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THE ENGLEWOOD CHRISTIAN

REPORT FROM FREEMANS

Dear Friends at Englewood: Brother Tom Thm-man and I have made a trip to Gokwe, about 1^5 miles

REPORT FROM XHE FJIEEMANST ^

October, 1965

Dear Friends at Englewood:

We now Wave two full time colpor teurs workdng In the Gwelo area. Peter

from Gwelo to do some Investigation. Some of the Christian people from

around Dadaya are moving up to Gok we. We are hoping to transfer a Chris tian Day School to the new area. If we are able to dio this, It will give us a a head etart for a new work in Gokwa. Brother T-hurman is to build the school bhlldinig if the plan materialiaes. Many Ajfricans are being moved
presently to a plains near the District Commissioners Office. The total num ber of people to be resettled here will

Nyekete is wonldng in Mhondoro Re serve, 120 miles from Gwelo; Ellas Dhliwayo is working in Hunyani Re
serve; about forty miles from Gwelo.

Both boys have been Burnished with

btioycaes and J60.00 worth of Bibles,

Bible portions, and Christian litera

ture. When I last checked, both boys

were out working hard and had sold a numlber of Bibles. We feel that this

is an Impoiltant ministry and a good

way to spread the Gospel.
One commjunity school is about compietedIn "the Africanfarms area eat

be about 15,000. Schools are sparse in

this area.

TTnaefthe dlreetloir-of-DavB-MiHard,
Ajfrlcan school teachers are being tu
tored here In Gwelo. The aim of these tutoring classes is to help the teachers gain a higher educational certificate

of Enikeldoorn. We hope to help four groiiips get schools there. We have sup plied them with building materials as
a loan to be repaid at the end of one
year.

through the govemanent correspond

ence School and to increase their

knowledge of the Scriptures and Chris tian doctrine. During these classes on

You have, no doubt, heard much about the declaration of independence

in Rhodesia. We are not in any danger

because of the pronouncement. There has been .peace and order in the country, and people are carrying on business a usual. Our only difficulty at the present time is that we cannot
deposit our American checks in the bank. We're hoping this will be resolv ed before too long. Right now the bank is extending credit to us until checks
can again be deposited.

Tuesday and Thursday evenings, I teaoh history, geography, and Bible. It has been interesting to me to read about the American Revolution from the British standpoint. I am having to "cram" the geography of Africa.
The Bible course I teach is New Testa ment Doctrine; Brother Millard teach

es Biology and Religious Knowledge; Brother Thurrwan teaches English Grammar and English Literature. All these classes are on a Junior College
level. Nine of the twelve teaxShers in the classes are msmbers O'f the Ohurch

The Richard Smiths Wave arrived in Gwelo. R. was with great excitement that we went down to greet them at

about midnight on November li2. They

are staying with the David Millard family until their goods arrive and

of Christ. We feel thiat by helping these young men, we are strengthening

their Chrisrtian leadership ability. W are eagerly nwnitiTi^- iflie. ariival_ of the Smiths In Rhodesia. We have been house-ihuntlng for them this week. We were surprised to find that the houses available for rent in Gwelo have dwindled to just a very few. Six months ago there were empty houses everywhere one looked. We'll have to

they can purohase furniture and get

into a house of their own. In the mean time. they are getting acquainted with African scenes and waysand are be ing Introdfuced to the Gw^o work In
genera.1.

In the way of family news; We have

time for our furlough is drawing near

quickly. Present iplans are for our re
turn in April, 1&6G.
Pr

look hard to find a house just right

for them.

had Beth in the hospital during this month for a tonelllectomy. She got
along just fine in the hospital and is home now getting rosy-oheeked and
fatter . . .

The weather is warming and we're

anticipating an unusually hot rainy

season this year. Our little family talks a lot about "when we go to America"

Youra in Ohrlst,

-.'A

Wendell Freeman

in Christ's^
CS) Wendell

these days. Beth and Amy are looking

forward to seeing their grandmas and cousins before too long. Really the