SOUTH ..FRICaN missionD. L« Smaage Fred Crawford Forwarding Ag*tI4-6 Ferguson St. 1279 Martha Washington Dri^ioPlumstead, Cape Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53213South Africa

OUR TRIP OVER We boarded the big Convair 990 Jet at OH^-RE fieldin Chicago after having said goodbye to Donna's folks Just the weekbefore and my folks at OHARE Just a few minutes ago. Cheryl and Kevincould see Grandma and Grandpa waving as we looked through the littlewindows of the big Jet. My only brother, Denis, had flown in fromCalifornia to see us before we- lift for ..frica and he had already leftfrom the seme airport to return to California. .Now we were leaving aswell and the strain on Men and Dad was very much. Kevin had almostcancelled the ih OI0 flight out and this added to our anxiety as theDoctor wasn't sure that Kevin should fly because of an oar infectiondiscovered Just hours before the flight. We didn't know ih at to do.Our ship, the Queen Mary was to sail that afternoon. Tickets alreadypaid for, barrels already loaded on board, cabin reserved, etc...andthe only way we could possibly make it from Chicago to N.Y. in time toboard the ship was to flyi I called the trains to find out the onlyone that would got us there in time had Just leftl Bus station saneanswer. So we prayed. Dad advised us to fly, and we flew andKevin was fine with no adverse effects from the flight as wo foundout from the shipboard doctor later.

We had 11 suitcases to cariy-so we arranged it so that every one,including Cheryl and Kevin carried 3ome-t±Ling. We took a taxi fromNewark airport to the Queen Mary berth and there arranged to have every-i^ing loaded on the ship and placed in our cabin which was a 6x6 boxjust big enough to turn around Ini We went tourist clas si along with1100 other passengers. There were 1,000 crew members on the QMJ

The QM is a huge ship and by the time you've walked around the promenade deck^once, you are ready for a restl The trip was relaxing, thefood^was differenti The scenery was tbe same. Water, water everywhere^We didn't see any^ fish while on ^ but we saw some airplanes and someother ships crossing the Atlantic. For a Christian, there was not agreat deal to do on either the QM or the S.A. Oranjo as most of theentertainment was of the nightclub -variety. We could swim in the poolin the ds^time, play ping pong and road. When you are on the back endof the QM (also Oranje) everything vibrates and shakes. Like sittingin a vibrating ahair. This is due to the giant propellers on the ship.CHERBOURG, FRj.NCE».. .Our first stop was at this lovely little Frenchvillage wl-th its narrow streets and-crazy drivorsl We had a Ij. hourstop and so w© took advantage of it and for the first time in our livesset foot on foreign soil. We quit© soon became accustomed to the factthat now we were the foreignersi We went into one of the shops whereno one could speak a word of English, not even the manager. This didn'tseem to bother them one blti But we couldn't speak any French and theyvjidn't want to take aiy merican money so we couldn't buy anything ther©cTook several pictures and then had to return to ship.GROSSING THE^CHANNEL ... .from Cherbourg, we crossed the famous Englishchannel at night, on our way to Southampton, England. We arrived verysarly in the morning, had breakfast on the QJ-l and then, having saidgoodbye to all our shipboard friends, went through customs and thenboarded the boat train bound for London. Guess who we met on the boat"urain? You're right, •••all our shipboard friends. Everyone was goingto Londoni •LONDON... .impressed us as being an extromomlydirty city and extremelyuangerous city for pedestrians...which we werei ^ny one of theseLondon drivers could qualify to race in the 500 at Indianapolis! Infact it looked as if everyone was practicing for some big race as theyarove through Londoni We soon discovered the London Subways called•'̂ Tubes'* and rode them everywhere; We sure saw the bottom of LondoniWe also saw Buckingham Palace, changing of guard, the Horse guard,

ower of London, Crown Jewels, Westminster Abbey and other places.At the Tower of London (Tower Hin actually) I got into a debate witha Catholic lay leader concerning the Scriptures and the Papacy. Thiswas an open-air meeting where anyone that wanted to could climb up onhis soap box and 3£y whatever he wanted to say. Since it was such anInformal affair I challenged the speakers' conclusions and soon thecrowd was quite interested in our particular debate. (There wereother speakers also speaking on different subjects on different soap-ooxes at the same time.) Just then Kevin cancelled out dl my brilliantlogic..."Dad, I havtu go to the BATHROOM!" That ended the debateiThree days in London made us anxious to be on the boat bound for Cape-tovm and so w© were ready to take the boat train back to Southampton toboard the S.A. Oranje. Almost forgot...we saw Prime minister HErold•Jilson cb #10 D-vrnln/: St. si org with his guest U, THANTi We were nomore- then 20 f-j.^t av:.-.y and I get several pictiLros of the two, JackieKennedy vjas also in London when we were there but we didn't see her©Tae Queen was gone so I didn't talk t6 her about the vrorlds pro-Moms ei

DOVJIT TO THE CiiNixRY ISLii.NDS•»♦our first and only stop on way to Gape-town was at Lgs Paimas in the Canary Islands. We took a taxi tour ofthis^city where Christopher Columbus stopped on 3 of his i). voyages to/rniorica. This is a Spanish speaking country and you guessed it...ourcab driver could not speak one word of Engllshl....yet he was our guideto all the scenic and historic spots of interest in this ancient cityiWe soon^realized it was either his language or nonei Donna had 2 yearsof Spanish in High Sdiool and was straight ii student. I had 3 yearsof Spanish in High School and was a straight... .well let.*s not go intothati I passed anyway. So we fumbled along and amazed ourselves athow much came back after so many years out of H.S, By the end of the22 hoiar tour we were actually carrying on a two way conversation withour cab driver and even Kevin had learned to say "se senor". This really amused our driver and he complimented us on our excellent

Spanish. I think ho was being a little bit more than polite thoughlACROSS TH-tij equator . *• .and the same diet of British food now for morethan 3 weeks was beginning to take its toll. We longed for some goodold fashioned yjnerican Hamburgers or hot dogs. British food is quitetasteless- as they use no seasoning, salt etc. We sure dumped the salton whatever they brought usi By the way, if you ever travel to Englandon a British ship DON'T ..SK PGR ICE TEAi They may bring it to you asthey^dld to us....complete with milk in it, very cold, but no ice, and10 times^stronger than you can possible imaginei They can't understandwhy Americans like Iced tea and after tasting THEIR ice tea I see whythey are confuaf»dl They also do not use cream in their .coffee. Theymake it. 3 times as strorg as it should be made and then they put onefourth cup of coffee and three fourth cup hot milk in the cupi UghlNo wonder they don't like coffee either. They can't londerstand whyAmericans like coffee so much.

We had the usual equator crossing ceremonies. King Neptune and hiscourt- ate. some were thrown in the pool, Cheryl and Kevin were fright-^ed by some of the hazing and cried through the whole ceremony forthe children. Saw some dolphins and flying fish on the way down. Somesaw a whale but we missed it. I swam in the swimming events both on theQueem Mary and the Oranje and represented the b. S. A, I won two raceson the QM and one race on the Oranje (the British are lousy swimmera).CAPETOWN AT LAST....18 days at sea and more than 22 days in total triptime finally brought us within sifeht df the lights of Capetown at5:00 m May 11, 1966. The last night on the ship we couldn't sleepbRCfiuse of excitement, getting suitcases—ready--etc^ —Ou-r-shi^-doeieed-ol". V.nn /"M n 3 ^ .it 7:00 /iM and there were Gordon and Estelle waving from the Docki Anhour and one half later we had clpared customs and were driving throughCapetown on our way to Nelson's and to service in the chaL lencinc fieldof South Africa,/J)DED TO THE LORD. ..Our first two weeks serving the church at Wynbergin Capetown were blessed by two young people giving their lives toChrist. Sebastian Hendricks, a-fine young man of twenty-eight, wasbaptized at fee Wynberg Church our second Lord's Day here. The following Lord's Day, Rene Hendrick, a twenty year old University of Capt-town student, was also baptized into Christ, She will be helping Donnawith Donna's class in ^ible School, Sebastian will be helping me both^In our work at Wynberg and with our Native work. We ask that Christians in the States be praying for these two fine young people as theydedicate their lives to the Master's work.jUR i^POLOGIES.. .for being so late with this newsletter! We have runinto technical difficulties and a mountain of work...It has alwaysbeen my conviction that if supporting churches don't hear from theirmissionaries, they should consider dropping support('01 Waddy Rogers,'^Ider at Worthington, has the right idea about this, bless his ofneryneart!). So you all back home are going to hear plenty from me 'causewe can't afford to have anyone drop their support of us now! We arereally counting on all of you to aipport us in this work and we areo.oing our best to be worthy of your support. Not only must the folksoack home hoar from their missionaries, but the missionary must establish a good record on their behalf! We have a very good beginningwith two already won to the Lord. .. .PR^iY WITH US PGR Douglas Pierce,Mr. Meyer, Mr. Dahl, Lennie, Joyce and Janet.....all adults that needto make this decision for Christ!SCREEESECHI ....Gordon's little VW skids around the corner as we stopat Guguletu to pick up our interpreter Mdladlana. I had seen thisman's picture a hundred times in the states during slide presentationsconcerning our work in S. A. Now I was meeting Him for the first timein person! Mdladlana stuck out his hand and shook mine as he flasheda wide smile in my direction! ZOOOOM, off like a rocket as Mdladlanafalls back in the seat and Gordon goes through the gears heading forthe mountains and the little town of Ashton on the other side! We arelate and Gordon is in a big hurry to get to i^shton for a Sunday morningservice.- Wo have 120 miles to go but it's over the mountains. Up, Up,•Jp we chug in the little W as Gordon downsnifts to make the grade....then up to the top of a pass and down,, dow^n^ DOOOOOWW'wWN wo goj

around the tight curves tnat look out over 1,000 foot dropoffs I AndGordon is always on the wrong side of the road I I am in driver'sseat (left side) but for some reason they put all the steering wheelsin these cars on the right side I I had one hand on the dash and theother wrapped aroung, the back of my seat.•..I was really holding onlGordon just kept on talking about the mess our African church was inat Ashton and what we need to do about it«

Mdladlana just sat in the back seat and grinned as he and Gordontalkedi I talked a little#..as we chugged up a grade....and held onwhen we went downl I soon was praying as we zoomed down around themountain side....,"Oh Lord, help us to get'an airplane REAL SOOWiAFRICAN HAMQNY VJe arrived, safe at last, and the thought of thereturn trip over the mountains was forgotten as we met the members ofour Bantu church at Ashton. They had been waiting for us and now oneof them was ringing.a bell to signal to others in the location thatthe white missionaries had arrived. They all shake hands when youmeet them....EVERYONE....including the babies and children. The service is atarted, after introductions through our interpreter, as ayoung Bantu girl begins singing. She sings a phrase and then congregation responds in beautiful Xhosa harmonyi Surprise I Surprise I ALLTHE MEN ARE SINGING! Every man I and all the women and children toolThey sing until it's time to kneel and pray when all kneel and aBantu older prays in Xhosa. Scripture and the Lord's Supper followthe prayer, then more singing. Now the elder is leading a song. Hesings snd congregation responds singing. I couldn't understand thewords but I was m.ovod by their beautiful harmony as they sang songsof praise to the Saviour in their native tongue.SWEDISH SERMON... .It struck me as we listened to Bro. Gordon Nelsonpreach that this was quite unique. I'm Norwegian and Gordon isSwedish and yet we were here together represonting the Christ to ourAfrican brothers I Truly as in Acts 17i26, "and he made of one everynation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth...." Mdladlanareally worked harder than anyone as he had to interpret not onlyGordon's sermon but also what the brethren at Ashton said to us afterthe sermon.

MINISTER TROUBIE ....After the service wo had a business meeting. Thisis why the congregation at Ashton had asked us to come. They werehaving trouble with their minister. He had boon ip pointed to bo tnoirminister by the annual conference. Ashton was just one of tho churchesin his circuit and tho brothers there were not very happy about havinghim as their minister because he had been taking the offerings andother funds for himself. They docuirtenteQ their claims against himby idieir treasurers books. Now they wanted the white missionaries todo something about it! Bro. Nelson explained (thru our interpreter)that they themselves must act and that they should not depend uponthe white missionaries to solve their problems for them. This was theBible way....every church was responsible for ditself and would have todeal with its own problems... .and that if they did not went this

man as their minister they did not have to have him....that they couldselect and call whoever they wanted to be their minister..They thoughtthis was too good to be true, nevertheless, agreed it was the Bibleway. Gordon assured them it was and that they themselves, being child-red of God and led by the Holy Spirit, were capable of solving theirown problems if they took the scriptures as their guide. These nativesknow their scriptures very well, can qhote long passages from memory,but they have been depending too heavily upon the missionaries and thnconference to make their decisions for them. We must make them seethat they are to depend upon tho scriptures to guide them in theirdecisions. They had already decided they would like Mdladlana as theirminister if he cd uld include them in his circuit so they asked us if itwould be alright to call him as their minister. Again Gordon pointedout to them that they didn't have to ask for the white missionaries'approval.... that they could call anyone they wanted for their minister.Mdladlana said he would try to come and preach to them and help them,FAREVJELL TILL WHEN? We left A^shton hoping tnat we had brought them ones'tep closer to the N.T. pattern. They wore reluctant to have us go,even wanted us to stay and they would make sandwiches for us, butMdladlana, Gordon and I all had to be back in Capetown for eveningservices at our respective churches. Vje will go back to Ashton to seeif they have been able to solve their problem but it will not be soon.There are 2i|0 othei» Bantu churches besides Ashton and each one is beset by many problems. The greatest problem at present, is an untrainedand poorly educated native ministry with all its resultant problems.1 won't forget the man who wept as Gordon preached, the Bantu motherswith babies strapped to their backs, the heartfelt prayers and singingof these precious brothers and sisters in Christ and their earnest wishto live for Jesus Christ, their genuine Christian love for us all inthe midst of extrorely trying conditions for thorn. PRAY FOR THEM ANDFOR US A3 WE TRY TO HELPl

MISSIONARIES SCHEDULE iJJD PROBLEMS SINCE ARRIVING

Sund^--Services at VJynberg church—Bible School morning and Eve,services

Wedne sday--Svening ^ible study at VjynbergTueaddy-—Women's fellowship meeting every other week.Thursday--nv0nlng s tudy in homes—fllmstrip lessonsSaturday--Hope to start teaching classes concerning Eldership and the

N, T. church at our native locations

Problems; 1. communicating with the storekeepers,etc. in South Africa.Things here don't have same names as things in states. Trying to buya common item can be a frustrating experience if you don't know theright name for it I

2. Driving on left side of street thru Capetown traffici

3» No .telephone; takes months to get one installed,

Ij-. High prices on things such as cars, v;ash machines refrigeratorsetc. We sold EVERYTHING when we left. Have to start from scratchagain

5. Having only ONE electric outlet in entire housei

6. Mountains;

?• Money;

God bless you all is our prayer and God be praised for bringing allof you together in your desire to help us in reaching the lost ofthe world.

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SOUTH ATRIC/^ MISSIOND. L, Smaage Fred Crawford Forvrarding Ag*t46 Ferguson St« y 1279 Martha Vfashington DrivePlumstead Cape j Milv/aukee, l/y"isconsin 53213South Xifrioa

Yj"HA.T ' S THE ytfEjaJTHHiiyiilKE OVER THhIhii • •«With the recent heat v;ave experiencedby all our friends back home in the good old United States, many have asked us intheir letters about our weather here in Sunny South Africal Well, if you all couldsend a little of that extra heat over here we would really ^predate itl Brotherit s cold here down at the bottom of Africal We are right in the dead of winter herenow as seasons are exactly opposite of the States. Snow covers the upper portion ofthe Hoiland-Hottentot mountains Just fifty miles from us here at Capetown. We havevery windy and rainy days and we shiwer every morning as v/e quickly (very quickly)get dressedl There is no central heating in any of the homes here so everyone herewears very warm clothing in winter. At night we Jump into bed quickly WITH OUR HOTWATER BOTTLES', (We bought 4 of them soon after we arrived.) Cheryl and Kevin thinkthey are great and mom and dad do tooO The men wegr sweaters as vests under theirsuit-coats. The women all wear leotards. The weather here in Capetown is also a8_changeable as that in Indiana'. We had alternate sunshine, heavy downpour, brightclear skies end solid overcast all rolled into yesterday as Donna ran in and out ofthe house every half hour to hang out the wash and "rescue" it. She missed on thelast trip out and had to do the v/hole v/ash over.HELP', i-i, ,7ILD l-JRIC7d3 i^lMjIi IS iiFTER ME'...«.,."liVhere is he?"' Therel Can't you seehim?i Look outj He's ohargingl Get a weapon, quick! Hurry he's attacking andthere are others tool Hit himl Quickl Vfhap, missed'. Whap, Whap, Whap'. Missedagainl Get the bombl Nov/ spray himl Psssstt, psssssst, l'think you got himl Boywas that a close calll Well now maybe we can get some sleep'. Yea, those South

are really toughl"ll 11 bet you never heard a wild onimal story about Africa like that beforel)

BBlPTIZED at KIMBERLEY REVIViJj.,... We have Just returned from the famous city ofK^berley kiown the world over for the "Big Hole" diamond mine. Kimberley is the

.-diamond capital of the world but the people that live there are far from what theworld would call rich. The wealth has gone to but a few individuals. The many wholive in Kimberley and work there are rather poor, li've held a one v/eek DVBS in themorning. Revival at night at tlie Kimberley cburch where Bro, Bob Mills and his wifePhyllis minister. They hav e 4 daughters vho also helped in the VBS. Vse had a verypod week. The Lord blessed our effort and 3 were buried with the Lord in ChriatianBaptpm, Bob Mills is presently the Superintendent of our African work also andcarries on a printing ministry in which he sends literature to many other Africancountries outside of South Africa, He is doing a very fine ^ob in Kimberley. TheMills took us around to see the sigh-fe there, including the "Big Hole" diamond mineand muspm, largest man made hole on the face of the earth was originally aprge hill*. They found diamond in the hill and kept digging until they had turned itinto a hole! Somewhere there should be a good illustration here about making a mole-hole out of a mountain but I haven't found it yetl HTe couldn't resist the temptation-f kicking at the rocks in the street etc., to look for diamonds. Evejiy once in a ,v/hile someone finds a diamond lying the the streets or dirt of Kiiiberley', Vrfe were not30 lucJiy ^d then thenkful to remember the message Jesus sent to John the Baptist whenJohn was in prison,,,.and the Poor have the Gospel preached unto them." (Matt 11*5,-ind so it was at Kimberley that 3 of the poor of this Vtrorld had the Gospel preached

^ unto them smd they became rich in Christ by accepting Him as their personal Saviourl•ho can be richer than the man who has the gift of eternal life????? Praise God for7hat He's donel Praise God for victories won','7.HA?piD HE SAY? v\H/J DIP THE ELDER SAY? CQB ON TELL US TTK/J HE Si'JDl,.,.^1 hope you are all following the situation among our iJ'rioan churches here in each

v/sXetter. Mdladlana is our interpreter when v/e go to the Bantu churches, Bro. GordonLson and I sat on one of the wooden benches of the Worcester church as we listened

to the elder speaking in the Xhosa language explaining the great difficulty that theprcester church was experiencing, I had Just finished preaching the sermon (inEnglish, of course, vAiich Mdladlana had interpreted into Xhosa, which was then interpreted into Afrikaans) which was the shortest, longest sermon I ever preached'. Allthree of us (myself and tv/o interpreters) v/ere worn out at the end of the sermonlThe church was, and is, dying'. The minister appointed to the church is the sameminister appointed to Ashton (see last newsletter). The Vvoroester church didn't knowwhat to do. There were Just a handful of men left of the once vigorous and strongchurch. They had no one to teach them and nov/ services were not being attended andthe Lord's supper was and is not being observed. Neglect of God's Vvord was quiteevident! In short, Worcester's problems were almost identical to those of Ashton,And the truth is that these problems are pretty widespread among almost all of ourBantu churches in this area. They all need very, very much tea«hing. This is evidentfrom the wjy they lock upon the church, the ^ible and the mission... .To them, thehead of their church vhioh is called the "Church of Christ Mission" (not Just Churchof Christ or Chriatian ch'urch HUT "Church of Christ Mis si on") is the superintendentof the mission and the executive oommitteo which makes the ministerial eppointmentsat the annual conference. The executive coiiimittee is made up of 3 white missionariesand a number of African ministers. The ministers then appointed by the oomraittee areappointed to circuits of /African churches and they rule these circuits'. There isbhen usually on'ly one elde-' in e'-ch '^hurch of a circuit. The one elder rules thechurch! These elders are appoiiTtod not by tijo congregation but by the circuit minister.

Hii'der the elder will be one or two deacons and under the deacons, the congregation.They consider themselves churches in good standing so long as they abide by the dec

isions of the executive committee of the annual conference. These decisions are referred to as "The haw of the Churchli:" ^t is a continuous battle to convince themthat they should go to the iivord of God for their authority rather than the annualconference. Our missionaries are trying to bring this cliange in their -thinking about.In the past, missionaries, few in number', have not been able to ^_,ive enough time togood sound scriptural teaching and-the result is that many unscriptural practices arewidespread among our Bantu congregations here, vve are, at present, devoting muchtime to the preparation and distribution of material to correct these unscripturalpractices. Bob Mills at Kimberley is working on such material as we also are inCapetown, Pj'e plan -bo begin week-end teaching clinics right at the African churchesto train an eldership -bo do the work. The airplane vdll aid greatly in helping usto hold additional clinics in distant churches. Y/e really need your prayers as weteach the ./ifrican brethren'. Some of the present iifrican circuit ministers will notv/elcom© the planned teaching as it will mean that they vdll no longer be able to ruletheir churches as they please'. As could be expected, the African elders are all forit as it vdll give them more authorityl So we have the additional task of teachingthe elders to not use such authority to promote self but rather to oversee the flockand be responsible to the- Church, It is going to be difficult, but we believe tl©Bible v/ay is the best way and that God will bless our efforts to te^ch these brethren,to ^overn themselves according to God's YVord."UNDIFUNA UKITFUNDA ISIXHOSA" which means "I VvAMT TO lEjJgJ XHOSA" Two days afterour trip to n'orcester and my first sermon to the i'J'ricQn Brethren through two interpreters (see article above) I was sitting in the Dean of Admissions office at Capetowndiversity saying the words above (in English). V;elTj"''KhycouldntrBT)dssTDiy be more difficult than speaking through -bvra interpretersl "Sorry", theDecn said, "The Xhosa course is half over ai'jd we don't accept students at mid-yearfor this co'jrse, but you can talk to the head of the iifrican languages department ifyou vdsh. He miuy make an exception." So I headed over to see Professor Tvestphal,head of African languages department. After explaining to the professor my desire tolearn Xhosa, he startled me by saying, "Yve've been looking for someone like you', Weare in the process of developing a new course in the Xhosa language that will teachstudents to speak Xhosa in 6 months time and we need someone who doesn't know anything(he must have noticed ray stunned "intelligent" expression) about Xhosa to take thiscourse before v/e ihclud© it in the university's curriculuml" When God opens doorsHe really opens them'. The professor would like to know if I would be interested inbeing the "Test" student (Guineau pig) for the new Xhosa course'. YvOULD I? OH BOY*.YSS'. ivKERE DO 1 SIOI?'»•• .,1'M REiiDY FOR THE FIRST LESSON', If I can learn this languageit vfill cut our time in half that we spend at the African churches. Vv'e can eliminate

--a% -^1 oaat--on«r-Tn terp"ret^-and--T~wlTr"'b"e- -atrTe^to ' spe-ak"\1i rectty" Wth^'ATr rcahs" In the^quite lengthy business meetings that follow every service we attend.SG-^ details of the special course ...I, start the Xhosa cour 27.. I am the

^ student I I have^J: professorsl. Their purpose is to teach me to- actually speak[Xhosa in 6 months timei Xhosa is a difficult language with "click" sounds. The Xhosalanguage is the most widely spoken language of all native languages in South Africa.I am to take the course which will be, g.iven by means of printed lessons, tape recordings ajid then give my suggestions to the professors concerning the lessors. Revisedlessons -will than form the final course which will become part of the University ofCapetown's curriculum, in African languages department. Please pray for someone who

^ doesn't know anything (me) about Xhosa. It will mean much to our African brethren and\ to the work here if we can speak to the Bantu in their o-wn language. Since I will be\a guest of the Languages Department, it -will be tuition free'. Praise the Lord forN|;his v/ondsrful opportunityiF^C--iRPTS from letters FRGvI the STifES.ii.. ,•, .Yje receive the-most interesting maillike these comirents from VBS youngsters at the Christian Church in H^rtsburg, 111.Gary Ivriight is the minister. The children used airplone banks to help us purchase an

..airplane for the v/ork here: Brenda Teaney v^rites, "I would like to knovj if it's funbein^ a missionary?" Kent Sherwood, "I like to shoot; a BB gun Yvhat kind of weapons•io you use?"' (See the wild animal story above Kentl) Karen Seaman, "I go to'.VBS

••^-.%at do you do?" YYe are praying for you," Y^e received 22 letters from the youngsters—at Ear-taburg-Chri-stisn-Ghurchl YYe also received 3 letters from the Bill Davis familyr.at- Orchard Street Chruoh vdth 2 big ballons enclosed'. Cheryl and Kevin really like

that letter', Paul Burdick is the new minister and Virginia Davis tells us he's doinga real good job at OSCC.C-PD BLESS YOU PTaEASE REi«BER US IN YOUR PPf^YERS

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SOUTH AFRIC..N MISSIOND, L. Smaage Pred Crawford, ForwardingP.O. box 91 Parklands, Jonannosburg • 1279 Kartha wasnington uriveTransvac;!, South i,frica Milwaukee, Wise. 53213, U.S.A.

Nov. 7, 1966^ .

Dear Brothers in Christ:

Vje are writing to let you know that we have decided to stay and continue to work in South ;.frlca. We have, however, moved from Capetownto Johannesburg. This will enable us to do more work, for the Lord inthis country. Wo really appreciate your response to our request foryour guidance in helping us make this decision.

It seemed best to us, after hearing from our supporting churches,and after more prayer, to remain in South Airica and continue ourwork wo recently begun. The move to Johannesburg will afford us mo.reopportunity to work, and also give the new missionaries moving toCapetown work to do.

After discussing the needs of this mission field with two otherfamilies hero, we have launched out on an evangelistic campaign be-/ginning in the Johannesburg area. The work will be very difficultand will take us to some "rough" areas similar to the slums ofChicago or New York. A1 Hamilton, Jerry Spaulding, and myself, alongwith our wives, will form an evangelistic team for the purpose ofwinning others to Christ and ostablisning new churches nere. V;e arejust starting this endeavor and are making arrangements to have onemeeting each month. This will Involve two weeks of calling and twoweeks of preaching in an area using Bro. riamilton's tent or rentinga hall. Jan Spaulding and Donna will bo taking care of the necessarycorrespondence with the Government and follow up with correspondenceto the new converts. They will also assist Annette Hamilton witnorganizing VBS's or youth classes to be hAld along with the meetings^

This past week Bro. Hamilton and I flow to Capetown (via airline) topick up the bus that Johnson Bible College seat over for the workhere. The students at the college helped in raising funds for thebus. It can best be described by tno name we have given it: TheJolly Green Giant" I It Is really big." V/e had quite a time gettingit over the mountains from Capetown to Jo'burg. 29 hours of continuous driving, one blow-out, one flat tire finally got us herf at2 m this past Friday. This week we are fitting it out as a mo'ilechapel and new paint, bill also have to buy 6 recaps for it at #50each. Could use some financial help on this if any youth groups^ orclasses have some extra money they don't know what to do withl Wehope to have the bus ready this Lord's Day as we already have itscheduled for five services in the Jo'burg area. Last Sunday Ero,Hamilton and I conducted five services; two with the i^fricans, twofor Coloured groups, and one for some Chinese people. This nextLord's Day we will be travelling to one of our j.frican churcnes 65milos from here for a baptismal service that is scneduled for 7;30

.After this we will return to Jo'burg to take the bus on Its circuitof five more services.

Eight now, Donna and I are trying to sort out our belongings, be arenot unpacking everything, for we will have bo move again tne end ofthe month. The house we are in is available to us for only one month-be do not have a house yet ibut are confident that the Lord will provide for our needs. Cheryl Is in scnool and getting along much butterhere than sne did in Capetoifn.

We would appreciate your prayers as we work here in this country. Wehave many problems to deal with and your concern for us is a greatencouragement to us. We will be preaching to all race groups nere.The message will bo the same for each one. We nave already had somelimited experience In doing this and have found that the Gospel isthe same regardless of the listener's race or background. I willsend you a schedule of our bus clrdult and our scheduled revivalmeetings as soon as we have it mimeographed. Please pray that wewill be able to do all these things and that the Lord will give usmuch streng^hl

Your brother in Christ,

* Oerronn> and Donna Smaage

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GREETINGS P'-.f V A.F:-ISA, . . .To all our brothers ar^

sisters in Christ in A^'iv-'CA! Donna is holding Grac-who is the baby dau.ghter of Mdladlana, one of our verfine African preachers. Grace is just 9 months old ana very pretty baby. She will learn to speak Xhoea before she learns Engli.'=;h and she will be working by thtime she is 6 years old to help earn a living for thfamily. She has brothers and sisters. Her family ia happy one because mother and father are Christians!When we -eaw Grace for the first time I said she was a-

"ubuhle usana" which means "beautiful baby" in Xhoaa.Her brothers and sisters were very nroud of their '-ittie sister and this pleased them beyond words. Some cKdladlana's children are just learning English. The,know how to say "hello" and they say it over and oveiagain. The younger children were quite impressed wit)Cheryl's long, light brown hair' "hey thought she wa'"ubuhle" too!

ThTSE A^KSi.'iTVTNG, 19f^6....It really -rAemed strange to us Northerners to have s-'feast as this in the summertime during a heat-wave! Holiday time is difficultssionaries in forelm fields for it is especially on these days that v7e are useding with our families. Having Thanksgiving in the summertime was not the only d"rence! South Africans, of course, do not celebrate this feast but what made qu!difference wa.«^ having Egr-foo-young, Noodles and beef strips etc, instead of Pofrkey, cranberry sauce and all the trimmings! Jerry and Florence Ho had invitedshare their specially prepared Chinese dinner as a substitute for the tradition-

»rican Tom Turkey! Our thre® mis.eionary families here in Johannesburg, Stuartilyn Cook, A1 and Annette Hamilton and o^irselves plus T children plus other mr

"s of the Beit Street Church really enjoyed this fine hospitality! Cheryl and Kevlisted on using Chop Sticks alon.g with everyone else and did quite well to our sur.e. Donna learned a little bit about Chinese cooking and now knows how to m-'-foo-young, Christians the world over have much to be thankful about. The lo

• redeemed us and forgiven us. We pfs'ise God for victories won. k were added; Lord here in Johannesburr during the American Thanksgiving season! We thank y

your prayers on our behalf.

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•'OTE; Tf you will pray for us each noon Q^rOO) the following dates, you willbe praying at the same time we we will actually be preaching as we areB ho'urs ahead of Eastern Standard Time, ••/e are planning on holding onemeeting each month beginning this January.

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Bro. Hamilton and I will be

doing the preaching. JerryS-nauldinr in charge of music

V/e will be using a 200 capacity tent for these meetings. Bosmont and Riverleaare coloured areas of Joh.annesb\irg, We have already been calling in thesearea s.

?vin came running into the kitc'^en to tell Donna that there were "One thousand, oindrea, and one" ants In his bedroom! After Donna cleaned out the room she agr'".lat that was about how many there were. One evening last week Cheryl found a 1.."i in her room and chased him out of the house all by herself! She has a new kii..oee name is "Tommy" but Tommy likes to climb up the drapes which makes Donna qu:•gry!

.i-RPLANE NSWS>,. We need your help! Just yesterday bro, "Sonny" Hamilton And I vfour regular "airplane hunt" (We've been searching for a suitable airplane for r

ork here) and found what we hope will be the end. of our search! Midst rubble £recks of airplanes in an old hangar at Baragwanath airnort here we found a beaut i'-•place French Nord Airplane (with one flat tire and no propeller but other-wtee^ this ship is an all-metal airplane and cruises over 160 KPH curlccrompted us to investigate further. We found out that the owner wants to sell

dollars. We have been looking diligently and have «ound anything in this class of airplane for under S8,000. We are very esiich enthsB^'Out this airplane as it only has 200 hours since major factory overhaul on the «^e and complete factory inspection of the airframe. Total tine of the airfraae «igine since new is also very low being only 1200 hours! The owner has ordered a r.-oilier for it and we will flight test it next week. If it flies as good as we e>ct. we will go ahead with the purchase. We are a little short of the 5^^200 neede' now have 82.00 in our airplane fund so ah extra gift from any who would desire>lp would .really be appreciated just now! An airplane would really be a bisr help

iv this ait'ni«nf "V! praying that the Lord will make it possible for usthis tooT We do aeS yoar help!'angaltetie ^ African work but also .xtassively in onfcallatie canpairna ia the different cities and towns of South AfricA.

Vweh^atJerry Spauldine and I trareled to our Afri^ f Jo'burg for a baptlSBal serriee at 7:?0 A.M.! Well

•out lO'OO th the African is not very tiipe conscious and it waah't unttt 10.00 that eiKht Africans wore baptised into Christ in the river at Bank. WeCO any of the baptlztog among oiar African churches as our'work is limited to le

elders or ministers do the personal work and bantizingbelieve that this is beet as rt encourages indigenous churches. Hen are bapti

rat and then the women. According to African custom, men face away.'frora the stren the women are being immersed. As one elder was baptizing in the river anothere b^k was preaching from the third chapter ,of John and encouraging others to aiakcision for Christ, we rejoiced with them for those that did make this decision!

Lehman a 19 year old South African younwho will be flying to the U.S. this January! quentin is a European boy who wil. inter^t at .Johnson Bible College in Knojcville, Tenn. All whtL fj! ® the work of South Africa will be interested in this fine vounn mar• a nlana'ti i- helping quentin out of personal funds t'1 h; uj®* States. Cost for one way fare is S500 dollars. H.

• th» i *'*® states because we are scrapingbottooa w? '®''®- ®'"® ^® «°nderful if some of you folks in tL^od old U•ad help him out a little his first year at Bible College. "®Kooa old U..

^ES AVAILABLE.. .Byobhor Fred Crawford, our ^orw4i*»v?-iven* ^ uling the work in South Africa A new «of rt'r f sets of slides cc-• up and will soon be available. Pred aim is^k^I « Johannasburg is now beiresent our work personally, b; sSftffonla^ B^f Crawford? ^

hxffl to present a stiecIn1 -nrno^Am «« 4-^^ f > o Crawford if your church wot.^ elder in the Orchard .street Christian Chweh Brother CrawfcYou Will enjoy his Presentation of this ehal^S'-isslfrfie'^d?"'

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