Dear Christian Brethren:

HERN

We consider the opportunity to share in the support of Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Ammerman, missionaries to Southern Rhodesia, a genuine Christian privilege. After meeting and interviewing them, we feel they are fully qualified for foreign mission work. Their reputation and character are

of the highest calibre; their training is excellent; and their desire to be of service to the Lord is contagious.
We consider them worthy of any and all support, and would highly
recommend tiiem to all of our brotherhood.

SOUT

God.,will use this couple mightily in His kingdom.

In His Service^<

iggo JeM^j/Cha^r. of Elders

Art TemplemjHivKGhair. of Board

ob LytueTA^inister First Cnristian Church

Carthage, Missouri

To our Brethren in Christ Everywhere

Dear Fi^iends: '

We have carefully investigated and closely examined BTuce and Carolyn

Aimnerman and have found them thoroiighly sound in the faith, devoted to
Christ, loyal to His church and determined to serve-Hini.as an evangelist in Southern Rhodesia. We heartily recommend,them fdr this field of service. "x x" """

We are happy for the privilege of joifiing hands'^ith First Christian

Church of Laniar, Missouri; First Christian Church and Westside Christian
Church here in Carthage, Missouri; in underwriting their living link support. We commend them to our brethren and would encourage you to con sider helping to supply their, service link support.\ Bruce is presently serving bur congregation as associate minister, as

well as teaching in the Ozark Bible College; In our association with him over the years wehave found him a man of convictions, yet congenial, cooperative and capable. Misconduct recommends him as a nature Christian.
Sincerely yours in Christian fellowship,

.Chairman

/iv/Lf

/^///x^y?.Chairman

ELISM

card

of Elders.

The i-Ilssionary CcEoiittee

sanrs

EVANG

Final plans are in the making

for us to enter the mission field

a;-

We were married October 24, 1958 in Lamar, Missouri, where Carolyn's father was ministering. The sunmier
of I960 we spent in Barbados, an

of Southern Rhodesia, Africa. We would like to take this opportunity

island in the Caribbean, evangelizing

V.B.S. teaching and building.This experience was a part of the suMier internship program of Ozark Bible College and the Lord's Reapers, O.B.C.'s mission group.

to acquaint those interested with

some facts concerning our back

grounds and future ambitions.

Bruce was bom in Cambridge City,

Indiana, September 24, 1937, the

son of Mr. & Mrs. Voyle Aramernian. He lived on his parents' farm his first 18 years until leaving for We have two daughters-Gay Denise, born January 23, 1961, and Amy

Danelle, born November 11, 1962.

college. While home he had an early relationship with the church. He was baptized at the age of 10 while attending Mahoning Valley Christian
Service Camp in Indiana.

During a later year of camp, Bruce decided on specialized Christian service. He entered Qzark Bible

College in Sept., 1955, and graduated

in June, 1959. He began teaching full-time at the college in music and Bible in the fall of 1961. leaving

Tentative plans include leaving the states by plane in early July, 1963. We will fly to Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia, where we will be met by our co-workers, Mr. and Mrs. Ziden Nutt. Prom there we will go
the 200 miles north to our new home. We will be a part of the newly developed Chidamoyo Mission. The work centers in evangelistic preach ing and teaching, mainly through interpreters, the erection and

a 2^ year ministry in Berryville,

Arkansas. While at the college, he served the church at Milford, Mo.

guidance of Christian schools, and the practice of emergency first-aid and practical medicine.

Carolyn was born August 9, 1937

in Carthage, Mo., and has spent most

(kir living link support of $400

a month is to be provided by First
Christian Church and Fairview Christian Church of Carthage, Mo. and First Christian Church, Lamar,

of her years in and around this town. Carolyn is the daughter of

Mr. and Mrs. Walter Goodman of Webb

City, Missouri. She was baptized at the age of 9 by Stanley Letcher at

the First Christian Church in

Ho. We are yet in need of approxi mately $300 a month service link
and considerable travel and equip

Carthage. Early in her life she

became interested in the Lord's work

and especially inmissionary service. While in college, she was privileged to spend one summer of service and preparation in the French and Negro
mission fields of Southern Louisiana.

Bruce and Carolyn Gay and Amy

ment funds.

As we prepare and go to serve,

we covet your prayers, your interest, and your support that we may be

In June, 1959, she also was graduated

frcMi ozark Bible College.

effective Reapers for our Lord.

each group hears a report on at least twelve different mission fields during the year. We are presently in our second yeai with this program. In addition, once each quarter, a guest missionary speaker is called to challenge the entire congregation to the world-wide mission work of Christ. Dr. Dennis Pruett, of Christian Hospital in Mashoko, Southern Rhodesia, was with us in January. His enthusiastic presentation further stimulated
our interest in the work there and intensi

work on one of the many mission fields served by N.T. Christian missionaries.
To some of our mission works we have

suggested they send their publication directly to the homes of our members, and we have provided them with their
names and addresses. We believe this

Show jUi
f iJJionJ: yUl

is far superior to the bundle to the

church where the member often neglects to pick up a copy, but readily and

fied our desire to see the Ammermans on

that field seeking to bring men out of the darkness into the marvelous light of Christ by the preaching of the gospel.
Together with leaders from First Chris

gladly reads it when he finds it in his home. Thus, our membership receives several mission publications directly at home where they are well received, While there are some types of mission

work

that necessitate

the

support

of

churches over a wide area, we believe most

tian Church in Carthage, we discussed with Dr. Pruett the nature of the work being
done and to be done in that field and how

Missouri churches to send

mission work could be improved by more

churches accepting the responsibiiity of

a living-link missionary family or co operating with other churches in a given area to support a missionary family. This, together with a well-planned mission in formation program in each local congrega
tion, will not diminish but enhance the
whole mission outreach of the church of our Lord.

we as local churches could more effectively aid our missionary family in their work. We felt a certain affinity with Bruce as Dr. Pruett congratulated him on his decision to join the staff of missionaries now serving in Southern Rhodesia. We are persuaded that mission informa tion and mission interest are corollary. Thus, the congregation that is well in formed about missions will be vitally
interested in missions.

family to Rhodesia and enlarge interest elswhere

By WALTER L. SPRATT

We believe that mission work is not to

be limited to foreign countries. Thus, we support regularly and substantially the Cookson Hills Christian School (a chil dren's home), near Siloam Springs, Arkansas; a newly established church in Neosho, Missouri; the Ozark Bible College, in Joplin, Missouri; and Mission Services, in 'Joliet, Illinois. We commend our missionary program to

our brethren not as the only way, but as one way to improve the missionary out
reach of our Lord's church and the

spiritual inreach of Christ into the hearts of His people at home. end

To further stimulate interest in the

various mission fields around theworld, we take advantage of the printed page. Each week, our local church paper The Fairvievj Christian-goes into over 300 homes carrying an article written by amember of our missionary committee telling about some phase of mission

Photo by Carl Taylor

Dr. Prueff (left) congratulates Mr. Ammerman (right) on his decision to go to Rhodesia as a missionary.

The Aimnerman family

Printed by O.B.C. Press

Courtesy of Standard Publishing Co.

Missouri is popularly known as the

of with Fairview Christian of Church a

"Show Me state," but the leadership

in

in this area. First Christian Church and Westside Christian Church here in Car

Carthage would like to "show" and share

others their solution twofold

mission problem. The first concerns mis sionaries having to raise support through exhaustive and extensive travel among the
churches; the second is the need for each member of the local church to be widely

thage. together with First Christian Church in Lamar, Missouri (just twenty-three miles away), have already joined hands with us in pledging the living-link support for the Ammerman family. Other churches in our area are being enlisted to help in supply ing the needed service-link support for
them.

this danger may be overcome ny an eltective missionary program in each local church. For example, our missionary com mittee, headed by elder Carl Bowers, has developed the following twofold program. On the last Sunday of each month, a

acquainted with missions. The ideal answer to the first problem is for the missionary family to have a home congregation sustaining them entirely in their work, thus removing the need for extensive travel to gain support. While some congregations are able to do this, others cannot. However, a group of churches in a given area can co-operate to put a missionary family on the field. When on furlough, the missionaries would not need to exhaust themselves by travel ing to report, but could r-cndcr a real and cITcclive witness in a local area by conduct ing evangelistic meetings, mission lectures, etc., and, in general, have a more personal relationship with the church or churches supporting them.

Realizing that the missionary family and their supporters should become person ally acquainted, the Fairview congregation
called Bruce to be associated with us in

the work here until they are ready to

leave for their field of service. Thus,

in addition to his teaching duties with the Ozark Bible College in Joplin, Mis souri, he serves as our youth minister,
directs our Junior choir, teaches a different
one of our nineteen Bible-school clas^es

each Lord's Day morning, preaches to the entire congregation twice each month, and
visits in the homes of the various members

twenty-five minute period prior to the morning Bible-school lesson is devoted to a mission report. These reports are pre pared and presented by various members of the congregation. The member in preparing his report writes directly to the mission or missionary and asks for current first hand data. This, together with the material we keep on file prepared by Mission Services, Box 968, Joliel. Illinois, and provided through their monthly missionary study packets, is used by each reporter to cover the field assigned to him by the missionary committee. The member pre paring these reports naturally derives the greatest benefit, but the entire congregation
becomes minded. mission informed and mission

of the congregation. Also, with this ar rangement, Bruce and his family are free
to visit in the other churches in the area

On mission report Sunday the entire congregation (involving approximately 250

for special services or regular Lord's Day services to tell of their plans to work in
Southern Rhoilesia.

Selecting a missionary
Since the Fairview church is not able

Miss Mary Lou Crisler, who will be

come director of education and office

to support entirely a missionary family, we have chosen to work in co-operation with other churches in the area by send ing and sustaining a missionary family on the field. Our first step was to find a family willing to share with us in this
endeavor. We have found such in the Bruce

secretary for the Fairview congregation the

first of June. v\ill

serve

as

forwarding

agent

for

the and

Amthe
Photo by Carl Taylor
Leadcfs from
:onf(.r with Dr.

mermans. M inistcr

Bob Lyttle

Ammerman family who plan to go to Southern Rhodesia this July to work with the Ziden Nutt family, presently serving in the Karoi area. After our missionary committee and board of elders carefully interviewed Bruce and Karolyn, we deciilcd to endorse and support them. Recog nizing their need for travel money and equipment, we began immediately to set aside a fund for this purpose which will be available to them when they begin their final preparations.

office staff of First Christian Church in

Carthage will prepare

and mail the Ammor-

fairview
Pruett

and
and

First Cfiristian churches

Mr, Animerman.

man's monthly newsMiss Crisler letter.

people) is divided into three groups. The first six grades meet together and hear the same mission reporter each month tell ing of a different assigned mission field.

Learning of other fields

These churches realize that a congrega tion may lose interest in and contact with the world-wide scope of missions because of directing support to one missionary
family and to one mission field. We feel

The Junior Hi and Senior Hi young people meet together. The member presenting
their lesson one month prc.sents that same
lesson to the adults the next month, while

Our next step was to enlist the support and co-operation of other congregations

the member presenting the lesson to the combined adult classes gives the lesson ti>
the Junior Hi and Senior Hi classes. Thus.

Chidamoyo Herald
Bruce and Carolyn Ammerman

MISSIQNARIES Chidamoyo Mission, P/Bag 38 Karoi

Rhodesia, Africa

(SERVING

SOUTHERN

RHODESIA)

Miss Mary Lou Crisler

(Forwarding Agent) Central Christian Church

4207 North Boulevard

Tampa, Florida

33603

"Heralding the Good News of the Gospel in Africa"

Vol. 5 No. 1

August -- 1967

r J; :4-

Children are usually happy anywhere they happen to be. They can always find plenty of things to do and are never ready to rest or get cleaned up. Since we arrived here, just over a month ago, Gay, Amy and Tod have scracely stopped. The experience of re-discovering friends, play areas, trails, dogs, and games
keeps them occupied from morning until night.

Gay spends every morning at a little table with her school books. We are ex pecting Miss Ola Marion to arrive in September to take over the teaching duties for

"all of the missionary chlldP'Sn; tut uhlH Sllti cuiiiea,-Karolyn is taking care of this
matter herself. Gay is also having first experiences at the piano. Amy and Tod go to meet the other missionary children during the mornings and play until noon.
Tod finds it a bit difficult to keep up with the older ones. There is the usual amount of scrapes and bouts. Gay, while climbing a tree, ran a stick in her ankle and had
to have a tetanus shot.

Sunday is a time of fellowship during the Sunday School hour. The children go to Nutts where they are divided into two classes. The exuberance they express thrills us, besides making us feel as if we are getting old. It is impossible to list all of their activities. Their days are packed full of wonderment and newness. Youth is full of joy and discovery.

Dear Friends in Christ,

Greetings once again from Chidamoyo. Today is the 8th of August, and it is marked by the beginning of our church building. Many of you have followed this project through our comments, our newsletters, and also with your gifts and pray ers. Through your interest we are able to make the beginning.
Yesterday afternoon was completely spent in discussing the plans for this build We are all convinced of the real need for such a building as this. Every Sunday, two services are conducted simultaneously at the school. The rooms there are very crowded and inadequate. This new facility will give us a place where all

ing.

can gather in one room, apart from school materials, teaching aids, and marked
blackboards, for our times of worship. In our planning session we discussed location on the mission, as well as the many items necessary before begixming. The site which has been chosen is indeed very conspicuous. It will be at the head of the circle which winds through the mission. From the distant south the church building will be seen by everyone coming this way. It is a high spot, with a definite drop-off behind it. All will know that this is the central reason for our be ing in this area.

Bricks have been molded during the past weeks. The first kiln is now burning, with over 50, 000 bricks in it. In the accompanying picture you can see the woman carrying the brick mold on her head. The man is doing the forming of the bricks from a hole in the ground. Another man higher up is clearing additional ground to be chopped up and used for bricks. This isn't the cleanest or neatest work in
the world!

During this one day the foundations have been dug across one end of the building. It will be many days before this work is finished and actual building can begin. These are days of hard work, but we are so thrilled that we can see the beginnings
of this project.

Now let me mention the financial situation dealing with this.

We have estimat

ed that it will take approximately $4500 to complete this building.

measurements are 38'6" x 86'3".

The outside

We feel that we can do the work for around

$1. 50 a square foot.

When the last financial report came this week, almost $1800 had been collected, mostly from VBS groups. We are so thankful for the very generous giving on the part of students and teachers. Some more may be coming in from these groups. But this still leaves a long way for us to go. It may be possible that churches, or classes, or young peoples' groups have amounts in their missions' treasuries with no place to go. If this is true, would you please consider using this as a worthy project. Please make this a matter of prayer that the building will continue with

out delay, because of lack of funds.

A little over $2500 is needed soon to finish

the building. We bring this before you and pray that you will help take it before our Heavenly Father. We have seen thrilling results from preaching the Gospel in the past few weeks. Six women, plus several young people, have made confessions of faith in Christ.

Several will be baptized on Sunday. Saturday night we travelled 15 miles to a Christian leader's village for a service. The Rover was full of Christians from the mission. A very large group attended from the area, including the wife of
the headman there. We feel that our contact with the people and their reception to the message has been good. I must close now. I have been elected to take a disturbing medical case to

Karoi to the hospital.

are coming.

We do need a doctor here.

Thanks again for everything.

Please write to us and let us know how your opportunities for witnessing for Him

Yours in His Name,

Bruce and Karolyn

2nd class permit paid at Carthage,

Missouri. Published monthly by the
First Christian Church at Main and

Chestnut, Carthage, Missouri. 64836

FINANCIAL REPORT FOR JULY 1967, FOR BRUCE AND KAROLYN AMMERMAN CONTRIBUTORS; ^ " ' Mr. & Mrs. Dale Sponsler, Missouri

First Christian Church, Carthage, Missouri

Church of Christ, Palestine, Ohio

Youth Group, Dederick Christian Church, Walker, Missouri

Union Avenue Christian Church, Moberly Missouri

CWF, Flippin, Arkansas Miss Barbara Snyder, Missouri

Center Point Christian Church, Carthage, Missouri Christian Church, Jacksonburg, Indiana Mr. & Mrs. Forest J. King, Arkansas Mr. & Mrs. M. A. Montgomery, Oklahoma
Parker Heights Christian Church, Odessa, Texas Christian Church, Jasper, Missouri Christian Church, Liberal, Missouri
Mr. & Mrs. Walter Goodman, Missouri

Fairview Christian Church, Carthage, Missouri Mr. & Mrs. Jack Richardson, Missouri
Mr. & Mrs. Max Willbanks, Arkansas

First Christian Church, Mableton, Georgia

Mr. & Mrs. Eldon King, Arkansas
Christian Church, Gilbert, Arkansas North Glenn Christian Church, Denver, Colorado
Miss Janice Beard, Missouri Mrs. Jack Frame, Indiana

Builders Class, First Christian Church, Lamar, Missouri

Mrs. William Perkins, Indiana

Mr. & Mrs. Clarence Chapman, Missouri Pleasant Grove Christian Church, Martinsville, Indiana

Westside Christian Church, Berryville, Arkansas

(Many other individuals and groups have given through the local church and are not
listed separately. )
EXPENSES:

STATEMENT:

Bruce Ammerman, Salary Postage

Service Link

$450. 00
17. 14

750. 00

Receipts for July Expenses for July Bank Balance, Aug. 1,1967

$1290, 67 1217. 14 $ 73.53

$1217.14
RECEIPTS:

Bank Balance, 7/1/67 Receipts, July

$ 229.93
1060.74

$1290. 67

TOTAL IN CHURCH BUILDING FUND:

$1795. 77

LACKING IN FURLOUGH FUND (for return trip airplane tickets): $446. 29

CMdawoyo Herald
Bruce and Carolyn Ammerman

MISSIONARIES Chidamoyo Mission, P/Bag 38 Karoi

Rhodesia, Africa (SERVING SOUTHERN RHODESIA)

Miss Mary Lou Crisler

(Forwarding Agent) Central Christian Church

4207 North Boulevard

Tampa, Florida

33603

"Heralding the Good News of the Gospel in Africa"

Vol. 5 No. 2

September - 1967

Ziden and Bruce check details of the church plan.

Greetings!

How we praise the Name of our Blessed Redeemer for His continued mercy and many expressions of love! Go long as our trust is in Him, we shall not fail.
Many things are happening during these days at Chidamoyo. We are so very encouraged from each day's activities and are excited now to tell you of them.
There is a normal share of burdens and disappointments upon us, but these are

over-shadowed by the great and wonderful opportunities. Almost every day we think of another group or individual to whom we should have written in recent days; but we trust that through this newsletter, our personal thoughts may be conveyed. We encourage your letters to us and we will promise to answer each one in time.

One of the biggest sources of excitement to us is the rapid progress of the new church building. By tomorrow the work will be completed to the top of window level. If we can continue to get the needed materials, the brick work should be
finished within another week. And then will come the job of cutting, putting togeth

er and putting into place the roof. I am anxious to get this done before it gets any
hotter. The rains will not come until late October, so there is plenty of time before then, but each week will get increasingly hotter until that time.

There are many beautiful stones around cur area.

The school teacher has been

doing an ambitious work around the school, levelling and fixing terraces out to the
road. During the digging there a new blue-green stone was uncovered. We had never used this type in any of our foundations. The stones were enormous, but as

they were broken up and moved they were able to be used in the foundation of the
church building. Besides this, we have decided to use them in a decorative way on the front of the building, between the two doors. They will also be used to face the

baptistry. Ziden and I are spending a.lot of time there, seeing that the work is
done correctly. Many times the Christians will come to see and remark how nice
it will be when it is finished.

How thankful we were when Mary Lou sent the financial report to us at the first of the month. Over $2700 has now been given towards this project. This leaves

only about $1800 which will be needed to complete it debt-free. We are confident
that this will be coming and encourage you to make this a matter of prayer.
The mission has been blessed with many visitors in the past two weeks. This is holiday time from school here in Rhodesia. During these three breaks in a year is the only time that most parents can do any travelling. The Dale Marshalls, John Vallances, Jerry Smiths, Brian Kerbys and the Doug Johnsons all came for one or more days. The fellowship we all shared was certainly wonderful. We had several

times .of singing and devotion together, which was a strength to all of us. Sunday a week ago, Jerry and Marietta Smith went with us to Fulechi for ser
vices. The little school room was over-flowing with people. Four people had made their confessions previously, and six more came on that day to make a total of ten who went for baptism. It was a short walk back to the river and a time of

rejoicing for all as we witnessed the scene of submission to the Lord and victory
over sin. Please make as a matter of prayer the spiritual growth of the new Christ ians in Rhodesia. In some cases it is becoming easier now in the public eye to live

as a Christian. More people are recognizing this way and accept the decisions of
their relatives and friends. But this ease also tends to bring a lack of conscious-

ness of daily commitment to the Lord. Pray that each one will be convicted of personal responsibility to walk worthily of the heavenly calling.
Each week. Madonna Burget, our nurse, says that her work is getting heavier at the hospital. The daily load of patients has increased and also the number of patients admitted to the hospital has gone up. Right now, every bed in the matern

ity ward is full. She doesn't know what she will do if more come. The wife of the hospital clerk was an OB patient at different times(different times, because her mother kept taking her to the witch doctor for treatment of her ills). We were

called to her village after it seemed that she could not deliver. When I arrived, the ambuya or mid-wife told me that it wouldn't be long. In a matter of minutes, the baby made its appearance. But it was so small, being premature, that there was scarcely a cry. They tried to stimulate the baby by tossing it in a small basket, as they would clean their grain. Soon there was a feeble cry. We brought the mother and baby back to the hospital. It weighed in at 3 lb. lloz. but seemed to be relatively strong. It will soon be a week old and is now nursing, besides being fed
from a bottle. The bleak look on the faces of mother, father, and other relatives,

has now been changed to one of joy.

The opportunities here for showing the love of Christ and His compassion are many. We rejoice for each privilege to wtiness to the Mashona tribesmen; Thank you each one for your gifts and prayers. You are invited to send additional names to receive this newsletter to our forwarding agent. Miss Mary L. Crisler, 4207 N. Blvd. , Tampa, Florida 33603. Yours in His wonderful service,

VCM Chxii-Um f/UeiuU:

Bruce and Karolyn Ammerman

Bvcai/ y^oJi momf oi you mJUtA a&kutg about Ch/uAtrm packagu iofL th& Anm/mani, And zveAy yzofi, I havz to gue^&l HoMcven, I put thz pfiAMu/iz on B/tuce u^u.^ he. mi& henz tn BJLoJUda, and I {tnatty um abiz to get kim to comUt himeZi on itemi which thzy wouZd tike to have, but which euvz not avaiZabtz to them in Arnica,

AjS bzit i^ you keep the vaZuation 0(J such packages

you pian to iznd Ch/Uitnm boKZ&, do kzzp in mind that it takz6 ifum two to thizz months Hoa pachaazs to ncach them. AZ&o, it

UNPCR $10.00.

TheAz is tittle customs on these, but theftc one many times di^^iculties in Jieceiving those with higheA valuations.

Among items which B/iuce mentioned weiie: Hapid Shave, Vhite Haiti HaiA Sptiay, Avon flow-On VeodoAant and Hand Oieam, oA Baby Hagic {he.soM eveAyone's skin is so dAy; Tod cfUes eveAy night when he is bathed]. Chocolate chips ane unavailable theAe, and theiA yeast doesn't compoAe with.fleishmn's dAy packets. Also, ioA the Ladies' woJik, KaAolyn could use as many pieces o^ matefual and dAesseA scoAves oa such like oA embAoidzAing thut anyone would want to send, (flith thAze meetings a week, they could use a lot oi this type thing.

begg^ ^oA these things I Not even ASKING ^oa theml But so many do
and tAouble to send a blanket lettzA to all.

NOTE:

Baucz Would want me to mention this, tool

(He oaz NOT

inquiAe about ChAistnas packages, that I thought it might save time

Nay God continue to bless and use you in His szAvice.
In HIM, Motif Lou CAislzA, FA

2nd class permit paid at Carthage, Missouri. Published monthly by the

First Christian Church at Main and

Chestnut, Carthage, Missouri 64836

AUGUST 1967 FINANCIAL REPORT FOR BRUCE AND KAROLYN AMMERMAN
Contributors:

Church of Christ, Palestine, Ohio Christian Church, Greens Fork, Indiana

West Side Christian Church, Berryville, Arkansas

First Christian Church, Lamar, Missouri Mr. & Mrs. Jack Richardson, Missouri Christian Church, Atlanta, Missouri

First Christian Church, Carthage, Missouri

Mr. & Mrs. Forest J. Kinc , Arkansas

Mr. & Mrs. Dale Sponsler, Missouri First Christian Church, Mableton, Georgia Fairview Christian Church, Carthage, Missouri Christian Church, Jacksonburg, Indiana
Mr. & Mrs. Walter Goodman, Missouri Christian Church, Jasper, Missouri

Center Point Christian Church, Loyal Berean Class, Carthage, Missouri

Miss Barbara Snyder, Missouri Dederick Christian Church, Youth Group, Walker, Missouri
Mrs. Elaine Gillam, Missouri

Christian Church, VBS, Flippin, Arkansas Mr. & Mrs. V. C. Ammerman, Indiana

(Many other individuals and groups have given through the local church, and are not
therefore listed separately.)
RECEIPTS:

Bank Balance, August 1, 1967 Receipts for August Total receipts for August
EXPENSES:

$103.53 971. 80 $1075. 33

Bruce Ammerman, Salary

Service Link

$ 450. 00
500. 00

Postage
Total expenses, August
STATEMENT:

2. 70
$ 952.70

Receipts, August
Expenses, August Bank Balance, Sept. 1, 1967

$1075. 33
$ 952. 70 122.63

TOTAL IN CHURCH BUILDING FUND, AUGUST 31, 1967

Transferred to Travel Fund for Air tickets

$2796.77
418. 02 *(must be.paid

Total sent to Bruce for church building

TOTAL IN TRAVEL FUND FOR AIRPLANE TICKETS

$2378. 75
$1731. 33

back to this
account)

Transferred from Church bldg. fund

Total used for tickets and travel back to Rhodesia

418. 02*
$2149. 35

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Chidamoyo Herald
MiSSiONARIES Chidamoyo Mission, P/Bag 38 Karoi
RJiodesia, Africa

to

c/) Cu <3*

Brace and Carolyn Ammerman

C/) C*- O

02

(SERVING

SOUTHERN

RHODESIA)

i- q

Miss Mary Lou Crisler

Tampa, Florida 33603

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'Z. CC'

(Forwarding Agent) Central Christian Church ^ q ^ 4207 North Boulevard

"Heralding the Good News of the Gospel in Africa"
Vol. 5 No. 4

November -- 1967

"D o t-4 O
'Ji

HELPING THE CHRISTIAN WOMEN

--by Karolyn Ammerman

Nestled in the hills of Badza lies one of our Christian schools, and one of the chui#>

ches, also. This place is a few miles south of our home, but the road is a little rug[^ C*

ged, which we must take, in reaching the school and the church. A few miles soulS ^

of this school is a vast space of uninhabited land. Often, when I drive into that lit tle school yard every Thursday morning, I think of thatland beyond. At this point, it seems, we have come to the end of civilization, and that we've come to regions
far beyond our homeland.

The work of the church at Badza is growing and the Christians are very enthusias tic. During the past month they hosted a three-day meeting. Christians came from
four or five churches in our area. On Saturday morning Mia Nutt and Mia Ammer man (as we are called, Mai meaning mother) spoke to about 80 women crowded in that small room. As we sang, I thought of the time that we had only a few Christ ian women in our entire area. My heart was full and overflowing. And I thought, ifwe only continue teaching and leading, that God will bless and increase His Kingdom. Each Thursday morning I meetwith this group. Helen Nutt usually goes with me to help with the sewing,which we always follow with sing ing and Bible teaching.
Around 20 to 25 have been

attending this meeting. On Thursday afternoon we meet

with the women of the Chida

moyo area, and this group is growing. Yesterday on Sunday morning at our wor ship service, we saw many new faces and not many ab
sent of the Christians. We

feel that our Thursday meet ing has helped in the growth
of the church. Our nurse at

The picture of the women is taken on a Sunday after noon as we were leaving to go calling in the villages.

Chidamoyo, Madonna Burget, has been leading on Sunday afternoons in calling on women at the hospital and villages. We take Christian women with us calling, and
we have found that some have been reached this way.

Monday afternoon I travel to Fulechi, where I have been going since the first year

I arrived at Chidamoyo. Last Monday we had a few new ladies coming and showing
an interest, and we had over 30 at this meeting. Miss Ola Marion, our new school

teacher for our children, goes with me and has been helping with lessons and sew ing. Friday another new meeting was started at Stop, where we have a new church, with only a few Christians. We had 15 ladies coming to the first meeting and so we see an opportunity of growth here also. Yesterday when Bruce went to this place
for Sunday services 70 people came to hear the Word of God,

Carol Kelley had started two new ladies' meetings in two other places, and then she became ill with hepatitis. So, for about two months now, she had to stop her work, but she hopes very soon to be able to resume her meetings again.
As we look about us, our hearts are thankful, that the Lord has increased His

Church in our area. As we labor together, we pray that he will continue to bless
us all as we work together for the glory of His Name.

THINK

ON

THESE

THINGS

I wonder. . . . why there is abundance in my country while there is privation and famine taking its toll in human life around me. . . . why things necessary to life--TV,
stereo, phone--are luxuries beyond the wildest dreams in some other countries. . . why I have an assortment of coats from which to choose in cold, wet weather while

others lay sick and dying for want of shelter and clothing. . . . why I worry about my
car payment when a concerned father in another land is trying to find food for one meal for his family. . . . why we argue in our congregational meetings about the
color of carpeting for the new sanctuary when others have never heard the name

of Jesus Christ. . . .why I keep getting the feeling that God is watching us with tears
in His eyes. ... I often wonder why. ... by Jill Rhoda

Dear Friends in Christ,

This letter comes to you a bit late this month, and we are sorry for that. I won't take much room in this issue. Karolyn has written concerning her work with the various women's groups, and I am confident that you are glad of this. These
are the balmy, days in Southern Africa. A little rain, a little sunshine, and a Tot

of steamy heat.

The heavy rains haven't come as yet, but we expect them soon.

One highlight of the pa^t month has been the coming of Dick Smith and Wayne Unger, who lead the Central Africa Christian College in Fort Victoria, They brought with them the 8 students in the college and during a week's time they help ed in almost every phase of mission work here. The boys led in hospital devotions, taught lessons at the women's meetings, gave Scripture lessons at each of the schools, and called in many of the area villages. They accompanied us to various locations in the evenings where we.had filmstrip shows and preaching. At the end of the week, ten souls were baptized into Christ, many as a result of their efforts.
I want to express a heart-felt thanks to everyone who has supported us in the past few months. With the building of the church house, and now additional facili

ties at the schools are required, besides providing a home for our teacher, Ola Marion, we have needed much and have trusted in the Lord to provide. Some have

amazed us with their generosity and we certainly do appreciate it. Soon Thanksgiv ing time will be here. One of our fat hens will probably serve to garnish our table.
We will remember each of you in our prayers and especially do we lift up thanks to
our Heavenly Father for His guidance and help.

Let us hear from you and we will promise to answer. Oh, yes, the picture of the leopard is not meant to deceive. Ziden killed it; I just posed with it!
Yours in Him,

Bruce and Karolyn EXCERPTS FROM LETTER DATED OCTOBER 26, 1967

"We have beenkeeping up all of our regular work, besides spending as much time as possible on the church building. We were getting up at 5:00 a.m. and work ing there until it was too hot to stay any longer. Then we usually worked again lat
er in the afternoon. All of the roof is finished except one part of the front. We ran

out of pieces of iron and had to wait. Ziden brought it in yesterday and we ought to be on that today. The heat has been atrocious I We all have really been complaining.
Even the nights have been so hot. It feels almost like Florida around here (Bruce apologized later for that statement Imlc). But yesterday afternoon there was a small

shower and it cooled things off last night. The rains are trying to get started. The big clouds come up every afternoon, but they just haven't opened up and let much rain out yet. The heat makes us all irritable. It isn't that it is so terribly hot. I

doubt if it has been much above 100very often, but it has stayed nearly that for al
most a month. Then when it doesn't cool off at night, it is hard to take the next day.
Ola could use any materials and teaching aids. I just haven't asked her what she would like. You can't get construction paper here. We gave her one of the Burgess Books (children's stories based on animal characters). It was about Jimmy

the Skunk. She read it to them during story time. She could really use something
like that for library books and story time, "

2nd class permit paid at Carthage, Missouri. Published monthly by the

First Christian Church at Main and

Chestnut, Carthage, Missouri 64836

FINANCIAL STATEMENT, OCTOBER 1967. BRUCE & KAROLYN AMMERMAN
Contributors;

Mr. & Mrs. Forest J. King, Arkansas Mr. & Mrs. Raymond Kahre, Missouri
Church of Christ, Palestine, Ohio

Miss Barbara Snyder, Missouri

Loyal Berean Class, Center Point Christian Church, Carthage, Missouri

Mr. & Mrs. Jack Richardson, Illinois

Westside Christian Church, Berryville, Arkansas Christian Church, Jasper, Missouri Mr. & Mrs. Eldon King, Arkansas First Christian Church, Carthage, Missouri (Many other groups and individatils have given through the local church Mr. & Mrs. Walter Goodman, Missouri and are not therefore listed separ Mrs. Marie E. Lewis, Georgia ately. ) The Lord's Reapers, Joplin, Missouri Christian Church, Jacksonburg, Indiana Mr. & Mrs. Dale Sponsler, Missouri
Christian Church, Liberal, Missouri

Fairview Christian Church, Carthage, Missouri

Christian Church, Greens Fork, Indiana
Christian Church, Atlanta, Missouri

Primary Class, Christian Church, Flippin, Arkansas

Mr. & Mrs. Bob Stacy, Missouri

Phyllis Rine Missionary Guild, First Christian Church, Carthage, Missouri

Anonymous, Carthage, Missouri Community Christian Church, Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Young Adult Class, Fairview Christian Church, Carthage, Missouri

Mr. & Mrs. Wayne Goodman, Oklahoma
EXPENSES: RECEIPTS:

Field Enterprises Educ. Corp.

(educ. materials)
Seminole Bank (charges) Gas, car expenses, final state ment of furlough expense and air
travel

$ 30.00
2. 00

Bank Balance, Oct. 1, 1967 Receipts for month

TOTAL RECEIPTS
STATEMENT:

40.05
1273. 17

$1313.22
$1313. 22
1292.38

302.38

Bruce Ammerman, Salary

Receipts for October Expenses for October Bank Balance, Nov. 1,1967

20.84

(living link)

450.00

Central Africa Mission(service 508. 00 TOTAL EXPENSES link) $1292.38

Received in Furlough Fund in October: $200. 00 (transferred to Church Building account for repayment). Lacking yet in Furlough Fund: $182.94 Received in Church Building Fund in October: $267. 00 plus $200. 00 transferred from Furlough Fund: $467. 00 Lacking yet in Building Fund: $1619. 17

Chidamoyo Herald
Bruce and Carolyn Ammerman

MISSIONARIES Chidamoyo Mission, P/Bag 38 Karoi

Rhodesia, Africa

(SERVING

SOUTHERN

RHODESIA)

Miss Mary Lou Crisler

(Forwarding Agent) Central Christian Church

4207 North Boulevard

Tampa, Florida

33603

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Dear Christian Friends,

With full hearts, we greet each of you at this Christmas season. The Lord has led us in His work, and each day as we follow Him, we are more impressed with His great love and ability to care for His own. The Light of the World is Jesus! This is a fact that we all must agree upon.

Without His coming into the world, we would be sitting in darkness and confusion. It is not difficult to look at many countries of the world where faith in Christ is not an accepted thing and witness these qualities. There people walk in fear--fear of speaking their heart and mind, of recognizing and being recognizing. When Christ comes to one heart or one community, an immediate change is noticed. The bur dened soul is released and new light comes to his eyes. Each time we go out of our home, in any direction, we see the many villages dotting thehillsides andvalleys. Now the green of elephant grass, bushes and trees surround each village. The smoke from cooking fires climbs to the skies. In the fields near-by the women and children spend many daylight hours digging, planting, cultivating. In almost every non-Christian village stands the evidence of recent beer partie8--a large drum for cooking the beer, and large clay pots for storing it.

The chickens and goats (also children) scamper about it, in and out of the homes.
Elderly men and women sit on the ground, thinking over past days, having honored the family spirits, and soon to be honored themselves. Christ is the Light for the World of each of these villages! If He can but enter each one, a spirit of new vitality and incentive will also come. The depression of sickness and guilt will be taken away. The daily work will be carried on much the
same, but with hands which have been cleaned and feet which will not any more walk the way of sin. The children will continue to play, but with some hope for tomorrow,
that no one will take them to the witch doctor for treatment, will be introduced to them in days to come. and hope that Jesus

This past year has been a rich and rewarding one for us.

We finished our tra

vels in the States and then returned to our present field of labor. In each place we have endeavored to make the Light to shine. We have seen the Power of Light as it has broken the spell of darkness. May we all give our days andhours in this next year to further extend the boundaries of the Light of Christ!

Our warment greetings of this season are being sent to e ach of you. We pray that your year will end well and that 1968 will begin with freshness and hope for you. God bless each of you who have had apart in the work of the Lord in Africa this past year.
With Love in Christ,

Bruce, Karolyn, Gay, Amy & Tod

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2nd class permit paid at Carthage, Published monthly by the

First Christian Church at Main and

Chestnut, Carthage, Missouri 64836

NOVEMBER 1967 FIANACIAL REPORT FOR BRUCE AND KAROLYN AMMERMAN
CONTRIBUTORS; Mrs. William Perkins, Indiana

Mr. & Mrs. Dale Sponsler, Missouri

First Christian Church, Lamar, Missouri

Young Adult Class, Christian Church, Richmond, Indiana

Mr. & Mrs. Forest J. King, Arkansas Westside Christian Church, Berryville, Arkansas Christian Church, Jasper, Missouri
Church of Christ, Palestine, Ohio

Youth Group, Dederick Christian Church, Walker, Missouri

Mr. & Mrs. Jack Richardson, Missouri

Christian Church, Jacksonburg, Indiana

First Christian Church, Carthage, Missouri Center Point Christian Church, Loyal Bereans, Carthage, Missouri
Miss Barbara Snyder, Missouri CWF, Christian Church, Flippin, Arkansas
Bob Ammerman, Colorado

Mr. & Mrs. Eldon King, Arkansas Christian Church, Atlanta, Missouri Christian Church, Liberal, Missouri
Mr. & Mrs. Walter Goodman, Missouri

(Many other groups and individuals have given through their local congregation, and are not therefore listed
separately.)

The Lord's Reapers, Joplin, Missouri First Christian Church, Mableton, Georgia
Christian Church, Greens Fork, Indiana Mr. Mrs. V. C. Ammerman, Indiana

Ladies Missionary Group, Winter Haven, Florida Fairview Christian Church, Carthage, Missouri Ladies Missionary Group, Fairview Christian Church, Carthage, Missouri Junior Girls Class, Christian Church, Flippin, Arkansas
Christian Church, Gilbert, Arkansas

Mr. & Mrs. Raymond Kahre, Missouri

EXPENSES;

Postmaster, Tampa, Fla. , postage $ 8.32 Seminole Bank, charges 2.00 Chidamoyo Hospital (designated by 50.00
donor) Bruce Ammerman, salary 450.00 Central Africa Mission, serviceHnk 1300, 79 $1811. 11
RECEIPTS: STATEMENT:

Bank Balance Nov. 1, 1967 Total receipts for month Total receipts for November

$ 20.84 1824.52 $1835.36

Receipts for November Expenses for November Bank Balance Dec. 1, 1967

$1835.36 1811. 11 $ 24.25

Received in Furlough-Travel Fund November: $191. 21; transferred to Church Building Fund. Indebtedness to CB Fund is now entirely repaid. THANK YOU! Received in CB Fund November: $545. 00 plus $191.21=$736.21 sent to Bruce. Total to date received in CB Fund; $3617.04. Amount lacking: $882.96.