Baumann Ronald Marti 1989 Zambia

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January,

1989

Volume 8 /9

Numbe r

4

T IMES

Z AMB I A

Dr.

and Mrs. Rona ld S. Ron

and

Mart i ) Baumann

F i el d A d d re s s:

P .O .

Box 3 2 1 8 4

Lusaka ,

Zambia

Te l ephone :

2 5 2 0 5 8

Fo rwa r d i n g Agen t s :

Mr. and

Mrs . J ames R

J ohn son

Bib le

Col l ege

Knoxvil le , Tennessee

3

Telephone : 6 15 ) 573 - 4

I AM COMING

SOON

REV.

22:20

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BACK

IN ZAMBIA

We feel that we are final ly getting settled in since returning to Zambia

our

1987/88 furlough.

The congregations got

along

reasonably

well

in

absence; it

was a

time

of maturing fo r them. We

s till s ee so much more

needs to be done; it is hard to know

where

to begin.

Ron preaching

a t Chikupi.


2/13

HELP HELP

All ofthe congregations that we workwith need Bibleschool materials for the children and yo

people. We

need

your help in getting teaching materials in good condition (preferably new ) to

tribute to them. Unused

DVBS craft

packets would be great too.

If

you

have some of

these

item

storage

at

your

church,

or if you wish to purchase them new,

please

mail them to us as soon as you

them. There is an ongoing need, so

this

is an ongoing request. Left over Lookouts, etc. could be u

also. Write on your boxes: Gift Bible teaching materials.

THE WELL

We have some work

to

do on the well,

located in

the

bush at the Mungu churchbuilding which

is

within th e K afu flats

area.

The cover (which

was damaged)

fell into

th e

well.

Thieves stole the

chain

from th e windlas s. S ince digging

and con

structing the well in 1984, it

has never

gone dry.

Recently we

planned

to

dig

the well a

bit

deeper,

and

construct

a

new

cover (for safety and

hygiene). As

it

turned out, one

of

the

church

lea de rs w as involved

in

a n

ox

c a r t m i n i b u s

accident,

so th e

work

was

postponed.

The n ex t

t ime the work w a s

scheduled

w e w ere ra ined

out.

So,

up

to now, this

job

is still to be done.

The

well is

still

b eing u sed s in ce

th e people bring

their

own

rope and bucket.

THE CONFERENCE

The Well.

Many ofthe men (leaders and future leaders) in the Kafue flats area were able togather rece

for the 1988Kafue Urban/Rural Men's Conference. Wehad forty-three registrants and attenda

and we

studied the

Armour

ofGod. This was

on

overnight

conference where I provided

the

food

an

evening meal

and

a continental

breakfast

of bread

and hot

tea. I am considering using

method on a periodic basis to replace

the

week-by-week one-hour-of-study method.

NEW

SONG

BOOKS

We were able to purchase about one hundred

new

song

books in

the vernacular

to distribute

to

five

congregations

recently. At th e s ame time

we

distributed a quanti ty of new, plastic commun

i on cups,

and issued a new Church Reports book.

We struggle constantly to get

our

hands on song

books,

teaching

materials, reading

material,

etc.

PREVENTION CLIN ICS

If our c ra te

ever

arrives

(it

le ft New Orle an s on

the 28th of July and is long

over-due

containing

5000 toothbrushes, among

other things)

we are

planning prevention

clinics

in

the

rural primary

schools. We wil l discuss ora l hygiene brief ly and

dis tr ibu te a new t oo t hb rus h to e a ch s tu d en t

Happy times

new

song

books.


3/13

NEWS

ABOUT:

A

N

D

R

E

W

Jeffrey graduated from LeTourneau College in Longview Texas in December 1

receiving a Bachelor of Science degree in Aviation Technology. He secured a teaching jo

a small a irport south of

Atlanta

in Jonesborough Georgia.

For

nearly one

year

he

ta

new students how

to fly etc. Recently Delta Airlines called him, offering full-

employment at

the

airport. Mailing address: Jeffrey J. Baumann, 655 Laura Dr. Gri

Georgia

30223.

Russell is one-half t he way th rough

his s tudy

of Architecture (a five-year course) at

University

of

Tennessee in Knoxville. His

spare time (which

he

has

very little of is div

between U.T.

football/basketball games

and

Kappa Sigma

fraternity.

Mailing

addr

Russell M. Baumann, 4413 W. Sutherland Ave., Knoxville, Tennessee

37919.

Susan

graduated from

high

school at Rif t Valley Academy, the missionary board

school located in Kijabe, Kenya, in July, 1987. After one full year plus one

summer

quart

the

University ofTennessee in Knoxville,

she decided to

transfer

to

Milligan College, loc

near Johnson City, Tennessee . She is still an Education major,

and

is active in the Mill

Choir.

Mailing address:

Susan

L.

Baumann,

P.O.

Box

1144

Milligan

College

Tenne

3768

During

our

furlough year Andrew

completed

grade five a t

Blue

Grass

Elementary

Schoo l locat ed

in

west

Knox County. He

was

very act ive in

basketball

while

in Knoxville, which

h as

c ar ri ed o v er

to his school

here

in

Lusaka. He is

now

in grade six at the

American

Embassy

School

of

Lusaka.

His activit ies a t school inc lude ba ske t

ball (of course ) and swimming. Mai l

ing address; Andrew J. Baumann,

P.O. Box 32184 Lusaka, Zambia.

(Foreign

Air

Mail.)

PRAY

fo r the congregations to

continue

maturing

fo r more

permanent

missionaries in

Zambia

for

Andrew who

is

doing

so well

in grade

six

fo r

wisdom as

we teach

and

preach and lead

for

good

health and safety

as we li ve and

work in Zambia

fo r

th e a rr ival o f our c ra te ( and in

good condition)

praise fo r Jeffs new job

with

Delta Airlines

fo r watchcare over Russell at the

University

of Tennessee in Knoxville

for watchcare

over Susan at Milligan

College

in

Johnson City,

Tennessee

thankful

that Russell

could spend

the Christmas season with us here in Zambia

Andrew with h is u sua l crowd.'


4/13

MARTI 'S P A G E

It was good to visit

with

you, renew old

friendships and

make

new ones. How

very

much we apprec ia te your sharing

w i t h

us i n God's

work

i n Z a m b i a .

It

was

difficult

to

leave Jeff , Russ and

S u s a n

b e h i n d i n A m e r ic a o n

our

r e t u r n to

Zambia

in

August.

We

know

that

manyof

you

have

been praying for us and

the

children dur ing thi s

time. Your prayer

support has real ly helped.

T h e c h ur ch es we w or k w it h h a v e d o n e

well

during

the

year

we were away.

They

are

so

appreciative of you in America

who,

through

us , are caring fo r

them.

Most

of t h e l a d i e s Bible S t u d i e s

contin-

Marti

is planning a conference.

ued to meet while I was away. This was a real answer to prayer. I ve begun my class

at

An

Church of Chr is t in Chelston,

and

we are s tudying some of the Psa lms.

The ladies

at Chikupi

have asked me to

plan

a conference for

them.

Tentatively wehave selec

March date for the conference. We will invite the ladies from the Mungu

and

West Side K

churches

to come

and share

with

us.

Please

pray

for renewed

strength

and

spiritual growth

r e s u l t

o f t h e

c o n f e r e n c e .

I am aga in teaching grade six at the American Embassy School of Lusaka, and Andrew is

o

my twelve s tu de nt s. I have seven different

nationalities

this year: American, Austrian, Bel

German,

Danish,

Tanzanian

and

Swedish. Please

pray

for

the

Lord to

use

me as a Christian tea

It is a wonderful opportunity to touch young lives thatmay someday be leaders of importance in

h o m e c o un t ri es .

The New Year is here, and there is much to accomplish.

It

would be easy to be overwhelmed b

magnitude of

the

work.

It

is good to remember

that

we are

not

alone;

that the

Lord goes

ahe

prepare

the

way, giving us opportunities to reach

out

in

His

name.

Galatians6:9,10 says it well:

let us not lose heart in doing good, for in due time we shall reap if we do not grow weary. So then, w

we

have

opportunity, le t us do good to

al l

men, and

especially

those who are of

the

household o

faith. (NAS)

IN

HONOR

This

issue

of TIMES

IN

ZAMBIA is to honor my mother, Mrs. Joseph M. (Anna) Baum

whom

I

love deeply and respect

to

the

highest degree.

M i s s i o n S e r v i c e s

P O B o x 2 4 2 7

Knoxvi l le ,

TN 3 7 9 0 1 2 4 2 7

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Non P ro fi t Org

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U.S. Postage Pa

Knoxville,

TN

Permi t

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Z A M B I A

D r .

and M r s .

Rona ld

S . R o n and Mart i )

B a u m a n

Fie ld Add r e s s ;

P.O. BOX 3 2 1 6 4

L u s a k a . Z a m b i a

Te l ephone :

252058

Fo rwa r d i n g Agen t s :

M r. an d M r s . J ames R

Johnson

B i b l e

Col leg

K n o x v i l l e . Tennessee

Te l ephone :

615 )573

I

A M COMING

SOON R E V .

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N E W

C H U R C H

A T N G O M B E

C O M P O U N D

B E T H A N Y

On

the ninth

of

April, 1989 the n ew co n greg at i on a t Ng ombe Compound,

capital city of Lusaka, met for the first time In attendance were fourteen

adu

twelve children

twenty-six

in all. They voted

to

name th e

ne w

church Betha

have

already built

a

te mpora ry she lte r

a t

t h e h o me

of

on e o f t h e church leade

are no w trying

to

obtain

a plot

upon which

to build a

pe rma ne nt

structure.

T

and location of the plot will h elp d eter mi ne how

large

a building to con

T her e

are a t least

40,000 men,

w omen a n d children in this

compound.

T h e

B e t h a n y crowd.


6/13

BUSH

WORK

INTERRUPTED

In our

l a s t newslet ter

we

ment ioned t ha t

we

were finally

getting

se ttled i n. Then,

the

rains

began. At that time we did

not

know

just how

well

set t led in

we were

Several

of

th e

roads

t ha t

we

use routinely were comp letely

impassable.

We

were

cut of f

from

three congre

gations

for weeks

and

weeks. In

th e

photo

you

can see wha t u se d t o be

a

dir t road. Tha t w as a s

far

as we could go

that

day. Even my 4-wheel

d r ive vehic le

was

no

match

for

t ha t

mud .

PLANTING PROJECT

AT CHIKUPI

The

church

l eader in charge

of the chi ld ren 's

Sunday school

program

a t Chikupi had thegrea t

idea

of

a

fruit

tree planting

event

on

the church

property. Several of th e Zambian

kids

planted

mango and guava trees. Andrew was invited to

participate too, so he

chose

to p la nt a n

orange

t r ee

THE

CONFERENCE

The 1989 Kafue Urban /Rura l L adies C on

fe rence was

a

t r emendous success

The

conference came at a good time when all th e

participating churches (West S id e at Kafue,

Mungu and Chikupi) needed a spiritual lift

Held

in the bush

at Chikupi,

there

were about

thirty

ladies there (plus

babies)

to

study

subjects like:

how

to

read

and

study

the Bible;

how

to

pray;

marriage, children and

the

home. Each group

shared a

skit

or special

music with

the

other

ladies. The fellowship

was

sweet, and

th e

spirit

of cooperation

between the groups

showed

great

matu ri ty . Ano ther ladies conference

is

planned

for October, before the rains begin.

CRATE

FINALLY

ARRIVES

About

e igh t months

after

leaving

Knoxville,

ou r c r a te

ar r ived i n Lu s ak a i n

f ine

condi t ion .

The

delay was main ly

due

to a

bankrupt carrier. This

caused

delays,

dock storage

charges,

repayment

of shipping

charges, legal fees etc

The

cost

of

shipp ing was

triple what

we

had

planned on .

T h is i s

a road?

Oranges in

a

few

years.

Temporary

shelter

in

Ng'ombe

Compound.


7/13

NEWS ABOUT:

A

N

D

R

E

W

Jeffrey loves his

new

job

with

Delta

Airlines in

Atlanta.

He

is now

working the late shif

p.m.

to 7 a.m.)

which has

it s good points

and

bad points. He stays busy with Wednesday N

Bible study at the Berea church in Hampton, Sunday

evening

young adults at Mount Carm

Decatur,

and the area Metro Bible study in

north Atlanta

on Tuesdays.

Russel l i s

beginning his Senior year at

the University

ofTennessee in

Knoxville.

He

will

h

two

Senior years

since

Architecture is a five-yearcourse at U.T. This Summer he plans to com

Summer school

and a

b it o f construction work (wi th h is uncle in the Blount County mounta

Susan completed a very good year

at Milligan

College,

which was capped off

by the

Mill

College Choir tour

through

Tennessee, Georgia

and

Florida.

She will be attending SummerSc

at

th e University

of

Tennessee in

Knoxville,

continuing her

degree work in Education.

Andrew is finishing an excellent year of school work (grade six) at th e American Emb

School

of

Lusaka.

As you

may have already guessed

from

the photo) the first thing ou t

o

late-arriving)

crate

had to be his new basketball goal. He spends many hours each wee

practice. He has been playing basketball only one

and

one-half

years

while some of

his

fri

have been playing for more than six years . Nevertheless, he is on the starting five

at

A.E

He spent two weeks in France late February

and early

March) schooling in the mornings

learning to

snow

ski

in the

afternoons. Andrew is now

twelve

years old.

A time to work, play .

and

eat

T he n et

is on. Give me the

VISITORS FROM T N N S S

The Zambian Baumanns

were thrilled

to

welcome

to

Lusaka

some Tennessee Baumanns

recently

mother (Anna

MargaretJohnson Baumann)and my sisters (Barbara Hope BaumannMynattand

Jo

A

Baumann Whitt),

all members

of the Woodlawn

Christian

Church in Knoxville, arr ived on th e ten

March for three weeks with

us. The

fellowship that

we

enjoyed

was a

blessing

f rom God.


8/13

MARTI 'S PAGE

tis hard to believe we 've been

back

in

Zambia a lmost

a

year.

We are

missing our adult

children

Jeffrey,

Rus

sell and Susan

very much,

and a sk

that you continue

praying

for them and us as we

deal with the separation.

Due to a fire a t Zambia 's main power

station

a t Lake

Kariba we

have been experiencing

interruptions of

electri

cal power. One never realizes how much one depends on

something

until

forced to do

without.

It would no t be so

bad if one just knew when

to expect

it . Several times

a

week (sometimes several

times

a day) we have been with

out

electricity. I t is

especially

hard

in the evening sinceno

meals

can

be prepared, no music played,

and

no

reading

or studying

done.

As I look ou tmy window in to theblack

ness

of t he n ight

I

see t he beauty o f the

moon and stars.

Even though they a re

fa r

away th ei r light

is

the

only

thing

piercing

the darkness as fa r as the

eye

can see.

I

am

reminded that like

the

stars,

moon

and sun

we

as

Chris

tians, are called

to be

light

in a world

of darkness .

Matthew 5:16 (NAS) says: Let your

l ight shine

before

men in

such

a way that they may see

your

good works,

and

glorify your

Father

who is in

heaven.

Our

world

has

had

a

power

interruption

a

minor

inconvenience.

Manyin the

world

who

do

not

Jesus Christ as Saviour are in true darkness. They have no one to dependupon except themselves.

need

light to see by.

They need power

which only

Jesus

can

provide. We as

Christians, hav

light to show

them the way. Our

light is fa r

brighter than the sun, moon

or stars

since it comesfro

very Source of LightGod th e Father.My prayer for al l of us is thatwe will Shine Ilove and missy

PRAYER (REQUESTS PRAISE)

a building plot at Ng'ombe Compound

numerical growth fo r Bethany

spiritual

maturity

fo r the Bethany members

praise fo r th e

arr ival of

ou r

crate

more

miss ionar ies

in Zamb ia

wisdom as

we teach, preach

and

lead

physical safety and

well-being as we work

in Zambia

Jeffrey as

he

lives and

works

in

the

At lan ta a rea

Russell as he

begins

h is Senior year in college

Sus an a s s he continues i n h er Jun io r

year

in college

Andrew

as

he

anticipates

the

seventh

grade

this

Fall

ission

Services

PO Box 2427

Knoxville, TN 37901-2427

ADDRESS

CORRECTION REQUESTED

Is

this

the

way you do it?

N

MEMORY-

Th i s i ss ue ofT ime s nZ am

bia is in memory of the lat

faithful

servant

of

the

Lor

Bil l Lof t, veteran missionar

and the

p er so n who most i

fluenced us to

enter th e foreig

miss ion

ffeld.

Non

Profi

37950-99

U.S. Postag

Knoxville

Pe rm i t

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Z a m b i a

hristianM i ss io n

Dr. Mrs.

Ron

and Marti Baumann

the father

and of the son

and

of

the holy spirit

teaching them

to

1 Sep tember 1989

Mrs . Gerry

Fe l l ows

Post Office B ox 2 4 2 7

Knoxv i l l e ,

Tennessee

Dea r Carmen,

Here

it i s

Since

you

a re r ead ing

t h i s

letter

we

know

t h a t DHL d id t h e i r

t h i ng .

The title

o f

my a r t i c l e i s

Accountab le .

I have

s ea rc he d th ro ug h

s e ve r a l

t imes

f o r

e r r o r s , e t c . , and f i nd

all

OK. I

have

removed eve ry th ing

t h a t

seemed unneces sa ry ,

and

f e e l t h a t

t h i s i s what I wish

to

say .

Inc luded i s an i d e a o f how th e title page m ight

pos s i b l y be

a r r a ng e d , e spe c i a l l y wi th

r e f e r e nc e

t o

t h e

poem. I am pa r t i cu l a r l y

i n t e r e s t e d

in

hav ing

th e Annie.

Johnson

F l i n t

s t anza o f

poe t ry

in

th e

upper r i g h t

hand

area of the t i t l e page ( in small , i t a l i c p r in t ) . I t r u s t

t h a t you wi l l ag ree to

t h i s .

At th e very end,

ano the r

s tanza o f

her poem ap pears u sin g the

same i t a l i c

p r i n t ) .

Cou ld

you

pos s i b l e

s end

me

s ix

cop i e s

o f th e

Hor izons

a r t i c l e

when

pr in t ed?

These

can be mai led by

F i r s t

C la ss p os ta ge

to :

Mr s . M a r t h a Baumann

A . E . S . L .

DO S

Lu s a k a

Washington, D.C.

2 0 5 2 1 - 2 3 1 0

Thank you

fo r

t h i s

oppor tun i ty to sha re

my t hough t s

on t h i s s ub j e c t

in Hor izons .

Fa i t h f u l l y

your s .

F O R W A RD I NG A G EN TS:

MATTHEW 28 :1 9

20

FIELD

ADDRESS:


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ZAMBIA

Dr. an d Mrs .

Rona ld

S . R o n and Mar t i ) Bauman

Fie ld Add r e s s :

P . O .

BOX

32184

LUSAKA

Z a m b i a

Te l ephone : 292058

Fo rwa r d i n g

Agen t s :

M r. a n d Mrs . J ame s R

Johnson

Bible

Col l ege

K n o x v i l l e .

Tennessee

Telephone :

615)

573-

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B R O T H E R

S I B A N D A

David

Sibanda

Shamasapo) is on e of

our

more elderly church le ade rs living in

Mumbwa Rural District.

He is quite

possibly the

v ery fi rs t memb er

of

our churches in

country of Zambia. Originally firom Zimbabwe t h e n S ou th er n

Rhodesia),

a Sh

Brother Sibanda was

born

in 1885

and

married in 1930 He

still

attends a n

occasi

conference

and

he is still working for th e Lord s Kingdom.

B ro th e r Si b a n d a

10 4

a n d

counting


11/13

BETHANY

CONGREGATION

Our newest congregation,

Bethany, located in

Ng ombe Compound of

Lusaka,

is progressing quite

well we

think.

Even though we

have lost two of our

original families, the Lord

has

brought

in

some re

placements. On three occasions recently

we

have had

forty-two or forty-three

in

attendance. Since

our first

service in

April, 1989,

seventeen souls have con

fessed

Christ

and been baptized. As a result of ou r

growing pains, we

have just

finished doubling

th e

s ize of

our temporary shelter. Our search

for land

continues, and seeking

permission to

build requires

an

incredible amoun t o f time

every

day or

so .

The

young

people

have been organized into

a

youth choir

which adds a lo t to our worship

services.

MUMBWA CONFERENCE

In an area west

of

Lusaka called the Mumbwa District, our churches (about twe lve of them) he ld

semiannual

family

conference recently. Lasting five days, most of the congregations were

represented, giving us a total

attendance at

the main session one evening

of

250. I spoke on four dif

topics

during the

two days

that I attended. I

have recently

been able to supply those churches with B

Tonga),

Baptismal Certificates, Annual Church Report

Books

and

Bible Study

Guides.

SHAMULUMBA CHURCH

Last

year s rains

yes, we are

still talking about

them )

resulted in the destruction

of

the Shamul

church building which

is

located

in

the Mumbwa District. Fpced with the

necessity

of rebuilding

relocated

a few metres

away

from the oldsite, decided on a larger building,

made

all new

(mud)

block

have

completed

their

new building. I

was able

to furnish the funds for

some

additional

poles (for

ro

support) and the roofing nails especially coated nails for steel sheets).

S S DISTRIBUTED

Many

kilograms

of

vegetable seeds

were

donated

to

the

Mission

by

Bootstrap

International.

Aft

crate

arrived (containing

th e seeds)

they

were

distributed to several

ofour

congregations

in

the L

area. We have

heard

from many people

that

they

are

good seeds.

Lord, use these children in

your

Kingd

MUNGU WELL REPAIRED

We

were

f inally able to repair

th e

well

at Mungu

village.

A new concrete top

has

been buil t

(for

s

tion and safety), and the steel windlass has a new chain welded

in place.

Thieves recently stole th e

sheets

off

o f t he

outside toilet. Even chu rch

buildings aren t

respected

by th e

lower element.

LADIES CONFERENCE

The second ladies conference of 1989 was held at

the Mungu

church recently. Ladies from three co

gations attended

Mungu,

Chikupi

and

Kafue

West Side) as

Marti

spokeon two topics:

How

To

Get

A

With

Your Neighljor and

Raising Children.

There

were

about

35

in

attendance,

and the village

presented songs

and skits

to encourage one

another.

MIDLANDS FELLOWSHIP

The

leaders in the Lusaka area (the

Midlands

area as it

is called)

have formed an evangelizing

f

ship. I have

tried

to lead

and

advise as they

establish their

fellowship,

but

it is

their

own group en

They h av e

established

this group to promote

leadership

t ra in ing and evangelism. I feel

tha

development

shows

great maturity in our leaders.


12/13

NEWS ABOUT:

A

N

D

R

E

W

J eff h as moved

into a new

apartment in the

Atlanta area. He is m any miles c lo se r

to

the

Atlanta

International Airport where he works

for

Delta

Airlines. He isvery ac tive i n the forma

tion of

the

new Riverside congregation

in the

Atlanta

metropol i tan area. Write to

him

at : 261

Indian Lake Drive, Morrow, GA

30260.

Russ continues in

h is s tudy

ofArchitecture at

th e

University of Tennessee in Knoxville.

He

is

enjoying his

4-wheel

drive Mazda pickup, antici

pating possible

snow

and ice

during

th e

East

Tennessee winters . He will have a new

add ress

in December.

Write him

at: 1507 Fox Meadow

Circle,

Knoxville, TN 37923.

Susan

continues

in her study

of

Education as

a

Junior

a t

the Universi ty of Tenne ss ee i n Knox

ville.

Botany

seems

to

be

her favorite subject a t

th e

momen t

She wil l have a

n ew a dd re ss

i n

Decem ber. W rite

her at: 1507 ox

Meadow

Circle, Knoxville, TN

37923.

Andrew is

now

in the seventh grade

at

the

American

Embassy School of Lusaka. He has

ten

subjects which

are taught by seven

different

teachers.

He says that

school is really tough

He still enjoys

football,

basketball,

soccer,

volleyball,

kickball

and swimming.

Jeffrey, Susan

and

Russell

Andrew

Joseph

Baumann

THANK

YOU

All

of my family members and relatives are

still

stunned and

speechless

as we reflect on th e

trag

unexpected death of my sister, BarbaraMynatt, who (along with my mother

and my

othersister, Jo

had visited

with

u s h er e i n

Zambia

in

March

of this year. Thank you

sincerely

for all ofyour expressi

support and sympathy through prayer cards

and

lettera. Our Lord has picked a beautiful flower to

wi th

Him

THE PRESIDENT

AND

THE KING

I

recently had

th e

pleasure

of

meeting

the President of the

Republic

of Zambia

Dr. Kenneth

Kaunda, and th e King of Swaziland King

Mswati

III. Zambia

gave

the King a genuine

King's

we

as we received him

on

the

red

carpet

and listened to

th e

21-gun salute. The

memory

ofthis reception

I shall never

forget.


13/13

MARTI 'S PAGE

My thoughts wing home to America each t ime I

receive

a

letter,

a

phone call, or read

about

her

in

the

news. I remember all

the

many reasons

why

I

love

my countr y. The magic and beauty o f her

changing seasons; the friendliness and love ofGod's

people

there;

th e willingness

to

reach out

and

help

others. In

short,

I choose to

have

a selective memory

of the

good

th ings about

America.

I

tend

to

forget

and

overlook those things

that

do not fi t my

beautiful

picture.

None of

us likes to think

of

drugs,

homeless

people,

AIDS,

pornography,

etc.

They

are not a part

of

th e

American dream fo r

Christians, nor

are they

a

part

of

t he Zambian

Christian's dream. The Lord

Jesus Christ helps

us to see (with distress)

the

world

as it truly

is

not

as a

pretty

picture

unfortunately

but one

o f war , hatred

and

Godlessness.

Our Lord

also

enables

us to see

h o w th e

world c ou l d

be

under

His power, and gives us hope fo r the future. II Peter

3:9-14 is abundantly

clear.

We read:

what

sor t o f

people

ought

you we) to

be

in holy conduct and

godliness, . .

. .

We

also

read:

be di ligent

to

be

found

by Him in

peace,

spotless and

blameless,. . . .

In

H im

we c an

mak e

a difference.

PRAYER LIST

a

building

plot for

Bethany in Ng'ombe

praise

for our new members at Bethany

continued spiri tual and numerical growth at

Bethany

maturity at the other churches Mungu, Chikupi,

Kafue West Side, Mungwi

and

Antioch at

Chelaton)

as we

spend

less

and

less

t ime wi th

them

more missionar ies i n Z a m bi a

watchcare over Jeff , Russ

and Sus an

Andrew as he

grows

and

matures,

and as he

con

tinues

in

grade

seven

ou r physical

safety

and well-being

my

sister's family

as

they

adjust to life

without

her

Miss ion

Services

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Knoxvil le ,TN 37901-2427

ADDRESS CORRECTION REQUESTED

Together in the Lord fo r 29 years.

IN

MEMORY

This

issue of

TIMES

IN ZAMBIA

memory of my sister, Barbara,

whom I

l

dearly

and

miss

s o very much.

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