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M GW AD I D ED IC AT IO N

SERVICE

The

renovation work on

the

twenty-five

year

old Mgwadi church building

wa s

completed re

cently.

Th e

Dedication

Day Service was an encour

agement to all 230 who

attended.

Six souls made

the

decisionto accept

Christ.

Marti an d

I

came

with

th e

Kabile

ch u rch choir, an d o ur n ew mission co-

workers,

M ar k a nd Helen

Begarly, came

with the

Bethany

church choir (of Ng ombe Compound of

Lusaka)

to assist w it h t hi s special service.

Ne w

fiiends, Earl and Marcia

Leech of Winchester,

Tennessee with

th e

WorldBank here in Lusaka for

one year) also assisted with our service. Marti an d

Marcia sang

several

songs, an d

the

Begarlys con

tributed I ll

Fl y

Away in song, too. Seven of th e

ten

congregations, located in

the

M um bwa R ur al

District, were

r e pr e se nte d by their

choir and/or

some eldeiVmembers.

Many had

to

si t

outside

because of

the

more-than-capacity crowd.

Almost

finished

a t

Mg wa d i

F U RL O U G H

O ur first full-year

furlough

since 1987/88 will begin in

August. We have

spent

most of ou r

last

fourteen years

part

years

or

full years) in Zambia. Andrew

has

spentonly

ten

weeks

in

the

United

States

out of

t he l as t

five years. We hope to visit

with

you again.

Each

of

ou r

supporting congregations should

have

received

o u r l e tt e r detailing our

furlough

pla ns

w it h t he

opportunity to

return

a questionnaire to us concerning a speak

ing date. Twenty-five percent have already contacted us.

Dedieatiwi

Day a t

Mgwadi.

Th e old

Mgwadi

building.

Slow and tedious work

a t

Mgwad

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NEWS ABOUT:

Jeffrey

and

Robbie:

Jeff

and

Robbie

are

busy preparing

the nursery

for

the

two new

fa

members

that

are expected in April or May. Twins bring: double the pleasure, double the grandpar

attention,

double

the clothing, and

double

the trouble

(work ). Are we anxious to be there?? YES

Russell:

Russell

has been

busy

at our

home

in

Knoxville, keeping up

with the yard

work.

He h

remove two dead trees recently, and cutting

them up

into firewood was a job.

He

enjoys his architec

profession, following

the tradition

of

his Baumann ancestors.

Susan: Susan's substitute teaching has really kept

her

busy. She was chosenrecently to beco

member ofthe Knoxville Choral Society, which is immenselyrewarding she says. She also

t^es

tim

every

week

or

so for a night of bowlingwith the neighborhood league.

Andrew;

It's

official Andrew is sixteen years old. He

says

it

doesn't

feel much different. He

says that he is looking forward to being

with

us on his next birthday as well as other special days tha

miss due to ourmileage separation. His goal now (as soon as is possible) is to obtain his Tennesseedr

l icense

DROUGHT RELIEF NEWS

Our

efforts to alleviatesome of the sufferingbroughton

by the

infamous southern

African drought have finally

come

to a close.

Yourresponse

to

our financial appeal

was

highly encouraging,

andmany

lives were saved. Saved lives

can mean saved

souls We are receiving positive reports

fwm

a majority of

the eight

villages

that

received food

assistance

- reports of hungry people accept ing Chris t

because of

th e loving care that has been

shown by Chris

tians.

The old

cliche theywon't listen

if

they

are

hungry

may t ru ly

be t ired

and

overused, but i s n on e

the

less s ti l l

very

t rue. One hundred

and

seventy thousand pounds of

mealie

mealwere

delivered

into

the

hands

of

hungry

villag

ers.

Four

thousand

poxmds of

maize

seeds were

distributed

through our

rural congregations. One

letter

(of

apprecia

tion) that was

received is

included

(verbatim):

Dear Pastor,

Re: Chr i s t i an ssis tance

Greetings in the name of

our

Ixtrd Jesus Christ, from the membersof the Kabile church; wehope

pray that the Lord

Jesus

Christ is with

you

in your everyday services for him.

The members ofthechurchdoappreciateoveryourkind services offered tous

particularly

in this cr

year of hunger. Yourassistarice in food relief had saved alot of livesfrom death - may the almighty

bless you and keep you

safe

from

the

evil hand.

It

was like a dream to receive

manna

from heaven in the wilderness where there was no sign

of

foo

water. Freemaize seedgiven tous was exactly like the wayIsraelites receivedfood in the desertunexpec

-

Exodus 16:15.

Through this

kind

of offer in the ten churchesyou run in

our

area put up byyou alone; people

very

little

faith have agreed that you were sent by God - Matthew 26:19-20.

Yours

i n C h ri st

Zablon Malyango

Thankful

villagers receive mealie meal

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MARTI'S PAGE

Night falls

quickly

in

Africa. As

the

sun

goes

down

one

sees

people hurrying home

ward.

It

is

not prudent to

be out

after dark

. . . especially if one

is on foot.

They rush from

their work places hoping to squeeze in a few

errands

before

reaching home; hastytrips are

made

to

the markets

and

butcheries. People

are seen carrying live

chickens

and clearplas

tic bags

filled

with onions,

tomatoes,

cabbages

and rape.

Vendors along the roadside are

selling

groundnuts

and cooked maize.

One

buys what one

needs and

hurries on ,

anx

iously

watching the disappearing sun.

They

are very aware

of

that time

of the day. Night

is coming

As Christians

we too

need t obe aware of th e coming night. Our job is to

tell

others the Good

that

the Saviovm, Jesus Chri st has

come.

Time is growing

short, and many

still

have not heard.

Zambian brothers and sisters

know what it

means to be

physically

prepared

fo r

the

coming

night. W

leam

a

lesson from them.

As

we

read

our

newspapers

and watch

our televisions,

are

we

aware

tha

night is coming? Let's be ready

and

help

others

to be

ready

too We must

work

th e works of Him

sent

Me, as

long as it is day; night is coming, when no man can work.

John

9:4 NAS

Happiness in Christ

MATTERS

FOR PRAYER

good ra ins have come

i n c re a s e o f th e wa te r

t ab le

level

Zambia's new democracy

President Chiluba who

is a

true, practicing Christian president

our

children

as

we

are

apart from

them

th e arr ival

of

th e twins

o ur h ea lth a s

we

labor

here

our

furlough

travel

schedule

leaders of

the

congregations in

the

Mumbwa

District

IN

MEMORY

This issue o f T I

IN ZAMBIA is d ed i

to

the

dear memor

Charles

W.

Ridlin, m

t e r

a t F i r s t Ch r i s

Church in Morris tow

so

many

years,

who

pa

away

recently.

Beforeyou move, pleaae sendthe mailing label with a copy of your new addreaa to

MISSION SERVICES

ASSOCIATION,

PO Bo* 2427, Knoxville,

TN 37901-2427.

Mis s i on

Se rv i ce s As soc i a ti on

PO Box 2427

Knoxville, TN 37901-2427

ADDRESS

CORRECTION

REQUESTED

Non FVofit

37950 99

U.S.

Postage

Knoxville,

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