Baumann Ronald Marti 1992 Zambia

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T IME S IN

4

Z M I

Dr. and Mrs. Ronald S. (Ron and Mart ) Baumann

Field

Address: Forwarding Agents:

P.O. Box

32184 Mr.

and Mrs.James R.Lapc

Lusaka, Zambia 10101 Johnson Bible College,

Box

35

Telephone/FAX: 260

1 292058

Knoxvllle, Tennessee

37998

Telephone: (615) 579-2319

I AM COMING

SOON

REV.

22:20

5SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

KABILE

BUILDING

COMPLETED

What a day ofrejoicing it was

On

the 23rd of February, 1992, the

Kabile congregation assembled to

gether for their very first worship

service in their almost-completed

church building. Can you

imagine

how

they

felt?

These

faithful

Chris

t ians had gone through all of the

emotions:

never expecting to

have

their own

building,

and then expe

riencing

th e thrill

of actually

pray

ing in their own building. Includ

ing the eighteenchoir

members

from

the

Lusaka

Mungwi

congregation,

we

had

about 100 people there. The

singing, fellowship, preaching

and

praises were all pleasing (I feel) in

sight

of

our

Lord.

Hey. I'm not

tired


2/14

THE OLD AND THE NEW

The Kabila congregationhad been meeting

in

grass-coveredsheltersforyears - barely any shel

te r

from

the

sun

and t he rain.

It

was

a

bit

ironic

that, as the

men

weremaking the new blocks, the

old grass shelterwas entirely surrounded.

The

comen are

m place.

Brother

Saul

- lay preacher, farmer, conatruction

worker

and

good friend.

The

old

'buildingand

the

new bUxke

Theyoung men loork too

T^me ou t to r emove a thorn

bueh doctor

BARLASTONE UPDATE

The new

group at Barlastone

Park is struggling

for existence.

They

ar e having

about

twelve

for

prayers each Lord'sDay,

and

are

praying

for more

people from

whom

might come some additional

lead

ers.

Please pray

for

their

encouragement, growth

and

maturity.


3/14

NEWS ABOUT:

J E F F AND

ROBBIE:

Jeff

and

Robbie

are planning

a trip

to

Africa soon.

The

details

are

in the final

planning

stage. While on

the

continent they

hope to

visit the Cape

of Good

Hope

(one of

the

southern-most points of the continent), Kruger Game

Park, and

Victoria Falls (on the borderbetweenZambia and Zimbabwe). We

hope to

share some

of

these

experiences with them.

RUSSELL:

Russell remains very busywith his architectural

work in Knoxville.

During the

holiday

season

he

was

able to enjoy

an

exotic

scuba

diving trip

to

San Salvador

Island

in the Bahamas.

SUSAN: S u s a n continues

w i t h

h e r

Master ' s

s tudies a t U.T.

along

with

her

year-long

teaching

internship.

She

is

spending

much of her time at the first grade level, and will be interviewing

soon for a

teaching

position

within

the greater

Knoxville

area.

A N D R E W : A n d r e w is n o w

more t h a n one-half

of

the way

through grade nine, and celebrated

hi s fifteenth birthday recently in

Kenya.

His studies

keep

him

quite

busy.

He susta ined

a

minor knee

injury

recently, and is limited

to

coaching-only duties in his favorite

sport

baske tbal l. During his

De

c e m b e r b r e a k i n Z a m b i a h e

w o r k e d

h a r d

a t

t h e

K a b i l e c h u r c h c o n s t r u c

tion site

deciding

that Zambia is

much

hotter

than Kenya.

S u s a n

B. a n d J?ob6ie B. -

Sisters

will

be sisters

ii I

Andrew's

shovel

doesn't look dirty

ANOTHER

BUT

THERE'S

HOPE

A n o t h e r s t i l l child

Another

tiny

coffin

A n o th e r m o t he r s b r ok e n h e a r t

A n o t h e r f u ne r al

Another release

from pain and suffering

Another soul thrust into

eternity

A n o t h e r c h i l d

i n t he a r m s

o f

C h r i s t

Another gathering

of

family and fnends

A n o t h e r occasion t o w i tn e ss

Another opportunity

to

tell

that

Wonderful Story

Another chance to accept

or

reject

Another and another

. . .

but there's

Hope

RSB '9 2

FUNERALS

Emotionally speaking,

we

find i t h ar d to cope

with

th e seemingly increasing numbers

of

people

djdng

here.

Diseases such

as

malaria, dysentery,

cholera, tuberculosis and AIDS decimate in sweep

ing

motions

the highdensitypopulation compounds.

Explaining

this

is

not

easy,

I

can assure

you. All of

our

explanations usually end wit h the s tatement

we m u s t t r u s t God.

NEW

PRESIDENT

Zambia overwhelmingly vo ted recen tly into

office a

new

president --

Frederick

Chiluba. Presi

dent

Chiluba

has

proclaimed Zambia

to

be

a

Chris

tian

nation.

We

pray that the new

president,

his

cabinet

and

his ministers

will

lead the country into

a

better

economic

position.

The

job

of

doing this has

been

tripled in

difficulty

recently

due

to

the

severe

drought that

has

seized

the

country.


4/14

MARTI S PAGE

It hasbeena delight togetto

know

the

ladies

at the Kabile church. They

work long hours, but

perform each

task

with

joy. Intheruralareasawoman s

lifeis difficult. Herjobsarenumerous. Shetakes careofthe childrenandher

home. She carries all ofthe water fordrinking,

cooking,

washing and bathing

(sometimes from

a

great distance). She builds

the

fires,

prepares the

food, and

then cooks it overthe openflames. Sheplants, weeds, and harvests a garden

which isbigenough to feed a largefamily. Sheraises chickens

for

meat and

eggs. She knits, sews, and mends for her family.

Ontopofallthesethings, the ladies atKabile helped carrywatertomake

the blocks. Then they carried the curedblocks to the buildingsite. Eachday

theyprepared a meal

for

the menwho were helping withthe

construction.

They also

cleared

the tall

grass

from

around

the

new

church

building

and

planted

flowerbeds (with

stone borders) tobeautify theirnew church. Service

withasmile. Theyhavelearnedoneofthe secretsofbeinghappy. Colossians

3:23,24 says: Whatever you do, do your work heartily, as for theLord rather

than formen; . . . It isthe LordChrist

whom

youserve. Myprayer forus is

that

we will

serve

th e Lord with gladness.

PRAYER CONCERNS

growthand maturity for the Barlastone church

praise forthe

completion

ofthe

Kabile

church building

praiseforthe

funds

already

received

for additional buildings

additional funds for

new

buildings in the

Mumbwa

Disbrict

Andrew

in

boirding school

in Kenya

concern over

the

drought in

Southern

Africa and Zambia

Susan as she interviews for a possible teaching position in

the

future

Zambia s economic

futvure

under her new Christian president

as we are separated forlongperiodsoftime

firom

our children.

The

ladies

cany water

and

blocks.

-IN HONOR

This

issue of TIMES

IN

ZAMBIA is

in honor

of

Dr . and

Mrs.

Richard

E. (JoAnne)

Whitt, my sister and

he r

hus

band,

who fai thfully manage

many of our

personal

affairs

while

we

are away.

Before youmove, pleasesendthe mailinglabelwitha copy ofyournewaddressto

MISSIONSERVICESASSOCIATION. PC Box2427,Knoiville. TN 37901-2427.

NEEDS

Occasionally you ask

us about

things that we need or want. Al

though

it

is

not really important,

baseballcaps(thetype

that

aregiven

away for advertising reasons) go a

long way inbringing a

bit

ofjoy into

a person s life. We, too, enjoy giving

these

out

whenyou sendthese to us.

Mission

Services Associat ion

PO Box 2427

Knoxville, TN 37901-2427

ADDRESS

CORRECTIONREQUESTED

Non Rrofi t Org .

3795 9998

U.S. Pos tage Paid

Knoxville,

TN

Permi t

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FieldAddress: Forwarding Agents:

P.O. Box

32184

Mr and Mrs. James R. Lape

Lusaka, Zambia

10101

Johnson Bible College, Box

35

Teiephone/FAX: (260) (1) 292058

Knoxviiie

Tennessee 37998

Telephone: (615)579-2319

I AM COMING SOON

REV.

22 :2

14 J u n e 1992

Dear Chr i st i an Friends,

HELP

We

are sending this most

unusual letter

to a ll

of

you

on ourmailing

l i s t becau se of th e unu s u a l c i r cumstances we f i n d ou r se l v e s in The re is n o need

telling

you

about

th e

catastrophic

drought

that has engulfed

Africa - especially

the

southern one-thi rd . We are

now

starting to

see the effects

in Zambia. As a

result

of

the drought, th e

com harvest

was only about 20%

of

the nation's needs.

For

th e poor rural

farmer,

this will have a crippling effect. He will

realize

only

one-fifth

of

his normal income to care fo r

hi s

family this

year.

The com that he

normallykeeps to feed hi s familywith ismuch lessnot

enough

to lastuntilnext

year's harvest.

Not enough money means being unable to purchase additional

com

to

feed

hi s

family.

Only 20% income

means

that

there

will be no funds

to

buy seed and fertilizer

for this

year's planting.

You can

see from

this a vicious

circle unfolding.

This

is a letter

of

appeal. We

are

appealing for funds

to

help relieve th e

suffering

brought on by th e drought. This

is a

project

fo r

al l Christians in th e

world

-

no t

just

government/relief

agencies;

no t

just goals for

gigantic rock

concerts; not just projects for humanitarian groups. This

is a

project for

Chr is t ians

We are asking

that

you consider making a one-time special

donation

fo r

drought relief in general

in

Zambia.

If

you

are

a

congregation,

maybe

it

could

come from your emergency funds. If

a

class,

it

could be

a

one-Sunday special

offering. If an individual, maybe you could sacrifice one or two dinner outings

this month.

Every

100 giftwillpurchase

enough

commeal to feed forty

small

families for

tw o

weeks. We ar e talking about saving lives.

Please

make this a matter

of immediate prayer.

If

you

are le d to give, we

need th e

funds now, before

th e end of June (ifpossible). Pleasemake your check

out to

Zeimbia

ChristianMission, and mention drought reliefwhen you mail it

to our ForwardingAgent.

May

God

bless

us

al l

as

we

work to save sou ls

and

lives.

Love in Christ ,

Ron an d

Ma r t i


6/14

August 1992

Volume 2

Number 2

T IMES

4 ZAMBIA

Dr. and Mrs. Ronald S. (Ron and

Mart

Baumann

Field

Address:

P.O. Box

32 84

Lusaka, Zambia 10101

Telephone/FAX:

(260) (1) 292058

Forwarding Agents:

Mr. and Mrs. James R. Lape

Johnson Bible College, Box 35

Knoxville,

Tennessee 37998

Telephone: (615) 579 2319

. I AM COMING SOON REV.

22:2

CHIKOLOMA CHURCH BUILDING COMPLETED

The new

chvurch

building

at

the

MumbwaDistrict

was

completed on

the

14th

of

August, 1992. The buildingitself tookonlytwenty workingdays, but the process of

hauling river sand formaking blocks,footingand slab, alongwith hauling building

sand for the walls, took quite a lot longer than tha t. Our first worship service in the

building was Sunday (the 16th of August) with 182 souls present and thirteen

confessions of faith in

Jesus

Christ. The actual dedication

service

is planned

fo r

late

September or early October. YOU REALL INVITED

Chikoloma - th e

old

an d th e

new.


7/14

SHAMULUMBA CONGREGATION

The men at Shamulumba village have completed 1400 ofthe needed 1500) blocks in

preparation

for

theirnew building. Wealso have about one-half ofthe river sandwhich willbe required for

the

footing and

slab. TheChikolomamenplan to help secure thebuildingsand for thewalls) since

there

is no building sand

near

Shamulumba.

We

had

a

near-fatal

accident

recently

when

one

of

the

elders

was

almost

buried

alive

in a cave-inwhile digging river

sand.

It

required

one hour to dig him out, and he escaped

with

only

bruises.

Waterfor building

the

Chikoloma church comes

ou t

of

the

river and up the bucket brigade ...

The Chiko loma building

required 109

bags

of cement 50

kga.

each).

Concrete being

poured

into

the

footing at Chikoloma. *

CHITANTASOKWE

AND MGWADl

an d

into

th e drums on th e truck.

The

slab

is

finished and the

comers

are

s t a r t ed a t hiko loma

I have car ried out sxirvey trips to both of these

churches.

We are planning a new building for

Chitantasokwe

(they

are

shifting to a

nearby

village called Lutondo). ForMgwadi, we

are

planning a total

renovation

of the old building. I m

not

at

al l

certain when

these

projects will

be

started or completed.


8/14

NEWS ABOUT:

J E F F AND ROBB IE J ef f a nd

Robbie

en

joyed

a month-long visit to

the

continent of Africa

recently which

included

the Republic

of

South

Af

rica, Zimbabwe

sind (of

course)

Zambia. We

al l

had

a wonderful time together

since

Andrew

was

onhis

Spring break with

us . As

home

owners

in

Stockbridge(Georgia),

they are

very

busy painting,

planting and panting.

RUSSEIjL:

Russell

continues

to enjoy his

a rch it ec tu ra l ca ree r

in Knoxvi l le . His

la test hob

bies include: stained

glass windows, vegetable

gardening and t he

restoration

of

an old TR6 auto

mobile .

SUSAN: Susan received her Master's

Degree

in Elementary Education the 14th of August a t the

University ofTennessee in Knoxville. Being

absent

from that ceremonywas very difficxilt for us .

She

is now

in the

job-hvmting market.

ANDREW:

Andrew

completed

his

ninth grade at RiftValley

Academy in

Kenya inmid-July. He finished

the year academicallywith high honors - his grade point average

was

93%. After a six-weekbreak in Zambia

with us , he will begin th e tenth grade (end ofAugust). He continues to enjoyparticipating in soccer,basketball

a nd th e choir.

Jeffrey,

Robbie,

Andrew, Marti and

Ron - happy

DROUGHT

RELIEF FUND

The

appeal

that

we

made

recently

for drought relief

funds for Zambia

was quite successful. The

greatest

problems of

hunger and

lackof

waterwill

be

seen inNovemberandDecember.

We

are currentlytrying

to decide

the

very

bestway

of

using these

funds for relief.

We are already hauling

maize

meal

(by

th e

ton)

to two

of

the

villages

in the Mumbwa

District.

KABILE

DEDICATION

SERVICE

The

Kabile

church building was

completed

(as

reported in

our las t newsletter)

in

February. Tlie

Dedication

Service

was held

on Sunday, the 26th of

July, wi th approximately 2(X) in the

building. We

provided transportation

fo r a

mixed

choir

(made up

of

members from

Shamulumba and

Chikoloma)

which provided great singing, alongwith the Kabile

chxirch

choi r

Kabile church building the finished product.

TIME

IS PASSING

Time is

passing,

can't you see?

Soon we'll

al l be on bended

knee.

Worshiping

the One Who was nailed to the tree.

Time

is passing, it 's

plain

to see

Time

is passing, don't

you know?

Is

it going too

fas t o r

too

slow?

It's really not

for us to

know

Whether time

is

passing

too

fast

or too slow.

Time

is passing,

let's study the Word;

Souls are

perishing, haven't you heard?

There's work

to

be done;

we

need

to

be stirred.

Hurry,

time

is passing; let's present th e Word.

Time is

passing,

our heavenly

home

awaits.

It's

about time

to

meet those

faithful

greats,

Named in t h a t roll call a s t h eHebrews' au thor

relates .

Time

is

passing;

aim

for

the

pjearly

gates.

Time

is passing ; soon

heaven and

the Godhead -

Father, Son

emd Holy

Spirit,

just

as we've read.

Eternity

revealed,

instead

of being

ahead.

Forever and forever, just

as CJod

has

said.

RSB '9 2


9/14

MARTI S PAGE

The l ad ie s h er e i n Zambia who

are

members of our churches love to meet

togetheratWomen sConferences. These

meetings are times ofjoyfor them. The

fellowship enjoyed includes: s inging,

marching, Christian plays, renewing old

firiendshipsandmakingnewfriends.

The

more spiritual

side includes:

prayer,

praise and teaching. It ismost certainly

a

time

of encouragement. These times

togethermake it possible for the women

to

share wi th

others

their

times

of

trial

eind

tribulation,

andin turn receivewords

of comfort, advice

and

strength from

th e

Word of God as

shared

by

their sisters in

Christ . The words f rom I Thessalonians

5:11

come

alive a t

these

times:

There

fore encourageone another,

and

buildup

Martiand herladie8 attheMumbwaDistrictWomen aConference

held at the Mgwadi church.

oneanother,justasyoualsoaredoing. NAS Myprayerforallofusisthatwewillleamtobe encouragers

so that we, too, can build up our sisters and brothers in Christ.

CONFERENCE/SEMINARS

In the past

couple

ofmonths, Marti and I have led

and/or taken part in several conferences and seminars.

In theMumb

wa

Rural

area, the

men as well as

the

women

have enjoyedseparate times ofteaching and fellowship.

Sometimes

these

are all-day conferences, and occasion

allythey involve anovernightortwo. Inthe Lusaka area

(including Kafue), most of

the

congregations

are

mem

bers of an inter-congregational fellowship (called

F.L.A.C.C. .

Boththemenandthe women(of

F.L.A.C.C.

have also attended and enjoyed meetings for teaching

and

fellowship.

MATTERS

FOR PRAYER

th e

suffering brought on by

the

drought in

sou thern Africa

Andrew in grade ten at R.V.A. in Kenya

- praise for

Susan

earning her Master s De

g re e

praise for the completionof

the

Chikoloma

church

building

safety for

the men

as we bui ld

as we are separated for long periods oftime

from

our children

~ for our health

and

safety

as

we work

here

Before you move,

please sendthemailing label witha copy ofyournew address to

MISSION SERVICES ASSOCIATION,

POBox2427,

Knoxville,

TN

37901-2427.

Mission

Services

Associat ion

FO Box 4 7

Knoxville, TN

37901-2427

ADDRESS CORRECTION

REQUESTED

Non Profi t

Org.

37950-9998

U.S. Postage

Paid

Knoxville,

TN

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Field Address: Forwarding Agents:

P O Box 32184

Mr

and Mrs James Upe

Lusaka

Zambia

10101

Johnson

Bible

College

Box

35

Telephone/FAX:

(260) (1) 292058 Knoxvllle Tennessee 37998

Telephone: (615) 579-2319

I AM

COMING

SOON REV. 22:2

14

J u n e 1992

Dear Christian

Friends,

HELP

We ar e sending thismostunusual letter to al l of

you

onourmailing

l is t because of

the

unusua l c i rcums tances we f ind ou rs e lv e s in . There

is

no need

tellingyou about

the

catastrophic drought

that

ha s engulfedAfrica --especially

th e southern

one-third.

We ar e now starting to see th e effects

in

Zambia.

As a

resultof th e

drought,

thecom harvest

was only about

20% of the

nation's needs.

For

the poor rural farmer,

this

will

have

a cripplingeffect. He will realize only

one-fifth of his normal income to care for his

family

this year. The com that he

normallykeeps to feed his familywith is

much

less--notenough to lastuntilnext

year's

harvest. Not enoughmoneymeans being unable to purchase additional

com

to

feed his

family. Only 20% income

means

that

there will be no funds

to

buy seed and fertilizer for this

year's

planting. You

can see

from this a vicious

circle unfolding.

This is a

letter

of appeal. We

are

appealing for funds to help relieve

the

suffering brought on by th e drought. This is a project for all Christians in th e

world

not just

govemmenl/relief agencies;

not just

goals for gigantic rock

concerts; no t

just

projects for humanitarian groups.

This

is a project for

Chr is t ians

We are asking

that

you consider making a one-t ime special donation for

drought relief

in

general

in

Zambia. If you

are

a congregation,

maybe

it

could

come from

your

emergency funds. If a class ,

it

could be a one-Sunday special

offering. If an individual, maybe you could sacrifice one or two dinner outings

this month. Every $100 gift will purchase enough commeal to feed forty small

families for two weeks. We are talking

about

saving lives.

Pleasemake this a matter of immediate prayer. If you

are

led to give, we

need th e funds now, before th e end ofJune (ifpossible). Pleasemakeyour check

ou t to Zambia Christian Mission, and mention

drought

reliefwhen you mail it

to ou r

Forwarding Agent.

May

God

bless

us

al l as we work to save souls

and

lives.

Love in

Christ,

Ron and Mar t i


11/14

December 1992

Volume 1 2

Number

3

T I M E S

4

ZAMBIA

Dr. and Mrs. Ronald S. Ron and

Mart )

Baumann

Field Address:

P .O . Box

32184

Lusaka, Zambia 10101

Telephone/FAX; 260) 1) 292058

Forwarding Agents:

Mr.and Mrs. James R.Lape

Johnson Bible College, Box

35

Knoxvllle, Tennessee

37998

Telephone: 615)579-2319

I AM

COMING SOON

REV.

22:2

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328 297

Youmay

ask,

What is so

significant

about these numbers to

deserve

hxjnt

page/large

type ^tinction? Now that you've asked, I'll tellyou These are

the attendance figures for the

BuildingDedication

Services at

Chikoloma and

Shamulumba in the MumbwaRural District. The Chikoloma service 328)

was held on the 27th of September with a combined Sunday worship and

dedication service.

At

the end ofthe service, 8 souls confessed Christ. We

had

the pleasure of transporting the choir fiwm the Lusaka congregation --

Chelstone Antioch)-- to help us celebrate the big day. About onemonth

earlier,whenwewere worshippingin the new buildingfor

the

very first time,

13 souls confessedChrist. Attendance figures for a normal Sunday service

have

about

doubled in the

past

few months.

The Shamulumba combined worshij/dedication service

was

held on the

8th

ofNovember, with

297

present and 14 confessions of

faith

in Christ. The

choir from

Chawama

Lusaka), along

with

4

ofthe

Dorcas ladies

and

2

ofthe

elders, accepted our invitationto accompany us for

this

spiecialservice. Two

months earlier,

the

Sundayattendance average was around 25. Considering

the

fact

that

I designed these Mmnbwa

rural

buildings to accommodate

approximately 150 for seating, Iwas

more

than a little astonished to see these

crowds of

souls

flocking to

the

buildings. God is still

in

th e miracle

business.


12/14

SH MULUM CHURCH UILDING COMPLETED

Webroke ground forthe Shamulumbabuildingonthe firstdayofOctober. Afterworking anadditional

18days,the buildingwas

completely

finished Onseveraloccasions wehad help

from

the

Chikoloma

and

Kabilemen; there isa tremendousspirit ofunity amongthe congregations in the Mumbwarural area. The

19

days

(total

for

construction)

completely obscures

the

huge

amount

of

worVtime

that

goes

into:

digging'

hauling

sand; obtaining water; and mal^g

blocks.

Obtaining

water

r construction

has

been

our single

biggestproblem. Wehave hauled water allthe way)fromLusaka; gotten it fromwells; and taken it out

bucket by bucket) of rivers now all dry).

Shamulumba building

completed.

CHISALU, MULELA AND CHITANTASOKWE

We continue to assess

the

congregational situations

at

these churches. Chitantasokwe

has

a serious

leadership

problem

at this

time,

sowe

will

spend

timewiththemto

encourage

maturityand

congregational

growth, andcontinue planning. Chisalu is

doing

quite

well

numbers-wise, but

lacks

older/matureleadership.

We doplantobegin renovation process onthis fme, old, permanentbuilding (one oftwopermanentbuildings

in

the

Mumbwa Rural district) as soonas possible. Mulela has located and dug river sand to use in block-

making

and

for

concrete. We may trytohaul thesandsoon sothemen can

make

theblocks during therainy

season wepray that the rednswill come, but we are in a race against it ).


13/14

NEWS

ABOUT:

Jeffrey

andRobbie: Great

News

Jeff and

Robbie

expecttobeparents (oftwins ,ctnyoubelievethat?)

next year, about the end ofMay. The prosp>ect ofbecominggrandparents is very, very, very exciting to us.

Russell: AlongwithRussell'sbusy schedulein his fieldofarchitecture, he keepsin touch with: political

news,

Tennessee

Volunteer football, faxes mission

reports

and important

documents, etc.

He has

visited

with

Jeff and Robbiein Stockbridge (GA) several times recently to assist with projects around

the

house.

Susan: Susan is somewhatbusy these days substitute teaching in the

Knoxville

City/County

school

system. Traveling (literally)fromoneendofthe countyto theother isa newexperience forher. Substituting

in a different

school

at a different grade level nearly every day (that she works)is quite a challenge too.

Naturally shewouldprefer a fulltime,permanent teachingposition,and ispursuing everypossiblelead. She

shareda

missions

update onour

work

in one oftheKnoj^le areacongregations

recently.

Andrew; Wewerethrilled tohaveAndrewhomefora short, six-day(mid-termbreak) visitrecently.

In all the years ofBaumann childrenattending RiftValley

Academy,

this was the first opportunity (long

enough) fora mid-termvisit.

Andrew

inviteda

school

friend, Peter

Nichols,

an Australianwhoseparents

are

missionaries in Ethiopia, to visit with him. We are looking forward to

the

Christmas break together

at the end ofhis first term ofgrade ten, prior to the secondterm whichbeginsonthe 11th ofJanuary, 1993.

BrotherSaul

baptized

ISinthe

Mwembeehi River.

Ron with leaders from Kabile, Chikoloma and

Shamu lumba

RAIN (?)

Our

great

need

and prayer) at

thistime

in

Zambia (and other

parts

ofsouthern AfHca)is

a good rainy season. We have had some good

showers recently, but it is much too early to

know

whether

this will be a year ofgood rain^

hax*vest. Our drought

rel ief work continues

thanks

to all of

the

gifts ft jm aUofyou ).

HUNGRY HEARTS

Himgry hearts waiting

--

Waiting in the dark;

Waiting

fo r

the

Words of Life

To

light within the spark.

Waiting for someone to fan

the

flame within;

Waiting for

the

lifting of

the

heavy load ofsin.

Waiting for

you and

me to

preach

and

teach th e Word,

To tell them th e Good News

that

we've already heard.

Gome,

teach and share with

joy;

Bring Light into the dark.

Jesus

gave

us

His

Great

Commission;

Come and be

His

spark.

~

MMB 9 2

MGWADI RENOVATION

WorkbeganMonday, the9thofNovember, atMgwadi

the

day after the dedication service at

Shamulumba

(no

rest

for

the

weary ). We

hauled

five loads of

sand

that

day

with

each

load

taking

one hour (round trip

-21

kms.). The

long process of rebonding the

burned

bricks of the old

building is one-half finished. The building will get new

windows, a

burglar

bar

gate

with steel door frame, and a

permanent floor

with

concrete seats (benches).

DAMAGE

Suspension damage to t he new truck, sustained

re

cently while on a survey trip to

the

Chisalu (Shakumbila)

church,

will force

delays in the Mgwadi

work

as

well as

other

projects (food reliefand seminars . The combination

of heavy loads'terrible roads finally took it s toll.


14/14

MARTI'S

PAGE

Friends are a gift from God. Andrew has

had many

special friends

throughouthis 15years,

but

thosemadeat his Christian boardingschool,

RiftValleyAcademy inKenya, have beenunique. When one isaway from

home alone, one

first

of all finds

spiritual

strength

fi:^ m the

presence of

Jesus

Christ. One can relyonHis promise inMatthew 28:20which says,

Lo, I am

with

you always... This

gives the

assiarance

and

trust needed

to live

apart

from the family, but

never apart

from the Saviour's love. At

an early age one can leam to rely not on self or family, bu t

Jesus

for

strength.

The childrenmaking up the school at R.V.A.

are

no different

fi^)mchildren i n the United States, except their parents are Christian

workers in Afiica. Those who lovethe Lord seem to be drawn together.

They share

together

in the good things, and encourage one

anotherwhen

one is discouraged or homesick. They

leam

to choose what is good

and

stand up for what is right. Life is made up ofmany choices. Choosing

friends who love the Lord sets one s feet on the right path. We are

thankful for Andrew s Christian friends at R V A who are

part

of his

Christian family.

PRAYER

LIST

for good rains

leading

to a good harvest

for the well-beingofmillionsofZambianswhoare sufferingdue to

the

drought

- our safety

as

we live

and

work here

-

our

children who

are

away fixtm

us

- forournewmissionfamily,the Begarlys,whowillbeworkingwith

the LusakVKafue congregations

-

dramatic

economic

progress

within

Zambia

under

its first demo

cratic government (in

spite

of

the

ill-timed drought)

-

repairs on the truck

Friendship isaprecious thing;

Marti,

Andrew

and PeterNichols.

IN

HONOR

T his 2 8th issu e

of

Times in

Zambia i s dedicated

to

t h e s t af f of

Rift ValleyAcademyinKenyawho

continue to provide an

outstand

ing

educational

facility within a

Christ ianenvironmentfo r our

chil

dren.

All

4

Baumann

children

have

at tended RV.A.

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Box

7

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ADDRESS

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