SOVTh. A:-'KlCi3 I- ISSIONu. L. Stnaag© Fred CrawFprd. Forwarding Agt23, 2nd St. 1279 i.artria Uasnington Jr.Linden, Joiiannesburg, i-ilwaukee, i.isc. i3213> U.S.aSoutri Africa

i arcn 1^67Dear hrothers in Cnrist,

CAI-d FrfOVI^iCi:!. LAT^iS.. .Last week Bro. Hamilton and I returned fromO«poi.own after having spent one week there with the Northern Suburbschurch in the revival meeting. While there, I had the opportimity ofmeeting with Bros. Gordon Nelson, A1 Zimmerman and Mdladlana concerningsome new developments among the Bantu people of the Cape Province.Gordon and A1 have begun a training school in Capetown for our AfricanBrethren and there is a good deal of interest being generated amongour African churches throughout the Cape Province concerning this. Itwas the opinion of the Cape Town men that there was a great possibility that our Churches in that area could be greatly benefited if we

.were-to provide-an-improved correspondence course i'or'them and^also"supply week-end preaching and teaching clinics at the Native churcheson a regular basis. We have been praying about this and it looks likethe Lord has provided an opportunity for us to get into the Africanwork full time if the interest of our native brethren can be maintained and even increased. Donna and I are planning a trip to Capetownthis week to further investigate the possibilities and talk with somemore of our African Brethren concerning tnis. We would,appreciate yourprayers on our behalf concerning this. Our African Brethren are inmuch need of teaching and up until now it has been very difficult forus to do much about the need.POWER IN PRAYER. . .Many have written to say they were praying for thework in South Africa and tnat soon we might find tne area of servicethat we desire. We appreciate very much the encouragement each ofthe letters have given to us and are confident that tne Lord has heardthe prayers of many on our behalf. The possibility of our new workwith the Africans, the purcnase of a suitable aircraft, new workersarriving in Johannesburg, all indicate to us that their is power inprayer and that the Lord will lead us in His ^^fork. Please continueto pray daily for the Africans and the^ otjier South African programsas well.

SCHOOL TIME - SOUTH AFRICAN STYLE,..After a six weeks summer-^olid-ay -(before and after Christmas.) Cheryl and Kevin went back to school.Both are happy with their teachers and have made new friends. Schoolbegins at 7:50 and lasts until 1;00 with a tea break in the middle.The day begins with a school assembly, scripture reading and prayer.Discipline seems to be the key word in the school system here and iscarried out with the aid of a ruler and a cane. The ruler is used toadminister "smacks" by the teacher; the cane is used to administer"cuts" by the Principal, The number of "cuts" is determined by theseverity of the "crime" committed. Needless to say, it doesn't taketoo long for the children to remember to do their homework, returntheir school books,' and pay attention in class. Kevin is enjoying.Grade I and has fallen in love with his teacher. His first day atschool she picked him up and gave him a hug; later on she was rewarding him with a kiss. Apparently he has taken all the advise hi« •superintendent Grandfather has given him on how to get along with yourteacher.

The school is situated in the middle of an uncleared field (calleda "veld") and is made of metal pre-fab buildings- Already many snakeshave been found and killed, Cheryl having found one of thorn. Tne fieldis filled with thorn bushes and other indigenous bushes and flowersand the children love it. They have gotten used to wearing uniformsnow and: do not- "mtod it. Th0y""wi-i-i s tart^compXaihlng again, thoughTwhen winter arrives and the white shirts and ties will'have to bevjorn again.11'3 THE "JOLLY GREEN GIENT" NO MORE....The Mobile Chapel bus has justabout gone through a complete renovating job. Since it's arrivalNov. 1 it has undergone a paint job inside and out, has had pews installed, minor repairs done on the electrical system and other thingsthat have needed to be fixed. It is now painted blue on the bottomhalf, and white on the top, with lettering saying "Church of Christ"Mobile Gaapel. It is a great improvement. Inside has been paintedwhite and beige with stained pews that the men built. Our new slideprogram will show the men working on it, and the finished product.Derry did the outside painting with a spray-gun and the lettering wasdone by a professional sign painter. We think you will be pleasedwith the final results.

AIRPLANE PURCHASE....After seemingly exhausting all possibilities offino-j.ng a suitable aircraft that we could afford. Donna ran across anad in the np/;spaper advert!-^iieg a Cospoa rT^b'Tor sale for Rli.000.00or , BOO • Tl'ii, airplane is all aluuJ.num, and will carry Jp passengers.The instrument panel contains every i.'hlng W'3 need for navigational

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procedures in South Africa and has the necessary radios. It seemedto be just what we had been looking for and so decided to go aneadwith the purchase even though our "airplane fund" was only up to4i;3000. Immediately after we negotiated to buy it^ Derry had othermen wanting to purchase it from us. It will be necessary to raise theadditional ^2600 during this year and we are hopeful that VacationBible Schools will respond as they did last summer. New material isbeing prepared and will be available by the first of May. write toFred Crawford if you are interested in helping further with this project. The airplane will be of particularly significant help especially-if the Cape Province plans work out as we hope and pray. We have already used the airplane for one trip to Capetown and we are quiteconfident that besides our African work^ it will prove to be extremelyhelpful*

yours in Christ,Derrence and Donna

Bal. 12-31-65ReceiptsGross on Hand

Paid out

Bal. 12-31-66

FINANCIAL REPORT FOR 1966

Cash on

hand

1,629.1^5114., 036.1313,665.6112,366.693,096.92

AlrpiaheFund ,

1,01^0.002,23^4-.723,27[|..72

20i^.,9ii3.069.78

Living LinkFund

250.379A03.11i9,653-519,601.25

52.26

Auto Outgoing"Fund Travel Fund-0- 339.11

i4.50.OO 1,511.8.27lp50.00 1,687-38873.12 1,887.38

(423-12) -0-

Balance in the Furlough Fund 12-31-66 was 4t>^00.00.

EXPLANATIONS; The 41^204.94 paid from the Airplane fund was the cost ofthe airplane banks and some of the mailing expense. The Smaage familyreceived salary of $5>550.17. Other payments from Living Link included travel in US to recruit funds, mailing expense, etc. The OutgoingTravel Fund was short .'^^263.62 at time of departure and this was madeup from the LL Fund. Bro. Smaage had to purchase an auto in SouthAfrica at a cost of $873-12 and funds were borrowed from the AirplaneFund rather than take a high interest loan. This is being paid backat the rate of $50 per mo. In order to assure travel funds atfurlough time, $50 per month is being set aside. Life insurance,health insurance and rent on their home in S. A. is being paid as afringe benefit, the same as is customary in many churches.

Fred M Crawford, Fwd. Agent

SMAACJE NE?;:SLETTER2L\. Col. CreswellLabiance, Cape, South AfricaMay 11, 196? ' ,

We are now entering our second year of the missibh work in SouthAfrical

Though the first year has been very trying, G-od has blessed ourwork and we can look back on many rewfirding and encouraging experiencesPerhaps the most encouraging aspect of our backward look is a sense ofaccomplishment even though the circumstances at times were very difficult. Through our work for Christ, others have been brought to Him.This, of course, is most important and for those who have been won weare most thankful. The Lord has blessed our family also and we havegrown spiritually. One of the lessons we have learned and are stilllearning is this from Psalm 27;li^j "Viiait on the Lord; Be strong, andlet thy heart take courage; Yea, Wait, I say, on the Lord." Caught upwith the spirit of adventure in coming to the "dark continent" we havebeen too impatient in expecting results. We nave gained much experience this first year. Each new day seems to bring some new lessonto be learned in the work of New Testament missions. As we look forward to our second year, which has already begun, we pray that Godwill give us tne opportunity, ability and strength to bring tne Gospelto those in need of the Savior. Pollowing is a brief outline of ouractivities for the past 12 months.

I. Wynberg--Immediately upon arriving, we were plunged into the workof the European church at Wynberg. This was a part-time arrangementto allow us to carry on African work: as well. We found the work atWynberg did not leave much time for African work. During our 5 fio*at Wynberg there were two baptized into Christ, Sermons both morningand evening on tne Lord's Day, Bible School lessons. Youth lessons,Midweek Bible study and pastoral work.

Also during this time we participated in a Vacation Bible School atKimberly and joint Revival meeting wnich I preached. There wereapproximately ^0 children in the DVBS. Both Donna and I worked withthe YES with tne Mills family in Kimberly. Afternoons were given tocalling and evenings to preaching. Tnere were 3 baptized intoOhris-t during this meeting.

Our African work was very, very limited during this time, nov;ever,X did get a good start on the Xhosa language through special classes at the university of Cape Town and made a few trips with Ero.Gordon Nelson to African churches.

The annual conference of our African churches held atKimberly wasa very enjoyable time and also somwhat trying. It was our firstintroduction to many of tne african t-retnren whom we had come toteach.

Near the end of our 5 month stay at Vjynberg, we received an urgentappeal from Ero. i.A. Gibson to join the work in ..rnana. After quit,serious consideration and correspondence with our churches we feltthat it would be best to continue working in South Africa. Thiswas a very difficult decision for us.

II. Johannesburg— Pollowing the annual conference at Kimberly we decided to m.ove to Johannesburg to see if we could assist the workthere. Our 6 months in the largest city on the African Continentsouth of tne equator were well spent but did not bring us anycloser to the Native work. If you have ever been to Chicago,Milwaukee, St. Louis or similar city, you have a pretty good ideaof what Johannesburg is like. complete with snarling traffic,expressways, sky-scrapers, slum.s. Synagogues, giant cathedrals,race tracks, taverns, super-ir.crkets and a thousand other thingsjust as modern and as up-to-date as we nave ever seen in anyAmerican city of two million people.

Our work in Johannesburg consisted of preaching and teaching atthe Beit Street church. This is a coloured congregation made upof Chinese and Coloureds. Donna and I taught Bible school classesand I did a large share of the preaching wiiich allowed Ero. A1Hamilton to take the Mobile Chapel out on the Lord's Day.

The M;obile chapel is quite a story in itself but I will not dwellon it here. Only enough to say tnat it took quite a bit of timeand labor to outfit it and -^et it ready for use. Installing pews,painting and repairing. The Bus is being put to good use and manyhear the Gospel by this me^ns every Lord's jjay.

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There were I4. additions during the Revival meeting I preached forthe Eeit St. Church. Other Revival meetings were planned in theGospel Tent but only one meeting was given the approval by theS.A. gov't. There were no additions during the meeting but onefamily was contacted and are now being taught by Pro. Hamilton.Vve also participated in a VBS at the Beit St. Church at which therewere I4.O-5O children.

Time was also spent helping with the new European work in Johannesburg. We were able, through God's providence, to loan i(})l,000 tothis congregation in order to help them meet the down-payment ontheir building. Judd Carver, member at V^estwood Christian Churchin Madison Wisconsin, will be interested to know that the trumpethe gave me was instrumental in winning one of the members of thisnew congregation to Christ. His name is Los Gullen, a young manwho played trumpet for the Chipperfield Circus touring here. Imet him in a music store in. Joiivannesburg. . .and to make a longstory short....he was later baptized by Stuart Cook, minister of

_1^e_ Europe_an. church in JpAburg.

Rudi Jaeger, a young Gormeai immigrant, was one of the I4. baptizedin the Beit St. meeting. *Ho has been also very faithful, as has.Les Cullen. Both of these young men need your prayers.

Though I did all the looking. Donna was the one who finally foundthe airplaneL I should have left it up to her in the first place.The purchase of the airplane, made possible by another fine Christian in the U.S.A. marked the end of our sojourn in the "Gold-MineCity". We felt that God was opening the long-closed door of African work for us•

LOOKING TO THE FUTURE

Shortly after purchasing the plane, I made a trip to Capetown withBro. Hamilton for a revival meeting. We became aware of the possibility of extensive African work in the Cape province by using the plane.Being able to concentrate on this full time persuaded us that we shoulddo so.

The African work then, has finally begun on a full-time basis.The plane is now being used to visit the iifrican cnurches scatteredthroughout the Capo Province and into other provinces as well. WhenDonna does not go with me to the ii.frican churcnes she nelps out at theNorthern Suburbs church by teacning a bible Scnool class and also theJunior Youth Iroup. I am keeping busy between trips to cnurches working on correspondence lessons for our iifrican bretnren. BrothersZimmerman, Nelson and I arealso busy witn tne Cape bible Seminary wnicxiis a school to nelp train .-ifrican loaders for tne cnurcn. This work,being only one month old, is in its infancy and we look forward withmuch hope and prayer to its success.

As we begin our second year of service in S.A. we do so with sincereappreciation to all our supporting cnurches and wonderful Christiansin the U.S. who have helped us in bringing the Gospel to those in need.Wc look forward to this year with more self-confidence and renewedassurance that God is leading the way. Viie are conscious of the sacrifices Christians are making to support our work in South africa and wcare most thankful for your concern on our behalf and for the people ofthis country.

Your Mis'^ionaries for Christ,Derrence, Donna, Cheryl 2c Kevin Smaage

South AfricanChristian Mission

7^ y/yt/<.y ^4 '̂Dear Friends:

AIRPLANE FOR SOUTH AFRICAN MISSION

Perhaps you have already seen this caption in the Horizons or Standard.If not, be watching for it to appear very shortly for it is a story in which youhave had a part.

February 7, 1967 was a red-letter day for the mission work in South Africa.It was on this day that after months of searching an airplane was found andpurchased for the work here. The plane is a Cessna-170B, all aluminumaircraft. It has the necessary equipment for instrument flying (a must here),has a newly over-hauled engine with 60 hours, is in good repair, and onesuitable for rough field landings.

The purchase of this airplane would not have been possible if many, manyChristians, boys and girls from Vacation Bible Schools throughout the UnitedStates, and youth groups had not taken an interest in this need for South Africa.Your help has been greatly appreciated and will continue to be so during thecoming years as it is used to help others find Christ.

The airplane will be used for the most part in our African (Bantu) work.Already we have used it to enable us to visit churches long distances fromCapetown. It is needful that we continue to do this; our Bantu brethrenare most pleased to have a missionary visit them, they desire more teachingconcerning the New Testament church. Some churches report that they havenot been visited by a missionary in 10 or 15 years. With the aid of theairplane we hope to remedy this situation as much as possible.

We would like to thank all those who have given so wonderfully towards thisproject. Your confidence in us has renewed our faith to increase our ettortsfor the Lord here in South Africa.

URGENT NEED

Your co-laborers for Christ and His Church,

Derrence, Donna, Cheryl & Kevin SmaageMissionaries to South Africa

he mission airplane was purchased for $ 5600. The sum'of $ 310^~'̂ -3^n handat the time of purchase and a Christian gentleman loaned- 2500 to'̂ e '̂mi'&aionxto complete the purchase. This was borrowed on faith knowing-that Ch-ricj^i^ 1-^friends would rally behind the project. —.TIT .

Your gifts are urgently needed to pay this debt and any contribution you canmake will be greatly appreciated.

Fred Crawford - Fwd. Agent1279 Martha Washington DriveMilwaukee, Wisconsin 53213

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July 1967Dear Friends in Christ,

Though the Mid-East crisis has had no effect upon our work it hasbrought scores of ships diverted from the Suez canal into the harborhere at Capetown. Pual oil has been in such heavy demand here thatlast week the supply at Capetown was exhausted and ships in harbor hadto wait about a day until fresh supplies were brought in via tankerships. Donna and I were in downtown Capetown one day last week as theflood of visitors from diverted ships cnoked the streets of the cityknown as "The Tavern of the Seas". We found it difficult to "navigate"the streets .with Cheryl and Kevin in tow. The children are now out ofschool activities as much as they have. Kevin is in First grade andafter his final exams (mid-year) his teacher told us he would have toimprove in arithmetic and writing I Cheryl is in Second grade and having a far vjorse time with arithmetic than Kevin. During exam week shealso had ^0 spelling words per night to review". So you can see thatMom and Dad also are thankful for .the academic "cease-fire" now ineffect for 3 weeks I

The Polo Road church (European) took advantage of the holiday tohold a one-week revival meeting here. .x\ll of the missionaries heretook part. There were 3 baptisms, but'wo're not quite sure about oneof themI We haven't seen hide nor nair of him since he was baptized II guess we could not have expected too much, as he didn't hear much ofthe sermon anyway. In ne walked Tuesday night andj just happened tobe the preacher that night. Well, he gave everyone quite a start ashe walked up on the platform and started nosing around. Since I wasalmost finished preaching I decided to ignore him. He didn't look likehe meant any harm. Well, he walked around behind my back as I waspreaching, stuck his nose through the baptristry curtains, and SPLASH Iin he went, fur coat and allI Boy, I stopped preaching right there II turned around to get him out before he drowned but he didn't needany help. He was up and out of the baptistry, wild-eyed and soakingwet, up the aisle and out of the church in two seconds flat'. I thoughtto myself "Boy oh Boy I, if all our 'Converts' would move tnat fastafter they've been baptized'I" There wasn't much use to go one preaching then as the whole congregation was broken up. Gordon Nelson bustedout laughing and I think everyone else did tool All I could say was"Well, he's been baptizedl". I have to admit I had an awful hard timekeeping a straight face through the invitation hymn and everyone elsedid too". Gordon thought he had drowned because he actually got out ofthere so fast that Gordon didn't see him gol I believe that was thefirst time that furry little fellow was ever inside a church and I amquite sure it will be his last time as welll And you know, he neversaid so much as "thank- you" or "goodbye". I didn't even hear him."meow". The rest of us were pretty much speechless as well. It wasthe first tim.e we had ever seen a cat baptizedl

In all seriousness, the meeting was a very good meeting. We weresorry about the cat. He ruined a good sermon but he didn't ruin themeeting. Jummy Nelson, Gordon Nelson's youngest son was baptized andalso a young lady from the Northern Suburbs Church whore Bro. Nelsonpreaches was baptized. There were others who wore touched by the meeting and many new contacts made. bro. John Fulford ministers at PoloRoad and was well satisfied with the results. He had worked particularly hard on this meeting and we were glad to have a part in it. Therewere those present in whom we have been particularly interested for thecause of Christ. They witnessed the curious cat incident and laughedwith us. I believe they wore favourably impressed by our ability to.

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see that which was truly humorous and recognized it as such, and alsoour handling of a very difficult situation. I believe they will comeback again, not because of the cat, but because of the sermons theyheard.

Brother Zimmerman and I have been busy sith the African work andhave been visiting o^ African brethren. lAle made a 110 mile trip toLaingsburg about three weeks ago to visit the work thereand preach.There were only about 9 women and 3 men there to hear the sermons, behad hoped for a better response but believe that tnose that heard themessages were helped greatly by the encouragement of the Gospel.Following our trip to Laingsburg, Ero. Al and I visited MacGregor forpreaching and teaching. Three churches were represented here and atotal of about 30 showed up for the clinic. I think we preached about5 sermons and lessons altogether that day. Mdladlana, our interpreter-^ea^hed 2- and—Al—and I accounted for another- 3- - Due-^to .their depend-_ence upon the annual conference, the people are somewhat slow to acceptteaching concerning an indigenous self-supporting church * We do believiour clinic at Robertson, however, was well wortn-wnile.

Bro. Zimmerman returned to Laingsburg again. I was supposed to gowith him but came down with a bad cold. I scheduled a trip to Upingtonwhich is about 400 miles North of Cape Town. I was to preach there .Sunday morning and then at Prieska, another 100. miles from Upingtonto the South-East in the afternoon. I had to cancel this trip, however, as my cold grew worse and the doctor ordered me to stay in bedfor 3 days. I got up too soon.....and bangl I got sicker so had togo to bed for another 3 days I We've been trying to- catch up on correspondence. I am OK now but still taking pills for cold that make mesleepy. Bro. Mdladlana is coming out to see me this Saturday so wecan plan our trip for Upington and Prieeka again. The minister atPrieska, Sango, wro.te to tell me he was sorry that I was sick anddisappointed.we didn't come as planned but hopes that we will be ableto come as soon as I am well, I have never met Sango, so I am lookingforward to going there. Upington has^not been visited in a long time,so they are anxious for us to come.

The airplane has been rather inactive while I've b^een sick as I'mthe only one who knows how to fly it-, .^e'll be flying it to Upington .and Prieska as soon as I'm off the pills, that make me sleepy.

Several churches have written to Fred Crawford, our forwardingagent, for this year's VES material concerning our work nere. If youare interested in this please write to Ero. Crawford. We do nave 7sets that Fred is scheduling for churches this Summer. Sacn set contains 10 lessons, and accompanying material for the mission part ofyour VBS. The VBS offerings are being used to pay for the airplane.At the present time we still owe about ^2300.on the plane. The airplane is a great time-saver and we can operate it for about 8-10 centsper mile which is pretty good and represents a saving over what itcosts to operate a car nere. Even so, we are somewhat limited on thetrips we can make due to finances. Extra gifts from individuals.orchurches at this time for operating expenses are needed iquite badlyand would be put to good use. If you can help wo would greatly appreciate itl

Our annual conference is being planned now for this coming October.. IjL-^ill bo he Id at Craddock here in the Cape Province but wi 11 s tillbe a goodTways for us to go to get there," The churches sa-^ money aXTyear to pay for their delegates' expenses to the conference. The Conference generally is a good tonic for the Africans as they hoar manysermons from both missionaries and native ministers and have the opportunity to renew acquaintances. The fellowship is good also and thosethat get to attend really look forward to it. We ..are-hoping at theconference to enroll more students in the Correspondence lessons we arepreparing now. We already have some students but realize the necessityof teaching many more than those presently enrolled. We will keep youinformed as to the progress of these lessons as we approach the annualconference time.

Once again, we want to thank everyone for you support and prayers.We thank God for you all and your earnest desire to help. We are allwell and so are all our co-workers here. Please remember tnem in yourprayers. May God bless you all.

24 Colonel Creswell Ave.Labiance, EellvilleCape, South Africa.

Your co-laborers for ChristDerry, Donna, Cheryl and

Kovin.Smaage