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Isuzu diesel

truck

and

headed

south. Mungu is

about

te n

kilometers

into th e

bush, west of

Kafue

Kafue being about

fifty

kilometers

south of Lusaka.

Those

faithful few have

just about completed th e

rebuilding process ofthe church building. Weare now trying

to

make ourselves

known

in

the

area.

To

facilitate thi s we

are

planning to show two filmsat the church buildingon the 28th

of March. If the rains have

stopped

by then. This will

involve using my generator for power since there is no

electricity for many kilometers. We will probably meet

outside under the stars, praying for a large number of souls

nd

no ra in .

Last Sunday. March 1st, was a day of great victory for our

Susan

ready for prayers at Mungu.

Lord. he

f c t

th t we were s tuck in the mud

three

times

and

had

to wade in ankle-deep

water to reach the building was insignificant.

We surely

needed 4-wheel drive.)

There

were

over

fifty

people

in

th e

small build ing for

prayers (as

th e

Zambians call their worship

service). During the service six young girls

came

forward to

publicly make their

confess ion

of

faith

in Christ . Praise God

Plenty

of

help

unloading

building supplies for Mungu.

Ron exhorting th e Mungu Chris t ians .


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F R O M :

Zambia

has

presented

new and

unusual challenges for me. f^y

knowledge

of

pho togr aphy has

expanded. Thanks to

the

class that

I.S.L. sponsors, 1

have

learned to

develop and print black and white

film. I m on

the

yearbook

staff

as a

photographer. Karate

is a

new

hobby for

me.

Each week

Russell

and 1

go

to a

training

session. It s

hard work,

but

it's

well

worth it.

Karate experts. Jef f and Russell, protecting

our

vehicles

Zambia is a

strange

place. Boy, do you have to watch

out

for the bugs. I have many friends here: David

Davis, Daniel, Marcus and Gayle Shewmaker, Renatta, Robin, Rene and Rhean Gastineau -- all M.K. s

Missionary Kids. When you get

together

with themyou

havealot

of fun. Anotherfun thing that you have

here are Mission Meetings. You get to meet all of your mission friends, talk

business,

ea t

and

have fun

activi t ies.

Zambia is

nothing

like I

thought

itwould be Ilive in a

one story house

which has

a

jungle-like

yard. At

the churches they

sing, talk

and

pray

in a different language I ve found a new friend at the Kafue church

who is eleven and in th e sixth

grade,

just like

me.

She loves th e

Lord

dearly, too I love

the International

School of Lusaka and

have many

friends.

My

teacher,

Mrs.

Mathai,

is

great

My

birthday party

was

great All my

a un ts and uncles

came.

Boy,

I did

not

know

tha t

I had

so

many Let's

see,

there 's Aun t D eb bie ,

Aunt Judy and Uncle

D ean, U ncle Charl ie

and

Aun t B et ty

Uncle

Gary and

Aunt

Meta , Uncle Lee,

Unc l e Sam

and

Aun t

Nancy,

and . . .

not

to

mention my

cousins

(Missionary Moms

and Dad s a re a un ts

and

uncles .)

Andrew

4 years old.

Susan

loves home

grown bananas


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MARTI 'S

PAGE

Jesus

said to

them,

I

am the

bread of life;

he who

comes

to We shall not

hunger,

and

he who b el ie ve s in Me s ha ll n e ve r thirst.

JOHN

6:35

In Zambia

there

ar e shortages of many things.

The

most

recent one

was

bread. Bread is usually bought unwrapped at

th e s to re

o r marke t .

You just

buy

the loaf

tha t looks and

feels

most appealing to

you.

It is

available

now, but you must

stand

in a

long

queue

l ine) to buy it. You

must a lso bring along

your shopping bas

ket

to

carry

your

On September 10, 1980, MartI

and

1

c e l e b r a t e d

o u r tw e n t i e t h

wedding

anniversary.

God

has

blessed

us

beyond

our wildest

expectat ions;

bringing

us

together for life, giving us four

wonder fu l ch i ld ren , th e honor and

privilege

of

serving

Him

here

in

Zamb ia . . .

Weare t hank fu l t oHim .

B re ad a nd c ol as

a t th e marke t .

purchases

in. I usu

ally buy

eggs

last

since

they come in a small sack. It is almost

impossible to get home without cracking one

There

is a

need

for spi ri tual food also.

It is a

joy

to

share

the

bread

of life

with

those

who a re hungry.

I

am meeting with the

women a t th e Kafue and

Garden

churches for Bible

study.

We

are

studying what the Bible says about being a Christian woman with a witness. We pray for and encourage

o n e a no th er to be

faithful

to

J e su s

Christ .

Please

pray especially

for

those women, who cannot read,

to r emember th e Word. Please

pray

that the Holy

Spirit

will

guide me

to the

scr ip tures that

will be

most meaningful to

them.

Thank

you for

your

prayer support

and letters

of

encouragement.

They

do

make a difference Ilove

and miss

each

one of you.

Matters of

Prayer:

the Mungu church; growth in

th e

Lord,

spiritually

and

numerically;

speedy

arrival

of

our dental equipment ;

the Bible Study groups at

the

Garden and

Kafue

churches ;

praise and thanksgiving for our supporting

churches and individuals;

that Marti's

car, which

was stolen and

wrecked,

will be

repaired

soon.

Th i s

IN

MEMORIUM

first

T ime s In

Zambia news le t t e r is

dedicated to the memory ofMarti's mother, Mrs.

Joseph C. (Thirza) Mob ley,

who died

25

January 1981.

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N ws F

rom

j

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F

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A few

years

ago,

if

you had told

me

that

I

would

spend

my

16th birthday

in Africa. I

would have laughed

As

long

as I can remember I ve always

wanted

to

ge t

my driver's

license.

Here in Zambia you must be 18

years

old

to

ge t one Instead

of

that, the

other

day

I

went downtown

and got my

Zambian National

Registration Card. BIG

DEAL

Starting in

September

I ll be

going

away to Kenya for school ing. Rift

Valley

Academy

is based on the American

schooling system.

It is in a

small

town

just

outside of Nairobi

called Kajabe.

R Ican hardly wait 'til September

when M

be

going

to

school

atRift

Valley

Academy.

The school

stresses

M things like: studying God s Word, scholastics and sports--in that order.

MyfriendsthatgotoR.V.A.say

it s great, and I believe them, My grandparents were

here

to

see

Africa with us. We went to Malawa,

S Zimbabwe

and

the

Republic

of

South Africa. We got

tocelebrate

my

13th

birthday

at

Laka Malawa: it was

g real

fun,

and

beautiful. ve

written a

song

for

the trumpet which

has

four verses.

It's called Jesus My

Lord Live

Foreve r .

s

u

s

A

N

A

N

D

R

E

W

Hello Istill love my school here in Lusaka (I.S.L.). One of my

subjects is French which Ilike pretty well.

Deux fois neuf = dix-huit. Don t you

understand?

Two times nine =

eighteen.

You people I like my

afternoon

activities of

which some

are:

chorus,

gymnastics and origama. Ifeel th e Lord is really

blessing

me

s ince

I've

c om e

to Z am b ia .

I

th ink

I ve changed a lot How about

you?

Well,

keep

on

loving

the

Lord

Some

of

my Zambian friends call me

a

b o ok wo rm . W ha t s a bookwo rm? I

wonder

what eve r gave them tha t

idea?

School

is

really

getting tough now that

I m four years

old. Let's

see, my

subjects include:

colors,

numbers,

d ra win g, p lay tim e {my favori te

subject) and snacktime

(my

second

favorite subject) .

I like to si t in the

middle of my Papa's

mess

of

books

and

look fo r

pictures. I

liked having

Grammy and G randaddy

Baumann

visi t w ith m e.

School is really

tough

now


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MARTI S PAGE

Because

all

flesh

is like grass

and

all its glory like the floweret

grass. The

grass withers, and

th e flower

drops off,

but th e

Word o f

the

Lord

endures

forever.

And

this Word

is the Good

News

which

was preached to you. 1Peter 1:24,25

The flowers in Zambia are beautiful. . . especially during

the rainy

season

when everything flourishes. Now that

th e

rains

are

over, you

must

water everything continually

if you

want

your garden to grow, your flowers to stay

pretty,

and

your grass

to stay

green.

It is a real joy to

plant seeds, watch them grow, water and weed, and at

last enjoy

th e

fruits of

the

harvest. We have eaten corn,

broccoli,

sugar

peas,

tomatoes,

kale

and

many

other

vegetables

from our garden. I ve never had a garden

before, and

it is a

real pleasure.

There is also a real satisfying joy in sharing

the

Word of God with

the

women at

the

Garden and Westside

(Kafue) churches. They, too, are like a garden, and God sWord the seed. Aswe learn and grow together

by feeding on the Word, as we pray for one another to weed out the sins in our lives, and as we put down

roots deep into God s promises, we are becoming beautiful and fruitful for Him.Please pray for them to

be faithful in reading their Bibles so that they will cont inue to grow . Please pray that they will be

challenged to memorize the Word. Please pray that they w walkand not stumble. Please praythat Iw

progress

in

the

knowledge of

the

language.

Your

prayers ar e such

an

encouragement.

Matters Of

Prayer:

thanks

to

the Lord that Marti s car has

finally been repaired and is in service

again . (Her car was stolen and wrecked on

Thanksgiving

night,

1980.)

prayerful CONCERN for the lack of

arrival

of

our

dental equipment;

prayers of thanks for our forwarding

agents, Ralph and Theresa

Carnathan,

who are doing a wonderful job of a difficult

task;

pray for the planning

stages

of

the

Midlands

Bible C on fe ren ce th at th e

leaders

of

our

churches

in

the Lusaka

area

are

hosting. This

conference

is for

th e

entire

family from ail of

our churches

in

Zambia (July 31-August 3);

pray for all of

our

interns who will be with

us here

in

Zambia

this

summer .

IN HONOR

This second

issue

of

the

Times is dedica ted to

my Mothe r and Dad, Joe

and

Anna

Baumann,

who celebrated their 52nd wedding anniversary

while visi ting with

us

here in Zambia. Thank

you Lord.

Love in

Christ ,

Marti

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