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Beth, Ruth & Wendell Freeman

Wendell Freman, Gwelo, Soulhern RhodesiaWendell Freeman was born on August 23, 1936, in Indianapolis, Indiana. He

was baptized by Brother O. A. Trinkle, and during the ministry of Brother HarryPoll at the Englewood Church, he made his decision to dedicate his life to Christ infull-time service. He received his training for the ministry at the Cincinnati BibleSeminary, being graduated in 1958 with the A.B. (Bible) degree. Since that time hehas been in the pastoral ministry.

During his last semester of college, Wendell began preaching at Wrays Christian Church near Clearspring, Indiana. On June 1. 1958, he was ordained to theministry. In August of that year he was married to Ruth Custer of Hamersville,Ohio, who also is a graduate of the Cincinnati Bible Seminary. Ruth was valedictorian of her graduating class and has worked as Assistant Editor of Junior LessonMaterials at Standard Publishing Foundation in Cincinnati. The Freemans have adaughter, Beth, who was born in June, 1960.

After their schooling, Wendell and Ruth moved to Vallonia, Indiana, to continueto serve the Wrays church and to begin a ministry with Driftwood Christian Church.They served these churches until August, 1961, when they resigned to begin securingsupport for their missionary work in Southern Rhodesia, Africa. Wendell, Ruth andBeth will be with us Sunday evening to begin our Missionary programs for theyear. You will surely want to hear of their planned labors in Africa. Be present at7:30 for a wonderful service.

Christ For

Africa

SOUTHERN RHGDESIAN MISSIONCHRtSTIAN CHURCHES AND CHURCHES OF CHRIST

WENDELL AND RUTH FREEMAN

CITY EVANGELISM

CHARLES AND GLADYS GREEN, FORWARDING SECRETARIES

6839 East Pleasant Run Parkway, Indianapolis 19, Indiana

Orlando, FloridaAoril 13, 1962

Mission ServicesBox 963Joliet, Illinois

Dear Sirs:

Here is cony for Horizons:

On July 13, 1962, the V/endell Freeman family v.dll be ontheir way to Southern Rhodesia aboard the African Planet > Threeweeks after their departure from New York City, they hope toarrive at Capetown, then travel the fourteen hundred milesinland by truck to Gwelo.

There, the Freemans will continue the work begun by lir.and i'^'Irs. Charles Gruver among the Coloureds and Africans. Theyalso desire to establish a work among a nortion of the 6,700Eurooeans in the town. Work on the native reserve areas andmining compounds among the Africans vn.ll occuoy most of theirtime. There are eight churches already established in an areaone hundred miles around Gwelo. kost of the dongregations aresmall and only three have buildings in which to worship. TheseChristians need strengthening, and the gospel message goingto hundreds and hundreds of others who have not heard or accented Christ.

The need in the Gwelo area has been presented to churchesin Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi,Georgia, and Florida. EngleiYood Christian Church in Indianapolis,Indiana, has pledged the greater part of the Freeman^s LivingLink, with churches in Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana supplyingthe remainder. At this \irriting, a little over §200.00 has beenpledged of the §300.00 per month needed for their Service Link.

V/endell, Ruth, and their daughter Beth, will live in thehouse where the Ziden Nutt family novr resides, about five milesfrom the center of Gwelo. Their permanent mailing address afterJuly will be: Box 167, Gvrelo, Southern Rhodesia, Africa.

Yours in Christ,

V/endell FreemanPicture enclosed

"GO YE INTO ALL THE WORLD AND PREACH THE GOSPEL TO EVERY CREATURE'

VOLKSWAGEN GIZMO

Last week we mentioned that we would be running another artlole this week

concerning the work of the Freeman's In Southern Rhodesia. Well here It is: The

Freeman's must purchase the above truck before they can leave for service over

seas. It is the ideal auto for missionary service. It is half truck and half car. It

will take on 5 adults as passengei-s, and still give as much room in back as an av

erage half-ton pick-up. If you take out the back seat, you get another 65 cubic

feet space inside. (You can even put the outside inside. We have hoops and a

tarp that turn the bed into a covered wagon). Loading is easy. All 3 sides come

down like tailgates. And the bed's all flat. No wheel well, Wendell can use all the

room for carrying stuff.

The cost of this Volkswagen Gizmo is somewhat more than 2 thousand do-llars.

We would like to purchase this vehicle for the work in Southern Rhodesia. As yet

the Freeman's Imve not been able to raise their service link in total. If we can.

purchase this truck for them it will save the mission the 10 per cent interest and

the monthly payments. We know that Englewood can do it so let us each one put

ourselves to the task. The Freeman's will be sailing on July 13, so we have about

two months to raise 2 thousand. Can we do it for the sake of those that are lost

in the Gwelo area of Southern Rhodesia.

Mf^i VTHE ENGLEWOOD CHR5STIAN ^

FREEMAN'S

i" / 1. JP . *•For many months \vc have been

working- toward doing our i^art in the

sending of Wendell and Ruth to South

ern Rhodesia. Now the date has been

announced . they will be filing on

July 13, 1962 from New York aboard

the African Planet. Sometime later

they will arrive at Capetown, and will

then drive overland to Gwelo,. South

ern Rhodesia, which will be their field

of labor. They will arrive in their

place of service in the early part of

August.

Many details must be armnged dur

ing the next two months before the

voyage. Visas must be obtained, house

hold goods must be packed in large

barrels, shots and T.B. examinations

fulfilled, a truck purchased, and many

letters written. During this time, we

request every member of Englewood

will be in prayer for this dedicated

young couple.

Beginning this month (May) we are

adding the Freeman's to our list of

living-links. From our missionai*y ^budget we will be paying $100.00 to

ward the link support of this fine

couple. In the future we hope to Increase this and apply the Increase to

ward their service link which has not

&s yet been fully pledged. It was justtwo years ago this month that we

added Dr. Waiters to our foreign mis- r

slon outreach. This means that within-the past two years we have doubled i.our missionary outreach to foreignfields. We are happy that we are able

to do this, and are praying that theliord will lead us so that we mightadd others also. Our misionary com

mittee is leading us toward being a

great missionary church. Next weekwe will reveal a big project that we

hope to hglp.AiHtnce for the Freeman's.

Tfiie Africa Stor October 27j 19^2

FEEEI^IAi-'I'S AT WOrlK IN GWELO

The Wei-idell Freeman family arrived in Gwelo, Southern Rhodesia and &*«• busy at

work,ai2» kfikhfeiklcklt field address is Box l67j Gwelo, S. E., Africa. They are working

^^J^^he work bj^un by Charles and Mrs. Allie Gruver, and recently carried on by the

Ziden Nutt family who he^^ow pioneer^ € new work at Karoi. TA 6 neu)u/i-hU.C.oo\C£o>( ^cfioo(.

ITie Freeman family backed by Englewood Christian Church, Indianapolis, Ind.

-urches in Ohio, Ky., and Ind., are participating in their support. They sBi-led

from New York July 15, landed in the Union of South Africa, and proceeded 1,40^^overland bgr Gwelo bj^VW Truck supplied by their sponsoring church, Richard A. Laue,

Secretaries

preacher. Forwarding are: Charles and Mrs. Gladys Green, 6859 E. Pleasant Run

Pkwy., Indianapolis 19, Ind. serving in behalf of church.small,-

Bro. Free" reports that there are eight^established^JIphurohes in an area 100 miles

around Gv/elo, only three of which have buildings of their ovm in which to ^^orship. They/rffmaflJhope also to establish a work among the 6,700 v;hite persons in Gwelo.

y li>ssioHAiHe-s (ft APfl^ic/Ltfcoi fjtc CoT(iKP^\ Pree

UnEK Hum WENUai, ruih and beth fkeenan ^"thank you"; "zaka-naka" wihich

means "all right." Then-she jabbers a

lot when playing by herself trying to

imitate Junia. She wants her dolls tied

on her back as African mothers carry

their childen. All in all, we feel she is

adjusting to Africa very well.

In answer to the question, "Are .you

homesick?" we can only say. .that there

are many people that we miss greatly.

Sometimes we long for familiar places,

customs, and circumstances, but the

unfamiliar is gradulally becoming the

familiar and we are growing to love

dearly many of the African Christians

— brothers and sisters in Christ.

JESUS — SAVIOUR

One part of the Christmas story

stands out especially to us this year

. as we see Christ's saving power dem

onstrated over and over among people

who have not known Him: It is the

significance of the earthly name God's

Son was given. Both Joseph and Mary

were instructed carefully that the

Baby's name was to be Jesus. The

very name of God's promised Messiah

was to mean "Savioui-"! And that is

the wonderful message we have to

preach. We have a Saviour, Jesus,

who can take away sins and bring

peace to the heart and make happy

the life surrendered to Him. This is

the message of Ohri.stmas for each of

us — and for the Avhole world.

May God richly bless you at this

Chrlstmpm? ^•"d ^ip"rbP"nnrnlTig.. yg^-.and our work. ' ~ -

...... -N

December 6, 1962

" ... and thou shall call his name

JESUS: for he shall save his people

from their sins." — Matthew 1:21.

Dear FHends In Christ at Englewbod:

At this Christmas season, Chris

tians' thoughts turn once more to the

wonder of wonders —• God dwelling

among men. We sing with joy all the

thrilling, carols about the.Christ child

and the events surrounding His birtli.

We hear the beloved words of pro

phecy and fulfillment read again from

God's Word. And our hearts bow in

tliankfIllness as.we ponder once more

the meaning of ChrLst's birth to the

world.

OUR FIRST AFRICAN CHRISTMASThis will be ohr first Christmas in

Africa, And although it promises to

be a very wet one rather than a white

one, we are looking forward to it

eagerly. Throughout the month of De

cember we will be taking special

Christmas services to eight different

.African churches in the Gwelo area.

We will show fllmstrips portraying

the birth of Christ and will use flan-

nelgraph with African figures and

Shona words to apply the meaning of

Christmas to the lives of the people

here. Already We have received sev

eral very nice boxes of small toys

for the African children. We will pass

these out to the children at the Christ

mas services, along with some candy.

You will be especially interested in

the fact that the Gwelo-area churches,

poor in wordly goods as they are, are

taking up a Christmas offering for the

spread of the gospel in lirazil.

THUS FAR ACCOMPLISHEDWe are thankful for the privilege

of serving Christ in Africa and for

your assistance in our work here. We

feel that God has blessed our laboringtogether. Thirty-two have been addedto the Lord in Christian baptism in

the three months we have been here.

The new building of the Mhondoro

church of Christ has been completed

and was dedicated with much rejoic

ing on October 21, 1962. Sevreal ap

plications for primary schopls have

bee nmade. When these are granted it

will mean a wonderful opportunity for

teaching African, youngsters Bible

truths and Christian living daily in

school. Another project we have be

gun is a much-needed brick building

"on""the-GWeto—property- to house- onr

African workers and helpers. Apart

from these things there have been the

more intangible things — the conver

sations, the day-by-day contacts —

through which we feel the Lord is

working to turn the people here to

Christ and to help them to grow in

Him.

SOME PERSONAL NEWS

Many of you have asked, "How does

Beth like Africa?" Another frequent

question has been, "Are you home

sick?" To the first question the ans

wer is "yes." Beth is right at home

in Africa now and has been playing

happily with an African playmate —

a little girl named Junia. Beth is be

ginning to use a few Shonda words

she will say "chrisarayi" which mean?

"good-bye": "tatenda" which iV/

t:-

Yours in Christ, ,Wendell, Ruth, and Beth Freeman