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Ron
Elerick
Family
March1982
BAPTISM
AT
ENTUMENl
Hell o,
brother Ron.
I
had some work to do here
in town, so
I
wanted
to
come and talk with
you.
These words
greeted me as I answered the knock
on our door the first week in
December.
I
was
glad
to see Runga
Reddy
standing there. We
had been ministering to him for many
weeks
at Entumeni. Runga was a Hindu married to Kathy, a young woman
I
baptized not
too
long ago.
As he
sat
down
in
the
living
room,
Runga
A SPECIAL
CHRISTMAS
old
me the words we had wanted
to
hear for
such a long'time: I want to accept Christ.
Previous to this time, I had spoken
to
Runga
and
told him that giving his life to Christ
meant a complete commitment, and
that
meant
that
Ch r is t
becomes the
only
object of wor
ship in our
lives.
This meant
that
he would
have
to
give up the
god l amp that he kept
in his house. After
that
discussion, he told
his
wife that although he beli eved
in
Christ
he could
never
give up his
god lamp
for
fear that some horrible disaster would
befall
him or
mem ers
of his family. We continued
to
teach,
and share,
and
pray
with Runga,
and
now the Lord had convicted him and
he
was
ready
to
give
up
the god l amp
and
all else
ih
order to follow Jesus.
That evening at our fellowship meeting,
Runga brought his god lamp . We prayed over
the lamp,
asking
God
to
bind any demonic
forces connected
with
it
and
then
Runga took
an axe and destr oyed
the brass
lamp.
This
was a great testimony to all the other Hindus
at Entumeni and Jesus was honored through
this
witness. The following Lord's
Day,
Dec.
6th, we all went to
the small
lake
behind the
sugar mill and witnessed Runga's
immersion
into Christ Jesus.
This family
is
now united
in Christ,
and He
is the Head
of
this family. Runga is new in
Christ
and
is still under
temptation
an d
pressure
from
his friends
at
work and in the
community. Join us i n praying for both Runga
and
Kathy,
that they
will
both continue to
grow in
their faith
and knowledge and
under
standing
of Jesus.
Because our return to the C/,5.A. was delay
ed
by two
years
in
order
to
meet
South
Afri
can
immigration qualifications for
residency
permits,
our
Living Link Church, Eastern
Heights Christian Church
in Ponca City,
de
cided to
fly my
mother to
South
Africa
to
visit us.
She
came
for
Christmas,
which made
it extra
special
because the family had never
spent a
Christmas
with
my
mother, except for
Rhonda who
was only 6 months old when we last
had Christmas at grandma's house .
Our Living
Link
congregation, knowing we
needed clothing, sent my mother a love offer
ing
of $1,500 to
shop
for
us.
All the
cloth
ing was so badly
needed.
We were also thrill
ed
over
the instant-flavored
oatmeal,
spices,
candy
and
magazines from
America. Mom
had
candy canes for the children. Summer eyed
the candy canes and said
Grandma,
I've never
had one
of
those .
That night she
had
her
first, second and perhaps third
candy
cane.
Mom
only had
2 1/2
weeks with us and
some
times it s hard to believe that she was actu
ally with us. We squeezed every possible mo
ment out
of
each
day we had
together. The
Zulus and Indians called
her
Granny
and
ev
eryone adopted
her. And why not? After
all,
how many
Grannys would
get on a motorcycle
behind a teenagre boy and ride all over the
hills around Entumeni after the services on
Christmas day, or throw knives into blue gum
trees
with
the
local
sheriff
and
her grand
daughters, or so
easily show Christ's love
to
people of
other colors
and cultures. When
Mom
was leaving, people came by the house to
say goodbye. Some bringing gifts, many shed
ding
tears.
We are
now
looking forward
to
Cindi
's par
ents coming
out
to see us
in
June. We know
the
joy
and love wi l l
again
be
the
same
and
we appreciate very
much the
love expressed by
our
Living
Link Church for
making
this al l
possible for
us.
How truly
blessed
we have
been by our Heavenly
Father.
The e l d e r s h i p f e e l s CIndl should have the same
oppor
t u n i t y t o s e e
h e r
p a r e n t s . $4,000
w i l l b e n e e d e d . f
e v e r y s u p p o r t i n g c o n g r e g a t i o n and i n d i v i d u a l would
s h a r e I n t h i s
we
would not need to take money
from
our Service Link balance.
Please help us
i n
t h i s
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KATHY RUNGA and ELAINE BRITZ
P i 6 4 m G l ^fuim
Z 4 i t 4 4 > m e * U
At I i z a Z t y
i o u n d J a , u 6
c u
L o K d
a n d S a v ^ o A , I
w j o a
m c u u U d d
u i l t h
3
c P U Z d k t n ,
1 am g o i n g t o d a l l y
M ( W 4 .
I iomd
t n y ^ e Z i s e e k i n g bzcame In
m y
m a ^ f U a g e
a n d
In
m y
d a l l y
ll^e
I
c o u l d n o t c o p e , I
w o a
a i a l t u A c c w a o j I ^ c a n d
m o t k o A
a n d
b y
going to
ma66 dalty
I am
hoping
God a j o u l d
hont tkl6
all
out
i o f L
me. I
did not f u e a J i l y have
the
f l i g h t type o^ ialXk; the
one
that
t k m t ^ Je^ui a f l t h - y o u A ^alZ', It } a t w t h o j i moKe
like, l i God 6 e e f >
me hwe dally and
heaM
me
a s k i n g d a l l y
i o f L
help, something
ja&t
might
happen
^ o f i
the
good,
I
n e v e f i
knew
Jesus
p e f t s o n a l l y at
all.
He
was m o f i e like
a
stony ^ I g -
u f i e
that
I knew abou t.
Then
one day at th e
d e s p e f i a t e
point,
c o n s l d e f U n g
a l l s o f i t s o ^ d f i m t l c l i n e s o ^ a c t i o n t o b e o u t
0^ m y
situation,
I me t a x i t h a
man who
told me to
go home
and
f i e a d the Gospel o( John, believing that God wanted to help
me,
I
had
f i e a d
the Gospel
oi
John many
times
but
this
time
It
came
alive because
I wanted
an
answeA to my
p f w b l e i J i s
and
this man said God
h a s It
^ o f L me In the
p a g e s
o^ the
Gospel
0^
John,
( i J e l l ,
when
I
g o t
to ChapteA 3, the
answets wete
all
thete.
o f i a s
many
as
believed on His name s hall no t
peAlsh, b ut
have everlasting
l l ^ e , ' knd-\JeAse 17 t o o ,
and
f l i g h t
on down
to
t he
end o^
t he
c h a p t e r . .
It
us t
changed
everything I Reared
Into
a new l l ^e , I later
^ound a verse which
sums
up
what
I
i j e t t In
Hebrews 2t14-l6» My circumstances did not
change, but I
was
changed, and later
because.
I
was different,
wh at were great
trials were
( 1 0
longer trials * I was
s o
h u n g f i y f ^ o r
God's
Word, I ju st read t h e Bible thru and thru
an^ I
i j o u n d
irom reading
ho w
Jesus g o t bap
tized
that
I s h o u ld do t h e same, s o I
was
Immersed
In a
river,
Elaine Britz
while
working
with the Tongaat
Sugar Mill,
I
came
to
believe
in
the Living God.
I
used
to worship so called other gods,
as
it's
a
tradition carried down
from
our forefathers,
While at work, mg friends used to tell me
about
the
Lord Jesus, I ad a daughter at
home named Lena
who couldn't walk, and
this
worried me
a
lot. My
friend invited
me to
a
meeting and I attended. While at that
meet
ing, t h e p a s t o r prayed for a woman and
s h e
had
evil spirits
in her.
The spirits came out
of
her and
one of the spirits was one of my
gods which I sed to worship. While praying f or
her,
she testif ied that she i s a demon and the
Lord Jesus i s
a Liv ing God,
as mov ed deep i n my heart. I sked
the pastor
to pray f o r my
daughter and
s h e
was
healed.
My
wif e did
not
believe
i n
J e s u s
s o
we u sed
to
have a
l o t
of
p r o b l e m s .
I
ef t
w o r k at Tongaat
and start ed work
at Ntum eni, A different
b r o t h e r came t o
Ntumeni
and l ived w i t h u s
and taugh t u s
for a t i m e , b u t
w e
were s t i l l
not
strong in o u r fait h .
He left
u s and I
ent
back
i n t o t h e
w o r ld
and
p r ob l e ms s tarted again. Somet i me
w h i l e
p r a y in g ,
I sed
to
cry
to
the Lord
to s end
som eone that we
may
be s aved. The Lord has
sent
u s a min
ister, B r o t h e r Ron,
After
he came,
w e
are
draw ing cl o s e
t o th e Lord,
Thanks
t o t h e
Lord
J e s u s . I
i l l
g i v e H i m al l t h e p r a i s e
and
g l o r y ,
My be l o ved br ot her s and sisters, t h e
Lord
ha s been so g o o d .to m e .
Lena, fro m
being crippled. She was binded
b y . the s o
called gods which
my youngest daughter was
born,
she was s o s ick ,
they
transferred from Eshowe to the h ospital
i n Durban, I sed t o find fault in m y hu sb and and nag
h i m .
T his led t o l o t s -of
p r o b l e m s b u t
the Lord op ened m y eyes
to
look
at
m y faults
since
pasto r Ron
came. Sister
Cindi
is always
there
t o
c o m f o r t m e f r o m the Word of
God,
Praise t h e Lord, Amen,
M r s .
Lill y Pillay
FREDDY PILLAY and FAMILY
Our lives are changed.
S. F. Pillay
He healed
my
daughter,
I used
to worship.
When
AFRIC
VISION
Field
Address:
Ron and
indi
Elertck
P.O.Box377
Eshowe,
u l u land,3815
Rep ublic o f South Africa
Forwarding Address
Zululand
Christian M i s s i on
c/o
astern Heigh ts Christian
C h u r c h
Route2—Box 88
Ponca
C i t y , OK
74601
ADDRESS
CORRECTION
REQUESTED
Mission
Services
Box 177
Ke m p t o n , Indiana
46049
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Ron lerick Family
June1982
O p p o r t u n i t y
n o c k s
O p p o r t u n i t y K n o c k s But Once
{or
s o w e
a r e
told) a n d w e
w h o
h a v e f a i t h f u l l y
s u p p o r t e d t h e
Elericks over the
years
now have the
opportunity
to send Grandpa and Grandma Bushnell t o
see
t h e two new
grandchildren
for the first t i m e and to renew
ties
w i t h Rhonda,
Susan
and Wendy.
Bill and Phyllis Bu shnell's daugh ter, Cind i,
w i f e , instant mother to Ron's three g i r l s , an d
Arlene, d i e d .
Ron
and Cindi have n o t taken a
furlo ugh
in
the
5
1/2 years they
have been
in Africa.
S o
t h e two
c h i l d r e n
bor n to them there.
Summer
an d Nathan, have
n e v e r
s e e n
t h e i r
g ra n d
p a r e n t s .
Si nc e permanent
residency
can't
be obtained
by
the Elericks
until
the
summer of
1983, t he
Eldership at Eastern Heights Christian Church
(their Living
Link Support)
felt strongly
t ha t both s e t s
of
par e n ts s h o u l d
be s e n t
t o
Africa. S o much so, that East er n He i gh ts
personally underwrote t h e e x p e n d i t u r e s
of
se n d i n g Ro n 's moth e r , Polly Heaslip, in
Dec.
of 1982.
Now
you have the
opportunity
t o
share
in
t h is family reuni on. Total cost ro un d-tr ip
Tulsa to Durban, So uth Africa,
is
approxima
tely
$4,000, of
which
$1,000
has been
receiv
e d from ch ur ch es an d i n d iv i d u als.
B y
fai th
that
you will
respond, the
tickets
have
been
purchased
and
departure date
is
Ju ne 17.
These fu nds must be replaced as we merely
rob b e d P e t e r t o pay Paul .
Perhaps your congregation, Sun day School
class,
D.V.B.S., or you personally
would
feel
l e d
to share
i n
t h i s
act of love.
S e n d
al l
c o n t r i b u t i o n s to: Zululand
C h r i s t i a n
Mission,
Eastern Heig hts Christian
Church,
Route 2,
Box
88, Ponca
City,
Ok lahoma 74601.
MINISTRy
AT ENTUMENI
The
ministry
at Entumeni continues,
Ron
teaches
a men's class every
Tuesday
night and
Cindi
teaches a women's Bible study every
Wednesday
morning.
There is a Bible study
every
Thursday evening and services are held
on Sunday, Due to the fact that most of the
people
at Entumeni
are
available for Bible
Studies
and worship
during the
week,
plans
are to have
worship services at Entumeni
dur
ing the week. This will leave Ron free
to
travel
out
into the bush
and
the
Zulu
people
on weekends.
This
way, mo-re areas
can
be
reached.
Most Zulu men have
to work in the
cities
and are not home during the week,
so
in
this way
we
can reach both the folks
at
Entumeni
and
the
Zulus
was God's special person who steppe d i n as a
missionary
t o
far-off Africa
when
Ron's w i f e .
Family News
Rhonda, Susan, and Wendy have all d o n e
v e r y
well in their first term of school in this
n e w year. Rhon da has s u c c e s s f u l ly p a s s e d all
her subjects and
has been
made class p r o c t o r .
S u sa n , who
has just
b e g u n h e r fi rst year
In
H i g h
School,
c a me t h i r d in
her
c lass when t h e
f i r s t g r a d e s
came ou t.
W e n d y i s
also
d o i n g
very w e l l at
school. W e are very
p r o u d
of
t he
g i r l s a n d d o want to t h a n k all of
you
who
have
prayed
for them
as
t h ey
a d j u s t e d t o t h e
school syste m here. All
of
th em
are looking*
forward to attending a year of American
s c h o o l n e x t
year
i n
Ponca
C i ty. Ke e p p rayi n g
for
them, as we k n o w that
t h e y
will find many
differences
at home
too.
W e n d y
Rhonda
Susan
Ron
received
official
notification that he
will
be able to apply
for
his permanent res
i d e n c e pe rmi ts i n March
.next
year. This
i n
formation c me
w i t h
his passpor t s and new six
month extensions. He
will
make application
i n
Mar c h an d hop e s
t o
r e t u r n t o t h e U.S. be
fo r e school b e g i n s at t h e e n d of A u g u s t
i n
order
that
the
children can
enter the
school
year at t h e b e g i n n i n g of term.
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MEETING
AT INGWAUUMA
R o n
recently made
a
trip u p north to.hold a two-day meeting a t Bro. Miyeni s k r a a l near
I ngwav u ma.
The meetings were h e l d
i n the old one-ro omed
s c h o o l h o u s e
where
R o n
first preached
i n June o f 1973 when h e
was
taken
there
b y Floyd Stamm
on
h i s
first trip
t o
Africa.
A b o u t 150 p e o p l e a t t e n d e d t h e s e m e e t i n g s a n d s e v e r a l C h r i s t i a n s f r o m S w a z i l a n d c a m e o v e r t h e
border
t o
s h ar e
in
t h e
s e r v i c e s .
Th e
p r e a c h i n g, s i n g i n g and
praying
l a s t e d t h r o u g h o u t
the
n i g h t a n d
e n d e d
m i d - d a y o n
S u n d a y .
D u r i n g
t h e
t i m e s p e n t a t I n g w a v u m a , Ron
w a s
a bl e t o s p e n d s o m e
f r u i t f u l t i m e
tea .ching t h e
m e n
a n d s h a r i n g i d e a s w i t h t h e m a b o u t t h e w o r k a n d w a y s t o e v a n g e l i z e a n d
r e a c h
o u t
w i t h
t h e
Go s pe l
i n
t h i s a r e a
of
Z u l u l a n d . B r o . M i y e n i i s t o be c o n t a c t i n g p e o p l e
i n
s e v e r a l a r e a s a n d
a r r a n g i n g d a t e s f o r Ro n t o
m e e t
w i t h t h e m a n d
h a v e
m e e t i n g s a n d c l a s s e s t h e r e . T h e l e a d e r s
g a v e
Ron
a u n a n i m o u s v o t e
of c o n f i d e n c e
a n d
a r e
e a g e r
t o s t a n d t o g e t h e r
i n r e a c h i n g o u t
f o r
Christ
in
this area.
JOHN
CAIPHAS JOHN
W e n t w i t h
m e t o
I n - g w a v u m a
Fro m
Ro n
Many times we fail, as people of
God,
to
-exerclse-the-power
G o d yives
os-through
pray—
er.
If w e
are
to
succeed ip fulfilling the
v i s i o n s
God
has
g i v e n
u s regarding the .wgrk
a m o n g t h e Z u l u
n a t i o n , w e
NEED y o u r a c t i v e
and
continual prayers.
Pray that
Christ will
take precedence over the
growing feelings
of
Black Nationalism,
Pray
that the
power
of
A l m i g h t y
G o d
w i l l
o v e r c o m e
and
r e p l a c e t h e
power
that Satan
has in the
people s
lives
t h r o u g h
w i t c h c r a f t a n d t r a d i t i o n .
P r a y
t h a t
a
spirit
of u n i t y will
grow among
the Zulu
Christians, Pray
that
the leadership
w i l l
make
Christ and His
work the
motivating
force
behind their actions
rather than ideas of
p o s i t i o n
a n d p o w e r for s e l f , . P r a y for t h e
conviction of sin.
Pray
for victory. Pray
for my physical
health.
Pray for a real re
vival among the Zulu people. Don t
forget to
pray every day. We
need your
combined
prayers
as we
reach
out
for our Lord
in
Zululand,
Christian brother from
Swaziland
I n f l a t i o n has i t Africa
even
more
t h a n t h e U . S .
Pe t r o
i s up
0/Litre.
Rent
h a s s k y r o c k e t e d .
O t h e r ex
p e n s e s
h a v e i n c r e a se d .
Ron p l a n s i n c r e a s e d a c t i v i t y i n
t h e
Zul u
v i l l a g e s
up
n o r t h a t
t h e
Mozambique b o r d e r which w i l l
require
in c r e a se d
p e t r o f u n d s .
Has
y o u r g i vi n g t o
this
m i s s i o n
i n c r e a s e d p r o p o r t i o n a t e l y
w i t h
i n f l a t i o n ? The need s
obvious.
Ask
God
f
he would a v e
you
be
a a r t
of
the solution.
AFRICA
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F i e l d Address:
Ron
and
Cindi
E l e r i c k
P.O. Box377
Eshowe,
u l u l a n d ,
3815
R e p u b l i c o f South
f r i c a
F o r w a r d i n g A d d r e s s
Z u l u l a n d C h r i s t i a n M i s s i o n
c/o a s t e r n
H e i g h t s Christian
C h u r c h
Route
2—Box 88
Ponca i t y
OK 74601
ADDRESS
CORRECTION
REQUESTED
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M i s s i o n
S e r v i c e s
A s s n
Box 2427
K n o x v i l l e , T N 37901
N o n p r o f i t O r g .
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Ron
lerick
Family September1982
Zululand
Reunion
Through the love of
a
very
loving God and His people,
Cindi's mother
and
father,
Mr, &
Mrs,
Bill
Bushnell arrived
in
South Africa on the 20th of
June,
This was a very special time-
for
all
of
us
and there were many tears shed
at the
airport, both on their arrival and departure.
We
wish that all of you could have share d the joy and the love we
were
able
to
by bei ng together
again after such a long time apart. The
arrival
of Cindi's parents at this particular time was
very
special because they arrived on Ron &
Cindi's sixth
wedding
anniversary, and
the day be
fore Nathan's third birthday.
So
it was very
exciting
for Nathan to
have
his grandfather and
grandmother
with him to c e l ebrat e this very speci al day,
even
if he did say "grandma" when
ask
ed who
his
favorite
preacher was'.
Grandpa took the children on walks,
fixed
bikes,
electric heaters,
and preached. Grandma was
kept busy reading
stories,
holding grandchildren, visiting,
etc.
Every
day was
full and every
day was
a blessing to us.
We
just thank
each
one
of
you
who helped
make
this time
with
Cindi's
mother and
father
possible. It is very hard to express in words the joy it brought to us all.
We just thank God for the chance we
had
to hug and be near our
loved
ones again. May God
richly
bless you for the great joy
we shared
together here in Zululand,
—HELP
NEEDED—
In just a yearfrom now, on
and
indi
i l l
be
ble to i s i t
i n
your congregations
and hare
i r s t hand the i c t o r i e s of
Zululand and appeal to you
for
the
extra
finances needed
to continue and expand h e i r
outreach.
But
can
we
ait
t h a t long?The
ork
needs
to
be
expanded NOW
n f l a
tion
has i t South
frica
even
more
than
t
has America.
Ron
now pays more
or
gasoline and more
or
rent than
he
did
j u s t
s i x months ago.
The
same Service Link"
money
we
ave
been
sending i s
now
buying
l e s s .
What
would
YOU ave us
do?
hall we ut
back
on he work
o
eq ual the funds, or h a l l
we
ncrease
the
funds o
equal
the opportunities?
t i s
i n
your hands.
a s i c a l l y the needs
are
these:
1 . We t i l l need $ 2 , 6 6 0 . 0 0 t o cover t h e c o s t o f sending
C i n d i ' s parents to v i s i t Would
you
please share
an
extra offering for this?
2.
The
same money now
buys
l e s s
Even
more
so
n
South A f r i c a . Most churches
are t i l l
g i v i n g the same
amount
they
did f i v e years ago.
lease
ask your lead
ership
to
increase t h e i r commitment.
3 . I n l e s s than a y e a r ,
we
ust r i n g a family
of7
ack
to
the
S t a t e s ;
provide
housing
and
expenses here
and
cover the cost
of
reporting
to
the churches.We lan
to
ask c e r t a i n congregations
to
adopt a family member
and cover the plane i c k e t .
We t Eastern
Heights i l l
cover R on's
a r e , another
church
could adopt Cindi
and i v e
other
congregations could each adopta h i l d .
Why on't you s t a r t a p r o j e c t
l i k e
t h i s now,
so
the
money
ould
be
n
hand
when
eeded
f
$Uccess
s
to
be,we i l l need nd U.
Send
l l
c o n t r i b u t i o n s
t o
Zululand
C h r i s t i a n Mission,
/o
Eastern
Heights
C h r i s t i a n Church, Route 2,
Box
88,
Ponca ity,
OK
4601.
Cindi arents
Saying Goodbye
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8/15/2019 Elerick Ron Cynthia 1982 SouthAfrica
6/6
IVAN'S INDEPENDENCE DAY
Ivan Pillay,
son
of Freddie and Lilly Pillay
of Entiomeni,
was
taptized into Christ on July
U,
1982. Ivan is
now free.
Free
from
satan
and free to
honor Christ with his life. Ivan
was blessed by God
with
Christian parents.
This made
it possible
for Ivan
to
know about
Jesus
and
t o
know about Christian living.
Many
of
Ivan^s
friends at school do
not have
Christian
families.
Most
are Hindus.
Pray
for Ivan that he will continue
to grow
in the
Lord and that his testimony will influence
his many friends so they too can experience
being free in Christ.