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Vol. 3, No. 3

Winter 1993

Internships
We as missionaries are naturally concerned with the evangelization of the world. We leave ourhomesof birth, our family and friends behind, and go to places that are sometimes not as nice as home. Why do we do this? It is not because we are people of superior faith as some would have you think. The reason is that we see a need that is not being met and that need happens to
be outside the borders of the U.S. There is a lot

ture and see what mission work is like working with missionaries already on the field. It almost provides a sense of security so to speak. Our goal is to expose people to a different way of life in a casual sense before they decide completely for or against mission work. Some people who say they would never even consider leaving the U.S. goon internships and have avenues open to them as to how the Lord could use them in different ways. It reveals possibilities to them that they had not
considered before.

of work that needs to be done in the U.S. to be

sure, but there is a greater need overseas with fewer people trying to meet that need. While we are overseas serving the Lord, we still feel a need to encourage people to try
overseas work so that this need of workers will be

met. One of the ways that we try to accomplish this is through internships. Internships give people an opportunity to experience mission work firsthand without first committing one's life to it. Many people's first trip overseas is when they arrive on the mission field and they do not fullyknow what to expect. Not knowing what to expect {except what they might have heard) the world is completely foreign to them in every way. Many do not last very long because the adapta tion process is too difficult. Internships let a person go overseas, experience a different cul

Is everybody supposed to do mission work overseas? I hardly think so. But internships are a way to help you make that decision based on evidence that you have tried. While some make the decision against overseas mission work based upon subjective evidence, it is better to make the decision (for or against) based on objective evi
dence.

Internships are not viewed by all missionaries as a viable way of introducing the mission field. Some see it as an interruption to work and family life and want nothing to do with them. We must
look at God's work as a whole and ask ourselves

if interruptions in our schedules are worth the furtherance of God's kingdom. I think they are. Ifwe have several interns visit the field and just a
few become missionaries, it is worth the trouble in the long run because work will be carried on

elsewhere that might not have been given the chance hadthat personnot been exposedthrough an internship. Are you interested in seeing what is over seas? Internships of 1-2 months can help. Fran and Iare open to hosting students who want to
see what mission work is all about. Plans are now

away. But I do not know how we can take the chance of turning away or discouraging a young person from making a decision for Christ. In short, convincingthe adults in this area is some thing that we always will have to deal with. Another major problem with the youth is
fornication. We teach them about the sinfulness

being made here for our next internship in JuneJuly1994. Ifyou are interested, contact us at our
South African address or Outreach International

at P.O. Box 2665, Gillette, Wyoming 82717.

Fran's Feelings
1992 has been a good year. Pete and Ihave been blessed with fairly good health and allof our
needs have been met. The work of the church here in South Africa carries on. There were times

of discouragement, but something always hap pens to encourage us again. So, as usual, God has been taking care of us and He continues to
love us when we aren't so lovable. Our main

of it and the consequences. Still, there are many babies born as a result of this immorality. This really gets frustrating. They just do not seem to see the importance of being pure. But, like Isaid above, something always happens to encourage us. There have been a few (what they term here) "white" weddings. Pete just recently married a fine young Chris tian couple in Upington. It was an interesting wedding in that they mixed black African culture with colored/modern ways. I was asked to help dress the bride, which isa great honor. They had to lead me by the hand, because I did not know what I was supposed to do. The bride always walks on three family blankets. Her feet never touch the ground - from the house with her
father to the car, from the car to the church

purpose for being here in South Africa is for leadership training. We have noticed though, that the youth have been neglected and need a lot of teaching and encouragement. Therefore, Pete and Ispend as much time teaching the youth as possible. Working with the youth is just as frustrating as it is rewarding.
When we first arrived in South Africa, we

building, down the aisle with her fiance, down

the aisle with her husband and to and from the

found outthatyoung people were not allowed to be baptized until they were adults and "proved
themselves" serious in the faith. There are good

points to that idea, but also bad ones. There are manyyoung people that learn about God and His love and they want to be obedient to the gospel
and be sure of salvation through baptism. They are held back because they are young. Then, in most cases, they lose the desire and never come around to making a decision for Christ as their
Lord and Savior. I know that there are times

when a young person is baptized and after not fully committing themselves to Jesus, they fall

reception. There isa lady in charge of moving the blanket that she just walked on to the front of her. At the reception, there are speeches from family, friends, teachers and ministers. A friend who isthe "MC" during the reception opens all of the gifts and makes stories about them. After the wedding (five hours later), they prepare a big traditional cookout. We did not attend - this part of the activities is usually insisted upon by the relatives that are not Christians. They serve tripe and home-made beer. Another thing that is very traditional and insisted upon by relatives that are not Christians is "lobolo," or the "bride price" (money and/or cattle) in exchange for the bride. Many young people here cannot afford lobolo, so they live in sin, or elope. Please pray for our young people, that they willcommit themselves to our Lord and try to live in obedience to Hiswilland teaching. Please also

pray for the parents to see the need of letting

their children come to Jesus. Until next time, may
God bless.

are for at least eight sessions this year in places such as Port Elizabeth, Kimberley, Graaff-Reinet and of course, Cape Town. Pleaseprayfor us as we striveto
train leaders in South Africa for a strong church here.

Love,
Fran

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Cape Bible Seminary

1992 was a good year for the leadership train

The Steve Zimmerman family arrived back in

South Africa on December 6 after a 17-month

furlough.

ing classes of Cape Bible Seminary. We had a total

of six sessions with about 50 students attending

The Jerry Kennedy family left for their short furlough on November 27 and will be in Louis
ville, Kentucky. Pete's mother, FloBlackmarr, and her husband, Collins,arrived December 12 for a 6-week visit. While here, we visited the Jim Conley family in

enough classes to gain credits. To me, the most rewarding sessionthat Iwas a part of took placein
Graaff-Reinet in November. Gordon Nelson and I

taught between 20 and 40 people in every class session over the weeks time. Itaught from Sunday until Wednesdayand Gordontaught from Wednes day until Saturday. This systemworkedout very well with good participation from the people there. Plans are underway alreadyfor the sessions of
1993. Steve Zimmerman is back from furlough and our first session will be in Mfuleni in February. Plans

Bophuthatswana and various tourist attrac

tions here in Cape Town.

During October, November and December we made trips to Aston, Graaff-Reinet {for CBS),
and Upington.

Thank-you so much to everyone who remem-

While in Graaff-Reinet, Pete got to visita nature reserve during the day.

bered us at Christmas with cards, letters and

gifts. It helps us with the homesickness that

sometimes attacks.

PRAYER

Do you want to come and visit and see the

work here? South African Airways now has flights once a week from Miami to Cape Town, non-stop. We would love to have you! Please pray for the trips that we will make in

January-March; we have a couple of weddings to do and Planning Committee Meeting in March to attend. Cape BibleSeminary sessions will be held in Port Elizabeth and Kimberley in
April and May. We are sorry that there are not more pictures
this time. The film that we sent to the U.S. to

get developed with relevant pictures took a wrong turn somewhere and has not been returned yet.

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M a c e s s a r Ordination Many times many of the local churches gather for large union services. Sometimes these services are scheduled for weelcends and wind up lasting all night and beyond. Reasons for these services can vary: funerals, celebration, Easter and ordinations. Ordinations done the traditional African way invite everybody from everywhere, and the ordain ing of elders or ministers is done by the elders from
all of the distant churches for the local church. This

Vol. 3, No. 4

Spring 1993

is the traditional way, so therefore it must be the only way (as the thinking goes.) Macassar, being a young church, wanted to do things different. Wanting to ordain their first elder, they felt that there would be nothing wrong with the local brothers from Macassar doing the ordain ing themselves. They did not feel this way to slight
the African customs, but to have a service in the

way that they felt appropriate. Meeting with much

resistance from more tradition bound elders not

associated with the local church, they went ahead

with their work.

On March 7, after inviting all area churches to come and share in the day, the service we wit
nessed was one of the best works that we have

seen a localchurch do by themselves since we have been in South Africa. They ordained their first elder, David Jantjies, and everyone in attendance was
pleased, even shocked with the success of the service. Many came doubting as to the success of the serviceand left feeling very pleased. The church
at Macassar has their own elder now and are

continuing to grow every month under capable

leadership.

Bishop Lavis
A recent baptism by David Jantfies at Macassar.

While we speak of one church doing very well, it is sad to say that the same cannot be said of the

church in Bishop Lavis. While it is nice to paint rosy pictures of situations, the truth isfar better. When we got back from furlough two years ago, the church was meeting and remaining steady. Before furlough, the church was meeting in a rented civic hall, but while we were gone, they lost the hall due
to some administrative failure. This loss of a

meeting place, I feel, started some problems.

From that hall, we have met in several homes.

After losing a meeting place in a home last August due to some personality conflicts of members, we have been meeting in another member's house. Recently, if that member did not want to go to services on a given Sunday morning, they would just lock and not answer the door when people came. Upon further investigation, I have discov
ered that these and several other members have

stood in amazement at the way that they painted, laid bricks, hung gutters and made shelves for the project. He often remarked that he had never seen ladies work as hard as the five ladies of the group who came. During their time here they also at tended 10 different services in the area and partici pated with the people in many ways. We were very pleased to be able to get to know them and enjoy their company during their 2-week stay. They were a big encouragement to us and the people here. Thank-you, Mike, Jack, Elmina, Anne, Rebecca, Reid, Drew, Stephanie, Gary and Jane, from the bottom of our hearts for all of the encouragement and squitters that you gave us during your visit here. We look forward to seeing you again some day.

been borrowing from church funds for personal

bills with the idea of "I have a need and it is all the

Lord's money, so I might as well get my share and

use it" Some members owe dose to R1,000.00

with no intention of paying it back. This came to lightwhen the new treasurer refused to lend orgive any more money out. Because of this, people got their feelings hurt and closed their doors and the result is that this has put those members who are willing to work in a predicament. Presently, Iam trying to find a school classroom or some other venue [a neutral location] to meet in
so that those who want to work can start fresh.

There is a small but strong nucleus of brothers and sisters who want the work to go forward. Please pray for us that the personality conflicts can be worked out, the kingdom of God be put first, and the church at Bishop Lavis can grow again.

Thegroup of 10 visitors from DeerIsiarnl, New Brunswick,

Canada.

Canadian Visitors
In February and March, one of Steve Zimmerman's supporting churches sent 10 men> bersfrom their church in Deer Island, New Brunswick, Canada. They came to help in a library project of Steve's at the Mfuleni church building. Thompson Ntobie, a local brother who oversaw the work.

Planning Committee Meeting

On the weekend of March 27 and 28, we held

our annual Planning Committee meeting for the yearlyconference. Thisyear's meeting was held in Knysna with 30 brothers in attendance. Conference will this year be held in Kimberley in the northern Cape. Plans are already being made

for this gathering with the theme this year just simply being "Jesus Christ." We are looking forward to this gathering and are already making plans.

this passage, I especially likeverse 13 which reads, 'share with God's people who are in need. Practice hospitality. * Pete and Iwere raised in homes where people were always welcome. It Is stillfun and a privilege
to us to be able to share our home with folks who

Members oftheplanning committee plan the yearly conference.

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are passing through or visiting (whether a long or short time). Many missionaries seem to think it is a bother or an interruption, they hate or refuse to have anybody stay with them (even for a short time). We do not understand that way of thinking -1 guess our parents are to blame for that. Having people in our home, or "entertaining" people that come to see us and/or the work is part of our ministry here, as far as we are concerned. Besides that, we really enjoy it. In the years that we have been here, many folks from other mission fields and
visitors from America and Canada have come and

Fran's Feelings
Hi Folks!

We hope and pray that you all are well, happy and busy in work for the Kingdom of God. Time is so short and goes by so quickly. The older Iget, the more I see it happen. Our summer was good, but it is already gone. We hope that you have a good summer as we are hoping for a good winter. So far this year, Ihave not been as busy with the Sunday School classes, in fact Ihave done very little Sunday Schoolteaching. The Sunday Schoolclasses have been taken over by the local people, which is an answer to prayer. I keep myself available and ready to help or teach when needed, but Ihave not been called upon much. The ladies from Mfuleni have changed the Sunday School from Friday to Sunday and they are taking turns with it. Sister Frances Nell Isteaching Sunday School on Sundays also In Macassar. Unfortunately, there is nothing going on at Bishop Lavls due to problems in the church. We do still have the youth groups going, even in Bishop Lavis. Please remember the Sunday Schools and youth groups in your prayers. One of my favorite passages in the Bible is
Romans 12:9-21. It teaches us how to be more like

gone. Many more are coming and we look forward to it. We always ask for folks to come visitus, to see the country and to experience the work and life here in South Africa. It is a learning experience for both the visitor and us. It is also an encouraging
time for us and the Christians here.

So please come to South Africa and visit us so that we may "practice hospitality!"

Christ, how to love, and how to be hospitable. In

Pete's mom and her husband, Fh and Collins Blackmarr, who visitedfor 6 weeks in December and January.

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Our Cape Bibleseminary programs have started again. Steve ispresently teaching a class on the Holy Spirit and I am teaching 1st and 2nd
Timothy. While the Canadians were here, the

preacher from the church, Mike Wise, helped

me teach my class. Jerry Kennedy and his family have all arrived back in South Africa after a short furlough in Louisville, Kentucky.

Please pray for us as we travel to Kimberley for a Cape Bible Seminarysession from May19-23. The violence here has started to flair up again.
We have two squatters camps in our town and people are In danger there.

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preaching and I critique their sermons. We continue to print and distribute booklets left by Al and Jean Zimmer man when they left in 1986. Also since they left, we have planned the yearly conference for all of the churches. All of this combined wilh our other work keeps us quite busy. We enjoy the work here and feel like we are being used
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Fran and I have been working in South Africa since Septemberl, 1985. The firstsix months in South Africa we lived in the suburb of Wynberg, but since March 1,
1986 we have been in Kraaifontein, which is about 20

support his family and with this plan of not having to

leave his home, he could be educated and continue his

miles from downtown Cape Town.

Our work in south Africa deals primarily with Leader ship Training and is carried out through the following
means:

Cape Bible Seminary Cape Bible Seminary (CBS) was started by A1 Zimmer
man in the mid 1970's as a tool to train local leaders to be

payingjob. The plan has worked well so far. In 1987-89, we have held four different seminars a year, one in Kim berley, two here in Cape Town and one in Port Elizabeth. Because of the different work schedules of the people, and the travel schedules of Steve and I, we operate on a Wednesday through Saturday (full day) schedule, a Monday through Saturday (evening through Friday, full day Saturday) schedule, and a full day Saturday (three in a row) schedule. We follow the curriculum of education that was drawn up by Bill Weber of Johannesburg. Bill,

church. The family which is at Bishop Lavis tends to slay there to do teaching on a more regular basis than the family that is at Mfuleni. With the local brothers doing the bulk of the preaching work at Mfuleni, it lets the family that is there be able to make local trips to the churches that are within a couple of hours drive. This provides teaching for the churches in places such as
Worcester, Robertson, Hermanns, Orchard, DeDooms,

Swellendam, and Ashton that they would not normally get. The plan is for a trip to be made to one of these places once a month while at Mfuleni. This gives these churches encouragement to carry on in their work where they are.

a fellow missionary in Johannesburg does leadership

training with the Center for Christian Education. The credits that we give for classes are fully u-ansferable with
The Center for Christian Education and also Umzumbe

stronger leaders in the church here in South Africa. The long range goal of CBS is to train leaders in a permanent setting. When we arrived in 1985 the plan was to have classes in a vacant church building but because of the unrest problems at that time, it never came to pass. When Al's son Steve came into mission work in April 1987, he
and I sat down to discuss how CBS could be used to its

Fran with Children in Upinglon

Bible Institute which is the U-aining institution of the

Church of Christ Mission. So far we have had a total of

full potential. After looking at resident school ideas versus other ideas we decided that the best way for us in
our situation was the idea of a "extension school" in which we would travel to where the students were in

fifty students take at least one class and many of them have taken more. We are very pleased with the success so far and are looking forward U) greater things in the
future.

stead of them coming to us. In this way the students could receive education but would not have to leave jobs and homes for long periods of time. The main drawback with this was that it would take a longer period of time for a student to gain his education, but it would alleviate the problem of money to live on after he graduated. Many times a minister had to work a second job anyway to

Men in Cape Bible Seminary at Kimberley

Cape Bible Correspondence School Correspondence courses were started in 1985 by A1 Zim merman when we felt that CBS would be delayed in starting. These courses have been well received in the past coupled of years with a total of 30 students taking at least one of the five courses and 5 students having completed a full course in order to recieve a certificate of completion. These have proved very beneficial for those people who could not come to CBS classes or who wanted to study on their own time schedule.
Local Churches There are two main churches that we work with in the

Cape Town area located in the townships of Mfuleni (an African location) and Bishop Lavis (a Colored Location).
While Steve and Pat Zimmerman are at one church for a

period of three months, we are at the other church and vice versa. During this time, we are responsible for the Sunday Schoolat that place and while at Bishop Lavis, all of the teaching on Sunday. The local brothers at Mfuleni have a rotating preaching schedule with Steve or myself getting the chance to preach every so often. Bishop Lavis is the weaker of the two churches in that it is a younger

Travelling With the vast distances of the churches from Cape Town, we tend to do a lot of long trips. Steve, Fran and I usually are the ones to uavel to such places as Transkei (600 miles), Kimberley (600 miles), Upington (500 miles). Port Elizabeth (500 miles), and places in between. Usu ally these trips start on a Friday, have teaching on Satur day and Sunday and finish with the trip home on Monday. On these trips we encourage the local churches, teach and correct teaching, help if there may be problems. Most of the churches here carry on quite well by themselves, but may at times need encouragement. It is not unusual to come home on a Monday exhausted because to keep up

with some of these local brothers is like running a track

meet. They lake advantage ofhaving us there to help. We go prepared to do anything from weddings to funerals. It would not be the first time that we would go somewhere
and a local brother would tell us about a funeral the next

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Pete & Fran Laughren

Vol. 4, No. 1 & 2

Fall 1993

Due to unforeseen circumstances, we had to miss a newslet

thing that was a change from the usualwas that the leader had Franget up and sing with the children during the Sunday morning
sen/ice. I dont know who had more fun - Fran or the children.

ter that was supposed to come out in July. We apologize. Therefore, this newsletter will cover April through September 1993. We hope to get back on track by putting out another newsletter just after the new year in January.
Six Months o f ActJvftlea

It was a great weekend, except for the food poisoning that we got, resulting in our having to stay an extra day. May saw the annual Leadership Seminar being held once

again in Kimberley. Bill Weber and Idid the firstone of these In

1987, and it has grovwicontinually ever since. When Steve, Jerry and I plan every year's Cape Bible Seminaryschedule, one of us goes to Kimberley. I was pleased to be able to go and teach Preachingfrom the Parab/esthisyear. Alsoteaching was Gordon Nelson who taught Homiietics and did a greatjob. Itook Brother Thompson Ntobiefrom CapeTownwith jne for the week and he, along with 40 other studente, attended the sessions. We were very pleased with the results. Other missionaries in attendance were Floyd Stamm from Durban, Michael Stanley from Port Shepstone and Jim Conley and Phil Smith from Boputhatswana. It isalwaysfun to be with other missionaries and fellowship with them. Fran had to stay behind this time and itisnever fun to travel
without her. In June we had a furnfilled week with fellow missionaries

while we will let the enclosed picturesdo most of our talking in this newsletter, we would liketo let you know what we have been up to.
In April, Fran and I were asked to be a part of the Easter meetings that are always held In Upington. We always enjoy going to that area because the people there are always so dedicated arid hard-working. Thiswasnodifferentthistime. We arrived on Thursday and taught several classes on Friday and Saturday. When we go to these gatherings, Fran always teaches the ladies and children, and I teach the men and preach. One

Students at Kimberley Seminar in May.

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Gordon Nelson, Jim Conley and Phil Smith at the Kimbeiley Seminar in May. David Bledsoe teaching at the youth camp in July in Griekwastad.

able to take the interns with us and this year we were verypleased to be able to take David and Carolwith us. Theyouth in the area still ask us about them and wonder how brother David and his"big voice" are. They always appreciate anybody special who can
come. There were about 300 youth In attendance in this little

town inthe middleof nowhere. Plansare already being made for the next camp to be held in Kimberley. We and the youth really enjoyed the Bledsoe's company. After we left the camp, we went to Kimberley for the night
and David preached at the church in Homevale where Roland Joseph preaches and did a very good job. There was a big meal
in their honor after the sen/ice.

David and Linda Giles

When we got back to Cape Town (out of ti^etwo weeks, they were only in Cape town for a total of 4 days), we were able to show them some sights of the area and they were able to go to Macassar with us. Thanks, David and Carol, for your help, encouragement, trip to the hospital, laughs and love. We hope that alliswellwith you and the church. Also, thank-youone and all at the church in Bedford; you help us in so many ways.

(and good friends) David and Linda Giles. Theyhad to leavetheir kids behind in Kenya with other missionaries. We missed them, but we had a great time with David and Linda. While they were here, David was able to preach and teach at Macassar. The people there thoroughly enjoyed them. We even took Linda to
Two Oceans for the service there. Thanks, David and Linda, for

the fun, fellowship, laughs, boils, and encouragement. And thank-you so much to the people at Lone Oak Christian Church in Johnson City, Tennessee who made it possible for them to
come and visit. It was an encouragement to both them and us. Pleasepray for the Gilesfamilyas they are now on furlough inthe U.S. in Johnson City.
Bedford Christian Church in Bedford, Texas sent David and

Carol Bledsoe to us in Julyfor two weeks. They are likefamilyto Fran, so it was especially good to have them here. They accompanied us to the youth camp in Griekwastad and both helped in the teaching and preadiing. The camp in Griekwastad was the third annual "In the Footsteps of Jesus" camp that has been held in the northern Cape. As in the past in Upingtonand Kuruman, the local brothers, sisters and youth do all of the planning and they just invitemissionaries(thisyear, ourselves and Michael Stanley) to help with the teaching. Last year, we were

One of the many cooks for the youth camp.

Youthsinging during an outing during the youth camp.

Pete preaching at youth camp.

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Fran and Carol Bledsoe teaching Sunday School teachersat the campin Griekwastad.

DavidBledsoeand RolandJoseph at the HomevaleChurchin

Kimberley in July.

July through September saw a differenttype of Cape Bible Seminary taking place here. We usually havethe school sessions inMfuleni, butwiththe violence evenaffecting that area,we held this one in Macassar with great results. We usually teach one course each,worth one credit apiece. But inthissession, Jerry, Steve and I each taught a third of Romans. We taught three weeks each for a total of nine weeks. My three weeks were on the Saturdays in August and we hada totalof 6 students getting
credit for the 3-hour course. We now have a student in Macassar

planswere all handled verywell by the brothers and Iwas real

pleased. For a full report on that conference, see the next Cape
Times.

In September,amidgetting readyforourannual conference, Iwas asked to preach at the Churchof ChristMission conference

whohasnearly twentyhours' credit and ismaking good progress.

Also in August, all missionaries who are involved in Leader ship Training in South Africa met for an informal weekend

meeting in Riverton, north of Kimberley. At this meeting we

discussedhow Leadership Training inSouth Africa could be more effectively done between the resident school in South Africa, Umzumbe Bible institute, and those of us involved inCape Bible Seminary. Iwas very pleased with the resultsthat will see more joint efforts and communication between missionaries. Steve, Jerry and I traveled together from Cape Town. While 1was in

Kimberley, I made one final check on preparations for the up coming conference that would take place in September. The

Pete preaching at Churchof ChristMissionConference,Port Elizabeth, in

Septemt>er.

in Port Elizabeth. This was the first time that Ihad been invited and Iwas

real pleased to go. This was a large gathering of over 600 people and Iwas amazed at what i saw. I preached on Friday morning on "Peace in the Church," and was able to meet many brothers and sisters that I
had never seen before.

Acoupleof other bitsand piecesneed to be added: Fran has again started a ladies class that meets every other Wednesday with good results. Thechurchat Bishop Lavis Isstill alive and carrying on, meeting in a member's house. Theyrecently ordained an elder, and Steveand Irecently started aweekly Bible studythere (weteachevery otherweek) that isgoing well. Mfuleni has alsoordainedtwo eldersrecently as well as the church in Hermanus. Macassar continues to grow with some recent baptisms. Theyare now looking to ordainsome deacons. And In Cape Bible Seminary, Jerry and I are working a type of home study system for those students who want to learn faster and more thor oughly. Pleaseprayfor us in allof these things. Asyou can see, we are trying to do the Lord's work In manydifferentways. We continueto see His hand in all of the work. We praise Him for all that Isdone here.

A recent baptism in Macassar.

Praises - For the safe travel of the Giles and Bledsoes to come here and visit.
AddresMB:

- Forthe churches that made their trips possible. - For our safety in travelto the different areas of South Africa.

- For alt of our supporters who have remained so faithful throughout

1993.

P.O. Box 165

Kraaifontein, 7569 Republic of South Africa

- For Mark and Annette for being great forwarding agents! Thanks,
guys!

phone: (011-27-21-98a0682)
fax: 011-27-21-988-7563

Forwarding Agents:

Prayers - Please prayfor the safety of the Christians here who sometimes live

Mark & Annette Tuttle 3416 Sunset Hollow

Canal Winchester, OH 43110

phone: (614)837-5356

in adverse conditions, ^olence flairs up all over South Africa, and

many times thisyear, areas that havebeen quiethavebeen bad. On some Fridays, Fran has had to cancel her Sunday School at Mfuleni becauseoffires, etc. We do not go where we are indanger, but many Christians haveto live inthe situationday inand day out. Please pray
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- Pray for the churches at Bishop Lavis, Macassar, Mfuleni and Two
Oceans that they would continue to go forward.

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- Prayfor the 1994 programof Cape Bible Seminary as we try new and different things to be more effective in Leadership Training. - Pray for South Africa as a country as it goes through trying times leading up to the first inter-rada! electionson April 27,1994.
Etc.

- Thank-you to all of you who have sent us care packages this year! - Ourvanwill be paid off infull in December. Thanks to all who have helped inthisventure. Itsure helps us inour work. - This maybe trivial, but thanksso much to all of you who havehelped keep me informed one way or another on the plight of the Braves during the last baseball season. If you think it was tough being a Braves fan living inAtlanta, you should ty itfrom 10,000miles away withlittle or no local info! Thanks especiallyto DonDorris, Marsha Cox and Mom and Collins. You helped me out a lot. You are great!

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