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    April 1987

    Volume 7, Number 1

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    T IMES

    N

    Z A M B I A

    RON

    AND

    MART

    BAUMANN

    F IELD ADDRESS:

    P .O . BOX 32184

    Lusaka .

    Zambia

    TELEPHONE: 252058

    FORWARDING AGENTS:

    Dr. and

    Mrs . Ra lph

    Ca r n a t h a n

    3945 K i ng st on P ik e

    Knoxvi l le .

    Tennes see 37919

    Te lephone : (615) 523 0629

    I

    AM COMING SOON

    REV. 22:20

    CARETAKER 'S HOUSE

    AT

    CHELSTON

    Many

    church buildings, including

    ours, are

    subject to occasional

    nighttime

    visitors in

    Zambia thesedays.

    Rarely

    a day goes by that we do

    not hear

    from

    missiona ry f riends about a

    particular

    chu rch bui ld ing

    being

    broken into,

    vandalized

    and

    many

    things stolen. The toilets are

    a favorite target.

    Thestolen bathroom

    fixtures are

    promptly sold on th e b la ck market

    to

    us e in the

    construction

    of

    new

    houses.

    Roofing sheets

    and

    electrical equipment are also taken regularly. We,

    at Chelston, have had four or five

    attempts

    in th e

    past months . On one o ccas io n we los t a

    washbasin

    plus

    the

    faucet and drain pipe all very hard to find

    and very expensive to replace). A good quality

    padlock was broken

    to

    gain

    entry.

    Another

    occasion found the

    lock

    broken

    on

    the outside fuse

    box

    with

    the lighting

    arrester

    and main circuit

    breaker

    stolen.

    Another t ime they tried

    to

    enter

    one

    of

    the toilets

    but

    failed

    d ue to

    a new, break-

    proof padlock and the doubleskinned steel door

    (which

    was damaged

    extensively but

    held ) Al l

    o f thi s is

    t o i nt roduce you

    to the

    need

    fo r a care

    taker's

    house

    a t Chelston. I have been paying a

    guard

    for

    several months now, but

    decided

    to

    invest those funds in the

    cons t ruc t ion

    of th is

    l i t t le house for

    CoimlntctioH

    ivorkern

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    someone to live in

    and

    watch over th e property.

    The

    first

    day

    that cement blocks had been laid which

    included installing a steel

    door

    and

    door

    frame,

    thieves

    came that

    very

    night hoping to steal the new door.

    Fortunately

    the

    guard

    was

    awake,

    blew his whistle

    and

    scared the visitors away. That saved about

    1100 Kwacha (almost a

    year's

    salary for the

    guard).

    This little house has two small rooms and two small

    windows. We

    pray

    that

    the

    Lord's property

    at

    Chelston

    will be

    secure

    now.

    LOSS

    AND DAMAGE AT OUR HOUSE

    Speaking of thieves we had an incident recently at our house. Mart and

    Andrew had

    lef t to attend the

    worship service

    atone

    of the churches in Lusaka,

    and

    I

    had

    left to attend prayers

    at

    the West Sidechurch in

    Kafue.

    The thieves knew just when to strike (while we were

    away

    on Sunday

    morning).

    They loosened

    th e

    barbed wire and chipped off the broken

    glass from

    the top of ou r wall fence to gain entry. They had about

    one

    and one-half hours to do their dirty work. They tore up our wooden backdoor only to find a 16mm steel bar gate

    on

    the

    inside.

    With

    the

    use

    of a

    large

    pick

    they

    were able

    to

    break

    one padlock

    but

    no t the

    other

    one

    which

    isof

    the

    breakproof

    variety. Frustrated,

    they

    then

    broke

    windows and tore screens to reach

    through our

    burglar bars for

    anything

    they could grasp or pull to the window. Andrew lost many of his nice things and I

    lost some

    expensive

    items off of my desk in my office. We are

    thankful

    that

    they

    did notgainentry to

    our

    house

    bu t

    they did take items valued

    at

    over 500 and the

    damage

    was

    at

    least another 500.1 am busy now repairing

    all of the damage. We have shifted the

    working

    hours ofouremployees so that someone ison the property

    at

    all

    t im s

    now.

    TOGETHER

    AGAIN

    Susan arrived home

    from

    Kenya fo r her spring

    break

    from

    boarding

    school a week

    and

    a

    half

    ago.

    She still has

    three

    weeks with us

    and

    we r all

    savoring every minute together

    This wil l be he r

    last visit

    home

    since she

    will

    graduate

    f rom high

    school in

    Kenya

    on the 18th of July, 1987. Rift

    Valley

    Academy is seeing its t hird Baumann

    graduate

    from

    high school there.

    Boarding schools

    are always a compromise up to a

    point,

    but

    R.V.A.

    has

    been

    a

    blessing

    to many

    missionary

    families in

    t he Th ir d World fo r

    many yea rs .

    NEW TOILETS

    AT

    MUNGU

    We

    were abl e to construct

    toilets at th e

    Mungu

    church

    r ecen tly. The

    congregat ion had wait ed

    patiently since 1982 to

    have

    these new toilets.

    Next

    we hope to build an outside grass-roofed, open-air

    classroom.

    This

    week

    we

    plan

    to

    distribute

    free

    food to eleven

    hungry families

    in

    the Mungu

    area.

    We will give out 600 pounds of mealie meal

    and

    a

    small quantity of salt. This year Zambia is going to

    harvest a

    very small maize

    crop (due to

    th e

    lack of

    rain) which means

    thousands will go hungry

    and

    many

    wil l die .

    Ou r

    family in

    Zambia

    Ron's

    Bible

    s ludy c la ss

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    NEWS FROM:

    A

    N

    D

    R

    E

    W

    (Letter quotes from LeTourneau College, Longuiew, TX ...Thought I'd send you a post card from

    Carlsbad

    Caverns.

    A

    friend

    and

    I

    f lew one

    of

    th e

    school's

    planes out

    there

    to

    New Mexico

    to

    get

    some

    cross-country flying

    time

    in.

    The

    Caverns are

    eighty-three

    stories down (750 feet) .. .1will be

    going

    for

    my Commercial (Instrument Rating) at the end of this semester. My medical (2nd Class) will have to be

    renewed in April . Today we will be flying holding

    patterns,

    DME

    arcs

    (Distance

    Measuring

    Arcs)

    and

    intercepts.

    (Letter quotesfrom the Unieersiitij of Tennessee, Kno.rrille, TN) ...So

    fa r

    this

    quarter

    I've

    putinalotof

    extra

    hours on Architecture.

    The second project

    I was

    assigned

    took me

    four hours

    of class time

    and

    about eighteen hours

    of

    overtime. It turned out really

    well.

    . .

    .1 got my

    new room

    assignment(for

    Fall

    quarter)

    today. I

    signed

    up

    for a room

    facing the

    courtyard

    this

    time.

    I'll also

    have

    a new

    roommate this

    Fall.

    He is an

    Architecture

    major too. . .

    .Exams are

    next

    week and then SPRING

    BREAK

    Writ ing art ic les for newslet te rs i s

    not

    quite my

    thing , yet here I am writ ing my

    latest

    article for th e

    latest newsletter. Right now I have many questions

    r unning through my head: Where

    am

    I going to

    college? What will my m ajor be? What does my

    return

    to

    th e

    United

    Sta tes

    hold

    f or m e?

    As

    I

    th ink

    of

    these questions, I know that I have on e fact

    adamantly

    planted

    in

    my mind,

    a nd t ha t fact

    is

    this:

    Zambia

    is home.

    However,

    I do look

    forward

    to

    returning

    to

    the States.

    Meeting new

    people

    who will

    become close

    fr iends

    is always an

    exciting

    experience, as well as

    getting

    back into t he

    jist

    of

    things

    while avoiding culture

    shock. It is amazing

    just

    how

    many

    more luxur ie s

    the U.S. has than

    Zambia

    I know tha t Zambia

    has close

    to

    nothing,

    but it is this unique fact

    that has planted

    my

    heart

    hero. What little Zambia

    does

    have, I

    am

    a

    part

    of.

    Al l

    of

    th e problems th is country has also concern me.

    I am

    glad

    that

    Zambia

    has accepted me for who I am,

    just as I have accepted Zambia. Thank you, Jesus, for

    there is

    no p lace l ike

    home

    I

    Sf i

    Bound

    fo r college

    I will be coming home soon.

    Just

    recently wehad some thieves. They stole my bike,my Walkman,

    my binoculars, my radio, my watch and my video game. They got into a walled area where our dogs

    couldn't get to them. I have been trying to find my bike but I haven't succeeded yet. The way the

    thieves got in was they came over our tall wall.Then the way they got outwas from the gate because

    we accidently

    forgot

    to take t he gat e

    key with

    us.

    FURLOUGH TIME

    IS HERE

    We will

    leave

    Zambia

    on

    th e

    10th

    of

    July,

    1987

    with

    a

    stopover

    in

    Kenya

    fo r

    Susan's

    graduation

    from

    R.V.A.

    After

    a few days in Europe, we plan to

    arrive

    in Knoxvilleon Monday evening

    at9:15

    p.m., the

    27th

    of

    July.

    We

    hope

    to

    visit

    all

    ofyou

    to report on

    th e work

    here. I

    havealready

    sent

    letters

    to every

    supporting

    church requesting information

    on when I

    can visit with

    you.

    If

    your

    church

    has not

    received

    my let te r by

    now it

    has been

    lost or misplaced. Write us

    here

    right

    away with

    possible

    dates

    for

    our visit

    with

    you.

    We

    feel

    it

    is the Lord' s will

    fo r th e

    churches to be

    on the ir own fo r

    a year to grow

    and mature.

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