Nicholson Alvin Vernita 1971 SAfrica

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James Solomon Icachitig in

Wynberg

I ark during one of tlie sessions of ihe

Junior Day Camp. Sec story on page two.

M ich ael and Caryl

Stanley ( left ,

back

row in family picture) make a

small package Michael Is 5 6 and

Caryl is

only

5 1 ) i but their dedication

is

not

to be measured by their size.

They both have a s tro ng

desire

to

serve

th e Lord

where

He leads

t hem.

Thi s i s

why they

are

preparing to go to South

Afr i c a

Michael is a

native

Minnesotan,

th e

son of Lynn and Lucille Stanley who

have served

in South

Africa

for 15

years.

He is now 23 years old and

hi s

life

has

been almost

evenly

divided

between

South Afr ica and th e S ta tes H is e du ca

t ion befo re college is South African.

This

will no doubt prove

extremely

valu

able as he

returns

to that country. He

no t

only

learned

to live with the

culture,

but he

learned

to speak

Afrikaans

flu

ently.

After five

years

of

study,

he

will

be

graduated

from Minnesota Bible Col

lege in the

spring. Needless

to

say,

he looks forward to that day with

great

joy.

Caryl was born in Iowa,

but was

ra i sed in

sou thwes te rn

Minnesota

Since

she

had

no

brothers

to

help

on

th e farm, sh e and her

three

s is ters

f i l led

th e

need

Her

husband has lea rned

that, true to the

saying,

You can take

Caryl ou t of the country, but you can t

take

the country out of

Caryl.

While

in school

she

developed a desire to

teach

children and prepared to

realize

this dream by majoring in elementary

education

at St.

Cloud

Sta te Coll ege .

fCotitiuned

on page 2)

T hy

word

is a

lamp

unto my

feel, an d a lig ht u nto my

path .

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119 :105

SOUTHr

aFmcAN

TORCH

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Volume

22

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Kimberley

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hepstone

Cope Town Ld

First

Quarter

1971

Number

1

Tw o Rec ru i t s

fo r Sou th Afr ica

FAMILY P ICTURE

r

f

The whole Stanley family seldom all gel together any

more;

but just reeeiitlv

we were all together and ar ranged for a picture. The photographer who look ou

wedding pictures was the one to take it. He had als o taken

jur

passport pictures

18 y ears ago; and there has been a marked i ncreas e in numbers uitheaeh picture

Lynn

and Lucille, Debbie and Larry front row), mission

work in

I ort Shepstone

Darrel and Anne center back), universityand mission work, iiipe I ovsn: Michae

and Caryl left b ack), Minnesota Bible College, teaching at Cambridge.

Minn

and planning to go to South Africa later this year to be a part of the missions

work. Duane and Cathy right back), Minnesota Bible C.ollege and miiiisicriiig to

the church at H ow ar d Lake, Minn.


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Page 2

South

African

Torch

A

VISIT WITH ROSmUE

by Darrel Stanley

In th e fall of 1967, Anne and I made

ou r

fi rs t

vis i t

to

th e Chr is t ian

Church

in

Roseville,

We spent a week

with

the congregation in t hei r fi rs t

Faith-

Promise Missionary Program. Robert

Reeves

was

speaker

for the

week and

we showed sl ides of

th e

mission

work

being done in South Africa. Two nights

during the

week

we

switched

around:

Mr. Ree\res showed slides of his trip

to South Africa and I preached.

During the three years previous to

this,

the congregation had

totaled

S4,400 for mission giving. They had

also been involved in a building pro

gram which provided a new church

building for the congregation. The

building

had been paid for; so the ques

tion

arose,

Where

can

we turn our

attention

and pocketbooks?

The answer was missions. Jim

Oliver,

the

present

minis te r, s tudied

the faith-promise program; and with the

support of the elders and congregation,

they

s tarted plans

for

such

a week. A

goal of 4,000 was se t just over

the previous year's giving. On Sunday,

as the promises were received, they

totaled nearly 11,000.

Because of this fine response, the

congregation

asked

us if we would be

interested

in going to South Africa

under the

Roseville

church.

They

would

provide our entire livinglink

expenses.

Any other support was to be used

as

a

working fund or

service

link. We were

thrilled to

accept

the offer .

This

is the

ideal

opportunity which few mission

aries have the chance to accept.

We have

really

appreciated the

close

bond which has built up between mis

sionary and congregation because of

this type of program. We have watched

from the field

as

the congregation back

in the

States

has grown in faith and

concern

fo r

mission

work.

Over th e f irst

three years of their faith-promise pro

gram,

a

total

of

39,285.86 ha s been

given by

this

congregation to mission

work

We

were

invited

to

come back to th e

States

and

help with Roseville's

Fourth

Annual

Faith-Promise

Prograni.

We

were

a little fea rful of what to expect; but

everything worked out

well.

I

alternated

preaching with showing slides during

the course

of the

week.

On

Sunday, the

promises were

taken.

A

goal

of 12,500

(Continued

on

page

Darrel and Anne Stanley with Jim

Oliver, minister

of the

Roseville Chris

tian Chu rch.

Th e world was

li t

for

Christ as the promises were taken. A

total of 15,331.20 will be given for

missions in the year ahead.

TWO RECRUITS FOR SOUTH AFRICA

(Continued from page 1)

She student taught in Cambridge, Minn.,

a nd lik ed th e small town

so

much that

she returned-ther-after receiving

her

degree. She is now in her third year of

teaching and

still

enjoys trying to keep

pace with a very

active

group of first

graders. Her

spare

time is devoted to

practicing piano (she started taking

lessons

last

fall), cooking and sewing.

Incidentally, her husband is impressed

with

her

work in

a ll

three f ie lds

Michael

and

Caryl

met at

church

in

Kiraball, Minn. They both agree that

tha t was a good

place

to meet. Michael

learned a little about feminine perversity

when he invited her to come to the youth

meeting.

She agreed

to come

and then

didn' t make it .

The

next time he asked

her to

come, she

said she

wou ld not

make it and then

surprised

him by arr iv -

ing

tha t evening .

Life

has been

inter

esting ever since. They

survived

three

years of courtship and they are working

on their

second

year of marriage. If one

can judge by their faces, they are enjoy-

it

greatly.

In

1969,

they went over to

South

Africa on a missionary internship and

the only part of their

stay

tha t they did

not

enjoy was the ir depar tu re .

It came

far too soon I t

is little wonder that

they

can hardly

wait to return.

Watch

fo r

th e next i ssue and

meet

the Michael

Stanleys'

forwarding agent

and learn what they will be doing.

First Quarter

1971

New

Year

Junior

Day Camp

The camp group stand ing beside ihe

two Kombis belonging to Dros. Hart

an d Parris taken a t S te enbr as

Dam.

Some 20 dif fe rent Jun iors enjoyed

driving

around the

Cape Pen insu la

during a

week

of Day Camp

outings.

Each day

we would go to a

place

where

we cou ld have some privacy in order

to

have

Bib l e c l a s s e s We had tw o

classes

and a

chapel

service. Our theme

for the

week

was Loya lly to Christ.

Bros. Don Hart and Jim Parris and 1

were the

teachers

and p re ache rs for

th e w eek

The a t tr a c ti v e f ea tures fo r t he w e ek

were a

hike

up the mountain after

classes

and

chapel

were over, swim

ming

at

the

beach

on

three occasions

the last

occasion

we

sf)ent

the whole

day near the ocean at a spot where we

have

had camps

in the

past. The

day

was concluded with the young people

having a Braaivleis. Another

special

outing was the drive out to the

Steenbras

Dam some

50

miles from Cape Town.

The

group thoroughly

enjoyed

these

Day Camps. Indeed, it was a

great

educational

experience for them; but

it was

also

a very wonderful spiritual

feast

as

they

listened

to the Word

brought through teaching and preaching.

We t ru st t ha t they

will

prove loyal to

Christ

in the future and

that

they

will

emulate the l ives

of

th e heroes of fai th.

Trust

and obey for

there's

no

other

way.

South African TORCH is a publication

of

th e

South fr ican Church of Christ

Mission, and is published four

times

each

year

in

February,

May,

Augus t and

Novem

be r

by Mission Serv ices Association at

509 West

Jefferson,

Joliet,

Illinois

60435.

Second

Class

Pos t ag e paid at Joliet,

I l l inoi s

Firs t Quarter 1971

Number 1


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First Quarter 1971

South

African

Torch

Page

3

BIBLE

SCHOOL WORK

by Jim Solomon

CLOSED (Picture 1)

The Bible School

work

which

we

started two years ago in Penlyn Estate

ha s

been

closed

because

of diminishing

numbers. This work

reached

37 in

at ten

dance;

but

because of some pupils

moving out of our community and some

migrating to Canada and Australia, we

have

suffered

th e

loss of

a number

of

children. Others have

just

become

uninteres ted .

Some

who

have been

coming belong to other

Bible

Schools,

and now they wish to a ttend the ir own.

A VISIT

WITH ROSEVILLE

(Continued from page 2)

had

been se t

just a little higher than

l as t yea r' s

total promises.

People

were

afraid we might not reach the goal

because

of unfavorable farming

condi

tions. With

blight

in the corn crop

and

low hog prices, the farmers were quite

concerned. However,

everyone

was

thrilled

when the

total promises well

surpassed

the goal to reach

15,331.20.

Praise

the

Lord .

We

believe

in the

faith-promise

mission program,

and

I am sure the

Roseville congregation does also.

In

fact,

th e

church

ha s

led out in the

estab

lishment

of

their

own mission

project

right at home a nursing home. The

home will open it s doors to residents

on

th e

first of

June.

We ar e proud to be the ministers

abroad fo r

this miss ion-minded

congregation.

Jff .

We have the re fore , encouraged a new

work

s t a r t ed

in

an area

known

a s

Hanove r Park .

OPENED (Picture 2)

During the month of October 1970

Mrs.

Desmore

s tar ted

a

B ib le S ch oo l

in her home in Hanover Pa rk . I

was

present

to start the chorus

singing

and

to give a lesson. We have since spon

so red t his work. Every encouragement

has

been given

to assist Mrs. Desmore

in this effor t .

You

wil l

note

from

th e

V

A

w

>

n

picture that

the children

are overjoyed

with the

gifts presented

at the

Christmas

party. Mrs. Desmore is

slightly

obscured

in

this picture.

We

intend

to help in this work during

this new year.

This

is a new housing

a rea

for

f ami l ie s who

c an

afford to liv e

only in a sub-economic housing scheme

have already had some cottage

meetings as well, and hope to continue

in the future. Do pray that we might be

able

to make

use

of the new opportunity

open to u s.

FURLOUGH

TIME

We have now

reached

the

halfway

point in our furlough. As we look back

ward, it seems

as

though we

have

not

been able to visit

as

many

churches

as we did during

earlier

furlough

periods.

However,

we have

felt

it best to

live at

Kimball

and

to be here a good part of

th e tim e. D ad

c on ti nu es a bo ut t he s am e

in the

nursing home.

He is

glad

to

see

us ,

but is

seldom able

to

carry

on a

real

conversation. The

doctor says he

could continue the same for a long time

but

doubts

that

he wil l

eve r be ab le to

l eave

th e h om e. I t

is

hard

fo r

us

to

se e

him so

nearly helpless.

Debbie Has

decided

not to re turn

to

South Afr ica

at present

but

to wait

and return

when we go in July. She ha s

adjusted to the school here

and

likes

it better now than at

first.

We are glad

to have h er w it h us, bu t wish sh e could

ge t

more of the

classes she needs.

Our

present concern is

to

raise th e

rest of t he fund s especially needed for

our return and the immedia te upgrading

of

th e

min i st e ri a l s choo l. We wil l need

abou t 2 ,000 fo r ou r fares

and

th e trans

porting of supplies to the field. Because

of the

high

shipping charges, thi s wil l

probably

be the last time we

ta ke any

amount

with

us .

The

biggest item, by

far, this time will

be a ca r

which

we

ca n buy much cheaper here

than

in

South

Africa,

bu t which st i l l cost

considerable

to

import.

Larry is

still

looking for work and

tr ying to arrange to enter schoo l. At

present,

he is still a bi t uncer ta in jus t

what it wil l be. He has been to

school

with Duane, both in his University

classes

and in his Bible college

classes. He

feels

he would prefer the

field of engineering. He has gotten

word

that

he passed

hi s

South African

high school

exams.

Two

tours

are

planned for the next

two months. We hope to visit the

churches

which

support us and others

who requested

a

presentation.

We may

be

addressed;

Lynn

Stanley,

Kimball,

Minn. 55353. Do let us know right away

if you wish us to visit your congregation.

Lynn S/anlcy


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South

African

TORCH

Published quarterly

for the following:

MISSIONARIES

and their Forwarding Agents

Mr. an d Mrs. Alvin Nicliolson

and Family

P.O. Box 219

Port Shepstone Natal

S o ut h A f ri ca

Forwarding Agent

Mrs. R ic ha rd H a n so n

16642

Gannon

Ave.

W.

Rosemount, Minnesota 55068

Mr. and Mrs. James Solomon

Bethesda Quartz

Street

Penlyn Estate Lansdowne

Cape Town, South Africa

Forwarding

Agent

Mr. and

Mrs.

Dan Doty

307

South

Congress

Polo Illinois

61064

r

and rsDarrel Slanley

140 Ringwood Drive

Pinelands

Cape

South Afr ica

Forwarding Agent

Mr. and Mrs.

Donald

B a r n e s

Route 1

Lyle

Minnesota 55953

r and Mrs. Lynn Stanley

and Family

P.O.

Box

219

Port Shepstone Natal

Soitth

Afr ica

Forwarding Agent

Mrs. Sybil Evans

B ox 1

St. Joseph, Illinois 61873

South African Torch

Fi r s t

Quarter 1971

HICHOLSONS HOME SEVERELY DAMAGED

Hail damage in home

H a i l s to rms are no t usua l

in

th e

Port Shepstone

area;

so when the storm

of

December 5 th h it the U mten twen i

area

we were not expecting

anything

like

i t . Friends said that

in 1923 a

s torm

suc h as

th is

one

c a m e to th e

Durban

area

but n ot h er e.

A t th ree

in

the

afternoon

i t

w as

a s

it should

have

been at si x

thirty

at

night. We were certain we would have

a

bad storm;

bu t wha t it would be we

never guessed.

Larry Stanley and Alvin were stand

ing on the porch as it

was

raining

lightly; then a few hail

stones

began

to

fall.

The nex t moment they were com

ing

right

through the asbestos

roof.

Vernita called

to

say

that

the windows

were being broken. Since these were

the windows for the bedrooms and study

we were on the run and mid flying

glass

worked hard

to

ge t things

ou t

of

the

way of the rain. While we were

still

busy wi th

this task James who

was

il l in bed, shouted The ceiling is

coming down;

and

two strips in two

rooms came down,

scattering

water and

mud everywhere. Then we began to look

to

see

where water was standing on the

dining room

and

living room was not

as great so we moved

all

the things

we could in there

and

piled them on

tables f ir ep la ce and wha tever would

ho ld them,

leaving only

room for walk

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ing and the pans that were

catchin

water

There were

tw o inches of rain th

f i r s t tw o hours . It w as af te r t ha t t im

that

we cleaned up a little but muc

had to be left until the next

day.

Ver

n ita and James wei.t to the neighbor

to sleep.

All told, 28 out of 32 panes o

glass were

broken

on the wes t sid e o

th e house . About t hr ee -f ou rt hs of th

roof has to be replaced

and

all of th

ceilings; then diere is the paintin

that

goes with

it .

Be c a use

th e s tude n t s

had to

b

t aken home l a t e r in the

w ee k an d th er

were

just

three

days

of school

left

w

c lo se d s ch o ol and s ix of th e s tude n t

came in and helped us ge t the window

ready

for the new

glass

and

the roo

on the

west part

of the house . The roo

is f in is he d no w but there

is

s t i l l

th

work on the

ceilings

in the house

Christmas time has brought work to

standstill. Since we

are

in a

mess

w

are

also

going to do some long-neede

improvements in the house. We ar

thankful that al l the damage is covere

by insurance.

a n d V e m

f i c b o L s o

This porlablc light plant has bee

purchased to be used with the tent fo

services at various times throughou

the year.


5/18

f ^^

NEWS WITH TH E NICHOLSONS

Vol.

11

No. 11

January

1971

D e a r

Fr i ends

Yes

we

a r e

s t i l l

a l ive .

Th e

New

Y ear

c a ught

us

w ith to o

many

t hi ngs

going

an d we did

n o t g e t o u r

l e t t e r

wri t ten.

Things a re

s t i l l

i n a mess

f o r

we have

most e ve r yt hi ng moved o ut o f th e study an d

k i t c h e n

w h i l e we work on th e cei l ings.

The w a l l board is up b ut t her e is

plenty

more to do.

ha d

a ve r y good Christmas. I t was a da y when we could take it eas ie r

b u t

ju s t as I go t up th e r e was a knock a t th e door and an African Policeman was

there .

He

ha d misse d h is

t ra in

and c ould n o t

g e t

back to work

an d

would

1

p l e a s e

take him. I

had time fo r

a cu p o f

coffee

an d s t i l l g et him

to

work on time.

The 2nd o f J a n u a r y

we drove

to J o h an n es b u rg to

be

w i t h th e b re th re n th er e

in t he i r

youth

camp.

great ly

enjoyed th e

fellowship

an d th e making o f new

f r i e n d s . While we

were

in Johannesburg th e Zimmermans came from Capetown to use

our home. They were

s t i l l

he r e when we

a r r i v e d an d

s t a y e d a few days so we could

v i s i t with them. The Kernans a ls o stopped around f o r a few

days

and because we

needed some

t h i n g s from Durban

we made th e t r ip to g e th e r . V em ita needed some

specia l mate ria l fo r

s c h o o l

d r e s s e s fo r Nick

Qwemesha s

d a u g h t e r .

When

sh e c o u l d

n o t f in d it in th e larger s tores t he y

suggested

we t ry on e o f th e

Indian

s tores .

As we were g o i n g

to th i s area

Vemita

sa id I must t e l l H e a t h e r

to w atch

her

purse . When we

l o o k ed b a c k t h e y were

qui te a

ways b e h i n d and lots o f p e o p l e

were between

so we

went on .

When we

had

f i n i s h e d

paying

f o r

th e

m a t e r i a l they

told us

tha t H e a t h e r

had had

h e r

p ur se p ic ke d about th e time we looked back. They

lost o v e r R30 .

I took th e normal t r ip

to

b r i n g back s tu d e n ts

except

tha t I went to Middel-

bur g.

Cape so

I

could

preach

t h e r e

on

Sunday

morning.

I

s t a y e d

in

S t u t t e r h e i m

on Sunday n i g h t an d h ad 10 s tudents

when

I arr ived ba c k. have a la rge

s c h o o l

w i t h 22 s tu de nt s p re se nt . There

a re

12 gi r l s and 10 men.

This

is th e

l imi t

as

fa r as gir ls

are concerned

a t

th e p re se n t time. I ha d thought we might s t i l l

have on e

more

man. Next term only on e fellow

is going

home

an d

th e r e should

be

f o u r coming to s c h o o l .

Three

o f

t h e s e

have been

in

s c h o o l b e f o r e . a r e most

happy

to have eight new men

in

s c h o o l th i s

t i m e .

With

so

many new s tudents we

have

had

to

bu y new m a t t r e s s e s

an d some

new

be ds s i l v e r w a r e pla tes cups

an d

so

on . Th e only way

V e m i t a

can g e t a l l th e

classes in fo r t y p i n g s tudents i s have

a

c lass

on Tuesday

and Friday from

1

to

1 : 3 0 .

T h i s i s

when

r eg ul ar c la ss es a r e

f in ished and

t h e y miss

s ta r t ing

the i r

me a l wi t h t h e

oth rs

Someone w ro te a sk in g us fo r c l a r i f i ca t ion

on

what

we

p l a n n e d to

do

to th e

house

to

f ix it up an d we a re th a n k fu l

f o r

th is

fo r

we know tha t we do n o t make

a l l

t h i n g s c lea r .

One of

t h e rooms

u s ed

fo r

a s t u d y h a s

no e l ec tr ic a l o u tl et s.

have cut the wall on two sides and put in the

pipes

to take th e wires and

also ha ve c u t

t h ro u g h

the w a l l

in to

o ne b edro om s o

t h a t

the re

wi l l be

2 ou t l e t s

in e a c h o f these tw o rooms. T h e r e was also o n l y o ne ou t l e t in the k itchen and

l iv ing

room.

have

c u t

down

t h e w all to

p u t

tw o

in

the k i t c h e n an d

h av e

gone

through from one of

t h e s e

to the l iv ing room. I t i s

a

b ig job

in

t h e s e

brick and

p las te red

h o u s e s .

T h ere a re no c lo se ts in

the

house and when

the

other work i s

done we w an t to go

a h e a d

and bu i ld these .


6/18

The rino board

used

on the ceiling is similar to the wallboard used there

but they generally cover the joints with wood

strips

or

half

round The

new

homes are plastering or skimming making the whole ceiling smooth

e

have done

this in the study

and

Alvin has

done

a very smooth job The ceiling is up in

three

rooms

but there are still three

and

the passage to do.

While

in Johannesburg I discovered

that

I had not gotten the film in the

5mm

camera

caught

on

the

spool

and

did not get

any

pictures of the hail

damage

to th e h o u s e

e

have

bought the portable generator. It is a

German one with

a Briggs ^

Stratton engine on it. It is the same engine as is on the garden tractor

and

that

one has worked very

well.

e

have not started

it up because

I

have

not

had

time to get the

wire

to

go with it.

e

have

it

but it

has

been put

away

o keep us

in

your prayers as

we

seek

to

lead

the

school If we

can

keep

training a good number of men like this i t will be a great help to the work

One

of our coloured

men

has

gone

to an area where

he

is working almost totally

with coloured folks so

that

leaves another church that needs a minister.

Thank you so

much

for your help during 1970.

your l i ves in th e New

Year .

May

the Lord

b less

and

enr ich

Yours

in His Service

THE NICHOLSONS

Alvin

V e m i t a

James

P .O .

Box

219

Port Sliepstone Natal

S o u t h

A f r i c a

forwarding AGENT:

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16657

Gannon

Ave W

Rosemount

Minn. 55068

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NEWS

WITH TH E NICHOLSONS

Vol. 12, No. 4 1971

D e a r Chr is t i an Fr iends

ow

we do thank you

fo r your prayers

and

for your help in

th e

Lord s

work

h e r e

We

had a

very

good rain

l as t

n i g h t

an d it

looks l ike

it

wil l

continue

through the day.

We ar e

always thankful

for

rains now

for

they

prepare

the

moisture

fo r w in te r

an d

we know

t h a t

we

s h a l l not g et as

much rain fo r

awhile. Things

are

wonderful this year as compared

to

the past few years

when it h as been d r y . Only o u r ga rde n is a b it b eh in d b eca u se some

o f

it h as

been very wet. I kept

waiting

for

them

to

get seed potatoes

here

but

they

d id n o t ,

so

f ina l ly

I s e n t f o r them so we could

have

them a

month

ear l ie r

The onion

seeds

have not grown well t h i s year so I have j u s t

gotton

31 lbs.

o f p la n ts to put

in .

School

goes on

about th e

same

but

we

are so thankful

fo r the

growth

we

se e

in

some

of

th e

men. They

are

asking

questions

and

entering

into

the

class

in

such a

way

that

we

can

see they

ar e

studying

and

thinking.

Last Sunday

at th e T

Hospital

we

no t

only

had a large crowd

present

bu t

a number

of the nurses came

as well. We have communion on the Sunday we

are

p r e s e n t an d many have

thanked

us

fo r i t o th er wi se t he y

do

not

have i t

The two churches

will

be

using

the

tent

for Pentecost Sunday at a meet

in g about 25 miles west of Port Shepstone. Brother Sithebe has

written

asking

for

us to come to Escourt so I will take a few of the

students

and go there

to

be with him i n s er vi ce s. They had hoped we might come at

Easter,

bu t

we

co uld n ot m a k e it

As I

w r i t e th is today,

we

had planned

to

be in Durban

f o r th e

Natal

Mis

sionary

Convention

but

other things have intervened. The young man who had

worked

f o r us a

number

o f m on th s, a sk ed i n March

to

be

allowed

to

l e a ve t h e

work

fo r

his

father wanted him

at home

bu t

instead of

going home he

stayed

around. L a t e r he broke into th e Kie--room

we

have

for

our Africans

to

l ive

in--stole some

things

and went

to

stay with the

neighbor

boy next door. e

l e f t

our

thing s th er e but s t o l e money and clothing from them

as

well

before

going home. We were told to be in court yesterday but upon arriving

we

were

told i t was on the docket

for

today.

The African working

next

door said he

did

this

because he was smoking dagga

like

marijauna . We are sorry

for

t h i s

because in the beginning he worked very well.

The

Stanleys

a r^

planning

to

re tu rn to

South

Africa

about

the

t h i r d

week

in

July.

They will hav^ been gone from South Africa

for

over a year.

Last

week

we sold

over 360 pounds

of

powdered milk. This was

partly

be

cause

we were

ou t

for a few days. Milk comes in grams so

they

have

enlarged

the packages

to

S O grams rather than making

i t

equal to the pound which is a

littl sma l l e r


8/18

Pray

fo r

us

as work

i s about

to

begin on

another

class room

an d

the wa

te r

system. With this number of students our present water tanks are just

not enough.

A few weeks ago I was called

to

help

with

an Indian funeral. This was a

relative

of

an Indian man working among

his own

people. The thing I

noticed

most when we came was the immediate family was in one of the rooms of the

house talking

to him

and touching his face. When the casket was brought

outside they came crying and after the singing of a song, prayer and

scr ipture reading they

began to

cry

while others came

to

see the man.

At

the

burial

after the

message

and everyone had

seen him

the

relat ives all

kissed him

good bye.

One

of the

students

has been

sent

home frcm school

since

the beginning of

th is le t te r

I t

was not

for

something

done

a t

school

but

done

before he

c me

e are

going to

get

a 16

projector.

e can now

get

pictures

in

Zulu.

They have~a great message for the people ahd when we get them they can be

used

in three

different

places

on a week-end, so

we

can

make

good use of

t h em

James was given

the

opportunity to play on th e f i r s t rugby team when one

of

the

men was

sick.

He was only the second man who was nothing his last

year

of school. To add to his joy they won

the

game

against

a team that

beat

them badly

l a s t

year.

There was a rain in the middle

of

the week that gave us plenty

of

water

here but

much

more

in

Durban and many people died. A bus load of Africans

was swept

off

a

bridge

by a wall of water and 37 were

killed.

Many

streets

in Durban

ha d

18 inches of water on them. We were to have been in Durban

but

were

hindered

by

o the r m a tt er s.

May the Lord bless

and

guide you a l l

FORWARDING AGENT:

Mrs.

Richa r d

Hanson

16642 Gannon

Ave. W

Rosemount

Minn.

55068

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THE

NICHOLSONS

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F i r s t Ch r i s t i a n Church

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in His Service

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V ol . 1 2 ,

No. 5

J u n e

1971

D e a r

Fr i ends

had hoped to get

this

done on time

for

once. The f irs t copy was a ct ua ll y w r it

ten

in

time, bu t we d i d n t get i t

typed

- so here i t is - l a t e again.

This l a st

month

ha s

brought us some

p ro bl em s a nd

some

of our students have

gone

home. Yet even from t h i s , I am sure

there

have come some

blessings

for the students

have

seen

that some things must be

their

concern and no t

just that of t he t ea ch er s

and

t h e

s c hoo l

The men o f

this area

ha d

asked

us

to

be

p rese nt f or t h e i r

Pentecost

service at

Izingelweni where they were using

the

tent but a c a l l from on e

o f

the

men further

away who had

also

wanted us at Eastertime, caus ed us

to feel we

should go there,

since

we

were

close a t

hand

fo r these

men.

I t

was a

t r ip

o f about

200

miles

each

way and

brought us new experiences. Brother Sithebe ha d

said

t h a t some

o f

the men fr om

Johannesburg would be

present,

but did not

speak

further

about

i t

supposed

i t

was

men fro m

the church

who wor k

in

Johannesburg but in s te a d ,

i t

was men who also use the

^hurc.h of-Chrj-St name ) and use th e word

of God

only,

they

say. In

part of this,

they

go further than we do since they also use i t fo r their hymn book and do not and did not

sing when we sang from the hymn book.

After I had preached in

the

evening one of the

men

preached on Salvation In Christ

and

di d very

well. At

midnight,

I excused myself

to get some sleep

so

that

1 would be

able

to

drive home in the

morning

but th ey kept

on

u n t i l 4:30 in the

morning.

The next morning a f t e r

coffee, we

went back to th e church

for

a period of study.

1

answered

some

q u e s t i o n s which B ro the r S ith eb e

had asked me to

a nsw er and then

a ske d

these people about the Lord s Supper. They said they could not

partake

as we di d

because

th e bread

was

th e

Holy

Spirit .

They were

not

very happy

with

me

when

I kept

stopping them

to as k questions

and to

se e i f

1

understood

them correctly. [They prefer

preaching

to

teaching.

1

t r i e d to get

them to

discuss

I

Corinthians 11:20

- 30.

Why

was

Paul

talking about the Lord s Supper?

Was

he

not

talking

a bo ut s om et hi ng

that

the

Corinthians were doing?

How

could

they

eat the Holy Sp i ri t in rememberance of Him?

This, they said, they di d in preaching.

Then

how di d eating

the Holy

Spirit show

forth the Lord s death

u n t i l He

come?

This

one

they

went

around

as

well

as

how could

one examine himself

i f

they had no time

for partaking of the Lord s

Supper. Time ra n

out an d we had to

leave

th e di s cus s i on, an d

they

were s t i l l unconvinced.

This led us to more discussion a t school

today

and the men said they

were glad

1

ha d met t h i s

problem

for they ha d many lik e th is an d we

took

e x tra

time

to talk about

some

of

the

problems

they

had

to

meet as

well

as

some

scriptures tha t

they

were

no t

quite clear

on.

Brother

Samuel Nzuza

who

ha s

come

to

school

from D ur ba n

is

a

man who

very

much

wants

to

know and is adding

g re atly to

the

school.

He only started this

l as t term.

were with hi m

th e f i r s t

Sunday in June.

The c h u r c h a t Number 5

L o cat i o n

h a s bu i l t a l ttl

house

a t th e home o f one o f the

members

to us e

for

t h e i r services

and t h e y have

asked

that I bring ou t

iro ns for the

roof.

Then th e

nurse asked i f

I could

bring

out-

roofing

fo r her home. She is s t i l l

living in

the

c l i n i c

and

i f

we

co uld h elp get

i t on

for the

builder i s so

slow

and

ha s

broken

some of the

roofing.

have

spent several

days on t h i s

home

because

the

builder

had

pu t

half

of

th e

roof

on and had

i t

on wrong

side

up so what a

jo b we

had


10/18

gett ing i t

r ight and trying not

to waste too

much since asbestos must be cut .

She is

rejoicing

to see the roof

on and knowing

that shortly

she

can

be in

the

house. This

man

was

cer tainly

taking advantage

of a widow woman.

School closes the 23rd of June. The 24th I

will take

the students that go

to the

south home. Those from Kimberley and Johannesburg go by train. The 29th to

the 3rd

of July is camp in

this

area at Invutshini.

July

5 to 10 will be camp at Holy Cross in

Pondoland

Ify

family have been pressing to go to Kimberley for the

iamond

Celebrations

for

a

l i t t le

vacation.

The

third

week

of July

will

be time

to

get the students

back

and ready for

school.

The

Stanleys will

arrive

back

in South

Africa

about

that time.

Please

brethren

keep us in your

the

Lord and from you.

prayers

for we so greatly need this help from

FORWARDING

AGENT:

Mrs. Richard

Hanson

16642

Gannon

Ave. W.

Rosemount

Minn.

55068

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Chris t in

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V e m i t a

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Shepstone Natal

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NEWS WITH T HE

NICHOLSONS

Vol 12 No 6 July 1971

Dear B r eth r en

Greetings

in

C hri st Jesus o ur

Lord

School

i s

o ut an d camp time

i s over

but what

a

hec t i c

t ime

t ha s

been

School

was

ou t

with i t s program on

th e

23rd of June The next day I was

off

with

the students that go to th e South. emade good time and I arrived in Middel-

burg. Cape thinking

I would be in bed

e a r l y but the

on e

t h a t

was

to meet us t h e r e

did not

so we fixed the

t i re

th at was

going f la t

and on

to

-

Graaff

Rei riet ;almast-70

miles

away.

Since

i t was

rainy

and cold 1 decided t hat a warm bed in

the

h o t e l was

p re f e r ab l e to a co ld o n e

in

the ca r

John Labatala has done some work on the church such as putting in new

windows

an d a new door b ut there i s s t i l l much tha t

needs to

be

done.

To

be sure there was milk

for

th e clinic

for

th e next few weeks

Vemita

and X

made

a quick

trip

to Durban. earrived

home at

3 in the afternoon and

after

a cup

of

tea left f or I nv utsh in i.

ewere not

far from

there

when

we came

upon

a

trailer

load of

sugar

cane

that

had

upset.

On

Monday

th e

28th

camp

started

at

Invutshini

and I went to school to ge t th e campers from there and pick up supplies in town. M

had asked Barnabas Bongo

several

times if he was ready and he said

that

he was .but

we found he was not. Our classes started on Thursday and t he y asked Vernita to teach

as well. Nick Qwemeshas second son who is studying to be a teacher

interpreted

for

her as well as teaching one

class

himself. 1 used film strips on th e

l ife

of Christ.

Friday

night

they had closing exercises and

we

went ou t at 4 and stayed

fo r

th e

skits put

on by

th e churches.

They were a ll good

bu t

2

of

them had

to

do w it h w it ch

doctors. e took the children

home that

night so we

would

be free

on

Saturday e

a r r i v ed

h o me

t IsOO A.M .

When 1 lef t

for camp in

Pondoland on th e

5th

th e weather was

clear

and

cold

and we

could se e

snow on

the

Ingela

Mountain

I had 3

doors

and

seven

windows

with

me

fo r

one of the churches. I t was nearly dark when I

came

to Ellas Segeni s home

but they were waiting to help unload and had prepared something to eat. After fel

lowship fo r a short time I continued the additional

40

miles to camp. About half way

there we found 35 people waiting fo r a ride to camp. I had no room now so

told

them

th at

I would be

back. After

unloading I

returned a t

once

fo r h a lf

of them and made

another trip for the rest of them. The

camp

numbered in the 80 s

this

year. I taught

a

class

on

Parables

and

a t

noon had th e chapel message. In t he a ft er no on I answered

questions

asked by th e a du lt s p re se n t. This was a profitable

time.

These

people

do

give the

ministers

at

camp some

problems as they want to

come

to camp but they don t

want to pay even thopgh they want

to eat.

The portable

l ig h t

was a great help at

both n vu t s h i n i a n d in Pondo land

This coming week we ar e going to Kimberley for a few days break. They .are

having

th e

Diamond Centenary

there

and we

shall

be staying with

th e Gordon

Nelson

Family. As we return on th e 19th we will

bring

th e

students from that side.

After

two days I will go to get those from th e south again as school begins on th e 23rd.

James was gone to East

London

for a week.to

take part

in spec ial youth services

t h e r e . He came home g r e a t l y th r i l led an d learned how

to

work f o r

th e

Lord.

The

Stanleys are planning to be back

at

the

end

of the

month and i t

goes without

saying

that

we shall be happy to se e them and happy for them to

take

part of th e load

t h a t

we

have

been carrying.


12/18

Our thanks to those

who

have sent for th e F rid ge Fund. have received 35.50

in

the

l a s t two months. The

wick

st icks and gives t rouble in the present one i t i s

a kerosene

f r idge) ,

but I have found a crochet hook

is the

best for moving th e wick

when i t is

troubling.

This las t

term 1 did

not

buy

meat

and put i t in ' our deep

freeze fo r

one

of the men

wil l

se l l it

to

me fo r the same price i f I take i t in 10

lb .

lots

or

more.

I f

I buy on

Thursday,

they

must keep

some

of the

meat

unti l

Sunday.

Since

the f reezer

area

i s very small,

i t

makes fo r some di f f icu l ty .

May God r i ch ly

b les s

and

keep

you a l l .

FORWARDING AGENTs

Mrs .

Ri cha r d Hanson

16642 Gannon Ave . W.

Rosemount,

Minn. 55068

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NEWS WITH

THE

NICHOLSONS

Vol. 12, No, 6 August 1971

Dear Fr i ends

This las t month has brought us many varied experiences- Just

yes te rday , the

11th

of

August,

I

went

with

three

of

the minis ters

to

v i s i t

the

Paramount

Chief

of

Pondoland.

went on

business really

because there was some

question

on some church site applicatio

that

had been made.

When

they looked for our papers, however, they

could

no t

find

them

and

their question was really

concerning someone

else.

But

s t i l l i t

was good fo r us to

meet

the

men there who

have

to give their 0,K. to many things-

When

one comes to the Chief s

place

(which is

called

The

Great

Place )the

f i r s t

thing

they

have

to

do is face his office and salute and say Jonge Ilizwe (Watcher of

the Land or people).

were taken by one of the men

to

the gate near the office and

he went

to report

that we were

present.

were taken into a small

conference

room.

Shortly^h e~secretary came to escbrfus

in to ~fhe office.

stated

6ur~case and~tEey

checked th e re co rd s. When we had

finished

we went

back to

the other room fo r tea. I

forgot to

say that one

s tops before entering

the office and salutes

again.

had a very good time

at

Kimberley though the days were

very

short. The diamond

display was really

something with many beaut iful r ings,

braclets,

and

necklaces. mong

the

big

diamonds

present

were

the

Eureka, the

Tiffany , the

Oppenheimer,

the

Earth Star

and the Great Chrysanthenum.

On our return from Kimberley, I was home on day and then drove

to

Middelburg,

Cape,

to

bring the students from that side. It is a 500 mile trip over roads that

are not the best par t of the way. I arrived about 5 P.M. and went

to

t e l l

the

minis ter

I was present so those returning with

me

would be

ready

to go th e

next

morning. iVhile

having a cup

of

tea, he said, You are to preach tonight at

6.

I harried to

the

hotel

to

ge t a room fo r the night and

find

our what time supper would be. I had no t

even

taken

a

coat

or

t ie

with me

for

I

though

I would

only

go

to the hotel

and

then

s tar t back

the next

morning and I was dead tired. After I had spoken

to

them and

their choir had sung two numbers they

took

up an offering for me. I was ashamed

that

I was not better

prepared

and as t ired as I was. I t was a quarter

to

eight when I

got back to

the

hotel and

since

the

dining

room

did

not

close

until 8, I had a good

supper and a

bath

and

to

bed. It

was

only about 40 degrees outside so

considerably

co lde r th an h e re

on

t h e co as t

By

degrees the

students, are

getting back

tQ school.

have 18 present,

with

three more we think coming

with

Stanleys

from Johannesburg,

One

wili i5e -the wife

of

a

new man who

has just

come

They did

not

have money at that time so could

no t

both

come. One of the

men

who was here before has brought his wife and four

children

with him. She has not yet caught on to the work, but we are very happy she could

come

s c h o o l

are also

happy

that the Stanleys are

back

in

South

Africa-

Since

they

had two

night on the

way

trying to

sleep

on t he p lanes, they will no t be down here until

Saturday,

the

14th. They will stay with us for a couple of days

until

they ge t

things

i n o r d e r a t t h ei r hous e

Both James and Vemita had a

date

with the

doctor

in Durban a few days ago. While

they were awaiting

their

appointment, they went to

the

music shop and

there

saw a


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portable

electric

organ for

less

than h a l f

p rice. So

now

we have a

portable e l e c t ri c

organ. Both

V em ita

and James have gr eat l y

enjoyed

playing i t and

V em ita

has used

i t once at school for th e singing class. The s tu de nt s h ar dl y wanted to quit singing

t h a t day.

John Hernan was able to book us Rondovels

a t

Port Elizabeth fo r Conference They

will cost us about three dollars a day. e have to

furnish

ou r own cooking things and

bedding

bu t we are

so

glad

to have them.

All the missionaries

will be there

together-

Brethren

we

thank you so much for your

continued

help and

we

hope now

we

can

write

some personal l e t t e rs to

you

for our load will be much lighted with

the

Stanleys back.

God

b l e s s

yo u each

on e

i s

our

pr a ye r .

S in ce re ly i n C h r i s t

A l v i n V e r n i t a 5 J a m e s

P-S. JMg-was lost on

th e

desk when-Wfi.moved

thing

around

to paint th e

study floor

We

have painte^ t1ftaf b Simrete floow so

i t

will

aTw^ays

be black

an3 ^sKiriy

and not need

polishing.

Before i t always

ad

to have black polish

fairly

often and th e polish came

o ff on

everything.

Clear white;

polish

didn t make i t look very

nice.

e want to

se e

how

i t

wears

before

we

put

i t

on

t he k it ch en .

Th e

Stanleys

a re back an d have taken over some o f th e work whick i s wonderful

f o r

u s

They

arrived

here

at

Port Shepstone on

th e

14th. They

ar e painting th e

house

inside befo

moving

a ll

things back

i nt o

place.

e had heavy rein

last

weekend

which

did a lot of damage especially in th e Cape area

around Port

Elizabeth

and East

London.

e had wahing but no deaths through

there

was

l o t s of damage

to ships

an d roads.

FORWARDING AGENT:

M r s .

R i c h a r d

H a n s o n

1 6 6 4 2 G an no n A ve. W.

Ro se m o u n t

Minn.

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Vol. 12 No. 7 September 1971

D e a r Fr iends

How

is

life with you would be the

African s greeting

and we truly hope that

y o u r l i f e i s good.

The

Annual

meeting of the churches

was

held at Port Elizabeth

from

September 29th

through the 3r d of October.

I t

was made

very

nice for the missionaries when we were

able to

ge t

accomodations all in one place. I t was at a resort run by th e

Provincial

Council. Each unit had

two

rondovels fo r sleeping quarters

and

the connecting

room

was

dining

room

and kitchen. The size of these varies. Thursday

night

we had a full house

at Stanleys when-we all came

fo r

a pitch-in supper. We each brought not only our food

bu t

our d i shes

as we l l

_ This was one of the largest conferences we have had as to attendance and giving

for th ^

Building and

Evangelistic

Fund.

.The women

gave

for

the-widowsfund asivell -

the

largest

ever. were used this year with much more time being

given

to classes

in

the morning and afternoons.

The

African

brethren

had a b it

of

a problem

in

that

the host

minister

had

failed

to

provide

enough homes

for

sleeping and

the food at the

table was a b it slim

u n t i l

older hands took over the cooking.

I very much

covet your

prayers. The African brethren have

asked

t h a t I take

general oversight of the

work fo r this

year. I would like to challenge

them

to

greater

e f f o r t in evangelism and teaching in the

churches.

Vemita

was chosen

treasurer for

the women. Her biggest

task

will be in seeing

that

the widows get their money thxoughout the year. The

money

is now divided and

sent to

them

four

times a year

rather

than

in

j ust

one

lump

sum.

While at

Port Elizabeth we were able to watch the porpoises preform once. This

was a

wonderful

show.

Since

returning

home

while

James was

out

of

school

for the

holidays we

went

to Peitermaritzburg

about 130 miles from

here to v isit the

Lion

Park. They have 9 miles of road in the park. The Rhinos were right beside the gate as we

entered the park. One of the zebra came right up to the car and rubbed on i t . The giraffe

ere beside the road so we could well see how tall they were. There are many kinds of

other game throughout th e park. The ostriches were

also interesting.

The lions

ar e

kept in an area by themselves. Several of

them

were right on the road so they were

easy to photograph. They have a nice

restaurant

right

at

the park: unusal for most

places like

this

the food

was

very reasonably priced. In

fact

we enjoyed the

first

time around so

much

that we went around again after

we

had eaten.

The

Sunday afternoon before Conference while the Kimberley brethren

were having

afternoon services a win^stojm_tpok__th^^^ off-the-buiXding.

We

are so thankful

that

no

one

was

hurt.

rt_jy'ilT

cost

700.

or

more

to fix

up

the building.

ow that Mr.

Stanly had taken over the running of

th e

school we

will

be having

more time

for other

work.

F i r st

in

the

morning we do now

have to

be

there u n t i l

11:00 a.m. while before i t

was

9 a.m. We do not have the task of buying provisions

ith r


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A big rain

la st

weekend did great damage to

ou r

garden

again.

I had many l i t t le

cabbages and tomato

seedling

growing so well and all were washed away

The Derrance Smaage family come from

Port

Elizabeth and

spent the

weekend

with

us.

This

we very

much enjoyed. do hope

that others will

stop by to

see us.

May God s r i chest blessing

r e s t

upon you al l

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Vol. 12

No.

7

15th

November 1971

Dea r Ch r i s t i a n F r i e n d s :

It is

not only a

new

month

but

this month

is

one half gone and

we

have not

yet

gotten

our le t ter

ready

for you.

I t

is not we do not enjoy doing i t but I wait until

after the weekend and then i t took a couple of days getting i t done.

The

reason

for

waiting

unti l the weekend was

that

I was to

take the block

machine

to the Xoposo church so they could start making blocks for their building. The

Dodge

has had a

bearing

noise fo r

some

time

that

would come and go. But Friday night i t

came much

louder

and in a way I was

not

happy for. So I was a fra id to

drive

i t With

all

the

rain we

had had I

was afraid

to use the old peugot as well. So I did not go.

But then on

Monday

when I took the pickup to the garage for them

to

check i t i t

would not make

the

noise so

they

could not figure

ou t

where t he t roub le was. I t would

not make the

noise

in a week of driving, in fact sounded

bet ter

than before. But I

m

sure

from someother things that i t is in the transmission. I have

now

made

plans

t o ta k e tn e ol raacnine~d6wh in

two

weeksT

The folks are busy getting a Christmas program ready

for

the Umzumbe Sunday

School.

It

will

be on the 4th of

December one day

after

the Natal schools break

up

fo r this

year.

Brother

John

Sibinda

has asked to move from the Transkei to an area where he would

not have to travel so far and would receive more support. I promised to help him with

28 a month but he

must

move

to

Untata

which is

the Capital of the area.

When

he went

to

look for a

place,

he found that he would probably be able

to

purchase a home for 100

or

less.

This

will

get him back

into

the area

where his

work is and help him to reach

other outstat ions

by bus

or train.

He has been

living

about 50 miles ou t of this

area

with his in-laws.

e shall

be planning

some special

services

in that

area in the new year

Kimberley

has

found

tha t

the

cost of the

materials

for the

roof

of the

church

is

going to come to over 1 000

and

then they

will

sti l l have to pay for labour in putting

i t

on as well as

getting

their

lights

put back

in

once again.

The

Building Account

is paying f or m a te ria ls

fo r

them.

In October we went to visit the Lion Park. Today we got

some

pictures back and

they were very good.

e

were close

to

some of the animals than one gets sometimes in

the zoo. Three l ions

in northern

Natal

found

that cat t le

were easier

to

catch

and

perhaps

more

juicy than the wild

game. So they had

to

be

tracked

down and

killed.

They

have been

at

i t

for

several weeks now. Monday they caught

up

with one

in

a sisal

plantation. They

wounded

it . The Superintendent

from

the local school

was

helping

them.

He was

hurrying to

join some

other men when the lion caught

siglt

of him. It broke one

let where i t

bit

him

hurt

both arms and

his

face.

He

did shoot

his

shot gun at the

animal, but

i t

grabbed

the

gun in i t s mouth and lef t teeth marks on i t I t seems that

he

is

out

of

danger

now

but had

more

than

100

stitches

put in

his

body.

I would like to have a workshop type of program for our Minister s Week next

year,

but

as yet

am

not c er ta in in my mind as to how to work

i t

out the best.

School at Umzumbe closes on the 8th of December. The 12th

to

the 18th,

we

are

to

be in Johannesburg

to

help

them

with their

Youth

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Lucille

Stanley

has

not

been

well

and was

in the

hospital

for

X-ra ys on

th e

11th

of

November .

hu rried to

get ou r Christmas shopping done and ou r pachages on th e ir

way

and now

hear they have been in

Durban for about a month

waiting

fo r

th e East

Coast Dock

St r i ke

to be over. feel

like

people have l i t t le feeling who do no t

se e that

the mail gets

through.

May God

richly

bless and keep you.

do greatly covet your

prayers.

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AGENT:

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Minn.

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