elerick ron arleen 1975 malawi

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PERSONALFILE

Date

February

3j 1975

Name

n

f u l l Ronald

I f e a y n e

Elerick .

, ,

Cbxistian

Church Miseion, Chiduba Village,

Complete

address

on

ield

Complete orwarding address

P/A

Chiringa^ P.O. Palombe^

MLAWT,

jBRICA

Same as Above

Name nd addr ess

of Livinglink church

or churches:

Eastern Heights Christian Church,

S t r e e t _ £ i 2 A - 5 2 L . £ 5

L-

S t r e e t

C i t y

£2£2f_^Zone

Z

ne State,

Names

nd ad dresses

of

other

sponsoring

or

endo rsing churches:

Cherokee Hills Christian Church Forrest

Hills

Christian Church

s t r p p f 6601 N. B/IacArthur

s t n o o t

2121 No MacArthur

C l t y ^ ^ i i x F H L

o n e

O k l a h o m a ^ . . ^ Q k l a . C i t y . O k l a h o m a j

Please send along with

this

form copies

of recommendations

from churches which will encourage

other

churches

to support your missionary work.

There are churche s which will

not

allow a

v i s i t i n g

missionary to speak

unless

a church recommendation can be shown. Since i t is impos

sible

for

any one person to know l l Christians in the world, this recommendation

by

a espon

sible New Testament hurch is a ital

help

in persuading others of

your

worthiness and the value

of

your

mission.

Mission

Services

stands ready to help

you

inform

HORIZONS

eaders

about

your church recommendation s. Since the

church is

sending you

to the

mission i e l d (Acts 13:1-3)

and will help provide the

necessary

needs on the f i e l d , naturally the church should share the

credit in

your missionary

ministry.

One

of the ways that the church

can

do

this is

to

share

their

conviction regarding your missionary

ministry with others. Certainly, their words

will

help

convince

others

regarding

the

worthiness of

your work.

Please

help MISSION SERVICES o

spread your

news

through

HORIZONS, ackets and Slide library by sending

your

church recom

mendations as soon as possible. Thanks. Send what you have now, and

the

others

later.

Recommendatio ns by

Christian Leaders: (List names

nd

addresses here and

enclose

a copy

of

MAMTT

Ward Randall Davis

TOO

Lincoln Christ

ian

College

Midwest Chiistian College

Street_z2^LiZL

S t r e e t ,

Box I g e S ' ?

Lincoln Ckla.

City Oklahoma

Zone_

State__

Zone__

tate


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Name

n d

a d d r e s s o f h o m e t o w n

Oroville Mercury, Oroville,

California

Name nd address of other which mi^t arry s t o r i e s of your work:

Street,

City_

Zone,

State,

Street.

City_

Zone,

State,

P l a c e o f T t T R T T T G l e n d a l e , C a l i f o r n i a

D a y n f h i r t t i M n n f T i

V o a r ^9^

J^^re aptised?,

1st

Chr.

Church

City,

Oroville

¥

State

960 •

California

On

n

extra

page

please describe

any

details

regarding conversion

which

you

might care

to

mention.

MARITAL

TATUS:

M a r r i f i H ,

^

i n g l e ,

Divorced,

Widowed,

D a t e o f m a r y i f l g f t

J u - P . e

6,

1964

W h e r e m a r r i e d ?

W h o s o l e m n i z e d y o u r w e d d i n g ?

B r o

E l d o n

M e l t o n

Oroville,

Californaa

List children by u l l name

giving

place, day, month,

and

year

of

b i r t h :

( I f

your children have been

adopted, please indicate.)

Name

Rhonda Jane

Susan Mae

Wendy Kay

Place of their birth

San Jose, California

Fairbanks,

Alaska

Homer,

Alaska

day, month, and year

19 8 1966

19

21

1968

8

1970


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Please l i s t places of previous

Christian

service and

what

service you did. Give approximate dates:

Place

. pache, Oklahoma

Service

Minister

Dates

10/72

Thx-u

6/74

Malawi, Africa

Internship

Sxumuers 1975 & 197^

SCHOOLING

(high school

and l a t e r ) :

Name

f

school Location

Oroville Hia:h Oroville, Calif.

Midwest Chrdstian College

Number

of years

4

Okla.

City,

Oklahoma

Degrees

and date granted

H.S. Diploma 1962

A.B« Missions

1975

What

things n f l u e n c e d

you to

become

a missionary? What

is your

purpose? What

do

you hope

to accomplish

on

the mission field? Your;own story in

some

e t a i l

might

be i n f l u e n t i a l

in leading

others n t o

fuUtime service (Use_an

extra

sheet

f you

need

more

s p a c e ) :

Describe

briefly in

outline

form he nature of

your daily duties

on the f i e l d :

Which of the following terms most nearly describes your

missionary

status?

Evangelist,

Bible College Teacher,

X

Publich School

Teacher.

Homemaker,

Doctor,

Nurse,

Social

worker.

Music teacher.

Radio ministry.

Radio

ollowup. .Christian Service Camp, Linguistics.

Maintenance

of

mission equipment.

Benevolence,

Office work. Name ther:


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PARENTS:

Father's name and home

addrpgg-

Living___^ Deceased.

\

A

. trppt Zone««State.

His

n n n . i i p a t i f > r >

t . q he a Christian? yes___.no.

What

positions

of

leadership has he held in the local church?

What

Christian service does

he

now

do?

Mother's u l l maiden name:

Living___Deceased.

Q 7 .

one

_____ tate '

Is

she a Christian?

Yes___No__

Her

occupation

i f

employed

outside

the home.

What

eadership

positions

or

Christian

service

has

she rendered

to the local

church?.

FORWARDINGAGENT:

C l A C < " £ > + ' f l

N a t v i f i Clioiles S c

Linda Soitli

s t - r B B t lOW D t n a n 9 9

TH-faOl

pV\on«.-

City. Pone

a

City

Zone_____ S t a t e .

QklailOIIia

T e l e p lm n e .

7^^ ^

Where

attend ehnreh?. Eastern Heights Ohr . Chai Box 88

r . -H

Ponca

City

z o n e

state

Oklahoma

,

Handles the receiving and receipting

What

duties

are

performed

by the forwarding ag^^nt. r

No

Does

the

forwarding

agent

receive

a

salary

?____

S h o u l d money b e sent to

t h e

forwarding

a g e n t nniyv.

Yes »11 other sliould he r c x . i L L p

the Onuroh

at.

Ponca îty•

In wha t form should funds

be

Checks

payable to Eastern Heia:hts Christian Church

ior Ron

Elerick Malawi

If

funds

are to

be

sent

directly to

the

missionary on t he

field, please

explain t he

details

of how

to

do it, so

we can

give

your

explanation to HOR IZONS readers and others

who

may inquire.

Use

the

remainder of this sheet or an additional sheet

to

supply other

information

which you think

might

be helpful

to

the

staff of

MISS ION

S ERV I CES in

preparing news

stories

about

your ministry:


5/24

—f"

I

eally was influenced

to

becoiiie

a

mitsionaiy while

I was

a

State 'irooper in Alaska, My

job

took me into

many

Indian and

Eskimo villages, and while theie, I truly s a v ^ ' the need to take

the

Gospel to those people.

Later K'hen

I

fully surrendered and committed my life to Christ,

f f i left Alaska to

study

at Midwest Christian College in Oklahoma City-

Vvhile

there,

I

met

VVally and Joy

Farnham who are missionaries in

Johannesburg, South

Afxica.

They

told

me

of the need for

someone to

go to

the

country of Malawi as to

that

time, we had never had a missionary

from the United States

working

there.

In the summer of

19735

I worked with the Parnhams, and on my way home,

visited

Malawi,

I

was excited by

Chief

of Chiduba

he

could

preach

two snort ye^rs,

in five

villages

what I ound there, Gregory Makhole, the

former

Village, quit

being Chief

of

his people,

so

that

the Gospel to his

people.

I leaxned

that

in just

Bro. iS^akhole has established

five congregations

ana

about

2^0

people have

been

immeresed into Christ

Bro. makhole showed

me the

need to train our Malawian

Christian

leaders to

prepare

them

to reach

out further for

Christ in that country

I as introduced to the District Chief Nazombe, and was asked by him

to come and live

in

the village

and

teach

all of

the people the

Gospel message.

I

egan then

in

earnest to prepare" to return

to Malawi as a

missionary

if

the

"^alawian

government would

grant

my

family a

work

-Dermit,

at that moment.

I returned to Malawi in July

of

197^

to

work with the government

officials and our Christian leaders

in

obtaining

our

work permits

as up to that point no

one

from our brotherhood has obtained govern

mental approval to enter Malawi

as

a miss.onary.

At

the end of

August, I was forced to return home as I had been

told

I

had

done all that

could

bedone until

His

Exce,lancy

the Life

President

Kamuzu Banda^

had

made a

decision

concerning our permits. Praise GodJ.

in Late October 197^ je.st two months after I left Malwi, we received

word that we

have been

approved to

enter

Malawi and

thus

will

be

the

first missionaries from our brotherhood in America to work in

this

country

proclaiming the Gospel

of

our

Lord,

We plan to

leave

f or

M a l a v ^ / i

on

tne

13th of

May

this

year. C u r -

plan

is to live

in

Chiduba Village, and

go

out from there into

each

village

where we

have a congregation and set

up

a

leadership traihing

program.

We

will also

help establish new

congregations

and

in

doing so will also trein

local

leadership, spe it, our main

work will be

to

disciple, train and prepare

national

leadership

and

in doing

so xaKT

RKYYSfy§cXQTKWXyKY

creating

a truly indigeno us

lasting v/ork in

Malawi, central

east

Africa,

/


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O-H

PERSONALFILE

Date

a

i q7k

^„

rleen

Jane Elerick

Name n

full

^

, ,,

„

, hristian Church Mission, Chiduba Village-

Complete

address

on ield

P/^

Ohiri

nga

,—P.n.

P f t l n w i h A j

A f y - t n o

Complete orwarding address f f

am?

n

?

Name nd address of

Livingllnk

church or churches:

.Eastern

Heihhts Christian

Church

S t r p . p . t ,

P«0«Box88

74601

C t y Ponca

City

z n e S t a t e

.Oklahoma q

t y

-

Zone S t a t e ,

Names

and addresses

of

other

sponsoring

or

endo rsing churches:

Cherokee Hills Christian Church

Forest Hill

Christian

Church

6601 N« MacArthur

„

2121 N.

MacArthur

strppf Street—

Okla. Cityv

Oklahoma. 7 3132

Oklahoma, 73 127

C

Z

ne

State

C ty

0

Ia. C-tty Zone

State

Please send along with this form copies of recommendations from churches which will encourage

other

churches

to

support your

missionary work.

There

are

churches which

will not allow a

visiting missionary

to

speak unless

a church

recommendation

can be shown.

Since

i t

is impos

s i b l e

for

any

one

person

to

know

a l l

Christians in the world, this recommendation by a

espon

sible

New Testament church

is a i t a l help in persuadin g others of your worthiness and

the

value

of

your mission. Mission Services

stands

ready

to help

you

inform

HORIZONS

eaders

about

your church recommendations.

Since the

church

is

sending

you

to

the

mission

field

(Acts

13:1-3)

and

will

help provide the necessary

needs

oh the

f i e l d ,

naturally the church should

share

the

credit in your missiona ry ministry. One of the ways hat the

church

can do this is

to

share

their

conviction regarding your missionary

ministry

with others. Certainl y, their words will help

convince

others regarding the worthiness of your work.

Please

help MISSION SERVICES o

spread your

news

through

HORIZONS, ackets and Slide

library by sending your

church

recom

mendations

as soon as possible. Thanks. Send what you

have

now, and the others later.

Recommendatio ns by

Christian

Leaders: (List names and addresses

here

and enclose a opy of

each etter, thanks.)

Ward Randall Mam** Dr.

Howarri

street

T »

T

^

Midwest Christian College

Box

178

Lincoln Christian

iacfig

Lincoln. 111. Oklahoma

nity

Zone——State_.^^ QV1»^ Zone—_State_


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Name nd

address of hometown newspaper.

None

Name nd

address

of other

papers which mi^t

arry s t o r i e s of

your

work:

Street,

City^

Zone,

. State,

Street.

City_

Zone,

State.

Place

of

RTR-TH Los Angeles. Calif«

Day f h i r f f i 9 M n n f l i 10 V f t a y

Where Crenshaw

Christian

na*^

July, 1959

State,

Calif.

On

n

extra page please describe

any

details

regarding conversion

which you might care

to

mention. . .

MARITALSTATUS:

MarriPiH- Single.

Divdrced,

Widowed,

Date o f T Y i a r W a g A

June

6. 1964 Where

married?

' roville; Calif.

Who

s o l e m n i z e d y o u r

wedding?

Bro#

Bldon Melton

List

children

full

name

giving

place, day,

month, and

year

of

birth:

(K our children

have

been

adopted, please

indicate.)

Name

Rhonda Jane

Susan Mae

Wendy_^y_

Place of

their birth

San

Jose, Calif.

Fairbanksy Alaska

Homer, Alaska

day,

month, and

year

19

8

1966

19

21 8

1968

1970


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P l e a s e l i s t p l a c e s o f p r e v i o u s C h r i s t i a n s e r v i c e

a n d w h a t

s e r v i c e

y o u d i d .

G i v e a p p r o x i m a t e

d a t e s :

Place

.Anaohe. Oklahoma

Service

Minister's

Wife

Dates

10/72-6/74

ACherokee

Hills Christian

scnooi

Remedial

Instructor

Sept.-Dec#, 1974

SCHOOLING (high

school

and l a t e r ) :

Name

o f

s c h o o l

L o c a t i o n Number o f years Degrees and

d a t e

g r a n t e d

Washingtonm H.S# Los

Angeles, Calif. 3

H.S.

Diploma,

1962

r-

VJ

Pepperdine

U.

Los Angeles, Calif.

San

Jose

Bible

College, San

Jose

1

i

San Jose

State^ College

1

Midewest

Christian

College,

Okla. City

1 - ^

A.B . Chris.

Ed.,

1973

What hings

influenced

you to become a missionary?

What

s your purpose? What o you hope

to accomplish on

the

mission

field? Your

own

story in

some etail might be

i n f l u e n t i a l

in leading

o t h e r s

i n t o f u l l t i m e s e r v i c e (Use an

x t r a

s h e e t

i f

you e e d more s p a c e ) :

See

® 3

'irst Year:

''

'k

..

V -

_ .

-r

• ,

1. Make home a place where'villagers feel comfortable &

welcome

2. Start

children

on correspondence course schooling

3. Learn

the

language, Chiohewa

4. Travel with

husband to villages when possible

4

Second year

1.

Start

Bible Studies with

women

and children

Y escribe

b r i e f l y

i n

o u t l i n e form

t h e n a t u r e o f your d a i l y

d u t i e s

on h e f i e l d :

\l

^ ^

;

Which

of the

following terms most early describes your missionary

status?

Evangelist,^__. ible College

Teacher

Publick S chool Teacher.

w n t Y i f t r n f l i f i a T ^

• n r v > t n r Nurse———.

o c i a l

worker. ,

Music e a c h e r .

Radio ministry.

Radio

ollowup.

Christian Service Camp.

Linguistics,

Maintenance

of

mission equipment .

Benevolence,

Office work. Name

ther:


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PARENTS:

Father's name and home aHHygiQg.

nnay.al

Gaor^e Evans

'

j

, •

RfrAt City,

1 f L''

. T

e

His

occupatioil. Is

he a Christian?

yes,.

.no.2L

What

positions of

leadership

has he held in the local

church?

Living.

Deceased-JL

Zone State.

What

hristian serv ice does

he

now

do?

Etheyl

Jane Evans

Mother's

u l l

maiden

name:

.

^

Living,

StrRPit

^ - - - - r . i t y 7 . f \ n a

Deceased—JL

Is she a Christian? Vrr Nn

X -

Her occupation i f employed outside

the home.

What

eadership positions

or

Christian service

has

she rendered to the

local churchi?.

forwarding

AGENT:

MflTYiA Charles Smith

nitv. Ponoa

City

7.nnR

Qklahoffftitp.74601

Eastern Heights Christian Church

Street Q Q

^

Home

phone

- T e l e p h o n e : ( 4 05 7 62»6820

Street,

Box 88

Where

attend RTinrRh? Eastern Heights Chris,

C A f y

Ponoa

City

Zone

S f g f A

Oklahoma. 74601

What u t i e s

a r e p e r f o r m e d

b y t h e

f o r w a r d i n g g g R n f -

Handles

the

receiving & receipting

of finances.

Does

he forwarding

agent receive

a

gfllary?.

S h p i r t d

g L o p e y , . b g

8 g ] a . t e t h e for^dlng a^nt

n l y ?

hi

what form should funds

Hr

n V i f t r V g

pnyn-hlA

- H a T g f » « 4 - f t T » - n

TT^4^h-bo p v . - - - ; o 4 - 4 O - , ,

Cliureh

designated for Ron

Elerick. Malewi

I f funds

are

to

be

sent

directly to

the

missionary on the

f i e l d , please

explain

the details

of

how to

do t , so we

an

give

your

explanation

to

HORIZONS eaders and

others

who

may

nquire.

Use he remainder of

this

sheet

or an

additional

sheet to supply other

information

which you think

might be helpful to the s t a f f of

MISSION

SERVICES

n preparing news stories about your ministry:


10/24

Arleen Elerick r .

I became a Christian when

I

was

fourteen, in

July, 1959.

The following March, on Palm Sunday, I

came

forward at

Church and

said I

wanted

to give

my life to full

time

Chris

tian

service, probably as

a

missionary# I knew

then that

serving Jesus Christ was the

only

thing in

life

worth doing#

I knew

there

was

a

great need for missionaries.

I

wanted to work

in

the "bush"

as that type of

work

really appealed to me far more than being

a minister's

wife

in

the city#

I

hate

the city,

love the

outdoors,

and don't

mind roughing

it a bit# My

parents were upset by

my

public

commitment#

They v7ere not

Christians#

They said I was

too

young

to make

that type

of decision# But I have never desired

to waver

from

it#

While

in

Alaska,

my husband drifted avay from

the

Lord

and

the

church,

but

I

still

felt

the

"call"

to

the

mission

i

field through the Bible, mission books, I

read,

and

seeing

the

need#

Many

in our churches in the U#S# have heard the

Gospel

over and over

again,

and just don't care to respond

or really

become committed Christians# While in countries like those

in

Africa,

there are thousands who want

to

hear but

there

is no one to tell them#

I told a

friend, while

still in

Alaska,

that either my

hii^band was going

to

have to

change, or the

Lord was

going to

have to stop calling mo# One week later,

Ron

decided to

get

"serious

with the Lord

and

^left Alaska for Bible College#

Praise Godl

Why did the Lord

wait so long

in

making

it possible for


11/24

me

to

be a missionary? I feel

He

was waiting

for

me to

mature.

Five years ago, if we were then getting ready to

leave for Malawi in three

months,

I would have been

con

stantly worrying

about the money

for plane

fares,

a

car, etc.

I

would

also

be

worrying

about

all

the problems we

would

encounter

on the

field.

Now

I

am able

to

rest on

Matt.

6:33.

If

we

truly

seek

the

Lord's will.

He

will keep His part

of

the

bargain

by providing us

with all

that we need

when we

need it. As

a

result of

relying on

Matt 6:33,

I

have

also

learned the meaning

of Phil.

4:6,7i


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E

L

T

P

C

A

from our brotherhood

in

Americ a to

I

work

in

this

country .

Their i t ^ a i n w o

is m a k i n g Christians a n d trainj ing

nat ional

leadership.

In

doing| this

creating a truly indigenous lasting

work in Malawi,

Africa.

Ronald W a y n e

Eler ick

w a s

b|om

D e c e m b e r 16,

19^ in

Glendale,| Cal.

H e w as

graduated

from | | [ high s chool

in 1 9 6 2 at Oroville

Cal. H e

berved

a s

State

J ̂ o o p e r

in

Alaska

b f e f o r e

went to

Midwest

Chris t ian Coll|ege,

Oklahoma City Okla.

where

he

kad

4 y O g ^ r s a n d

w a s

graduated

in 1 ^ 7 5

w i th

the A B

degree

in

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T h e R o n a l d Elerick fam ily ^ntere d

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to South Africa in 9 7 3 a n d in

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Ir

October,

1974

the Elericks redeived

word

from the Malawian governic/ent ttat

they were approved to enter Malawi

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PresideJfc

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Davis of Midwest Christian

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M a x

Ward

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preaching

in

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Mrs. Arleen Jane Evans El̂ rick

was

born Sept. 10,

1944

in

Lo^ Angeles

Cal. She was graduated from

Washing ton

High

School,

Los

Angeles,

Cal.' in IS

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has

received

training at;

Peppei

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University, L.A.,

Cal . for

one'year;

S a n Jose

Bible

College

in

Cal.' for

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years;

S a n Jose

State

College In Cal

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for

one year

and

Midwest Christian

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College in

Okla.

for 1 years

Where

s h e

w as

graduated

with

the

A.B'. degr

in Christian Education in 1973 . She

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mar r i ed Ron

on

June 6,

1964 at'Orovijlle,

Cal. T h e y h a v e

three

daughterfe:

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Rhonda Jane Elerick born Aug . 19 , 19

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Cal.; Susan

M a e

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M a y

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in

P a i r b a n k s | ,

A l a s f c a

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and Wendy R a y Eerick bom Augl 21,

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in

Homer, Alaska. '

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and Mrs. Lihda

Smith,

Eastern Heights Christian C h u r b h ,

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Eonald W .

and

Mrs.

Arleen

EleAck,

Christian

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Mission, Chldtaba.

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Chiringa,

P.O. Pa lombe,

Maawi Africa.

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Ron E l e r i c k F a m i l y

Wendy,Ron,

Rhonda,

Susan risen.

This is to introduce

the

Ron Elerick family

who will be

the first missionaries fro m our

congre

gations

to establish a

mission

work

in

the country of Malawi.

Both Ron

and Arleen are graduates

of Midwest

Christian College and Ron has

completed

two summer internships in

Malawi. Both

are

hatives of California and both received their high school

education

in

that

state.

They met at

San Jose Bible College and

were married

on June 6, 1964.

Ron

served

as

an Alaskan State Trooper

for nearly three years

before

enrolling at Midwest Christian

College

where

h e

was president of

the Missions Group o n campus for two years and also a student

minister serving

the congregation

at Apache. Arleen's degree

in

Christian Education and her experience

in substitute

teaching and

r e m e d i a l

instruction

w i l l b e

very needed

on

the field, for she w i l l assume the

full r e s p o n s i

bility

of

the children's

education.

Home

will

be

Chiduba Village, more than

a

hundred miles

from

the

city

of

Blantyre, and their "mansion" will

be

a typical native

hut

with

no electricity or

running water. The

two

year "work permit" has been

granted

and the visas are

in

hand.

Their

greatest needs are prayers and finances to undergird them

in this

pioneer venture. Keep

this

picture

as a daily prayer reminder and these dates as a special opportunity to remember them

w i t h

a

c a r d or

a gift. Their birthdays are: R o n (Dec.

16), A r l e e n

(Sept.

10),

Rhonda (Aug. 19),

Susan (May

19) a n d

Wendy (Aug. 21).

M a y G o d ' s

richest blessings accompany them.


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"ALL SYSTEMS

ARE

GO " A t the time

of

this writing only days remain; but by the time you

read

this, you may

be

"counting

only

hours"

until

Ron,

Arleen

and

the girls

begin

their flight to

Malawi. They will

leave the

Will Rogers

Airport

on Thursday, May 22nd,

at

10:20 a.m. on a

Braniff flight

to

New

York

City.

With

only

a four and a half hour layover,

they

will again

be in the air for Frankfurt, Germany;

and

within two and

a

half

hours of

touch-down there,

will be on their

way

to

Tel-Aviv, Israel. Originally,

Ron

had planned for

a day

of

rest

in

Israel

before

flying

on to

Malawi;

but the leader ship of Eastern Heights unanimously voted to

pay the

expenses

for two

extra

days in Israel from local church funds

so

the family could en

joy

some sight-seeing

and

obtain some

much

needed rest.

Veteran

missionaries

had advised

this, so adjustments could

be

made

to

the

'THA NK you'

time-lag" problem of

flying

through so many

time changes.

Leaving Tel-Aviv they

will

fly

to

Nairobi, Kenya, and then to Malawi,

arriving

at

12:45 p.m. on Tuesday,

May

27th (Africa time).

Arleen adds this note of comment

on

the past few

weeks: "Sorting

cloth

ing,

trying to pack an even

44

lbs.

in each

suitcase, shipping goods

from New Orleans, getting the nec

essary

(Ugh'.)

inoculations, travel

ing near and far saying final fare

wells

to

friends and family have

kept the

Elerick family

busy as the

time for our departure draws

near."

I t will

be

impossible in the

time remaining for the Elericks

to

personally

contact

everyone

who has

helped

or who has

shown

an

interest

in

their

work;

therefore, why

don't

you

call

them person-to-person at 1-405-

765-3956 or else meet them at

the

airport

on

the"

22nd

for"a

final

personal

farewell?

Service

Link Needed

If

hopes and

promises of

support

were

actually

dollars

in

the

bank,

then the Elerick s would

have

no

worries. However, while

it appears

that

adequate LIVING

LINK

SUPPORT

is

commit

ted,

very

little remains for the work that

MUST

be done in

Malawi.

Plane

fares to

Malawi

are paid,money is

on hand to cover the

shipping of

goods

by

boat

and

the

money for

the

motorcycle

to be

purchased

in

Africa is commited.

What remains? The freighting

of

a used cycle, the

return

air

fare

for

the

family (over $3,000.00) and

the

funds

to purchase a small foreign

pick-up truck

(about $6,000.00). Your support is appreciated and

receipts for

your

giving

should be in the

mail

in

the

next few

days.

Please

continue to pray and

g i v e l

LAKE

MALAWI

We do want to

express

our appreciation to

TOM PARDEE for the fine art work

in

the

"Malawi Witness" masthead and to DONNA

LONG

for the

three color print

job on

this newsletter

and

on the letterheads

Donna

will

also

be

printing the news-

every

issue.

And how

could we

forget

the

forwarding

Agents,

Charles

&

Linda

Smith? This labor of love

will re-

many hours of

"midnight

oil",

future issues we

will

want to

"thanks" to

many,

many others.

In

say

MALAWI,AFRICA

Save this

map

for future reference.

Malawi

is situated

in

southeast Cen

tral Africa, south of the equator and

it lies entirely within the tropics.

In

the south, southwest and southeast

it

is

bordered

by

Mocambigue,

in

the

northwest by Zambia

S

in the north

and

northeast by Tanzania.

ZOMBA

■ MULOLOWA VILLAGE

NOAANGA VILLAGE

LAKE

CHILWA

THUNGA VILLAGE

NAMATA

VILLAGE

CHIDUBA

VILLAGE

MOUNT MLANJE

BLANTYRE

The Elericks

wll

livein

Chiduba

Village in

Mlanje District. This is

the

most

densely populated district

in Malawi

with

395 000.

FIELD

ADDRESS:

M/M Ron Elerick

Christian Church Mission

Chiduba

Village

P/A

Chiringa

P.

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Palombe

Malawi Africa

Nonprofit Org.

U.S.

POSTAGE

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FORWARDING

ADDRESS:

Malawi

Christian Mission

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Heights Christian Church

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Africa share

bheir news: W e had

a safe arrival

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on May

27th

after

spending

wonder fu l d a y s

in Jerusalem.

^ ^ e have a

2 year

w o r k permit,

the

ia lawian Chr i s t i ans built u s a

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6 - room

h o m e

with mud

walls,

concrete floors su i d

an iron

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r

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beginn ing leadersh ip

:raining sessions with the me n in the

c h u r c h e s

o f 7 v i l l ages .

Eastern Heights Christian

thurch

In P o n c a City,

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h a s taken o n 6ur

full living-link

support,

a s

well

is being our f o rward ing agents . ] '

Pheir

forwarding

agents are: Ch4rles

and

Mrs.

Linda

Smith, Box

88,

Ri.

#2

o n c a City,OK 7^601.

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Eerick

InMalawi

R on and Mrs. Arleen ElerickQ,

E

arrived in Malawi

o n

May 27tli,j,

1 9 7 5

aiid

E o n

writes

L o r d | h a s

tmlj-

M n n t hrrr, our firsj:

months

we re

settling

in very

well

to

village

life; no illness

anii

very

f e w problems.

O u r

local

w o r k

jlnclud

t w o m o r e villages n o w : M a s a l e ,

^d

M a i y ^ e s a .

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At present we

are

teaching

in

villages.

men are

enrolled^ in

our leadership training prograp. In

our work, we are teaching

o n e

jveek.

and

h a v e

a free week

in-betwpen.

During

the alternate week, we ^o int

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new

villages

where there is

no work,

preaching the W o r d

vinder

a trep

or

in

the open, and ifone

responds

to

the

Gospel, w e . teach d̂ work aroupd tha

person to establ ish a

teaching| p o i n t

in

his vi l lage a n d

eventually

| t o

planting a n e w church.

Tomorrow 1 leave

for

one

of

these new

villages

local chief c a m e to

visit

m e a j n d

the

chief

of this new

village

was

.

days a^o our

with

him.

H e had c o m e to ask ^ u s

to

establish a work there, so you

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(Elerick Cont.

-Aug. 26,75 W E M )

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can see

how

God

opens

for

us

Similar requests are received r j ,

E

frequently and we

find

we are

limited

here

only

b y

t ime-

W e ]

really need help and do

look

forward

to the arrivaof Boh

a n d

Mrs. Linda Lentz. T h e y

we|re

students

with

Ar leen a n d C < l f at '

S a n J o s e Bih le

College

in

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and

64.

Boh was

my

roommate

and Linda

was

Arleen s

roommat je .

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Boh

is

a capable preacher and

teacher

a n d

Linda

is a

regist^ed

nurse.

B o h spent a n in ternshi jp

in

Braz i l

before h e

marr ied a r j d

went to Di l l ingham, Alaska. ' ]

Since our

arrival M a y

27t*h

—.

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people h a v e b e e n

pK

horn

s ^ g a i n .

W e

look forward

to a

great

h a 3 ^ v e s t

here.

It

is not all easy, a n < ^ there

h a v e

b e e n

hardships,

hut

wdith God ' ;

I

help we re pushing ahead) /

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Mission,

Chiduha

Village,

P/A Phirinka,

P.O.

Palombe, Malawi, Africa.

forwarding agents are: Charles

Mrs.

Linda

Smith, Eastern

Heights

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Christian

Church,

Route

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on E l e r i c k F a m i l y

O u r

E x o d u s

f i n a l l y

e n d e d M a y 2 7 t h w h e n w e

l a n d e d

a t C h l l i k a

A i r p o r t

j u s t o u t s i d e of B l a n t y r e .

W e h a d

a f e w t e n s e m o m e n t s a t

C u s t o m s w h e n w e

w e r e

a s k e d

t o

p u r c h a s e

r e t u r n t i c k e t s

b e f o r e

e n t r y

w o u l d b e a l l o w e d .

W e

s h o w e d t h e m our l e t t e r s f r o m t h e

I m m i g r a t i o n D e p a r t m e n t

a n d t h e y

c h e c k e d

t h e i r

l o g a n d f o u n d

t h a t

a l l

w a s

i n order,

s o

w e w e r e a l l o w e d t o s t a y . W e w e r e g r e e t e d w a r m l y

by Bro. Gregory Makhole and his wife and also Willie

David,

a brother in Christ from WoWo V i l l

age.

They

had walked 12 miles from

Chiduba Village

to catch

a

bus and then had ridden for 6

h o u r s . Two

d a y s a f t e r

o u r a r r i v a l , our p a p e r w o r k

w a s

c o m p l e t e d

a n d w e

w e r e

g i v e n a

t w o y e a r

work

permit with the probabilit y of

extensions of

two year durations. Ron's official

title

is

now "Director of Central Christian Mission."

We

rented

a

car for

the trip

to

the

village

and even

though

the roads

are in good

condition it

required 4

1/2 hours, with the

last 42

miles taking 2 1/2

hours. As

we pulled

into

Chiduba Vill

age,the villagers

began running af ter

us,

singing and shouting. The Christians had hand

cleared

a

road

up

to

our house,

but we

had

to

pile

out

while the

men

pushed

the car

the rest

of

the way.

The house really surprised

usl I t

is very

large, with three bedrooms,

a

living

room,

a

kitchen area,

a

back porch

or storage area,

plus

a

"path" (an outside bathroom made of

straw). The house is made of mud

that

has

been

plastered over a pole

frame

and then

whitewashed. It has

an iron

roof,

concrete

floors,

doors and also

glass windows. The

Christians hauled in on

foot

or bicycle

all

of the building supplies. Gregory personally

carried in

nine

bags

of

concrete

on

his bike.

The

view from

the

house is magnificent. Lots

of

greenery.

Part of the

mountains

of

Mulan-

je are in the

back

and to the southeast we

view the mountain

range

which is inside the

border of

Mozambique.

$ervice

Link

Needed

The last issue of

this

newsletter stated:

"If

hopes and

promises

of

support were

actu

ally

dollars in

the

bank,

then the

Elericks

would have no

worries.

However,

while

it

ap

pears that

adequate *LIVING

LINK SUPPORT

is

committed, **very little remains for the work

that

MUST be done in Malawi.

Plane

fares to

Malawi are paid,money is on hand to cover the

shipping of goods

by boat

and the

money for

the

***motorcycle to be

purchased

in Africa

is

committed. What remsiins? §The freighting

of used cycle, §ifthe return air

fare

for

the

family

(over $3,000.00)

and

the funds to

f f

§§purchase

a small foreign

picdc-up truck

(about

$6,000.00)."

This

is

where we presently stand

on

these:

ĥe

astern H eights Christian Church assumed

/ t h e

B l e r i c k s f u l l L i v i n g - L i n k s u p p o r t o

$625.00 a month. This move

freed

all other

support for Service-Link.

**Pledged

monthly support for

Service-Link

will

average $325.00. This

sum

permits only

a

minimum evangelistic

outreach

at the

pre

sent

and

is

most

inadequate

for

the future.

***Ron

still

could use the

cycle, but

initial

cost,

duty and taxes, plus problems in order

ing the

cycle he needs could nullify

this.

§The

air-freight costs

to Malawi

would

be

nearly

$700.00

on this.

Sending it by boat

would

be much cheaper, but

very

time

consum

ing.

Transportation from the coast to

Malawi

would pose another problem.

##rn two

or

four years we will need more

than

$3,000.00 for this

item.

We

should

be putting

a prorated sum

in

a saving account monthly

for

this need.

We have

no surplus

nowl

££§This item

was provided

by

the Lord at

half

the anticipated

cost, but

the

$3,000.00 ad

vanced for

the purchase of

the

Land Rover and

some needed

repairs,

MUST be paid

back.

Your

gifts are

needed on this project—NOW'.

Mail

your check to the FORWARDING

ADDRESS—TODAY'.'.

I t

has taken us three weeks

to really get

settled in

our

home and now we are beginning

leadership training classes

in

7 villages.

A t

the present time, I am teaching 4 1 church

leaders. Our lessons are

separated into

two,

two hour sections—one

on the Life of Christ

and one on the book of Acts.

We

just

Praise

God f or

the

victory

and

f or

allowing

us to serve Him in this country of

Malawi.

We expect great

things

to happen f or

Christ in this part of Africa.

Our

strength

and

power

as

Christians come from

prayer,

so

please pray^for

us

as we pray for

you

also.

Ron

& Arleen


22/24

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23/24

\ 2. 1976

A

Ron E l e r i c k F a m i l y

V O L .

1

: n o . 3: E C .

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\ J i

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UTOiLTÔ a®

(from a

p e r s o n a l l e t t e r w r i t t e n

o n

10/16/75

t o

l e a d e r s of

the

E a s t e r n H e i g h t s C h r i s t i a n

Church.)

"Its

6 a.m.

and quiet so thought I could write and share some

personal

evaluations after four

months here. The Lord has blessed i n many

ways, the

sky is the limit here. The opportunities

for personal and

mass evangelism abound.

We have

been teaching in

5

villages

regularly, but

we

have

found

that

although this

is an effective

method,

its very

hard on

the Land

Rover,

due to

the roads. Since Bob (Bob

Lentz,

minister

from Yon calla, Oregon)

has been here,we have discuss

ed

better

methods that we

all

feel would be better for

the

work

here

and also better stewardship

of

time

and money.

NEWSOF OURCHURCHES

"First of

al

1,

am

limited due

to

the

language. After talking with

our local church leaders,

other missionaries,

etc.,

I feel

that

for the

next

four

m o n t h s I

m u s t

e n r o l l f u l l

t i m e

i n

L a n g u a g e S c h o o l .

I

don't want

to depend

on Gregory a s a crutch, and I do

want

to

speak o n a 'one- to-one' basis. There are many

problems

and pitfalls i n

u s i n g a translator,

a s

already

m y limited

knowledge has

caught Gregory a d libbing

or

changing what I' ve said. So I feel the time

taken

to

learn the language now w i l l more t h a n repay u s in

souls

later

on.

N "We want

to change our

vangelistic

approach.

After Language

S c h o o l we want to

begin

an intensive

training program

i n

each church.

W e f e e l

the best

way

to d o this i s

to

go

to

a different church every 3 weeks

and stay there

for three

days. There

will

be

classes

all day, not

only for the

men, but the

women and child

ren as well.

This way

all

of

the

Body will receive

the

solid teaching needed for

p e r s o n a l growth

and

p e r s o n a l

evangelism. Then every night have a preaching meeting.

"There

are many advantages

in

this method: 1 ) It

w i l l

save a tremendous hammering o n

the Land

Rover.

2) E a c h

c o n g r e g a t i o n

w i l l

g e t m o re t e a c h i n g

m o r e o f t e n .

3 ) The

program

includes the women a n d children who also

n e e d i t . 4 ) E v e r y n i g h t w i l l b e u s e d to g i v e t h e

villagers

a chance

to hear the word a n d a n opportunity

to

accept the

Lord. By

doing this

and

following

up

on

a 'one-to-one' basis

i n

a 'door-to-doo r' campaign,these

people

will be

encouraged to reach their own for Jesus.

w i l l n e e d

t o

p u r c h a s e t h e f o l l o w i n g

e q u i p m e n t :

1) S P I R I T D U P L I C A T O R : K 3 4 0 . 0 0

(c.

$ 4 1 0 . 0 0

U . S . )

This NCR

spirit duplicator c a n be purchased

and servic

e d

i n B l a n t y r e

a n d t h e y a l s o

c a r r y a l l

s u p p l i e s .

W e

need to print lesson

materials, tracts

and

charts.

In

B l a n t y r e w e ' v e b e e n a b l e t o f i n d o n l y 3 t r a c t s

a n d

t h e y

are not

teaching the New

Testament plan of salvation.

E v e r y w h e r e w e

g o

t h e p e o p l e b e g for

t r a c t s .

They w i l l

u s e

them

and they aren't

thrown away. Our

m e n

are

very

slow

in

copying

their

lessons and

h o u r s of valuable

t i m e c o u l d b e s a v e d

b y

d u p l i c a t i n g

t h e m .

2 )

T Y P E W R I T E R : K 5 2 5 . 0 0 ( c .

$ 6 3 0 . 0 0

U . S . )

W e n e e d a

g o o d

t y p e w r i t e r . A c h e a p p o r ta b l e

i s

K 1 2 5

a n d a h e a v y

o n e

K 2 3 5 . A g o o d

o f f i c e

s i z e o n e w i t h a 13

i n c h c a s r i a g e w o u l d

r u n

K 5 2 5. W e n e e d

t h e

h e a v y

o n e

t o

c u t s t e n c i l s ,

a s

w e l l a s f o r c o r r e s p o n d e n c e , e t c .

3)^0JECT^ K 2 7 5 . 0 0 ( c . 3 3 0 . 0 0 U . S . )

I t

H a l l s

G a r a g e

c a n

fit a generator on the L a n d

Rover

w e

c o u l d u s e

t h e

B e l l & H o w e l l

F i l m s t r i p

P r o j e c t o r to

S h o w t h e n e g r o

e d i t i o n

o f t h e

' V i s u a l i z e d B i b l e

S t u d y

S e r i e s i n

t h e

e v e n i n g s d u ri n g o u r p r e a c h i n g m e e t i n g ,

i n i s

a l o n e ,

d u r i n g t h o s e t h r e e n i g h t s , w o u l d b e

o n e

o f

t h e

greatest

evangelistic t o o l s w e could h a v e h e r e .

P i A T E A U y

]

C H I L W A j

it

f H l H A T j Z j ^ i n

MLANJ:

CHOLO

MULANJE

MOUNTAINS

• n

2.

ZAONE

At the present time, we

are working

in seven

villages.

In the past five wonths, we have seen Joys and heart

aches

in all of them. The one thing that stands out

above all else

is

their

desire

to know the Word

of od'.

We would like to share something about these bodies of

Christ

to help

you become mare

familiar

with

them

all.

I

^UIAflDA T h i s c o n g r e g a t i o n w a s e s t a b -

•vrnuwon Ushed in

1972

and is our

oldest in

Malawi. It was

formed when f lro.

MeMiole re

turned

home from working in the

gold

mines of

South

Africa, From here

the

Word was proclaimed and

six

other

congregations

have

resulted.

This

congregation

is

next

oldest and was built by

Bro.

Diamani

in 1973.

Bro.

Hakhole

travelled over 50 miles

one way by bicycle, so he couid teach thoae people.

Bro,

Diamoni

continues

to

provide

the iocai

leadership

and the congregation was instrumental

in

encouraging

a

man at Maya Village to take a stand

for

Jesus there.

Because of this, we now have a teaching point at Meya.

We held

our first

service on

October

12,

under a hruah

arbor.

To

encourage their

lone brother in Meya,

most

of the

people from the Zaone

congregation

had

walked

the nine miles

for

the service. Though he was the only

one

from

Meya

to attend, he said:

"Just

because

X was

the oniy one

here from

my village,

please don't

give

up

on us. rt is hard for

people

to

understand. Piease

help me to reach my

people

for the Lord."

With

a

man

like this in the

village,

we'll have many good things

to report from here in the

months

to come.

4TUf

T h i s i s o n e o f o u r

s t r o n g e s t

•

I nwlswtt r i

nd

l a r g e s t

c o n g r e g a t i o n s .

Thi' If ddi'islti • is avtivo and thi'g have just put

a new

roDl

D i t

tlw buildimi. We wore there

on October

3.

MEYA


24/24

"We are

talking about a

lot

of

money,

but after

care

ful

study,

prayer and personal evaluations

we

all feel

that we need these items and that v / e can accomplish

much

more

in

solid B ible teaching,in the

peoples under

standing and in

souls

won to

Christ

by

instituting this

proposed plan. Howev er, language study is imperative

"The

advantage

of

planning our

pr o

gram n o w i s t h a t t h e

r a i n y

s e a s o n i s

a p p r o a c h i n g .

N o w

the people must

plant their

crops. Since they a r e busy

and the roads impassable

much

of

the

time,

this allows

time for L a n g u a g e School, t i m e for

t h e

p r e p a r i n g a n d

p r i n t i n g o f t r a c t s a n d l e s s o n s a n d t i m e f o r l o c a l l e a d

ers to

prepare

for

the Spring Meetings

i n their

areas.

W e n e e d

t h e

e q u i p m e n t n o w , s o

a s t o f u l l y

u t i l i z e t h e s e

next three b a d weather months to make u p our materials.

CHURCHES -

CONT.

26th,

when

five

were baptized

and eleven, who had pre-

—vlously

been

linmeTsed-for the-remission of

sins, trans

ferred fellowship. Bro. M'vahiwa and Bro. Malamba share

in the preaching.

SKI

/ M i l / V T h i s c o n g r e g a t i o n h a s h a d a

•

M UnllOn l o t of t r o u b l e

i n

t h e

p a s t ,

due to

an

erring minister. The building that

I

ad met

in, during my visits in 1973 and 1974, had collapsed

due to

a

lack of concern. During the past few nonths,

Bro. Gomiwa has lead

the

ones who remained in

re-build

ing on a new location. At present

it

is a

small

build

ing with

grass walls

and roof; but

on

our last

teaching

day, the men showed

us

2,000 bricks they had made for

the

new

building.

This work was brought to our

attention by Bro. Gomiwa at

N'danga.

He

introduced them

to

us and we

met with

the

men

three

times, discussing what they had

been taught

and explaining our

position. They

had

not previously

practiced

the observance

of

he Lord's

Supper,

so we

were

very happy to fin d that

they

had

made

their

own

communion

trays for

our first service on September 22 .

We

bad a

wonderful

time

in

the Lord and one

man was

im

mersed

later at

nearby N'danga Village

as

all of the

rivers in this area were dry. Recently sparks from a

grass fire burned the

roof

of f of the building.

6.MASALE

7 I W I I 1 I A I W 1 D C K 1 I

O c t o b e r

t h e 2 6 t h

G r e g o r y ,

• lWlirlDLIll Bob Lentz and I held

our

first

meeting

here.

The

church building was

literally

packed,

with

people sitting

outside.

A ft e r

preaching,

we had to teach again, as we found that some felt they

shouid confess their sins to

us

for

forgiveness. A very

young girl

came to

be

baptized; however, she

did not

know

why she

was coming, so

we

taught again.

After

this

was explained,three adults gave their lives to the Lord

and were

baptized.

We praise Him

for opening

this area

to

us so we can teach

the

timeless truth of

His

Word.

Eye-witness Report

(

o b L g n ^ z , m i n i s t e r

f r o m

O r e g o n

a n d f o r m e r c l a s s m a t e

o f

-RoTf and A rle e n at

San Jose Bible College, arrived

in

Malawi the first

of

October

for

a

six week tour of

the

field. Bob's wife Linda is a nurse and when "work pe r

mits" and support

come, they plan to

become the second

missionary couple of our church in Malawi. Ron

desper

ately desires Bob

to

report

to supporting

congregations

during his stay from January 10-22. Present itenerary;

Sun.

11

SandusJcy

Avenue

Tulsa

worship

a.m.

Tues.

13 Midwest Christian

Okla.

City

10:30

a.m.

Tues.13 Town 6 ountry

Okmulgee

7:00 p.m.

Wed. 14

Highland Park

Tulsa

7:00 p.m.

Sat. 17

Deer

Creek Christ.

Deer Creek

7:00 p.m.

Sun.

18

Parkview

Christian

Chickasha 7:00 p.m.

Mon.

19

S

S

A Meeting

Fletcher 7:00 p.m.

Wed. 21

Antioch

Christian

Okla. City

7:00

p.m.

Most of the other dates are still open,

however

some

are

still pending

at

press time.

I f

you would desire

a first hand report

of

the work in Malawi, call today:

Church

(40 5)

765-3956 or Home (405) 762-5166.

6 o ( l S h a l l P r o v i d e

God

1s certainly

fulfilling

Philippians

4:19 before

our eyes.

The following are excerpts

from Ron on

Novem

ber

4th and Arleen on November 21st.

"Several

weeks

ago Ron and

Bob made

a

trip

to Blan-

tyre

to

see if there was

a

chJchewa class any place

he

could attend.

While

they were gone,I as praying that

they

would

find a class,

AND that I would

be

able to

attend, even though

there

was no place in town

for

the

family to stay and no place to leave the kids while

I

attended the classes.

When they

returned,

they

report

ed

that

they had been told

that

the University did not

have a course offered this

year. (Arleen)

"Yesterday,

the family and I brought Bob up to town

to send him

off,

and we

decided

to spend

the night

with

a Christian couple, Stewart and Leslie Lane. Anyway,

they

informed

me

that during the rainy season, January

3rd

through

April, there will indeed be a beginning

course

in

Chichewa at the Polytechnic. The

cost

of th e

•course is

K4,00l— (Rnp)-

"Stewart

said

that they had been praying for someone

to

watch and live

in

their house while

they returned

to

the states for three months, starting December 7th. I

could

see the Lord

at

work'. So,

'Praise

the Lord',

the

house is

ours rent free until

the

middle of March,

and

the lady next door to them

said she

would babysit

so

I

could go to

the

classes on Tuesday

and

Thursday nights.

Anyway,

that prayer was answered

in

a

hurryi" (Arleen)

"During

the

day,

Arleen

will

teach the girls, and

I

will study Chichewa,and also prepare

lesson plans

etc.,

for when

the

roads are

passable

again after

the

rains.

Of course,

I will

still be working

on

t h e Lord's Day

with

Gregory, but

during the rainy season, is the

time,

I can

devote

to

language study. Truly this

is an answer

to p r a y e r . (Ron)

"I stumbled onto a

good

u s e d typewriter for K115.00

and

I bought

it.

It is

a

Facit with an 18

inch

car

r i a g e .

T h i s m a c h i n e is

h e a v y a n d

will

b e g o o d

f o r m a n y

y e a r s o f c u t t i n g s t e n c i l s , c o r r e s po n d e n c e , e t c . ( R o n )

We

rejoice that "Our Father" provided the

needs men

t i o n e d

i n

c o l u m n one, e v e n b e f o r e

you were

i n f o r m e d

so

you c o u l d p r a y . W e "praise Him"

for

His g o o d n e s s .

WiTi

FIELD

ADDRESS:

M/M Ron Elerick

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Church

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