y4 Kon Haskettj Forwarding Agent if" i Central Africa llission

P.O. P.O, Box 19310 March 1978 Crown Pointj Ind, 4^307Our Dear Friends in Christj

We praise the Lord for His wonderful goodness.Our thanlcs to Soymour and Bonnie Greonherg for their help as

our promotional directors. Bonnie has been responsihlo for theprinting of our newsletters. With the blessing of the birth ofa daughter recently (congratula.tions) j Bonnie has requested tobe relieved of the newsletter job,-.. . For the .pro5ont'> we aresending a printed airform like this one as our newsletter. Weare grateful that ICen and Joyce Haskett arc -continuing to serveso well as our forwarding agents.

After two months of living in Karoi we are getting "settled .in," as Rhodesians sayj and wo are happy vjith where wo live.We can testify that God not only provides furnishings throughgifts, loansj and good buysj but Ho color coordinates as wellSOur flat (more like a duplex house) with concrete floors hastwo bedrooms, a P= K. (toilet) and a separate bath, a diningrooin a very small kitchen, and a large lounge.

Since moving to Karoi we praise God that He has kept usBUSY. Attendance at the 8 acm. Sunday worship service averagesin the high 20's (a children*s service has been added duringthe sermon). The Monday night Bible study alternates betweenus and the O'Connors, a church family. We provide supper andaccommodations for those who travel in (travel after 4 P.m. isnot recommended, either on the farm roads or on the main roadsout of tovm). The Thursday night Bible study continues on afarm north of Karoi. About 22 adults attend those studios,presently on the gospel of Mark, led by Bill.

Carolyn leads two vjoraen^s Bible studies, one on Monday morning at our house and another on Hednesday morning on a farm inTengwe, a farming commimity about 20 miles south of Karoi.Another aspect of the work in Karoi is the Scripture classesFriday in the school. Carolyn teaches the younger group andBill^ the older group, v;ith five in each class.

Bill serves as an advisor to Mr. Zija, the^i\frican evp,nge-list in Karoi. When-considering moving to Karoi, Bill^told themen .of Karoi Pellovjship that" he would aid in the African work?s vjell. Some v;ore not sure this v^ould be accepted. But recently one of the 'European (white) farmers in our congregat^nhad both Bill and Mr. Zijc^ out to his farm to see about starting an African church there. This has resulted in the estab-lithment of a church there and about 8 baptisms. _ Bill alsoattends a monthly meeting of the African evangelists of theSinoia Christian i-Iission, as well as contributes financially tothe support of these evangelists. Bill also continues to servo^on a committee, as chairman, that oversees Good Kews Centre, a-Christian bookstore in Sinoia. This involves his going to atleast monthly meetings and advising by phone,

Billy continues to be a good ambassador and makes contactsfor us in the community. He has completely recovered from hisillness in December (our thanks for your prayers and concern).He is enjoying his first year of formal schooling. He was thefirst in his class to bring homo a "real" reading book. He also does math, printing, painting, singing,swim some under water), and sports (ball SI+tiG

We thank God for and aro encourr^ed by the internc.1 settlment that was signed the last of February.seem to have a cautious optimism about it and believe that itcan lead to a constructive transition to majority rule. _

We praise God daily for all of you who make poopiblobeing here to proclaim His true peace through Jesus Christ.

We rest in His care.Bill, Carolyn, and Billy

P.S, If your congregation has any Unused Bible schoolor papers (children or adult), we could use them. Send toas prLted material, Surface IM^e, We will have VBS missionlessons ready concerning our work in Karoi. Please contactKen Haskett if you aro interested

The Sill Delaughter Family Ken Haskett-Forwarri^AgentMissionaries r'or Christ Central AfricaP.O. Box 61, Karoi, Rhodesia P.O. box 193 - JOctober, 1978 Grown Point, Ind. 46307Dear Friends iu Christ,

THIS I-iOriZ-I i-iiRKS 'IWO Ea-RS of serving Jesus Christ herein Rhodesia. The future of this beautiful country has beenso uncertain during these two years. However at this verymoment hopes are higher than they have ever been and thepeople are very optimistic concerning majority rule in 1979.There has never been a greater need for preaching the Gospelthan during this time of transition. We praise God forallowing us to be here and for all who have supported us.

umiiSS SOI'IHVTHI.iG Ui\EA?EGTKD HaPPEi^S, the Lord willing,we plan zo oe here for at least another year, or until ^rly19S0. At that time we will decide, along with the otherfamilies serving in the Sinoia-Karoi area, how our furloughworks out with their time in the States,

AS TiS SITUiiTIOi^ CHa^jGES in our area, we must adjustwhat we do and now we do it. 'This is true especially withBible Studies. In the Kachichi Farm Study the time^ haschanged several times in the past wo months. We now meetat 3 pm to study. This enables the farmers to reourn honebefore nightfall to be able to protect their property.

Tl-IE 3TuD^ Tii THE VILlAGr; OF KAROI is going very vrell.We average between 9 and 11 each Monday evening. On theevening of the loth of October we baptized Miss Ir.ndenBurnett. She has been coming to our studies for many monthsnow and after studying the 6th chapter of Romans, decddedthat the message was for her. linden is Billy's teacher atthe Primary School here in Karoi. Several otheris areconsidering the same step as our studies continue.

GARO IS lEaDIl^IG 15 WOI^IEN in the study o;r ThePhilosophy of Christian Womanhood. The tapes are played forthe group and the questions are filled out individually,Sevei^l women are involved in this study who do not attendchurch anywhere.

Jack Pennington, who works in Salisbury, is going hometo the States for a furlough on November 1st. Since he isthe chairman of the mission on this side, and I am the vice-chairman, when he goes I i-dll :^ill in until a new chairmanis elected in January, 1979#

BILLY STILL LIKH.S SCHOOL, but not as much as he did atfirst lie lb Qu'.rig very well lii I'eauiug. -lhdoing experiments that he reads about in one of his books.When he vjants to know about a subject, he looks it up in hisborrowed set of encyclopaedias and has us read it to him.We recently took a flying 3 day trip to Victoria FalJs andBilly looked up WAT3R and found Victoria Falls, He was soexcited and said,"I wasn't sure it was real before, but nowI know it is because I have seen it." Our trif- alsoincluded VJanl:ie Game Reserve. With Billy 'Sharp Byes' alongwe saw 20 different kinds of animals, lions feeding ar.d acharging elephant gave excitement to the visit,

USED SU'.-iDiiY SCHOOL I'ATERL^L was mentioned as a ncied inan earlier news letter. The response has been mostgratifying. The Karoi congregation wishes to thank all whohave vnritten tellin;^ about themselves and their churches.

An African woman said, "110 GOD, :;0 PEACE; IGCW GCD, Kiv'a;PZaCS." i'b.y His peace prevail both in Rhodesia and the u. S,

In Christ,Bill, Carolyn, and Billy Delaughter