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197&TIF. yt^AR OF TIB FUHI.OICK

After a lot of prayer and sb\il searching xj h&irt finally rade the deefelx)n to return to the 13A for a furlough in ndd-197^'., there are. irony factors that have affected this decision* flt-stly, FJi AlClAL durlnp:-the past year.-Uis^haye^
'e have had to borrow '2500.00 to pay off the printer for Alethoia r,a^azino and have used our savings of ' 4000 as well. Still every r-onth vto wontinue to no in
the hole. The inflation rate is still climbinEf above 11 and vAth. last year's
If- and the forecast for 197f at over 10'' w feel tje have .^ot to rr.ake a move.

barely been able to live let alone have enough to do ati adequate job of outreach,

Secondly, we have not had a furlough as a family since 1971-72. The ^^irls
T-jill r.ust rr.ade rake be in hieh school next year and if v;e are to interrupt their schooling it be noi; or ijait for four years. During the past five years Joy and 1 have spparate trips to the l!SA to try to pick up enough additional support to a furlough unnecessary. These trips proved to be totally unsatisfactory. Thirdly, we feel that the ir.cn here at Denoni have progresg^tj, to-the State

The time was just too short to influence new support.

where they can handle the leadership responsibilities ejqpected,;. of ther.. It will
furnish a good baptism of fire for them, and might tcach us sorcthing also. fitu Cook is close enough to help in an eirorgency and the facilities at Aletheia
Tfdll continue to provide ratorials for ther..-

Obviously, any decision of this nature is traumatic...-^ut, furloughs seem to be a necessary evil, i.e, naturally, look fonrrard to renevdng' old friendships and making now ones. As patriotic Amiericans wo are all looking fon-zard to being
back in the "good *ol LSA".

Ue t-jant to be back by i.ay 1st 197i If this is possible a lot of things have to be done, '.'hiie 1 hesitate to mention money...it too is a necessary evil.

the past few years is fantastic.

when vje arrive in the States.

A minimum, of ''-6,000 is reeded for travel alonetl

Then another ,;3000 i-rill be needed, to .transport

The increase of the air fares over

This travel' expense will have to cor.e from con

cerned Christians like yourselves. If everypne who gots this letter would stick a ten-dollar bill in an envelope, and send'it to us at-3eavcr City, the money ould
be raised. It is that sirple. They tell m:e.-that ^^lO isn't very much anypore, but even so, with the effort of p.any hands* the burden is made light. ,.'e prayer fully ask you to consider doing this and even more- Do it today while it is

fresh on your m.ind.

Send to TlliJ FAlU.LAl FAi ILY T-^-AVlX, leaver City, .I c. 6fc926.

'^e plan to travel as a

As soon as sufficient funds have boen received to have our tickets booked we

xdll be witing to m.ake speaking schedules -^/ith you. school year.

to us at ^ioaver City right away.

family during the summer and then the children v/ill be in Beaver City during the

If you wovO.d like us to be in your camping program this sumimer ijritc

l ay God richly bless you as you serve Pim there and join vdth us in this
great venture of faith.

u'ally, Joy, Joshua, Sarah, and rachel

\mu SFEIDS I.CI-.Th- IK HOSPITAL ir STATbS

I have just returned from 30 days in Montgomery, Alabamia where I received trGatm.ent for fry heart condition. In Kovembcr I had a bad spell and v;e all felt

we shouldn't put off treatm.ent until our furlough, so I flew out December 26 and
arrived back home January 27th. It was a good time spent and the dotors not-; say thar 1 am fine again and ready to go full blast. I'm sorry we didn't get the-news

out in time for you to all foin in the prayers for my healing,, but there just
wasn't tim.c.
A1 CiCGY

3c in fHAIS?r to him. for his wonderful healing.

./e are so sorry for the lateness of this paper but the original newsletter evidently got lost in the mail. Anyvjay it was never published so wo are rushing
this new one to you.

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FjiRlttlAM NEWSLETTER
NEW BIBLE STUDY IN KRIEL

Last Wednesday night we had the first meeting of a Bible Study group at Kreil
in the Eastern Transvaal. It is a new community of about 12,000 fieople who mo:tly work at a power station. About 6 families attended and we had a wonderful time in the Lord. One lady, Sharon Cable made her decision for the Lord and x^ent back on Tliursday for a baptismal service. When we got there we discovered that one of the men, Clive Bayman had also decided to obey his Lord, So we had two baptisms-

PRAISE THE LORDJ

east of us,
FLIRLOUGH

Since the distance is so great we ai^lpoing to continue the stu

dy on a bi-weekly basis beginning at the end of the schooiL holiday, ApJi'il 25th.
So be praying for the formation of this new group of Ciiristians about 70 miles

Still no definite date can be set for our leaving South Africa, We are now tentatively planning for June, but there are so many imponderables that we really can't be sure. So many things need to be done to make sure of a smooth transition to local leadership as well. tk)st of our furnitur-e and ihings we aren't^keeping - is sold, so our house is looking pretty bare right now. This big item, of course, is the sale of the house and we covet your prayers for this. The econoity is really in recession right now and no property is moving. Con*t afford to sell at a loss,
so we just have to vjait upon the Lord in this. We do appreciate the way you folk at home are rallying around the furlough needs and pray you will continue to do so,
as much is needed yet.
BENONI CHURCH NEWS

The work at Benoni continues to cause concern.

The announcement of our leav

ing has really dampened the Spirit here, but we are praying that they will allow the Lord to make a blessing out of this as well. No one has left, but the old enthusiasm is just not present. They are really very capable and I know that they will soon realize that they can carry on vjithout us as well as before. Terry S.
is a very capable preacher and he will grow more when the chance comes. The Clegg family has moved back to England and we miss them in the assembly. Pray Tcri-th us that they find a group of NT Christians to fellowship vdth there. The church viill be meeting in the home of Phj.lip and Linda Hyrley after v;e are gone and for this we praise HIK. This is a real step of faith for them and I know He vdll really bless them.

The Ladies Bible studies are going well and grovdng. Joy has persuadei^me to teach her Thursday class on prophecy. So I am really enjoying going through the wonderful promises of Revelation again,
ALETHEIA ^TE\^J5

With the wonderful giving last month vxe are about even with the world on the first issue, PTL1 Now we can rally start thinkinj^ seriou'^ly about, issue No 2
The bad news is that the post Office has bought C'T.i- propoi-ty that we ha.d leased. We have to find new premises by J;2.nur-ry 1st, 1979:' Croi-jn I-Anes, who own the pro perty, have promised to try to fi^d anothc;.- pla-.-.e si\itoible as this one Please be praying for this very urgent n-c.<3, Stu anu karrDyn Cook continue to do a fine

job vdth the many probl.ems with tiie

visuals will soon be rea<-ly at(k3 vjo

ous
anxiotis '.o

'new liv.Vng there.

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New andio

Wall j'

Joy, Joahua. Sarah and Rachel