dumler mike brenda 1980 zambia

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ZAMBIACHRISTIAN

MISSIOA

Mike and BrendaDumler

Field

Address:

P.O.Box 2184

Lusaka,

Zambia

Forwarding Agents Address

Mr.

and

Mrs. John

Gulley

R.R.I, Heyworth,

IL

61745

Volume2 January, 1980

Number1

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Mike's

Minute

"For unto us child s born, o us son s given,

and

h e

government

i l l be upon i s

s h o u l d e r s j ^

and

His name

will

be called

Wonderful

Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Fatheri

PRINCEOF EA E. Isaiah 9:6

During the

Christmas

week

w hen l l

the world

was e l e b r a t i n g the b i r t h

of

the Prince o f Peaccj

the people of Zambia and Zimbabwe

Rhodesik

h a d

s p e c i a l c a u s e t o c e l e b r a t e . t was

t

h a t i m e ^

that

the

t w o warring factions i n

the

Rhodesian

c o n f l i c t a g r e e d t o " c e a s e f i r e " . T h i s

w a r h a s ^

raged i n t h i s area

f o r seven

years

w i t h much

s u f f e r i n g and l o s s o n

both

s i d e s .

The a l l i n g f o r

cease

f i r e

has brought

a new

h o p e

to

these

people who ave had so i t t l e

hope.

We

pent

two

weeks

i n

Malawi, Zambia's eastern

neighbor,

during December.

When

we

eturned

to Lusaka

w e

were

n o t p r e p a r e d

f o r

t h e new

p i r i t

w h i c h

had swept the people n our

absence.

We ound

t h e p e o p l e o f L u s a k a s e e m i n g l y o u t

f r o m

u n d ^ r a '

great weight

which

had oppressed them f o r so

many

e a r s .

Today

h e

Zambian p e o p l e do

o t

have to c o n t i n u a l l y

watch

the

sky

f e a r i n g

the

bombings f r o m w h i c h t h e y h a v e so o f t e n f l e d .

Today the g u e r i l l a t e r r o r i s t s who

have

been

encamped n

the

Lusaka

area

during the

war

are

going back

to

t h e i r

n a t i v e

Rhodesia.

The

Rhodesians

are gearing

up to

f i g h t t h e i r

i d e o l o g i c a l b a t t l e s through

p o l i t i c a l

campaigns

and the elective process.

February

28 has been selected as

the date

o r

elections

in Rhodesia

to

determine the

new

direction

of that

country.

We ray that these

e l e c t i o n s w i l l see a p o s i t i v e

beginning

f o r

Rhodesia

— hat there w i l l t r u l y be an end to the

ravages of war.

We ray h a t t h i s new

atmosphere of

ho pe

i l l

also mean a new ra

n Rhodesia

or

the

hristian

churches/churches

o f

Christ. I n past

years

much

of

our greatest mission

work

has

been done

inside

Rhodesia.

We remember

the

great

outreach

going out from

the Dadaya Mission,

Mashoko Mission and Chidamoyo Mission. The

Christian

Church had established schools,

h o s p i t a l s

and many

churches

i n s i d e Rhodesia.

The

war

h o s t i l i t i e s meant that many

of th e

dedicated missionaries who

ad

given

h e i r

l i v e s

to that f i e l d had to leave t h e f i e l d , close t he

hospitals

and

return to the U.S. They had i n

places

l e f t

behind Christians who surely were

able to

carry

on the work

of

the Church. They

also l e f t behind struggling congregations who

need more nurturing. I

am sure

they

also

l e f t

behind

h e i r hearts.

We

ray

that now hese

who

have given

so much o

Rhodesia,who ave

given

t h e i r l i v e s for the

proclamation

of

the

Gospel n

that land

w i l l

be

able

to

return

to arry

on he

ask

God

as

called them into.

The churches in

Zambia

have

continued to

grow

uring the o n f l i c t

and

althoughsome ave

had to

evacuate

certain

areas of

this

country,

missionaries are

t i l l able

to

work in

Zambia.

At

the same time, though, much of what

missionaries had been,

able to do in t h e

past,

e s p e c i a l l y i n r u r a l areas, has had

to

be stopped.

We pray

that with

t h i s

cease f i r e

and

the

departure of

the u e r i l l a t e r r o r i s t s we

i l l

be able

to resume much f this

former work.

I

sk

you

to

j o i n

us

i n

special

prayer

for

Zimbabwe

Rhodesia.

As the date

f or

the

elections approaches, please pray with us each

day h a t

God's i l l

be d one n t h i s d i f f i c u l t p a r t

of

the

world.

Please j o i n us i n

prayer for

the

congregations, for the Christians who have

suffered so much—Please

pray

that peace may

come

o

this

land and

that

God may be l o r i f i e d

by

m ore and m ore of

hese people who

re made

i n

the

image of

the

Creator,

urning

to

the Prince

of Peace.

o

o

Greetings from Zambia As

received l e

f r o m friends

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pampering

my sunburn

and

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sleeveless c lothes. Our weather is hot, b

rains so

often

that

we

get a nice

break

of

weather.

This term Mike

and

I w i l l both be v o l u n t a

teaching r e l i g i o u s classes

at the

Second

School. Every

Thursday we

i l l have

six cla

each with about40 tudents n each lass. I t

a l l boys school and they must

wear

uniform

blue s h i r t s ,

gray

trousers and

black

shoes.


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5/26

ZAMBIA

HRISTIAN

9IISSIOA

Mike

and

Brenda Dumler

Field

Address:

P.O.

Box

2184

Lusaka,Zambia

Forwarding Agents Address

Mr,

and

Mrs. John Gulley

R.R.I,

Heyworth,

IL

61745

Volume2

March,

1980

Number2

Over

500

young secondary

school

t u d e n t s

have

been

reached w i t h t h e

seeds f

t h e

gospel

h i s

p a s t

year

i n

our

B i b l e

classes

i n

the

government

h i g h

school here

i n

Lusaka.

The

school h as

given

us

permission

to

come

n

on Thursday morning and each

teach s i x

s c r i p t u r e classes. Above Brenda s

shown w i t h h e r Form 3 grade

t e n ) b o y s . T h i s i s t h e

g r e a t e s t o p p o r t u n i t y

w e

have f o r

r e a c h i n g

t h e

unreached

n

our r e s e n t m i n i s t r y . While

perhaps

one a l f o f t h e s e young men have had

some

e l i g i o u s

teaching

b e f o r e , many have

n o t .

Every week we

re

approached

by

other

schools

asking us o come

teach the

students

the

Word

f God. This s

an opportunity i n

which

dozens

of

h r i s t i a n teach ers are

needed today

r i g h t

here i n

Lusaka.

We re now eeing some n

our

classes becoming n v o l v e d i n the

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

w e

e r v e n e a r t h e i r

h o m e

and h a t makes us e e l even more x c i t e d about e a c h i n g out n t o

the

openings n

the schools.


6/26

ICike's

LCinute

Your

prayers

have

sustained

us

during our

i r s t

twelve months ere on he mission f i e l d .

As

o u

are

reading t h i s , we are i n

our w e l f t h

m o n t h of

service here in Lusaka.

These

months have not

been

easy,

yet

through the power f our Father

who

s

a b l e to i v e abundantly more han we a r i

ever ask, we have received the strength to serve

Him

and

a oy

because

we

know

hat

we re n

the

center of

His will

for

our

lives.

During these

past

twelve months

we ave seen

a

severe

escalation

of t h e war here in Lusaka,

adding

tremendous pressure to the already

p l e n t i f u l

p r e s s u r e s o f s e t t l i n g

i n t o a new u l t u r e|

and a new oreign i t y . At hesame

ime we

ave

seen our

prayer

i v e s

grow

as

we

e p e n d o t a l l y

u p o n the Lord and we

ave

e l t the power f your

prayers for

our ministry. Today we ave

seen an

easing of the

o l i t i c a l h o s t i l i t i e s here w h i c h have

eased pressures on usas w e l l .

Our

ime here

has been

u l l and we raise God

that h e

has

given us e s u l t s i n our ministry

n

the

past

year.

In

one

ecent

two

month

eriod

we

ad

over orty

baptized into Christ n

the Lusaka area

congregations we

erve.

We ave reached more

than

500

boys

n the

secondary school

with the

Good

News and have seen some of those

be c o m i n g

involved i n the

Church here.

Intensive

leadership training

work has

been conducted

n

the

congregations here, ocusing on

ommitting

the

Word

to

f a i t h f u l men that

they may

n turn

teach others

also. Brenda

has conducted

Bible

classes for

the ladies i n these c ongregations

i n

addition

to

the work she does n the local

high

school.

Currently

am

riting a

eries

f essons

on

he

i f e

and

eachings of

Jesus

Christ

which

am

using i n

my

eadership

r a i n i n g classes.

We ave

not

seen a need

anywhere

that

we

have

served before

equal

to the

need

we see

around

us every day.

Never

before

have

we een

a ongregatio n stand

up

o the persecutions hat

some

T our churches

here

have

aced

these

ast

t welve months. We

have

never

before seen

persecutions

strengthen

the

Body

of

Christ

corporately n

such a remendous

way.

We ave

never before e l t that we wereso needed n such

very specific ways.

God has

called us

into

thi s service. We

re

happy

to

see

His

daily direction

i n

our

i v e s .

I t

feels good o be needed. We ope hat

we

i l l

be

able to

return to

Africa

for

another

term of

service.

I n s i x

m o n t h s

we

w i l l

be t r a v e l l i n g

through

our home country reporting to the

Christian

Churches in America what God s

doing

i n the

churches

n Zambia. We hope hat

we i l l have the opportunity

at

that

time

to

share

with you personally and to share with

t h e

fellowship

where y o u

worship. I f

you are

currently

planning a mission

r a l l y ,

r e v i v a l ,

ladies

day

r

other c t i v i t y i n your congregation

for

the

f a l l of 80 or spring of

81, we o u l d love

to

share

with

you

at that time.

Please

write

to

us

here

at

our Lusaka

address.

Acts 21:19: " a f t e r greeting

them he Paul) related one

by

one he things

hat

God

had done

among the Gentiles

through

his

ministry

. "

(RSV)

We

ontinually p raise God for

you,

our

co-

laborers n t h i s

service.

We ong to see you to e l l

you ace o ace how

much

our

ove,

rayers and

support mean o

us.

Kauma

Cnipata

K a p i y a n p •LUSAKA

Kafu*


7/26

Hota

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I n additio n to scripture classes n

school

am

leading

Women's

Bible Study

i n two

churches

each week.

We've begun a study on

Women

of

the Bible

and

how we

can

benefit

from their

examples.

The

Zambian women especially

l i k e

the lesson on

Rebekah. We

ead

Genesis

24and

discussed

her

qualities

to be c h osen

as

Isaac's

wif e.

Then we alked about howwe an be more

l i k e

Rebekah.

She

orked hard (vs. 15),showed

kindness to

a

h i r s t y stranger (vs.

18),

and even

did

more han she

was sked to do y offering to

draw

water

for the camels (vs.

19,

20). She

showed h o s p i t a l i t y (vs. 25)

and

even more

importantly

she

was

bedient

to

the

voice

of

God

(vs. 58). She was

prepared

to leave her parents

and

home mmediately.

This

story of

Rebekah helps

the

women

ereto

understand the importance of imme diate

response to God. Like

Rebekah,

h e

Zambian

women are d i l i g e n t workers, hoeing the f i e l d s

and caring

for t h e i r

families. They also show

h o s p i t a l i t y

by serving t h e i r guests

the

best f o o d

(usually chicken f r i e d i n o i l with

tomatoes

and

onions). They can see

they have many of the

good qualities that Rebekah had n her

i f e .

And

many

re t r i v i n g to be obedient to Go d 's i l l f or

their lives, even as Rebekah was.

When Jesus

called

h i s disciples they

immediately l e f t everything and followed hi m

( Ma t t h e w

4:18-22).

When Jesus a l l s we ave to

respond at once.

Many days we l i k e

to

have

pancakes f or

breakfast.

Here i s

how

make syrup.

Maple

Syrup

Combine n

saucepan:

1%cup white sugar

7 4 cup brown sugar

1

cup

water

Bring

to

a

o i l , cover, and

cook minute.

Cool5 inutes.

Add:

V i teaspoon v a n i l l a

teaspoon m a p l e

flavoring

I n Zambia, the children

a l l

wear uniforms to

school.

The

g i r l s wear dresses and the young

boys wear s h o r t s and s h i r t s .

Older

boys wear

long

trousers

and

s h i r t s .

Each school has a

d i f f e r e n t

color

uniform. Most of the students

walk

t o school so they must get up v e r y

e a r l y

to

f i n i s h

breakfast

and get to school

o n

time. Fo r

b r e a k f a s t

they e a t

cooked r i c e

w i t h sugar or

porridge

made

with

mealie meal.

Many of the

students

speak an African

language a t home and l e a r n t o speak

E n g l i s h

a t

school.

Then

hey

can learn

to

read.

Their

bo oks

look

much l i k e

yours, but the stories are about

elephants,

hippos, snakes goats, zebras, and

l i o n s . There are many stories about

the

clever

Kalulu ( r a b b i t ) and the

Hippo.

The Kalulu i s

always doing

something

wrong

and the

Hippo

gets n t r o u b l e . I n

one t o r y

the a l u l u was

a t i n g

the f a r m e r ' s maize (co rn) and the v i l l a g e men

thought t was Hippo. So hey

chased

Hippo o

the

i v e r

and h e

hid there

n the

water. Kalulu did

not

get

i n

trouble.

Did you ever know people who acted l i k e

Kalulu?

They always d i d bad t h i n g s ,

but never

got n

trouble.

Jesus

e l l s us we

must

ove

those

people,

ven f they r y to hurt us. Read Matt hew

5:44.

Love,

Brenda


8/26

MATERO

CHURCH OF

CHRIST

The oldest and

strongest congregation

we

serve here in Lusaka

i s

t h e Matero Church of

C h r i s t . This congregat ion was

t a r t e d some en

years

n

the

home f

a a i t h f u l

Christian brother,

Joseph Mvula. Matero tow nship i s a densely

populated area o n the north

e dg e

of the

c i t y

of

Lusaka. Two years ago he Matero Church was

able to

secure a

b u i l d i n g s i t e i n

a s t r a t e g i c

l o c a t i o n of new homes

n

Matero township. God

granted this congregation a

building location

between a

secondary

school and a new primary

school

w hich has just

opened

h i s year. A

new

highway being

b u i l t near the church

s i t e

w i l l j o i n

the industrial

area

w i t h the Great North

Road

w h i c h l i n k s

Lusaka

to the copp erbelt of Zambia.

The Church in

Matero has been

blessed

with

the

strongest leadership

i n

the

Lusaka

area.

Brother Mvula, chairman

of

the board at Matero

and the man

who

was

the

nucleus for t h is

congregation,

s

even

now providing

advice

and

gu idance to our younger congregations

i n

this

c i t y . The Matero church

has attracted other

men

-Gf-God-who ogether

with brother Mvula have ed

the Matero congregation

n

a might y outreach

o r

our

Lord. Recently

we assisted the Matero

congregation

i n making tapes for t h e

government radio station here i n Lusaka.

As l l congregations within the Body f Christ,

the

Matero

Church s not ree of problems, et he

leadership

has reached

a

point

of

s p i r i t u a l

maturity

w hich

every missionary longs to see.

They are most often able to

resolve

their

problems

n

a

mature manner.

Our

work i n

the Matero Church s

leadership

training.

Ladies

Bible classes, and

youth

work

n

addition to

preaching

i n

worship services

monthly.

We

re always

encouraged by

the

brethren at Matero

and thankful to

missionaries

who have

gone

before

us

to help this

group

of

Christians reach the place they have matured

into

today.

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elders and

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o f Christ in

Ndola,

Zamliia

a n March 2,

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chosen

by t i l e

:ongregation are

brothers

Lazalo, Sawila,

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nissionary

to

Zambia,

conducted

the

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The congregation at Lubuto has

studied

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the work and

also t h e

characteristics'of

t h ose

men set

aside

as leaders of the'

i

church of

Christ. Each man was attested

I

3 y the

congregation

to have

those qualificat:.ons

set

down in

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Scripture.

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Christ

is an

example

t o

congregations

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throughout

Zambia, as it is

one of th4

strongest congregations in Zambia.. f

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established

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and c h urc h

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missionaries

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leaders

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and the elders share preaching

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humble

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these congregatio ns. Those at L u b l i t o

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C h r i s t i a n b r o t h e r s f u l l o f t h e H o l y

S p i r i t

a n d J i f i s d o m A c t s 6 v 3 j w e r e o r d a i n e d t o

the work of

elders

and

deacons at

the Lubuto

Church

of

Christ in Ndola

Zambia on

March 2, 1980.

E l d e r s c h o s e n b y

t h e

c o n g r e g a t i o n a r e B r o . t h e E l L a z a l o ^ B m a l j e r S a w i l a J ^ a n d B r o t h e r

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m i s s i o n a r y

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leaders

of- t he

. C h | r e c J i of\Christ-; Each

man

was attested

b y

the

congregation to

have

those qualifications

set down

in the 'Scripture. The

Lubuto

Chur ch of

Christ

is an example

to

congregations

throughout

Zambia,

as

one

of

the

strongest congregations in

Zambia.

Congregations

e s t a b l i s h e d b y

Christian Church/

Church

of

Christ

missionaries in

Z a m b i a

d o

n o t

e n g a g e

s a l a r i e d

m i n i s t e r s , a e T T h e c h u r c h l e a d e r s d o t h e w o r k

of

the ministry and the elders

s har e

pr eaching responsibil iti e s.

We

p ra i s e t h e

Lord

that

a

hum bl e effecti v e l eadership has been nurtured i n these congregations. We

^esE^hlall-y s e e k at t h i s

t i m e

the special pray ers of elders and deacons

in

the Christian Church/Churches

of

Christ

in

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Zambia Christian

Mike and BrendaDumler

Field

Address:

P.O.

Box32184

Lusaka Zambia

Forwarding Agents Address:

Mr. and

Mrs.

John Gulley

R.R. 1

Hey

worth IL 61745

March 4 80

Howard Ray Editor

Horizons

P 0 box

111

Kempton Indiana 46049

United States of America

Brother Ray

On the reverse of this

letter

I

am

sending news regarding the ordination of

Elders

and deacons in

the

Lubuto

Church of Christ

in Ndola

Zambia.

I felt

you might be

in

terested in

including

this in

a

future issue of Horizons

in Worldwide

News features.

Please sir feel free to use your

freedom to

make editorial

corrections

in

this

information

and to

arrange

th-e facts in the best manner for your publication.

I am enclosing a

photo

with

this

letter

also

of

the

brethren

ordained

to the

offices of the Church.

Thank you for your consideration of

our

news from Zambia and your great service

to the cause of

Christ

around

the

world.

Your brother in Christ

Mike Dumler

Taking

the Oospel of Ligkt tothe Heart of

the

Dark ontinent


13/26

Z MBI CHRISTI N

MISSIO

Mike and Brenda

Dumler

Field

Address:

P.O.Box 32184

Lusaka

Zambia

Forwarding

Agents Address

Mr. and Mrs. John Gulley

R.R.I

Heyworth IL 61745

Volume

May,

1980 Number

So then

aith

Cometh by hearing


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llike's

Minute

NEW LIFE

T h e s e

p a s t w e e k s h a v e b r o u g h t a a r v e s t i m e o

the Churches of Christ i n the

Lusaka

area.

Scores o f p e o p l e have b e l i e v e d

and

obeyed t h e

L o r d

a n d

b e e n a d d e d

t o

t h e f a m i l y o f Gda

h e r e

s i n c e

we c e l eb r a t e d R e s u r r e c t i o n

Day

t d e f i r s t

w e e k e n d of A p r i l .

God

has promised tho^f who

w i l l c a l l u p o n

H i s

name n d b e l i e v e i n h t s o n l y

begotten

Son a new l i f e . The hope of the

r e s u r r e c t i o n of

b e l i e v e r s

an d

the

home hri; ha s

g o n e t o

p r e p a r e f o r u s

n

h e a v e n i s

a

w o d c

r f u l

expectation

we

a l l

can

share.

Yet Christ

p r o m i s e d H i s f o l l o w e r s a n a b u n d a n t i f e

h d r e

on

t h i s

e a r t h

as

w e l l

as

a home

n

h e a v e n . '

The

abundant i f e is a v a i l a b l e to l l

b e l i e v er s.

We ee

h e r e I n A f r i c a t h a t w h a t h e A f r i c a n e l i e v e | r m a y

receive

as

his share of the abundance and

what

we

m i g h t o u r s e l v e s

e x p e c t

i n

o u r

l i v e s m^y be

— c o m p l e t e f y ^ l t f f e r e n t . - L e t me

hare i t h

y o u j a

few

exa mp l e s

of what mean.

* Our

God has given

the Congregation

b e l i e v e r s a t Mungwi

(see

page four) gracd

withstand the pain and

suffering

o f a i

fought

r i g h t

i n

t h e i r

own

back

door.

H e l

provided

for

the

needs

of these people

given them a

e a l

to reach others w i t h

p o w e r f u l

Good News

f

e t e r n a l

a n d

a b u n d d '

life.

Our

h r i s t i a n b r o t h e r i n Lusaka i d

not

i e | <

tremend ous family

pressures

when

r e l a t i v e s urged him to chase (divorce) i s WJfe

when they

saw that

a f t e r

nearly

six years o f

marriage she had

b orne

no hildren. Furtn r ,

God ranted

the prayer o f

this

hildless o i i f le

a n d

I

ha ve

had

the j oy of

cradling

i n

my

c

ig

white jiands

the tiny and beautiful

i t t l e

blask

g i r l

b a b y which God has given

them

this year.

Our

God ha s b e e n

s u f f i c i e n t for the

p a i n i

o f

t h e m o t h e r

who

a s o m m i t t e d h e r n l y s o r | o

God's

are after the do ctors

found

he child

o

be

a ictim

o f

i c k l e ell

anemia,

l o o d

dise«

e

peculiar to

the African people. The h i l d ' s

father and mother have refused

to take the

b a b y

to

the

Traditional

African m e d i c i n e men

who

stand out e v e n i n t h i s c i t y of o n e h a l f

m i l l i o n

a s glaring

proof

that this i s

s t i l l

the

dark

continent .

* Our sister in Christ

shared

with

Brenda

recently

how

she

had

c o m m itt e d

to

God

the

lack of f o o d

i n

her house.

She ent

out every

day

earching

for

the co rn

m e a l which forms

the staple ingredient of every

m e a l

i n the

Zambian homes.

Each

day

c l o s e d

on

he r

e f f o r t s

to f i n d f o o d

for

her

family with

no

success.

Yet upon

her

a r r i v a l at home she

woul d find

that

one

f the

Christian family ha d

come hat

day

o

share

out the

tiny rations

that

they had

and

her family did

not u f f e r .

J e s u s said,

I

came that they might ha ve l i f e

a n d

might have t

abundantly."

Jn.

10:1

Ob.

We

know that

the

H o l y S p i r i t produc e s i n

a l l

true

b e l i e v e r s

the

r u i t s o f love,

joy,

peace,

patience,

kindness, g o o d n e s s , f a i t h f u l n e s s , gentleness,

self control." Gal. :22-23.

Wb̂ e

d^d~working

OQfHIs i l l

a n d

His

great

l o v i n g kindness i n our l i v e s d a i l y .

I t

has been a

source o f great joy to

us

to

watch

thatsameGod

work

in

the

lives o f our

African

brothers and

s i s t e r s i n

Christ J e sus a s they face those r i a l s

which

are p e c u l i a r l y t h e i r own.

H o t e i

h

One onderful year has

now

passed. I t

went

q u i c k l y for us here n

Zambia.

Many vents

have

taken place

to e ncourage

our

hearts

and

strengthen our

i v e s .

Let me hare a ew f thes e

h i g h l i g h t s with

you.

When

we i r s t c a m e ,

the

C h r i s t i a n s were s o eager to meet us and accept

us

a s "brothers i s t e r s " i n

C h r i s t ,

breaking the

b a r r i e r

o f

f o r e i g n e r " .

Si mpl e

i f t s

were offered

to

us

a s

a

o k en o f

ove

and riendship l o c a l r u i t s

egetables). One ady e v e n

brought

mea i t t l e

bag

of

o n i o n s i

We ave

seen

young

l d

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accept

the

Lord

as h e i r

Savior.Andwe aveseen

Satan's Influ ence

causing

some o a l l away nd

go back

into

sin.

But i s

this anything

new

or

different?

Many

times we have drawn strength

from fellowship with

believers who have

remained

steadfast

and l o y a l . One Christian

woman hared with

me

hat she had no ood in

her house for her husband and three

l i t t l e

children. Everyday she prayed,went o town to

find mealie

meal

t h e i r

staple ood)

but

there was

none to buy. When she returned

back

home

there was mealie

meal

there

someone

had

brought and

wanted

to

share.

For two weeks he

prayed, found none to buy. but

at

supper time

there was lways some n

the house. Finally

she

foundsome n a mall

market.

She s convinced

the Lord had

provided

for

her

because

she

sked

him to. Her a i t h

was p l i f t e d as she

earned to

depend

on the Lord and

i v e

from day to

day.

Another highlight was aster

weekend.One

f

the township churches

planned a

3-day special

crusade beginning on Good Friday. A rojector

and generator

were rented to show films each

night, as there

i s

no l e c t r i c i t y

i n

the church.

A

short

sermonwas lso preached. People packed

the building so u l l ; many ere

standing

outside

looking i n the windows. Several decisions were

made

as a e s u l t

of these

meetings.

I t s

always

fun to i n v i t e

the ladies

group o my

house

for

tea

and

cake.

Last

month

I

served

lunch to

twelve

of them and

made

a herry cake.

We ad Nsima, e l i s h (cabbage, tomatoes,

and

onions

cooked

together),

banana

bread

and

popcorn.

Most

f

them took t h e i r piece

of

cake

home o their husbands

DD

The Post Office

i n

Lusaka has

assigned

Zambia

Christian

Mission

a

new

box

number.

Just

add

"3"

o

the

ront

ofthe

l d

number

and you have the

correct

number,

32184.

Please

remember to add

"3".

Zambia

Christian

Mission

P.O.

Box32184

Lusaka,

Zambia,

AFRICA

Hi

Did

you

know

t

i s

I e t t i n g c o l d

i n

Zambia?

I

v e r y

m o r n i n g w e

p u t

n our

coats, but t gets

arm th e

Yesterday

was n th e

garden

and

ound two

n a i l s . One was nder

a

bean

plant,the other was

y

the rhubarb. Lizards

are

always on

our

patio and i n

our

backyard.

When heysee ricia(puppy) hey hurry and ide

or run

up a tree.

I f you

were here

you could

help

eat a l l

ou r

bananas.

There's

at least ten stalks

of l i t t l e

bananas

and more

i l l

be growing

soon. And

there are so many lemons we could have

lemonade every day.

I t s

a

good

thing Mike

bought extra

sugar

because

here's notany

n

th e

stores this month.

The

youth

club

at

church

i s

fine. They i k e to

color

pictures

about Bible

stories, and sing

"Jesus Loves Me" n

English.

Their

memory

verse

i s

John

15:13.

Can

you

say

i t ?

Love,

Brenda

MUNGWI

CHURCH

OFCHRIST

"Consider i t a l l joy, my brethren, when you

encounter various t r i a l s

knowing that

the t e s t i n g

of your f a i t h produces endurances and l e t

endurance

have

t s

perfect

e s u l t i n

you

that

you

may be complete,

lacking i n

nothing." James

1:2-4.

The i t t l e

r u r a l congregation

we erve

so

many

miles

out westofLusaka n the

rural district has

been

a tremendous inspiration to

our f a i t h

i n

Jesus

h r i s t .

Never

before

n

my i f e

have seen a


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local

congregation come

nder

persecution a s

a

body.

We ead i n our

New

Testament how he

bands o f f a i t h f u l followers

together

suffered

and yet grew

by

leaps and

bounds. We

a ve

heard

missionaries

t e l l of co ngregations who

Faced some

arious t r i a l s

and persecutions. Yet

u n t i l

we a d the privilege to become

a

art

of the

fellowship

at

Mungwi

we

a d

never

seen

with

o ur

own eyes and

hearts

the power which c a n be

born i n the body o f

believers when t comes

under persecution. t

i s

only

now ith the cess a

tion o f the war n

this

region that c a n r e l a t e this

l o you. The

area

west o f

Lusaka

was th e

stronghold o f

large groups of Marxists

t e r r o r i s t s

who ere

f i g h t i n g

for power n

the

new ation of

Zimbabwe (formerly Rhodesia) just south o f

Zambia. Many reports

placed the

number

o f

these t e r r o r i s t s

at

over

t h i r t y

thousand

i n

thisone

:trea.

Our i t t l e church i s made

up

f

simple fa rmers

id their families

who

ere hardly

prepared

for

s e raiding

communist forces who

stole

t h e i r

•od. Nor were

they ready

for the

shellings,

tafjngs

a r i d

bombings

which were

regularly

.mtered upon

the area

o f encampment ust

a

ort

walk

from t h e i r church and

homes.

Upon

l o re

than

one occasion the

Christians

had to

c e from their

small

church building

during

Tvices to

take

cover i n the

holes they

ha d

A r v e d a s

temporary

bomb

shelters i n the

.iside.

Often

the

believers

sent

word tome hat t

was

ot safe

for

a

white man

tocome nt o

the

area

'ter some recent

attacks.

Their

concern

o r us

jmbled us

as we

realized what

they were

icountering

daily yet what hey were w i l l i n g to

- K for

our

safety.

n

the midst of

a l l

this

yet

more

ragedy h i t here

his l i t t l e church

asone

f the primary

leaders

:he

congregation

and

he

community

ied

and

la rge family

moved

o other

parts

o f

Zambia

c

others

came o i l l

the

void and

our

brother s

n the Lord. Again the

church ost

members

s

•

v i l l a g e just over the crest o f

the

h i l l where so

ny were

coming from to

worship

was

>cuated to make way

for

the farming

poration

which had

secured that

l and and

^d these peopl e from their homes.

We

continue

holding weekly leadership

t r a i n i n g

classes

a t the Mungwi

Church

and

have

the joy of

worshipping

w i t h

these

fell ow believers

once a month. nour ecent v i s i t we ound the

meeting room of

the

church b u i l d i n g

(a

converted farm

house)

f u l l

to capacity a nd

shared

i n joyful praise to the

Lord

who s able to

keep

us

and

produce

i n

those

who ove

Him

ha t

endurance which

springs from

abiding f a i t h .

Body f believers

a t

Mungwi.


17/26

653

ZAMBIACHRISTIAA

MISSIOA

Mike and

Brenda

Dumler

4 \ J L

23

Field Address:

P.O.Box

32184

Lusaka,Zambia

Forwarding Agents Address:

Mr and Mrs.

John

Gulley

R.R.I, Heyworth,

IL

61745

Volume

July, 1980

Number

There

i s joy

in serving Jesus these are

the

words of one of

our

favorite hymns.

We have

been

blessed

with the f u l f i l l m e n t of the joy that

God has

promised

His children. We have found

that

joy in leaving behind

much

that we herish

and

hold most

dear to

answer

God s call to a

place

and culture

that

i s

foreign

to

us. Our

greatest desire for

you

s that

you

might

come

o

share that joy with us.

Jesus aid

Hewho as

found is

i f e

shall ose

t and he

who has

lost his

l i f e

for tAy sake shall

find

i t ,

fvtatthew 10:39


18/26

Mike's

Minute

HE MAKETH METO IE DOWN

Sometimes t i s

d i f f i c u l t to

understand

why

God works

the

way

hat

He

oes i n

our

l i v e s .

During

the

months of May nd June

we

ad to

cease

our work

here n Lusakafornearly

amonth

as had to g o o S a l i s b u r y , Zimbabwe 300 i l e s

south

of Lusaka) for medical

care

and

was

h o s p i t a l i z e d

f o r surgery. When entered

the

h o s p i t a l thought, I c a n ' t

i e

h e r e , have so much

work to do

n Lusaka .

had been anxious to

begin

some

ew

programs and o

use

methods f

teaching the B i b l e

which had worked on f o r

some

ime.

knew

hat many ere

relying on

me

to

make governmental

and mission business

contacts

which

they had asked me

o

take care

of

because of our

p o s i t i o n

i n

Lusaka. f e l t

that

even

though knew my e a l t h was

not as good as t

should

be had

too

much o do ospend recious

time n

the

h o s p i t a l .

f e l t

f r u s t r a t e d and decided

to use that time to study

the

Psalms which

always hav e

found

great comfort i n .

I n rereading

the

Twenty

t h i r d Psalm

again

recounted t hese words, He maketh me o

l i e

down . knew he

Good hepherd had given me

that

time

i n

the

h o s p i t a l

to

be

t i l l

and

know Him

and t h a t

anything might have

been doing i n

Lusaka could

not

be

as

mportant.

erhaps

rather

than saying t h a t

we re

l a i d

a s i d e by i l l n e s s ,

the Christian should say that he s

called

aside

to

tillness .

WE LONG

TO

BEWITHYOU

We now how Paul elt as he ften

wrote o

his

beloved

brothers

and sisters

in Christ that his

longing was o be

i t h

them

again

and o share n

t h e i r

fellowship.

We

hope

o

see

you oon

s

our

time of

service here

i n Lusaka i s drawing to

a

close and we look forward to

coming

o share

w i t h you what God s doing

here

i n Zambia and

our plans for f urther

service i n

A f r i c a . You

have

been a great

encouragement

o

us

since we

ave

been here

as you

have shared i n t h i s work to

which God

has

alled us.

PRAYFOR LABORERS

Often we

ave asked

you o

join us

n praying

that

God ill lead more

aborers

o these

harvest

f i e l d s where

we

ind

ourselves working.

t

i s

a

great o y f o r me o be able o share i t h you

h a t

our prayers have

been

heard and

answered by

our

Heavenly

Father. We ave received word of

new

amilies coming o serve i n

Zambia

nd

for

t h a t we re g r a t e f u l . As we eave

Lusaka

or our

time i n the

States,

two

amilies

are coming

to

share

the work hat we have been oing A

young

single

missionary

lady

i s

soon coming to

Lusaka

who as indicated an interest

n working

with

the

young people i n our

area

congregations.

Wehope hat since

the

war

ere

has ceased

others

too

will

feel

able

to come

nto Zambia

' here there s so

much ork

to do nd eemingly

so

ew

to

do

he work. We

raise God

or these

whohave

answered the all.

j


19/26

H c t e i

^mda,

How do

we

say

"thank

you"

f o r

sharing so

much

ith

us

hile

we've

been n

Africa? Thanks

f o r your l e t t e r s , p r a y e r s , g i f t s , and those very

s p e c i a l telephone a l l s we e c e i v e d .

Thanks o r

h e l p i n g t o

supply

Sunday

School

m a t e r i a l ,

Bibles, and b ooks

to

help

us i n

teaching

our

Scripture classes both

i n

the

churches and

government schools n

Lusaka. Many

i v e s

have

been

touched

and

you were

a a r t of t

Thank

you f o r your many

d a i l y

p r a y e r s on our b e h a l f .

We

e l t

the

power of those prayers as the

Lord

g r a n t e d us a f e t y , p r ot e c t i o n , and b l e s s i n g s

f a r

beyond

our expectations.

God's

people

are

very

s p e c i a l . You, our a m i l y and f r i e n d s , are p e c i a l

to

us. Thank

you

for caring .

Love,

Brenda

Quldren s

(Corner

F a i t h , hope, love abide,

these

t h r e e ; but the

g r e a t e s t

of

h e s e

i s

LOVE."

C o r i n t h i a n s 1 3 : 1 3

Did you

know the

B i b l e

teaches

us

o

o v e one

another? We hould

show

people

how

we ove

them

by

the h i n g s we

ay

and the things we o.

I n Zambia,

he

word for love s 'Chikondi'

say

cheKonde).The

h i l d r e n

show rown-up people

how much

they

love them b y the respect

they

have.

f a oung

person

walks n t o a oom where

there i s an older

person,

he must bow and clap

h i s hands e n t l y . I n

the

i l l a g e s

they

s u a l l y give

the

honored

guest the n i c e s t

c h a i r

to

i t

i n

and

the

best

cup

to

drink

from.

They

are

w i l l i n g

to

share

h e i r

very best with those

they

l o v e .

The

outh

Club n Lusaka hada esson on

ove

one week. They l l

decided they

would make

s p e c i a l

e f f o r t

to d i s p l a y t h e i r love to

t h e i r

f a m i l i e s : ^ The

ollowing

week do you know what

happened?

Many

of the young people a i d

t h e i r

brothers and sisters and mothers and fathers

were o happy hey helped h e i r parents without

complaining

and were kind to

h e i r

b r o t h e r s and

sisters.

Jesus

loves

us

l l .

f

we an

show ther

people

that we ove

them,

hen

we

can e l l

them

about

Jesus ove.

HUNTER S

STEW

1 elephant, medium size

salt

and

p e p p e r

Brown

gravy to

cover

2 a b b i t s , optional

Cut

lephant

n t o

b i t e - s i z e d pieces.Add rown

g r a v y

and cook

a t

465

°

o r

about

4

eeks.

a l t

and

pe p per

to

t a s t e .

This

w i l l

serve 3,800 people.

I f more are

expected, the

r a b b i t s may be added. But

do h i s

only

f

necessary, o r most people

do

not i k e

t o

find hare n the stew.


20/26

A

TIME

FORREFLECTION

,

his

w i l l be

our

l a s t i s s u e o f t h i s l e t t e r

from

Zambia

beforewe eturn tothe U.S.

and are

able

to s h a r e

with yo u

face

to face. As h e date

of

o u r

departure

d r a w s near we

pau se to

r e f l e c t upon

w hat God h as acco mpli s h ed th r o ug h o u r

m i n i s t r y t h i s

past

year

and

a

h a l f . —

We

ave experienced God's protection

as

we

have

worked and

lived i n tense

and

often

dang e r o u s conditions. God h a s

marvelously

cared

for us and

we

hank Him orthat and le a r n

that o u r trust

i s i n

the o nly One who

s

able to

keep that w h i c h we have co mm itted unto

Hi m .

Wecame

o Zambia

to

work with

the

churches

i n

the Lusaka area and to i l l the gap e f t b y two

families

who

e r e

n

Lu saka and w e r e

going

back

to the U.S.

on

urlough.

Our

o rk

i n

the c h u r c h e s

h as b e en a blessing

to us.

Aswe aught and

led

these congregatio ns we o und that

as anywhere

we

ind

the

Church in

the

world we ind some

Christians more active than others,some more

eager to study the Word

of

God and

to

grow

n

Christ. Those

who

are so

h i r s t y for the Word of

L i f e have been u s e d b y

God

to motivate o u r

ministry. We ave come

to

know and

to love

brothers and

s i s t e r s

who come

f r o m

a t o t a l l y

different culture than ourown

yet

a re bound to us

by

the

kinsh ip of Christ.

FURLOUGH

ADDRESS:

Mike

and

Brenda

Dumler

P

Cox

202

Burlington, Cklahoma73722

I n

t h i s

time i n Lusaka

we

have

h ad

also many

opportunities

to

reach the

l o s t

with God's Word

and

to s e e

many

come

to

a aving relationship

with Christ. From preaching

the word

i n large

conferences and

c ru sades, to

teaching

scripture

i n

the local h igh schools, we ave

been h r i l l e d to

b e u s ed as vessels

and

to watch God's

power

change

i v e s .

We have

seen

so

much here i n Zambia. We

have se en

a sma i i

country c h u r c h stand

and

grow

i n

the

very

midst

of a cruel w a r

situation. Attim e s

the

believers

have h a d to f l e e f r o m t h e i r meeting

place

and

h ide

i n

h oles

they

h ad

dug

i n th e

ground as bombs whistled overhead.

T h o s e

believers have grown th r o ug h a i l

of that

andwe

have se en their witness, a great bless ing

to

o u r

faith.

We

ave seen

more than

a tho u sand people

gathered

i n

andar o und thesmall c h u r c h building

on the north si de

of

Lusaka listening and many

responding

to the

c a l l

to

salvation.

We

have

seen

an opportunity t o

reach n e a r l y

f i v e hundred

young

men

n

the secondary school

every week with scripture classes ,

to

s e e many

of

tho s e

young men stand up for their f a i t h

i n

Christ Jesus.

o

n

c

Q.

rW

Po

go .

s

» g

s

S

C-

C

r


21/26

Matthew

8:19

0

Go

h e r e f o r e and make i s c i p l e s o f l l n a t i o n s b a p t i z i n g

them

n t h

name f he Father

and

f h e

Son and f

he Holy

p i r i t

teaching

t h e m o

observe l l

tha t

I a v

commanded

you; and oI m with you

always o

t h e close of t h e age.

SEP 2 1 9 3 0

CHRIST S

COMMISSION

ISOUR

MISSION

ZIMBABWE

Today

here

s

a

r e a t Conflict in

Africa.

Powerful forces are e n g a g e d n

a

i g h t

struggle, w i t h

very

man oman

and hild on h a t reat ontine n t s h e r i z e . That

true

p o l i t i c a l l y economically, i l i t a r i l y and a c i a l l y . But

hes e

are n o t t h e reall

i mp or t a n t o n f l i c t s . The

attle

w e ,as hristians,mustwage s

a piritual battle

an

that

s

the

most ritical battle

of ll.

The

attle

must

e

won

i t h sh e er

h a r d work,

rayer,

and etting o

h e

asics

oft h

G r e a t o m m i s s i o n . We elieve h a t od's Word s t h e

dynamic

orce h a t wemust a k

into

this

s p i r i t u a l battleground.

We

elieve t h a t we have

een personalty

c o m m i s

sioned t o go n t o t h e

uttermost parts of

h e world. We know h a t our

Lord

s w i t h u

even

t o

the end of

the

earth.

Th eL o r d Je s u s C h r i s t h a s c o m m i s s i o n e d u s . We h a v e o u r m a r c h i n g o r d e r s .

Weneed

you

to

go

w i t h us.

We eed your

love

and your encouragement We

e e d

your

dail

prayers.


22/26

We a v e e c i d e d o t a k e u i ^

s p o k e t o H i s f o l l o w e r s

News

f

t h e l o v e

o f G o d ,

W

F o r s e v e r a l y e a r s we a V j e

e v a n g e l i s t s

o n t h e

m i s s i o i j i

A f r i c a n e v a n g e l i s m in

t r a i n i n g , B i b l e t e a c h i n g ih

The i s s i o n a r i e s

s e n t

o u t

a r e

c o m m i t t e d

o N e w e s t i i

m u s t e e v a n g e l i s m .

J e s u ^

m a n k i n d t h a n t h a t f m t r b

H i s l o v e and

a v i n g

g r a c e

We e e l a l o s e

k i n s h i p

h a v e s e r v e d i n Z i m b a b w e

t r a i n i n g

o f

o c a l l e a d e r s h i

- j j p h e P e n n i n g t o n s

h a v e j s

a s k e d u s

t o c o m e w o r k y ^ r

Our

work n S a l i s b u r y

w

c i t y

o f

5 0 , 0 0 0

e o p l e .

C o l l e g e i n

t h a t

i t y .

T h e r e

a n d B i b l e

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

t h e n e w

n a t i o n o f

Z i m b a i

God

has

a l l e d us o

s e :

o b e y H i s

c o m m i s s i o n .

rbd

We

ust

Go

was n c l u d i n g u s .

n h s e r v e d

t h e work

f

p l a y e d

o r

r > c o u r a g e d s u p p o r t e d ^

i e l d . F o r f i

f t e e n m o n

® n i b l e

p r e a c h i n g , l e a d e r s h i p

.Ua

a m b i a .

O u r

w o r k

w a s

B i b l e p r e a c n i

j

p u b l i c ® c h C c W ^ ^ ^ o f

h r i s t n

Z i m b a b w e

i t b y t h e C h n s t i a n C

s m e n t v a n g e l i s m . W e p r o v i d e n o g r e a t e r s e r v i c e t o

. L ^ g t S t o t h o s e w h o a r e o u t s i d e t h e a s s u r a n c e o f

ucingucouD

Trust G o d w i t l i

: b t : : : : o i S

i n t h i s

s p e c i a l

w a y n

a n o t h e r

p a r t

o f h e w o r l d .

W e m u s t

hwe

•ivice

Mike

and Brenda

Dumler

RR Box

224

H e y w o r t h , l l i n o i s 6 1 7 4 5

g r e a t t h i n g s ; w i t h y o u r

f i

v e

o a v e s a n d t w o i s h e s .


23/26

Jack and

Peggy

Pennington

P.O.

Box

H-96

Hatfield

Ik^ S a l i s b u r y

Zimbabwe

12, June 1980

TO

ALL THE FAITHFUL BRETHREN CONCERNED

ABOUT THE WORKOF THELORD IN THE COUNTRY

OF

ZIMBABWE,

AFRICA.

Mike

and

Brenda

Dumler

have

asked that

we

write

concerning th e needs in the

i t y

of

Salisbury, imbabwe, nd

of

t h e i r d e s i r e t o share n the meeting of

h o . s e

needs. My i f e ,

Peggy, and I

are

very happy

t o

do t h i s .

We ave been working o r the Lord n thecityofSalisbury since

February

of 975. Before

that

time

we had spent 11 years working among

the

Batonga people

of

the Zambezi Valley of Zimbabwe.

Let me e l l you of h e d o o r s o f o p p o r t u n i t y t h a t a r e open

t o

Mike

and

Brenda h e r e

i n

S a l i s b u r y :

1 . We

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

m e e t i n g

i n

t h e

n o r t h w e s t s e c t i o n

of h e

c i t y .

(We r e working

n

t h e

s o u t h - e a s t e r n

p a r t o f t h e

c i t y . )

The t h e r c h u r c h i s n o t a t t h e

p l a c e where

h e y

can

a r r y t h e u l l

l o a d

of

e s p o n s i b i l i t i e s concerning

the

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

This

congregation

has

both whites and

blacks worshipping

o g e t h e r . They

need e a d e r s h i p and

t r a i n i n g .

They

have

asked Mike and

Brenda to work with them.

2 . The n i v e r s i t y

o f Zimbabwe

s l o c a t e d i n

t h e n o r t h e r n

s e c t i o n

o f t h e c i t y .

This s an n t e g r a t e d

i n s t i t u t i o n . I t was

from

i t s beginning. We have many students from

the

Christian

Churches/Churches

of

Ch rist attending.

They

want

omeone

t o come

o

work

with

them.

3 . There s a Remand

Centre

l s o i n t h i s

s e c t i o n

of he i t y . This s a l a c e where young f f e n d e r s of

t h e

law

a r e h e l d . Members f t h e c o n g r e g a t i o n have b e e n h e l p i n g t h e s e young p e o p l e . A ew

weeks

ago, our

of

them were baptized.

4.

In

a l l the p u b l i c schools

i n

Zimbabwe. Scripture classes are held

each week.

Mike

and

Brenda w i l l

be

b l e

t o s h a r e

i n t h i s

way.

A l l

t h e

s c h o o l s i n

t h e c o u n t r y

a r e i n t e g r a t e d

s o

t h e y

would

b e

teaching both bl acks and whites.

5. There s

the need

f o r

leadership

training at the o c a l church e v e l

among

l l

the

churches n

the

area

6 .

There s a l s o

t h e

n e e d

f o r a more

ormal

r a i n i n g

program on

a i g h e r l e v e l . The ord

i l l i n g ,we

w i l l be

t a r t i n g

such

a program n January, 9 8 1 . This

i l l

be

moreon

a

i b l e

c o l l e g e

l e v e l .

Both

Mike

and Brenda w i l l

be a

big

help

t o u s

i n

t h i s program.

7 .

There s a

Bible

Study Correspondence Program

that Brenda

could

become involved i n .

At

he

p r e s e n t t i m e Mrs.

M i l d r e d G o l d t h w a i t e

i s

i n charge of

h e program b u t she s due a u r l o u g h

soon.

We

i l l

need

someone

t o

take charge of

h i s

pr{)gram.

These r e j u s t some

of

h e o p p o r t u n i t i e s f o r

s e r v i c e

a v a i l a b l e h e r e a t

t h i s

t i m e . A f t e r

t a l k i n g

w i t h

Mike and Brenda d u r i n g

t h e i r

t i m e h e r e

i n

Zimbabwe,

we

f e e l t h a t t h e y have t h e a b i l i t y , t h e

e x p e r i e n c e ,

t h e

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

and t h e

a t t i t u d e s which

would e n a b l e them

t o work

h e r e i n S a l i s b u r y .

Ifyou have e e n s u p p o r t i n g them

i n a n c i a l l y

w h i l e t h e y were e r v i n g

i n Zambia, e

ncourage you

to

continue

to

support

them as

they return

to

serve the

Lord here in Zimbabwe.

Ifyou have o t

b e e n

s u p p o r t i n g them,

eencourageyou o

make

h i s a

a t t e r of r a y e r as

ou e e k

to know God's

w i l l concerning their i nancial needs .

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have

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concerning the work n S a l i s b u r y , r about

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the

Dumlers, please write

to us at the

above

address.

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Gleanings Sept.

19, 80

AFRICA

Mike and Mrs

Brenda

Dumler

have returned

from

their

first term

of

missionary service in Lusaka,

Zambia,

Africa.

They

were

involved

in

Bible

preaching, leadership training,

teaching Bible classes in public

schools

and youth

work. They wore

in

Lusaka

to

replace the Dean

Davis

family while on furlough. Now the

Dean Davis

family has returned to

Lusaka

and

Hike

and

Brenda will

be

going to Salisbury, Zimbabwe, the

country just south

of

Zambia. They

will

work

with Jack and

Mrs.

Peggy

Pennington and others in Zimbabwe

Christian College.

There

x^lll be

opportunities

for preaching,

Bible

teaching

in

the public schools and

new church evemgelism

in and

around

Salisbury. They plan to go in

January,

1981.

Their forward ing

agents are: Mr, and Mrs. John

Gulley,


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