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Last week Owen gave a Shona songbook to each of his faithful elders whom
have been helping him with the worship services in their village. You have
never seen a happier smile nor heard a heartier ^TJallilujahl" These are
our gifts!
We hope we have shared with you some of the happiness y^u have given us
the priviledge to witness. Thank you so much for your kind thoughts and
prayers.
In His service,
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The Dr. Owen E. Dunlap family'^ now settled in Salisbury, capital city of Rhodesia^
where they are working!evangelism and seeking to start new churches in the city, according
to Forwarding Agents
boarding their outward bound plane in Dayton, Chio are Dr. Di^p at top, Mss. Mary Jo at
left^with their children: David 22, Gharma (right above) 18 and Brenda 15. Their field
address is Box H.G.229, Highland, Salisbury, Rhodesia, Africa,
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and backgrounds also colored construction paper. Yours in His service,
"Our team" at Jairos Jiri,
Non-Profit Org,
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Charma feeding Chipo "Sadza"
We are not completely settled yet, because houses are so hard to find. For now, we have rented a furnished
house for four months only, so, about the first of May we shall find ourselves moving again!
Speakii^ of moving, that's all we've been doing since we arrived in Africa. Right after Christmas, we journyed down to Johannesburg, South Africa to help in a Christian Service Camp during high school week. This is
Everyone has to get into the act,"
the second year for this camp and we had 35 teenagers enrolled, Owen taught a class on the subjects "WhyI
need Jesus" to those who were not Christian, Mary Jo taught the small children of the camp helpers and
faculty and helped with the music, David was the camp recreational director and teacher as he was the month
before during Junior week, Charma and Brenda were campers. It was a thrilling week to see fourteen
European children accept Christ and be baptized in the camp swimming pool. Eleven pledged their lives to
full-time Christian service.
We definitely see a need for both African (black) and European (white) work here in Africa, There has never
been a New Testament Church here in Salisbury of either kind. We feel now that we can help to find the "lost
sheep" that have moved from the missions into the big city and gather them together for the Lord, For the
sake of our children, we need to find other young European Christians for them to have fellowship with. On
Sundays, in oiir home, we have been meeting together regularly with other missionaries and African Christians
and non-Christians, If we are to grow it will be necessary to find a more suitable meeting place in the near
future. We realize we have a tremendous task facing us, but with the Lord on our side and Christians back
home helpii^ us, we have no fears.
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Dr. Oi-ren E. Dunlap and fajnily have liioveci into Salisbury;-, the capital of Rhodesia,
and are working T-jith both whites and blacks in starting a new church.
He wrote: "After spending about two months working in the ilashoko Chrtetian
of tr;;-in2 to ga^er the lost sheep that liave moved to the city frorjbhe bush,
"Many Christians that have been schooled in our mission schools are here. Some
have drifted away from the church, and some have joined denominational groups, but iiie
Bro, Dunlap reported holding Sunday^ meetings in the^ home, but yt is against
the law to continue to hare public meetings in a home. New address: Box H.G. 229,
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and ourselves your servants for Jesus sake. U Cor. 4:5
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speak very little English. The need is great and they are eager
to learn about the Ixjrd Jesus. You can imagine our heartbreak
This is where we get your letters
We are now working on plans to start a cor^regation at the local railroad compound. There are several Christ
ians from our other mission stations in the bush now living there. One of these has offered his home to meet in
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until they find a better meeting place. You could appreciate this more if you could see their living room which is
about 8' X 10* in size and doubles for the dining room. When Owen and David first met with them, one elderly man
said, "I've been lookii^ for the Church of Christ in Salisbury for a long time. This is too good to be true."
Our worship services have continued on the Lord's Day each week in our home. We now have several European
or white families coming. Charma and Brenda are teaching the children a Bible lesson during the sermon time.
Last week they gave the story of Adam and Eve using the puppets. We had made a tape of the speakii^ parts the
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night before and David dubbed dramatic music in during some of the speaches. Tragedy struck when the serpent
became so realistic that one of the smaller childr^ started cryii^l We gave the same program that afternoon for
the Jairos Jiri children but prepared them first by showing them the serpent and explaining to them it was only a
puppet. African children are terrified by snakes. We had no further trouble.
David has a part-time job at the local radio station announcing and has taken a course in religious radio broad
casting here at Ranch House College where many of our missionaries study Shona. He has also taken his turn
preaching, calling and all the other duties attached to mission work. Charma has taken a job in a camera shop still
hoping to be able to work something out with the college towards her education next term. Brenda has a reprieve
from school at the moment for this "holiday time" until May 20th. At this time we get to meet many of the other
missionaries as they come to town. We had eighteen for supper last ni^t from Zambia. These are some of the
refreshing times we enjoy on the mission.
Although everyone here in Salisbury likes to live behind high fences, walls, or hedges, we have found them to
be very friendly. We have some lovely neighbors that we will hate to move away from. It seems we are always
saying "Good-Bye,"
God bless you all. In "His" service,
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have been able to secure a school building in the Harari Township for our
African Railroad workers to meet and worship. We have also picked up several
others to meet with us. This service is at 9:00 A.M. on Sundays. We never
have any trouble finding someone to preach. Africans are bom talkers and love
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At 10:30 A.M. the European church meets at our house. The children's
class has grown until we had to divide it, Charma and Brenda teach the 9-11
year olds in Owen's study. One of our Christian ladies has taken the little ones
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from Salisbury, These are teenage students who have moved from our schools
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at Mashoko and other missions and have asked us to help them start a worship
David with Goromonzi students
service on Sundays. They are very eager to leam and a very select group. It
Chipo
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takes much effort to continue education as these African boys and girls have
done. They are a real challenge to us. When David and Owen were introduced to the group, Zindogo, one of the
students, said, "We thank God that Dr. Dunlap and David have come to help us start a church service." Oh, yes,
th^ meet at 2:00 P.M. and at 3:00 P.M. is the Jairos Jiri service. You see, Sunday is a big day for us and we
find our work very diversified.
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Many of you have asked about little Chipo, the Mashoko Hospital orphan. She was brought to Salisbury by
Dorothea Parker, one of the nurses, and spent some time with us while she was being tested at the local hospital
to see what her capabilites were. She was not enrolled at Jairos Jiri school for the handicapped children because
the tests showed she would never be able to progress sufficiently mentally to be able to go to school. They did,
however, make braces for her legs, hoping it would help her leam to walk. The braces weren't finished in time
for her to take any therapy and she was not taught to use them properly. We are still hoping to find a way to give
her some therapy on an out-patient basis.
In our last news letter you may have noticed a picture of the Dunlap "girls" standing in front of our new home.
Well, if we had taken a picture in that exact spot where we were standing you would see the picture to the left of
this page in the center. Although we live in the city built by the white man, we live in close proximity to our black
brothers. Our front yard fence becomes their only clothesline and their home (Kia) reflects the laughter and noise
of any family with several youi^ children. They are very friendly neighbors, smiling and waving no matter what
they are doing every time we drive in or out of our driveway. Several relatives or families gather around every
evening for their evening meal together. Children grow up never knowing or even trying to distinguish between
their blood brothers or cousinsthey are all called brothers. Three campfires are built to cook the meal over
and as the evening progresses and the svm goes down, blankets are used to wrap up in. Althoi^ the air becomes
quite chilly, the conversation keeps up the interest as th^ talk, talk, talk until the fires die down and It's time to
go to bed. Everyone is in bed by 9:00 P,M,
O yes, I might add that Rhodesia has one of the lowest crime rates of any country in the world. Although they
are very poor by this world's standards they have something very rich to show us all. These are the people we are
tr3dng to teach about Jesus
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The last day of August will find us, the Lord willing, heading
towards Bulawayo, loaded down with bed-rolls, baggage, ten
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The South African camp proved such a success, they are making big-
ger plans for next January and we here in Rhodesia are anticipating be
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tween 75 and 80 to attend our first one. Owen and Mary Jo will be teach-
ing again, Brenda will be a camper and we have eight other campers re_
18 year old student, James Lunga who was baptized into Christ last
month. ^ the picture to the right. Mr. Miti, Toko*s father (last issue)
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people assume the responsibility of winning others to Christ in this fashSixteen visitors from Goromunzi
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^o weeks ago, the students from the Goromunzi School (16 in aUwho have been attending worship services there
on Sim^y afternoons) chartered a bus to visit the "Big City" church in Salisbury (Harari Twp.). They brought us
special music and spent the day with us. After the morning services, they went with us to the Jairos Jiri School for
Handicapped African Children where we always bring the children some special program on Sundays
We ^ve the chQdren of Jairos Jiri a treat a few weeks ago. The week of the moon flight, everyone was talking
about It, but these children who knew nothing about it until Mary Jo told them one day in class. The story worked
lessonAnother
about theasked,
wonders
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document m color from the States was showing at a local theatre. We took the older children to see it andIwish all
of you cpuld have been with us to enjoy their enthusiasm! There were 13 chUdren who were able to manage enough
get themselves mtp the theatre with their crutches and braces or whatever way they had been taught to mobilize
themselves, a was not only a thrill for them, but a lesson in humility for those around them who watched. The
children asked many questions which widened their perspective of the magnitude of God!
a takes much time and preparation to appeal to so many different types of people who live here in Africa. We
spend many hours planning our work for one group and then the next group is completely different. Even the three
classes at Jairos Jirl are completely different in the way they can comprehend. There is a language barrier and
you must teach through an mterpreter and show many pictures to the younger ones. There are physical handicaps
and many are brou^t there without any previous schooling although they may be a teenager. No matter what their
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age IS they are put mto classes where they can begin to learn something. One teenage boy was always so quiet so
Iasked the teacher why we never could get a response out of him and she said, "This boy is fromMalawi and speaks
r ^derstands either Shorn or English!" How would you like to go to school under these conditions? In spite of it
aU. the Lord ^s a way of breaking throu^. The other day our boy raised his hand and wanted to say his Bible
verse. He said it in English and the whole class clapped for him!
These are the things that make it aU worthwhile. We are now beginning to reap some of the pleasures of serving
the Lord. We hope m some way we can share our experiences with you who have made it,all possible. Thank you
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so much for your support and gifts you have sent us. We have received some lovely big pictures for our teaching
and big thick crayons for little crippled hands to color with. They mean so much.
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