Pickett Judith 1978 Rhodesia

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Judith L.

Pickett, Secretary

Chidanx>yo Christian Hospital

P.O.

Box

330

Karoi. Rhodesia

FORWARDING

AGENTS:

Mrs. Fay

Bockhahn

Financial Agent

P.O.

Box

27^6

Napa,

Calif.

9^558

Mr.

Mrs.

A1 Lyons

Publicity

Agents

P.O.

Box 27^6

Napa,

Callf. 9^558

A?K.

FEBRUARY NEWS LETTER HE RHODESIAN PICKETT

LINE

Dear

Christian Friends:

ad expected to

be

writing this news

letter to you

from Rhodesia,

but

that

is not

th e

case.

a m still i n Indiana.

awaLtlng news

that my^RhodesIan W o t k - ^ - P e - r - m i t has been re

newed.

It has now been

two months

since my papers were received i n the Immigration

Dept.

i n

Salisbury, Rhodesia.

As

yet,

no

word as

to

the progress on these

papers has

been received.

The Missionaries In Rhodesia are getting anxious

for my

return. Miss Mary

Leah

Fleenor, my replacement, i s now doing the

job

o f Secretary and School Teacher for the

Missionary chil dren, replacing Miss Margaret Dennis

who is also on furlough.

Miss

Fleenor is being helped by Mrs.

Betty Pender when

the

demands

o f both

jobs get too

much

for

her.

Particularly,

a t

this time,

all

the

Missionaries are in

need o f our

prayers.

News of a Peace settlement h as been i n the

papers

a n d o n t elev i s i o n , but we h a ve h a d

no direct

word

as to its effect on the Mission.

I t

does not sound like much

pro

gress

has been

made, a s the Terrorist faction o utside the Country

o f

Rhodesia have

not sanctioned the agreement, a n d in fact have stated they plan to step up

their

activities.

The

news media d oes n o t

alw ays

state the clear

picture, however,

so

a n x i o u s l y

a w a i t

d irect word

from my friends in

Rhodesia.

Meanwhile,

news

from

the Mission about

the work there

is

encouraging.

A new Board

of Elders

and

Deacons for the Church on the

Mission has been

selected,

and

a

new

Minister has been hired to

carry on

the work

o f

our

o ld

Evangelist,

Baba C h ika n d a .

The o l d

Evangelist

w as becoming

senile a n d

creating problems for the congreg atio n,

but

now, praise the Lord, the Church

is

progressing

once again.

The women s work

i s

thriving under

the direction of Mrs.

Erasure

and

Mrs. Pender. Miss Fleenor

i s

directing

a

Sun d a y

School

which is reaching the

school

children quite

effectively.

So even i n

these

troublesome times, the Lo r d is

b less i n g

r i c h l y .

Meanwhile,

remain a t my mother s home

In

Ladoga. a m doing volunteer office

work f o r t h e I n d i a n a C h i l d r e n s C h r i s t i a n Home

a n d

also

for

the L a d o g a C h r i s t i a n

Church.

Last

week

was privileged

to travel

with Bro.

Bill

Worrell, minister at Ladoga,

and his wife to my

alma

mater,

Johnson

Bible

College in Knoxville,

Tennessee, for

its

annual Homecoming. This was

a

most enjoyable time

i n renewing

old friendships.

Although it was dampened by

the

news o f the

murder

o f o n e o f my

classmates

by her

\k year old son. Some

o f

you know Mrs. Janice

Day

Reed,

a

writer for the Christian

St a n d a r d

a n d

author of several books.

Also

J anice was orig in ally Madonna Burgett s

Forwarding Agent. The news o f her

death

a n d

the circumstances were

indeed shocking.

Having visited

the

campus

but

once since my graduation i j 1 . 9 5 9 . it was a great joy

to see

the

many changes here

a n d

the work

being

carried

o n

for the Lord.

OVER


2/19

First Christian Church

The Pickett Line

2659

First Street

Napa,

California

9^558

Non-Profit Organiz.

U. S. POSTAGE

PAID

Permit No. 28

Napa»

Calif. 9^558

Mission Services

B o x 1 7 7

Kemnton,

Ind»

U 6 I 4 9

I ontinue

to

covet your

prayers

on behalf of the

Mission work

in

Rhodesia

and also

for myself as await

the

Lord s will. have been blessed tremendously by

the

financial

and

prayerful support of all of you who

have

stood by

me

in

the years

have

been on the Mission

field.

There

is

no

doubt

in

my

mind that the

Lord

still

has a place

for

me

to

serve Him,

whether

it be

in

Rhodesia or elsewhere. am

most confident

that

if the door

is

closed

for

me to return

to

Rhodesia, there will

be other

doors

opened. Right

now

I just pray

for patience in awaiting the Lord s

will in

these matters.

Please let me

express

to each of you my

deep

appreciation

for the

concern

you

have

shown

over

the

work

in Rhodesia

and

let me urge

you

to

continue praying

for the

Missionaries

still laboring there.

And

please prav with me that nfiws-of_my^_re-

entry

permit

to Rhodesia

will

be

coming

through soon.

PRAYERS CAN'T BE ANSWERED UNLESS THEY

ARE

PRAYED

By

Helen Steiner Rice_

Games

can't.be

won

unless

they

are played

And

prayers

can t be apswered unless they are prayed,

So

no matter

how busy

or

crowded

your day

Make it a practice to take time to pray.

And

never start

wondering if God heard

your

prayer

Or if

He is

able

to take

care

of your

care.

Just

tell

Him your problem and be not dismayed

If His answer is sometimes deferred

and

delayed,

For

God

never

hurries,

yet

He's never too

late

But

He often

tests

us when He asks us

to

wait.

And there

is

no problem

too

great

or

too small

God has the

wisdom

to take

care

of

them

all.

Not always the way that

we

most want Him to

But always the way

that

will

prove

BEST for you.

We ask Him for pleasure, enjoyment

and

health

Laurels

and honors and

prestige

and wealth.

But instead

of

a

crown

He sends us a

cross

And Instead of rich gains we are made

poor by

loss

But great

is our

gladness and rich our reward

If

we

trust the judgment and will of the Lord.

God

bless

you, each

one.

In Christ,

Miss

Judy Pickett


3/19

THE

RHODESIA

RHODESIAN

JUDITH L. PICKETTfSecretar]^

Chidamoyo Christian Hospital

P. 0. Box 330

Karoif Rhodesia, Africa

FORWARDING AGENTS:

Mrs.

Fay

Bockhahn

Financial Agent

P. 0. Box 2746

Napa, Calif.

94558

Mr.

s

Mrs. A1 Lyons

Public Relations

Agents

P.

0. Box 2746

Napa Calif. 94558

GOOD NEWS-O-GRA '

April 15t 1978

GOOD

NEWS-O-GRAM

GOOD

NEWS-O-GRAM

WORK

PERMIT HAS

ARRIVED....R^RNING TO RHODESIA, FR IDAY, APRIL 28th.

PRAISE

GOD

FROM WHOM ALL

BLESSINGS

FLOW '

Yes,

Dear

Friends, prayers

have

been

answered.

The good news

arrived

Tuesday,

April 4th, via phone from Dr. Dwayne Illman. It

was

confirmed Wednesday via telegram

from

Mr.

Jack Pennington

in

Salisbury.

His

most welcome

words

were

Papers

are

in hand,

'

bring chest

x-ray

and

medical records.

Wire

arrival time . By

Friday, April 7th, I had

made reservations

for

my flight

back to Rhodesia.

This door, which I believed was closing, was flung wide open and I was reminded

of

the Lord's words, "0 ye of little faith".

TRAVEL PLANS

Indianapolis to

New

York via Allegheny Airlines Flight 5^199,

leave

April 28th,

a r r i v i n g N e w Y o r k at 3:38 P.M. Depart N e w

Y o r k v i a

South

A f r i c a n

Airlines Flight

? ^ ^ 2 1 at 7:00 P.M.

Arrive

Johannesburg, South

Africa, Saturday, April 2 9th

at 5:55 P.M.

Remain

in

Johannesburg overnight

and leave Sunday

at 1:00 P.M.

via South

African

Airlines

Flight

#036.

Arrive in Salisbury, Rhodesia, at 2:3 0 P.M.

I continue

to

thank God for

all of

my faithful

friends and supporters. These

months of waiting have sometimes been frustrating, but always I

have

felt the power

of the prayers of you, my friends

in Christ.

Though other doors were beginning

to

open, I_feel confident that Rhodesia is where

God

wants me to serve Him.

The

Missionaries

at Chidamoyo assure

me

that

the

work

there is

still not, at this

time, threatened with any great danger. Some of their activities in the outlying areas

have, of necessity, been curtailed or at least slowed down, but the Lord's work does

continue, there.

The

Old

Chief

Dandawa,

who

became a Christian

at the approximate age of

107

years,

just went on

to

his

great

reward wit our Lord. Dr. Frasure wrote that

the funeral

was

held in

the

Church

at

Chidamoyo and

was

very

dignified

and

fitting

for a

Chief. This

is a tremendous witness to

his

people.

Praise

the Lord, I

am

truly looking forward

to

my return

to Chidamoyo, and

I ask

your

continued prayers for my

travel

and for my

adjustment

to

the

Rhodesian

situation.

God bless you, each

one.

In Christian Love,

Miss

Judy


4/19

RHODE5\A

I

WL l_̂lr I

PICKET

JUDITH L.

PICKETT,Secretary

Chidamoyo

Christian

Hospital

P

0 Box 330

Karoi, Rhodesia, Africa

FORWARDING

AGENTS:

Mrs. Fay

Bockhahn

Financial Agent

P

O Box 2746

Napa,

Calif.

94558

Mr, & Mrs.

A1

Lyons

Public Relations Agents

P 0 Box

2746

Napa,

Calif. 94558

WAY

1978

Dear

Christian

Friends

The

dream and prayers of

r turning

to Rhodesia

are

now

a reality. I

am sitting

at

the window of a 7^7

airliner,

35*000 feet

above the

Atlantic Ocean, near

the

coast of

southwest Africa. The trauma of leaving home

was

made easier by twenty loving friends

and

relatives,

v h o saw me

off in Indianapolis, April

28th.

My

sweet mother came through beautifully with the inner strength and beauty

that

she

possesses.

We will

miss

each

other terribly, but our love for Christ will bind

us

closely in spite of the many miles between

us.

Just two hours before leaving my home in Ladoga I received, by mail,

a tape

from

many of my

dearest

friends in Napa.

A special

thank

you to

Betsy Anderson, y former

forwarding agent, for her sweet thoughtfulness in preparing and sending the tape in time

for

me to receive this special blessing.

I

thank

God for all of you, my dear friends and

supporters,

and

appreciate

your

faith

in

me. Also I wish to thank everyone for the lovely birthday cards,

vifts

and

good wishes.

Now

I

am

anticipating a night of

rest in Johannesburg,

South

Africa,

before con

tinuing on my journey

to

Rhodesia. We have

been

in

the air fourteen hours

at this

time.

Need I

say that I

have butterflies as

I

anticipate the sight of

my beloved

adopted

Country and

y loved

ones

in

Christ.

I arrived safely in Salisbury and found seven Missionaries to

meet

me. The "butter

flies"

have

all flown away and

left

a beautiful homecoming.

I

was sorry that

Dr. Frasure

was kept from coming

at

the last minute by a "C" section.

Being

tired from.the long trip, my

patience

was

a bit

tried as I was the last to

leave

the plane and

the last

to

clear cus toms. An added

confusion

was to

find

that my

luggage had not yet arrived from Johannesburg, but

at

least

I

knev;

it was

in Africa, as

I had seen it

off-loaded in

Johannesburg. Praise the

Lord, it

arrived during the

night

and I as able

to pick it

up

Monday

morning.

Tuesday, we started on

our

homeward way at 10:00 A.M. Stopped in Sinoia to greet

the

Ivan Martin family and then

a

quick

stop

at the Bill

Delaghters home

in

Karoi.

Also

a stop at

the Police Station to

inform

them

I v/as back in

the

country

and

enroute

to

Chidamoyo

Hospital.

It was

certainly no secret when we pulled into the Mission

at

5f30 P.M., with horns

honking. Then

my

dog,

Saber, let

all the world know by his loud yelps of delight that

I

was home.

After

being

greeted

by all

the Missionaries, I ran quickly down

the

path to

"my kids". My little family

and

I were overcome with joy at being together

again.

Little

Loy

was a bit frightened,

at

first, by

"Mbuya

Judy", but began

to v/arm up

in a little while.


5/19

FIRST

CHRISTIAN

CHURCH

THE PICKETT LINE

2659 First St.

Napa,

Cal

ifornia

9^558

Non-Profi

t Organ

za11 on

U.

S.

POSTAGE

PAID

Permit No.

28

Napa, C al l

f. 9^4558

As

I

finish this letter at 7:00 A.M., Wednesday morning,

I can

look out

of my

bedroom window and see Loy toddling about

in

her nightie outside of her parents home«

She is a beautiful

baby.

Do I sound like a doting

grandmother ?

I

now

look

forward

to

a day

of settling

in and

greeting

allncr friends.

I bid you

a fond farewell for

this

time. Please keep a

e

and our

work in

your prayers

A s I s O L w a y s y o i o r M i s s i o n a r y

a t

C h i d a m o y o

MISS JU Y


6/19

Judith L.

Pickett,

Secretary

Chidamoyo Christian

Hospital

P. O, Box 330

Karoi,

Rhodesia

FORWARDING AGENTS:

Mrs,

Fay

Bockhahn

Financial Agent

P

.

Box 2746

Napa, Calif. 94558

Mr, Mrs.

A1

Lyons

Publicity

Agents

P, 0, Box

2746

Napa, Calif. 94558

May 15 1978

Horizons

Box

177

Kempton Indiana kSOk S

Dear Friends

in

Christ:

We enclose the announcement of Miss Judy PickBtt s

return

to

Rhodesia, and

we

would appreciate

your

printing

this in a

future

issue.

Our he arts are gratefu l to our Lord for

His making

her

return possible

as

permits

are

difficult

to

obtain at

this

time.

We also would like to send you

a

brochure on her

life

history as a

Missionary if you would

like

to

publish

it at a

future date. Please let us know

if there would be a charge for

this.

Bless

you as you continue

to spread the Word.

Yours in

Christy

Mrs.

A. W. Lyons


7/19

Miss

Judy

Pickett returned to

Chidamoyo

Hospital

in

Rhodesia Africa on April 30th

As

this

is

her third term she now considers Rhodesia her

hom

The

Missionaries to Africa do

not

wish to change

the customs of the people, or make them similar

to Americans;

they

just want to

take

Christ

to

them and then

Christ changes the

lives in Rhodesia.

We can not all go to Africa, but we can be there in

Spirit and by corresponding and supporting the

missionary work being

done

there.

Judy asks

for

your

prayers that

the Hospitsil at

Chidamoyo may

be

allowed

to stay

open

in

spite

of

the turmoil that exists.

If

you are interested

in

receiving her

Newsletter please contact

her

Forwarding Agent, Mrs. Fay

Bockhahn, P. 0. Box

27^6,

Napa,

Calif. 9^558 .

Judy s address

is:

Chidamoyo Christian Hospital,

P. 0. Box 330

Karoi

Rhodesia

Africa.


8/19

RHODESIA

PICKETT

LINE

JUDITH L. PICKET'^ecretary

^ ^ l a a ^ i o y v ' C l w l i i L l a n H o s p i t a l

P O Box 330

Karoi, Rhodesia,

Africa

FORWARDING AGENTS:

Mrs.

Fay

Bockhahn

Financial

Agent

P

0

Box 2746

Napa, Calif.

94558

Mr.

& Mrs. A1

Lyons

Public

Relations Agents

P O Box 2746

Napa, Calif.

94558

JUNE 1978

Dear Christian Friends:

One month has passed since

I

a r rived

in the

Coxmtry of Rhodesia.

I t h as

been a

month

filled with

joy, hard work, and

the renewing of

old

acqiiaintances. I

am

slowly

getting

back into

the

routine

of

my work and am truly

grateful to

be Home .

It

has

been

a

busy and

exciting

month at the Hospital, filled wit work, births,

and

snakes.

In April

there

were

forty births

and about that

same

number in

May.

One morning, as

I

sat

working at my desk,

I

heard ex cit ed voices

shouting

Miss

Plckett, come and see

the big

snake that Chanakira has killed . One

of our

workers

had

been walking beside the Hospital Chapel, and

to

his surprise, a large snake raised

it.s_head_and^ould have struck him

if

he had not jumped quickly back out of

its

way.

As he watched, the snake slithered through the window

into

the

staff

tea room.

Chanak?ra

entered

the tea room

and

killed the snake with stones. This was a very

difficult and dangerous task, as the snake was a Black Mamba, over six feet

long

and

three

inches thick. The Mamba

can kill a man very quickly and we do praise

God

that

Chanakira was not

bitten.

That same

evening, Mr.

Hugh Fender

saw another

large

snake as he

drove

along the

road

between my house

and

his.

He

tried to hit

the

snake with the

tires

of his auto,

but

thought that he

had

missed it, so we were

all

warned to

be

on the

lookout. Sunday

morning

I

was told that a big snake was down by the

road. I

alled

Dr.

Frasure and he

came pr epa r ed to kill

the

snake, but thankfully, it

was

already dead. Evidently,

Mr.

Fender had hit

the snake and it managed to

get

into the

bush

before dying. This one

was a five

foot

Fython, and needless to say

we

are all treading cautiously at

night

around

our

homes

This

wee k, one of th e patients called to

me as I pajssed

and said, Miss Picket t,

do

you

remember me ? He

is

a L eper and had spent some

time

in the Hospital during my

first

terra. At that time,

I

had been

asked

by Dr. Nice to find some activity for him,

so I

taught

h i r a to-work a jig-saw puzzle.

H e

said

D o

you

still

have that puzzle thing

Iwork̂ efore? . . . -

Yes,

I

remember, and

I

did have a new jig-saw puzzle,

whi


9/19

FIRST

CHRISTIAN

CHURCH

THE PICKETT LINE

2659 First St.

Nipa, California 9^558

Non-Profit Organization

U S POSTAGE PAID

Permit

No.

28

Napa,

Ca1 f. 9^558

Mission Services

Box

177

Kemptpn

Ind, i i i t 9

The work of the Church is progressing. We have a

new minister

since

I

left

in

1977 and he seems

to

doing very nicely. Our Friday night English Bible

Study is

coming along

fine^

We had 22 in

attendance

last night, many

of

them teachers and

hospital

workers*

This

is

a

time

of

good fellowship

for

the Missionaries

and

Africans*

Each Tuesday,

the Missionary wome n

m e e t

for a

time

of Bible

study and

prayer. We

take turns teaching a series of lessons.

I

returned

just

as they

were

ready

for

a

new

series,

so

was

elected to

teach

the

next session.

We

are studying the Book

of

Hebrews,

and as

I

had

shared in

special

studies

of

Hebrews while back in the United States,

I

find

it

most

enjoyable to

be

able to beach this

class*

I pray for

each

of you and

encourage

you to pray for us at Chidaraoyo. The situation

is tense in the country, but

we

feel the doors are still wide

open

for the Qospel.

God bless

you, each one

Yours in

Christ,

MISS JUDY


10/19

THE

RHODESIAN

JUDITH L. PICKETT,Secretaru

Chidarnoyo Christian Hospital

P. 0. Box 330

Karoi, Rhodesia, Africa

FORWARDING

AGENTS:

Mrs. Fay

Bockhahn

Financial Agent

P.

0. Box

2746

Napa, Calif. 94558

Mr. & Mrs. A1 Lyons

Public

Relations Agents

P. 0.

Box 2746

Napa, Calif. 94558

M.

JULY 1978

Dear

Christian

Friends:

Once

again

I

find

it

is time to write my monthly letter. Time certain ly flys.

It

has been two full months and some

few

days since

I

axrived in Rhodesia, and several

times I have wished

that

I

could

stop the

clock

for a few hours

and

let myself

catch

up.

I

have

been very busy with the book eeping.

It

was

necessary

for me

to go

over

the '77

books and

I

have been working

long hours bringing things up to date. Now

the

end is in sight and

I

am beginning to relax a bit.

I would

like to share

with you

the

good news

of

our work. Last month I told

you

about

the-Leper

who was

interested

in

working jigsaw

puzzles. Well, I am

overjoyed

to

announ ce that he

has

become

a

Christian and

a

very dedicated one.

He

kept

asking

me

if

I had anything he could do, so I asked him if he could read.

He

said yes he could,

so I

had the Hospitsil Evangelist check his readin g ability and we found that our new

Christian could

read very

well.

So it was my

pleasure

to

present him

with a Shona

Bible, a n d now

he

can

be seen readin g

his

bible everyda y. Prai se the

Lordi

We have

had

one

or two

baptism s

every week at our

Sunday morning services, an d

our Friday

evening Bible

study in

English

is

well

attended. Some

evenings we have as

many as thirty people in attendance.

We do

Praise

the

Lord for this.

Miss

Maryleah Fleenen is now making plans for her return to the

States

and she

will be leaving on the sixteenth of this month. I will miss

her

companionship an d

help.

We are

anticipating

the return of

the William

Harrison

family

about the First of

August, along with Miss Kathy McCarty. And in September Miss Margaret Dennis will be

back with

us.

So you

can

see that

our

Lord is prov iding and we do give

Him

the Praise

and

Glory.

Our

weather

is

most

unusual, wit rain continuing into May

and

June. In the

eight

years that

I

have

been

in Rhodesia, this is

the first

time I have seen rain

during

the

month

of June. The

evenings

are

quite cool, but

this

gives me the

opportunity

to enjoy my lovely fireplace.

The

situat ion

is still very tense, here. Everyone is looking for a

possible

settlement and a Black Government by the end of the year.

I

continue to coxet.your

prayers, not

only

on

behalf of ourselves,

but for

our

many African Christian friends. I

especially

ask your prayers for Chidarnoyo Hospital

and the staff. Many staff members are under conviction at this time and they need

Christ

as well

as

your

loving concern.

May

the Lord

bless you,

MISS

JUDY


11/19

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The Good News Center Bookstore has been

keeping

and ordering of

supplies for the

sto:

with

my

work at

the hospitail.

This is a

Bip

Sinoia,

both

Blacks

and Whites,

witness for our

Lord.

X u *

t h i s

w x |

in need of someone to do their book

ie. I will be helping

after I

get

set

up

e Book Store

serving the community

of

I

will have

excellent opportunity

to

M: .

I ask for

your

constant

prayers

as

we

will be increased

as

we

now

have

to

pay

rent

ing

any pay

from

the

bookstore, s l s

it

is a

a Missionary.

At

the present time, I am

having

to

use

as

my old Landrover was left at the Mission

vehicle

for the hospital.

m$ke this adjustment. The financial burden

water and lights. I will

not be receiv-

ssion

enterprise and

I

will

be working as

Dr.

Frasures diesel Puegot station wagon

to be used

as an

ambulance and supply

L^

Again,

I

covet

your prayers

for two ver^

Vision Timothy and Mr.

Smith

Kwachenera

(my

men

will be

sharing

the

job

of

driving

the

a very dangerous job,

as

they never know

wha

terrorist

or the Security Forces. These arb

graciously accepted this great responsibili

drive to

Karoi while

the other stays at the

supply rooms.

As

w e

a r e

c l o s i n g

the

k i t c h e n

as of t h i i ^

their

own

food. This

is

really not a burden

of

their family with them to prepare the

fo

I

have

much concern for my

little f a m i i . ; r

Loy s birthday and

I

ook her

a

cake

on

F r i c ^ i

position, as

it is well

known

that they are

seems to

be

an

incentive for

the

terrorists

people.

This

applies not

only

to

the

Kwach

It

was

very difficult for me to leave

to be

left

behind. However, it is their onl

to impossible

for

them to

return.

Please pray

for

all of

the

African Chr:.

in our homes in the U.S.A.,

it

is very hard

many Christians

all

over

the

world

are going

I pray you will remain my faithful f r i ^ i i d s

and

prayer partners

as

we

try

to carry

on the Lords work in this Place.

May

God

bless you,

each one.

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important members

of

the staff,

Mr.

ion in

the

Lord). These two

fine

young

drover

to

Karoi for supplies. This

is

to expect in regard

to

either the

two very dedicated

young men

who have

otating

every other week, one will

ibission doing the duties

in

the

drug

a nd

week, the

patients

will have to supply

on them,

as

they

usually have a member

:

for them.

,

The

Kwacheneras . July 9th

was

little

y.

These

dear ones

are

in

a

precarious

iood friends of all the

missionaries.

This

:o

badger and even persecute their own

peras, but to

all

of our dear friends.

ie Mission, knowing my

little family

had

home

and if

they left it

would

be next

^tians.

Somehow when

we sit

so

far away

to imagine

the persecution and agony that

through

because of

their faith.

Yours in Christ,

MISS JUDY


14/19

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Publicity

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August

1^

1978

Editorial Office

Box

177

Kempton IN. ^6o49

Dear

Sir:

W o u l d

a p p r e c i a t e y o u r u s i n g any or

all

of

t h e

f o l l o w i n g i n f o r m a t i o n

concerning

the

Chidamoyo

Hospital in Rhodesia.

CHIDAMOYO

HOSPITAL

RHODESIA AFRICA

Due

to

the indiscriminate

killing of

missionaries near

Chidamoyo by

the

terriosts our missionaries were advised

to

leave.

So

on

July 1st

a planned and orderly move

was

made

to

Sinoia some 100 miles

from

Chidamoyo.

Dr Jim Frasure and Dr. Gloria Cobb

flew

into the

Mission

twice a eek and Miss Judy Pickett secretary went with them

on

Friday to

attend

to the

administrative

work.

By

July 2 0th

this

was

no longer possible as two

of

the

most trusted employees

had to flee for their

lives

from

the

terriorist. Dr.

Frasure w as

also informed

that the terriosts

had him marked as a target. So after talking things ov er with

the

Security Forces Dr.

Frasure was advised

to close

the

m i s s i o n

d o w n t o j u s t a m a t e r n i t y w i n g . This left j u s t

t w o

m e d i c a l

assistants in

charge w ith

a minimum staff

to

help them and to

look after the bu ildings in general.

Miss Ju dy

Pickett

will go

to

Karoi o n c e

a

m o n t h to pay the

remaining staff and

to

r e v i e w the work

that

they have d o n e d u r i n g

that

period.

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j t

s

soon

as

Miss Judy completes

reports and other records relatin/^ tb

working in the Good News Book Store

i

a

mission endeavor

founded

by

Zion

M j u

have

opportunities to witness to b c ^ t ^

is

a

m ission project,

she will

not

r e i

Much prayer

is

requested for

thq

Chidamoyo. The church is

growing botl

under

the able

leadership

of

the

Afri

s

Chidamoyo Hospital, Rhodesia

e hospital

books,

government

the hospital, she will start

n Sinoia This book store is

tt, and

here

Miss Judy will

Blacks and Whites.

As this

ceive

any pay for

this.

e Christians remaining

at

h

spiritually and in number

can minister,

Mr.

Mlambo.

We also a s l c your prayers for the

missionaries

v ; h o

have

had

to

m o v e to

Sinoia. Their

expenses have soared

as

they

now have

t o p a y r e n t a n d

u t i l i t i e s

i n a d d i t i o n j

t o g e n e r a l e x p e n s e s

I t i s w i t h g r a t i t u d e a n d l o v e

t h j a t

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

and supporters

for being

so

faithf u l

l i n these

difficult

times. There

is m u c h

aork

to

be d o n e for our Lord i i n

Sinoia

and

t h e

challenge will

b e m e t

w i t l i

p r a y e r l o v e

a n d

h a r d w o r j k .

For further

information you

can

f onifarding agent for Miss Judy

Pickt

California

9^558*

write to Mrs. Fay Bockhahn,

qtt),

P.

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Box 27^6,

Napa,

Plesise feel free to use any

of

the above

do thank you for getting this i n to print,

readers are advised of the situation at

i

jnformation as you see fi t. We

so that our many friends

and

idamoyo.

hi

Xours in Christ,

Are*

A. W.

Lyons


16/19

RHODESIA

irlWLICOlAAÎ I

JUDITH L. PICKETT,Secretary

Cbidamoyo

Christian Hospital

P Box 330

Karoi, Rhodesia,

Africa

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Napa, Calif. 94558

PICKETT

SEPTEMBER

Dear

Christian Friends;

T v / o

;ionths

have passed since leaving

Chidamoyo and many

things have

happened.

I

a j n

begi n n i ng

t o

settle down as

t h e

manager of "Good News Center" and

am

enjoyi ng it,

although

I

miss the

bush very

much.

The

m o n t h

of August has

been a

busy

time

and I

find it

is

a very

pleasant

change

to

be

involved in

t h e

European Church here in

Sinoia.

Mr. Dale Marshall of the

Sinoia

Christian Mission

is the

Minister, and Mr.

and Mrs. Ivan

Martin

are serving, too.

We

have been

v;elcomed

i n t o t h e

c o ngrega t i o n

and co mmuni ty

very

graciously. I am singing

in

the choir and am available whenever

needed

to substitute in the Bible School teaching

program.

T h i s is a fine diligent

church

and we

M i s s i o n ar ie s

feel it a privilege t o

serve and

encourage

v/hile in this area.

S i n o i a has

a

very fine High Scho ol and many s tudents from the farm areas around

Sinoia and Karoi

attend

as boarders at the

school. The

Sunday evening programs at

Hillsi de Chapel

(Sinoia

Christian Church) are

designed

towards

these fine

young people.

X often help with t he tra n spor ta t i o n o f the young people back t o t h e s c h o o l after

evening services, and have learned

t o

love t hese kids.

Last

week

I

was

privileged

t o

serve

as

an

advisor

o n

t he

Bible

Bowl

c o n te s t s a nd

as

Team Spon so r

at

our

High School

Camp

held at

th e Rhodesian Christ ian College i n

Salisbury. T h i s

turned out t o be one

o f t he

most outstanding weeks

o f

camp I

have

ever

experienced.

The

whole program

was

geared toward Bible dtudy, preaching,

and

teaching

techni ques for the

young people.

There were

four

teams

v / h i c h

daily st udied for three

ho urs the book of Mark, i n preparation for a Bible

Bowl

c o n t e s t i n the afternoo n.

On

Friday the entire

afternoon

was

spent i n

a

round-robin co mpetitio n eliminati on. Then,

Friday evenin g, th e

top

two t eams competed for the championship

award.

We covered t he

entire book

of Mark and

now have 25 European young

people

wh o ca n tell

you

more about

t he

book of Mark th an

most preachers

can.

Praise the

Lordl

Along with

the Bible st udy,

Mrs-

Peggy

Pennington

taught the girls

practi cal teach

ing

meth ods for

children.

She

then h ad

a

demonstration

o f th e kno wledge

th ey had

ob

tai ned o n

Friday

by bringing

i n

neighborhood children for

a

Fri day "Sun day

School". Th e

girls taught by using puppets,

flannelgraph,

choruses,

etc. It

was truly aHessing t o

see

the response.

Mr. Jack Penn ingto n h eld a

preaching

class for

the

boys and o n Friday

eveni ng four

of the

young men presented their

trial sermons. Again, Praise

the

Lord

Camp was no t all

work for we did have much

fun

playing volley

ball

and oth er sports.

Mrs. Bruce Ammerraan supervised

. t h e

food and we all thought i t superb.

On Saturday I

remained

at the

College

and had a good

visit with

Miss Marsha Kay

Thompson, as we

had not

seen each other

i n

some time.

Sunday m o r n i n g

we w e l c o m e d

Mr. and Mrs. W i l l i a m

H a r r i s o n

and their children,

Julie and David, on th eir arrival from th e States- A large crowd of

missionaries

g r e e t e d

t h e m w i t h

a

t e a h e l d a t t h e

C o l l e g e D r

F r a s u r e

f l e w

i n

f r o m

S i n o i a t o

m e e t

them and I returned wit h Dr. Frasure to Sinoia

i n

time

for work o n

Monday

morning.


17/19

FIRST

CHRISTIAN CHURCH

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It has

been

a demanding week,

but

very

it

v;as

a mountain

top

experience.

Tomorrow

I will travel to Karoi

to

pay

the maternity clinic, drug room,

linen

room

Urungwe

Tribal

trust land where Chidamoyo i$

month by the terrorist, but prsdse God, the

been

harassed at

all.

Many schools in the Tribal Trust land

terrorist. It is

hard

for us to imderstand

fighters" when they

are

takin g man y freedom^

of education, freedom

of

religion,

and just

j

All of

us

in Rhodesia are

praying

for

December, when free election

is

to be estab

feel, is doing the

best

they can

under

the

when one

thinks what

could happen here in

and

we

can

see

His guidance and support evei'

to

i i m for the peace they cannot find elsewh

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inspirational

for me. I

would even

say

the Hospital staff, those who are running

and general work. Activities

in

the

located

has

been accelerated in the p a s t

people remaining at Chidamoyo have not

av e closed

because

of

intimidation

by

how they can

call themselves freedom

away

from their own people... freedom

freedom of living their own lives.

d anx iously a waiting

the

month

of

ished. The interim Government, we

present situation. It is frightening

odesia,

but we know

God

is in command

y

day as more

and

more people are turning

ere.

Dr.

Frasure

is

returning

to the States in late September. Dr.

Co b b

and I will

remain

here in

anticipation

of

re-opening the Hos pita l a fter the first

of

the year,

the

lord

v/illing.

Dr.

Cobb and

Dr.

Frasure are

doing volunteer

work

at

the Sinoia Government

Hospital. Although we had t o

leave

Chidamoyo,

we hav e

found a new

area

of service

for our Lord and

a

n e w

p l a c e

to

w i t n e s s

f o r

Him.

SPECIAL NOTICE

TO THE LADTF.S;

Baby layettes are desperately needed for the

m a t e r n i t y w a r d a t C h i d a m o y o . W e p a r t i c u l a r l y n e e d b l a n k e t s , s a c q u e s , a n d n a p p i e s

(diapers

to

you).

Please

s end them lab eled "us ed

clothing" to

Chidamoyo Hospital,

Box 330, Karoi,

Rhodesi a , Africa, or

to

me

^t

either a ddress . Tha nk you

for

caring

and may

God

bless you.

I can receive mail at either Box 330j

Please

continue

to pray for us and the v;ork

Karoi,

or

Box 92, Sinoia, Rhodesia, Africa,

here in Rhodesia.

In

His

Name,

MISS

JUDY


18/19

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RHODESIA

RHODESIAN

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Financial

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Public

Relations Agents

P.

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Box 2746

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NOVEMBER NEWSLETTER

1978

Dear

Christian

Friends:

NOV.

97e

As

I skipped a month in writing to you

I

have

quite a

bit

of news to tell.

The^asure^ f j n l l y Rhodesia o n S e ^ t e r a h ^ . 2 7 . t h » leaving Dr. Gloria C o b b and

myself responsible

for

the Hospital. At the present time

it is

still

open only

as

a

maternity wing

and

out-patient department. The Staff still drive into Karoi twice a

month for pay and reporting on conditions to

Dr.

Cobb

and myself.

Mr.

Franklin

Martin

goes

with us to Karoi to

take care

of Ge neral Mission business and this week

Mr. Hugh

Fender went

to meet

with

the

Church

leaders.

Conditions in the

surrounding area

of

the Hospital are very

bad

but praise the

Lord

the Hospital

staff still

seem

to be safe.

The army removed the

Chief of

the

area Chief Dandawa and

his

entire

family

to

the safety of Karoi as several chiefs

have rece ntly suffered atrocities and even

death at

the hands

of theTerrorists. One

chief

whose

area Joined

that of

Chief Dandawa

was forced

into

his

hut with

one of

his

wives and two sons and burned alive. One can only

wonder where

it will end.

At

this

writing

our

Prime

Minister

and

his executive

counsel

are in

America.

There

are

mixed feelings here in Rhodesia about

this

visit

but

most are

hopeful

that

it

will lead to the lifting of sanctions

against

us and

better support

of

the western

world.

Please pray

with me to that end.


19/19

FIRST

CHRISTIAN

CH0RCH

THE PICKETT LINE

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The

work here

in Sinoia is going well.

6049

I

enjoy

my work with

the Good

News

Center

and

we are in stituting some new way^

o f

witnessing

to

the

community

which

I

believe

v/ill r each many pe opl e. I h o p e t o st a r t

a

de v ot ional

o n c e a mo nth f o r

C h r i s t

ian v/orkers o n Monday morning before we go

to

ou r s eparate jobs. This will be held at

t h e

Good News

C e n t e r ,

s o h o p e

to wit n e s s i n t h i s

way, as i t will be o p e n t o all wh o

wi s h

to

attend.

I do

look

forward to new

ways

to put forth our

witness

f o r Christ to

the community.

I d id my fir st wind ow display

this

week

and

we h a v e had man y

comments

o n it. An

o t h e r

lady has b e e n doing this until I learned the ropes. As

we had

just received

a

shipment

of

beautiful new Bibles

and

childrens books,

I made

a

display using t h e theme

Suffer The

Little Children

To

Come Unto M e

(Luke

l8:l6) with p ic t u r e s

o f

Christ an d

the childr e n

and t h e n a

c om plet e

di s play of our Bibles and

c h ild r e n s s t o r y bo o k s.

Before I left the

States,

the Mission Committee of the First Christian Church of

Napa purchased a set of beautiful flannel-graph material for me to use at the Mission.

With conditions as

they are

I

felt

some disappointment

that

I

would

not be

able

to

use

them. But the Lord o n c e again

took things

i n t o

His

hands.

The

lady who is my replace

ment ac—cTie t o r e ,

when

I have to be absent, is-in chai-ge of an ititeru^riominatiorifiQ. -

Native Sunday School

held each

Sunday afternoon.

When she

learned that I

have

this

beautiful flannel-graph set, she invited me to come and give

a

lesson

with

it

to

the

Sunday

School

group. It

was a smash ing

success d̂I

have been invited

to come

twice

a

month to do this.

I

also gav e

a

l e s s o n

f o r t h e

wom e n's group

at ou r Church , Hillsi de Chap el, and

i n clo s i n g

I

displayed

the

L o r d ' s

Sup p e r sc e ne with

the

flannel-graph.

They V ' / e r e so

thrilled that

I

h a v e b e e n i n v i t e d

to

incorporate the

flannel-gra p h

in

their Christmas

p r o g r a m at the church . I will s how the n a t i v i t y sc e n e s as t h e s t o r y is told i n s o n g

and scri pture

by the childreii

Praise th e

r̂d

o r o p e n i n g

d o o r s

for me to witness for

Him.

I

am

really excited about all the opportunities

coming my way to tell The Good

News

and I covet y o u r

prayers

that

I

will be able

to

do this for

His

Glory.

God

works

in mysterious ways His wonders to perform...

Amen,

Miss Judy

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