dunlap dr.owen maryjo 1969 rhodesia(zimbabwe)

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January 19^9 ^ Dear prlends. -^^9s »:c »,. _. Two montti® ^ passed ^''^•j^Q^esia. i P^ ^j^portant- wlien ^ F5Svetee?-et: to Cke the diflerence. ^ 30 , ., .X a picture is worth mostly of 1 .?='^£?r^.rr-^ pictures, VweatMashoko, doiiig si^c® ® ^ive this, Christmas ] By i^^ost forgotten. Some 14^ Tc^- •' rharma on front Brenda, ®a^®' pj^^slian Hosp. steps of Mashoko CJnnsU _■!« /awAT" i^E/"

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Page 1: Dunlap Dr.Owen MaryJo 1969 Rhodesia(Zimbabwe)

January 19^9^ Dear prlends.

-^^9s »:c ™ »,. _. Two montti® ^passed ^''^•j^Q^esia.

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^j^portant- wlien

^ F5Svetee?-et:

toCke the diflerence. ^ 30, ., .X a picture is worth mostly of

1 .?='^£?r^.rr-^pictures, VweatMashoko,doiiig si^c® ® ^ive this, Christmas] By i^^ost forgotten. Some

14^ Tc^-

•' rharma on frontBrenda, ®a^®' pj^^slian Hosp.steps of Mashoko CJnnsU

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seoonSy^choT^ school examinations. Breada canying chipoAfrzcan s^ie.

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Mary Jo making surgicaldrapes for the hospital. Owen X-raying a child.

Charma modeling a

hat made by patients.

I hope you will understand when we explain howChristmas is in this strange country. You see

we have very little radio, TV, newspaper advertising, the stores(when we ever get to them)do very little decorating, we haven't got our caryet and it's 100^ in the shade! Every day wesee so many around us who have greater needsthan we do. It's Christmas to us to see a

mothers eyes light up when we are able to giveher a clean layette for her newborn which youhave sent to us to give, Charma and Brendaenjoy their living doll, Chipo, the hospitalorphan who can neither walk nor talk. Sincethey have been sharii^ their love with her, shesmiles more often, jabbers more and haslearned to use her walker. She is five years old

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Owen preaching in a villagethrough an interpreter.

and weighs sixteen pounds I Weare also looking forward toChristmas day when we shallbe teachii^ again about God*sgreatest gift to man. Ourhearts will fill with joy as wegive your old jewelry and neckties to the student nurses and

patients. The earring may replace an old toothbrush stuck

through an ear lobe or a necklace for a paper clip tied onwith string. A new tie is often

seen holding up a pair of trousers!

Last week Owen gave a Shona songbook to each of his faithful elders whomhave been helping him with the worship services in their village. You havenever seen a happier smile nor heard a heartier ̂ TJallilujahl" These areour gifts!

We hope we have shared with you some of the happiness y^u have given usthe priviledge to witness. Thank you so much for your kind thoughts andprayers.

In His service,

Owen, Mary Jo, Dave, Charma, & Brenda

MISSION MESSAGE

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LYNN, INDIANA47355

RETURN REQUESTED

Forwarding Agents

Mr. & Mrs. Marshall J. Leggett828 HUdeen Dr.

Lexington, Ky. 40502

Mission Services AssociationBox 9d8

509 V.^-jst JeffersonJoiiet, li-i-. 60400

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Co ^The Dr. Owen E. Dunlap family'^ now settled in Salisbury, capital city of Rhodesia^where they are working!evangelism and seeking to start new churches in the city, accordingto Forwarding Agents Marshall J. Leggett, 828 Hildeen Dr., Lexington, KI UO^OS. Shown

boarding their outward bound plane in Dayton, Chio are Dr. Di^p at top, Mss. Mary Jo atleft^with their children: David 22, Gharma (right above) 18 and Brenda 15. Their fieldaddress is Box H.G.229, Highland, Salisbury, Rhodesia, Africa, S

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eitherc The best Brenda can

Brenda ready for schooL do is to catch up on last yearsi/i { 4 i t ( f M geography and be tutored in

^ French to be able to leamOUR FIELD ADDRESS IS; ^ French Rt with the rest of her

P.O. Box H„Go 229 ^ class. Anyone like to tradeHighlands, Salisbury ^ her places?Rhodesia, Africa ^ Thank you so much for all

^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ your gifts and prayers. Manyhave askecx "Ubout oui iieecis

and projects. Our next large purchases will have to be: a mimeograph,a typewriter, file cabinets, and transportation for David to go to and fromthe mission. Items we cannot buy here are: flannelgraph, stand, board,and backgrounds also colored construction paper. Yours in His service,

Owen, Mary Jo, David, Charma & Brenda

Brenda ready for school.

OUR FIELD ADDRESS IS:

P,0. Box H,G, 229

Highlands, SalisburyRhodesia, Africa

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MIS IONFor we preach not of ourselves, hut Christ Jesus the Lord;

and ourselves your servants for Jesus sake. 11 Cor. 4:5

MISSION MESSAGE

BOX 301

LYNN, INDIANA

47355

RETURN REQUESTED

Non-Profit Org,PAID 1.40^Lynn, Indiana

Permit No, 2

-fission Services Aosociation

Box 96S

-)09 Uost JeffersonJoiist, 111. 60^.00

Forwarding Agents

Mr. & Mrs. Marshall J. Leggert

828 Hildeen Dr.

Lexington, Ky. 40502

March 1969

Dear Friends,

"Our team" at Jairos Jiri, we felt it best for all

concerned to make themove. For the present, we have become involved in teachii^three Bible classes every day and on Sunday afternoons at theJairo Jiri School for handicapped African children. This is aveiy rewarding service, we feel, for all of us, Owen and Davidhave been building a puppet theater out of our shipping crates todramatize Bible stories for the children.

Chipo, the orphan from Mashoko, is with us for a couple ofweeks. During this time, she is to be examined at the Harari

Hospital here in Salisbury. If she is foundable to progress, we hope to see her ac-cepted at the Jairos Jiri School,

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It's hard to say "Goodbye" after oiir visitSc

Everyone has to get into the act,"

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ICharma feeding Chipo "Sadza" Owen teaching his class in the

dining hall at campMary Jo teaching younger children

of camp helpers

We are not completely settled yet, because houses are so hard to find. For now, we have rented a furnishedhouse for four months only, so, about the first of May we shall find ourselves moving again!

Speakii^ of moving, that's all we've been doing since we arrived in Africa. Right after Christmas, we jour-nyed down to Johannesburg, South Africa to help in a Christian Service Camp during high school week. This isthe second year for this camp and we had 35 teenagers enrolled, Owen taught a class on the subjects "Why Ineed Jesus" to those who were not Christian, Mary Jo taught the small children of the camp helpers andfaculty and helped with the music, David was the camp recreational director and teacher as he was the monthbefore during Junior week, Charma and Brenda were campers. It was a thrilling week to see fourteenEuropean children accept Christ and be baptized in the camp swimming pool. Eleven pledged their lives tofull-time Christian service.

We definitely see a need for both African (black) and European (white) work here in Africa, There has neverbeen a New Testament Church here in Salisbury of either kind. We feel now that we can help to find the "lostsheep" that have moved from the missions into the big city and gather them together for the Lord, For thesake of our children, we need to find other young European Christians for them to have fellowship with. OnSundays, in oiir home, we have been meeting together regularly with other missionaries and African Christiansand non-Christians, If we are to grow it will be necessary to find a more suitable meeting place in the nearfuture. We realize we have a tremendous task facing us, but with the Lord on our side and Christians backhome helpii^ us, we have no fears.

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April 3O5 1969

1$ J i!ew Chujcch Meeting ^ ^ ̂ / ̂in Salisbury [

Dr. Oi-ren E. Dunlap and fajnily have liioveci into Salisbury;-, the capital of Rhodesia,

and are working T-jith both whites and blacks in starting a new church.

He wrote: "After spending about two months working in the ilashoko Chrtetian

Hospital, we found it recessary to move to Salisteiry to get our youngest daughter

in school. There has not teen a New Ifestament church here, so we have taken/)the task

of tr;;-in2 to ga^er the lost sheep that liave moved to the city frorjbhe bush,"Many Christians that have been schooled in our mission schools are here. Some

have drifted away from the church, and some have joined denominational groups, but iiie

are finding those that T-jant to worship in a group such as our^,"Dcrni'^p

Bro, Dunlap reported holding Sunday^ meetings in the^ home, but yt is against

the law to continue to hare public meetings in a home. New address: Box H.G. 229,Highlands, SaHsbui-nr, Rhodesia, Africa,

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OUR FIELD ADDRESS IS:

Dr/M Owen DunlapP.O. Box 229, HighlandsSalisbury, Rhodesia, Africa

Attention!!

We have prepared a set of slides to beshown for VBS missionary lessons. Theywill feature children who live in Rhodesia,their various backgrounds, homes andactivities. There are enough for a ten-dayprogram.

We also have a set of slides availabletelling of our work while at Mashoko.

Both of these sets of slides are availablethrough our forwarding agents.

The little African boy in the picture atthe left is one of the children we will tellthe story about in the VBS slides. Pleasespecify when ordering VBS slides whetherfor a five-day or a ten-day program. Thankyou.

OUR FORWARDING AGENTS ARE;

M/M Marshall Leggett828 Hildeen Dr.

Lexington, Kentucky 40502

Mailed by GDEF

3415 Linden Ave,

Dayton, Ohio 45410

Non Profit Org.

U. S, PostagePAID

Dayton, OhioPermit No. 159

l-lission Services Ajsociation

Box 96B509 VXvSt JeffersonJoliet, 111. 60100

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and ourselves your servants for Jesus sake. U Cor. 4:51 1 1— ' * 31

Vol. 1 May 1969

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No. 3

Dear Friends,

By the time you receive this letter, we

will have moved to our

new home. We have

learned many valuablethings in each place wehave lived, but now we

are truly thankful tosettle down for a while.

The Lord has been goodto us for we were able

to find a house closer to

Brenda*s school. David

will not have to share

his room with the laun

dry, Owen can move his

office our of our bedroom and we will have a larger livii^ room tohold our worship services in on Simdays.When we first started meetii^ in our home, we invited everyone

including the Africans to worship with us. We called on others whohad been suggested to us by other missionaries and encouragedeveiyone to bring their friends. It seemed the Africans did a better job than we did because before loi^ our living room was fullto capacity with African uncles, cousins, wives and children. Itseemed the only way to continue was to find another meeting place.Search and we did, the only solution was to move to an all African

township such as the city provides for the railroad workers, hospital employees, and policefamilies. We were also told it was unlawfulfor us to continue meeting in lai^e numbers)in a white area. The sad part about it all isthat there are more blacks living in our area

Moving again

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An Easter display by students at Jairos Jirl

of Highlands than there are whites. They live in small one ortwo room huts or Kias built behind every European home forthis purpose. No matter how poor you are it is imthinkable notto hire domestic help in this country! Every evening the air isfilled with wood smoke coming from the campfires of theseAfrican homes. Although they are city dwellers, they stillmaintain the same living habits of their ancestors. Most ofthese people have not had the opportunity of an education likethe students at Mashoko or our other mission schools and they

speak very little English. The need is great and they are eagerto learn about the Ixjrd Jesus. You can imagine our heartbreakwhen we had to tell these people they could no longer worshipwith us because they were bringing too many friends with them.

This is our new house

A main intersection in Salisbury

We are now working on plans to start a cor^regation at the local railroad compound. There are several Christians from our other mission stations in the bush now living there. One of these has offered his home to meet inuntil they find a better meeting place. You could appreciate this more if you could see their living room which isabout 8' X 10* in size and doubles for the dining room. When Owen and David first met with them, one elderly mansaid, "I've been lookii^ for the Church of Christ in Salisbury for a long time. This is too good to be true."

Our worship services have continued on the Lord's Day each week in our home. We now have several Europeanor white families coming. Charma and Brenda are teaching the children a Bible lesson during the sermon time.Last week they gave the story of Adam and Eve using the puppets. We had made a tape of the speakii^ parts thenight before and David dubbed dramatic music in during some of the speaches. Tragedy struck when the serpentbecame so realistic that one of the smaller childr^ started cryii^l We gave the same program that afternoon forthe Jairos Jiri children but prepared them first by showing them the serpent and explaining to them it was only apuppet. African children are terrified by snakes. We had no further trouble.

David has a part-time job at the local radio station announcing and has taken a course in religious radio broadcasting here at Ranch House College where many of our missionaries study Shona. He has also taken his turnpreaching, calling and all the other duties attached to mission work. Charma has taken a job in a camera shop stillhoping to be able to work something out with the college towards her education next term. Brenda has a reprievefrom school at the moment for this "holiday time" until May 20th. At this time we get to meet many of the othermissionaries as they come to town. We had eighteen for supper last ni^t from Zambia. These are some of therefreshing times we enjoy on the mission.

Although everyone here in Salisbury likes to live behind high fences, walls, or hedges, we have found them tobe very friendly. We have some lovely neighbors that we will hate to move away from. It seems we are alwayssaying "Good-Bye,"

God bless you all. In "His" service,

Owen, Mary Jo, David, Charma, and Brenda

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Toko*s new nighty from U. S.

OUR FIELD ADDRESS IS:

We wish to thank the churches whohave sent us boxes. We can always findgrateful hands to receive this used clothing, We can also use children's Biblepictures and coloring books.

Thought you might like to see a pictureof Toko and her mother the day we gavethem some of your used clothing. Toko'sfather is a security guard at the RailroadStation and also a very dedicated Christian. It is he and his family who are responsible for helping to organize thechurch group that is meeting at the Chir-odzo School in Harari Township.

We love hearii^ from you, don't forget us.

Servii^ in "His"name,

Owen, Mary Jo, David, Gharma, Brenda

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Dr/M Owen DunlapP. O. Box 229, HighlandsSalisbuiy, Rhodesia, Africa

OUR FORWARDING AGENTS ARE:

M/M Marshall Leggett828 Hildeen Dr.

Lexington, Kentucky 40502

MISSION MESSAGE

BOX 301

LYNN, INDIANA47355

RETURN REQUESTED«

Non-Profit Org.

PAID 1.40^Ljnm, IndianaPermit No. 5

Mission Services AisociationBox 968

509 '^est JeffersonJoliet, 111. 60400

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Mr. & Mrs. Marshall J. Leggett

828 Hildeen Dr.

Lexington, Ky. 40502

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Vol. 1 July, 1969 No. 4

Dear Friends,

Thought you'd like to see us all together again. This doesn'thappen very often! In fact to take this picture we had to catchDavid and Gharma on their lunch hour, and prevail upon David'sboss to take the picture.

It is now wintertime here in Rhodesia and I must say it's notlike the winters as we know them "back home in Indiana." The

nights seem colder because we have nocentral heathy in the houses, but the daysare very hot out in the sunshine. Nowsometimes it can be very cloudy and youwill think it's going to rain any minute,but in Rhodesia it never rains anytime

except during the rainy season!

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David with Goromonzi students

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Scene taken from our front porch

Chipo loves books

Village? No, just wintering shrubs

New doors have been opening to us constantly to do the Lord's work. Wehave been able to secure a school building in the Harari Township for our ]African Railroad workers to meet and worship. We have also picked up several tothers to meet with us. This service is at 9:00 A.M. on Sundays. We never ft ,have any trouble finding someone to preach. Africans are bom talkers and love 3r > " -

At 10:30 A.M. the European church meets at our house. The children'sclass has grown until we had to divide it, Charma and Brenda teach the 9-11year olds in Owen's study. One of our Christian ladies has taken the little ones ||hBIP. ,to teach m our kitchen. Needless to say our house is filled up!

We are thrilled about our new work at the Goromonzi School, about 25 milesfrom Salisbury, These are teenage students who have moved from our schools V"7iM^at Mashoko and other missions and have asked us to help them start a worshipservice on Sundays. They are very eager to leam and a very select group. It Chipo loves bookstakes much effort to continue education as these African boys and girls havedone. They are a real challenge to us. When David and Owen were introduced to the group, Zindogo, one of thestudents, said, "We thank God that Dr. Dunlap and David have come to help us start a church service." Oh, yes,th^ meet at 2:00 P. M. and at 3:00 P. M. is the Jairos Jiri service. You see, Sunday is a big day for us and wefind our work very diversified.

Many of you have asked about little Chipo, the Mashoko Hospital orphan. She was brought to Salisbury byDorothea Parker, one of the nurses, and spent some time with us while she was being tested at the local hospitalto see what her capabilites were. She was not enrolled at Jairos Jiri school for the handicapped children becausethe tests showed she would never be able to progress sufficiently mentally to be able to go to school. They did,however, make braces for her legs, hoping it would help her leam to walk. The braces weren't finished in timefor her to take any therapy and she was not taught to use them properly. We are still hoping to find a way to giveher some therapy on an out-patient basis.

In our last news letter you may have noticed a picture of the Dunlap "girls" standing in front of our new home.Well, if we had taken a picture in that exact spot where we were standing you would see the picture to the left ofthis page in the center. Although we live in the city built by the white man, we live in close proximity to our blackbrothers. Our front yard fence becomes their only clothesline and their home (Kia) reflects the laughter and noiseof any family with several youi^ children. They are very friendly neighbors, smiling and waving no matter whatthey are doing every time we drive in or out of our driveway. Several relatives or families gather around everyevening for their evening meal together. Children grow up never knowing or even trying to distinguish betweentheir blood brothers or cousins—they are all called brothers. Three campfires are built to cook the meal overand as the evening progresses and the svm goes down, blankets are used to wrap up in. Althoi^ the air becomesquite chilly, the conversation keeps up the interest as th^ talk, talk, talk until the fires die down and It's time togo to bed. Everyone is in bed by 9:00 P, M,

O yes, I might add that Rhodesia has one of the lowest crime rates of any country in the world. Although theyare very poor by this world's standards they have something very rich to show us all. These are the people we aretr3dng to teach about Jesus our task is very challenging! 1

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Milford at Jairos

OUR FIELD ADDRESS IS:

This little fella is my welcoming committeeevery morning I teach at Jairos Jirl« He is not oldenough to go to school so he waits for me out infront of the school and when he sees my car coming,he comes just as fast as his little legs will bringhim. He has a beautiful smile, but when you go totake his picture, he freezes. He tried very hard tosmile the day I snapped this picture,but as you cansee, It wasn't from the heart.

His name is Milford and he has been burned terribly when he fell into a fire as a tiny child. Although he has no fingers on either hand now and hislegs are badly scarred, he will always offer allstrainers his hand to shake and give them a bigsmile to welcome them.

It would do well for all of us to take a lessonfrom Milford, he spreds happiness wherever he goes

: never thinking of himself.God bless you little Milford we love you!God bless you all.

Mary Jo, Owen, David, Charma & Brenda.OUR FORWARDING AGENTS ARE:

Dr/M Owen DunlapP.O. Box 229, HighlandsSalisbury, Rhodesia, Africa

M/M Marshall Leggett828 Hildeen Dr.Lexington, Kentucky 40502

MISSION MESSAGEBOX 3□1

LYNN, INDIANA47355

RETURN REQUESTED

1-tission Services AjsociationBox 96S

309 Vest JeffersonJoliet, 111. 60100

Non-profit Org.PAID 1.609Lynn, IndianaPermit No. 5

Forwarding Agents

Mr. & Mrs. Marshall J. Leggett828 Hildeen Dr.

Lexington, Ky. 40502

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Vol. 1 September 1969 No. 5

' 1 Dear Friends,

times a year MidPretty good for beginners! the weather nev

er really cold, camping can be held most any time of the year.^The last day of August will find us, the Lord willing, heading

towards Bulawayo, loaded down with bed-rolls, baggage, tenpassengers and much enthusiasm for our new experience. We»Unever complain again about traveling 100 miles to take kids tocamp in the States! , . x c

Last January we drove a mere 1600 miles round trip to SouthAfrica for the second camp to be held by our missionaries there.Owen and Mary Jo both taught, David was recreational directorand Brenda and Charma were campers. To the top of this page

you will see a picture of the children at thiscamp trying to play volley ball which Is nota Rhodesian nor a South African game!Believe it or not, David, Charma, Brendaand Owen are all in that picture-one clue-\ P) /O Brenda has just served the ball in the backfield.

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Sixteen visitors from Goromunzi

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The South African camp proved such a success, they are making big- . . ~n«ger plans for next January and we here in Rhodesia are anticipating be— ■ 3^9tween 75 and 80 to attend our first one. Owen and Mary Jo will be teach-ing again, Brenda will be a camper and we have eight other campers re_

Another thrilling first in our African work is the conversion of a young18 year old student, James Lunga who was baptized into Christ lastmonth. ^ the picture to the right. Mr. Miti, Toko*s father (last issue) Sljis baptizing him in the Hunyani River just outside Salisbury, James*first statement after coming up out of the water was, "That was REAL "■ ■baptism!*' Just last Sunday, we were blessed to witness the baptism of SJE- - rsix more soxils in this coi^egation, one of which was a friend James ^had lead to iheLord since his conversion. It is a thrill to us to see thesepeople assume the responsibility of winning others to Christ in this fash- James, starting a new life Iion. We have some great leaders in the maldi^o^o weeks ago, the students from the Goromunzi School (16 in aUwho have been attending worship services there

on Sim^y afternoons) chartered a bus to visit the "Big City" church in Salisbury (Harari Twp.). They brought usspecial music and spent the day with us. After the morning services, they went with us to the Jairos Jiri School forHandicapped African Children where we always bring the children some special program on Sundays

We ^ve the chQdren of Jairos Jiri a treat a few weeks ago. The week of the moon flight, everyone was talkingabout It, but these children who knew nothing about it until Mary Jo told them one day in class. The story worked

^ lesson about the wonders of God. They couldn't imagine such a thing! One little girl askedWill they see God there?" Another asked, "Will they get back?" WeU, when they finally did get back, a specialdocument m color from the States was showing at a local theatre. We took the older children to see it and I wish allof you cpuld have been with us to enjoy their enthusiasm! There were 13 chUdren who were able to manage enough

get themselves mtp the theatre with their crutches and braces or whatever way they had been taught to mobilizethemselves, a was not only a thrill for them, but a lesson in humility for those around them who watched. Thechildren asked many questions which widened their perspective of the magnitude of God!

a takes much time and preparation to appeal to so many different types of people who live here in Africa. Wespend many hours planning our work for one group and then the next group is completely different. Even the threeclasses at Jairos Jirl are completely different in the way they can comprehend. There is a language barrier andyou must teach through an mterpreter and show many pictures to the younger ones. There are physical handicapsand many are brou^t there without any previous schooling although they may be a teenager. No matter what theirage IS they are put mto classes where they can begin to learn something. One teenage boy was always so quiet soI asked the teacher why we never could get a response out of him and she said, "This boy is from Malawi and speaksr ̂ derstands either Shorn or English!" How would you like to go to school under these conditions? In spite of itaU. the Lord ^s a way of breaking throu^. The other day our boy raised his hand and wanted to say his Bibleverse. He said it in English and the whole class clapped for him!

These are the things that make it aU worthwhile. We are now beginning to reap some of the pleasures of servingthe Lord. We hope m some way we can share our experiences with you who have made it,all possible. Thank youso much for your support and gifts you have sent us. We have received some lovely big pictures for our teachingand big thick crayons for little crippled hands to color with. They mean so much.

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This will be our second Christinas

in Rhodesia... time surely flies! Wewish to thank all who'have supported

our work, sent gifts and offeredprayers in our behalf.We feel God has blessed us richly

in our combined efforts and we hope

in some way we can share with youthe rewards we have enjoyed during

this past year. Certainly, there aremany more happier and grateful people In this world because of yourgenerosity.

These are people just like you whoare learning the love of God moreperfectly every day. The Lord will

ing, we will continue to preach theWord and teach others to do the same.

Again we say THANK YOU and mayGod continue to use us all as labor

ers for Him in His yineyard.

MERRY CHRISTMAS

Ttie.Our African address is:

P.O. Box 229, Highlands

Salisbury, Rhodesia, Africa

SC I ̂ M preach not of ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord;^ i * and ourselves your servants for Jesus sake. II Cor. 4:5

Vol. 1 November, 1969

... me too sfaps Jllofeie

MISSION MESSAGE

BOX 301

UYNN, INDIANA

47355

RETURN REQUESTED

Non-profit Org.

PAID 1.60^Lynn, IndianaPermit No. 5

14ission Services Ajsociation

Box 968

509 JeffersonJoliet; 111. 6O1OO „

HOLIDAY ̂GREETINGS

Forwarding Agents

Mr. & Mrs. Marshall J. Leggett

828 Hildeen Dr.

Lexington. Ky. 40502

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