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Brenda

has

a n o t h e r y e a r

i n h i g h school, and

we f e e l t h a t

i t i s

i m p e r a t i v e t h a t we

n o t

r e t u r n

t o

A f r i c a u n t i l she has

i n i s h e d

t h i s

y e a r .

D r . P r u e t t has w r i t t e n

t o us,

ask

i n g

Owen

t o

stay

on w i t h t h e C e n t r a l A f r i c a

Mission

f o r t h i s next

y e a r

t o h e l p con

t i n u e

t h i s

f i n a n c i a l

a s s i s t a n c e .

Since we a r e

a l r e a d y i n the

S t a t e s , and have

f i r s t

h a n d

knowledge o f t h e

work

i n S a l i s b u r y , i t seems

o n l y good

s t e w a r d s h i p t h a t Owen

s h o u l d do t h i s , t h u s s a v i n g

someone

e l s e i n t h e f i e l d f r o m t a k i n g t i m e o f f

and t h e

expense

o f

a

t r i p

h o m e

t o

do

the

s a m e

t h i n g .

We

went t o Rhodesia

t o s t a r t

churches. This has been done,

a n d

now c o m e s the

t a s k

o f

b u i l d i n g

b u i l d i n g s t o

h o u s e a n d

s u p p o r t

t h e s e

c o n g r e g a t i o n s

u n t i l

t h e y can

s u p p o r t

themselves.

God's Word says,

Where

t h e r e i s no v i s i o n , t h e

people

p e r i s h .

We have t h e v i s i o n o f a s t r o n g

church

i n S a l i s b u r y and

t h r o u g h o u t

Rhodesia, w i t h a

l o c a l l y

t r a i n e d

m i n i s t r y , and houses

o f

worship i n which

t o

meet. You

have

helped

us

so w o n d e r f u l l y i n t h e p a s t , w i l l

you

share t h i s

s a m e

v i s i o n and h e l p us

now?

In

His S e r v i c e ,

The

Dunlap Famil y

P . S . This, as we r e a l i z e ,

i s

o n l y a b r i e f f r a g m e n t o f

what

t h e Dunlap f a m i l y

w i l l

be

doing,

and i s

d o i n g , and

i s

t r y i n g

t o

s u p p o r t .

I f you would l i k e t o know more about

t h e p r o g r a m i n

S a l i s b u r y , t h e

c a p i t a l

c i t y

o f Rhodesia, p e r h a p s we c o u l d a r r a n g e a

speaking

date at

y o u r

congregation.

Nereis o u r

address:

Dr. Owen

D u n l a p

a n d

family

3366

Harwinton

Lane

C i n c i n n a t i , Oh i o

45211

S i m p l y

d r o p us a

l i n e , we

w i l l b e g l a d t o h e a r f r o m y o u . Or

g i v e

us a c a l l . A r e a Code

513/

574-2690.

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Permit No. 8

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Forwardi ng A g e n t s

Mr. rs. Marshall

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w e

p r e a c h

n o t

o f

o u r s e l v e s

b u t

C h r i s t

J e s u s

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a n d o u r s e l v e s y o u r s e r v a n t s

V o l .

3

June 1971

O i i ^ e n ,

Mary Jo,

Charma, Brenda, Dav

Dear F r i e n d s ,

I t has been s o m e time since o u r l a s t l e t t e r t o

have

been

very

busy

t r y i n g t o

contact every

one

o

a n o t h e r

t o p e r s o n a l l y t e l l

you

o f

the work

we

s t

Rhodesia.

He r e

are some sta tistics:

Owen h a s traveled

spo k en approximately

80

times,

and s h o w n slide

fellowships, mission r a l l i e s ,

p u b l i c

schools, Bib

mee tin g s

and

conventions.

M ary

Jo

has spoken 11

t h e

mission. The

c h i l d r e n

 'x. during

t h ese past

m o n t h s a

^  

i s s i o n a r y

s p e a k e r

f o r

t

S c h o o l s.

I

h o p e this g i v e

\

 

^ w h a t w e h a v e b e e n d o i n g .

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N e u ^

p r o p e r t y

o f

t h e

R f i o d e s i a n B i b l e

C o l l e g e .

The f i r s t t i m e

The

hildren areall

home

now

for a

few

weeks

ntil

westart

our summer

schedule

Brenda has j u s t f i n i s h e d

h e r

j u n i o r

year

at

Oak H i l l s

High School and enjoyed

being

back i n the American school

syst em

with

which

sh e was

a m i l i a r .

Charma

r e a l l y

enjoyed

h e r

freshman

y e a r

at

I V I i l l i g a n

College.

S h e

made

many

f r i e n d s

and

i s

already

looking

forward t o next

y e a r . David has

had

various jobs

while

attending h i s night

school

courses

i n Communication Arts. Since h e

w i l l

b e working and continuing i n

summer chool, h e

w i l l

not b e

able

to t r a v e l

with the

rest of the family this summ e r.

The

ord w i l l i n g ,

w e p l a n t o

work i n

s i x

C h r i s t i a n

Service camps, spe akon

Sun^

days

while i n the various areas and

attend th e

I M o r t h American

Christian Convention.

T h e s e

t r i p s w i l l

take us to the East

coast

i n

North

Carolina, then

to

Cedar

Lake

C h r i s t i a n

Assembly

n e a r

Chicago,

and on t o Dallas, Texas, f o r t h e Convention. We

h o p e to s e e many of you then.

News

rom

the

churches i n Salisbury include: (1)

the

merger o f t h r e e African co n

gregations.

T h e y

w i l l

be

meeting at the sam e

school

b u i l d i n g i n H i g h f i e l d u n t i l the y

are able t o

b u i l d

a b u i l d i n g i n

the ne w

townsh ip, Glenorah,

j u s t

adjacent

toHighfield,

now under

c o n s t r u c t i o n

b y th e

government. We have

already

spoken

f o r

a church

s i t e

but

we

must present a request containing at least one hundred

signatures

t o begin

construction. T h e s e people w i l l need f i n a n c i a l help as i n the c i t y government b u i l d

i n g standards a r e much h i g h e r , and

t h e pay

scale remains

t h e same

f o r

t h e

average

African

(2) T h e Goromonzi High School

group

is growing

every

day and enth usiasm i s

very

high. Z

ndoga

Bungu,

the

boy

w h o helped

us

s t a r t the work, writes t h a t the y are

nu m

b e r i n g around

f i f t y t o s i x t y

every

Su nday, and many are being

b a p t i z e d i n t o

C h r i s t .

He

entions seven

i n the past

w e e k .

have h e l d two

camps, .

- n ;

s t a r t e d

a B i b l e c o l l e g e D a v i d

r e c o r d i n g a

T V p r o

and are meeting

there

e v e r y

Sunday f o r European

worship s e r v i c e s . T h e

cost o f t h i s

 60,000. I t willserve as the Salisbury

B i b l e

College, a

meetingpl

c o n g r e g a t i o n ,

a

place t o h o l d C h r i s t i a n S e r v i c e camps, and ha

r e s t h om e f o r t r a v e l i n g m i s s i o n a r i e s . I t

has

a good l o c a t i o n ,

so

b i l i t i e s f o r

the f u t u r e .

We

ave

already

sent 7,000 from the

sup

to help with the

purchase

of

t h i s property.

r e c o r d i n g a TV

p r o