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First I want to apologize profusely for not getting -this newsletter out to you sooner. I have been suffering with prolonged bouts of illness, both in my groin and in ny
abdanen, both of which left me so weak I could hardly move. But I praise the Lord for so many v^o were praying for me I While I was in severe abdominal pain, Stan Reid, fran

one of rr^ Bible Study groups in MITCIW.T *S PLAIN, was sent by God to come and pray for me, and the Lord heard his prayer. Now I want you to know I was just like old blind Batimaeus vdio cried out "JESUS, SON OF DAVID, HAVE MERCY
ON me: "

Last Friday I went off on pension fran iry day job at the FAFMERS' CO-OP, since I will be 63 in May. I thanked than for allowing me to use their caiputer for the last 10 years to key in iry Bible SumiBry for Young PeopleAs a token of ny appreciation I presented them with two
plaques: one containing ISAIAH 9 fran the Old Testament, and one containing 1 CORINTHIANS 13 fran the New Testament. I gave them sane background to these scriptures, and read than. Afterwards on of the Marketing Managers thanked me for the message. I have new corpleted the text for my Bible Sunmary, and am looking forward to getting it published. I also hope to spend more time on Bible Study, teaching and preaching.

I want to thank each one of you for yourconcem for the Lord's work here in Cape Tcwn, South Africa, as well as your
prayers and your generous support. I knew that God will richly reward you for putting His kingdom first in your lives, At ALOE ROAD in LENTBGEUR I brought a message on the

subject: WHO IS GCD?" We looked at the concepts of Eternity and the Trinity, and discussed God's nature, and his plan for man. I also reviewed Paul's sermcn on THE UNKNOWN GOD, and concluded with the question: "Do you know him?"

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Ihe Aloe Road chiarch is new launching a series of Bible Seminars i:ip the WEST OQAST of SCXJIH AFRICA, and they have asked me to prepare the lessons. These will include lessons on God, Christ and the Holy Spirit; followed by a look at Man, Satan, Sin, and God's Plan of Salvation; with practical lessons on Prayer and Bible Stucfy; and an in-dep
lock at the Church, and the Time of the End.

It was iry great delight to meet up again with BROTHER NTCBI this month. We worked together quite a lot in the past. He got ny phone number from Ron Butler, v^o is heading up the TEE Program in South Africa (Theological Education by Extension). Brother Ntcbi is working with churches in BISHOP LAVIS, KHXAUTSHA, MFULENI," ASHTCN and HEFMANUS, v^ere they recently put up a new church building. He would like me to use seme of ny newly acquired "spare time" to help him with Bible teaching and preaching in these areas, and he has also offered to translate ny Bible Sunmary into XH06A. Another door vMch the Lord is opening up is ny old staiping grounds of PORT ELIZABE7EH on. the rragt- t-n t-hA east. Brother NELSOW T(HC9iA, v^o is working with the churches there, has asked me to ccme and conduct a series of meetings with them early next year.
At our home cell meetings here in EDGEMEAD, one of the members prophesied that the Lord would be opening a vAiole new ministry for me. Well, that certainly seons to be the easel I just want to ask you to pray that He will give me the grace and the strength to fulfill these tasks.

While working on Isaiah 9 in ny Bible Summary, I got a strong feeling that this would lend itself well to poetry. But I had no idea hew to set it out, so I prayed for the Lord to lead me. After that the words just seaned to ccme. When I was finished, I read i t throu^ twice, and I cried both times! I would like to print it here for you, and I hope that it will bless you as much as it blessed me.

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TO US A CHUD IS BORN

9.1

ZdDiilun and NajAitali,

God will treat contenptibly;

But one day in Galilee,

Miere the road runs to the sea GGD mii SEM) HIS GliORY!

9.2

Folk vAio live in darkness deep, Where the shadows round them creep. Will awaken frcm their sleep.

And they'll see a bright light sweep

FLOODINa THEM WITH GliORYJ

9.3

Israel will be great again.

Filled with joy that shines throu^ pain. Like the joy of reaping grain.
Or the thrill of looting men,
SPREADING OUT THEIR STORY:

9.4

God will break the chains that bind,

ArKiiiie^v*feip^ that-cracks--behind,
Like the Midianites found out

When old Gideon gave a shout

LEADING MEN TO GLORYl

9.5

Bum the boots of mighty menl Bum the jackets badly stained
Where the dead lie on the sod.

With their garments rolled in blood

PITIFUL AND gory:
9.6 For to us a CEDCLD is bom

And to us a SON is given. All authority is his.

WCMDE!RFUL this OCUNSETTOR! MIGHTY G( above is he!
EVERIASTING FATHER too

PRINCE CF PEACE AND GLORY!

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9.7

And his kingdcm never ends I He will rule us fairly, friends, From the throne of David grand He'll bring peace to every land! This is vAiere the world will stand,
WITNESSING GOD'S GLORY!

750 years were to go by then Jesus caite!

And

in him the world was to see the greatest display of God's glory ever shewn to man! If there was ever
any doubt of ^e love of God, all doubt was ronoved at the cross. Though he was rich, for our sake he

became poor, and he gave up his life, that we might be saved. Let us give him all the praise, all the honor
and all the GLORY forever!

May God richly bless you, and guide you, as you

continue to serve Him.

Yours in the Master's name,

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FROM SUNNY SOUTH AFRICA we bring you

greetings for a Blessed Christmas, and we pray that God will guide you through the New Year! We want to thank you for your prayers and support over the past year. We know that God
will supply all your needs through His riches in glory by
Christ Jesus. We ask you to send personal letters to our home address above, but urge you to send all contributions to our

Forwarding Agent. We want to give Shirley Camp a big THANK YOU for her good work, and believe me it's a lot of work!
God has opened an effective door for the Gospel right on

the edge of CENTURY CITY in Cape Town. This is a new develop ment right across the road from us, which is set to become ^e
LAS VEGAS OF THE SOUTH! We already have contacts in Victoria
Palms and Summer Greens, which are housing areas in CENTURY

CITY. Last week Otto Kingsley of the Leprosy Mission and myself visited the Mabaso family in Victoria Palms. Steven is from
the SOTHO tribe, and Busi is from the ZULU tribe. Yes, you

guessed it South Africa is well and truly mixed now! But gospel, and they can go back to their home tribes and spread
the message of Christ there!
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this is good, because we can reach these people here with the
God works in wonderful ways.

one of seven men working on the opening of the new

work in SUMMER GREENS.

I have been put in charge of Bible

Teaching- in the area.

I have already done some teaching in

the home of Una van der Merwe in Summer Greens.

My Sunday School superintendent from Observatory, Cape Town, passed away recently, and I was asked to bring a message
at his funeral. Brother Jim Solomon, one of my fellow missionaries, was also there. I used PSALM 90 from my new

Bible Summary, STRAIGHT TALK FROM GOD, and one of the men

asked for a copy of it.

Here's a copy for you too;-

1, LORD, THROUGH EVERY GENERATION you have been our God and home! Long before you made the mountains or the seas began to foam. You are God without beginning, and your days will never end. At a word from you we wither, going back to dust again.

4 Yet a thousand years to you Lord, are no longer than a day! We are like the grass of morning, that by evening fades away! You spread out our sins before you. You can see them every one. While o\ir days grow long and weairy t i l l the setting of the sun!
10 Sixty years and ten you give us, But the best of them have troiables Which of us can truly fear you? Teach Then we'11 see how short our life is, or perhaps another ten; and so soon we're gone again! us Lord to count our days. and we'11 give you all our prai

13 O sweet Savior come and bless us! How long will you turn away? In the morning show us kindness Give us joy till end of day! Turn our bad times into good. Lord. By yo\ir power lead us on! Let our children see your glory, as in golden days, long gone!
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Before my retirement from the FARMER'S CO-OP in June I made a print-out of my complete Bible Summary from their computer, and have now just finished writing in my final corrections. Lord willing, in January they will copy i t all onto disks for me, and I hope to be eible to buy my own computer in May next year.

The cost over here is about $1,000, but my son Timothy is checking prices in the States for me. Any help that you could
give towards this cost would be very much, appreciated!
20 church ministers from MITCHELL'S PLAIN a^ed me this

year to come and bring some lessons to them at Faith Chapel. I brought them lessons from the book of Romans, as well as my outline Bible Study chcirt "ALPHA & OMEGA." They would like me to bring a series of lessons to them each week in the coming year. Please pray for this project. I have also brought some
home Bible lessons here in Edgemead.
to know i s that Jesus loves them.

Children sometimes come to

visit me, and I tell them that the most important thing for them

On Saturday we are putting up a tent in SUMMER GREENS, and inviting people to come in for prayer.

THE HEART OF THE GOSPEL is that God loves each one of

us so much, that He sent His only Son to die for usl I am not ashamed of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, because here we see the mighty power of God to take away our deepest and darkest sins, when we commit our lives to Christ. Let's be brutally honest here. We have all sinned.

We have all fallen short of God's standard for our lives.

There is no exception here. There is no way that I can claim that my life is O.K. It is not. But while I was a sinner while I was God's enemy He loved me so much that
he sent His Son to die for mel That's love. That is
AMAZING GRACE I

When I hear God calling me, and turn away from my sin, and open my heart to Jesus, then another amazing thing happens:
I become a member of the body of Christ, and his blood

flows through me, washing away my sin. I also receive the Holy Spirit of God, and I actually become a part of Almighty God Himself! This is such an amazing concept that if God did not promise it, we could never believe it!
Let's see how this comes out in the Bible quoting from
Romans 5.9 and 8.3 "STRAIGHT TALK FROM GOD."

Je^s*Christ, "dying on; eajrtji-^

wa^th the heart of a

*brt5u^^ us into h right relationship

loving God*

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Je3bl'-Christ.f llVing M'^Wver^

w i l l deliver us from

th^ wrat^ of "^'' &ngry Goc^I^*.^ GoS^did som^-^^*ng for us

frbm the'deadly virus of sin.' ^

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that we .could never do for ourselves,

i ^jjie- put i^j|^raction.teis, qwn *pA^ to.save us

^ i^^e,^^^cted JesjSte^fclTri^s^t into feAe life-stream of mankind

like a serum (an anti-body),

He .sent His son to sliare". our - human nature.

to build'hp a resrstance^^and immunity to the virus' of* sin'^n'side us.

. By his sacrifice on the cross,

^\ Jesu^ donatej^ his dwi^ 'precious life-blood

t6 give uS ttfe aiitiStotS'to sin!

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This Tuesday at Summer Greens we met again for further

planning to plant a church in the area On Thursday morning (Hey, I'm on pension now, so I can

go out in the mornings tool) Otto Kingsley and I made a call

in VICTORIA PALMS at the home of Busi Mabaso to bring a Bible

Reading, a message, and a prayer for blessing on the home.

Then we called in MILNERTON at the home of Franlisa, who

runs a courier service.

We witnessed to her about the gospel

and had a time Of prayer with her too.

Kobus Roelofse and his son Brian have been distributing

leaflets throughout the CENTURY CITY area inviting the folk

to a tent PRAYER AND GOSPEL CRUSADE this week-end. I have volunteered to serve on Saturday afternoon, praying for the
people who respond and come to our tent.

We ask you earnestly to please keep our labors in mind as we minister to the people of Cape Town, holding high the banner of Christ. Your prayers and your support, which have sustained us in the past, will help us to carry on this ministry
in 1999, Lord willing.

May the Lord guide you in the coming year.

Thanks brotherl

And a special

thanks to Duane from Oregon for sending $90 to celebrate his Dad's 90th birthday this past year. We're looking forward to

$91 this coming year!

God bless you all.

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