ambia MesfiQnoerNews from Dean, Judy, Jim, Cyndee and David Davis

FIELD ADDRESS:P.O. Box 32184Lusaka, ZambiaAfrica

FORWARDING AGENTS;Mr. and Mrs. Skip AllenP.O. Box 611King,NC 27021

AMBASSADORS FOR CHRIST" IN CENTRAL AFRICA. (II Corinthians 5:20)

Volume 14 July, 1980 Number 1

FURLOUGH REPORTOur third furlough is quickly coining to an

end and, even though it has been an enjoyabletime for us in the U.S., we are anxious to getback to Zambia and the work to which God hascalled us.

Reporting among the churches concerningall that God has done in Zambia, in faith-promise rallies, revivals, conventions, ladiesretreats, mother-daughter banquets and ladiescircle meetings have kept both of us busyduring our time here. We are grateful and havebeen encouraged by the responsive attitude ofall with whom we have visited. The increasedinterest and support, both prayer and financial,from you who have faithfully participated inthis ministry over the years is appreciated. Wetake this opportunity to say THANK YOU toeveryone who in any way has become a fellow-worker in this ministry.

Space would not permit us to list eiU the joysthis furlough has brought, but certain onesstand out. Spending time with our families andmany long time fnends is certainly among thegreatest joy we have on furlough. Being able tolive on the Johnson Bible College campus andhave Jim, Cyndee and David all three with usfor the year has been a blessing to each of us.

The times spent together as a family this yearwill be long remembered and cherished.Visiting with you who have faithfully andlovingly supported our work through the yearshas enriched our lives and provided inspirationand encouragement to greater service as wereturn to Zambia.

Our furlough year has been rich and rewarding, but now we anxiously anticipate gettingback to Zambia. Please continue to keep us inyour prayers as we travel and get re-adjusted tolife in the heart of Africa. May God bless all ofyou and the witness you make for Christ, inyour community and around the world.

FROM THE FIELDA detailed account of the progress of the

churches in Zambia will be included in thefirst issue of the Zambia Messenger afterour return to the field. We have beenencouraged by recent reports of growthamong the churches in the Lusaka area andlook forward to the establishment of morechurches in that area.

NEW RECRUITS

The theme ofour furlough has been Matthew9:38, "Ask the Lord of the harvest to send outworkers . . and as many of you have prayedthe prayer with us, we have seen God answer ina mighty way. We want to introduce thosewhom the Lord has sent forth for Zambia.

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Ron, Marti, Jeffery 15, Russell 12. Susan 10 and Andrew 3.

Ron and Marti come from the WoodlawnChristian Church in Knoxville, Tennesseewhere they have been members since 1968.Both have served effectively in leadership andteaching roles and come highly recommendedby the Woodlawn church which is providingtheir full living-link. A point of interest tomany of you is that Ron's great uncle wasAshley S. Johnson, founder of Johnson BibleCollege.

Ron is a dentist and has had a very successfulpractice in Knoxville since 1968. They havefour lovely children who will accompany themto Zambia in August 1980. They will be livingin Lusaka and engaged in leadership training,ladies work and general evangelism. Ron willalso have a mobile dental unit from which hewill hold dental clinics in rural areas ofZambiawhere the people cannot get this type of service.

Debbie Brown

Debbie Brown

Debbie is a graduate of Johnson Bible Collegeand has for the last three years been working asa secretary at the University of Tennessee.During this time she has also been activelyengaged in the work with the Christian StudentFellowship on the UT Campus.

In 1978, at the National MissionaryConvention, Debbie accepted the challenge todo mission work in Zambia and comes withglowing recommendations from many whohave known and worked with her. She will betraveling with us in July and living andworking with us in Lusaka. She will beinvolved in secretarial and youth work.

Address ChangePlease note that our box number in

Lusaka has been changed by the additionof one number. It is now P.O. Box 32184,Lusaka, Zambia.

Ross. Chris & Hanna

Ross and Chris concluded a two yearministry in Daphne, Alabama to begin makingpreparation to go to Zambia. During theirministry, the church at Daphne maderemarkable progress and growth. Rossgraduated from Johnson Bible College in 1978with honors and he and Chris have earned thelove and respect of all who have worked withthem. They have a lovely daughter, HannaRuth. They will be living in Ndola, with theirprimary ministry being focused toward. theyouth of our churches throughout Zambia.Both Ross and Chris have special abilities inthis area and we are excited that someone willbe devoting their time in this much needed area.

DEPARTURE PLANSWe, along with Debbie Brown, will be leaving

for Zambia on July 25, at 7:55 p.m. from theAtlanta airport and flying directly to London.We will spend a few days there visiting withfriends and fellow missionaries. We will bearriving in Lusaka, Zambia on July 30 toresume evangelistic work there. Please pray forsafety during our travels.

Larry, Paula. Jenny 9, and Jeremy 7.

Larry and Paula are coming to the field fromthe First Christian Church in Tallahassee,Florida, where Larry has served as AssociatePastor since January 1979. This church will beproviding their full living-link and Larry willremain a member of their staff.

Larry had served as manager and officer of aFlorida savings and loan association for sixand one half years when he left this positionand went to Johnson Bible College. Hegraduated from there in May 1979 with honors.

The Wrights will be living and working westof Lusaka in the Mumbwa district assistingexisting churches. The capability ofthis familyis emphasized by the confidence shown by theFirst Christian Church in Tallahassee and themany recommendations given by professorsand associates who have worked with them.

One man in a position to know all of theserecruits said, "Zambia Christian Mission iscertainly blessed to have such an extremelywell qualified group of new missionaries jointhe work." We thank God for "sending forththese workers" and encourage you to pray forall of them as they raise needed support andprepare for their departure to Zambia. Also wewould encourage you to continue prajdng formore laborers, not only in Zambia, but in theareas where there is no witness for Christ.

JUDY'S DIARY

The Devises.

We've had such a good furlough and thenicest part was being with both Jim andCyndee again. Most of you remember that Jimcame back to the U.S. in 1976 to enroll atJohnson Bible College and Cyndee did thesame in 1977. We made our home at Johnson inKnoxville, Tennessee this furlough and Davidattended third grade at Gap Creek elementaryschool just about a mile from the college.

So many have asked about our future familyplans that I decided to take this opportunity tocatch you up on the news. We plan to leave nextmonth to return for our fourth term in Zambia.David will be going with us, but Jim andCyndee are remaining here to finish theirschooling.

Jim has one more year at Johnson BibleCollege so he will finish in May of1981. He thenplans on returning to Zambia as a missionaryhimself. He has expressed his desire to go to thewestern part of Zambia where so far none ofourmissionaries have reached.

Cyndee, after two years at Johnson, plans toenter nurses' training this fall. At the presenttime she is working as a nurse's assistant atUniversity of Tennessee Hospital. When shefinishes her nursing program, she too plans toreturn to the mission field, either Zambia or

wherever the Lord wants her. We ask you toremember both Jim and Cyndee in your prayersas they remain in the States to finish theirschooling and prepare for wherever God leadsthem.

David will be in the fourth grade and willagain attend Lusaka International School. Weask your prayers for him as he makes thischange in culture and schools, that hisadjustment will be as easy as possible.

Dean and I look forward to getting back to thechurches in Zambia. A year is a long time to beaway from the people, and we are really excitedabout the next three years and the growth thatthe Lord will bring to His church there. Pleasepray for us as we travel and settle back into thework we have in Lusaka. Please prayspecifically that I will be able to teach,encourage and strengthen the women inZambia to meet Satan's temptations with God'swork. Remember the Zambian Christians arepraying for you, pray for them. May God bewith you till we meet again.

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FORWARDING AGENTS:-?Mr. and Mrs. Skip AllenP.O. Box 611King.NC 27021

-AMBASSADORS FOR CHRIST" IN CENTRAL AFRICA. (II Corinthians 5:20)

Volume 14 October, 1980 Number 2

BACK IN ZAMBIAOn the morning of July 31 we landed at the

International Airport in Lusaka and in almostrecord time, cleared Customs and Immigration.We were welcomed back to Zambia by fellowmissionaries, John and Gail Douglas, who haddriven over 300 miles from Chipata to meet ourplane. How good it was to see them! And thegood feeling a few minutes later when we

Dean and Judy

entered our home in Lusaka, knowing we couldunpack the suitcases and put them away, wasindescribable. David rushed to his room andbegan pulling toys from the top of his closet,where they had been stored, greeting each oneas though it were a long lost friend. We satdown and relaxed, happy to be back, whileJohn and Gail brought us up to date onhappenings in Zambia. Later that afternoonthey had to return to Chipata and their work.There was little time to waste. We too had workto do.

In one week the Ron Baumann family wouldbe arriving and they had no house to go to. Thehouse here has a three room guest wing whichhas Dean's study in one room. The other tworooms were packed with furniture andbelongings of the Delaneys who are onfurlough. Judy and Debbie Brown, who camewith us, began cleaning and re-arranging thehouse to accommodate six more people. Deanwas busy re-activating bank accounts andtaking care of legal and mission businessmatters that were waiting for attention.

When the Baumanns arrived, August 8, therewere beds for everyone and we eagerlywelcomed them to Lusaka and the work to

which God had called them. Since long beforethey had left the States many had been prayingwith them concerning the housing situation.However, nothing else could really be doneuntil they arrived. Just five days after theyarrived, a house, perfectly suited to their needs,was advertised. By the time we contacted theseller he already had a list of 28 people whowere interested in buying the property. ByGod's grace Ron's name was soon number oneon the list and the property was secured. Fiveweeks later they were able to take possessionand move in. Praise God from whom allblessings flow! In that first six weeks we spentmuch time getting Debbie and the Baumannsacquainted with Zambia, getting childrenregistered in school and visiting all thechurches in the Lusaka area. We also attendeda three day Zambia Christian Mission meetingin Chipata. Every day has been full. We lookforward to all that God has in store for usduring this term in Zambia. Thank you for yourconstant prayers and support forevangelization here.

AN APARTMENTFOR DEBBIE

Due to the criticalhousing shortage in ^Lusaka and the high costof renting an apartment, 'we are converting theguest wing of our house

an apartment forDebbie. This meantanother place had to befound for Dean's study.In anticipation of this, IMiHI^HlHitwo weeks after we got _ _, , , . ^ j Debbie Brownback, work was startedto close in the carport. That work is nowcompleted and Dean has a beautiful new study.At its completion, work was started onremodeling and painting the three rooms andbath that will be Debbie's home. She is lookingforward to getting moved in and settled in aplace of her own. Debbie has already begunmaking a great contribution to the work hereand we are happy to have her as a part of theZambia Christian Mission team.

REPORT ONTHE CHURCHES

Since our return to Zambia we have visited allthe churches in the Lusaka, Kafue andMumbwa areas. There are a total of 15churches with which the Delaneys and we wereworking prior to our furlough. The work withthese churches will be divided between us, theBaumanns and the Larry Wrights, who wepray will arrive in Zambia in January 1981.

Mumbwa Area - These are rural churchesestablished by Don Mechem. Because of theirdistance from Lusaka (60 miles) they have notreceived much attention in the past few years.However, we found them continuing to meetand making a witness in the respective villageareas where they are located. "They are all inneed of some encouragement and leadershiptraining. We look forward to the arrival ofLarry and Paula Wright, who plan to move tothis area to help these churches and establishothers. Until the Wrights arrive we willcontinue to visit these churches to encouragethem.

Kafue - There are two churches here - one intown and one seven miles out in the bush. Therural church has lost one of its best leaders butcontinues to meet and is in the process ofbuilding a new meeting place. The church inKafue is holding its own with the men showinggood leadership ability. Ron and MartiBaumann will be working with these churchesin both men's and ladies' classes.

Lusaka (Four Churches)Garden - This is the newest congregation

and was established by the Delaneys in 1978.The congregation has steadily grown under thecapable leadership of two men, formerly fromthe Matero Church. The prospects for growthin this new area are very good and we feel thatgreat things will happen there as Ron andMarti begin their ministry ofleadership classeswith this congregation.

Matero - The oldest congregation inLusaka started several years ago and reallycame into a strong witness with the effectiveministry of Charlie and Betty Delaney. Men'sand women's meetings have continued here

with one of the elders having men's classes andthe ladies taking turns leading their meetings.This church has shown tremendous growthboth in number and spirit. Judy and I will workwith this congregation, when needed, just toencourage them and offer assistance when it isrequested.

Chawama - This is one of thecongregations we established last term. It hasprobably been the weakest of the churches dueto a history of weak leaders. Many times wehave requested prayer for them. In spite of theirproblems, the church has grown and some ofthe young men who have weathered the stormshave matured in the faith and are now offeringspiritual leadership that this congregationhasn't known before. Much of our time, at first,will be concentrated in strengthening theleadership in this church and encouragingthem to overcome some of their pastreputations.

Mungwi - This is the church on the farmwhich went through so much difficulty duringthe war time. This congregation, though small,has remained strong and faithful in its witnessfor Christ. We look forward to getting classesstarted again with the Christians there.

We are alert to opportunities for opening newareas and pray that by the first of the year weshall be able to begin a new work somewhere inLusaka. Please be in prayer for theseChristians and for us as we work with them.

DAVID'S CORNERThe news to-

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I'm alsotaking soccer,gymnastics and j vpenmanship. I mlL Vhave some morethings too: read-

spelling,science, socialstudies, math,swimming, creative writing, English and art. My teacher'sname is Mrs. Weerakoon. She is a very nicelady. She's from Sri Lanka. I'm also on T.V. inZambia. I'm on Thursday afternoonClubhouse. It's a very nice program. We makecookies and candy and stuff, then sing songsand do exercises and eat what we make, andplay games.

I'm happy to be back in Zambia. I was soexcited to get to the airport. Mom and Dad aregoing to South Africa next week to get a truckand also to buy some birthday and Christmaspresents for me. I'll be glad when they get backwith everything, and I can hardly wait until ourcrate gets here with all my toys that I got inAmerica; my bike and soccer shoes. See ya inthree years.

Love and prayers,1 David

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28-31, 1980 SPRINGFIELD, ILL

It was an exciting moment when our planetouched down at Lusaka International Airportand to see John and Gail Douglas waiting togreet us. It seemed so good to be home again;and even though we had been on the plane allnight, we certainly didn't feel sleepy.

We had only been in the house a few minuteswhen the phone rang and one of the Christiansfrom the Matero Church was on the line. "TheHoly Spirit urged me to call and see if you hadarrived," he told us. That was our first welcomefrom any of the church members here inLusaka, but certainly not the last. A few morephone calls from others who work in town cameduring the next day or two. And as the wordspread, people started coming to the house togreet us. When we left the year before, none ofthem thought we would return. Now that wehad, they were eager to see for themselves thatwe were really back in Zambia. The day afterour arrival two men from the Chawama Churchcame to tell us that the choir from the churchwanted to come Saturday afternoon toofficially welcome us. They just wanted tomake sure we would be home as it's a long walk(taking short cuts it is only about five miles!)from Chawama to our house.

Saturday morning I baked a cake, boughtsome cokes and by lunch time we were eagerlywaiting for them to come. About two o'clock weheard singing, faint at first but becomingstronger. The choir was singing as they turnedin our gate and walked up the drive. By the timethey reached our door they were in full voice! Icouldn't help myself as the tears came - it wassuch a moving experience for all of us. Therewere about twenty choir members and theywere all so happy to see us, even though some ofthem were new Christians and had never metus.

After greetings and handshakes all around,they presented us with an hour or more ofsinging and speeches. Some of them werefunny, some serious, and we enjoyed every minute ofit. When they slowed down a little I servedrefreshments. It really was "the pause thatrefreshes" because after that, they got a secondwind and sang some more.

About four o'clock they started back homeagain, expressing again how happy they were

to have us back.Many of the women came from the different

churches, and at different times, to welcome us.For the first two weeks nearly every daybrought someone who said, "I heard that youwere back and I wanted to see if it was true."One came to tell me that the women hadplanned a "welcome" day for me at Matero andthat I should really try to come! Of course Icouldn't miss my own party so I borrowed a car(Dean had to use ours) and took Marti andSusan Baumann and Debbie Brown andenjoyed a day of music, "preaching" (all of usgot a chance to "preach") and eating nshimawith chicken and cabbage.

We have truly felt the love and fellowship ofthe Zambian Christians during these past twomonths. Now they are ready for more Bibleclasses and teaching, and are eager to continueto grow and mature as Christians. They toowant to fulfill Christ's command to go, teach,and spread the Good News in Zambia. We lookforward to a time of teaching and growingtogether in God's Word.

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FORWARDING AGENTS:Mr. and Mrs. Skip AllenP.O. Box 611Kmg,NC 27021

-AMBASSADORS FOR CHRIST" IN CENTRAL AFRICA. {II Corinthians 5:20)

Volume 14 December, 1980 Numbers

NEW CHURCH AT CHIKALOMA VILLAGEWe mentioned in the last issue of the

ZAMBIA MESSENGER that the Churches inthe Mumbwa district 60 miles west of Lusakawere in need of much encouragement. For thisreason we have spent several Sundays in thatarea. We found upon closer investigation thattwo or three of the congregations had ceasedmeeting, or were meeting only once or twice amonth. The building at one place had fallendown and they didn't seem in too much ahurry to build it back. The picture lookedrather black. Some encouragement andpreaching from the Word of God, somereminders of their relationship to theLord and the work immediately began topick up again in those areas. B

All is not negative though. On mythird visit to the area one of the men |Hinformed me that there was a new Hchurch meeting in Chikaloma village. A Hman from one of the existing churches Bhad moved there and begun preaching. |BHesoonhad baptized several peopleinto BChrist. On my first visit there I was Bshown the plot that the village head-man had given them for building their

building, and was told that bricks were beingmade and construction would start soon.They wanted to know if I could bring them adoor frame and some windows soon. A weeklater when I took them, construction hadstopped because they were waiting for mydelivery. They promptly requested that Ibring roofing (corrugated iron sheets) on mynext visit. When I arrived with the roofingthey were again waiting for the supplies soconstruction could continue. We met under atree for the worship service that morning. The

Dean and Saul by the new building at Chikaloma.

enthusiasm of the 27 people present made itevident that the Lord had another strongwitness in this new area. God's Word wasfaithfully proclaimed in this particular areaby Don Mechem and Charlie Delaney. Seedwas planted that is now bringing forth fruit.Isaiah quotes the Lord "So is my word thatgoes out from my mouth: It will not return tome empty, but will accomplish what I desireand achieve the purpose for which I send it"(Isaiah 55:11). Join us in praise and thanksfor this new congregation of believers thatwill greet Larry and Paula Wright when theycome to this area to work in 1981.

Ron Baumann pictured with the new church at Chikaloma.

HOW ARE THINGSIN ZAMBIA???

During the fight for independence inneighboring Zimbabwe (formerly Rhodesia)the situation here was very tense and as youknow all of us experienced some anxiousmoments during those days. However, whenwe returned to Zambia the war was over andwe found a completely different atmosphere.Many more goods could be found in the shopsand people on the street were relaxed andfriendly. The tension is gone and we are againenjoying the work here among God's people.The reception to the Gospel continues to begood and the need for more workers in areaswhere we have no churches is as great as ever.The doors are open and we feel we must takeadvantage of this opportunity to evangelize.Please continue to obey our Lord's commandand "ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, tosend out workers into his harvest field"(Matthew 10:37-38).

Recently there has been an unusually heavycrime wave sweeping Zambia and ourPresident has put most of the country under adusk to dawn curfew. This has put a stop toany evening classes or activities with thechurches. Other than that our work continuesto go smoothly. As always, we are grateful foryour concern for us and the prayers you offeron our behalf.

Christians leaving the worship service at Chawama Church of Christ.

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g We want to take this opportunityg towish each andevery one ofyou a joyous Christmas and a New YearS filled with victories for our Lord. Asw we enter this new year let us all bea conscious of those around us who^ enter it without hope in these days8 when there is so much despair in theM world. Let us determine to showS them that in Christ there is no needn for despair. Let us testify daily of the^ hope and victory we enjoy in Him.g Remember the promise to Mary -W "She will give birth to a son, and youg are to give him the name Jesus,g because he will save his peopleS from their sins" (Matthew 1:21).

New leaders of the Chawama Church at recent meeting.

DAVID'S CORNERI got a puppy last week. His name is Prince.

Prince is a cute little puppy and he likes to biteyour legs. He also unties your shoe laces; he'sa very smart dog. He is little, brown, whiteand black. He has lots of freckles on his faceback and stomach. Tonight I gave him a boneand whenever Princess (our big dog) camenear he growled and growled. I'm going totrain him to sit, lay down and shake hands.I'm also going to train him to be fierce.

David ready for soccer practice.

I was on a Christmas special today at theT.V. studio. It was about Christmas allaround the world, the birth of Jesus, I wasJoseph. There were also 3 little angels,shepherds and Mary. We decorated aChristmas tree and put up a nativity set beforewe had the manger scene. We also sang songsand listened to someone talk about Christmasall around the world. I like being on T.V. -- butsometimes it's too hot with all the lights and Ihad to miss soccer this week to practice thespecial. I didn't like that!!

I hope you have a happy Christmas. I'mlooking forward to it and being out of schoolfor awhile.

Juki's Ptar^Recently we celebrated the thirteenth

anniversary of our arrival in Zambia. October15,1967 was the date, a Sunday, and it was anexciting day. Nothing was exactly like we'dthought it would be; some things were muchbetter, some things worse. For instance Ididn't expect to have electricity, a telephone,movies, hairdressers, a three bedroom house,etc. and I found all ofthese things in Zambia. Iexpected people to flock to us in order to hearthe gospel, churches springing up in everyarea practically overnight, standing roomonly at church every Sunday. It wasn't thatway! But God has worked and after thirteenyears we do have some churches where theresimply isn't enough room inside the buildingon any given Sunday. It just didn't happenovernight. Things rarely turn out exactly likewe think they will.

Dean and Judy 25 happy years.

Twenty-five years ago, when Dean and Iwere married, neither of us would havethought we would be celebrating our silverwedding anniversary in Zambia, Africa. Notthat we were opposed to missions-it wassimply that mission work was done bymissionaries, which we certainly weren't! Oh,we were interested if someone would go wewould certainly do our part to send. And wewould do everything we could to educate andinform our churches about world-evangelism.But of course God taught us many things, andnow twenty-five years later we serve God inZambia.

I had never really thought about it, but morethan half of our married life we have been inmission work. And yet it seems like we havebeen here such a short time. Yet, time is such arelative term, it just depends on what youcompare it with. Twenty-five years is a longtime to be married in this day and age. Atwenty-five year old girl seems like a reallyyoung person to me. To David, twenty-fiveyears is such a long time it's almostunimaginable. It's unbelievable to me thatwe've been married twenty-five years, becausethe time has gone so quickly that it seems likeit happened yesterday.

God has led in so many different ways fromwhat we thought He would twenty-five yearsago. We just praise Him for our three childrenwho have brought us so much joy and manyblessings. We praise Him for leading us toZambia. We praise Him for all of you whopray for us and give so generously that wemight be here. We praise and thank Him fortwenty-five years of marriage on December28,1980, and for all the good things that comeas we serve Him together. We ask for yourprayers as we continue in His service,wherever He leads.

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