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ALBAUGKS MOVE

E PLee and Cheryl Albaugh have moved ^to ^I Ca new work in Mbala, Kay Ways, ^

a missionary co-worker in Ndola, explained

the move and gave some background infor

mation in her October newsletter.

I."Lee and Cheryl now live in Mbala^in

the Northern Province, almost to the|

Tanzanian border. Mbala is a small fo^-mI

of about 18,00n. ... '

"There is not much evangelical work

being done in the Northern Province.| The

nearest work is 200 miles south in 'I

Kasama, where the Larry Niemeyers, Bob

Weavers, and Tom Ports all work. Buf

stretching 500 miles east to the Malawi

border and 300 miles west there is no otherI

work that we know of at all. Lee has gone

through some of the area on his motorcycle

and reports that there are long strefches

where there are villages where no one

has apparently ever vjorked and no churches

exist. 'I

"Lee and Cheryl feel greatly the respon

sibility of evangelizing in this area.

They are interested in planting churches

and working among the people who speak

only the local language. But they also

feel a burden for the English-speaking

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people because there are no servicesL

conducted in the town in English.T

recently came to Ndola to consult wiI

some officiais in the Anglican churchI

about the possibility of buying an urlusedI

building of theirs in >lbala which coiildI

be used for English services.

"Then there is much work to be doAe in

the villages around Ifbala. One persdnI

could have an effective ministry in theI

Ifishing villages surrounding Lake

Tanganyika.

"The officials of the secondary sihoolI

in Ifbala asked Lee to heln them by 'I

teaching some Bible classes this tenHI

because there is a critical shortage'oft

teachers. Since the people who have'I

formerly taught classes are leaving toala,I

Lee knows that a person could have a'full-I

time ministry teaching Bible classes'inI

the schools. 'I

"It is exciting to talk to Lee anBI

Chervl as thev become more and more 't

involved in the work in the ^-Tbala arha andI

to share in the vision thev have for'

reaching people in the Northern ProvinceI

for the Lord."I

The Albaughs* new address is PO Bbx

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.TOR HORIZONS 722 11/1/77 TITLE: ZAMBIA

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E P290, Mbala, Zambia, Africa. Their f<jn7ardi^2

address, also new, is Zambia Christi^E

Mission, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Budke, Route

1, Box 888, Beaverton, OR 97005.

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FORWARDING AGENTSMr. and Mrs. Russell MorganJohnson Bible CollegeKimberlin Heights StationKnoxville, Tennessee 37920

FIELD ADDRESSKathryn WattsP. 0. Box 873Ndola, Zambia, Africa

VOLUME 5water to a thirsty soul, so>is good news from a fc

OCTOBER, 1977cr country. Proverbs 26:25

NUMBER 2

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I know that I have told you before that one of the joys of my lifeis the young people's group at the Kawama Church of Christ.Their growth in Jesus over the past three years is a realencouragement to me. Four of them have formed a quartet andthey travel to other churches and share in music what the Lordmeans to them.

As a part of our regular Sunday program, we memorize Bibleverses and the boys have often told me that their favorite verse isPhilippians 4:6. I also try to encourage them to share what God isdoing in their lives and we often begin on a Sunday"afternoon justwith a time of sharing.

When I asked the boys oneSunday if any of them had anythingto praise the Lord for, Philip Nzamby immediately jumped upand said he wanted to praise God for his "broken" shoe. Then hewent on to relate that he and another youth club member. WilliamKatontoka, had been on their way to school when his shoe fellapart. He said, "Now what am I going to do? How can I go toschool now?"

William immediately replied, "Don't worry about anything;instead pray about everything. Tell God your needs and don'tforget to thank Him for His answers" (Philippians 4:6, LivingBible).

Nzamby, as his friends call him, then said, "How can I notworry? How can I be thankful when I have no shoes for school?"But he decided to trust the Lord, pray and be thankful.

Then about two weeks later he received fifty ngwee (aboutseventy cents) he was not expecting and he was able to have hisshoe repaired. Sohe wanted to praise Godfor his broken shoe andthe lesson he learned from it-that God really cares about himpersonally.

As I looked at Nzamby and I saw the sad state his shoes werestill in and even wondered how much longer they could holdtogether, I was touched by the example of this young man whomight be poor in this world's treasures but is certainly richtoward God.

Nzamby and William look at the "broken" shoe.

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One day in June, Cecil and Betty Byrd, Benjamin and Miriam,and I went to Ndola airport to welcome Denver and HelenSizemore who had arrived in Zambia about a week earlier andhad been visiting with the Lusaka missionaries for a week. I hadnever met the Sizemores and Cecil and Betty thought they hadmet Denver once-so we were hoping that we would recognizethem when they got off the plane. And we did recognize them atonce; they were the only ones who got off the plane with friendlysmiles on their faces!

Mr. and Mrs. Denver Sizemore-^recent visitors to Zambia.

It was so good to have someone from home here and theSizemores encouraged us by being so interested in everythingthat we did. They were busy from early in the morning until latein the evening. They visited villages in the day time or Denvertaught men's classes while Helen taught the women. In theevening Denver preached at one of the churches and one day hepreached at the funeral service of a young child who had diedsuddenly. Cecil and Denver went to the house after the serviceone evening to talk to the parents (although they did not spend allnight there singing and praying as many of the Christians weredoing).

One morning the Sizemores went to school with me. I'll have toadmit that I was more than a little nervous. Although most ofthestudents are normally fairly well behaved and I love workingwith them, for some reason I had visions of riots in my head. But Iwas proud of them. They stood up when we came in and there wasabsolute silence in the room. Then two boys came forward withchairs and dusted them off. Mr. and Mrs. Sizemore told abouttheir work with Atlanta Christian College and with theintegrated church they serve. Then we allowed the students atime for questions and the questions (mostly about the Bible) keptcoming so that we were generally a little late for the next class.When the siren sounded after our third class, the students stoodand remained by their chairs until after we had left the room.Since I don't receive that kind of treatment very often, I decidedthat perhaps I should take visitors to class more often!

All too quickly the time came for our friends to leave and theywent on to spend time with the Brants in Kitwe and then on to theNorthern Province for a few days.

Then during the first few days of July, the whole missionfamily gathered at one of our favorite meeting places, Mkushi,about a three hour drive from Ndola. Mkushi is not a very largeplace and there is nothing very spectacular about it, but there is afarm there with a large house where missionaries are madewelcome when they are seeking a place of quiet. Brother Denverspoke each morning from the book ofRomans and Helen spoke tothe women later in the morning while the men had their businessmeetings. In the evenings, after an afternoon spentin volleyball,resting and just sharing together, we met for a sharing time-apraising time-and a time to listen to God's Word. Our Sundaymorning service concluded with a prayer circle in which each ofus prayed for the family beside us and for the work to which Godhad called them. When we left Sunday afternoon, it was with afeeling of having been refreshed and blessed by being there andwith a sense of thankfulness in being a part of God's family inZambia.

Now the Sizemores are back in the States busy in another yearof school and their ministry with the church, but we are all sograteful that God blessed our lives through their ministry to us.

cz/f c::Neuj LnWhen Larry and Judy Niemeyer wenton furlough in 1975, Lee

and Cheryl Albaugh came to take over their work for six months.At the end of that time Lee and Cheryl felt the Lord calling them

to serve here and after returning home for a year to raise fullsupport, they returned to Zambia in October of 1976. They spenttheir first four months back in school learning to speak the Bembalanguage, the main language in the Northern Province.

Lee and Cheryl now live in Mbala in the Northern Provincealmost to the Tanzanian border. Mbala is a small town of about18,000. Thoy-can go most all of the way there on paved roadsexcept for the last 200 miles. Sometimes we think we have a lot ofshortages confronting us on the Copperbelt, but it does not reallycompare to Mbala where they almost never have meat, milk,eggs, chickens, flour, gasoline, and many other things whichmost of us consider essential. Lee also laments the fact that thenearest hardware store is 200 miles aiitay.

There is not much evangelical work being done in the NorthernProvince. The nearest work to Mbala is 200 miles south inKasama where the Larry Niemeyers, Bob Weavers, and TomForts all work. But stretching 500 miles east to the Malawi borderand 300 miles west there is no other work that we know of at all.Lee has gone through some of the area on his motorcycle andreports that there are long, long stretches where there are villageswhere no one has apparently ever worked and no churchesexisting.

Lee and Cheryl feel greatly the responsibility of evangelizingin this area. They are interested in planting churches andworking among the people who speak only the local language.But they also feel a burden for the English-speaking peoplebecause there are no services conducted in the town in English.Lee recently came to Ndola to consult with some officials in theAnglican church about the possibility of buying an unusedbuilding of theirs in Mbala which could be used for Englishservices.

Then there is"much work to be done in the villages aroundMbalatftttd they feel that one person could have an effectiveministry in the fishing villages that surround Lake Tanganyika-but Lee says that person would have to have a high tolerance toheat!

The officials of the secondary school in Mbala asked Lee to helpthem by teaching some Bible classes this term because there is acritical shortage of teachers. Since the people who have formerlytaught classes are leaving Mbala, Lee knows that a person couldhave a full time ministry teaching Bible classes in the schools.

It is exciting to talk to Lee and Cheryl as they become more andmore involved in the work in the Mbala area and to share in thevision they have for reaching people in the Northern Province forthe Lord.

Lee Albaugh loads supplies in his Toyoto van on trip to Ndola.

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The Ndola churches have regularly held a conference the pastseveral years in July but this year that meeting was postponeduntil September. The site selected was at the new church inMushili village several miles from Ndola. Guest speakers were

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Some of the adults at the conference with literature theyreceived.

invited and I was especially pleased to have Dean and JudyDavis come and stay with me when they were not at the meetings.

All of the sessions were held outside in a shelter made ofburlapbags stretched over poles. But there was no shelter from the suncoming down and all of the white women found our skin gettingmore and more burned. I decided that I much preferred tocoldness in July to the heat in September. On Sunday morning asDean was preaching, he quoted the verse from I Corinthians 13,"And though I give my body to be burned ..." Judy looked overand asked me if I felt like I had done that very thing.

In previous years each church had taken a turn preparing ameal for the whole group but everyone found difficulties in tryingto prepare nshima in such large quantities. So this year eachchurch prepared their own meals separately and it seemed to takeless time and be more satisfactory. I walked around and could seesome eating dried fish with nshima, some brown beans and somevegetables.

The Woodlawn Christian Church in Knoxville had sent mesome of their extra church papers and I had previously givencopies to the young people with whom I work regularly, but I stillhad surplus copies so I took them to the conference and explainedto one of the leaders what they were and that I had thought someof the other children might enjoy them. They were gratefullyreceived, but then I noted that far more adults than young peoplewere to be seen reading them.

I think the greatest blessing of the Conference this year wasthat people were moved to confess wrongs and to repent ofattitudes and theJaealinglove-ofJeaus was able to flow from ona.to another.

Gary and Meta Burlington had a first aid kit—and werequickly appointed conference doctors.