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NEl vS WITH THE NICHOLSONS

^

IN SOUTH

AFRICA

Vo

1

January,

I962

you

had a very Herry Chris tmas and have now entere

int^,. t^>3|J e.^: Year, which

shall

both be happy

and

prosperous

for

you

and

for

the; Kingdom,

of our Lord Jesus Christ , Christmas here,

was

not

a wjiit^-.one,-, buy a wet one. However, this did not

darapen

our

spirits

at

all ,

W? hah our Christmas repast

at

the

home of

the

Stanleys. Ho

good i t was to have

le t ters

and

cards

from many of

our friends

in

mer i ca

If there is any one who would like

to

have pictures of our famil

wi l l you ]-lease wr i t e and l e t us know.

A

date

^looked forward to by our family with mixed

heelings

is

th

of February

^th,

Sandra is

to leave

Johannesburgfor America and will

arrive in .New. York dh the10th; W e are happy that, she has ffnTslied-...

her school iwork

and

wil l

go on

to prepare

-

he rself in

the

service of

the Lord,

Our

prayer is that

God^s richest bQe

ssing shall-.res

upon

her s.t. a ll times. At the time

that

we write

this,

we are not certain

^^3

received

a l l

the

money

fbr^her

fare or

not .

I t

takes

^1420

to

New York and

then

her

fare on to, Mpls,

Minn. We and

she

greatly appreciate the

sacrifice

of those

who- have

yiven

of their

mon e y

When schobl closed

at

the Ministers Training School,.

th eyTgnW...

a

skit of the birth of

Jesus. Ho w

well

they

did

and I

know

you would

have

thrilled

to see them. They had no written

script,

but put them^

selves into the parts

that they p layed , even

to the bir th of Jesus.

Brother and Sister Barnabas Songo have both been present for this

last

term. They have a

l i t t le

baby

girl

born

in

September,

The

mother took the l i t t l e

one

under the

sheet tha t

she wore

and

when the

scripture

was

read

that

she brought

forth

her

new

born babe

and

la id

him

in

the manager, she did just that.

The

baby slept

right

through

x t ll

I

took

a

six

day

trip out

to vis i t

three churches. Mostly

i t

was to set

r ight

some problems and

we

hope thrt

i t

will

help

the work

f o r

t h i s

New

Yea r

The contract is s igned and

th_e^builder

is set to

begin

work on

^ the churph, at^Rort Eas tcr tlme,

whGn we mee t~

at~East

LondonV

i t shduIdTe possible for us to

rundown

and s ee the completed

building. Thanks again to those who have helped with money for i ts

erection.

_0n the_

IGth,

I w

ent

w5th

the

Land Development

off icer

-to

si te there was marked

out .

I was present vjith the

folks

on

the

17th

to

seek

to help ther^ raise the money for thoir

building.

. The making of blocks and pouring the foundation

shall

be

gin

this

month. There are days when I wish that i t were possible to

be

two

men r a th e r

than one .

The IJmzimkulu

Blblg.

was a

great

sucoeas. Attendance was

_ sixteoh ,^Smaller than

wo

had hoped

for,

but

good

since we

started

came threo^c^urche

s .

They were very enthus ias t rc

students.

.Six^jef

the ojif.iber wo:r:^

baptized into

Chr.Mqt. Because

tho school dormTtbry Uhs not^ yeT:~Yi ushe^d/ wd^ make do with

housing, but

there

was

no grumbling even

with

rain.

The

boys used

the beds in tho school building, but tho

girls just

grass and grass

mats on the

f loor

of:

the

ro^idavel near tho school, RLans- ar-e-.nowto


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of fellowship togethoro

Like

all times,

even when we

take a few

days

holiday, we must also do some work, I

want

to visit the congregation

^ t them started on making blocks

for

thejir church

building.

Also

to run out to Cj^npbell to

see

where we shall have to

move our building. The boad is

going to

be

bui l t

whore

our church

building

now

stands

and

so wo

must

build

in

another place.

As yet

we do not know what

place

has been set aside for us. Also we must

see what the

situation is

concerning the Kimberley

building,

Tho^ dormi.tory

at school- is /

comiLLeted and i s now get t ing i t s

paint so aS u be roady the l i r s t of^'F'obruary when the

school

will

open

for the

New

Year.

Our

boys

have

been

helping with th3

painting.

Two s

tudents

arc already on hand

for

that time,

Thoy are

both work

ing

a t schoo l

Mr. and Mrs.

-^Îbort

Ladbrook and their daughter Louiso, stopped

to

visit

with us for a

few

hours

one day

before Christmas, ôw

happy

were to ôe thom^^ but_3p__ôiiry they

could

not tarrx ^ns Ql^ Mr.

LadbroblTTs doing

evangelistic

work

for

Dadaya

Mission

and Mrs. Lad-

brook teaching homo making

at

their

homo,

Dadaya Mission is in

Southern

Rhodesia.

Their daughter is

taking nurses training

at

Cape

t own

'or the new

Year

we would

l iko

to find

four

Phurches

tha t

would

- the work here in Afr ic a f d a a an a t h a t

would

Pleage...^^j^^-gh and

ten

individuals who woul (r gr?rb--/S , This

would

really

us in p].anning

for

work

that

Is ahead,

Sometim.3.s_.l,...wxsh^ / .o.u.-C.ould come and walk

with

mo, to

an-many

of

around cither completely nakeT^?5*âlf-- '

nakoul

^Some

with turrxîy buttons as big or bigger than a large

marble. Some w ith noês

that

are running not only to the

mouth,

but

off the end of their chins, i f you could see this your heart would'

truly ache

to

help them to be clothed and fed, and most of them

truly

need

i t .

But, beloved

brethren,

more

than anything.cjIsq. they

vrater

of

Ilfe prai me

what

goodi

is''W3lYnrl-Gt ,n- ' hd

-fe^^^^ the

soul

i t sel f

bo naked

Thanks a million to all who have helped us through I96I; lot

us

however

make I962 a better year

for

the Lord Jesus Christ and

His Kingdom.

FORWARDINC

AGENT:

Mrs .

Ed

Wld l und

1603 IJorl by

Rc

Alber t Lea, Minn,

Yours

in the Lord^s army.

The

Ni c ho l s o n s

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HEl /S WITH THE IIICHOLSONS

I N SOUTH AE RICA

5?

2 February I962

On th e

morning o f the

5 th

about k- 30 Mi, we saw Sandra

ta ke

o f f

fo r the St at es frora

Johannesburg

Then a few minutes l a t e r we

saw

her land again.

The

plane

had

developed

engine

trouble

soon af t er

take o ff.

The young

woman whom Sandra

drew

as

a

s eat

partner l ived

just

outside

Johannesburg and asked her to stay

with

her

u n til the

plane

was

ready

e

had

only

witnessed the

plants

return

because

we

had

not

l e f t

the airport Immediately

Ue

took them to

the

g i r l s

home

at

Randsfontein

and returned that day to Port

Shepstone

While

we have

long been planning

and

talking

about Sandra s

going i t s t i l l

seemed t h a t we

were

n o t a l t o g e t h e r prepared fo r it

There

is_ s t i l l

ne e de d

co mp l o t e h e r f a r e

School

has

s t a r t e d at

the iUniaters Training

School at Umzumbe.

Ônee again

wo

^

a_re disaooointed

in attend^_ce for many

who

had said

tho y were coming not pome i^ One

who

was

present

for half of

last

year did not come back. At the present time we have five one of

whom is ^_glr]^ and expect*

one^

more^ a g i r l

alsoj

to_corne,, V/hile

they

will

not

be

ministers

in

the

church

I

am

certain

they

v/ill

be

a great help to the churches from which they come. They are younger

and have a better

education

than

some

of the

ministers.

Thus

they

r a i s e th e s ta n da rd

o f

work i n th e c l a s s and

caus e

o t h e r s t o w ork

h a r d e r .

The .church building-at -ôrt

Elizabeth

is to bo

finished this

We

rejoice that this shall

be so,

'f6r ' we^

have been

desirlfig

o b uild th er e

since 195^^ when th e

s i t e

was re c e ive d. Wo also have

th e

p l a n s ready f o r

th e

c h u r c h a t Warrenton.

Th e

block

machine

has

been delivered to them and

they

are to have started making

th e ir

The Lord willing the building will be started and perhaps

finis hed

before

the

end

o f

t h i s

year.

We

must

build both

a

church

and

a minister s home here. The house will be I7 feet 5

inches

by 55

feet. I t

will

have three bedrooms, a pantry and living quarters

will

be in the middle

being

lOfeot by I7 under I5

feet.

This

i s

not

very l ar g e

homo,

yet i t i s l a r g e r

than many o f

the

homos which

are

being

b u i l t

in the locations today. I t i s so planned that th e

r o o f

is

near

self-supporting which

i s

a

very

big help in

the

cost

A l e t t e r

has just

cone from__C^r.ip_b 3-ll

saying

that they

are

going^to plan t hei r now

location

soon and mark o ff

the

plots. Wo

hopo i t w i l l not be long before they t e l l

us

where our si t e is to

be.

The

new

road

wi l l

go

through

the

old

location

and

right

through

the

place where our old

church building

now

stands

V/e

a re _sjbil ]L4j;eîng t h a t

th e

Lord w i l l la y i t up

on

th e

he a rts

o f

those who

w i l l give regularily to help

toward

the

expansion of

the /

work h e r e i n th e Rep u b lic

o f S outh A f r i c a .

The

boys

are back in

school

again. They started on the

30th

of

January.

Steven is doing h is

l a s t year

and preparing for

the

matric ozaras at the end

of

the year. Both he and

Barrel

Stanley

have been

named Prefects

fo r

t h i s ''oar, James was

re a l l y

happy

to

g o

b a c k t o

s c h o o l .

Hot^jgioather i^..ours.âtthis

time-

th e

h o t t e s t

we have had t h i s

y e a r . The h u m i d i t y i s so

h i g h .

We f i n d it d i f f i c u l t to do .our--work.


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NSV/S WITH THE NIGHOLSOHS

IH SOUTH AFRICA

Vol:.

3,

Ho. 3

Karch, I962

We had th e pr iv i l ege o f bap t i s ing a

young

man here in th e poo l

by the

sea on

the

23th

o f

February .

He has been jo in ing us in

our

Sunday evening

se rv i ces

at

ou.r

home

as vje ll as a t t ending the

Saturday

evening class

on

the Ghijrch

of C hris t-

There

a re tv;o

young

vjoraen s tudy ing

in

school t h i s

t e rm . One

o f

them, whi le qu i t e

young,

has f i n i shed th e e igh th grade and i s doing

very we l l - Af t e r v i s i t i n g l a s t

Sunday

a t I nvu t s h i n i , wo

see

where

thoy can do a t renondous

amount

o f work. Mrs. Barnabas Songo a t tended

l a s t yea r

wi th

ho r

husband . She

has

t aken

ove r

th e Sunday

School a t

Invu tsh in i . Sunday

there were

75 presen t and

the

number

i s

growing.

How easy it was fo r ho r

to

l e a d them. She asked if she migh t have a

new

p i c t u r e

roll to

h s l p wi th th o

t e a ch i ng .

The church a t f o r t El izabe th should soon

bo

comple ted .

V o

shoiild

have had v;ord by

t h i s t ime

t ha t

it was f i n i shed ,

bu t it

has no t

ye t

come.

Brother

John

K-jrnan

o f Eas t

London

wi l l

be going

to

v i s i t

thorn

as soon a s i t -

i s

completed.

Saturday morning, I drove

out to Gcilima.

As I l e f t

tho

car

a t

tho shop about a

quar t e r

o f a mile

away,

I could soo the

women

wi th h

b as ke ts g ath er in g s tones and car ry ing

them

to the s i t o . They

were

no t

us ing

very b ig baske t s , yot when

I

ar r ived

a t tho

bui ld ing

s i t e

I found a l a rgo p i l e o f s to n e s . I am sure t h a t none o f us would

want

to ca r ry a

very

l a rge baske t o f s tone on

our head .

Severa l men

wero pre sen t break ing tho rocks which v;Gro too la rgo to use in the

founda t ion ,

/ . f tor checking the s i t e

l i n e s , we l a id

thorn

out

so

tha t

thoy

may

dig the tronchos for the footings. We hope to build just as

f a s t as

thoy

r a i s e

monoy fo r

o

work

as

thoy plan to

pay

a l l tho cos t

o f th e bu i l d i ng

thomselvos .

My .w:lfe_^thpught t ha t

DDT was

j us t

fo r

tho

dog un t i l the

Doc 161^

rocommended it fo r mo. I made a t f ip~iht o~tho~Cnp o- to v i s i t some o f

the

chu r c lTdd~ tho r cT Sovora l o f

t h e A f r i c a n

Loc a t i o n s have i iad

a

nuia

bo r

o f

dea ths from tvphu^---^^ There is no vacc ine , so thoy sa id

it

is

be t t e r

to

ge t

th e l ouse

be fo re ho

b i t e s .

The

t r i p

was

made and no

effects

ha \G

come forth

t seem-s

t h i s yea r wo have

had t r oub l e v i s i t i ng

th e

peop le a t

Tscmo.

In

Hovombor,

th o ca r

b roke

down.

Th i s

t i n e

wo

n o t

fo r

a

s h o r t

t im e w ith them

or. Thursday

a f t e rnoon ,

but th e planned

riieoting fo r

tiie

nex t morning was

no t

poss ib le

because o f ra in .making l , t impossiblo

to

g b f

up

th e hill This i s tho ha rd e s t o f all p laces wo have to

reach- . -

T he area has b o o n divided into districts

an d

e a c h

f e n c e d

with

s ome

ga t e s ,

bu t

no prepa ra t i on has boon made fo r roads . Tho hill I s very

s toop

witih

nuge

rocks ,

some

o f which wc dr ive

over ,

o the r s wo dodge

as we can. Real ly it i s j u s t an oxen and s led t r a ck . Groat

changes

have

eoon i-ade

in tho

Tcomo a r e a s

s ince we first

v i s i t e d

t h e r e .

Homos

k.,

have

been

moved

i n to l i n e s

as

in a c i t y , wi th t h r e e ac re s , I be l i ove ,

ir each s i t c Oti .or a r ea s have

been

con t ou r ed as f i e l d s and th o

r ema in

i s fo rced

fo r s tock . Tho

n- iribor o f

cat-^lo

each may

own

is l im i t ed

Tomorrow,

a mooting o f

the m in is te rs o f

the

area

has boon

planned

to

d i s cus s p lans fo r tho Jh ly Youth

Gamp.

t has been dec ided

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as written

that ho hopes to

corao to school

when tho. next torm. begins.

shall be

very

happy

for

this.

Brother Stanley

is working to. so.oîf

is wife cannot cono^to school with h i n ,

Tho now

dormitory i s proving

a wolcomo

addit ion.

I t

i s

much

for tho

men, and makes

I t bettor in school

as w e l l .

Tho only

l o f t

to

be

done i s

tho

f inishing

of

the

closets

for

t h e i r

clothing

nd

p u t t i n g up

o f tho

two water t a n k s .

Officai approval has boon given for the oponing of a^Clinic

t

school.

I t will

bo open

only

once a week in tho

beginning at least ,

s the nurse

w i l l

be coming from one of tho nearby cl inics for tha t

I t

does open a new opportunity

for service in

that

area

and

now

o p p o r t u n i t y

t o r e a c h

th e p e o p l e .

The

church

which

r o o t s

a t th e

school

i s now

beginning

t o grow

hen wo f i r s t moved t h e r e t h e people were more or l e s s

watching u s .

through

tho

use

of slides at the close of

each

school

terra,

visi

by

the students

in

school

and a

regular

S unday

Schoo].,

the

are beginning

to

come

on Sunday and one was

baptised

and

ut

i n

mep-ibership t h i s l a s t r. onth.

MAl

] y y--

V/ith

the

plane

crash in

hew York,

and

another here in

Africa

claimed

25

l ives

from

Natal,

we wore raore

than

happy

that

has arrived safoly,-in .the-JJhifi^d

Statos^X_iyyerJvS3-

She bo-^

^cTa ss âFdiinno30ta Bible

College

o h the ~lq.th of March.

We

a l l know that

,^^.ûtomobilo

only runs while i t

has gasoline

n thp^tank. The work

of the

missionary

is

soraewhat

like

that. There

re

portio ns of

tho

work

which cannot

go

ahead

i f

there

i s

no money

use for tho projects, i/o thank God for tho ch urches who have pledged

o us regular

money

for our living and

some

for

our

working fund.

ut

i n some raonths wo have not roccived very much

from

tho o f f e r i n g s

just cone now and then. This has kept us from doing work which

planned to

do.

We

have no way

to

look but to you,

VJo

would app

eciate any who could help with regular monthly offerings ^which helps

ro-auuch in planning.

This

i s hot

to

say do

not appreciate

those

[ho give

when

they can, for we

do and

without

them

the

work woiald be

e v e n m o r e

diffi ult

Please

pray with us and for us. Prime

Minister

Hacmillian.of

r i t i a n

s a i d

when

he

v i s i t e d

Sou th ^^f ric a,

Th^w.ijid__of_cMh_SG

i s

V o

d es ire th at tho change of heart tow^d__t.ha_Xord sha l l

e

included. - -

Yours i n t h e M a s t e r s

S e r v i c e ,

FQRVJ /i

RI>I rTG~-TtG5iT-T-^-

M r s .

E d. W i d l u n d

1605 Morloy Rd.

A l b e r t Lea, Minn.

Alvin, Vernl ta , Steven John

a n d J a m e s

N i c h o l s o n


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Vol. 3 No, [}

Dear B r e t h r e n

NEV/S WITH THE NICHOLSONS

IN SOUTH

AFRICA

A p r i l 1962

. Praise yc the Lord, Sing unto the Lord a now song, and his praise

n

the

congregation

of saints.

Psalms

ll^9:l praise

Ellzaboth

is

a l l finished except for the plum-

they

p l^ to

have

dono shortly.

Brother

and Sister Kornan

visited there this last nonth

and

say

it

Is a very attractive building.

F are dug for the foundation, but

now

the ~

LA until after

conference

tino.

Brother

Zobolo

s busy with

his

work as Concession Registrar. The Govomant allows

nakAA A those who are attending special neetings such as this

ake

application to then several nonths ahoad after which they

AA

A

that

the

people

ostination

on

the

day

of the noeting

and

must

rAum

^ a great help. Brother Zobolo also handles

rnAAnAA 1 fJ S^^tod to the ninisters. So ho -is

busy and

no one

fJA yhor to supervise the

work.

They

have

nen

to

work

Uu no onO With

oxpurioncc

to

suporviso

Cam.p, It will bo held the first week in July.

Wo

will have tho

WGok, I n v i t e

th e nearby

chiarches to cone on

th

^ children

on

that

evening,

unday the dedication sorvice, for tho Dorr-dtory will bo hold. This

planned

earlier

in February, but had to bo postponed. V/ith this

pAJlo ' ''

children can return in tho buses

z? thought April Pool s day had caught up with mo for

sure.-

On

,,hb ^ , yndoland

to visit with

Gilbert Sotiya

and

the

peoplo

cnh neoting place is quite a ways

back

frLi

he road

and

inpossiblo for a car to

travel

the foot

trail

I asked then

'h

arrived on Saturday, the horsos

were

resent. It took just

two

hours to roach our destination. After the

wAAt

Ah

h afternoon, I

returned,

after dark,

to

tho

Trading store

LAt to

spend

tho night. I

rode

by faith that

kniw

the

uAAAA loading

seemed

Know the-path

for

we

arrived

safely. Sunday 1orning April

1 st

car-ip

tAAA ^

o'clock,

I decided

to walk

and

meet

T A J wont and one hour and twenty minutes

l a t e r

I

rrived at

my

destination.

They were

just getting

around

to

cone

after

A

^yorvcs

does

not worry nuch about

time

except when tho

school,

so tho church

takes

its tine. Even though most

tA

were

present at 10 a.m., we did not begin services until

wo

Ah A A

A People

of

Hcetoni once again, because

bor

A A circuit a niuiber of tines, it

has

boon a good

wllAboAuAA Ah

station.

They

have a church site

T .K l putting up

thoir

building this

yoar.

It will be a stick nd

AA

^^ ^ t'

-

Ad

tAA

-

i n

between wi th

nud


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8/20

HEV^/S y i T H THIS UIGHOLaOHS

lil SOUTH i xPRIOA

Vol.

5, Ho. 5 May, I962

A d r i z z l i n g r a i n - a n d a

c o l d

wind b l o w i n g

o f f t h e

anow

on

t h e

Berg

l e t ua know t h a t we a r e noving toward our w i n t e r

w h i l e

many

of

you

are look ing

f o r

the new

s p r i n g

f loi jors .

-ii-lmost

e v e r y t h i n g

d u r i n g

t h e month

o f

A p r i l p oi n te d

toward

t h e

A n n u a l C o n f e r e n c e

w h i c h

m o t at E a s t L o n d o n He

traveled

down to

East London on

the

l 6 t h .

Because

Sandra i s overseas and

Steven

stayed

with

Larrol Stanley,

fir,

and

Mrs.

Enock

Zobolo wont

down

with us.

To

make

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

y o a r

wo h i r e d a trailer

house

t o

bo

used

j u s t a t the camping

s i t e . V/hile it

was s n a i l i t

made

it much e a s i o r f o r t h o womon t o do t h e cooking and c a r e f o r t h e d i s h e s

but at

feeding t ime

it

was s t i l l necessary for

the

gang

to eat

o u t s i d e

We a l m o s t had a c i t y

o f

o u r own

on

t h o p l o t t h a t wo

h a d .

Tho t r a i l e r

house,

t h r o e

t e n t s

and

t h r e e c a r s two o f th os e b ei n g

u s e d

f o r

s l e e p

i n g

a t n i g h t .

Tuesday

morn ing

wo,

p i c k e d

up some o f t h i n g s which w ere t o

be

used a t t h e L oc a t i o n f o r

f e e d i n g t h e p e o p l e

and t h e n on t h a t a f t e r

noon wont b a c k a g a i n . T h i s t ime wo r e a l l y l o a d e d down t h o back

o f

t h e Thames

w i t h

f o o d .

1-ioal ie

m o a l saiap and b e a n s w h i c h wore b o u g h t

by

the I80 lb . bags

took

up a l o t o f the

rooia,

Tuesday

night

the

m i s s i o n a r i e s who

wore

p r e s e n t g a t h e r e d a t t h o Kornan home f o r a b i r

t h d a y p a r t y f o r t h o s e

h a v i n g

b i r t h d a y s

i n

A p r i l

Tho

opening s e r v i c e

f o r

Conforonco i t s e l f

was hold on

Wednesday

evening .

The minis ter said t h a t they woi o

feeding

about I80 people

e a c h

d a y .

A l l

o f

t h o

m i n i s t e r s

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

t h r o e . One

o f

t h o s e h a s n o t been w e l l

f o r

a l o n g t i m e . The p e o p l e coning frorii

lk-rt B l i a a b o t h h a d ^ - a - O n e - G h 4 1 d - w ^ G - - b -a d X y ^ c u t on,

t h e

n o c k

and one o f t h o e l d e r s b r o k e h i s

s h o u l d e r .

Tho

o t h e r s

w e r e b a d l y

shaken, but n o t k e p t

i n t h e

h o s p i t a l . They d id n o t a r r i v e .at Con

f e r e n c e

All

o f

the messages for tho Conforonco were based on the

Churc

and the men who

had

Doon

chosen

to

speak did

a

very

f ind

job,

Tho

womon brought

more money f o r

t h e i r

V/idow s Fund

t h i s y o a r

t h a n f o r

any

y o a r

b e f o r e

S.at i i rday n i g h t

t h o

m i n i s t e r announced t h a t t h o

p e o p l e

m u s t

g a t h e r t o go

t o

t h e B a p t i s m a l s e r v i c o a t 1 0 | 5 0 bo back f o r c h u r c h

by 1 1 o

a r r i v e d

c l o s e t o 11 and

t h o y

were

j u s t

on t h e i r way. We

went down

t o

w a t c h

t h i s

s e r v i c e a t t h e r i v e r

where

two wore b a p t i z e d .

t was 12 noon when we

bogan

our morning s e r v i c e but t h i s was

no

problem t o

anyone, f o r t h o s e having

to

c a t c h t r a i n s

wore

g e t t i n g

them

in tho evening

and

they

wore tiappy

for

tho time

thoy hod

enjoyed

here

E x c e p t f o r Al Zimmerman who h a d t o r e t u r n t o Capetown

f o r

h i s

S u n d a y s e r v ic e s

tho

r e s t

o f

the

M i s s i o n a r i e s

remained

u n t i l

Monday

m o r n i n g .


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man

. In Pondo land , who was takon from the minis t ry

many

yoars ~ago, has always boon popping up horo and

thore trying to

s t i r up t rouble

i f ho

could. But

being

so well known,

ho has

never

gotten far. Hoover in I960 he

signed

a paper using the

hiss ion name and was granted a

church

s i t e . Ho used

th is

paper

then, to go

collecting

money for the building, and

also

used i t

to show

t h a t

ho had dr iven out

th e

Europeans in th e work

and had

t aken ove r

h imse l f ,

VHion l e t t e r s

wore

writ ^en

to th e

G-ovornment

aeiiing about this, they

srid

the

site w s

not his and we should

work

through

the

local magisbrato

to make things r ight . Ho cal led

us

both in

and s tu die d the papers

which

we hod and then

asked

the man to

send

mo the

site

papers.

This ho did not do Uiitil

the

iiagistrato had

askod him again. So we. have

rocoivGd

a. church

site- which

is already

fenced

with_a .buildTng^Trrf^ of wattle

and mud

and grass

roof. We

...have a good nuinber of peoplo in th is area so can make good use

of

th o

b u i l d i n g .

One

of tho questions raised

by

one of tho churches

was

con-

corning tho

wearing

of tho women s uniforra. There has been and was

there

much

discussion

pro

and

con.

wo

hpvo

always

t r i ed

to

teach

them

t ha t

they

must

not sp l i t the

Lord s

work over ^his ques t ion.

Heithor must thoy make i t a tost

of

fellowship where the Lord

has

made it nono .

I

f e e l ce r t a in t h a t

in a few

yonrs

wo sha l l see it

worn loss and l o s s . There i s another change

which

also

adds

i t s pa r t

The,

younger women would rather dross in their nicer drosses rather

th n

those

mado

of

bl ck

School has started

again

and once

again

wo hove Leon dis-

appointed.

The l arges t nurber of

applicants

ever was rocoivod, but

so far

only

a few. men

aro

in school, Sori.io did

say

when thoy

got

to

East London they would have

to

cone a t a

l a t e r date, hut

some who

le f t

East

London planning on coming hero are not

yet

present.

We

would

l ike you

to romonbor

those things in prayer:

Service

l ink

for

evangelism;

Building prograTn--\iarrenten and Gcllima; an

o l de r eons idor ing th e

m in i s try .

Thank

you

a l l for

holding

up

our

hands

and keeping

us

in

South

Africa .

May the Lord

watch over

and

keep you.

PORWARDHTG

AGENT:

Mr s .

Ed

W id lu n d

1605

^ orley

Rd.

Albe r t

Lea ,

Minn .

Yours

i n

Ch r i s t ,


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NEWS WITH THE NICHOLSONS

IN SOUTH AFRICA

Vol.. 5 6 June I962

Groetlngs in Christ Josua our Saviour. We are

jus t

a b i t

behind

in g ettin g

this

l e t t e r

started

on

i t s

way

to you.

But

y^Vernita entered

St,

Jiugustines Hospital

in

-ûrban on Sunday the

/ . and underwent

najor surgery

on Monday

norning.

She

has

been

, I naking very fine progress and should

bo

able to be

horae

a gain.

i when 10 days are

up.

We thank the nany who have

kept her

in the i r

p ra y e r s dur ing t h i s t i r io

\

Durban being some l i t t l e dis tance aây, we have not been able

to

vis i t

there

as often

as

we w

ould l ike but even here

we feel

the Lord

has

helped, us. he

other

day when I went up I stopped

to-get some things which -^ynn bânley needed for the school . The

man asked we could use some chu rch do ors and windows. , church

had

been

torn

down

to make way

for

a new ofib

and

they

would

l ike

to

see them used in

another church i f

possible, .

While those havd

already

served

for over sixty years they are in excellent condit

ion and

wil l

servo

for

many more yet .

The foundation for the church

at

Gcilima has been poured , and

they have one

of

the

machines

so

that

they

can begin

making

their

blocks.

Because

the

blocks must cure

for

a time,

i t wil l

be

near

the end

of t h i s

month before a s t a r t i s made

on

the wal l s

I do

not

know how

long the

church

at Douglas has

boon standing

But .word

has coriio

from

the Town

^lork that

they are to have

a new

lo.cation

and

that

thi^y would pay us

about ,^ 0

for

our

building

and

wo can remove

anything

t ha t i s

usable This

does

place before

us

an o th e r

b u i l d i n g

t h a t must

bo b u i l t

Thokozilo

has long

been

known

to

us a t Gcil ima, When

we

f i r s t arrived

in Port

Shepstono

he was

working

in a

hote l . Later

he got a l icense and opened a

tea

room, from

th is

ho opened a

store. Since that

time he has

builfl

and

furnished

a new home,

and has a pick-up

of

his own

for

hauling his goods. But th is

deals not with

him,

but

with his son who

passed away from TB.

His

funeral

was

held

on

ûnday

the

27th

. The

service

was

held

in

the

yoard

of his

father 's

homo,

i-dien the

casket

was

brought

out

a

groa t

riry went up. More

from

the

heathen

blanke t na t ives

than

from any one

else

and

i t

took some timo

to

quieten

them,

i-.fter

the

service

the body was

taken to

his

fatnor^s place, where

he was bur ied beside his mother. The greatest difference was in

the grave.

They had

dug the hole l ike we

would. But at the

bottom

they

had dug out a shelf on one

side.

Vflien they le t the

casket

do wn,

they put

i t

in

this pla co

and sealed

i t o ff

with

sod. After

the serv ice h ere was closed a nui.ibor

o f

the men

took

off their coats

and

with

a nurabor of

changes for each

shovel

i t

was not long u n t i l the grave

was

fu l l All

re turned

back to 1 .ho

s tore where a meal

had

boon

prepared

for

them.

We

wore

hap y t h a t the Humans wore able

to

come and b i s i t

with us from

the

Ôth of i?ay

thru the rd

of ûno before thffiir


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At

th e

c l o s e o f

t ih is month o f

J ime

th e

Af r i c an

nu r s e>w l l l

be coining to the school to open a one day a week clinic ^ Plans

have

been

in

prepara t ion

fo r sone t ine

and

now wo\aro happy

to

say that they

are

coming to pass* A

place

must

be

made

avail

able fo r hor uso and fo r ho r n o dlc in es t i s l iko ly as we l l

t h a t

some

nod ic lne

s h a l l

have

to

bo

purchasod

each

month.

We are

enjoying the book of Phil l ipinns -as we teach

i t to

the

men

in school . Rpdebo,

who

comes

from

Ladysmith i s doing very

wwll. He has a good general knowleô

of

the bible . But l ike

many others he

finds

memory work

to be

very diff icul ty The

baby

o f

our school Abraham Mbariali had

a

very

good sermon fo r

Chapel

th i s

l a s t Friday,

He

does very w ell with the

memory work,

but

of ten

f i nds

I t d i f f i cu l t

to

give tiio answer t h a t th e book gives

when you give a t o s t .

But

cont inua l ly he i s

showing growth,

Stovon and Joim are

eoth

busy with ha l f year cxniis, Steven

i s

a

member

of the

schools

f i r s t

rugby

tcor.i

and John

i s

making-

a p la ce fo r h im se lf on th e under fou r t e en

tosm.

One Friday aftornoon a few weeks agp, I

hoard

an oxen making

much noise . .

I

looked toward

a

group o f hu ts not f a r away where

I

had

hoard many people

t a lk ing. They had

the

animal t i ed- to

a

post with a long rope and about

tno

men wore keeping t

t i gh t .

One nan was

wither us ing

a

knife or

speak

to

k i l l the animal with

^ t was ne t

t he i r dosiro

t ha t

he

should bo

ki l l ed innedia te ly

and

^hey

did want him to bellow fo r hat would

c. ll

Mieir f a the r s .

Later one of

the

me n o f

t ha t

noighborhood

sa id

thoy

must

have got

ten the

wrong

sp i r i t

for

on Saturday afternoon as

their

coBe-

bra t ion

was in f t i l l

awing,

the

wind

changed suddenly

and

t

be

came very cold

and

dustf ,

where

i t had been

warn

and

s t i l l . So

many of the custons are s t i l l carr ied on

and

t i s

necessary

fo r them to choose

t h i s day

whom they wi l l s e rve .

May

God

r i ch ly

b le s s

you each

and

every one,

Yuurs w ith th e go sp e l .

Porw^prd ing

A^.ent

ux wi^

j- i U-xxig

/

/

Mrs, L5d îdlund ^ ^

16 5 orley

lid

r t ^

Albert

êa, Minn. The IJibholsons,


12/20

HEVfS WITH THE HICHOLSOHS

IH SOUTH AFRICA

Vol.

2,

Ho. 7

July, 1962

Beloved brethren

in

Jesus Chris t , greet ings fron ^outh Afr ica ,

,_^ Vernit)a returned hoir'e frora the hospital on the Ibth of June,

She

has made good progress ,

vji th

th e ex cep tio n of some s t i t che s

t h a t d id no t

comple te ly

d i s so lve but

fo r red

so res and car.ie ou t .

V/hile

she

can do

none

of

the

heavy work about the house, her i n s t

ruc t ions

and

advice

keep

th ings

r imning

r-iore

smoothly.

We r e a l l y fee l l i ke a few days l e t down now

wi l l

be good.

The dormitory

has been

dedicated-and camp is

completed. Thoy were

planned

so

tha t they worked

t ogether , l ju t

it arsd ^ al led fo r ex-

t ra work.

. The children were to cone to Camp on Monday and plans

had been

made

for

an African

storekeeper to bring

then when

he

cane

in

t h a t day,

or

as

many

as he

could hau l . But

when

he ar r ived

he had

none.

Those

a t Gcilima

were not ready

and he had

not picked

up

the

other s ,

V/e understood t ha t

he

would

bring

those from

Gcilima

the next

morning.

In

the

afternoon

I went to Invutshini

to

get

the

group

t he re

and found

20 people , coimting

the min i s t e r . That was

too

many

even for the

Thames

Ixis,

so cal led

for

Lynn

Stanley

to

corne

and

he l p . Th i s

made u s

r a t h e r l a t e be fo re we

had

r e t u rn ed from

Umzumbe, I

waited

for the other group on Tuesday, ixat when they

did not

come took

the

supplies I

had

bou^ t out to Camp, Bnock

Zobolo

came

the next day and

we picked

up

as many

of

th is

group

as

we could reach. There were_27,in Camp, th is year

as

against I6 l a s t

year. ^Pour made the

good c.Dnfession,

Wick (^em osha put

the

boys

in with

his

boys in

his home and the g i r l s we

put

in two rooms

of

the

dormitory. V/e put the

mattresses

on

the

f loor as

fa r

as

they

went

and then put down

grass

for the r e s t to s leep upon. I t was

not

a

cold week and they wore a l l happy even fo r

t h i s

lijake

sn i f t

way.

I f

it

grows

t h i s

much

more

next

year ,

and

I ara

sure

t ha t

it

sha l l

be larger-j I do

not

know

just-

where we sha l l , put

them.

Saturday found

the

folks coming from as fa r

as

Durban, with

otiiers

from In-VTrf htni and Gcilima; GcllIna * s ^group

was^mcH

smaller than they had

planned for.s ince

both

buses were broken,

they had

to f ind

other t raspor t , Thoy X jero well

pleased

with the

building which has

been erected

and with

the program which the

Camp

prepared

for them on Baturday as

well

as

the fellowship

to

gether

in

the service of the

Lord,

The..next big

.need a t school

i s

for

a^ki tchen and

dining room.

On the

l a s t

Thursday

in

Juno,-

the

nurse

ar r ived

for

her

f i r s t

cl in ic , . Five came to

see

her that f i r s t day, but this

l as t

week

tEere wore r-ore

than thirty

present.

One

room of the dormitory is

being used at

the

p re sent time, fler examination

ta^le

is rea l ly a

t ab le bu i l t o f

sof t

pine wood and covered

with

l inoleum. All

are

ve ry happy

wi th

th e c l i n i c in . t h i s new a r e a .

Mrs. Sib inda , th e wife of John s ib inda in Dermiston o f the

Johannesburg area , passed away on the 9th of June, She had been

ill

for

sometime

l a s t year, but seemed

to bo

so

much

be t t e r

th is

year . She was in the hosp i t a l for only two days.

All

but one

of

t h e i r chi ldren

are

grown so it wi l l

not

make it

q\.iite

so d i f f i cu l t

or

hin

The

27th o f Juno th e s tud en ts

f ro r

schoo l

went to

Gci l ima


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The A f r i c a n

c h u r c h e s have r e p o r t e d

277 bapt isms

so

f a r t h i s

y e a r .

Host o f the r e p o r t s a r e o nly th ro ug h

the

month o f May,_

Our boys

a r e having

t h e i r r ; i id-winter

h o l i d a y s

which mean t h a t

h a l f o f t h e i r

y e a r s wor k

i s done .

For

Steven

it

moans t h o y

w i l l

do

/ no

more

new

work,- but

w i l l

be r e v i s i n g

fo r the

l i a t r i c

exams a t

the

c l o s e

o f

th e

y e a r .

I t

a l s o

means t h a t

i n

j u s t

o v e r

six .

months

he.

will

be

leaving South frica

to join

his sis ter

Sandra

at Hinnesota

^

Bible College, . His f a r e back to t h e S t a t e s w i l l come to j u s t over

^600. Would

you

please

help us so

that

wo may have this in hand

the

end

of the year do thank you so mu h for the w y

^ a t you

helped Sandra

and

know that

you will

help us again.

A l l of

t h e

men who

w e r e

in s c h o o l last tern h a v e r e m a i n e d f o r

t h e

camp

w i t h the except ion o f

h)Radebe,

wh0;:had

t o

r e t u r n

t o

h i s

work t h e first o f t h e month . One ii;an i s

h e r e

a l r e a d y f o r the-

n e x t

t e rm, and we have g i v e n him some work t o do. He

works

f o r t h e

r a i l w a y

and

has. t a k e n h i s l e a v e

t o

come

t o school so

we have

worked

o u t l e s s o n s

f o r h i m t o

fit his l e a v e .

We have

b e e n

asked

t o

h e l p w

ith

a

Sunday School i n

a

new

a r e a .

I t

i s

q u i t e

s o m e - d i s t a n c e

from

t h e m i n i s te r s

home and t h e r e

i s

no

one t h e r e

who

c a n

i n t e r p r e t

so it i s

n e e d f u l t o

t e a c h i n t h e i r

language. Since I n v u t s h i n i i s

strong,

enough now

to

c a r r y t h e i r

own

work

p r e t t y

w e l l

we

want t o give t h i s o t h e r group

a

hand.

Thoy

say t h a t t h o y have about ^0

c h i l d r e n who

w i l l a t t e n d .

Our

annual

Pondoland

Preaching

Rally

has been

sot

for

the l8 th

and IQth o f Auf^st, w ith Bennet t Hqunqutho and t h e c h u r c h a t

Qaukeni

i n

t h e

D i s t r i c t

o f

L u s i k i s i k i .

t

w i l l

b e

t h e

t i m e

f o r

wedding-

b e l l s as well, for

those

o f t h a t

area,who

would l i k e brother Stanley-

t o preform th e

ceremony

f o r

them, w i l l be

p r e s e n t .

f fou have any p i c t u r e r o l l s o r p i c t u r e c a r d s which

you

ar e

not using

we

would l i k e

to have

them.

.Also if some

c l a s s would

l i k e

t o

send an

o f f e r i n g

we would g o t some

hero which have

t h e

texts

a n d lessons written in Z u l u a n d X h o s a .

Somet imes t h e b r e t h r e n

a l m o s t

e m b a r r a s s u s w i t h t h e i r t h a n k s

o f t e n

whin

it seem.s

t h a t

we have done so

little they

t h a n k u s

again

and

again, end

pray

t h a t

God

s h al l r i c h l y b l e s s u s somietinos

they

w i l l

even

k i s s

the

back

of

your

hsxnd.

At

the

sane

t ime

it

causes

us to stop and t a k e thought of

how

thank

f u l

we

are fo r a l l

t h a t God h a s done

f o r

u s .

e

do

thank

you t o o f o r t h e h e l p which

you have given t h a t we might preach the gospel in t h i s land and

say with Paul to the P h i l i p p i a n s

your

o f f e r i n g has

become a

sweet

s m e l l i n g s a v o u r b e f o r e . t h e t h r o n e o f God,

FORVWRDIHG / GEHT:

Yours

i n t h e l o v e

o f

God,

M r s E d

W l d l u n d

1603 Morley Rd.

A l b e r t Lea, Minn.

xou a uxitj xu V o u j

The- H i

c h o

sons


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IJEl/S

WITH THH ITICHOLSOHS

IH SOUTH

AFRICA

Vol 2. Ho 8

August 1962

Grace to you and peace

f ron

God our Father

and

the

Lord

Jesus

Christ

V/e

a re all

w ell

and hope t h a t

you

a re th e same.

Vern i t a

i s

f i nd ing t h a t

it

i s

hard to

r e s t

most o f th e t ime . She has some t imes

done

a little

ext ra

when she was

fee l ing

r e a l good and

then had

to

t ake

ex t ra r e s t

the

nex t

day.

The H^nday School

at

Mangwonya has

been

a rea l joy. to ta l of

4 5

the f i rs t Sunday and

JO

the next. Theri; is a young wife

there

who

wi l l

have c lasses when

ever

we are away.

She t akes

care o f every

th ing

but the

t eaching

when we are presen t

Vernita

_and I enjoyed tea with the ^ atron of the S.A.H.T.A.

hosp i ta l

a t

Hiberdene

one

Sunday

af ternoon.

The

fac t tha t

she

i s

a

a l s o a

h i c h o l s o n added

interest t o o u r visit . Wo

have

b een

o f f e r e d

t ime

f o r

s e r v i c e s

t h e r e .

V/e have asked f o r t h e a ft e rn oo n o f t h e

second Sunday of each

month,

V e can have both

preaching

services

and

Sunday School , ^iraong the c hild re n t he re with TB are

one

se t of

twins

and one

se t

of t r i p l e t s .

I'hey did

not look l ike

they

were

s ick

now, but the Matron sa id t ha t they wore both so very th in when

they f i r s t carae. She said

of ten

a f t e r they h ave murse d th e people

for a long tim e

and

they are free to go home tha t they wi l l f a i l to

keep

taking t he i r p i l l s and

then end

coming back

looking l ike

they

had never

been

in be fo re . She showed us

sore

of the very

f ine

hand

work, which had been done

by

some

who

were t h e r e .

School has opened with seven present , -^ his i s

the

largest els. ss

hero a t Um^.umbi, I t

also

o.ppoars to

be

a

very

good c l a s s . At presen

ww a re o f f to a

very

good s t a r t . However

they

a re going to

r ea l l y

give me sore work, fo r they mostly speak Xhosa and I

an

o fte n g et t in g

lost

I

th ou gh t p erh ap s

it wou'd help

sor

e if

you

have no t

seen soi

e

of th e

l anguages

here if we give you

an

example . Vie wi l l use John

:l6, writing the Xhosa

f i r s t the

Zulu next and l i teral English las t

Kuba

weonje n jo

uThixo uku l i t h anda

kwakhe i h l a b a t h i ude

Ngokuba

uNkulunlculu wal i thanda

izwo

kangaka, wase

wanike la

Because God

he- i t - loved

world

l ike

t h i s

ho-you-gave

fo r

wancama uHyana, wakho

okuphela

Itwamaeloyo,

ukuze

bonko

abakholwayo

ngendodana yakho

ezelwe

yodwa, ukuba

uilowo

nolowo okholwa yiyo

by

son h is born only,

tha t

who ever

he

be l i eve th in him

kpye

bangatshabala l i , koko

babe no

bobomi

nbungunaphakade.

angabubi , kodwa

abo-nokuphi la

okuphakade.

do not

d ie

bu t they wi l l have

l i f e fo r ever.

Even so I was no t ab le to show

it

to you

e xa ct ly fo r

raost

o f tho

Bs in the Xhosa rather look

l ike

a 6, but with raoro of a

curl .

I t

i s

not

quite so hard

fo r r'o

to read

as it looks

l ike it would be,

t ha t

i s the

Xhosa

from

the Zulu,

but

to hear it i s

often

soi .e thingels

VeSnita

and

I

plan

t r i p to

Kimborloy

fo r

10

days ,

I

want

to

get

work s t a r t ed

on

the bui ld ing

a t Warrenton,

I w i l l also

v i s i t


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SE P 1 4

1962

nsi-^s V /ITH TH E HICHOLSOITS

I N SO U TH

A F H I C A

Vol 2. No 9 Septer.iber I962

T o d a y

we r e c e i v e d t h e J u n i o r L i f e f r o n t h e

S t a t e s

a n d

saw

o u r s e l v e s on

th e

pages t h e r o f

which

caused us to do a

l i t t l e

l o o k i n g back

t o

th e

n i n e

years

ago when we a r r i v e d hero in A f r i c a

This

week

c a u s e s

us to

look

back oven f u r t h e r fo r i t marks twenty

y e a r s

o f m a r r i e d

l i f e a l m o s t

h a l f o f

them

b e in g s p e n t on

th e

m i s -

i o n field

_ V ern ita

James

and

I s p e n t to n

days

in

K imberley th e

f o r e

p a r t o f A ugust. I v i s i t e d Uarrenton S c h m l d t s d r i f t Cam pbell a nd

K imberley. Ha d hoped to accomplish more a t Warrenton

b u t hope

now

t h a t

t h e y w i l l r e a l l y g e t s t a r t e d w i t h th e b lo ck s

f o r

t h e i r b u i

l d i n g

They have

b e en g iv en

a v e r y

n i c e

b ig p l o t

f o r

th e c h u r c h and

a

s m a l l e r

o n e

f o r th e

m i n i s t e r s home

VJe

a r e

g l a d

t h a t

it

s h a l l

n o t be

n e e d f u l

t o

r e b u i l d

a t Caiipbell f o r t h e y h a v e

r e r o u t e d t h o

new

r o a d

so

it

d o e s n o t go

t h r o u g h

th e L o c a t i o n . The

c hu rc h s ho uld b e

p l a s t e r e d

and

t h e n s h o u l d l a s t f o r

a

v e r y

l o n g t i m e . Tho S c h m i d t s -

d r i f t b u i l d i n g

j u s t n e e d s soi 0 r e p a i r w o r k a l o n g w i t h ne w

i r o n s f o r

p a r t

o f t h e

r o o f . I n K ir b er l e y we a r c

h o p i n g

we s h a l l

s h o r t l y

h a v e

a s i t e f o r

t h e c h u r c h

w i t h i n t h e

l o c a t i o n . W h i l e

i n K i m b e r

l e y

we

w o r e

g u e s t s o f

th o

H i l l s . I t was a g o o d h ol i d ay f o r V e r n i t a

a nd sh e

f e l t much s t r o n g e r when

sh e

r e t u r n e d horae.

We a r e

h a p p y t o

s a y

t h a t sh e

h a s

c o n t i n u e d t o

grow s t r o n g e r

ll

t h e

t i m e

a n d

now

i s

a b l e t o

do m o s t

a l l

h e r w o r k a g a i n

Th o

now Sunday S c h o o l

h a s grown

o u t o f

a l l e x p e c t a t i o n s .

They sai d

there would l i k e l y be

about

60

but

l a s t

Sunday

the

nin nbor

w as n e a r 1.2IL^with...a_-g.Qjod mirnhnr n f g b n l t q p r e s e n t j e v e n -

some o f th o b l a n k e t n a t i v e s .

Even

a t G c i l i n a w h e r e vje m o o t f o r

the

second

time

in

tho

morning

we

had 4 9 v;ith pehhaps

a dozen

olde r

f o l k . T h i s a ls o b r in g s

u s

t o a n e e d l / i t h f o u r

Sunday

S ch o o ls i n

t h i s a r e a p l u s t h e c h i l d r e n a t t h e TU h o s p i t a l we w i l l

n e e d

h e l p t o

g i v e

them

a l l a little t r e a t . I t

was

n o t so d i f f i c u l t when

th e

num

b e r

was between I50 an d

20b but t h i s year

i t w i l l

c e r t a i n l y

be

d o u b l e d .

I

ai s u r e

t h e r e

a r e sor-o

c l a s s e s

o f

young

p e o p l e

who would

l i k e t o l e n d a

h a n d . T o l l

M r s . VJidlund w h a t t h e g i f t i s

f o r

wiien

you s e n t it to

h e r .

I f an y o n e s e n d s s m a l l g i f t s t h e y s h o u l d

l e a v e

t h e S t a t e s by th o

middle o f

O c t o e e r . V o would a p p r e c i a t e

a

l e t t e r

t e l l i n g

u s

w h at y ou h av e

s e n t

and

whon

so ho t o h e l p

u s w i t h

o u r

p l a n n i n g .

T h e

c o r n e r

b l o c k s h a v e

b e e n l id t

G c i l i m a a n d w o s h o u l d d o

q u i t e a b i t

t h i s

comiing S a t u r d a y . We

w orld h av e

done

b e t t e r

l a s t

week b u t t h e y

f a i l e d t o h a v e

e n o u g h

w a t e r

o n h an d

and

t h e r e wore

no

oxen t o g e t it r i g h t away

so

I c a ne

home t o

w o rk I h ad h e r o .

Tw o full

c a r l o a d s

w e n t f r o m h e r e t o Q .a u k o n i i n P o n d o l a n d

f o r

th e

two

days

mooting

t h e r e

on

th e

l 8 t h

an d

i q t h .

Once

again

it

w as a ^ ime

o f

F e l l o w s h i p .

S i n c e

t h i s

i s

a b i t o n t h e e d g e

o f

w h o r e wo

h a v e th e m o s t p e o p l e

it

was

n o t a s

l a r g e a s l a s t y e a r .

But


16/20

f l e l i i . Two weeks ag o th e

ch\arch

a t th e new

Sunday

School gav:e u s

sorae

t o m a t o e s e g g s

s u g a r c a no s t a l k s an d one

c h i c k e n .

W hi l e

a t

school

soriiGono e n te re d th e

garden

an d took 12 cabbages four heads

o f

l e t t u c e

and some looks and onions. What a di ffe re nc e the gospol

makes.

One says I ar; happy

to

sh are some

o f

nin e w ith

you

b ut the

on e without th e gospel says what

i s

yours i s mine and I am going

to

he l p

m y self.

The

Rober t H i l l s

family o f KinoerlGy have

docidod t h a t

t h e y

w i l l r e t u r n to Araorica a t th e end o f t h i s

y e a r

f o r s i x months.

We

hope t h a t r- any w i l l make an e f f o r t to see and hoar thoi-i while they

a re t h e r e . Brethren p le a se p ray fo r us fo r we a re working

s h o r t

handed. The

M i l l s decision

to go r i g h t now and only

fo r

a s h o r t

t ime

i s so t h a t two

fsm ilio s

s h a l l not be gone a t th e

sare

time an d

we may keep t h i n g s

moving

as smoot hl y as

p o s s i b l e .

Lynn S t a n l e y l e d t h e f i r s t s e r v i c e

a t

t h e

S . A . N . T . A . TB

center

Vornlta and I

will

eo going

out this

month.

Mick Qwomesha

, j . WJ.-1-J.

o i i j - a

I L u i i u i i r j i O K > c ^ e m e

has been

helping

Lynn

with the

services

a t

the

Railway Conpound,

These a re held on Wednesday n i g h t .

Brethren

please

pray

with

us that

the Lord s

w i l l

may

bo

done. We need a minister for the Kinborloy church and another teac-

her for school. Funds

are s t i l l

needed to

carry

on our building

progra m.

Every month for the rest of

this

year we shall be journeying

some

place to v is it

some of

th e churches.

Even

so we cannot pos

s i b l y see

them or go

to a l l the

placosthat

d esire us.

Hay

the

Spirit

of

od

so

ove

within

us

all

that

it

shall

kindle a groat

rev iv al in

the

hearts

of those we seek for C h r i s t .

TTVM Tr race o f C h r i s t bo upon you a l l

FORWARDING AGENT; , .

o

>

Mrs. Ed.

Widlund / 7 / /

1605

Horley

Road

Alber t

Lea Minn, The Nicholsons


17/20

NEWS

WITH

THE

NICHOLSONS

IN

SOUTH

AFRICA

Vol. 2, No. 10 October, I962

V

. On l a s t S-unday morning as we were re turning from

the

morning

serv ices , a monkey decided to cross

the

roadj

genertilly

you see them

s i t t ing

by

the road, or

crossing

some

distance

ahead,

but

th i s fe l

low got a la te s t a r t and I want to say

that

there Was no monkey

business in the way tha t he was moving.

e

had jus t rounded a shor t

curve and

to

keep from losing his t a i l he had no tim.e

to lose .

This

month

has been so fu l l

t ha t

sometimes we have

f e l t l ike

t ha t monkey

no

t ime fo r s i t t i n g

j us t a cons tan t

move

to keep ahead o f

what

needed

d o i n g

^

Perhaps t h i s was

a

good

month

fo r see ing the w ild

animals ,

for while I was near Port Elizabeth, I again saw severa l baboons

crossing the.road. Out in

the

open they are

much

more shy than are

th e

monkeys,

took an.eight

day

trip this

month. I^eft

homo at

h 3^

a.m. so

that

wo could bo in Idutywa

before the Magistrates

off ice closed

fo r

the lunch

hour.

That afternoon we taught the V7oman*s

Prayer Group, That

night

we

had

a

class

for the men when they had come

from work and then

after

9 O clock preached

our

eveMng sermon,

Fri-

day ca r r ied

us

on

to

East London where we met with the church

in

Dun

can Vil lage They were grea t ly

in te res ted

in the

p ic tu res th at

had

been

tak n

of Conference

a c t i v i t i e s . Please

pray fo r Tshatshaza , an

e lder

there

tha t

he

may

f ind it p ossib le to

enter the m i n i s t ry Sat

urday we hur r i ed on to Por t El i sabe th

Siinday,

wo preached in th e

new

bu i ld ing .

I t I s

a l l

f in ished except for the pluiabing and the p l a s

tering of the baptistry.

his

work

should

be

finished shortly.

he

plumber was

planning

to come and

begin

work the day I l e f t town. But

I have

an i dea

t h a t he

w i l l have

to wai t a

b i t

fo r

th e

c i ty

connec t ions

Hr is n o t

a l a rge bui ld ingy but

io otill

a very nice

one,

On

the

^

homeward l eg we stopped only once

and

t h i s was with th e church a t S tu t

t e rhe im. They

have r epa i red the mud

church,

pu t t ing in l a rge windows

and

renewing

the g rass

on

the roo f . The

community

helped them

with

th i s work. Like so many places they

have a

shor tage of school

space

and t h i s

was the

only

la rg o b u ild in g

in to which they

could expand.

Between

Stut terheim and Port Shepstone, we

made

two br i e f stops

to

pick up th ings which we wanted to

use

hero.

Each

tirae we found a

group of

people

wai t ing

to

v i s i t with

u s

even if it was only fo r

a

shor t

t ime,

I could not speak

above

a

whisper,

so could only speak

t o

t h e individu ls

Have the corners l a id

up

above the damp

course on

the church

a t Gcil ima so f a r . But they w i l l

have

to wait fo r a

little

time

more

before we got

back to

work there . They

have

most

of

the

bricks

made

which

they need

fo r

the bui ld ing . They are ra i s ing i. oney now fo r the

windows

and ce ren t

and

l ime

fo r l ay ing the blocks .

The

bu i l s ing a t

Idutywa

i s up

to

the

top

of

the

walls needing the roof

which

i s

the

thing

that

costs

them the money.

This costs

between ^1^0 and ^200,

not

so much to

us

when we t h ink

o f

our

bu i l d i ngs

but a

g r e a t

de a l

t

them

- ,

The new

Sunday

School

has

real ly

moved along. On three Sunl


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The f i r s t week o f October w i l l

be

the

Annual

Mooting o f the

ConforoncG Con i t t o e in Kinberley. A1 HaiP.ilton w i l l be leading an

Evangelist ic

Meeting

at the

Warren Street

church

during

t h i s

t ime.

Verni ta

and I g r e a t l y enjoyed

the

Sunday we took s e r v i c e s

a t

the

T3

settlement. om

one

will

be going

there

on .the second Sunday

of each

month.

Sunday School

Is

held for the children and preaching

s e r v i c e f o r t h e

o l d e r

f o l k s .

The c h i l d r e n w i l l

have

a t e n day h o l i d a y

from

school

from

the end

of

t h i s month.

They they

w i l l go

back

to

complete

t h e i r

year

in

December Steven has

completed

his t r i a l oxaiasj but does not yet

know

t h e r e s u l t s .

Help

i s st ll needed

f o r h i s r e t u rn

f a r e .

The

popula t ion o f

South A f r i c a c o n s i s t s of 5 000 000 whites

and 12 500 000 non whites .

On

the whole

o f

the A frican C ontinent

l i v e

approximately

220 000 000 people speak ing

800

dif ferent languages and

consist ing

of

many

nations

and

thousands

of

t r i b e s .

About 7

percent

l ive in

the

Republic and

South West

Africa

on 7

percent

of

the t o t a l

land area

^

Five w i l l s t a y

from t h i s tori:i

o f s c h o o l and f i v e more

have

said^that

they will be present for the next.

o far

wo have all boon

m e e t i n g around t h e t a b l e . B ut n e x t to r n w o a r e n o t s u re

what

s h a l l

bo the

b e s t thing t o do.

. Pray with us For

the

school

For men t o . t r a i n f o r the m i n i s t r y

For

a

quickening

o f

t h e

E v a n g e l i s t i c

e f f o r t s

. . among t h e c h u r c h e s . .

For

a n ot he r m i ss io n ar y t o help w ith

the

work

o f

t h e

s c h o o l .

i n I l i n

T h e

N i r r f i o l s o n s

FORWARDING AGENT:

M r s .

B d

W i d l u n d

1605 Morloy Rd.

Alber t Lea Minn.


19/20


20/20

The CHRISTIAN MISSION

VOL.

VI NO 10 October. 1962 A

f

Page 9

S A. C hu rc h o f

C h ri st M i ss io n

Th e work began

a t

Kimberley through

th e

p rea

ching of Thomas Kalane who

wa s

converted

in

America by

W. H

Book. A

E.

Payne th e

first

m is s ionar y

died on the field. He was f ol lo we d b y

C . B . T itu s.

From

1930- 1950

w o r k

w a s carr ied

on

by Europeans

of South

Africa an d

native lea

ders.

William

O

Rees family came

in

1949

M ax Randalls in 1950

Lynn

Stanleys in 1953

Alvin

Nicholsons

i n 1 95 3

R o be rt M i ll s

in

1955

John Kernans

in 1958

Zi m m e r m a n s

in 1960

H a m il to n s i n 1 9 6 0 a n d

Carrol l

Fulfords i n 1 9 6 0 .

H O W T H E

B IB L E H EL PS

Ho w

th e Bib le

helps

i n A f ri ca is evidenced

e ac h t im e a n A fr ic an hom e

is

visited

a s m o s t

homes

have

only tw o

books

th e

Bible an d a

hymn

book. On e of th e m i ni st e rs was taught th e book

of Philippians

in th e

Minis ter s

Training

School.

When

he

r etur ned

home

he t oo k his notes and

taught these

same

lessons to hi s people.

One

of

t h ese

w a s

a

m a n who c o u l d

n e i t h e r r e adnorwr i t e

ye t

he w as a ble to

grasp that

which wa s

being

taught him and

in

turn do excellent teaching

on th i s

b o o k to

o the r s

G O A L S

Church buildings at Warrenton an d Gcilima.

Elder

training

classes t hr ou g ho u t t he chur

ches

Youth c a m p s in th e r e s e r v e

areas

N E E D S

Service link picture

rol l s s lides o r

film-

s tr ips

P rimary Sunday

school

papers used clothing.

C H U R C H

O F C H R I S T

MI SSI ON

Al vi n an d Vemi t a Nicholson

B ox 2 1 9

P o r t

Shepstone Natal

South Afr ica

Forwarding

agent:

Mrs

H a z e l

Wi dl und

1603 Morley Rd .

A lb er t L e a M i n n eso t a

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