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BAPTISM

AT

ENTUMENl

 Hell o,

brother Ron.

I

had some work to do here

in town, so

I

wanted

to

come and talk with

you.

These words

greeted me as I answered the knock

on our door the first week in

December.

I

was

glad

to see Runga

Reddy

standing there. We

had been ministering to him for many

weeks

at Entumeni. Runga was a Hindu married to Kathy, a young woman

I

baptized not

too

long ago.

As he

sat

down

in

the

living

room,

Runga

A SPECIAL

CHRISTMAS

old

me the words we had wanted

to

hear for

such a long'time: I want to accept Christ.

Previous to this time, I had spoken

to

Runga

and

told him that giving his life to Christ

meant a complete commitment, and

that

meant

that

Ch r is t

becomes the

only

object of wor

ship in our

lives.

This meant

that

he would

have

to

give up the

god l amp that he kept

in his house. After

that

discussion, he told

his

wife that although he beli eved

in

Christ

he could

never

give up his

god lamp

for

fear that some horrible disaster would

befall

him or

mem ers

of his family. We continued

to

teach,

and share,

and

pray

with Runga,

and

now the Lord had convicted him and

he

was

ready

to

give

up

the god l amp

and

all else

ih

order to follow Jesus.

That evening at our fellowship meeting,

Runga brought his god lamp . We prayed over

the lamp,

asking

God

to

bind any demonic

forces connected

with

it

and

then

Runga took

an axe and destr oyed

the brass

lamp.

This

was a great testimony to all the other Hindus

at Entumeni and Jesus was honored through

this

witness. The following Lord's

Day,

Dec.

6th, we all went to

the small

lake

behind the

sugar mill and witnessed Runga's

immersion

into Christ Jesus.

This family

is

now united

in Christ,

and He

is the Head

of

this family. Runga is new in

Christ

and

is still under

temptation

an d

pressure

from

his friends

at

work and in the

community. Join us i n praying for both Runga

and

Kathy,

that they

will

both continue to

grow in

their faith

and knowledge and

under

standing

of Jesus.

Because our return to the C/,5.A. was delay

ed

by two

years

in

order

to

meet

South

Afri

can

immigration qualifications for

residency

permits,

our

Living Link Church, Eastern

Heights Christian Church

in Ponca City,

de

cided to

fly my

mother to

South

Africa

to

visit us.

She

came

for

Christmas,

which made

it extra

special

because the family had never

spent a

Christmas

with

my

mother, except for

Rhonda who

was only 6 months old when we last

had Christmas at grandma's house .

Our Living

Link

congregation, knowing we

needed clothing, sent my mother a love offer

ing

of $1,500 to

shop

for

us.

All the

cloth

ing was so badly

needed.

We were also thrill

ed

over

the instant-flavored

oatmeal,

spices,

candy

and

magazines from

America. Mom

had

candy canes for the children. Summer eyed

the candy canes and said

Grandma,

I've never

had one

of

those .

That night she

had

her

first, second and perhaps third

candy

cane.

Mom

only had

2 1/2

weeks with us and

some

times it s hard to believe that she was actu

ally with us. We squeezed every possible mo

ment out

of

each

day we had

together. The

Zulus and Indians called

her

Granny

and

ev

eryone adopted

her. And why not? After

all,

how many

Grannys would

get on a motorcycle

behind a teenagre boy and ride all over the

hills around Entumeni after the services on

Christmas day, or throw knives into blue gum

trees

with

the

local

sheriff

and

her grand

daughters, or so

easily show Christ's love

to

people of

other colors

and cultures. When

Mom

was leaving, people came by the house to

say goodbye. Some bringing gifts, many shed

ding

tears.

We are

now

looking forward

to

Cindi

's par

ents coming

out

to see us

in

June. We know

the

joy

and love wi l l

again

be

the

same

and

we appreciate very

much the

love expressed by

our

Living

Link Church for

making

this al l

possible for

us.

How truly

blessed

we have

been by our Heavenly

Father.

The e l d e r s h i p f e e l s CIndl should have the same

oppor

t u n i t y t o s e e

h e r

p a r e n t s . $4,000

w i l l b e n e e d e d . f

e v e r y s u p p o r t i n g c o n g r e g a t i o n and i n d i v i d u a l would

s h a r e I n t h i s

we

would not need to take money

from

our Service Link balance.

Please help us

i n

t h i s

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KATHY RUNGA and ELAINE BRITZ

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 At I i z a Z t y

i o u n d J a , u 6

c u

L o K d

a n d S a v ^ o A , I

w j o a

m c u u U d d

u i l t h

3

c P U Z d k t n ,

1 am g o i n g t o d a l l y

M ( W 4 .

I iomd

t n y ^ e Z i s e e k i n g bzcame In

m y

m a ^ f U a g e

a n d

In

m y

d a l l y

ll^e

I

c o u l d n o t c o p e , I

w o a

a i a l t u A c c w a o j I ^ c a n d

m o t k o A

a n d

b y

going to

ma66 dalty

I am

hoping

God a j o u l d

hont tkl6

all

out

i o f L

me. I

did not f u e a J i l y have

the

f l i g h t type o^ ialXk; the

one

that

t k m t ^ Je^ui a f l t h - y o u A ^alZ', It } a t w t h o j i moKe

like, l i God 6 e e f >

me hwe dally and

heaM

me

a s k i n g d a l l y

i o f L

help, something

ja&t

might

happen

^ o f i

the

good,

I

n e v e f i

knew

Jesus

p e f t s o n a l l y at

all.

He

was m o f i e like

a

stony ^ I g -

u f i e

that

I knew abou t.

Then

one day at th e

d e s p e f i a t e

point,

c o n s l d e f U n g

a l l s o f i t s o ^ d f i m t l c l i n e s o ^ a c t i o n t o b e o u t

0^ m y

situation,

I me t a x i t h a

man who

told me to

go home

and

f i e a d the Gospel o( John, believing that God wanted to help

me,

I

had

f i e a d

the Gospel

oi

John many

times

but

this

time

It

came

alive because

I wanted

an

answeA to my

p f w b l e i J i s

and

this man said God

h a s It

^ o f L me In the

p a g e s

o^ the

Gospel

0^

John,

( i J e l l ,

when

I

g o t

to ChapteA 3, the

answets wete

all

thete.

o f i a s

many

as

believed on His name s hall no t

peAlsh, b ut

have everlasting

l l ^ e , ' knd-\JeAse 17 t o o ,

and

f l i g h t

on down

to

t he

end o^

t he

c h a p t e r . .

It

us t

changed

everything I Reared

Into

a new l l ^e , I later

^ound a verse which

sums

up

what

I

i j e t t In

Hebrews 2t14-l6» My circumstances did not

change, but I

was

changed, and later

because.

I

was different,

wh at were great

trials were

( 1 0

longer trials * I was

s o

h u n g f i y f ^ o r

God's

Word, I ju st read t h e Bible thru and thru

an^ I

i j o u n d

irom reading

ho w

Jesus g o t bap

tized

that

I s h o u ld do t h e same, s o I

was

Immersed

In a

river,

Elaine Britz

 while

working

with the Tongaat

Sugar Mill,

I

came

to

believe

in

the Living God.

I

used

to worship so called other gods,

as

it's

a

tradition carried down

from

our forefathers,

While at work, mg friends used to tell me

about

the

Lord Jesus, I ad a daughter at

home named Lena

who couldn't walk, and

this

worried me

a

lot. My

friend invited

me to

a

meeting and I attended. While at that

meet

ing, t h e p a s t o r prayed for a woman and

s h e

had

evil spirits

in her.

The spirits came out

of

her and

one of the spirits was one of my

gods which I sed to worship. While praying f or

her,

she testif ied that she i s a demon and the

Lord Jesus i s

a Liv ing God,

as mov ed deep i n my heart. I sked

the pastor

to pray f o r my

daughter and

s h e

was

healed.

My

wif e did

not

believe

i n

J e s u s

s o

we u sed

to

have a

l o t

of

p r o b l e m s .

I

ef t

w o r k at Tongaat

and start ed work

at Ntum eni, A different

b r o t h e r came t o

Ntumeni

and l ived w i t h u s

and taugh t u s

for a t i m e , b u t

w e

were s t i l l

not

strong in o u r fait h .

He left

u s and I

ent

back

i n t o t h e

w o r ld

and

p r ob l e ms s tarted again. Somet i me

w h i l e

p r a y in g ,

I sed

to

cry

to

the Lord

to s end

som eone that we

may

be s aved. The Lord has

sent

u s a min

ister, B r o t h e r Ron,

After

he came,

w e

are

draw ing cl o s e

t o th e Lord,

Thanks

t o t h e

Lord

J e s u s . I

i l l

g i v e H i m al l t h e p r a i s e

and

g l o r y ,

 My be l o ved br ot her s and sisters, t h e

Lord

ha s been so g o o d .to m e .

Lena, fro m

being crippled. She was binded

b y . the s o

called gods which

my youngest daughter was

born,

she was s o s ick ,

they

transferred from Eshowe to the h ospital

i n Durban, I sed t o find fault in m y hu sb and and nag

h i m .

T his led t o l o t s -of

p r o b l e m s b u t

the Lord op ened m y eyes

to

look

at

m y faults

since

pasto r Ron

came. Sister

Cindi

is always

there

t o

c o m f o r t m e f r o m the Word of

God,

Praise t h e Lord, Amen,

M r s .

Lill y Pillay

 

FREDDY PILLAY and FAMILY

Our lives are changed.

S. F. Pillay

He healed

my

daughter,

I used

to worship.

When

AFRIC

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Field

Address:

Ron and

indi

Elertck

P.O.Box377

Eshowe,

u l u land,3815

Rep ublic o f South Africa

Forwarding Address

Zululand

Christian M i s s i on

c/o

astern Heigh ts Christian

C h u r c h

Route2—Box 88

Ponca

C i t y , OK

74601

ADDRESS

CORRECTION

REQUESTED

Mission

Services

Box 177

Ke m p t o n , Indiana

46049

Nonprofit Org.

U.S.

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O p p o r t u n i t y

n o c k s

  O p p o r t u n i t y K n o c k s But Once

{or

s o w e

a r e

told) a n d w e

w h o

h a v e f a i t h f u l l y

s u p p o r t e d t h e

Elericks over the

years

now have the

opportunity

to send Grandpa and Grandma Bushnell t o

see

t h e two new

grandchildren

for the first t i m e and to renew

ties

w i t h Rhonda,

Susan

and Wendy.

Bill and Phyllis Bu shnell's daugh ter, Cind i,

w i f e , instant mother to Ron's three g i r l s , an d

Arlene, d i e d .

Ron

and Cindi have n o t taken a

furlo ugh

in

the

5

1/2 years they

have been

in Africa.

S o

t h e two

c h i l d r e n

bor n to them there.

Summer

an d Nathan, have

n e v e r

s e e n

t h e i r

g ra n d

p a r e n t s .

Si nc e permanent

residency

can't

be obtained

by

the Elericks

until

the

summer of

1983, t he

Eldership at Eastern Heights Christian Church

(their Living

Link Support)

felt strongly

t ha t both s e t s

of

par e n ts s h o u l d

be s e n t

t o

Africa. S o much so, that East er n He i gh ts

personally underwrote t h e e x p e n d i t u r e s

of

se n d i n g Ro n 's moth e r , Polly Heaslip, in

Dec.

of 1982.

Now

you have the

opportunity

t o

share

in

t h is family reuni on. Total cost ro un d-tr ip

Tulsa to Durban, So uth Africa,

is

approxima

tely

$4,000, of

which

$1,000

has been

receiv

e d from ch ur ch es an d i n d iv i d u als.

B y

fai th

that

you will

respond, the

tickets

have

been

purchased

and

departure date

is

Ju ne 17.

These fu nds must be replaced as we merely

 rob b e d P e t e r t o pay Paul .

Perhaps your congregation, Sun day School

class,

D.V.B.S., or you personally

would

feel

l e d

to share

i n

t h i s

act of love.

S e n d

al l

c o n t r i b u t i o n s to: Zululand

C h r i s t i a n

Mission,

Eastern Heig hts Christian

Church,

Route 2,

Box

88, Ponca

City,

Ok lahoma 74601.

MINISTRy

AT ENTUMENI

The

ministry

at Entumeni continues,

Ron

teaches

a men's class every

Tuesday

night and

Cindi

teaches a women's Bible study every

Wednesday

morning.

There is a Bible study

every

Thursday evening and services are held

on Sunday, Due to the fact that most of the

people

at Entumeni

are

available for Bible

Studies

and worship

during the

week,

plans

are to have

worship services at Entumeni

dur

ing the week. This will leave Ron free

to

travel

out

into the bush

and

the

Zulu

people

on weekends.

This

way, mo-re areas

can

be

reached.

Most Zulu men have

to work in the

cities

and are not home during the week,

so

in

this way

we

can reach both the folks

at

Entumeni

and

the

Zulus

was God's special person who steppe d i n as a

missionary

t o

far-off Africa

when

Ron's w i f e .

Family News

Rhonda, Susan, and Wendy have all d o n e

v e r y

well in their first term of school in this

n e w year. Rhon da has s u c c e s s f u l ly p a s s e d all

her subjects and

has been

made class p r o c t o r .

S u sa n , who

has just

b e g u n h e r fi rst year

In

H i g h

School,

c a me t h i r d in

her

c lass when t h e

f i r s t g r a d e s

came ou t.

W e n d y i s

also

d o i n g

very w e l l at

school. W e are very

p r o u d

of

t he

g i r l s a n d d o want to t h a n k all of

you

who

have

prayed

for them

as

t h ey

a d j u s t e d t o t h e

school syste m here. All

of

th em

are looking*

forward to attending a year of American

s c h o o l n e x t

year

i n

Ponca

C i ty. Ke e p p rayi n g

for

them, as we k n o w that

t h e y

will find many

differences

at home

too.

W e n d y

Rhonda

Susan

Ron

received

official

notification that he

will

be able to apply

for

his permanent res

i d e n c e pe rmi ts i n March

.next

year. This

i n

formation c me

w i t h

his passpor t s and new six

month extensions. He

will

make application

i n

Mar c h an d hop e s

t o

r e t u r n t o t h e U.S. be

fo r e school b e g i n s at t h e e n d of A u g u s t

i n

order

that

the

children can

enter the

school

year at t h e b e g i n n i n g of term.

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SUCCESSFUL

MEETING

AT INGWAUUMA

R o n

recently made

a

trip u p north to.hold a two-day meeting a t Bro. Miyeni s k r a a l near

I ngwav u ma.

The meetings were h e l d

i n the old one-ro omed

s c h o o l h o u s e

where

R o n

first preached

i n June o f 1973 when h e

was

taken

there

b y Floyd Stamm

on

h i s

first trip

t o

Africa.

A b o u t 150 p e o p l e a t t e n d e d t h e s e m e e t i n g s a n d s e v e r a l C h r i s t i a n s f r o m S w a z i l a n d c a m e o v e r t h e

border

t o

s h ar e

in

t h e

s e r v i c e s .

Th e

p r e a c h i n g, s i n g i n g and

praying

l a s t e d t h r o u g h o u t

the

n i g h t a n d

e n d e d

m i d - d a y o n

S u n d a y .

D u r i n g

t h e

t i m e s p e n t a t I n g w a v u m a , Ron

w a s

a bl e t o s p e n d s o m e

f r u i t f u l t i m e

tea .ching t h e

m e n

a n d s h a r i n g i d e a s w i t h t h e m a b o u t t h e w o r k a n d w a y s t o e v a n g e l i z e a n d

r e a c h

o u t

w i t h

t h e

Go s pe l

i n

t h i s a r e a

of

Z u l u l a n d . B r o . M i y e n i i s t o be c o n t a c t i n g p e o p l e

i n

s e v e r a l a r e a s a n d

a r r a n g i n g d a t e s f o r Ro n t o

m e e t

w i t h t h e m a n d

h a v e

m e e t i n g s a n d c l a s s e s t h e r e . T h e l e a d e r s

g a v e

Ron

a u n a n i m o u s v o t e

of c o n f i d e n c e

a n d

a r e

e a g e r

t o s t a n d t o g e t h e r

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

f o r

Christ

in

this area.

JOHN

CAIPHAS JOHN

W e n t w i t h

m e t o

I n - g w a v u m a

Fro m

Ro n

Many times we fail, as people of

God,

to

-exerclse-the-power

G o d yives

os-through

pray—

er.

If w e

are

to

succeed ip fulfilling the

v i s i o n s

God

has

g i v e n

u s regarding the .wgrk

a m o n g t h e Z u l u

n a t i o n , w e

NEED y o u r a c t i v e

and

continual prayers.

Pray that

Christ will

take precedence over the

growing feelings

of

Black Nationalism,

Pray

that the

power

of

A l m i g h t y

G o d

w i l l

o v e r c o m e

and

r e p l a c e t h e

power

that Satan

has in the

people s

lives

t h r o u g h

w i t c h c r a f t a n d t r a d i t i o n .

P r a y

t h a t

a

spirit

of u n i t y will

grow among

the Zulu

Christians, Pray

that

the leadership

w i l l

make

Christ and His

work the

motivating

force

behind their actions

rather than ideas of

p o s i t i o n

a n d p o w e r for s e l f , . P r a y for t h e

conviction of sin.

Pray

for victory. Pray

for my physical

health.

Pray for a real re

vival among the Zulu people. Don t

forget to

pray every day. We

need your

combined

prayers

as we

reach

out

for our Lord

in

Zululand,

Christian brother from

Swaziland

I n f l a t i o n has i t Africa

even

more

t h a n t h e U . S .

Pe t r o

i s up

0/Litre.

Rent

h a s s k y r o c k e t e d .

O t h e r ex

p e n s e s

h a v e i n c r e a se d .

Ron p l a n s i n c r e a s e d a c t i v i t y i n

t h e

Zul u

v i l l a g e s

up

n o r t h a t

t h e

Mozambique b o r d e r which w i l l

require

in c r e a se d

p e t r o f u n d s .

Has

y o u r g i vi n g t o

this

m i s s i o n

i n c r e a s e d p r o p o r t i o n a t e l y

w i t h

i n f l a t i o n ? The need s

obvious.

Ask

God

f

he would a v e

you

be

a a r t

of

the solution.

AFRICA

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F i e l d Address:

Ron

and

Cindi

E l e r i c k

P.O. Box377

Eshowe,

u l u l a n d ,

3815

R e p u b l i c o f South

f r i c a

F o r w a r d i n g A d d r e s s

Z u l u l a n d C h r i s t i a n M i s s i o n

c/o a s t e r n

H e i g h t s Christian

C h u r c h

Route

2—Box 88

Ponca i t y

OK 74601

ADDRESS

CORRECTION

REQUESTED

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M i s s i o n

S e r v i c e s

A s s n

Box 2427

K n o x v i l l e , T N 37901

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lerick

Family September1982

Zululand

Reunion

Through the love of

a

very

loving God and His people,

Cindi's mother

and

father,

Mr, &

Mrs,

Bill

Bushnell arrived

in

South Africa on the 20th of

June,

This was a very special time-

for

all

of

us

and there were many tears shed

at the

airport, both on their arrival and departure.

We

wish that all of you could have share d the joy and the love we

were

able

to

by bei ng together

again after such a long time apart. The

arrival

of Cindi's parents at this particular time was

very

special because they arrived on Ron &

Cindi's sixth

wedding

anniversary, and

the day be

fore Nathan's third birthday.

So

it was very

exciting

for Nathan to

have

his grandfather and

grandmother

with him to c e l ebrat e this very speci al day,

even

if he did say "grandma" when

ask

ed who

his

favorite

preacher was'.

Grandpa took the children on walks,

fixed

bikes,

electric heaters,

and preached. Grandma was

kept busy reading

stories,

holding grandchildren, visiting,

etc.

Every

day was

full and every

day was

a blessing to us.

We

just thank

each

one

of

you

who helped

make

this time

with

Cindi's

mother and

father

possible. It is very hard to express in words the joy it brought to us all.

We just thank God for the chance we

had

to hug and be near our

loved

ones again. May God

richly

bless you for the great joy

we shared

together here in Zululand,

—HELP

NEEDED—

In just a yearfrom now, on

and

indi

i l l

be

ble to i s i t

i n

your congregations

and hare

i r s t hand the i c t o r i e s of

Zululand and appeal to you

for

the

extra

finances needed

to continue and expand h e i r

outreach.

But

can

we

ait

t h a t long?The

ork

needs

to

be

expanded NOW

n f l a

tion

has i t South

frica

even

more

than

t

has America.

Ron

now pays more

or

gasoline and more

or

rent than

he

did

j u s t

s i x months ago.

The

same Service Link"

money

we

ave

been

sending i s

now

buying

l e s s .

What

would

YOU ave us

do?

hall we ut

back

on he work

o

eq ual the funds, or h a l l

we

ncrease

the

funds o

equal

the opportunities?

t i s

i n

your hands.

a s i c a l l y the needs

are

these:

1 . We t i l l need $ 2 , 6 6 0 . 0 0 t o cover t h e c o s t o f sending

C i n d i ' s parents to v i s i t Would

you

please share

an

extra offering for this?

2.

The

same money now

buys

l e s s

Even

more

so

n

South A f r i c a . Most churches

are t i l l

g i v i n g the same

amount

they

did f i v e years ago.

lease

ask your lead

ership

to

increase t h e i r commitment.

3 . I n l e s s than a y e a r ,

we

ust r i n g a family

of7

ack

to

the

S t a t e s ;

provide

housing

and

expenses here

and

cover the cost

of

reporting

to

the churches.We lan

to

ask c e r t a i n congregations

to

adopt a family member

and cover the plane i c k e t .

We t Eastern

Heights i l l

cover R on's

a r e , another

church

could adopt Cindi

and i v e

other

congregations could each adopta h i l d .

Why on't you s t a r t a p r o j e c t

l i k e

t h i s now,

so

the

money

ould

be

n

hand

when

eeded

f

$Uccess

s

to

be,we i l l need nd U.

Send

l l

c o n t r i b u t i o n s

t o

Zululand

C h r i s t i a n Mission,

/o

Eastern

Heights

C h r i s t i a n Church, Route 2,

Box

88,

Ponca ity,

OK

4601.

Cindi arents

Saying Goodbye

8/15/2019 Elerick Ron Cynthia 1982 SouthAfrica

6/6

IVAN'S INDEPENDENCE DAY

Ivan Pillay,

son

of Freddie and Lilly Pillay

of Entiomeni,

was

taptized into Christ on July

U,

1982. Ivan is

now free.

Free

from

satan

and free to

honor Christ with his life. Ivan

was blessed by God

with

Christian parents.

This made

it possible

for Ivan

to

know about

Jesus

and

t o

know about Christian living.

Many

of

Ivan^s

friends at school do

not have

Christian

families.

Most

are Hindus.

Pray

for Ivan that he will continue

to grow

in the

Lord and that his testimony will influence

his many friends so they too can experience

being free in Christ.