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Each Adult missionary should complete one of these forms and send by regular seamail to:

Mission Services - Box 968 - Joliet , I ll inois

PERSONAL F ILE

1 0 .

Tr ITo .. .rd

I i c h o l s o n

Name

in

ful l ,

; - -

Sex .

Complete address on fiplH -vh-j.v Port 3 -cnpto;r::. 3outr . ri :; .

Complete home (for forwarding) gHHrpgg Ed. Jidlundj 110 >ve. Litc^-fieldj Minn

Name and address of hometown

newspaper

Names and addresses of other newspapers which mi^t carry stories of your work...

S .it: :

rl -ri ]

O u.rl-.r, rl

, c . lo .:?.

Place

o f Bir th ,

5- rL-

Where

baptised?,

Day,

Mon t h ,

1

Yea r J .

What age?

Onback of page please describe any special circumstances regarding conversion.

Marital

status:

Married. .

Single Divorced___^ Widowed Married at what age

List children by full name giving place, day, month, and year of birth;

Name Place

Day Month Year

Mov. 1^{,

Feb. 17)

20 , 1942

3 ;nd r

Cst

r

MicVio l son

S t even

I owiard

Jo . n T-lerk

Schooling (High School and on):

Name a nd L oc atio n of

School

1 - ^ T

.

Mimie

. o o l i s ,

Minne

cot?.

L i t c - f i e l d ,

T-^nnecot?

^rokvs , lo-. a

Numbe r o f Yea r s

Major Degrees

with

date

1


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Personal

File - Page 2 -

Name

Vjr r . i t ' - . Vio ' ' - o r .

What things

influenced you

to

become

a missionary? Your

own story

in

some detail

might

be

influential in leading others

into

fulltime

service

(use a separate sheetdf^you need more space)?

I h-vo ol'.-r'-'ys Eel t - dee-^ i r . ts res t in iroion- r;;

..'or'':.

eoring t'r.e differon

rniosion . ries speo,': of

t ' e

(ork

ond

of t -e

need

fo r vrorkers

on the fore ign

f ie ld

ho3

alv. ovs t h r i l l ed me .

' f

en

v;e knew

o f t *e need i n outh Africa fo r workers ,

we

e l t

tho t v;e w-nted to do v;hot we

could

to t e l l the people AiS th is land of

Jesus

and th e

sa lva t ion

' e

ofPera

to

everyone .

Describe

briefly in

outline form the

nature of

your

daily duties.

Homemhce r

T-?

- ch ing ' n -'.en ' s

Group

::

f ^h l e Sc ' - o j l - 'ork

Which of the following terms most

nearly describes

your missionary status:

Evange 11 st

D o c t o r . ^

Nur s e

Bible

College

teacher

Socia l worke r -

Father s name and home address (i f

living):

His occuaption '

Publ ic S ch oo l t eacher .

Off i ce

worker .

Othe r .

Is

he a Chr i s t i an? ,

What positions of

leadership

has he

held

in the

local church?

Home make r ,

0

h .

Mother s full ma id en n ame ,

Is she living?

G' t ' -D l i c

Is she a

Christian?

Her

occupation if employed outside

of

home

What leadership positions has she held in the local church? -

Name of forwarding

Gd.

.'Idlim-d

AHHrf>fig

I IP

' ^ - - t ' . \v ; . ,

L i t c t f i o l d ;

Telephone

What

are

h is or

her dut ies :

7 :

.

oni-;:

. r r e c e i p ts to

a l l contr lbuters , keep record of income

-'.nd dd- b -rro :r.t-.. .v- . '

: .ir r^I- ry checks

to the f ie ld und

c -.re for

any personal

L;V1 : r ;' :rr b ^.nQS, j. i j .. t j .

'fe

prefer t lT:t

-1 1 money r:o to o r .

Should

money be

sent to forwarding agent

only?

In

what fnrrn?.

jf it can be,mailed

to

Onocks

rn a :noney Ox-d r

preiered .

you please indicate how

in

what

form?

Does

your forwarding

agent serve

without

salary?

-- C

1-, . . A

th e ronsy ro- ng

to

Agent

I II i

What problems do you need

help

with, that

Mission

Services might provide?


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EachAdult missionary should complete one of these forms and sendby

regular

seamail to:

Mission Services - Box 968 - Joliet, Illinois

PERSONAL F ILE

Hfl rp . Auc -u st lO.IQ'Si -

Name

in

full - Mvin ric:-ioIr on

Sex^Iihle .

Complete

address on fiPirf tJn^tv.Shepstone. TigtaT; Sn^th

Complete

home

(for forwarding)

address ^d.

/idlu.nd.

Litchfidd* T Tin .

110

T. ^ 'rr-hal] ,\ve.

Name and address of hometown newspaper

Names and addresses of other newspapers which mi^t carry

stories

of your

work...

Suth^rl ind Oouticr

Suthr-rl^.nd,

Io- :a.

Place of Rlrfh yolr .blrd , 3. D

Day. Mon t h

Where

baptised?.

pi -ri- -.

1

Year

o -

What age?

On back of page please describe any special circumstances regarding conversion.

Marital status: Married,

. S i ng l e .

Divorced- Widowed. Married at what

age.-^

List children by full

name

giving place, day, month, and

year

of birth;

Name Place Day Month Year

S-.n6.v?. TDsther ITicholGon rinn-j?.PQlis>

Minnesota

Ibvi

S t e v e n '^o-;.?-rri

John brk

Schooling (High School

and

on);

Name

and Loca ti on o f

School

Mnn .

B ib le O ollc c

L1

t c h f

h e l d . Min n e e o

t

Ch.gro e3)

Icva

Numbe r o f

Yea r s

4 vrr^.

4 yr

gbb. 17 .45

L 20,1040

Major

Degrees

with

date

1

o.Uo

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Personal

File

- Page 2 - Name,

What

things

influenced

yo u

to

become

a missionary? Your

o wn s to ry

in

some

detail

m ig ht b e

i nf lu en ti al i n l ea di ng o th er s i nto f ul lt im e s er vi ce u se a s e pa r at e s he et J f , you need

more

space)?

I

t hi nl :

t h : ; t th e

credi t

i-rould

heve to

no i-o th e Ihxcy

feinily. I t

v. as

Tibbs

ih^ey

v?ho in teres ted

me

in

th e

m i n i s t r y w h i l e

I v;as a t t e n d i n g

B l u n t

Kinht

s c h o o l .

During par t o f th e t ime t ha t

Tibbs

wa s minis ter ing

in lun tj

h is mother

made

h e r

home

w i t h them,

I

remember b e i n g present

on a

number

o f

occasions

v:hen

t he y

received

l e t t e r s

from I s a b e l. No t only

d id

t he y have m i s s i o n a r i e s come

to

the church

in

lunt. But each year

we

mett

someone

who

was

brought

to

help

i n th e C h ris tia n

S e r v i c e

c a nps,

I

b e l i e v e

on e

of th e

grea tes t

c ha l l e nge s

h a s

b een

th e need,

so

nar^ people vrho need the gospel an d

so few

to go .

Describe briefly In outline form th e

nature

of your daily duties.

I have th e

o v e r s i g h t

o f a l l th e c h urc h s along the

eas tern

sea

c o a s t

from

Bast London nor t h to

Rhodesia

and Hecambique. I have th e t a s k of strengthen

th i s churches in the i r e v a n g e l i s t i c

program

an d

also

tha t o f e s t a b l i s h i n g nev7 v/orks.

Which of the following terms m o s t nearly describes your m i s si ona r y s t at us :

Evangelist , Bible

College teacher

Public School teacher

Home

maker,-

Hnri-nr

Nnrgf

Socla l

woxker Off lcc

worker ther

Father s name and home address if

living);

flncent

H.

:,lCii-fGon . cA21-200 S. f. BdmondG

7ash>

H is occuaption- Is he a

Christian?

What p o si ti on s o f leadership has he held in th e local f-hnrrh?

Mother s full maiden name,

S-hrnton

Is she living?

Is she a

Chr i s t i an? Her

occupation if employed outside of bAmp linen maid xn T

B.

S a n t a r i u j r

What

leadership positions has she held in the local

rtmrr-h?

Tsacher, Bible School Su-pt.

and

Treas,

Name of forwarding

qgpni-

..

l^s.

Bd.

fidlimd

AHHrpgg llO Tlorth --rshall v a. Litchfiold. Minn, Telephone,

W h a t

are

h i s or

h er d u ti es :

To

r e c i e v e

monies,

send

rece ip ts to a l l c o n t r i b u t e r s ,

k ee p r ec oi rd

o f income

an d d i s b u r s e m e n t s ,

m a i l

o u r sa lary cbedks to the f ie ld and c a r e fo r

anj

p e r s o n a l

. . .

buc inecs t h a t

wo

mav

p lace in h e r

l iu ids

^ x-, x x u

Should money be sent to forwarding agent only?

In^what

form'i^^^I^^

you please i ndicat e how in what fAi-m? .^can

cash

dV-u-r m,on-y ordcrc or

chc-c :a.j

bu t for_

; :oc; , ing a

b e t t o r record

aoo

prefer th;C

aoney

going

to Agent^

Does

your forwarding

agent serve

without

salary?.

X ?*

- .

What problems do you n e ed h e lp

w ith , th at

Mission Services

might provide?


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p ^yl c vol bori ^ l^lv^v

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THE CHURCH OP CHRIST MISSION,

n UNION OP SOUTH

APRICA,

NOVEMBER^ 1 9 5 4 NEWS LETTERt

VOL,

NO.2

D e a r B r e t h r e n in

Christ

Once again a l l of ua in

South

Africa g r e e t you i n the name

of

Chris t

through our November News L e t t e r . To ^those of you who

have

not seen

t h i s

l e t t e r

u n t i l

now,

t h i s

i s an

added

attempt

to

keep you

informed

P

oh

the

work

h e r e .

Each month

from

now

on,

a

s i m i l a r

l e t t e r

w i l l

bo

prepared

to be

s e n t t o a l l of you who send i n o f f e r i n g s and who w r i t e

. t o us d u r in g th e prev ious f o u r weeks . V/e a r e so g r a t e f u l

t o

you f o r

p your interest

and

support

for

you make i t possible for the Lord* 3

w o r k to

b e

d o n e

in S o u t h e r n Africa

Many t h i n g s

of

s i g n i f i c a n c e happened during the month of O cto be r.

Early i n the month,

as b r o t h e r

Nicholson was leaving f o r a

t o u r south

n into Pondoland,

h i s

car

skidded

into a t ruck, doing

considerable

damage to the

Plymouth. Although the

accident

is practically covored

by

insurance,

y et brothe r Nick'had

to

postpone h i s

t r i p

and

has

been cons iderably

handicapped t h r o u f ^

the

month.

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

beingmade

by brotiier Nicholson to

l e a r n the

Zulu

language.

Within a

year he should be

able t o

speak wit ii ou t

an

i n t e r p r e t e r .

_

Immediately

a f t e r

Christmas,

brot l ier

and s i s t e r

S t a n l e y

with

t h o i r

four boys,

w i l l

drive

to Port Shepstone

v/here, with the

help of bro

t h e r Nicholson, a

school

f o r Pondjland e l d e r s

and minis ters

w i l l be

conducted

over

a

period of about f i v e weeks.

The

school

w i l l bo held

P a t brother Ben Songo's

Kraal ,

and about twenty men are expected to

attend

While

the

Pondoland

shool i s i n s e s s i o n

b r o t h e r Randal l

w i l l f l y

p

to Port

Shepstone from Cape

Town

and,

alongwith

brothers

Nicholson

'

and Stanley

and a Zulu i nt er p re t e r w il l f ly nor th

to the b orders

of Swaziland and northern Zululand. At Ingwavuma t h e r e

are

many

Af

r i c a n

brethren

of the Church

o f

C h r i s t and

a v i s i t

must be

paid

them* Thus far ,

l i t t l e

porttaot

has

been

made

In Zululand.

This

tr ip

will

open the

door.

I t is brother Randall's

desire

also, while

on

t h i s

t r i p

to

make a

quidk

survey

of

Swaziland

with

the

hope

of

establ ishing the Lord's Ohtirch t h e r e .

The Bib le Tra in ing Schopl-lat Kimberley

opened for the

t h i r d term

*-Qn the 11th-of Ootobexi^^-rA3Wit-a week^ beferq -the -larsest c l a s s had

returned

to their

homea, ^ found

that i t

cost as

much to

send

t h e m en home

a s

t o f e e d t h e i t i r r o r t h e full t e n w e e k s . T h i s

c l a s s

i s

made

up of t h r o e

f u l l

tlBie and

t h r e e

p a r t t ime

s t u d e n t s s m a l l e r

than had

been counted upoh^

'but f inancial ly, probably

a good

thing.

The

Oreonpoint

work, dhu roh where t h e

S t a n l e y s

work, moves along.

They

a r e wcrkingnow t o r^lfle t h e i r c on fe re nc e fund s and have a good

share

r a i s e d . Bible Schod i e^t endanoe has

doubled since March.

The missLoh

i n t e r p r e t e r Nicholas Qomesha,

and

Mr, Stanley,

worked

on the Hopetown

church builSlhg

the

f i r s t

week in

October.

Brother

Randall

was

i n

bed

durinig ' that

week

w a

severe

a t t a c k

of

Kidney

Stones.

Vjfhile brothers StaihleV (ômesha

were

a t Hopetown they

were a b l e t o

l a y

up

t h e first

two f e e t

o f th e

w a l l . This w i l l

make

it

possible to run the concrete f l o o r as soon

a s

work

is

resumed^

E a r l y

i n

October Mr.

and

Mfa. S t a n l e y went

w i t h a group

from the

K imbe rle y c hu rc h t o i n t r o d u c e one

o f t h e

f o r m e r e l d e r s o f

t h e

Kim-

.

b e r l e y

congregat ron~as the new m i n i s t e r ât V/arrenton. Thr0e ireek.3

l a t e r b r o t h e r

R a n d a l l

and b r o t h e r S t a n l e y went

back t o

h e l p him

a s

he s ta rt e d h is

w o r k .

This

i s

th e

first r e a l s t e p

forward

amcng

o u r chuana

s p e a k i n g

p e o p l e .

Duringthe

month

of

October, brother and s i s t e r Randall

were

away

from

home

fourteen days,

andbôther Raridal l, alongwith brother

Stanley, was

out

of Kimberldiri e portion of

another

day,

makingf

ifteom

days away from Kimbefley foiÂxother

Maa;, On

the

8th

of October

Max

and Gladys drove

to

Cai^

Tfti

They

returned to

Kimberley on

t h e

1 9 t h and

w h i l e

t h e y

were

away i n t h e

Cape

t h e y

p u r c h a s e d

a

homo in Pinelands, one of theJ?M?erbs

of

Cape Twon. On the 21st and

22nd

Mr^ ^nd

Mrs. vRandalj-^^p^ ybhahnejBbu^^ connection

with the

purchase

of the honie the Gape. :

The R a n d a l l s w i l l

move

tjc Town

a b o u t

t h e 1 5 t h of

December.

For those

who

perhaps

do

nbb^êw, bi^dther

Max

has been urged by the

Observatory Church

of Chrlei ' in'Cape Twn to

move

to

the Cape City

to

c a r r y on h i s m i s s i o n s a o t i y l t e s

from t h a t

c e n the

so

t h a t f o r t h e

t ime

being a t l e a s t

he

can abhv along

with

h i s

missions work,

as m i n i s t e r

of the

Observatory^church The

move has the

whole

hearted

approval of the miesiSnar iea

and

African

brethren

here

in

South

Africa,

and

the miasiohs board of advisors in America have

a l s o g i v e n t h e i r whole h e a r t e d consent

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The Observatory Churoh i s a smal l congregat ion,

b u t it

i s s p i r i t

u a l l y

s t r o n g

and s t r a t e g . i c a l l y ,

i s

a most important inf luence f o r the

cause of Christ i n a l l

of

Africa Gape Town

i s

the gateway to sou^

t h e r n

A f r i c a , and

t h e

Observatory congregat ion

i s

w e l l

known

t o

a l l

the b r e t h r e n

of

the Churches of C h r i s t and

D i s c i p l e s

of C h r i s t over

the whole continent, B r i t i s h ,

ew Zealand,

and

American.

Some may wonder about

b r o t h e r

Randal l s s a l a r y now t h a t he

i s

tak

ing

th e

added r e s p o n s i b i l i t y of the

Cape

Town white work. t

remains

e x a c t l y

the

same

Thou^

the

Cape

Town

church does

pay

a

smal l

months

ly sa lary , every penny of

t h i s w i l l

go into the missions

treasury.

B r o t h e r

and

s i s t e r Randa l l a r e i n v e s t i n g a

c o n s i d e r a b l e

sum i n a home

so they

can move

to

Cape Town t h a t

the

work

i n a l l i t s

varied

phases,

European,

Coloured ,

and A f r i c a n , can be developed, b u t t h e y

a r e

g e t t i n g nobhing in r e t u r n

beyond

t h e i r

usual

l i v i n g l i n k

support .

t i s expected t h a t much good w i l l

come

from the

move t o the

Cape.

f

tremendous s i g n i f i c a n c e

t o the

cause o f C h r i s t

In A frica

i s

a

mQve--nlrnady.^fxiiL-Ldviincfld,^ to p l a n t , a European chureh among -

the-

Afrikaans

speaking

community i n Cape

Town.

Already 10,000

t r a c t s

have been p r i n t e d i n two c o l o r s

and

a r e

b e i n g

d is tr i b u te d i n

a s

many homes.

Already a

h a l l has been

h i r e d f o r a

y e a r

i n Parow

i n

which

to

hold worship

s e r v i c e s ,

t h i s

h a l l

s e a t i n g SOQ people , and

it

i s

now

planned,

and

the

announcements

a r e

a l r e a d y

out

t h a t . s e r

v i c e s w i l l

begin

on

Sunday,

January 3 0 t h , 1955.

Already

midweek

Bible

s t u d i e s

and Saturday n i ^ t prayer meetings

are

being held

i n

homes

i n

the Parow

a r e a .

Best of a l l , and the key to the

success

cf

the

venture, i s

the man who

i s

sparking

the e f f o r t ,

who

i s

a

thor

ough-ly converted /Afrikaner, col lege

educated,

successful in business ,

and who i s the son and grandson

of

Dutch Refo rmed m i n i s t e r s . I f t h i s

one e f f o r t

alone succeeds,

the move of the Randalla t o

the

Cape w i l l

h a v e

b e e n a

t h o u s a n d

t i m o g more t h a n

w o r t h . w h i l e .

For some

months

we

have been wa tching w i t h i n t e r e s t the e f f o r t s

of our Upinton Church

as

it went,

abput ,

with

i t s

own res ou rse s, to

build a

ndw church

hovs e . The bujlding, made

of

burned brick and

having an iron

roof,

is now

odmpieted

except

f

or

a

plaster coat.

The

Upington

brethren

have dDnqthe

job themselvea

with

no

help

but

th e excep tion

of a few pouncjia we have sent them. The church

thouf^ smal l ,

l a

adequate f a r

ê neada

oongpegatinn.

Thl a

e f f b r t

on the

p a r t of the

Upington

b r e t h r e n w i l l aerve

as

a

tremendous

object lesson

for

our other churches

throuôut

the

Union

needng

buildings. Thi^

next

week

brnjhdr

Jândall

w i l l

be back in Hopetown

working on

the

b i l d i n g there ord i s

b l e s s i n g

i n t h a t

e f f o r t .

Let us hear from you. This

ietter.

go es to a ll

who

contact any

of the missionaries or their forwardng

agents dur ing the month.

Pray for us.

are

excee^ln^ y appy in the work.

ax

and 01a a

Randall,

liynn and

Luol lie Stanley,

.îvin and

Vernita Nicholson.

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