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MISSION SERVICES

BOX 177

KEMPTON, INDIANA 46049

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Bill & Jeanne

Nice

Chidomoyo Hospital Mission

Box

330

Koroi,

Rhodesia

Africa

AGENTS;

Mr. and

Mrs.

Kenneth

Reed

Route

2

Waterloo, Indiana

46793

Volume

3

Number 1

Tanya and Tara

with

t hei r favorit e aun ts

j tidy Pickett

and

Cathy

Grogg.

CENTRAL

AFRICA

M I S S I O N

of th e

Churche s o f

Christ

C hr is tia n C hu rc he

. .

PREACH

. TE CH

H E L

August 1972

Dear Chris tian Friends

Greetings from hidamoyo As we look outside our windows either during the day or night we con see the

bush fires as they creep slowly up md

down

the

hills

ond through the Veld. This is the dry season when the

fires rage continuously for several weeks. We had a nearby village that was completely burned one night

when a fire came up to the village unknown to the family. The people

lost

all thei r belongings and it was an

opportunity for Chidamoyo to demonstrate Christian Love in sharing food and clo th ing with them.

NEW

ARRIVALS: Bill and Reba Harrison with their two children arrived on the 28th of July to take up

the duties that the Charles Kelley family left when they had to return to the States.

What

a welcome sight

they were to all of us here at Chidamoyo

who

have been without a handyman since the Kelleys left three

months ago. Bill and Reba will spend three months in language school and then be joining us full time here

a t

th e

mission.

THE CLINICS CONTINUE: Bill continues to fly by-monthly to Mashame Clinic where we

have

seen an

appalling amount of Whooping Cough and other preventable infectious

diseases

this year. At one time we

went being told by the chief that s ixteen people had died in two weeks between our

visits.

We have begun a

well-baby clinic in the area to prevent this type of problem from recurring.

these clinics they receive

immunizations for these

preventable

diseases.

The

Church at Mashame ha s suffered a

set-back

when the

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Church leader, o man with leprosy, went away to work in another area. We continue to teach

through

the

clinics and on each visit have

opportunity

to witness tomany people.

Sampakorumo Clinic is

almost

a reality. We understand that the airstrip has been completely cleared and

as soon as a grader is available the Clinic will begin. The Church at Sampakaruma has flourished and we

recently went to that area to dedicate a new

church

building made by the people under the encouragement

of their chief. The church leader in that area is preaching at four other preaching points and wehad

oppor

tunity to vis it one of these two weeks ago when we baptized five individuals. Two of these were men who

with teaching can become capable church leaders.

We

hope that the clinic will influence many people in the

area

to accept

Christ

and understand

their responsibilities

as Christians.

Just this week I received news from Nyamunga. Nyomungo is a new area virtually untouched by the

Church of Christ and has no medical facilit ies. The local African Council is building the clinic and will

staff it with Medical

Assistants.

We have been invited to supervise the clinic there. I received word thi s

week that the air strip should be finished by the end of July and as soon as the clinic building is finished

we should be able to work in that area. All of these areas are located

many

miles

from

Chidomoyo. They all

take almost two hours to reach by LandRover when the roads are in good condition.

We

can reach them all

by air within fifteen to twenty minutes. In one day we will be able to cover all this

ground

and have oppor

tunity to treat and witness to many people. We would like for you to remember especially these areas of our

work in your prayers.

SUFFER THE LITTLE CHILDREN: Two days ago we hod two children arr ive from dif ferent

areas

both

desperately ill. About sunrise the nurse called

from

the Hospital and said that one child had a very stiff

neck and she thought it was meningitis. Laboratory tests proved the diagnosis and treatment was begun.

The mother admitted

that

the chi ld had been laying at home with

it s

bock arched in spasm from the infection

for one week before she brought it to the Hospital. That afternoon a newborn baby of twenty-one days of age

was brought into the Hospital. It too was having rigors of spasms. When the baby was five days old the

Ambuya

(Grandmother) had rubbed the Umbilicus with cow dung and infected the baby with Tetanus. Again

the child was kept at home for four or five days until the decis ion was made to bring it to the Hospital . Thei r

delay in

coming

may cost the life of their lit tle child. At the time of this writing both children are still hold

ing their own. But howthis shows us that delaying can cause untold suffering and death. One lesson, though,

that we can teach and learn

from

this is that delaying in our acceptance and obedience of Chris t will result

in the some thing in our

lives

in a much more significant way.

MANY

VICTORIES: Late last

m onth we were

blessed by the visit of the

Reggie Thomas

Team

which

included

the

Rostvit Twins,

the

Todd

sisters,

Do,u.g-Willis

and

the

Thomas Family. During

a

very, very busy

one

week

period

with

teams of Evangelist andl5?r ionari s

going

in

many

different directions, we sow three

h p r^^idecisions

mode for Him. For those of us who work at

Chidamoyo

it was a very

exhausting and at the same time refreshing week. We certainly did enjoy and appreciate the efforts of the

Thomas team.Much preparation had

been

put into the visits by our local Church leaders. It was a great expe

rience for all of us in the Chidamoyo area.

THE

MEN MEET:

Each month the area men come together for a Church Leaders meeting. For the post

five or six months we have been meeting at Chidamoyo and have two days of preaching, teaching, and dis

cussions concerning the work in the area. It s encouraging to see the men when they deal with a problem

that involves their cultural backgrounds and their Christian religion turn to the scriptures to seek the

answer for the problem. Their d eb ates a re long and sometimes try

the

patience of th e Missionaries but out

of this con come on independence of the Missionary and a dependence on the Scripture^. Early in August,

for

th e

first time we meet in one of the other areas. We plan for these to be moved from area to area and it*

will

allo w local men w ho a re not

church

l e a d e rs

to

a t t e n d an d b e n ef i t a l so .

THE KID S CAPERS: Toro and Tanya continue to enrage, entertain and enchant their mother and father

as only children can do. Toro, who will be three in the next few days, likes to ploy with the rabbits we keep

for

food

and is

know n for leaving

doors open and letting little rabbits out. One of her favorite days of the

week is Sunday when she gets to go all by herself

down

to the African School for Sunday School with the

other African children. She has never noticed that she is the only

little

white girl in her class. Tonyof now

eighteen months, is at the tipsy-toddler stage. She always has a bump or a scrotch from trying to keep

up

with her big sister s travels.

Jeanne is

busy with

the regular chores of

motherhood

plus the other duties that fall to her. She is pre

sently trying

to

gather

together from the

grocer

store sixty miles away enough

ingredients

to moke

twenty-

five cakes. It s discouraging to send your list and find that one

item

is out of stock and so

you

have to wait

until the next

week for

the

Lorry

to

go

again. Twenty-five cakes

will go

a

long way. She will

bemeeting

with

her

women s

group

and they will be using their cooking pots to bake a cake during their meeting. This

is a big event for the ladies as they take their cakes home to their families. They do this

from

time to time

OS they meet weekly to study the Bible and sew together. All the activities keep the family quite busy and

wishing for more

time in the day.

WE

GET

ENCOURAGEMENT:

We really enjoy the le tt ers tha t we receive from home and the news and

encouragement that they bring.

We

appreciate and are strengthened by the

many

prayers that are offered on

our behalf.

We

thank each of you who contribute financially so that we can share in this great work here.

Yours in Christ,

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