Nicholson Alvin Vernita 1964 SAfrica

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nilHWS V/IT I TH E ITIClIOLSOilS

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Vol. 5, Ho, 2 FebruJanuary has tu rned out t o bo a very r a iny raonth. I t

not ra ined every day, but i t goohg l i k e only a couplo gof o r e i t s ta r tG to r a i n a g a in , - ut th o r a i n s have cono i na way t h a t t h ey have n o t done any dariago.

We have boon r e f r e shed by having had rrioro v i s i t o r s dJanuary, Ilr, and Mrs. ^ây Knapp and daughter, -ioverleyHission in Southern R ho desia, st op pe d to stay with us fo rThe A1 llamiltons fron Johannecburg rea l ly raado just an ovs top . We wish that thoy could have spent a few nore daysbut i t was so good to have ovon tho shor t fo l lowship ,

V/hon in Johannesburg in Doconber, I went to the T.j hto S O David Hubuxa, I thought ho was looking very well ,he was anxious to got back hone aga in , -eut now we have ht h a t ho was buried on the l a s t Sunday o f January, He wasa young rii.an and has se rved i n th e church fo r a long tim e.

John and Janes have j u s t s t a r t e d back to school aga iJohn passed his J.C. I xarii and so has noved up to StandardJanes has gone up to tho Primary school . Ho i s happy bocthoy have t he i r own swlr,;ning pool and tho chi ldren arc taut o swira , Jarnes h as f e l t much b e t t o r s i n c o ho h ad h i s t o n

o u t t h o f o r e p a r t o f O c t o b e r

Vorni ta*s back gave h or q u i t e a b i t o f tro u b le aboutmiddle o f tho month, bu t she i s foo l ing much b e t t e r now,

Thoro are a t present seven people a t tho Hiblo TrainiSchool . Tvro of-tho5D ~aro women. Thano Isônlyône m or ca f t e r t h i s u n t i l th o S t a n l e y s w i l l r e t u r n to America f o rf u r l o u g h

Plans f o r February c a l l f o r ny be ing gone from hov-ioabout th ree weeks. Wil l bo s t a r t i n g toward tho South, v ichurches and doing some work a t Tarkastad an d go on aroundu n t i l 1 have reached Kiraberloy, v i s i t i n g churches i n t h a tand wo hope c o m p l e t i n g tho work on t h o V/arronton c h u r c h .


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^ Vol. 5,No a

;, Nse patience the re fo re , b re th ren, unto the comingLord, ^ehold the husbandr.ian wai te th for the precious f r u

n the ear th , an d hath long p atien ce fo r i t , u n t i l he receivea r ly an d l a t t e r r a i n , James 5:17

_ ^ Almost everything th is l as t month pointed to A _ ^^p^tlngof the chuxP-hes at Johannesburg, V/e lo f t home e

2 rd and'~dr^^ up, on the way andconnection on the generator, i t was r a ther late .when wen but we were granted perrdission to take the people with us

minis ter s home in the Location,

A1 H a mi l t o n had r e n t e d a t r a i l e r h o u se and t a k e n i tmis ton Lake, Because i t was l a t e , and we did no t want t oat their. horAe, we drove to the lake and s lep t the r e s t ofin the Thaiiies, The next morning, wo found that A1 was slI j the t r a i l e r house only about 75 from where we were phad been up t i l midnight but we had a r r ived a f t e r t h a t ti

n Tuesday, we drove in to town to take out the food fohad gotten most a l l of i t wholesale , bu t h is l i t t l e Miniwas j u s t t o o s m a l l t o h a u l i t i n . Mos t o f t h e A f r i c a n b r

^ ivod on the early morning t r a ins that came into Johannesbu . -

^Because we do not yet have a church bui lding in Na^ Location, the group there had made arrangeidents to use Pu

j ondary school . This cer t a in ly was very good fo r the Conf_ All of the sessions were then held a t once place and they

to use domestic science room for cooking and ea t ing . .

The people were ra ther i l l a t ease the f i r s t two nin e v e r d id t a r r y long a f t e r s e r v i c e s o r have t h e i r u s u a l spreaching , fo r Johannesburg an d i t s n a t i v e areas a re knowt h e Chicago o f South A f r i c a , But we a r e t h a n k f u l t h a t t hno i n c i d e n t s d u r in g t h e t ime t h a t wo wore t h e r e ,

'The missagos o f t h i s y e a r s Conference a l l d e a l t w iA ll o f the Afr ican men who had r.i os sa ge


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wh o c o u ld r e a l l y g ive u s a h e l p i n g hand w i t h t h i s - u n t i l1 migVi. t o p o soon now to g o ton the bui ld ing a t l ^iXSia , and have that building, in usea re p la n n i n g on b e i n g th e h o s t s t o o u r Annua l Ganp... th o fJ u l y t h i s y e a r . Tho p e o p l e a t Ta r k e s t a d s h a l l bo busy not h e r e s t o f th o b l o c k made t h a t t h o y n e e d , Kimbor loy h a st h e i r s i t P l a n s f o r b o t h K im bo rlo y an d N a t a l s p r u i t a r edr awn u p . T h e r e i s s u c h a b u i l d i n g boom on h e r e i n S o u t ht h a t Durban h a s b e e n s h o r t o f b r i c k s f o r some t i m e . Thoyu s i n g them f a s t e r t han t h e y come from th o k i l n s . So ovena r c h i t e c t s have b e e n e x t r a b u s y . I v i l l you n o t bo one t oa h e l p i n t h i s w o r k .

T h e r e h a s b o o n some q u e s t i o n s a b o u t o u r fur lp-Ugh. . tcept tha t sometning unforseen comes up , wo shp^ bo homoend of 1965. already have received somp^^onoy toward

a n d i t w i l i b e pu-tr intro a s a v i n g s a c c o p i rb , - VJe wouldliVeeg o s t t h a t soriie o t h e r s , i f they w i l l . - t r y , t o g iye a s p e c i wil l need just about^ fe-pOQ,.--- now nice i t would be i fmoney were in hand by a ^;^r ?ror.i now, so that w need noa n y s p e c i a l d r i v e s t h e l a s t r e i n u t o .

James ha s been having t rouble w-^th yell^ sorcss. Thl i k e l i t t l b o i l s causod fror i a germ t h a t g e t s i n t h e s kTh ey a r e n o t a lw a y s so so re> b u t t h o y a r e v e r y had t o c l eWe hope now w i t h i n j e c t i o n s an d m e d i c a t i o n s , t h a t thoy a

The boys ha ve had a n i c e h o l i d a y from s c h o o l and as t a r t i n g back f o r t h e i r second t e r n t h i s y e a r . For Jo h na l s o the. s t a r t o f th o Hugby s e a s o n .

^ Ybr.nita.7_a... fabhor 'has been having qui te a bi t , of trowith ^_hoart this winter. I t is hoped that with the coo f sor-.^ ho''''wrrr bG r iuch b e t t e r .

For s e v o f a l days t h e r ionkeys h a v e b e e n i n t h e t r e e sour house . We watch fo r tho swaying branches as thoy jumone t o a n o t h e r . They, i f vjo w a i t . q u i e t l y , w i l l p a r t tn eand l ook o u t . Often t h ey w i l l come o u t and s i t up f o r ab i t . Other t imes t h ey w i l l peek o u t , t hen go back and- coi n ano ther p la c e . These a re th o s m a l l b lack - faced o n e s .i s e v i d e n t l y some f l o w e r s on th e t r e e s now which t h o y l i k


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Vol. 5, No, k*

NHl /S WITH THE NICHOLSONS .IN SOUTH AFHICA \ivfi

A change i n p lans f o r th e Stan leys means t h a t weI - -taking our fxirlough this year and they next. Thus we

- -need your h e l p . We have on hand o n ly a fe w d o l l a r s o ^2200.00 that are needed for our r et ur n f are s. Your

- -offer ings shou ld be s e n t t o M r s . Widlund an d marked r e We s h a l l be l eav ing on the 15th of Ju ly from Johannesbu- J-arrive i n New York th e fo llo win g Monday.

A l l i n q u i r i e s s h o u l d b e s e n t d i r e c t t o M r s . VJid lunw i l l have f u l l charge o f o ur sche du le u n t i l we a r r i v e t a t e s

Th e f i r s t ques t ion t h a t many o f th e A frica ns askedwe to ld thern o f our change in plans was, Are yo u cominOur answer, G od w i l l i n g .

We a r e f aced w i t h a g r e a t amount o f work h e re asget every t h ing ready fo r our leaving. I have alreadysome t r a v e l i n g and t h i s I s h a l l be seek ing to ge t donet i m e we h a v e l e f t

This p a s t raonth I had t o make a t r i p to Idutywa topeople there and see what work we had as Sidney ^ o j i ,fa l len in to s in , was t ry ing to take the church along wI took a number of the African men with me, along withTyatyasa who s h a l l go there as m in is te r in Ju ly, Our hwere caused t o r e j o i c e w i t h the welcome t h a t th e fo lk sand t h e l a r g e numbers what were p r e s e n t f o r t h e s e r v i c e sare s o r r y when s i n comes i n t o th e ch u rch to make t r o u b l eglad to see t ha t the people are ready to stand fo r the

On Sunday, a t Idutywa, we went to the l i t t l e streambapt ize one young woman in to Chr i s t . I t w as cold enout h a t a top coa t and s c a r f f e l t very good, but the peoplnot even seem to not ice tha t i t w as cold . They sang a l


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G r e o t i n g c from t h e homeland o n ce a g a i n . We l e f t J o h a n n e s b u r

mi d - n i g h t on thei . 1 4 t h o f J u l y . We s topped a t Luanda i n Angola ff a c t . O ur noon m eal wa s e a t e n a t Kano i n N i g e r i a . T h a t n i ^ t wi n M a l t a f o r o u r l a s t meal o f t h e d a y and a bed f o r t h e n i g h t .we might have a r r i v e d ea r ly enough to have a look around th e i s l an t; xt m orn in g on th e way to th e bus we d id see . a man ploiri.ng withkey an d a wooden plow t h a t must have been i n use fo r c e n t u r i e s .

nTh e weather i n Luxembourg wa s v e r y h o t , so t h e y t o l d u s , an

not get to see everything t h a t we hoped to see . Think the chi ldr^ the nicest place that w visi ted was one of the old forts dug r i

: th e ro ck s we went ea r ly to th e a i r p o r t because we had nothingtown f o r . When we checked i n o ur b ag ga ge t h e y a s k e d i f we d i dto tak e a plane l eav in g i n a f^w minutes r a t h e r than our Ov n l e

n fe w hours l a t e r . A f t e r we found we ha d t r aded our j e t fo r a DC6n o t s u r e we had mado a good c h o i c e , b u t when we h e a r d a t I c e l a n d ,o t h e r plane was not coning* u n t i l th e nex t day we were glad t h a t arr ived i n ew York in the morning and tha t night j u s t a f t e r

with Sandra and Steven i n Mi n n e a p o l i s .Whc^t

a grand r e u n i o n t h aha d been a long time since our family vrere together fo r a worship^ This n i g h t vv v is i t e d a t U n iv er s i ty Pla c e i n Mpls .

S te v e n wa s a b l e t o remain i n t h e c i t i e s u n t i l Monday a f t e r n o oSandra go t o f f work so v/e cou ld do some chopping. Ifednesday t i l

I v i s i t ed with Mr. Mrs. Ed. Uidlund and t r i e d to get ou r scheou t from th e l e t t e r s t h a t were p r e s e n t . While a t A lb er t Lea wet h e i r p r a y e r m e e t i n g s e r v i c e .

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At Huron S. Dak. we s topped t o v i s i t with Ve r n i t a s f o l k s ,evening we spoke fo r th e church t h e r e an d r en ew ed our f r i e n d s h i pfoLks we have known fo r a long t im e. V ern ita was fo r tu n a t e i n so f h e r f a mi ly whom sh e h ad n o t e x p e c t e d t o s e e f o r a w h i l e .

When we a r r i v e d a t H a r r o ld S . Dak. t o v i s i t w i th my s i s t e rI found my o t h e r s i s t e r p r e s e n t with hor fam ily from R ap id Ci t yo f t h e f a m i l y came t o v i s i t w h i l e we were t h e r e ,

S unday m o r n i n g , t h o 2nd o f A u g u s t , I was w i t h t h e N o r t h G l ei n De n v e r and Sunday a ft e rn o o n t h e p eo pl e t o o k me dowTi t o C o l o r a dS e r v i c e camp. T h i s was a n e n j o y a b l e week w i t h many o f t h e b re th reDe n v e r a r e a . S unday t h e ^ t h o f i i u g u s t , I v i s i t e d t h e L i t t l e t o n h r i s t a n d W e s t si d e C h u r c h of h r i s t i n D e n v e r .


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NEWS WITH THE NICHOLSONS

VOL. 5 . NO. 8

We have moved i n to th e house in L i t c h f i e l d Minnesota, which i s to be o ur home u n tWith the owner leaving al l her things at our disposal, we have many things to use thab e f o r e .

John and James have started to school. They found i t rather different in the begthings a l i t t l e disconcerting. But James soon made himself at home coming in about tha new f r iend . When asked h is name, he d i d n t know.

After speaking in Minnesota and Iowa the f i rs t half of September. I went to Indiafo r a meeting with the Executive Committee of the South African Board. Also pre se nt wwho with his wife and two c hi ld re n w il l go to Johannesburg in December. Gordon Nelsonpresen t and they hope to go to Capetown ear ly next year to d i r e c t th e work whi le th et he i r furlough, and then to help them e nl arg e th e work.

Minerva. O hi o was host to a M iss io na ry R a lly and we had opportuni ty to bring messagre n there . Sunday m or ni ng we spoke a t ilanoverton j u s t a few miles away. Brother Lesterto give me a l i f t to New York City and th e Missionary Convention. The Missionary Conventopportuni ty to v i s i t with ol d friends and become a cq ua in te d w it h new folks who shal lth e Lord on t he f or ei gn f ie ld . This t r i p was marred in tha t th e Greyhound Bus Line land i t d id no t ge t back to my home u n t i l ove r t h r ee weeks a f t e r I l e f t . I t was even toh a v e t o t a k e w e s t .

Leaving New York during the night of the 24th. I flew back to Minneapolis. Whatwere th e l i g h t s of New York City I f Chr i s t i an people could only leave the same kind oft h e w o r l d .

One fu l l day was spent with th e family a t L i t ch f i e l d . This was f i l l e d with packingget t ing correspondence in order, and leaving plenty behind fo r Ver ni ta to do. Saturddrove to Rapid City, South Dakota. Several members of y family were present at y s i s t ege t in some v is i t in g . Sunday morning I preached fo r Fi r s t Chris t ian Church there. Tfo r t he b re th re n a t Gi l l e t t e , Wyoming.

Monday began a long Journey to Wasliington Sta te to begin my part in ttfGr Sfrh ooT b f MI have spoken at th ese p laces: In Washington - Woodland. Shelton, Tacom^>...,.Seattle,Woolley, and Wapato. In Idaho - Payette, Emmett, Boise and Gooding. So fa r in^Oregori mond. KLamath Falls, Enterprise, This takes only ^^h-rpgh._.haT...-of the dat es t hat IThey c lose with a Missionary Convention a t P or tl an d ear ly in Novembe r.

The roof is on th e church building at Gcilima near Port Shepstone. However beforedone the wind took o ff some t h a t had been pu t on. Last word from Gcilima was thai J oh n Ze r of Enoch was very sick and they did no t expect him to l i v e . He was sick several times(Let ter from Stanleys said John passed away th e 27th of September.)

Dear f r i ends , we a re s t i l l so needful of those who would j o i n hands with us to en

a ' Africa. Any pledges fo r any amounts which would be given for five years or as long asthe . .^ le ld next t ime, would be gra te fu l ly apprec ia ted .

May God so r ichly bless and keep you. and may you be a shin ing l ight fo r His Kingdom

Your b r e t h r e n i n C h r i s t


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