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Mrs.
Jamjam, Mrs. Ncayiyane an d
Mrs.
Stanley
chat durinfi the
annual banquet at
Uinzumbe Bible Institute. Mrs. Ncayiyane
has been
hired
to
replace
Mrs. Jamjam who
retired at th e end
of
1987. Dur ing November
sh e go t acquainted
with
the schoo l and
he r
new work a s
cook.
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Fi r s t
Quar t e r 1988
Numb e r 1
I N T ERNS
TO
UMZUMBE
by
Duane
D.
Stanley
Penny Eckman
Judi th
Taylor
\ •
squeezed
into a
crowded seminar
on
.
j short-term
missions. In the middle of
• m u hthought-provoking discussion con- '
>|m
— cerning both the advantages and
diffi-
y
t M
culties,
one statement
lodged
itself in
my
'
thinking
tobe pondered often. The
vast ^9.
tiv-S
. i
majority
of
t ho se who
make a long-term
. commitment to
foreign
missions
today
«
^^9^ |>
• are
those who
previously
served
in
short- .f^j
^ ' i^Tm
internships. And
if there were no
\ . '
other benefit
to internships,
this
would
be
As
it
is ,
there
are
many othe r
benefits,
a
as
ou r
experience
with Anita Mann a nd
' now we th e
ar r iva l a t Umzumbe th is
June
of two
• . .
¥>.
young
women
from Minnesota Bible
Penny Eckman College Judith Taylor
Penny Eckman
has
been hearing about South African missions
work
he r whole
life,
though Umzumbe and the family dairy-farm
ar e
ten
thousand miles apart . She is from Kimball, Minnesota(home of the Stanley clan) and one of five children of Richard an d Janet
Eckman. Janet
has
served as forwarding agent for Michael and Caryl for over fifteen years. Penny
has
an outgoing and
vivacious
personality matched with
a
commitment
to
the
Lord.
She
is a
junior
at
MBC,
where
her
studies
have
a
missions emphasis. Singing,
counseling,
an d teaching
abilities have been used extensively while
sh e
served
on
outreach
teams for
MBC
th e
last two summers. And
her enthusiasm for
service
an d l ife in
general
ca n be seen in a
wide
variety of activities from volleyball an d basketball to student
council
and
choir,
and
as a
finalist this month
in
the
Miss MBC
Pageant.
As
her challenge
to cross-cultural
missions
has
grown,
so
has th e faith by which she
takes
this
giant
step to Umzumbe.
Judith Taylor ha s
made
an international
trip
before. A year ago she
left
her
parents, Jeffery
an d
Ruth
Taylor, in Mataura,
New
Zealand, where
as
a
ten
year
old
she
me t American
Bible College
students on
an
outreach
team
to
he r
country.
A
dream
was born
to
come to
the
U.S. to
study.
Before
that
dream
became
a
reality
she
obtained
a
diploma
in
Home Management and
Family Care
and
worked in New Zealand. Currently sh e is a
freshman
at Minnesota Bible College
where she
also
serves
as secretary for the missions
committee
of the
Student
Council and is
active
in extra-curricular
activities
such as volleyball
and
choir.
MBC s Missions Emphasis
week last fall
was deeply
challenging to Judith an d
sh e
made a
commitment
to serve
with
Penny in
South Africa.
These young ladies
will be
working
along-side
Michael and
Caryl
Stanley
at
Umzumbe
Bible
Institute, presenting programs
for
area
Sunday Schools
an d
churches,
and
serving
in th e
winter (June-July)
youth
camp program
in
South Africa.
They
come with
th e
highest recommendations of
Minnesota
Bible College, President,
Donald
Lloyd,
who challenges Christians to provide
prayer
an d
financial support fo r them. Let us pray, as Christ directed, that th e Lord of the Harvest migh t send laborers
in to the
field. Bu t also
le t
us
not
forget
Paul s
question
to
the
Romans,
how
can
the
message
be
shared unless they
are sent?
Your
checks
for
their
8,000 need
should
be
marked
INTERNS a nd s en t
t o Michae l s fo rwa rd ing agen t :
S .A. Chu rch
o f Ch ri st
Miss ion
J a n e t
E c km a n
79 5 37th S t r e e t
Kimball,
MN
55353
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b y Mic h a e l
M.
S t a n l e y
As
I
write
this we
ar e starting
a
n e w y e ar . In South Africa t h a t
1 alsomeans time to prepare for a newschool year. Forme this is
an especially significant year and it
is
no t s i m pl y b e ca u se
I
9 turned forty
last year
Mostly
it has
to with
Umzumbe ible
1 ̂ • • 1 Institute and the fact that my father has retired as principal. I
i.>| 0 W was chosen to succeedmy father and that has greatly increased
^ my
responsibilities
around the
school
Ev e n that
does
n o t tell th e whole story. I t j u s t
h a p p e n s
t ha t this
5111 is an excitingtimefor the school e havejust completed a new
l ^ v JW kitchen and dining facility and that is a much needed
improvement. Mrs. J am j am h as retired as cook
so we have th e
challenge
of
helping
a
ne w
cook
g e t e s ta blis h ed
at
school.
Weare
b y Mic h a e l
M.
S t a n l e y pleased
that
she will have
better facilities thanhasbeen
the case
in
t he p as t.
F or t he f ir st t ime we ar e helping a student to fu rth er h is studies on a college level.
In
th e past we have encouraged students to ge t
three years of study at Umzumbe Bible Institute. We
have
also helped students to get correspondence courses to improve their
education bu t we have not helped them to go on to college. Louw Koopman proved that he was a good st udent and a responsible
individual while
he
wa s in hi s first
year
a t
U mzumbe. D u ri n g h i s s ec on d year
he
further proved
himself
in hi s c a pac i ty
as
a Student
Teaching
Assistant. Sincewe consider
hi m
a potential
teacher
wedecided to help him
study at
seminary. He is to enroll as a
student at
th e Evangelical Bible Seminary of Southern Africa on 25th January. We look forward to watching his progress during the coming
y e a r
There ar e also some changes in the curricu lum for the coming year . Evaluation of th e school program began back in mid
1986 an d gr adual ly changes have been introduced. Under t he direction of my brother Duane a strong emphasis was placed on
developing a personalrelationship with Christ during
th e
first year. The second year programwas modified toplace greater emphasis
on developing a sound Bible knowledge while prospectivechurch leaders are urgently encouraged to complete three years ofstudy so
that
principles of church leadership
ca n
be covered more extensively. Although we will be short of teachers this year we will be
working on
materials
for th e new classes.
On a more practical level even the work program will bemodified to divide responsibility moreevenly among the faculty members.
Changes have
also been made where school
administration
is concerned.
Studentmarks
an d school finances
have
been entered on
th e computer an d
t ha t h as
made
tracking
down some information like
outstanding
school fees much easier to handle. We
ar e
also
able to
make
financial reports available every three months. If
anyone
would like a copy of
th e
financial reports you
ca n
write to
Duane Stanley the new mission forwarding agent an d he will send you a copy.
Yes 1988promises to bea busy an d exciting year. Wetherefore ask you to pray regularly for us an d for the groupof students who
will soon be
arriving.
In November
1987
Louw
K o op m a n c o mp l et e d hi s
second
y e a r a t Umzumbe
Bible In
stitute an d received
hi s
certificate. He h ad served a s a Student Teachinfi Assistant a s well
as lookinfi after t he L ib ra ry . This year he will be continuing
hi s
education at th e
Evangelical
Bible
Seminary
of
Southern
Africa in Pietermaritzburg.
In
d ea li ng w it h
a school on e de als
extensively with people. T hr oughout my
working life I ha ve enjoyed watching
people
especially
watching
people
de
v el op i n t h e i r C h r is t i an
lives.
In
more
re
cent
years that
has
been
even
more im
portant as
I realize that in time I am
go
in g to ha ve
to
give up m y w o rk
to another.
We
ha ve b e en l o ok i ng fo r
a replacement
so
t h a t
I
c o ul d r e ti re
an d
provide
fo r th e
on-going
o f t he
school.
In 1986 w he n U m zu mb e B i b l e Ins t i
tute
opened
a young m an
arrived
from
G r a a f f
R e i n e t . H e
w as
a b i t o ld er
t h an
th e
o t he r s t ud e n ts a nd h ad already worked
several years
in
th e
business
world. I t
soon
became
a ppa re nt th at he had
a
g r e a t
desire to serve th e Lord a n d th e
ability to ha ndl e
well
th e
work
which w as
assigned
to
him.
He
w as
r ai se d i n
th e
Dutch Reformed Church bu t b y h is ow n
admission he
had
never been v e ry a c tiv e
in Sunda y
School
o r c h ur c h though hi s
parents
were.
During th e
next
tw o
years
he
continued to p ro ve h im s el f b y b ei ng a
good example around school
an d
in his
classroom work.
L a s t
y e a r w e o f f er e d h im
th e
position
o f S t ud e n t T e ac h in g Assis
t an t. T hi s involved teaching a class in
English as
well
a s o th er
responsibilities
around
school.
H e did
a
good jo b while
keeping
up with
hi s
regular class work.
D ur in g t he
y ea r h e
expressed a
desire
to
s t u dy f u rt he r
and
after c a re f ul c o ns i d
eration
it
w as
decided
to
help
hi m
attend
th e Evangelical Bible Seminary of
South
e rn A fr ic a i n P ie te rm ar itz bu rg .
L o u w
Koopman
is th e
m a n s n am e an d he
is
now 35
years
old.
H e i s u nm ar ri ed
and
c laim s h e
does
n o t in te n d
to
m a rry .
I
H O P
F O R
T H F U T U R
b y
L y n n
L. S t a n l e y
wo u ld l i ke
to
se e
hi m c ha nge h is m in d i n
time. When he visited t he S em in ar y in
November
they
l oo ke d o ve r
th e
tran
script
of
hi s studies
at
Umzumbe
and
in
dicated th at they would
be able
to give
credit fo r
hi s
past studies. He
will
probably
receive credit
for on e
year
of
study.
We would
consider
h ir in g
Louw
a s a
teacher bu t wh e th e r
h e r et ur ns
to Um
z u m b e B i bl e In s t i t u t e a s
a
teacher o r not
he will be a better prepared
church
leader
i n w h a t e ve r
a rea
o f
s e r v i c e
he ente rs One
of t he c hu rc h s g r ea te st needs is a more
e d u ca te d le a de r s hip an d
we ar e
pleased
to
se e this developing. We a re
seeing
m o r e
of o ur c hu rc h people extend their ed u
ca t io n
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D Y C R E
TI M V U T S H I N I
b y A l vi n N i c ho l so n
The
I mvuts hi ni D a y C a re
Center
children
and
staff pose
on
th e
site
of
t h e n ew building. In th e background
ar e
th e remains
of
th e
rondawel
w hi ch
w as
used a s a ki tchen
M an y y ea rs
ag o t he c hu rc h
a t
Imvutshini
hosted
th e
nnual
C o n f e r e n c e o f
the churches o f C h r is t
i n S o ut h A f r i c a .
To feed
th e people wh o attended they built
a
mud-block build
ing.
T he y u se d t re e s a n d br a nc he s
fo r th e roof
t r u ss e s w h ic h
they
covered with reeds an d grass. After t he m e et in gs
were
completed
t he y s aw th e
need for a
Da y C ar e C en te r
to
help
working mothers.
Mrs.
Mbali
sister of Barnabas
Songo w as
h i r e d
a s t he
o n e
to
r u n
the
center. S h e w e n t
to
D u r b a n
w h e r e
sh e
received
basic
training in
this type
of work.
Women s
Institute
is
an organization which promotes home-
building
arts an d
crafts
as
well
as public awareness an d
be
nevolence throughout South Africa. In many p la ce s t he se
women
tr y to help th e African
people
in th eir a re as . T he
women at So ut h bro om h e lp a t Imv u tsh i ni . Th e y su p pl e me nt
th e money paid
by
th e
p a r en t s a n d
us e it
to bu y
food and hire
th e w om en w ho t ak e c ar e
of
th e
ch i ld ren
Th e
Da y
Care
Center
started
with
eleven
children.
No w
they
have fifty-five
registered.
They
start
in th e
morning
at about
7:00 an d r un u nt il
1:30
or
2:00
p.m.
Often th e children ar e
picked up by an
older brother
or sister wh o has
completed
th e
d ay a t school.
Th e f o un d a ti o n s a r e i n
a n d
th e walls
o f
th e ne w
da y
c a r e c e n t e r
building ar e up
to
floor
level.
Th e floor o f th e old buildingserved as
a
convenient place
to
m i x m o r ta r .
After ma n y years
th e poles t h a t had been used fo r
th e
roof
began
to
break.
We strengthened
them
so
they
would
hold
th e
roof fo r a fe w more
years.
T he n th e
g r a s s
an d reeds b eg an to
perish an d
th e r oo f l ea ke d badly
in a
rain.
It
w as
no good
put t i ng
a ne w
r o o f o n
th e
ol d
b u il d in g b ec au s e t h e m u d blocks
were st a rt i n g to
perish
a s well.
Finally the
c e nt er w a s moved into
th e
c h u rc h b u il d in g
and
no w
t h in g s a r e
s h ifted b ack
an d
forth several t i me s e a c h
week
according
to which gr oup is using
th e building. Th e
old build
ing was torn down and efore Ba/nabas ongo
died
they
s t a r t e d
to
ma k e t h e t r e n c h e s fo r th e f o u n d a t i o n s
fo r
t he n ew
building.
That is al l that wa s
done f or about
two
years. Since
I
returned
I
have b ee n h el pi ng t he m g et started building.
Most
of
th e work
has
been
done
b y m y se l f
an d
three retired
African
men.
We
have
du g
footings poured
th e
foundations
an d poured the cement for th e floor. They do have one of their
m em be rs w ho i s a
ma so n and he
is l ay in g t he
blocks.
We
ha d
trouble
sometimes getting th e things
we
needed
be
cause
it
rained
so
m u c h t o wa r d th e en d of
last year
an d
people
di d n ot w a n t to s e nd t h ei r
trucks
in
w it h l o ad s
o f s t one a n d
blocks
l es t t he y
ge t stuck. A local
African storekeeper
h as
carr ied
m os t o f th e
s tone f or u s.
Th e
ne w building
is 36
long an d
26
wide.
Th e
largest
room
3 6 X 14) will be for
general activity. T he o t he r
s ide will be
d iv id ed in to th r ee
rooms.
On e will be about 16 long a nd will be
th e
kitchen.
T he r emaining tw o
rooms
will be a sleeping room
fo r little children
an d
a storeroom fo r m at s a nd t ea ch in g
mate r ia l s
Cooking is a ls o d on e u n de r
circumstances
which a re less t h a n
th e best. In t h e n e w b u il d in g t h e k i tc h en will
be a
separate room
whi ch
will be
more
convenient a s well a s
safer.
Most o f t he money so fa r
has come
from th e missionaries
either directly or
from
th e offerings taken on S u nd a y a ft er
n o on s w h en
we meet together.
We a re hoping
t h a t
t h e A f ri c a n
people
i n t he c om m un it y
will
contribute to th e building
and
possibly
th e
ladies from t he W om en s Institute
will
also help.
Mattresses chairs a n d teaching
materials
ge t
s ta ck ed i n a
corner
of
th e
ch
urch
building when they
ar e no t
in use. Because of
th e
inconvenience s taf f a re no t as careful about fulfilling their
responsibilities
as
t h ey s h o ul d be.
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S ou th A f ric an T o rc h
Published
quarterly
for
th e
following
M I S S I O N A R I E S
a n d
t he i r
FORWARDING
A G E N T S
U m z u m b e
B i b l e
I n st it u te a n d
Mr. & Mrs.
Lynn
Stanley
P.O. B ox 2 19
Por t Sheps tone
4240
Rep.
of SOUTH AFRICA
Forward ing Agent
Duane Stan ley
3012 39th Ave. N.E.
Minneapolis , MN
55421
M r & M r s A l v i n N i c h o l s o n
P.O. Box
219
Port
Shepstone
4240 Rep. of SOUTH AFRICA
Forwarding
Agent
M rs
Ri c ha r d
H a n s o n
7108 Low e r 170th C o u r t W.
Rosemount,
Minnesota
55068
Mr. &
Mrs.
Michael Stanley
P O Box 13
U m z u m b e
4225 Rep. of
SOUTH AFRICA
Forward ing Agent
Mrs . Ric ha rd E c k m a n
7905 37th St ree t
Kimball, Minnesota 55353
The
South African TORCH
(501-820) is a
publication of the South African Church
of Chri st Mission, an d is
published four
times each year
in
February,
May, August,
and November
by
Mission Services Asso
ciation,
7525
Hodges Fer ry Road,
Knox-
ville, TN 37920 9731 Second-class
postagepaid atKnoxville.TN 37901 2427
POSTMASTER:
Send
address changes
to
South Afr ican
TORCH, c/o Mission
S ervic es Associa tio n. PO Box
2427,
Knoxville.TN
37901-2427.
F i rs t Q u a rt er
1988
V o l u m e 3 9 N u m b e r
1
Sybil Evans began serving as forwarding agent
for
Lynn
an d Lucille
Stanley
in 1953
WELL
DONE, GOOD AND
FAITHFUL
by
D u an e D. Stan ley
As I
sit
down to th e computer to quickly generate a f inancial report for the f irst
month since I
took
over many of th e
forwarding
agent tasks
for
my parents (Lynn an d
Lucille Stanley),
and as
t he compute r mer ri ly
types
away
a
series of letters
to
supporters, I
have
time to wonderhow a very special woman looked ather first
month
of
forwarding
agent
responsibilities
whi le I
was
sti ll a preschooler.
Sybil
Evans began the ministry
offorwarding agent for
Lynn and
Lucille thirty-five
years
ago, as a young
woman
from
the
Horicon
Church
of
Christ
where Lynn
had
ministered. She ha d
often been
a babysitter for Darrel and
Michael.
She
writes,
I h ad
always
thought that
there
ought to be a
way
of using my bookkeeping and
secretarial
talents in some way for
th e
Lord. After
all,
that was what I was trained to do and what
my career
had
been from before I
graduated
from
high
school. For most of the
intervening
years, Sybil an d Lloyd have served with Christian
children s
homes
in
Boise,
Idaho,
in
Ladoga,
Indiana and
in
St. Joseph,
Illinois.
Sybil sti l l works
in
the
office for I ll in i
Christian
Children s Home. I just took my books
for
South
Africa
wherever we were.
Bu t th e load has
become
heav ie r and the energy
a
little less, and so
I
was asked if
I
could helpwith
the
responsibilities. I agreed
and
look forward tothe service. I will keep
finances
fo r
Umzumbe Bible Institute
and for Lynn
an d
Lucille, while
Sybil continues
to handle some of the personal responsibilities for them. I will do my best to answer
questions about
the
mission's work, provide missions
materials
for special programs,
an d in general, keep
supporters
well
informed
on this
vital
ministry.
It was exciting to
get
the first checks forwarded from Sybil. Quickly penned
across
an envelope
was the
note:
This person ha s been faithfully sending monthly gifts
from
the
beginning. And
she knows, for this person ha s
been
faithfully recording those
gifts from the beginning. A
missionary
often receives praise
and honor
for
his years
of
service to
th e
Lord s work
in a far-away country,
but
that
task could not be continued
without
the
years
of service of
someone
who is
seldomnoticed
or recognized, except by
the
missionary
an d
the Lord whom she serves. F rom both, I m sure, comes th e well
deserved recognition, Well done, good
and
faithful servant.
Form
3579
requested PO
Box 2427, Knoxv il le ,
TN
37901-2427
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In
January
Brian, Deanna, andSonja Guy
returned to Sou th Afr ica f or a visit. They
were
here i n t he ear ly 70's as missionaries.
Brian
wa s
present at the
special
service
which
was hel d
to
honor
Mrs.
Jamjam on
he r re t i rement .
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At
the
Resurrection Weekend
Seruices
fo r
th e local area, the new church building
at
Redoubt
in t he T r an sk ei w a s
dedicated.
The
building work wa s do ne b y th e local elder
who
is a builder.
The
Resu rr e c ti on s e rv i c es ove r
Eas ter
weekend a re t he h ighl ight o f t he yea r' s
se rv ices for
th e
Afr ican churches .
I t
is
th e
one time w hen
almost everyone
is of f
work and when they a re
not committed
to
their families as they
ar e at Christmas
t ime .
Several
years
ag o
th e
Churches
of
Ch ri st o f Na ta l began to
get together
in
one place
for
these meetings. This year
they chose to come to Brother Zobolo and
th e
people he works with. His people
wan te d t h e
services
to
be
held a t Redoubt
across
th e
borde r in Pondoland, wh ich i s
a part
of Transke i .
Ephraim
Nqupaza and the people
there
have built a church building
doing
al l th e
work themselves. The y h av e a ls o b ee n
busy build ing a growing
and active con
gregation there.
First o^ Tuesday I loaded the tent at
school
an d then
went
to
Gcilima
to pick
up th e Zobolos a nd t he things they were
taking
to us e at the meetings.Wednesday
I
bought
a
half
a pickup load of food.
Thursday I added to
it (food
is much
cheaper
here) and
I
took it down
fo r
th e
meetings. I
was
glad to se e that th e people
had a l ready se t up
th e tent. They wanted
me to take pictures o f t he
two
oxen
they
had bought to furnish meat fo r th e
people.
To th e African
people
one o f t he
measurements of
a
good
meeting is
p len ty of meat to e at a nd t hey had i t this
t ime .
Th e
road
from
Port Shepstone to th e
border is very
good,
but
in
the Transke i
it
is a tarred road
with many
po t
holes,
some
of
which
they
have
filled with soil
an d
s tones .
Brother
Zobolo
told
me they ha d places
fo r more people on th e two
buses
t hey had
chartered a nd th ey
would
leave at 6:30.
Because th e
meet ings began
on Friday
morning, I thought he meant
tha t
morn
ing,
but
he
meant on Thursday night. So
Friday
I
had to
make
two trips down
to
take people who
ha d
no other way to go.
There was one
bus
t ha t
c ame over
20 0
miles to
th e
meeting
an d other
people
arrived by
cars an d
vans.
The Friday services
centered
around
th e
words
o f
Je su s on
th e c ros s and
interspersed
between th e sp eak ers th e
church
choirs sang.
Saturday
we were back for th e
Dedica
tion
Service and
I brought t he message
that
afternoon. The church build ing was
fa r
too small fo r th e numb er o f people
present, so we
ha d
a service in t he t en t
and
then marched
around
th e building
singing.
A few words were
spoken
and
th e keys g iven to th e elder to
open th e
building and then as
many
as could
went
inside fo r t he s ing ing of a
hymn
an d
p r a y e r .
Sunday
morning
Vernita
and I had to
g et up
early
to t ak e t he canopy o ff th e
pickup and pu t th e rack
back
on ,
because
th e
rack
works
better
for
car ry ing the
On the hoo f s ho rt ly
before
going
into
th e
pot Two
oxen
were
slaughtered
to feed
th e large crowd
attending
the meetings.
To accommoda te
the c rowd who a t t ended
th e services at Redoubt
t he l arge
tent
was
se t
up next to th e new c hurc h building.
Many of t he ma in services were held there.
tent.
The services started early
with
the
Communion
service,so
that
those
having
a long
way
to go could be on
their
way.
Ourroads in thi sarea are very
crowded
a t
this
t ime ofyea r.
After the morning mes
s age t hey had a n umber o f th e choirs
s ing. As they are s inging
people
will give
money t o t hem.
This
money is given to
their leader
who is most
always an older
person.
While t he y d id not at al l hurry
during the services
in
th e
morning,
once
it was over they hurr ied to get
food
to
eat
and
to get
th e tent
down
and loaded.
Vernita
and I had to wait th e
longest
be
cause
the
dishes and some o f th e
othe r
cooking
things
had
come
from
this
side
and they had to al l be washed and
made
ready
fo r
u s to
bring them
back.
Brother
Zobolo
re turned homeby bus
and
only his
wife c am e b ac k w ith us.
The y e st im ate d t he re
were
over
500
people
present
fo r
some
servi ce s. Two
families,
who have mov ed fr om other
churches in Transkei ,
came
to
place
their
membership with this church. A woman,
who
wo rk s a t
th e
Ca s in o a b ou t 25 miles
away, has asked that they begin services
in t h a t a r e a .
The
churches
went home talking
about
camp, how
they
will tr y and
ge t a bu s
fo r
al l to go to Conference
toge the r in
Sep
tember and
tha t next
year's
meeting, th e
Lord
willing, wi ll be at Gingindlovu in
Zululand.
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M I N I S T E R S W E E K 9 8 8 K L E R K S D O R P
MATLOSANE
During Ministers' Week classes were taught by Bob Mills an d
Dennis
Messimer. Dennis
an d
hisfamily recently
came
to work
in
South Africa. They ar c living
and
working in the
Johannesburg
I
The church
building where Ministers ' Week
wa s
held is wel l
kept
an d attractive. The meeting
was
well-organized
and everyone
was encouraged
by
the spi ri t
that was
present.
Ben
an d Lydia Serathi
minister
to
the church
in
Klerksdorp,
where Ministers'
Week
was held. They wer e
both
students a t
Umzumbe Bible Institute a few years ago. Their children ar e
Lancelot. Camelot
an d
no.
no t
Guinevere ) Sylvia.
M TLOS N
Messages
during Ministers'
Week were
given
by both
ministers
and missionaries.
Gladstone
Ndamase,
minis ter in
Dobsonville,
SOWETO,
seems
to be
making an important
point
as his
interpreter, James
Mbaso,
waits his turn.
Th e
ladies of th e
church wer e kep t
busy
with
preparation,
serving and washing up
f or t he
meals
which were
given
to
those a t
tending the
meetings.
The
ministers no t
only
enjoyed th e food,
hu t also
th e
fellowship as
they gathered
a t
Ministers '
Week
and
shared
in
physical and
spiritual
feasting.
The miss iona rie s a lso enjoyed the fellow
ship and go t together to talk whenever
there
wa s a
free
moment. Their tea (Coke) wa s
served
to them
as they
s a t
outside
discussing
th e
issues
at hand.
L to R:
Den
nis
Messimer.
Floyd Stamm,
Alice
Fish-
back,
and
Michael Stanley.
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The men s
dormitory
wa s built in 1960out
of
mud and cement blocks and then plas
tered. Some of th e
plaster was
removed and
replaced once,
but
it
is
in need of being re
placed again.
We like to think that when a job has
been completed,
it
will
stay
that
way,
bu t
with buildings this is no t
true.
They must
constantly be maintained and upgraded.
A few years
ago
we upgraded
ou r
bath
room t home nd
th e
cos t r n
lmos t
half
what we had
paid
for th e
house
20
years before. Now we are faced with a
renewal program at school, and th e
cost
is daunting.
Because
we are trying to
divide the school property
from
theres t of
th e
acreage,
t he heal th department
ha s
dem nded s ome
renovations.
Most of
th e
changes do
not
involve a
great deal of
doing,
bu t each
one
adds to
th e cost of the ongoing of the
school
an d
t akes t ime to complete.
The
most costly
effort
will be
the taking
of f
of the plas ter
on
on e e nd of
th e
men s
dormitory and
completely
replastering
that
part
o f t he
building. It
was
built
originally
of soil-
cement
blocks,
which
ar e
no t
particularly
Most
of
our rain and wind comesfrom the
sou th so the plaster on
this
side has suffered
mos t. The b ri ck
wall
in
front
of th e
building
has helped to
keep
th e
rooms from
getting
the ful l force
of
th e wind
and
rain.
hard, but which in some of
ou r
buildings
have
stood
more
than
25
years.
We
hope
by
making these improvements
i t will ex
tend
the life of th e building another 10
years. We replaced
th e
church bui ld ing 8
years ago. Because of
t he t remendous
r ain s o f th e pas t 8 months, some of th e
walls
o f the m en s
dormitory have
been
shifting. We were awa re o f t he problem,
an d knew
it h ad to be done
shortly,
bu t
now
i t is urgent. We will have to add
some
more windows and improve
another
wall.
Most bui ld ings i n t hi s c ount ry do not go
below ground level, and we ha d built on a
slope, and
with t he heavy ra in s the re
has
been considerablewash away. Estimated
cost of
repairs
for
this building
is 1 000.
We do
no t
have
th e
funds
for
majoralter
ations
from
our
regular funds.
There
ar e
no
plans
fo r
new build ings
this year, bu t
we
will have to make re
pairs
on
a
number
of
th e present facili
Even
t he east side
of
th e
building
is badly
cracked and th e onlysolution seems to be to
r ep la st er t he wall s. Hopeful ly , then
th e
building will
l a st another
few years.
t ies.
Some
floors h ve to be
resurfaced.
One
of
our big problems is
that
of
t ime to
ge t
everything
done. We
were
pleased
that t hey d id not require changes to
our
wat er sy st em.
Two
of th e
young men
in th e
room mos
damaged by th e water had t o move out o
their
room
t h r ee t ime s
when
i t flooded.
n
spite
of thi s inconvenience,
we received
little complaint
from
th e
students,
but it
is ou r great
desire
to improve their
con
ditions
as
rapidly
as possible.
These
young men ar e our future ministers, and
t hey a re t he bes t advertisement
we
have
fo r the school .
Mos t
s tudents
come
be
cause they have talked to someone who
has
been here.
A
Bible publishing
firm in
dicated recently
that
they do not
have
great display
and
advertizing material,
bu t rely on satis fied customers sell ing
their Bibles. We ar e happy
when our
s tudents do
th e
s m e for
us .
FAREWELL, MRS. JAMJAM
In February a spec ia l service was
held
at
Umzumbe
Bible
nst i tute
to
honor
Mrs.
Jamjam
on
her
retirement as
our
cook.
Sh e
smiled broadly when Mrs. Stanleypinned a
corsage on
her.
The
Umzumbe
Bible Institute choir sang
so ng s for
Mrs.
Jamjam. On e
h d been
written specia lly
to tell he r how
much
th e
s tudent s app reci at ed t he work she had
done—not only as cook, bu t as Mama
Jamjam.
f
i I M•
Many gif ts were
broughtfor
Mrs.
Jamjam
and a collection
of
money was t aken .
Both
gifts an d money will be useful to
he r
as sh e
retires.
She
plans
to build a
smal l
house
and
l ive
ne r her
re la t ives
in
th e
Transkei .
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b y
Mic h a e l S t a n l e y
African
independent
churches.
Th e
first
wa s
a young ma n
who was brought
to school by t he b is ho p of h is c hu rc h.
L a t e r a
s t u d e n t
a rr iv ed w h o
w a s
th e
arch-bishop of
an
independent church.
These people offer us th e opportunity to
present New
Testament
Christianity to
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those who
are not
familiar with.it. The
1 IV ^ t impact of the
Bible
on these people can
I • If
often
be most encouraging tous asmis-
- V n s i o n a r i e s an d teachers.
Wm W The reasons forwhich students come
E t school c n lsos w gre t diversity
p This year
half
of our students
came
to
A g
school as
a
result of the
encouragement
of
ministers.
That proportion is higher
than n o r m a l .
S o m e o f
t h e s e have
t h e i r
Nicholas Monti left and CornellFupi eye on the ministry as a specific goal.
right . 2nd year students at Umzumbe We also have two older men who came
Bible Institute, accompanied Michael to school because ministers in their
Stanley
when he went toEaster servicesin areas have died in r ec en t y ea rs .
theEasternCape.
As
ambassadors
for the
A mb ro se N ya wo
is 70
years
old an d
school, they
have
made contact with this Johane Mathejwa is 73. Teaching these
young man whom they hope willbecomea men is quite a challenge, however
their
student at the school. Our best adver- commitment cannot be questioned.
t is ing is often our students
an d
former desire to fill th e need which th e
students. church
ha s
for a
minister.
Each year our student
body
at
Um- One
student came to school because
zumbe BibleInstitute provides us with he had met a former student while at
some surprises. Some years it is the teachers college; another because she
number of students (either many or was a neighborofaformers tudent. Two
few , or it may be the number of
Ian-
or three of the younger students have
guages. This year it is the
wide
variety come because for oneoranother reason
of backgrounds. For more than ten they are unable to continue in high
years we have been concerned because
school
and they have not been able to
we seemed to be unable to
attract
find jobs. Past experience ha s
taught
us
students from the Tswana language that these students often develop corn-
group. This year half of the first year
mitment
toChristduringtheiryearsas
class can speak Tswana. Normally Zulu students.
and Xhosa predominate as the Ian- Advertisingfor theschoolhas always
guages
for student conversations. This proved to bea
difficult
area to
handle,
year
Zulu
andXhosa speaking students
Over
the years we have
learned
that
are learning to speakTswana. someofourmosteffective advertisingis
We normally receivea large number whatwegetfromformerstudents ofour
ofapplicationsas a resultof the
corres- school.
They can reach prospective
pondence courses that Robert
Mills
students on their level and produce
re-
offers. These come from several suits. The students who come to school
countries in southern Africa and gen- as a result of this kind of advertising
erally include several from peoplecur- can come from unpredictable back-
rently serving jail sentences. It is very grounds (some may have little or no
seldom that we actually get students connection with the church),
arriving at school, but this year has The result of these factors is that we
been an exception. We have yet to re- never have time to get bored.This year
ceive a student who was a prisoner, but has already provided a lot ofchallenges
this
vear
we
received two
wh o
were
from an d
it
looks l ike t hey a re n ot over yet.
Nicholas
M o n t i
left) a n d Cornell Fupi
(right),
2n d
year
students
at Umzumbe
Bible I ns ti tu te , a cc om pa ni ed M ic ha el
Stanley
when
he
went
to Easter services in
th e Eastern
Cape.
As
ambassadors
f or t h e
school,
they h av e m ad e
c on ta ct w it h t hi s
young ma n
whom they
hope will become a
s t u d e n t
a t
th e school. O ur best a d v e r
tising
is
often
ou r
students
an d former
students
Each
year
ou r
student
body at
Um
zumbe
Bible
Institute
provides
us
with
s om e s ur pr is es . S om e years i t
is
th e
n u m b e r of
s tu d e n ts
either
m a n y
or
few), or it ma y be t he n um be r of la n
guages. This
year it is th e wide
variety
of backgrounds.
Fo r
more t han te n
years we
have
been concerned because
w e se e m e d
to
b e u n ab le
to a t t rac t
s tu d e n ts from th e T s w a n a la n g u a g e
group.
T hi s y ea r
half of
th e
first
year
class
c a n s p ea k T s w a n a. Normally Zulu
an d
Xhosa
predominate
as the
la n
guages
for student conversations.
This
year Zulu and Xhosa
speaking students
ar e
learning
to
s p ea k T s w an a .
We normally
receive
a l a rg e n u mb e r
of applications
as
a result of th e corres
pondence courses that Robert Mills
offers. Th e s e co m e from several
countries
in
southern Africa an d
ge n
er ally include sever al from people cu r
rently serv ing
jail sentences.
It
is very
seldom t hat
we
actually
g et s tu de nt s
arriving at school,
bu t
this year has
been
an exception.
We h av e y et to re
ceive
a
student who
wa s a prisoner, bu t
this
year
wereceived two who were from
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