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nOTo: "Miss. Serv. Asso." 0.0Subject: Back In the States ^Dear
Christian Friends,
Wearrivedbackin the States a week agolast Wednesday and
havesufferedjet laggreaterthan before. Maybe it is just our
agpcatching up with us. :-)
Wefound the people ofZimbabwe very discouraged. Especially the
farmers who havebeentold that th^ are goingto have theirfarms
takenaway from themandnot be paida penny forthem. This hasnot
happened yet, but the threat is alwaysthere. Theycannot geta loan
to plant crops so they might losethe farms any way. The inflation
rate is very higji. The American dollar has goneup from 38 to
1--now is 52 to 1 injust two months. To fill your carwith fuel
costsmorethan $2000.00 Zimbabwe dollars. Thatis when you can find
it. I spent morethan 5 hours in3 diesel lines to fill the pick up
truckandmorethan $1300.00 to fill the tank.Go to the g-ocery store
with only a thousand dollars and you only can buy milk and
bread.
Thegood news is that thechurches arestronger thanever andg-owing
Even Karoi Christian Fellowship isgrowing and that isinspite of the
fact that theirnew minister quitovera year ago. The Shona churches
arestill meeting andgrowing in theirattendance. Onceevery 3 months
they havea teachingseminarin Karoiand the local evangelists teach
them for 2 days.
In our recent trip to Zimbabwe (wejust gotback a week ago last
Wednesday) Weprinted 1500copiesof Willie White's studywhich we
call"Pre-disciplin^' inShona and 100copiesinEn^ish and have 800
names of Shona peoplewho have promised tobegin this study last
month, September. Andthis study is on basic doctrinal subjects
suchas "God", "Christ","The Holy Spirit"andso on. It actually leads
a person in howto become a Christian. Wcalsoprinted 100copiesof a
study on the Holy Spirit(a 50pagestudy) by Nick Adams, and 650
copics of the samestudy in the Shonalanguage.
Wealsometwith 5 Ton^men whoaretranslating the study on
"TheChristian Marriage" by BobSheffler intothe Ton^langua^and
theyaredoingthis on theirown. We toldthem, "You translate it,
wewill print it." And they tookus at ourword.
We also preached inseveral churches encouraging people in
thistime of political crisis. Everyone iswaiting to
seehoweverything will turn out. They carmot plant, th^ cannot, reap
what is already forharvest, it isa very frustrating situation.
Ifallofthe farms are taken overby thegovernment that they say they
will take over, more than50,000 laborers will beoutof
ajobandthejobless rale already is more than 75%.
Weurgeyou to pray for allof the people ofZimbabwe. This need is
critical.Love in Christ,Bill and Carolyn
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In ^ AUTo: "1st Ch Dyer" ^ \Subject: Year 32000 Report ^ 0 'Dear
Christian Friends,
The year 2000 has certainly been an eventfulyear. It began inan
ordinary way but soon developed into a veryinteresting period. On
January 25th20001 arrived once again in Zimbabwe. 1carried vAth
methe offering forZanaBotha Colohoun whose husband had been struck
by lightning more than 3 years ago. She was in desperate
straightsand the fiinds weregreatly appreciated. She works every
day while her 3 year old son plays outside the resturant.Also in n^
possession was the offering forthe Chamonyonga children whose
father was evangelist. This enabledthe children to stay in school
as it paid their school fees for the entireyear. The older son,
Barnabas is interested inbecoming a preacher like his father.
My trip in January lasted until February 22nd when I returned
hometo wife. A lot ofprinting was done in thatshort time.
Then in June ofthis year, both Carolyn and I returned to
Zimbabwe in order to take Ben Penningtons place for apart ofhis
furlough. In order the get the best price on our ticket we had to
leave before June 14th. We went toKaroi where the worst
intimidation was going on with the farmers and their workers as
wellas the violence againstthe people in the bush. Itwas the run up
to their election. We took the local people's advoce as to where
and whento travel. I preached in Karoion 18June, stayed on several
forms including an occupied farm, visited our ChristianHospital at
Chidamoyoand then preached at Karoiagain on election day. Many
ofthe folks ejq?ressed theirappreciation for the encouragement that
we brought to them in their darkest hours.
In July wewent to Nairobi, Kenyato attend our son, David's
wedding. Billy, our olderson and his wife, Leah metus there and we
got the younger boy married. His bride, Kara was simply beautiful.
Now both the boys are happilymarried to sweet Christian girls, for
which we praise the Lord.
Upon returning to Zimbabwe we faced the fuel shortages, and the
constant uncertainty of the politicalsituation.Diesel fijel was not
available for more than a month yet the attendance at the National
Church Conference atMashoko Hospital was greater than expected. I
printed 1500copies of "Prediscipling" (How to Become AChristian)
and passed themout. They were inShona,theirovmlanguage. Also given
out were studies, again inShona, on the Holy Spiritwhich
DaleMarshallhad translated. I printed 650copies ofthis 50page study
and theyhave ail been given out.
Plans for the future? Yes,once again I will be asking for
donations for the special needs ofthe people there. Zanais still
invery tight constraints financially and the Chamonyonga children
have another school year facing themandthey need help.
It is planto returnto Zimbabwe inFebruary or March to printmany
more studies, but I will be going aloneatthat time. Then sometime
later in the year. Dale Marshall has asked if both Carolyn and I
would return so he couldtake a much needed Rand R for a time in the
States. We are very concerned by his condition brought on by
thestress ofthe situation in the country. That trip will probably
take place closer to the summertimehere. Since I stillhave
permenant residence permitin effect it would be easier for meto go
than anyone else. We ask for yourprayers forthese plans and
forourtravels.Yours in Christian Service,Billand CarolynP.S. Any
funds sent that aredesignated forZanaor forthe Chamonyonga children
will beused forthat purposeonly,you can count on it. Any checks
written to the FirstQiristian Church and sent to P. O.
Box626Herrin. Illinois62948 are tax deductible and will come
directly to our work in Zimbabwe.
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