s
o f c o l o u r
c r e e d o r
c o n d i t i o n .
And The
Lord Added
•
Many
c o n t i n u e
t o a c c e p t C h r i s t
and
r e c e n t l y two
have been
added
t o
th e church
among
th e w hi te p eo ple as v;ello
J u s t
t h i s p a s t L o r d s Day
t h e one
gave
h e r s e l f
t o
C h r i s t and
h a s
s t a r t e d th e day by
day
p r o c e s s
o f overcoming t h e p o w e r f u l hold o f a l c o h o l i n h e r l i f e .
The
o t h e r was
s t e e p e d i n d e n o m i n a t i o n a l
background
and decided t o t a k e t h e B i b l e
as
t h e
o n l y g u i d e i n h e r life.
. I v a n
M a r t i n
F a m i ly . A r r iv e S a f e l y
S e v e r a l s p e c i a l p r e a c h i n g s e s s i o n s have
been
h e l d r e c e n t l y among t h e
A
f r i c a n p e o p l e and
we
have e n j o y e d t h e
f e ll o w sh ip o f
o t h e r s who have
come t o h e l p . During t h e p a s t
month we ve handed ou t
about
3500
t r a c t s
.at
the three
places
we ve shown
the
new f i lmstr ip -
Baiberi
Muromo
VVaMwari
(The
Bible
i s the Voice of
God), Time i s a major problem i n
more
p r o d u c t i o n s ;
Hov/ever, we were t h r i l l e d
as
a
j e t
a i r l i n e r
l a n d e d
i n S a l i s b u r y
on the 27th o f June w i t h
I v a n
and Joann Mart in
w i t h t h e i r
two
c h i l d r e n .
A l r e a d y t h e y a r e i n vo lv ed i n
t h e work
i n a r e a l w o n d e r f u l
way. It d o e s n t
mean
t h a t t h e r e
i s
anymore t i m e b u t t h a t
we a r e a b l e
t o
d e v o t e
t i m e
t o o p p o r t u n it i e s
w h i c h
a r e
p r e s s i n g
w h i c h
we
o t h e r w i s e
couldn
t .
a n d s e e m
• M a r s h a l ls
The Mar t ins
a r e
p r e s e n t l y l i v i n g where t h e M a r s h a l l s
d i d
t o be a d j u s t i n g v e r y w e l l
i n
t h e i r new home
o f
Rhodesia^
a r e e x p e c te d back e a r l y
i n 1971,
Lord w i l l i n g .
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Witnessing to
Rhodesia
Page 2
July
16,1970
We
are happy to be used
of
God among the
people here,
that more
nations and
tongues
would know
the
power
of
God, and the fellowship
in Jesus
Christ .
Many problems
face
us in accomplishing th i s
taskj
but
the power of God through you
and
us can
do
it as we give
ourselves
to Him. Not
only
do
we
fee l indebted
to
the world
for the
message v e
possess ,
but
to
the
many
of
you
who
sacr i f ice .
to
make
t h i s
minis t ry
poss ib le . Thank you
so
much fo r your
fa i thfu lness in
prayers and
f in anc ia l a s si st ance.
May God r ich ly
bless
His
Church
through each of
u s as we l abour t oge the r in
s pre ad in g th e Good
News.
Your Evangel i s t to Rhodesia ,
Ziden Nut t and Family
Prom
th e
desk
o f
th e
fo rw a rd in g a ge nt
I f
you are
moving, would
you please send
us your
change of
address??
Since the
l a s t
newsle t te r was mailed , we have had 36 re turned to us a t a
cos t
o f
10
cen t s each .
Help
us save t h i s
cos t
to r each
the l o s t .
Thanks.
utt s
News
No t e s
The fo llowin g are
excerpts t aken
from
pe rsona l l e t t e r s t ha t
Helen
has
r ecen t l y
wr i t t e n
;
e had a
fu l l
house at
church this
morning.
We
have
been very
pleased v/ith
the
attendance
at the
European service on Sunday morning.
With
a
lo t
of
time
we
are sure the
work
would
grow.
After
we
had
taken
the th i rd car load of chi ldren
home and
were on
our
way home, Ziden said
we
should have asked
the lady who was
recen t ly
bapt ized
to
come home with
us for
dinner
because her
husband
was gone. She did come and stayed
most
J3f th e a fte rnoon. Her
husband
came about 3tX)0 and
had coffee,
then we
made a
quick ca l l
on the lady Ziden has
been
working with, a
ca l l
on
an
elderly lady and her son who l ive across from the church, a cal l on one of
the ladies of
the church, who has had the
flu for about
a weekj got a
quick
bi te
of supper and went to
church
a t 7;00.
So
it
was a
busy, but
we f e l t p ro f i t ab l e day. .
Having gone in. early on Tuesday to get the Martins, we took them over,
to Marshall s house. Then on
fednesday, we
took
them around Sinoia in the
afternoon;
they
had supper
with
us and
then we
a l l
went
to
Bible
Study.
Thursday evening we a l l went with Ziden out to one of the farms for
bioscope.
The people who own
the
farm asked us a ll up for coffee after
ward,
which
was very nice of them; so we visi ted a while before we came
home. Karolyn found
out
that
i t
was
the
farm
of the l i t t le
gir l
who
recently
moved
next to
her at school: they have big desks, which two of
them share, and Patricia Williamson had just moved by Karolyn.
We
had
to laugh at her as we were coming back when she
said,
I t
is
really nice
to go to a foreign farm and
find
one of
your
fr iends there .
Wednesday morning
the lady
Ziden has been working
with
called about
6 a.m.^ She was terribly depressed so he went to
see
her,
then
took me
back
with him about mid-morning. Saturday, her
African
housft-glT l
called
Ziden
and^-saXd
she
was
yery
sick;
he.
cal led
the
doctor
who
said
he would
put
her
in the
hospi ta l but tha t
there had been a bad car
accident
and
things were in a
turmoil
at the hospital. 1 Vhile he was
gone, Ziden
had a
ca l l
from
the
hospi ta l :
one of the .
ladies
in
the
wreck (from
South
Africa)
wanted a minister. This
elderly
woman s husband had
been killed
immediately and while Ziden was
there
her daughter died. Apparently the
woman isn t too. bad off, but
they
haven t
told her about the daughter yet.
which^makes
i t hard
for
Ziden
when
he goes to see her.
Then in the.
meantime, the woman he had the wedding for a couple of months ago had coh-
tacted
him, so he had gone there;
also
in the. meantime,
they put
this
other
woman in the
hospital . When
we
went to
see
her
yesterday,
she seemed like
a
different
person.
Maybe we
will
be able to win her to Christ. (They did)
Michael has been here
this
afternoon with
his
l i t t le
boy David, and
Lynda has really had a good time playing with him. She has been
lazy
and
set^Him to push
her on her tr icycle. I must
say
that she
is
doing better
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Ziden
L.
Nutt Family
R. R. 2,
Box 164
Lowell Indiana
46356
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TO RHODES IA
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Life
-
Philippians
2:16 -
The ZIDEN L. NUTT
Family
PcM warding Address:
R. R. 1, BOX 164
LOWELL, INDIANA 46356
Field Address :
P. 0. BOX
392,
SINOIA
RHODESIA, AFRICA
29
September ,1970
Drunken
e l ephan t s
have
now
sobe red up; and, wi l l
be
going
s t r a i gh t
fo r
ano the r
year
u n t i l
th e
maru la t r e e s produce t h e i r annua l
ihtoxi c
Flooms
and f ru i t once aga in . 1 suppose
t h i s
to be
i n s i gn i f i c an t
excep t
fo r
th e f a c t th a t ju s t
befo re it
a l l s t a r t e d , I
had begun
a
l e t t e r
to you and d id n t f in is h .
That
was
two
months
ago, and much
has happened
dur ing t h a t
t ime , which
we want to sh are w ith
you
who
make it
pos s i b l e .
W i ll It
Ev e r Ge t
1 /Vr i t t en?
Fol lowing t h ree weeks o f
t o t a l involvement
I
had s e t
as i de l a s t
n ig h t to wr i t e
to
you.
However ,
t h r e e
fo lk
we ve
been
working
wi th
came
by
to
ask more
about
bap t i sm.
Af te r
some hours o f d i scuss ion ,
it
was
dec ided
t h a t t hey were r eady .
It
was a
r e a l
jo y to
see
t h e se
fo lk t u rn
comple te ly to Chr i s t . This now makes 9 bap t i sms and
f ive
t r an s f e r s
among the white v;ork here
in Sinoia
during the pas t four months. Any
way, t on igh t i s a r e a l
t ime of
re jo i c ing as we
have once
aga in
made
oppo rtuni ty to
send
g reeting s to you in
the name of
Chris t .
A Con f e r e n c e
Of
Christians
Over one thousnad Chr is t ians gathered a t Mashoko Mission from
all over Rhodes ia
fo r
the Bi-Annual
Conference.
It
was
a
g rea t
t ime o f
fel lowship
and
study
together
in the
name
of Chris t . i e
had
be en in
v i t ed
to show the new
f i lms t r i p
and to preach. All comments
from
church
l e ade r s were
excep t iona l ly
favorab le
concerning
th e
f i lms t r i p , .
W e ll
neve r answer all th e r e q u e s t s to
b r i ng
th e
mobi l e u n i t
to
the many areas
to
help w ith
t h i s type
o f
impact
in reach ing
th e
masses . It
seems
impera t ive t h a t we s e t up ano ther un i t
as
soon .
as funds a re ava i l a b l e . We ve been
r each ing
t housands with
th e
message
o f Ligh t , and
have
d i s t r i bu t ed t housands o f t r a c t s to he lp them in
t h e i r s tu dy o f
th e
Bib l e .
Las t week we helped
in
evange l i s t i c meet ings a t Chi redz i
under
th e le ad ers hip
o f
Sherman
Pemberton.
In t h r ee n igh t s ws shovvred f i lm -
s t r i p s ,
preached
t o
ove r
2200
f o l k ,
and d i s t r i b u t e d
o ve r 11 ,0 00
t r a c t s .
25 rd Na t i o n a l Mi s s i o n a r y Conv e n t i o n
Lord Vi/hat Vt/ill You
Have
Me To Do
i s
th e theme o f the
23rd
National
Missionary
Convention
v/hich
wil l be meeting Thanksgiving Week
in
Champaign - Urbana,
111.
The
date
-
November 24
-
27,
1970
—
Affiliated
With * Central
Africa Mission, Churches
of
Christ
—
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-Witnessing to Rhodesia Page 2. 29 September. 1970
L e t s Go To Camp
Packed in our popular Pord Pick-up, and
the
l i t t l e
Fiat,
we
were
off to camp
at lake Mclllwaine. Eighteen campers, our family and
Ivan Martin were
in
for a great week. I t had been organized with some
of
the non-instrumental
brethern
from Salisbury; and, what a week: 87
Campers
raging (no,
that's
not
right-
i t s
ranging)
in
ages
from
third
J^ade through
High
School; 3 men
faculty and
4 women plus a Cook*
^ i s
was another step forward in
fellowship,
as well as planting precious
Seed
i n t h e l i v e s o f t h e
Youth.
News
A b o u t
Lynda
o. ^ While I was in Chiredzi, Karolyn and I homas were
in
school
at Sinoia and staying with the Martins. Helen, was..taking. Lynda to.-
ive different doctors in Bulawayo. The conclusion
was that
eye
surgery v/as
worth
a
try.
As soon as we can arrange i t Lynda, now
43 years
old,
will be
admitted
to the
hospital for
about a week
I
several
weeks
of
rehabiI tat ion.
Please pray
that
God
will
cause
all
things to
work
together
for
good.
We
do
love
im and are so thankful
that
by His grace
and
your
generosity we
can
iiv
witness among the black and white; but, at times
ike this we feel a keen need for your prayers.
^
prayers
are also needed for one of the ones recently
Physicallv
We
sMn
? eS mentally
and
nysicaiiy . VVe_..§iill̂ _fa.ce. .. . th e p roblem of po-prnffnent ,1nrntlnn flr>H
been''afLd to your prayers and^^^SW^.- We ve
M \ consider
several possibi l i t ies of location
aftp-p th-a
Sa'a? an'^^St
f^Vl
are Lt wanWng to leate
1, but this may
be
selfish. Several major areas are in
desperate need
of
even one family, so
i t
has been suggested
that
we
could
base
our Good News
Production
Center in
one
of these areas
and at the same time give... guidance and help
to
the work. Please
/concerning
these
things. .3q
many opportunities are
open,
^and •
your prayers and much\ne.eded f inancial support, -
that we
might
be used of
God in
some of
.them at
least.
May
God-, richly
bless you in His
service,
as we labor with you to the :saving of s.ouls.
Your C h r i s t i a n
F r i e n d s .
Z i d e n
a n d H e l e n
From,
th e
Forwarding Agent
so thankful for the
many who notified
us of
their
change
of -address ,during the past few
weeks
and would like to encourage others
to
do Ixkewise i f you are moving in
the
near
future.
May God bless each
one of you for your wonderful cooperation.
E x c e r p t s
From H e l e n s L e t t e r
•
We.
followed a lion and
lioness
into the grass tryarfigto get a
picture. Ziden opened the door of the
Fnr-d and
on tL
4 ^ the JJLon charged<^SCm. He roared
u t like the ones
in
the movies. Really
gave~QSr^^^^^^a TT*iffht
as Zidnn
scrambled in
and shut the door.
She did^t^ay rTSJ^^TJfcLre)
timo Sunday afternoon and came back Monday
in
ime to pick up Ivan and go to Salisbury for
a.Camp
Meeting. Ziden got
Th®® d?a
holder
up in
the
hospital ahd
took
some pictures
of
hem.
They didn t
turn out well
as
the brass plates caused
a glare
8
t o 16 afternoon.
Ages
o 16, I believe. Makes
quite
an age range for everything*
especiallv
sports,
of which
Ziden
is in charge. >ids have it elsf-
No d^sSr
Jo^
Afr?onr,
7®
African
fellows for
this
as
well
as
a
cook
and
an
frican
woman
to help.
One
of
the
ladies
from
Salisbury is in
charge
of
cooking and I help her.
Ziden
is using his
generator
fbr films each e f-
ning
and
strung up
some
lights which really helps..