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The Ronald Elerick family

Hrs.

Ronald

(

rleen

Jane

Evans)

Elerick died

in

Malawi, Africa

of infectious hepatitis

on

February 9»

1976.

This familTX

started

their

missionary

service in Malawi in

May,

1975• Bob

Lentz,

28A3

S.E. Harrison,

Milwaukie,

OR

97222

visited

this

mission field

recently

and

called to share

this

sad

news.

Mrs. Arleen

Jane

Evans

Elerick

was

bom Sept.

10, 1944

in Los

IX

Angeles, Calif. She was graduated

from Washington

Hig^

School, Los

Angeles,

Calif, in

1962. She received

training

at:

Pepperdine

University,

L.A., Calif

for

one year;

San

Jose

Bible College in

Calif,

for 1 ) ^ years;

San

Jose State College in

Calif, for

B one

year and Midwest Christian

College

in

Oklahoma

for

1 } ^

years where

she

was

graduated

with the

A.B.

degree in

Christian

Education

in

1973* She married

Ron on

June 6, 1964 at

Oroville, Calif. QChey

have three

daughters:

Rhonda

Jane

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Elerick bom August 19, 1966 at

San

Jose, Calif.; Susan Mae Elerick bom


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10,

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May

19, 1968 in Fairbanks,

Ala^a

and

Wendy

Kay

Elerick

born

August

21,

1970

in Homer, Alaska.

Ron and family need your prayer

support

as

they make adjustment and

plan for their future. Their forwarding

agents:

Mission

To

Malawi,

Charles

and

Mrs. Linda Smith, Eastern Heights

Christian

Church,

Route 2, Box 88,

Ponca City,

OK

7^01.

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Ron

E l e r i c k

F a m i l y vols no. -

april

tb

The January 25th

issue

of THE LOOKOUT contained Arleen's

first

and only article accepted for

publication, an article entitled "Was Jesus Homesick?". In this article she concluded, "Praise

the Lord for homesickness " In her Personal Diary for January 23rd, written from Chiduba Vil

lage, A r l e e n wrote: "I h a d a good

time

in the Lord, standing outside the k i t c h e n

door,

l o o k i n g

at the stars and praying. . . For

the

first

time

i n

n i y life

I

have really longed deep in my

soul for Jesus to

come and

take

me away

to be with Him

and worship

at His feet forever.

I'm

so

in

love with Jesus,

just

wish I

could

let the whole

world

know,

but

I'll just

have

to wait for

H i s l e a d i n g . Not

u n h a p p y

h e r e ,

just want t o

b e

w i t h

J e s u s . . ." A r l e e n i s

—

o m e s i c k

n o

l o n g

er — ot for Oklahoma and friends, nor for Heaven

and

Jesus; — ut

we

do miss her.

Three nonths have

passed

since we came to Africa

and

found OUT place in

Malawi—-my

husband

Ron^ our three girls,

and I. They have

not

been easy

months.

I m

writing this

with

a pen because our typewriter

has not arrived, and neither

have our

other

household goods

They

are

somewhere on

the way

—we

hope. In the

meantime

we

are learning to do

without.

The

Lord has blessed our

efforts

to get adjusted to

"bush life." Our

missionary

work is taking shape, and we

are encouraged by

the

possibil

ity

of

great results.

Still,

like all new missionaries, we

miss our loved ones back home.

We

are

homesick.

If

you have ever

suffered

from

that malady,you know

home

sickness

can be

a real

sick

ness.

It can

rob its

victims

of

all enthusiasm and energy.

We

must not

allow

that'.

But

even as we

put

our homesick

ness

out of our

minds,

it

leaves a

precious thought:

Was Jesus homesick too?

God's

own

Son

came

from

the

heights

of

Heaven

to

live

on

earth as a wanderer

without

a

bed

or a place

to

hand His

cloak. The change,

the

"cul

ture shock," must have been

infinitely more drastic than

ours more drastic than the

shock any missionary

has ever

suffered

when coming to his

field

of

service.

As

Jesus walked the

hot

and

dusty roads

of

Galilee, did

He

think of the

comfoirts

He had

left behind in His

heavenly

home? When He was misunder

stood,did Be think

of

the

warm

ai^

happy

fellowship He had

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the

the

ARLEENELERICK

Sept. 0,

1944- Feb.9, B'7&

Arleen

Jane

Evans Elerick was bom

Septem

ber

10,

1944,

in

Los Angeles, California, and

d e p a r t e d t h i s l i f e t o " b e w i t h

t h e

L o r d " o n

F e b r u a r y 9, 1976,in

Blantyre, Malawi, Africa,

where the family

was

serving as missionaries.

She received her secondary education in

th e

Los

A n g e l e s

area,

graduating

from

W a s h i n g t o n

H i g h i n

1962. At the

a g e

of twelve, without

t h e h e l p

of

C h r i s t i a n

p a r e n t s , s h e

b e g a n

h e r

own

search

for God and

accepted

Christ as

her

Savior and Lord. At the age of fourteen, ^he

felt the call of

God

to serve

as

a missionary

and she always felt that the call

was

to

Africa That

feeling

never

changed.

F o l l o w i n g t h i s c o m m i t t m e n t s h e a t t e n d e d :

1

y e a r ( P e p p e r d i n e

U n i v e r s i t y , L o s A n g e l e s ) .

( N e x t

P a g e

— C o l u m n

3 )

As reported in the last issue

of the MALAWI WITNESS, Ron and

the family were moving into

Blantyre

to

attend Language

school during the rainy sea

son. God

had provided

a house

for them as

an answer

to pray

er. So

their new home was to

be Blantyre in

a

hoiise that

God had prepared. Ron writes:^

"Many h a v e

a s k e d

a b o u t the\\

details of Arleen's illness

xN

and subsequent death, so

like

to share this now in

MALAWI WITNESS.

"We moved

into

town on

2nd

of December to

attend

Lan

guage school

and on

the same

day the entire family

was in

oculated at the hospital for

Cholera, as during the rainy

season in Malawi, many do con

tact the disease. Beginning

the 28th of December Arleen

began to have headaches

and

dizzy

spells,

etc. She took

chloroquine

tablets

as a

cure

for

a

Malaria attack, as

we

assumed this

was her

problem.

The symptoms

went

away and sh e

seemingly recovered. However,

a

week later the symptoms re

turned

and the Doctors who

treated her,diagnosed that sh e

had Malari^, She was treated

for

his

until Saturday

the

7th of February when

she be

came incoherent

in her

speech.

The doctors examined

her

and

told me

she had C e x f t b . r a l . Mala

ria, commonly known as "Black-

water Fever". They contacted

the

resident

in

chasge

at

th e

Qu een Elizabeth Hospital a n d

he admitted her. Tests were

then taken, and the results

showed that

Arleen

was suffer

ing f r q ^ , H e p a t i t i s ,

not

M a l a r r

ia,

a n d ' t h a t h e r b l o o d s u g a r

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M WILL

RETURN

.

.. HE WORK

MUST

GO ON.'

WmUiHi cnnt

enjoyed

with His

Father?

When

He was

rejected and mistreat

ed, did He

think

of all the

hosts of Heaven who

worshiped

Him

with

joy

and love, acknow

ledging Him

as

Lord

of

the

universe?

AsJesus bore the

agony

of

Calvary, did He long

for

the painless state that

was His before

the beginning

of time?

"The

fellowship

of his suf

fering'."

Paul

rejoiced in

it,

andso

do

we. Horoesioneness is

but one area of life that we

can share with Jesus and know

that

He

understands—oneway

that we

and

our Lord

can

be

linked

in contnon

fellowship.

Praise the Lord

for

boniesick-

nessl

(This article appeared in

the January 25, 1976, issue

of

THE LOOKOUT and

is

reprinted

with their perndssion.)

SKDMSm

cont.

was

dangerously

low.

Although

they fed

her

glucose

to

build

it up, Arleen

went

into

a coma

that

night

and never

regained

consciousness.

She

died

at

9:30 p.m. the 9th of

February

(Malawi time) and

was

buried

in

Limbe, Malawi,the next day.

"Many may

assume

that

our

T l i v i n g

i n b u s h

c o n d i t i o n s

i n

Africa contributed

to

Arleen's

death. Not sol The doctor at

the hospital explained that

he

felt

she contacted

hepatitis

at

the hospital from

a

needle

that

was

infected. The time

of

the incubation period

fits

the date when

we

were

all in

oculated

for

Cholera.

"Some may think

it

strange

that

Arleen

was buried

in

Ma

lawi,

but

she

would not agree.

Long before we

went to

Africa,

we

discussed

this possibility

for

both

of

us.

It

was

her

\\reguest

that

she

be

buried

f j w h e r e

s h e

d i e d . I t

w a s h e r

( ' d e s i r e

t o be b u r i e d

i n

A f r i c a ,

surrounded

by

the people

she

loved and

led to

Christ

"Some people

never

fulfill

their visions in this life.

Arleen, although for

just

a

short time, saw her dreams and

desires

for

Christ fulfilled."

^

rom the beginning, there was never any

doubt in

my mind

that

I would

return and

con

tinue the work that Arleen

and

I set

out

to

accomplish for our Lord. Six years ago i n y

faith would not have been

strong

enough to

have

considered

this,

but

Arleen

led me to a

deeper

walk with Christ

and it

is now possi

ble

to

accept

what has

happened

and to

go on.

"Ten months ago, we went

to Malawi feeling

that

this was

God's will

for us.

We set out

to

evangelize people who needed Christ and

who had

no

one

to

teach t h e m ' . In these

few

short

months

we placed

Bibles in the

hands

of

men for the first time; we shared with people

hungry for the

Gospel; we assisted with the

starting

of two new congregations and the

opening of a new village and we witnessed the

new birth of

51 people.

"But

the

work Is

not

finished.

My

committ

ment

is as valid

today

as

it was

when we

started out together. The circumstances have

changed, b u t t h e n e e d i s a s g r e a t a s e v e r

Our leadership training classes

have

done

much

to

train evangelists, and this must con

tinue,

as n e w areas are requesting teaching.

"Souls

are

lost

and need

Jesus. I have

th e

p e r m i t t o g o

I

l o v e t h e

p e o p l e

I

a m l e a r n

i n g t h e

l a n g u a g e

a n d

I

e x p e c t g r e a t t h i n g s i n

t h e y e a r s

t o c o m e for t h e g l o r y

o f

J e s u s

" T r u l y it i s n o s a c r i f i c e t o r e t u r n . C h r i s t

has been a comfort to me and my mind is at

p e a c e w i t h t h e

k n o w l e d g e

t h a t N O T H I N G c a n

s e p a r a t e

u s f r o m

H i s

l o v e . T h i s i s n o t t h e

end,

but

a new beginning."

Update

While this issue

has been

primarily

a

tribute to

Arleen,we also

want you

to

know

of

the present and future

plans. (Call if you h a v e

questions.)

THE PRESENT:

Ron

and

the girls

are

staying i n Bakersfield, California,

with Ron's brother and his wife and

two children. Ron

will

return to

Oklahoma

the first of May, spending

the summer speaking to supporting

congregations,

camps and D.V.B.S.

groups. The girls

will

join him in

the summer. Susan and Wendy

are do

ing fine in

school and Rhonda

will

soon enroll. She is

much

improved.

THE

FUTURE: Ron

is

planninq.to re

turn to

Malawi

t h j , ^ ^ fall,,

i n

S e p t e m b e r o r ^

O c t o b e r . However,

many

details must be worked

out.

FINANCES: In excess of

$13,000.00

has

been received

for the expenses

related to Arleen's death and the

return of the family to the States.

This

will more

than meet the

needs

and

will

provide the funds for the

return to

Africa. Regular SERVI CE

LI NK funds should

continue however.

ARLEEN cont.

1 1/2 years (San Jose Bible

College,

San

Jose);

and 1 year

(San Jose

State

College,

San

Jose). While at

Bible

College

she met Ron

Elerick

and

they

were married on June 6, 1964,

at Oroville, California.

Two

years later, Rhonda Jane

was born on August 19th at Sa n

Jose. Following a move in 1967

to Alaska,

Susan Mae was born

May 19, 196 8, in Fairbanks and

Wendy Kay on August 21, 1970,

in Homer. God

used

Arleen in

the churches at

Fairbanks,

An

chorage, Wrangell,

Homer and

Kenai. It was during this time

of still

feeling

God's call to

be a missionary that she re

marked

to

an Indian woman

who

was a C hristian, "G od

is going

to

have to change my

feelings,

or Ron's".

A few

days later,

Ron announced his decision to

return to Bible College.

In 1971,

Arleen

resumed her

studies at Midwest Christian

College and graduated

with an

A.B. Degree

in Christian

Edu

cation in

1973.

During this

time she shared

a 2 year

min

istry with Ron at the

Christ

ian

church in

Apache.

On

Sunday, May 18, 1975, at

the Eastern

Heights

Christian

Church in Ponca City,they

were

"set

apart

(by

the

elders)

for

the

work

to

which God had

called

them"

(Acts 13:2 )

and

four

days later departed for

Malawi where home was to

be a

native

mud hut with a tin

roof

in the village of

Chiduba.

Wleen

p a s s e d

from

t h i s life

"on February

9, in

the city of

Blantyre, where they were en

rolled

in

Language

school

dur

ing

the

rainy season, of in-

Jecti

u j ^ . , h f i p a t i

- i

s;

c o n t a c t e d

t w o l f i S n t l i s

earlier from

an In

fected

needle when

innoculated

for

Cholera. Sbe-was.,buried in

Limbe,

Malawi,

in

accordance

w i T f i " H^r'desire to be burled

in

Africa,

surrounded by

those

she

loved

and

led

to

Christ.

S h e w a s p r e c e e d e d i n

d e a t h

b y

h e r m o t h e r

a n d

f a t h e r

a n d

is survived by her husband,

R o n ,

a n d

3 d a u g h t e r s ; R h o n d a

( 9 ) ,

S u s a n ( 7 ) a n d W e n d y ( 5 ) ;

a n d b y a h o s t

o f

C h r i s t i a n s

who w i l l b e

c h a l l e n g e d b y

h e r

witness.

FIELD ADDRESS:

M/M

Ron Elerick

Christian Church

Mission

Chiduba V i l l a g e

P/A

Chiringa

P.O.

alombe

Malawi, Africa

FORWARDING

ADDRESS:

Malawi

Christian

Mission

c/o

Eastern Heights Christian

Church

Route 2—ox

88

Ponca City, Oklahoma 74601

Nonprofit Org.

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to mz ioA the thAzz

wzzks I

was

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away

i A o m

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should

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bz w i t h

such

i i n z

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us in

Malawi. Hz woAkzd on oua

housz, AzpcUAzd

thz

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and bAought us a

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8/8

EMERGENCY FUNDACCOUNTING

When the tragic news

of

Arleen's untimely death

spread stateside,

the response was always the

same.

"What can we do to

help?" Our

first response was

— rayl

Pray

for comfort,

strength

and wisdom for Ron and the girls. And then we requested financial help for the unknown expenses

that

would

accumulate. The months

have now passed and the "bills are in. It

is

now

time

for

an

accounting

to the many,

many Christian

friends

who responded to

the

need.

Foothill Boulevard

Church

of

Christ

Oroville,

Cal.

$

338.39

Community

Christian

Church

Ft. Lauderdale,

Fla.

$

50.00

Alexandria

Christian Church

Alexandria,

La.

$

200.00

Ozark Bible College

(Lord's Reapers)

Joplin,

Mo.

$

210.16

Artesia

Christian

Church

Artesia,

N.M.

$ 100.00

Kosoma

Church

of

Christ

Anthlers,

Ok.

$

25.00

Fi

rst

Christian

Church Apache,

Ok.

$

337.00

Mary-Martha

Bible Circle

Apache, Ok.

$

25.00

College Heights

Christian

Church

Ardmore,

Ok.

$

314.09

We$tside

Christian Church Blackwell,

Ok.

$

124.60

Parkview

Christian Church Chickasha, Ok.

$1

$

,005.00

Primary

Dept.

Sunday

School

Chickasha,

Ok.

18.09

Elm Flat

Church Cleo Springs, Ok.

$

45.50

Deer Creek

Christian

Church

Deer

Creek,

Ok.

$

100.00

Eagle City

Christian Church

Primary

&

Junior Sunday

School

Eagle

City,

Ok.

$

82.73

Fletcher

Christian

Church

FI

etcher.

Ok.

*

$

820.36

Cache

Christian

Church

Cache,

Ok.

*

New Testament

Ctiristian Church Duncan, Ok.

"k

Marlow

Christian Church Marlow,

Ok.

k

Glencoe

Church

of Christ

Glencoe, Ok.

$

715.00

Guthrie Christian Church Guthrie,

Ok.

$

122.77

Carriage

Hills

Christian Church Lawton,

Ok.

$

55.00

Christian

School Lawton,

Ok.

$

29.80

Western Hills Christian

Church

Lawton, Ok.

$

400.00

First Christian Church

Marlow,

Ok.

$

52.00

Moore Christian Church

Moore,

Ok.

$

800.00

University

Christian Church

Norman, Ok.

$

155.00

Antioch

Christian

Church

Oklahoma City,

Ok.

kk

$

804.56

Chapel

Christian

Church

Oklahoma City, Ok.

kk

Draper

Park

Christian

Church

Oklahoma

City,

Ok.

kk

Metropolitan

Christian

Church

Oklahoma

City,

Ok.

kk

Mimosa Heights

Christian Church

Oklahoma

City,

Ok.

kk

Northside

Christian

Church

Oklahoma

City,

Ok.

kk

Oakland Bible

Church

kk

Tuttle

Christian

Church

Tuttle, Ok.

kk

Forest Hills Christian

Church

Oklahoma City,

Ok.

$ 1

,287.70

Metropolitan

Christian Church

Oklahoma City,

Ok.

$

"$

200.00

"Midwest

"Chfis'tian" College

Oklahoma City,"

Ok.***

-707.30

Junior

Class

Oklahoma City,

Ok.

$

50.00

Northside

Christian Church

Oklahoma

City,

Ok.

$

50.00

First (Senior Class)

Christian

Church

Putman,

Ok.

$

5.00

Red Rock

Christian

Church

Red Rock,

Ok.

$

25.00

Stroud Christian

Church

Stroud,

Ok.

$

100.00

Try

n

Christian Church

Tryon,

Ok.

$

77.30

Highland

Park

Christian Church

Tulsa,

Ok.

$

600.00

Sandusky Avenue

Christian

Church

Tulsa,

Ok.

$1,000.00

First

Christian

Church

Watonga,

Ok.

$

10.00

Wellston

Christian

Church

Wellston,

Ok.

$

91.20

Fi

rst Christian Church

Crane,

Tex.

$

65.00

C o r m i u n i t y (Women)

Christian Church

Perryton.

Tex.

$

50.00

INDIVIDUALS

TOTAL CONTRIBUTIONS

DISBURSEMENTS:

Burial Expenses

(Malawi)

$

150.50

Medical Expenses (Malawi) $ 21.00

Air

Transportation Howe

$2,135.50

Medical

Expenses (United States) $1,011.50

Automobile

(+

title

&

insurance)

$1,586.17

Miscellaneous g

23.77

TOTAL DISBURSEMENTS; $4,928.44

BALANCE I N EMERENCY

FUND:

$2,248.00

$13,496.55

**** $8,568.11

We have attempted to recognize the congre

gations who shared.

In

some cases

It

was

impossible to determine the

exact

sum given,

as

a

church

or college acted as the collect

ing and forwarding body.

These cases

ar e

Indicated by this sign (*, **, ***). We have

not

listed

individual gifts,

choosing

rather

to

let God

bestow

the recognition through

His

blessings.

Your

gifts, large or small,

were accepted as expressions

of

your deep

concern and love. My

how

we

"thank-you".

Since

most

commodities

and

services are

higher

In

Malawi than

In

the United States,

we anticipated hugh medical and burial

ex

penses. However,this was not the case. The

doctor admitted

that

Arleen

had

been

inocu

lated

with

an Infectious needle and the

bill

reflected that they assumed that liability.

Ron did purchase

the

most

expensive casket

available

In

Malawi

and

an appropriate memo

rial service was held there. The only other

expense

will

be

a memorial headstone

that

Ron will place on the grave when he returns.

The medical expenses incurred here

are

mostly those which doctors In California

felt were

necessary

to assure that Rhonda

had

no reoccurance of

the disease and that

family members (Including Harold, Lucy and

family) were not

infected.

Additional

ex

penses were for blood tests on Rhonda before

she returns. Since she has been given

a

"clean bill

of

health"

(Praise

God ) there

will be no further medical expenses.

It Is evident that

your

generousity sur

passed

the needs

of

the hour, even the ones

we

expected

that

did

not

materialize.

Even

when

the return airfare Is deducted from the

account,

a

substanclal balance will

remain.

To this

will be

added the Income from the

automobile when it Is sold. - The

question

now arises,

"Since

the Lord supplied

a

sur-

plus, how would

He

have It

used?"

While we

would

welcome

your

thoughts. I t appears

that

the answer may already have

been

supplied.

When Ron departed

Malawi,

he left

the

Land

Rover with a missionary friend (from th e

churches of Christ) and since the

vehicle

would soon be

10

years old and must pass

a

rigid government inspection; this man had

his

mechanics

make

a list

of the repairs

necessary

to

pass this test. He estimates

$1,000.00 would bring I t up to standard, but

that it would probably be better to trade it

In on

a newer

model. It has

served well

(though requiring constant repair)

and

it

met the need for

insnediate

"bush" transpor

tation

when Ron first arrived in Malawi.

Should this become necessary, Ron would seek

the advice of friends in Malawi

who

have

mechanical

aptitude

so the

proper

vehicle

could be purchased.

A g a i n

we w a n t

t o

say

"thank-you"

f o r

y o u r

faithful support

of

the Elerick family a n d

we

want to ask you for yoqr prayers,not

only

for them, but also for the eldership of the

E.nstem

Heights Christian Church that we

m i g h t

be g i v e n w i s d o m

a n d

d i r e c t i o n f r o m

God for the decisions that must be made.

WlTi

FIELD ADDRESS:

M/M

Ron Elerick

Christian

Church

Mission

Chiduba

V i l l a g e

P/A C h i r i n g a

P.O. Palombe

Malawi, Africa

FORWARDING

ADDRESS:

Malawi

Christian Mission

c/o E a s t e r n H e i g h t s C h r i s t i a n Church

Route

2

—ox

88

Ponca

City, Oklahoma 74601

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CORRECTION

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