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b e h a U . We r e u r g e n t l y s e e k i n g a

a s

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l e a v e f o r

my

u r l o u g h

s o o n

a f t e r

Dr.

F r r s u r e

r e t u r n s

a r e c o r r e s p o n d i n g

w i t h

a y o u n g

l a d y

w h o i s a M e d i c a l S e c r e t a r y . P l - a s e

p r a y r h a t s h e w i l l a c c e p t t h e c h a l l e n g e t o

c o m e

t o

R h o d e s i a

f o r a t l e a s t I n e ^ e a r .

J a s e ^ o f ^ t v o L ^ r f

s t i l l

c o n t i n u e s

t o b e

a

c h a U e n s e .

J u s t

r e c e n t l y w e h a d

t h r e e

a s e s o f t y p h o i d f e v e r

t h a t

w e r e

q u i t e

d i f f i c u l t t o d e a l w i t h ,

b u t

p r a i s e t h e L o - d

T h H s ^ u ^ t o

r e c u p e r a t e c o m p l e t e l y a t ' t h e i r

h c L s .

h r i s , c u i e p i l e p t i c w h o h a d f a l l e n

I n t o

a

f i r e

a n d

s u f f e r e d t h i r d d e g r e e

b u r n s

o n

b o t h l e g s ,

w a s

a l s o

r e l e a s e d a f t e r s p e n d i n g

n e a r l y

t h r e e m o n t h s

w i t h u s . I n t h e

p a s t t w o m o n t h s , w e h a v e s e e n t e n b a p t i s m s t h r o u g h t h e H o s p i t a l m i n i s t r y . D u r i n g

1 9 7 5 , t h r e e n e w c h u r c h g r o u p s w e r e e s t a b l i s h e d b y o u r t w o H o s p i t a l e v a n g e l i s t s .

V V e a r e e x c i t e d l y

a w a i t i n g

t l i e a r r i v a l p f q u r ^ n e ^ w a i r p l a n e w h i c h w i l l r e p l a c e

b a s

d o n e

a t r e m e n d o u s j o b

i n t h e

S t a t e s

s e c u r i n g

t h i s

p l a n e f o r u s .

i t

i s

b e i n g f l o w n

o v e r

b y

a n e x p e r i e n c e d

p i l o t

a n d

i s

some

w h e r e o v e r E u r o p e a t

t h i s

w r i t i n g .

W h e n

i t a r r i v e s

w e

w i l l a g a i n t a k e v . p o u r

work

n t h e o u t l y i n g

a r e a s w i t h

c l i n i c s l

w h i c h

now

a k e

many h o u r s

t o r e a d -

by road.

O n c e

a g a i n , l e t me e x t e n d my

s i n c e r e

g r a t i t u d e f o r y o u r t r e m e n d o u s f i n a n c i a l ,

p r a y e r ^ u l _ a n d _ ^ r m n d l y c o n c e r n f o r t h e x v o r k - b e i n g d o n e h e r o - a t C h i d a m o y o - .

In

Christian Love

Forwarding Agents:

Mr

t

Mrs. Stanley

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Anderson

1521

Menlo

Avenue

Napa CA 94558

MISS

JUDY PICKETT


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Judy Pickett

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Chidasoyo

Christian

Hospital

Box

330

Karoi, Rhodesia»

Africa

May 1976

Dear Christian

Friendst

PRAISE THE

LORD

FROM

WHOM

ALL

BLESSINGS FLOW

ur

new airplane

has

arrived in

Salisbury

after

many anxious months

of

waiting1 Mr. Chuck

McDaniels

flew out

in hi s

ow n pla n e

to

inform us

of its

arrival,

and

Mr.

Harrison we nt back

with

him

to

collect

our plane. Today w e are all anxiously awaiting the sound of the plane to reach us so

that

we

can

all

rush down to the

airstrip

and

give

it a royal

welcome.

This indeed

has

bee n the

ans w e r

to many prayers. Now

our

n eglected clin ics in remote

areas

can be

reactivated

an d much tim e and petrol

for

the v e h i c l e s w i l l b e sav e d .

It

is

now the third week sinoe

Dr.

Frasure

left for his much

dese rved furlough

in

the

States.

Dr. Cobb and I have been very busy since his de parture.

It

see ms that all

the serious surgery cases waited until Dr.

Frasure

left. Dr.

Cobb refers all

major

surgery

except

C*sections

to another hospital. Duri ng this time, we have had a

very

largely

attended

Easter Mee ting. I was asked to supervise the cooking, and believe

me, it is no easy

job

to

see that

sadza and relish sufficient

for 200-250 people,

are

prepared

on time and se rved prope rly.

Thankfull y though,

I had a wonderful crew

of

cooks

to

help

me

and

we

had

a

marvelous

time together

as

we

cut

up

a

whole

beef,

spread

butter and jam on six dozen loaves of bread, and used four ̂ - bushel bags of

mealie

meal

(ground com

or

maize).

Just this past Sunday four

young

men and myself wen t into

a

n e w area

wh er e

w e

had

been invited by

one

of

our

lay preachers. This preacher is an old man who has been

the

leader

of

one

of our

churches

15 miles from the

mission.

A month ago he informed

me that

he

had started a new congregation and had had twelve

baptisms.

At his invi-

)

t a t i o n ,

w e w e n t

o n S u n d a y a n d w e r e

t h r i l l e d

w h e n

w e f o u n d

a

f i n e g r o u p o f 28

p e o p l e J

worshipping the

Lord, The

thrillin g part was

that among

the

16 adults pre sen t,

s i X '

of then were men,

which

is ve ry unusual in a

service at

a v i l l a i g e church. Also

we

were

thrilled whe n

throe adult women and

three older

children stepped

forward

to

confess

their Lord, It is always a great

joy

to

me

to be among a group such as this one as

they

m a r c h

single

file down

a

b u s h

path

to

a

baptismal

pool,

singing

songs

of

Christian

joy as they

go.

Following the b a p t i s m the

p e o p l e i n s i s t e d

that

w e

stay for lunch and

w ere so joyful to have us I n their humble vil lage. So God continues to bless us in so

many ways through this work here,

I

an

t h r i l l e d

that MIm Kathy HcCarty of Santa Rosa, California,

is o n c e

again

c o n i n g

t o

R h o d e s i a , t h i s

t i m e I n t h e c a p a c i t y o f s t u d e n t

n u r s e . M i s s

H c C a r t y w a n t s t o

s p e n d

her summer break w o r k i n g here w i t h us at Ghidamoyo. This indeed will b e

a

b l e s s i n g

for

Dr.

Cobb,

and

I

am looking forward to

her

companionship. Miss

McCarty,

you wil l

remember, was my secretarial replacemen t during

my last

furlough.

As

yet

no

replacement has been

found for my

coning furlough in

early

1977

Please

continue to pray that someone

will

become in terested in serving the

Lord

in this way

for a short p e r i o d of time. The

Frasures

expect to r e t u r n late '76 or

early January,

'77, so my plans are for

leaving

in early February, the Lord willing.


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Box

330

Karoiy

Rhodesia» Africa

July 1976

Miss

Judy Pickett

Pear Christian Friends

It

has not been long since

I

wrote

but m any things have be en happening, and

I

wanted

to

tell

you about

then*

First of

all,

we are having a

lot

of

excitenent at

the

present tine

About a

nonth ago, Mr Bill Harrison flew to one of our fly-in clinics and w as told

that

there were Lions

in

the area killing donkeys

and goats The following wee k they

had

killed three more donkeys and nore goats Then just

last

week we

learned

that

nore donkeys had been

killed just

five ailes

fron us

The next

day we

had

a

re

port of animal killings just three miles from

us,

and then on Tue sday of this

we ek lions'

footprints were

seen

on our airstrip, right here at

the mission

Needless to say, I

an

no longe r taking my early

morning

walk alone

_ i n

the dark

just

before

dawn There seems to

be

a

pride

of five, two

adult lions

and some

young

cubs As a rule we

have no animals of this nature

in our area

Occasion

ally

we have

a

leopard,

but never

lions,

so

you

can

imagine the

fright of

the

people

at

this turn of

events

AND HE

MADE THE

BLIND TO

SEE # Also

about

a

month ago

I

isited

a

village

where

a

new c hurch

was

beginning

to meet While there, I

met

a little girl about seven

years

old who seemed

to

be almost

totally

blind

in both eyes She

gave the

im

pression of

being

retarded because of the w ay she had to hold her eyes to

se e

even the little she could see#

I

came home

with

the thought of

this

little

girl

troubling

me very

much.

About two

weeks ago,

I again

visited

the

village

and

saw the c hild again My heart

was heavy

for her problem, so

I

told the m other

that the doctors from the Council

for

the Blind, from Salisbury, would

be

here

at

Chidamoyo,

and she should

bring the

child for examination The mother gave no

hope, as

she said

the

child had been blind

since

birth

But

she did bring her,

and

upon

examination,

Dr Thomas of

the Council

of

the

Blind,

informed me

that

the

child could be cured w ith

a series of

simple operations

on

her eyes It

would

be

necessary for

the c hild

to

be taken

to

Salisbu ry Hospital

for

a period

of

five

weeks

It was

my

duty to explain this to the

parents,

and advise

them

to

take

the

child

to

Salisbury

I face d the father and

mother with

these e xplanations,

fearful

that

the

father

would

refuse But praise God,

he

agreed to go himself

and

take

the

child

When I

explained

that

Matiratidza w ould be

able to see nor

mally after the ope rations, the

mother

just

sat

there

and

cried I cried a bit,

too. The little girl, Matiratidza, is

not retarded

at all, and should

be

able

to live a

very normal

life after the

operations

It is

very coLl

in

Salisbury


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these

days,

and the little girl was dressed

and

no shoes

on her

feet. I

took

her to

our

n i c e

l i t t l e d r e s s

for h e r ,

a n d

a

b r a n d

n e w

j j

if he

could afford

to, to

buy

her

a

pair

of t

So this

morning

when they appeared

at

my

house

Salisbury, the child was

all

dressed up in

h e i

of

tennis

shoes, and a smile that

spread

from

here",

(Are y o u

happy?), and she

smiled

even

(Yes, very

much).

Please

pray that

little Ma

v i v e

t h e

o p e r a t i o n s

a n d b e

a b l e to l i v e a n o i j

a later issue.

The Hospital is a very busy place these d a y s .

65

and

our orderlies

are

seeing

at

least 1 20

department. We had over 50 babies delivered

M r .

W i l l i a m

S i t h o l d ,

o n e

o f o u r

m e d i c a l

a s s i ^

in

our new airplane to three clinics in outly

patients

a day. About two

weeks

ago, Mr.

Ha

Tchoda Clinic, he

found that it

was

the

day

Headmen, and

they were

meeting at the Clinic

r. Harr ison always holds a Bible

teaching

s

two-hundred

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came to ask questions about the Church. Prai

appointments from time to time

in our

Church

with

a tremendous

blessing

in another

area.

a very thin dress

and

shabby sweattt^

poor

closet"

and was able

to

find

a

sey (sweater). We

advised the

father,

4nni8 shoes

for her cold

little

feet,

to wait

for

the

Doctor to leave

for

new

clothes and

a cute little pair

ear to ear.

I

said to her,

Nunofara

liroader and answered, "Hongu, Chaiiso",

1 iratidza (Ma-Ti-Ra-Tid-Za) will

sur-

mal

life.

I will tell the results in

We

now

have an

inpatient

census of

o 130 patients a day in

the

out-patient

ere

last

month. Mr. Bill

Harrison

and

nts,

are

now flying

three days

a

week

areas.

They are

seeing 80

to 100

ison

was

overjoyed when, arriving at

r

he

meeting

of the

Chief

and

his

rounds.

After treating the people,

ice.

Imagine

his

joy when over

kfter the

service,

many

of

the men

i e

the

Lord

We

may have some dis-

( o r k , b u t

t h e

L o r d

a l w a y s

r e s p o n d s

It is

cold here

in

Rhodesia

now

and

I am

delighted

to

spend the

evenings in

front

o f

m y f i r e p l a c e w i t h

a

c o z y

f i r e .

I m s u r e i ^ s o u n d s r i d i c u l o u s t o y o u w h o a r e

now

in

the midst of your summer

hot

weather

i a s o n . to hear

of

cold weather

in Africa.

I

do want to thank you

all for

your

tremendou,

Service Link

support

has been excellent,

and

your faithful contribution

financially to

this

in Rhodesia as

he

has

never worked

before,

but

a spiritual way, HE CAN BE DEFEATED. Contlnuje

as

I pray for America and her people during this Election year.

Forwarding

Agents1

Mr.

c

Mrs.

Stanley

Anderson

1521 Menlo

Ave.

Napa, Calif.

9^558

support.

For the

past two

months

my

want to thank

each

one of you

for

great

work.

The

Devil is working

if people

like

you

pray

and

help in

to pray

for Rhodesia

and its people.

In

Christ,

JUDY PICKETT


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Chldamoyo Christian Hospital

Box 330

^

Karoi, Rhodesia,

A f r i c a

November

1976

i S Y f e

Miss Judy Pickett

Dear Christian Friendsi

Once again

I find i t

i s time tha t I write a

bit

of news* Many thi ngs h ave

been ha ppening

and

the Hospital is

very busy, so time

p a s s e s

very fas t* It i s

h a r d

to

believe that i t

i s

November and I h av e

only

t h r , o , e months left i n R h o d e s i a .

My feelings

about de parture a r e

v e ry

mixed.

The

political

situation

of

th e

country is

difficult an d as you h a v e

heard, I'm sure,

the pe ac e

talks

i n Geneva

are not going well at

this

time* Once

we

leave

the

country,

we

don t, know if

we

will be

able

to

return.

So

even

though

I am anxious to visit my

family

a nd

friends

i n

America, it

is

bre aking my heart to leave the friends

an d

the

w o r k

here.

There is

much fighting i n the country between

the

security forces an d terror

i s t s ,

hut, p r a i s e th e L o r d , i t

h a s n ot

r e a c h e d o u r

a r e a

of the

country. We

are still very

free to visit

our

churches

and

women's groups* As

many

of yo u

have probably

h e a r d ,

the Nuanetsi (Maranda)

Mission

and Mashoko Mission a r e

now

wit out

m i s s i o n a r i e s .

Because

of t h e intensity of the fighting In those

areas,

they

felt it

best to leave at

this time.

Of

course,

both places w e r e

left

in the

hands

of

faithful Christians* Mashoko

is

not operating

as a

full

Hospital, but only

a s

an Out-Patie nt/Mater nity Clinic run by capable African

Med ical

Assistants, This

make s us

here at

Chldamoyo think

much

about the future

of Chldamoyo and

our own

stay in the country*

Dr. J am e s F r a s u r e , w h o i s h o m e on furlough, still plans to return

to

C h l d am oy o

in early January, and

with

a replacement

for me

during my planned furlough.

T h e Lo r d

willing,

I will h e

leaving

for

the

States e a r ly

i n

F eb ru a ry , 39?7t

Do pray for

the safe return

o f the Fr a su r e s ,

and

fo r Miss Mary Ann Flee nor,

my re placement* I a m hoping

to come

to

C al if o rn i a

f i r s t Just f o r a quick

stopover of two or three

days

to

a week,

then o n to

Indiana

w h e r e I

will

stay

until

possibly

May,

then return

to

California until perhaps

December,

We enjoyed

MissKathy

McCarty's stay

with

us

and

were

sorry to

see

her leave.

M i s s

M a r j o r i e Snow,

w h o

t r a n s f e r r e d h e r e f r om

Mash oko, i s still with

us until

t h e ^ f i f s t o f the New Y e a r , S h e i s a fine he lp to

the

Doctor, and a very en

joyable r oo mmate f o r myself.

It would

have been a ver y di fficult time

for

the Doctor if she had not had

the

help of these

two

girls*

In one newsletter, you

will recall

that I mentioned

the

little

blind

girl,

Matiratidza, Perhaps most of

you

read my article

i n

the Central Africa Story,

September

issue*

Matiratidza was operated on successfully, and she is now

a

normal little girl who can see* Praise the Lord

for

answered prayer.


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K e m p t o n ,

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the

e see many

very sick

people here

at

tudes

toward the

elTr^tTTa

t th^nre??eTve

t r i e d every African Muti

(medicine)

t h i »

all else fails they come to us expectln

come

from

as far away as Salisbury beca

u s

•

Then we have those who are b r o u / ^ l i

hope for their loved one's recovery,

S

He

had been t r y i n p - to pen u p

a

cow who

t u ^ n e d o n h i m

a n d

p o r e d

h i m

i n t h e a b d o j r .

were on the

ojtslie

when

Dr.

Cobb took

the

operation

was a success, ani the

m

few weeks after his discharge from the

fulness

in

the form

of

a large

Cock

(r

n i i a n y of

the

treatment

he received

at Chi

story of the ten

lepers

in the Bible, wh

On Sunday I visited one of

our

outlying

a

women's

/zroup,

and often

send

supplle

with.

This

little church

is

only

aboui

completely

Isolated

from stores,

etc.

wife loaded my car down with huge pumpk

received, and I h e was very concerned th^

f o l l o w i n g ? :

week

T sent

her a

loaf of pu m

She war-

thrlllgrl

that nomet.hln

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