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O u r
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Shanda
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Mabelreign,
Harare
Z i m b a b w e , Africa
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Vo lu me
5
April
1988
N u m b e r
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O u r family: Jeff an d Robin, D a d an d M om , M ar k
a n d
S h a n d a
D e ar F ri en d s,
M a r k
a n d I
re tu rn h o m e
in
two
w e e k s an d
I
w a nte d to
s e n d
o f f o n e m o r e Z i m b a b w e
Zea l
b e
fore we left. I am so proud of th e people here;
their
courage,
commitment,
a n d
trust in ou r
Lord.
W h e n
M om
and
D a d
had to return h o m e
in
January, m an y o f o ur m e mb er s felt heartbroken,
abandoned,
and afraid,
Ye t
they have
c o m e
through in amazing
ways.
As
Jeff
and
Robin
stepped into the ministerial p os it io n h er e, the
people accepted
t hem a nd set
out
to do all they
c oul d
to
help. O n e m a n, Mr. Gezi. e ve n b e g a n
taking
over
s o m e of t he d u ti es I
h ad b ee n
doing
without
being
asked, i think
he
thought Dad h ad
been
taking
care
of
the
matter
so
he
di d
it
before
I
h ad t he c ha nc e. He
also
s e t
o u t
to
o rg a ni ze a n
Easter choir. With Jeff s encouragement,
the
men
have
d iv id ed i nt o pairs
to take
o u t c om m un io n
and visit th e sick.
O ne couple,
th e Carvahlo s,
have
taken
in
Robin
and Jeff and
really been an
e n c o u r a g e m e n t
to them :
inviting
them
over,
praying
fo r
th em , e tc .
I just
wish you
could have the opportunity to
meet s o m e of
these
people w e have g r ow n t o love
so
dearly. My feelings are so strong as I think of
leaving them.
I
look into
P au l s e pi st le to
th e
Ephesians and
find
the w ord s to pray t he re t ha t
my heart
c ou ld n ot
find, Ibo w my
k n ee s b e fo re
the Father. . .that He would grant them,
according to the
riches
of Hi s glory, to be
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strengthened
with
power
through
His Spirit in
th e
inner man;
that
Christ
may
dwell in their hearts
through
faith;
and they being rooted
and
grounded
in love may be
able
to comprehend.. .and
know the
love of Christ. . .and that th ey may be filled
up
to all the fulness of
God.
These
were our Sunday
School
teachers
when
we
began
the
Sunday School program
last
year. We
have
lost a
few
mainly Mom and Dad
and gained
tw o since
then.
At present we ar e
get ti ng ready
to
train
more
people
to
help.
Please pray
that
more people
will
feel
th e Lord call ing
them
to minister in this
way.
Tony
and Maria
From a
handfulof
believers in January of 86 we grew
in numbers and this picture was taken in
January
of 88.
The Greencroft area of Harare is ripe fo r
harvest
right
now. As we
are praying
f or t he Lord
of
t he Ha rves t to
send
forth laborers, th e G re enc roft C hu rch
is
also
sending two of
their
young men to
th e Zimbabwe
Christian College
in fvtay 88
fo r
training to
be ministers
of
th e
gospel.
This is Tony
and
Maria
Carvahlo. They
are
a
Portugese couple who beg an a tte nd in g a lmos t
two years ago. Being strong
Catholics
for many
yea rs , yet never feeling satisfied,
they came
upon
an i nv ita tio n f rom ano th er m em ber
o f
th e
Greencroft
Church. Soon they realized
what they
had been missing was Bible S tu dy a nd a New
Testament fellowship.
They wer e
baptized and
became strong steady
members . Tony
is the
c hu rc h tre asu re r a nd
Maria a Sunday School
t eacher . They have
taken the Prayer
Meeting
that
was
started in
our home
into theirs.
Being
hard
workers,
having
a
faith
an d tr us t many would
envy and
being
faithful
in all
mattersthey are
a
true
blessing
and
backbone fo r
the
Greencroft
hris t ian hurch
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Andy Andy preaching
A N D Y A C O N T I N U A L
SOUR
O F B L E S S I N G
Just after
my
article
in
th e
last Zimbabwe Zeal I thank God for Andy Andy
preached
a
sermon
during
th e
m o rn in g w o rs h ip
service.
He took ten minutes of Dad s sermon time and
spoke
on
th e
Christian s need
fo r
witnessing an d
did
a
very
good
job.
Andy
takes hi s O ieveis
this year.
These e x am s a re
over
the
iast
four years of
high
s c ho o l a n d are
very
difficult. If he doesn t do well he has
no
chance t o c on ti nu e hi s education. He is an
inteiligent
kid and
makes
very good grades.
P le as e p ra y
for him though as he studies for t hes e e xam s in November.
Andy
has requested prayer several
times
because he
feels
Satan is trying to make him t hin k h is
s ch ol as ti c s t ud i es s h ou l d t ak e precedencee
over
hi s time with Go d an d God s people. Please pray for
Andy in this m at te r a nd c onti nue to pray that God wiil
increase
his faith his desire to serve Him and
continue
to guide his
future.
We really feel he will
be
one of
th e
future
leaders
of
th e church
in
Zimbabwe.
O ur s e ni o rs y o u th
g r o u p
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Greetings
So much ha s
changed since
I left two years ago. Jeff and I returned to find th e church no longer
meeting in the living of t he h o us e bu t in a bi g
and
beautiful building. Instead of 15 adults the attendance is
around
100 Tw o of th e Bible college students are in charge of jr. youth
an d
do an excellent job. There are
even e n ou g h S un da y School teachers
an d
more. A lot of hard work ha s gone into Greencroft Christian
Church
in
th e
last two
years.
Th e
fruits of
t ha t w or k are evident everywhere.
Now
a not her c ha nge
has
come. Mo m and
Da d have
gone b ac k t o
t h e S ta te s
and
Jeff
an d
I will t ak e t he ir
places as minister and
wife.
This
is no t th e work we
ha d
expected to be
doing
bu t we have adjusted
and a re e njoying
th e work.
We
ar e
enjoying getting to know th e people. They
ar e
such a pleasure to work with, eager to work
themselves. Please
keep
us in your
prayers.
Neither of us h a s m uc h e x pe r ie n ce in being a minister or a
minister s wife. The
church
has such potential pray t ha t G od will use all to our maximum. T ha nk y ou
for th e
support
you
have
given to this
church
in finance
an d
in prayer. Iwish you
could
share in th e joy of
the lives
t ha t a re
living fo r th e
Savior but
we will have to wait until we all
go to
heaven fo r t ha t. W h at a
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