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On January 26th we
will
have
a
youth
meeting with the people of th e In vu ts hin i
Church. At
present
we
will only be
able
to
be
with
them once a month
but hope
that
these meeings
will
help encourage them
in
this work and that
perhaps i t
can be done on
other
a r e a s .
Vemita
and I
are
making plans
to
come home a t the end of
this
year. As yet we do
not
know when
it
wil l
be
but
certainly
n ot b efo re
the
end
of
October.
Thank you so much for your gifts and prayers. May God richly bless and keep you
Sincere ly in
Chr i s t
Alvin
Vemita Nicholson
FORW RDING
GENT
Mrs.
Richa rd
Hanson
16642
Gannon Ave. W
Rosemount
Minn.
55068
NEWS WITH TH E
NICHOLSONS
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Point
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Point
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NEWS
WITH THE NICHOLSONS
Vol.
14 No. 2 May 1973
Dear
Brethern
We are a t home
waiting
for company to come. The Farnhams f rom Johannesburg have
promised us tha t
they
wil l
take a
holiday
a t the coas t .
Bil l
Hall
and
h is
family
from
Alberton
on
the
Reef
were
a t
the Stanleys
fo r
jus t
over
a
week, while
Bil l
gave ten lectures a t
the
Bib le Tra in ing School.
Last
month,
we traveled
back
to the Northern Cape
fo r meeting
with some
of
the
churches in
that
area. Hopeto\ n[i is making plans to build a minister s home so that
they
can
have
a res ident minister . Jacob VanWyk who
spent
a year in school,
is
planning to come back and complete
his
work nex t y ea r.
We vis i ted with Abraham Leuw of
Kimbe rly and
h is new br ide He married Lena
of-Midde^lburg Cape who
has
alsa^spent t irae-a t school.Abraham
has
gotten
permission
to
l ive in the minister s home so he is r igh t a t his work and has been
busy
teaching
the
people in
other classes.
Postmasburg a ls o d es ir es to get
a church
building.
The
services while
we
were
present
were
held
in a room
a t
the local school . Ben Moroe,
minister
a t Postmasburg,
re turned with us so
tha t he
could
get
more
work a t
school .
The l a s t week end
of
March, we
were present
with Enock
Zobolo and
his
ci rcu i t
They
have
been busy
rais ing the
money
for the
coming conference. They
have
asked
tha t
we keep
th e
money
for
them in
th e
bank. They
baptized
nine on Sunday morning
but we
were not y et p re se nt. The l e t t e r
he had
sent
to
me took
f ive
days and only came here
on Monday af ter t ravel ing 25 miles. Brother Zobolo s work is g rowing and
they
are
continually haveing
baptisms. He
said th is
was
not because he
was
working harder but
because Christians were bringing many of these people. They have
baptized
many young
men amongst the 20
to
35
years of age group and th is is
a
group that has been harder
to
reach. Brother
Zobolo
and
h is
wife are hard
workers
and
labor
in
such
a
way tha t
the brethren love
them and they
are great ly respected by those o utsid e th e church.
Plans are about a l l se t
fo r
t he Mini st er s Week to be held a t Umtata from
the
evening
of
the
15th o f May unt i l
the
20th. Brother
Nic
Qwemesha
a t
school
wil l
be
teaching
one
o f
the
shor te r books
in
th e New Testament. Bi l l
Hal l
o f Alberton on New Testament
Bible Studies . Floyd
Stamm
of Durban
wil l
be bringing
our
morning
devotional
message.
Then
we
wil l have
an open
period for the questions and needs of the
minis ters .
Part
of th i s time will be given to
method
of carrying
on business
meetings.
The
evening
serv ices wi l l be conducted by
the
African minis ters
themselves.
They wi l l also be
doing afternoon cal l ing in the
loca l
locat ion. We
are so rry t ha t
Brother
Sibinda,
minis ter
here
has been in the hospita l
but he says tha t he
is
feel ing be t t e r
now.
Vemita
is ty pin g out
the questions
on
the
book Genesis so
tha t
we
can duplicate
them and have them ready
to pass on
to the ministers a t that
t ime.
hope tha t wil l
encourage them in teaching.
Yes, we have some
other
news which i s good news to
us.
Our
son
John
and
h is
wife ,
Cheri, have a new
baby
gir l They l ive and
minister at
Readstown
, lvisc.
1
guess
our
plans
are
now
qui te def in i te
tha t we
sha l l
b egin o ur
furlough about the
^st of
Please
pray for us in our preparation for
camp. The
school
holidays for the
primary
chi ldren
i s very
shor t
Vernita and
1
are planning to go to Pondo land and to
Sada Locatio
W hi t t le s e a
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May God r ichly bless and keep you all^
FORWARDING AGENT:
Mr s
R i c h a r d
Hanson
16642 G an no n A ve . W
Rosemount
Minn.
55068
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WITH
TH E NOCHOLSONS
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rst C h r i s t i a n Church
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WS
WITH THE
NIGHOLSONS
a VS
Vo l. 14 No. 3 J u n e , 1973
Dea r
Br e t h r e n
Greetings in C h r i s t , o ur S av io ur . On
the
26th o f Apr i l ,
John
Sibinda, m i n i s t e r a t
Umtata,
passed
away.
Since
we
were
planning
m i n i s t e r s
week
there
fo r
th e
15th
to
th e
20th o f May, i t meant t h a t we ha d to seek another place
for
the phurch i s not so strong
there. When I
had
asked to meet with
them
about plans for the week he said no, the^
were busy in another place, so
I do
n ot
know what
arra ng em en ts he ha d
made
with h is
own.
Th e
meeting wi l l
be a t Cradock
on
th e
same
d a t e s .
Fr ida y,
the 4 t h ,
Lynn St anl ey,
Nic
Qwemesha an d
on e
of
t h e
st udent s fr Hn
school an d
I went to Umtata to be ready
for
th e funeral at 10 a.m. on Saturday. Saturday, morning,
I was
going to
th e location when they stopped
me at
the
Funpral
Home; they
had
come to
bring the body and those who came viewed
i t
f i r s t
t her e.
Then the body was
taken to
the
home where we had a word
of
prayer;
then
i t was
put into
a pickup and
taken to
a church.
There were 17
parts
to the program thpy
ha d prepared. Brother
Qwemesha was the Master
of Ceremonies.
Two
of th e
items
on the program were l e f t out. I
finished my
sermon
shortly after
noon
but
then
found
out that
they
were
not expecting the funeral car
to come
back
u n t i l 2
p.m. and
so they could not fin ish
before
t h a t time. For
the
next
two hours there was singing and those
who desire to
spoke.
When we
had
finished at the
cemetary, we
returned
to th e
home
where a tub o f water was placed outside the gate and
each as he
arrived
washed
his
hands. Then a meal was served
for
a l l . The two young men
at Umtata had c ar ed v ery well for providing
for
a ll that
needed to be done. They are to
have a meeting
of a ll
the
circuits in June
and have asked that I pome
at that time.
Today, I went with Vemita to Gcilima for he r sewing class for th e women
Shortly
after we arrived
they
began
to
look
at
th e fire coming from a house on another h i l l .
rother Zobolo and I went there, bu t everything in th e house had been destroyed. The man
was away at work and
the
wife had taken
the youngest child to
the
Doctor.
Other
childrei
preparing
the i r
noon
da y
meal,
had
le t
th e
f i re
g e t
i nt o
th e d rie d
beans
t h a t
had been
gathered from
the
field but not
yet
beaten out.
IVhen
th e
f ir e
go t into this i t was
not
long
until
th e
thatched roof
was on fire and
there
was no hope. But
th e
church
was
alread
planning what they could do to give a helping hand to this family as they are members of
th e chu r ch
Not a ll the
women
at
church
were spwing.
There
were a pumber present
who
were makin
mud
blocks from which rondovels sha^l be
made for
use
at
conferenpe time and
when they
are
needed They
have just dug up the
ground
and worked
it
up well, then added a
little
cement, mixed
well
and then added
water to make
mud This wps
placed into
two molds.
Both
were th e same
width and h e i g h t ,
but
one had
on e
en d cu t
on a s lant
These
ar e used
to help
in making
the houses round.
When
thd
buildings are
completed they
will
be
plastered both
withip and without. More and more
people
are doing
fhis
and of
course
i t makes
buildings
t h a t w i l l
l as t
a f a r
longer
time.
The l i t t le
neighbor
boy came from Sunday School. They
asked
him what he
had
learned. He sai d
they ha d talked about
Abraham,
Isaac an d
tobacco. Well
af ter
some
thinking they asked him i f he did not mean Rebecca and he did.
We
had th e privilege of
bapt i zi ng
th is young
boy s f a th e r i n t h e
Umtentewni
r iver l a s t month.
Many good
reports
have come in from
t he m i ni st er s
o f
their
services over
Easter
weekend.
Most a ll start
on Friday and end on Sunday. We spoke
fo r Songo
and
Qwemesha
as they used the t e n t a t number 5 on Friday night. Then went to Durban where we: were
^h,g sts of
Mr
Mrs
Floyd
Stamm now
working
in
Durban. We had
part in the services
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of
Mazibuko and Nzuza on
Saturday afternoon
and Sunday
morning
Thank you al l for
your continued prayer
and
financial support
Yours in C hris t
Alvin V ern i t a
FORWARDING
AGENT:
Mrs
R i c h a r d
Hanson
16642
Gannon
Ave
W.
Rosemount
Minn 55068
NEWS
WITH THE NICHOLSONS
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NEWS WITH THE
NI HOLSONS
nTlo
M V 0
Vol. 14 No. 4 June, 1973
Dear Chr i s t i an Brethren
Our Minister 's Week at Cradock was a very good meeting. There were 26
ministers
present with
6
of the missionaries. Some
others
had
planned to come but
were
hindered
by
s ickness .
Classes were
taught by
Nic Qwemesha Floyd Stamm
and
Bi l l
Hall .
There was a
period given
to
prayer each
morni ng and then a
period
for questions and
discussion.
The men took a
bet ter
part
in
th e
sessions
than they ever have
before.
ne question
^ ame
up that the missionaries were not aware of. Some had been saying
that the
young men
had
no right
to
be
ministers
because
they
ha d never
been
elders in
the church. The
brethren
answered
this question
very quickly and very positively. How
much better that they should answer i t than a missionary. I
think
th is is one of the
s tr ong poi nt s
of th is
meeting in
that it gives the
brethren
a chance
to
discuss thei r
problems,
questions and
needs as th ey have af~lio~o'fhef time.
The
annual Conference has been moved forward to the
12th thru
th e
16th of
September.
In
th e
past
th e
South
African
Railways have
granted
concession
t ickets
to
those
coming
to this meeting. This has now been done away
with.
But
between
the school holidays
t he railway does have a lower
fare for those
making a round trip within-that
period.
So we
have
moved the meeting forward
to help
the
brethren take
advantage
of
this Even
so they
are
going to have to pay much more for a ll ra i l fares have been in cr ea sed in the
l a s t year
We got
another
surprise the f i r s t of th is m on th when South Africa revalued thei r mone
upward and now
i t
takes 1.49+ where it was taking 1;42+.
The
Gcilima church has
already raised
about
175.00
for the
coming
meeting
of
the
churches.
They are repainting thei r church building and
building
two
rondovels
to be
used a t tha t time.
They
are using mud
with
some cement mixed in
i t fo r
the
blocks
and
will plas ter
the buildings
on .tir outside and inside when
they are done.
The camp in Lusikisiki in
Pondoland
has
been se t
for the
2nd to
the 7th of July .
The one at Sada near
Wittlesea
for the
9th
thru the
14th.
Vemita and I hope to
be
present
for
both of these. The camp here at Port Shepstone wil l also meet the f i r s t
week of July at the Umzumbe Bible School. Not only are they expecting to have more of
the i r
own young
people present , but
the
brethren
fro m Durban
will also be present with
camper s
Last Sunday was Pentecost Sunday and
the Brethren
se t the tent up th is time at
Paddock. I
took
the t en t out on Saturday
afternoon
for them.
They
asked i they
could
have
a
film.
I knew one was
being
used on Sunday evening
here at Port Shepstone
and
they
le t
me
use
i t
But when we
went
to
show
i t
we could not
get
sound
from
the
pro
j ec tor
However,
we showed it anyway
and they
were s t i l l g r ea tl y i n te r es ted in it I
f inished
my work and
got
back home
that
night at
midnight.
Our tent i t
real ly
showing i ts age and we
keep
having to get i t sewed up here and
there . We
priced a new one which would be a l i t t l e
larger
than th i s and of a new
water
p roof ma te ri al
so
i t wil l not be wet
af t e r
a ra in
I t
wil l cost 3,000.
We
will have
used i t twice for the church th is month as well as i t being used for a wedding and a
funeral
by members of
the
church here and
i t
will be used
in
both^^the camps
that
we
atten
So
i t s
use is growing more
a ll
the time. We were
hoping
to use it for a meeting in th i s
area
but
we
have so
many tasks
before us
t ha t
we do not
see
how we
wil l f i t it in
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The past week I
have
been working
to
get the wiring in the new
building
a t
school
so
tha t they can f in i sh the work on i t
Ron
Elerick
a s tudent
f rom Midwest Christ ian
College
an d
in
Johannesburg for the
summer months can down and spent three days and
two
nights with
us.
were glad
for
his
fellowship and
our
work was
so sch du le d
that he
got
to see and take
par t
in many
di f fe ren t th ings .
Michael and
Caryl
Stanley
ha d
a
l i t t l e
baby g i r l
on Monday
the 4th
of
June. This
i s
the f i r s t
grandchild fo r
Lynn
an d
L u ci ll e S tn al ey
so a l l are fe l l ing
very
good
a t
th i s
t i m e
May the
Lord
bless
an d
keep
you
a l l
FORWARDING AGENT;
Mrs. R i c h a r d H anson
16642
G an no n A ve . W
Rosemount Minn. 55068
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NEWS
WITH THE
NICHOLSONS ^ v
Vol. 14 No. 5
J u ly
1973
De a r
Br e t h e i r
I t
is
almost l i k e count down here as we t iy to g et a l l
th in g s
in o rd er fo r camp. The
Port Shepstone ar ea
camp
w i l l be a t L mzunibe
beginning
on th e
2n d o f
J u l y .
Bu t V e m i t a
an d
I
will
not
be
pr es ent
fo r
that
because
we
are going
to
Lusikisiki in
Pondoland.
Be
cause
food is much cheaper in our area they have sent a l i s t o f s up plie s f or us to bring
with us as well as th e mission
t e n t . Tnis
camp
i s also
the week
o f
the
2nd.
Then on
th e
9 th
of
J u ly we w i l l
be
going
to
Sada
a t
IVhittlesea which i s 20 m i l e s from
Queenstown. We
a re su re
that th is wil l be th e largest o f a l l th e
camps. We
only have
to ta ke th e t e n t
with
us fo r
th is
camp
We do have on e s l igh t problem.
We
do
n o t
as y e t know which c la s s e s we sha l l be
t e a c h i n g . No t tha t we go to ta l ly unprepared b u t I am sure tha t some o f
th e
c l a s s e s
we
have
prepared
someone else
w i l l
want to teach. Our
A f ri ca n m i hi st er s
afe~ hot always
the
bes t p la n n e r s .
Bu t
s t i l l
we se e them
ga i ni ng i n
abi l i ty
every
y e a r .
IVhile
v/e were
a t
Xopozo
in
Pondoland a few
weeks ago with
Columbus Ncanazo
Brother E l i a s
Sogoni came by
on Sunday
morning
and
they
made
plans
to
see the
ov/ner
o f
on e
o f
the
buses
so
t h a t
the
bu
could p ic k up thei r children an d take them to camp
They
have already seen the man be
f o r e so
t h i s
wa s ju s t
to make f ina l a r r a n g e m e n t s .
This las t
Saturday
in
June we
took
th e t e n t out fo r Zobolo
to
use. He
asked
t h a t we
come r i g h t after noon on Saturday as they
would not use
the t e n t
a t
the
place
which the
ca r
could reach. Sunday we went
back
f or s er vic es an d to
bring
the t e n t with us. When w
saw where
they
ha d to take the
tent
we wondered
liov; they
go t i t there
with
oxen
sled.
The
place is certainly
f i l led with
big
rocks. walked
the
mile around over and be
tween
rock
o f a ll sizes. They took the
t e n t
dovm before we arrived so they could take i t
back
to
tlie pickup and thus be
free to
go
home
when
th e
afternoon
services
were completed
I do
no t
know what
th e
portable
l ight plant
weighs
bu t
I know i t is
very
heavy. When
the
men
took
i t
to
the
meeting
place
two
o f
them
c a rrie d i t
by means
o f
a
rope
t i e d
to
i t
But one
woman
c a r r i e d
i t back
si t t ing
on a
pi ece o f
coi l ed
cloth
on h e r
head. I t is
t r u l y amazing how much they will carry on the i r heads an d n ot seem to
n o tic e
i t Going
on
Saturday
we picked up some of
th e
church folks who ha d to walk about 10 miles to
the
s e r v i c e s B u t I t h i n k s o m e mus t
have come
f u r t h e r t h an t h a t t t ook Mrs. Zobolo ove r
4
hours
to walk i^either way
were in Pondoland with
the
Xopozo church one weekend.
had taken some things for
t h e i r new
building
and
held th e f i rs t services in
i t while we were there. They
have
made
plans
fo r Dedication
on the last weekend
in October. This
is j u s t before we s tar t home.
G ci li ma c hu rc h is
busy
g e ttin g
the i r money together
fo r
Conference as
well as p a in tin g
and fixing up t h ei r building. Tliey are also building two
rondovels
to
be
used
at
t h a t
t i m e .
We have been
a b l e to g e t
a
t en t
which i s a bout
60
f e e t in
diameter
f o r
th is
meet
ing
Ve mita has been having very
good s uc ce ss w it h
h er
sewing
classes an d
some of the
l i t t l e d re ss es th ey have made
look
ve r y
n ic e .
have not ha d any
rain
since
early
April and
th e
grass is as yellow as i f we
lived
in t h e a r e a s t h e r e
frosts
Living
on a hi l l
s id e
we
have
always ha d
trouble
with tlie water vi^ashing the driveway.
Some y e a r s ag o we
put in
th e concrete s t r ips p a r t way up th e
drive
b ut
t h a t
was not
th e
to ta l
answer. Now we have
been
black
topping
o r sand sealing i t Firs t we work to
get a good base then we put on a thin
la y e r
o f sand. Then th e ta r is poured on t h i s
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and
covered
again
with
sand. I t looks very nice
but we can
t e l l
be t te r
af ter
we have a
rain
and
the res t wil l have to wait unt i l a f te r the camp season now.
May the
Lord
bless and keep you a l l
we work with the African people.
We are
most g ra te fu l fo r your con tinued
help as
Yours in
Chr i s t
Alvin
Vem i t a
Nicho l son
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Editors Note: Word was received that Darrel Stanley
was
killed in a
car
wreck on Monday
July 9th. His
wife
Anne, who was
riding
with him, was hospitalized with 2
broken
legs.
Darrel
i s the son
of
Mr. Mrs. Lynn
Stanley,
who work with the Nicholsons. The home
address
of Mrs.
Anne Stanley is
140 Ringwood
Dr., Pinelands,
Cape, South
Africa. Keep
this family
in
your
prayers .
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