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three different places

on

the hillside to see

what

It

w o u l d

ta ke to

bui ld in

e a c h

loca t ion Wh en

w e

were done

he

presented it to the Elders and the

Pastor

explaining

the

pros and

cons

of each

place. Thei rde s ir e was to build the

church

atthe

top of

the

hill but

our

people

had

already filled

the top of

the

hill with thei r homes .

The

Elders

decided

to

move one

family and tear down their

house

fo r

t he chu rch

bu ild ing. We

agreed

with

their decision. A week or two p as se d, n o

one

m o v e d

a nd th e h ou se

still

s to od s o w e s ta rte d to

wonder what

was going

on . After the

beginning

of

the

thi rd week,

Mike

was

approached by the

Pastor

and a sked

why

we had no t started.

Mike

told

him we were

waiting

on

th e

Elders

to

move

the family.

The

Pastor

told u s t ha t we were to do

it because

we were

building

the

church. We said

that that was the Elders

-esponsibility. Well,

the

church

will

not be

built

on the to p

of

the

hill We

have

gone

to an al ternat ive posi tion where no

h o m e s

h av e t o

b e

r e mo v e d

T h e

E l de rs w o u ld n o t

take the

lead

t o comple te the ir

own

plan

and they

have explained the new

position

by saying that

we, Mike

and I did not

like

the

other

position.

They

want

us to be

the Chief.

We

find thi s a tt itude

in many

areas,

bu t

we

cannot accept it If we

become th e

Chief then

we

cannot

b e t he

Friend.

Instead of

making the way

s tra ight we

will in fact

be

blocking it

altogether.

W e w an t to b e n o m o re a n d

no

le ss t h an th e

Friend of

the Bridegroom.

We

want the

bride

to

be

prepared fo r

the wedding

and

to be wholly

acceptable to the Bridegroom. When the

Bridegroom

comes

we

want the

bride

to

know

Him.

We

must be c ome

l es s, wh il e He

be c ome s

greater.

T E E

On February 28th

Ron Butler

and I flew

into

Bomiii to do

the

follow-up

on book number

2

Doctrines

of

the

Church:

Salvation,

and

hold

s e m i n a r s fo r b o th

th e

ible

Ins t i tu te

an d

th e

Preachers.

We spent

a week there

and

then

flew

into

Bafwasende

with the MAF pilot, from

Nebobongo,

to

complete

th e

program

here.

Since a t tha t t im e n ot al l t h e s c h o ol s h ad

f inished

their work, I returned to Bomiii on the 12th

of

April

to collect

t hose te st s and resul ts which had

been

lacking and

to distributethe new book. Idid

all this

a t

a fw as en de o n t he13th.

Just to

refresh your

memory

and

to

give

you an

over

view

of

the TEE

program, I will lay

out

some

facts and

figures.

We have in our program.

C e nte rs a nd S ch oo ls

T h e

C e n te r is whe

hold

th e s em in ars a nd

d i s t r ib u te mater ia l

Schoo ls a re

where th e

TEE

Book

is ac

studied. In

our province

we

have

2

Center

16

Schools. We also

have

what we

call

which are

Schools that do not have en

students,

but

function as

an

appendag

another

School.

The reason they are

regular

part

of

t ha t S choo l

is

usually

d

dis tance

We

have

4 Cells. In

this

area we

198 students. In

the whole

TEE

program we

15

Centers,

76 Schools,

and

908

Students

Last time

you received

the Lion s L

explained about writing

t he Teacher s

Gui

book 2 of the program. The purpose of the

on

Salvat ion

w as

to have

t he s tu de nt

lear

book

with

the appropriate scriptures and

t ea ch t he b o o k to s o m e o n e else T he resu l

really

quite good.

We

had a

total

of 201 stu

started in the 2nd book. 121 students ac

completed

the

course by teaching it to som

else,

a

non-Christian.

In

response to

the ir

we had 85 people

baptized

into

the Lord.

happened over a nine week period. These

r

of course

are

just

fo r our

area. If we

use

happened here as a guide,

we could

ha

many as 350 new Christians

as

a result of thi

of our TEE program.

I want

to

thank you fo r your

pr

concerning this.

I

was

worried

about

what

prepared like a father over

his

small child. W

shared with you,

you prayed and we can se

results

of our work in

the

Lord. Keep pr

for TEE.

We

are

still

struggling

with

prob

We

have

62

new

students

fo r

book

3 but w

to

close

2 Schools because of leade

problems. P lease

stay with

us in

the

task

continue

to need

your help.

T E E

T h e

N ew

F r o n t

The

TEE

program

is fo r people who read.

of course

goes

without saying. But a segm

ou r Christians here

are i ll iterate. Every

c

has peop le in it who

are

unable to read.

Wh

TEE

do forthem?

As it is

nothing: but

it will

b e

d i f fe ren t

Ron

Butler

has begun developing

a

pro

that

will

follow the

TEE

structure,

bu

p ic tu re s t o t ea ch the lesson. The TEE

bo

broken down

into 10

weeks

of

s tudie s. Eac

h a s a

le ss on a nd

a

v er se

a n d th e

wh o le

builds together.

The

TEE fo r the Illiterate wi

daily lesson plan with pictures for the


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Long

promised

photo of th e Waltons.

Mike Tracy. Andrew a nd

David

points.

T h e

o n e

t each i n g will

be

a

literate

TEE

s tu de nt a nd this

will

be hi s homework project.

They

will discuss the pic ture s a nd t h e s t u de n t will

memorize th e

verse

fo r that da y with the help

of

hi s

teacher. When

th e

TEE

c la ss

meet s

toge the r

for

th e

w e e k t h e illiterate will b e

a b l e

t o a tt en d

b ec au se h e

will

have learned everything that

will

b e d is c us se d

In

Ma y

when we

m et with th e

TEE l ea d er s w e

t e s t e d th e mater ia l

wi th

s o m e

i l l i tera tes

b o t h

in

B o m i l i a n d a fw a s en d e t o s e e

how

it

wo rk e d

W e

a ls o w an te d to

e xp os e o ur

l ea d er s t o it fo r their

input. We w er e very p l eas ed

with

th e results In

both

cas es . We

are

stilt f a r f ro m

putting it into

the

system but

we

have m a d e

a

start.

W h a t

w e

n e e d

n o w

is to h av e

a n

ar t i s t to d o th e

drawing fo r

the

books.

T h e TEE

program will

n eed a dd it io na l f in a nc e s fo r the supplies

a n d

printing that will m ak e t hi s possible. We need

you

to a dd

these

n e e d s t o y ou r p ra ye rs

fo r

these

your brothers a n d s is te r s h e re

w ho

c a n n o t

read.

N E X T

T E R M

Where di d

3 years

go

anyway? Well t he y w en t

in TEE safaris seminars

p la nn in g m ee ti ng s

writing

a nd p ro of re ad in g ne w material. They

went in

trips to

N ai ro bi fo r the orthondo

trips to B uk av u f or meetings trips

to

Kisi

fo r buying

an d

trips

to

Rethy

to

se e

our

chil

T h ey w e nt in a

se a

of

problems handled

p

on

lived with o r forgotten.

They

w ent

in mi

our

children

and

rejoicing

in

t h ei r t im e

at

h

T he y w en t

in

taking

care

of

the

daily

runni

the

house education of

children

and

keep

lid

on inflation

by

bargaining

like

an Af

They

w ent like

a snail s o met i mes

a nd

s o me

like a

fast freight but they

are

gone

now.

Now

w e start to

p la n f or next term . Next

will

present

s o m e

major

changes

fo r

our fa

T he b ig ges t

being

that

we

will

be movi

Bukavu

w he n w e return to

Z aire. W e

are

m

fo r tw o reasons.

T he first

a nd m ost import

f or E li za be th s sake. Being

a special

chil

needs

more of the

daily stimulation

of spea

an d

playing

with other children fo r

her to

ma

In

Bafwasende

sh e

has

not

gotten

w ha

needs.

In

Bukavu sh e

will

b e

able

to

g o

t

Bukavu

A cadem y and

have

all that

in te rac t ion w i t h

o t h e r

ch i ld ren

T h e first

reason

w a s painfully a pp ar en

when

o u r

ey es

w er e ope ne d

in

t he s ea rc h

f

a n s w er w e sa w a n o t h e r n e e d t h a t w e c ou l

AC M

desperately

ne e ds

a

s u p p o r t fami

Bukavu. Up

to this

da te

th at j ob h as b ee n e


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shared around

and

not

done

well

or done

solely

by a family

tha t the n were not ab le to

do what

they came for. You remember tha t

we

came to

Zaire

as

a

support

team. Now, orratherlnJulyof

0, we will

start

to do that job completely.

You might

ask what

is going

to

happen

to

my

work in

the

TEE

and

Bible

Inst i tute?

It will

i nc re as e b e c au s e I will be

ab le

to work in more

areas

out

of

Bukavu using

th e

flight

program.

I

will be more

closely

involved in the areaof writing

new material and up-grad ing the

old.

If I will

be travelling to more p la ce s and doing

more in TEE, how can I

do

the

support

work?

Remember the

word

team. Thesupport jo b

will

be

primarily

Dawn's job.

She will

receive orders,

handle funds, and

coordinate

the buying and

shipping.

I will

be

her

assistant

in

that

if

things

a re o rdered

such

as

fuel or

plumbing,

carpentry

or

electrical supplies,

I will

specifically handle

those. In t hi s j ob of support, Dawn will also be

overseeing the

ACM

gue st hou se

for

the out-

s t a t i on

mis s i ona r i e s

Will living in Bukavu

require us

to

raise

additional

fu nds? This is a

question

we are still

looking

at . When we move to

Bukavu

we

will

be

eliminating all the shipping

expenses

we now

have and

all the flights

to

Bukavu for meetings.

Joshua will be going

to

the Bukavu Academy

which will eliminate

room and boa rd and

flights

back

and

forth,

but tuition will

rema in. R ac he l

will have to go to Nairobi for high school

so

all of

her

expenses

will increase. Our

housing

rent will

increase

from

$14

a

month

here

to

there.

TEE expenses will

Increase

in

because I ll be flying out to more areas.

Alth

Elizabeth is now through with the orthodo

Joshua

will be

starting.

Because we will b

full-time support team

for

all the out st

missionaries,

we will need add it iona l

fun

that area also.

Halfway

thru next term

Rache

graduate and

be

going

to

America

to

start

co

so we

will have

an ext ra

trans-Atlantictrip.

D

and

I

es t ima t e t ha t w e will ne ed a n a dd it

$500 a

month work

funds fo r

our

next

te

Bukavu

Now

we

have something

else

for

you

to

about.

We are already packing and sen

things down to Bukavu on the back sid

flights. We

are thinking

about

furlough

already about

next

term.

Please

help us i

with you r con ti nued p raye r suppo rt . Thank

PRAYERS

PRAISE

1. TEE Program its

growth

and the pro

for i l l i terates.

2. Finishing out

everything

in Zaire by

July

3. For Elizabeth, Rachel ,

and Joshua

to fit

i nt o Ame ri ca n cu l t u r e

a n d

s choo l s

4.

The

right

house

a t th e right price to rent.

5.

Praises

for

th e

Morris Church

purchas

van

fo r

us to use on furlough.

(1986

Wi

Van, 4

benches , p lu s

f ront buckets )

Before you move, please

send

th e mailing label with a copy of your new

address

to

MISSION

SERVICES ASSOCIATION, PO Box 2427 , Knoxville,

TN

37901-2427.

l

Miss ion

Se r v i c e s

Non Profit

PO Box 2427

37950 99

Knoxville,

TN

37901-2427

U.S.

Postage

Knoxville,

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