Hogg, Ann

Hogg, Jerry

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Harding UniversityScholar Works at HardingJohn Allen Chalk: Personal Correspondence John Allen Chalk7-8-1970From/To: Ann & Jerry Hogg (Chalk's reply filedfirst)Ann HoggJerry HoggFollow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.harding.edu/hst-chalk-personalThis Letter is brought to you for free and open access by the John AllenChalk at Scholar Works at Harding. It has been accepted for inclusion inJohn Allen Chalk: Personal Correspondence by an authorizedadministrator of Scholar Works at Harding. For more information, pleasecontact scholarworks@harding.edu.Recommended CitationHogg, A., & Hogg, J. (1970). From/To: Ann & Jerry Hogg (Chalk's reply filed first). Retrieved fromhttps://scholarworks.harding.edu/hst-chalk-personal/2646July 8, 1970 Mr. and Mrs. ,- Jerry Hogg P. O. Box 89, ' Fonteiri~iet Boksburg, Transvaal Republic of Sou\h Africa Dear Ann and Jer~y: Your letter was deeply ·· appreciated and highly encour a ~_ing. It sounds lik _e Jerry is ~·working ni _ght and da,y in his eva ng elistic efforts. I ·ca ~n a;ppre ciate the lon~liness that y ~u, .Ann , mus-t be fee+ing at Jer~y' s a l:>'se'nce. Sue and I send :· o·ur pr ay e r s and conti'"r1u.ing concern • . We :know that . God 0• will .grant _both of you the strength . that · you · ne .e-cf for ;the work · you are doing th "ere. ! ' ,I,~ .... We are glad to get · th e.. . report _on Ricky and to know that he is doing well. We can appreciate ~hat it -.means to have the .-·. responsibility of a· small.. child ·_but know · that the .Lord ·· e x pects us to place our fir~i - cbnc~rn with our children, and then involve ourselves ip - His " service as the .opportunity and respon-sibili tie~ permit ·. i,, ' We pray that -y6ur meetings ha ve all been . ~uccessful, J~rry. It certainly sounds as if you are losing no time .i ~ , your er"f orts . in South Africa. :_ · -. t \. Thank you so · much for the kind invita "tion to come an .d work . with you . At this point, all I can ·seem to do is to ' cancel all meet-ings that I have had ~cheduled for s~ve r al years in an attempt to stay with the work · here at H ighlan'd. We hav.e so inany · ·things demanding my attention here that I see~ qnable to get away fo ~ ._-;-·,, -=.; ' '.!-'· any other work. Possibly at ~ome future time I will be tble . to ,0 e~joy a ~isit with yoi ·but r1ght now I -don't even see ~~~j way that I could begin to schedule it. Thank you for the ·invitation. .: Don't ~ttempt to answer this letter because I can ~ppr ~ ciate the demands being made on your time. - I . do want to receiv ·e "the riew_s-letter and ~ill write John Waddey about it. Thank y~u a~ain for letting us kn6w som~thing of what is goin~ on with you. We send our 1o ·ve, ·respect and ·prayers. Fraternally yours, John Allen Chall_< JAC:lc .. 20 Jun ~ 1970 ... Dear John Allen , To ans wer your recent letter le t nie say tha t I i.,,:as ver y s ur pr i sed , as we ll a s pleased , to hear fro rn you . T hank yo u so much for ta.king ti me out of your busy schedule to br ighten our day wit h your co mmen t s and praise [or t he eff orts we are try ing t o put for t h on this miss io n fie ld . 1.Je were very pleased wit h John 1:ladd ey' s vis it wit h us and. fe lt he did a lot of good for t he cause of Chris t dur i ng the ?; ·wee ks of his stay here. He spoke over 80 times d urin g t hat ti me, either pre achin g from a pulp it some,.,,.rhere, teachin g a c lass in one of our tra ining schools , or co nduct i ng a hoc'Ile Bible study with some lost person . \ve need more men like John to visit here and he lp us out in t he wonderful way that he did. r·.Jiany times a visitin g prea cher can say exac tl y the ri g ht wor ds to cause some sou l to res pon d t o Chr ist, when the local man, or men, ha ve tried and fa il ed. Do you not t hink you co uld pay us a visit i n the near future a nd le nrl. us your ti me and capab il it ies to help re a ch the lost in this count r y? John Alle n, j us t say the word and I'll get your sched ule all wor ked out for you. ,'\nd beli e ve me , it would certainly be a full one. How about it? We su re would love to in troduce you to our Sout h Afri can friends and br ethren and let t hem hea r your vo ice expoundin g upon th e Tr uths in God 's 1,_,Jord. As of the 7th of Ju ne, I am no longe r assoc ia te d with t he Boksbur g church , but am devot ing all my ti me in th e trainin g of prea ch er s and to e van g elis ti c work. We ha ve p urc hased a h uge te nt, 30' x 70 ', a nd a bus to use i n tr;:i.nsportin g it and makin g li ving quarters for ourse lves when we travel into remo t e are as of t he African "bush". Our first mee t in g with thi s tent w.::ts with a Colour ed ch ur ch i n Jo-bu r g 10-17 May and r e s ulted i n 1 bap ti sm . It was very cold and rain y t hat week and our at t enda nce wa s l ower tha n we had expected, but considerin g .everyt hing, it tu r ned out very well. On t he 17t h (Sunday) we had almost 200 gath ered under the tent to listen to Gbd' s ,1ord , rr:~ny of the m non-Christians. Our seco nd meetin g with the tent i s a month-l ong campa ign i n an African area, kn ow n as Vend alan d . Th i s is l oca te d in the north-easter n Transva::i.l cl ose to the l"(hod e s ian border and is t he homeland of the Venda tribe . Po pula ti on of tha t area i s ove r 500,000 people. There are two ra t her s tr ong congregations of the Lord 's c hurch in tha t are a and four or five other s which have a sma ll number at each place . Th us far, I have made t wo tri ps there but have con c entra t ed my effor t s to teaching t he bre t hren and help i ng them to grow stronge r in the Faith. Th is i s the first all-o ut effort t o reac h t he lost people in Vend alan d. I will be leaving on the 17t h of June and will re t urn about the 17th of J uly . We plan to have a VBS for the ch il dr en i n the morn ing hou r s , a question-and-answer forum i n the af ternoons a nd pre achin g services at nigh t . Se veral bret hren, bot h Afri ca n and Europea n, from this a rea will be go in g alo ng to ass i s t in this ca mpa ign . We will set the tent up in tw o d iff eren t pl aces and work each ar ea for two weeks. In August we' 11 go Sout h a.bout i=i50 mil e s to East Lonrlon and conrluct a mee tin g under t he te nt in an area known ·a s the Tran ske i . Thouqh a variety of trib es live there, the largest is known as the Xhosa tri be and it will be these peop le whom we' 11 teach. From there we ' 11 travel northeast and conduct t hree meet in gs in the small country of Swaz ilan d . . As you can see , our pla ns are to s ta y busy for the · nex t lit tle while. In fact; I' 11 on ly be ·a t home for 1 week durin g th e next t wo m9nths i: P lease pr ay for the se effort s t hat they' 11 brin g forth fr uit for t he mas ter and . for our safety upon the roads an d out i n the bush coun tr y . , Aga in, th an k you so much for th ink ing of us an d inclu ding us on yo ur prayer list. We, too, have thou ght of you often an d pray God 's r:}c4e s t blessings upon you and your work there in Abil ene. Ex te ml our lo ve and iregards to Sue an d the chilrl.ren. J.Vlay God always be wit h y ou i n ever ything you do for Him. Dear Sue an d John Allen, Ju s t a few words of my o,,vn t o a dd t o Jerry's letter to you. At thi s ti me, he is already in Vendaland and l Ricky ancl I are carr yin g on alo ne here . He ' s on ly been gone 3 d; ys a nd it already seems l ike months. Sue, now I kn ow how y ou must fee l when John Alle n' s away on meetin gs, lectures, etc. Up until nmv, I' ve al most alv ra y s been able to accompany Jerry on his preachin g trips, and have been used to teach lad ies' and c hildren ' s c lasses. I had pla nne t o go to Ven daland to teach in t he VB:::;, b itt it was n't pos s ible for me to do so this t i me as I coul dn ' t take little Rick y , our two- y ear-old so n , and had no one wi th who m to leave him. (Oh, how I wish hi s grandmother were here ! ) I ' m sure t he next two month s are goin g t o be lonely ones and I' m lookin g forwa rd to receiving your next lett er.:to cheer my da y . I don ' t know if you reme mber my sister, Arill ia Huff, or not. I kno w y ou met her durin g the meet ing a t Karn s . Her oldes t dau ghter, Diane, is in a coma as th e res ults of a rup t ure d a ppendix back in March and I ' d like to take this op portunity to req uest yo ur pra yers on her behalf. She ' s ver y cl ose to us an d we ' ve been so cancer ned abou t her in recent da y s. It ' s a t a ti me like this when one wishes the mile s were not so many tha t sep a r ate you from your family! I sai d she ' s in a co ma ••••• actually s he ' s just co min g out o f it was the last r e por t we've ha d fr om ho me. (John and others at Karns have kept us informe d about her cond it ion. The fa r::il y has been al most to o upset to c orres pond a bo;.it it ver y much , t hough v.Je' ve hea r rl. a little from the '!') The doc tors have learned, throu gh tests, t ha t there was brain-cell damage , al so some dama ge to t he blood vessels fo the kidneys. They th ink these will rep;mir themse lves in ti me , but at present, s he i sn ' t able to speak nor can she walk. Diane is 12 years of a ge and has gone down to abo ut 59 pounds in we igh t, so you. can see that she is re ally too weak yet to walk or move abo ut. She ·went into th is co ma ab o ut t he 18t h of March j ust after the operation to remove the r uptured appe ndix. The docto r s d idn ' t dia gnose he r problem in time to preven t the poison from re achin g her bra in. If you reme mber the m anrl W0!.lld li k.e t o sen d a car d or letter to let the m know you 're prayi n·g for x.e her and them the ?,dctre ss 1s: l~oqert G . Huff Rt. ?i d'-IamG.er.Rd.Kno x l.tille Tn. 3,7g14. I kno w the)(,'..d t Rir~gio/te ,/_}~et~1ittg1f:'s,t·~!'~·1.~~-~ ~~~- -=~~-~- ~---~~~~-~~~~~t: !~~JfeQJPJ~J&N.1cN~.?.~- RB_tt~V- --.:. i · . . l~ ~l~~  : -f •t '" '" • Q. . " ' < ' 0 ' C : I • Ill '" ' ,, ,o ' ::, ' Q. • '4' ,0 : a: 1 :::0 :<t) 1-o :c jg : ,-...t. (0 l o ! 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From/To: Ann & Jerry Hogg (Chalk\u27s reply filed first)

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