Nutt Ziden Helen 1972 Rhodesia (Zimbabwe)

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The Ziden L.

Nutt

Family

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Forth The or Of

Life

Philippians 2:16

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ZIDEN

L.

NUTT Family

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Address:

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LOWELL INDIANA 46356

F i e l d

Address:

P.O. BOX 392 SINOIA

RHODESIA AFRICA

A p r i ; 1 9 7 2

Greetings in the name of

our

Risen Lord. Resurrection Day

has

j u s t

past , and what a_ tremendous blessing i t was^ In giving

s p e c i a l witness to

C h r i s t .

Many accepted

C h r i s t and thousands o f

others became acquainted with the Gospel s tory .

In the

three

weeks

of meetings

before Resurrection Day

over

6000 different people

viewed

films

and heard

the preaching of the

Gospel, through

the

m i n i s t r y o f

your

Good Hews Centre i n Rhodesia.

C h o i r

L e a d e r

D i e s .

A

well

loved young

man

f e l l

from a

roof

and

died

Instantly

while at work. Conrad was doing an outstanding job in directing

the

Church

Choir

here i n Slnoia a t

the

African church. He was

employed

by

a

contractor,

who i s

building

the Good News Centre;

but, on a day off was doing a job for another company.

The

church

is feeling the

great

loss

in leadership,

but we rejoice for Conrad

i n h i s new

Home.

L o o k i n g A h e a d

Many

missionaries

from a l l over Rhodesia

will

gather

in

Sinoia

April 26-28 for

meetings

and special interest sessions. Those

of

us i n Slnoia are planning a l l

d e t a i l s

and look forward to a time

of refreshment

and

fel lowship.

Beside .a-..full schedule

already,-

i t s been decided that ll

direct--preparaton for the meetings of Reggie Thomas and team

in

the Slnoia a rea.

The

mobile

unit will

play a major

part

as

we

prepare for short impact meetings

in

5 centres around Sinoia

during

the period of 4 16 of June. Things are well underway with surveys

being taken in

each

area. Please pray for

a l l

these^ things.

Boy Taken

By

C r o c l d i l e

,x

Lv

Henny

PeVillias,

a classmate of our oldest daughter Karolyn

was recently

playing

in the Hunyani River at the edge of Sinoia

when

a

crocldile

drug him under and

carried

him upstream

several

hundred

foot. The entire

school of 700

children were

very sad

at

the loss of

this bright

and well liked boy of 12 years of age.

Affiliated

With Central

Africa Mission

Churches

of Christ


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uncertain, and we are brought

to

mind of this when

things like this

happen. Pray

that

God

can use us

effectively in

the

time we

have to reach as

many as

possible

4

Living in the

town

of Sinoia, ^we s t ime s -forgei7 i:h:a1rdangers ^

even though

we re in thrbuiH areas mu of the

t m

ui ld ing Near Complet ion

The ood

News

Centre

is

finally about finished. Again, I

would appeal to you

for sacrificial

help in order to meet the

financial

demands

of this ministry.

The expense

of the building

Îtself, along

with thg^ê^Ûijiinent and

cost of

crusadesîajnea^y now

Bookshop Steps

Forward

n

Tfirs t

of

March, one

of the

Christian men

who

works in

local Bank helped us

set

the

Good News Bookshop on a separate bas

I r om h n A m f C Q T

on

T n 4 4. I n l _ .

a

J 4.^ nepea us seu

rne

uood i\ews

Bookshop

on a

separate

bas i s

irom

the mission.

It^now has i t s own

ledgers,

bank

account,

staff,

e c.

I t

Isn t showing a

profi t

in money as yet; but wonderful

contacts with

many

people are being made. This man s wife, Dorky

Spangenberg

works

three mornings a week,

and

an African man

works

lui i

time. Hopefully, the bookshop can

subsidize

the correspondence

course

in

a couple of years depending on the growth of the

bookshop

and

th e

correspondence

course

as

wel l

^^jêlen{helps

me

a lot

with

all

aspects of

the

total

work,

and

now^p are able to devote our time almost entirely to the nlannina

producing

films,

and

leadership

training. Sundays are

s t i l l

the very

busiest

in covering 3 to 6 churches a day, besides

being responsible for the

European

services on Sunday evenings.

privilege of giving testimony

to

Him

among

the people of Africa.

We

give our thanks .to

you who

are

concerned that the Gospel goes forth. May God bless each of you who

are striving for the evangelization of the world. Let us hear from

you, and

in

the meantime

we

are praying

that

God can use us

together

wherever we are,

to glorify Him.

scunox

Your Servant

in Christ ,

Ziden L. Nutt and

Family


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RHODESIA AFRICA

J u l y

7,1972

Greetings

i n

the name

o f

Chris t -

I t

l a

good,

once again t o wri te

t o you about t h e

work o f th e Lord h e r e

i n

Rhodesia ,

May and Jame

found US-in t h e mids t o f

much

a c t i v i t y and

we dlike t o

s h a r e

some

of,

the

H i ^ l l g h t s w i t h you.

S p e c i a l

C a m p a i g n s

Five months had been

spent

i n preparing for

the

specia l

e v a n g e l i s t i c meetings held June 4 16 By the t ime

the wondcrfu?^

workers

from

Revival F i r e s arr ived;

a l l had

been made

ready

and

committed

to God fo r

His continued guidance

and

b l e s s i n g .

The

workers,

led by

Reggie

Thomas; f i t i n willing ly to the

t i g h t

schedule-

People

were

t h r i l l e d

by

the

f r e s h p re s e n ta tio n

of

the

Gospel i n song and word. There were 419 decis ions

made;

and,now the

follow up programme

continues in

f u l l swing. The 6 African ministers

with whom we work,are carrying the bulk of t h i s

programme while

we

continue to l a y the ground work

fo r

f u rt he r e v an g el is ti c e f f o r t s .

Your M o b i l e U n i t at Work

During the day we do

the

v i s i t a t i o n

programme and get

ready

for

the

evening meetings

of

preaching,

s inging ,

and showing Bible based

films. This carries

on every

week

with amazing

response.

The

cold hard facts of ope ra ti on fo r

the Mobile

Unit are brought

to

mind a t various

t imes. For

example;

i n May

the

c l u t c h

went out

78 miles out In the

bush.

The gas b i l l doesn t l e t us

forget

e i t h e r

as

i n May and June,

4,750

miles were t r a v e l l e d ;

a t

14 miles to the

gal lon,

a t

92 cents

p er g allo n.

In

s p i t e

of

t h i s preparat ions

are

i n

t h e making

t o p u t U ni ts I n

o th e r c o u n t r ie s

as w e l l . I n t e r e s t

and

i n v i t a t i o n s

to come north are

challenging, and

the

Lord will ing,

w e l l

bui ld up

Units

to

be

s t a t i o n e d throughout

Africa.

Present ly , we are producing fiT.nstrips and

f i lms

to be used; and

a t the same t ime, f in ishing up the new f a c i l i t i e s .

Financia l ly

speaking,

we

are

t rust ing

God

to

supply

the

needs.

The

multiple

m i n i s t r y

of

the Good News Centre

i s

the

most

pressing venture

we ve

ever given ourselvds

to ;

b u t

the impact

being

made causes

us t o

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Churches

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July

7, 1972

venture out to meet

the needs;

knowing

t h a t

God i s still on

the

throne.

G o o d

News

C e n t r e

June

f i r s t came,

and

we were

s e t t l e d

( to a

c e r t a i n extent)

i n

the

new

building.

Though

we

s t i l l

must do

the

sound

proofing

and some

cabinets;

things

aro going quite well. Interest and

contacts in the

community just

because

of the Centre are

far

reaching;

for

which we

praise

God.

i e

are

well, and

the

children are

busy in

church and school. Your

concern for our

well

being i s

ever present

by your

prayers, for which

we

t h a n k God*

i e

Titfould l ike

to v i s i t you a l l

again;

and we admit that a t times

we would like to come at the

normal furlough time

l a t e r

this year;

but,

as long as you are

sat isf ied

with

the reports of

what God i s

doing

through

our l abours , we

deem

it much b e t t e r to

remain

here t o

f u r t h e r

develop

t h i s

m i n i s t r y .

May God bless

you

i n your endeavours to serve Him both a t home and

bro d

Yours

i n C h r i s t

I, 71^

Ziden L. Nutt

and Family

From

The

F o r w a r d i n g

A g e n t s

Desk

i e

have received a new set of slides from Ziden and Helen; but, due

to some already scheduled speaking

dates in

the

near

future, we will not

be

able to

have duplicates

made

for a

few.

days. However,

the

Lord

willing

these should be ready for use in the various churches

by

i^e ptember 1. I f

your

congregation i s not already

on

the l i s t

of

those who

receive

them;

please drop us a line i f you would like to use them and we will be happy

t o

s c h e d u l e them f o r

you.

Financial

reports for 1971 are also

available

upon

request.

N u t t s . News N o t e s

The following imformation is

taken

from personal let ters we have

r e c e n t l y

r e c e i v e d from H e l e n : :

The children got out of school a

bit

early on Friday as they had a

special

service

to

commemorate

Rhodes and Founders Day. Tommy wants to

enter

a

chocolate

cake for

the show

the last

of

this month, so I told him

he could make one

for practice. I t

turned out beautifully.

We got Tommy s

mid

year school report, but didn t get Karolyn s.

Tormny s teacher doesn t like to give A s or

many

B s Iguess; according to

some

of

the other

Mothers; so

he

didn t get an

A for the

f i r s t

time.

He

did get several B s and C s , and

in

most every subject she said he has

improved considerably;

so that

i s encouraging. .Hen-oven .^11

comm nt

was

that

he

is

trying

hard

in

all

his

subjects

and

is

a

pleasant active

member

of

the

class. His rugbe

teacher,

who

is

Karolyn s teacher said

he i s an

e n t h u s i a s t i c

player and an excel lent

team

mate.

Saturday afternoon,

Mrs.

Von Broembson had a

recital

for her piano

pupils

who are taking exams

this

week. Karolyn was very nervous but

did

qu ite well. She has her exam at

2:50

on Thursday. She

v/ill

be glad

w h e n this is o v e r .

We were

talking

about

how

much the cost of

living

has gone up here

and

i t is

almost

unbeleivable.

I guess

that

is why we have such a time

keeping ahead. A number of items in the grocery

stores

have

gone

up

five

cents recently and meat is to go up again the

first

of September.

Anyway, I

guess

i t

is

the

same

everywhere.

Since

the

dollar

has

de

valued i t seems to make a

difference

too. (The U.S. dollar is

presently

worth 65 c e n t s i n Rhodesia)


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The

ZIDEN

L.

NUTT

Family

Forwarding. Address:

15505

CLINE AVE .

LOWELL, INDIANA

46356

Greet ings in th e

name o f Chr i s t ,

the ,

say ing goes,

and , it

i s good to see th e

up

a f t e r

about 8 months o f th e

d ry

season ,

i s t h a t

we ve

had

no r a in

fo r sev era l

months ,

ing

green . God

works

in marvelous ways, and,

th ings

with

you concerning

what

i s being done

HOW MANY

vIVES?

r

Sept . ,1972

Field Address:

P.O. BOX 392, SINOIA

RHODESIA,

AFRICA

Spring has

sprung

as

t rees

and grass greenihg .

The

amazing th ing

to me,

y et e ve ry th in g i s t u r n -

w e d like to share a f ew

here in

the

L o r d s wor k .

The

Rh od es ia C o n fe re nc e

o f

Chu r ch e s

o f

Ch r i s t

was

h e l d

a t

Chidamoyo Mission

in

August.

, I was

asked to hold

a little

sess ion on

th e

sub jec t o f

polygamy,v; i th

s eve ra l

hundred men. About

all

t h a t

could

be

said

afterwards was expressed

by one person when

he sa id , I appreci

ated

your

careful

presenta t ion and handling

of

such a del ica te subject

This

.made me

fee l good;however, the desired resu l t s

may

only

come

af te r

many more

sess ions

and gene ra t ions .

Cne

man from

Binga,who

had prom is

ed h is

daughters to be

second

wives to

a

couple of

old men,

did go home

and tell

h i s daughte r s t h a t

he would in form

the

men

t h a t

he would no t

make h is daughters

marry tnem because

he had found

the

way

of

God which

was better

Cver 1500 people were the re

from

a l l over Hhodesia , and it

was good

to

see

many

f r i end s

whom we

do

no t

o f t en

s e e .

The

fo lk

a t

Chidamoyo

did

a

f ine job of

hos t ing

fo r such

a

crowd.

6 8 3APTIZLD AT UMVUlvIA.

Your mobi l e u n i t

con t i nues to

be

a mos t

e f f e c t i v e to o l o f

evangelism.

Michael i s out

preaching

and

showing

f i lms

much

o f the

time now, and

recent ly teamed

up

with

an evangel ist

from

Sal isbury

in

a

campaign a t Umvuma.

I t

i s about 250 miles from here , and i s a church

we

worked with in 1961 and 62. Many others than the 68 came; bu t

those

were taught

and

bapt ized dur ing the 5 day

meeting.

The

uni t

Is scheduled for two big campaigns

the

l a s t

week

of

September

and

October.

I m

presently

working on

a

series

of

fi lmstrips

along

with JJean Uavies from

Zambia,

and we hope

to

have these completed

by the

end

of

the

year fo r

our

own use,

and

for d i s t r i bu t ion

throughout

Affiliated

With Central

Africa Mission,

Churches

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2.

SEPT, ,

1972

s ev er al c oun tr ie s

Kay

Watts from

Zambia

came down

fo r

a week in

AugUst and helped on the script.

e

certainly enjoyed her company and

appreciated her

hard work

in helping to get the scripts ready.

HIGHLIGHTS

AT

CAIvIP

Seven

Seniors

walked forward on

the

last night of camp, two

of whom

dedicated themselves

to the special ized task

of preaching. I t

was a

wonderful

week and I

enjoyed

bringing the evening messages

and

leading a discussion group each

day.

^The previous week was intermediate camp where I also brought

the evening messages. God blessed the week

with

4 becoming Chistians.

The youth in both camps were from the European congregations throughout

fihodesia, and,

we

pray that the

young

people will be a strengthening

factor to the i r

home

churches because of

camp.

ANOTHER

CHURCH BEGIIjS AT MAKGULA.

Interest has been high

for

sometime to have a European

congregation a t

Mangula.

Due

to

the vast

differences

of the 3 cultures

in Rhodesia

i t

works best to have separate services , so on the f i rst

Sunday

of

September we met

with

14 European folk, and

will

meet on the

f i rs t

Sunday of each month, the Lord willing.

The African congregation

there

is one

of the

strongest in

this

area,

and

has i t s

own

fu l l time minister. Vs/ith the leaders

of

the

congregation they also preach to 6 other African churches within a 20

mile

radius

of

Mangula.

HELP

NEEDED..-

^To carry

out the mtritirplre^ministry of the

Good

News Centre,

i t

is

going to require

additional

personnel. e are writing this week

to a couple who

would

be ideal i f the Lord directs. Would you join

us

in prayer

that

God

will guide

the

right family to help meet- the many

oppo r t u n i t i e s :

Some of

you have responded

to

our recent

le t ter

and we thank

you so much for helping

to relieve

the pressure, and we pray

that

others

s t i l l considering what can be done will be directed by the Lord.

od

is

so

good

to us,

and

we

praise Him.for the pjrivilege

we have

of.working

with you in spreading the

Good

News we ve been

here three years

now this

term, and plan on

at

least two more

before

coming

to

rehearse with you, what God hath done. In the meantime we ll

try

to

keep

you

informed

through the newsletter,

and

various reports.

^ May God

bless

each

of

you as you labour both at home and

abroad

Yours in His Service,

Ziden

and

Helen Nu t t

Prom th e

i rorwarding

k^en t s

Many of you take time to send us your change of addresses

when you move and we

appreciate

this very much; and would like to

encourage others to do likewise. Postal regulations are very

str ic t

concerning mailing addresses on

third class

mail;

and

even

i f you

change from a street address to a

rost

Office

Box

your neiwsletter

IS

returned

to us marked, 10 cents postage due .

Please

help us

conserve Mission funds

for

i ts

intended purpose of

reaching

the

lost for

Christ. Thank you for your cooperation.

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L. Nutt Family

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AVE.

LOWELL, INDIANA

46356

F i e l d Address :

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392,

SINOIA

RHODESIA, AFRICA

D e a r

C o - W o r k e r s ;

OrSe-tings

In

the

name of Christ. May

God s richest blessingSL rest upon

each

of

you as you serve Him. God has answered

prayers iri

a marvelous

ws-y, and we appreciate

your

help in

so

many ways . Those who sponser and

_ s u p p o r t - U S

have

stood

ready a t a l l times to

meet

the challenge. May

God

be praised

for

the unity of

purpose

among a l l to glori fy His name

among

t h e

n a t i o n s .

Even with

the

postponement of a furlough, time has

not

allowed

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

and goals to be e n t i r e l y met-,. Help must come

if

we are

t o

take

advantage o f p r e s e n t o p p o r t u n i t i e s .

We moved

i n t o our new

Jur ? 1 9 7 2

u n d e r

t h e name Good News C e n t r e .

t h a s had

a tremendous impact on

the

European community

especial ly,

and

the

i n i t i a l

r e s u l t s

are

pleasing.

The

multiple

ministry

of

the-

Good

News Centre i s broken

down under the

fol lowing headings:

Good News Productions: Seven filmstrips are

very near

completion,

including-some we re working on together

with

the Zambian

missionaries.

The mobile

unit

has been many places throughout Rhodesia showing

Christian

filmsj

distributing tracts,

and

preaching to

thousands.

Good 'News

Correspondence: Ninety-six lessons have been outlined,

but

only nine written to date. This program

is

behind by about six

months caused

mainly

by

the overwhelming response to the

Good

News

Booksllop.

^od

News Bookshop: This .

started

as a -convenience shop so peoole

could

at

leas t get a

Bible

here

in

Sinoia,

I t

has grown so much

that

Helen and I have had to spend much

time

in

i t .

The contacts have been

tremendous

and several people attend

services regularly because of

i t . .

^Erom the first of April v/e' ve hired

two

Christian women who

will

cover

i t

f u l l -time. We ve had part

time help

up

to

now,

but she

is

being

transferred

with

her

husband. Helen and I

will

then be able to spend

more

time in preparation

of teaching material , and

being

out teaching.

I t

will

enable

ua

to conduct

more

leadership

clinics

as

well among

t h e t h i r ty - t v / o c h u r c h e s we work w i t h i n t h i s a r e a .

J

Though the

ookshop s

p rtly

subsidized now feel

th t

very soon

i t

will

b

on

i t s

own, and

we

hope

i t

will

one

day

subsidize the

correspondence courses

when

they

get

i n t o f u l l swing.

Affiliated

With Central

Africa Mission,

Churches

of Christ


8/8

The ministry

of the

ood ews Centre,

along

with

the

regular church

vis i ta t ion is

very demanding,

not

only in

time

but f inancial ly as

well.

However,

od

has

led

and

will provide,

we've

seen over

1,500 respond

to

the Gospel in the

past

year

in

the area

in

which

od is

using us,

and we are

not

about to

give in

now. ve must

concentrate

on

leadership

t ra in ing programs as

never

before

einee coming. May God use us

a l l

in

th e

many

aspec ts

of the

work

to

fulfill

His

Wil l .

Your se rvants in C hr is t ,

Da te ;

15

March .

1975

I n c ome :

Good News

P ro du c t i o n s

S ino i a

Ch r i s t i a n Miss ion :

Of f i c e and Promot i on .

Chu r

ch

and

Assistance;

t r a v e l

and

Veh i c l e .

Bui ld ing Fund Mate r i a l s

Hous ing

& Fu r n i t u r e

V - o rk e r s ;

S t u d e n t As s i s t a n c e .

iscellaneous;

book Shop ;

Assets

Good News Centre ,S tock , -

Rquipment,and

proper ty

.|,>29,

500 .00

House Va lue

16 ,OOP.00

(Cos t

< 11,000.00

^i{i 45,500.00

Ke3

elen and

family

Financia l Fie Id

i-iepprt

Z i d e n

L . Nu t t

Box 392 , Sino i a

Ac c o u n t

Details

D e b i t

Central

Africa

Mission 16,511.11

Equipment

Suppl ies

I

Sale o f

f i lms t r i p s and :

donations 333 3j

Evange l i s t s ,

vehic le

& i

o t h e r j o i n t

Miss ion

e x p e n s e s

uent until

own

f a c i l i t i e s completed

Petrol

. .

oervice .

r epa i r s

Opera tio n o f Mobi le Uni t

Bui ld ing Fund- Account

Paym ents on b ldg .

expense

R e n t

House payments. Insurance,

etc

Taxes,Shop F i t t i n g s , e t c .

Totals

Ba l a n c e : 3 1 D ec .1 97 1

54 9

C r e d i t

2 ,667 .74

99 97

2 ,195 .00

1 , 375 . 05

1 1 0 . 5 5

2 ,753 ,18

3 , 8 3 3 . 0 2

1 , 750 . 75

2 ,327 .09

96

8 0 3 . 1 2

1 , 861 . 02

17 ,8 84 .4 3 2 0,7 63 .49

I

243.09

18,127.52

j

18.127.52

Ba l a n c e o n

Hand

2,635 .97 , - , . .

7 ,00Q.f)0

14:< .294.0Q

Accoun t s

Pay a b l e ; Good News

Cen t r e

Cen tra l A fric a

Building

Society

Total I n d e b t e d n e s s

T

PV

^ . r 1 ^

19,929.97

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