Courtney Thomas Frances 1965 Rhodesia

8/12/2019 Courtney Thomas Frances 1965 Rhodesia

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R L i c ^ i a nA R e p o r t o n t h e N u a n e t s i M i s s i o n Wo r kF r o m M r . a n d M r s T h o m a s our tney i nR h o d e s i a A f r i c a S e p t e m b e r 1 9 6 5

ffej Dad Here Comes A ChopperThe f l a t s l i c e d sound o f the h e l i c o p t e r d is tu rb ed th e c l e a r morning a i r i n

th i s remote ou tpos t in Africa . The sun w as a lready high in th e sky as Mikeca l l ed with exc i tement , H ey Dad H e r e comes a chopper Wi t h th e o ccas iona l except ion of a high flying je t , the a ir t raff ic h ere includes l i t t l emore than th e c i rc l ing buzza rds . Months may go by without a s much a s s e e

in g another European an d th e thought o f unexpec ted vis i to rs w a s exc i t i ng .O ur o nly re g re t w as t ha t Fran an d Pam had le f t ear ly tha t morning on the 60mile round t r ip to c o l l e c t th e mai l b a g .

Af te r a s l o w l a z y c i r c l e a b o v e t h em i s s i o n t h e p i l o t h o v e r e d s o m et w e n t y f e e t o v e r o u r h e a d s a n d thendropped a n e n v elo pe from th e opend o o r . T h e d o w n w a r d b l a s t f r o m t h e

r o t o r s p u t i t n e a r l y a t o u r f e e t . Exc i t e d l y I t o re i t o pe n , o n ly to read : I h a v e j u s t b e e n a d v i s e d t h a t i t h a sb e e n d e c i d e d t o e x p r o p r i a t e t h e s i t e

o n w h i c h your m i s s i o n i s s i t u a t e d inv iew o f d e v e l o p m e n t s r e l e v a n t to th en e w d a m s o n t h e N u a n e t s i . I a m

a s k e d to t e l l y o u t h a t a l l d e v e l o p

m e n t a nd b ui ld in g w o r k s h o u l d nowc e a s e . N a t u r a l l y c o m p e n s a t i o n w i l l

b e p a i d fo r a l l w o r k d o n e u p t o t im eo f

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e d a w a y to l e a v e us in th e s il en ce o fo u r f r u s t r a t i o n . I g a z e d t oward t h en e a r l y c o m p l e t e d s l e e p i n g q u a r t e r st h e w a t e r t o w e r t h e f ru i t t r e e s a n dth e n e w l y fe nc ed g ard en . I rememb e r e d t h e b a c k break ing t o i l t h a t h a d

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s a v e s n i n e h a s i t s o w n t r u i s m i n

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v i t a t i o n s to h o l d s e w i n g c l a s s e st h a n s h e c a n p o s s i b l y a c c e p t . H owe v e r o f t h e s e v e r a l c l a s s e s s h e

d oe s c on d u c t n o c l a s s i s c o m p l e t e

until the people (both men and women) f i rs t learn their s crip tu re le ss o n . For th e p a s t e ig ht w e ek s Franh a s b e e n dr iv ing t h e Dodge d i e s e l

t ru ck s om e 18 m i l e s t h rough th e b u s hto c on du c t G o sp e l t e a c h i n g s e r v i c e sa s w e l l a s a s e w i n g c l a s s .

At th e e n d o f th e e ig h th w ee k , s h ee x t e n d e d t h e f i r s t i n v i t a t i o n t o t h e

p e o p l e t o a c c e p t C h r i s t a n d w a so v e r jo y e d w h e n t w e l v e a d u l t s s t e p p e d

o u t to re p e n t a n d g i v e t h e i r l i v e s toGod. In t h i s v i l l a g e a s t i t c h i nt i m e , s a v e d more t h a n n i n e .


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people , and h is aged fa ther w h i spered to me; Now the re i s a r ea lm a n . I t w a s o b v i o u s h o w e v e r

t h a t t h i s R e a l M a n h a d s o m e d e

f i c i e n c i e s . T h e d u l l n e s s o f e y e

a n d t h e i n f a n ti l e a c ti on s o o n t o ldth e t ra g ic s to ry o f a m e n t a l l y ret a r d e d p e r s o n . I t m a d e m e t h i n ko f c o u r s e th a t t h e re a r e o t h e rw a y s to m ea su re th e s ta ture o f am a n t h a n m u s c l e a n d b o n e . In

w a r d l y, I f e l t a s y m p a t h y for t h i sf a t h e r t h a t m e a su re d h i s s o n w i t h

t h e o n l y s t a n d a r d h e k n e w.U n f o r t u n a t e l y s u c h m y o p i c v i s

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First grade students at our Mlelezi School u Christian teacher has helpedthem memorize considerable portions of the Scriptures

W H E R E A R E T H E Y N O WI sha l l n e ve r fo rge t th e f i r s t inv i

t a t i o n w e e x te n d e d under th e l i t t l et h a t c h e d r o o f s h e l t e r a m i d s t a dr iving rain some eighteen months agoThe f i r s t th ree pe r sons to re sp on d t oth e in v i t a t io n h a v e a s p e c i a l p l a c ein my h ea rt a nd in th e s er vic e of theKingdom Enios M pofu i s now ourpreacher a t Mle lez i Regina Mbezai s t h e d e a c o n e s s in c h a rg e o f communion a t M l e l e z i a n d M dub a M oy o

is our preacher at Mukuwa Thesetwo congregations are completelys e l f s u p p o r t i n g a nd c on tin ue to grow

in sp i r i t a n d u n de rs ta n di ng

W O R D A B O U T P A C K A G E S

Just a word to those lovely peoplewho so thoughtfully send us packages It would be better if you didn o t i n c l u d e foods tu ff a n d s o a p in t h es a m e b o x They o f t e n form a n unh o l y a l l i a n c e

P am el a C ou rt ne y extends a helping hand to an African baby with impet igo


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M r. C . plowing th e ga rden with ox en and w al kin g p lo w. They j u s t c o u l d n tu n d e r s t a n d my E n g l i s h .

G . A L D E R V I S I T S R H O D E S lA V O I C E S S ER V E A S G U I D EV ^ e n George Alder o f San Jose ,

C a l if o rn ia r e c en t ly v i s i t e d R h o d e s i a ,w e h a d l o o k e d f o r w a r d t o h i s v i s i t t o

o u r m i s s i o n . U n f o r t u n a t e l y, G e o rg econ t r ac t ed Malar_ia_ a t _MashQ.ko andw a s u na b l e t o c o m e t o t h e N u a n e t s i .

W e d i d , h o w e v e r, a r r a n g e to m e e thim a t Hippo Valley a t the love lyhome of th e Van D y k e s . W h a t agrand fe l lowship i t w a s .

R ec en t ly w hile w alk in g b y m y s e l fto k e e p a p r a y e r m e e t i n g a p p o i n tment a t on e o f the v i l l a g e s , i t bec a m e d a r k a n d i n t h e d e n s e b u s h I

w a s u n c e r t a i i L o f tbe-vl l lageisloca- : -t i o n . W h e n I p a u s e d a moment , Ic o u l d h e a r t h e C h r i s t i a n s v o i c e s a s

they sang th e o ld hymns of the fa i t h .The i r s o ng s s e rv e d a s a p e r f e c t g u i d eto s h o w m e t h e w a y.

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s h o u l d a l w a y s s e r v e a s a g u id e to

t h e t r a v e l e r w h o i s l o s t .

Fran ho ld ing t h e four foot sp i t t ingc o b r a t h a t s h e f o u n d i n M i k e s b e d .

P u b l i s h e d F o r :

C E N T R A L AFRICA M I S S I O N

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B e a v e r t o n , O r e g o n 97005E d i t e d By: Thomas Cour tney

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ept 30 1965 Financial ReportB a l a n c e o n H a n d M a r c h 28C o n t r i b u t i o n s :

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M /M B. E. BerryM /M Elmer BlantonA n to n ia B l a n t o n

M/M Veldon BogeVi n n i e B o u r l a n d

M r s W J BryanS u s a n B r y a n tM /M W T ButlerRober t a C a r p e n t e r

M r s M a u d C o I g l a z i e rM /M Don CowlesM r s Eve lyn C r e e kM /M Rolla CrickM/M Will iam DaltonM /M Arthur DavidsonM /M H orace DentonM/M Ira EgliM /M Glenn Ely

M /M Steve Fenn M /M Otto Fi sche rM/M Elmer GillamT o m G o o d r i c h

N a nc y H i ld re thM r s L i z z i e H a y s

M r s E l s i e H i l l

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M/M ElDon HovenM r G W H u l b e r t

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M r s F l o r e n c e J o h n s t o n

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M /M Will iam Kre ts chm erM i c h a e l K r e t s c h m e r

P a t r i c k K r e t s c h m e r

M r s H a z e l K u i k e nM /M Raymond LasniewskiM /M R. C Leonard

M /M Len LonganeckerM /M Tom LutherM r s Ethe l M a n n i n gM r s B e s s i e M a r s h a l l

M /M Byron MeekM r s C o r a M e t z e n t i n e

M /M Garth MickeyJoyce lyn M i c k e yM /M Charles Mil ler

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Courtney Thomas Frances 1965 Rhodesia