Pickett Judith 1990 Zimbabwe

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IM WE

Therefore go

and make

disciples of

all nations*•

Matt. 28:19.

FORWAHDINa AGENTS:

Mrs. Evelyn Hill & H/H A1

Lyons

P.

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B o x 2 7 ^ 6 N a p a C a . 9^5^

THE

PMCKETT

EINE

Judith

L. Pickett, Secretary

to

Central Africa Mission

P .

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Box

392, Chinhoyi,

Zimbabwe,

Africa.

FEBRUARY I^WSLETTER 1990

Dear hristian i'riends:

There is

a

song entitled

Where Have All

The

Flowers

Gone , but I

would like

to

ask

Where

has

all the time

gone? .

1989 is a year of the past and 1990

is

well on

it's

w a y

Praise the Lord, this

y ear

I am planning on coming home for a few months and will b e so

happy to

see all

my relatives

and

friends.

Just a brief word

to bring

you up

to

date

on events here in Chinhoyi. Last Septem

ber the fourth lu m b a r disk

in

my spine literally ex ploded, scattering fragments in the

sciatic

nerve area. Needless to say,

I was

in a

lot

of pain. My local doctor tried to

get an appointment for me with

one

of

the

best neurologist in Africa, but he v/as

unable

to see me before October. At

first

I did

not

want to have surgery, but after six v/eeks

of suffering, I agreed. I was unable to carry on my womens classes, as the rough

roads

aggravated the condition. I entered the hospital on November 25th, had tests the next

day Md surgery v/as scheduled

for

the following

day.

Well, as

usual, one can

never

count on things

too

much in Zimbabwe staying on schedule, so surgery was cancelled for

lack of an

anesthetist and

rescheduled. To make

a

long story

short, I w a s

finally

scheduled for surgery on January

2nd,

this year.

All v / e n t

w ell

and

after

ten days

in

the hospital

a i n d

ten day s at

a

friends home

in Harsire,

I returned

t o m y

home

in Chinhoyi

to

recuperate o

driving, no lifting, no bending).

And for

this

I

praise God.

Due to

t h e

many

prayers on my behalf,

both by you and my

friends

here, my

recovery

is coming along nicely. My doctor asures

m e that I

will b e

fully

recovered in time to

malce

the long f lig h t

to Indiana in

April. I

see

the

specialist on

J'ebruary 19th

and

expect to

be released

and

start slowly back

into the

work.

Mrs Custudio, my African assistant,

in

the womens literacy classes, nutrition,

sev/ing

and

Bible

classes,

has talcen over

my

?th grade Scripture

class.

She v/ill try to

keep the closest classes to Ghinyoyi

active,

but due to transportat ion, she will

not

be

able to keep them all functional. Hov/ever,

v/hen

one door closes, God opens another,

and

Mrs

Custudio

now

has

a new

group of

ladies

meeting

at the Shona

spealcing church.

This church is in the high density area, ministered to by >Ir.

Sibanda, our

evangelist.

He

v/as amazed

v/hen 100 illiterate

women came

to

the

first

meeting.

I

have hired two other ladies to help Mrs. Custudio with the teaching, as we

n o v ;

have three

groups. Some

are completely illiterate, some with lower grade

2)

education, and some with

a

bit

a

orei

My-adopted daughters mother

is

lirane-

of

the—

completely illiterate

classes and

she came

to

visit m e

and was

so happy

to

show me how

she could

vo'ite

her name. But we never forget our

main

purpose,

that

is to tell

the

Good

News.

We

always give a Bible lesson after class, and the

church,

itself, is

being

strenghtened

through the v/orking

of

the

Holy

Spirit among the

v/omen

in these

groups.

I

plan to visit the other groups before

I

leave,

and

assure

t h e m I

will resume

their

classes on my

return

to Zimbabwe.

The Lord willing, I

/ i l l

leave Zimbabwe on April l8th, arriving in Indianapolis

April

21st. I

v/ill visit

my

family and try to meet a full schedule

of

V.B.S classes,

spealcing dates,

plus

the Convention

Then

in

August, I will fly to Csilifomia

to

fellov/ship wi th my Living Link Church

family (First Christian Church in Napa)

and other churches

in the area.

My

girls

will

stay

in Chinhoyi

and

take care of my

pets

and the house. I am happy

to

say that they

have

both

grown

into

beautiful, responsible adults.

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FIRST CHRISTIAN

CHURCH

2659 FIRST

STREET

NAPA OA

9^558-5599

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Or^aniz

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Postage

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Once again

I

send

you

my grateful thanks

and

appreciation for

the

wonderful way

you

support

me prayerfully spiritually

and

financially. The

Lord

willing I will

see you soon, to

thanlt

you personally.

IN CHRISTIAN LOVE,

JUDY PICKETT

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ZIMB BWE

"Therefor#

go

and

make

d i u c i p l e a

o f

^

all

nations*

Matt. 28j19*

FORWAHDIHQ AGEMTS;

Mrs. Erelyn

Hill &

HA

1

Lyons

P,

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B o x

2 7 ^ 6 »

Hapa,

Ca. 9 ^ 8

TH

Fi KETT

EiKE

Judith L. Pickett, Secretary to Ce ntral Africa Mission

P.

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Chinhoyi,

Zimbabwe,

Africa*

AUGUST/SEPTEMBER NEWSLETTER 1990

Dear

Christian Friends:

Time certainly has a way o f getting

away

from one . My last newsle tter was written

in

February

1990

and

much has happe ned since then. In

my last letter, I reported

that

my surgery was over and my recovery was

doing well.

My complete recovery

has

been

beautiful and

I

now feel better than

I

have for several years. Oh, there are the

usual aches and pains one

has

from time

to

time

but

a

bit of rest

seems

to

do wonders.

I

was

able

to cl o se

down

most

things and get r eady for my

tri p to

the States in

April. Marcia

Kay Thompson

and

I traveled

together and

had a

very lovely time.

We

were able

to

visit Amsterdam, Holland in the heart of the

T u l i p

s eason and oh what

a

lovely

sight

that was. We visited one o f the experime ntal laboratorie s

and

flower

gardens

just

outside Amsterdam. I never knew

that there

were so many varieties of

tulips and other related flowers.

All

this beauty reminded me of the verse in Matthew

6:28 - And why are you anxious about clothing? Observe

how

the lilies

of

the field

grow;

they do not toil nor do

they

spin.

Arriving in the States on April

21st,

I had a good reunio n with my sisters and

was able to rest before beginning a full

speaking

program for

the summer.

Every

Sunday

in

May was

filled with speaking

at

some of

my

supporting

churches

in

.Indiana

followed by three continuous weeks o f V.B.S. in various Churches in June. July

saw

me in Kansas

City, Mo, for the North

American

Christian

Co nvention. Along with

several

other missionaries home from

Zimbabwe, I

helped

to man

the Central African

Disp lay Booth and it

was

a

joy

to meet

many old

friends once again.

The last

week

of July

I

was in volved in the fourth V.B.S. o f the

sximmer

finishing up on Friday

night

and then flying out

here

to Napa, C alifornia o n Saturday morning and beginn ing

their

V.B.S,

the

following

Monday.

I

will be doing

some

part time work in

the

church

office

over the next four months

and getting acquainted

with new

people and

renewing

acquaintance with many

old ones.

News

from

my girls

in

Zimbabwe

is

good. They are

living in

my

home

and taking

care

of my animals in my absence

and

doing

a

marvelous job. They have had three un-

weIc6me~visitors recently in

the

form of three hooded Egyp tian cobra snakes. The man

who works

in

my

yard

managed

to

kill all

three

before anyone was injure d. It is

winter time and the snakes

evidently

decided that my

back

varanda

was

a

warm

place

to

stay.

Before

I left

Zimbabwe the decision was made to sell my Volkswagen Jetta Car as

it

had proven not to be practical

for

use

on the

bush roads (gravel,

potholed, rocky roads)

The money from

the

sale was to cover my stationary expe nses while I was out of the

country...salaries for three literacy teachers, man to take care

of

my prop erty, house

payments of $500 a

month.

Unfortunately the car was not

sold

before I le ft but

Bro.

Dale

Marshall, my co-worker

and boss, graciously covered my bills

until

the car

should

sell. The girls

called this week to

inform me

that the

car

has

sold. My main

project this furlough then is

to

raise $15,000,00

to

purchase

a

new truck

and

enough

spare

parts

in South

Africa

to import into

Zimbabwe. The

five

V.B.S. school s have

raised in

the

neighborhood of $4,000.00 toward that goal.

I

would ask

your

prayers

and support that this

goal

might be reached

in

time to order the

vehicle

and get

impor t pap ers p repared so that I might pick

it

up

in

South Africa

on

my return there

Jan.

3,

1991.


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First Christian Church

Pickett Circle

2659

First

Street

Napa, CA 9^558-5599

NON-PROFIT ORGAraZATION

U S POSTACE PAID

PERMIT NO.

28

NAPA,

CALIFORNIA

9^558-5599

Horizons

Box

2427

Knoxville,

TN*

37901

My plans

upon returning

to Zimbabwe will

be

to go

into

full

time

literacy and Bible

study classes with the illiterate Christian women

in our 70+

Shona spea king churches

around

Chinhoyi.

Much

prayer will be needed to undergird this work

and

my health and

safety in the many miles of

travel

required.

Contrary to what

most

people believe that a Missionary Furlough is a rest and

vacation, it certainly

isn't.

Not

only do

we keep a busy schedule

here

in

the States

but

we also retain responsibilities overseas.

But

God somehow makes everything

balance.

It is

time

to bring this to a close with my gratefulness

for

the

many

blessings

I

have

received

here in the States. I appreciate so much all

those

people who have

taken me into their

homes. Everyone

has

been a

great blessing-1©—mo.-

Once

again

I

ask that you be in prayer

that

the funds

for

a stronger vehicle be supplied

so

that the planned literacy

work

can go

on.

Yours in Christ Judy

Pickett

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CA

94558

completed

so

that can

stop

in South Africa, pick up the truck, and drive it across the

b o r d e r

into Zimbab we

and my

home. Dale Marshall,

my

co-worker

i n

Zimbabw e is

going

to

try

to

get a l l

the papers signed

a n d ready

for me;

but

the wheels of government move slowly ,

and he says

they

are moving

more

slowly

than usually, taking

sometimes

two

months or

more

to get

papers

approved. Please pray

that h e

w i l l

b e able

to

p u s h

them

a bit and

get

a l l

the

red

tape

c ut

through in time

for

me to

pick up

the truck on

m y

way

back.

If the

papers are not

approved

in time,

will

continue on b y plane to Zimbabwe and later return

to

South Africa

to

get the

truck

when everything is

approved.

May

take

time to

wish each a n d

everyone

of you a

very

blessed a n d

Happy

Thanksgiving a n d

Christmas

season. Furlough time

is

a

very tiring time and can be

quite stressful,

but

am thankful that this furlough has

been

a very productive one and many blessings have been

showered upon

me by

a l l of you, my

faithful supporters, family and friends.

Hay the Lord

bless you during this

holiday

season.

During the month of December can be contacted personally in Indiana

at

2025 E. Reformers

Avenue, Indianapolis, Indiana

46203. After

January 1, 1991 will be

back

to work

in

Z im bab we and my home.

In God s

Love,

Judy Pickett

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