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Smaage Family
SMAAGE NEWSLETTER - JUNE - 1971 "But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy
Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all
Judea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth." (Acts 1:8)
Dear Friends in Christ,
This scripture comes to my mind when I think of the many times I have found myself in
the "uttermost part of the earth". It does not bother me that I have been so far froin
the white man s civilization as I have always loved the outdoors and I can get along
quite well in the bush. Thanks no doubt here is due to Boy Scout troop #23, Brookfield,
Illinois, and a great Scout master that took Scouting quite seriouslyl What does bother
me though is the realization that here I am the sole representative of the New Testament
Church and the Apostle's Doctrine and the Holy Spirit has such a poor stick like me
for His use! Yet at the same time I am keenly aware of the fact that a poor stick is
better than no stick at all! I'm not sure but I think it was D.L. Moody who used to say
when he was criticized for his methods, "It just shows how straight God can strike with
a crooked stick". Let's hope the same is true with us today as we try to represent our
Saviour to the lost!
Well, anyway, three sticks (Gordon Nelson, Sandy Sinclair and myself) went to Botswana
last week to represent our Lord and Saviour. We came away encouraged that a good work
could be done in this impoverished country just North of South Africa, bordered by
Rhodesia on the East, Zambia to its North and Angola and South West Africa to the North
and West. The great and famous Kalahari Desert makes up the vast interior of Botswana,
homeof the rapidly vanishing Bushmen, a nomadic people and the only people able to
survive in the inhospitable, waterless desert. The majority of the population therefore
live along the Eastern Border along the old "Missionary trail"that Livingstone and other
early missionaries pioneered between Kuruman, South Africa and Victoria Falls in North
ern Rhodesia now called Zambia. The railway now follows this same route and present
day Botswanians spend their time in making and selling curios to the train passengers as
the train makes its many stops on the route.
African Mission Evangelism
Our Man in Afpjca Writes . . .
OUR NEW ADDRESS:
P.O. Box 503
Kimberley, South Africa
PLEASE write!
There are few other occupations available outside of Governnient service or a position on
the railroad for the average Botswanian. Some find work as Safari work boys and guides
in the large European Safari companies and others find work as servants in the rela
tively few European homes in Botswana but most are unemployed and as a result there is a
good amount of drunkenness and prostitution. The largest city, Gaberones, is the Capi
tol with several new store buildings housing dry-goods, curios, chemist, food and mer
chandise stores surrounding a large central dirt square. There is a modern hotel and
concrete sidewalks and asphalt paved streets as well. A large building complex about
two miles from the central business center houses the Government offices and the Parlia
ment which meets twice a year during which time the cabinet ministers and members of the
opposition party hurl abuses at one another in the best of British Parliament tradition.
There is a gallery for spectators to view the proceedings also, but they are not allowed
to join in the debates.
The airport at Gaberones is quite good with a strong Radio Direction beacon. Gordon and
I came in on final approach in 3895C just two hours and five minutes after taking off
from Kimberley. The trip by car takes a good day. We had left Kimberley at 10 a.m.
after clearing customs right at the Kimberley airport for Botswana. Since Gaberones was
only a fuel and customs stop we only spent two hours there. We had lunch at the hotel
and then took the only Taxi in all of Botswana for a tour of the Government buildings
where a guide escorted us to the Gallery of Parliament. Unfortunately Parliament was
not in session at the time but I did get some pictures.
After filing our flight plan (flight plans are mandatory in Botswana as a means of sur
vival in case you are forced down in the Kalahari. Two fellows came down in the Kala-
il? light plane. They had no water with them and had not filed a
flight plan. , They died in the desert. Had they filed a flight plan search parties
would have gone out looking for them and they probably would have been saved) we took
off for Francistown 256 air miles further ud the old "Missionary trail". Our engine
overheated on climb out in the hot desert air (I had closed the cowl flaps too soon) and
for a few minutes it looked like we would have to turn back and land at Gaberones We
were able to correct the overheating through the use of cowl flaps and reduced power so
we decided to continue on to Francistown. One hour and fifty five minutes later after
pacing over "far away places with strange sounding names" such as "Mochudi", Mosomane,
Mahalapye, Palapye, Serowe, Tautswe, Motloutse and Shashi, we landed at Francistown.
We bounced and lurched twenty miles out to Shashi the next morning in Sandy's 4-wheel
drive Chevvie pickup. Shashi is just South of Francistown and marks the spot where our
first New Testament church has been started in Botswana. It was started by a retired
African Elder named Joseph July who had been a member and elder of the Church in Jacobs-
dahl near Kimberley, S.A. He had been asking us to come and visit him for a long time.
We had written and told him we were coming on this date and all the Christians (there
were about 60) had been expecting us. The only problem was we had never been there and
didn't know where the Christians were meeting and none of the native Christian thought
to send anyone out to the road to meet us. So for two hours we drove and bounced over
the different roads that lead in and our of Shashi asking everyone"we met where we could
find Joseph July. As Joseph had not been long in Shashi no one knew who he was. Neither
could they tell us where we could find the Church of Christ. We eventually arrived at
Joseph's house out in the bush where we were very warmly greeted by all the brothers and
sisters who had been looking for us all morningl It never occurred to them apparently
that we did not know where to find theml
Gordon and Sandy both preached good sermons to the brothers and Sisters at Shashi. Had
there been more time I would have also preached but since the cooks had prepared the
meal for us and it was now quite late (we had finally reached Jospeh's house just before
noon) we decided that two sermons were enoughl The people were overjoyed that we had
come and Joseph was especially happy. Everyone went out of their way to make us feel
most welcome. A goat had been freshly slaughtered to provide our noon meal which was
enjoyed by everyone, including missionaries, along with rice, gravy, bread and tea. We
had a bit of language problem as Gordon speaks some Afrikaans, Sandy speaks Afrikaans
and Tonga and I speak some Afrikaans and some Xhosa but the language of Botswana is
Tswana. We did have one African who was quite good in English so he acted as our inter
preter for the sermons and for our conversations with the people.
We left Shashi in the late afternoon after bidding goodbye to our new found brothers and
sisters in Christ promising them that we would come back and visit them again for more
teaching and preaching. On our next trip Gaberones too will be more than just a fuel
stop as we learned from Bro. July that a small group of Christians had started meeting
there. It was very encouraging to realize that the Native Christians had begun meeting
both in Shashi and Gaberones and that we actually had two New Testament churches in
Botswana! This surely does mark a good beginning of what we hope will be a good work for
Christ in this land. We bounced and lurched back to Dodge City, I mean Francistown, as
the blazing desert sun slipped below the Kalahari horizon. "Dodge" was just as wild as
the night before and the bars going full swing again. We didn't se "Kitty" though and
wondered if she had found her way to the London Missionary Society Church that morning.
The three of us had a lot of thoughts concerning opportunities in Botswana and we all
were fimly convinced that we would definitely come back to explore those opportunities
for Christ and His church in this far away forgotten land where elephants trumpet and
lions roar and souls cry out in their need of a saviour. Our Saviour Jesus Christ, our
Lord.
In His service
(
rry, Dozpia, Cheryl, Kevin & Linda
Smaage
WE RECEIVED THIS "URGENT NEED FOR FUNDS" LETTER AFTER WE HAD PRINTED THE
PAPER, BUT THOUGHT THAT IT WAS SO IMPORTANT THAT WE BACK PRINTED THE IN
SERTS. Since they were already cut we printed on half-sheets so please
excuse the poor registration.(The letter is edited.)
FROM: Fred W. Crawford TO: Supporting Churches and Friends
I ask that you do not lay this letter dowm without reading it and offering
a prayer for Derry and Donna. They are in need of a financial lift and
prayers at this time.
The move to S. Africa, finding a home, purchasing furniture, receiving
and assembling the airplane along with the higher than anticipated living
costs, leaves their funds depleted. In fact, they have used about $2500
of their personal funds to meet expenses since they returned to the field.
Derry has been using the Cessna plane to travel into remote areas, but
this takes money. Gordon Nelson and Sandy Sinclair have been working with
him part of the time.
In addition,they learned shortly after returning, that Donna was with
child. The baby is almost due now.
Here are some of the items which need IMMEDIATE attention:
$1,600 note due to S. African Bank for down payment on a house.
520 overdue for assembly of the Cessna airplane at the port.
900 to Richard Kliefoth in St. Louis for the radio in the plane.
100 past due Doctor bill in S. Africa.
139 past due Doctor bill in the States.
50 fuel bill for the plane now overdue.
34 hanger bill for the plane overdue.
$3,343
I might say that as forwarding agent for the Smaage Family, I feel they
have been living on less than we should expect them to. During their
first term they drew only $500 per month plus expenses for travel, office
supplies, etc. They now draw $600 which is still far to little.
PS: This letter does a poor job of explaining everything, so if any of
you have specific questions, do not hesitate to write or call.
AFRICAN MISSION EVANGELISM, INC. Fred W. Crawford
P.O. Box 24 1-314-474-5351
Columbia, Missouri 65201
Francistown reminds one of Dodge City on "Gunsmoke". I really don't think we would
much surprised to see Matt Dillon, Doc or Festus come walking down main street
which was about four blocks long running right along side of the railroad. There are two
hotels in town each having a bar. These establishments were the only places having any
activity Saturday night but I can assure you there was plenty of activityI After Gordon
and I had supper at the hotel there wasn't much to do exceot sit out in front of the
hotel and watch all the people go by while we waited for Sandy Sinclair to join us.
Sandy was driving down from Livingstone, Zambia in his 4-wheel drive truck. We had just
solved the world's problems when a big game hunting Safari expedition rooled up to the
hotel in a big 10 ton truck followed by a 4-wheel drive Land Rover pulling a two wheel
trailer. The big truck was loaded with 50 Gallon drums of Petrol (Gasoline) and assort
ed other paraphernalia. The Land Rover and trailer were also loaded down with all sorts
of gear. Three Europeans (Whites) got out of the Land Rover. They were just the sort
you would imagine when you think of African Big game hunters complete with beards and
suntanned faces that showed they were not strangers to the African bush. They disap
peared into the hotel bar leaving their six African work boys and drivers outside to
look after the vehicles and to find their own accomodations for the night.
Gordon and I had resumed our conversation after speculating as to what kind of Game the
Safari men would come across the next day. Botswana is one of the few remaining Big
Game hunting areas of Africa. It is rich with Lions, Leopards. Elephants. Buffalo. Kudu
and a host of other wild game animals. Elephants, of course, are the most dangerous to
hunt, followed by lions and the other large cats. You don't fool around when hunting
this kind of game as an elephant or lion that is only wounded will turn on the hunter
and tear him to shreds in a matter of a few seconds. Since both the Elephant and lion
are Taster than the human being (the lion's final burst of speed before he captures his
prey has been clocked at over 60 MPH!) The hunter must be an excellent marksman and he
will kill as there is often no chance for a second
shot. All of a sudden Kitty" appeared. Well it really wasn't "Kitty" of Gunsmoke
fame but she did come out of the bar and the first thing she said to Gordon and I was.
k * 0"^^ come inside and have a drink?" She was black, not unattractive and
about 19 - 20 years old. Well. Gordon and I were both embarrassed and a bit red in the
face I suppose. When the initial shock wore off I told her then we didn't drink because
we were Christians. Then I as|<ed her if she was a Christian. She said "Oh yes. I go
to the church on Sunday but I come here (to the bar) on Saturday nightl That kind of
reminded me of some folks I knew back in the States that said they were Christians but
also Tound their way to the bar on Saturday night! Then Gordon asked her when she
last attended church services. Well, she couldn't quite remember when! So for the
next half hour or so we talked to her about the Lord and the Church. I'm sorry to
report we weren't too successful in our witnessing but we did try and perhaps our black
African "Kitty" will find her way back to Christ if she begins to think about what we
said. She did promise that she would start going to church services again.
I had given up on Sandy and figured we would have to go on to Shashi the next day for
preaching without him. Gordon decided to stay up and wait a little longer. I had just
finished reading a few passages of Scripture when I heard Gordon say, "Smaage we got
company. Sandy came klumping and limping into the room followed by Gordon. Sandy had
broken his foot six weeks earlier and was still wearing his cast that went up to the
knee. The doctor was supposed to remove it that day but Sandy ran out of time and didnt
get to the doctor's office He just barely made it to the Botswana border. They had
actually closed for the night but finally decided to let Sandy through even though it
was after hours. So we sat up and solved all the world's problems and our mission
problems all over again with Sandy. Sandy told uSr a. few of his experiences with wild
game in the Zambian bush. Last year he brought down an elephant with his rifle and, of
course, one bullet.
A FEW SHORT NOTES
* Since our last newsletter reporting the incident with the African policeman here in
Kimberley, many have written and asked if Gprdon had to go to Jail. I am glad to re-
oirt that he didn't (He has an honest face)
policeman since the incident.
and that we haven't seen the African
* The Botswana report in this issue is only half the story. I think the queen of Sheba
said something like that). If you can wait until next month I'll try to fill you in
on our fishing trip into the Okavongo swamp with our African canoe paddler named
"Smash" who once killed a lion with nothing more in his hand than a hunting knife.
He came to the rescue of a white hunter who had wounded a lion with his first shot,
became terrified, threw down his rifle and tried to outrun tlie lion I The lion won
the race and would have torn the hunter to bits if it had not been for Smash who
killed the lion with his knife. The hunter was severely mauled but lived to tell the
tale. For his part Smash was rewarded with an all expense paid trip to the U.S. by a
very grateful Safari companyI
* Our Cessna 180 (3895C) is proving herself to be a great airplane for our work. Many
many thanks again and again to the Chattanooga church and all who have made it possi
ble for us to use this good ship in the Lord's service here in South Africa.
* Bills are piling up. It takes money to go with the Gospel. We depend upon you to
help us preach by your faithful support and prayers. Mission funds are very low now
due to moving expenses and other costs. Once again we have had to borrow in order to
get here with the Bospel. We have two notes coming due at the bank, One note is for
$600 and the other for $900. At this writing I don't know where the money will come
from but I believe that it will come. Perhaps there are those reading this news
letter that would like to help us over this financial hurdle and keep us in the Kings
business. We surely would appreciate your help very much at this time. Please send
your check to Fred so he can start getting some sleep! Even a small gift is a big
help in time of needi
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Derrence & Donna Smaage, Missionaries Fred M. Crawford, Forwarding Agent
Box 503, Kimberley, Cape, South Africa Box 2li, Columbia, Missouri 65201
AUaUST 1971 RECEIPT LETTER 7
This letter prepared
on September 1, 1971
TO:^
sift of received on about August
X KLease accept our thanks for your
1971 All gifts were credited to the
Living Link account and used to defray salaiy and^apusual expenses for the Smaage family.
This letter is being Trritten at Tulsa, Okl^oma, during a business trip here in con
nection with ny work. It is now about 10:30 pm. I just returned from a visit to the Oral
Roberts University Campus. Although I do agree with all of the Oral Roberts theology,
I must admit that the architects have don^a wonderful job in making the campus beautiful
as well as apparently functional. If ar^ of you are ever near Tulsa, I recommend that you
visit it. /
I regret being so late with this/receipt and report but I have been working mary spare
hours in getting our campus houses ^ady. These are two houses recently pxirchased by gifts
from congregations and individuals for use in our campus ministry. These houses provide
living quarters for about 18 students and a meeting place for Christian studies, led most
ly by Roy Weece, the canpus minister.
Another newsletter from Derry and Donna has been fonrarded to Vfestwood at Madison for
printing and mailing. This should be reat^ and in the mail shortly. The gifts from con
gregations and individuals ^have been a real help in relieving the over-due bill situation.
Things are not completely/out of the woods yet, but it seems that mary of the real pressing
accounts have been settled or payments made to satisfy the creditor.
In the newsletteiy^iow being published. Deny announces a set of slides regarding their
work. These will be .Available to any congregation or group upon request-first come-first
served. liVrite to^'m? if you care to use them.
INCOitai;-July 1971
Rachael Dawe, C. Falls, Wise. s?500
m/M Fred Miller 10,00
1st CO, Racine, 'Wise. 88.85
Harlem Rd. CC, Rkfd., HI. (2 Cks) 188,^
U/h T. J. Ball 10.00
CoC, Albert Lea, Minn. (2 Cks) 20.00
1st CO, La(^smith, Wise. U?*00
Philathea Class, Lacfysmith, Wise. 1500
CC, Zion, HI. 63.30
CoC, Storm Lake, la. 100.00
GoO, 0, Falls, i/isc, 39.10
1st CC, Carnegie, Pa. (2 Cks) U6.00
CO, Richland Center, Wise. 35.00
Hillcrest CC, Hazelcrest, HI. (2 Cks) hT.OU
Theresa Reynolds 20.00
Calvary Co0, Rockford, Hi* 10.00
Mrs. L. Ramsey 10.00
v/ifani Class, Maplewood, Terra Haute 26.00
Winnequah CC, Madison, Wise. 150.00
CrestvTOod C^, St. Louis, Mo. 11.10
Westwood CC, Madison, V/isc. 130.00
Hickoiy Valley CC, Chattanooga, Term. 250.00
M/m George Springer 15.00
CC, Putnam, HI. h5.00
1st CC, Worthington, Ind. 153.28
Income-Continued
M/M Enos Matson ^5.35
M/M James L. Jacobs 10.00
Orchard St. CC, vU Allis, Wise. 51.00
Prosf'. CC, Prosp. Hts., 111.(2 Ck)305.00
m/M Janes DeVries 10.00
Westside cC, Columbia, Mo. 25.00
Ima Dorothy 25.00
Dana Crawford v6.00
Boone Co. Bank-Int on Sav. Acct. .18
EXPEHDITUKSS-July 1971
D. L. Smaage ^,300.00
PostmastervPostage l8.50
Boone Co. Nat. Bank-Car Psyt. 200.00
Fred Crawford-Reimb. Air Fare lliO.OO
United of Omaha-Smaage Ins. 16.17
Dir. of Ministiy-Church DirectcrieslO.OO
"TMINe mUMS"
SMAAGE NEWSLETTER - SEPTEMBER - 1971
MEET OUR NEWEST AND OUR OTHERS
Darin (born June 15, 1971)
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Cheryl, Kevin and Lind
(Note school uniforms
NEW SLIDE SET AVAILABLE - ON SOUTH AFRICA AND BOTSWANA:
One of the things we have just finished is our first slide program since re
turning to South Africa. This set is available on first-come, first serve
vasis for any church or group interested. The program (tape narrative) rur
for approximately 2] minutes and alides are all new. A good insight to oi.
work. We believe you will enjoy the program. Available free but must be re
tumed immediately after use to Fred Crawford. This set is designated the
set. A second slide set and program will also be available probably by tl
time you receive this newsletter and will be designated the "B" set. Missior
chairmen should plan ahead and write to Fred for scheduling of these programs
Greetings again from South Africa! Quite a lot has happened since our last
letter and will try to bring everyone up to date with this epistle. I think
everyone knows by now of the safe arrival of the newest member of our family,
Darin Mark. He is doing well and is a happy healthy baby. Linda Jean still
thinks she should be the baby though and last week she crawled into Darin's bed
and sat on him! (Sisterly love). She is just a little bit jealous at times!
Donna has her hands full with two little ones and the three big ones (that in
cludes me). We have been trying to get caught up on correspondence and that is
a lot of extra work 1 guess I'm like most missionaries, I do what I think is
most in^ortant, and let other things go....like correspondence and newsletters.
That means I put Preaching teaching actual mission work here on the field
first and then find myself at the end of the month with stacks of letters to
answer.
WEEKLY SCHEDULE NOTE: Since arriving in South Africa I have been teaching a
series of lessons on I Corinthians Monday and Wednesday nights at Kimberly
Church. Bro. Nelson teaches these same nights and has a series on the Old Test
ament. We have had excellent response from all our lessons in all the churches
AtLjLhfi_4ires.eiit-J:iiiie-_I_am al&Q-preparing~- addltional-material-onThe -eldership,
I Corinthians, The Church, which we are mimeographing for use as correspondence
lessons and for distribution among the churches. If time permits I hope also to
do a lesson booklet on the Holy Spirit. I taught a series on the Holy Spirit in
March at Cradock which was well received. The people are very anxious for any
and all teachings on the Scriptures. We are planning to do quite a bit of mime
ograph lesson on preparation on as many subjects as possible.
U.S. DOLLAR CRISIS? Seems like we have our own little dollar crisis here every
month I am glad to report though that due to good response from those concerned
about our work,we have been able to "weather" a financial storm that hit us and
now are on road to financial recovery. Many,many thanks to all those who pitch
ed in in our time of need. Your response and concern on our behalf is deeply
appreciated more than words can express! We did have some questions though from
one individual who felt it was wrong for us to ask the churches to pay for ex
penses that should be paid for out of our salary, such as medical expenses and
doctor bills, etc. I realized after receiving this letter that there must be
others who felt this way but did not write to us about it. I would like to
take this opportunity to correct a misunderstanding. We do not believe that,
nor do we expect, our supporting churches should pay personal expenses. We
agree wholeheartedly that these should come out of our salary. We also believe
that mission expenses should be underwritten by the churches and not come out
of our personal salary which ought to be for living expense, and medical bills,
retirement. This is the root of our financial difficulty:
Both mission expenses and living costs have been paid for our of our personal
salary. This total amount of income has been between $500-$600 per month. We
have no seperate "Service Ling" but only the one check Fred sends every month.
We ha\e also had additional expenses due to transportation and relocation in
South Africa which have not,as of this date, been underwritten by the churches.
These have been paid for out of our personal life savings and borrowed money,
which we must pay back to the bank every month. Obviously, we have done this
because we believe that what we are doing is important and that we ought to
continue our ministry even if we have to subsidize it personally. I can assure
you, that I am something like that in I Corinthians Chapter 9. Anyone who hopes
to get rich in the ministry is either a "faith-healer" or very stupid! I don't
believe that I am in either category! In any case, a financial report will be
available to all those interested in how we spend the money we don't have... I
would just like to add here that our forwarding agent Fred Crawford must also
believe that what we are doing is pretty important as Fred himself not only
gives all his time as FA without charge but also has gone into debt personally
to keep us on the mission field....either that or to keep us out of the States,
I don't know which? Seriously, Fred has been outstanding in his work as FA. We
thank God for him! He is really a vital part of the team made up of supporting
churches and individuals. Forwarding Agent, and missionary. We thank God also
for all of you that, by your support and prayers, undergird our witness for
Christ here in Africa. We will do our best to continue to faithfully teach and
preach God's word and to be worthy of your support.
ADDITIONS - There are many additions as the result of our work of teaching and
preaching".We do not know all that are added to the Lord through Baptism due
to our work. This is because our African ministers and elders do nearly all
the baptizing. They do not wait for the missionary's visit to baptize their
converts. Once a year, at conference time, the ministers report the number
baptized in each of their circuits Conference this year will be
Sept 10 - Oct 4, at Port Elizabeth on the Indian Ocean coast of S.A. We will
be able to better analyze the results of our teaching when these reports are
made known to us. An analysis over a year's time also seemsyjfetan^to be much
better for an accurate estimate of effectiveness. In the y^K^^OTO^he African
ministers reported 1,008 Baptisms. There were 274 churches rod preaching points
with a total membership of 10,570. Although this is good, it could be better
and we hope to see more added to the Lord this year than in 1970.
Your fellow servants in Africa,
Derry, Donna, Cheryl, Kevin
Linda Darin 3maage.
Many thanks to each individual, class, and congregation for your response to
the financial appeal and your prayers.
Fred
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MISSIONARY'S REPORT ON ACTIVITIES
July 1 - July S - Preaching and teaching tour with Gordon Nelson and Kevin Jon.
left Kimberly 10 AM Thursday for Cradock where we held three-day camp for ICQ
plus African children of the Cradock, Middleburg, Tarkastad, Hofmeyer churches
at Cradock Church with African ministers, Bros. Celdenhuys and Labatala.
July 4 - Afternoon preaching at Nelsport TB Sanatorium with minister Mguzulwa
of the Beaufort West Circuit of churches.
July 10-11 - Freaching^teaching trip to Baberones, Botswana in mission plane
3985 Charlie, meeting for first time with neiv church of Christ in capitol of
Botswana. Met new brother who is ministering to church here. Brother Bright
Mdluli. Loaded Brother Bright's Austin engine in 3895C for overhaul in Kimberly
Returned to Mafeking, S.A. to pick up Cordon Nelson who had held services there
July 18 - Lord"s Day Services, Kimberley. Brother Alvin Nicholson here for a
visit. Kimberly celebrated Centennial on July (Donna's birthday). Big
parade in city and visit to world-famous Diamond museum here.
July 19 - Entered hospital for minor surgery. Released from hospital on July 2.
Fully recovered after about two weeks. Had to cancel scheduled preaching-teach
ing trip to Tarkastad circuit on July 24-25.
August 1-29 - Special teaching emphasis at Hopetown circuit. Classes every Sun-
day afternoon. Bro. Nelson teaching on "Christian Living". I am teaching a
series on the "Church revealed in the Scriptures".