Volume 10 March , 2016 Number
2
A. Fellowship of
Adventist Missionaries to Africa Get Together
1. FAMA Meetings
2016
2. Things to do now
B. Reports
C. We Remember
1. Arthur Eugene Anderson
2. Rose Stickle
3. Dr. Robson Newbold
D. FAMA NL
e-mail address: wil.FAMA2016@gmail.com
FAMA NL
member’s e-addresses
E. Registration Form for our Meetings in
Fetcher, NC
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A. FAMA Matters.
1. FAMA meetings,
2016.
Details about our next
FAMA reunion:
What: Fellowship of Adventist Missionaries to
Africa (FAMA) Biannual Reunion
Where: The fellowship hall of the Fletcher SDA
Church in Fletcher, North Carolina.
When: June 2 – 5, 2016
Housing:
At Fletcher Academy, next to the church, there will be dorm
rooms available in the boys’ dormitory. They have beds and mattresses in them
but no towels or bedding. The cost is extremely nominal--and possibly free--for
the FAMA event.
There are also many hotels/motels available in the nearby
town of Henderson, NC. The manager of Mountain
Inn and Suites-Airport gives a discount to people who have something to do
with FAMA/Fletcher Academy. The cost will be around $80 to $90 per room with
this discount. It includes a continental breakfast with waffles, cereal, boiled
egg, yogurt, fruit, etc. We need to let the manager know by April how many
rooms will be needed.
You can check at http://www.historichendersonville.org/
for other places to stay.
If you wish to camp or park an RV see http://www.historichendersonville.org/campgrounds_rv_parks.htm
Food: The
cafeteria at Fletcher Academy serves three meals a day at very reasonable
rates. We are planning a potluck lunch for Sabbath. Usually there is enough
food left over after the potluck for supper, too.
Meetings and registration:
Registration will start on Thursday afternoon about 3 o’clock in the church
fellowship hall. There will be a welcome meeting on Thursday evening at 7:00
p.m. Several meetings are planned for Friday and Saturday yet leaving time to
meet and visit with other missionaries. We will choose new FAMA officers at the
Saturday evening meeting. Sunday morning there will be a brief worship and
farewell meeting.
2. Things to do now:
a. Email
us an estimate of your plans for being at our Meetings in Fetcher, NC
It is very urgent that we have an estimate of how many are
coming in June. Please email Judy Harvey
<brunju.harvey8@gmail.com> as
soon as possible, before the beginning of April, and inform her of your plans
to join us.
b. Estimate which
nights you will need a room in the dorm and how many beds you will need.
c. Also estimate how
many meals you will wish to eat in the academy cafeteria.
We realize that plans do change, but at least we will have
ballpark numbers we can share with the academy. We have a registration form on
the last page that you can print and mail.
c. Invite and
encourage other missionaries, former missionaries, and interested people to
attend.
d. If you know of a
potential speaker, you or someone you’d like to hear, please contact Wil Clarke
at wil.FAMA2016@gmail.com or at
951-231-5402 as soon as possible.( I will not have access to my phone until
April 1, 2016.)
e. Fletcher is
situated in the beautiful Appalachian Mountains, so you may want to plan on
spending an extra few days for a vacation there. For starters see the
Hendersonville webpage (http://www.historichendersonville.org/)
for suggestions of attractions and activities in the area.
B. Reports
Please send any news or reports to wil.FAMA2016@gmail.com
We rely on your input for the FAMA Newsletter.
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C. We Remember
1. Arthur Eugene Anderson
It is with
sadness that I write to tell you of the passing of my father-in-law, Arthur
Eugene Anderson. He was 97 years old and died November 2, 2015. He served
in California, Alberta, Burma, Sri Lanka (Ceylon) and Ethiopia (1966 to
73). He was an incredible man of God whose sole desire was to serve his
Lord. I know he will be really happy when he wakes up and sees Jesus.
If anyone wishes
to contact his wife Lois, her address is 6100 Orr Springs Rd., Ukiah,
California, 94582.
Mary Lane Anderson < marylane@bigplanet.com>
2. Rose Stickle
Sorry, that Rose passed
away. What a legacy!!! What a harvest for Jesus. Amen
and Amen.
Jack Blanco < blanco@southern.edu>
It’s nice to see a newsletter again but sorry to hear about Rose’s
death. I was going to point out that the Carolina camp meeting is
scheduled for May 29 to June 4. My husband and I will be at camp
meeting at Lake Junaluska near Waynesville, NC. Unfortunately we will not
be able to attend the full FAMA event because of the conflict with camp meeting.
Our pastor friend from DR Congo will be at campmeeting with us and much of the
summer. If you would like to hear about the Train Them 2 Fish ministry in
DR Congo, we could spare time to attend and present what is happening in that
country.* For the past 3 years my husband and I have been involved with
setting up this ministry, and it has grown so much. In Bukavu in the
South Kivu area, we became acquainted with Pastor Ongasa, the field president
whose heart is in evangelism. We went on a mission trip to this city
after Pastor Ongasa planted some bible workers in 11 areas where there were no
churches for worship. We rented some very humble places for them to
meet. The first year 286 new souls were won to Christ and baptized, the 2nd year
another mission trip was arranged, and about the same number of new believers
were baptized, and now the total membership is greater than 1,000
(estimated). The retention rate of the new believers, because of the
bible workers and the Holy Spirit, is in the 90 percentile. In 2014, we
organized another mission trip to Kinshasa where the population is about 12
million, but we have only about 6,000 believers in that city. Many people
were baptized during that campaign. (In 2015, there was no mission trip
to DR Congo because we went to the GC session and had a booth for Train Them 2
Fish)
We left bible workers to continue their ministry in Bukavu, and this
year, Pastor Ongasa moved to Kinshasa to be the Train Them 2 Fish administrator
there. There is a great need for that city. Our ministry includes
evangelism as high priority and helping the handicapped and others who are in
need of learning a trade to learn to be self- sufficient: sewing, basket
weaving, and we’ll be adding agriculture and school of evangelism and health
courses and other vocational options as we extend this ministry. 34 acres
of land were purchased in January 2016, and now we look forward to seeing
buildings to be built.
This year we are planning a mission trip of evangelism to Kinshasa in
August and are recruiting people to join us to “preach”.
P.S. we live in Hendersonville, NC. About 10 minutes from Fletcher
Academy.
Karolyn Leonard <kleon2893@bellsouth.net>
* [Editor: We are working to
arrange a time to be able to hear them at Fletcher]
Sir, how I lament the passing of Rose Stickle, but also rejoice in you
taking the Newsletter reins again.
However much I would like to attend the FAMA retreat in Fletcher, NC,
USA, - it is beyond my reach and means as someone who had heeded the call in
1994 and laid the hand on the plough for Southern-Africa as far as the Congo
River in 2004 .
In encouragement I attach a report for your interest or records.
My continued prayers for FAMA and its associated missionaries to Africa.
Yours faithfully, - in prayer and purpose,
Abraham J. (Johan) Meintjes, <esprojects@vodamail.co.za>
SDA Magaliessig, Pretoria, NC, SAU, SID
3. Dr. Robson Newbold.
Dr. Robson
Newbold died last month. He was medical director at Ngoma in Rwanda during the
1940s and 1950s. We will try to get more precise info from the family to you.
His son is also Robson Newbold.
Harry Bennett < pvchurch@aol.com> 3009 E 5th St.,
National City, CA 91950, 619-245-5845
D. FAMA News Letter
e-mail address: wil.FAMA2016@gmail.com Wil Clarke
Thank
you for sending to FAMA News Letter any email addresses for current or former
missionaries to AFRICA (and their children) who might be interested in
receiving this newsletter. Any news on your present or past
activities will help to make this newsletter interesting to others in
the FAMA family. It would be helpful if you include
information on where and when you served in Africa. African mission stories
would also be appreciated. If you do not wish to receive
the FAMA Newsletter, please let us know. - Wil
Clarke
FAMA News
Letter e-mail Search:
This time around,
we have had a huge group of bounced e-mails. Please help us find the
correct e-mail address for the following names:
Gilberto Araujo
Victor and Tonya Awuor
Francis & Retta Chase
Fred D Brandt
Nick & Gail Brightman
Ian & Roger Bothwell
Arnold & Marilyn Boram
Natanael Bernardo
Dilson & Lea Bezerra
Nell Davies
Ken Flemmer
Llewellyn & Renee Juby
Walter Lacks
Helen & Bill Markin
Len & Klaren McMillian
Thomas & Anita Riederer
Harold Sheffield
Cristine Orillosa
Bob Parsons
Hermie and Daniela Munez
Claude & Farida Sabot
Goodwell Nthani
Francis Slate
James & Carol Sutton
Gerhard & Emilie van Wyk
Sebastian Tirtirau
Robert & Lorilee Thomas
Martha Toews
Gary VerStegg
Meds VerStegg
Jerald Whitehouse
E. Registration
Form for our Meetings in Fetcher, NC
Fellowship of Adventist Missionaries to Africa
Retreat, June 2 to 5, 2016
Fletcher SDA Church in Fletcher, North Carolina
In July 2014, we had a
wonderful time in our get together in Riverside, California. We enjoyed sharing
experiences and fellowshipping together. We are looking forward to having a
profitable time together in June 2016 and hope that you will be able to come
and join us. We are all ambassadors for Christ and His missions, and there are
still great needs in the mission field. Africa is dear to our hearts, and we
must continue to keep the needs and victories of Africa before our friends. Let
us pray earnestly and work diligently so that the missionary spirit never dies in
our churches. Please plan to come and join us at this retreat in June 2016.
Name_______________________________________________
Number in your party_______
Address_______________________________________________________________________
Home and Cell
Phone Number(s)___________________________________________________
Email_________________________________________________________________________
Registration
Fee- $10 single, or $15 per family. Registration starts at 3:00 p.m. Thursday,
June 2, 2016. The first meeting is at 7:00 p.m. These will be in the
fellowship hall of the Fletcher SDA Church in Fletcher, North Carolina.
Housing: At Fletcher Academy, next to
the church, there will be dorm rooms available in the boys’ dormitory. They
have beds and mattresses in them but no towels, pillows, or bedding. Fletcher
Academy will let us use the dorm rooms without charge for the FAMA event. But
they need to know early how many to plan for. Please plan to make a donation
for the rooms. You may contact Marcella for reservations.
Meals: The cafeteria at Fletcher Academy serves three
meals a day at very reasonable rates. We are planning a potluck lunch for
Sabbath. Usually there is enough food left over after the potluck for supper,
too. Each meal costs about $5 per person. They do not serve Sabbath breakfast.
Please register
as early as possible (by April 15) so we can give the academy a reasonable
estimate of the number of meals and number of rooms needed for their planning.
This is important.
Checks should
be made payable to “Judy Harvey”. Please send your information and check to the
FAMA Treasurer:
*Judy Harvey
1242
Ruskin Drive
Medford, OR
97504-5213
If you have
further questions, contact Judy at 541-772-0773. You
can leave your number for a call back. Email her at <brunju.harvey8@gmail.com>
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*There are
several hotels in nearby Henderson, NC.
Attached:
From Abraham J.
(Johan) Meintjes
Johnny’s Incredible Congo River
Journey.pdf
The Dark Triangle of Conflict
Minerals in the Eastern DRC.pdf
Send Wil an e-mail if you wish to see the attachments.
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