Pickett Judith 1970 Rhodesia

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THE

PI C K T

LINE

2659'First Street

Napa,

Calif. 9455S

Fission Services

Box 36B

Joliet,

111.

60434

Non-Profit Organization

U.S. Postage

D

Napa, Cali ornia

Permit No.28

Dear Friends in

Christ:

Eebruary

1970

Greetings and

Happy

New

Year.

It

is now

the second month of

a

new year,

and

my

fourth month in Rhodesia,

How

time does move when

one

is busy and

content-ed. But

it has beerr

a

trem^dous

anct-eventfui-ijhree

monthrs.—

First of all, I ould like to

thank

each of

you

for

your

kind remembrances

to me at Christmas

time.

I

received many, many

Christmas greetings,

some

of them still arriving by

surface

mail which

were mailed in

December. But

they

are very deeply appreciated when they arrive.

There are

many

things I'would like to tell you,

but

space wouldn*t be suf

ficient to tell

you all, so I

will concentrate

on one

particular twenty-

four-hour period that

stands out in

my wealth of

experiences.

Let me begin by telling you

a

little bit about the Church

at

Chidamoyo.

The building itself is a very lovely brick with white columns surrounding

the

veranda. Inside

is

a spacious room filled with wooden benches which

hold up

to

400, but have

on

occasion

(Reggie

Thomas

Crusade)

held

700.

It

is a very simple building,

but serving

God's

purpose very well.

But

the

Church

is

the people, and they are a very hard-working group of frican

Christians who love

the

Lord dearly. Chidamoyo Church

of

Christ

is

the

mother church of some 24 outlying village churches

which

have been started

through

contact

of

the Church

at

Chidamoyo and the Hospital.

.It had

been decided that

on

the week-end

of January 31. a

church gathering

would

be held on

the

mission. Weeks in advance

plans

were

made

for the

ac

commodation

of

several hundred guests from throughout the area. Then on

Saturday,

the 31st, all was in order for

the beginning

of the meeting, Sat

urday

morning

was

an

exciting time

as all mission

vehicles

were pressed

into

service

collecting Christians from

villages

as far away as forty miles

from the mission. By two o'clock, the time for* the meeting

to

begin,, they

were-arriving in various

ways, on foot, bicycle, lorries

(or

truck), Pugeot

vans,

etc. The

mission

was

alive with the voices

of happy

people

raised: in

song.

By

three o'clock some

300

people

had

arrived,

and

by

seven o'clock

over

400

were present. The meeting began with a joyous song service

led

by

Mr. Bruce Ammerman. Special music

was

heard

from

some of*the African Chris

tians as well as some of the

missionaries.

Dr. Bill Nice, who just

arrived

in January,

delivered the afternoon

message. At the

conclusion

of the mes

sage,

seven stepped forward to

give

their lives to

Christ.

Two

of these

were adult

men,

and a glorious victory

this

was.

Following the

afternoon

session all gathered behind

the church building where

sadsa

and beef and

beans were being prepared

over open

fires.

The

meal was being prepared by

the African school girls from the mission school. While

the

people were

waiting for

their sadsa

to

be

served

they were constantly singing. One man

particularly

is a joy to watch. Even though I cannot

understand

him with

my

limited

Shona,

I

can feel the

love of

the Lord coming

forth from

his

presence.

He is

Mr. Benjamin,

and

he loves to sing about

his

Lord,

and no

matter

where he

is,

he is

singing p raises and

leading

others to do the same.

Following the meal,

the group was

divided into

women's sessions and

men's

sessions. Here different leaders

from the

different churches were encour

aged to speak and give testimonies for Christ. These meetings were also

times of fejoicing in song, and it was like living stereo with the

women

on

one

end

of the church building and the

men

on the

other. Following

the

dismissal of individual meeti ngs, all once

again entered

the church

to

view

Bioscope (slides) showed by

Mr.

David Campbell.

A

short

devotional

and more

singing accompanied this session, then all were dismissed for the night.

The

missionaries retired to

their

homes

for

a

night's

sleep,

but not

so

the

African Christians, They

had

come to

worship their

Lord and

they

just did

not

have

time*to

sleep.

Singing and praying

continued

well

into

the wee

morning hours, but at

5:30 A. M. all were bright and

cheerful

as

tea was

served in preparation for the morning's activities.


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Following

the tea

service a ^roup

of

the missionaries,

left

the mission ^r

surround

n

villages. This is one mi^

ran on'an

evangelistic journey. The

Manya, -fenya" - run,

run

- in their

gether. i f e

marched

out

of

the m i s s i o l c L

3/4

of

a mile; and then took off

t h r o i i

Chief Dandawa, the

head

chief of the e

turned

home from

a three-week

stay in

very concerned

for

his

life. But as

ered

in

a circle outside his hut and

Ammerman and I ere surprised

to

feel

us

as

he

came shuffling out

of

the doc

We

helped him to a sitting

position ip

listened

intently

to

what

was being

sa

as when the final

song

was

being

sung,

his very

weak

voice his praises

to

th^

three

more

villages and even halted in

hold a service

for

one lonely old

I m b i

field. Then we

continued

on

through

the sun

was

high

in the sky

and

very

happy

Christians

for

they

were t e l l i n j s ;

to the mission in

a

din of

noise

and

s

before

convening for the

Lord's

day se

two P. M.;

and

as the

group

climbed ab

portation, once

again the mission rang

ver

200 people, including several

of

punds in a procession

headed

for

the

sionary that can

say she

literally

leaders of the group

kept

saying,

pfforts to keep

such a

large group

to-

ground and up

the bush road some

gh

a

bush

path

toward

the

village

of

rea.

Chief

Dandawa

had

just been

re-

the

Hospital,

at

which

time we

were

this

group

of happy Christians-gath-

sang hymns and

began

to preach,

Mrs.

the presence

of

the old

chief

beside

r

of

his hut where

we

were standing.

the

shade of

the

hut

and

there he

id. I couldn't help but shed a tear

tired as he was, he began to sing in

Lord. The journey continued through

the

midst

of a maize com) ield to

ya (grandmother)

-who was

plowing

he r

two'mo

e

villages,

and

by this time

b l o t ,

but

this

did

not

dampen these

others about their Lord. Returning

ong,

all were

served

sadsa and beans

rvice. The

meeting was concluded

at

oard their various modes of trans-

with their songs.

This

was a

time

of

great fel lowship with the children

churches and their

mother church. It

was

a time

when

small-village

Christians

felt

the com

fort and strength

of other

Christiansl

are

many hundreds of Christians

in Afr

This missionary felt very

humble

in

tb

tion. It had

been a

very draining

wee

It was a

time

to

realize that

the

had

been on the

Mountain

Top with Christ.

re

ica, all loving

their Lord dearly,

e

presence

of such

love

and dedica-

k-end physically,

but

spiritually

we

It is

at

meetings

like this

and times

of

great

fellowship, that

we realize

how

much these

people

want to know Chrjist. 'It

is

at

times'like

these that

we

missionaries

realize we cannot do

enough, go

far enough,

preach lo^^

enough, t o reach all the u n s a v e d s o u l b

realize that without the prayers,

lett

It

is at

times

like these

that

we

ers

of encouragement and

financial

help

from

you

at

home,

we could not

continue.

The need is

so

great,

and

the harvest

is

ripe. May we pray the

catch the

vision and

help to bring Christ t o

the

spiritually hungry.

M o r e _ . s e p y l c e

l i n l c - ± i m d a . ^ ^ ^ ^ ^

for

^ad

time to

raise

before'leaving the

Un

my arriving

here in time

to

be

trained

leave

on

furlough. The service link

o

further the work of the

G-ospel on

thet

in

two,

half to the Hospital

and half

the

natives.

Shall we pray

together

t

are

not presently

doing

so, and

would

work here, you may send your pledge

a g e f i t - , whose

name and

address appear

ab

Again

may

I hank you for your letters

the

Lord

richly bless you all.

•ord of

the Harvest

that

more

will

my work

here

in Rhodesia than

I

ited

States,

due

to the

urgency

of

by Madonna

Burget before

she had

to

f a missionary is

the

fund

used

to

field.

My service link is

divided

to be

used

for my

personal work

among'

lat the

need will

be

filled? If you

Like

to contribute to the support

of

or

contribution to

my forwarding

the bottom

of this letter.

FORWARDING

AGENT:

Mrs.

Stanley

E. Anderson

1521'Menlo Avenue

Napa, California 9455B

prayers

and

encouragement.

May

Sincerely

in

Christ,

JUDITH L^ ICIOETT"

(Miss

Judy)~


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THE

P I

K E T

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LINE

2659-First Street

Nepp,

Cslif.

9k55^

vr-.' V>>'

Mission Services

Box 36B

Joliet,

111*

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Napa,

California

Permit

No.28

April 1970

Dear

Christian Friends:

It

is

Sunday evening and I

have

iust come home from our Sunday evening

church service of

all the Tiissionaries. As I

alked

up the path from the

Amraerman home, I chanced to

look at

the sky. A

more

beautiful sight I

have never seen. The

stars were

so

numerous

that I elt as if I

ere

wrapped

in a complete

star blanket.

Usually the

nights

are very dark here

in the bush, but when

the

moon is out, one can see very well without a

torchlight

(flashlight).

Our rainy

season has

ended

and

the

beautiful

green

hillsides

are begin

ning to turn broxvn and dusty,

but

still

they

are

beautiful.

The days are

verv mild

and

the nights very

cool,

as

Fall

is

here,

and our Winter

months

of

May

and

June are fast

arriving. It

seems

odd to

look

out the

window in

the

middle of April and see the

leaves

falling.

With

dry season

here,

we

are

seeing

manv more*snakes and

having lots of

trouble with

svesve or

ants. The Ammermens, Campbells and

Nices

had a very unwelcome visitor to

their

chicken

pens last week in the form of a hyena. They were unable to

scare him awav before he had slain

some

of

their young chickens.

The work

at

the Hospital

is

running smoothly, and many new contacts are

being

made*for

Christ.

One

day

last week,

Mr.

Togerepi, our

Hospital

evangelist,

ex citedly related to

me

that

he

had

eleven

baptisms in one

day.

Todav

there were

two

at the

Mission

Church service and in one of

the outlying villages there were sixteen. So Christ goes forward and

we

re.ioice wilrh Him.

Easter weekend saw Chidamoyo

playing host to

another

meeting

of the

sur

rounding

churches.

The

group began gathering

on G-ood

Friday afternoon and

stayed until Easter Sunday. Services were held Friday and

Saturday

nights

and Easter morning. The African

Christians

sang, prayed and preached all

Saturday night, but all were very

ready

and willing to march up the

moun

tain at 5

A. M.

Easter

morning

for

a

beautiful Sunrise service. This time

I

ound

myself on the working end

of

the

program

as I

ssisted

in cooking

meat, sudsa and tea,

and

cut bread for

the

"feeding of the multitudes."

It

was ouite thrilling to see the huge pots of

water

placed over the fire

and

the meally

meal added

to

make

Sudsa, but afte r

standing

over the very

hot fire

for

a while, the

thrill was

gone.

Pat

Kenney and I have decided v ^ e will

have

to raise chickens

as one of

the

ladies in one

of

Pat*s groups presented her with

a

hen,

and

one of my

ladles presented me with a

cock.

Need I ay more?

I

em finding my Shona

lessons

very interesting, but be coming

more

diffi

cult

as we

move along. I

feel

like

a

first grader

as

I

read

in Shona

and

translate such sentences as: See the man ; Ask the

girl";

Look at the

boy"; " Fetch the ball." However,

each

time

I

am

able

to

use

what

I

have

learned, I eel a great sense of

accomplishment

and I see the joy of the

people

in

knowing

that I am

trying

to

ieam their

language.

I

am

beginning to receiv e box es from several of you, and they are

so

much

appreciated.

I n time, all

of the

articles will be put

to

good

use. Thank

you

all

so

very much.

I continue to covet your prayers

on

behalf

of

Central A frica Mission and

Chidamoyo Christian Hospital, and

for

myself

as I

labor here.

In

Christ*s

Service,

JUDY PICKETT.


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P I K

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2659 JPirst Street

Naca, Calif. 9455^

Mission Services

Box

36B

Joliet,

111.

60434

Non-Profit Organization

U.S. Posta'^e

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Napa, California

Permit

No.28

Dear Christian Friends:

July,

1970

It has been some time since I have

written.

Sometimes in our

busy

lives we

tend

to

nush our

corresDondence

aside for tomorrow, but tomorrow

has come

and I_find

jtL_-tlme

jCorL 8 newsletter, _ _

^

I

have .iust

this minute arrived home

from my

ladies' meeting at Chevaken-

envama. I was thrilled

to

have 40

women present today, and what

a

joy they

were. These women

are all

members of the Church

of

Christ

in

that

village

and

they

are

a

fine

example

of

Christian

ladies anywhere.

There

are

sever

al

young

ivomen and

girls

in this

club,

and

they love

to sing, and

most

of

the

time

they

are working,

they

are singing in

beautiful harmony. I have

a

favorite chorus that I love to sing, Every time I Feel the Spirit ,

which

I

had taught

my

interpreter.

She liked the song

very much

and so to

day she

said,

Will

you teach

it to the*club.

I

asked her if she

could

translate

it into

Shona. She said, No, but teach it to them in English.

Since

there are several

of

the

younger

women who

sneak

English

a

little, I

decided

to

do

this. Thev have a natural talent for harmonizing, and it

was just a

few moments until

they were carrying the

tune

beautifully.

Tears filled

my

eves as I stood before these lovely Christian women sing

ing, Sverv time I feel the

Spirit

moving in my heart, I will pray. Of

course,

the

interpreter had explained to them the

meaning

of the

song,

so

thev knew thev

wrere

singing praises to the Lord.

On the way

home I stopped

to

pick

up a school

boy

whom

I

had taken to his

home

village

on

mv xvav; i - ^ s

I

stopped, 20

or

25 school children

came run-

n i : n j g ^ ' T U ~ t r h e car~a3klng,^'^PTaase

leL

us ride, pluaae let us

ride.

couM—

n't

Possibly

take them all,

so

it was finally

decided

by the interpreter

that we would take t hose who

went

the

farthest, which

was

some

10 miles

awav. (And

they walk

this every morning and

night.)

I ended up

x - ^ / i t h

8

of

these children

in the

back of the truck, my interpreter

and

the other boy

and

myself in the

front.

But I

was duly

rewarded when

upon

letting them

out at their yillages, they were so thankful, because now they would eat

hot Sadza tonight

instead

of

cold.

How many of

us

could v ^ / a l k txwenty miles

a dav, back and forth to school, and

then

sit

d o T » » n

to a cold meal without

complaining?

On

the 31st of July we are planning a

Youth

Rally

for all

the young people

of

the surrounding

yillages. Some 300

youth

are

expected

and a

camp

type

program*is planned. One such

rally

was held last

year

and was a terrific

success, so we

are

looking forward

to this

one with great anticipation.

The young people will supply

their

own mealy meal

for

sadza, but we at the

mission will supply the relish (meat

and

yegetables

such as

goat meat

and

rape

or Choumollier - rape and Ghoumollier being spinach type green

vege

tables. I

am

again on the cooking end

of the program so

will be kept

busv,

I'm sure.

There

is

usually one type

of

Church

meeting

a

month

here

on

the

field

so

as

to keep

the

African Christian

in

close fellowship with

other

Christians.

So

often an

African Christian finds

himself

or

herself

the

only

Christian

in his/her village and,

therefore,

needs the encouragement

which can

be

gained by meeting together

with

other Christians.

In June we held a

Ladies' Show

Day

at Chidamoyo.

This was

a day in which

all

the women's

clubs came to

the

mission

and brought

their

handcraft

which

they

had com

pleted. in their clubs and at their homes.

It

was

a

two-day

meeting,

with

some 300 women present and 305 projects on display. Prizes

were

given in

many categories, and eyeryone was happy.

Of

course, a program was planned,

with the

usual

all-night preaching

and

singing

that

they so love.

With all the activity in

June and

the

coming

activity of the youth rally,

I

felt the

need to have a

day

or

two

of

rest last week,

and

was

joined

by

Miss

Marsha

Kay Thompson

of

Chiredzi-Hippo Valley Mission. Miss Thompron's

mother, who is dorm mother at

Ozark

Bible

College,

is visiting for

the sum

mer,

and

was

also

with

us.

'Dr.

Nice flew us from Chidamoyo to a rest hotel

on

the shore

of Lake Kariba, Bumi Hills, which is

a half

hour's flight.


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but a five

and

a half hour drive by car over-impossible

roads.

V / e

had a

very peaceful

twcand

a half days in the sun, and enjoyed

the real

Africans-

wild ^ame.

We

were

nrivile'^ed

to take a boat cruise

out

on the lake to

v i e w t h e

l

^ a m e ,

a n d I s a w t h i n ? s

t h a t

I

h a v e

a l w a y s r e a d about,

b u t

never

d r e a m e d

to

b e w i t h i n 50

feet of.

As

we

s k i m m e d a l o n g * on the

water, our

g u i d e a n d d r i v e r

w o u l d

s u d d e n l y

t u r n i t w a r d t h e s h o r e ,

p o i n t i n g o u t Z e b r a ,

or K u d u or

S a b l e

or

E l e p h a n t .

O u r

u n a j s c u s t o m e d

e y e s w o u l d

b e

u n b e l i e v i n g ,

b u t i n

a

f e w

m o m e n t s

t h e

a n i m a l s

w o u l d j

s t a r t m o v i n g

as

t h e y

h e a r d

t h e m o t o r ,

and

we.would be thrilled

at the natural

beauty before us.

We

saw huge

h e r d s of

E l e p h a n t ,

Impala, Water B u c k ^ j a n d

s e v e r a l s m a l l e r h e r d s

of Z e b r a

Kudu, S a b l e a n d B u f f a l o . T h e h o t e l i s | s i t u a t e d o n a h i g h c l i f f o v e r l o o k i n g

a sloping pla in down to the lake, and each evening

we

would watch

as the

game came down to the water's

edge

to jdrink. Rhodesia

is truly a

beautiful

country.

As

always,

there is some excitement at the hospital.

Today we had

a

man

bring us twins,

a

boy

and a

girl,

fivp

days old . Their mother had died

giving

birth

to them,

so Chidamoyo now has the

job of

oaring for them in

their

infancy. They

are

tiny little

things,

and

one

feels

a great sadness

to

see

them

and

know

they

are

motherlesis.

Their

names

are

Musarapasi

(girl)

a n d M u s i w a

(boy) Shava. Being the b a b y - l o v e r that I am, I

s a w

t o

it that

I

was in on the first feeding ^fter they

arrived

at the hospital.

They are both established

in one large

baby b e d in

the

Nurses duty room,

where'they

will be

under

constant

supeivision. Upon arrival,

the

Head

Nurse, Mrs, Tsuro, and I d u g into our store of baby

clothes

and

outfitted

each

of them in govns a n d

diapers.

They are so tiny

that

the clothes look

as if to

swallow them. Will you

pray

mth

us

that these

children

will grow

strong a n d

healthy

under the care t h e y ] receive h e r e at Chidamoyo.

Now I

would

like to

thank* all

of

you

who are

supporting

me,

both

with

your

prayers a n d your finances, a n d also for the nice boxes you have sent. I

have received

so many lovely

sewing supplies, and they

are

certainly

wel

c o m e d ,

M a n y

of

t h e m

f o u n d

t h e i r

w a y

n j t o

t h e

p r i z e s

f o r

V / o m e n s

D a y ,

a n d

thev were so much appreciated.

I have

in

preparation

for the time

my groups

^

n e e d ; l e s are certainly a well used

iteml

many lovely quilt squares and scraps

ill want

to

make quilts.

Pins

and

Perhaps it seems a little early to mentl

tern

is so slow,

Christmas

packages

shod

for them

to

arrive on time. It has bed

give some sort of little gift to the lad

also we try to provide a small

gift

for

In view of this, I

thought

perhaps ther

9

L

might

be a Sunday

School

class or

Women s

group

v ^ h o

would be interested in some Christmas projects.

I

will

list, therefore, some items tha t would pertainly be welcomed by the men

and women:

Belts (can

be

used if in

good

condition),

men's and women's.

Dress belts for which the drpsses

have

worn out, but the

belt is good.

Cloth remnants

(all

sizes).

Jewelry (earrings, pierced and otherwise, necklaces,

etc.)

Crochet

thread is always in demand s these ladies

i i s e

so much of it.

on Christmas,

but

as

the

mail sys-

I d be sent

before too

long

in order

Q

the

custom for the missionaries to

ies in their clubs each year, and

our hospital- staff

and patients.

Once again

let

me

say thank you

from

th(

couragement

we missionaries receive

frpi

all our

efforts

would be useless

Fomwarding Agent:

Mrs. Stanley E,

Anderson

1521*Menlo

Ave.

Napa, Calif/

9A558

bottom of

my

heart for

the

en-

you folk at

home.

Without this.

In Christian Love,

ss

UDY.


6/7

THE

PI K

E T T

LINE

2669'First ^Street

Net)a, Cpiif. 94558

Mission

Services

Box

368

Joliet,

111. 60434

Non-Profit Or^^anization

U.S. Posta


7/7

THE

C K

E

T T

LINE

?65^ First Street

NaT)a, Calif. 9L55^

Mission Servioes

Box 363

Joliet, 111. 6043,

Non-Profit Or ânization

U.S.

Postage

PAID

Napa, California

Perniit

No.28

December 1970

Dear Christian Friends:

Once a ^ ^ a i n

it

is

time

for . e

to

come

into

your homes

via the

Pickett Line.

Our rainy

season

has

arrived, and the

people

are busy plowin ^

and

planting

thîr maize (com). We c a n see them ^ o i n < >

to

their fields

at the

first

l i Q ; h t

of

dav?h~to êt several hours

of

work

in

before-the sun < 5 e t - s too hot.

Todav

it

was somewhat of a surprise to see hail alon^ with

the

rain* T he

patient load at the Hospital has dropped considerably as the people are

too

busy

in the fields

to

come to the Hospital unless they a re desperat ely

ill

The mission seems rat her ouiet for a day or two,

as

the Aumerman family a nd

Hiss

Ola

Marion

departed yesterday

on

their wav

home to

America for

fur-

louQ:h. Pat-Kenney

and

I are the only ones

l i v i n ? ;

on the one side of the

mission now,

but

soon

in

December the Campbe ll family

will

be moving over^

to the Ammerman

home, and

the Chuck Kelly

family will

be

returning to their

home

here. It

is always sad

parting

with friends,

even

though we

are

happy for them to be going

home

for a much needed

rest.

We Americans celebrated our Thanksgiving early as we wanted to share with

the Ammermans before they left, and w e all had a delicious American Thanks

giving

dinner, w ith turkey and all. T H j o African girls volunteered to help

with the cleaning up and they too en.ioved the turkey and said they

really

liked our Thanksgiving Day.

I thought

perhaps

vou would

like

to hear

about some

of the African

staff

P t .

t . h p Ho.qr>ltal> so I have chosen to write my

next

few

letters

about dif

ferent

staff

members. I have chosen first to teli you abolit Mr.

Kenirias

M a r i n g i r a ^ ^ 3 p s ^ ^ J i § ^ e e ® § ^ f

the

newest members of o u r staff,

h a v i n g

j o i n e d u s

i n

Augu^^^sChaplainryMr.

M a r i n g i r a

w a s

b o r n in

A p r i l , 1 9 3 6 ,

a n d i s t h e

fifth p i mn family. He

very early

developed a

desire

to be

educated, and so

he

worked for several years

on

the

farms

to earn the money

to

support

himself

in school.

He

attended Mukanga

School

(Mashoko) in 1955

for his grade

1.

The more schooling

he

acouired,

the

more he

desired, so

he worked

at

many jobs to

be

able to continue his schooling. He worked

for

the I.

R,

Smith family while

at

Mashoko,

and

there became interested

in

be

coming

a

preacher. Moving to Salisbury

with

the Smiths, Mr.

Maringira

found that he was disturbed by the sin he saw around him in the city, so

his

heart became burdened

to

preach the C - o s p e l .

He was

able

to

enter the^

Bible College

sponsored by

our

mission

at Mashoko,

and

then at Ft,

Victoria

and finished in

August

of 1970. Mr. Maringira is

married

and has two

daughters,

Catherine, 5 years, and Constance,

5 months.

His

wife

is also

a fine Christian witness

Since coming to

Chid.amovo, Mr. Maringira

has helped to bring

about

the

baptism

of

46 people

a t

the Hospital.

He leads

in the

Hospital d evotions

which are

held

each morning for in-patients

and

out-patients. During the

day

he can

be

seen sitting

in the

wards

or on

the

veranda

talking

to pat

ients a n d .

visitors about

the

Christ.

Each

VVednesday

evening, a

service

of

bioscope

(filrastrip)

is held for staff and patients,

and

each Sunday after

noon, staff, patients

and

visitors meet about the Lord s

table.

Just

a

few weeks

ago

the Sunday a fternoon service was held, and

when

the

invitation

was opened, no one

came

forward. The

next

day

Mr. Maringira

reported two baptisms on Sunday afternoon. Upon investigation,

w e

learned

that the vreek

before

Mr.

Maringira had talked

to

a woman who

had

come to

the Hospital

to sell banana s, with

the

result

that

she

accepted

Jesus

as

Saviour,

and

was

baptised.

On

the

following

Sunday, she had

returned

bringing

two

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