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MISSIONARIES TO SOUTH AFRICA
PETER AND FRAN LAUGHREN
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P.O Box 165. Kraaifontetn 7570. South Africa

Telephone: (Direct Dial) 011-27-21-902-0682

January-March 1988
Dear Folks,

Fran and I greet you from our work in South Africa.

a great Christmas and holiday season.

We hope that you had as usual. Our yearly

The months we were

of

October

through

Decemoer were ousy

conference ended in September and we were real pleased with it.

Three weeks later

part of a "Colored Church Convention"

in Barkley-West near Kimberley.

There were many missionaries there that we had not seen before. Fran taught flannelgraph lessons each session and I taught a class on Marriage during the weekend. During tiie weekend the missionaries agreed to have yearly get-togethers, mainly for relaxation and refreshment. I volunteered to plan the program for 1988 and we hope to get together in the Transkei in October. We are looking forward
to seeing the other missionaries at that time. All in all the weekend was a lot

of fun and I beleive everybody learned a lot.

Two weeks later, Steve, Fran and I went to Holpan, which is also near Kimberley for a weekend of meetings with the northern cape churches. Jon Hamilton

was also there and preached. Fran taught the women and Steve taught the men. It went real well. This is one of the poorer areas of South Africa, but they are always faithful to the church. It does ^ more good to go there than it does them.
I got word a couple of weeks later that Brother Mqungqutho's wife had passed
away in Transkei.
to the funeral

To get there,

I flew to Durban and spent the weekend in Port

closing exercises of Umzumbe Bible Institute.

Shepstone with the Micheal Stanley family.

While I was there, I took part in the

A funny thing happened on the way

The brothers there did .-.ot tell us the time of the funeral.

We thought it would start about 2:00 and we got there at 1:00 just in time to put the sister in the ground. Ii had started at 10:00. I preached a short
sermon at the gravesite and we lowered her to rest. I felt bad that we were late,

but there was nothing that could be done, worth it.

family for all of their help that weekend.

rt took us 4 hours by dirt road and I thank the Stanley

We have decided

paved road [which was worse] to get to Lusikisiki and I think that the trip was
That weekend I preached at Imvutshini near Margate.

Steve and I have made great plans for this years' schoolwork.

against a 'resident' school and have gone more for an 'extension' type school. Our reason for this is simple. Whereas people coming to a resident school must
leave jobs and family, they do not with this plan. We feel that we will be

training leaders already in the churches, and not people who hope they might get a job in a church. African culture respects age and frowns on a younger man teaching older men. So it sometimes hard for a younger African to get the respect

he needs in teaching merely because of age (and sometimes marriage).

LAVERN & BARBARA CLARK. Forwarding Agents
Phone: (317) 689-7085 Route 1. Box 15 Bunker Hili Inoiana 46914

Our plans

call for three sessions this year with the first one being in Kimberley in May:

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We hope to have another one in Cape Town in July and a third in November. It will . take students longer to get credits but they can achieve a years' credit of work

' if they stick with the program.

We presented the idea to the brothers at last

Please pray for us in this new venture,

years conference and it was well accepted. that we might be fruitful.

Steve and I went to George in December to perform the funeral of an elder's wife. We took David Jantjies with us so that he could translate for us. While we were there, we had the Mullen family from Bophutatswana visiting us. Larry Mullen preached at Mfuleni while here. Fran will tell you more about their visit as well as my mother, sister and brother-in-law's Christmas visit in her part of
this letter.

We have a real busy year ahead of us, .so please pray for us. We love the work here and feel we are being used of God. Thanks for all of you who are a part of this ministry, through prayers and finances. We could never be here without you. A special thanks to Vern and Barb for all that you do. And also thanks to Clyde and Bonnie Chillicut of Peru Indiana for vidoetaping the '87 World Series for us. We and the U.S. Marines here in Cape Town really enjoyed it. May God
bless you all in 1988.

s for South Africa,

Pete

Fran's Feelings

Hi Folks! The last few months have really been busy for us. But we are really enjoying ourselves here in S.A.. Our hope and prayers is that this letter finds you
all well, happy and busy about our Lord's work. Pete is just over a bad ear infection. Bless his heart, he was in alot of pain for more than two weeks. He was at the docotor's office three different times. On

his second visit the ear had to be "syringed". It was so painful that he passed out cold. We are glad he is better. I have no complaints, been getting along great. Praise the Lord! From November thru to February we have had a lot of company. As you all probably know, company wears you out, but boy the fun we have had. The Mullen family

from Bophutatswana were here for two weeks and we had a grand visit with them. Now we feel we know them well. They are super pople and hard workers. While they were here we had a lot of laughs, relaxation, beach water and sand (I was one that got attacked
by a wave and have scars to prove it), lots of food, sunburns and work in between. While they were here, Pete had tujofunerals he had to attend. The first one was in the Transkei. He had to be away for the weekend the Mullen's arrived. The second funeral was the week

end while they were here. Pete went to George for the day.
the Mullen family here again, soon 1 hope.

Now we look forward to having

Pete is real good about bringing me a "surprise" when he goes away on trips without me. While Pete was in the Transkei this time I got nothing but Bogey (our cockerspanieDgot two big surprises. Can you believe that? I can see where I rate now..Ha! Bogey got two huge ox bones. The folks at the Transkei were having ox for the meals and Pete saw these two big bones and asked if he could take them home to his wife, I mean dog.
They got a good chuckle and said he was welcome to them. He put them in his suitcase and brought them on the plane. 1 would have laughed if customs would have stopped him. Well, Bogey was thrilled. He got one right away but one was frozen for a Christmas present.
When Boerev has a bone he erow/s if anyone comes near, well with these two ox bones he

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day. We don't know if he managed to burry them or if they were stolen when his back was
turned.

A week after the Mullen's left, Flo, Mark and Lisa were here for ten days.

WC really enjoyed having them here for Christmas. It was the first Laughren Christmas since 1981. We still miss Chester B. In those ten days we hardly stopped. There was a lot to do and many things to see, and a lot to talk about while they were here. Mark and Lisa would like to come back and help us during conference time some year and I hope it will be soon. We could use their help. Flo plans to come again in June, Lord willing. It
always does us good in many ways, to have her here. This year I am helping the different congregations (especially here in the

C^pe) get training, materials and aid in Sunday Schools. They are eager and excit d about
that. Art d what a good bunch of people I have to work with. Also, I am trying to get plans going on having a VBS (we will be calling is HBS - - Holiday Bible School) here at Mfuleni in July. It is the first one for here and my first one to put together. Please pray for me in these things. If you have any VBS materials, or craft things and ideas, I can and will use

any.Craft items of all sorts are not found around here except glue and glitter. I can't even find any construction paper. So if you could help I would appreciate it. The ladies class in Bishop Lavis is going real well. We still meet every Thursday. Now the ladies are learning
to do some teaching on their own. We are taking turns. We all have a copy of a lesson book "Women of the Bible" and are able to study ahead with one of us leading in discussion. It
is going well.

Guess I better close for now. Thanks for your prayers and help in every way. Write when you get a chance. We long to hear from you all. We want to know what

has been going on in your lives too. May God continue to bless you and keep you in his loving
care as you live for him.

Miss you and love you all,

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MISSIONARIES TO SOUTH AFRICA PETER AND FRAN LAUGHREN

P.O. Box 165, Kraaifontein 7570, South Africa

February 1988

Telephone: (Direct Dial) 011-27-21-902-0682

Dear Friends,

I greet you once again from the lovely country of South Africa. This country
is really beautiful..I wish you could see it for yourself.

We were busy as usual in the month of January. I performed a wedding at Mfuleni on the 3rd. The couple who came to be married actually came to church a couple of weeks earlier and wanted to be married right then. So we made

arrangements for the 3rd and did the wedding. A funny thing happened at the wedding. The couple asked David Jantjies how much I charged to do weddings and
of course he told them it was free. Knowing that the larger churches here make It was really interesting. conscience. and 24th. They gave me R5.00 ($2.50).

money from weddings, they felt like they should pay me something to ease their

Steve and I made a trip to Bisho in the Ciskei on the weekend of the 23rd

Force. He has just finished six months of training in Pretoria and did real well. He is hoping to be a chaplain with the Police Force. At the present time, he is working with B. J. Mguzulwa who is the chief chaplain in the Ciskei Force and a
minister with the Church of Christ. While we were there, we taught a class and preached. There was one decision and we were pleased.

We saw David Matutu there and he is really doing well in the Police

In January we have started planning our school schedule for the year^.

Our

challenge and a lot of fun. Our regular weekly classes at Bishop Lavis and Macassar again started and we enjoy those. Please pray for all of these classes
of learning as we must teach what is right.

first sessions will be in Kimberley in May. Steve will be teaching Titus, Philemon & Jude" and I will be teaching "Restoration History." It will be a

Fran's brother Jon was here for Lwo weeks and we had our belated Christmas

with him.

He kept her company while I was in Bisho.

He is doing good work in

Kimberley, but does tend to get lonesome by himself.

you.

Thanks so much for your support this month.

You are a vital link to our ministry.

We thank Vern and Barb especially

We could never be here without

for all that they do.

Thanks so much and may God bless.

In Christ,

Pete and Fran

We are sorry that this is a bit late, we thought the letter ^ot lost in the mail
as i t took more than twice the normal time to come from South Africa.

LAVERN & BARBARA CLARK. Forwarding Agents

Phone: (317) 689-7085
Route 1, Box 15 Bunker Hill Indiana 46914

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OUTREACH INTERNATIONAL

SOUTH AFRICAPETE AND FRAN LAUGHREN

FINANCIAL REP0RT--1987

Beginning balance - January 1, 1987

Money sent from Vern, 1987 South African Expenses Ending Balance - December 31, 1987

$1,926.01
$23,125.00+ $23,353.70$1,697.31

EXPENSES ITEMIZED

Salary Housing Car Office Supplies Travel Misc. -

$8,400.00 2,686.41 1,037.31 8,173.99^^* 2,508.79

547.20^

Total -

$23,353.70

** Office Supplies includes: $882.73 for typewriter, $994.72 for desk and $3,861.58
for Sharp copier.

Misc. includes: $248.84 for

hymnals.

supporters calendars and $247.53 for Bibles and

All of the above yearly beginning and ending balances include $1686.00 which is airplane ticket money which was cashed in in December 1985 and being held for
furlough.

The desk and office furniture were from funds that was designated by the contributor,
The contributor designated the type and price range.

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MISSIONARIES TO SOUTH AFRICA PETER AND FRAN LAUGHREN P.O. Box 165, Kraaifontein 7570, South Africa
Telephone: (Direct Dial) 011-27-21-902-0682
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Qyiaeting^ onc& again piom South Apilaa. We

A>Q./ivjjig Qiui Lofid and Savion.,

doing well han.e and happily

^amlnan. /oa the local Sunday School taacha^i^. It i^ent ve^y loM and ^hc had uQ.out 6 ijs.acheji/> p/ie^ent. 'Jhey loe/ie Bishop Laul^ and e 'O p^ ace Cape lown iJxe/ie. Sunday School U neally going stnong, I am /leaUy pfioud o/ f-fian In the way fieiate^ to the people hene. She i^ofik^ ven.y good wtih evemjMy and teacher them loM. Ihe cla^^ i^aA veyiy teneUcj^al. lho/>e o/ you who have ^en Sunday School mateJilaU can fie^t a^-bUJied that they one le^ng well uAed all oveA, On TeJUuoJiy 6, Tn.an, Dauld J-ontjle^ and I made a one day tnj.p to Qeo/ige to do a wedding. T/ian and I we^^ optimistic that we would le do^g oun. Ufi/>t wedduig
xJiefie. ihe/ie would, ie no pfie-mufiltal childjien Involved, i'}e /ound out wlien we OAJilved that Indeed the couple had already had one chM aiout a month . mat U Immorality to u6 is not conUdened to le -tmrnofial to the geneyial that sulject. It seems tike no one has taJ^cn Vie t-ime to teach Ute people dlllejience. Tfian has teen teaching that subject at the last con^eyience or tj.o.
In Cape Town /.or seAvlces on tJie 7t/i.

1 lofiqot to mention Jn la^t month'^ Utlan. that Tfian had a teach^ t^a^-mg

hefie, whethen. thay He ChaUUan ofi not.

hJe are fieaUy trying to teach haM o

How that 1 am o// o/ my 'soaploK,' I will cont-uiue to say ^ Vn'rU wedding. Ue drove the 600 mile round t^i-Lp one day so that we could Le If^a
Tnan and 1 have started workhxg with the youVi yioup o/ f^/uCeni eveny oU^cn lharsday night, Mot coincidentally, we cuie teaching a 6e^zes on dating. ILease,
pray /or us in thi^.

StellenSosch.

One of tixe workejis on the /arm belonged to tJ\e Chunch oj Lhrist Iji niuleni and wanted to hold services on the /arm that he wo^<.ed on. the owner o/ the /oAm was more than pleased /or that to happen and pnov^ded a meeUng place /or us. Since we are all aUeady tusy on Sunday morning',, we wUl ie having sen vices the/ie on Sunday a/temoons. Ihe /anm Is on a mounia.in oveJilookAjxg .UeUcnlosch, and /rom that vantage point one can se. toth the Ai.CanU.c and Indum oceans and Cape Town. 7ran and I re./er to the church as the Two Ocecms church tecause o/ the vl&io and Vie pn.evious name o/ the /arm. Please pn.ay /or us ^n this new
venture., hJe. oab. real excited aH-out the possltj.lltles,

k)e also have started to wo'ik with a nei^ gAoup o/ wvishippc^s on a

IhanJ^s /or your suppont this month. Ulthoui you we could not ie he^e. Please pray /or us In Harch as we will &e on the road /or 17 days -ui ilp-uxgton ojid
Hopetown /rom the 4th to tl\e 21 st. Hay Qod i^ess.
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MISSIONARIES TO SOUTH AFRICA PETER AND FRAN LAUGHREN

P.O. Box 165, Kraaifontein 7570. South Africa

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II DO iolfu! / oL .Telephone; (Direct Dial) 011-27-21-902-0602 HMo

fiiiaJUUi appfizcjMXz yoa. P^e and I aJiz wdz,

04 happy.

and kappu.

been UecUXng yoa? Dlz hop& Tnanh yoa youA ^uppo^t {^-cnayK^ally ana

^appo^ed to be tliAe tfiAee ujeeinago ^oa. ten daqi> o^ ipffn^ ja6t noiv able to take a van Im o^ olank^, tood vlcUm6. Talked to Pete on the phone y^teAday, he ^a-cd the people loe^e gtaa
to 6ee them, e^pectatty loaded i^tth goodf).

AtSo, the ivoAk 4eein3 to oe go A.ng a.ong AeaZ uicLt. Unf,ofLtanatsZu, ouA VUn to Upington Ma^ cancelled. Vae to U tOfU ^pg^Able ^oK iK to g<it Ihvie. We we-^e aJUi Roacti and bfUdge^ mqaz w^unea oi^ay. Hornet and pn.openXy pp/p people lo-i>t theOi tivei dae to the f^looch. Vlea^e pKay iofi and Steve Itjvme^man on pAe^ently mu home notv ' je limmekman vKd^entlu on on tnevi twevi ^^)au nqn) (jLom Uqm Up^ngton. , We w^e

notn^g majoA..

We oAe cnjoy-cng cooler, iveathe^ JieAz

got ouca ^ol(U

Cape Toujn, -60 zhaX mane^

committee meeting. Plani ioA. thecon(^ence iveAe made and the OoA con^eAence tfiU yeoA wUl be A.n Upznaton on SeptembM 2S 'Octob^ ivUUng: The people o^ Uptngton aA.eAeaZ they have yeen havtng a(teA Zhe^loods. tHu iv<ll be an

On the voeekend oi Uojich 19-2J we i^eAe In

S^nce Pe^e
{^anny

Plea&e pA.ay ^oa aZ ive plan the leJ>-&on^, c^a44e-6, ^eAmon^, etc. ^oa tie co 6 A cgapl^ voeehA, ago Pete had ^o mddlng6 do at the t^iaZeni. We thoaght U wa/only go^ng to be one, ar^aUe'i we

ffj^j/Mence

harf 4e papm_Lx otte ;T

baA iVAappeA^.

how thingi aAe going and help them l^(JAn<ug how to n6c the moAe. Pat llmmcxman ha^ to help wUh the Sunday School 60 60 we wUl will pat pat fiei heA to to woar woAn Aight anjay. aioay. The Sunday School cta^jej^ cta^je^ }f,^ ,nnfoMjn% -Or. and the clUldAen an.e Aeally en^oy^Lng and lea'iivtng. Thank ycu ioA the mateAA^aUi,
they aAe aJb^ay^ woXcome.

TlhU month J plan to have anotheA teach^ meetujg.

will be nA.ce* Will tell yoa moAe about that lateA.

a'le ^o^Aiva^id to OuA Holiday Bible School will be in JoIm,. We lAe, a'le looking and the \iji6t t^^e this time, bat pleaie pAay ioA iM, Jt w-lH be a ^A^t heAe, \eAe to help, 6o that 16 a^aally the ha\de6t. We will be hav-cng 6qme ^nteAn6 heA(

wa6 tAying to qet the doctofvi> to take the eue out. The tAoubte wa6, he making it to kc6 appointments in Sea Po-cnt because -ut wa6 6o laA rnfay ana "J . . could not a^fiOAd ba6 oA tAoin tickeZi eveAy week oA ,6o. So. r^e hq6 been tafung him and making 6aAe he 6ee6 the doctoA6. Come to ^znd out he had hA.gn blood
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He l6 a 6tAong lead^ In the chaAch.

Then.e ij, an old man who Leve^ -in Gti^uletu. IIU> name /ff6 le(t eye w^ veAy bad.

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pKOAAuAQ,, He has been^ on medication and been malUng AegiUoA kU eye Is not giving hAjn pacn 60 much anymore. So we thank hod ioA zmz,

EaiteA voeekend we plan to be In KMe^ey, TheAO^ p&opU theAz., FoJiEtut^,MM chiwcfcw.

f*^'WW vr*^W I.y| wr- *)

ne/ie

tkz ta&teA u)ztkmd.

Wa6 I

ye^t^day,, and we had

and 6
w/cce.

The neu) congregation at "Tmo Oceam^^ Is going

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We have a Aei^ day6 oA ctoand tvlth ^ome A.aA.n (myj> now. Soon Xt he Aaui evefiy day aJU day long. Ugh! Oh well. Take coJie, thanH again ioA all yoa do ion,
OA/ Uay God grant you love, peace and joy as you Lcve ^or turn,

I qtiei^ uoa alZ aAe enjoying SpM^^S Meathen. now.

We oAe

the wlZe^ ofj the devlZ,

might. Put on^ne whole aAmoA Oj$ God, that you may be able to ^tand agajjn&t

F^at^'J^my br^^

be ^tAong In the Lord o-nd In

Love,

we work ior the glory ol God,

We mls^ you and love you, Oua pKayexs are always ^or you. Together
Pete 6 Fran
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MISSIONARIES TO SOUTH AFRICA
PETER AND FRAN LAUGHREN
P.O. Box 165, Kraaifontein 7570, South Africa
Telephone: (Direct Dial) 011-27-21-902-0682
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gnje.&ting^ Piom South A^ilca. I hope, that you an.e. f.in.. Vii^ -U wfiitten. on Ap/iil 27, toe. ayie. dohig S-tnce i/ie

Ste-ve. had got in touch with hi/> f.atheji, Al Z.urmzfman and o

SUo^L and I

on lU way tack ^om iM noMenn

ihat Vi^ pLoodi had cauie-d in iha Upington cm^a. ynn ;fi/amUcom no ^ain ih^^, lat n.^cJ^v^d ikz ^lood6 A We /irun iMat mu f ^ Al got in touch with I.D.l.S. and they immediately a f.0A. 'flood fieiUJt. Afi.eji loe got home Mom Hopetorn on (^<^ch 21 we P to go to apingtL on the 2^ih. On the 2iih we .ented a V.U van and f to the top wiih aanJcet6, aon-pe^6haUe food, ,oap and ^,^Z7d
walked 0U1 way down to Q/Lolleii-hoop /75 mitei ' kne^ exactly wh^e tho.e in need lived. rto.i o/ th. people who

damaqe

could uie. We pidced up the local leaden., B/iothen }acoti, to Upington. On Satumiay, we UaJiUd dlitAilat^g -tteMi

l/pinoton and BnovTei JacoU

, , / wo/died

uAch to Huy nece^UUei. Aften

help in thii aiea of the woJild.
weehend.

on the {.aZj^ ihat wene flooded. Sinc^ theae wa^ no wo^j. fon them, pay foi them. /loit did not actuaUy loie anything, Hut juit had no
Steve p/ieached at a mall gatheJiing in Q/iotlejii-hoop. Upington in the mo/ming and at LouiAvale in the evening.

finl^had diitAiAulmg the^uppUei on

the 28th mich ^aUified &at edxau^ted. Ue thanl. I.D.1.5. veny much fon the^
The people we/ie veny appnuc^atwe.

n '^'.a home nondau e aiun.v ihei/i

Ih^ee day-, aften we aA^ived home. T.an and I headed foa lOM&^Cey
Ue had -ieivice-i on Tniday night, Satunday nig , w '-tee

Ue -stayed wiih Tnan'i tioiheji }on fon the weekend. On Uuti Saiunday moani g, Joseph, TAon and I went to Hopetown to do 6.0 weddings Ue had weje-k^ i&^o/ie. thai loc would come, that Satunday to do the. wedding6, ,uih eJuL In KimiieJiiey, VieAe wc^e thUteen decUion^ made. kk wen.a n^eat J; ihat. The. Viotheji6 ^A.om Upington came to Khni^Uy A'^ meet^jg^. On > ?^/Lan GJid I went through Q/laa^.-Rehxet to vi^it the. tfioiJ\ei6 ^eAe. hvi fathe/i'i moth Un.thday Viat weeJtend. hie weAe gCad to iee Viem agam ai ue not ieen them iince conference. Uhile we were i.n HvuleAley, Steve and hc-L fm J

heUped out at the laite/L meeting/, which weAe held vi llfuCem. iJe
on Ap/ilt 5.

aiAwed

which i^ ju6i oue/i the mountahx piom lUaai^ontein. l()e wen.c atte to Uie/ia and iack each day, Ihe. loUowhxg w^kend, Steve, fnan and I we^e IfianJ^kel /o/i ihe wedtend. Ihe mini/>ieji thojie ^ei a one day BiAle. School at wh^cn
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we taught many cMMne.n piom. the. aiea ichooli. The. mlnlii&A. made aiAangemenii loJJJi the. school pnJjxcipai -^on. u^e o/ the HulMing and the. chUJdAen. The p/ijncA.pal UKUf> conceded alout theJji ^phUijuLcd wellojie weU a6 theU InteUect, b)e weJie the/ie piom 9:30 a.m, untU 4:00 p,m, T/ian taught heJi llanne.lgnaph and Steve and I taught le^^on^, Ue even had a BJJUje dnJjU, flo^t o/ th. chUdn^n had no chuyich af.piJU.ati.on, ^o it gave the. mini^te/i a tot o/ name^ /.on. /.ottoio-up, bJe we/^ happy loith the loay that the day loent. The next, day, Steve peJi/onmed a /uneA.at on the />JxLe o-f a hitt in /iuA.at 7/ujn^kjei, It^e &.u/iied iJie. man on a hitt ^imiAan. to the one.
b)e ojuiived home two dayA> ago and one getting /leady fo/i ou/i two week t/iip that ^tayii^ Hay 10. That tnlp wUt take u^ to Him&e^ey foA ou/i fifi^t Cape BiJLte Semmayiy 4g^^ion, 7hen 7/inn and 1 witt go on to Bophutat^wana to ^ee. the Lanjiy Plutten fanuty,
(jJe ane. tooking foAwoAd to that,

in the ta^t ^cene in the movie, "Out of. Apiica," It uki6 n.eaiiy an ejcpe/iience*

I have had ^evejiat pfiofU.em/> with my thioat oveJi the pa/>/>ed yean., 7hi/> ta^t ijiip to the 7A.an^kei wa^ no exce.ption, ApteJi going to the docton when we got fLack to Cape 7own on Ap/iil 25, we have made a/uLangemenO> to have my toiu>^^ removed on Hay 27, Ptea^e pnay fon. me at ihi^ time, I can imagine thai, it wilt &. a
/leat fun time. "

Until next month, may Qod tle^^. 7hankj> A>o much fo/i you/i ^uppont thi^ month, Ue a/ie Qod'^e/ivant^ fon. you in thui countyiy. Ihank-you fo/i that p/iivelage.
Because of

Pe.te and T/ian

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MISSIONARIES TO SOUTH AFRICA
PETER AND FRAN LAUGHREN

,
}uiy, 1988

P.O. Box 165. Kraaifontein 7570, South Africa Telephone; (Direct Dial) 011-27-21-902-0682

40 ^an..

Ue. hope i/iui att

it ha/> C.een much code.n. than no^rnat he/ia,

umtt uyliJi you.

A/ie you having a good Sp/iing and Summer

Ihejie. ha^ Haan onCy a ^eio days

0^ /Lu-ui /)0 f.aA., ^ai. It su/ie. ha/) ^e.e.n c.otd,

V 4 ' t o n / > i t 6 /iPMODcd. on Hay 27. The. ^u./ige./iy loejit we// e.veji though. ? /ongre/i iut thanu}a/> mo^t ton6iie.ctomie/> u^u imcom^o/Ltalle, ^o/itunate i/i Viatdue. he to didVie not have0/a Vie lot ton/>iU. 0/ />e.ve/ie He pain, e majo/i ta/ik/) to te ^uKiHowing and H/ieaViing. lie. camje home ^/Lom the o-dpt at the. day a^teA. ^u^igeAyt and I kept him in C^d Ld/iich locu a majon. ta/>k.

^aru>^u/,^on iat to out deUghi, he onty had to have an I.V. put in ove.AJiighi. ci -dca/ied u6 qu,ite a tit, tut we thank Qod that he i-b now /iecoven.ed and giaduatly
gei-t^ng tack to hi/) no^vnal. /loutine,

nu^hed fLadt to the ho-ipitai.

^ expected 4>ta/ited Uecduig had C.c 7he doctor that Peie wouCcL and need a to PJood

e 4c oot/, (wh-ite, tiadt and colo/ied) att had di^-^ejient vacation date6.

fiememte/i, we had VBS planned Ion. }uiy.

Recentty we ^owid out that

Because

M c iho/,e 0/ you^^<^d change Lime fon. theand pfiog/iam to decemte/i, want to whoto have sentthe. cn.af.t 6upptie/> teaching mate/iiats. 1 you wiii neve^ ow how mich I app/ieciate it. flememte/i, any time you have c/iaft maiefiia^s
on. un ay chooz mate/iiais that i/> not teing used, we can Mincty use it he/ie.
4 training sessions have mone teenatout goingteaching. wett, Ue have seven.at good pot,entu.al teadiejis^ Viat a/ie eage/i to leann

Sieve and Peie ueie due. io hotel unoUieA. Cape BUle Seminary ieiiion /va a

happyZw. tatpll"."" ccn^ecniive SaU,..lay. late u, jaCy. everyone he.e

hJe ane detighted to have Pete's mom wiVi u6 here ^on Vinee weeks.

'jf^

w^j

jf

mat 0/ the local men working, they have dccidcd

o^ays a joy and a Uessing. Tio n^aUy SpoUs us uhcn she is hene wxd we love
In My we will have intenns hene Piom St. Louis Chfiistian College Ion tioo
Ihe. people heAe ane veny excited atout thai. Jon HamiCton is tningmg

She i6

o/'week^ completely in^od"^

Ag/jc alneady teen bi 3^hannestung and Kimtentey ^on a coupie

/o/i the woak hene cuid ^on us peisonany. Pnay that wc. wife

y^oay. Pnay Viat we wiH use good Judgement and tnust

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In cXoyi-ingf wouJ^ you ILe.JLLe.De. tAai. ou/i cockeA />pajLte^ h.a/> ju6t. ^Inl^hed. med ication f.o/L ton^ilijLU? He i^ 40 Jbympattuetic with. Pete and Jealous f.o/i the att ention Pete getting that he thought that he wouid give it a t/iy, Qjiazy thing!
UeJU., that i^ it ^o/i now
^uppoAt^ Ue app/ieciate. you.
Love in Chjii^t,

keep in touch and iJxanJOi ^o/i youA. p/tayeji^ and

Pete and T/ian

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MISSIONARIES TO SOUTH AFRICA PETER AND FRAN LAUGHREN

,
July-September 1988

P.O. Box 165, Kraaifontein 7570, South Africa

Telephone; (Direct Dial) 011-27-21-902-0682 Dear Friends,

and serving our Lord.

here in South Africa.

I bring you greetings from south of the equator!

way and we iove it. The month of April started with Fran and I going to Kimberley
for Easter weekend and holding services with Roland Joseph and Fran s brother,

The months of April, May and June were no different in that

Fran and I are doing very well and remain as busy as ever

I hope that you are well

topic. During the weekend, there were thirteen decisions made for which we were real happy. On Saturday morning of that weekend, we went to Hopetown and performed two weddings for the people there. On the Monday following we went to Graaff-Reinet
100th birthday. They had invited us down to that, and we enjoyed it very much.

Jonathan Hamilton. I preached on Friday night, Saturday night and twice on Sunday while Fran gave lessons with her flannelgraph during each service, about the sermon

to see the brothers and sisters there and to help them celebrate their father s

The local church and people were very much encouraged by the activities pat were held in the local school. On the Sunday following, there was a funeral that Brother Mngonyama Wanted us to preach at outside of Butterworth and Steve preached to a

youth meetings for the day.

Three weeks later, Steve, Fran and 1 went to Butterwortli, Transkei to hold

We had bible drills, lessons and recreaLio^n time.

side of a hill similar to the last scene in "Out of Africa." It was the most rural
funeral that we have been a part of.

large crowd in the field. It was really a lot of fun. We buried the man on the In May, we held our first session of Cape Bible Seminary.

Kimberley with Steve doing a good job with 'Titus, Philemon and and myselt teaching 'History of the Christian Church.' We had eight students that attended every class and therefore recieve credit for the course work. We were real pleased. Bob Mills from Johannesburg came and taught on Saturday afternoon and helped very much. We had anywhere from eight to twenty-one students attending each day and we were very encouraged by our start at leadership training. Please
Steve went to Johannesburg and Pretoria to visit some friends for a week and also spent a day with the local minister in Eldorado Park who was at the C.B.S. session in Kimberley. Fran and I went to Mmabatho, Bophutatswana to see the Larry Mullen
as we have another session in July and one in November. Wlien we left Kimberley,

It was held in

we do not see very often. They are doing a tremendous work among tfie Tswana people there and we learned a great deal from them. During the course of the week, we recieved word that the 100 year old brother in Graaff-Reinet had passed away and we made plans to be at the funeral on Saturday. It was the largest funeral that I have ever preached at, with between 500-600 people in attendance. Fran and 1 felt privelaged to be a part of the funeral and were glad that we had seen him only the month before. We stayed in the township with the people and felt a part
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It was very good to be encouraged by fellow missionaries that

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of their family while we were there. We were shocked to find out of the local ministers at the funeral, Brother Leve, also passed after the funeral. We arrived home from Graaff-Reinot very tired, to have been of service to the people. They are the only reason that later that one away two weeks hut very happy we are here.

On the Friday following the funeral, I liad my tonsils removed in a hospital

here in Cape Town. I was out of commission for a couple of weeks with warden Fran keeping watch. I am sure that she will tell you more about that in her part of
the letter.

The work here in Cape Town is going quite well. We have had our first two baptisms from the Two Oceans church recently, and also a couple from Mfuleni. We and the Zimmermans are set up on a three month program for Sundays in that one
of us is at Mfuleni and one is at Bishop Lavis for a period of three months. Right now we are at Mfuleni (until September) and the work there remains strong. My

class at Macassar on Wednesday evenings and Fran's ladies class at Bishop Lavis on Thursdays continue to go well. Please continue to pray for these as well as
our youth group at Macassar.

Our yearly conference, with the theme, 'Living for Christ' is coming up in Upington from September 20 to October 2. Please pray for this. We are looking forward to having two members from my home church in Hampton, Georgia here to help teach during that time. They will be a great asset to the work.
That is about it from my side this time. this letter and to pray for the work mentioned. Thank-you for taking time to read May God bless until we meet again.

Your servant in

South Africa,

Pete

TceuNgs''''
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//i yu.yif 1 -it iff ct/nnoi. Ccflc'.iH' /loh' fa^i iimv <{(('> C,tj, Ik-fonv knoh> H., 1989 iotCJ. hcne, J i/u/i pu'>lihnf ii </ (iii, C.ui iiitw ncufCf/ /i ijoinif (iy quickly /o/i me,

C(i/itLe./i in thi-b Icii.c/i, Pete mentlvncil ihe funcji(j( in 1/lunAkv i,

Ueff, I uyibh

you ail could have decn i.he/ie..

It u)cl6 fiealiy .bvmcihiny elt>v.

Ton. one thing, the.

^un UKii ^taony and hoi /lo/i a b>h.ile, then the nain came ai the Mme iime that the

meal did. Do you t/iink iAat that stopped u.i fiom eaiiny?? No uxiy^l lOe />at in the /lain and enjoyed. ouabeXve.^, The f.uncA.ui uyab quite d^iy in aiiendajjc.e witJi the paopla anjiiviny on ^ooi a/uJ ho/i^aiack. Ue loe/ia out in the couniny .bo it took ^ome 0/ iJm. people quite, a while to get the/ie. The. counViy bide i^ ^eautij^ul with the hil.b and f.a/imb. In JLact, i.he/ie ib ve/iy tittle ^lat (and. Ihe man who had pab^ed
One had to C.e ve/iy caAeJiuC o/i one wouhi yo /lolliny ^oa -bomc i itnc. 1hv bamc h itt wa a tuiiat y/iound with no man.keA.b and we a bked how ikcy k/nw when cuch //v/i. "^Jiu Jubi. knoh" wab the fiepCy, am(j.zinyCy. It wu5 a let of fun. The irrwcn h'ftr ^ig hciidJ-i.p'i'iV'^ and long .bki/itb with ^^cautifuC d^ead wonk vn them, Ab u'>uuC, ihv wcmtn bat on one away wa,b Cui/iied on the bixle 0/ a hitl, a '>teep hilt at that.

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'iide of Hiv (jund ami ifw men on iJ}c oVu i.

white the men made Hencheb fo/i theimelve^,
o/L eve/LyCody.

ihe hum/cn uk'Ic

7 "// ihe ffnaum!

and ab iJiei/i gae.'jtb, we. ^ai in f/iont

UeC, 1 will tetl you one. thiny foa ^uae, 1 neue/i want to go th/iouyh another, ton.bilectomy with Pete again! 1 wa.b ^ca/ied moie than he wu.b, lo-bt mo/ie bCeef? than he did and c/iied mo/ie than he did. Ha! It wa-b /leally an expedience, 7he actual ope/iation Mib lonye/i iJiaii ihe ubuaC ton bifcciomy Cecau be hib ton bif b we-ie 60 iyThey atbo i.^.ed an awful lot wid the docto/i had a hand time, yettiny the tleed.ing to btop, Pete bpent the night in the the hobpital with me Hy hib ^ide aimobt the ichole tune {ahldi.., ibn t that .bweet?) A tot of the people hene we/ie ve/iy kind .m that they i/iouyht f/iuit and even -iomc helped ub with a meal on. two, Uhen he came home./ euenythijiy wcLb ftnet except that when he wab -6leepinyt he would dneathe
40 loud cmd handami then all of a sudden .btop until 1 hit him to imke him up.

I thouyht he wab .buffocatiny, Tive dayb aften he came home he M.anted tleedJjiy again/ and the docton. came and took him (Lack i.o the. ho.bpital, Ue thought a tnan-b-^ fusion, loa.b in onden, iut h-Lb iody wa.b neplacing the lo.bt tlood veny quicJtly on. ybomethinyt ^ecau^be all that they had to do wab put him on an I,V, oveAniyht, Since then he ha.6 had no ijiouHlet feel-^ detten and. -bleep.b bo quietlyt that I have to

get cCo.be and listen fon hib tn.eath.ing. Ha! 1 made bune that Pete got. ne.6t and did not pneach on teach fon a month to make bune thai hib thnoat would &e. okay.
He needed the dn^eaJt anyway.

Ab Pete mentioned, 7to Lauylmen, bhe did thib labt time.

(Pete'.6 mom), wab he.ie fon thnee weekb in

June, It/e ^u/ie do enjoy hauiny hen hene with ub, lilith hen. cominy to viiit fn.eque.nt~ ly, we feel monje. at home, ebpecially when bhe .bneiJi.b oven a Biy Hac fon. ub .tUte
Jt wab bo yood, even though it wabn't fnebh off of ihe

gnifl. She atso ^nought, a can of dn, Pcppen fon mc and a can of f'lountain Dew fon Pete, Boy, wene t/uiy even yood. She atioayb tainyb a .buitcabe full of yoodieb
and ^upplie.b fon. teaching and. we Mine do appneciate it all,

UelC fo.U<..6, we an.e iu.by yettiny neady fon conference ayain. Please pnay fon u-6, Rejnemteji, that if any of you ane inte.ne-bted in cominy to 6ee South Afnica, confenence time ib a yood time to do it tecaube then we will put, you to wonJt ab well. Did we mention that we had to deCay oun VBS fnom Juf.y to Decemden due to

conflicts with the .school holiday.b? (jJe have aCneadij neccu)ed a lot of ^uppties I conbtniiction papvn, teaching matenialb, cnafi .'tU/y.'C i.c'>, ric./ ('ui hx' afhuj//')
welcome mone. 1hatd-i-you fon. alt of youn hcCp in ihr'>.

tk.ee, 1

/''" /'

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Love in (hnibi,

"1 T'.''Z'"/

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PETER AND FRAN LAUGHREN P.O. Box 165. Kraaifontein 7570. South Africa Telephone: (Direct Dial) 011-27-21-902-0682
Dear Brothers and Sisters,

MISSIONARIES TO SOUTH AFRICA

August 1988 August lyoo

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letter* to those of you who support us financial y, month We could not many others) we thank you specifically for your help this month. We
be here without you.

I hope that this letter finds you well.

Since we

went back to the U.S. on July 6. We really

July has been a busy month, buL busy in a different sort

do]. The sisters in Macassar had a special nigi interns from St. Louis home. The day after she left, we recieved an %^3nda Baker, and Christian College. Stacy Garner, Leonard Moore, Pat Allen. Janine Whlted arrived with the internship leaders, on r- ^ of all with Stuart They have been in South Africa since ^tey 30. They were Town for Cook in Johannesburg, then in the Kimberley area teachine the Bible Studies two weeks. They were really a benefit to the work L spU the group and youth meetings at Bishop Lavis and Macassar. Steve took the other group
in half and Fran and I took one group

^^""8 ^'fthe 4th to se^ hL

always

to Bishop Lavis. At both places they handle the afternoon, Fran and I took tiie wliole group to wo c
santly surprised, as this was the best group

as we had not had good experiences with internships

there. Fran and I were very apprehensive about having a S^oupjfJ^nte

fnr the small services of interns here,

sometime. The people
even

and church. In

here (especially the youth) really enjoyed having the".Jere I forgot that on the two Saturdays that they were here they ^ad youth^days.
day we had 60 kids at our house from Bishop Lavis, P^a^.
Pass and Macassar, while the same children "e""
days went great. On the whole the internship greatly a
is showing results and for that we are real please
Mount' and Steve is teaching
ers.

talked to a couple of them about coming back ere P"

^ forgot to mention

The Saturday at our house was interrupted by a

they had been called about a 'disturbance of the

y ^ Other than that, the

police who said that

Saturday.

. '^e ork here.

We have had two baptisms from the Two Oceans church recently. Our labor there

session. We are having this one at Mfuleni and I - tea^^ing^ on three succesive
;at-nrdavs so that the local brothers can come and not lose time trom
Uiscipleship. We are i 8

This passed Saturday (the 23rd) Steve and I C a p e Bibl^^^^^^^^

s^rsifnrare really working well. Please pray for us as we teach and prepare leadespecailly the upcoming conference in September. May Ood bless.
^ IP
Phone:(317)689-7085

Thank-you for your help in our work here. Please "ntinue to pray for us,
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MISSIONARIES TO SOUTH AFRICA PETER AND FRAN LAUGHREN

P.O. Box 165, Kraalfontein 7570. South Africa

Telephone: (Direct Dial) 011-27-21-902-0682

September 1988

Hi folks!

I am sure you all will be interested in knowing that we got our visas extended for another year. The extensions are usually given on a six month basis, but for some reason ours gets extended for a year. We can't help but think this is God's way of keeping us here. So see, this is only one reason we feel the need to be here and it is made possible through o s
such as you.

every day, because, without you and your support financially and prayerfully, we wou no be able to be here working for our Lord.So. we thank you, appreciate you and pray or you.

Thank you for your continued support. Pete and 1thank God for you each and

August has been busy , but not crazy. Pete and Steven Zimmerman were able
in Cape Town really enjoyed the classes and seemed to do well. They are lookmg forward
to some more extensive teaching that C.B.S. provides. I was able to help Sister Caro ine Jantjies cook the meals, and that was fun. The people here really know how to put on a
to have their last two sessions for the Cape Bible Seminary, The men (young an o ere

really big and good meal. Sister Marie Mbaza was at the church building every day to help us serve the meals and serve tea. These two sisters are very hard workers and ways ready to give a helping hand in any way. The next scheduled C.B.S. session is schedu e
for November in Port Elizabeth.

many denominations as well. The Zion church in Mfuleni have asked him several times. It was another double wedding. They sang and danced and served alot of goodies to eat and drink. WE really had a good time. An interesting thing that happened was the minister getting up after the wedding ceremony was over and telling everyone that Pete and 1have

Since Pete is the only minister with a marrieage liscense, he is called upon by

no children and that everyone must pray for us. He was wanting to have a special prayer for me by "laying hands" on me and healing me. Well, we know that when they lay hands on someone they get rolled around on the ground, they shake you and hit you and who knows what all else. So needless to say I thanked them for their concern and suggested they do pray for me because it is something that is in the hands of God, but there was no need to
Steve and Pate Zimmerman have three sons: Kent is 17, Kyle is 8, and Kelly

"Lay hand" on me. Whew!

is 7 I think. Anyway, Kyle was on his way to soccer practice when he stepped into the street and was hit by an oncoming car. Kyle was fortunate in that besides scrapes and bruises, his leg was broken (the femur bone). The poor little guy has been in the hospital
in traction of over two weeks now and will have to remain that way for awhile longer.
Please pray for him and the family.

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The weekend of the fa;th of August, Steve and Pete were supposed to go to

Port Elizabeth, but due to Kyle's accident, Steve was not able to go, so I went with Pete. We had a good weekend wtih the folks there and we plan to go back (Lord willing) on the third of September to do a wedding. While we were in P.E. they fed us very well. On Sunday they had a big curry meal, strong curry. Sunday night I felt strange things going on in my stomach. When we arrived at home on Monday night, I spent the night in the toilet
with the^back door trots^ For the rest of the week Pete and I spent most of our time in

bed and in the toilet with diarrhea and vomitting. I don't think it was only the curry, I think we also had the touch of flu, because that has been going around and we had colds.
Pete still has a cold, but we are much better now.

This weekend Pete is flying to Upington by himslef, to check on plans for our

conference that is going to be held there in September. We have been very busy with the conference plans and we are looking forward to it. Pete must go alone because Steve is still busy with Kyle in the hospital and I was supposed to have a teacher's meeting tomorrow. The teacher's meeting had to be conceled at the last minute (today) due to a few snags, but 1hope to have one in two weeks time. You never know what will happen around here. On the 18th of August I took three ladies to the bank to open an account for
the church ladies fund. While we were out I treated them with lunch at a nearby Spur.

The Spur resturants are a type of steak house. None of these ladies have been to a Spur

resturant before. They were so excited and had so much fun. They have not stopped talking or bragging about that day. It humbled me when 1thought about how much we take so much for granted and to see their faces of surprise, joy and amazement in such a small thing. I wish you could have been with us to see for yourself. I also wish we were able to do things
like this more often. It has been only in the last year or so that the blacks and coloured people have been able to go to public resturants, it is a new thing to them. This country

is making good improvements which I am sure the people of the USA do not hear about.

The changes have to be gradual and that is something the rest of the world does not under
stand. Please continue to pray for this country, the leaders and the people, and please continue to pray for us as we try to serve God in the best way we know how, while here
in South Africa.

Until the end of time, we wish you good health, happiness, love and God's
blessings as you lilve for Him. Missing you.

cy -f h t
i t'

A' V -

Love in Christ,

A
Pete and Fran

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MISSIONARIES TO SOUTH AFRICA PETER AND FRAN LAUGHREN

P.O. Box 165, Kraaifontein 7570, South Africa

Telephone; (Direct Dial) 011-27-21-902-0682

October 19QS
Hello Folks!

The time sure is going by fast- Another month has come and gone, again. September was very busy, but we are glad for that and hope God was able to use us in a great way
for His kingdom.

On September 3rd, we were in Port Elizabeth for the weekend doing a wedding. Pste and I enjoyed that time. Of course we were both put to work to do some teaching and visiting, and we had fun at the wedding. We caught a cold again, but we were fine a
week later.

We are pleased to let you know that we had "our" first student to finish a correspondence course. It was a young lady who lives and works in Sea Point. Her name
is Grace Valentine. We took here photo and she was tickled to death. Zimmerman still have several students they are working with by mail.
them in your prayers.

Pete and Steve Please remember

As you know, we have been getting ready for our annual conference. It was held in Upington, Sept. 28 - Oct. 2. Two elders from Berea Christian Church in Hampton, Georgia (Frank Stanley and Willard Snow) came to South Africa for two weeks to help in the teaching. They arrived on Sept. 21 and went home to America on Oct 4. It was a joy having them here with us. The people enjoyed their preaching and teaching so much they got sick, especially Frank, "the tough guy", Ha! Shame, I really felt sorry for him.
Frank and Willard handled driving on the left hand side very well,
Willard ran up on the side walk. It was an easy mistake. All in

would like to see Frank and Willard come again.

Upington was very dry and hot. except

we all,

We all

for

when

happy with the outcome of the conference. There were many people from all over South Africa. Everyone worked hard, and all had good attitudes, therefore the Lord was able to work. On Sunday, the last day of the conference, we had an early service (6:30 AH) and lunch, then everyone was on their way hope. We took the Cape Town crew to the Augrabies Falls, because it was on their way home. They all, us Included, really enjoyed that. Let me tell you how the folks from Cape Town came- They were driving
four cars (remember that all the cars here are small, 4 ride comfortablely in one) with

were very

they were determined to go. I can't see many people in the States willing to travel
cramped conditions for 12 to 17 hours# can you?

nine in the biggest care, and six to eight in each of the others.

Bless

their

hearts,

in

If you have questions about our work here in South Africa,

Willard Snow.
honest. We hope they are pleased in what the have seen.

Now, we are dead tired, but we keep going.

Thanks again for your help and support.

contact Frank Stanley

I know they there

and
be

I am sure they could give you some answers and well. We know that,

will

They were able to encourage us

and help with some suggestions as

is always room

for

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inprovement.
our Father.

Keep preying for us, we need all the help we can get, especially frow
(their siddle

God
son)

Pat ZimmerMan was unable to attend the conference due to Kyle

being hit by a car. The worst of his injuries was a broken leg* and that is helping very well. We were short on teachers at conference, so we asked so*e of the people fro*
Cape Town to help. We had a good response and they did a good job.

We want to thank you again for your faithful support. As in the United States, preaching Christ is a constant and enjoyable task. We thank God that we are able to
serve Hi here. We pray that our Lord will take care of you.

We love you,
Pete and Fran

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MISSIONARIES TO SOUTH AFRICA
PETER AND FRAN LAUGHREN

November 1988

Dear FriW9sPox 165, Kraaifontein 7570. Soulh Africa Telephone: (Direct Dial) 011-27-21-902-0682 Greetings from springtime in South Africa.
no matter what month it arrives in.

beginning to bud here and The flowers are . ^

I always love this time of year,

strawberries are in full fruit.

I wish you could see it for yourself.

ton is a place that is far from most other parts of South Africa, most of the breth
greater success. Thank-you Frank and Willard from the bottom of our hearts.

October was, as usual, another busy month. Our yearly conference ended on the 2nd, and we drove back to Cape Town on the 3rd. As you probably already know, two elders from my home church in Hampton Georgia, Frank Stanley and WiHard bnow, were here to help with this year's confprencp. It really went well. Because upingren had never been there before. We had over 300 people there this time or another from all locales, and everyone was very satisfied with the way that it went. We thank Frank and Willard for coming and helping it to be an even

took that long for all of the people to gather. Steve preached to a crowd of over 300 people. The people slaughtered 13 sheep and a cow just to feed the ^rienas
ground, and the service was over when the grave was finally covered. It too couple of hours from beginning to end, but time means nothing here On Sunday, I preached for the worship service and Fran taught Sunday School, we
arrived home on the 11th, ready for some rest.

two weeks before.

it even began.

in the Transkei on the 7th.

After Frank and Willard left on the 5th, Fran. Steve and I went to

The elder who had passed away, brother Qambinya, had passed

It was about a 13 hour drive and we were tired

Because people come from all over for the funerals here, i

that came.

The brother was buried on the side of a hill in the community burial

Town for a period of three months apiece. From now until the end of the year, Fran and 1 will be at Bishop Lavis on Sunday mornings. I have started a series on "The Christian Family" that will run until January. We have now started having
the local brothers at Bishop Lavis leading in t!ie Lord's Supper and after the first

Steve and I have a system by which we are at the same local church in Cape

of the year, we will have them taking turns preaching. Please pray for us as this small group of men are very eager to learn how to do these things right. We are now meeting in a proper building and not in a house anymore, so that really helps
matters even more.

The brothers there have taken it upon themselves to have prayer meetings on Wed
nesdays, so that is a step in the right direction.

Some of the recent converts have a hard time putting the bottle away. Please pray for these young Christians as they 9|"0w.

lem, but a way of life for many people.

Two Oceans remains the same.

On these country farms, drinking is not a

Thank-you Vern and Barbs for all that you do too.

Thank-you for your support this month.

Without you, we could not be here.

May God bless.
, -

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KKI

li Lb a ^.e.aaLif.at day! 7he. ^un Li ^hLjting and la^i (Ltoom and evejiytking Li> gn.ae.n. Right noio it ib ojid &.oy a/ie. thay eveyi good! It Lb ^o ^t/iange to have. and Chai^tma.b t ime, SpeaJung o/ thai, it a 6 haAiI f.on.

it lb hot. Tiowe/iA ane in .bi/iaidL'.n.n(j and />cad\ .6ca.6on, .bt/iaw(Le.n.fi.ie^ at 1hank^bgiuaig me io Rc^ioje thai (h/iLbtma^

ii coining .bo 4oo/i. Soon anoiJieji yeaji wilt (Le C^egimiing, IJe a/ie al/ieaidy in oua {ioanJJx yeoA. o/ ^ejivice in South Apiica and I have en joyed it bo much, b)e will /uwe to tadk aiou,t it when we bee you agabi, LomL wiCling dunaig oun. ^uiCough thne.

Bat that Lb .btill >bome tune aoxiy, ^o I will bay too much a(!>out ^un.loagh Jubt yet,
Uel^.f tet me .dee, it^ie.ie do I -btait? Ab ubuaC loe leatly had a nice vLbit with

Pete'.b mom (Tlo Lauyh/ien) in June, hJe hated to put ke/i f,ac/(. on the piane. hx 3^uly, IjH we couldf we would, keep hen. he/ie, iut he/i vi.bit.b adAoayb give u.b .bomething to
look J^oAiiKiAd to, 40 we let hen. go, 7he day af^tei Plom ief^t, we got the next tanch o/ vLbito/ib. dy ViotheA., 2^on Hamilton and a ^n.iej\d, Pat Allen, t/iought intejm.b
pLom St, Loaib C/uLi^tian College, h)e had a g/ieat i imc h)iih 'hem. He )>y<>nkpd thrn p/ietty han.d, iut aldo had .bomc. .bight-.bee ing lohich included g/^and fun, Jt hKi.b n ice to have college age people in oun. home, Uhen Pete and J lived at CliCtigan College, we alway.b had ^bome o/ iJ}c .btudent.b tJiat wciv f.A.iendb of ounA oveA at oun. place, He tni-bb t/iat type o/ feClvwbhip veny much, Pete and 1 have o/Ltvji />a.id that the

han.de bt pant o/ ieing hc.ie ib Heing axoay fnom oun. f/iiendb and family. That i.b the /ie.a^on that we enjoy getting lettjen.^ .bo much. The inten.nb wen.c in no way a Cdinden, iecau^e they helped anound the hou^e with the wa-bhing, cooking, and keeping
the place half way decent, They we/ie the ie^t intenn-b that I have been. Now we OAe. look-vig fo/uxxj/id to next yean.'g/ioup, Kyle Zimmenjnwx (Steve and Pat Zimmennian'.b middCe .bon) wab hit C.y a can. and had hib leg C^noken, lOe wcip tJ\ankful that that i.hi ^ the extent hi*) injunieb ab it couCxl have teen fatal, Kyle'^ accideni put a bnag in ^ome of ihe t/iavelting ptan/>, Ct-ut that okay in that I got to go on a tnip uhen Steve wouCd have othenwLbe gone with Pete, Pcic and 1 had good tnip.b to Pont CCik'aAeth; one Cueing a pleaching atvd plan making vibit and the oiJ\en wab fon. a wedding, Pete went on hi.b oim ty plane to Upington decau^e it wouf.d have teen too expenbive fon. me to go, That Oiip wa-6 to ched<. on plan^ fon. confenence. He wa^ -40 pleaded on how ihe plan.b weM.e going, Kyle Lb now tack on hib leg ab nonmaC, except he hab a tit of a limp due to an extna iong leg. He wab a neal champ going thnough the whole
0 uleal,

Confencjice wab gneat! It ^beemb to get dettci eveny yaan, Ihe folk.b at Upington },\oikcd .6o hand </.'.'</ ihr propPr fth< i ihn ancii', hrCpal o/// ,/ (jncat dcaC a b wcfL He hH'nc ha/'py to ht/fyp tjiH> </' ihe cfdvns fn.(mi the Benea Chnibtian CJ\unch ni Ihniij.ton (jvo^igiii wiH) u') to hcfj.' i/} i \ yc'i-. Ihi'g ;,ir7r uwCC ncc iowd lltj
ihe peopie hene and Pete and 1 enjoyed gelting to know thorn (ietten, Ihe weathen

wa.b good in Upington, tut veny dny, A fejo got bick fnom the dnij weathen and change in waten, tut otJienwLbe aCC h)ent well, Pat Lumnenman had to btay home with Kyte,

bo I had aji extjia tig toad of cla^beb t/iib ye.an, dut it went welt and 1 enjoyed
myself,

I am 40 tined night now that I can't think of the funny thingb that happened in the pabt few monthb, 7nom now on 1 wn going to tny to wnite in a special tittte took ali of the fwxnie.b .bo that I will not fonget, Hnite ub if you get a chance.
He wi^h you well. Love and Pnayen^,

'v. ^-v v_, '

^ nan

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MISSIONARIES TO SOUTH AFRICA PETER AND FRAN LAUGHREN P.O. Box 165, Kraaifontein 7570, South Africa

Telephone: (Direct Dial) 011-27-21-902-0682

October-December 1988

Dear Friends,

Greetings once again from South Africa.

you may be.
here that we would like to share witli you.

We hope that you are well wherever

During the months of July,
One of our iiif)sL ptijoyablr experiences

We are fine here and staying healthy.

August and September there were many different events that took place in the work to date in South Africa took place in July wlieti we had five inteins from St. l.ouis Christian College come and help with the work for a couple of weeks. Jon Hamilton of Kimberley and Pal Allen of Joliannesburg brought Stacy Garner, John Garber, Len
Moore, Janine Whited and Amanda Baker here to Cape Town after they had been in Macassar, and took turns preaching at Bishop Lavis,

Johannesburg and Kimberley for over a montli. They were refreshing for Fran and I to have in our house. While they were here, they taught Bible Studies and youth
groups at Bishop Lavis and

Mfuleni and Two Oceans. They brought new ideas and gave inspiration to both us and the local people. Even now, the local people are wontlering when they will come back. We believe that it was a good time of learning for them as I know it
was for us.

Two days after they left, Steve and I started another session of Cape Bible
Seminary, this time at Mfuleni. Because of work conflicts, we cancelled the one
that we had scheduled for a midweek in the first of July and ran it on three suc

cessive
Some of

Saturdays for six hours a Saturday.

the brothers could not wait for

It was a great time of learning.

One of the

the next sessions to start.

local sisters. Sister Jantjies cooked our meals for us each Saturday and did a marvelous job. Steve and 1 are really pleased with the success of this year's sessions and are amazed at just iiow eager the brothers are to learn. Wc have one
more session scheduled for November 21-26 in Port Flizahelh. Duritig this week, Steve and I will be making our platis for 1989 that will include even more sessions

locally. Please pray for us in this venture, as it is proving successful. Mfuleni, we had eight men complete the requirenicnls for couise credit.

At

In August, Steve and 1 planned to he in Port Kli7.al>elh to finalize plans to

be there in November, but at the last minute, Steve could not go because his son,

Kyle was hit by a car on the way to soccer practice and broke his leg. Fran made the trip with me instead. I finalized the plans for the school session and also finalized platis for a wedding tlial I was to perform in three weeks time in Port Elizabeth. Two weeks later, I made a trip to Upinglon to finalize the plans for this year's conference. I have never been so amazed at how well the people

there were prepared for the conference. really amazed me.

the brothers to finalize platis.

These people in Upinglon are some of the

poorest in South Africa, and to see how they had saved and platined for conference

Wiiile there for two days, 1 preached three times atid met with
It went very well.
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September saw the yearly conference come once again. This year it was in Upington, in the northern Cape. Because of Kyle's broken leg and Pal Zimmerman's having to stay home to take care of him and also because of Jon Hamilton being
Singapore for the month of September, we were left a little short handed.

in

But the Lord always takes care of things.

in Hampton, Georgia.

This year He helped in the form of

Willard Snow and Frank Stanley, two elders who came from the Berea Christian Church

here for a total of two weeks. We were in Upington for the week of September 26 through October 2, and while Willard taught a good study on James each morning, Frank preached the opening night sermon and taught on various subjects in the after noons. Meanwhile, Fran taught the ladies classes each morning and afternoon, Steve handled the sessions each day, preached the closing service on Sunday and preached a funeral at the last minute on Saturday Afternoon. One of the most rewarding sessions of the week was the one that Fran and I taught together to the young
brothers and sisters about morality, dating and the like. These classes were well attended and and well recieved. We were really pleased with the success of

These men came on the Wednesday before conference, and were

conference as we had 300 people at one time or another attend. The theme "Living for Christ" was well developed by all brothers who preached and tau}ht. A little
extra thing that we did this year was sell cassette recordings of the sessions
for Rl.OO apiece and to date we have sold over 100 of them. We thank the Lord

for the success of this year's conference and it'-i encouragement to the people. Fran and I would like to send a special thanks to Frank and Willard for coming so far to conference this year and greatly adding to its success. Thank-you for
encouraging both us and the people here.

October through December see alot of varied activities coming up such as the first V.B.S. here in Cape Town and another session of Cape Bible Seminary. Please continue to pray for us both physically and mentally in the work here that we may
be used of God. Until next time, may God bless. Keep your hands in His.
Yours for South Africa,

Pete

P.S.

To those of you who liave helped us financially in the work hone this year,
Thank-you so much for your support

your calendars will arrive the first of January.

throughout 1988.

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PETER AND FRAN LAUGHREN

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P.O. Box 165, Kraaifontein 7570. South Africa

Telephone; (Direct Dial) 011-27-21-902-0682

December 1988

Hello Folkst

Greetings once again fro* South Africa. We hope this letter finds you healthy and starting 1969 well. Deceitber started with an ordination of a local Minister in the town of Ashton. This town is about 100 Miles fro* Cape Town. It is on the other side of the

Mountain (Table Rock) that seperates Cape Town fro the rest of South Africa. We took about 15 people froM the Bishop Lavis Church and they sang a special song to the newly ordained Minister. It was a fun tiMe for these people as they rarely get out of their
township to visit other Christian nationals.

On OeceMber 11th the Sunday School of Bishop Lavis and Hfuleni had their closing prograMs for the year. Fran wrote a short play that the Bishop Lavis children acted out for the prograM. We gave Bibles to all the children who were faithful attenders at
church this year. For soMe of the children this was their first Bible and it is one that they will treasure for a long tlMe. I also did a wedding on the 11th in the township of Nfuleni. The Zionist Church in the township ask Me to do weddings every
once and a while and we are glad to help the* out.
FroM the 12th to the 17th we had one of the first Vacation Bible Schools here in

Cape Town.

Steve ZlMMerMan taught the youngest children, Fran taught the children

froM

ages 6 to 10 and I taught the children fro ages 11 to 15. The first night we only had about 40 children, but by the end of the week we had close to 100, especially the last two nights. The theMe this year was God's creation and It worked very well. Each class had their lessons, crafts, and each participated in the closing prograM on the last day (Saturday). We are presently planning another VBS (actually called Holiday Bible School
here, HBS) for this coMlng June because this one went so well.

On

the

17th

of

OeceMber,

the

Larry

Mullens

faMlly

arrived

froM

MMadatho

Bobhutatswana for a three week visit over ChristMas, with her future husband arrived for a two week stay.

On OeceMber 18, My Mother arrived Then on Honday the 19th Fran's

brother Jon arrived froM KlMberley for a three week stay also. We had a house full of people for a wonderful ChristMas holiday. On OeceMber 21th My Mother's wedding took place in the township of Mfuleni. Her new husband's naMe is Collins BlacMarr. Their
wedding was probably unique because I think It was the first tlMe a white couple ever good Married In this township. Therefore, Many people were calling this a "royal" wedding. We had about 300 people present and the service lasted for about 1 hour. There were at least d songs that the people sang for Mother and Collins. It was a grand tlMe for everyone. They have since returned to the United States and are living in HaMpton, GA. The Larry Mullens faMlly and Jon HaMilton went hoMe on January 7th. 19dd was a very good year for us and the work in South Africa. We had nany new

deveopMeMts in the work, i.e.. Cape Bible SeMinary and the new church that
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at Two Oceanfii your faithful support has played a large part in the succeaa we seen here. We would not be able to do it if it were not for you. Thank you for continued help and especially for your help this Konth.
May God bless you as you serve Him in 19d9.

have your

In Christ,

Peter and Fran

A note fro* Vern^

Barbara end I are starting e new type of niniatry. On January 22nd I will begin serving aa a U.S. Ary Chaplain. As a result, things night be a little slow as the ail will have to be forwarded to Oregon for a couple Months. We are hoping that things will quickly get back to normal in April when I get out of school and start at ny duty

station at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. So until we get a pemanant address in Oklahona, please keep sending your offerings to our Bunker Hill address. I also want to thank you for your faithful support, not only financially but also spiritually. God be with you.