baird robert dawn 1998 tanzania
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T
LION S
See
ihe
Lion ol (he tribe of Judah . . . has triumphed
April
998
i
IN
AFR
OLD
FR IENDS
Mike
and
TracyWalton are
very dear friends
and fellow work
e r s
f rom ou r
years in Zaire
the
Congo .
M ike bu il t
th e
church
and
mis
s ion
home
in
Bafwasendeand
Tracy, an RN,
t ook
c a r e of
many
medical
needs.
They
are
now
living in
Centralia,
Illinois
where
Mikecontinues in
the
building trade
and
Trac
works as a surgical nurse. Their famiiy, includin
three children, Andrew, David,
and
Katy, worship a
the Greenview Christian Chu rc h wher e Mike is a
elder
We
are very happy to
announce
that Tracy
going to
be
our Publicity
Agent
for this next term.
S
what kid of a job is that? She willbe responsible fo
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keeping you informed of what is going on with
our life and work in
Masasi .
That m e a n s
that
we
w
keep her up to
date
with E-Mail reports,
phone calls, and a supply of current photos to
share with you. Ifyou want to know
something
about
our
work, or your church needs
recent
information about us for a special program,
you
would
contact
Tracy.
Her
address
is: Tracy Walton
4 2 4
A n d e r s o n
Centralia,
IL
62801
6 1 8 5 3 2 6 7 5 0
Her E-Mai l a d d r e s s
is:
J a m b o
midwest.net. Please pray for Tracy as
she
takes on this responsibility,
and
be sure to
take advantage of her position
Our
Fonwarding Agent,
as
you
remember.
Is Lynn Kohlhagen. Please continue to send
all support and gifts through her. you have
a question and
aren t
sure who to call, please
call either Agent and they w be glad to help
-you.
This can t
be June already?
Right
next
to my
computer
is a priority mail
envelope
that
contains two t icke ts for Dar e s Salaam. W e
are scheduled to leave
on
J u n e
6th
from
O Hare Airport, on British Air. With
an
11 -hour
layover
in
England,
we have chosen to take a
day room in a hotel and try to
get
some
sle
When
you don't
have
a
teenager
along
w
wants
to
see the Rock Museum,
It
makes
t
decision much ea si er .
W e will arrive in
Dar
S a l a a m on
J u n e
8th
a t
which t ime w e will
making the flight
arrangements
for our trip
Mtwara
and there,
we willbe met with a vehi
for ourfinal leg of
the
trip. Are you worn out
reading this?
We
should be arriving ho
around the 12th. Nothing
happens
quickly
Africa.
No
it s
not
June,
but April is histo
This
is strange We
are
writing this
at the
e
of March, but you won't
be
getting it until
end of April,so Ihave to write about the fut
in the past tense??? Anyway, at Linc
Christian
College every
year
they
havea
W
of Evangelism;
everyone
has to
get
invol
as
it is part of
the
curriculum. Because of
work of report ing to churches while home
furlough. Dawn
was
not required to do W
of E, bu t
she was specifically
asked
by
friends.
Bill
and Jane Sears , to go
Chamaquero, Mexico.
The Sears have
b
taking
people
down to Mexicoon MissionT
for years --17
w
be going on their trip
time.
This year,
since
they
are
going to
leading a VBS program at a new church the
they asked Dawn to be the Missionary for
VBS. She is thrilled at the idea of tel
children in Mexico about children in Africa
Here
in the States,
also
in April, we wil
sharing the
leadership
of a Sunday
Sch
C l a s s a t t h e Jefferson S t r e e t Chris t ian Chu
The
classes
are designed
to
increase
c h u r c h s m i s s i o n s a w a r e n e s s .
TAH DAN We
are
still in April,
but
n e e d e d a bit of fan f a r e for t h i s
n e xt o n e.
those of you who have not heard, all two
you, our daughter, Rachel Shew, is goin
have our first grandchild in
May
around
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19th. InAprilDawn
and
Elizabeth
are
hosting
a
baby shower
for
Baby Shew.
Glorious May Mark your calendars
May 19th, on or before, the
Shew baby w
present himself to his orherGrandparentsand
they willtry to pack in all
the
hugs
and
kisses
they
can for
the next
two
weeks . When we see
Baby
Shew
again
she
or he
w
be
walkingand
talking.
The less
exciting part of May is
that
Dawn
will be having her finals from May
18
to
the
nd
June and
the
empty nest syndrome.
We
have reversed the empty
nest
syndrome
by having
the parents leave
the nest while
leaving
the
kids behind.
Joshua
is currently
working at a hog farm called
Pork
Place.
Although he likes
the
job
and the people
he
worksfor
and
with, he
w
probably
have
to find
something that
pays
more. He
w
be living
he re in ou r house in Lincoln.
Elizabeth
w
be
living with Mark
and
Rachel.
While
she
is quite
pleased
with this
arrangement,
she
is ecstatic at
the
idea of
living with
her
new
niece
or nephew. Becom
ing
an
Auntie is definitely going to
be
a high
point In Elizabeth s life.
New s
From
th e
T e am
In
M asa s i Even t s
continue
to
be
exciting for
the
work in
Tanza
nia. Ourfriends
at
Tukae Wote really
want
to
start theirown
worship,
but seem
to
be bogged
down.
Roger
Lieb, our
teammate
in Masasi,
told us in a
phone conversation
he
thought
it
might
take
getting me
back
with
them
for it to
happen.
Meanwhile,
the
team
has
decided
to
start
regular worship service at
Nyasa,
this is
the area of Masasi in which we live), in 10
weeks.
AtMsikala,
where
JeffWhytsell works,
the men are
taking more responsibilities in
teaching
and
leadership. Since
we have
been
gone there have
been many requests
for
Team
to start new classes in the surround
area. But
they
were
unable
to
do
that beca
of already having a full work load.
One
m
named Amandusi, from a very smal l to
called Lukuledi,
asked Roger
to
come
to
home
and
begin a Bible study. When Ro
told him
that
was
not possible, Amand
started
coming
to
Roger s
classes and tak
the material home to teach at Lukuledi. By
time you
get
this letter,
there w have been
baptisms
there,
and
Amandusi
is leading
classes, a
Wednesday
prayer time
and S
day Worship. This
group
is
also
planning
building a
place
to worship.
God s w
is be
accomplished
despite our human limitati
Our
new
family, Richard
and Shan
Nevels
a
doctor
and
nurse
respectively),
be
finishing up their Swahili
language stud
around the en d
of
June; we
should arriv
Masasi
aboutthe
same time.
For nowthey
be
living with
Jeff
and Lois Whytsell. Nei
family
has
children, and Roger and Tr
should
be moving out of our house
soon
t he ir own
is a lmos t
f inished. Our
house
been
completed.
We only have to have fu
ture, closets, shelves and cabinets ma
Roger reported
to us
that
this
last
year
th
was a MONSTER RAINY SEASON,
an d
back porch did not fare too well. Infact, it
unusable because of all the rain coming
The solution
to that problem is louvered w
dows which Roger is going to buy for us in
when he goes to help
the
Nevels receive t
container this contains their living and w
related necessities).
Getting Our
Giaa
Bytes
We wer
need
of a computer in
Masasi,
and
thought tha t we would have
to
buy
one
h
and
take
it
over.
God had a better
p
Missionary
Aviation
Fellowship was abl
purchase a large amount of computers
were already
in Tanzania,
and we
were a
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to purchase one of those.
Thank
you,
Lord.
Did
You Know? S in ce w e h a ve
been
home we have been
raising
funds
to
purchase
a
Toyota
Land
Crui se r
fo r
ou r
work
in
Tanzan ia .
I
have
been
mailing out letters monthly
showingourgoal and
where
we
were
in reaching that, but have never in
cluded this project in TheLion s Line.
So, if you did not know, we are
raising 30,000 for a Toyota Land
Cruiserwhichwill
be shipped
toTan-
zania from Japan. We
have
re
ceived
18,644.14
to date which
l eaves us a balance of
11,355.86
to r ais e b ef or e
June
6th. Please
prayforthe completion of this project.
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PRAYER REQUESTS
1.
Safe
travel
to
Tanzania -
June 6th and
on.
2. God s provisions for our children remaini
America.
3. Our adjustment to leaving all children
and
a
grandchild behind.
4. Praise God for the rich harvest
in
and a
Masas i .
5. Spiritual protection for
the
new Christian
wisdom for Bob and Dawn (and all of our
tea
we plan and teach and bring more
people
Lord.
6. Specifically, Bob, as he helps
the
Tukae
build theirchurch, and Dawn, as she begins
t
ing English.
7.
The Toyota
Project.
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TH LIOH S
See
the
Lion of
the
tribe of
Judah. . . has
triumphed
No v em b e r 9 9
IN
AFR I
The Church Worships
Those who
accepted
his
message were
baptized
and abou t th ree thousand
were
added to thei rnumber tha
day. They devoted themselves to the apostles teachin
and to the fellowship, to the
breaking
of
bread
and t
prayer. Acts 2:41-42
What an explosion The disciples, 120
one
minute
became the
Church
of 3,000+
the
next minute. We
knowthatthey had
house
meetings,
we know
they
were
learning, they were praying, and they had communion
We do not have a specific record of them worshiping, o
how
they
did it. Some historians think
that
soon afte
this eventthe Christians started having their worship on
the first day of the
week,
but many still attended
Synagogue services on Saturday then their Christian
worship service on Sunday. We get
the
idea that praye
was an important part of this, as were lessons from the
Apostles, prophecy, and giving. But what about how
they
conducted
their worship?
The way
we think
about
this is undoubtedly deter
mined by our own
experience
in worship. Thes
people,
at
this time, were all of a Jewish background
So
I assume that
the
early
worship service probabl
followed what they were use to from
the
Synagogue
with the addition of what
Jesus
had fulfilled.
They
buil
on
the
foundation that had
already
been laid.
Dawn
and
I have a foundation of worship from ou
experience both inleadingworship servicesand partici
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patinginthem. We have
shared
with
many
of
you at
your
Churches in your worship. So
obviously, we know how a wor
ship
service
should be laid out.
We
have
built up an opinion, or
idea, on the foundation that has
been
laid
in our
lives.
When the
people at
Tukae
Wote sa id that
they
wanted to
start worshiping together,
we
were
thrilled. This was ano the r
step in
th e
direction that
we
were hoping they would go. A
step
toward
the autonomous
Church.
They chose two men
who were
to be the worship
leaders, not elders because
they
were
not ready for that, but
men
to help us
coordinate our worship.
Just to remind you of some of the back
ground here, all of these people
came
out of
an
AnglicanChurch background. Eusticeand Lukas,
who.were
chosen to
lead
our worship, were both
teachers in the Anglican Church and in fact,
when th e Priest was not there Eustice lead the
service. The
foundation for
their
worship was
that which they had learned in the Anglican
Church. High liturgy
and
everything written
out
for
the year
in a book.
So This was a time
when
Ihad to step on
th e
brakes really hard. Not to stop them from what
they
were
doing, but to
stop
me from opening my
mouth. They were asking me
about
what wor
ship book they were going to
use, and
I kept
talking about the freedom we have in Christ. 1
said if they wanted a worship book they would
have to write their own, so they did 1wanted to
say o o o Let's be spontaneous, let's let
the Spirit move among us, let's followthe form of
worship
I
am
use
to.
Whoops
Eustice
and Lukas' first ac t as worship lead
ers was to write up an order of worship. That
meant writing upevery word to be spoken during
the
course
of
the service,
except for the opening
and closing prayer and the actual
message
itself.
For our first few worship services the
leader
The
r ee hurch
said his part
and
we said
ours,
after
that
began
singing it.
Oh,
Boy
I was not
the
only one uncomfortable
this. My fellow missionaries felt the same
Worshipers intheotherchurchesthathavesp
up
out
of our
Team s
Bible
studies
aren t d
this. But, of course,
those o ther people d
have the same
background
as the
people
Tukae Wote. As I was
pondering
this I
st
thinking about what the worship service
wa
in Jerusalem in
those
early days? With al
Jewish
background
What
about
the
wo
services
in Corinth
or
Philippi? What would
have
been use
to?
Or were
they
starting wi
any preferences at all? What would those
Christians think of my idea of the right kin
worship
service?
Between Eus ti ce , Lukas ,
and
I
we
decided
that
we
will
change our
liturgy
regular basis,
and
have already
done
that
since worship began at Tukae Wote in Au
The
three
of us are also sharing the preac
responsibilities
and
we
have
chosen
to
pr
through
the
book of Matthew. As
afurther
si
progress the
Church
will soon
begin a stud
the qualifications and responsibilities of El
They also recently made
the
decision to
some
of their offerings to help one of
our y
men
to get his
school records so
he can ap
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the
University in
Dar es Salaam.
The Holy Spirit is moving in His Church in
Tukae
Wote,
at
His
speed
Dawn
and
I
are
so
grateful that we have been able to be here with
these people during this time. We believe that
God is pleased with the worship of
the
Christians
from Tukae Wote inwhatever manner they chose
to do
it.
T S O L
Teach i ng
Eng l i sh
t o
Spesikers o f
O t h e r Languag e s
This ismy leftnose, Zachariah said. Barely
controlling
the
urge to iaugh, I answered, But
Zachariah, you have only one nose. He had
responded to my question, What is this? asked
while pointingto myown nose. Imay
as
wellhave
laughed, because all of Zachariah's
classmates
did They are learning language from me, but i,
too, am learning. With these classes a window
has been opened for me into
Tanzanian
culture.
This I h ave l ea rn ed well ~ in a class room si tua
tion, these
people
w ll laugh at any mistake, bigor
small, vocabulary, pronunciationoranything else.
They
are
not laughing to ridicule. Rather, they
are merely entertaining one another. With no
movie
theaters, few books,
no TVA/CR,
or
video
games,
they find their fun in people, in
each
other. A
nice
way to
be
I think.
awnha r d a t work o n TESOL
l e s sons
They
are
serious, though, about learnin
wishyou could have
seen
them
as
they dige
the irregularities ofEnglish plurals through le
ingabout bodyparts. For instance,when Itau
them arm/arms and
hand/hands,
that
wa
too difficult. Simple really, just add an s to
end of the wo rd. But
when
we went to foot/
and tooth/teeth, itwas allvery confusing. E
cially to a Swahili
speaker
whose plurals
formed at the beginning of words such
chungwa{oranQe)/machungwa{oranges),
kaitu {shoe)/viaiu (shoes). God is blessin
altogether with knowledge, friendship, and
Preach ing
Semina
Now here
is one
of those
situations
w
you
have
to
repeat
yourself
and
it is not
bec
you forgot orthatyou are getting old, but bec
you are in Africa. We did an e-mail
and
l
mailing through Tracy Walton, you got that
in that letter/e-mail w e talked about
the
Pre
ing Seminar. Well now,
because
of the del
taking pictures and sending the
lm
your wa
get
them developed
and
then getting
the
pict
back
here so w e can chose the ones w e wan
our newsletter, we finally have pictures o
Seminar. I'm breathing a bit heavy after all
so
let 's
s low d own
So
here is a picture of yours truly teachin
Bob
teaching preaching.
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