Hamilton Al Annette 1961 SouthAfrica

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SOUTH

AFRICA CHUIiCH

OF

CHRIST

H a m i l t o n News etter

Fwd. Agent June, I961 Albert

Annette

Mrs. A. V/. Hamilton

Sr.

P. C. Box 50

Marceline , Missour i

Kimberley,

S. A.

U . S A ,

Dear

C o - l a b o r e r s i n

C h r i s t ;

CO

o

Although this is our June

let ter ,

today is

the

lM:h.oT'JUly;

hope that each of you enjoy the short holidays therej5

The Sa.ut__

African fourth of July

comes on

Oct.

10

and i s called G uy Faulks

day,

which

corresponds

with

the

American Holloween

asd

Li-thi.hfXra

c o m b i n e d .

The

entire

Bionth

of

June was

fi l led- .with preparation and ^ar rying.

out

of the Revival

and

D.V.B.S, here in

Kiriiberley, The church

at

V/arren

St.

had

printed

and

delivered over I|.0

large

posters

and

1,000

hand

b i l l s

advert is ing the revival meeting

which ran

from the

11th

to

the 2^rd , On the

12th

we began the V.B.S. . Annette was the d i r e c t o r

t h i s

year

and

Bob

and

Phyl l i s M il ls

and

I

taught

classes,

VJe

also

had

two

o f the Church members

teaching

t h i s year , Mrs. Keith Forres ter and

Annette PIo Yan. Since

Carrol l

Fulford and family v;ere with us for

the

revival , they

brought

with

thera

C a r r o l l s mother, F lorence

Fulford,

of

the

Wynburg

Church

i n

Capetown,

to help

teach also. This

gave

us

7

teachers

and two o f

these were a s s i s t a n t teachers ; Annette

Ho

Yan and

Mrs.

Forrester ,

Phyllis Mills gave the mis siona ry

talk each day

and we

took an offering each day. I t

amounted to

approximately

I5 dollars

-

i t

was sent to the

hospital in Rhodesia. Annette had charge of leading

singing

and

the

closing

devotion.

The

average

attendance

was lj,5,

x^ith

the h i g h e s t

o f 55 f o r one day. There

were

65

e n r o l l e d

i n the

school .

This was a very

f ine

Bible

School,

and the

closing

program on

Sat.

Afternoon

helped b ring several nev; adults to the Church build ing for the

f i r s t

tii;ie.

One young man, Henry Ho Chuhg was

baptized

at the

close of

the

f i r s t

week.

He

has attended

the

services for

over two

years.

The

reviva l

meeting

was held in the evening

along

with the D.V.B.S.

with Brother

C a r r o l l

Fulford

proaching

and

h i s

mother

M

c.

Fulford

playing th e piano.

Many o f

th e

yoixng

people

o f

the V.B.S. at tended

th e

services r egu la rl y, one of which ;ras Henry

vjho

was

baptized during the

meetings. Bob and

Phyll is Mills

both

did

an i n s p i r i n g work

vjith Chalk

drawings during the meeting and

members

of th e congrega tion provided

special

music. The

higtiest

attenda/ice was i|5 foh

the service

and many

of the

Coloured Chris t ian

Brethren group were a t a l l but two of

the

services .

The hect ic two weeks envolved the

morning i n

Bible School,

the

aft ernoons he lp ing

to clean

the

Church

building

for

the

evening

services

as

well

as

making

as

many c a l l s

as

possible and the

evening

services which began

at

7:00

P.

M. At

the close of the

meeting

the

F u l f o r d s little g i r l

Alandra

Jo

c o n t a c t e d

t o n s i l l i t i s and was

ad

vised by our physician

to

remain

i n

Kimberley with us for

t h r e e

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questions concerning the New Testaraent plan for Salvation

and

f o r

t h e

C h u r c h .

There is a^misaionary meeting scheduled for the last

of

this

month.

I t

i s

l i k e l y

to

be

h e l d

a t

Capetox^jn

o r

n e a r

East

London

where the^Kernan family

recently

moved. Since

we

have been

in

South Africa pur work has been mostly the

responsibility

of the

European and Coloured peoples. For this reason

we

began

in

June

to

receive a l l funds for

the work we

are

responsible

for,

an d

are

not

sending our service

link

any

more novr,

into

the

general

fund which

was

in operation here

when we arriv ed on

the f i e l d .

VJe

now

have an account for

mission

expenses here in Kimberley,

and we

receive

a ll funds, salary and working or service funds)

directlyfbom

our

forwarding

agent.

V;e

keep

seperate

books

of

course for salary

and mission expenses and

vrill begin

this month

to itemizB our service

link

expenses, so you

will

have a complete

r e c o r d

mo n th ly . Vi

hope to

b u i l d

up

a

reserve,

in o u r

m,lssion

service

link

account so that we can begin scheduling film strip

(hod s

2^l9-n

through the ages ) studies in other areas or

towns

and pos s ibly e v a n g e l i s t i c meetings. This would

mean

the

cost

o f

renting a h a ll

or building

for such

meetings. The general

fund

of

the

African

Native

woi-k

here

has

i t s

own

needs,

and

the

treas,

for that fund is Lynn .Stanley of the African Bible Training School

in

port Shepi^tone, Natal, ipf

course our salary covers a l l our

t m n s p c r t a t i o n

expenses

and

c ar r e p a i r e t c .

and h


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SOUTH AFRICAN CHURCHES OP

CHRIST

Hami l t on

News

Le t t e r k .

^d. Agent:

juiy,

1961

Slber,tirAnnett6

Mrs,

A.

V/, Hamilton

P n

nM,

7n

loU

V/est

Santa

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are

among

the

European and Coloured

population (Churches of

Christ ) .

A n n e t t e s chatter

Some

o f

you

have

asked about

th e

weather

h e r e .

Well

we a r e

supposed

to

be having ou r winter

now.

However it has been a

very

mild one u n t i l

j u s t

t h i s

past

week. I t

rained l a s t

week

end from P r i . through

Mom

and

has

r e a l l y

been

cold

s i n c e .

The r a i n i s very uinusual

because

we

usual ly have

it

i n

the slimmer

(o r

so everyone has s a i d .

The t r e e s

are

a l l

blossoming

(about

8

weeks ahead of t ime)

and the

people

are

a l l

a fr a id t h at there w i l l come a heavy freeze and r u i n any prospects

o f

f r u i t . Eve rybody 's garden

i s

looking n i c e . We

d o n t

have any.

The family i s j u s t f i n e, PranOie i s t a l k i n g

more

and

more.

We

have a driveway gate

that

has a space about 6 inches high at the bottom

and

yesterday,

she

followed one

o f

her

l i t t l e

playmates

as she crawled

under it It

i s a

law

here t h a t

every

p r o p e r t y

be

fenced

completely

b ut nothing about

spaces under

the

gates.

Now I w i l l have to r e a l l y

keep an

eye

on her because

she

has a

memory

t h a t j u s t d o e s n t q u i t when

it comes t o some

t h i n g s l i k e

t h a t .

The

house

was

u n f u r n i r h e d

except

f o r

a

few

t h i n g s

t h a t

t h e

owner

c o u l d n t

g e t

i n t o

t h e s t o r a g e

room.

She

a l s o

l e f t

the

c u r t a i n s

up

i n

e v e r y

room.

The

people h e r e use

a

l a c e

c u r t a i n u n d e r n e a t h w i t h d r a p e s

over them.

The l a c e makes it impossib le f o r any

one

t o see i n i n t h e

day time but

they

are

of

no

use

a t n igh t. The drapes

are

almost always

h a l f - w a y between t h e window sill and t h e

f l o o r

i n st e a d o f t h e c o r r e c t

way. They do some th ings d i f f e r e n t l y here , I am anxious

to

get our

own curtains s i n c e t h e s e l o o k s o o d d ,

VJell,

enough

f o r t h i s t ime .

Now

back

to Sonny.

Thank you

a l l

again

for

your l i f e , we are glad to be your

servants for Jesus' sake. IICa;iL:5 o

~

Albert & A n n e t t e

H a m i l t o n

Prances


5/9

n

SOUTH AFRICAN

CHURCHES

OF CHRIST

Fwd.

Agent

Albert

Annette

>irs,

A.W,

Hamilton Sr. Hamilton P.O.Box 30

Marceline, Mssouri

News

Letter Kimberley, C.P,

Aug.

1961

South

Africa

Dear Co-Workers in Christ ;

The

Lord has

blessed

us with

several new opportunities

here

in

Kimberley.

In the

month

of August

one

family has

finished

seeing the

film strip lessons

and

we

began the series again vrith another

new

family,

in

the same neighborhood.

Beginning

this

week

we

are scheduled to

start

our Bible pictiires in the

Kimberley

Cripple

Care home at

7:oo in the evenings

on

thursdays. On the l^hh of Sept.

we

are

to

begin

showing

the Bible

in pictures to

the

children

in

the

Kimberley

Home for

Handicapped

ChildrEn

in

another part

of town. We thank God

for these

new doors of

service now

open.

t is

also our privilege

to

be allowed

to

come

each Lord s day afternoon to

the

Cripple Care Home to teach Bible

school

lessons

to the Coloured and Native

children. By the

time you

receive this letter

only

Monday wil l be the evening of t l^ week in which we

do

not have a

Church

service

cr

Bible

study

class.

We

hope

that

every

night of the

week

wil l

soon be

f i l led

with

a

stu^y or

service.

If the Lord i s willing we live, Jan. 1962 will be

the

opening

of the

new

Kimberley Church of Christ School

of

Evangelism.

Brother Mills

wil l be

the

Dean of the

school

while I

wil l continue

as

Minister

of

the

Church. We wil l

be

using the church building for the

school,

both brother

Bob

and

I

will

be

teach

ing 8 hours of evening

classes

per week, making a

total

of I6 hours of

class work

to

be

offered. Several

have

already

expressed

the desire to

study

for

the Min-

stry

and

Church

leadership.

We

will

need

more

books

for our school

library,

as

both

Bob

and I

have

only a limited amount of necessary

books. If

you can help

us in

securing

such needed material

we

will be happy to send you a l i s t of the

most urgently required text books etc. We believe such a school can help meet

the need of the European and Coloured evangelism

in

the northern Cape Province

and Transva a l

Recently we began a contest for the purpose of securing new names and addrs-

ses^for the mailing list of the Church paper (Mid-eek Reminder), V/e are giving

a Bible to the person turning

in

the

most names

and addresses of people

who would

like to receive the

paper each

week.

Already

we

have been

given

over

2 0

pro

spective

names,

thus increasing our mailing

l ist

to 350. This trip ling of our

mailing

list

here

in

Kimberley will certainly increase the cost of stamps, paper

etc, thus using most of the

service

link,, but

we

always

intend

to

increase

the

our work in this way. We believe

that

advertising the Bible pictures, studies,

services and proposed

school will

be of

great

value

to the

work

as

a whole.

Already

many have

said they enjoy the material in our

Church

paper and look

forward to receiving i t each week. Please pray

with

us that this means

of

preaching

the

Gospel

of

Chris t

wi l l

bear

f ru i t

We cannot help but fee l that the h ard est part of the work

for

Christ here

in

Kimberley

is over now, the ice istroken for European evangelism here with the

Forrester family taking

great interest

in

the

entire

work

of

the

Church,

Their

very presence in the^rvices, Bible studies

and

help

in

the

work

of the

Church


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S I G N I F IC N T

ACeim

a n d

VieiuA

J R H I G H C L A S S

At Bible School, taught by Annette, meets

in our Volkswagen Kombi. As many as 8

stu dents h av e been

in

this class.

Thank you for the Bible School material

you have helped to provide for this and the

other classes this year.

Morning

an d

Evening Church attendance

has increased this year 1961

an d

there have

been 8 baptisms so fa r in 1961.

A .

W. H AM IL TO N F AM IL Y

P.O.

Box

30

Kimberley, Cape Province,

S o u t h Af r ic a .

Since we have been

n

South Africa we have been

n

two Revival meetings with the Polo Road

Church of Christ n Cape Town, the three Coloured and European congregations w have at pre

sent

try

to work together

as much

as possible, for

w

are few and have the great need for many

more ministers here. Other Revival meetings are planned.

B I B L E

C L A S S F O R T H E C R I P P L E D

C H I L D R E N

The Cripple Care Home of Kimberley

granted us permission to come

each

Lord s

day afternoon at 3.00for a short song service

and flannelgraph lesson.

Maureen

Ho

Chung

leads in this service an d teaches the class in

Afrikaans. Mrs.

Mills

plays the portable

organ for the song service.


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NEWLY

WEDS

Te d

an d

Phyllis Brotherhood were bap

tized

a n d

m a rrie d

here

a t

the C hurch

o f

Christ in Kimberley. Ted Edward has ex

pressed the desire to study and preach the

Gospel. It is hoped that he will find the

Training School of help to him in fulfilling

his desire.

m i

V A C AT IO N B IB LE S C H O O L

Was held in conjunction with a Revival

meeting in July of 1961. B ro th er C ar ro ll

F ul fo rd a nd family came from Cape Town

to preach for the two weeks.

There was one Baptism an d an increased

enthusiasm fo r th e Lord s work as a

result

of the

V.B.S.

a nd the Revival.

Th e

congregation is

made

up

of

Chinese,

Coloured and European.

HRISTI N SERVI E M P T

PE

TOWN

Hout

Bay is

th e

site for the

annual New

Year s

camp

for the

Churches

of Chr ist in

South

Africa. We enjoy wonderful fellowship

an d inspiration each year here. First oppor

tunity for the Kimberley Church to attend

this camp, was

January.

1961. We look for

ward

to many more such

experiences fo r

ou r

young people.


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OUR M

K I M B E R L E Y

HUR H O CHRIST

of

bangeli?m

R

S. MILLS A B

Th M

Dean

A

W

HAMILTON

A B M A

Minister

The Lord willing we live January 1962 on the 22nd will be the opening of

classes in the School of Evangelism. We will begin with night classes only four

hours each evening from 6.00 p.m. to 10.00 p.m.. Monday Tuesday Thursday and

Friday. Both Brother Mills and I plan to teach 8 hours of class work. Thus offering

16 hours of credit to those who desire above every other desire to preach the Gospel

of Christ. Already some are planning to enroll in the School. Please pray for this

much needed school for Christ

and

help us to find books for the library.

The above picture of Brother Robert Mills and myself was taken at Cradock

at

the Native Conference Committee

meeting.


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ROL ND JO SEP H

foreground)

A young man of 21 Roland is planning

to enter the ministry and train in the School

of

Evangelism. Roland is a Baptized bel iever

who

left

th e B re th re n d en om in ati on a fte r

several sessions of Bible study. He has

already taken part in the services of the

Church at Warren Street and is fully con

s ec ra te d t o t he

Lord .

F R N E S M R IE

t

our

front

walk

with her new

dol l

and

buggy which were

her b irthday

presents in

October

of

1961. She also had a

birthday

party. She is 2 years old.

We are pleased to be

your

servants and

pray that God will help us as we work to

gether as long as He is pleased to allow us.

Thank you for

your

LIFE.

DI MOND DIGGING

As in the picture above this

one

also

shows in the distance part of the crain equip

ment used in digging for diamonds. Both

of these pictures were taken at Gong Gong

near Kimberley. Roland Joseph stands near

Brother Mills on the right.

The larger s topes are removed and the

small stones and fine gravel are sifted and

separated by the machine in the picture

above .

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Hamilton Al Annette 1961 SouthAfrica

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