8/10/2019 Nutt Ziden Helen 1961 Rhodesia (Zimbabwe)

1/4

SOUTHERN RHODESIAN

EVANGELISM

The Ziden L

Nutt

Family

R.R.2 Boxl64

Lowell Indiana

Non-P ro f i t

Org .

U.S.

Postage

Paid

.Lowel l , Ind iana

Pe rmi t

Number

5

SO^rHtsti

AFRICA

S o 9 tyO,

HOLDING FORTH THE WORD OF

LIFE PHILIPPIANS

2:16

Sou th ern Rhode sian

Lamplighter

VoI ume

Novembe r 1961

Number 3

Dea r Ch r i s t i a n

F r i e n d s :

Greetings from

the great

land of Africa

In

th e m id s t o f this

d a r k

c o n t i n e n t we have

a

challenge and opportunity

which

makes us

f i l led

with thanksgiving.

Thanksgiving

for the

message

which has

been

given to

us

to carry and

for you

who make I t poss ib le for us to carry

i t

among

the Afr ic an p eo ple . We th ink of you

as

you

In g Dy^ eird-

-Tt

i es ^4>ur

beginning of

the

ceIebrat ion. in thought we wlI I take part In the

remembrance

of this great

occasion.

We also

have

another source of

thanksgiving,

to

report in this l e t te r and we want you to be

thankful

with

us

in

your thoughts

and

prayers .

Unless you know of

the work

here

you wil l not be able

to

share

with us in th anksgiv ing to God. We

ask that you also

consider

the problems that

we

a ll

have

and thank

God

tha t

upon

our reques t He wil l provide s t rength for the day.

RESPONSE TO THE GOSPEL

One-hundred f i f t een Afri can s con fe ss ed Chris t

as the

Son of

God dur^lng rne month of October. Many more are waiTtrrg for

the

mes

sage to

come

to

them

and

we,

pray that they will

be

will ing to

accept

Chris t as their Saviour. Evangelist AAlgar has reported

over

100

of

th ese a lo ne . He has been f i l l ed wi th enthus iasm because

America

has

finally sent his

people a

missionary. He

is now

living

on the^

Urungwe Reserve. The Dodge

served

to move

his

family and belongings,

including goafs, dogs, and

chickens.

The

Umvuma

Church

of Chr i s t has dropped from about

50

to 8 and

10 in

the

las t 6 months due to

disagreement

among the

leaders . The

power

of

the Gospel

has entered

into the leaders

again

and

now

with

the guidance

of

the

Holy

Spi r i t

they

wiI

I

work

together .

As we talk

ed

together they

fel t

sure that the members would s ta r t coming back

to

be found

fa i thful

once

again.

On October

29

our garden boy along with two others who have been

studying with us of the evenings whenever possible , were

baptized

at

a church meeting in Selukwe.

. ANOTHER AREA TO BE SURVEYED

Dr. Pruet t returned from a

medical

survey w ith the Inform ation

tha t an

area

north

of Gokwe has no schools or re l ig ious work

for 120

miles . Others

have entered but were

unable

to s t ay

cau sed main ly

by themselves .

The

people

are

not

to

advanced,

but

they want

help .

The t se tse

f ly

is

a

hazard to

the

area

and

one

must

be

carefu l

to

watch for the symtoms

and be

t reated. Since It is the area closest

to

us,

i t

seems

only logical that we

try to

develope i t .

Several

factors are yet to

be

considered

before we promise

to

do

anything

in

the a rea . Dr

Prue t t

and I

wi l l seek

out mo; e

Information

In a

survey

which

has

been

p l anned

fot

th e

l o i t e r

p a r t o f November .

AFFILIATED WITH CHURCHES

OF

CHRIST,

SOUTHERN

RHODESIAN MISSION

8/10/2019 Nutt Ziden Helen 1961 Rhodesia (Zimbabwe)

2/4

Sou thern Rhod es la n L amp li gh te r - Page Two

Novembe r

- 1961

CONTRIBUTORS

FOR MONTH OF OCTOBER

Chu r c h e s

Lowel l , Indl^joa

Truman,

Minnesota

B l a c k Oak

Chu r ch o f

Ch r i s t

Wheat land , Indiana

Madel ia ,

Minnesota

Eagle

Lake, Minn,

Rinehar t Chr i s t i an (Metz, Missouri)

Thayer , Kansas

Rich land , Missour i

M t,

P l e a s a n t

Christian

Richa rd s , Missour i

Galesburg, Kansas

Calumet City, I l l ino i s

(Car thage ,

I I

1 i n o i s )

Gr oup s ;

Ladies

Aid , Savonbu rg ,

Kansas

C.Y.H, Dewey, Oklahoma

WiI Iing Workers, Selby, Indiana

Chr i s t i a n Workers ,

Crocker , Mo.

Fr iendsh ip Class , Arch ie , Mo.

Welcome Class , Laomi,

I l l i no i s

Youth Group-South Valley

Chapel

Er i e , Kansas

Friendship

Class, West Milford,Ohio

Ladies

Aid, Madel ia , Minnesota

I nd iv

i d u a I s ;

Milton

Duhon

Family

M r.

Mr s . Porter

Margaret Scru tchf i e ld

Mi s s S ha ro n D a le

I r a

W,

Bee r

bower

W . S . Bowman

Mrs. Mary Pierce

He r b e r t F o r k n e r

Mr.

Mrs. Ray WiI burn

Estelia Ba r n e s

Mrs.

C.M.

WyIie

Mr. Mrs . R i ch a r d

Woods

Mr. Mrs .

H.F . Su l l i v a n

W

iI

Ii am Gr i

es

i

nger

M r. Mr s .

Duane

Stauffer

Mr.

Mrs . Ora Mi t ch e l l

Mr.

Mr s .

Thomas

E.

Ca r r

Mr.

Mrs . L.A.

Magner

Mr.

Mrs. Raymond McFarland

AAr . Mrs. Ray McMi I Ian

Mr.

Mr s .

Cha r

I e s

W a I te r s

A

F r i e n d

(Many o th er i nd iv idua ls

give

through the i r local church.

Those I i s t e d

have

se n t a p a r t

f rom

th e

l o c a l

c hu r c h .

TOTAL CONTRIBUTIONS FOR

OCT.

-

$1068.30

(Pe r sona l

L e tt e r C o n t in u ed . . . )

MISSION

SITE

TO BE CHOSEN

The original

site is

not

suitable

for all

we

must build. The

Na

tive

Department has given us freedom

t

choose~anotheri^

This

very

night we are

packing for a 6

day

camping

trip

to

set

the

final

boundry

of the s i t e . Conditional on

building

a c l in ic , they have

also

agreed

to give anyihing

possible including

a 1000.00

bore-hole.

(Wonderful,

but we got a

bill

today

for

Customs and Shipping from the cape- 750.00)

But

we

are very

thankful

for the bore-hole as

it

is

a big

help to us.

A LONG TAIL

Our

only

tale

to

tell

about

the

wild

life

of

this

country

is

about

the python which my interpreter and I

stoned

to

death.

It measured

seven feet and four inches long. It was a baby. They

get

thirty feet.

We

have seen many

other

vyild game

including

the

hippos,

zebra

and etc.

VISIT TO

AAASHOKO MISSION

AS you know we spent

our

first month at

Mashoko. Five

years

ago

i t was the only mission that the American Churches .of

Christ

were sup

porting

in Southern Rhodesia. It is

now

only one of

six. We

stayed^

in the home of the Pemberton s and

vis i ted around

th e m is sio n. 1 v i s i t

ed

the

seminary classes held by Mr. Pemberton and Helen went

to some

ladies meetings out in

the

villages

with

Mrs. Pemberton.

We

were

both privileged to

make

rounds with Dr.

Pruett

and his

excellent staff .

I t would

t h r i l l

us

to

walk

in to

The

rooms

and watch

the joy expressed

by

the

patients. I watched several major and minor operations and^

marveled at the sk i l l fu l hands of

the

Doctor. I went school

vis i t ing

with Barry

Kennedy who

has done

an

outstanding job in the educational

developement which leads the children

to the

understanding Christ

as

the

Son of God. The

teacher

training, handled by Lester Cooper and

Faye Lewis

will

supply

Christian teachers

for

the

village

schools. We

enjoyed

the

fellowship of a ll

the

missionary personnel.

As

I bring thisTetter to a close. Jack Pennington

stands

in the

same room

with

me. I have

asked

him to go to help

select the

mission

site.

The Pennington's have

been

a great help to us.^

How

thaokfi.'] we

are for

all our

Christian

brethren

both here and you in America.

We

thank

God

daily

for

you

and ask God's peace and

great

grace to

rest

upon

you.

We

thank

you

for all

k/odnesses,

and

we

remain... .

P.O.

Po v

167

. .your^ for

a Chr

is t

ian wor Id,

X.

7 i < ^

Zld^

you

O u r

ddress

Sou the r n Rhodes i a

APR ICA

L.

Nutt

FamiIy

8/10/2019 Nutt Ziden Helen 1961 Rhodesia (Zimbabwe)

3/4

SOUTHERN

RHODESIAN EVANGELISM

The Ziden L. Nutt Family

R.R. 2 Box 164

Lowell, Indiana

V .7

i - : >.

Non-Prof

i t Org

U.S,

Postage

Pa i d

Lowe I I , Ind rana

Permit N u m b e r 5

6 o 99 uj. ^

c:^o-6cut

/3iyy. 9

HOLDING FORTH THE WO RD OF

LIFE PHILIPPIANS

2:16

sou rw f to

AFRICA

youh'Jin^

ofgretijoy which

shall6* io

VoIum e

Southern

Rhodes ian

Lamplighter

D e c e m be r

- 1961

Num ber 4

P . O . B ox 16 7

Gwelo , S . Rhodes i a

Dea r C o - L a b o r e r s in hrist

The

many

miles

which seperate

us

only brings

our

thoughts closer

to th e

Unspeakable Gift

given by God so many years ago In Bethlehem.

For

it is that

gift'Which

binds us together in th e

hope

of

eternal

l i fe ,

wherever

we

may

dwell.

May

you be

enriched

in

^h fs^ChrTstmas^season

aroUhd^

The

w^orid,

tlToughts^ a re c en te re d

on

th e

bi r th

of our Redeem er.

We re joice with you in th e

season

ca l led

Christmas

because

i t means the Son

of

God

which

bringeth

salvat ion

to the minds of the world. As we a ll c el eb ra te , may others^see in us

the

real m ea ni ng of

Chr is tmas . T his is the

time of

year

whi ch we

per

haps think of our homeland more t han ever. If Chr istm as^w er e o nl y for

the getting together of families and the exchanging of gif ts we would

have

no

Christmas.

So- I thank my God that we

can

a ll celebrate , be

cause i t is Chr i s t , t he S a vi ou r

of

t he w o rl d whom we remember. Many

re joice

over

th e

bir th of Chris t by giving gif ts of love

to

one another.

Many

of you have

sent gif ts

of

joy to us ,

and

they

have

certainly

been

of a great help and

cause

of rejoicing for us. May God bless you In

this season, and

may

he

give

us g re at er v is ion fo r

the

coming

year.

MISSION

SITE

DEVELQPEMENTS

A mission grant of twenty-two acres ha s

been

chosen by myself and

Jack Pennington of Bulawayo, whom 1 had asked

to

help. I t was chosen

in view of expansion to a one-hundred acre

s i t e .

Before the next

newsletter

in January of 1962, we expect the.grant to be

given.

We

ar e

anxious fo r this

grant ,

as we will then build our home there on

th e Urungwe Reserve .

SIXTY-FOUR

RESPOND

TO GOSPEL

DURING NOVEMBER

Migar Chikanda baptized 54 people including adul ts

and

young

people in November and then on November

19th

we visited^the church at

Mugwagwa s

Kraal and

ten

stepped

forward

to

confess Christ , an d

then

were baptized

that

day by

my former

interpreter.

He is now

gone

to

the Salisbury area to work. There were 37 members a nd every one had

originally been Dutch Reform members and had been accep ted i nt o

the

ch ur ch of

Christ

by open membership

several years

ago by an

untrained

evangelist.

For five

andone-half

hours

we

met and discussed this

problem

and even though

t he Afr ic an Is slow

to

understand, they saw

the problem

and were wi I I i ng

t o

s

t udy the matter.

Scriptures were

given

fo r

study

and th e example of th e

te n

immersions that

very

dy

will be a bi g assest in th e cuovc ro ron o f this

whole

church. We covet

your

prayers

as

we

work

with

this group of

people,

that

the

Holy

Spirit

will be

convicting

t hem of

the

truth and r rgliteousness

to

come.

AFF IL IATE D W IT H C HURC HE S OF C HR IS T S OUTHER N R HODE SIAN MISS ION

8/10/2019 Nutt Ziden Helen 1961 Rhodesia (Zimbabwe)

4/4