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Conference 1997

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there was a large turnout even from places as far away as Upington, Kimberley and Cape Town. The theme this year was "The power of God for Salvation" and all speakers developed the theme according to the

subjects and scriptures that they were given. Fran spoke for a ladies class and Ipreached the Sunday morning service. This conference is devoted just to the preaching and teaching of the gospel. We do not have long meetings discussing many problems of the churches: we just have the building up of the church through God's Word. Along with the main services of preaching, there are always classes for
men, women and even activities for the youth. The

Pete preaching the Sunday morning ofthe 1997 conference.

youth always have classes and then on Saturday have an organized activity where they go to a local resort, etc., to enjoy being together as just the youth. Some of the older youth now head up those activities and have put into practice what they have learned over the years about being leaders. All in all, conference caters to everyone who wants to be involved and, when people participate, they can be built up during their time together. The planning committee for the conference is elected every two years and is mainly responsible

for planning the conference every year. This year Iwasaskedtobethechairman onceagain and Iwill
serve for the next two years. This is the fourth twoyear term that Ihave served and Iam pleased to be ofservice to the people in thisway. AndrewCalvert, the minister that we work with here in George, is
again serving as treasurer as he has since 1983. Jerry Kennedy served wellas chairman the last four
years and we are thankful for his service.

Next year's conference is being planned for the town of Upington inthe northern part ofthe country.
We were there in 1988 for the conference and the

church there planned the conference and made all

ofthe arrangements well. Twoyears from nowwe are planning for conference to be here in George,
and the people here are so excited that they are talking about skipping next year's conference and just planning for that one. Please pray for us as we make future plans and help the people have an
encouraging time in the Lord.

Teachers ofCape Bible Seminary (Standing): Jerry Kennedy. Steve Zimmerman, Ron Butler, Pete Laughren and Phil Smith. (Seated): Gordon & Estelle Nelson.

the addition of TEE. Cape BibleSeminary, as you

know, is a school that takes the classes to where the churches are and teaches the leaders who are

already leading the churches. It has worked very

well and, to date, we have 379 students who have
taken at least one course.

Cape Bible Seminary

Every year we tryto have a planning meeting to work on plans for Cape Bible Seminary. These
meetings are an outgrowth of the times that Steve Zimmerman and I would sit down and plan the following year's sessions when just he and Iworked with Cape Bible Seminary in the late 80's. These meetings now range from planning the school's seminar sessions, to working out guidelines under which we work. This year we met here in George during the weekend of August 22 to 24. The six teachers who work with Cape Bible Seminary, Gordon Nelson, Ron Butler, Jerry Kennedy, Phil Smith, Steve Zimmerman and I, met together and accomplished quite a bit, such as establishing
policy as to qualifications of future teachers and the purpose of what we are doing with Cape Bible Seminary. One of the great things that came out of the

Fran and Ienjoyed the time together as we got

to fellowship with other missionaries whom we do
not see too often as the closest ones to us are in

Cape Town, four hours' drive away. All came to spend the weekend with us except for Steve Zimmerman who drove in and out the same day. While here, the ones who spent the weekend took part in the two services on Sunday at the George church, which pleased the local people very much. Our goal in 1998 is to have at least one session
(whether it be a week, a weekend, or successive

weekends) taught every month in different places around the country. We already have requests from Humansdorp, Port Elizabeth, Graaff-Reinet and others in the planning stages for the next year. Please pray forthe workof Cape BibleSeminary as
we feel it is an effective tool of the kingdom to build
up leaders for the church.

meeting is the use of TEE (Theological Education by Extension) that will be used with Cape Bible
Seminary seminars in the future. Ron Butler,

48 Stander Street

George, South Africa

The above is our residential address as of July 8,1997. When we moved to George last Decem
ber, we were fortunate to be able to rent a furnished

before moving to Cape Town in 1996, worked with TEE for close to thirty years in Zaire. He has added a lotto the program ofCape BibleSeminary through

house. We hoped this was only for a couple of months. God takes care of us in a mighty way. and
we are convinced of that. When we came here in

Jonathan's double lung transplant surgery.

Of

December last year, we wanted to rent a furnished apartment and the real estate agent told us that that would be impossible as it was just getting into the holiday season and most apartments were taken with holiday makers. Atthe last minute she remem bered a couple who had been trying to sell their house with no success. She said that they might be interested in renting itfurnished until they got itsold. They had left their furniture in it to make it more attractive to buyers to look at and so, therefore, it suited our needs. They decided that they did want to rent it out, but only on a monthly basis, and that was fine with us. Our things were in storage, we could look out after their place, and itwould all work
well.

While we were renting that house, we started looking at houses to buy in January. After looking at forty to fifty houses with many estate agents, we decided on and signed the papers for the house at 48 Stander Street, hoping to move in by April or May at the latest. The people living in the house were renting from the previous owners and had a con tract to stay until June 30 and decided that they would stay until that time. Not getting in the house earlier than July disappointed us, but we figured that there must be a reason for it. April 17 we got the reason when we got a call from Texas and we made that quick trip back for Fran's brother

course we were gone until June 4th and could not have moved in May anyway. After the people moved out on June 30, we took ownership on July 1. We then took a week in which we painted the house, had an alarm system in stalled, and got ready for our belongings which would arrive from storage in Cape Town the next week. It only took us about two car loads to move ourthings that were already here in George and our first night in the house was actually the 8th, the day our belongings arrived. Coincidentally (that's what some people would say), the house that we were renting sold immediately after we moved out and people moved in there the first of August. With the things arriving from Cape Town which included all of our belongings from Cape Town and the container load from furlough, you can just imagine the mess. It took us over a month to unpack and we are now settled just fine. This house has four bedrooms, an adjacent apartment, a sepa rate office and plenty of space for visitors. When the Cape Bible Seminary co-workers came, they all stayed here with no problem. We are very thankful for this house and pray that God would use itfor his glory. The Sunday before we moved in, we invited the church in George over and we had a small dedication service on the back patio to dedicate the house for God's glory. Please pray for us that we may use it for his will and his glory. If you want to come and visit and help with work, you are always
welcome.

48 Stander Street, George, South Africa with George Mountain in the background.

Our belongings arrived on July 8.

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Fran's Feelings
Hi You All!!

We hope and pray that this letter finds you well and happily serving our Lord. There have been some of you who have been injured, sick and lost
loved ones since our return to South Africa. Please

best to watch for anything in the different places. So far he is controlling his diabetes with his diet, and we pray it will remain this way for a long time, Lord willing of course. This year's conference was in Queenstown. We had never been there before and they had never hosted a conference before. It all went very
well and Queenstown is a nice little town. Consid

know that you are inour prayers and our hope is that you are recovered and have found peace and comfort in your trying times. Thank you for remem bering us in your prayers as well. It is so nice to be settled in our home in George.
We all love this house; it is so comfortable and

ering the very hot weather, the turnout was good. I

was asked to lead in one class for the women. Aleta

useful. At times I felt like we would never get everything unpacked before we got busy, but we did. It took us about six weeks to get everything unpacked and put away. We are so grateful for such a nice and big house because we were able to find a place for everything. Denzil was so good, too. He hardly ever got in the way, and he actually helped occasionally. It was quite exciting for all of us to go through everything because we forgot some of what we had. Most of Denzil's things seemed like they were new to him. He would say, "Oh my goodness!" or "Surprise!" Again, we say thank you to all of you who sent things to put in the container, and a big thanks to those who helped us pack up the container. Only a few things got broken in the move and they were the things that were already here in storage. So we
thank God for that.

Kennedy did all of the children's classes; she loves doing it and the kids seem to like her a lot. Denzil enjoyed the classes and that is a first since we've been back in South Africa. He usually won't leave my side, so we were pleased to see this progress. The youth were expecting Pete and me to be with them some, but it wasn't planned and we weren't able to. Next year, since Pete is chairman of the planning committee again, we will make a plan to be with the youth. Sunday evening and the Monday and Tuesday
after conference, we were at Graaff-Reinet for a "missionary retreat." It was encouraging and a fun time for all of us who attended. We always enjoy getting together with the other missionaries be cause of the common bond in 1) being a Christian, 2) working in South Africa, and 3) being Americans. It was encouraging and uplifting for us. Septemberthrough November is a busy time for traveling. We have Cape Bible Seminary week ends, other traveling to do, and a Vacation Bible School to plan. Please continue to pray for safe travels. Denzil still is a great little traveler. He is growing up fast and is getting to be an independent

August was a busy time for us in that we had a lot of company all month. Our first guest was a friend of mine from Cape Town, Sharon Reed. We then had David Jantjies and his family (7 total) come and spend the weekend. The following weekend we had ten missionaries here for a Cape Bible Seminary meeting. It was a busy time, but great fun. We had a bed for everyone and fellow ship was wonderful. Iknow that many of you worry about Peter's diet when we have company and travel now that he has diabetes. I have some recipes that I make special for Pete (especially things like cookies, sauces and even brownies). He does very well resisting the "no-nos," but he still needs your prayers; it's not always easy. Itis difficult to find things for him to eat
and snack on here, unlike the States. So we do our

Missionaries & kids gatheredfor the missionary retreat.

The church here in George is a pleasure to work

with. It is a small group, but there is a spirit of

cooperation that is refreshing to see.

When we are in town, we try to have Sunday School in our house (we pick the children up and return them after services) as the place that
we meet in for services is too small for both the

church services and Sunday School at the

same time.

Fran leaching missionary kids at the missionaiy retreat.

little fellow. So far, he does well interactingwith the African kids. He has trouble with many ofthe youth and adults because they scare him by pulling at him, grabbing at him, and teasing him (ofcourse, all done lovingly). But he is learning and isall right with it all most of the time as long as one of us is close by. Denzil is learning to dance and sing like the Africans and becoming quite a performer. He is
popular that is for sure.

We plan on spending Christmas in Cape Town as Kevin and Debbie Oakley (friendsfrom Berea Christian Church in Hampton, GA) are arriving with their children the day after Christmas at the airport in Cape Town for a visit here in George. While here, they will be helping witha Vacation BibleSchool that we are having from December
29 to January 5.

If your church is now using disposable com munion cups, do you have any glass cups that are not being used? Would you like to put them

to good use? The churches here use any cups

that they can get a hold of. When we have

We are looking fonward to our summer time and

the upcoming activities. We pray that you have a wonderful warm and cozy winter. Keep safe and in
touch.

plasticdisposable cups, they are used until they are broken, cracked and of no use. Many ofthe churches prefer and ask for glass ones (be cause they last longer),butthey are veryexpen
sive. Can you help us inthis way? If so, itwould

Until next time, love and prayers,

besincerely appreciated. If you can send cups,

please wrapcarefully. Afellow missionary here said that a church once sent 500 loose glass
cups in a box of which only 50 were not broken upon arrival. Any cups will help, but especially

Etc.
After the annual conference, we met in the town

glass ones. Thanks!

of Graaff-Reinet for two days with several other missionary families for a "missionary retreat." Earl Ferguson, from the Deer Creek Christian Church in Chicago, was with us to lead us in

Prayers
~ Please pray for the Vacation Bible School that

Bible studies. It was a good time of fellowship

and encouragement.

we plan to have the end of the year here in

George. Please pray for us as we travel in the next three

We have much traveling to do from now to the end of the year. We will be in places such as Graaff-Reinet,East London, Barkley-West, and Cape Town for Cape Bible Seminary sessions
and other events.

months and try to build the kingdom here. ~ Please continue to pray for Fran's brother
Jonathan. He continues to do well, but still has

a long road of recovery ahead of him.

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GEORGE, SOUTH AFRICA

The Laughrens, Pete, Fran & Denzil

Vol. 8, No. 3 & No. 4

The last six months have been busy months and we praise the Lord for the work He has led
us to do here in South Africa. Fran. Denzil and

I are well and hope for you the same. In this

newsletter we will cover some of the highlights

kids were having so much fun that they asked for another week. We told them that they would have to wait and, Lord willing, they will only have to wait until June this year because we have interns coming and we will put one on with
them.

that have happened in this part of the Lord's kingdom.

Vacation Bible Sciiooi

(Fran's Feelings, Part 1)

We met in the mornings in the church build ing in the African township of Thembalethu. The theme was "The King's Club" and it was easy to work out the lessons and crafts to go
with the theme. We used a book with the theme

and lessons that came from Ross Wissmann

Would you believe that this was the first

Vacation Bible School we have been able to

do in South Africa since July 1992?? There are many reasons for this, but the main rea son is help. We have had to wait for help from the States because the people here were afraid to tackle it. This year we had the honor and privilege of having the help and fellowship of the Kevin Oakley family from the Berea Christian Church in Hampton, GA.
The dates that we held the first Vacation

(their family are missionaries in the Philip pines). Kevin Oakley taught the lesson every day using the flannelgraph. I had crafts in line and the Oakleys helped us get it all ready and helped the kids make them in the classes. We

Bible School forthe churches of George was from January 5 to 9.

In preparation for the event, the folks here were very helpful, but you could see hesitation because they really didn't know what in the world we were trying to do. God blessed the time in a big way. Our attendance was +/- 30 the first day and every day it increased by 30 more, ending the week at 146 on Friday. The

The Oaklev Familv Kevin, Debbie, Matthew & Erin.

Cape Bible Seminary

During the time this newsletter covers, we have been busy with Cape Bible Seminary in
several different areas. In November Itaught a class in the Karoo town of Graaff-Reinet and

was really pleased with the results. Itaught the

class "The Guide To Christian Growth"ior four

nights and had anywhere from 20 to 40 stu dents each night. All in all, I had a total of 22 students get a credit for the class and felt
pleased with the success.
From the 16th to the 20th of March 1taught the books of 1, 2, and 3 John to the church that meets in Gelvandale, Port Elizabeth. Atten
Children during V.B.S. craft time.

dance was again good there and we had 27 students gain full credits for the class that was
held.

In February, we again had a meeting of

used the felt, pom-poms, beads and feathers

the missionaries involved with Cape Bible

you folk from the States have sent over the years. The kids loved the swords, helmets,
damsel hats, fla'gsTbeaded crossesrand-pom-

Seminary here in George to work out some of

the finer details of the teaching program. In
attendance were Gordon-Nelson, Phil Smith,-

pom pets they made. So, thank-you to all who

helped with the supplies! Debbie Oakley taught the songs and to

Jerry Kennedy, Ron Butlerand myself. (Steve

Zimmerman did not attend.) We did a lot of work on forms of teaching and organization and I am now in charge {once again) of the

gether we decided on the songs that Jeff Moody wrote and composed like "Celebrate," "I'veGot
The Joy.."Romans 16:19," "Lord, ILiftYour Name On High, "and others. The kidsjust loved them and did they ever sing them out!! They sang at the top of their lungs and still remember
them today.

record-keeping for the school and its stu

dents. At last report, we have had close to
400 students who have taken at least one

class and many with many credits for classes

attended. Our next meeting will be in

The tough part was working out the program

when all we had was a one-room building to meet in. But it did work out fine, because of the

August in the Karoo town of Cradock. We have completed a constitution for the school that will help if anything legal is required (such as government registration) down the
road.

older kids being with the younger kids. In fact, they helped with the younger kids. So, it was a
fun and blessed time for all.

Ourphilosophy in Cape Bible Seminary is

to take the classes to where the students are because the idea of a resident school does

Thank-you, Oakleys, for coming and shar ing in the great time and helping it to be a success. And thank you one and all for praying
for it to go well. We feel that your prayers were

not always work in every circumstance. We are pleased with most of the results of what is happening and further sessions are planned
in the different areas around the country
where we have teachers located. Please

answered greatly. We look forward to the next

one in June.

pray for the work of Cape Bible Seminary

and for the individual teachers who are in
volved.

Visitors

One of the things that we most likeabout our move to George is the house that we are able
to use. With a house that has an apartment

attached, we are able to accommodate visitors

very easily and feel that this has added to the ministry here. During the last six months we
had several visitors, but none more important

than the Oakley family from Berea Christian Church in Hampton. GA. While Debbie and
theirtwo children, Matthew and Erin, were able to be here for month, Kevin had to go back after two weeks because of his work at Delta Air

"The long &jhe short ofit." Pete with Rankin Melalcitor in

Darkly- IVest.

West and the people are still talking about their

visit to this day.

lines. They arrived on the 28th of December

and after Kevin left on the 13th of January,

Along with many enjoyable times together,

one extra funny thing that happened was on our

Debbie and the kids stayed until the 29th. While they were here, they helped with the
Vacation Bible School that was described above,

trip to Barkly-West. During the morning wor ship, as the youth group choir was singing a special, I leaned over to the leader and men
tioned to him that Debbie and the children are

preached and taught at the two local churches,

and made a trip with us to Barkly-West on the Northern Cape for a weekend of teaching,

leaving the country in 4 days and would the youth like to sing farewell to her and the kids.
He said, "Yes, that would be nice." As the choir

preaching and weddings. They were well re ceived bythe church here inGeorge and Barkly-

is sitting down, he stands up and says, "Sister

Debbie and the children are leaving soon to go

back to America and they would like to stand up

Kevin Oakley preaching in Conville, George.

Debbie Oakleysinging impromptu in Barkly-West.

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help, we have been well looked after. May He bless you for your faithfulness and thoughtfulness. If you get a chance, we'd love to hear from you.
Love, Fran

Etc.
During November we were able to be part of the Northern Cape Preaching Rally. Fran taught several flannelgraph lessons and I taught the youth. We have had over 10 baptisms here in George since our last newsletterfor which we praise the Lord.
Since the last newsletter we have made
JVe rejoice with the baptisms here in George.

Vacation Bible School with the churches

three trips to Cape Town, two trips to East

London, three to Port Elizabeth, two to

there. They will be here from June 12 to July 30.

Graaff-Reinet, two to Barkly-West all for various times of teaching and other rea
sons.

Prayers
-- Please pray for me (Pete) as I am in charge of the yearly conference again. It will be held in Upington from September
30 to October 4, 1998.

I was able to attend the Minister's Week

for the Church of Christ Mission that was

held in Margate Natal during March.

Also in March I was able to hold weekend

classes in a town called Humansdorp.

This was a church that we had not visited
before.

Please pray for the two churches in George (Conville and Thembalethu) as they con tinue to grow spiritually.
Please pray for the four people who are coming for their internship in June and July. Pray for us as we host and for the church in Johannesburg as they do the
same.

We are holding both the Sunday School

classes and youth group classes at our

house on Sundays when we are in town and this is working out very well.
We are hosting three interns and their host, Stacy Garner, in June and July. They will help with the local Vacation
Bible School and then we will travel to the

-- Please pray that Cape Bible Seminary will be used of the Lord to train strong leaders
for the churches here.

Northern Cape Youth Camp and then they will go on to Johannesburg to conduct a

Please pray for Fran as she leads the

and sing a special to us to say good-bye!" Debbie's eyes were as huge as saucers, but she was a good sport and got up and sang something impromptu. The people really en
joyed it and she did well. All in all, we really enjoyed their time here and will remember their visit for a long time to come. We are very thankful for their visit and their help in the work here. We are also very
thankful to the Berea Christian Church in Hamp

approximately 15 young people who attend. They are a lot of fun and very eager to learn and
do more in the church.

Also, something that is very new/different

for me is that I have been asked to work on a

church choir. They are keen to learn the old hymns and some choruses. I sang in the church choir when I was in high school and
an ensemble. But other than that, I have

ton, GA who helped to make their trip possible. Thank-you, Kevin, Debbie, Matthew and Erin, and we hope you come again sometime.

had no training. But the folks here don't mind and they (25 to 30 of them) are having as much fun as I am and they are very encour
aging. The attendance for Sunday School aver

Fran's Feelings (Part 2)

Hi Folks!!

ages between 20-30 every week, and it is going well. The Sunday School and youth meet at our house on Sundays. I drop off Pete in the a.m.
for the services and I carry the kids back to the house for Sunday School, than an hour later take them back, hopefully in time for the com munion service. At 3:45, we pick up the youth . and bring them to the house for an hour. At 5:00, we all head back for choir practice, then evening service starts"at 6:00 p.mT, althougtra

I trust that all is well with you. We are all well and keeping busy. As I write this, Pete is ending his two-week "teaching tour." That's what I call it, but he was in Natal and East
London for a week. He did not do much

teaching that week, but his week was all

teaching in Port Elizabeth and Humansdorp.
I told Pete that he better hurry home now because Denzil is getting used to him being
gone.

couple of times we have sung for two hours and not had the evening services. They just do not
want to stop. Ha! Inthe past six months we have been blessed with a lot of company. We've had missionaries in and out (six adults and two kids all at once) a couple of times, a visiting family from the
States and some South African friends at differ

For the first week that Pete was gone, it was a continuous barrage of questions about Daddy. "Where's Daddy?" "I miss my Daddy." "Is

Daddy coming home?" All of these questions were usually accompanied with tears and he would call Daddy on the phone. I'm afraid to see our phone bill this month. Nothing major went wrong while Pete was gone, praise God. Ionly had to take the dog to the vet due to an ear
Infection. Denzil has been sleeping with me,

ent times. It works out so well here in this big house. Everyone is comfortable without being

on top of each other. We continually thank and praise God for our home here in George. Since I have already written about the Vacation Bible
School I will close with best wishes to all of you
for a safe and fun-filled summer. We had a

but will not go to sleep until very late. And then,

I had to call a locksmith because I used the

wrong key in the security gate, thus getting it stuck. I also spent a lot of money, but it could
have been worse. Hal

good summer here and look fonward to good things this winter which is just around the cor
ner.

Please continue to pray for us and the work

here. Thanks to all who sent Christmas parcels

This year we have started working with the youth group here in George. So far we have

and special "no occasion" parcels. With God's