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Berrence 8< Donna SmaageP.O. Box 178Lincoln, Illinois 62656(furlough address)

Fred Crawford, Fwd, Agenti .— —p —p I— I—\ P.O. Box 2if! U I r \ Columbia, Mo, 65201

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Sept. 15,

Dear F3?^ends in Christ,!/

Greetings in the name ojCTr "Sav-iouiuJesus Christ,

This^-s^S3^e^te--ti,me^ for-_o_ur family and we are.^xious to sharevd-tt yoi^Ct '̂e news ttfajt we will be^.returning to Africa this comingJ^uary "tWe'̂ TO"to leave Chicago-O'Hare fiel^Jan,\ 7).« manypf you already know we have had quite a time doming ^o this decis-/ion. We are glad that we have finally made the decision to return

/and to continue our work for the Lord in South Africa, \The v/hole^family is now starting to get excited about returning ai^xwe are"\^lanning, preparing and...yes praying for God's help and guS^d^e

aW for the necessary support both in travel funds and in^.the very I^necb^ssiry monthly l^iving-link support, /

have, always felt that if God wanted us on the/

mission field, He would :^ovide for our needs. Eight years ixp/Africa have proved this "jfrO be the case. God has always proddedfor our needs and we are^^^re He will continue to do so o;fst aslong as we are faithful toXthe Word and to the ministry/^iven to

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us. We do, however, have a ^^ot to do in the next sixteen weeksbefore Jan. 7. Our travel ci^sts for our family of six ^11 cometo over 115,000 dollars! Thati's a lot of money and Fred tells mewe're about f4,999 dollars ^ort in our travel fund., .soj you cansee we are going to need your help along vath your prayets. The

- Scripture that I am thinMn^about right now is Rom^s 10:15,"And how shall they preach, e/cept they be sent?" (. We are more

//than vailing to go and preach and teach tbe^Wo^d ok God but we(^can't send ourselves. So we ai^ r^ajJ:^""dependAnft upon you if we

are to carry out this ministry rqr^Christ, Gif^s from churches,Bible classes, youth groups and individuals are needed. If you

can send something to Fred,,,now i\^t^a.>ii!iel Checks should bemade out to African Mission Evangelism and sent to our Forwarding

Agent Fred Crawford (address above), (They are tax deductible)j We will also be needing additional monthly pledged support so I//would like to ask that you would pray with me that God will makeI.-the way possible through churches that will provide this support.

My schedule is pretty well open now and I would be glad to

present our mission work to interested churches. Write to me at

our Lincoln address or if you are needing a program real soon you

can telephone me, , Area code. 21 7=r755~l^37. I would be happy to

come to share the South African work with you. We v;ould very much

/ like to be a part of your mission program of yg^ur congregation inyour ministry in Africa,

The following Is a letter just received from BrotherRoland Joseph, one of our Coloured ministers working in South Africa.Brother Joseph and I have worked together in many evangelistic andteaching meetings in South Africa, While v/e were in South Africathis last term we helped Roland and Charlotte move from Kimberley

to Eldorado Park, a Coloured new suburb of Johannesbbrg, Rolandhas started a church in his home there and is doing a very good workon a very, very limited budget. We hope to be able to encourageour U.S. churches to help this small but growing congregation throughyour prayers. Perhaps one or two U.S. churches could take on thismission project of helping this group of brothers and sisters inChrist to get their church building started there in Eldorado Perk,Here is Roland's letter.

Dear Mr 8c Mrs Srnaage,

Greetings to you in the wonderful name of JesusChrist. V/e were so thrilled to hear the nevjs that youwere coming back to S, Africa, It is really wonderfulnews. You are needed here a great deal. We are busyfor our Lord as always and are glad to be able to tellyou we just won a young couple to Christ who will bebaptized on Saturday afternoon at Z P.M. at CraighallPark church.

This yoiJtig couple was brought to Christ through filmstrip lessons^, "The Visualized Bible Study Series" whichwe were given by bro, Stuart Cook, V/e were able to buya small film strip and slide projector and borrowed acasette tape player from a friend and have been busy forthe Lord teaching families with these lessons for thelast 6 weeks. We have been in a different home everynight of the week and we are praying for more decisionssoon. V/e plant the good seed in the hearts of peopleand now we feel the Holy Spirit will complete the task.

V/e have planned an evangelistic meeting for 27th Sept.to 2nd Oct. 197/t- and a vacation Bible School during theday. V/e are praying for a great revival and winning ofmany souls to Christ. We ask for your special requestof prayer for this meeting and also for the prayers ofall churches and Christians you can contact.

V/e also have a good chance of receiving a church sitefrom the City council. (Editors note: The sites are allocated free to responsible church groups on the conditionthat construction of a church house is begun v/ithin one:yoar of alT o<'Ati nn,r)I.S) Mr. John Kannemeyer contactedthem niid they had one site which they had not allocatedto anyone yet and I had to give him some information aboutour group in Eldorado Park and when we intended to build.I steppol out in faith and said we v/ould be ready in ayear's time, I hope you will still have time to help uswith this project.

We pray God's speed and blessings on your return. Welooking forv/ard to seeing you soon because we miss you

all iP much, Christian love and blessings.

Yours for Christ,

signed, Roland S< Charlotte & children

I am planning personally to do everything I can to help the(mulatto) work in Eldorado Park. Roland is also working

with Coloured groups in other areas of Johannesburg. Presentlywe do not have a single church building for our Coloured brethrenin all of Johannesburg. Eldorado Park will be the first. I reallybelieve we need to support these brothers and Sisters in Christ withour prayers. Some financial assistancein helping this new congregation to get started on their meeting house would be a great blessing to them just nov/. I know that Roland's house is over—flowingnow on the Lord's Day, If we can help them get started, they cantake it^the rest of the way by themselves. If you are interestedin helping in this mission project, let me know.

ThlE KING IS COMING 2