Courtney Thomas Frances 1964 Rhodesia

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torn j koh laExcerpts from Letters writ ten by our Missionar ies :Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Courtney, Private/Bag 9170,Fort Victoria, Southern Rhodesia , AfricaPubl ished By:T h e C h r i s t i a n C h u r c h1079 S W Al len A v eBeaver ton, Oregon

Forwarding Agents:M r M r s Me r le S c hroe de r10975 S W W a l n u t A v ePortland 2 3, Oregon

F r a n w r i t e s on N o v e m b e r 1 3 1 9 63 :Man, this is living Not many women can stand at their kitchen sink, eat

homemade cookies, drink coffee and watch Nebraska go by.T om wr t s o n N o v e m b e r 2 1 :It is now Thursday morning and perhaps at last we are almost ready toship. The truck is a real oddity here. New Yorkers who are usually blase a-bout everything, surround the truck where ever it stops and just stare. I'msure we will not attract this much attention in Africa. I sure appreciate thatbig bumper on the front of the truck. It puts us in good stead for the tanktype of driving here.. .The children were thrilled with Washington D.C, Tosee our nat ions early history has, I am sure, g iven them a new appreciat ion ofthe land they are leaving.. .We have not had much time to go sightseeing inNew York. It has taken so much time to get the (truck) wheel and shippingan d cu sto m mat te r s c ar ed f orT om wr t s o n N o v e m b e r 2 8 :It is now 6:00 p.m. on Thanksgiving evening. Because this is an Englishboat, there has been no recognition of Thanksgiving but we are very thankfulin our hearts for all God has done for us. The trip across the Atlantic has hadboth its good and bad moments. The first few days were quite nice and thencame the gale. Fran and Pam took on the usual green look. While I did notbecome ill, I found it nearly impossible to sleep with the bunk rotating in anelliptical 360 degrees. Today the sun is out and the sea moderate. We areenjoying ourselves again. We will be at Le Havre in the early hours tomorrow.Breakfast will be a t 6:00 a m - then customs.T om wr t s o n D e c e m b e r 1 :

This morning we were able to find a small Church o f Christ work of thenon-ins tr ument g roup . They had three American preachers or missionariespresent and their families and a to ta l a t tendance of 35, ourselves and a visi ting couple from Baltimore included. The service was in French, but the fellowship of kindred faith was wonderful.. .After the service the preacher wholived in the rooms over the meeting room invited us to stay to dinner withthem. Our first American meal since we left the States and it was ver^ good... .It is now 9:00 o'clock Sunday evening here in Paris. This is a city that isdifficult to describe. Five million people. It is nearly impossible to des-^cribe the driving. However, it resembles the Indianapolis Speedway with allthe vehicles manned by mental patients. They almost all drive the small cars,but they have no lanes either marked or understood. The real sport seems tobe how close you can come to your opponent without hitting him. o play the


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game you must use your hom f requently and flash your headlights often. Atnight it is against the law to drive with your headlights on so all the carsdrive with only their parking lights unless you see a pedestrian or come to ablind intersection then it is legal to flash your headlights on and off. A kindof signal for a fair collision.. .Things are expensive here. Paris is a very oldc ity and our hotelwas one of the first ones built I think.. . Our experience herehas been very good preparation for the mission field. It is frustrating to saythe least to not be able to communicate.. .Every day I become more convincedthat we must do more than we are presently doing in the U.S.A. to send moreevangelists into all the world . Everyone, it seems should have an opportunity to hear the gospe l a t l eas t onceTom wr t s on D e c em b e r 2 :

Today we are in Belgium visiting with the Don Casteliens. Don is a nativeof Belgium that was converted as a result of a contact with an American soldierduring World War II. The correspondence that followed after the war led Donto an understanding of the New Testament position. He went to Johnson BibleCollege in Tennessee studied for the ministry and came back to Belgium towork in a town called Genk pronounced Hank). Without question, he is doingthe best work of any we have seen in Europe. They have a little church houseand about 50 people meeting regularly. Frances and I were overcome by theirextreme poverty and yet th eir gracious hospitality. They i ns is ted th at we eatwith them - a piece of bread and a cup of tea. I told Fran that the people inAmerica would never believe how so many of these people live. Oh but howth_Spirit of _ od is working here. They would have given us all that they hadbecause Jesus would havedone the same. This has been a humbling experiencefor our entire family.. .By the way, tell your children not to complain aboutthe amount of homework they have. Here in Belgium, the young people whoare in their 11th year of school are taking 7) seven languages Latin, Greek,German, English, Flemish, Netherlands and French, plus trig, history, literature etc. They go to class in the morning and come home and study all afternoon and evening. Pam and Mike have suddenly stopped complaining, lestwe send them to school here . .Close to here, Fran cut her hand badly whilecutting a chocolate bar. It took 5 stitches to close it . We found an AmericanArmy base nearby who cared for her hand. I have taken the stitches out buther hand is still very sore. .It has been very cold here but we expected it inthe wintertime. Fran has not been warm since we left Oregon. She will appreciate Africa.. .Pray for us especially at Christmas time. It will be so different for the children. They have been wonderful. Have seldom eaten with regularity most of the time in Europe we had bread and tea for breakfast and hardbread and bologne for mid afternoon lunch and for supper. Then perhaps anorange. They have never complained. We have slept often in small roomswith only three single beds. Again they just do not complain. God has beengood to give us such wonderful children. They do miss their dog.. .We renteda Uttle Renault in Paris, 98 for 19 days plus gas and no additional mileagecharges. This was a good deal for us because we were able to travel 1 800miles through France Switzerland Germany, Belgium, Holland and back toFrance. Of course, we lived on the European standards, which is a good bitlower than our standards in America. Sure got tired of the long, hard loavesof bread and sausage. ut one can always eat and seldom get to see thingsl i ke t h i s


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T om writes o n December 7:I t se em s lik e we have been gone for years . We are enjoying the trip but

fee l a t t imes l ike a man without a country. I think our tr ip through Europe hashelped us already to re -evalua te our l ives . We were n ot aw are real ly howour cultxire t raps us in I ts own ways . We so of ten confuse cul ture with Christ i an i t y

T om writes o n December 8:Then back to Cala is , France where we left our l i t t le car and caug ht the

ferry for Dover . t rain brought us quickly to London. W e h av e e njo ye d manyth ing s in the c ity h ere. Once again i t has been a g re at so urc e o f e du ca tio nfor the chi ldren . Today I took them to the House of Commons where they wereab le to s ee th e House o f Lords In s e s s i on . Pam a lmo st g ig gle d a t the wigsworn by the Lords there . Also saw Westminis ter Abbey scene of the coronat ions and so much history. When we were a t S t. Pauls Cathedral we werein terv iew ed for som e ov er se as b ro a dc as t. S t . Pauls is real ly beaut i fu l andwhen they asked Pam wha t she thought of I t , sh e repl ied In her good Ameri -canese , Oh I think i t s neat . Well a t l eas t she d idn t say coo l . Weleave in the morning for Sou thhampton where we w ill c atc h our boat .T om writes on December 9:

We are so happy to be on the ship because It m eans tha t we are tha t muchc lose r to our des t inat ion . Thanks be to God for H is p ro vid ent care over usthus fa r . . .W e heard Dr. M artin Lloyd-Jones l as t Sunday. He preached for 50minu tes on John 1:12 and I t s eemed lik e 10 , . . I t may sound s t range to y ou bu tIf I were to again p re ac h in the States I think I would spend l ess and l ess t imeon administra t ion and more and more t ime on the word and witness ing ,T om writes on December :

When w e le ft Southhampton there were no tears a s the re were In N ew YorkWe were so g lad to be on our way aga in . Today we are s omewhe re s o ff th ecoas t of Portugual . . .Our trip through Europe was worth severa l years In thec l a s s room for th e ch ild ren . I t was so easy to s tudy the i r his tory l e s sonst he re . We adapted our s tudies from the Reformation through th e Secon d Wo rldWar when they v is ite d th e concentrat ion camp a t Dachu Germany. The o ldcathedrals In Europe were beau t if ul got some new Ideas for the next buildingp r o g r am .

Fran writes on December ;Greetings In the name of our Lord Jesus Chris t . Well here we are rocking

and rol li ng again. t l eas t Pam and I haven t turned green as ye t . The sea Ismuch smoother this t ime. It was a much happier feel ing to get aboard the shipthis t ime even knowing It was going to take us farther away from our manyloved ones . This voyage Is taking us closer to our dest ina ti on and the worktha t God is sending us to do .T om writes on December 2 2 :

Today we are about 275 mile s n or th of the Canary I s l ands . . .The weatherIs moderat ing becoming much warmer . After ch urch w e wen t for a walk aroundthe deck with jus t our sui t coats on . . .At breakfas t today however the swel l swere qui te heavy . The dishes s l id off two of th e t ab les , e ve n w ith the s ide


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boards o n and one woman next to us fe l l o v e r backwards in he r cha i r when th esh ip heeled a bit. No sense of balance I guess . We are told that we willbe enter ing s u b tr op ic al w e ath er tomorrow and tha t i t wil l cont inue warm toCape Town. This will be a welcome rel ief to Fran who has been colder forlonger than 1 can rememberT o m writes on December :

We crossed the equator this morning a t 10:03. W e had th e usual ceremonyof King Neptunes Court with the mock t r ia ls l ike the Kangaroo Courts wehave in our summer youth camps. The victim anyone who has not crossed theequator before is always gu il ty and ends up in the swimming pool.T o m writes o n December 3 1 :

I t i s Tuesday morning and our exc i t ement i n c r ea s e s a s w e come neare r toour dest inat ion. W e are only about 750 miles from Cape Town this noon andafter all the miles thus far i t seems that we a re p ra cti ca lly there. It hasbeen a good t r ip giving us discomfort a t t imes but always e du ca tio na l a ndsometimes inspirational. The experience to this point has made a great cont r ibut ion to my ministry and I am thankfu l to God for i t . I th ink ab o v e a l l othe rthings i t has helped me to sift out the meaning of the New Testament Churchfrom our western cul ture. I was amazed to discover how much our c ultu re hassh ap ed th e chur ch and how l i t t le our church h as inf luenced th e cul ture o f whichwe are a par t . . .W e h av e b een able to ta lk to a number o f folk from Rhodesiaon the ship. They have certainly given us some new Insights to some of theproElenis we will be facing. A Federal Rhodesian police officer who has livedthere for 14 years and knows the area into which we are going told us thingsthat amazed u s . He also has given us many warn ings a bout what to and notto do. In fact both he and his wife s eem worried about us going out in to thebush by ourselves. They have been valuable companions on the trip.F r a n w r i t e s o n J a n u a r y 3 1 9 6 4 :

We had little trouble clearing immigration and cus toms yesterday with ourpersonal effects but it was a holiday and Tom was not able to get the truckand camper . He sa id i t looked O .K . on t he o u ts id e b u t some l i t t le black an tswere taking up housekeeping in the camper.. .Tom and Mike went this morningto clear customs for the truck. Pam and I are waiting anxiously to see ourlittle home again i t might take a ll day. The ship that is carrying our barrelsand cra tes is supposed to arr ive t oday . . .Chr is tmas was much different for uson the sh ip but our delight was when we opened the Chris tma s c ar d box fromthe congregation. I hope they do i t again next Chris tmas The celebrat ion onthe ship was very spir i ted liquid that is and so was New Years . Our owndevotional tim e meant more to us than the Divine Ser vic es c ondu cte d o n theship by th e cap tain who believed in nothing.. We do jolly so appreciate thele t ters keep i t up .Tom w r i t e s o n J a n u a r y 3:

This hurried letter to tell you we arrived safely January 2 bu t have beenin a dither sin ce th en. I have been working 8 hours a day trying to clearcustoms. With the offices closed on Wednesday Thursday and Saturday wecared for all we could and have headed north. This is my first break.. .Thetruck arrived in reasonable good shape with no great damage. A little paint


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her e an d t h e r e , but we felt f or tu na te n o th in g more . They f ailed t o d is co nn ec tth e b a t t e r i e s In New York so w e h ad th e problem o f charging up both b a t t e r i e sb e f o r e w e c o u l d m o v e the t r u ck . . .Have h a d abou t 100 .00 cos t here in d o c kf ees i n s u r a n c e , handl i ng fees e t c . ..W e h a v e s tar ted o n o ur M a la ria l p illst o d a y . H a v e seen a hi ppo a n d s o m e e l e p h a n t s t h u s fa r . . . W h a t a b le s si ng t hi sc a m p e r i s . At l eas t w e fee l a t h o m e w h e r e v e r w e are . The tr u ck is r unni ngvery w e l l a n d t h e a ir - co n d i ti o n er is o u r greates t b l e s s i n g so f a r . W e e s t i m a t eBeit Bridge Rhodesian c us to m s) F ri da y morning. Road c on d it io n s h e re are notexact ly f r e e w a y s ty l e .Tom wr t s o n J a n u a r y 1 4 ;

J u s t a v e r y hurri ed not e w h i l e I am in Fo rt V i c t o r i a . W e h a v e a rri ve d a ndthings a re j u s t plain rough. I h av e h urried in to town to g e t some supplies an dm u s t get b a c k before d a r k . W e are s t a y i n g a t M a s h o k o t e m p o r a r i l y . . . T h ew e a t h e r is v e ry h o t 100 d e g r e e s p lu s . . . F r a n a n d I h a v e f e l t so c lo se to Go dand so in need o f H im s i n ce we have been in A fric a. We had a wonde r fu lp r a y e r m eet i ng t o g e t h e r las t nigh t . . .D o p ray for u s a n d g i v e fol ks o ur r eg ar dsand address . . .J us t c alle d Bulawayo - w i l l have to go over there to s e t t l e th ec ust oms - th e agent felt I could s a v e some m o n e y . . .Keep Africa G r e e n s e n dmo n e y

T o m wr i t e s on J a nu a r y 21 ;I h a v e left Fran a nd th e childr en a t M a s h o k o , temporarily, until I c a n c a r e

for s om e m at te rs in th e N u a n e t s i . Ne xt week I m u s t meet w it h e ve ry he a dma nin t h e i r ow n Krall a n d th e n h a v e a j o i n t m e e t i n g w i t h t h e h e a d m e n a n d t h echief . I am s u r e a l l th in g s w i l l wo rk o u t , b ut i t w i l l t a k e m o r e t i m e that I h a da n t i c i p a t e d . Al so, I m u s t d e v i s e a w a t e r f ilt ra ti on a nd p ur if ic ati on systembefore I move the family in . There is a n a de qu ate supply o f w ater in the da mnearby, but i ts a little scummy and loaded with Bilharsia. I wish it were poss i b l e to have a w e ll d ri ll ed . I s h a l l check on th e p o s s i b i l i t i e s s o o n . Al so,before I can even build a store room for our things, I must su rv ey th e m is sio ns i te p l u s a n a i rst ri p 100 yds . by 1 8 0 0 yds . A ll of th is o f c o u r s e , m u s t b elocated with consideration o f w a te r, p re va il in g winds for the airstrip , elevation fo r the house for a bit of b re ez e) , d ra in ag e fo r the summer cloudbursts,shade if possible fo r the ho use, freedom from fly and mosquito as much aspossible, etc. The other da y I climbed a rock koppi, a large solid granitemountain, perhaps 500 ft. above the terrain to try to get some perspective.Everything on the level ground w as covered with small trees and thorn bushesas far as I could see. The trees are hardwood, average some 6 inches in diameter and are from 8 to 20 feet high. This means that I must cut th e airstripout by hand, a mile long and 100 yards wide. What I wouldn t give for a bulldozer. . . I t is difficult to explain the remoteness o f this ar ea. After we leftthe main road we drove for 40 miles through a large European ran ch, wh ere noone lived, neither European or African. The next 30 miles was through a nativer e s e r v e a n d w e frequently sa w African Kralls. Th e las t IS miles into th e mission site c oul d n ot be reached without an African guide.. .1 will blaze a trailin soon, so I can find my w a y . . .Expenses here a re n early p ro hib itiv e. Onemust bu y in large quantities because of the distance to the source o f s up pl ie s.I have had to buy diesel in several drums bottled gas and groceries in largersupplies. Also kerosene lamps mosquito nets, kerosene in bulk gasolinefor generator etc. I am sure we will receive a check from you before this


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l e t t e r a r r i v e s b u t we a r e current ly In a r e a l b i n d I h a d s a v e d some o f ourt ravel e x p e n s e s given me by my folks, for j u s t such an emergency but theyare about g o n e . . .1 e a r n e s t l y pray t h a t I c a n g iv e you a n e v a n g e l i s t i c reportby our next l e t t e r . Last week I preached a t a new European work i n Hippov a l l e y . Two came to be b a p t i z e d . The f ie lds are white unto harves t amongt h e black f o l k . With p a t i e n c e we s h a l l enjoy th e h a r ve st .Tom w r i t e s o n J a n u a r y 2 5 :

I t i s now Saturday night and we a r e in Bulawayo. The c i t y Is about 300m i l e s from M a s h o k o a n d a b o u t 370 m i l e s f rom o u r n e w m i s s i o n s i t e . W e c a m eover l a s t Wednesday for the quarterly meeting of the missionaries and haveenjoyed meeting with a l l of them. I t was a go od meetin g and they seem toe f f e c t a good u n i t y . W e had t o come to Bulawayo to c l e a r c u s t o m s and d e c i d e dto make the one trip for both matters. . .Ou r things a rrived by rail from Cape,Ti)wn).ia Bulav.rayo on January 22- the very day we arrived so we will-to t a k e part of them b a c k w ith us and probably s t o r e them i n For t V ic to ri a unt i l I c a n g e t a s t o r e room b u i l t a t t h e N u a n e t s i . The c u s t o m s on th e t r u c kamounted to 371.00 which was less than I had feared. The camper came inwithout any custom charge . Everything e l s e was custom free except the flannel graph m a t e r i a l . . .1 s h a l l send home s l i d e s and a tape j u s t a s soon a s I cang e t them p r o c e s s e d . . .Now among everything e l s e wil l you be praying that wes h a l l be ab le to have the n e c e s s a r y help within the next couple of y e a r s . Wewill n eed a nurse with t ra in ing in mid -wivery and t e a c h i n g - s e c r e t a r i a l h e l p . . .M i k e and Pam l ik e t he ir c or re sp o nd en ce work . I t w i l l b e e a s i e r when w e c a ng e t some l i t t l e building for them to study i n . I foresee th e f ir st year fi l ledwith many problems a n d p h y s i c a l d i f f i c u l t i e s b u t I c a n a l s o f o r e s e e a h a r v e s twith t h e powers o f a g r e a t and wonderful G o d . . .Thanks b e to God for t h i s t i et h a t binds us a s o n e . P . S . Have received permission for f irs t sch oo l O.K.after threatening to go to the prime minister . Things a re working outthanksb e t o G o d .

T o m writes o n J a n u a r y 3 1 :I have moved the family into Fort Mctor ia . This i s only 180 miles from theN u a n e t s i and makes th e development work much e a s i e r . . I t i s much e a s i e r tokeep the family supplied here than i t was i n M a s h o k o . .Your le t ters a r e a

l i f e - l i n e of hope to u s .F r a n w r i t e s o n F e b r u a r y 3 :

We do hope people at home know that i t takes three t imes longer to getthings done here . This is why our progress might seem to be so slow to youf o l k s . . .W e t ruly love Africa and h a v e en joyed t h e w e a t h e r .


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F o r This H ou r We H ad ComeWith our camper still lo ca ted in Fort Victoria and our presence in the Nuanetsi sti l l dependent upon our commuting the 170 miles we had fallen asleepthat night in the bush in our little pole and that ch hut to the patter of rain onand through the roof. Fitfully we slept under the mosquito nets not so muchb ec au se o f the discomfort as the knowledge tha t the rain in this drouth st r icken land would curtai l if no t complet ely prohibit our preaching service on themorrow. Our only p lace of worship had been under a large tree next to our hutand in s uc h wea th er i t offered l i t t le protection agains t the elements . I hadconcluded that no one would come on tha t day but decided that i f an except io na l o ne shou ld brave th e w e ath er w e co uld m e et under a l i t t l e t ha tch she l t e rwe had used to s tore our unburned brick in . In th e three preceeding SundaysI had been having services I had learned that the African has no se nse oft ime a s w e would cons ide r i t . Whi l e I had announced th e f ir s t s e rv ice for9:00 a .m . i t was after 11:00 by the t ime the chief and 84 members of histr ibe had arrived I a lso remembered that on one Sunday I had had severa lservices as people came in smal l groups throughou t the day.

Reflecting on the sermon I would preach if anyone came I was interruptedby a woman who told me her husband had been bitten by a snake during thenight and could I come a t once . Her vil lage was some four m iles aw ay andwith th e ra in and th e t e r ra in I w as eve r so t hankfu l for th e fou r -whee l dr iveDodge. After treating the vict im I returned to find a number of peop le wa it ingfor the church service. Twenty-one of us gathered under the l it tl e she lt er andafter singing their favori te Shona hymns I preached from the second chapterof Acts . While this was our fourth preaching serv ice i t w as the f i rs t t ime Ihad chosen to extend an invi ta t ion. We wan ted to be ever so su re they unders tood. When four people cam e forward to give t he ir w i tne ss for Christ wewere overjoyed. The happiness i s always the same wherever you are whenpeople respond to th e G os pe l. Of th e three men and one woman two wereimmersed bel ievers who wanted their witness to be known. young man saidh e w an ted this Jesus to be his saviour and a young moth er wan te d to be bapt ized th e way the Bible said I t was a glor ious process ion as I watchedMarra ta our Chris t ian t rans la tor lead t ha t l it tl e assembly s ingle fi le throughthe woods to the nearby dam where the two were immersed into Chris t . Asthey marched they sang in their own rhythmic way a Shoiia hymn Halle lujah Jesus Christ is Risen I looked a t Frances and saw the tears in hereyes too . Deep in our hearts we both knew For this hour w e had com e.


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Pub l i shed For:SOUTHERN RHODESIA MISSIONBy: THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH

1079 S .W . Allen AvenueBeaver ton, OregonEdited By: Thomas Courtney

Out of necess i ty we have ins ta l leda se t t l ing ta nk an d chlor ina t ing sy stem and a pump. All o f which wi l lenable us to get our water from thedam wi t h ou t t h e t ed i ou s ta s k o f bo i ling i t . As a l i t t le e xtra , M ik e and Ii n s t a l l ed a s h owe r und e r o n e o f th es torage t anks . What i t may lack inpr ivacy, i t makes up in sheer comfort and del ight .

Sev e r a l h a v e a s k e d a bou t th e t r u ckand i ts performance. In the pas t twomonths , we have driven near ly 8, 000miles and have been ex tr eme ly p lea sed with the performance and the economy of the diesel engine. The front-mounted winch has not b ee n n ee de dto pul l us ou t o f the mud ye t , but wehave used i t f requent ly in constructing th e road into the m issio n s i t e .Currently we are having some s ideboa r d s made fo r th e b ed . Th i s wi l lmake the hauling of cargo over therough t er ra in c o ns id e ra b ly ea s i e r .

We h ave p urch ase d a sma l l Japane se Motor Bike for our transpor ta t ionto the nearby v i l l ages . I t i s cons iderably more economica l for s u ch s ho rtt r ips than th e t ruck and i s of ten ea si e r to m an eu ve r o v e r th e t r a i l s in th ebunda. When I say we have purcha sed i t , I shou ld more proper ly saywe have made a down payment on i t .W e wou l d we lc om e c on tr i bu tio n s fo rthe 150.00 ba lance .We were e sp e ci al ly p le as ed when

t h e ch i l d r en r e c e iv ed th e i r f i r s tgrades from the i r Calver t correspondence courses . Both Michae l andPamela seem to be keep ing ab r e a s tof their academic opportuni t ies .

We have appl ied for an addit ionallease for a rock kopje pronouncedkoppie) directly adjacent to the Mel-elez i Dam, The kopje is approximately 125 feet in height and has anumber of shade t rees on the top .The wheels of the government heremove painfully slow a t t imes . Wepray tha t the lease will be grantedand we may begin to bui ld some permanent storage faci l i t ies . s ye t ,we have not been able to unpack ourbarrels tha t were sh ipped from theS t a t e s .

Wh ile w e have no t w an ted to s t a r tour cl inic work as yet , i t is extremelydifficult to turn emergency cases a -way , especia l ly th e b ab ie s. Some ofyou m ay remember s ee in g th e s l ideso f the baby with the wi tch doctorseyes whi le I was in the Sta t es . Las tweek our first baby with the eyeswas brought to u s . The l ids wereswo llen to a full 1/4 in thicknessand tlie eyebal l so bloodshot youcould only see red in more waysthan one . How we have come to h a tewitchcraf t and the superst i t ions tha tpermit i t . Some day with pat ienceand teaching, these people will beable to se e the l ight .

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Pic tu red above is Thomas Courtneybes ide t he i r presen t miss ion home .


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Financial Report as of Pehruary Q 1Q64BALANCE NOV. 30, 1963 2,123.15I NCOME :Mr s . Ne l l i e Acke rman 5 00Sherryl Alex 5 0Mr s . Da r li ne And er so n 5 . 00Karen Bel l 2 .00M r. Mr s . E lme r Blan ton 3 0 20Mr. Mrs . Veldon Boge 15.00Vinnie Bourland 10 . 00M rs. W . J . Bryan 15.00Susan Bryant 3 00M r. M rs . W . T . But le r 30 . 00Mrs . Roberta Carpenter 2 .50M r. Mr s . Don Cowl e s 120 00Cheryl Creamer 05Mrs . Evelyn Creek 15.00Mr. Mrs . Ira Egli 33.00Mr. Mrs . Glenn Ely 15.00M r. Mr s . Ot t o F i s c h e r 8 . 00M r. Mr s . W il li am F o s s 1 0 9 .5 3M r . Mr s . Ear l Ha l l 6 . 0 0M r s . Mam i e Hi l l 1 . 0 0M r. Mr s . ElDon Hoven 10 . 00Mrs . Vema Jensen 1.00Mrs . F lo r en ce John s ton 15 . 00Wanda Knopf 10.00M r. Mr s . Don Kimbal l 15 . 00M r Mr s . Bi l l Kre t schmer 150 . 00Mr s . Haze l Kuiken 60 . 00M r. Mr s . R . C . Leona rd 550 . 00Mr s . Mamie L ew is 2 00Coleen Longanecker .50Mr. Mrs . Len Longanecker 30.00Mr s . Cora Met zen t i n e 4 . 00Mr. M r s . Garth Mickey 31.00M r. Mr s . Ch ar le s M i lle r 60 . 00D r. Mr s . Rober t Moor e 5 . 00Mrs . Elizabeth Myers 15.00Mr. Mrs . A1 Niemeyer 10.00M r. Mr s . Cha r l e s New t on 30 . 0 0M r. Mrs . John Par i sh 25 00M r . Mr s . E rn es t P ar ks 30 . 0 0Mr s . Tro s t R . Richa rd s 30 . 0 0Co n ni e R i ch ar ds on 36 . 0 0M r. Mr s . Bruce Saunde r s 21 . 50Glenda Saunde r s .6 5M r . Mr s . M e rle S c hr oe d er 60 . 00Les Schu l t z 5 . 00E . G . Sea r s lOO.OOMrs . Bess i e Siegner 15.00

Financial Report

Mr. Mrs , Lloyd Sipe 60.00M r. Mr s . Duan e Smi th 15 . 0 0Mrs . Bemice Taylor 14.00Mr. Mrs . W. A. Taylor 25 .00Fred T inke r 21 . 0 0Mr s . Edi th V emon 3 . 00Mr s . E la in e Wa l ke r 2 .00L . O . Wa l t o n 3 . 0 0Mrs . Sylvia Weaver 3.00M r. Mr s . Homer Wol f 35 . 00M r. M r s . Don Zen t z i s 2 0 00Northwes t Mi ss io na ry Con. 92.00Augusta Chr is t ian Sun. Sch . 50.00M r. Mr s . E . R. W e ll s 3 . 0 0Mr s . Be s si e Ma r s ha ll 5 00Be a v e r t o n Ch r i s t i a n Chu r c hNeon C la s s 1 3 .1 2Kum-Jo in -Us Clas s 5 .00

Centra l Chris t ian Boise 87.00Chri s t i an Church Emmett 27 .00Enf i e l d Chr i s t i an Chu r c h 107 . 0 0Kirk l in Ch r i s t i a n Chu r c hMr. Mrs . F lo yd S ims 10 .00Mrs . S ibyl C la rk 50.00

Suburban Chr i s t i an Chu r c h 150 . 0 0Ladies Group 4 .00

Church of Chris t Oregon Cty 100.00Fi rs t Chr i s t i an Pheonix 478 .70Expenses , re imbursed 156 .00

Cent ra l Chri s t i an Port landM r . Mr s . Elmer Gil lam 10 . 00Mrs . Margaret Meyers 10.00R. J . Crick 1.00Parkrose Chri s t i an Port land 300 .00E . Hawk i n s 150 . 0 0

Southgate Christ ian, Portland 45.00S t. Johns Chris t ian Portland 111.30C . H . B . C la s s 9 .0 0M r. Mr s . H . Blue 5 . 00Mr. 6eMrs . L. Mess inger 10.00

First Christ ian, Rupert 243.16Mr s . Pau l Moo r e 10 . 0 0Kar l Kaufman 1 . 0 0Court S tre et Ch rist ia n,S alem 231 .9 3

S i s t e r s Chu r ch o f C h ri s t 15 . 0 0Church of Chr is t Swee t Home Junior High Class 10 .00

McKinley Park Chris t ian 15.00F i r s t Ch r i s t i a n Chu r ch 9 . 0 0W i ll ame t t e Chu r ch o f C h r i s t 1 0 .0 0

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TOTAL INCOME 4,482.64TOTAL TO ACCOUNT FOR 6 ,605.79DISBURSEMENTS :Winc h e s 26 . 20Gas , Oil 200.53Camper Materials 22 .95Shipping Charges :Truck and Camper 1 247 .71Barre l s and C ra te s 896 23

Telephone 44.70Bal an ce on Cameras , Equipmen t a nd P ic tu re s 293 . 44

Mashoko Miss ion NovemberBrick making 221.64

Postage, Rhodesian Report 7.44Pens ion Fund Decembe rJ anua ry , Februa ry 144.00

Thomas Cour tn ey , Sa la ry ,Dec Jan . Feb . Mar . 1 487 .67

Insurance, Prepaid* 56.35Addressograph 200.00She l l s 11 . 6 5Serv i ce Link 1 . 375 .00

BALANCE ON HAND235 . 5 1370 .28

Withheld in monthlyamounts from salary

** Expen se s in cu rr ed in Africa:Di e s e l 150 . 00O il and Lube 6 . 00Tire Tool s 7 . 50Postal Bag and Permit 9.00Kerosene Lamp 15 .00Fi lm 31 . 5 0

Ba t te r i e s 3 . 00Mosquito Nets 34.00Ledger and Bookkeeping Sup. 4,00L ic en se s a nd Maps 6 .50Elec t r i c Cord 1 0 0Pa i n t 3 5 0Geophysicist waterexplor.) 60.00Structural Steel storage bldg) 150.00Tarpolian 45 .00Diese l Engine, Pump, Pipe 549.00Tanks Chlor lnat ion andF i lt er ing Syst em 275 .00

Workers Labor , Mea l i e -Mea lJanuary 132.65February 176.40

Postage 35.001 694 .05Note: Cus toms , f reight a nd tr uc k l ic en s e b i l l s have not ye t been de te rmined but will approximate 900.00.PLANE ACCOUNT :Mortgage obtained on P lane 5,Plane Pay-off ^Reserve for Shipping Exp. 1

Received:Firs t Chris t ian Caldwel lMr. Mrs. Roger BerglundF i rs t Ch r is ti an Rupert 1

2Di sbu r s emen t s :Plane RegistrationInsurance to cover MortgagePayment on Mortgage , Feb.Balance on Hand 1,

5 0 0 0 03 8 7 . 9 71 1 2 . 0 3

25 . 7 010 . 00

0 0 0 . 0 01 4 7 . 7 3

4 . 0 04 6 . 6 2

1 6 7 . 0 0930 . 11

YOU - AN AN SWER TO PRAYERYou can be y es you; An an swe r to prayer .There i s work to be done; A f ie ld i s to be won;And millions are praying - Hands l i f ted, hear t s saying;O Lord, yet how long. Until r ight conquer wrong?You can a nsw er th at prayer - You, answer tha t prayer .

Be an answ er to prayer - You, an answ er to prayer ;By performing the task , God and Right of you ask;By your courage, your smile; Fortitude under tr ial;By the faith songs you sing; By the good cheer you bring;You can be yes you - An answer to prayer .

Be an answer to prayer - You, an answ er to prayer ;By doing your part . Everyday from the hear tAs for Chris t ; ev erywhere. G ladly doing your share .Money, serv ice you give . Life, love - nobly l iveAnd you truly wil l be - You, an answer to prayer.

A D . Burke t t


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( Sending an Airplane story continued)After crating, the plane wil l be taken from the Troutdale Airport, by t ruck

and t rai ler , to the dock in Portland where i t w ill le av e by boat to Beira, Eas tAfrica, thence by rail to Salisbury, Sou thern Rhodesi a where i t will be un-cra ted , r e -assembled and then f lown to the m iss ion s i t e . Very s imple . Totalcos t of shipp ing, c ra ti ng , ra i l freight, dis-assembling and re-assembling wil lbe nearly 2, 500.00. Some o f th is we have, much we do not have, but we aresure through you all , God will provide. Merle Schroeder , Forwarding AgentI have but one candle to burn, and

would ra th er b um i t ou t wh ere p eo pleare dying in darkness , than in a landwhich is f looded with l ight .

The African Hat Trick One night when we went to bed in

o ur p ole and tha tch hut , M i ch ae l hunghis ha t on one of the poles tha t makeup the wal l s . We had done th is ono t h e r o c c a s i o n wi th no ha rmfu l e f f e c t sbu t h a d no t o n t h i s t ime r e c koned wi t hth e appearance of the African whi teant . During th e night they consumedabout l /4th of the fabric hat, muchto Michael ' s disgus t . On anotheroccasion, a large l izard, some 14inches in le ng th , insis ted on sh ar in gour hut with us , but we were ra th erpoor hosts and ins i s ted on h is l eavi ng .

MissionariesMr, and Mrs , Thomas CourtneyPrivate/Bag 9170For t Victor ia , Sou th e rn Rhode s ia ,Africa

To th is end was I born, and forth i s c au s e c ame l in to th e world , t ha tI shou l d b e a r wi t n e s s un to t h e t n i t t r *^John 18:37

One Of Our Ex p e r i e n c e s One time when we were driving on

on e o f t h e ma in b us h ro ad s we s aw ablack object in th e middle of theroad. t first we thought i t was alog, then an animal, bu t as we drewc lose r , we cou ld se e i t was a l i t t leblack African boy. Fearing tha t thec hild h ad been a t t a cked by an an imalI got out to invest igate. s I t ried toroll him over , I awoke a perfect lyheal thy African child from his af ternoon nap . He looked a t me withlarge fearful eyes and w ithou t sayinga wo rd , s cr amb l ed to h is f e e t and ranoH i n t o t h e b u s h .

Fo rwa r d i n g Age n t s :M r. and Mr s , Mer l e Sch roede r10975 S , W , Walnu tPortla nd 23, O regon,U , S , A .


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Bhotlesian BeportJ u n e 1964

A report o n the Nuanetsi Mission wo r k o fM r . a n d M r s . T h om a s Co u r t n e y So u t h e r nRhodesia frica

The First Five Months - A Reportj eing aware of the merican Churches concern over their worldwide Evangelistic investments, this issue of the Rhodesian1 Report is dedicated to the many congregations and individualswho have inves ted both fa ith and funds in th i s evangel is t icen terp r i se in Southern Rhodes ia .

Travel a n d S h i pm e n t :I t s e ems t h a t a c e r t a i n amoun t o f

los t motion i s necessa ry in t rave land sh ipment of mater ia ls to a newmission s ta t ion . Although we shippeda cons iderab le amount of machineryand too ls a t no sma l l c o s t we haveb een ev er so grateful for eve ry it emnow t h a t w e a r e l o c a t e d i n s u c h aremote a rea . We spen t a shor t t imeo f o r i e n ta t i o n a t o u r s t a t i o n a t M a-shoko then moved to Fort Victor iawhe r e I c ommu t e d to o u r b u s h l o c at i o n u nt i l I c ou l d bu i l d a r o ad to mov eour camper into th e new a rea . Sti l lin the area of shipping our aircrafthas j u s t arr ived and is now be ing a ssembled in Sal i sbury . The ai rcraf tw i ll e na ble us to ye t op en a dd it io n alareas for th e g os pe l o f Jesu s Chris t .Ho u s i n g :

The building of any permanent r es idence has been delayed by the obst ruct ion of a pet ty governmen t o ff icia l . Many have been praying aboutth i s ma tte r a nd a fair ly re l iab le rumorn ow i n d i c a t e s t h a t h e w i l l b e t r a n sferred from th is d is tr ic t in th e nea rfu tu re . In th e i n t e r im we have beenever so grate ful for the camper . To

t h o s e who con t r i bu t ed to bo th th econs t ruc t ion cos t and who he lpedwi th th e ac tua l bui ld ing may wegive our deepes t vote of gra t i tude .It has given us a place to s leep awayfrom th e sn ak es and night predators .Whi l e i t s r e l a t i v e sma l l s i z e c r e a t e smore togetherness than we somet imes des i r e we a re mindful o f i tssuper ior i ty over l iving in a t en t or amud hut . In addi t ion we have cons t ructed a smal l corregated i ronbui ld ing t h a t se rves as a s toreroomschool room dress ing room workshop pharmacy off ice pant ry e t c .The winter s e a son i s now upon us andw hile the days are usua l ly ba lmy th etemperature drops to 40 degrees orl e s s a t nigh t .Water - S y s t e m :

Bec au s e t h i s i s a s em i - a r i d c ount ry wate r i s a s c a r c e commodi ty .Currently we are get t ing our wate rf rom a d am t h a t w a s b u i l t to c a t c hth e run-of f during th e ra iny s e a son .The wa te r i s h ig hly c on tamin ate dwi th t ypho id B il har z ia e t c . A chlorinat ing s ys tem was necessary before

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I t c o u l d b e u s e d . T h i s dam I s no wdrying up and we must soon try toh a v e w e ll d ri l le d . W e s h a l l h a v eto w a i t fo r av a i l ab l e f u n d s .S c h o o l i n g :

Mos t of you are aware tha t ourchildren are taking the Calvert 'sCk>rrespondence Course . They arenow pas t the halfway mark in thisyear 's s tudy. They will continuestudies through what are called thes u m m e r m o n t h s in th e nor the rn hemisphere. Their grades from theirSta tes ide superv iso r have been aboveaverage and we are indeed grateful . linic

B ecause our faci l i t ies are y e t sobas ic w e have tr ied to hold ourclinic work to emergencies only, andt reat patients only onWednesday andSaturday. Litt le did we rea l ize jus thow many emergencies there wouldb e . The Africans a lmost invar iablyw a i t u n t i l th e i l l n e s s i s c r i ti ca l b efore they come for help. It i s notunusua l to h av e wh a t w as s implea bra sio n in the beginning, be gan-There a re numerous c a s e s o f co njunc tiv it is , of ten caused by the smokefrom the open frres in the i r huts andfrequently ag grav ated by the witchdoc to rs mu ti b ef or e they come forhelp. We are yet in need of microscope to more accurately diagnosethe cases of T .B . malar ia , a nd B il-h a rz ia . I t i s n ot u nu su al to t r ea t 30patients on an average cl inic day .E v a n g e l i s m:

While w e have been delayed in ourbuilding program, we have not delayed ovir evangel is t ic efforts. Webegan church services in Februaryunder large t ree near t he Me le leziDam where we hope to have heads ta t ion . This group now averagesabou t 50 each w eek an d have pxar-chased t he i r ow n communion t ab le .There have been some problems inthis group by one member who wasadverse to the script t i ral t ea ch ing onthe s tewardship of money. This problem h a s n o w b e e n reso lv e d a n d w e

expect more rapid growth finom theMelelezi group.

More recent ly w e have estab l ished second chu rch some e ig ht m iles away a t Mukuwa. This group showsexcellent promise with an averagea t tendance of 150. Their stewardshiph as thu s far be en exce l l en t .

In our many conversa t ions with thechurches in America we con tin ua llys t ressed our evangelist ic intent ions.We can gratefully report forty-threebaptisms during these formativemonths. We believe that far greaterv ic to rie s a re yet to come as we g ainthe language and a re a ble to establ i sh th e var ious s c h o o l s .T h e Future

Should the Lord t ar ry , we have madeappl ica t ion for number of schoo l s .The mission w ill b e respo nsible forconstructing the building and oversee ing th e teachers who wil l b e pa idby the government. We must alsobuild clinic as soon as poss ible .s soon as the lease or purchase arrangements can b e comple ted , w e

air s t r ip .Ihis wi l lserve not only a s b a se for our ownaircraf t but wil l make th e c l in icimmediately available for our medicalsupervisor . Dr. D. Prue tt. If i tproves to be the wises t in the longrun , w e wil l purchase land from nearby ranch for miss ion b a s e .This land w ill cost about 2.80 peracre and approximate ly 200 acreswould be needed, in cludi ng the areafor landing f ield.In onclusion

W h i l e t h e s e f i r s t f i v e m o n t h s h a v ebeen bas ic and preparatory, w e bel ie v e th ey have a l so been frui tful inthe building of the Kingdom in Africa.We a re pleased to so report to thosew ho h a v e m a d e t h i s e x t e n s i o n o f th eKingdom possib le .

F o r w a rd in g A g e n t sFor The Thomas Courtney Family:

M r. a n d M r s . M e r l e S c h r o e d e r10975 S . W . W a l n u tPortland 23, Oregon


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Financial Report as of / June 12 lQ64iBalance On Hand, Feb . 29 370.28 E G S e a r s 1 0 0 0Contribut ions, Mar . 1 Jun l2 : Dess ie Siegner 1 5 0 0Sherryl Alex 6 0 Lloyd Sipes 1 0 0 0D a r l i ne Anderson 3 0 0 D u an e S m ith s 1 5 0 0E l m e r B l a n t o n s 2 6 2 0 D. P Spoffords 1 0 0 0Veldon Boges 1 5 0 0 Bemice Taylor 1 4 0 0V l nn ie B o u rl an d 1 5 0 0 Herbert Thompsons 1 5 0 0 0M r s W J Bryan 2 0 0 0 Merr i l l Valent ines 6 0 0 0Susan Bryant 3 0 0 Edi th V e m o n 3 0 0W T But le r s 3 0 0 0 Ela ine W a l k e r 3 0 0Roberta Carpenter 5 5 5 L O W al t o n 3 0 0D on C o w l e s 2 7 0 0 Sylvia Weaver 5 0 0Cheryl Creamer 6 2 H o m e r W o l f s 5 0 0 0C l a r e n c e C r e a m e r s 1 2 0 0 D on Z e n tz i s 1 5 0 0Evelyn Creek 2 5 0 0 Cllf Tongelands 2 0 0H o ra ce D e nto ns 4 7 5 0 E R. W e l ls 2 5 0 0Earl Dunlaps 5 0 0 0 Chur c he s :Sara Dunlap 2 0 Ashland Chr i s t i an 1 5 0 0Ira Eglis 1 8 0 0 Beave r ton Chr i s t i a nGlenn Elys 1 5 0 0 Neon Class) 2 8 2 9Fr ank F er r i n s 7 0 0 0 B o i s e C e n tra l C h r 2 2 3 2 5O t t o F i s c h e r s 1 4 0 0 Em m et t Chr i s t i a n 3 2 0 0Mrs Ralph Foss 1 0 0 0 Enfie ld Chr i s t i a n YouthM r s Keziah H a l l 6 0 0 Motor Scooter) 1 0 0 0 0M r s E ls ie H i ll 6 0 0 Hil l sboro Chr i s t i an 1 2 5 0 0M r s M a m i e H i l l 5 0 Courtney E ve. Gr. 1 2 0 0E l D o n H o v e n s 3 0 0 0 R M c C a n d l i s h 5 0 0Vema Jensen 4 0 0 B M a r s h a l l 5 0 0Florence Johns ton 1 0 0 0 G C o l l i n s 2 0 0 0D o n K im b alls 1 5 0 0 M r s V. M i l l e r 5 0 0Bil l K r e t s c h m e r s 6 9 0 0 Mrs . W. Kennedy 2 0 0H a z e l Kuiken 6 0 0 0 Suburban, Klamath F 1 7 4 0 5R. C Leonards 3 5 0 0 Milw a uk ie ChurchM r s M a m i e L e w i s 1 5 0 El len M a x fie ld 5 0 0 0Len Longaneckers 1 5 0 0 C o n c o r d C h r i s t i a n 2 5 0 0C o r a M e t z e n ti n e 3 0 0 Oregon City Church 2 3 0 0 0Garth Mickeys 4 0 0 0 T he C hu rc h Bel les 1 5 0 0C h a r le s M il le rs 5 5 0 0 M r s M i r w a l d 5 0 0El izabe th Myers 1 5 0 0 P h o e n i x 1 s t Chr i s t i a n 8 0 0 0 0Albert Niemeyers 5 0 0 Portland Ce n t r a l C h rC h a r l e s N e w t o n s 3 0 0 0 E G i l l a m s 3 0 0 0John Par ishs 2 5 0 0 M r s G F i sh e r 2 0 0 0John Parish III 2 5 Parkrose Chr i s t i an 3 0 0 0 0Ruth A nn P a r i s h 1 0 Teenage C E 2 0 0 0E r ne st P a rk s 4 0 0 0 Southgate, Portland 6 0 0 0W a l te r P e te r so n 5 0 0 S t Johns Chr is t ian 7 1 7 5 0M r s T R Richa r ds 3 0 0 0 E R a m s t h el 2 0 0 0C o n n ie R i ch a rd so n 3 6 0 0 Mossbargers 2 0 0 0B r u c e S a u n d e r s 3 0 0 0 C E M o r r i s 7 5 0 0M e r l e S ch r o ed e r s 8 0 0 0 CHB C l a s s 2 8 0 0L e s l i e S ch u l t z 1 0 0 0 E B a r n e s 2 2 0 0


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B il l B ls hH . BurgenP . Snave lyE . D a v i e sA . O v e r s t r e e t

1 0 . 0 02 . 0 02 . 0 01 . 0 01 . 0 0

Rupert 1st Christian 263.99Salem Court S t r e e t 1 4 8 . 7 0Sis ters Church 10.00S w e e t Home C h u r c h

(6th, 5th grade boys) 5.00The D a l l e s C h r i s t i a n 7 5 . 0 0

R. Robertson 2 5 . 0 0W i l l a m e t t e Church 3 0 . 0 0I n t e r e s t 2 2 . 2 4

Tota l 5603.32D i s b u r s e m e n t s :Stewar t and Tunno 5 5 . 7 8

(Insurance on plane)Postage, R. Report 16.53Pens ion Fund, M a r c h ,

April, May, June 192.00Humble Oil Refining 15.51Standard Oil , Nov. 16.90Mashoko, Dec. wage 216.01P r u d e n t i a l I n s u r a n c e 2 6 . 6 0Thomas Courtney, Apr. ,May, June 1095.67S . R . M . S e r v i c e Link ,

M a r . , Apr. , May 2075.00Furlough Fund, Dec.

through Jim. 525.00Plane Paymen ts , M a r . ,

Apr. , May, June 668.00Principal 567.08Interest 100.92

B a l a n c e 6 7 8 . 0 8P l a n e Acco imt 2 1 . 4 8Balance on Hand, Jun. 1 2 , 6 4 699.56Balance o n Hand, Plane A c c t .

February 29, 1964 1930.11Designated Gifts:V e m o n M i l l e r s 5 0 0 . 0 0M r s . T . R i c h a r d s 2 0 . 0 0B o i s e C e n t r a l C h r . 1 1 6 . 0 0Roger Berglunds 5.00

T o t a l

D i s b u r s e m e n t s :Plywood Center 157.48Transpacific Trans.(Plane Freight) 1493.08Skyways Inc. 250.00

2 5 7 1 . 1 1

W e st C o a st Telephone ight Letter) 8.07DesignatedPlane Gifts

(Trans. to Gen. Acct) 641.00Balance, transfer to Gen .Acct. *21.48Plane mortgage, Feb.29M o n t n i y f a y m e n t s :

Principal 567.08Extra G i f t s 6 4 1 . 0 0

B a l a n c e D u e 4 1 7 5 . 9 2

Expenditures from Service Link, Mar. 1to May 31, 1964, re po rte d by ThomasCourtney:M o t o r Bike 1 8 6 . 0 0Lubricating Unit 36.00Propane 27.00F i l m 6 . 0 0Pipe Tools 18.00Shona Hymn Books 4.00Steel Storage Cabinets 100.00S t r u c t u r a l S t e e l 2 5 0 . 0 0Shock Absorbers, Spring

Repair 75.00Air Condit ioner Repair 24.00H o t e l b i l l 7 . 0 0Lease Deposit J..50Lettering Stencils 9 ^5 ~Electr ica l Repair 9 . 0 0Typewriter Repair 24.00Rear Spring Repair 45.00Denn is Pruet t (Utilities) 30.00A m m u n i t i o n 1 5 . 0 0Watson s Shipping 900.00O H a r e C u r i o s 4 5 . 0 0Nimac Engineering

(Sideboards - truck) 180.00Plumbing Fitt ings 10.00Copper tubing (gas hook) 18.00T w o T r u c k T i r e s 1 6 0 . 0 0Film and P roce ss ing 7 0 . 0 0P a i n t 1 0 . 0 0Drugs for Clinic 30.00Building Materia ls 12 .00S t r e t c h e r 1 8 . 0 0T r a n s f o r m e r 3 0 . 0 0License Payment , Truck 75.00L i ce n se P l at es 5 . 0 0S h o n a B i b l e s 1 7 . 0 0D i e s e l , O i l , G r e a s e , 253.50

G a s o l i n eWorkers Labor, M e a l 7 5 . 0 0Postage 47.00Total Expenditures 2822.50


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This i s M d u b a o u r f i r s t c o n v e r tand now one of our regular workers.H e t r a n s l a t e s f o r M r s . C o u r t n e y o nc l i n i c days and for Mr. Courtney a tt h e M u k u w a services

He is supported by t h e youth groupa t P a r k r o s e C h r i s t i a n C h u r c h i n P o r tland, Oregon, where Roger Aydelotteministers

Here Thomas Courtney holds t h esmall in fan t o f a young mother whoh a d c o m e t o t h e c l i n i c w i t h a b a d l yinfected f inger . Pamela Courtney,who s t a n d s n e x t t o h e r f a t h e r o f t e nh e l p s w i t h t h e c l i n i c c h o r e s .

H O W D O Y O US P E N D S U N D A Y ?

Some have enquired about ours c h e d u l e o n t h e Lord s Day . Therea r e few i d l e m o m e n t s . For e x a m p l el a s t Sunday was s p e n t l ike t h i s :

5 : 4 5 a . m . R i s e a n d s h i n e . H u rr i e d b r e a k f a s t a n d p r e p a r a t i o n forc h u r c h .

7 : 0 0 a . m . L e a v e f o r M u k u w apreaching s i t e . Pick up a few Afric a n s along th e w ay .

8:00 a . m . Arrive Mukuwa , o p e nt a i l gate on the tru ck and out of curi o s i t y coun t t h e people who g e t ou t 42, 43, 44, 4 5 . Not bad for a t ruckbed that is 1/2 by 8 1 / 2 . We holdpreaching services and seven respondt o t h e i n v i ta t i o n .

9:00 a . m . Mukuwa people i n s i s ton a b u s i n e s s meeting to e l e c t achurch t r e a s u r e r . We must s t a y andsu perv ise . F irst they nominated s i xpersons and then began the votingp r o c e s s . We notic ed t h a t th ey w erevoting more t h a n o n c e . There were167 people p r e s e n t and the f inal votet a bu la tio n w a s 2 8 9 . When I p o i n t e do u t t h i s d i s c r e p a n c y t h e y s a i d Ahbut we are very happy . Well by aprocess of fat igue they finally s e lected two persons to be the chxirchtre surer

10:00 a . m . W e b e g a n th e journeyb a c k to M e l e l e z i . Only e ig h t m i le sb u t w i l l t a k e a f u l l h o u r t o m a k e itO u r A f r i c a n C h r i s t i a n s h a v e c o n d u c t e dt h e Bible S c h o o l h o u r . W e a rr i v e b a c kj u s t in tim e for t h e worship s e r v i c e s .

11:00 a . m . t o 12:00 n o o n . Todayaf ter the preaching s e r v i c e s t h er e a remany ques t ions . They also want abus iness meeting. Decide theysh ou ld , b uild some kind o f s h e l t e r tok e e p t h e preacher from sunbuminghis head. (The leaves have now fallen from our shade tree). They willmeet again on Friday to build such astructure

12:30 p . m . We hold t h e bapt ismals e r v i c e for t h o s e who have respondedto t h e i n vi t a tio n. Always we thankGod for His blessings, (continued)


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1:30 p .m . Lunch t ime - a welcomeb r e ak f rom th e du s t and h e a t .

2:30 p .m . We l eave to preach to aZionist gathering some twelve milesaway. I always preach wherever theyin v i te m e . Soon w e le a v e th e maint ra i l . Now i t i s necessary to shiftto four whee l drive. We push downt he sma l le r t r e e s wi th th e t r uck . Fina lly we can drive no fur ther . Wel e ave th e t ru ck a nd w alk th e l a s t mileto the meeting place. The beating ofthe drums and the playing of a Kuduhorn r e a che s our e a r s . We a re nea r -ing the si te of their pagan and lustfuldances. Imagine p reaching to peopl el ike t h i s . We soon s e e th e c loud o fdust , ra ised by the many barefootdancers. This is my families firstvisit to such a place. There are perhaps 300 people in what seems to bea la rge cor ra l . As th e Africans en te rth e ga te , they fal l on the i r k nees an dwalk th rough the gate on their knees.As we entered (standing up of course)t hey a l l formed a l i ne an d c raw ledpast us on their knees shaking o urhands . We learned la te r th a t th iswas Holy Ground . The frant ic ,s av ag e a nd somet imes lus t fu l dancescon t i nued . The du s t r a i s ed from suchpagan gyrat ions has us a l l coughing.We have been given a sea t of honoron a nearby log . Then, as the redrobed pr i e s t r a i ses h is hand th e drumsa re s i l e n t . The sh ake r s s t i l l t he i rrat t les and the t rumpeteer putsdown his long spiraling Kudu horn.And the high priest says , TheGrea t Umfund i from America ha s cometo teach us , you must l i s ten . Ipreach to th em about the authority ofJesus Christ only as i t i s r eveal ed in

the Scriptures. They are an a tt en tivea ud i e n c e .

4:30 p .m . We head back towardth e tr uck. Suddenly we are surrounded by a hundred screaming, dancing,drumbeating, homblowing black persons . They dance around us as wewalk toward th e t r uck . France s looksnervously to see if there is a largeblack pot on any of the nearby fires.We leam that this is only a honoredescort . Something like a je t flyover fo r V. I . P s .

6:00 p .m. We arrive back a t ourcamper to reflect upon the day.

7:00 p .m . Just as we had cleanedup a bit - a request came from aneighboring village to come gee-^aman who was very sickr~who couldnot breath. Sounded l ike phneumoniao r T .B .

7:30 p.m. Although oior flashlightis now very dim, Mike, Mduba, ourin terpretor , and I se t off on foot forthe nearby village.

8:00 p .m . We arrive to see a severe asthmatic. We insis t that he goto the n eare st hospital 70 miles a -way). We can only hope he will go.

8:30 p.m. Back home again. Timefor our evening bath, letter writingand then to bed. I suppos e we couldconc lude t h a t we a re se ldom botheredwi th i d l e n e s s .

u lished F o r :SOUTHERN RHODESIA MISSION

By: The Christ ian Church1079 S . W . Allen Avenue

Beaverton, OregonEdited By: Thomas Courtney

Private / Bag M 99, Bulawayo,Southe rn Rhodesia, Africa


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A Report on the uane ts i Miss ionM r an d M r s Thomas Cour tne y

Southern Rhodes ia fricaNovember 964


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etmanent iision Site QtantedAfter an inexplainable delay of eight months, the permanent mission s i te

promised to the Ckjurtneys in the Nuanets i area in Southern Rhodes ia has a tlas t been granted . granted. God d oes o pen doors in His

t ime and in His way.The new s i t e however , i s approx

imately thir ty-f ive miles ea s t of the i rp re sen t l oc a ti on o r two and one -ha l fhours by four whee l dr ive t ruck . Thepermanent location i s a t the junctureo f th e N uan e ts i a n d Din e Rive r s a n dcomprises 100 acres for th e miss iondevelopment, plus an addit ional grantof land for an a ir st ri p of 800 by 100yards for the Courtney's Cessna 180a i rc ra f t . Mo s t o f th e mis s i on s i t eand airstrip is heavily wooded withhardwood t rees averaging thirty feetin height , with some very large excep t ions .

Near th e new locat ion are twola rg e poo ls of water in the Nuanets iRiver that s t i l l have an adequatesupply of water, even though thearea is suffering from the wors t-drouth in thir ty-f ive years . A geo--phys ic i s t has a lso te s ted th e areaand given an 85 chance for waterfrom a dr i l l ed we l l . I t i s be l i evedt ha t eventual ly both w ate r sou rceswill be used a s the mission develops .

Topographically the mission s i teis terraced on three levels . The topo r h ig he st level i s ideally sui ted ingrade, appro ach and h ead in g for theairs tr ip. With the preva il ing windblowing from 140 d eg re es h ere , thenew s tr ip w ill b e h ead ed stra ig ht into the wind. The approaches arealso clear which wil l permit heavierair traff ic to use the str ip as theo c c a s i o n a r i s e s . The s e c ond l e v e lis rockier ground a nd w ill be nicelysu i t ed fo r both sch oo ls and c l in i c .The lowest level adjacent to ther ive r s e ems to have th e b e s t s o i land la rg est tre es and w ill be be s tsu i t ed fo r r e s iden t i a l s i t e s . I t i swell above flood s tage of the r ivers .

The Courtneys have expressed theirdeepes t thanks to the many who havebeen praying dai ly for th e s i te to b e

^ o t Smal lI t i s no t a sma l l t a sk to es t ab l i sh

a mis s i on s t a t i on in a r emo t e a r e a o fthe African bush. All o f the suppliesmus t b e hauled in from th e nea r e s tsupply source , nearly 200 miles a -way. Additionally, one tr ies to keepin mind the fu tu re d ev elo pmen t ofthe miss ion in the early installationo f wa te r a nd o th er u t i l i t i e s .

The installation of a wate r systemi s of course always. foremost in sucha development. A diesel engine andpump have b ee n in s ta ll ed near th elargest pool of water in the nearbyNuanetsi River. Inch and a quarter

pipe-hasHaeenlaid'-to~the^roposedhomesite, approximately one-halfmile away. A twenty foot steel watert owe r h as been erec ted a t th e home-si te and a 1,000 gall on tank p la cedon top to provide a pressure watersystem. As soon as possible a largerreservoirwill be erected on the upperlevel of the mission s i te to providemore adequate storage. Inasmuch asa l l wate r from th e r iver mus t b e f i lte re d a nd tre at ed with chlo ri ne , c ons id e rabl e s to rage is an advantage.

Also nearlng comple t ion is a smal l 8 by 12') concrete block buildingthat will house the generator. Theelectricity i s needed to operate thewelder and other power t oo l s .

Soon, i f funds are available, wewill build a s toreroom, 20' by 40' ,t ha t wi l l con t ian two sma l l rooms fo rthe children to s leep in . The togetherness in the little camper witha floor space o f 3 by 8' a t t imes bec ome s a b i t c l o s e . W e a re mos tgrateful tha t a t l a s t we are ab le tobegin construct ion.


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J^lnda Schroeder Plan^ T o }oin J^uanetiiMiss Linda Sch ro ed er , d augh te r of M r. and

Mrs. Merle Schroeder forwarding agents for theCourtneys), has announced her plans to join theMis s i on Staf f a t th e N u an ets i C en te r in Sou thernR h od es ia in l a t e 1966

Mis s Sch roede r wi l l r e ce i ve h e r R. N fromEmanuel School of Nursing in Portland, Oregonin S eptember of 1965. She w ill then be able tospeak to churches on behalf of the mission . Weare desperately in need of a Registered Nurse forthe c lin ic work. Linda will need a Living Linksupport of 150.00 per month, Service Link of3 50.00 per month, plus her travel funds. Weare praying that many churches might pledge theirearly support to Linda to enable her to come tothe miss ion field as soon af ter her graduat ion as

possible. She may be contacted at 10975 S.W. Walnut, Por tl and, Oregon,or 2828 N. Gan te nbein , Portland, Oregon.

We re Always grateful Air Strip Progress SlowWe are alw ays grateful for the

equipment that was given to us whilewe were i n Ame ri ca . Recent ly , whena part on th e tr uc k broke, i t was c erta inly comfort ing to be able to ge tthe Welder , s tar t up the Generator ,and repair i t We are, however, st i l lin need of a gas welding unit. Or,when we were erecting the watertower to be ab le to ra i se i t intoposition with the winch on the frontof the Dodge Pow er Wagon. When Iwas struggling to place the 1,000gallon ta nk on top of th e towe r, I wasgrateful for all the block and tacklethat had been given to us Againand again we have been grateful fo rthe f i rearms. In both the repai r ofthe engines and the painting chores,the a ir compressor finds regular useEvery cl inic day we think of thosewho cont r ibuted th e s te r i l ize r denta l fo rc ep s, s ur gi ca l tools and medi c ines This i s by no means an a ttempt to give a complete catalog ofa l l of the gif ts bu t to indicate inpart that the thoughtfulness of somany of you in America has gone along way to make our task easierhe re We are grateful indeed

The clearing of the airstrip, 800yards by 100 yards with a cleared200 f oo t over run on each end a t t imesseems imposs ib l e However , wecont inue to rem ove th e t r e e s a fewa t a t ime. We have of course discove r ed th e marked d if fe re nc e b etween t h e s e hardwood t r e e s and th esoft pine and fir we were accus tomedto in th e No r t hwe s t A ch a i n s awwould be of considerable help in thisproject . As soon a s the air s t r ip iscleared and graded, by hand, ofco urse), w e will construct a hangarto hou se th e beau t i f u l Ces s n a 180a i rc raf t We have e lec ted j u s t nowto keep the aircraf t in Bulawayo rather than l eave i t on an unpro tec tedfield. Sabotage is not unusual inth i s part of the wor ld .

And Zhen Jt KalnedRecen tl y when we were in Bulawayo

for our supp l i e s we w ere g iven apreview of what happens when i tdoes ra in in this country . Four anda quarter inches of rain fell in aspace of th re e h ou rs


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Here Tom inspects s igns he jus t made to mark new schools and miss ion si te

Svangelism oMtimes School at MdeleziBoth th e ch u r ch es a t M e l el ez i a nd

Mukuwa c on ti nu e t o g row w it h t hosecoming weekly to be bu ri ed with theirL o r d T h e C h r i s t i a n s M u k u w a a r emost anxious fo r u s to b eg in a churchbuilding fo r them They have madeth e b r i c k s a nd w il l f ur n i sh th e ro o fi ng However a t th i s moment I amunable to supervise th e bui ldingG o d c on tin ue s to a d d H is b l e s sings

We h av e b ee n g ra nt ed a schoo l a tt h e M e l el e zi si te to o pe n in January1 96 5 W e m us t c o ns tr uc t t he b u i l din g and the government wil l pay th et eacher With th e r a in s n e ar ly uponu s we a re f ac ed with many buildingproblems and c o st a ll a t o n c e Thes ch oo l w il l e na ble u s to c o n ti n ue t h eeffective evangelis tic work a t Mele lez i where w e h av e li ve d fo r th e p as te igh t months

Here we see F ra nc es hangi ng up the m eat to dry as she is making Biltong


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Visitors and Kesidents r e c e n t v i s i t o r to th e new mis s i o n

s i te on a Lord s Day afternoon was ayoung Lioness . We were not surewhe the r sh e had come for chu r ch s e rvices or for th e only wa t e r supply inmi les . However , there was rea l lyno c l o s e c ommun i c a t i o n .

We a l so h av e a r e s i d en t i n ou rwate r h ole a c rocod i l e more thaneight feet long. {He won t hold st i l lfor a correct measurement) . Recently he did kil l two goats tha t came tooc lose to h is domain , but h as notopen ly exp res sed himse l f on ourpumping r ights . He does however,keep the cat t le and the Africans frombathing in the water hole which keepsour supply much c leaner . Perhapsh e i s no t s u c h a b ad re sid en t a f t e r ll

The Lord hath done grea t thingsfor us; w hereof we are glad . . .Theytha t sow in t e a r s sha l l re ap in joy .He tha t goeth forth and weepeth ,b ea rin g p re cio us seed sha l l doubtl ess come again with re joic ing,bringing his sheaves with him.

P s a lm s 126

Mike caught this chicken thief.And wh oe ve r w ou ld b e f i r s t mus t

be the willing slav e o f a ll lik e th eSon of Man; he did not come to bes er ve d b ut to se rve . Ma t t . 20:27-28

Mike and Pam examine a l izard tha t became too fr iendly a t th e miss ion s i t e .


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Mike helps the family grocery bill with this eight hundred pound Koodo.

Make Me Capt m j orMake me a capt ive . LordAnd t hen I s h a l l b e f r ee :Force m e to re nd er up my swordAnd I sha l l conqueror be .I s i nk in l i f e s a l a rmsWhen by mysel f I s tand;Imprison me within thine armsAnd strong sha l l be my hand.My hear t is weak and poorUnt i l i t mas t e r f i nd :I t has no spring of act ion sureI t v a r i e s wi th th e wi n d .I t c a nno t f re el y moveTil l Thou has wrought i ts chain:Enslave i t wi th Thy match les s l oveAnd dea th l e s s i t sha l l r e ign .

The harves t is plenteous but thelaborers are few; Pray ye thereforethe Lord o f the ha rves t , tha t He wil lsend forth l abore rs into H is ha rves t .

Ma tth ew 9 :3 7-3 8

My power i s fa int and lowTil l I have le ar ne d to serve ;I t wants th e needed fire to glowI t wan t s th e b reeze to nerve ;I t c anno t dr ive th e wo r l dUnt i l i t se l f be dr iven;I ts flag can only be unfurledWhen Thou Sha l t br ea the from he aven .My wi l l i s no t my ownTil l Thou has t made i t Thine ;I f i twou ld r e ach th e mona r ch s th roneI t mus t i t s c rown re s ign ;I t o nly s ta nd s unbent .Amid the c lashing str i feWhen on thy bosom i t ha s l en tAnd found i n The e i t s l i f e .

G . Ma t h e s o n

He ThatWinnefh SoulsIs Wise

Prov 11:30


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Financial Report As Of Octoher 31Balance On Hand June 12 699.56Ck>nt r ibu t lons :SherrylAlex 1 50M r s Dar l ine Anderson 6 0 0M/M Elmer Blanton 45.00M/M Veldon Boge 20.00Vlnnle Bour land 2 5 0 0M r s W J . Bryan 20 00Susan Bryant 5 00M/M W. T. Butler 40.00M/M Ed Carpenter Jr. 80.00Roberta Carpenter 1 75M/M Don Cowles 94.00Cheryl Creamer .21M rs Evelyn Creek 25.00M/M Earl Dunlap 46.00Sara Dunlap 1 5 0M/M Ira Egli 9.00M/M Glenn Ely 30.00M/M Otto Fischer 20.00Dr/M Lee Gleason 20.00Tom Go o d r ic h 3 5 0 0M am ie H ill 4 4 0M/M ElDon Hoven 42.00^^Tfs Verna Jensen 6.00M r s Florence Johnston 10 00M/M Bill Kretschmer 103.00M i k e Kre t schmer 4 5 0P a t Kre t schmer 3 6 0M r s H a z e l Kuiken 1 0 0 0 0M/M R C. Leonard 50.00M r s Mam ie L ew is 1 0 0Coleen Longanecker 10.25M/M Len Longanecker 25.00M r s C o r a M et zen t i n e 5 0 0M/M Garth Mickey 59.00M/M Charles Miller 95.00Mrs Eli zabe th Myers 25.00M/M Albert Niemeyer 20.00M/M Charle s Newton 50.00M/M John Parish 45.00Ruth Ann Pa r i s h 4 5John Par ish IH 1 0M/M Ernest Parks 20.00M/M Robert Reed 20.70M r s T ro s t Ric h a rd s 5 0 0 0C o n n i e Richardson 6 0 0 0M/M Bruce Saunders 82.00Glenda Sa u n d e r s 2 1 5Doug Schroeder 1 00Jan ice Schroeder 7 4

M/M Merle Schroeder 80.00Les Schu l tz 2 0 0 0M r s E. G Sea r s 2 5 0 0Mrs. Dessie Siegner 25.00M/M Lloyd Sipe 30.00M/M Duane Smith 20.00M/M Del Springsteen 10.00Mrs. Bemice Taylor 21.00Fred Tinker 20.00M/M Merrill Valentine 40.00M r s Edith V e m o n 4 0 0M r s Ela ine Wal k e r 2 0 0L O W a l t o n 4 0 0Mrs . Sylvia Weaver 15.00M/M E R Wells 50.00M/M Homer Wolf 30.00M/M Don Zentzis 35.00M r s Frank M au r ach e r 2 0 0S co ttv i l le C h ris t ian 5 4 0 1M/M Alger Fitch 25.00W a l t e r Ehlers 2 6 0 0John Brandl 1 0 0 0B e ll e S h or es 1 0 0 0North P la in s C h r is t ia n 1 7 7 7No r th Pla ins C W F 5 0 0Hayesvi l le Chris t ian 20 00M/^ JeanMcCorkle 9 00Turner C h ris t ian 2 7 1 0M a r i e Doremus 2 0 0Vemonia C h r i s t i an 2 0 0 0Victor E H o v e n 2 0 0 0M/M Arthur Davidson 5.00A s h l a n d C h r i s t i a n 1 7 0 0 0Beaver ton Chr i s t i an :

High School C ED V B SN e o n C l a s sJr. High C E.

E m m e t t C h r i s t i a nEnf i e ld C h r i s t i a nHi l l sboro Chr i s t i an :

M r s Agnes Hubert 5.00M r s Elmer Ross 5 0 0D V B S 90 35M r s Verle M i l l e r 5 0 0M r s B e ss ie M a r sh all 5 0 0

Kirkl ine Chri s t i an 8 6 2 2Klamath Fa l l s C hris t ian 2 5 0 0 0Concord C h ris t ian 1 0 0 0 0

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420 59 900

Centra l Chris t ian Boise 271 060 000


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P h o e n i x 1 s t C h r i s t i a n 9 0 2 . 1 5Centra l Christ ian, Port landM/M E Gillam 60.00

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D i s b u r s e m e n t s :T. Courtney, for July,

Augus t, S ep tembe r,October , November 1845 .51

Western Union (Release) 8.44P o s t a g e Rhodes ianReport 8 . 6 2P r u d e n t i a l I n s u r a n c e 5 3 . 2 0Furlough Fund 300.00

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Plane PaymentsFor Schooling:

University Ext. Div.C a l v e r t S c h o o l

C e n t r a l African M i s s i o nS e r v i c e Link t oCourtneys

Balance On Hand,October 31, 1964

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3 3 8 0 . 0 06 8 8 9 . 3 0

5 7 1 . 6 0

P L A N E F A C T S :Balance, June 12, 1964 4157.92

Paid on Principal 589.95M/M Roger Berglund 15.00Balance on Mortgage 3552.97

P u b l i s h e d F o r :CENTRAL AFRICA M I S S I O N

By: THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH1 0 7 9 S . W . A l l e n A v e n u e

Beaverton, OregonEdited By: Thomas Courtney

Forwarding Agents:M r . a n d M r s . M e r l e S c h o r e d e r

1 0 9 7 5 S . W . W a l n u tPortland 23, OregonN u a n e t s i M i s si o n A d d r e s s :

Mr. and M r s . Thomas CourtneyPrivate/Bag M 99Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia ,

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