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N V^S V/ITH THE NICIICLSOMS

ON

FURLOUGH

February

5,

I960

Dear Christian -^riends,

G r e e t i n g s

i n C h r i s t

J e s u s

our

o a v i o r . This i s our f i r s t l e t t e r

t o you f r i e n ds in t h i s

year

of

I960.

I t has s t a r t e d out on a very

happy

note f o r us i n

t h a t

the Madison

Park

C h r i s t i a n Church,

^uinoy,

I l l i n o i s

took

^erni ta

and

Steven

to

be

t h e i r

l iving

l i n k .

How

t h i s

makes our h ea rts r e jo ic e I The

sad

note t h a t came r i g h t a t the end

of the year was

t h a t

Lebram

Solani , who

minis tered

i n

the

d i s t r i c t

of F l a g s t a f f had died. The

Africans

seemed to think t h a t witchcraf t

had something

t o

do with it

We

spen t Chris tmas

with

two of

my

s i s t e r s .

L e

did q u i t e

a b i t

of t ravel ing

through

eight days around Christmas, but it gave us

opportunity to v i s i t a number

of

our r e l a t i v e s though vie only

stayec

overn ight , l.e

received so

many nice presents

and the

c h i l d r e n

g r e a t l y enjoyed a whit e Chr is tmas once again.

During Decemberl did not t r y to

do

much t r a v e l i n g but

v i s i t e d

the

churches

near Suther land

so

t h a t

vie

could

go

out

on

Sundays.

t was r e a l l y nice t o

have

the

fam ily v dth

me

f o r

these

s e r v i c e s .

I n

January,

I

had

t o at tend the

Planning

Committee Meeting

f o r

the National

Missionary Convention

a t Norfolk, Nebraska,

t h i s f a l l .

So

going

and coming

from

t h a t

meeting

I y i s i t e d

viith churches i n

Iowa and

I l l i n o i s .

Also spoke

a t

the

chhpel services, Central

C h r i s t i a n

College of the Bible

a t

Moberley,

Missour i ,

through the

kindness of Robert

P a t e

M i n i s t e r a t Madison

Park

i n Quincy,

111.

The

l a s t week of January, Vernita and I went t o Minneapolis , vihere

we

spoke

f o r s e v e r a l

churches and

took

p a r t in the Mid-V/inter Con

ference.

Verni ta spoke f o r a Women s

meeting

the

night

a f t e r

the

c l o s e of t h e Conference.

Hovi

good

it

vias

to

see many

t h a t

we

had

gone to

school with

and how

our

hearts thrilled x^iith the messages ^

t h a t

were

g i v e n .

Application has been made f o r a s a i l i n g d a t e but none has beer-

g i v e n b e c a u s e

t h e l i n e

on

which

we would l i k e t o

s a i l

does n o t

have

a s c h e d u l e p a s t

June 1 0 t h .

They

s h a l l

make t h e i r schedule soon and

we shall t h e n know . Our

d e s i r e

is t o sail t h e last h a l f o f

J u n e

so the chi ldren can

be in

the second

h a l f

of

the school year t h e r e

beginning in July. Pray vjith

us

that

we may

find

the sail ing

and

tha t

vie

may have a l l the money needed for sai l ing on hand by sai l ing

t i m e .

A

d i f f i c u l t

problem

for

a l l

missionaries

i s

that

of

leaving

c h i l d r e n

behind vihen

they r e t u r n

to t h e f i e l d . t

has

been

one about

which

we have been

praying

much. Though

the two

o lder chi ld ren w i l l

n o t be

a b l e

t o

s t a y

on

t h e

f i e l d viith u s f o r t h e vihole

p e r i o d .

V e

a r e happy t h a t t h e y have

chosen

t o go b ack v iith us u n t i l t h e y have

f i n i s h e d t h e i r high school xiork.

Sandra has passed t h e first

c o n t e s t

w i t h an a r a t i n g on

h e r

Orig ina l Oratory The World

i s

My Home , vihich

i s

v/ri t ten on the

advantages

of

being

a

i i i s s i o n a r y l s

daughter .

I f a l l

has

gone viel l t h e

M i n i st e r s

T r a i n i n g School has

opened

a t Urazumbi

near

Port

Bhepstone. The blocks

viere

made during

Decem

b e r t h e b u i l d i n g e re c te d d ur in g

J a n u a r y

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APR 9 1880

NEV;S WITH

THE NICHOLSONS

ON

FURLOUGH

5 April i960

All

eyes

today

are focused on South

Africa.^

.

Ve

have

had no l e t t e r s from

the

workers there to know

jus t what

effec t

i t

is

having on

the

work

or

what the story is from them.

How

ever we know

tha t

i t

must af fec t the churchessi Tom

Dakuse

l ives

at

Lar^ga

Location

in

Capetown.

Ihe

brother

and

sister

of

Carrol l

'^ulford

have

been working

with

the

African

Sunday

School which

is

in Nyanga Location right near by. The 1960

Conference was

to

h^ve met

th i s

month a t Worcester, which

i s

just

north east of Capetown. here has be.:n

some

problesm

there,

so v e are

certain that

they

will

not meet as planned.

In fact, we are vfondering what may have been the situation with

the new church

building

there

for

many have been burned. Hov/

ever, there is nothing in this one

to

burn except the seats.

What are

we

going to do? ^he Lord willing we

are

going

back.

Sailing from New York on or c bout

the 1st

of July

aboard

the S.S.

South African t ransporter . We

know

that

many

will feel that

we

ought

to

remain

in

this

country,

but

we

can

a l l

remember how we have sent

forth our

boys to keep peace

around

the world. Many of

them

s t i l l

remain in these

countries

wheee

they gave their

lives, le

feel that South

^ifrica

has a real

need for us right

at

the present time. We want

to

stand by

to

strengthen

the

churches v/here

ever v^e

can. f problems keep

us

from working

as

we did our^.^first term , there

is

plenty of

othe r work v/h ich

we can

do. hey would

l ike

to have

us

work

with

the

European

church in ^^imberley as well as the Chinese

while the

Rees have

a furlough a t home. But we know that God

wi l l leod and we

must not tu rn back

ju s t fo r

an

eas i e r

way.

V/e do have a need

which

we would l i k e

to

b r ing to

your

attention.

V e

have

made

the

payment

to

reserve

our

sailing,

but lack nearly 1500 fo r

our

fare and~ tHe thin; s whxu h we - -'

shall be

taking

back

to

the field with

us.

V e shall appreciate

i t greatly

i f you

could

pray

for

us and

help

us in this

need.

The V/orthington, Minnesota church had a very nice

house

shower for us,

giving to-us

sheets, pillow cases , towels, dish-

towels

and many other

things

which we

use

so

well.

The

First

Church of

Christ at

Cherokee, Iowa gave Mrs. Nicholson

an^

accordion, this is

to replace

the old one which has

certainly

seen

be t t e r days. Ve great ly appreciate

these gi f t s

Our

plans

are

to

l eave Suthe rl and

when

school

i s

out

on

the 25th of May. V7e

wil l

be visi t ing Nicholson s

folks

in V/ashington before

heading

eas t

fo r

the boat .

The

past

two months have been

much traveling. Have

spoken

in I l l inois^ Indiana, Ohio, Oregon, California,

Arizona and

Colorado. he

t r ip

to

the

West Coast was made fey

bus.

One

week was spent with the church a t ^Imira, Oregon in a Mission

^mphasis V/eek. Besides th is Mission -^mphasis

eoks

a t

Cincinnati ^ible Seminary and Oaark

Bible

^ollege were visited.

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- - - li - .V

Most

know

t h a t

Max ^^andall

w i t h h i s f a m i l y i s p l a n n i n g

on moving

to

the ^ew

field that

has been given in

Northern

Rhodesia , is

w i l l

add t o our

work

when we r e t u r n t o

t h e

f i e l d James f e l l and

cut

h is l i p

r e q u i r i n g

t h r e e s t i t c h e s

the^.^29th of

February,

^ Sandra had an appendectomy on the 11th

of Vrch, She is getting

along

fine.

May the ^od of

love,

r ichly

bless

and

keep you as

y o u r s e r v e

him.

F or w ar din g E g e n t

M r s

E d

\ \ / i d l u n d

133

V/,

William

A l b e r t

Lea,

Minn*-

Sincerely

in ^hrist,

The

^Uchols .ohs

,

t i

^

T

I t

- V ^

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W WS

WITH THE N IGhOLSONS

IN SOUTH AFRICA

Vol. 1,

No, 1 August, i960

Almost we have to stop

and

ask ourselves

where

we a re .

We

closed

up

our th ings and l e f t Suther land .

Iowa

on the day t ha t school closed

so

tha t we might v i s i t for a t ime with Hr, Nicholson s parents and

bro thers

and. s i s t e r s , Whl?.e we t r ave led , we

received

word

from the

Trave l

Agent

t h a t

th e

F ar r el l in es

had

a

oance l a t i on

and

t h a t

they

coul

t ake us on th e

17 th

of June.

This was

two

weeks e a r l i e r than

we

had

wanted to

go,

but being afra id

we could

not get

anything else

which

would get us here when we wanted to be, we cut

short our t ravels

and

headed fo r New

York City and the AfriO an

Crescent . ;

Jus t before

midnight on

the

17th of June,

^ ^

sai led

out of- New

YarJcJaarbor, Sc-our l a s t

look

t th e S ta tue of Xiiberty was

no t

a

very

br ight

one.

We

had

good

sa i l ing

a cross the Atlan t ic , making a

two-day

stop

a t

the

Aacension Islands-.

From

there

we

hurried to

Trfalyla

Bay

in Bouth

West-Africa, but

we

could

hot

hurry fast enough-and found.

. ,-several...ship3

ahead of us, - Thus we found ourse lves jus t s i t ti n g f a r

seven

days before-we

could be .

given

a

ber th .

This

c i ty - Is . . imi l t

r i gh t

on

- the

dese r t

and

you could see- the ,^ .sand

ro l l ing

every

t ime

the wind

blew.

I t is

- jus t - the -por t and f i sh ing industry t ha t

keeps

the.pity,.^^

g.oing.,,^^

We

-arrived a t Cape town on Sunday-afternoon,

the

17th of July , . -

The o t h e r . .m i s s i o n a r i e s we r e

all

at

th e

Kernan s . and we went t h e r e at

once.^ They had come t h a t vje might

have

a meeting

toge ther

to p lan

fo r th e work

here . Because

of our being he ld up

a t

Walvis Bay, we

missed both th e Handal?.s and Bees

who had

l e f t w ith in th e

week

p r e - .

c e e d i ng .

Prom

Capetown

to

Por t

Eli .zabeth,

we

had

our

worse

t ime

of

the

whole

t r i p . The Cape r o l l e r s caugh t up with us t h e r e in

th e

n igh t

and we

could

hear the th ings going o ff the t ab l e in

the-d in ing

room,

luggage

s l i d i ng

ac ro s s mhe f l o o r in

ou r

room

and

t h i ng s f a l l i n g

every

where . Even when we a te

the

fo l lowing

day

we

had to

ca t ch

hold of th e

t ab le and

hold

on. Buv vje had

t r ave led

long

enough t h a t sea s ickness

did

n o t

t a k e

a h o l d .

We were

very

happy

t h a t vie

were

able to a r r iv e in Durban on

Saturday, the SUrd of

Jul: n We had t rouble

ge t t ing a l l our th ings

off

the ship bee

aus e of tiie t ime.

But

i t did get us here so tha t

we

could be pre sen t fo r th e

U in i s t e r s

Train ing

School

program

on

t h a t

n i g h t

and

t h e n

cou ld

t a k e

p a r t

i n

t h e

Ded i c a t i o n

o f

th e

s c h oo l

on

Sunday, We re jo iced

t h a t

day as wel l , because we saw th e young

man

who had been working

fo r

us

before

we want to America

accep t

Chr i s t ,

The

f i r s t

w-cek

was

a

busy week with

ge t t ing

baggage c lea red ,

ge t t ing ourse lves r eg i s t e r ed

once

aga i n . We have been

looking

a t

houses and automobi les , both

of

which we

have

not s e t t l ed on as ye t ,

because we

a re

still s ta .ying with the Lynn

S tan le y family and shar ing

t h e i r

oar

and our old Ford p ickup .

,_-Th^,.clalId.rpn-ArQ s

ett led.

in .schoo]..

The

f i r s t night

home,

there

was so much comp] .a ln ing and a l l were ready to return to

America Tight

away,

but s ince then they

have

se t t l ed

down

and

seem

to

enjoy

i t ,

even

to

car ry ing all

tho-se oocks and

they

ce r ta in ly

do

have them .

James

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t t h e present time. Please

make

i t

a

p a r t of your prayers that th is

work

may

b e . c a r r i e d o u t .

A

t h r i l l i n g p a r t

of

t h e s e r v i c e a t

Mqanduli was t h

confession of one of th e b lanket native women. She

was

cleaner

than

m

of them,

but

even

so her legs, from the ankles to the knees,

were

almo

c o m p l e t e l y c o v e r e d w i t h

w i r e .

The same was a l m o s t t r u e

o f

h e r arms fro

the wrists

to

the

elbows.

n the

return tr ip from

Mqanduli, we ha d

a

f l a t t i r e . t

had

been

punctured by a

s t o n e .

Since we

do

not

have

a

o a r

it

was one of S t a n l e y s t i r e s .

Already

quest ions

and requests a r e beginning to come i n from the

African Minis te rs , s ince they know

tha^we

have arriv_ed.back _in

this

ra:ndA We~ITa ve noTliad t ime enough

a s

y e t

t o

work o u t o u r t r a v e l i n g

s c h e d u l e b u t know

t h a t we need

t o do q u i t e

a b i t

b e f o r e t h i s

y e a r

i s

over

J u s t before we

touched

A f r i c a Ben Songo, the m i n i s t e r a t

I n v u t s h i

pass ed away.

He

has n e v e r been s t r o n g

s i n c e

he

was

s i c k i n t h e h o s p i t a

with T. B,-^ I t leaves

another

place where

we

are shor t

a

minis ter a t

th

p r e s e n t t i m e . Perhaps a week

from

Sunday

we s h a l l be a b l e t o go to

I n v u t s h i n i f o r a s e r v i c e w i t h them t h e r e . We

were

so happy t o

l e a r n

when we

g o t

back h e r e t h a t

two

o f t h e

f o l k s

t h e r e have b e e n c a r r y i n g

on with

t h e

Sunday School and doing a r e a l good job. Now we c a n look

f o r a n o t h e r

a r e a

where we c a n h e l p t o b u i l d a w o r k .

God

b l e s s

you a l l . P l e a s e

hold us up b e f o r e the Lord

i n

your

p r a y e r s t h a t

i n

a l l t h i n g s we may

do H^s

w i l l

f o r

the

work

here i s

t r u l y g r e a t

Yours

i n

the

Master s

s e r v i c e

Forwarding

Agent

. .

I6O3 Morley Rd,

Albert Lea, Minn, Alvin, Verni ta ,

Sandra,

Steven,

J o h n l^rk

a n d J a m e s .

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r i swa

Wi l H

I HE

i-aCbOLSOilS

i ; [

SOUTH

.

1,

No, 2 September, I96O

Slowly

we

are

gettln^^ se t t l ed back

in. again .

We have got ten

a

958 Volk swaggen Micro Bus fo r our work and l i ke i t r e a l wel l . The

like b e c a u s e

it h a s s o

much r o om .

Rath er th an

rent th is term on the f i e ld ,

we

have, bought

.a home*

might not

have

been

able

to

do t h i s , bu t a family who had purchased

t

home and

jus t

f ixed

it

a l l up, have to move to

Capetown because

o f

--

in

the

fami ly . They offe red it

a t

an extremely low f i gu r e ,

f they could

s e l l

it a t once.

We do

not move, however,

un t i l

the

1 s t

f October ,

It

has

been

good

to

go

back

to

Invu t sh in i

and

see

th e

Sunday

Schoo

They have ca r r i ed on whi le we

viere

away and have done a very f i n

o f work. The

bui ld ing

locks very nice fo r they have pain ted it

nd

have kept

it

very

clean. We

do miss Brother

Ben Songo,

who was

the

the re and died whi le we were re turn ing to Afr ica , Plans a re

his Son, Barnabas, shal l go

to

school

and

take

his

father s place.

e

quar te r ly meeting

fo r

tha t c i r cu i t wil l be on the

25th

of

Septembe

r

n d at

that

tine Ba r n a b a s will b e

.ma r r i e d .

A meeting i s being

planned a t

Graaff R ein et so t ha t plans can be

for

next years conference.

We a re t rying

to work i t out so tha t

can v i s i t churches a s we

go

to t h i s

meet ing .

One o f th e m in is te rs

l i ke

to

have

us

come

to h is

place

on

Saturday

nigh t ,

because he

as

eight

couples tha t want to be married. Another has

writ ten

tha t

he

l i k e to

have

us a week later t h an we

would

be t h e r e so t h a t

we

preach..to._an(l visit. , with the Europeans

(white) a t

Fish River...

have corae

to

be f i l led

in

for the church building a t Port

Elizabe

a l l

have to do

with

Building

Codes and

Regula t ions , I need almost

o be

a lawyer

to

know how

to

f i l l them in , A

l e t t e r from

Attorneys

t Postmasburg

report that

they

have, a house in th e lo catio n which

they

l ike

to

sel l ; i t is from an estate. They want

only

85..dollars h

or i t . We have

a

congregation of

85 people

there.

Have SESkedoMlliS -

nd

Hamilton

a t Ki.mberley

to

check

on

the building and see

i f it

is _

the

money

and

i f

we

can

use

i t as

a

church

i f

we bought

i t ,

A-iso

wr i t t e n to th e min i s t e r to see

if

they

can r a i s e ha l f the,

money

ow

and th e r e s t with in a few

months.

These a re only a few

of

th e

tha t have come

to

our desk in the p as t month,

X had

reason

to be in the off ice

of

the

loca l

Nati-Ui.0^in1

oner

he other

day.

He

spoke

very highly of

the

men from the church a t

and a t Gcilima, who are on

the

Native

Council

for that

area

rea l ly makes

us

happy fo r it

shows

t ha t the people a re l iv ing fo r

The ch i ld ren a re

still f inding

school

a b i t

of

a t a sk , but we do

d f

Tiear

quite

so much

from them.

An

not--sure-tf~t^hey

a-re-

get t ingus^-

o

the extra

work

or

i f they are get t ing caught up

a b i t ,

but would

that i t was some of Sandra

for

in

her

class in

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NEWS ITH THE NICHOLSONS

IN SOUTH AFRlCa

Vol. 1,

No

OctobGr,1960

Greetings in the

name

of Uesus, our Saviour.

As

I write this I am

looking out.,of our bedroom

window

over one of our two iungles*. On tw

sides

of our^house are

forests

or typical African Jun.^lSs. There are

many

places

in

South Africa where

one

finds

such, but here

north

of Po

nepstone,

there are places

that are trees,

brush

and twinin^c

vines.

W

can also see the ocean from this same window

and

look for ships, espec

in

the

morning, io the

south

and v^est of us are homes and

cleared plac

_ We

moved

into our home about 10 days ago. o used the W to

do

th

moving except for the refrigerator which we carried on the pickup. It

begins to look like_home, but there are lots of things we need to do to

make

i t

more convenient. There

are

no closets and we sold one wardrobe

before going overseas, so only have the one to hang everyones clothes i

Uur

garden has so many lovely flowers and

i t is

a joy to

walk

through

a

discover the new blooms.

We have

a lovely amaryllis in

bloom now,

stri

red

and

white.

Many

small

rangipani

trees

with

lovely

waxv

blossoms^ a

a heavy fragrance edge the

drive

up the h i l l .

We

witnessed a lovelv African

wedding last Sunday,

a

week

ago.

B

abas bongo, the

new

minister

of the church

at Invutshini,

was

married t

Anna,

(I

can t remember

her

l a s t

name).

She v/as

a l l dressed in

white

s

and

net

and had several

attendants

who v^ere dressed in white also. She

was so shy,

sh

.scarcely raised her head during the service. The groom

wore

a

dark suit with white gloves

and boutonniere. There were about A

in attendance; the assistant to the

chief

made everyone go out so they

could be counted accurately. They sang a lot of songs, and had a soec

choir that

sang

just before

and after

the

wedding, I sang one song for

them

and

played on the accordion, Barnabas

is

the son of

Ben

Bongo,

wh

passed away just

before

our

a r r i v a l . He

plans

to attend

school t h i s

ne

term

i f

possible.

His wife

has

some knowledge of music and will be a

g

help^in. the

church. They have a groat dcsi.ro to learn more-songSj and

bnglish

ones too, ^

new

one

for

them which

we will learn

next tim.e,

is

l i v i n g for

J e s u s .

Wq have found i t in ^ulu also.

If you

lived among

the

natives,

and your

name was

Gladys,

i t would

be spelled

Giadis.

1 have just finished

copying

a l i s t of the members

of the church at Gcilma,

applying for

a

church

s i t e and I found that

have many unique ways of spelling

familiar

names. Many

times

i t is jus

the way i t sounds. Bgness is another one

for

Agnes,

Aivin has been gone with

Lynn ^tanley

to a meeting in B^aaff

Rene

he3r

spoke and preformed weddings

at Idut3U ra,

Queonstown, raddock,

and

Middleburg, Cape. They will return on Thursday

of

this week. When the

l e f t here,

they

certainly had a

load.

There v.^ere

seven men

a l l togethe

tvro were re turning home from t h i s school term, and bags

of

clothes to b

delivered,

besides other equipment.

There will be about 7 com.ing

back

also,

as

more men

wil l

come to

attend t h i s next school

term. The

W,

w

we

have

named

the

Ark,

because

of

the variety

of things

hauls,

and

t

grinding way goes up the

h i l l s

had a good

work out

and we w i l l find

out how well i t t r a v e l s on long t r i p s . Our theme song The old Ark s

amovarni ; .move rii i*---.

Both

Lucille

Stanley and 1 are

staying

alone. Wq had planned

to

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NEWS WITH THE NICHOLSONS

IN

SOUTH AFRICA

1, Nq, November, I96O

bot shsre with you a letter vrhich has been v.rritton to us by

Kwetshubi, who m inisters in the dis t r ic t of Bizana He has

I received your good letter of the 26th of September, and a sack

f

clothing. Therefore I

am very thankful of

this wonderful great gif t

f your

l ove

Today Mrs. Kv;etshube, children and myself, we are happv

for

we foun

and strong dresses. May God

bless

and keep you, brother

icholson vdth all of yours.

The

brethren of

my circuit

v;ith to pass to.

ou t he i r greet ings

I remain with greetings fours in Ghrlst

Stephen

Kwetshubi.

I think i t

is

sometimes hard for

you

to understand how grateful

people

are

to receive these

helps .

^11

of

the

ministers

wil l

have

clothing

by Christmas t ime.

Slowly the

plans for

the church

at Port

Elizabeth are

moving

ahead.

am to make a

trip

down there

this

month

to see to the fencing of the

and to

talk with officials of the City about the building.

Our gre

is

tha t we are

s t i l l in

need of money

for i t s erection.

re ther

ot some classes who would l ike to help with th is project or perhaps you

speak to some others near you who do not receive the Newsletter.

are tv/elve

windows v/hich will

cost about llO each, roofing,

^>200,

flOO, the purlins whiqh cross these and to which the roof

is

tied

bout 50,

brick

350, Doors 30,

plastering

100, and about

200

for

I t

is likely

i t

will

cost at least

1000

for labor.

These

figur

re approximate. Mark your gif ts P.

i building

when you send them to

Wihlund

I t

seems

like

when

i t rains i t pours.

While

at Graaff ^einet the

of las t

month b^ others Hamilton and M ills of Kimberley told

of

the

tear ing off

the

roof of the church a t Delports Hope, because we did

ot want

the vjalls to

be

damaged,

they went

ahead to repair the building

t

once. Then this

week

brother Mills has written

to me

again that

the

a t Vryburg was town down in

another

windstorm.

Then we have

been

that

the church at

Campbell, which was

nut

up

early in

1952 now

where

they

want

to

put

in

a

road.

We

should

receive

some payment

or the building but they figure

i f ^^ou have

used

a

building

for*

about

5 years you have received your value for i t ^he

first

time i t

was

put

p by

the local

church of \^at

we call

Kimberley

brisk these

being

un

dried brick.

Now they say

when we rebuild

that

i t must be of

brick

r

concre te

So inc reases the work which stands

before

us

^ le t ter came this past week from Isaac Nomazele preaching

in

that

their

l i t t le

gir l

has

passed

away.

How

often this

hits

h e c hi ld re n

o f

ou r m i n i s t e r s

I-was_

greatly

encnouraged last. raonth_on our ^irdp with a nnmhp>r of the

men who came

to

say

tha t

they

were coming

to

study

fo r

the

Ministry

of them I have known

for

several

years now and have

seen the i r

fa i th

ulness to the church. They have worked to get the best education that

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i4:(s3Q

iriilWS VflTH THE NICHOLSONS

IN SOUTH kFRIGA

1

No.

5 Doccmbcr, I960

Bv

th is sha ll a l l

mon know that yo

arc my disciples , i f

yo

have

ovo one

to another. Jbhn 13:35.

Once

ayain, as the season fo r

remsm-

crino: the great love of God in sending His only Son to save the world

its

sin,

draws

near,

we

send

our greetings to

each

one

of

you

for

Blessed Christmas, and a

Happy

and

fruitful Now fear,

As the end of the school year draws near hero in Afrida, exam

is in the ir .for the

children,

^or those

who

will leave school

begin their l ife s vrork on the 9th of December, i t is a

rather

tryinng

These exams arc real ones for which they have been studying wo

and many of

them last

over a three hour period.

This last month I took a trip to the south going as far;as Port

Going

our stop

was at

Stuttcrheim with Jarass/ani and_the

there,

-t

Port

Elizabeth, one y

the Location Superinten

is

from

Port

Shepstone.

Not

only

did

he and

his

wife

^ak.

a p^ce

me in

their home, but took us

all

around the location and told o

work they were doing, and what thoy plan to do,

and

helping us

u r

p p e r s

The

locations here have

grown greatly

since T was Tast there

in

They have

built a

new

location of 2500 homos, estimating

that

have

7500

peoole living there, T would guess that this

is

a con-

estimate . Those houses arc

first

of only

two

rooms

and^ol

o

the families. Then they can have the city add on

two

vjhbh

each. Tn the

area where

we

are to build, there are

1100 homes

whihh

re

used

for

those

families

where

there

is

sickness

or

^omo

other

prob

that

makes

i t

impossible

for

then

to

pay

rent,

given you

do

not take^in the older

part

of New Brighton Location

or that

in another direction

from the ci ty

The Anglican (EpiscoDal)

church

has just connletod a large and very

church building. The Catholic cnurch was^just rca y q ^

a

now building

on the Sunday fol^.owing_my visit th-.r.,

received a

formal O.K.

by the

C~ty

Engineer They

^akcn

the

and v/ill

p:ive

us an estimate of

what i t will

cost

if tho}

do^t

V^e

Have

found

in

most places

that

they can

do it chc

contractors and

they

do a very good job as well.J

You

can sec

what

a

handicap

our

folks

are

working

u^or

as

wet

for-

have

no real

place

to

meet and

we

need tps buiWing ..o badly

y

is to prosper.

Are

there not some who wouW liko to /

stated

amount for

this

year

toward the work of

others who will take an offering

and

send to

us

that wo may mov. ah.ad

this work? o now that

we

are continually

asking

pr hpp in

this endeavor

of building but i t

is one

of^toe

main

tasks that

hos

b.on

laid

on our

shoulders. So would.bo. happy

_if

there V as

enough

pl..dg..d

in workin^linrso

wo could

maET our

plans

and

not

have

to be

continuall

pleading

for this help.

^

. in

~ irH^

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4.U while out

to the ^Hnister s

training school there were

throe boys who came along to the place whero I

was

doing some '-^ork

in hopes that they might get a ride on the oickup. While thev were

waiting they were singing

some

of the songs of the

Sunday

School

that

rother Qwemesha

has taught

them.

I

would,

guess the older

one was

not

ov^r

ten

and he ivas

te ac hin g the

l t t l st one

who

must have been about

lour.

It

was

ama2i^g

how

they could

carry

a tune

and

how

they sang

out.

ne

l i t t le

fellow

that

is often

coming

around when he is suoposed

to be

watching some

goats is named

Nkawu ,

that

word

meaning,

Monkey

w-n

1 a b it

late

bacausG the Lord

illing our family along with the three older Stanley childreriv will be

fhni^f the close

_of

D o.c.embor to attend the Youth Camp

the

New

Years Holidays .- This

will

bo

tha

first time

that

-

our children

have

had the privilege of attending a camp out here I

the -ram^^ asked_ to_help^ with the program that has been planned. ''-After

and planning ^^^tonaries will be

mooting for four

days of fellowship

K and Mrs.

Carroll

Fulford and Mr and

lulH hn h Capetown

early

last

month. But

vdsh

they

ould

have

stayed

a bit longvcr for visiting and fellowship.

^od

richly

bless and

guide you. Pray

for

us

that

Gnd'

win

shall be done

and

the Kingdom o'f

^hrjsfc

increased in this land

yi preaching

Christ

Agent: The Nicholsons

Nirs.

Ed

Wihlund

Box

219

1603 Morloy

Aye

Port

^hepstone, Natal

Ibert ea

Mmn South

'''frica

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Please

kfeep with

the

sculpt and return both

to

hippion Services.

The CHRISTIAN MISCION

-

^'L. IV

NO .

4 ^

-

OECEM :^ER

S OU TH A F RI CA C HU RC H O F CHRIST MISSION

Alv in

and V e r n i t a Nic ho ls on

B o x 2 9

Port

Shepst one, Na ta l, South

Africa

Forwardin:^ ai^ent:

M r s E d WlcUund

IGOS Morley

Road

Albert Lea,

Minnesota

We

have

just re turned, July

23rd,

from 15

months

fur lough in

th e States,

during

which t ime

numerous

churches

were v is it ed , summer camps taught,

many

sermons

preach

ed. Since our

re turn,

we have attended

the

dedication

of

the

Minister s

Training

School

at Umzumbe,

for

which Alv in

spoke. The

dedication of th e chu rch a t Mqanduli took

place

th e following

Sunday.

At both of these

services

we sitnessed one who gave his life to the

Lord. The f irst

of

October the following churches were visited:

Idutywa,

Craddock,

Middleburg,

Cape,

and Graaff Reinet,

A

meeting

of all the missionaries was held at

Graaff

Reinet at the same

time.

In the last year, th e A1

Zimmerman

family, A1 Hamilton family,

and

the

Carroll

Fulford

family have joined

the

mission staff. The

Randall

family

left

to

begin

a

new

work in Nor thern

Rhodesia.

A

new

church

building

was

erected at Worcester .

It

was damaged during the

riots

there,

but has

since been

repaired and

was

dedicated in

September. Plans

are

being

made

fo r the

building of a new

church

in Port Elizabeth. A

trip to contact

builders

and location authorities

will

be

made

in November .

GOALS

Plans are being made to

increase

the building imogram. We have a site granted

at

Warrenton. We need to begin

to

build here soon. Church sites have been granted

at

Mid

dleburg, Cape, and Queenstown,

but

they

moved

the

loca tions , so

we

must wait

until

they

give

us

new ones.

Part

of

the

material

for the

building

at Queenstown

had already been

purchased - about 30, 000 brick^and windows. We are preparing papers, maps etc. for

application for

sites

fo r

Gcilima and Upington.

Other goals

- Sunday

school material sup

plied t o those

who desire it, and

more

Sunday

schools

among

the

churches of South

Africa.

N E E D S

Church buildings: windows - 125, roof - 200, bricks - 350, cement - 200, doors -

30, rafters -

10o

purlins - 50, j.laster - 100.

Total

coast ofone church building -

1155 plus labor, 1000.

Other needs

-

used clothing, especially

men s sui t coa ts

and shirts; and

ba'oy

clothes.

Material

sui table fo r us

in Sunday

schools

- story

boards, primary and

beginner pic

ture

leaf le ts ,

and communion cups.