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Marci-a Kay Thomson

P.O. Box 240

F o r t V i c t o r i a

Zimbabwe

Africa

Forwarding Agents

Mr. S Mrs.

Wil fo rd

Leasu re

Rou t e

1

West

Union 111inois

February

1982

62A77

3

Dear Chr i s t i an Friends

I am looking forward to

seeing

you soon. y plan is to be in the U from

ay to September. I t Is a special t rea t

to

share

with

you. This t r ip

I want to spend some

time

in

Christ ian

Service Camps In

the

Sta tes

HEAVENWARDBOUND

CHRISTIAN

CAMP

January

3

to

we

spent

in camp. Yours

truly

was Dean

of

Women with

reputation

that nothing happened

a t night

without

my knowledge.

e

wer

In tents and were close enough that I

heard

the

boys making

noise and

woke

th e Dean

o f

Men

to

handle

t

Senior Week there

were college

as

well

as high

school campers.

Both

weeks we had

some

of

th e s t a f f t h a t a t tended the

c l a s s e s and

even d id

the

memory

work.

Most

of the

campers

were local

children from man

churches. Because the gasol ine Is so expensive now and recently has

often

not

been

avai lable

not

many

children went to other areas of

the

country

for

camp.

The next camps are planned. Seniors are to have

Apri l 12-17 and

Juniors

are

to be In

camp April

19-2^. There Is

also

a family camp August 11-15

A

s t a r t has been

made to

have

permanent

buildings

before the

April camp

Two high

school

gi r l s from Sinoia that l ive with Judy Picket t when she Is

not on furlough spent

the

ent i re Chr istmas time

and

camp

here.

FORT VICTORIA CHRISTIAN CHURCH

Our

at tendance

Is

on the Increase. During November and

December

i t was

between 28 and

38.

One week In January we had 44 present. The f i r s t

Sunday of

the

school year

a new

class star ted with

5

high school stu

dents. For

the las t couple

of years

we have not had a high school

class

on Sundays. e

s t i l l have their youth group time

on Friday

night

and a

meeting at the high school on Thursday afternoon.

January

24th

we started a Video series on A rchaeology by Wilbur

Fields

a t

our

Sunday evening services

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION IN GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS



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December,

1982

Dear Chris t ian Fr iends

Greetings

for th is

Christmas season from Zimbabwe. More

especial ly ,

Masvingo.

Masvingo

is

the

name

that

has

been

given

to Fort Victoria instead of

Nyanda

that

was

f i r s t

a n noun c e d .

The

big

news

to star t

with is

that

I am moving to

Harare

Salisbury) to help with

Zimbabwe

Christian College. This

has not been an easy decision for me as I am very happy here

in Masvingo When I moved here in 976 I was the

only

^

missionary fo r a

whi le .

Since

then

we have increased

and

for

some

time

there

have been

7

of

us.

WhenT l e f t

on fur

lough I

did not turn

over

all my jobs

to one person but^

scattered

them out. When I

returned

I found that they had

all been well taken

care of.

The

church

here has

contin-^

ued to grow and have

altered the

building by enclosing

the

A

no

^

ut^^

porch

to

make

more

space

for the church

to meet.

This

been

a mess

as

you will

see from

the picture a t the end

th is l e t t e r

but

i t has

been

worth i t . The area added

the

room

where the

church meets is about 6 f t . x 12

h a s

of

^

to >3

ft

Since my

Chr i s t i a n

a r y camp .

re turn

1 have

spent

some time

Camp Grounds

helping

to get

I did some painting on

the new

buildings. I have

enjoyed this very much. One day we saw 9 kudu

(deer)

jus t

after

lunch. We

often

see kudu but not

often

so many

at

one time. One evening a hippo came swimming near McDaniels

house. 1 knew about where i t was and listened until just

after dark when

i t

came out

on

the

bank to

graze.

The next

day

footprints

were

easy

to see

on

the

muddy

bank

across

the smal1 bay.

t

ready fo r

the

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Annua l

OPPORTUNITY NOW

A t this tim e

th e

Zimbabwe Govern

ment

welcomes missionaries and we

ar e

enjoying as much cooperation from

this Government, and possibly even

more, than any

past

Government

in

Zimbabwe.

We

missionaries of the

Central

Africa Mission feel

tha t

this is

the time

for

the Church

to

stand

up

and

be counted, We are here in

this

country

where th e action is and, believe me,

there

is a lot of action.

The

country is in

th e

midst

of reconstruction a ft er t he

war

and

also

reconciliation.

Could

there be a better time or a better place

for God s people to be working than in

the midst of a programme

such

as

this?

This

would seem to be

tailor-made

fo r

th e Church

here.

The n eed for missiona r ie s ex tends

into

many and varied fields. We need

Christian

doctors, registered nurses,

laboratory

t ec hn ol og is ts a nd

secretaries.

In

education

we

now have

5

high

schools

and

desperately need

someone

to

teach Bible

a t each

of

these

schools. Bible would be

taught as an

accredited subject. The

same

person

could ac t as

Chaplain

for the school.

On a

mission

station

such

as

Mashoko,

Maranda and

Chidamoyo,

we need

builders and maintenance

men.

For i ns tance ,

a t Mashoko

we

have 6 diesel engines and 3 diesel

vehicles. Add to th i s

our

own

electric

and

sewage system -- this is a very

important part of ou r Christian

witness

in

th e a re a

In all the areas where we have

missionaries

we

are under-staffed.

In

Salisbury, our

capital city,

there are

3

congregations

without ministers. Also

ou r

Bible Col lege needs teachers . It

would

be possible to minister to

one

of

the churches in Salisbury and to assist

in

teaching

in

the

Bible College.

Many

of ou r mi s s i ona r i e s

cou ld

use

secretaries. Bible Coll ege interns

wou ld b e welcome.

What

I

am trying

to

sa y

is

that

Zimbabwe

is a country

where

we

ca n

evangelize - this

may

no t

always

be

true,

but

it is now. If you

ar e

interested

in looking

into the possibilities of

becoming

a recruit,

please

write to

ou r

recruit chairman. Dr. J. Lowell Lusby,

105 West College Street, Grayson,

Kentucky

41143, or to any one of

the

miss ionar ie s whose n ame s and

3^- ^

by

John

C. Pemberton

addresses

appear

in

this

paper.

If

you

want more information concerning

any of the

areas

of

work I have

mentioned,

write to

on e of the

mission

aries direct or to the forwarding agent,

whose addresses

appear

in

this

paper.

As a missionary of over 25 years in

this

country,

I

sincerely

believe

that

we

face the greates t opportunity that we

have ever faced

and

I would encourage

all who read

this

paper to

pray

for us

that His word will continue to be made

known in

this great

country.

1981 student body, Christian Secondary School.

Fort Victoria.

Three classes attended

school

in

th e

morning

and t hr ee o th er classes used

the

class

rooms in the afternoon. Morebuildings are being

bui l t

In

1982.

50 of

the

people of

Zimbabwe ar e

children

below 17years ofage. Theyneed to be taught the

way of th e Lord.

DELIVER

TO:

HEAVEN

by Chuck

and

Pat McDaniel

In

making

plans to build th e first

unit

fo r

Heavenward

Bound Chris t ian

Camp in Fort Victoria,

we

visited the

local

building supply company

to

order

the timer, door frames, trusses,

etc. for

the dining

hall/kitchen.

When th e

first

par t of our order was

delivered th e

invoice had

written on

it,

Sold

to:

Heavenward

Bound Christian Camp

Deliver to: Heaven. Wegot a laugh

ou t

of it,

but suddenly the thought

hi t

us. That is just what we are aiming to

do deliver as

many

young people's

souls to

heaven

as possible.

We

had

a great 2 weeks of

camp

Janua ry 3

to

16 with 36 different kids

from

Fort

Victoria, Bulawayo, Sinoia,

and

Chiredz i

Our next

camp

will be

during the

Easter

Holidays April

12 to 24. Chuck

McDaniel

will

be

the

Senior Week

organizer and Ben

Pennington

is in

charge o f

Junior Week.

The camp k it ch en/din in g h al l

is

nearly

completed and should be ready

in time for camp. It is hoped t ha t a n

ablution block

will be

finished as

well.

Again the kids will have to sleep in

tents, but t hey enjoy that.

A family

camp

is

planned

in August

an d

a good

turnout

is expected as

this

is a

new

concept for the

Christians

here .



Salisbury is a

very

large city with

many, many suburbs. Visitors

in 1981

were amazed a t t he t al l buildings,

th e

beautiful gardens within the city, th e

many banks , t he at er s, restaurants,

schools

and

sports fields.

It

is a city

that

is still clean and

prosperous.

Many of the jobs formerly

held

by

whites are now held by blacks. Racial

feelings

are

still good. Concern for

future job opportunities, education of

their children,

and

th e possibility of

lowering

of

s tandards have caused

many whites

to leave the country.

Some who

have

gone

to

other countries

have

returned

though.

Many

white

teachers from other

countries

have

come

to

t ake the places of those who

have left .

We are in th e

middle of change,

but

with more opportunities than we ca n

ma n a g e

Fou r ye ars

ago, I

was

asked

by

parents to

teach

Scripture classes in

two

primary

schools.

At

that time

the

schools were s till segregated.

The

following year African

parents

with

good educations and

jobs

began

moving into th e suburbs

near us.

In

1980

their children

began

entering

th e

schools

where

I taught. Some of them

were th e top students in their classes

and

actively participating

in

th e

Scripture

classes as

well. I

had

some

who k new mor e abou t th e

Bible a n d t h e

lessons

than the

whi te ch i ld r en

did. In

1982

there

are 42 3 b la ck ch il d ren

in

th a t school

and

50 wh it e c hi ld re n.

They

now have a

Coloured (mulatto)

principal,

six

black

teachers

and

six

wh i te t e ach e rs

When

a

lady

from

ourchurch went

to

teach the

first day

this

year, she had 57

children

i n one class and 73

in

another.

Kathy

Smith

has now taken half of

each

c la ss s o

we have four

c lasses

a

week

in

t h a t school .

In 1980 we

were

given the

opportunity

to attend and to

send

church people for training in

teaching

Religious Instruction classes in th e

high schools using

a

syllabus prepared

by the Committee

on Christian

Education. In 1980 and 1981Jack and

Peggy Penning ton, Margaret Dennis

and

three of

th e wom en from

th e

Salisbury

Christian

Church

took

this

training.

We taught

four classes

at

th e

girls

high school

and

four

at the

boys

high

school.

In

1981

Tanya Schier,

a

miss ion intern

from

Ozark

Bible

College

t augh t as

well.

Just

a

week

ago three girls asked the ir t eacher

whether they

could

come

to her to talk

about

becoming

Christians.

One year,

every gir l

in

one of the classes had

became a Christian by the end of

th e

yea r

At ano the r

school

we could have

had

classes again

this

year if we had had

t e ache r s ava il ab le

Zimbabwe

Christian College

began

classes in

1981

w ith th re e re sid en t

students. We had tried to have classes

in

1976 but

th e war intensified

and

frequent military call-ups made

continued

classes

impossible.

We did

have

e xt en si on c la ss es

in

different

places

and night classes here at that

time.)

Our

three students were

Zebedee

Togarepi,

an

evangelist who

had

a tt ended th e Bib le col lege in Fort

T

IN

THE

Victoria; T ra cy S pa ng en be rg

daughter of the bank manager wh

mini st e re d t o t h e Gr een cr of t

Christ ia

Church

on

th e other side of

Salisbury

and

Paul Eastwood, a young man

wh

had become a Chris t i an here

severa

years

ago. Paul has traveled the world

and

has been on Nort h S ea oi l rigs

fishing

boats, in Southeast Asia, in

Mexico,

Canad a and

t he Sta tes.

W

s tar ted wi th

a

varie ty of backgrounds

It has been a jo y to

watch th es

students

grow.

We h av e h ad a

variety o f professor

too.

Jack

and

Peggy

Pennington hav

taught full-time. Hugh Pender taugh

first

term.

His

wife

Betty

worked

o

our l ib ra ry books. Bill DeLaughter

from

Karoi, came

down by motorcycl

in

rain

and wint ry wea the r to teach

f irs t

and second

terms .

Ted Hurlbur

f rom Cal i fo rn ia

came to t ea ch t hi r

term. Some of you

remember

tha

Zimbabwe ha s a three-term

schoo

system with about

thirteen

weeks

eac

term.

Our year begins in January

an

e nd s in December .

In add i t ion to th e t hr ee r es id en

s tudent s, abou t

twelve

people cam

each Thursday n ight for three nigh

classes . Some of the

classes

use

videotapes by

Bible college

professor

in

the States.

Ou r professors then

le

th e d is cu ss ion t ime following that

People

from

three

churches at tende

these c la sses

Margaret Dennis was hostess wit

t he most es t at the college. She no

only did

th j cooking but also traine

two of the African

men

so that the

could

carry on when she

left fo

m

fiir



by Peggy Pennington

furlough.

Margaret s big smile,

welcome

for

all,

encouragement and

counsel helped missionaries, vis itors

and students alike. She acted

as

hostess

in

addition to t ea ch ing her

Scripture classes

in the

schools,

her

B ible school

class

and

women s

meetings.

Zimbabwe Christian

College

also

has

a

correspondence

course

center

managed by Mildred Goldthwaite.

Many

people

have become Christians

an d have

grown

as Christians through

her courses. Some are on Bible

books

like

Romans or

Bible Survey

or

Hebrews; o th er s a re on t heme s like

the Holy Spiri t,

Prayer,

Becoming A

Christ ian,

and Growing

As

A

Christian.

These go out to

many

all

over t hi s c ount ry and

to

some

other

Afr ican

countries as

well.

Salisbury Christian Church

meets

in

th e

chapel

at

Zimbabwe

Christian

College.

Four

years ago, the mission

aries

were

doing al l of the teaching in

the

Bib le s choo l.

Then

some

of the

women

took

teachers

training classes,

th e course for

high

school teachers and

the

Chris t i an Educa t io n c l as s

a t th e

college. In

1982

we

have

our

first Bible

school superintendent,

a

young

Portuguese man from Mozambique.

Our

songleader

is

from Zimbabwe with

French background, married

to a

man

from Uruguay

in

South

America.

Our

pianis t is from Z im babwe. Her

husband

from England also teaches

a

class. Mildred Goldthwaite

and

Kathy

Smith

teach as

well. Any chi ld who

can understand

English goes

into the

regular classes. We also have African

men who

teach

a

class

in Shona fo r

t ho se who do

not unders tand

English.

We sing in b oth English

and

Shona.

We h ad our f irst

V.B.S. s

in 1980.

People

took

off work to

help w ith the

f irs t

one. Parents

couldn t

believe tha t

children could learn so much

in

one

week and begged u s to have anothe r

one. Our second one lasted all day.

Afternoon sess ions

i nc luded mov ie s o r

filmstrips, games and

singing. The

children

brought

their ow n lunches.

Our closing

programs had about 160

in

attendance at

each.

Margaret Dennis

directed both o f those. Some of our

miss ionar ies

from

Zamb ia c ame down

to

help

with the teaching fo r th e 1981

V.B.S.

Kathy McCar ty had

missionary lessons

on

Chidamoyo

Mission. Peggy Pennington directed

it .

Another

aspect o f

th e work

has

been

th e weekly women s meetings

fo r

Bible

study

an d prayer. We h av e h ad 2 18

each week. Women w ho h ad n ot read

the

Bible

and

did

not

know

where to

find

passages

now know

th e

Lord and

a re t ea ch in g others. Women

whose

lives

were mixed-up with many

problems have found that He, and

not

worldly wisdom,

has

g iven them

th e

answers

and

the s t rength to

meet

their

s it ua ti on s. Peggy Pennington, Reba

Harrison

and

Dorothy Hurlburt have

led

these. Kathy Smith

is

leading

two

groups in 1982.

Greencroft C hristia n C hurch w as

s ta rt ed by Char le s

McDaniel when h e

was her e in Salisbury.

It

mee ts o n t he

other side of town

and has

about thirty

members. I t does

no t

have a minister

I n

I . :

f «

at th e p res en t time.

Ted

Hurlburt

preached there frequently while

hewas

here third term, 1981. Ted Bill

DeLaughter

and Jack

Pennington

have

each

h eld B ib le

s tudies

fo r the

church there .

In 1982

our churches

ar e

growing in

spite of having l ack of

personnel.

Our

Bible

schools are about

ha l f

black now

and we need to reach the parents of

the

children. Our

Youth

Club

on

Friday

nights has about twenty attending. A

cam pus m in is try

work

a t the

university

is a

possibility if

we

had

s om e on e t o do

it .

We need more professors, more

students,

someone

to

manage

the

housekeeping and

maintenance

work

at

the

college people to call, a

secretary, people

to

teach Scripture in

the schools, and people

to do

youth

work .

Jesus

said, T he

fields

are a lready

ripe fo r the harves t . How true th is is

of th e field here in

Salisbury,

now,

today.

As

J ac k a nd

I

look

a t th e many ripe

fields

here

in Zimbabwe

today, the

words

of

a

song

keep going

through

our

minds :

My

house

is full but

My

field is

empty.

Who will go

and

work fo r

Me

today?

I see My

children al l want

to

stay

around My

table

But

who ll go

and

work

in

My

f ield?

Who ll

go

and work

in

My field?

Le t us

labor

while it is ye t day; th e

nightCometh when no man c an work.



SECONDARY SCHOOLS

(HIGH SCHOOLS)

We have opened 3 new secondary

schools. As you can see, our secondary

enrollment

is up by 435

since

January 1980. Why

have

weopened up

3

new

high

schools?

First

off, th e

crying

need

is

for

secondary education

and

the G ove rnm en t

is

doing

everything it can to satisfy this

need.

T he y ask ed u s to

open

u p two Upper

Top

secondary schools -- on e at

Mukanga and the other at

Stockil.

These Upper Top

Schools

met

in the

primary school in the afternoon and

some

of

these l a t e r were chosen

to

be

secondary schools; Mukanga

an d

Stockil were two

o f

those .

T h e

Government

is

helping to finance these

schools

but

re lies upon

th e local

people

and

th e

Responsible

Authority for at

least

50 of it.

Mukanga, which

is in

Matsa i Communal Area, i s bui ld ing

i ts own

school. By

chat I mean they are

completely financing it with what

help th e Government is giving them

a n d w a n t u s to r e m a in t h e

admini st ra ti ve autho ri ty over

the

school.

InChiredzi , theChiredziRural

Council

has

given us 8

acres

of

land

and 30,000 on

a dollar fo r

dollar

basis.

The Na ti on a l Gove rnmen t

has

given

us another 15,000 as a starter.

This school has been named

Chiredzi

Christian Secondary

School.

Our 4 th h igh school in Fort Victoria

w a s s ta rte d

because

Ce nt r a l

A f r i c a n

Christian

College

in Fort

Victoria

a m a l g a m a t e d w i t h

Z i m b a b w e

Christian

College

in Salisbury. Ben

Pennington, one o four missionar ies

in

Fort

Victoria, asked us if

we cou ld use

th e

property.

Government

has given

us

considerable f inanc ia l as s i s tance

to

build

t hi s year and

we

are

endeavoring

to

ra i se th e

r e s t

o f th e funds

T h e se a re

a ll

Chr i s t i a n

schoo l s

where Bible

is

t aught and

we feel

tha

this

is a tremendous

means

to preach

Christ and to

show

th e

people

ou

in te res t

in

the i r fe l t

needs

M A S H O K O H I PP O V A L L E Y M I S S I O N

P R I M A R Y

S C H O O L S

E N R O L M E N T

1 9 8 0

T ea ch e rs S tu d en ts

1. Chamburukira 8 321

2. Chikomo 6 23 7

3. Chiremwaremwa 9 451

4. Chiromo 9 lS

5. Chiteyo 8 356

6.

Gawa

3 121

7. Humani 3 110

8. Magocha 7 293

9. Manyiri 10 43i

10. Mashoko 11 ^^85

11 .

Matara

9 42 0

12.

Mukanga

10 424

13. Neguve 5 232

14.

Pasipanyoro

3 116

15. Stockil 21 93}

16. Zungudza 5 198

17 . Goko 4 156

18.

Turgwi

5 191

1 9 8 1

T e a c h e r s S t u d e n t s

1 9 8 2

T ea ch e rs S tu d en ts

M A R A N D A C H R I S T IA N M I SS IO N

P RI M A R Y S CH O OL

m uf ,

The war damage is sti ll

being rebuilt. John

Pe m be r ton sees

th e

ne e d to rebuild

lives

as

well.

The award winningStoclLiI School choir perform

ingduring Independence bay Celebrations

5

13

2 6

16

18

15

13

6

15

10

Counci l

767

287

702

672

6 4 8

391

186

54 9

1081

691

9 0 5

6 3 9

5 5 5

246

6 1 6

36 4

Counci l

1068

10367

Ma ra n da Ch ri st ia n

Miss ions

primary schoo

Dine, wa s built ohold 400. Over 8 00 ar e present

enro l l ed



SCHOOL REPORT

MASHOKO HIPPO

V A L L E Y

M I S S I O N

SECONDARY H IG H S C HO OL )

E N R O L M E N T

1 9 8 0

1. Chr is tia n Se c onda r y School

Mashoko

Miss ion

2.

Christian

Secondary School

Fo r t Victor ia

Muka nga

Secondary School

4. Chiredzi Christian Secondary

School

Stockil)

TOTAL

P R IMA RY E N ROL ME N T

T ea c he r s S tu de n ts

12

2 9 4

Te a c h e r s

S tuden t s

Te a c h e r s

S t u d e n t s

15

345

1 7

419

9

2 6 7

14

420

4

80

4

2 0 3

4

9 4

5

2 3 7

32

78 6

4 0

1279

1 9 8 0

Tea c h e r s

1 9 8 0

S t u d e n t s

1 9 8 1

Te a c h e r s

TOTAL

SECONDARY ENROLMENT

1 9 8 0

Te a c h e r s

1 9 8 0

S t u d e n t s

1 9 8 1

Te a c h e r s

1 9 8 1

S tuden t s

1 9 8 1

S tuden t s

T O T A L

OF P R I M A R Y

A N D S EC O N D A RY E N RO L M EN T

1 9 8 0

Te a c h e r s

1 9 8 0

S t u d e n t s

1 9 8 1

Te a c h e r s

1 9 8 1

S tuden t s

1 9 8 2

Te a c h e r s

1 9 8 2

Te a c h e r s

1 9 8 2

Te a c h e r s

1981

Enrolment

wa s 48.2

higher

than 1980.

1982 Enrolment is 17.2 higher than 1981.

1982Enrolment is 73.8 higher

than

1980.

E X P L A N A T I O N

Education inthe ruralareas isone ofthe

main priorities

ofthepresent

Government.

Wehave

been

involved in primary

education

in the rural areas for the past 75 years

Dadaya

Mission.

New

Zealand

Churches ofChrist .

We

haveretaineda

very

interestinginvolvementin localeducation

and this has increased since theendofthe

war.

Asyou look at ourstatistics, I would

like

todraw

your

attention

to a few points

concerning our

schools:

1 Our primary schools have increased their enrolment by 61 8 since 1980, excluding the fact

that twoofour schools,

Goko

and Turgwi, have gonecounciland are not includedinour

1982

figures.

Continued

on

page

12

1 9 8 2

S t u d e n t s

1 9 8 2

S tuden t s

1 9 8 2

S t u d e n t s

Marshall

Hayden,

Chair

m an of th e

S t a t e s i d e

b o a r d

leads the

s t uden t s

o

Stockil

School

in

morning

devot ions

I > t

•1

Christian Secondary School, Fort Victoria, where

t o mor r ow s l e ad e rs a r e

taught to fol low

Jesus.

Grade 5 children l is tening to their teacher.

T he s cho ol

garden ro t only

teaches

children

how

to

grow food, but

also

raises

extra funds

for the

school

sports

program.



KING JAMES

WOULD OBJECT

by

Ben

and Karen Pennington

I would like a King Hen ry VIII

Bible,

please .

The man was

sincere.

I beg your

pardon ,

was

Karen s

astonished

reply.

I

would

like

to

have

a

copy

o f t he

Bible that

King

Henry wrote .

The

cu s t omer

was

ins i s t en t .

P erhaps the Authorized

King

J ames Bible would be

what

you have

in mind ,

Karen

countered.

Well,

I guess

so.

I know

that some

king

wrote it , said th e man

in

resignation.

The Christian Book

Shop

receives

some strange

requests

at times,

and

we

do our best to s uppl y th e customers

with

what t hey a sk

for ( if

it

exists an d

we can obtain it).

There

are

times,

however,

when

we can t

provide

certain items,

especially

if

it

is a

King

Henry Bible o r t he

Bible

that Thomas

Chain

wrote

(Thompson Chain

Re fe r ence Bible) .

We have filled

orders

fo r

t h e unu su a l

at

times.

There have been

requests

fo r

German,

French, Portuguese,

and

Greek

Hi -

a Bible in

such a Ian-

Pennington.

gu a g e

w e

con tac t the

Bible

Society and ge t th e

required Bible

as

soon

as possible.

We

do

s tock Bib les in

th e

most

commonly used languages

o f our

part

of Zimbabwe. Th e tw o major African

languages in

our area ar e

Shona an d

Penningtons

in front of

Christian

Book Shop.

Ndebele. As t he re a re many migr an t

workers

t ravel l ing through

Ft.

Victoria,

we

also carry Bibles

in

the

Nyanja

language

of Malawi

and the

Zulu

language

of Zululand in

South

Africa. We also

stock

the Afrikaans

Bible whic h is

written

in a language

similar to

Dutch and is spoken

throughout South Africa. Of course,

we

carry the most commonly used

English

Bibles, too.

Our

normal stock

includes

th e

King James Bible,

th e

Rev i sed

Standard

Vers ion

the

New In t e rna t iona l

Vers ion ,

the

N ew A merican

Standard Bible,

an d the

Good

News Bible, a s well as

th e

Living

Bible.

The

Shon a

Bib le is our

fastest

selling

Bible. The

reason being

is

that

Shona is t h e ve rnacul a r o f t he Af ri can

population

in th e Ft. Victoria area. The

Shon a

Bible

is also the least

expensive Bible, too. It is subsidized by

the Bible Society and

currently

sells for

Z 2.80. The

Revised

Standard

Bible

is

th e second best

selling

Bible,

as it is

used in

th e

religious

education

classes

in th e pub lic schoo ls . The King

J ames Bible

remains very popular

and

is

constantly in demand.

B ib les compr ise about

25%

of th e

stock at th e

Christian Book

Shop.

The

balance of stock is made up

of

Christian books,

commentaries and

reference books, Sunday School

material, Christian g re et ing cards .

records

and music, an d a small amoun

of s tat ionery

and novelty i tems.

W

would love to

be

able to carry

the rang

of

goods that you would find

in

comparable Christian bookshop in th

U.S.A., but

impor t r es tr ic ti on s

distance, and shipping

problem

remain as

obstacles.

Most ofour stoc

comes

from

the U.S.A., South

Africa

and England, so it is a

running battl

to keep

ahead

of

demand

when

th

Bibles

and

books

must

come from

suc

great

distances.

Although there

are difficulties i

keeping

the Chri st ian

Book

Sho

operational, we feel that it is a vita

ministry

to

our area. Christian

Boo

Shop

is th e only religious

supplier

in

100 mile r ad iu s o f

Ft.

Victoria. We

ar

convinced that the spread of

Christia

literature

and th e distribution ofBible

is

essential .

Can

you

imagine how

difficult

would

be to

tr y

to

car ry out

a

churc

program without Bibles or Christia

literature? How e ffec ti ve cou ld

min ister o r church be

without

printe

resource

material?

If the

Chris t ia

book

shop

in

your

area

were to clos

would you miss it? 1 hope that a

would agree that there is a need

continue

and

e xpan d the outreac

ministry

of

th e Christian

Book

Shop

Ft.

Victoria.

In

a land tha t is

starvin

for

reading mater ia l, let

it be

God

Word that feeds th e people.

C.A.M.E.L.S.

by

Frances

Johnson

questions in twelve categories. Folk

a

using it

for

personal

s tudy , for r ef

ence,

and

fo r

regular

Bible

study

grou

As CAMELS endeavors to undergi

th e ministry of others

by

providi

printing services for

th e vario

a ctiv ities of our m ission station

whether it

is baptismal

certificates

hospital record cards, we also tr y

reach

ou t

through publications

such

this

to

a

wide reading

an d

buyi

public. It is a thrill to go into a b

bookshop in Salisbury and see some

our

productiion on

the

shelves.

We

have

already had

this

particu

book t ra n sl at ed i nt o chiShona a

hope to

have

it ready for

market

befo

t he e nd

of 1982.

From a very successful printing in

1981 of Bible Pathways , Central

Africa Mission

Evangelistic Literature

Services, known

among

us

al l

as

CAMELS,

has

moved to

Let th e

Bible

Be Your

Guide

as

ou r bi g mission

t h rus t o f

1982.

During 1981 Bible

Pathways

helped many, many people read th e

Bible through completely during th e

year who would

not

have done

so

otherwise. Many

a re u si ng

the

same

plan

fo r

1982.

This

new

printing

of

Let t he

Bible

Be

Your Guide is a beaut i fu l ly done

reprint

with

permission.

This book is

b asi ca ll y common

questions with

only

a

group of scrip ture references

given

as th e

answers.

Fo r example, to

th e question, How are

we to

respond

to

God s greatness?

th e

following

refer

ences are given: Genesis 12:4-9; Psalm

92:1; Psalm 116:12-14;

Psalm

145;

Isai

ah 25:1-5;

Matthew

4:10; John 4:23-24;

Ephesians

1:3-14;

Revelation

4:6-11.

There are about on e hundred fifty

L et th e B ib l e Be Your

Guide ,

a book

of

ques

t ions w it h B ib le

answers

printed

by C-A.M.E.L.S.



MATUMBU DAY AT MASHOKO CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL

by Madonna Burget

Matumbu

is

the word in

Shona

meaning

a

pregnant woman. Every

Tue sd ay morn ing,

th e matumbus

begin gathering at the

hospital

to have

t hei r an te-na ta l check. When I

first

arrived back atMashoko

in September

we

would

have

from

60 to 90

women

to

come on th e Tuesday mornings. Dr.

Vennells said that once or twice they

had had

over 100 to come. I

don treally

remember w hen the increase in

numbers s ta rt ed , bu t I do remember

very well

that

on

December

15th,

we

had 130 women to

come

and I had no

one to help me

examine them that day

and wor ke d f rom 9 A.M. to 3 P.M.

without a break to

finally

ge t

them al l

checked.

I

have

records

from

December 30th

and

except for one

rainy day when we

had

only 75 to

come, we have

averaged

over 150 each

T uesday with

a record

of

172

on

February

2nd.

The past

few weeks I

have arrived at the hospital

at

7 A.M.

on Tuesday morning to find

from

30 to

40 women already

seated

in the

hallway

outside

th e laboratory. The

night nurse

told me that they start

coming a t

6;30

A.M.

to

be

th e

first to be

seen.

Some

of these

are

women who

have

come to

stay at th e hospital until

time for delivery. We

have

a big

rondoval

hu t

which

we

have just

recently

re-thatched

and

painted

for

them

to

stay

in

since many

of

them

come

from

too

fa r

away to

be able

to

come

for

delivery

when the ir labor

pains

start.

Most recently Mrs. Joyce

Makovera,

one of our clerks,

has

been weighing

th e

women

and g iv ing out

a week s

supply

of

iron

tablets, folic acid

tablets

and an

ani t -malar ia l tablet. She

then

gives them

a

l i tt le slip of paper with

a

number and then

when

we

start

examining

them,

we

call for them,

s tar t ing with No. 1 and going on up.

Before we

started

the

numbering

system, they all crowded up

to

th e

door

o f t he room where

we

examined t hem

and some would get pushed back who

had

come

the

earliest.

This numbering

system keeps

things

a bi tmore orderly.

The

women who come

are

a

happy

group and as

they

si t

waiting

to be

examined, they chat

wit h e ac h

other

and

as they

come, you see

them

shakinghands and greeting each other

-

perhaps

old friends who only see one

another on

th e day they gather

together.

Sometimes when I have been

alone, after examining a large

number,

I will

look

out in th e

hallway

to see how

m any are

lef t

and when

I

se e

the

hallway

still full I will

say, Maiwee ,

which is an express ion in Shona

of

pain of

some

nature. The

women

a lways have a

good

laugh when I do

t hi s. More

recently, we

have ha d

more

staff, so it is

seldom

that there is only

on e of us examining th e

women.

This

week even though we had 150

women,

we were

finished

by 1 P.M. and then I

examined

2 more w ho

came

in

th e

af ternoon

One Tuesday

about

two weeks ago

we not

only

had 144 women to come fo r

ante-natal clinic, but between the

hou rs o f 5 A.M. and 9 A.M. we had si x

babies born. The nigh t nurse delivered

the

first

two I

delivered

th e

3r d

one

th e

day nurse

delivered

4

and

5

and

I

delivered No. 6. Besides

those

six I

had

come

to

th e

hospi ta l about 5:15

A.M.

to

take care

of a woman who had

delivered at home,

bu t

who had a

minor

complication after delivery

that I had

to

cor rec t

There has been

a

definite increase

in

ou r maternity work since

my

arrivalin

September.

In September

we had 36

babies

born; in October 45;

in

November 58; in December 52; in

January,

69;

and

so

far this month,

52.

(This

is February 26th. I have

delivered babies to 40 of

the

women

bu t our very

capable

African

nurses

do

mo s t o f

th e

deliver ies

Many

of

th e women

who come to

wait

for delivery a re Chr is ti an s a nd

when

we

have prayer meeting at

the

hospital

on Wednesday

night, th e room

rings

with the singing

of

these women.

One Tuesday morning notlong after

I

arrived,

th e

second patient

that I

examined, a young lady

who

was

quite

tall, got up from th e bed and said to me

rather

hesitantly, Sister Burget?

I

said

that

I was Sis te r Burge t

and

she

said:

I

am Milliam.

My

mouth

dropped open and then I smiled as I

r em embe re d who

she

w as. M illiam

had

come to

th e

hospital

in

1963

after

having been

bitten by

a croccodile.

She

wa s f or tu n at e tha t

she

was

rescued.

Mai Gwingi

an d

six mothers with

their

new

born

babies. Mashoko Christian Hospital.

he had t err ib le w o un ds o n h er back

and

legs an d was

in the

hospital for

many

weeks whil e

t he wound s h ea le d

and then Dr. Pruett

did

skin grafts. She

attended ourMission School

atTurgwi

and

is a fine

Christian young

lady

and

now the mother of

a

son. Seeing

Milliam just

made

my

day

that

Tuesday.

Early this month, one Monday

morning I arrived

a t

work to find a

woman ready to deliver twins. I

had

examined her and told her tha t

I

was

sure she

had

twins aga in .

Sh e had

given birth to twins her

last

pregnancy.

I delivered to

he r

two big boys •• V and

7 4 lbs.

Her mothe r -in -l aw is a fine

Christian

lady

who

attends Church

here

at

Mashoko.

That eveningwhen I

went

into

the ward to s ee how mo th e r

and babies were doing, the

grandmother asked

me to

pray

and

thank

God for

giving he r

daughter-in-

law such

nice babies. I

prayed

in

English and then sheprayed

in

Shona.

After my first newslet ter the baby

bundles tha t

used t o

be

such a favorite

project

of

women s groups in the

States have s ta rt ed coming. But

before we start giving

them

out I

want

to have

a t least

60

bundl es o n

hand.

One of the nurses said las t evening

when I showed her the

bundles

that

ha d

come

Sister,

we wiJl

have even

more women to come

when

we

s t a r t

giv ing them out

again.

That

may

be

so , but

i t i s

much

better

fo r the

women

to have

thei r

bab ies here

than

at home

where they

could

have

problems. We

recently

had in

on e

week three

newboms

to

come in

with

neonatal

tetanus

when

they

were born at home

and the umbilical

cord cut with a

dirty

instrument.

If you ar e

interested

in the

baby bundle

project we

pu t

in

th e

bundles, receiving blankets, diapers,

little

shi rts, saques,

little

pajamas,

bibs booties

and hats.

We

can

use good

used

baby

clothing

as

well

as new

clothing.

Please address th e boxes

to

the Mashoko

Christian Hospital,

P.O.

Mashoko Zimbabwe

pu t

on

th e

outside,

gift for

hospital,

no t

for

resale

and

we

won t have

to

pay

cus t oms

It

has

been 2cod to be

back

a t

Mashoko

and

one

of

the blessings is

being

able to

share

so

often in

th e

miracle

of

birth.

Pray

for us as we

witness

to those who c ome who

a re n o t

Christians

and

pray for ou r Christian

ladies who

come that

they

too

ca n be a

strong

witness to those who have

not

yet accepted Ch ri st a s thei r Saviour .



CHIDAMOYO: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE? y ugh Pende

On

July 1, 1978, all

missionaries at

Chidamoyo Mission were evacuated.

This

was

t he l as t

o f o ur

bush

mission

stations with missionaries living on

it.

t was also the last

mission

in a very

large area of the north central par t of

th e country belonging to any religious

group with missionaries still living on

it

It was quite a large operation for

those

involved.

The

women an d

children were flown

out

in

two

mission

planes. All our packing was done

during

t he n ight

before we left.

The

trucks had to

be loaded hurriedly

in an

attempt

to get out to Karoi before dusk.

There

was no t ime to see that

furnituie

was packed soit wouldn t be damaged.

To get it out at all was thought to be all

we could hope for. At that time

two

couples, a family, and three single

women were living here; al l were

missionary personnel

from

the States.

Peopleoutside the church buildingatChidamoyo

Miss ion .

In add it ion the re were

many

more

African personnel.

After

evacuation,

with no

doctors,

th e hospital

though still open

was

greatly hampered in its workand in a

few months all these workers

were

forced to leave. The mission

became

virtually

a

ghost station

with

whoever had

th e most

power at that

moment occupying a part of it.

The

hospital was burned along with other

equipment, and many

houses

vandalized. It was a sad and sorry

looking place.

Most

of

this has changed.

Th e

hospital has been rebuilt and the

houses repaired. Much work remains

to be

done

bu t

th e

church has been

meeting regular ly

for

over

a

year,

perhaps close to two. The outpatient

department of the hospital has been

open since the end of December, 1981.

Equipment for the hospital is being

found and it is hoped it wil l be

open

before long.

The

slowest part of reopening

has

been the r et urn of

missionaries. On

July 1, 978 five houses were fully

occupied, today only two are. There is

one couple

and

one single woman as

compared to two couples, one family,

and

three

single

women.

The

need for

mission

personnel

is as great

or

greater. There are more people living

in

th e

area than in 1978. At that time

many who were living a distance from

th e mission could

not

be visited

with

the

Gospel. Now

the

only barriers to

travel are str eams

which

can t b

crossed. The w ar

does seem to

hav

h ar de ne d t he

hearts

o f s ome

b ut th

majority

are

sti ll open. A few, a sma

portion,

have

fallen

away

into

th

worship

of ancestral spirits. Graduall

congregations started l ong ago hav

begun to meet

again,

usuall

irregularly

at first

then each

Lord

Day.

They

al l

need encourageme

and training

for

th e leaders

of

th

congregations.

Many are new a

leadership. Some

of

the older

leade

are dead.

A

congregationhere

or in

th

States is only a s s tr ong a s i ts leader

But

who will t each these new leaders

Who will remind

th e

older on es

many things

they only

partwa

understood

before and

have

forgotte

much

that

they

d id know?

The

opportunities

are

here; th

harvest indeed is

plentiful

and equal

t he laborer s are few. At one t ime th

country

called

Rhodesia,

now

name

Zimbabwe, had, I bel ieve,

the

large

num ber of our missionaries of

an

country in

th e

world. If not, it was

c lo se s econd. Our

churches in th

States

were

willing to give th

missionaries

could come for th e peop

were

responding

to

th e

Gospel

bein

preached. They

are

still respondin

when t he y h ea r.

But

hov. can

they

hear

without

preacher?

And

how can they preac

except they

be

sent?

Pray that workers

might

be found f

the harvest is

ripe

now

CHURCH AT GWAZI

by Hugh Pender

n

19781 wrote an article fo r

the

June

issue of th e Story

about

th eChristians,

at

a place called Gwazi,

making

bricks

to

use

in

building their church

building. Short ly

after

writing that

article we, th e

missionaries,

left

Chidamoyo

Mission due

to th e war.

Last October , my wife, Bet ty ,

and

I

moved back in to th e

house

we

left over

three years

before. I

can

now

report

what

has happened

in

those

three

years

at Gwazi.

The

bricks

th e

people

made

were

never

used fo r a church building. In

the hurry

to

ge t them burned

before th e

war

got worse,

many

were

not

baked

enough and were useless. The good

one s s eem to

have disappeared. The

man and

th e

boy

who

made the bricks

are now dead. For a time this

congregation did not meet, as was

the

c ase w ith

mos t b us h

congregations.

Even the place

where

they had metwas

hard

to find because the bush had

grown over

the

area. Now there is a

shelter

made of poles that were

growing

near

by

and the grass

for

the

thatched roof was

cut

almost on the

spot. It is

the same

kind of shelterthey

had before attempting

to

build

one of

brick.

t has

little architectural beauty

but

it provides

shade and

a measure of

protection from

the

infrequent

rains

of

th e

season. Averag e attendance

is

somewhere between 80 and 100. One

hundred

people can t

ge t

under the

shelter, but

th e

majority can.

About a month

ag o

Mr. Marowa, an

African

preacher,

and I

visited them.

I

preached and Mr.Marowa interpreted.

There

were

18 that responded and

made t he ir confession of

faith.

They

didn t k now we were

coming

a nd h ad

no t

brought

a change

of clothing,

so we

arranged to meet them at a

stream

th e

following

Thursday afternoon

for th e

baptisms.

When we a rr iv ed t he re wa s a large

group

gathered at

the

stream and

were baptized

into Christ.

The6

extr

were people who

had

previous

repented and had

made

the

confession of faith,

but

fo r one reas

or

another hadn t been baptized.

The congregation lacks leaders

w

know the Bible. Most of t

congregation are women

and

girls.

th e

men

who

are

members,

no

qualify

for

th e

office of elder or deaco

either because they ar e

new

Christia

or

have

more

than one wife. In

t i

t he se men can be taught th e

Bible

order

that

they can teach others. Tho

who qualify

can, in time, become eld

an d

deacons. Who

will do this

teachi

is

uncertain, but it

needs to be do

The Gwazi congregation,

like

m

others in the bush,

has come

throu

many problems. Their fai th

is stro

and they are

open

to teaching. Pray

(Continued on page 10)



CHIDAMOYO REOPENED y Kathy

McCarty

help with our inc reas ing

patient load

in

th e

clinic and also

when

th e hospital

opens later

this

year.

We need a maintenance

man

to help

repair the many th ings that ar e always

breaking down at a

bush station

VA

h o u r s

from

t h e

n e a r e s t

town.

We need a medical

technologist

to

come

and set

up

ou r

laboratory,

which

was completely destroyed, and to teach

local

people

to

ru n

simple tests. This

could be a

short-term ministry

of 3-6

m o n t h s .

We need

churches,

ladies

groups, and

you th g roups who ar e looking for

special projects to sponsor. We have

many

that include:

baby layet te s,

empty pill containers, used clothing

and s craps of mater ia l. If you ar e

i n t e r e s t e d or w o u ld lik e

more

information

p leas e w rite to us at

Chidamoyo.

Continue

in

your

prayers on

our

behalf.

In

th e

days

of old we

ar e

reminded

of

Isaiah's reply to God

Here am I

Lord,

send Me.

C r o w d I

g a t h e r e d

^

for the

re

^

opening of

th e clinic

at

C h i d a

moyo

De

A

cember29 H

1981.

B

L E S T E R

VAN DYKE

In

1964 th e Lester Van Dyke

family entered

Rhodesia

to work

with th e Central Africa Mission.

During

the yea rs that

followed they

lived in

Chiredzi, Mashoko and Fort

Victoria . V a n h ad b e e n il l fo r s o m e

time. On

February

9 1982,

he

moved

f rom

t h i s

life

to

t h e

next .

Very soon the 'bush telegraph' was

spreading

th e

news

in Zimbabwe.

Marjorie is now living in Mesa,

A ri zona , whe re sh e is

using

her

t ra in in g a nd ability as a nurse.

Many

people

in

both Zimbabwe

and

the United States

will

have last ing

m e m o r i e s

o f V a n.

..... ..

Chidamoyo

Christ ian Hospi tal

reopened

it s

Out-Patient Department

doors on December 29 1981

after three

and

a

half

years of being closed during

the recent war

for Majority Rule.

Rebuilding of th e Hospital/Clinic

building, which

was devastated

by fire

in January, 1979

began

in January,

1981, and

still

continues. Total recon

st r u c t i o n c o s t s

a r e

e s t i m a t e d to b e close

to

200,000 Zimbabwean ( 280,000 US )

and is being financed by a government

grant.

Due to t he unava il ab il it y o f

necessary hospital equipment

it was

decided to reopen

th e

Out-Patient

Department first. The

plans are for th e

hospital to be opened by mid-1982.

Hugh and

Betty

Fender moved to

Chidamoyo

in October, 1981, to

c o n t i n u e

i n

t h e a d m i n i s t r a t i o n o f

t h e

evangelistic e ffor ts in

th e

are a. T he y

had been staying

in Sinoia

an d

guid ing the work

from

there since

th e

mission was evacua ted in July, 1978.

Kathy

McCarty, R.N.

moved ou t

in

November, 1981,

to complete th e

final

arrangements

fo r

the reopening of the

clinic and to be th e medica l person

in

charge

of th e

clinic.

T h e

d e d i c a t i o n

a d d r e s s

fo r t h e cl inic

by

Hugh P e n d e r s tr e s s e d th e

c o n t i n u a t i o n

o f t h e

L o r d s

w o r k

i n

t h i s

area

th rough physica l

an d

spiritual

healing which is needed by many.

Many

local digni ta ries a tt ended

th e

opening

ceremony.

Since

th e clinic has reopened i t h as

been

very busy.

An ave rage o f

60

new

patients

per

day are seen, while

treatments for

over

150 patients per

day are

given.

Each day

starts

with

s t a f f devotions a n d th e n cont inues

with

singing

and devotions fo r

the

clinic patients. Most peopel ar e on

treatment

fo r 5-7 days and so

are able

to be

taught

a lo t of th e message o f

Jesus during this time.

Praise the Lord fo r

providing

a

st rong C h r i s t i a n s t a f f

who are

d ed ic at e d t o t h e w o r k o f t h e L o r d

through the

clinic. The Lord has given

us a fresh

s t a r t in th is a re a a nd we

feel

we

must

learn from

our

past mistakes

and

look

forward

to an

exciting

an d

fruitful future in

th e

Chidamoyo area.

Jesus

Christ is an excellent

example

of a medical

missionary.

We

ar e

provided with

many

examples of Hi s

power

in

h ea lin g th e sick. Jesus,

however,

was

always more concerned

about the hea ling

of a

person's

soul

and this is also ou r goal at Chidamoyo.

The opportunities are great

for

service at Chidamoyo.

With

only 3

people

currently living

at

the

mission

which once housed 10adults

andmany

children we are in need of personnel .

We need more Registered Nurses to

A

baptism

of

people

from Gwazi



JEREMIAH 29:13'S

WONDERFl^L

PROMISE

by Midge Goldthwaite

God's reward fo r s eeking Him i s to

find

Him

. . . Let us help you through

Bible

Correspondence Courses .

This

was the newspaper advert a

while back

to boost

my number ofstudents

since

my return

from furlough. But, that was

no t my ad, it was without question . . .

GOD'S Just after parking

the car

across from the Herald office,

clutching

my

little piece of paper with

my ad Let

us

help

you

learn

more

about God's Word thru

Bible

Corres

pondence Courses ,

the

words of

Jeremiah

kept

running

through

my

head, bu t why?

Finding a

place

to

write my

words,

I

soon found out. As

I

began

to

copy

from

my pape r

on

th e

required forms, I got to the secondword

and b lew it. I felt bad

about

this,

because th e

forms seemed

generally

rather

scarce.

In trying to salvage

mine, I

only

seemed to make it worse.

Again God's words wen t through my

mind, so I said to Him, Is

that

what

YOU want

me to

write.

Lord ? Without

waiting for

any

kind ofanswerthough,

I

picked

up new forms, straightened

ou t MY

ad ,

and

started writing again

, , .

BUT,

suddenly stopped short,

for

I

had wri tt en God ' s Rewa rd . .WELL

there

was th e pitch;

EXACTLY

what

God

had

wanted. Now

knowing,

I

finished th e

remainder of

God's

ad ,

and

t hr ew mine

away. All th e

way

home

I

couldn't help but

thank Him

for

His wondrous ways of get ting us

(even

at th e

last

minute), in

tune

WITH

HIM

I

ha d

alreadyprayedMUCH about this

ad, but

somehow

now I prayed

even

harder

for it s effectiveness, which I

seemed already tq know it would be.

Yousee, Godwas Himselfnow in itin a

very special way , , . by

knocking

ME

ou t .

Answered prayer,

already planned

out by God, daily unfolded

it

to me

by

letter after letter coming.. . helpme to

find

God ; I want to

know

Him and

His Ways ; wheremustI go to seek ?;

how

long before I will

find

Him ?

Beau ti fu l ques ti ons, but heart-

wrenching . . . yes?

But

we had

the

answers . . . isn ' t

God GOOD

In one

month's

time I had 88 l et te rs ;

th e

beauty of

which

MANY requ es ts .

w

with

no t to have

few

returns.

BUT

to

have all bu t 5

become

act ive

students,

and the

majority

teen boys

and

men

This

itself

was exciting,

believe me

The number

was

split

be

tween Africans ajid Europeans and

most star ted doing two

Courses at on e

time, rather

than

choosing. These were

BIBLE

SURVEY,

and BECOMING A

CHRISTIAN

andpllare

doing

so

well.

The resul ts

never cease t o am aze me.

Sunday

Schools continue being

started;

teaching

an d preaching

begins,

OR

continues;

l ives

continuously change: many from

worthlessness, on ioward maturity . . .

all witnessing to

tllie

GLORY

OF

GOD

in some way. Many send n ames

of

th eir fne nds

with a p lease send

lessons

like to

me t my friend .

Ofmy

many joys, one ofmy greatesthas been

tohaveallthreeof |)urpresentresident

students at

the Bible College be my

HOW TO CHANGE YOUR ADDRESS

WITHOUT

MOVING by

Marcia

Kay Thomson

Several of us

have

been working

in

th e s am e

country

in

Africa fo r

many

years.

If

you have been trying to follow

our

work you may

have

had a b it of

difficulty.

Our country,

like

many

others in Africa,

has changedi ts

name.

Perhaps

ours

has outdone

th e

others.

I t has

gone

by four namesin the last 20

years. These names

ar e

Southern

Rhodesia,

Rhodesia ,

Zimbabwe

Rhodesia and since

April

18, 1980,

Zimbabwe.

Perhaps

you have

kept up

with these

changes

but recently there

have been more .

In April, 1982,

they

chang ed t he

names

or , a t

least,

th e spelling of

th e

n ames o f 32

towns, I will list

th e ones

t h a t

have

affected our addresses :

O ld N am e N ew N am e

Salisbury

Harare

Fort Victoria Nyanda

Gwelo Gweru

Sinoia J Chinhoyi

Umtali i Mutare

It

is

time for you to

bring your

address lists up-to-̂ ate.

students

a t one

time or

anothe

Zebedee Togarepi,

already

a

preache

was

taking lessons way back

in 197

Paul

Eastwood in

1976; and

ou r newe

student Ken

Chamonyanga,

began i

1977, an d

only since entering

full-tim

study,

has he

discontinued where

h

was in

Romans. R em ind s m e

of wa

back

when I took

s ev er al C or r

spondence

Courses, , , and

look what

happened to

me WOW Thank

yo

Lord .

As

if to

prove

that

we're

never to

young,

nor yet too old, I

could hardl

believe a letter from

Phoebe.. .

85

yea

young, no t seeing

well,

no t

too agi

an y

more for

much page turning ,

b

with an

insatiable zeal and

hunger

fo

more about Jesus, please . I

put h

on

a 1-book study

so

she could hand

page by page;

an d

le t me tell

yo

JOHN has

helped

Phoebe

grow

1

years

in

3 months

pe r

he r

reques

WHAT

a

l ov e f or

our Lord . , , an

WHAT a

love

He

mus t

have

for

h er . T

close then, l et me s ay :

Never

too young; Never too

old

.

God's

reward

cont inues the

same

as He

promised

through Jeremiah

For anyone

to

claim.

If

you Seek

Me, you will Find Me,

If

you Seek with ALL

YOUR

HEART . . .

And

once

we ar e together

From

each

other we'll ne'er depar

CHURCH AT

GWAZI

Continued

from page 8

them; ask God ifperhaps

He

wants

y

to t each this group

and

many othe

When you ask, be open to receive

answer,

and

be

prepared

to obey

it ,

i

is yes Isaiah heard

God say

Who

shall

I send and who

will

go fo r us

Isaiah

responded

by saying, Here a

I, Lord, send me. God answe

prayers,

so

don't

ask Him

if

He wan

you to help i n th is mat te r unless y

ar e

prepared

to do so, if

it

is His wi



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Joplin. MO 64801

Mr . an d Mrs. Robe rt P embe rt on

105 West

College

Grayson.

KY 41143

THE CENTRAL AFRICA STORY

096-420

Published

Annually for

the

Central Africa

Mission

C h u r c h e s o f Ch ri st

By

Mission Services

Press

Box 2427, Knoxville, TN 37901

E di te d by M ar ci a Kay Thomson

T r e a s u r e r

Dav id Wi ll iams

P .O . B ox 7 47

Grayson, KY 41143

Chairmar o f t he

Board

of Directors

USA

Mr, Marshall

Hayden

404 H i n s d a l e

C o u r t

Wor th ingt on . OH 43085

Chairman

of

th e Board

of

Directors

Z i m b a b w e

Mr . Ivan

M a r t i n

P.O.

Box

2026

Bulawayo.

Zimbabwe



EXPLANATION

Continued f rom paf ie 5)

2. Six of the schools have doubled their attendance in the last 2 years, Chamburukira, Chiteyo, Manyiri, Negu

Pasipanyoro

Zungudza

and

Dine.

3.

Only one school

has hada

decrease

inattendance

Stockil

has

dropped from 939

to

616.

This

school

isTshovani

Townsh

Chiredzi. Families who took refuge in town during the war have now gone back to their homes.

4. Bibleis still taught in each

school

and in each class it is an accepted subject,thus this uniqueopportunity is ours

no

5. What does it mean when I say the schools havegone Council ? Local Councils are being setup in viable geographic area

Council members are elected from their district

and

this is the local government. They are responsible for their area. It

the national government s intention that the councilsshouldberesponsibleforeducationand health in their area. In tim

believe that

most

of

our rural

schools will choose to be under

th e

Council, however, this choice does belong to the people

a

those

schools listed

at this

time

want

us to

remain as their

Responsible

Authority. Undoubtedly the fac t

that we

ha

worked

with them

for 25

years has something

to do

with

it.

Thoseschools that are on property either ownedor leased by the Mission willremain as mission schools:MashokoCent

Primary

School

Secondary School Stockil Chiromo and

Dine

(Maranda Christian

Mission .

Thomson MarciaKay 1982 Zimbabwe

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