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NEWS
FROM
ZULULAND
Ron and Cindi KLerick Family
P. 0.
Box
377
Eshowe, Z u l i i l a n d
3815
MAR 1
7/?3)
2
arch I98I
Dear Co-laborer*s
in
Christ:
It is hard
for
ns to
believe
that we will be retvirning to the United States
to
see all
of you
in
just
nine
short months. God opens
up so
many doors
fo r
preaching
the
gos pel that we think
w e have
plenty of time to go to this p lace
or that place,
yet
we
realize
how short time really
is.
Six
weeks ago, we began
a
new work in the coloured township of Sunnydale.
Sunnydale
is
just
a few blocks from our house, and has a
population
of a
thousand families. The coloureds here in South
Africa
are a mixed group o f
people who have a
culture
all their
own, but
are in many ways like
the
Zulu
in their thinking
and
outlook.
This new
work
e v o lv e s
arou nd the Neville Pratt
family,
Neville
and h is
family are Christians and have a Church of Christ background. They came to
Esho we three years
ago from
Mkuze
in
northern
Zululand,
Neville
works
in
the bu tcher shop
here
in town,
and when
in
the
shop
one day, asked me
if I
would
hold
regular
bible
studies in
Sunnydale.
Since
beginning, we
have
held
regular
weekly
bible studies,
as
well as starting church services in the
Pratts
h o m e .
We have met with a lot of opposition from
the people,
and we
really
urge you to pray w i t h
us
that barriers kill
tumble
down
as
we preach the gospel,
and that
many
in this community will accept Je su s Christ
as
Savior,
We have fou nd that the people in Sunnydale are either invloved in witchcraft,
s p i r i t i i a l i s m ,
or have
a
traditional
backgroimd
superficially
in
either the
Anglican or Catholic church. Slowly, more opp ortunities have come to us, and
tonight,
(Monday) we are
having a
cottage
meeting
in one
of the
homes.
We are
praying
that this w ill
give u s
the
chance to go
into other
hom es
whore we
can
teach each
family
the
gospel
message
on
more
of
a
one
to
one
basis. We are
working towards
the goal of
one
day
being
able to have a congregation large
enough to
build
their
own
building
and
support
their own colo ured minister,
Neville, is
a
solid Christian and
a
real soldier
in
the
Lord,
and is able
to
take over in preaching and teaching, when I am out in the bush. How we praise
God for
giving
u s
this new opportunity to serve H i m .
PRAYER
NEEDS:
Peggy is
a coloured teenager
who the
doctors believe
has breast
cancer. We have taught her, and sh e needs to accept Christ,
Her
foster parents kept her
away
from
church
this
past
Sunday,
and
s h e
was going to make her decision. Please pray
for
Pe g g y
and
her
family that all
will accept
Jesiis. We have prayed for
her healing.
New
contacts
with
the
Zulu people. New area's
of evangelism.
For God
to strengthen
our present leadership .
The government has refiised Cindi's app lication to
work
with the women inmates
at
Esh owe 's prison because we are not permanent residence. We mus t
live
here
four years before w e arc eligable
to
apply for permanent residence.
All
o f
u s
are
in
great health,
and
the children
are
doing
better in
school,
Nathan and Summer are growing u p very fast
and
Summer
goe s arou nd
often telling
the rest of the family h o w
much
s h e wants to g o t o Merika.
Thank you
for both
your
love and
support.
We
love
and
appreciate
everyone
o f
you,
BECAUSE
JESUS CARES
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AFRICAN VISION
Ron and
Cindi Elerick
Family
P . O . B o x 3 7 7 AUG 1
3 9 8 )
Eshowe,
Z u l i i l a n d
5815
22 July
1981
Dear Co-Workers In
Christ:
Our Lord continues to bless
the
new work
established in the
coloured township
of
S u n n y d a l e .
A l t h o u g h t h e
S u n d a y s e r v i c e s
h a v e
n o t
b e e n w e l l a t t e n d e d
as
w e
w o u l d like
t h e m
to
be,
w e a r e now h a v i n g b e t w e e n 20 to 30 p e o p l e a t t e n d i n g our
mid-week
bible studies.
Lives
a r e b e i n g changed,
and
seven p e o p l e h a v e been b a p t i z e d in the p a s t
throe weeks.
B e t w e e n A p r i l a n d J u n e , I h a v e m a d e t r i p s i n t h e n o r t h e r n a r e a o f ^ Z u l u l a n d .
Two Zulu*s went
with
me and we traveled beyo nd Nongo ma into a mountainous area
called Mashishini.
There
we held
evangelistic services in the valley
in
many
v i l l a g e s . W e w e r e
a l s o
g i v e n t h e o p p o r t u n i t y t o s p e a k
i n .
t w o Z u l u
s c h o o l s , ,
w h e r e
w e d i s t r i b u t e d 500 gospels
of Luke
to
t h o s e
w h o c o u l d
read. From
M a s h i s h i n i ,
w e w e n t t h r o u g h M k i x z e and o v e r G h o s t M o u n t a i n to stay w i t h Bro. Miyeni
at
In-
g w a v x u n a . We h a v e m a d e
p l a n s . w i t h
Miyeni to s p e n d a w e e k every m o n t h in his
area
t e a c h i n g
among
t h e . c o n g r e g a t i o n s w e h a v e
there. We
also d i s t r i b p t e d
food
a n d
g a v e
f o o d
t o M i y d n i
for
t h o s e
w h o a r e s u f f e r r i n g
f r o m
t h e
d r o u g h t .
E v e n
though
w e
have had
m o r e
rain this
year, the earth has
not
recovered from the
effects
o f the previous two years
of
.the drought.
'
I had intended on returning to this area
last
Monday, but Cindi woke up With
intense cramps
in
her lowe r back and
left
leg at 2 .m; Sunday
morning.
I
phoned the doctor and
she came and
gave Cindi an injection
and
som e tablets,
but the pains
persisted, and.she
was hospitalized, Cindi
came
back ho me after
two days, bu t sh e s till has
some pain
and
no
feeling in
parts
of he r left leg
and foot.
A
specialist who examined,the x-fays feels she has
something
known
as
Shermans disease, which
is
similar
to arthritis,that attacks the
muscles and
bone, .
An appo intment
has
been made to
. s e e
a.specialist in Durban early next
week. We have already turned this over to The Great Specialist, a r i d have
^
claimed her healing in
the
name
of
Jesus.
Will you'also
agree w ith us
in
this
prayer?
The
older
girls just
recieved
their rep ort cards for this last term, and
we
are
glad
to share that Rhonda has
received
the best rep ort
she
has
ever
had '
while being in Africa. We really thank
all
of ybu who
have
prayed for her and
her schooling.
Wendy
and Sus an
are
doing o.k ., but are'a bit.lazy . The y
can do the work, so Dad will have
to
stand over them this next t e r r a . Summer
and Nathan are growing like weeds, and are both;well and happy . Nathan h as
had his last cast taken off his left foot^ and his''foot is m u c h better.
now wears
his
s h o e s o n opposite feet' to k e e p correcting his problem.. f . y . A s it.
;
. .
warms u p , th e y are. enjoy ing being able to play
ou tside, and
they,
give the
p et
rabbit a hard
time,.
The
kids
got
a; rabbit
lafet.week, and now dad
is making
p e n s
in
preparation
for getting two more, . \ i
,
.
I
. .
We have a decision
to m ak e , s o I
will share at with you
now . I
hecked with
Immigration
in
Durban about our status boncerning permanent
residence
in
re
lation to o ur
coming home
thi s December
and
this
is what
I
ound-out. First
of
all,, as a minister
we
aro required to serve
-four
years: consecutive residerice
before w e can apply for permanent,
residence.
Until w e obtain permanent residence,
we m u s t obtain an extention to stay here every six months. At' the end of four
years, w e
apply
for and recieve an
identity document
in which
they
place, oior
drivers
licenses,
etc, ' • , •
We
w e r e
informed that if we leave
this
country for.
m o r e
than
50 days,
w e will
have to begin
our
four year period of probation all over
again. This
means
that
the
nearly
three years
we will have served prior
to
our proposed trip
home in December
will
not count, and w e
will have
to start all over again
when
we return to South Africa.
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Permanent
residence
is
an
advantage, particularly,
in
regards
to
various
permits.
We.cannot
obtain
drivers
licenses u ntil
an
identity
document
is.ob
tained, With the.
document, there
would
be no
travel
problems,
-and
as it is,
if
we return
in
December, our pe rmits w ill
expire while in the U.S.,
and we
would have
to
re-apply for permission
to
return
to South
Africa. Having
the
identity
document:
would
do away
with this
in
future travel.. Therefore, what
should
we
do?
We
have shared
this
problem with our Elders in Ponca City, and^.
they.have prayed about it and h a v e given us'Complete . f r e e d o m to return,to the _
.
U.Sa in December as planned, O r
. t o
remain here until .residency can be es tablished
and the identity documents obtained.
They
recognize the need for.us
to
see
o u r : . f . a m i l y ,
friends
and all
of
our
sup porting congregations,
but
also s ee
th e
validity of
the
need to
meet
government requ irements
for
residency as well.
We
are bo th
willing to remain until we complete the
requirements
by th e
government,
and
this^means
we will not be able to return
to Ame rica
before
December
of I983. • • If
we
do remain,
the Elders
of Eastern Heights
w i l l , ,
send
o u r
parents
ever-tot-eee us and their—nevf-grandchildren-,-and-we-are-extremely-grate
ful
to
them
for
this
act
of
love
and
considerationg,
. . . : .
•
In light of t h e
s t e p p e d
up acts of t e r r o r i s m over here, and^the areas w e a r e
working' in here,
'w'e-feel-that
we
may not
be able to continue our
work
without
the
security
of p e r m a . n e n t
resident status
when things turn worse
and
t h e s e acts
of
terrorism
increase.
Because
of
the-pro-terrorist activities
of
the
World
Co uncil of Churches, we are
somewhat'
sus pe ct and this i s - why the f o u r - i y e a r - r e - ^
striction is
placed
on missionaries. ' '
. Y o u and your congregations have sup ported our ministry here in Africa faith
fully
in the past, and we now ask that y ou will continue your su pp ort and stand
with us in our decision to remain here until we can obtain residency status.
Our own personal
desire
is to
be with
y o u ,
and be with
our,families for
, ,
.while
and ju st
enjoy
being
HOME ,
but for
the sake
of
the
Lords
work,here.,
we are
willing to
remain until Decem ber of I . 9 8 3 .
' / e ask for your prayers,
and
we
ask
y o u
to continue your support which makes
Chirists
witness
possible to the pe ople
of
southern
Africa.
If
y o u
have any
•questions
concerning this, please
feel
free to co ntact Hap Prough,
Minister
of
Eastern Heights Christian
Ch urch
in Ponca City, Oklahoma,
o r us.-
OUr
complete
address is on the first p a g e
of
this letter at
the
top.
.
Compared
to
Malawi, this is a resistant
field of
service
to
work in, bu t
God is
still on
His throne-, and His power remains the same always, and w e are
confident that as
we
evangeliz e, and continue teaching, He w ill bl es s o u r
work-and—precious-souls-win.
be-saved.-
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e
appreciate
each
one
of-
you,
and
are
very
grateful for
both the prayers,
and
support you have given.
May God
continue to
bless'
you and pur
labour,s.
together-.
BECAUSE JESUS CARES
•
CLLJU ^
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m M i i Y
mmi
too
lie
In July,
Cindi
was
having
some serious pro
blems with her back. The doctors dia gnos ed
her problem as
something similar to
arthri
tis. Even now when she
much the pain hits her
down.
Please continue to
During this past year
were both diagnosed
as having
feet problems.
The
doctor said there was nothin g to
be done
in Summer's case,
that she simply
had weak
arches
and
'to
leave them alone
until she is
old enough to do exercises on her own. Nathan
tries
to
tackle
and she
has to
pray for her.
Nathan
and Summer
(three in all),
has to wear
teach
him to
He's
his
keep
had to
be
put
in a cast
now out of the
casts,
but
shoes on the
wrong feet to
his feet straight.
Summer
had several bouts with sickness
the
past few months so we finally took her
into
the hospital
to
have
her tonsils removed. She
did fine,
but Mom
and Dad
suffered
from
post-
op nerves
Susan
has
had
an
overbite problem with her
teeth, but
with the braces the problem
should
be
under
control before
too long.
Rhonda, Susan and Wendy are all making pro
gress in school and growing
spiritually.
Rhonda
received the best report card s he
has
ever had
since
being here
in
Africa. All 3
girls are taking
Afrikaans,
which is the
sec
ond
official language
here
in South Africa.
Wendy is the
one
who is really coming along
in
this
language.
All
of the students
in
Rhonda's class had
to
give a 5-minute speech,
and
Rhonda
came
home
with the
highest
marks
in
her class. She
spoke
on the American Indians
of
Dad's artifacts to show
the
^ p n e ^^roblem that
the
girls
everyone
wants to know if they
to Dallas or Hollywood. Seems
and took some
class,
have is ihat
have ever
been
like T.V.
has
helped put
Big
D on the map. We recently
received
some gospel
tapes
from friends
in
Dallas,
and we were the hit of the post
office.
Rhonda takes pian o
lessons from
Cindi an d
Susan
takes guitar lessons. Wendy and Susan
are
also taking ballet classes.
Cindi
plays
piano
for the ballet teacher a couple
of af
ternoons
each week. This pays for
their
lessons.
Nathan
and
Summer are growing up fast too.
Summer can already tell you the gospel
M U l I I R A C I A l
M I N I 6 I R Y
Ron
was workin g among the coloured in the
township of Sunnydale. These
people
were
either
involved
in
witchcraft,
spiritualism
or
had
a
superficial background
in
either the
Anglican
or Catholic Church. Ron was making
headway among
these people, but
due
to
de
nominational
disputes
and the spirit
of d i
vision
betv/een the
local Church
of
Christ
people and
the
Pentecostal
people,
the work
at
Sunnydale had to be discontinued.
Ron is
now working
full
time
at
the Ent-
umeni
Sugar Mill, which
employs around fifty
Indian
families
as
well
as double the
number
of
Zulus.
(The people
from
India came
to
Africa
more
than a hundred
years
ago to
es
tablish businesses
or
as
endentured
laborers
for the cane fields;
now
there is
a very
large
Indian community.) R o n h a s the u s e of
the
small
community
hall and
the support of
the management at
the Mill. They have
Thurs
day night Bible study as well as
services on
Sunday. Most
of
the families are
Hindu,
with
the exception
of
eight families who are
Cath
olic.
Soth the
Hindu priests
and
the Catho
lic priest
have
told
their
people not to go
to the
Bible studies
or services.
The Zulu people at Entumeni
are very apa
thetic concerning Christianity. The Zionist
movement is very popular because it permits
witchcraft, polygamy, and native traditions
to mix with
their
version
Three times before, others
establish
a
work here and
Pray that in God's grace
will be different
now.
Ron
has
been
burdened
with the need to
reach
the
Zulu
people in
the
northern section
_pf.Zul
uland
_
known
s,
th_eJ1ak_athinj
._Elats^
Earlier
in the year he made
a
week's evange
listic trip which took him from Eshowe to
Ulundi,
Nongoma,
Mashishin i, Mkuze, Jozini &
In gwavuma. The Chief at Mashishini
gave per
mission for Ron
and
two Zulu preachers to
preach
in
this
area. They distributed
500
Gospels of
Luke
in Zulu.
This
was the first
time any
of
our missionaries had
gone
into
this area and Ron and
the
men
have
been
asked
back to
hold
more
meetings. Ron
will be
spending one week a
m o n t h i n
the
F l a t s
an d
asks
for
our
continued prayers in this out
reach.
of Christianity,
have attempted to
it did
not
last,
and power things
P R R S
& C O M B
Since Hap
PROugh
and CONnie Pardee (minister S secretary at Eastern
Heights) act as editors of this n ewsletter, this feature will make
an appearance from time
to time
to cover odds & ends, A big
thank-
you
to
Tom
Pardee
(Connie's husband) and Kirk Roush for
the new
art work for this edition
and
to
George and Hazel O'Mealey
who
continue their
service
as the
best forwarding
agents
e v e r , .
AFRIC
VISION
Field Address:
Ron
and
Cindi Elerick
P.O.
Box
377
Eshowe,
ululand,
3815
Republic of South
Africa
Forwarding Address
Malawi
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c/o Eastern Heights C h r i s t i a n Church
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88
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