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The Ziden L. Nutt Family

T5505 Crine

Ave.

Lowell,

Indiana 46356

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W ITN ESSIN G T O R H O DESIA

Holding Forth The Word Of Life

~

Philippians

2:16 -

The

ZIDEN

L.

NUTT

Family

Forwarding Address:

15505 CLINE

AVE.

LOWELL, INDIANA

46356

Field Address:

P.O. BOX 392, SINOIA

RHODESIA, AFRICA

March ,1974

Greet ings in

the name

o f Chr i s t .

Pra i s e

God from whom

a l l

blessing^.^flowl

.Our._ theme in l i fe 'hgs always rang for th th is- famil iar

phrase,

but

especia l ly has i t

been

on,

our

l ips following.the

short

vis i t

tha t ..Lynd.a .and . I

had..with,

many,

of

at the,.end

ofvl973.- Such

v;as her-,

improvement, t h a t she qould

not

be exempted .from ,school.iin.

Rhodesia ,

and

though she.. is. dping ..well, we real ize

tha t -she does

ineed

-.special educa-

cation

in the.U^S.A, at leas t

for.

.a time.; -We are- amazed

a t . the

improve-

ment in .her, andrcar? only understand ib.,.because we know the workings o f '

God.- Thanks

ragain-j to a l l .v/ho.

prayed, encouraged, and helped in

any

way.

-

.. Who

Dan Say No ?

I t -would

be eas ie r

to

say

no ,

but

i t

comes

so

hard

to do so.

Less

pressure

and respons ib i l i ty would be

ours i f we did,

but

we

are

conf ident in . the Lord, tha t

He ' l l

provide

a l l things

necessary

to

the

fu l f i l lmen t of His Vi/ill if we jus t wait on Him;

so

we answer p leas for

th e Gospel .

The

l a s t mai l ing to ;you from us was an In form atio n she et '

and

appeal

fo r

the

spec if ic work of

Good News

Product ions. I t

summed up

the r epo r t

I

brought to some o f you while In ' t h e U.S.A.

l a s t November.

From tha t

repor t ,

severa l commitments were made, and hov/ we

pra ise

God

fo r

t hem.

The

Church

a t

Lowel l ,

I nd iana '

and

t h e

.

Ki neh ar t

' Ch r i s t i a n

Church each made

a comm-itraent; . .of

- . s eve r a l

thousand do l l a r s On th e

indebte.d-ness. Some-

of these .commitments

to help:-pay

o f f

th e in debted


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- 2 -

Lynda needs to get to the U.S. and

i t ' s

alrejady

been

4^ years

since our last furlough. What could be done, we ask^d so many times?

Once again the

Lord

had a

perfect

answer:

The manager:of

the

Ozark

Bible College book

s t o re .

The

cooperat ion

of the adminis t ra t ion

a t

O.B.C. is making it possible fo r Jim Taylor and

his family to

come to

Rhodesia

for

12 - 14 months while we are away. His main work will be

the

Bookshop,

but

he and h is ta lented

wife

Marge and

family, wil l

also

a s s i s t

i n

o th er a sp ec ts

o f

th e

work

t oo .

; {

Jacob

and

Nila

Michaels,

now a t Lincoln

Chris t ian

College,

have

committed

themselves to

the Lord

to

be

used in

conjunc ti on w i th

the

film

and

mobile

uni t work in

Rhodesia.

Lord wil l ing they wil l

be

ready

in mid 1975

to

come

to Rhodesia

with us

af ter

our fui'loughi More

help

wil l s t i l l

be needed,

but

how marvelous i t is when we Let go and

le t God

Bless ings

Unto ld .

He Hath

Bestowed

The mobile un i t returned in

t ime

fo r the monthly evange l i s t s '

meeting

today. Two

o f the

Evangel i s t s had

been gone

fo r a

two weeks

tour

of 4

churches

in

the

Gokwe area . I t was

climaxed by

a 3 day

s tudy

fo r lead ers

from

7 churches.

Even

a goat

had

been herded

to

; the

place

of teaching; however it had been

brought

as a

g i f t

fdr use

during

the

meet ing .

A ll a te very

we l l

The

effedt of the

mobile

uni t wherever- i t

goes

continues ;to

amaze us^ and so

i t

is

with

hearts fu l l

of

rejoicing that we

share the

fo l lowing news with

you: Funds

fo r the

pre sen t

mobile un i t

were

r a i sed

by th e Church o f C hris t in Eagle Lake, Minnesota from among themselves

and o ther churches inc luding some of you. While there

with

Lynda,

they

approached me saying

tha t

s ince the Ford i s 8 years

old .

and siface they

had spear headed the 1st

uni t , they

would

l ike

to

have

f i r s t

crack at

another

one

They are now doing th is In the meantime we have t r ied

to keep

th i s

.one

going

because of the grea t need fo r it. We

need a t

l eas t 3 uni t s immediately. One wi l l be placed in Fort. Victor ia and work

with the Gospel teams from the

College .

I f we can keep the Ford

going

u n t i l

funds are

r a i sed

by

Eagle

Lake fo r another , then

we have a

un i t

fo r

For t

Vic to r i a . HQWS

THAT? ;

Hold,

on to i'your hats

- we:

have

it

While in the-Stat^ I also visited the Community Christian

Church

in

Nevada,

Missouri

who suppor t u s . The-jM^ Bro. Wilcox,

contacted

me l a t e r spying

t ha t

a ce r t a in -Jack Tyler

heard

the program,

and had a

pidk-up

he

Would give i f i t

would work

iut . After

a

lo t of

investigatiqh^into costs of shipping and-customs,

i t

was decided to se l l

it

in the

IT. S. and purchase

a-vehic le

he r e .

It

i s n ' t

sold

as ye t ,

but

because

o f^ i t

being g iv en we.'ve borrowed inoneW equa l to it s

est imated

value

and t h i s

enabled

us

to

make

a

down

payment

on

a four

wheel

drive

Landrover

here. We're equipping

i t

this week,

and i t

wil l

soon

be on

th e road fo r Chr i s t . If th e F o r d g i v e s in ,

or

we

have

to

sell it,

v /e ' l l

use the new one

front here

to Serve

Rhodes ia .

If we can hang on. ,

to

the Ford,

then

we can put the Landrover a f For t Victoria, . It wi l l

be much easier'when the other one is,

made available

frbm Eaglb

take,

.

and we can count on doub.lingV

the.

out reach

In

Evangel is t ic

campaigns.

We

r e al i z e th a t the po t en t i a l

o f

all

t h i s i s b ig ,

.and th e

demand

i s grea t .

We also

a re ,s ee in g b le ss in g s

beyond^

Comparison

in

.

souls

being saved, and

f ee l

redeem the time we

must

push forward.

F u r l o u g h

Plans

Lord wil l ing , w e ' l l ar r ive

in

Kansas

City on th e 29th o f Ju ly .

This

wi l l be

in time for

Helen 's

p.arents '

40th

Anniversary and then,

go,


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A M O S P R E A C H E D T O N I G H T

By D i an e

Messick

Amos Mudota is finishing his second

year as a nursing student. He is a big,

pleasant

fellow

and an excellent athlete,

whether

o n a

s occer field

o r a

tennis

court. He is concerned about the patients

for whom he car es a nd has a strong

sense of responsibility.

Wlien

he grad

uates, he w^ be a nurse of whom we

can be proud.

Tonight at the Sunday evening

service, he preached his first sermon.

It

w o u l d

be h a r d to

tell

wh eth er A m o s

was any more thrilled than I was. He

started school here two years ago, at

wh ich

t ime

he w a s a s t a u n c h

Seventh

Da y .\dventist. Wlien the Reggie

T h o m a s

t e a m

w a s

h e re he

s t ar t le d t h em

with the depth of understanding in the

questions he asked about our faith. Like

his classmates, he is not stupid. He is an

alert,

vibrantly

alive young man.

A year and a half ago he was bap

tized and has shown much growth since

that time. Participation in the serving of

the communion and reading of scrip

tures is a regular thing as well as the

daily de\ 'otions at the hospital. Tonight

ts

his first attempt at preaching. Like

most first sermons it

w as s ho rt .

He

talked about Dorcas and what her neigh

bors sa id a bo ut he r after

h er d ea th .

Then he

pointed out our need to live

daily so that we could warrant similar

statements a bou t ou r

lives

an d

deeds.

It wa s no t a detailed or elaborate sermoq

bu t it wa s a beginning.

This is our goal. If we can take

these nursing students, from whatever

background and show them the impor

tance of

Biblical

faith an d obedience

we've accomplished one step. The next

is

to

e n a b l e

them to s h a r e t h a t

f ai th w i th

others. If the people who

graduate

are

not only good nurses, but strong, wit

nessing Cnristians then

we

have a-

chieved something wdl worth doing.

They hold a position of respect among

the people and spread throughout the

whole country . Our witness in on e

area

can travel far and wide and they can be

comestrong leaders for the Church.

Amos preached tonight and I am de

lighted, because it is the beginning of

m u c h

m o r e

t o c o me .

F r o m A W o m a n s V i e w p o i n t

By K dr oly n A m me rm an

A ladies'meeting for the African

women in Glen N o r a h w a s s t ar t e d s e v e r a l

years ago by Marietta Smith. Pat Mc

Daniels also led thisgroupforsometime.

Wlien

we moved to Salisbury to

share

in

African evangelism I began helping the

ladies .

These weekly meetings are comprised

of sewingand handwork projects,cooking

demonstrations, and Bible studies. Many

women not attending our Sundayservices

have been regular attenders attheseTues-

day meetings. Mr. Nyekete, the minister

and Bruse have been calling on these

women and discussing their need of

being a part of Christ's Church. Inte

rest is being shown and we pray that

this

will

be one way we may reach

o t h e r s .

Last week a Bible study was started

withi lesson books prepared by several

missionary women. They are eager and

interested in this study, and this, too,

will

hopefully lead some to Christ.

Bible classes for children h av e j us t

been started. It gives me a special thrill

to be able to

share

in tliis project, with

these bright and eager youngchildren.

P oge 2

We

trust that this group will grow and

that

we

may

reach

other families

through

t h e c h i l dr e n .

Since

we

arejust

beginning

ourwork

in Salisbury,

we

pray that other oppor

tunities such as these

will

be opened to

us. As we observe the

thousands

of

Africans living in this city, we are chal

lenged

by thepossibilities and theneed to

reach many for Christ and His Kingdom.

XT

The old & young were hardest hit in the

maioria epidemic.

M m k

i t . .

A lady's view of cleoning a well.

(continued frompage 1)

ber of people, the effeas can spread from

onepersonto anotherinepidemic propor

tions. In 1973, 72 peoplewere baptized

at the hospital (over 500 in the

area

churches). Thus far we are keeping

ahead of last year. Mashoko Hospital

treated 15,000 people in 1973. Over

3 ,000 babies were given injections in

well-baby clinics. Two-hundred

an d

eighty-seven operationswereperformedin

1973 (124 of these were major proce

dures).

With such

an

increase in patient care

and evangelisticoutreach expensestendto

multiply in epidemic proport ions.

This also has

happened

at IVfeshoko.

Everyone has beenfrugal; the frills have

been eliminated (e.g. payroll decreased 20

percent). But , as of April 1, the hospital

is nearly U.S. $10,000.00 in debt to our

general operating fund. This was an

even greater debt until we got ou r semi

annual government grant.

Any

contri

butions lor Mashoko Christian Hospital

ca n be sent to either: David

Grubbs

Rt. 2 Glouster, Ohio

45732

or Mr. V.

Zapotocky, 4041 Port Royal Dr., Dallas,

T e x

7 5 2 3 4 .

We

praise the Lord that one epidemic

has been stopped.

Fifty

miles away is a

Cholera quarrantine area presenting the

threat of another major medicalproblem.

The

epidemic

we want is a

legion

of

workers reaping the fields that are white

u n t o

tlie

h a r v e s t

in

tliis

a r e a .

The Central Africa

Story

is publiihod

monthly

ifor

the Contra Africa Million,

Churchei

o f Chriit

b y M il li on S or vi co s

A i i o c i a t i o n

a t

Bo x 1 7 7

K o m p t o n

In dian a. Seco nd

C la n P o it ag e paid

o f

K o m pt o n I n d ia n a 4 6 0 4 9 .

Volume 14 May, 1974 Number 5

Central

Africa Story


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D IS TR IBUT ING SCHOOL

UN I FORMS

By Raymah R. Grover

Being a mother of three sons helps

me through the evenings such as this

one, Frances Johnson said to me, as

she was distr ibuting school uniforms to

the

almost

150 boys i n Form I

and

Form

II at Dewure Secondary School.

Asking a small stature, thin youth

to

stand,

she

said,

Here,

take

these

an d

try them on and hurry backl and to

another, You might have worn

30 s

last

year but you ve grown; take these size

32 shorts and let me see how they fit.

To a Form II boy coming into the

room after having donned shorts in size

34, Oh, oh...those will never do..they re

falling off ofyou. Take them off quickly.

You ll have to have 32 or maybe 30

will be large enough.

Turning around, Mrs. Johnson found

the first lad she had spoken to and saw

30 s

were too large for him.

Take

these

28 s

and let me see you in them,

but when he returned it was apparent

to both

of

us, the boy really needed

size 26

Go to the

office

she said, and give

him 26 size shorts; and Manyetu, go

with Tito, and put on the 28 s. I know

you can t wear tliem but you ll have to

see for yourself .

On Manyetu s return to the room,

Ylrs. Johnson said, LOOK AT YOU

The buttons are all pulled. The Head

master won t let you pass inspection

looking like that. Get into some 30 s.

Checking the hoys later,

Mrs.

John

son observed that Manyetuwould appear

neater in a larger size, so she issued

him size 32 shorts. Manyteu was disap

pointed. The shorts were too

big,

too

long, and he wanted them skin tight.

Ignoring the boy s look of pouting,

Mrs. Johnson went on with the task.

You re litde through the hips, you and

so are you-take these and try them on,

and as these boys filed out to another

classroom being utilized as a dressing

room, she dipped into a box of socks,

issuing them to otlier boys and directing

them to mark them

with

their

school

numbers.

The shirts had b ee n i ss ue d

earlier

with

almost

the

same confusion,

bu t

the

boys were more insistent about having

tight

fitting

shorts than skimpy binding

shirts .

Simbarashe, Mrs. Johnson called,

Let me see you, and the tall youth

stepped forward and saluted.

Mrs. Johnson liking his response,

returned

his

salute and called, About

face, so she could see his back; turning

to another

boy

who had returned wear

ing the new shorts, she said, Model

for me, Silvester, walk as do the girls in

the fashion shows, and Silvester wag

gled down the aisle, gettinglaughs from

hi s

classmates .

Buying and outfitting three sons of

her own was helpful experience for the

wife of

th e

Headmast e r o fDewureNDssion

School

who for nine years now has

ordered, sorted and distributed uniforms

of navy blazer, shirts, shorts, and socks

and

maroon

color ties

fo r

each of

th e

school boys at this Secondary School

near Gutu

F ach boy this year will receive a

navy orlon pullover sweater as a part

of his un ifo rm.

Fitting sizes to the boys this year

was more exhausting because manu

facturers had been changed with slight

variances

in sizing, Mrs.

Johnson

ex

plained.

The

un if o rm d is tr ibu ti on

took a

period of several evenings, but the morn

ing

when

all had been accomplished,

the boys walked the campus and entered

their c lassroom exhibiting pride with

each step they took.

For many Form I boys, the maroon

lies were the first ones they had ever

owned. In an amazingly brief time,

after, having shown how by their Head

master Douglas Johnson, these young

boys were tying sharp looking \Wndsor

knots and glancing proudly in mirrors

in

each

c las s room

For Mrs. Johnson, reward for her

hours of work to properly fit (and most

of the time to please) the boys with

their clothes,

came as

she

said,

Good

morning, to each of her mathematics

classes and 150 clean and neat boys

responded, GoodMorning, Madam.

The finished product.

PRAYER

TIME

1. Praise

God fo r th e successful week

of camp for Juniors, thanks to Chuck

and Pat, Bruce and Karolyn and all

their

staff.

2. Praise G od for

t he safe

arrival of

Lindale Jane Marshall who is proud to

have iJnda and Dale for parents. She

came into this world on Jan. 1, 1974

a t 9

lbs.

2

oz .

3. Another little bundle of

joy

has

joined the mission family in the name of

Cindy Frasure, mom and dad are doing

fine,

more stats

later.

4.

Continue to remember

Esther and

Dan Burris as they face more problems

that have been created by the former

folk at Nuanetsi, things are working out

well in the rebuilding prog ram. Pray

especially that questionsabout his pilot s

and mechanic s license

will be

settled

quickly.

5 .

Praise

God fo r th e new

contacts

through the .African Christians whereby

new

preaching points are established

pray for the studentsof the Central

.Africa

Christian College as theygo out preach

ing.

6. Pray for the Conference to be held

at Dadaya of the African Christians in

mid-August. Hopefully therewill beover

1,500 present at sbnie of the services.

7. Pray for the

conference

on the

Holy Spiritto be

held

atRhodesianChris-

tian

College

in Salisbury for themission

aries August 12-14.

8. Thank God for the great begin

ning that is being made by the Living

Way a new correspondence study di

rectedby Bruce and KarolynAmmerman

in Salisbury, in Shona.

9.

Thank

God

also

for the

25

folk

starting on correspondence work with

Rhodesian Christian College under

Chuck McDaniels. Continue to pray for

someone to be the

President

of

this

school.

Hopefully by the time you read this a

man

will

have decided

if it be God s will

for him to take this place.

10. Work toward a

TEE

program

continues, Floyd Stamm spent some time

explaining this method of teaching

chur ch l eader s

at

a

recent

mission

meet

ing and

with

some of our

African

breth

re n

as

well.

11. Pray for theZiden Nutts as they

prepare for

furlough please remember

Ziden s health. It may not be an urgent

matter bu t

several

moles on his back ar e

being examined by doctors.

12. Thank God for the work being

done by the Good News Centre in Sinoia,

the influence for the Ixjrd is not reaching

out in the Ft. \ ic tori a and Hippo \ alley

areas

with

mobile

uni ts . Ziden

and Chuck

have recently worked on a unit for Bill

Harrison

and 35 Charlie (an

airplane

at Chidamoyo). May God truly use this

witness to thousands of people in

Rhodesia.

Poge

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Happiness

comes

In all sorts of

shapes and sizes, tastes, and

smells.

In

our instance at

xMashoko,

happiness

came in a vert small bundle. Runyra-

raro

t w

was two

weeks old, weighed

seven

and a half pounds,

when

her

mother

died

ofan

apparent

cerebral

an-

eurysm.

Runy

Pronounced Rooney,

rhymes

with puny, as w soon came to

call

her)

was

die seventh child of a

Christian

school teacher at our Cawa school.

Mr. Mtewe brought her to the hospital

at 11 p.m. the night after his wife died.

He was grieving so, not only because

he had lost

his

wife, but

because

hejust

knew that hewouldlosehisbabydaughter

also. African beliefis such that the

mothers

f l that no

child

can live who is totally

artifically fed botUe). This is a fact

in Africa

because

the cleanliness needed

to help a newborn infant survive is non-

existaiit.

To know how to

scrub

ou t

and

sterilize

a baby bottleisonly known

to a few

of the African

women who

have

studied nursing.

Runywas a

little

naked, hungry

but beautiful baby girlwho did not even

rouse when I first saw her. We ha d

had some sad instances of trying to

keep

healthy babies in our hospital, due

to die fact

we

have wards, not private

rooms. Our facilities fo r

bottle

sterili

zing was lacking, and Runy s future

looked bleak. I went into the hallway

to speak to Mr.

Mtewe

and a very de

jected , sad countenance greeted me.

Talking with the other nurses on duty

that morning, I said I wonder if the

Dr. woidd permit me to take her home

fo r a few weeks an d we could look

after the baby as a baby should be.

1 knew without even asking the other

mission wives would help in any way

they could, for such is our relationship.

We, Diane .Messik

an d

mvself were

so

o o o

By

Sylvia Ross

confident we could persuade Dr. Grubbs

to let us have her. 1 called my house

and asked my houscgirl to get our

Jean s crib and scrub it up

and

put it

up in John s and my room.

We

packed

a box of clothes, nappies (diapers), and

all the things a tiny tot would need,

and as Dr. Grubbs appeared in just a

few

minutes we

began our campaign.

We

didn t

even need

to get out any big

guns, for hewas cognizant of theproblem

and right away gave permission if the

father thoughtit wasalright. Dr.Grubbs

talked wi th Mr. .Mtewe

and

I heard

him

in the hallway say, I just wantmy baby

t o l iv e .

The long and short of it was that

Runy began to bethetravellinghappiness

of

Mashoko . She

lived

a

week

at Rosses,

a week with Stolls,

Smiths, Grubbs,

then

back

to Rosses. Wlien Smiths left fo r

furlough, each week or so would seethe

hospital truck travelling with the white

baby bed, boxes; and as she grew so

did her belongings, withhigh chair,

jumping chair, etc...

Mr.

Mtewe,

coming to see her very

ofter, would just have to stop any student

and ask where is Runy... .and they would

reply We saw the truck go to Grubbs

this

week.

For eight and a half months

Runy travelled and gained. We feared

the hazard of her returning to her family

knowing they live in pole and dagga

mud) huts, and yet we tried to teach

her

to

eat

.African foods, to

take

the

powdered milk available here, to treat

he r

to

as

much

as

we could

of

what

we k new h er life would

be.

Then came

th e

time to send her to he r

father.

He had hired a nanny to look after

Runy and she was nine months old.

1

could

not do it and wa s no t th e

least

bit sorry the Ross family was away

the Saturday Mr. Mtewe came. 1did not

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envy

Kva

Grubbs the job of handing

our bit ofcheeky happiness to herfather

The

deed done we waited to see how

she would adjust, and see if she would

lose the

beautiful

shiny skin, glossy hair

of

a well nourished child.

Runyarare is now sixteenmonthsold,

she has

lived

almost

half of

her

life

with

her father. This

past

weeks

Runy

came to visit for a long visit. She came

every

few

weeks after she went to live

in the villiage, but

never

to stay. She

walks everywhere,

she talksmany under

standable

words,

she has beautiful teeth

and

still ha s the beautiful skin

and hair

ofa well nourished

healthy

African baby.

Her nanny had malaria, and so Runy

came to

live

with

the

Rosses. Sh e

had stayed two weeks,and never a whim

per, never a cross moment. Such a joy

happinessis a child who lives because

missionaries cared enough to come to

Rhodesia, and because

Christians

in A-

merica care enough to send clothes, bot

tles, and all the things infants need to

Christ ian Hospitals . Happiness is to be

a Christian.

Janet and Jeon Ross with Runy.

Central Africa Story


7/15

Volume

14

COMMUNICATING THE

GOOD NEWS

0y Zidn

Nutt

^ The commission

says

go

The

challenge is to communicate the Good

News

of Jesus Christ to every creature.

Good News Produc ti on s

is a

means

to

wfulflil that commission and challenge.

Though I am basically responsible forthe

work

ol

Good

News

Productions

tnere

is a

marvelous spirit ofcooperation in all the

work by other.

The Dale Marshall family, the Ivan

M?xtin family, and my own family are

responsible for over 50 Africanand three

European congregations in the Sinois

area. As 1 assist in this work, so they

assist by giving valuable help and advice

to Good News Productions. Also

sharing

in

these

ministeries

are

s even Afr ican

evangelists, many African church leaders

and

others.

Good

News

Productions is being

blessed by God in a fantastic

w^

and

how

we

praise Him for opening this door

of communicatingthe Gospel.

Allow

me to share a

few

highlights of the

work with youJ ~

1) The Good

News

Studios is a placeof

.research and production. It is being

u-

tillzed

In a film and

cassette

ministry

which, by all indications, has tremendous

potential in evangelization. Revival Fires

Evangelist, Watson-Mabqna, recently

recorded several

lessons to

be

used with

African church

leaders. He a ls o

recorded

Evangelistic messages which wecoupled

with s ing in g by the Rostvit twins in the

local language, to be used in primary

evangelism.

2 Another church building, built and

STORY

June

1974

Number 6

good

NEWS

studios

Homebase, showing 2 mobile units.

paid for by African Christians was re

cently dedicated in the Gokwe district

where

one mobile unit is most

active.

3 Four new churches were started and

many existing churches have been

strengthened through the ministry of

Good News

Productions.

4) Thousands are hearing theGospel

through

films

and preaching byone unit

alone, and in thepast year over120,000

t ract s were put in the hands of i nterested

people. Personal workers counseled with

hundreds, and many accepted Christ.

5 MichaelGeorgeNyandorohasworked

with me for over 12 years now. He

o pe ra te d the 1965 Ford as a mobile unit

from 1970. Funds for it were r aised by

the church at Eagle Lake, M nn es ot a in

1965. It was finally necessary to sell it,

but the same church is raising funds for

another which we ll have in operation

soon. In the meantime a down payment

was made possible on ano ther unit by

Jack Tyler of Community Christian

Church in Nevada, Missouri, who gave

a used pick-upto Good NewsProductions;

it is the

vehicle

on the right in the picture

of

the Good News Studios.

6) Arrangements have been made with

^RichardSmith, Principal of the Central

African

Christian

College

for the

second

mobile unit to be operated by them out

of Fort Victoria in the southern part of

continued onpage2

7 vangelist* who shore the ministry of

over 50 churches


8/15

OMMUNI TING

THE

GOOD

N E W S

(continued from page 1)

Rhodesia.

With the help of Bill

Harrison

an d

Chuch McDaniels we

h a v e

also

been

able

to provide a lightweight sound and

projection uni t for use in the aircraft at

Chidamoyo.

Theredoesn't seem to be a stopping

point in listing the many things happen

ing; but, maybe these few

things

shared

with you will cause you to praise God

and join us in giving thanks for all who

make such a demanding work possible.

Watson Mabona recording.

NORTH MERIC N \

jcHRISTI N

ONVENTIONi

1 GOD STILL

C RES

\

\

U Y

23

-

26

974

|

N HEIM j

1 CONVENTION CENTER 1

j ANAHEIM

CALIFORNIA

i

I i

NOWHERE ELSE TO

GO

I have beendriven many timestomy

knees bytheoverwhelming convictionthat

I had nowhere else to go . A.

Lincoln

1 . P rais e G o d t ha t 4 7

folk

are enrolled

in the correspondence course offered by

Rhodesian Christian College. PraiseGod

for the guidance in the matter ofgetting

the collegeproperty titleunder one bond.

PetitionGodfor ahotho-~good meetingof

the Directors, Advisors an d Trustees

on

June 29 ,

2 PM Rhodesian time

7

AM CDT).

2. Continue to pray for the

Dadaya

ConferenceAugust 16, 17, 18.

3 .

Thank

G o d fo r th e 4 confes s ions of

faith and baptisms at Jr.camp andpray

that thQ'willcontinue togrow inthe Lord.

There were37 campers.

4. Pray for Hugh Pender as he battles

with what is

believed

to be

an

ulcer.

Also remember Ziden Nutt dur ing this

time of removal of moles from his back,

p ra y t hat the matte r might be resolved

this month as he and the family begin

their furlough.

5 . R e m e m b e r

D r. Messman s

w o r k with

such folk as the leper described iri his

article, what a ministry medicine Isin the

underdeveloped countries.

6.

Thank

God for the answer to prayer

for

Da n

Burris's aviation licenses. Th e

Burrises alsorejoice withthegranting of

. radio_

permit^

which puts the station in

c o n t a c t

with

t h e o u ts id e w o rl d.

7. Pray for the Spiritual Retreat for

missionaries to be held InSalisbury Aug

ust 12-14,

ma y

it be a blessing to all

w h o attend.

8. Rememberthe Martins asthey prepare

to return to Sinola. Also

pray

for the

Taylors as they serve in Sinola on a

temporary basis. Pray for theMichaels

as they raise their support to go to Sinoia

and hopefully arrive there next year.

The Centra/ Africa

Story

ii publlihed

monthly fo r

t h e

Central Africa

Miition,

Churches

o f

C hr is t b y /Mission Services

As s ociation

a t Bo x

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Part of th e control room as recording is being done.

Page 2

Michael

operates

a mobile

unit

from

Sinoia.

Central Africa Story


9/15

ONE S U N D Y T S I N E M G O N D E S

One typical Sunday last month, I

departed early in the Binga Bird (the

new Cessna 185 airplane) for a day of

preaching and teaching of God's Word.

Three Batonga preachers wereon board

and our plan was to go first to

Sine

magonde's where we would conduct

services in several villages and thenpro

ceed to Mlibizi to share in their worship.

Low clouds and widespread rain threat

ened to thwart our plans

from

the very

beginning as had

been

the case many

times during this heavy rainy season, but

we were determined to give it a good try,

for

we

had not been to Sinemagonde's

in

three-weeks. N o vehicle had reached

there in three months.

Twenty five

long

minutes (they seem longer when one is

dodging thunder storms) went by and

we

wereoverhead Sinemagonde airstrip

a word used loosley in this case). A

low pass revealed that the grass had

grown quite rapidly during thedrenching

rains of the past weeks. This fact would

have made landing certain disaster in

the low wing Cherokee that we used to

fly, but I knew that it would be safe with

the high wing and high propeller of the

NewCessna.

We

circledagain and landed

What a surprise I The knee high grasa^

had seen from thealfsuddenly

became

chin-high and the Binga Bird came to a

rapid halt

with

copious amountsofgrass

clinging to the wheels, strutsand elevator.

We

climbed

out to examine our plight

and soon heard the cheering voicesofour

usual welcoming committee, but at first

we could see no one for the high grass

(see picture).

We

weresoon busyshaking

hands and exchanging greetings, but at

thesame timemymindwasbusyworking

our plans to solve our departureproblem

which would face

us

after

we

had

finished

preaching.I did not blame God for getting

us into such a tight spot, but I certainly

asked Him for help to get us out of it.

I found some comfort in remembering

what

a

friend had said about

th e

Cessna

185. That airplane willpull itselfout of

a hole in the ground.

We

left

our entrapped Bird and

began walking to our worship site, but

w e w a-e

t ol d t ha t

t he en ti r e

a r e a sur roun

ding theairstrlp(

which

ison highground)

was knee-high in mud and water and that

June, 1974

By

K en ny M e ss ma n

we would be unable to reach the villages

without

much trouble. So

a vote

was

taken which was unanimous

in

favour of

having worship on the airstrip. While

I was still wondering how we could cut

the grass without slashers (whips), the

people began systematically stamping

down the grass to clear a sitting place

for the worship service. There was the

answer

We

would gather everyone into

a line and stamp our waydown thelength

ofthe airstrip. The

flattened

grass

would

cause very littledrag on take-off.

Our worship service lasted aboutthree

The 1500 feet long airstrip, which

had

previously seemed so short in the

airplane, seemed to be about a milelong

today. I rested frequently. On one rest

period I was asked to examine some

very sickchildren. I explained that Ihad

not comefor treating, but that iftheywere

very

sick, I would t ake them to the hos

pital. Both children had very enormous

abscesses, one on his jaw and the other

in his groin, so I said that the children

would have to be taken to Binga for

treatment. The parents of the children

agreed, but the mother of one said tha

The

high

gross

which

greeted

us that day.

hours with four sermons interspersedwith

plenty of enthsiastic singing. The people

seemed particularly hungry for the Good

News this day and were not yet tired,

but we decided we had better get busy

stamping downthe grass so that we could

leave before th e afternoon thunderstorms

moved in . The

line

was formed a t the

lower end of the srtip marked by

an

eight foot tall ant hill and proceeded at

a snails paceto the northeast. Everyone

got

into the action of stamping

and

soon

the crown began singing while they

marched. What a thrill to be lined up

with those Batonga, marching together

toward a common goal. I thought, If

only all of these Batonga would accept

Christ

and

we could march

toward

the

common goal of heaven, stamping out

evil as we went, what a much greater

thri l l

that wou ld be.

her child was still sucking.

We

said there

would be enough room for her too since

this airplane could carry six adults.

When I resumed stamping,someboys

pointed to some large depressions on the

edge of the airstrip which appeared to be

the impimts of 50 gallon oil drums.

What are those? I asked innocently.

The elephants werehere again last night,

they replied. I shuddered a bit

and

thought

to myself, Elephants That's all I need

now is for an elephant to come barrel

ing down the airstrip

By 2 p.m. the stamping wascomplete.

Beforeloading fordeparturewedecldedto

push the plain to the very end of the air

strip and turn it around in position for

takeoff. Four strong men pushed oneach

wing strut while I guided the tall. We

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page

4)

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D e a r Christian F r i e n d s :

Greetings in the lovely name

of Jesus

Chris t ,

our

Lord. I t was

perfect ending

to

another day. Due to a

projector

fa i lu re I had improvise

and had gone

out

to check on the Mobile Uni t, - A man sat

inside

the Mobil

U n i t

w i t h M i c h a e l as a

c rowd

o f

o v e r

800

s t o o d

o u t s i d e .

This man had seen film s on a previous v i s i t

and

studied the

t r ac t

d is tr ib u te d a t t h a t t ime . He now had come to tell Michae l he wanted to

give

his l ife to Christ. Each one Is precious in

the

sight of the Lor

and

though

we

could

t e l l

of

thousands over

the years,

and

hundreds

throug

the ministry

of Good

News

Productions, excitement

is

as

high

as

ever

whe

yet another

one

comes to the

Saviour.

F i l m s t r i p s

S e r i e s F in i sh ed

The same day was fi l led

with

rejoicing as

the

scripts were mimegraphed

and assembled for a film strip series that had just been completed. I t i

already

being

received with

gladness

by other missionaries for use

in

thei

areas. I t is

a series

of five

on Vifhat the Bible Says . . . . Dean Davis,

Kay Watts, and Mr. and Mrs.

Phiri,

a ll from Zambia had helped.

Several

African informant s, .Helen,

Ola

Marion and Janie Gee

also

helped on

ei ther

scripts ,

typing or photography.

These

have

African

characters

and

are

wri t ten

according

to the cul ture

here

in

Rhodesia.

a

L i b r a r i e s

S e t

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Pap:e 2 .

f i n i s h another

course

i n

one

a r e a j u s t a few days before our departure.

The

r e t u r n

o f the

Mart in

family

on

the 11th o f

June

was indeed

a

g l a d day, f o r

I v a n v / i l l c a r r y

on w i t h

t h i s v i t a l p a r t o f t h e

v/ork.

The

Jim Taylor

family

w i l l

a r r i v e on

the 23rd o f June t o

take

over th e

Bookshop.

The

Mobile Units

w i l l

cont inue

o p e r a t i n g bu t

produc t ion

w i l l be i d l e

a t

the tudios

F u r l o u g h

Time

Almost

f ive years have gone

s ince we

returned to Rhodesia

t o begin

Good News Product ions. Many t h i n g s have

been

accomplished

by

the Hand

o f

the

Lord

during

t h a t t ime. We

are

anxious to

rehearse w ith

you

what

He

h a t h done as

a

r e s u l t o f the prayers to

Him

on our b e h a l f and your g i f t s

t o

supply

the m a t e r i a l needs. Vi/e know you w i l l r e j o i c e with us. when you

l e a r n more f u l l y how God has blessed the

work

i n f r u i t f o r the Kingdom.

F u r l o u g h Funds U r g e n t l y Needed

We

hesitate

to

ask

for

furlough

funds

because so

many

of

you

helped

ly when Lynda and I came l a s t year. Many

have

also

helped

in a

generous way to

pay

off the indebtedness on

the

Good News

Studios,

and

at

the

Bank. Our hearts have been filled with

thanksgiving

for a ll this.

The tickets

have been purchased with a

few weeks

given to pay

off

the balance. Funds should be

in

by the last of July

i f

at

all

possible

P le ase h elp i n

t h i s

urgent need.

We

will be

arriving

in Kansas City on the 29th of July at 1:47 P.M.

on

TWA I t

will be good

to

see you again. Lord willing.

S p e a k i n g S c h e d u l e

Most

of you who

support us

regularly and several

others have already

requested certain

times

to have us

for revivals

or

Faith .Pr.9mise-Rallies.

tfe

have tried to work

these

out satisfactorly

to

your requests. Several

months

are-already

booked

solid and we pray

that God

will be able to use Us

.to

b rin g g lo ry

to

Him. among

youl..

' '

.i

,

If

others have

specific

dates

ybu would like

me

^to

come,

please

let

me

know as soon as

possible.

Otherwise

we

will schedule each supporting

church in as possible, and write for your approval..

hasn t,been decided where we will l i v e . Please.-pray for

God; s ;contihued guidance so that we may be

at

a;

place

central for speWi'hg

but

in particular

that

Lynda's needs

will

be supplied for special,education

Thank

you

all

so much

for

the

privilege of being your co-workers

i n t h e

s e r v i c e

o f t h e L o r d .

Because of

pur.. Risen

Lord,

Ziden, Helen

and

family

Please

send all

speaking requests :to 15505 Cline Ave.,

Lowell,

In. 46356

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REHEARSING WHAT

GOD^HATH

DONEE

Greet ings

i n the wonderfu l name

of

C h r i s t .

I t has

been j u s t g r e a t

t r a v e l i n g - a m o n g t h e c h u r c h e s and e n j o y i n g t h e r i c h fel lov/s l i ip we ]

I n J e s u s . I have v i s i t e d

some

o f you i n Kansas, M i s s o u r i

I l l i n c

I n d i a n a

and F l o r i d a thus f a r .

Everywhere

has been a b l e s s i n g

as we s h a r e

hov/

God i s g i v i n g th e i n c r e a s e

t h r o u g h

your m i n i s t r y i n

us

h a v e

i o i s

to us

U n f o r t u n a t e l y Helen and t h e c h i l d r e n

must

s t a y

e d u c a t i o n a l

p u r p o s e s .

We

a r e

t h a n k f u l

t h a t

we

have

a

Marvin

P o r l m e r s C h r i s t i a n

Creek Farm

where

Helen

grew

i s j u s t o f a mile from h e r

p a r e n t s .

c a t c h b u s e s to their

schools.

The

m a i l i n g a d d r e s s

is

j u s t

Route

1 , Horton , Missour i

64751,

and

t h e

t e l e p h o n e

nui tber

i s

417-4S4

3 2 3 0 .

'The children

in o n e area for

h o u s e to use

o n

up

as a g i r l . It

a r e

all

a b l e to

The

s c h e d u l e f o r s p e a k i n g

i s v e r y f u l l and ve p r a y t h a t th e

Lord

can use us e f f e c t i v e l y

whi le

we

a r e h e r e

in

t h e

U . S . A .

C o n f i r m e d

s p e a k i n g dates in

TRAVELING W ITH TEE MOBILE

UiTIT

200 REPENT -

R e p o r t i n g

from S i n o i a Rhodes ia i s

Michael

Nj^andoro

and Ivan M a r t i n . Both

s e e m thrilled with the

continous

s u c c e s s

of the

m o b i l e unit

w o r k .

Michael o p e r a t e s

it

and I v a n

h e l p s t o

o v e r s e e

t h e

work.

YOU

h e l p

t o

make

it p o s s i b l e .

Each

month we send funds t o

keep

it


14/15

MEMORIAL

FUND SET UP

R e c e n t l y I

s h a r e d

w i t h yon about t h e

d e a t h

o f B r o t h e r

S i t h o l e .

Communistic s u p p o r t e d t e r r o r i s t s

came

i n t o

h i s

home d u r i n g a p r a y e r

meet ing

and

t o o k t h e farai ly o u t s i d e where

t h e y

b e a t b o t h t h e p a r e n t s

v/hile the c h i l d r e n

were

forced t o watch. Then t h e y shot: t h i s

g r e a t

p r e a c h e r

o f t h e Gospel

who

had

e s t a b l i s h e d 5 churOhes i n t h e

Mt.

Dar

w i n area.

Dale M a r s h a l l I v an M a rt i n Jim T a y l o r and f e l l o w l a b o r e r s o f

Bro ther

S i t h o l e f e l t

t h a t many people

would

want t o

remember t h i s man

f o r

the way

he

allowed God t o use

him.

He

had

honored God i n every

t h i n g he

did,

and we

i n

Rhodesia

f e e l t h a t it would

be

good

t o give

you

an

o p p o r t u n i t y t o honor God through a Memorial Fund on h is b eh al f .

People i n Rhodesia are

p a r t i c i p a t i n g

as

well ,

and i n v i t e you t o share

a l s o . They have asked me t o

h a n d l e

th e funds i n t h e U.S.A.-

Brother

S i t h o l e made g r e a t

use o f a

motorcycle

in

his m i n i s t r y .

He

also took p a r t i n

a

16mm

f i lm,

and

several

f i l m s t r i p s

produced

by

Good

News

P r o d u c t i o n s .

He l o v e d

t h i s

work. Therefore,

along

v/ith

the need to pay t u i t i o n to keep

his

children i n school

u n t i l

they

go

o u t t o

work , f u n d s

v d l l

be

u s e d

f o r a r/EJIORIAL

PILI^I

LIBRARY

and

p os s ib ly f o r t r a ns p or t

f o r

others

in the African minis t ry . This v/i l l

a l l be handled

through

t r u s t e e s .

If you would

l i k e

t o s h a r e i n

t h i s please send your g i f t marked

Memoria l Fund,

and send

t o

S i t h o l e

Memorial Fund, 15505 Cline

Ave.,

Lowel l , I n d i a n a

46356.

Checks

made

o u t

t o C en t r a l A f r i c a M i s s i o n

are t ax deduc ti bl e| And separate

from

t h e

check make

a note t h a t it

i s f o r t h e memorial fund .

L I F E

-WITH

LYNDA

Many

have

asked about

Lynda

and

are

praying f o r h e r . She i s

S

years old

now

and in

a

s p e c i a l

education class at

Nevada,

Missouri.

Jrielen takeis her 3 miles

each

day

t o t h e

b u s and t h e n

c o l l e c t s

h e r

i n the

evening

from the

bus

a l s o

kevada is 15 miles av/ay. Karolyn

w i l l

be

15

i n

December and

i s a

sophomore a t

Metz

High School,

and

Tommy is

12 and

in the 7th grade

at M e t z a l s o .

Lynda 's p roblem

i s

being con

t r o l l e d

v/ith

medicine,

but

she

has

a long v/ays to go. However, l a s t

F I L M S T R I P S

R E A D Y

F i f t y

s e t s o f

t h e

r e c e n t

s e r i e s on

liVhat The Bible Says

have

j u s t

b e e n

completed ,

thanks

t o

J o h n a n d K a r e n

Dressier

o f

C h r i s t i a n

Communicaticn S p e c i a l

t i e s I n c . They s p e c i a l i z e i n

t h e making o f P i c t o r i a l Church

D i r e c t o r i e s and

a l s o

the supp ly

o f p e r so n al i z e d

c h u r c h bullefcins,

This e n a b l e s them

t o

give

g r e a t

service

to missionaries

at l o w

p r i c e s .

The more

you buy from

them,

th e

lower

t h e

p r i c e s

can

b e

made

f o r

m i s s i o n

a s s i s t a n c e .

By t h e

v;ay,

t h e address

of J o h n

Dressier

is

6 9 4 4

India

n a p o l i s

B l v d .

Hammond I n d .

4 6 3 2 4 . A s k f o r i n f o r m a t i o n

a n d

y o u l l

be

p l e a s e d

a t

t h e New

Testament i n t a c t

i n

t h e i r

s e r

vices

.

A

f i l m s

t r i p i s a l s o avail

able

e n t i t l e d THE MSTER'S

M3SSAGE

IN

IKJLTI-IffiDIA

v T i i c h

tells

o f t h e

v / o r k in

v : h i c h

v/ e

a r e e n g a g e d .

O r d e r

t h i s f rom

o u r U . S . A .

a d d r e s s

o n

t h e

h e a d

i n g o f t h i s n e v / s l e t t e r .

T h e s e sets

v/ill

b e u s e d in

d i f f e r e n t p l a c e s around th e world

i n

evangel ism,

as wel l as

samples

o f

v / h a t

c a n b e d o n e in different

cultures.

GTFTS--TAX-=EDUGTIBL 3r?

Some h a v e

a s k e d

a b o u t

this


15/15

D e a r C o - W o rk er s ;

W I T N E S S I N G T O R H O D E S I A

Holding orth

The

Word Of

Life

- Philippians 2:16 -

The

ZIDEN

L. NUTT

Family

Forwarding

Address:

15505 CLINE

AVENUE

LOWELL INDIANA 46356

Field Address:

P. 0. BOX 392 SINOIA

RHODESIA

AFRICA

O c t o b e r 1 9 7 4

Greetings i n

the

l o v e l y name o f C hr i s t . The v i c t o r y by

Brother

S i t o l e

i n gaining

heaven cont inues to bring r e j o i c i n g .

Even though communist supported t e r r o r i s t s k i l l e d h i s physical

l i f e

we

thank

God t h a t Satan

j u s t

c a n t win i n those who

love

t h e

Lord J e s u s .

t s i n t e r e s t i n g

t h a t

t e r r o r i s t s came back t o

the

village l a t e r and apologized to the family for gett ing

the wrong man.

His death

means a g re a t lo s s to the fam ily

and f r i e n d s

as

w e l l

as the l e a d e r s h i p o f

the

f i v e

churches

he

s t a r t e d .

However

events

l i k e

t h i s

cause us

t o

give thanks

t o

God

f o r

the p r i v i l e g e of being sent

by

you so

t h a t

men can

die

but be

a l i v e i n C h r i s t J e s u s . Many o t h e r s a r e a l s o

prepared

because

you c a r e enough t o p r a y

and

g i v e .

e a r e t h e r e f o r e

t h a n k f u l

f o r

your g i f t

t h i s month so

t h a t the work can c o n t i n u e . Many r e p o r t s come from Rhodesia

which

w e l l

share w i t h

you

from t ime t o

t i m e .

M a t e r i a l s pro-

p a r e d

and l e f t

makes it p o s s i b l e

f o r t h e

mobile unlts. . . . to oper

a t e while we are away.

Michael

Nyandoro i s still r e p o r t i n g

l a r g e crov/ds

and

g r e a t v i c t o r i e s f o r C h r i s t .

A n e w s l e t t e r w i l l be coming soon

t o

you b u t we j u s t

wanted t o w ri t e t h i s n o t e t o t h a n k you so much

f o r

s h a r i n g

your

l o ve t h r o u gh

your

g i f t .

S i n c e r e l y i n

C h r i s t

Z i d e n L N u t t

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