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WE
FORWARDING
AGEHTS:
Hrs.
Evelyn
H i l l i
r./Hrs. Sam
M i t c h e l l
P. 0. Box 2746, Napa, CA 94558
THE
Ther efor e
go
and make S
d i s c i p l e s
o f ^
a l l
nations..
Matt.
28:19
PI K TT
Judith
L. Pickett,
Secretary
t o
Central Africa
Mission
P.
0.
Box
392,
Chinhoyi, Zima bwe, Africa
LIN
F eb r u a r y
N e w s l e t t e r 1991
Dear Christian Friends:
Kwaslwai
Ambuya, Hadzoka. (Translated...Hello Ambuya, you have
returned.) Since my
a r r i v a l
b a c k
In Zimbabwe o n January
3,
1991, I h a v e
b e e n h e a r i n g
these words from a l l my
Africa n
fri end s a n d
workers. What
a
joy I t I s
t o be
w elcom ed hom e
with
s u ch e n th u s i a s m .
I t
was almost
e m b a r r a s s i n g the first time
I w a l k e d into
the b a n k . There was a l o n g
line
of people waiting
at
the teller windows. As I walked over to the inquires desk
at
the
other
end
of
the
bank,
a l l
the
tellers
and bank
p e r s o n a l
came
rushing ove r
t o
welcome
me
back.
You
would
have thought I was the Prime
Minister
himself. Just
proving
what
warm,
fr i e n d l y p e o pl e
the n a t i v e
Z i m b a b w e a n s
a r e .
O n
Monday January
21, I
met
with the
three
literacy
teachers
who
have been doing such an
excellent job while 1 h a v e
b e e n
a w a y . He
d i s c u s s e d
their work a n d future
p l a n s
for the
w o m e n s
c l u b s
w h e n
I
g e t my v e h i c l e a n d a m a b l e
to
g e t b a c k I n t o
t h e s w i n g
of t h i n g s .
Hrs. Cus tudio, m y ass is ta nt,
sai d
that on Thursday the women from all the differ en t clubs
w e r e
coming to w e l c o m e me h o m e
a n d w o u l d cook
c h i c k e n
a n d
sadza a n d h a v e a m e e t i n g w i t h me
for about
two
hours. She sai d she had told them
t o
s e l e c t
o n l y
three or four women from
e a c h g r o u p
to come,
b e c a u s e
I t
w o u l d b e
t o o m a n y
If a l l
of
t h e m
c a m e . So
y o u c a n i m a g i n e
my s u r p r i s e at 8:15 a . m . o n T h u r s d a y
t o
h e a r a l o r r y ( l a r g e b e d
truck)
c o m i n g
u p
t h e
street
w i t h
a l l the w o m e n from
B r a e s i d e
F a r m i n the b a c k s i n g i n g
h y m n s
as l o u d
a s
they
could. A f t e r the i n i t i a l shock, I was a b l e to go out
a n d
w e l c o m e them. D u r i n g the
c o u r s e
of the
morning,
other
women arrived
from other groups.
However, they
h a d obeyed
and
only
three or four
from
each group came. Me
h a d
t o scramble around to ge t food en ough for
all,
but ended up having plenty for over 45 women and several small children. They brought the
food and did
all the cooking a nd would n't l e t me do a thing except
t o t ell
them where
everything was t o cook with. It is their custom to
do
a job for the
person
they visit,
lik e clean the house or yard or something. Sin ce my helper had already c leaned the
house
and had the yard
w e l l
trimmed, I said I h a d
nothing
for
them
t o do. Because
they
c o n t i n u e d
to insist a n d since my
w a s h i n g m a c h i n e
i s not w o r k i n g p r o p e r l y a n d the next day
was
my
wash day, e t them do
my
washing. I had spread q uilts on the
ground
for them t o
sit
on under
m y
big
shade
tree,
so
as soon
as they had eaten , they al so
washed three
q u i l t s a n d
h u n g them out
to dry. W h e n
they c l e a n e d
my k i t c h e n a f t e r
cooking a n d
h a d
d o n e
a l l
the dishes,
we
h a d
a
time
of
spee ches from
a ny
of
the
women
who
wanted
to say
something. We sang lots of hymns after the spee ches, then I spoke,
and
we
h a d
prayer
together.
The
original
two hours stre tched
into
seven
hours. I was exhausted when they
l e f t
e v e n
though
I d i d n ' t w o r k , b u t I t
w a s
a b l e s s e d e x h a u s t i o n .
M y
g i r l s
also were
d e l i g h t e d to h a v e
me
b a c k .
They
h a v e
done a n excellent job
of
t a k i n g
car e
of
my home, a n i m a l s , and financial matters I n
m y
absen ce. Thei r brother, I re n e's
boyfriend, and an other friend live
in a
one-room
flat and
have
no cooking
facilities,
so
the
g irls had agreed t o cook their ev eni ng meal each
night. But wisely, they
made them
pay
$100 a month for
food, and
they h a d
to
wash
the dishes each night. I was delighted to
see that the girls now realize the responsibility of preparing meals for a
family.
They
b o t h do a
beautiful
job
of cooking
huge
portions
for
three growing boys. But they were
glad for
my retu rn, so that new
menus could
b e
planned. We
a l l
three
take
turns cooking
and
a lso help one a nother.
I t
i s such a
joy to
work wit h
them
now,
a nd
the
boys
a r e
so
good
a b o u t t a k i n g m e p la c es i n th e i r v eh i c l e s s i n c e
m i n e
i s
s t i l l
n o t here.
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FIRST CHRISTIAN
CHURCH
2659 FIRST
STREET
N P CA
94558 5599
Non-ProfH
Organiz.
U.S. Postage Paid
Permit
No. 28
Napa CA 94558
horizons
BOX
2427
KNOXVaiLE IN 7901
Now for the
news
of
the
truck. It is
paid
f o r
and
waiting for me
in
South Africa but the
w h e e l s
of
r e d tape in this country run
v e r y
slowly. I sent the o r i g i n a l p a p e r s
to
M r . M a r s h a l l i n O c t o b e r to b e p r o c e s s e d , b u t
t h e y
n e v e r a r r i v e d . T h e r e f o r e , i n
t h e
m i d d l e
of November I
faxed
copies to him which he
submitted
to the
Reserve
Bank. They
were
refused three weeks later so he decided
to wait
u n t i l I returned. In the
meantime
just
a f t e r C h r i s t m a s , f o r t u n a t e l y , t h e
o r i g i n a l p a p e r s
a r r i v e d , w h i c h
h a d
b e e n
s e n t
a i r m a i l i n
October. When
I arrived
I inmediately w ent into
t h e
bank
and
resubmitted
them on
T u e s d a y . T h i n k i n g
a l l
w a s c o r r e c t ,
I
s a t b a c k t o w a i t . O n F r i d a y , t h e y c a l l e d m e a n d
s a i d
I n e e d e d to
write the
l e t t e r
s t a t i n g
I w o u l d not s e l l the
c a r
for two years i n l o n g
h a n d ,
n o t t y p e d
a s
I h a d s u b m i t t e d . S o
I m a d e
a n o t h e r
t r i p
t o t h e b a n k , w r o t e o u t t h e
l o n g h a n d , a n d sat
b a c k a g a i n to S c a c t T y - t w o
weeks—Tater -tMs-past
S a t u r d a y , I
r e c e i v e d
t h e
p e r m i t
f r o m t h e
R e s e r v e B a n k to
a p p l y
to
t h e M i n i s t r y
of C o m m e r c e
a n d I n d u s t r y f o r my i m p o r t p e r m i t .
I
w a s
e x c i t i e d a s I t h o u g h t I
w o u l d n o w b e a b l e to g o
t o
H a r a r e a n d p e r h a p s g e t
my
i m p o r t l i c e n s e o n
t h e s a m e d a y , t h e n I
c o u l d b e
o n my w a y
S o u t h
t o p i c k
u p
t h e
t r u c k . H o w e v e r , G o d m u s t
f e e l
I
n e e d
a g r e a t
d e a l o f p a t i e n c e .
W h e n
I
r e a d
o v e r t h e
p e r m i t
t o
a p p l y ,
t h e y
h a d
p u t i t i n m y p e r s o n a l
n a m e i n s t e a d
o f t h e
m i s s i o n . O t h e r
p a p e r s t h a t
g a v e m e
p e r m i s s i o n
t o g e t a t a x r e b a t e o n t h e v e h i c l e
u p o n
i m p o r t a t i o n w e r e
c o r r e c t l y
i n t h e n a m e o f
t h e m i s s i o n .
S o
n o w t h e
p a p e r s
a r e
o f f t o t h e
R e s e r v e
B a n k a g a i n ,
a n d
I
p r o b a b l y h a v e a n o t h e r
t w o
w e e k s
w a i t
o n
m y
h a n d s .
I
d o n ' t w a n t
t o
b o r e
y o u w i t h d e t a i l s , b u t t h o u g h t y o u n e e d e d t o k n o w t h e p r o c e s s o n e h a s t o g o t h r o u g h
i n these third
w o r l d
countries
to
get simple p a p e r
w o r k
done. I n
A m e r i c a
this whole
p r o c e s s I h a v e d e s c r i b e d c o u l d p r o b a b l y b e t a k e n c a r e o f
i n
o n e
d a y .
M y
s p e c i a l , d e e p g r a t i t u d e i s
e x t e n d e d t o
a l l
o f y o u w h o h a v e
c o n t r i b u t e d t o
t h e
1 5 , 8 5 0
A m e r i c a n
d o l l a r s
to p u r c h a s e
t h e t r u c k , a n d t h e 9 , 0 0 0
A m e r i c a n
d o l l a r s ( 2 0 , 0 0 0
Z i m b a b w e a n )
f o r t h e i m p o r t t a x e s o f 4 5 p e r c e n t , w h i c h I w i l l h a v e t o p a y h e r e
i n
Z i m b a b w e
w h e n
I
c r o s s
t h e
b o r d e r
b e t w e e n S o u t h A f r i c a
a r t d
Z i m b a b w e w i t h
t h e
v e h i c l e .
I
do h a v e a
r e b a t e
c o m i n g t o m e a s i t w i l l b e
a
m i s s i o n
v e h i c l e , o t h e r w i s e ,
t h e
t a x e s
w o u l d b e
6 5
p e r c e n t o f t h e
t o t a l c o s t
o f t h e v e h i c l e ,
w h i c h i n
Z i m b a b w e f i g u re s i s 3 9 , 0 0 0 . M y
h e a r t f e l t g r a t i t u d e t o t h e F i r s t C h r i s t i a n C h u r c h i n
N a p a ,
w h o r a i s e d w e l l o v e r 8 , 0 0 0 i n
t h e i r C h r i s t m a s o f f e r i n g
t o
h e l p p a y
f o r
t h e
v e h i c l e .
G o d h a s i n d e e d b l e s s e d
m e
w i t h
l o v i n g , f a i t h f u l ,
a n d
g e n e r o u s s u p p o r t e r s .
A l l
o f t h e c h u r c h e s i n N o r t h C a r o l i n a ,
I n d i a n a , a n d
C a l i f o r n i a a l s o m a d e v e r y g e n e r o u s c o n t r i b u t i o n s .
M y
h e a r t
i s
f u l l a n d
j o y f u l a t s u c h
l o v e
d e m o n s t r a t e d t o m e .
O n c e
a g a i n , t h a n k
y o u v e r y m u c h . J u s t
k e e p p r a y i n g
t h a t t h e w h e e l s o f r e d
t a p e
w i l l m o v e
f a s t e r ,
a n d
t h e p a p e r s w i l l b e g r a n t e d s o o n . A l s o b e p r a y i n g
f o r m e
a s I
r e o r g a n i z e m y
w o r k s c h e d u l e a n d w o m e n ' s
g r o u p s
t h a t w e m i g h t d o t h e
b e s t p o s s i b l e
j o b f o r t h e U o r d i n
t h i s p l a c e . S p e c i a l p r a y e r r e q u e s t : T h e K w a c h e n e r a
f a m i l y
n e e d y o u r p r a y e r s f o r
p r o b l e m s
t h e y a r e
e x p e r i e n c i n g a t t h e
m o m e n t . P r a y
f o r r a i n i n t h e s o u t h e r n a r e a s
w h e r e
d r o u g h t
s t i l l c o n t i n u e s f o r t h e e i g h t h y e a r .
O u r
a r e a i s
g e t t i n g
r a i n . I a l s o
p r a y
f o r y o u a n d
e s p e c i a l l y t h o s e o f y o u w h o h a v e l o v e d o n e s i n v o l v e d i n t h e g u l f c r i s i s .
Yours in C h r i s t
Ju d y
P i c k e t t
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ZJJVI WE
FORWARDING AGENTS:
Mrs,
Evelyn H i l l
&
Mr./Mrs. Sam M i t c h e l l
P. 0. Box
2746,
Napa, CA 94558
T
Therefore
go
and
make S
d i s c i p l e s o f
^
a l l
nations..
PICKETT
Matt. 28:19
,'
LINÊ
Judith
L.
Pickett,
Secretary to Ce ntral
Africa Mission
P. 0. Box 392, Chinhoyi,
Zimabwe,
Africa
April 1991 Newsletter
ANNOUNCING
THE
NEW ARRIVAL
NAME:
COLOR:
DATE:
PROUD OWNER:
IDENTIFICATION:
CHASSIS NUMBER:
ENGINE
NUMBER:
Isuzu Diesel Pick-Up Truck
Ivory
A rri v ed i n Zimbabwe on Februar y 2 6 , 1991
Judith
L, Pickett
KB250D
Long-Wheel
B a s e
5520104
472283
T R U C K S E T T L I N G D O W N N I C E L Y I N N E W H O M E . O W N E R
E X H A U S T E D
F R O M M O N T H S O F
W A I T I N G
A N D L O N G
T R I P
T O
G E T
T H E
T R U C K B U T V E R Y H A P P Y . T R U C K R E C E I V E D W I T H J U B I L A T I O N B Y A L L I N F A M I L Y .
I m p o r t a n t p a p e r s
w e r e
g r a n t e d
o n F e b r u a r y
1 5 , a n d K i n a a n d I
w e r e a b l e
t o g e t a n d e d o w n
t o S o u t h
A f r i c a w i t h
M r . a n d
M r s .
D e L a u g h t e r ,
m i s s i o n a r i e s
i n K a r o i .
O n
t h e 1 8 t h w e
m a d e
a
t w o - d a y t r i p a n d s p e n t t h e n i g h t i n
B u l a w a y o
w i t h
t h e
I v a n M a r t i n
f a m i l y .
W e a r r i v e d i n
L o u i s T r i c h a r d t o n M o n d a y e v e n i n g a n d w e r e
l e f t a t t h e m o t e l .
O n
T u e s d a y the
c a r
d e a l e r
p i c k e d
m e u p
a n d
t o o k m e
t o t h e
g a r a g e w h er e
m o s t o f t h e
m o r n i n g
w a s
s p e n t s i g n i n g
p a p e r s ,
g e t t i n g i n s t r u c t io n s o n
t h e t r u c k ,
a n d
v a r i o u s
o t h e r t h i n g s .
I n
t h e a f t e r n o o n K i n a
a n d I
s h o p p e d
a n d
t h e n r e s t e d . O n W e d n e s d a y
w e
s t a r t e d o n o u r w a y
t o R a n d b u r g ,
a
s u b u r b
o f
J o h a n n e s b u r g , w h e r e
w e
s p e n t f o u r d a y s
v i s i t i n g
f r i e n d s .
O n
M o n d a y m o r n i n g w e
w e r e
a g a i n
i n
L o u i s
T r i c ha r d t . T h e c a n o p y
o f t h e t r u c k d i d n o t
m e e t
s p e c i f i c a t i o n s , s o t h e d a y w a s s p e n t g e t t i n g s o m e
w o r k
d o n e o n i t .
T u e s d a y m o r n i n g
a t
8
a . m . f o u n d
u s
a t t h e b o r d e r p o s t
o n
t h e S o u t h A f r i c a n s i d e . W e
c l e a r e d S o u t h A f r i c a i n 15 m i n u t e s . G o i n g o n
t o
the Z i m b a b w e
s i d e , w e
g a v e
o u r p a p e r s
f o r
t h e t r u c k
t o
a
c l e a r i n g a g e n t
w h o p r o c e e d e d
t o
p r o c e s s t h e m . K i n a a n d c l ea r e d o u r
p e r s o n a l
p u r c h a s e s
i n t e n m i n u t e s ,
b u t t h e n
h a d t o
w a i t
u n t i l 1 : 1 5
p . m .
b e f o r e
t h e t r u c k
w a s c l e a r e d . F i n a l l y a f t e r w a i t i n g o v e r f i v e h o u r s i n
t e m p e r a t u r e s
o f o v e r 1 0 0 d e g r e e s
i n
t h e
s h a d e , w e
w e r e
o n t h e Z i m b a b w e s i d e . B e c a u s e i t h a d b e e n
a n
e x h a u s t i v e
d a y ,
w e d r o v e
o n l y f o u r h o u r s t o M a s v i n g o , w h e r e w e s p e n t t h e n i g h t a t M r s . F r a n c e s J o h n s o n s
M i s s i o n a r y .
T h a n k
G o d f o r
f e l lo w m i s s i o n a r i e s , w h o
a l w a y s
h a v e
a n o p e n d o o r a n d a n e x t r a
b e d .
W e l e f t M a s v i n g o a t 6 : 0 0 a . m . t h e n e x t d a y
a n d a r r i v e d h o m e a t
1 2 n o o n
e x h a u s t e d b u t
very happy to have wheels again.
h a v e
n o t
y e t b e g u n
t h e w o m e n s w o r k , e x c e p t f o r
a
v i s i t
t o t h e
C h i n h o y i
g r o u p .
B e f o r e
g e t t i n g b a c k
i n t o
t h e
l i t e r a c y
w o r k , p l a n t o v i s i t a s m a n y o f
t h e
b u s h
c h u r c h e s
a s
p o s s i b l e t o
g e t
a n
i d e a
o f
w h e r e
a n d w h a t
i s n e e d e d
m o s t .
T h e M i n i s t r y
o f E d u c a t i o n ,
w h o
i s i n c h a r g e o f a d u l t
l i t e r a c y ,
a r e m a k i n g
d e m a n d s t h a t g o
a g a i n s t o u r
w i s h e s
t o w o r k i n
o u r churches,
so
I am
p u l l i n g b a c k a b i t
from the lite racy work
u n t i l I g e t
a b e t t e r
p e r s p e c t i v e
o f i t , H o w e v e r , w e w i l l s t i l l c o n t i n u e t o
c a r r y
o n
w i t h B i b l e S t u d y
a n d
s e w i n g / o r c o o k i n g
p r o j e c t s
i n e a c h g r o u p u n t i l
w e
c a n
a g a i n
s t a r t n e w l i t e r a c y g r o u p s .
O u r rainy s e a s o n i s d r a w i n g to a close. We h a v e h a d a f a i r a m o u n t of r a i n i n this a r e a ;
b u t
as
I
traveled
South, the
lands
and
crops
a n d animals
are desperate for rain.
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V
W e
r e j o i c e a t
t h e
e n d
o f t h e G u l f
W a r
a n d
t h e l o w n u m b e r
o f
c a s u a l t i e s o n t h e A l l i e d ^ ^ i d e .
h o p e a n d p r a y t h a t m a n y f a m i l i e s a r e n o w r e u n i t e d w i t h t h e i r l o v e d o n e s w h o f o u g h t i n
the
war.
M y h e a r t i s f u l l o f a p p r e c i a t i o n
f o r t h o s e
w h o h a v e
s o g e n e r o u s l y
s u p p o r t e d m e f i n a n c i a l l y
a n d p r a y e r f u l l y s i n c e m y f u r l o u g h i n
1 9 9 0 . M y
t h a n k s
t o
E v e l y n H i l l , w h o s o f a i t h f u l l y
a n d u n d e r s t a n d i n g l y d o e s m y s t a t e s i d e b o o k k e e p i n g . ( I t i s n t
a n
e a s y
j o b ) .
M y t h a n k s
t o
S a m a n d H e l e n
M i t c h e l l , w h o
h a v e t a k e n o n
t h e
j o b o f p u b l i c i t y
a g e n t s .
T h e y h a v e
e n c o u r a g e d
m a n y
o f
y o u
t o
w r i t e m e
a n d
t h a t i s a
g r e a t
j o y
a n d b l e s s i n g t o
m e .
G o d h a s
i n d e e d o p e n e d t h e w i n d o w s o f h e a v e n a n d p o u r e d o u t h i s b l e s s i n g s .
In
Christ s Love,
Judy
.•V.
-: y
f
..
rr.
•
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Therefore go
and make
s
d i s c i p l e s o f
^
all
nations..
Natt. 28:19
forwarding AfiFMTS;
M r s . E v e l y n
H i l l &
M r . / M r s . S a m M i t c h e l l
P. 0. B o x
2 7 4 6 ,
N a p a , C A
9 4 5 5 8
T
PICKETT
Judith L. P ickett, Secretary
to
Central Africa Mission
P .
0.
Box
392,
Chinhoyi, Zimabwe, Africa
UN
June
1991
Newsletter
Greetings from Zimbabwe:
I t i s a lovely
sunny
day at the b e g i n n i n g of w i n t e r h e r e in Zimbabwe. I t i s the f l o w e r
s e a s o n a s I l i k e
to
c a l l
it.
A s I s i t
h e r e
a t my
d e c k
w r i t i n g , I c a n l o o k
out
a n d s e e
s e v e r a l s h a d e s o f B o u g a i n v i l l e a , h u g e p o i n s e t t i a
b u s h e s i n
w h i t e , p i n k , a n d r e d , a n d j u s t
o u t s i d e
m y w i n d o w
i s
a
g o r g e o u s f l a m i n g
s p h e r e ( d o u b l e
r e d
p o i n s e t t i a ) .
L u k e 1 2 : 2 7 s a y s i t
s o b e a u t i f u l l y . . . C o n s i d e r h o w
t h e
l i l i e s g r o w . T h e y d o n o t l a b o u r o r s p i n . Y e t t e l l y o u ,
not even Solomon in all his
splendor was dressed
like one
of
these. NIV
S i n c e m y l a s t l e t t e r
I
h a v e d o n e l o t s of t r a v e l i n g
i n
my
l o v e l y t r u c k . F i r s t
of
a l l
a s
m e n t i o n e d i n my last n e w s l e t t e r , the canopy
o n
the b a c k
of
the truck was not what I o r d e r e d
w h e n f i r s t p i c k e d
t h e
t r u c k u p i n S o u t h A f r i c a . A f t e r h a v i n g t a l k e d t o t h e d e a l e r , h e
a g r e e d to change it when
I
took the truck to him for the 5,000 kilometer service. Because
I
h a d a
Christian
Women's Church Conference to
go
to at Mashoko Mission in the low v e l d a n d
just
a few h o u r s
from the
b o r d e r , I p l a n n e d
to take the
truck o n d o w n
south for the
s e r v i c e
and canopy change.
On
April 11, I
loaded
the truck up
with
s - i x women and their luggage and headed
for Mashoko
Mission
for the
conference.
W e spent
four
days with
the women
in
classes,
singing,
and attending work
shops. On
Sunday the
women with me
headed
for
home
on
the bus, and I headed
on
to South
Africa. I went
via
Chiredzi
and
the
home of my
dear
friend Marilyn
Richards. There
the
canopy was
removed
as it
had been
sold there. Monday
morning found me on my way for the
three-hour
drive to the border. Another
hour from the
border
in the town of
Louis Trichard,
the truck was serviced.
O n Tuesday, I
drove two
hours further into
South Africa
to
Roquietereus
and the
factory
where
the lovely
new
canopy was
fitted. Wednesday
found
me back on the
road
again
to Zimbabwe.
I came v ia
Chiredzi to pick-up some things
I h a d
to
leave
there,
and
I spent the
night.
I
was
on the
road
again at
6:30 a.m.
for the
6
1/2
hours
drive
to Chinhoyi with
rest
stops in Masvingo and
Harare. The truck
is
now
very
beautiful, as you can
see by
the
picture.
But
more importantly, I can
see
clearly
behind
me at all times, which was
not
so
with the first canopy. The truck is
a
financial blessing because
it
takes very
little diesel fuel to run it in
comparison
to
petrol,
(now over
$5 American
money
per
gallon).
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O n A p r i l 3 0 , t w o o f
o u r C e n t r a l A f r i c a n M i s s i o n D i r e c t o r s , D r . M a r s h a l l H a y d e n a n d
D r .
M a r k J o h n s o n a r r i v e d
f r o m t h e S t a t e s
f o r
a
t o u r
of a l l t h e Z i m b a b w e
M i s s i o n S t a t i o n s
T h e y c a m e t o u s t h e d a y
o f
t h e i r a r r i v a l , a n d h a d t h e p r i v i l e g e
o f
f e e d i n g t h e m t h e i r f i r s t
m e a l i n Z i m b a b w e
t h i s
t r i p .
D r . J o h n s o n g r e w u p
i n Z i m b a b w e ,
t h e
s o n
o f t h e l a t e M r . D o u g
J o h n s o n , a n d
D r .
H a y d e n h a s
b e e n
h e r e
o n c e
b e f o r e . O n W e d n e s d a y , B r o t h e r
D a l e
M a r s h a l l a s k e d
m e t o t a k e t h e m e n t o
C h i d a m o y o
M i s s i o n ,
w h e r e
t h e y
w o u l d
m e e t
w i t h m i s s i o n a r i e s
t h e r e .
I
s p e n t
t h e n i g h t
a n d
t h e n
c a n h o m e a l o n e o n
T h u r s d a y .
T h e m e n r e t u r n e d t o u s o n S a t u r d a y
e v e n i n g
a f t e r s p e n d i n g t i m e
i n
C h i d a m o y o
a n d
K a r o i . S u n d a y m o r n i n g , D r . H a y d e n s p o k e a t t h e
E n g l i s h
c o n g r e g a t i o n m e e t i n g
a t
H i l l s i d e C h a p e l .
D r .
J o h n s o n
a n d
I
w e n t to t h e
S h o n a
s p e a k i n g c o n g r e g a t i o n w h e r e h e p r e a c h e d . A f t e r t h e i r l u n c h
a t t h e
M a r s h a l l s , a g a i n p i c k e d
t h e m
u p
a n d
t o o k
t h e m t o H a r a r e
w h e r e
t h e y
b o a r d e d t h e p l a n e
f o r B u l a w a g o a n d a
v i s i t
w i t h
t h e m i s s i o n s t a t i o n s
i n
t h e s o u t h e r n h a l f o f t h e c o u n t r y . T h e y
w i l l
t e r m i n a t e t h e i r
v i s i t
i n
H a r a r e where we w i l l
h a v e a
c o m p l e t e m i s s i o n a r y m e e t i n g
b e f o r e t h e i r
d e p a r t u r e to th e
States
on Thursday th e 16th.
M y
l a r g e
w o m e n s c l u b - a t t h e
S h o n a s p e a k i n g
c o n g r e g a t i o n h e r e
i n - C h i n h o y i a r e n o w making—
s k i r t s a l l b y h a n d .
I h a v e
c l o s e
t o 1 0 0
l a d i e s t o
i n s t r u c t i n t a k i n g
t h e i r m e a s u r e m e n t s ,
c u t t i n g n e w s p a p e r
p a t t e r n s f o r
t h e m s e l v e s ,
p l a c i n g p a t t e r n s
o n t h e m a t e r i a l , c u t t i n g
t h e
p a t t e r n p i e c e s
o u t ,
a n d t h e n h e l p i n g
t h e m
w i t h
t h e s e w i n g . T h e y
a r e d o i n g
a
s u p e r
j o b
a n d
t r y i n g v e r y h a r d
to s e w
a s t r a i g h t
s e a m . S o m e d o
b e a u t i f u l w o r k m a k i n g
t i n y
s t i t c h e s t h a t
c a n
h a r d l y
b e t o l d f r o m a m a c h i n e s t i t c h , a n d o t h e r s s e e m t o t h i n k t h a t a s e a m g o e s t h e s a m e
d i r e c t i o n a s a s n a k e . . . v e r y
c r o o k e d . H o w e v e r ,
a f t e r
m a k e
t h e m
t a k e
i t
o u t a t i m e
o r
t w o .
they
g e t b e t t e r . They a r e very p r o u d of the
f i n i s h e d
p r o j e c t . I n the
short
time I h a v e b e e n
back
working with
t he m I
have learned
to love
each
one.
M r .
M a r s h a l l
i s l e a v i n g
I n
J u l y
f o r h i s
f u r l o u g h ,
a n d I w i l l
o n c e
a g a i n b e d o i n g s o m e
b o o k k e e p i n g a n d g e n e r a l
work
w i t h the A f r i c a n
E v a n g e l i s t
i n
h i s absence
a s h e h a s
n o
r e p l a c e m e n t c o m i n g . O n t h e
1 5 t h ,
w i l l a l s o b e s t a r t i n g b a c k w i t h m y H a r m o n y
H a l l g r o u p
o f
women with
Bible
Study and a sewing project.
D o i n g
s o m u c h s e w i n g ,
I
a m i n n e e d of s t r a i g h t p i n s a n d n e e d l e s . M a n y
of
y o u h a v e b e e n
s e n d i n g m e n e e d l e s
i n
y o u r
l e t t e r s ,
I a p p r e c i a t e
t h a t s o m u c h .
M a n y
of my
w o m e n
h a v e b a d
e y e s i g h t a n d n e e d large e y e d
n e e d l e s . The tiny
e y e d
n e e d l e s
are
too
s m a l l for
t h e m to
s e e
t o t h r e a d . A s y o u c a n i m a g i n e p i n n i n g p a t t e r n s f o r o v e r
1 0 0
w o m e n
a t a
t i m e ,
t h e
p i n s g o
q u i c k l y . E v e n t h o u g h t h e y r e t u r n t h e m w h e n
t h e y
t a k e t h e m
o u t ,
s o m e
a l w a y s g e t
l o s t . a l s o
do
s o m e
h a n d c r a f t a n d
w o u l d
a p p r e c i a t e the
short
b o u t i q u e type
p i n s
that c a n b e f o u n d
i n
craft stores
or
craft sections of some
stores.
T h a n k s t o
a l l
t h o s e w h o s e n t b i r t h d a y c a r d s a n d g a v e m o n e y t o m y f o r w a r d i n g a g e n t f o r m y
b i r t h d a y
I n
A p r i l . P l e a s e d o n o t s e n d c h e c k s d i r e c t l y
t o
m e , b u t s e n d t h e m t h r o u g h
Mrs E v e l y n Hill P.
0. B o x
2746
N a p a ,
C A 94558. I can deposit
the
checks
h e r e
b u t h a v e to
go through a
lot
of paper work and get charged
2 0
percent conmission on each ch eck I receive.
B l e s s y o u
a l l f o r
y o u r c o n t i n u e d s u p p o r t
o f
m e i n s o m a n y w a y s , e s p e c i a l l y y o u r p r a y e r
support.
Yours
in His
Service
Judy Pickett
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FORWARDINfS AGENTS:
M r s E v e l y n Hin &
M r . / M r s . S a m
M i t c h e l l
P. 0. B o x
2 7 4 5 ,
N a p a , C A
9 4 5 5 8
TH
Therefore
go
and
make
disciples
of
all nations..
PI K TT
Judith L. Pickett,
Secretary
to
Central Africa
Nission
P .
0. Box 392,
Chinhoyi, Zimabwe,
Africa
LIN
August 1991 Newsletter
Dear Christian Friends:
A s w e w o u l d s a y i n S h o n a M a t s a m b a n d a n o n o k a k u n y o r a
k u n e r a i
( I
a m
l a t e i n w r i t i n g a l e t t e r
t o
y o u ) .
J u l y
h a s
b e e n a v e r y b u s y m o n t h a n d f u l l o f e x t r a s . T h e
l a t t e r
p a r t o f J u n e , I w a s
a
s p e a k e r
f o r o u r a r e a c h u r c h
w o m e n ' s m e e t i n g
h e l d
a t
t h e B a n k e t
C h u r c h
a b o u t 20
k i l o m e t e r s
f r o m C h i n h o y i . I a l s o a s s i s t e d
t h e e v a n g e l i s t
i n c h a r g e b y h a u l i n g
c o o k i n g
p o t s , f i r e w o o d
w o m e n ,
e t c . t o t h e l o c a t i o n o f
t h e m e e t i n g .
T h e m e e t i n g b e g a n
o n W e d n e s d a y n i g h t
a n d
e n d e d
o n T h u r s d a y a f t e r n o o n . T h u r s d a y
m o r n i n g
w e b r o k e
u p i n t o
g r o u p s a n d
w a l k e d
f o r t w o
h o u r s
t h r o u g h t h e l a r g e
l o c a t i o n
( a f r i c a n s e c t i o n o f t o w n ) p r e a c h i n g t o a n y o n e w h o
w o u l d
l i s t e n .
I
w a s a s k e d
t o
s p e a k t h r e e t i m e s . A t t h e
e n d
o f
t h e m e e t i n g ,
I
m a d e t h r e e t r i p s t a k i n g t h e
women home and
was
exhausted
but
blessed when
I
arrived
home.
T h e
M a r s h a l l ' s
p l a n n e d t o
l e a v e
o n
J u l y
1 3 , s o I
m a d e
s e v e r a l v i s i t s t o t h e i r
h o m e
g e t t i n g
i n s t r u c t i o n s
o f my
r e s p o n s i b i l i t i e s w h i l e
t h e y a r e a w a y . F i n a l l y
t h e
d a y
a r r i v e d f o r t h e i r
d e p a r t u r e , a n d
I m o v e d
i n t o
t h e i r
l o v e l y
h o m e .
T h e
h o u s e
i s q u i t e
l a r g e ,
a n d I f e l t a b i t
l o n e s o m e
b y m y s e l r . H o w e v e r , t h i s d i d n o t l a s t
v e r y
l o n g , a s t h e r e i s a l w a y s s o m e o n e p o p p i n g
i n or
calling
or
spending
the
night.
O n T h u r s d a y
a f t e r
t h e y l e f t , I
m a d e a r r a n g e m e n t s
t o v i s i t o n e o f
o u r
f a r t h e s t c h u r c h e s ,
s o
I c o u l d
m e e t w i t h
t h e w o m e n a n d e n c o u r a g e t h e m , a s t h e y h a v e h a d s e v e r a l d i s a p p o i n t m e n t s
l a t e l y .
T h e e v a n g e l i s t w h o
w o r k s
i n t h a t a r e a
a l s o
m a d e
a r r a n g e m e n t s
f o r
m e
t o
v i s i t
t h e
c h u r c h i n
C h e g u t u
o n t h e s a m e d a y . H a l
C u s t u d i o
a n d I s t a r t e d o u t a t 8 a . m . d r i v i n g
t o
C h e g u t u
to
v i s i t t h e c o t t o n m i l l s , s o w e
c o u l d
g e t m a t e r i a l s f o r o u r s e w i n g g r o u p s .
W e
t h e n
met the
evangelist
a n d traveled an hours drive to the Zowa
Church,
where we met with the
women an d
ate rice a n d chicken. We went
back
again to Chegutu to meet with
the women
there
a n d then home to Chinhoyi making
a
total trip of 329 kilometers
in
one day. Praise the L o r d
f o r my f a i t h f u l truck w h i c h t r a v e l e d safely o v e r very, very, r o u g h
g r a v e l
roads
the
w h o l e
day.
At t h e
p r e s e n t
t i m e I a m n o t
s t a r t i n g
a n y n e w g r o u p s ,
b u t
j u s t
t r y i n g
to
v i s i t a s
m a n y
of
o u r
70
p l u s c h u r c h e s
a s o f t e n a s p o s s i b l e
t o e n c o u r a g e ,
t e a c h ,
a n d f e l l o w s h i p .
I
a m u s i n g
K n o f f e l Staton's book on The Second
Coming,
a n d the women are
extremely
interested in
these
l e s s o n s . O u r
C h i n h o y i S e w i n g G r o u p h a v e f i n i s h e d
t h e i r
l o v e l y
s k i r t s a n d a r e
n o w s t a r t i n g
on
shirts
for their husbands or blouses for themselves for those who don't have husbands.
Our H a r m o n y j i a l l Group are also doing a sewing project, and they too are makin g skirts* This
little
group
is
located
about 15 miles
from
Chinhoyi on
a
chicken
farm.
Most
of the
ladies
i n
t h i s g r o u p a r e very i l l i t e r a t e . H a l a n d I h a v e taught them h o w to
r e a d
a n d write a b i t ,
b u t at the
moment
we are just teaching Bible lessons
and sewing.
Their houses are
located
on the
side of a
mountain. The s o i l
around
their
homes
is
a
very
thick
grey
dust,
w h i c h i s
impossible to keep
out of
their homes and difficult
for
them to keep their children clean as
w e l l .
I h a v e b e e n t e a c h i n g t h e m l e s s o n s o n h e a l t h a n d
h a p p i n e s s
f r o m a
b o o k e s p e c i a l l y
written for the African culture and Bible based.
Last Sunday
M a i
a n d
I
again found ourselves on the road to visit the Church at Chivere, where
we
h a d developed a
large
women's
group
before I left to go to
the
states
on
my furlough.
A g a i n
w e
were
g o n e a l l day,
a n d we a r r i v e d
h o m e
about 4:30
p . m .
Shortly
a f t e r
a r r i v i n g h o m e
that afternoon,
I
received a call from the Chinhoyi Hospital informing me that one of
our
evangelist was admitted after having
been
struck down on his motorcycle
by
a
hit
and
ru n
driver. I immediately went to the hospital and then
out
to the home of the evangelist to get
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and make S
disciples of ^
a l l nations..
Matt.
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PI K TT
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Judith
L.
Pickett, Secretary to
Central
Africa Mission
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Box 392,
Chinhoyi,
Zimabwe, Africa
O c t o b e r / N o v e f f l b e r 1991 Newsletter
D e a r C h r i s t i a n
Friends
a nd Fa m i l y :
It i s c er tainly no
illusion
t h a t t i m e f l i es , a s
1
find
i t t o be a real
fact. It
has been
t wo
months
s i n c e I
have
written a
newslet t er, and
I
wonder where t h e t i m e
has
gone. My
days are
completely fille d. When
I reach the
end
of the day, I
still think
of a l l the
things
I
s h o u l d
have
done.
July,
August, a n d September were filled with lots of t r a v e l and meetings. Our evangelist,
Michael
Nyandoro,
remained
i n t h e
hospital until
September 22,
w h i c h
meant at leas t one tr ip
to the
h o s p i t a l in
Harare each we ek.
Each
Thursday,
I
try to
visi t our outlyi ng churches
a n d
t h e ir
women s
groups.
O f course, every group
feels t h a t I should
only come to t h em. For t h e
present, I am
just
visiting and encouraging
t he
groups.
When
Mr. M a r s h a l l returns next year,
I will
start
more groups on
a
permanent basis.
Each year
in
September
our
African evangelists hold
a
Leadership
Training
Seminar for local
leaders of
our Shona-speaking church es.
Men
from all over
Mashonaland
W es t Province come t o
Chinhoyi for
five days
of workshops, preaching,
teachi ng, singing,
and of
course,
eating.
Again
I
found myself traveling about with Brother
Sibanda,
our evangelist here
in
Chinhoyi,
doing
the shopping for th e
men s
meeting. Fortunately, I was only the t a x i a n d errand
runner
this
t ime,
as t he women of
t h e
church
did
a l l
the cooking.
Thirty-five
men
registered from
outlying areas
and s e v e r a l from
the l o c a l church
attended
as
well.
They consumed 200 kgs.
of Mealie M e a l
(Sadza) , 150 kgs.
of beef, 30 whole
chickens,
43 heads of
cabbage,
30 bundles
of
rape
(spinach
1 i k ^
vegetable),
40
kgs. of tomatoes,
1
pocket (bushel) of onions, a n d 19
pockets of
o r a n g e - ,
. 5 c mds of sugar, a n d
10
pounds of tea leaves, as w e l l as, the little
extras
needed t o m a i « t i i v
food
eatable. Often w hen
I
would be
delivering
a load
of
supplies
or firewood, t h e men
wou
d
be
ins ide
t h e
c h u r c h singing. W hat a h eavenly sound i t was, as
the
African
people have
a
b e a u t i f u l
sense
of harmony.
Even without
an
instrument,
they
sing
like
a
heavenly
choir. Mr.
Sibanda reported
t h a t t h e
seminar
itself went well, and t he men
went home encouraged t o
do
the work of the Lord in their l o c a l villages a n d churches.
As
I
ment ioned, Michael Nyandoro, was discharged from
t h e
hospital on September
22.
and
I
went i n to pick him up. He is s t i l l walking on crutche s,
but
we
praise
t he
Lord for h i s good
recovery. He i s now at
home and
so very
happy
to
b e
there.
H e i s such
a dedicated
man.
When I
picked
him up at the hospital, the nurses,
or erlies, and
p tieuts a l l u p
an
down
th e
halls
of
t h e
h o s p i t r i l
c a m e _ t _ o _ g j y e
him their
good
wishes.
H e
had uscd
his t ime
well in
the
h o s p i t a l b y m a k i n g
f r i e n d s a n d w i t n e s s i n. ,
t o
t h e m o f h i s L o r d .
P l e a s e c o n t i n u e
t o
r c m e i v e r
M i c h a e l a n d h i s f a m i l y i n y o u r p r a y e r s .
J u s t t h i s w e e k, w e held another conference for the w o c i e i ^
of
t h e surrounding
Shona-speaking
r h u i c h e s . It was
h e l d i n
t h e c h u r c h a t
Alaska Mine
a b o u t
20
k i lome t ers
from
C h i n h o y i ,
I
spent
most
of
Wednesday playing t a x i
t o some
of
> . h s - . r o u p s ,
who
vcre
not on
a direct b u s
rout e
t o t h e c h u r c h .
Yest erday, wh i c h was
T h u r s d a y ,
s ^ i o k e
t o
a growp
of
over 150
w om en on
the topic of the
Holy
Spirit or more diiec -ly the
Holy
. S p i r i t s names and characteristics.
I am
t h e o n e w h o r e c e i v e s t h e m os t bl essi ng , as I
s o e n i o y
t h e fellowsh ip
of t h e s e
w o ^ i e n .
They now consider me one of them.
Many
are still
a m a z e f f
t hat I will sit down on t h e ground
with them
and
eat
their
type of food, which i s
Sadza (a
stiff corn meal porridge)
and Nyama
(meat) a n d Muriwo
(vegetables),
like
one rf
them.
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As
I mentioned
in my
previous newsletter now
that
Linda
Marshall
is
gone,
I have
b e e n playing
the piano on Wednesday and S u n day nights alternating with other pianists. Occasionally, I
have b e e n called u p o n to play for church
services
on Sunday morning. Not b e i n g a n
accomplished pianist, I become petrified when asked
to
play on Su nday morning before the
whole congregation. However,
the
Lord
gives
me
strength
to do it.
An
opportunity arose
for
me
to take
piano lessons
from
an excellent teacher
here in
Chinhoyi,
so I
squeeze
in an hour
for
lesso ns each
w ee k an d t r y t o squeeze
an
hour ofjJractice
each
d a y a l s o .
I
sometimes
feel
I just don't have the time, but it is something I
enjoy. It
gives
me
a s m a l l respite from
t h e e v e r y d a y r o u t i n e .
In M r . Marshal l 's
absence,
i t was
necessary
for
me
to handle another
u npleasant
d u ty . T he
first responsibil ity was handling
the
affairs
of
Michael's accident, and
the
second
was
having
to
put
the Marshal l 's large
Great
Dane dog t o
sleep.
She was close t o
ten-years ol d
and had
developed a
disease in her hind
quarters,
which was
cripplin g
her.
She
had
a
bad
heart
as wel l
an d
t h e n
s tar te d b l eed i n g f rom
s k i n
c a n c e r s .
I t
w as a t a s k
t h a t I
dreaded
t e j r L b l y , ,
but
it had t o
be done.
She was
a good, night-time watchdog, and
I
miss hearing
her
b a r k
d u r i n g t h e n i g h t
t e l l i n g m e
s h e w a s o n d u t y . T h e y
h a d
t h e i r
D o b e r m a n
p u t t o
s l e e p
b e f o r e
they
left, so
I
am just left with the
little
fox terrier.
He protects me personally,
but
runs a l l
day and
sleeps
a l l night,
so I
don't f e e l
he is guarding
too w e l l
at night.
M y
girls
are doing
fine. Irene
is without
a job
again.
The
shop where
she worked sold at
the
end of
September, s o
Irene is in l imbo again .
She
wan ts
to take a bit
of
leave
before
looking for another position. Kina is busy with
h e r
job
a n d
doing
hairdressing, catering,
and
decorating
cakes
in her
spare
time.
All
three
of
us
are
going
t o
South Africa
for
a
week. I need to take my truck down there for
its
20,000 kilometer services, so we
are
u s i n g
the opportunit y
to have
a little vacation. Kina went
with me
when
I brought the
truck back;
however, Irene has never been dow n there. We are looking forward
to
being together.
M a n y o f you
ha v e as ke d
a bout my health an d
expresse d
your concern t h a t I am doing t oo much.
A s far
as my
back
i s c o n c e r n e d , I feel i t i s in the
bes t
conditio n t h a t i t
has
been
for
s e v e r a l
years.
Oh,
I occasionally overdue
a n d have a few twinges, but
otherwise I
am
strong.
I have had a few sniffles, but
overall
have been amazed t ha t God seems
to
give
me an
extra
measure
of
strength
to
get
everything
done that is on my schedule.
I
am on
the
borderline
of
being
diabetic,
but
so far have
been
able to control it by diet. The Lord
is
my strength
a n d my r e d e e m e r . . . .
Tha nk yo u
all
for
your
consta nt remembrance
of
me
in your prayers an d
for
all
the lo vely
letters I r e c e i v e . M y o n l y sorro w is t h a t l fai l t o
an s w er
all of t h em . C o n t i n u e t o
remember the work
of
the Lord in this
country
i n your prayers.
I n H i s
S e r v i c e ,
Judy
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