FAMA NEWSLETTER
Volume 10 May 2016 Number
4
SEE YOU AT FAMA MEETING IN FLETCHER!
A.
Program at Fletcher
B.
Letters to the Editor
C.
We Remember
1.
Anna Houmann
2.
Harold Sheffield
D. Reports
1.
Fred Wilson - Matandani
FAMA NL member’s
e-addresses
G.
Fellowship of Adventist Missionaries to Africa Get Together
1. FAMA Meetings
2016
2.
New meal arrangements in Fletcher, NC
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A. FAMA
Proposed Program. The contents of this program are still in process of
being assembled and adjusted, so please expect changes. Bring along pictures
and other contributions that you are willing to share with the group. There
will be place for you to share in one of the “and …” or “& …” in the
program below, please mention your desire to share with us to Wil Clarke.
Thursday June 2, 2016
Registration
3:00 to 7:30 with a break for dinner.
5:00 Dinner
7:30 Welcome Meeting with the FAMA President
Friday June 3, 2016
8:00 Breakfast
10:00 Fellowship with Jean Mabuto; Wil & Sylvia
Clarke-Madagascar; and …..
12:30 Lunch
2:30 Informal Fellowship
5:00 Supper
8:00 Vespers and Fellowship with the FAMA Vice
President
8:41
Sunset
Sabbath June 4, 2016
7:30 Breakfast
9:00 Mission Emphasis with Bruce Moyer: Muslims in East Africa; David Dobias: Evangelism in East Africa; & …
11:00 Worship with Barry Bacon- Setting a Place for
Africa at Your Table
12:30-(after
worship) Potluck Lunch
2:30-Fellowship
with Karolyn Leonard and Pastor Ongasa and
…
5:00-Supper
8:00-
Vespers and FAMA business including election of officers for 2016-2018
Sunday June 5, 2016
8:00-Worshipwith
the FAMA president
11:00-Brunch
at Park Ridge Café
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B.
Letters to the Editor
1. Thanks for the invite
but my wife Kathy & I are not able to attend. Blessings to you and
all former Africa missionaries at the meeting. Robert Sundin <Robert.Sundin@nw.npuc.org>
2.
Thank you again for the
FAMA newsletter. It is good that you continue this communication for all the
ex-missionaries to Africa. I looked through your names whose emails you
have had returned. I know many of the names but can’t help you with many
details. ... And just to tell you that I am organizing my 9th JOY SAFARI
to Kenya in July, and I only have a few travelers. If you know of anyone
interested - please share this with them. I am attaching the information.
Blessings on you. Joy Marie Butler <joymariebutler@gmail.com>
3. I will be unable to come to Fletcher next
month. I would like to, but I just had my 90th birthday and my children have
asked me not to travel any more. I am living with my daughter and her husband
in Nashville, TN.
My husband and I worked
in Ethiopia from 1973-1976 and spent the year 1984 in Rwanda as volunteers at
the university there. Our daughter and son-in-law (Lars and Janiel Gustavsson)
were missionaries there at the time. Ruby Sorenson <nielruby@gmail.com>
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C.
We Remember
1.
Anna Houmann I want to let you know that my mother, Anna M.
Houmann died March 17, 2016. She served in Ethiopia 1957-1962. Her husband, Dr.
Carl J. Houmann, was at the SDA hospital in Addis Ababa. My dad is, at 97,
doing quite well. His hearing and eyesight are poor, but he stays connected via
his computer. Annette Houmann Grant <revkevfl@bellsouth.net>
2. Harold Sheffield
Dr. Harold Sheffield died about 2008 in Madera, CA. He was
a nephew of Elder Robert Pearson. He served in several places in North
Africa in the early 1960s. I last saw him in Madera in 2007 at the funeral of
his partner in the Madera Medical Group. He was an avid golfer and had a
house right on the golf course. His big plate glass window facing the greens
was broken out by stray golf balls at least 6 to 8 times starting in 1975. None
of the people in the room were ever hurt, but they had some close calls. He was
a financial contributor to many mission projects during his later years.
Marland Hansen <marlandhansen@gmail.com>
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D.
Reports
We rely on your input for the FAMA Newsletter.
1. February 2016. From Fred Wilson.
To our faithful 'Prayers' and Supporters;
our humble thanks! ! !
Without you, our efforts to bring Matandani
back from the dead would have been severely hindered!!! We thank our Merciful Heavenly
Father for blessing you so you could assist our efforts!
This pictorial book* that we are sending
will give you an idea of what has been accomplished up to 2015 when we left In
August. The work continues through the efforts of John and Lori (our adopted
kids) from Romania. God has moved on hearts in Romania, and without their
interest, efforts, and prayers and without John and Lori, we would not be where
we are now. I also want to pay tribute to the Matandani staff and our leaders,
both in the Union and the Field. We thank God for His help in all efforts and
acknowledge that without Him nothing could have been done. We also know that
without your help and prayers we could not have done what has been done.
In order to maintain our focus and effort, I
want to again state what we see as our goals and aims. I will list these as
separate items for ease of focus,
1. Continue Restoration of The Mission: a. There
are 11 or 12 houses that need to be renovated, and two or three need to be torn
down and replaced. b. The Secondary School Boys Dorm urgently needs to be
renovated. c. The Primary School needs to be renovated. d. The Clinic needs 3
units for housing their staff.
2. The development of the Trade or Skills
School: a. This school needs to be the principle institution, and the Secondary
School, an adjunct to it. Courses should be available for secondary school
students to take to enrich their lives. The school needs to be on a work/study
program so that a poor student can work and learn a trade or skill to enable
him or her to be self-supporting, and enrich their communities and our
churches.
3. Income producing programs to enable
Matandani to be Self-Supporting. a. Gardens. b. Farm. c. Furniture Making, etc.
I bring this to a close by asking you to
continue to pray that God will continue to bless, and that the right leaders
can be found.
Here is a list of prayer requests:
a. Pray that the Romanian Union will be
able to find a young person or a couple to replace John and Lori — their 5 year
commitment will end in September.
b. Pray that God will bless Drs. Tom and
Alice. They will be moving to Matandani, where Dr. Tom will serve as Mission
Station Director. They are retired but willing to be used by God. They will be
the glue to bind all of our efforts together.
c. Pray that God will continue to move on
hearts to support Matandani with financial contributions.
d. Pray for the Malawi Union and South
Malawi Field as they support the efforts being made; through counsel,
direction, and oversight so that the programs started can be the right ones and
can be maintained.
Thank you! May God bless you in a big way!
Ongoing Needs at Matandani Mission
Renovate Farm Manager's house $10,000
Renovation of Boy's dormitory $25,000
Primary School renovation $10,000
Small Industrial Building $25,000
Deep Well water system for people consumption $50,000
Duplex for clinic staff (Lab person and
Midwife families) $25,000
Renovate 11 staff houses at $8,000
each $88,000
Another 4 wheel vehicle $15,000
Projected cost $248,000
Send you check made out to the Hot Springs
S.D.A. Church, marked for Matandani c/o Dr Rheta Stecker, 441 Weston Rd., Hot
Springs, AR 71913.
Thank You, Pastor Fred E. Wilson, and
Marilyn.
*[The Pictorial
Book will be at the Fetcher meeting in June. Please take a few moments to look
at it. Ed.]
Thank
you for sending to FAMA Newsletter
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
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G.
Fellowship of Adventist Missionaries to Africa Get Together
1.
FAMA meetings, June 2 – 5, 2016.
If
you haven’t had a chance to register, come any way
What:
Fellowship of Adventist Missionaries to Africa (FAMA) Biannual Reunion
Where:
The Fellowship Hall of the Fletcher SDA Church in
Fletcher, North Carolina.
Housing:
In the Boys Dormitory at Fletcher Academy. Bring your own pillows and linen. Or
check out hotels and RV parks in Hendersonville, NC.
Registration:
Registration starts on Thursday afternoon about 3:00 to 4:30 p.m. in the
Fletcher SDA Church fellowship hall. You can also register in the same place
between 6:30 and 7:30 in the evening.
Meals: Both vegetarian and
non-vegetarian are served in the Park Ridge Café in the Park Ridge Health
hospital. Sabbath lunch will be potluck in the Fellowship Hall. Pay cash or
credit card at each meal. Other meals are served at the following times.
Weekdays: Breakfast 6 to 10 am; Lunch 11 am to 2 pm; Dinner 4-6 pm
Sabbath: Breakfast 7 to 10 am; Lunch 11 am to 2 pm; Dinner
4-6 pm
Sunday Brunch 11 am to 2
pm; Dinner 4-6 pm
2.
Registration Form for our June 2-5, 2016 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,
(828)-209-6800, for reservations.
Meals:
See the new arrangement described
above. We will eat in the Hospital Cafeteria and pay as we go.
Please
register as early as possible so we can give the academy a reasonable estimate
of the number of rooms needed for their planning. This is important.
Checks
should be made payable to “Judy Harvey”. Please bring your cash or check with
you and pay at registration.
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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