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lessons from hen

on directly

from

our

New

Testaments.

When the new term starts this year

most

of

these students

will

no longer be

with us.We

eel their

bibles

ill

be

seeds

well

sown as

these may e the only books

these

children will

ever own.

NEWBABY

Last but not least is the birth ofour

f i r s t baby born

in

the congregation at

Harari. She is the

daughter of Alfred

and

Pamela

iti.

Mr. iti

has been

our

right

arm

in establishing the

African work

in

Salisbury. She has a

ister,

Toko,

(pict

ured

in

our July

l e t t e r ) .

O

es,

she

has

a

pretty

name o....Mary

Jo

Thank you

so much for

the

lovely

Christmas

cards

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ihe g i f t s you sent.

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your

s e r v a n t s f o r

ol. 2

January

1970

Dear Friends,

I t ' s

a NEWYEAR.... nd

there

are many

in Salisbury

The Lord

has

blessed

us richly

of

them....

NEW

REATURESIN

CHRIST

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NEW

MINISTER

We o u l d

l i k e

y o u t o

m e e t

o u r n e w h e l p e r , Mr.

E n o c k J l r r l e .

He

h a s

m o v e d t o S a l i s b u r y

f r o m

F o r t

V i c t o r i a . I

H i s home s

n e a r

Mas hoko where he a t t e n d e d

s c h o o l

a t Mashoko

M i s s i o n .

He h a s a l s o g r a d u a t e d from

t h e

m i s s i o n I

bibl e college at

Fort

Victoria and

h a s

helped

to teach

in

i t . He has done much

work

n

translating

i n t o

Shona

for the

mission and worked in the mission print shop while living there. Eno ck

is

also

a

capable preacher as he ministered

to

the

Macheke

Church of

Christ

in

Fort

Victoria

before

coming

o

Salisbury

to live.

We

eel

he

will

be

a

great

as-

set to our

African

w o r k

here.

SbaJ

Eno ck

h a s

had

many pr o ble m s trying to find housing in the big

c i t y w h i ch h a s

thousands on he waiting l i s t

f or

homes. He and

Owen

ha ve spent many days running down every

clue

to find

a

place to lay his

head.

After much

shifting

and sh ar ing in our

homes,

he has

finally

found

a

room in the Highfield Township . This was

a

reat blessing

as he will be able to

minister

to the...

NEW ONGREGATION

ATHIGHFIELD

The 16th of November

a roup

of

Christians

living

in Highfield w i shed

to

start

a

new

congregati on there.

H i g h -

Held

is

a newer

township for African people to

live

in

(2,000 houses

now

and

plans

to

build

6,000

more)

han

H a r a r i

(70,000 people). The

g ro w t h h a s

been rather slow because i t

h a s

been very

d i f f i c u l t

to find

a

suitable meeting place.

We

ow,

however, have

secured

the Muta s a school,

but this

is only temporary.

The gov ernment has

issued

a

new l a w

starting

January 1st that i t

Will

not permit any more

hurch

meetii^s in the

school

buildings. The doors were

ocked

a t the Chirodzo s c hool

in

H a r a r i the first Sunday

of

January. We ere t i l l permited to use

the

sc hool a t Highfield, so

we ransported all the

H a r a r i Christians o ve r

to

Highfield to

meet he

p a s t

two undays.

The r o

blem now

faces

us o find a meeting

place

for

both groups We eally need your prayers for this.

NEW ESTAMENTS FOR

JAIROSJIRI

Shortly

preceding the

Christmas

school holiday break , 19

new

testaments (12

English

and 7

hona)

were

awarded

o

the students at Jai ro s Jiri School for Handicapped Children. We

a d

studied the l i f e

Christ and the book

of c t s in our

daily

scripture

classes this te r m .

Along with

this,

we

earned a l l

JiiSW

o f

t h e

b o o k s

o f t h e new t e s t a m e n t . The "Good

News

o r Modern Man"

w as

r e s e n t e d d u r i n g one

o f

our

Hold your New

Testam

s p e c i a l services f o r

a l l

the c h i l d r e n on

Sunday.

We earned o use the Bible

b y

o o k i n g up and reading

Enock

Jirrie

Eno ck baptizing

in

the Hunyani Riv er

We ll meet t the

Highfield

School

(Most

of the w i ve s are

home lowing )

Jimmy, Zenzo, Web

(looking o ve r their N


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STORY

Volume 10

March 1970

Number3

I


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REMEMBER

WHEN?

Have you ever stopped to

realize

how

much

we tend to l i v e i n t h e past?

The

f a r t h e r

we

progress along

l i f e ' s

pathway, the more we tend to look back

and "remember when."

Two of t h e happiest years of our

l i v e s were spent

at

Mashoko Mission

where

we

helped with

the

medical an d

evangelistic witness in the area.

Dur

ing this time

we

truly learned to

love

the "bush

l i f e . "

Perhaps i t was a

combination of the personalities

present at the time

that

made

the

experience

what

t

was

o r

us.

Certainly

some who

have followed

us

have not

shared our

enthusiasm.

Nevertheless,

"Those were t h e

days,

my f r i e n d , we

thought they'd never end," as

the

song

goes.

Yet today

we i n d

ourselves in the

capital i t y of Salisbury, City slickers"

by missionary standards,

a r o l e we

don't cherish, being country

bumpkins

by nature, i n

spite

of the fact that I

was

born i n

the

c i t y of Hazard, Ken

tucky.

You

probably

won't

do so,

but

you

might ask,

"If

you l i k e d

Mashoko

so

much, why

did you

leave?"

Perhaps we

can answer by

doing

a

l i t t l e remember

ing. I t might

also

give you an idea wh y

we enjoyed ourselves

i n

s p i t e

of a l o t

of hard,

i r t y

work.

I

remember

when,

on the night

of

our

arrival at

Mashoko, ur son

David,

then age

8

years, listened to Lester

Cooper t a l k f o r awhile,

and then

i n t e r

r u p t e d with, "Say, 1 know

who

you

remind

me of, the

Beverly

H i l l b i l l i e s "

Lester was very polite, even though

he

must

have

been

insulted. He

has

never even been t o Beverly Hills

I

remember

the

many,

many

hours

spent with

Dr.

Pruett

and

the

nursing

s t a f f in surgery and

on

t h e wards of

our 130-bed African

hospital. Our

mid-

morning break came around ten when

Lucy Pruett brought her husband's

breakfast

down t o him. He

i s v e r y

I

lso

remember the time that

Denny

and I took our sons on

a

"whal

i n g

expedition"

a f t e r

they discovered

the delight of making some of our

African

o r d e r l y ' s

chickens jump several

feet off the ground by

shooting them i n

their

southern

hemispheres

with a i r

r i f l e s .

Unfortunately one of t h e boys

shot

a little

far

north and the

victim

went down

instead

of up

I remember the chronic lack of

water while we lived at Mashoko.

Standing

i n

the bathtub

and

bathing

out

of a pitcher

of

water was the r u l e

rather than the exception. Once

we

even got b i t s

of a

dead l i z a r d out of

our water

tap.

Perhaps

the

best

i l l u s

t r a t i o n of

t h i s

problem happened

just

after

we left

the mission. Dr. M. E.

Chitiyo,

an

African

government doctor,

was staying

at

t h e Van Dykes overnight

i n order to

complete

oral examinations

of our student nurses. That

evening

the doctor took his bath, and when

Greg Van

Dyke

followed

him

into the

bathroom, he shouted with

a

loud cry

of anguish, "Dr.

Chitiyo

l e t out

the

bath

water "

I'm sure Marge Van Dyke

was

very

proud

of

her

son.

I remember the

first

rabies scare

we had. This was

a

t e r r i f y i n g experi

ence, b ecause we had to

stand help

lessly

by and watch a young

African

boy die w i t h

t h i s

dread

disease.

Marietta and 1 (being expendable) took

the brain of the

child

to Salisbury,

where

a

strongly

positive report

was

given.

Any

dogs which were

not

licensed, were

shot

immediately

W e

have had other cases of rabies diag

nosed

in animals, but

fortunately not

in

humans. Several of

the missionaries

have had to

take

the series

of 14

p a i n f u l

abdominal

i n j e c t i o n s .

Poor

Denise Pruett

had

to

take the series

on two occasions.

Dogs'

best

f r i e n d

I remember t h e many

b i r t h d a y

parties

the

missionaries

would

throw

for

one another. This sounds like a

mutual admiration society

u n t i l

you

by Dr. e r r y R.

m i t h

At t h i s time there

was no hospital

at

Hippo and also no regular transporta

tion between

there

and

Mashoko

.

.

except me. Thus i t was t h a t every

Monday

morning as the sun

came

up,

so d i d

t h e

people,

a l l wanting

a

r i d e

t o

Hippo Valley. 1 would

usually leave

by t h e

f i r s t l i g h t

of

day, and

would

groan when t h e shapes

of

more and

more people could be

made

out

as

1

peeked out the

window. Once

I had the

dubious

pleasure

of d r i v i n g past

a poor

o l d lady

who

was

c t u a l l y

on

her

hands

and knees

begging

f o r a r i d e . Makes a

missionary f e e l r e a l good. would

have

taken

her i f my car hadn't been f u l l ,

honest

I remember

the

time at one

of

our

mission schools where I preached when

f i f t e e n people

came

forward

at

t h e

invitation. I

have

since heard

the very

true

statement

that

sermonettes

make

Christianettes, but perhaps even these

are better

than these characters we

see p a r t i c i p a t i n g

i n "peace

r i o t s "

a l l

over the world.

1 also remember the

incident when

Dr. Pruett

was away

and

a woman

brought

her child who was dying

because

he

had inhaled

a

peanut into

a

lung. I n

s p i t e

of a

f u t i l e

t r i p

t o t h e

government

hospital

and

a

desperate

attempt to recover

the

nut

with an

ordinary suction tube passed i n t o the

bronchus,

the

l i t t l e fellow

died. I can

still

remember how worn

out and

dis

couraged I f e l t a f t e r being up so long

and

working so hard only

t o

see my

efforts

f a i l . I

was thinking how far

away seemed

our

friends

and

loved

ones i n t h e States, and was wondering

what

i n

the

world

we

were

doing

i n

Africa, when

1 heard

the

hospital

secretary's phonograph playing, "I'd

Rather

Have Jesus."

This

was

o r

me,

the

turning point

i n our mission lives,

the

time I really

f e l t

that this was

where we belonged.


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W o a J z w / : ^ m

h e

Q d i f .

hy

Mary Jo Dunlap

The

Dunlap

family has been l i v i n g

i n the

city

of Salisbury f o r more than

a

year

now.

Our f i r s t two months

on the

mission f i e l d

were spent

working i n

the

medical mission at Mashoko.

The

tre

mendous

task of preaching

t h e

Gospel

to the vast numbers of Africans chal

lenged

us

from the very

f i r s t

day

we

set

foot in

Rhodesia.

When

it became

apparent t h a t

Brenda,

our

youngest

daughter,

couldn't

receive

h e r high

school education

atMashoko,

we

began

to look elsewhere

f o r

a

challenging

field

of

service.

I n

our

search

we

began t o think

about the hundreds

of

students who

had

been trained in

our

bush

schools

but

who ad migrated

to

the c i t i e s i n search

of f u r t h e r education

and

b e t t e r job

o p p o r t u n i t i e s . As

we thought

of these

we began

to give

serious thought

t o

city evangelism. We realized t h a t

such

work would not

f i t

i n

with

o u r p r e

conceived idea

of

mission

l i f e ,

but

we

also realized that most

of

these

ideas

were not those of

the

Lord

but

were

o u r own. When t h e Lord said, "Go ye

therefore,

and

teach a// nations

.

He

certainly

meant

the

c i t i e s as well

as

the bush.

When we yielded

to

His will

i n

t h i s

matter doors opened a l l around us with

opportunities

untouched,

multiplied

hundreds of times by

concentrated

areas

of people. W e also saw

t h a t

most

A f r i

cans

who

ive in cities have had

some

education

(some s

even more

dangerous

than

none,

sometimes)

but until

now

t h e r e was no missionary available t o

guide

them. We

f i n a l l y saw

that

our

challenge

was

n Salisbury, the

capital

and l a r g e s t c i t y of

Rhodesia.

The last

year

has

been

a d i f f i c u l t

one,

but

very gratifying. As

a

result

of our efforts the

Lord

now has two

African congregations meeting i n 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

attend the above-mentioned con

gregations are our

f r i e n d s

and neighbors

whom

Owen

and

David have to

trans

p o r t

every

Sunday morning and Wednes

day evening

t o t h e

meeting

places.

W e

are now

facing

a new problem f o r the

government

has refused t o allow any

more church meetings i n t h e i r

school

buildings.

Another group which we

have

assisted i n

g e t t i n g s t a r t e d t o

worship

i s composed of

the

young

students at

Goromonzi High School

(see

a r t i c l e

i n

t h i s

issue). Also,

many hours have been

spent working with

the children

at

J a i r o s J i r i

School f o r Handicapped

Children.

Working with

a

European (white)

congregation

(which meets

each

week

i n the

Dunlap

home),

conducting v a r i

ous Bible studies, doing

personal

calling

and making

preparations

f o r

i t

a l l makes it a p r e t t y b i g job.

There

have

been twenty-seven

people

added

t o

t h e Lord's Church

through

baptism

since we

have been

here i n Salisbury,

one European and twenty-six Africans.

All but one of the Africans have been

young

adults,

many of whom a r e mothers

and fathers. These will be the leaders

^

J r

1

The

D r .

Owen D u n l a p

f a m i l y . From

l e f t :

Owen, Brenda, Mary Jo, Charma,

David.

of tomorrow and rear the

families

of

the future.

W e

are

t h r i l l e d

t o

say

t h a t there

are great opportunities in the cities

of

Africa.

REMEMBER

WHEN

(con tinued from page 2)

We have

still

not answered the

question why

we

are not still

at

Mashoko, except t o say

that

we feel

t h i s

i s

where

we

belong,

and we plan

to stay long

enough

to make the time

spent

i n

e x t r a education worthwhile. I

have

been

t o l d

many

times,

"My,

you

are brave going back t o

school

at your

age." I d i d n ' t r e a l l y

r e a l i z e

how

brave

I was n t i l 1 tangled with biochemistry

a f t e r

a

thirteen year l a y o f f .

I

am

taking medical t r a i n i n g here

for two

main

reasons. First, I am

receiving

f i r s t

hand

p r a c t i c a l experi

ence

with

diseases

encountered

in this

p a r t of t h e

world such as

b i l h a r z i a ,

malaria,

amoebic

dysentery,

sleeping

sickness

and

leprosy. Also we want

to

prove

our good

f a i t h

t o

those who

are

supporting us by

endeavoring to

work on the f i e l d

while

t r a i n i n g .

We have been

giving

oversight

to

the

church

at

Umtali,

165

miles to the


6/16

The

Goromonzi

High School Church of Christ

Group

by Zindoga Bungu

{ F . c l i l o r ' s

note:

This article

was

w r i t t e n

hy

Zindoga

Bungu, a

Form I I I

student

a t

Goromonzi

High School.

Goromonzi

s one of

t h e

six high schools

i n Rhodesia

o f f e r i n g

Form VI work to

Africans. I n order t o be

accef)led a

student

7 n u s t have

a

high academic

s t d t i d i n g . Zindoga

stands

n i n t h i n h i s

class.)

To the beloved brothers and sisters

in Christ who are

in

America.

This

r e p o r t

i s given t o you by

one of t h e

members of the

Church

of Christ, a

student

at

Goromo^^i High School i n

Rhodesia.

I hope

t h a t

by t h i s

r e p o r t

I

shall

be able to

show

you

how,

through

the

grace of

God, we managed

t o

have

Church of Christ meetings here

each

Sunday. There has never been anything

l i k e it b e f o r e . I

should t h i n k t h e growth

of

t h i s group i s l i k e

"the invisible

growth of

a seed."

After we

e f t

our respective

mission

schools

f o r high school, some of

us

did

not have another chance

to

meet

around

t h e Lord's

t a b l e . By

t h e grace

of God, r.

DonStoll

was made to

think

about this when I visited Mashoko

Mission during the A p r i l , May

holidays

in 1969-

As

Mashoko

i s

the place where

I lived and

studied

from 1964

until last

year,

1 had

gone

there

t o

see some

beloved

friends.

Mr.

Stoll asked

me

whether I had taken t h e Lord's Supper

since

I

l e f t the place

a f t e r completing

my Junior Certificate. My answer was

negative f o r

1

had not heard about any

Church

of

Christ

group

anywhere i n

t h e

proximity of my school.

He asked me

why

1

had

not taken the initiative to

ask him about the

matter

and 1 failed

to

answer his

question.

Brother

Stoll

then

told

me

to

investigate the possibilities of start

ing

a

Church

o f

Christ

group

at

Goromonzi. He told me that he

would

supply us w i t h

t h e essentials

necessary

f o r

t h e running of t h e services.

Since

I

had never

done such

a

t h i n g b e f o r e 1

D r .

Owen Dunlap w i t h Zindoga Bungu

( o n

r i g h t )

a n d M u i a r o

M a t e ,

students at Goromonzi.

before

but he

had forgotten me.

I

don't

know as

t o

whether

he

had

completely

f o r g o t t e n

me

f o r

I

was a

member

of

on e

of

the

most

outstanding singing

t r i o s

at

Mashoko.

The

r i o

was termed, "the

Swonn Brothers."

Anyway it wasn't h a r d f o r t h e do c

t o r to f i n d

us.

He

parked

his car

out

side our hostel and

sent

for us. Beni

Sambana,

Mufaro Mate and I (all boys

from Mashoko Mission)

came

to

him.

Me

told

us

that

he bad

heard

from Mr.

S t o l l

about my

t a l k s w i t h

him and he

had come

t o

t r y t o pcrsue the idea.

Unfortunately,

t h e

p r i n c i p a l wa s

not

inhis

o f f i c e on

chat

day. We

hought

of going

t o

his

house

but we t u r n e d

down the

idea because

it

would

be a

matter of

disturbing

him

during his

rest time. So the doctor told us to see

t h e p r i n ci p a l about

t h i s

on t h e f o l l o w

i n g

day, and

t h a t i n

t h e

meantime

he

would call

him on the

telephone

to as k

him all about it. The

doctor

left

us his

address and postage money so that

we

could

write

him and tell him

the

out

come

of our

talks with

the principal.

On the

telephone

they agreed that

we

could

have Church of Christ serv

ices

provided

t h a t t h e respective

members were

known

by the

principal

and that there wasa

reasonable number.

We also were

told

that

we

would

have

to attend the general school service i n

a d d i t i o n

t o

attending

o u r service.

This

service

i s

non-denominational.

Any

preacher

from any denomination can

come

and

preach to

the

school provided

he schedules beforehand.

Then Beni, Mufaro and 1 , the f i r s t

members

of the Goromonzi Church

of

Christ, wrote two notes, one to the

g i r l s and

the other

t o

the

boys, to

ask

f o r

any students

who

were

members of

the

Church

of Christ or who would like

to

j o i n us

to come and see t h e three of

us.

About four boys and one g i r l came.

We told

them the

point behind the call.

W e a l l agreed t o have a

common

service

under

the name Church of Christ. We

also

agreed t o take

Dr.

Dunlap as our

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7/16

SERMON BY

AFRICAN

STUDENT

A

New UrbanChurch

in

a

Changing

Environ

m

ent

by Peter Baka

This

is a sermon that was

preached

by Peter

Baka at

the

Chirodzo Church service, one oj

our

two

new African

congrega

tions. Peter

is

a i r s t year minis

t e r i a l

student from

Dadaya

Mission.

It tells so well

the

situation

as regards African evangelism

here i n Salisbury

and what is

being attempted i n

order to spread

the Good News about C,hrist.

Text:

I

Timothy 4:11-16

I would l i k e

to

thank

my brother,

Lazarus

Mutangi,

f o r

providing

me

with

t h i s opportunity

to

preach t o you t h i s

morning.

When he asked

me

to

preach

i n h i s place, I wondered

g r e a t l y as t o

what

relevant

material

I could

preach

to a new

congregation i n

an

urban

situation.

After

long

hours

of consid

eration, I

resolved to speak to you

on

the text

I have

j u s t

read.

I

will often refer in my sermon to

t h i s

congregation

as

"the church

in

New

Africa."

Perhaps i t is necessary

t h a t

I explain at

the

outset

what

I

mean

by

t h i s phrase

I have

just

coined; 1

am

here using

the

term

"New Africa" to

distinguish between

t h i s

Africa

of

the

20th century and the Africa prior to the

advent of the white man,

known then

as

The

Dark

Continent." I realize

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

stress

is the fact that in the

"New

Africa,"

the "Africa i n

Transi

tion," and particularly urban

Africa

there i s

today

a

heterogeneous

mixture

of races and cultures existing,

sup

t h e

urban areas.

They

a r e

thus

leaving

t h e r u r a l churches

(where

t h e

e a r l y

missionaries concentrated)

now almost

empty.

Only t h e o l d e r generation has

remained

in

the

rural areas

and thus

the future of

these rural

churches

is

f u t i l e . Hence

we

are caught up i n

a

situation

where

we, as the church,

either follow

the

people, attract

the

people back

to the

church,

o r

remain

where

we are and allow the church

to

p e r i s h . But I

f e e l

i n

our s i t u a t i o n

the

first alternative is

the better

and

more

practicable

one. And consequently

we

find

most

churches

have

taken a

new concept

of

t h e i r

mission.

The

urban industrial

church

mission is the

category i n

which you

f a l l

and

you

must

therefore understand i t s

meaning

and implications from

t h e

very

beginning.

In my

message I

will give you

examples

from contemporary observa

t i o n s

which

I

t h i n k

w i l l

help

i l l u s t r a t e

my o p i c of a growing church.

The i r s t one i s

the growth, over

a

s h o r t p e r i o d

of

years,

of

one

o f t h e

A f r i c a n

townships

of Salisbury —

High-

f i e l d . This

township started just as a

small

location

with very

few buildings

and very l i m i t e d r e s i d e n t i a l

f a c i l i t i e s .

I t has

since grown

rapidly. The town

ship today

has over 2,000

houses. I t

has even grown

until

i t

has

some

divisions within i t s e l f —

OldHighfield,

New Highfield,

Egypt,

Engineering,

Western Commonage, Machipsa, etc.

The second

example is that

of one

of

the commonest

fruit

trees I have

observed at nearly every house

here

in

Harare as

elsewhere

in t h e townships —

the

peach

t r e e .

This

t r e e

started as

a

seed

in the ground;

i t

germinated, gave

a

shoot, the

branches, the flowers

and

f i n a l l y i t

yielded f r u i t .

And yet this is

not

all. Its

seeds are also

sown n turn

and more

peach t r e e s arc grown

u n t i l

i t expands into a

plantation.

But a l l

these are merely

off-shoots

of the

one

"mother"

peach t r e e .

The fact I wish

to

emphasize here

i s

that of growing.

You

are

s t i l l

a

young

church and therefore you are

bound

t o

grow.

I

realize the difficulties

facing

you

i n your e f f o r t s

t o

grow

and

establish

yourselves

as a

church,

an

independent

church.

But i n

s p i t e of

these

d i f f i c u l t i e s

what you

have

t o

remember

is

the dictum: "Where there

i s

a will there

i s

a way." So there is a

way

f o r you

t o

grow. What

you

need,

however, i s encouragement. And i t

i s

encouragement

that is the

subject of

our text this

morning.

I n

t h e S c r i p t u r e

passage

I

have

read t o you, Timothy,

t o whom

Paul

i s

writing, i s 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

i t

were,

and he

faced his

task with

renewed, and

cast-iron determination

as well as confidence. Apparently

Paul's

l e t t e r

i s a r e p l y t o

Timothy's

plea

that the l a t t e r

was i n d i f f i c u l t y

because

t h e

people w i t h whom he

worked

despised

him

f o r

his

youth.

I t

is

Paul's

response

t o

the plea that is

s i g n i f i c a n t

t o us i n

our s i t u a t i o n .

"Do

not l e t

anyone

despise your youth,"

says

Paul. Rather, you

l i k e

Timothy,

be

an

example f o r

the believers i n your

speech,

conduct, love and

faith." Love

is an essential element

in

this connec

t i o n . Love

brought

up the whole

idea

{Continued

on

page

7)


8/16

I t ' s Only a Simple Word

by Ziden

L. Nutf

Like

a m i r r o r

casting

reflections,

i t

seems t h a t from most every t r i b e ,

tongue,

and

nation, that

simple

word

springs

forth.

I t

is

not

always in

sound

alone, but

i n deed

as well.

I

suppose

i t springs f o r t h again today because my

thoughts are drifting back to the

time

our family entered

Rhod esia and met a

man

who

has

since

passed away.

Today,

i n

a q u i e t

place

a t

Dadaya

Mission

some 250

miles

away

from

Sinoia, there stands

a stone

monument

over

h i s

grave

w i t h

a

normal

i n s c r i p

t i o n

o f name

and dates

—

plus

a

simple

word: RUDOwhich means, n

an

African

tongue — LOVE.

Brother

Ray Knapp

loved people, and people

loved

hi m

which t h e e p i t a t h well bears out.

Through

t h e love of God, Brother Knapp

has

been enabled

t o go on

t o

Heaven;

But, t h e seeds t h a t

were

planted grow

on and on

though

he now

be absent

from

t h e

f l e s h .

Many

of

us

i n

Rhodesia

l a b o r

i n

areas

today

through

contacts

i n i t i a l l y

made

by

Brother Knapp

with

Africans who moved into these areas

with the message

of Christ.

In Sinoia this is true as well.

Brother

Knapp

had

journeyed

with me

to Sinoia on different occasions

and

introduced

me to

several Christians

who were scattered

throughout

t h i s

vast

area.

Mlubi

Moyo

and

Miga

C.hikanda

were preaching in the

area,

and Miga would

go with

us when we

would

make the

visits. Brother

Bruce

Ammerraan and

I made periodic visits

also t o t h e

Sinoia

area,

but

r e a l l y

had

our

hands

f u l l at

Chidamoyo

Mission

some

120 miles away. Brother

Bruce

made

many long t r i p s because of h i s

love

f o r

t h e people. Growth wa s

apparent, but

I

think

I

can speak

f o r

b o t h of us, t h a t we f e l t a l i t t l e

helpless

towards t h e

scattered

groups of strug

gling

Christians because we

were

so

f a r

away.

I n

June

of

1966 a

wonderful

thing

took place. The Lord

of

Harvest

raised

B r o l h e r S .

S i l h o l e

( c e n t e r )

d o i n g

p e r s o n a l work

n e a r

Mt

D a r w i n .

short

ofa

miracle.

Helen

and

I

consider

i t

a

privilege to help i n the work here.

I guess i t i s only

n a t u r a l , i n

my

case here, in wanting

to

r e f l e c t t h i s

b i t of

history and to relate a

few

personal thoughts concerning

t h e

growth. I t

i s t r u l y amazing.

Yet

I sup

pose

it

i s

t h a t b e a u t i f u l , y e t

simple,

word, love that best

describes

what

has

taken place. From the love of

God

on

the cross, to the love f i l l e d l i f e of

men

l i k e

Brother Knapp,

i t posses

t o

men like

Brother

Dale who continue

untiringly

i n

their labor of love.

I t

i s

t h r i l l i n g to see throughout

many

areas,

fine

African

men like

M r.

Chikanda who preach wherever they

go.

He i s

presently i n

t h e

Chidamoyo

area.

There are many carrying f o r t h the torch

of truth, like Brother Sithole who

preaches

and

owns

a farm in the Mount

Darwin

area. We

praise God for Hi s

love which fills men

like Brother

Sithole.

He is

t r u l y

one

of

whom i t

can be said,

"He

loves

His Lord."

I t

is

to

this

end

we

all

labor,

so as

to

"Commit... o faithful men, who

ca n

teach others also."

May

i t be

that we

can soon

move

into other areas of

the

world

because

of men here who c a r r y

the Gospel to a l l

sections

of Rhodesia.

S a l i s b u r y

( c o n t i n u e d f r o m

page

1)

Farther afield

are the

industrial town

ships, pulsating with

a

wide range of

activities, providing

a comprehensive

range of goods of a l l description. Each of

the

city's

communities, gov ernment, indus

t r i a l and

commercial,

makes a contribution

t o the city's l i f e ,

ensuring

a

balanced

development t o a l l .

Then there are the

cultural

and

social

amenities. There

i s

not

a

s p j o r t

(except

ice-skating

and

skiing) that is not catered

for. Salisbury

provides

a

sportsman's

paradise.

Us

climate makes

i t

so. I f there

is one interest

that is

common

to all

who

live i n the city, whatever t h e i r color, ag e

or

means,

t

is

sport. Cultural

societies of

a l l

kinds

flourish.

Music,

theatre,

singing,

scientific

societies —

all

have their

followers.

No

one need lack

a

kindred

spirit

or interest.

Salisbury

has a

f r i e n d l y

charm.

I t is

a

pleasant place

to

v i s i t

and live i n .

Of course none of the above-

mentioned things, n o r a l l of

them

com

bined,

w i l l

serve as an adequate

incentive

for

a Christian who is

seek

ing

a

place

to labor.

However, i n

addition

t o

a l l

of

these many

excellent

qualities, there

i s

a tremendous

challenge i n

Salisbury —

h e challenge

of

370,500 people,

many of

whom do

not

know the

Lord

For some

one person

out of the

estimated 75,000 people

who

w i l l read

t h i s issue of t h e Central A f r i c a

Story

t h i s may be your Macedonian

c a l l .

I f

so,

we

t r u s t t h a t

your

response

w i l l

be

like the apostle Paul's who trusted

the

Lord and

went

where He sent him.

V

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A -Ask


9/16

Sermon

by Peter Baka

(continued from

page

5)

of

establishing

t h i s church. Those who

s t a r t e d

i t d i d so

not

because

they had nowhere

to

go

t o

worship, but out of

love

and

a desire to share God's Word.

Faith,

too, is

another

necessary

f a c t o r . I t gives

us

hope

that the

whole

scheme w i l l

succeed if

we believe

i n

t h e

power

of God and

His purpose f o r us.

Faith

and confidence

w i t h i n

you

w i l l

f e r t i l i z e

the

growth of t h i s congregation. Once s t a r t e d ,

keep

going

despite

t h e

d i f f i c u l t i e s .

A f t e r

a l l

it i s

one

of

the principles of l i f e to

struggle against

the

d i f f i c u l t i e s i n

l i f e

i n

an attempt

t o

overcome them.

Although planted by

a

missionary, t h i s

congregation

i s

not

by

any means a

missionary's church.

I t is

your church

and

only

i n

so

f a r

as you

are

instrumental in the service

of

God. Therefore

you should

be

prepared

to take

up

t h e

leadership and

management of

your own church, when t h e

Dunlaps leave you. Timothy worked apparently i n t h e hope

that Paul would be released

from

j a i l soon

and

would

come t o help him. But Paul never turned up, at least when

Timothy was expecting

him. Paul

had

succeeded in

creat

ing leadership

and confidence i n Timothy.

I

also hope

t h e

text w i l l

inspire

you i n the same

way.

"Give

y o u r t i m e

and

e f f o r t

..

.

o

t h e

r e a d i n g of

s c r i p

t u r e s , p r e a c h i n g

and t e a c h i n g . "

As

n accordance

with

your urban

s i t u a t i o n ,

you don't

have

t o import t h e methods of teaching and preaching as

you used

t o

i n

t h e

r u r a l areas. That

was a

different

environment a l t o g e t h e r

and

t l i o s e

methods

may

not work

e f f e c t i v e l y f o r your

urban

s i t u a t i o n .

But

f i n d

s u i t a b l e

methods

and

also

adopt those r u r a l

methods

only i f you

f e e l they w i l l help you i n your

s i t u a t i o n .

"Do

not

neglect the

s p i r i t u a l

g i f t

in

you."

The

power

and guidance of the Holy S p i r i t a r e

s i g n i f i c a n t i n

your

g r o w t l i .

I t gives

you t h e courage, hope and determination

i n y o u r

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

endeavour. So you seek with

s i n c e r i t y

and through constant

prayer

t h e i n s p i r a t i o n of t h e Holy

S p i r i t .

"Practice what

you

preach,"

i n o r d e r

t h a t

your pro

gress may be seen.

As a

growing

church

i t

i s

important

t h a t you note t h a t you

have

t o be progressive and not

s t a t i o n a r y .

Only

i n t h i s

way

and by example can

you

prove

your worth and determination to

a l l

o t h e r established

churches i n t h e c i t y ,

and cause

your

youth

to quickly

disappear.

I n

conclusion

Paul

said

t o

Timothy,

"Keep

on doing

these

things

. .

and you w i l l

save

b o t h

yourselves and

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Richard Boon

1006South Loe

Street

Fullerton, California

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aad

Mr*. Toyue

L. nget

OF

P.O.

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Fort

Victoria, Rhodesia

FA r. t t d Mrs. Morris Unger

Box 244

Sullivan. Indiana

47682

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r*.

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Box

461

fort Victoria,

t

hodesia

FA r. and

Mrs.

Lester L. jorea

1844

S.E. 9th Ave.

Portland.

Oregon

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ud

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G«elo,Rhodesia

FA

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Mrs.John W. Barlo

665 Neville

St.

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P.O. Box

76S

Cwelo,

Rhodesia

FA

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Paul

Wosvoi

5266 Goodrich

Road

Clarence, New York 14031

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Chiredzi, Rhodesia

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u

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H.

Kffen

Attania Christian College

East

Potnl,

Georgia 30044

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FA Mr. E. A.

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Ohio 45732

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and

Mr*,

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FA Ml. nd Mrs. RicharO 8.

andy

U631

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Road

Indianapolis. Indiana

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ob. lalkcrOF

FA Mr. and Mrs.Ron Hackler

44$ aupelani

Drive.

Apt. J*1

State

College,

Pennsylvania 16S01

P.O. Box 117

Chiredai.

Rhodesia

Mr. n i l Mr

a. John

Ptmberton

OF

FA rs.

Lola Luiby

Kentucky Christian

College

Grayson, Kentucky 41U3

Mr. and Mr*.Siefman

Pnobertoa

FA r. Harry R. il l

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Piedmont

Rd.

Huntington.

W.

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Rd..

Apt.

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nd Mrs.

ilford E.

exsure

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The C e n t r a l

A f r i c a

S t o r y

published monthly

f o r

the

Central Africa

Mission

Churches of Christ

by Mission

Services

Press

Hex 368,

Joliet,

Illinois 60434

Edited

by Thomas

Thuman

— —

Treasurer

Fred F. Dunn

4613 S. Main Street

Akron, 01 443

9

Chairman Board of

Directors

Mr. David J. Williams

liox

747

Grayson, Kentucky 41143

RESIGNATION

Mr. Thomas Courtney of the

Nuantesi

Mission has resigned

from

the

Central

Africa

Mission.

Goromonzi High

School

(continued

from

page

4)

leader. We wrote down our names and

posted them

t o

t h e d o c t o r .

W e

held our f i r s t Sunday

service

in

a Form I classroom. The doctor and

his

son

were

present.

We

had

commun

ion

f i r s t

and then

the Word

was reached

t o

us

by

Dr.

Dunlap. I lead

i n t h e

singing of

t h e

hymns.

W e were about

s i x

i n

a l l ,

excluding

t h e doctor

and

David., After the service

was

over we

discussed

our

future services. Such

things

as t h e kind

of hymn

books, t h e

time of meeting,

the

type of Bible

studies were

considered.

The doctor

lead

i n

the

d r a f t i n g

of the

schedule.

Dr. Dunlap

had brought

w i t h hi m

some Nziyos

(African

song books),

but unfortunately some of

us

did not

know the hymns,

so hese

Nziyos

could

not be used

in

our service.

He

asked

i f we could use

Great

Songs of the

Church

but this book was also turned

down because many of us didn't know

the

hymns.

The

one

which was passed

f o r

use

was

the

one

which

was

being

used

by

the school. We u r t h e r agreed

that we were going

t o

have a

service

with

preaching on

one

Sunday

and

a

Bible

study

on t h e next

Sunday.

Each

of

us

was

going

to

take

a

t u r n

in each

of

these, with

the

exception of

the

g i r l s

who

could not preach.

I

am very thankful f o r the kind

leadership of God throughout

the

year,

1969.

The

octor was ith us on almost

every Sunday and if he f a i l e d

t o

come

David

came.

Through God's leadership again

each

one

of

us

performed

his o r her

duty wholeheartedly. On one of the

Sundays

we

v i s i t e d t h e Chirodzo

group

i n

Harare, Salisbury. This was

a

very

nice

day.

W e

were

able t o share

our

a b i l i t i e s with the

people of

t h i s

con

gregation.

The Goromonzi g i r l s pre

sented

some

f a v o r i t e

songs,

I led the

CHANGE

OF

EDITORS

Thurmanto Resume Post

For

t h e

past

two years t h e Central

Africa Story has been edited

monthly

by

Wendell

Freeman

w i t H

t h e

help of

his wife,

Ruth.

Because

the

Freeraans

will be

on

furlough during 1970, a new

editor was selected at the recent tri-

annual

meeting of the missionaries

on

the

field.

Thomas Thurman,

who very

capably

e d i t e d t h e Story during

1965*

66, was chosen unanimously

by the

group

to f i l l this

post once more.

A

permanent o f f i c e f or t h e

prepara

t i o n

of the

Centra

Africa Story

i s

to

be set up

by Brother

Thurman in

Fort

Victoria.

A

hearty thanks to

the

Freemans

f o r the

many

hours spent

on

the

Story

in the last

two

years. Congratulations

to

Brother Tom and God's richest

blessings

upon him as he once again

labours

in

the capacity of Story e d i t o r .

song service

and one

of

the

Chirodzo

members

preached

t o us. The doctor

helped

us

by paying

a

p a r t of

our

bus

fare.

As

well

known, there i s

usually

a

leader

i n

every group,

and

so

we

thought of

choosing one f o r

ours.

The

one

who was chosen

was

Wilfred

Mhanda,

a boy

in

Form V. His

assistant

was

Norman Nyazeme, a

boy

in

Form

IV. Through God's grace they performed

their duties

well.

During the year

18

were

added to

the

group,

making 21

i n

a l l . Two

were

baptized

i n t o

C h r i s t .

Unfortunately,

most

of the people were i n Form IV,

and since many of these students will

not be returning

in 1970

we will

have

the

task

of starting over

again.

We

are

hoping

that through the

grace

of

God

1970 will be as great as

1969-


11/16

dsn

K

s

interesting to note how ast

every

thing

grows in

Rhodesia.

The

anana

tree

in the picture to the

l e f t

was

iven

to us

about

a

year ago

when

i t

was

only

about

waist high. We

on't

have

any

ananas yet,

but

a family of monkeys have moved

n

We hought

you

would

like to

see

their

pict

ures,

They

are l e f t to

right:

Charma an d

Mary

Jo Dunlap, and

Marietta

and Carolyn

Smith

Hope

o

see you

all

soon

In "His" service,

MIS

S

ON

For

we

p r e a c h not of o u r s e l v e s , hut

C h r i s t

J e s u s t h e

and

o u r s e l v e s y o u r

s e r v a n t s

f o r

p.

. P l e a s e c o n t a c t f o r w a r d i n g a g e n t s i f y o u w i s h t o make s p e a k i n g e n g a g e m e n t

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Owen Dunlap

P.O.

Box

29, Highlands

Salisbury, Rhodesia,

Africa

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2

Jime1970

RETU RNING TO U.S. I N A

David, Brenda, Mary o, Owen nd

Ch

Dear

Friends,

I t seems unbelieveable that

two

years ago

family e f t the States

for

Rhodesia,

Africa,

Our

at

that time have taken

many trange,

unexpect

was

to be our

tour as medical missionaries ou

turned into many facets of missionary l i f e here

of

Salisbury.

One might think i t d i f f ic u l t to keep u

duties and

activities

of one

home,

but

now

we

find

our

no

ess than

five congreg

y a c e s ,

c a p a b i l i t i e s ,

a n d

n

UN \ O h a v e h a d o s p r e a d o u r s e l v

\yU '

l l Z y

l e a s t ,

b u t t h e

h a r v e s t o f


12/16

. . . r r - * . .

- S V ^

David

"Cueing In" on

R adio

Jac ar anda

Polaroid cameras are wonderful

We

an see the picture Charma ust snapped of us

nST

ignt

minus

Webster

and

Maxwellfrom J

efforts f e l l right

into our

laps.

With the

Lord's

help,

we were ble to

round up many

lost" sheep

and brii^ them nto the

fold again.

With this nucle

courage to

a ccept

us. I t s a continual battle to evaluate

how

much time should be spent doing Christian service and not neglect the time

needed

to

There are

never

ending

opportunities to do both.

Among he

Afr i c an

people i t

is never d i f f i c u l t to acquire

an udience

or interest children in a each

ucation

is

only

for

the very

lucky

few. For one

family

to

ever expect

to

do

a l l that could

be done

in

this

direction

would

b e

impossible,

s o we

a ve

st

already educated Christians

to

someday

e

able to teach

their

own

hildren.

We

eel

this was

ur immediate

task in

this

new i e l d

of

city

evangelism f

we

ha ve tried

to

do

s o

that when ur tour

of duty

comes

o

an end,

the

work ill continue

in

capable hands with only the barest a m o i m t

of encourageme

ha ve sown he seed of the word as God h a s told us,

we have no

fear for the future

of the

Church

in Salisbury.

T hi s f a l l our children will

ha ve mi s s ed

t w o

years

of

their

American education and we now feel they

must

et

b a c k

to the

United

States to continue.

tremendous help in our

t a s k

as

everyone

h a s

taken

on is

own

articular job to help.

During

the

week days David and Charma

ha ve

taken

work o

supp

s a ve money

for

their higher

education.

Through their

jobs

and

Brenda's

school we a ve

made many

ontacts we might not have made n the big c i t y

the way of l i f e not only of the w hite population

but

of the black

ones

we

ha ve learned

to know better and appreciate

more.

We have t r i e d t o i n c o r p o r a t e i n t o o u r

own

l i v e s t h e b e t t e r

q u a l i t i e s

from b o t h c u l t u r e s . These

e x p e r i e n c e s w e

o p e t o C o n g r e g a t i o n i n H

The

Dunlaps hope to b e

returning

to the United States in August, the Lord illing. David to

continue

his work t the

Cincinnati Bible Seminary, a nd

taking

more raining

in radio

and television w h i ch he h a s

become

more nterested

in

these

past two years. Charma is

enrolled

at Milligan College where she is

looking

forward to seeing old friends and

m a k in g

new ones

her

own ge. B r end a

we elieve

is the most nxious

to

get

b a c k to

her A m e r i c a n

way

f i f e . I t will be hard

to

l e a v e t h e m a n y f r i e n d s w e h a v e

a l l m a d e , u t

t h e n

i t

a l w a y s i s

P e o p l e a r e b a s i c a l l y

t h e s a m e t h e

w o r l d

o v e r

a n d

w e h a v e

^.^252

found

ourselves

deeply involved in the lives of these people.

Our atest blessing has been

the

pr om ise

of a meeting

place

for the Afric an

congrega tion in

H a r a r i . H a r a r i

Christians

hav e been meeting

with the

Highfield

Christians

since

the f irst

of

the

year due

to

the closing

of

the

government

schools to

church

meetings.

A

ewly compl eted

building of the

"Full Go spe l " church

in

H a r a r i h a s now been promis ed

to us

to s h a re

with them. This ha s been an n s we r

to

our prayers for meeting places within walking distance for a l l four of our Afri c an

pon gre ga t ion s—Ha r a r i,

Highfield,

Tomlinson,

Police Depot, oromonzi i g h School boarding

school,25

milesfrom ityX


13/16

Jeffry

modeling

new clothes

sent

by

Christians in U.S.

Sinceour ast letter,

we

ave

tarted a new

African

congregation

at

the

police

camp.

We ad 22 present

the

i r s t Sunday and there

have been

two

who

ave

been baptized

out

of

this group.

This congregation has great

possibilities

as

several

are

hristians from

Mashoko

who are now training

to become

policemen. This is a ery honored

job for

an African and they are

very

selective. We

even have

a

ovely

new

building to

worship

in

free,

b u i l t

by

the

government for a l l the

people to

use

to

worship in.

The meetings at Goromonzi

High

are get

ting o f f

to

a good start again after the holi

day break.

Some tudents

"graduated"

an d

others couldn't

return

so

we ad to start

all

over again. However,

there have been 3

baptized

and 2more

his

Sunday.

Praise the Lord As f yesterday, wcnow

have rented a

church

building

for

the Har-

ari congregation to meet n. We ave also

secured

a

meeting place in a

private

school

for the

H i g l i f i e l d

people,

Enock

now

has

a

house in Highlands, too.

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MESSAGE

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a n d o u r s e l v e s y o u r

s e r v a n t s

f o r

Vol. 2

March 1970

New Church building at police c

Dear Friends,

I t

seems

as though our March letter will

April

one

i f

we don't

hurry.

We eally

appreci

home

church

a t Lynn

has

been doii^

every othe

addressing

and

mailing

our

letter

to you.

We

a l l

t h e

C h r i s t i a n s

who

h e l p u s

w i t h o u t t h e s e

d

A c t u a l l y ,

b e i n g

a

m i s s i o n a r y

o n

t h e i e l d i s

o n l

the

whole realm

of

helping others around the wor

t e l l you

some

f the things

we

have

been

doing.

Rhodesia

has been doing

everythii^

to

attra

days. We ave

our name

l i s t e d

with the P u b l i c i

entertain

any American

our

Salisbury,

So

far

we

hav

I H

1 ^ ^

t h r e e

t i m e s .

I t ' s

s u r p r i s

\

o n t a c t who l i v e r i g h t

he

P)

\

^

t h e s e t o u r i s t s .

T h i

\yU 1 LL7 Zy

p e n e d

a b o u t a month

a g o

wh


14/16

- I S . - ;

David

Sunday

Van,

is his

starts

his rounds

on

morning

with the

VW

Mr.

Thebe of

Harari

first

rider

veterinary

colleague of Owen's stopped in

Salisbury

on a world tour and

called us up.

Through our v i s i t with him, we met ur neighbor,

who s

a native Rhodesian, had attended

Purdue

University, and is now

teaching

at

the Universi ty

here.

Owen a d

the

opportunity to

attend his

first

farm cattle sale with him yesterday. We l s o h a ve three new neighbors

who

just moved in. These we ha ve also called on. Our iggest

job

in the European work s

meeting the people, Owen lso goes down bout

one

morning a week o help the

local

veter

inarian, O

yes,

Brenda h a s a new g i r l

in

her

class from

Texas

We've

a l l

been over to

meet

them and they hav e been to w o r s h i p with us on

Sunday.

Our

basic problem with the European

here

i n Rhodesia

is

the

general

disgust with

o r g a n

ized churches. Those w h o d o n t attend

(which

are

the

ones we re interested

i n )

invariably

t e l l

us

that

they a re

members ut

see

no Christia n principles practiced b y church members.

Belonging

to

another

church

means

nothing to them, but

they do

w an t to

b e

Christians.

You

can

see they

are really

hungry for

Christ

but

he has b een very poorly

represented for

s o

long, they trust no one and this

makes

our w o r k very d i f f i c u l t .

The

only

progress

we

c a n

make t the present is

to

make

l l

the

contacts we a n and try to

prove

ourselves. Church

meetings

and special

p r o g r a m s may

draw crowds, but

the

honest man i l l never be

convert

ed b y

t h i s method

alone.

This

may seem very strange to the

Christians

at home, ut w e,

too,

have had to learn many lessons and question our every move o judge whether

we

r e

trying to

"Westernize"

or "Christi anize" these

people.

Rhodesia ns have convinced

us

that

they

a re

not interested in another

" c hu r c h"

they want a nd need Christ

Our frican w o r k is s t i l l

g rowing.

Last Saturday night

we

a d a

arge

gathering

of

about

75

fricans

on a

European

farm

to

s h o w

b i b l i c a l

films.

These

films

come with

records

in

English

which David

and our

African minister

Eno ck

have put

on tape in

Shona.

O

es, the

European

farmer,

Mr. Brown,

h a s

a

daughter in

Brenda's

class

at

school.

Th i s is

h o w we

mete They

are

a dedicated Christian

family

w h o desire no earthly

t i e s

with any organized

church.


15/16

A l t l i o u g l i we are

not

on

the field at present

our

hearts

are

t i l l there

and we ope yours i s too. We ave pledged what funds we aise to be sent

to fLulher

these

works. e

pray

that

you

will continue to

see

the vision.

What ou

helped

start needs

our combined

support

f

i t i s

to continue i n

the

future.

We ave

tried briefly

to bring

you

up-to-date as o what the Dunlaps

are doing. I t has been a great joy for us o v i s i t those whom

we

ave and

we

are

looking

forward

to

visiting

more f

you

in the near future. I f you

have a date you would l i k e for us to v i s i t

on

please contact us by phone—

area

code 513-574-2690 or

write

us t

3366

Harwinton

Lane, Cincinnati

Ohio. 45211

or

better still come see us

At h i s

season

we

are tmly hankful to God

or

the opportunity that has

been

ours

to be partners

with

you

in

a united e f f o r t for God n Rhodesia.

May He continue

to bless

and keep you.

T h £ i . n l c s again

ADriRr;SSt

j D r / M r s .

Owen

D u n l a p

13360 Harwinton Lane

C i n c i n n a t i ,

O h i o 4 5 2 1 1

p . ,


16/16

David is

attending

the

Cincinnati Bible Sem

and Xavier University

Charma

is

a student

at Milligan College

We appreciated so

much

the

group that

met s at the

Dajdion Airpor

'Welcome Home e received. We owe a big debt to many nd e s p e c i a l

William Smith families who housed

and

fed us

mtil

we ound a place to l i v e

Owen's father was

in the

hospital for almost

a

month

in those returni

now

and

much improved from his two operations. Thank

you

for

your

m

behalf.

We have been

busy

traveling to the

various

churches that have so

graci

in our adventure

for

Christ in Rhodesia, Africa, but time has not permitt

you

yet.

When

we

announced in Rhodesia that

we

were

returning

to the State

asked

was,

'When

will

you

b e coming

back?

And

he

f i r s t

question

we

return

home was, 'When are you

going

back?

As

most

of you know, we

home when we accepted the c a l l to go

to

Rhodesia. We

old

our

home

and p

believe we have ever aced a

more

empty eeling than

we

did when

we

did re

'Where i s

home? We

have been asked

b y

the

children

many imes and

h

answer to be,

'Where

our

loved ones are gathered.

We

ish t h a t

we

could now

answer

the

q u e s t i o n ,

'Wheil are you going back? But we

a n t and are

once again h

wait for the

Good

Lord

o guide

us.

Some

of the problems we

presently face

are that

David and Charma were not permitted to enroll in the Uni

Rhodesia because

they

had

not

passed 'A level exams and t

would take

them two years to prepare for t h i s . B

put n t o third year

Latin

and

French

classes,

at

the High School , having never had any

Latin

or

French

before.

have to work out the educational problems

i r s t ,

then make the decision as o when we

will

return. We

are

taki

months as furlough

and will be ree to v i s i t you during this time.

When we

e f t

Salisbury we

also

l e f t one European congregation,

fourAfricancongregations

and the

Crippled

had

started. These

groups are s t i l l meeting and growing. You

hat

supported our labors for

the

L ord

helped

This

is

the

beauty of working

for

the Lord. Some plant, others water, but t

is

God who

gives the

increase.

We

and

others also became aware of the great

need

of

a European

Bible

College in

Salisbury bef ore

we e f t

growth

in

such

a

short time necessitates future

leaders

to be

trained as

s o o n as possible to hel p take

responsi

leading,

and

edifying these

new

creatures in

Christ. Salisbury is the

capital

and

the

largest city in

Rhodesia.

O

taken

to b u y a property in this city to be used to b uild a Bible College. Christian

Service

camp was eld there s

with 51 European campers. The European Church

is

now meeting on this property every

Lord's

Day and

Bibl

being

taught to six students. There

is

no

end

to the opportunities

and p o s s i b i l i t i e s

of

this great work or

our Lord

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