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MISSIONARY FORWARDING AGENTCa r r o l l Fu l f o r d Bryce MorganPoOo Box 130 1237 N. Brumm i t tEppindus t Cape CJies te r ton , IN .7475 SOUTH FRI February, 1990 4^304 U S AWell , br e th r en God has brought us th rough in to the Nine t i e s . Through a l l the y ears Hehas led u s and He wi l l no t l eave us now. We l iv e in exc i t i ng t imes . South Afr ica isundergoing r ap id change as it moves boldly away from apar the id toward in tegra t ion . Thechurch of the Living God, f im ly committed to the concept t ha t God has made of one bloodevery nat ion on the face o f the ea r th has a v i t a l message fo r South Africa today.You are to be commended fo r your personal commitment to t h i s ca l l fo r your prayers fo rthe people o f South Afr ica and fo r your suppor t o f t h i s minis t ry . We love you, andlong fo r you in th e Lord more than you know.Now a t l a s t a f t e r 10 years o f absence, God i s grcinting me the pr iv i lege of paying youa v i s i t once more. But t h i s canno t be done wi thou t your he lp in 3 spec i f i c ways:-

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1. I n ee d y ou r prayers . Satcin, who has al ready at tempted, and f a i l ed todestroy my work and witness fo r the Lord, now most despera te ly wants to s top me fromcoming to v i s i t you in person. To t h i s end he has ra ised up some bro the r s long onmemory and sho r t on mercy, to t ry to cu t me o ff from you. Pray fo r them and fo r me.

2. I need your r ep l i es . I have 6 sho r t weeks to v i s i t with you from ha l fway around the world . Unless you r ep ly to my reques ts my t r i p wi l l be in vain and Ish a l l be found a p oo r s tewa rd of t h i s precious t ime which God has gran ted me.

3. I need your money. ^2,000.00 to be exact . This i s the pr ice of myround-trip from Cape Town to Chicago. My son, Timothy now in Wisconsin) wil l bedriving me to v i s i t you. Lord wil l ing ; bu t my a i r - fa re i s urgent ly needed now. MayGod stir you r h e a r t s to he lp me.And what o f the work? Las t week about 500 people came in car s and buses over mountainpasses to the little community o f BOTRIVER, where I brough t a message on THE PURPOSE OFTRIALS, Tr i a l s test our commitment to th e Lord g iv ing us an oppor tun i ty to prove ou rf a i t h . We can t r u s t God who sen t . Ch r i s t to d ie fo r u s and r a i s ed him from th e dead .This Lord s Day a t PHILLIPI I preached on THE CHALLENGE OF THE CROSS. The cross wasGod s plan and purpose fo r Chris t . To take up our cross means to fu l f i l l God s planand purpose for us, whatever it costs . ti s the - tota l commitment of our l i f e .On Monday a t PORTLANDS we commenced a s tudy on THE HOLY SPIRIT. There i s a new windblowing. ti s the wind of God s Spi r i t . We need to lift the s a i l of our sou l and l e tHim fill us and move us on to ou r heavenly home. S ev era l o f t h i s group have al readybeen immersed, and a re r e jo i c ing in t h e i r new-found l i f e in the Sp i r i t .From PORT ELIZABETH Bro ther David Draai v i s i t e d us r ecen t l y . He t r ave l l ed with me toLENTEGEUR where we brought some mes sages , an d also vi s i t ed Brother Fanie. I also prayedwith Brother Fanie and h is family, and urged him to go forward with the Lord. Pleaseremember him in your prayers, as he i s going through a d i f f i cu l t t ime a t the moment. Irece ived a l e t t e r from GELVANDALE i nv i t i ng me to the o rd in at io n o f Brother Ligman.Over the New Year it was my p riv ile ge to br ing a se r ie s o f messa ge s on THANKSGIVING a ta camp in GLENCAIRN sponsored by the Gospel Train Ministry.Each Wednesday morning Brother Char les McClune and I bring Gospel messages to about 12men a t the Market in EPPING, They a re o rd in ary groundsmen, bu t the Lord has a wonderfulway of using ordinary men for His marvelous purposes. Praise His mighty namel


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MISSIONARY FORWARDING AGENTCarroll FulfordP0 X 130 ^ 37 N Brui^mitt_ . ^ Che s t e r t o n , IN .

Ma.c . 25 , 1990 46304 U.S . . .

I want t o thank each one o f you very deeply from my h e a r t fo r your praye rs , yoursuppor t , and your cont r ibu t ions to my t r ave l fund. That , t oge ther with R1500.QOcont r ibu ted from congrega t ions here in Cape Town, h as enabled me to purchase myround-tr ip t i cke t to the S ta te s v ia Rio de Jane i ro . Lord wi l l ing , I sha l l bele av in g h er e on Good Friday, April 13 a t 3.05 pm and ar r iv ing in Chicago onEa s t e r Sunday at 6 . 40 am.Some of you have asked fo r a p ic tu r e and some adver t i s ing in forma t ion , so here goes;

Ca r r o l l Fu l f o r d v;as born i n Cape Town, South Af r i c a in 1935 . H is f a t h e rse rved i n th e South Afr ican navy , and h is mother was a p iano t e a che r . Hecame t o Minneso ta Bib l e Col l ege i n 1954 , earn ing a Theology degree i n 1960In his first term of service o n the mission field h e ministered to theWynberg Church o f Chr i s t in Cape Town, t augh t t r a i n i ng c la ss e s fo r p reache r s ,and b ro ug ht B ib le l e s s on s i n Va l h a l l a , n e a r P r e t o r i a .He t hen r e t u r n ed to th e S t a t e s fo r pos t - g r adua t e s t u d i e s at Linco ln Chr i s t i anS em in ar y a nd se rved as min i s t e r a t th e Tin ley Park Church o f Chr i s t near Chicago.In 1966 he went to P o r t E l iz ab e th , SOUTH AFRICA w here he se rved as miss ionaryamong whi t e , b lack and c o lo u re d g ro u ps , and t r a i n e d 12 young men fo r th e f u l l -t ime m in is try o f th e go spe l .On his return h e u n d e r t o o k further s tudies at the St P a u l Bible Institute a n dse rved as min i s t e r o f th e New Brigh ton Chr i s t i an Church nea r S t . Pau l , MN.His miss ion work then took him f u r t h e r a f i e l d , c ov er in g a bo ut a 200 mile rad iusaround Po r t El i z abe t h to th e areas o f Middleberg , Cradock, Bedford , Alexandr ia ,an d t h e Garatoos R i v e r .Even tua l ly he r e t u rn ed t o Cape Town, His wi fe , Martha , i s s ec re ta ry to th eRegional Manager o f Ot i s Eleva to r , His work in Cape Town began with t eachingand preach ing as we l l as visits to ou t s t a t i on s at Ash ton , Worce s t e r , De Dooms ,La ingsburg , Graa f f Re ine t , Knysna and Po r t E l i z abe t h . He has 3 ch i ld ren by ap re v io u s ma rr ia g e: 2 daugh te r s 1 in Johannesburg and 1 i n Ca l i f o rn i a ) and ason , Timothy , in Wiscons in (now 21) . Lord wi l l i ng , Timothy w i l l be t r a v e l l i ngwith h is Dad on fu r lough .Within the l a s t few year s God has opened up new doors fo r Ca r ro l l Fu l fo rd , Aspirit o f Rev iva l i s sweep ing t h rough Cape Town. Many so u l s a re tu rn in g to th eLord , and churches o f d i f f e r e n t denomina t ions a re c a l l i ng on P a s t o r Carrol l , ashe has come t o be known, ask ing him t o br ing them l e s sons on THE NEW LIFE , Atp re sen t he is conduc t ing weekly l e s s on s i n M i tc he ll s P la in , E l s i e s Rive r andGreenhaven wi th abou t 50 i n each g roup .

Wel l , t h e r e you have it You a l so asked abou t my program at your chu r ch , I ama va ila ble fo r a Bib l e Lesson o r a se rmon, b u t u sua l l y a t an e v en in g m e et in g I w i l lshow a s e t o f s l i d e s on South Afr i c a i n gene ra l , and my min i s t ry t o Cape Town in p a rt i c u l a r . I would be g lad if you as th e l o c a l congregat ion would hand le th e opening,t oge th e r with songs and s p e c i a l num bers, an d th e c lo s i ng o f th e p rog ram , j u s t t u r n ingove r to me f o r my p a r t , I am a n xi ou s ly l oo k in g fo rward to see ing each one o f you .


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h e r e i n Cape Town. A ll p r a i s e t o God who g i v e s us l i f e who saved u sby t h e b l o o d o f His own s o n J e s u s C h r i s t upon t h e c r o s s who h a s guidedthrough all t h e y e a r s and who g i v e s us s o many o p p o r t u n i t i e s t o s e r v e Him. Iam p e r s o n a l l y veiry d e e p l y t h a n k f u l f o r th e o p p o r t u n i t y God gave me t h i s y e a r t o s e e

many o f you, t o f e l l o w s h i p with you, and t o 'sense your love and concern f o r t h i s work,I pray t h a t God may u p l i f t you, g i v e you s t r e n g t h deep i n s i d e your s o u l l e a d you s t e p bys t e p ev ery d ay , b l e s s you w i t h His j o y i n your h e a r t fill you w i t h His S p i r i t and g r a n tyou the wisdom t o understand who you a r e who C h r i s t i s and why you a r e h e r e .F i r s t I want t o encourage you not t o be prou d, b u t i n humil i ty and love t o serve oneanother , t o help those who r e a l l y need your h e l p b u t perhaps a r e too shy t o ask. Letth e l i g h t o f God's S p i r i t o f l o v e joy and peace s h i n e th ro ug h y ou r eyes . Submit your-sexf ^humbly^to'God's w i l l even if you^don '^ Tinderstand what i s going on. Never l o s eyour c o n f i d e n c e i n and commitment t o . Him, b u t endure t o t h e end and you w i l l r e c e i v et h e crown o f l i f e from His hands . When you p r a y spend some t ime i n j u s t q u i e t l y drawingnear, t o Him, and w a i t i n g upon t h e Lord. D o n t do all t h e t al ki n g y o ur se lf . Give Him achance to t a l k t o you as w e l l . I n your c o n t a c t s with o t h e r s l e t love be your main aim :seek t o b u i l d them up, n o t t e a r them down, t o encourage, n o t d i s c o u r a g e t o h e lp n o th in de r . L et your commitment t o God be your prime d i r e c t i v e . Seek His w il l i n a l l t h i n g s .And l e t your joy i n t h e Lord bubble over as you s h a r e your expe ri en c es w i th o t h e r s .Next , I want t o e x h o r t you t o be f a i t h f u l t o t h e c a l l o f God. Perhaps it has been manyy e a r s now s i n c e first you f e l t t h e s t i r r i n g o f God's S p i r i t i n s i d e you. You may evenhave f o r g o t t e n j u s t how you f e l t when you first r e a l i z e d t h a t J e s u s d ie d f o r you. Oh ,d o n t l o s e it b e l o v e d . Think back , and remember, and r e k i n d l e t h a t moment. Repent o fyour s i n s and r e t u r n t o those days o f e n th u si as ti c w i t n e s s i n g f o r t h e Lord, l e s t youlose your place i n glory. A g r e a t reward i s yours if you w i l l only keep on course. Godi s still t h e r e . Heaven i s still t h e r e . J e s u s i s still t h e r e and h e i s coming f o r y o u .P l e a s e be r e a d y .Now I want t o inform you t h a t 10 people from our congregation i n Lentegeur were bapt izedt h i s month a t P ri nc es s V l ei a l a k e n e a r t h e s e a . t was my j o y d ur i n g t h a t t ime t ow i t n e s s t o Donovan Pendro and h i s b r o t h e r s who l i v e n e a r b y . I have s i n c e p r e a c h e d a tBloubekkie S t r e e t on COLOSSIANS a t .Lansdowne on ZEPHANIAH and a t P o r t l a n d on REVELATION.The book o f REVELATION promises a bless ing t o a l l who read, hear and obey i t s teachings.The main t h r u s t o f t h e book i s t o show th e v ic to ry o f th e Lamb, and t h o s e who a r ec a l l e d chosen and f a i t h f u l over eveiry demon o f h e l l . The weapons t h a t God uses i n thegreat s t ruggle between good and e v i l are i n t e r e s t i n g . He does not defea t e v i l with e v i lnor violence with v i o l e n c e . God's weapons a r e the blood o f th e Lamb, the sword o ft r u t h l i g h t and love . In the very f i r s t chapter we read o f the Lord Jesus t h a t healways loves us, and s e t s us f r e e from our s i n s by h is blood. We also see him standingi n the midst o f 7 lampstands and holding 7 s t a r s i n h i s r i g h t hand. We are the lamp-s t a n d s beloved. He i s i n our m i d s t he holds us i n h i s hand, and no one can pluck uso u t . He opens doors f o r us which no one can s h u t and he s tands a t our h e a r t s door,wai t ing t o come i n . Won 't y ou l e t him i n today?My brothers and my s i s t e r s in the Lord, please pray for me. I am now 55 years old, s t i l lworking f u l l - t i m e a t the Farmer's Co-op, and teaching and p reaching n igh ts and week-ends.I have been sick the l a s t 2 days, and I need your prayers t h a t God w i l l grant me heal thand strength to continue t h i s minis t ry. I also need your feedback. Please write to me.Let me know how you are doing, and share your thoughts with me. I also need a commitmentfrom you, if God should lead you to do so , t o send 5 o r 10 each month to help me i nt h i s m i n i s t i r y .Now may God bless you and enrich your l i f e . May He f i l l you with His S p i r i t and enableyou to f u l f i l His purpose for your l i f e to the glory of His wonde rful name.

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