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    THE

    RHODESIA

    RHODESIAN

    JODITH L,

    PICKETT,

    Secretary

    Central Africa Mission

    Box 92- inoia

    Zimbabwe

    /

    hodesia

    Africa

    FORWARDING AGENTS:

    Mrs.

    Fay Bockhahn

    Financial

    Agent

    P.O. Box 2746

    Napa, CA 94558

    Mr. & Mrs. A1 Lyons

    Public

    Relations Agents

    P.O. Box 2746

    Napa, CA

    94558

    PICKETT

    LINE

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    J A N U A R Y

    W E W S L E T T E R

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    Dear

    Christian

    Friends:

    The New Tear is here and I

    wish

    yon all

    a

    belated Happy New

    Tear

    with God's

    richest

    blessings*

    I

    did not send

    a

    December newsletter*

    as

    things were

    so up

    in the air that

    I

    really

    had

    nothing

    to report.

    Now

    I

    can

    tell you

    a

    bit more

    about conditions

    in

    Rhodesia

    at

    this

    time.

    The old

    year

    closed with Rhodesia

    haying seen three different goyemments

    in

    power and haying been called

    by

    three different

    names.

    We began the

    year

    under

    Prime

    Minister

    Ian Smith

    as

    Rhodesia*

    then changed to Zimbabwe Rhodesia

    under

    Bishop Muzowera

    as

    Prime Minister, and now with a British Goyemor, Lord

    Soames

    in the Goyomment House

    in Salisbury,

    I

    understand that we are

    once

    again officially Southern Rhodesia. However,

    most

    people

    are so tired of

    name changing that

    most everyone just says

    Rhodesia,

    as

    this

    is

    the most familiar to us. By March of this

    year

    we will

    yet

    have

    a

    new leader and most

    probably be known as just Zimbabwe.

    Our

    prayers

    are,

    and we covet your prayers as

    well,

    that

    the^new government is

    one

    that

    will be

    favorable

    to

    the Lord's work continuing

    here.

    As

    you

    know, an

    agreement was finally reached after 15

    weeks of talks in

    London be

    tween the

    different factions

    and

    a British

    Government

    was installed

    for an interim

    period,

    until new elections can be

    held the

    27th, 28th and

    29th

    of February. A cease-fire was

    declared to

    take

    place

    at midnight

    on

    December

    28th, but

    many breaches

    of that

    action

    have been committed since

    then,

    in fact this action

    has

    esculated more than anytime during

    the war. The

    Terrorist

    factions were to have some

    17*CXX)

    men they claim

    to

    have

    hich

    most feel

    is

    understiaated) into I6 different monitoring points by midnight

    January

    f t h .

    As of

    yesterday only some 5iCXX) had

    reported

    to

    their

    stations. The British have

    not

    taken

    very strong

    action

    against the breaches

    of

    cease-fire,

    but

    we were relieved when Lord

    Soa mes stood firm and would not grant an extension to

    the time

    they

    were

    to

    report

    to the

    monitoring

    stations* as he was asked to do. This states that

    those

    who have

    reported will

    be

    tmder the

    law, but

    those that

    refuse

    to come in wi ll

    be

    unlawful

    and

    not under protection

    of the

    government.

    This, then, will only mean

    more bloodshed.

    We here

    in

    Rhodesia

    desperately cov et

    your

    prayers for the coming elections,

    i f f the

    party gets

    in office

    that is favorable to the

    Lord's

    work, then we

    can

    see things beginning

    to settle

    down

    in a year to I8 months. Due to

    the

    sanctions being

    lifted,

    the equipment

    and

    men can be obtained

    to

    withold

    the enemy, with

    the

    Lord's help. If

    the communist

    backed

    parties

    should get into control, then

    it

    could be

    disastrous for the

    country and for the

    Lord's work

    here. There are so many

    Christians in

    this

    beautiful land, people who

    are

    stronger for the long trial

    of

    war that they have been through and they are looking to God

    to bring the

    right party into power. Please

    pray

    with us that

    this

    might be so.

    --

    A s you can imagine, the

    African Church work

    is

    suffering

    terribly, as it

    is impossible

    to travel and

    visit

    the

    congregations,

    imder the present

    security

    situation. Even with the

    cease-fire, there is much intimidation going on

    in

    the tribal trust lands. And

    in

    the

    cities, the African

    locations are infested with

    the rival

    parties

    and much qu arreling

    and threatening is taking place*

     

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    7IKST

    CHRISTIAN CHURCH

    '•THE PICKETT LINE

    2659 TTBffC STREET

    NAPA, CALIFORNU 9^ 5 5 8

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    177

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    Meanwhile, life goes on. We did

    manage

    to

    enjoy

    a beautiful

    Christaas

    and New

    Tear

    period

    at

    the

    Hillside

    Chapel

    (European

    Church)

    with several

    very

    spiritually

    uplifting

    programs.

    On

    December 9th our children

    and

    youth departments of

    the Sunday School

    pre

    sented a Christmas program at the Homing Service. We

    were deeply

    touched when l80

    people

    attended,

    this was more

    than triple

    our

    regular attendance.

    On

    the

    evening of

    December

    l6th,

    our

    young

    people presented

    "A Carols

    by

    Candlelight" program with 80

    people in

    the audience,

    x . i . i i < ) s t

    three times our usual attendance

    on

    Sunday night. Christmas Day

    here

    in

    Rhodesi:i

    vs a

    traditional

    time for a

    church service,

    and we

    again

    were surprised

    with

    a

    gathering of 84 people. New Tear's Eve was observed with

    a

    lovely Fellowship

    dinner , ollowed by

    a

    movie

    on

    Family

    Life

    and then closing out the

    old

    year with

    a

    prayer service

    at

    midnight.

    In

    the past year our attendance

    at

    Hillside Chapel

    has

    doubled

    and we

    surpassed our financial

    goal for

    the year.

    So the Lord's

    work is very

    much

    in

    evidence

    in

    the lives

    of

    the people. Also

    I

    would mention that until

    just

    this

    past month

    when all the

    intimidation

    began, the African

    township

    churches

    were baptizing

    an average of

    30 people each

    month.

    I

    want to now take the time

    to

    give

    a great

    big THANK TOU to

    all of

    you at home,

    who

    have

    so

    beautifully held me and

    the work

    in Rhodesia up in prayer."Also

    for the

    beautiful way

    you

    made

    my Christmas a

    very

    memorable on. Many of you have taken on

    my

    little

    Asian Sunday School class as

    a

    project

    and sent supplies for then. My,

    what

    a

    beautiful

    treasure

    chest of supplies I

    now have at

    my

    finger

    tips to use

    for them.

    M y

    personal Christmas

    was lovely,

    with so many

    of

    you including

    gifts for me and for my

    little family (The Kwacheneras),

    and

    we

    all

    want to

    say

    THANK TOU a nd we love you very

    o i u c h .

    Most

    of

    the things arrived

    just

    before ChriBtmas or immediately

    s i f t e r

    (although

    I

    understand that

    1 r 2 oxes are still

    on their way).

    I continue

    to that

    you

    pray daily for

    the situation in

    this country and

    please

    pray particularly for the upcoming election in February. We

    face

    a very

    critical

    time in

    the history

    of this land a nd

    only

    God's

    Everlasting

    Anas

    can uphold

    us.

    God

    bless you,

    each

    one.

    Love,

    MISS JUDT

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    J9DXSB L. PICECRt

    Africa lHaaioa

    Box 92- laaia

    ZiabalBva/

    hodaai#.

    Africa

    FORWARDING AGENTS:

    Mrs, Fay Bockhabn

    Financial Agent

    P,0,

    Box 2746

    Napa, CA

    94556

    HODESIA

    Mr, £ Mrs, A1 Lyons

    Public

    Relations Agents

    P.O.

    Box 2746

    Napa,

    CA 94558

    RHODESIAN

    PICKET LINE

    MABCH

    NEVSTSTTKR

    Demr Christian

    Friends:

    AU.

    ILL

    BE

    cma

    k0i not the question "Why?**

    For

    soseday

    up abOTe

    Ve*ll

    see the reason

    uhy

    And say

    that

    Ood

    is

    lore*

    Ask

    not

    the question "Wky?"

    For

    after life's

    brief

    spell

    We'll be

    with

    Sod and

    kncv

    That

    He does all thin^ well*

    Atk. not the question "Why?"

    But trust Ood

    like

    a child

    And all

    will be

    sade

    clear

    In Just

    a ittle

    ^diile*

    The Election is

    o r e r .

    For

    weeks

    befera Christians all

    orer Hhodesia set together

    daily to for peace

    and

    for the right nan to be

    elected.

    First reactions to the

    re

    s u l t s in i i a n y B h o d e s l a n s

    w e r e

    of c o n s t e r n a t i o n

    and

    f e a r *

    But w h o are we

    to say

    this

    is

    not

    the best way Ood has chosen to bring peace.

    Kany

    hsTe said that if

    the

    election had

    gone any other way the war would hSTO escalated* But

    because

    of the landslide rictory of

    the winner, nuoh violence

    has

    ceased. So far the Priae

    Minister

    elect has ooapronised

    with those

    now

    in the goremaent and a ^ i o w a a real effort to try and keep the

    country fron

    falling

    to

    pieces. Of course he

    has

    not yet assuaed the full power of

    the

    office, but

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    The

    country will

    now,

    most

    probably,

    be

    called

    Just

    Zimbabwe,

    so

    I

    would advise

    that

    all

    l

    udl be

    addressed

    much.

    A b i t of p e r s o n a l news....

    a m

    n o w the o w n e r of a

    V o l k s w e i g o n ^ Be t t l e * l .

    For s o m e

    time I

    hare

    felt the

    need for

    my own rehiele, as

    the

    Mission

    truck

    is

    often

    needed

    elss-

    where. For the months

    Dr. Cobb

    has

    been

    home on

    furlough,

    X have

    been

    driving her car,

    but

    when she

    returns

    I ould be without transportation.

    The

    opportunity presented itself for me

    to

    purchase

    a good

    used Tslkswagon, which

    will

    be

    very economical to run in regards to ov etrol rationing. And so yesterday I

    became

    the

    owner

    of * * T h e Blue Battle'*.

    Everyone approves even

    ay dog, Saber,

    as

    he can

    once again go for

    a

    ride. Of course he is almost as big as the

    car.

    Hal

    As

    always,

    I hank everyone

    for

    their prayers

    and

    eoncern during these anxious times.

    May God continue to bless

    as

    we work

    together for

    Him

    in

    Zimbabwe.

    In Christ,

    MISS JODT

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    J U N 30 980

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    JTOITH

    PICEETT, Secretary

    Cmtrml Africa Miesioa

    Box 92

    -

    inoia

    ZdLababw«, Africa

    ZIK6ABVS

    FORWARDJtIG AGENTS:

    Mrs. Fay Bockhahn

    Financial Agent

    P.O. Box 2746

    Napa, CA 94558

    Mr. & Mrs.

    Al

    Lyons

    Public Relations Agents

    P.O.

    Box

    2746

    Napa, CA 94558

    MAT- tniE MEWSISTTEB

    1980

    ZIHBABVE IS B OSNI APRII,

    idTB

    BIG BAT IM

    HISTOSI

    OF

    Z I M B A B W E .

    BOBERT NUQABE SWOBN IN AS

    PRIME

    MDflSTER.

    "SEFERAHB**

    BAHAMA

    SWOBM IN

    AS PSESIDEirF* ZIMBABWE

    FUO

    RAISED FOB FISST

    TIME.

    A

    NEW OSDES OF

    '^COMRADES**

    INSTALLED

    Daar

    Chrlstiatt Friends:

    If

    I

    had

    been writing newspaper

    headlines for t he

    past

    aonth, they light hare sonnded

    soiethiBg like the above* As you can see, April and Hay hare been exciting nonths here in

    Ziababwe* Many changes have

    been

    aade and

    saay

    acre

    anticipated* M i i c h

    unrest

    has

    erupted

    aaoag

    the

    working class* Dissidents still refuse

    to

    give theaselves

    up.

    Leaders froa

    aany

    countries, who before would not come near Bhod esia, hare suddenly decided

    to

    be staunch

    supporters

    of

    Zlababwe*

    The few

    old Bhodesian

    holidays

    abolished and aany

    new Ziababweaa

    holidays created. The ezshange rate has goneup, which neans S^tOO.OO D* S. aoney is

    barely

    worth 1200*00 Ziababwe* Priae Minister claias to be Socialist

    and

    not

    Coaaunist*

    Much

    uncertainty and disappointment still plague the

    people*..aany

    whites

    are

    feeling that their

    future is

    not

    here

    but in another country.

    But through

    it

    all

    reaains the

    fact that one of

    our aost

    urgent

    prayers

    has been

    answered**«*PEAC^ not

    WAS

    and DEAT^

    now

    preTSlent throughout the

    country. We aissionaries

    are aost

    thankful

    that

    our religious

    sustivities

    have

    not

    been

    curtailed*

    We are again,

    cautiously,

    beginning

    to

    aove around* Plans for reopening work which had been slowed down

    or

    discontinued

    in

    aany areas are

    now being aade* As

    yet,

    no

    plans have been aade for

    missionaries

    to

    move back on the

    stations*

    Capable African leaders will be installed in

    the various stations

    and

    we will

    continue

    to

    oversee

    the

    work

    froa the cities. Praise

    Ood froa whoa

    all

    blessings flow

    Chidaaoyo

    has no

    iaaediate

    plans for

    reopening

    the Hospital,

    although Dr*

    Cobb

    is

    investigating all possibilities. Workers have been eaployed to clean

    up

    the Missioa

    groimds and one Evangelist

    has

    just this

    week

    (May 1 ? ) moved back to the Mission* Others

    are

    anticipating

    the move back to their home areas* I cannot give

    you

    any

    other

    Infos-

    nation at this tine* Since my furlough will be due in another

    year

    and returning to

    Chidaaoyo is uncertain, I have resigned as Hospital Secretary and plan

    to

    continue with

    ay

    present

    cc^Bmitaents

    in

    Sinoia*

    I

    will continue to do the Hospital book wox^ until

    they

    move to Chidaaoyo and require

    a

    full

    tine

    secretary.

    I

    eel that the

    Lord has

    opened several doors

    of

    opportunity and witness for ae

    here

    in Sinoia. As secretary for Bro. Dale

    Marshall,.

    . am quite involved in the wox^ of the

    Sinoia Christian Mission.

    If

    the Lord wills,

    I plan to start

    traveling with one of the

    African Ev angelists to the European farms i^ere the Mission supervises 19 Af rican schools*

    I

    ill teach Scripture through

    the

    mediua

    of

    ay

    flannelgraidi

    to

    the children of these aany

    schools* I

    joyfully

    look forward

    to

    this challenging task* •

    I will

    be

    continuing

    ay

    "little Sunday

    School"

    at

    the

    Loaagundi Priaary School,

    whwa

    it

    is

    expected

    that

    African children will now be attending in

    a

    greater number, as all

    soalag

    boundaries

    have

    been

    removed. If the Lord wills, I

    will

    also be able

    to

    do soae

    voluntary

    teaching

    of

    needlework

    and crafts at this same school*

    - VER-

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    FIBST CHRISTIAH CHDBCH

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    Through

    my

    fellovfiMp with

    the

    European

    (Congregation

    at

    Hillside

    Chapel,

    where Mr*

    Marshall

    preaches,

    I ave had great

    opportunities

    of

    working

    and

    witnessing

    with the

    w h i t e y o u n g p e o p l e , t e a c h i n g a c l a s s o n V e d n d ^ d a y e v e n i n g a n d s i t t i n g i n o n t h e y o u t h

    meetings

    on

    Sunday evenings.

    D u r i n g t h e m o n t h of A p r i l and p a r t of M ^ 7 « Mr.

    M a r s h a l l

    and

    f a m i l y l e f t

    o n

    t h e i r

    vacation. After tying up

    loose

    ends the

    f i i p i i t week of his

    absence, I was

    able to

    get

    away f r o m r o u t i n e , b u t

    not

    e n t i r e l y f r o m w o i ^ > The s e c o n d w e e k I r a v e l e d to S a l i s b u r y ,

    w h e r e

    I

    w a s

    p r i v i l e d g e d

    t o

    w o r k wi t h t h e

    S a l ^ i s b u r y

    M i s s i o n a r i e s i n

    a

    w e e k

    l o n g m u l t i

    racial Holiday Bible S chool

    (VBS).

    What a

    and

    a blessing

    to have

    a total enrollsMit

    of

    1 3 3

    when we only e s q ^ e c t e d

    60

    or

    70.

    Total

    30

    of

    these

    a class of

    Junior

    boys and girls diich I au^t. At the end of the week, we

    were a tired group of faculty, but a tremend^isly

    blessed

    group.

    A f t e r

    M r .

    M a r s h a l l r e t u r n e d

    t h e 9 t h o f

    i j l i y ,

    w e

    h a d

    t o

    a t t e n d t h e

    Q u a r t e r l y M i s s i o n

    M e e t i n g

    at Ft.

    V i c t o r i a .

    Mr.

    M a r s h a l l

    H a y d e i | L ,

    C h a i r m a n

    of o u r

    S t a t e S i d e C e n t r a l

    A f r i c a

    Mission

    Board, was present.

    After

    the

    business meeting,

    we all

    enjoyed

    a

    tremendous

    time

    of fellowship.

    The Ft.

    Victoria Missionaries

    reserved a

    private

    hotel out in the country

    overlooking the lake and the Kyle Dam, which mfas

    a

    eautiful

    and

    restfu l place.

    It was

    a

    b l e s s i n g t o b e

    a b l e t o

    t r a v e l

    i n

    s a f e t y t o j

    i n d

    f r a a

    F t .

    V i c t o r i a , w i t h

    s o m e o f

    t h e

    missionasries

    even traveling at ni^t.

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    I

    rish

    to thank

    all

    of

    you

    who

    have

    been

    these past months of strife and unrest. AndM fe ask that you continue to pray for this

    c o u n t r y a n d

    i t s

    p e o p l e . W e o d s s i o n a r i e s a r e j

    j b r u l y i n n e e d

    o f

    u p l i f t i n g

    t o Q o d d u r i n g

    t h e s e

    adjusting times,

    our Lord.

    Please pray that we may still have the

    freedom

    to

    preach

    and teach for

    Now, a

    personal

    note of thanks

    to

    all

    o

    my birthday in

    April.

    The Lord

    blessed

    me in

    brothers and sisters in Christ. I m ever

    from being a part of the Family of God.

    a ^ s u r

    so concerned for

    us

    here in Zimbabwe, during

    you who sent

    cards, greeting

    and

    gifts for

    wonderful ways, throu^ you my wonderful

    'e of the tremendous blessings that cose

    God bless

    each

    and every one,

    MISSJDDI

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    Central Africa Mission

    Box 92

    Zinoia

    Zimbabwe, Africa

    FORWARDĥ G AGENTS:

    Mrs. Fay Bockhahn

    Financial

    Agent

    P.O.

    Box

    2746

    Mapa, CA 94556

    Mr. Mrs.

    Al

    Lyons

    Public Relations Agents

    P.O. Box 2746

    Napa,

    CA 94558

    JULY

    NEWSLETTES

    Dear

    Christian

    Friends:

    Greetings

    in

    the Wonderful Name

    of Jesus,

    Let

    me

    start the month

    off

    right

    by

    get

    ting a newsletter

    to

    you

    on

    time,

    July

    been a

    busy

    month for me

    and I

    want

    to share

    some

    of the

    m i u i y activities

    with you.

    The last week of June

    X

    began my trips out

    to

    the Farm schools

    for

    the African

    children with

    Mr. Vanga

    Sixpence, one

    of

    our

    African

    Evangelists,

    and r i t h Mr. Hugh

    Fender,

    We were able to

    visit

    two schools

    each

    morning,

    but

    at

    each

    school there

    were

    approximately

    60 students, I

    aught

    the

    Creation

    Story in flannelgraph and the

    children

    sat

    with

    their

    eyes

    glued

    to the board,

    as

    many of them had

    never

    seen

    anything

    like the

    flannelgrai^

    before. Our first stop w e i s the

    Acton

    Farm about 11 miles

    from

    Sinoia,

    Here

    we drove up to a

    hugh tobacco b£um

    and around to

    one side

    was a

    bare little room about

    1 2

    by 1 6 feet, in which the 60 hildren have their classes. You in America would shudder to

    see such a

    school

    room, but to these d e e i r children it

    is

    a heaven where they can leam to

    read and write. The children were seated on rou^ wooden benches and on

    the

    floor in

    front

    of each

    child was

    a

    pile

    of

    small

    white

    stones.

    These

    served

    as their mathematical

    instruments. Their blackboard was

    the

    side of a hugh wooden box,

    on

    which

    the

    teacher

    had

    written

    with

    black chalk. The farmer leases this farm but is trying to buy

    his own

    place

    and then

    he wishes

    to build a proper

    school for the

    children of

    his

    workers. But

    no

    matter

    how humble the

    room,

    these children were there for

    only

    one reason

    and

    that

    was

    to

    leam.

    As we entered the room

    they

    immediately rose

    and,

    as

    one voic e, said

    very

    clearly in

    English

     Good Morning, Sir , (I am often addressed as Sir , as the childran have male teachers and

    this

    is the greeting they

    have l e e o T i e d , ) They delighted in

    singing some

    of their

    favorite

    songs for

    us

    before I egan

    the

    lesson. We then moved

    outside

    in the

    sunlight

    for the

    lesson and

    were immediately joined by

    several mothers and fathers

    who were

    supposed to be

    working

    the

    nearby cotton

    field, as they, too,

    were

    curious to

    see

    the

    picture

    lesson .

    The children

    at

    this

    school

    were from grade 1 through grade

    Our

    second

    stop the

    first

    morning was at the Steel

    Farm

    about

    20 miles

    on the

    opposite

    side of Sinoia. Here the

    farmer owns

    his own farm and the school was a brick building

    of

    one room, with two tecu:hers and

    60

    pupils, with

    grades

    1

    hrough ?•

    As we eirrived, one of

    the teachers was

    meeting

    outside with

    his class and we

    were greeted most

    enthusiastically.

    Inside there were desks for the older students and benches for the younger ones,

    and

    also

    a proper blackboard on the wall. It never fails to amaze me at the complete attentiveness

    of these

    children.

    Not one

    sound is

    uttered

    during the

    teaching of

    the lesson unless

    they

    are celled on, and

    when you

    ask

    a uestion almost-every

    hand goes up and fingers

    begin

    snapping

    for you to

    notice them

    first.

    They are all

    so eager to

    answer the question,

    and

    if they give

    the wrong answer

    they are

    the

    first to laugh at them selves. The discipline

    is tremendous and the children

    have

    no time for foolishness, for, to them, it is

    a

    real

    privilege

    to have the

    opportunity

    to leam. This

    is

    not

    to

    say

    that

    they

    do

    not

    have

    any

    fun, for they

    really

    enjoy singing their favorite songs and playing their fav orite

    games

    at break time, I ertainly give honor to the teachers

    who

    teach under such primitive

    conditions. They, too, have

    one

    purpose and that is to teach the children to the very

    best of their abilities. I am so thankful that I have been given

    the privilege

    of travel-,

    ing to

    the

    various schools and telling these

    children

    about our Saviour,

    And

    I believe

    that I

    eceiv e the greater blessing,

    as

    it

    is

    such

    a

    joy

    to work with

    them.

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    I am happy to

    announce

    that I have began.

    School, and

    this

    ie where I also teach

    a

    m a l .

    Our

    first Sunday back we

    had

    27

    and

    have

    had

    pupils laii Sunday.

    For this we

    are

    thankful,

    t h e s c h o o l w o u l d b e o p e n

    to us

    t h i s y e a r .

    SiU

    ones are so excited about

    attending

    the class

    groux^e^

    at 2:30.

    m

    And it is through this school that I ayd

    of

    L o m a g u n d i

    c o n t a c t e d me

    and

    asked

    t h a t

    I l i

    wife have

    taken the

    1^

    year

    old

    brother. T h e e 5

    situation. After

    much

    prayer

    I

    greed

    to

    f o s i ;

    upbringi ng, they

    are sadly

    lacking in educatio:

    grades at

    Lomagundi.

    I

    esitated

    to

    take the

    girls

    as

    I will

    year, but the Headmaster insisted

    that

    even a

    them for a better way of

    life.

    I could go

    :

    I do request your prayers on my behalf

    enormous

    undertaking. I

    find

    becoming a motl

    to

    say

    the

    least.

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    y

    litt le Sunday

    School at

    Lomagundi Primary

    c l c L S s of girls

    needlecraft

    each Wednesday,

    increase each

    Sunday

    with

    a record of 55

    as for

    a

    time

    we

    did not know whether or not

    day School

    begins

    at 3 50

    p.m., but the little

    that many of them arrive

    at

    the school

    now become a

    foster mother. The Headmaster

    e two

    teenage

    girls, if

    possible.

    He and his

    e

    children

    have

    been living

    in a deplorable

    er Kina (I6)

    and Irene

    (15)• Due to their

    n

    and

    have

    been placed

    in the 6th

    and

    7th

    e

    returning

    to

    the

    States

    on furlough next

    year in a Christian

    home will help

    prepare

    detail, but will save that for later.

    d on

    behalf of the girls

    for

    this most

    of

    teenagers,

    at

    my

    age,

    a

    bit

    taxing,

    August

    will see a school

    holiday

    until the middle of September. Again,

    I

    have been

    r e q u e s t e d to t e a c h at

    a

    Holiday Bible School

    to witness

    to

    children of

    all

    races and I ool

    Please pray

    for the

    teachers of this school

    and their parents through

    this

    medium.

    A

    high

    school youth camp is also

    planned

    Kariba on an

    i s l a n d

    out in

    the

    lake. The o n l ^

    a b u n d a n c e o f £ l e | d i a n t .

    L i o n

    a n d o t h e r

    w i l d

    l i j j

    time as

    well

    as a piritual time for the yoi

    decided

    yet,

    but

    I would

    like to be one

    of

    h i e

    young

    people in

    the

    telling

    of

    the

    story of

    secretary to Mr. Marshall,

    plus

    evangelistic

    they

    usk

    me.

    God

    blesd you, each

    one.

    Salisbury. This

    is another opportunity

    forward

    to

    being a part of

    this

    program,

    i t we might

    be able to

    contact

    many

    children

    diu ing

    this

    holiday.

    It is

    to be held

    at

    access is

    by

    boat. The

    island

    has an

    e,

    so it

    should

    prove to be an interesting

    people. The teacher schedule has not been

    appointed ones, as

    I

    love

    to

    work

    with

    the

    i s t t s Christ. But with my regular work as

    ork,

    I may not be able to make it,

    even

    if

    Tours

    in

    Christ,

    MISS JUDY

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    ZIM WE

    \

    JUBini

    L.

    PICKETT

    Secretary

    Central

    Africa

    Miseion

    Box

    92 Sinoia

    Zimbabwe Africa

    Forwarding

    Agents:

    Mrs.

    Fay Bockhahn

    Finaincial Agent

    P. 0.

    Box 27^6

    Napa, Calif. 9^55^

    Mr. c Mrs.

    A1 Lyons

    Public

    Relations

    Agent

    P. 0. Box 2746

    Napa,

    California

    9455^

    OCTOBER 1980

    NEWSLETTER

    Dear

    Christian Friends:

    Greetings in the name of

    Christ

    from Zimbabwe. Time has certainly flown past and I

    just realized that

    it has

    been almost

    three

    months since my last newsletter. So I will

    try to bring

    you

    up to

    date

    on

    the

    main events that have

    taken

    place since July.

    The political

    situation

    seems not to

    be making

    too much progress in reconciling the

    many factions here in Zimbabwe. November

    is

    election time for t he local councils

    and

    there has been

    a

    lot of intimidation among the

    African

    people

    with most

    of the trouble

    centered near the

    more populated

    areas. Right here

    in

    Sinoia, two weeks

    ago,

    we had

    a

    young

    white policeman killed and several people

    injured in

    a

    hand

    grenade explosion.

    Also an African man was abducted from his Zanu PF office right down town Sinoia

    and

    beaten, his

    throat

    cut and an attempt to burn him alive. They left him for dead, but he

    managed

    to stagger to

    the

    police station and later

    died

    in the hospital. The newspapers

    are full of reports

    of

    violence and

    even

    though the war has stopped,

    there

    are still

    threatenings of a civil war to come

    that

    will

    make

    the former

    war

    look

    like child s

    play.

    Crime is running rampant, but that

    is

    not just in Zimbabwe as there is violence all over

    the world.

    We have sent a team

    of

    architects out

    to

    the Hospital at Chidamoyo to survey the

    damage

    and see how

    much it will cost to rebuild,

    so

    that we can submit the estimated

    cost

    to

    the

    Government.

    But,

    as you

    know,

    the wheels

    of

    government

    move

    slowly. Dr.

    Gloria Cobb

    is

    trying to got things

    organized

    to

    open

    a

    clinic there with African

    staff,

    but this takes

    time,

    too. ^e

    have great

    hopes to

    reopen

    the

    Hospital, but the

    future of

    Chidamoyo is

    still

    uncertain

    at this

    time.

    August was a

    school

    holiday and this was a time

    for

    me

    to

    prepare my work for the

    next term. September

    saw the opening of schools again and my

    little

    S x i n d a y School at

    Lomagundi Primary School, too.

    I

    am having 30 or more children each Sunday and these

    dear little

    ones are a joy

    to

    work with.

    At Hillside Chapel we have been holding Friday night Youth meetings for Prim ary

    age children

    and

    most of those who attend my little

    Sunday School

    are now attending

    the Friday

    n i g h t

    sessions

    as

    well. The f i r s t n i g h t

    we

    h a d 65 y o u n g p e o p l e in

    a t t e n d a n c e

    with 68 the

    next

    meeting

    and

    in

    the

    low

    60*6 last night.

    We

    are running a

    VBS program

    on

    these

    Friday

    evenings for 10

    weeks and the children are really

    enjoying it.

    They

    meet f o r lessons, games, crafts and refreshments f r o m 6:30 to 8:30 e a c h week. I give the

    mission story each week just before closing time.

    We

    are overjoyed that we are able to

    feed the Hillside Chapel

    Sunday

    School with the Good News and also have the children

    from my little Sunday School share in this with the Hillside Chapel group.

    This

    is our

    ultimate

    goal that

    we reach all these children

    and

    their parents and have an interracial

    congregation.

    S e p t e m b e r

    was

    t i m e

    f o r

    o u r C e n t r a l A f r i c a M i s s i o n m e e t i n g a n d

    i t

    w a s h e l d a t C h i r e d z i

    The

    missionaries

    met for

    the quarterly

    meeting at a

    motel

    on a private

    game

    ranch.

    This

    also

    gave

    me a few

    days

    rest away from

    t h e

    routine.

    Our next meeting

    will

    be in December

    and will be

    held

    in

    Salisbury,

    so it won t

    b e

    so far to travel for those of

    us

    here in

    the high veld (moimtain area) of Zimbabwe.

    Our

    African

    Evangelist have

    been

    able to

    make

    survey trips into

    each

    of

    the

    areas

    where

    we

    once

    had churches and now are going

    back

    for Evangelistic

    meetings is

    some of

    the areas. In some places they have been very encouraged that many of the Christians

    have already started worshipping again on their own initiative, however, in

    other

    places

    they have been disappointed to

    find

    the churches

    disbanded because

    of the deep intimi

    dation the

    p e o p l e w e r e

    u n d e r

    d u r i n g

    the

    w a r

    p e r i o d (Over)

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    Mr. Hugh Pender

    and

    one of the Evangelists had a trip planned to the Sipililo area,

    but

    just before

    they

    were to

    go

    a Christian

    man

    arrived

    from

    that area and told

    them not

    to

    make the trip as

    it was

    unsafe. Jmslt a week later

    we

    learned that

    a Christian

    from

    that

    church had been killed and o v t r evangelist is sxire that it

    was

    the same

    man

    that

    b r o T i g h t

    t h e

    w a r n i n g

    a n d t h a t

    h e w a s k i l l e d

    f o r

    t h a t

    r e a s o n . S o t h e

    A f r i c a n C h r i s t i a n s

    are still suffering,

    but fortxmately there

    are

    very

    few

    areas

    still under this type of

    persecution

    I have

    again started

    traveling with one

    of

    the African

    Evangelist

    and with

    Mr.

    Hugh

    Pender

    to the

    African f e i r m schools.

    This

    past week

    we

    visited

    two

    schools

    and

    I taught

    the

    Creation

    Story

    with

    the f l a n n e l g r a p h .

    The

    f i r s t school had two teachers

    and 80

    pupils

    from kindergarten to the 5th grade. They were very enthusiastic and performed a musical

    concert for our benefit. The second school we visited has 120 pupils from grade 1 to

    grade 6, and

    only

    one teacher. Both schools had fairly

    good

    buildings to meet in

    s i n d

    at

    least

    had

    proper

    benches

    and

    blackboards for the students

    use.

    During our visit at

    the

    second school, we

    had several

    parents come in to see the Bible Story told by Ambuya

    (Grandmother) Pickett,

    as the

    evangelist,

    Mr.

    Sixpence, introduces me.

    So, now, where-

    ever I

    o

    there is

    some child

    that

    recognizes

    meand

    says

    Moroii Ambuya .

    I ontinue to covet

    your

    prayers

    that

    this work will

    be

    able to continue, as these

    children are

    so

    anxious

    to

    learn

    and it

    is a joy

    to

    tell the

    Gospel

    story to them. Not

    a sound

    can be heard

    from

    them

    as I

    tell the story, but

    immediately after the lesson I

    have Mr.

    Sixpence ask questions

    about

    the lesson and their little

    hands

    just

    fly up

    to

    be first with the amswer

    T o

    g e t

    b a c k

    t o o u r w o r k a t H i l l s i d e ^ h a p e l , t h e F r i d a y

    n i g h t

    T o u t h M e e t i n g s a r e

    j u s t for Primary children, b u t I

    have

    t h e High

    School T o u t h on

    W e d n e s d a y

    and

    I

    am

    teach

    ing

    they the same V BS lessons.

    The

    theme

    is

    Jesus, God's

    Wonderful

    Gift and

    t h e

    lessons

    a r e r e a l l y

    p e r t i n e n t f o r

    t h i s a g e .

    A t t e n d a n c e

    i n t h i s g r o u p r u n s

    f r o m

    8 t o

    10 e a c h

    w e e k .

    So with all these activities

    and

    my regular office

    work for Mr. Marshall, I manage

    to keep q u i t e busy. But I still have

    t i m e

    for my lovely little f a m i l y

    of

    two daughters

    who continue to

    give

    me great joy. They are

    looking

    forward to entering High School in

    January.

    Time

    to close and

    I ask each

    and every one of

    you

    to continue to

    pray for our work

    here for the Lord and especially for the Christians

    as

    they

    still

    struggle

    against

    many

    odds

    I would like to thank you,

    too,

    for your love to

    me

    expressed through your prayers

    and faithful support.

    Toxirs, In

    Christ,

    MISS

    JUDY

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    JAM 1

    JUDITH

    I t

    PICKETT, Secretary

    Central Africa Hiseion

    Box 92-

    Sinoia

    Zimbabwe, Africa

    Forwarding Agents:

    Hra. Fay

    Bockhahn

    Financial

    Agent

    P-

    0,

    Box 27^6

    Napa,

    Calif. 9'f558

    Mr. 8 t Mrs. A1 Lyona

    Pub lic P elat ions Agent

    P. 0. Box 2746

    Napa,

    California 94 5 5 8

    NOVEMBES/DECEHBER I98O

    NEWSLETTER

    Dear

    Chrietian

    Friends:

    As I write

    this

    letter it is the middle of Norember

    and

    with Dec ember j nst around

    the

    comer, I would like t o make this my

    final

    letter

    for

    this year,

    and

    extend to each

    one

    of

    you

    my

    Christmas Gree tings.

    First,

    1 would

    like t o

    report

    on the

    actiTities of the

    work.

    At the present

    time,

    the

    Africa n Eva ngelist

    a r e

    very busy visiting

    the a r e as

    where

    churches have

    been

    r e

    established or new ones begun during th e ti m e

    since

    th e w a r . A Land

    Rover

    vdhicle

    has

    been

    purchased and the E vangelists a r e

    going

    out in teams for sever al day s a t a

    time to encourage the C hristians and t o further evangelise

    in

    the are as. Our own

    evangelist formerly from Chidamoyo, a young man X have known since he wa s my house

    worker

    during my first

    t e r m , has

    m a d e

    severa l trips

    in

    the

    Chidamoyo a r e a

    and

    outlying

    a r e as wher e w e formerly had churches and medical clinics. H e baw been encouraged

    with the activity

    in

    some

    of

    the

    chiirches, but

    disappointed

    in

    others.

    He

    had b e en

    established as minister t o a church in Eariba during the

    w a r , but

    he is considering

    moving

    back

    into the i r e of his home village and working

    from

    the r e ,

    as many

    of t he

    people from Chidamoyo

    who

    had fled t o the city for safety a r e now re tur ning t o t he

     bush .

    As

    yet,

    no

    decision

    has

    been made on

    Chidamoyo, by

    the government.

    This

    is

    dis

    heartening to us,

    but

    we cannot make

    a

    move until

    they

    cooperate with us. Mashoko

    Mission

    and

    Maranda Mission, in the

    low

    veld,

    a r e

    reopening

    and

    oper at ing on

    a limited

    scale, but the officials

    they deal

    wit seem to

    be

    a

    bit

    easier to

    work

    wit than these

    in our

    end

    of the

    country.

    Daily the

    newspapers

    give forth an account of violence breaking out b e t w e e n the two

    factions of government,

    particiilarly among the repatriated former terrorists. Just this

    morning a n a c c o t m t

    of

    a gun ba t tle in one of th e Bullawayo African townships relate d the

    d e a th of some 55

    Africa ns and t he

    injury of ^X)

    ore.

    This is an a r e a wh e r e

    many

    of t he

    former terrorists are

    living

    until further housing can be provided.

    Yesterday another battle in

    the

    same

    city killed

    one

    m an and

    injured 20

    more. We

    wonder

    just

    how

    long

    the peace

    will last.

    Along with

    reports

    of

    the

    fighting, we

    hear

    re port s of

    disagreement

    and plans to change the colonial

    system m a d e

    by the

    former

    regime

    (which are talked

    about as if

    they wer e the downfall

    of

    the

    nation). Oae just

    can't

    feel that

    all is

    well

    at

    this time.

    Many whites are getting discouraged with changes being made

    in

    the education

    system and medical care system, which could bring forth

    a d r a s t i c

    lowering

    of

    standards

    and

    affect

    their children and

    families.

    It

    is

    expected that

    if

    these changes are

    carried

    out,

    then

    a

    mass exodus

    of

    whites will soon

    come.

    As

    of this writing, four

    of

    our African Evangelists are out in the LandRover and

    a r e

    in

    the

    Chidamoyo

    and Sinyati a r e as.

    As

    their previous re port s stat e that they find

    c^iplete

    poverty and

    star vation among

    the

    bush people,

    w e

    have ac quired

    15 tons of Mealie

    Mea l, supplies of salt , t e a , dried fish. Then as the

    men

    go out to preac h, they distribute

    these to the

    destitute

    to help

    tide them over

    until the end of the harvest.

    We have a lso

    r equested

    and a r e

    receiving

    lots of used

    clothing

    t o be distributed t o

    some

    of

    the people w ho are going

    naked ,

    because they have

    no

    clothing

    and no

    money

    t o

    buy

    any.

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    in

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    we get reports from many areas we he

    a

    day who have

    died

    of

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    adults

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    to

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    then'

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    that they are burying up to three children

    of malaria.

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    that

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    continue

    These reports make us so sad,

    and

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    ;ill grind slowly.

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    groups of

    the two

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    and

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    the

    meantime, life

    in

    the cities

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    to

    move on. With the

    Christmas season

    u p o n us w e a r e i n v o l v e d in so

    m a n y

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    my

    work

    and

    home responsibilities.

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    in

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    a

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    to be held

    in conjunction

    with t he Junior School program.

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    term-end

    play

    at Lomagundi

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    a

    f a s t p a c e a t w o r k , h o m e ,

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    would take this opportunity to thank

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    so

    grateful for all the

    support,

    both f

    missionaries

    here

    feel the

    need for prayer n

    the war.

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    still faithful to the

    work

    here in Zimbabwe.

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    a n d

    a

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    t h e j o y

    o f

    His Presence in your

    lives.

    $h

    and every one

    of

    you so v ery sincerely

    ŷears':

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    dally and prayerfully. I hink all of

    we

    even more than throu^out

    all the

    years

    of

    i t you

    at

    home have

    not given up and

    are

    IN

    CHRISTIAN

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