Pickett Judith 1991 Zimbabwe

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WE

FORWARDING

AGEHTS:

Hrs.

Evelyn

H i l l i

r./Hrs. Sam

M i t c h e l l

P. 0. Box 2746, Napa, CA 94558

THE

Ther efor e

go

and make S

d i s c i p l e s

o f ^

a l l

nations..

Matt.

28:19

PI K TT

Judith

L. Pickett,

Secretary

t o

Central Africa

Mission

P.

0.

Box

392,

Chinhoyi, Zima bwe, Africa

LIN

F eb r u a r y

N e w s l e t t e r 1991

Dear Christian Friends:

Kwaslwai

Ambuya, Hadzoka. (Translated...Hello Ambuya, you have

returned.) Since my

a r r i v a l

b a c k

In Zimbabwe o n January

3,

1991, I h a v e

b e e n h e a r i n g

these words from a l l my

Africa n

fri end s a n d

workers. What

a

joy I t I s

t o be

w elcom ed hom e

with

s u ch e n th u s i a s m .

I t

was almost

e m b a r r a s s i n g the first time

I w a l k e d into

the b a n k . There was a l o n g

line

of people waiting

at

the teller windows. As I walked over to the inquires desk

at

the

other

end

of

the

bank,

a l l

the

tellers

and bank

p e r s o n a l

came

rushing ove r

t o

welcome

me

back.

You

would

have thought I was the Prime

Minister

himself. Just

proving

what

warm,

fr i e n d l y p e o pl e

the n a t i v e

Z i m b a b w e a n s

a r e .

O n

Monday January

21, I

met

with the

three

literacy

teachers

who

have been doing such an

excellent job while 1 h a v e

b e e n

a w a y . He

d i s c u s s e d

their work a n d future

p l a n s

for the

w o m e n s

c l u b s

w h e n

I

g e t my v e h i c l e a n d a m a b l e

to

g e t b a c k I n t o

t h e s w i n g

of t h i n g s .

Hrs. Cus tudio, m y ass is ta nt,

sai d

that on Thursday the women from all the differ en t clubs

w e r e

coming to w e l c o m e me h o m e

a n d w o u l d cook

c h i c k e n

a n d

sadza a n d h a v e a m e e t i n g w i t h me

for about

two

hours. She sai d she had told them

t o

s e l e c t

o n l y

three or four women from

e a c h g r o u p

to come,

b e c a u s e

I t

w o u l d b e

t o o m a n y

If a l l

of

t h e m

c a m e . So

y o u c a n i m a g i n e

my s u r p r i s e at 8:15 a . m . o n T h u r s d a y

t o

h e a r a l o r r y ( l a r g e b e d

truck)

c o m i n g

u p

t h e

street

w i t h

a l l the w o m e n from

B r a e s i d e

F a r m i n the b a c k s i n g i n g

h y m n s

as l o u d

a s

they

could. A f t e r the i n i t i a l shock, I was a b l e to go out

a n d

w e l c o m e them. D u r i n g the

c o u r s e

of the

morning,

other

women arrived

from other groups.

However, they

h a d obeyed

and

only

three or four

from

each group came. Me

h a d

t o scramble around to ge t food en ough for

all,

but ended up having plenty for over 45 women and several small children. They brought the

food and did

all the cooking a nd would n't l e t me do a thing except

t o t ell

them where

everything was t o cook with. It is their custom to

do

a job for the

person

they visit,

lik e clean the house or yard or something. Sin ce my helper had already c leaned the

house

and had the yard

w e l l

trimmed, I said I h a d

nothing

for

them

t o do. Because

they

c o n t i n u e d

to insist a n d since my

w a s h i n g m a c h i n e

i s not w o r k i n g p r o p e r l y a n d the next day

was

my

wash day, e t them do

my

washing. I had spread q uilts on the

ground

for them t o

sit

on under

m y

big

shade

tree,

so

as soon

as they had eaten , they al so

washed three

q u i l t s a n d

h u n g them out

to dry. W h e n

they c l e a n e d

my k i t c h e n a f t e r

cooking a n d

h a d

d o n e

a l l

the dishes,

we

h a d

a

time

of

spee ches from

a ny

of

the

women

who

wanted

to say

something. We sang lots of hymns after the spee ches, then I spoke,

and

we

h a d

prayer

together.

The

original

two hours stre tched

into

seven

hours. I was exhausted when they

l e f t

e v e n

though

I d i d n ' t w o r k , b u t I t

w a s

a b l e s s e d e x h a u s t i o n .

M y

g i r l s

also were

d e l i g h t e d to h a v e

me

b a c k .

They

h a v e

done a n excellent job

of

t a k i n g

car e

of

my home, a n i m a l s , and financial matters I n

m y

absen ce. Thei r brother, I re n e's

boyfriend, and an other friend live

in a

one-room

flat and

have

no cooking

facilities,

so

the

g irls had agreed t o cook their ev eni ng meal each

night. But wisely, they

made them

pay

$100 a month for

food, and

they h a d

to

wash

the dishes each night. I was delighted to

see that the girls now realize the responsibility of preparing meals for a

family.

They

b o t h do a

beautiful

job

of cooking

huge

portions

for

three growing boys. But they were

glad for

my retu rn, so that new

menus could

b e

planned. We

a l l

three

take

turns cooking

and

a lso help one a nother.

I t

i s such a

joy to

work wit h

them

now,

a nd

the

boys

a r e

so

good

a b o u t t a k i n g m e p la c es i n th e i r v eh i c l e s s i n c e

m i n e

i s

s t i l l

n o t here.


2/10

FIRST CHRISTIAN

CHURCH

2659 FIRST

STREET

N P CA

94558 5599

Non-ProfH

Organiz.

U.S. Postage Paid

Permit

No. 28

Napa CA 94558

horizons

BOX

2427

KNOXVaiLE IN 7901

Now for the

news

of

the

truck. It is

paid

f o r

and

waiting for me

in

South Africa but the

w h e e l s

of

r e d tape in this country run

v e r y

slowly. I sent the o r i g i n a l p a p e r s

to

M r . M a r s h a l l i n O c t o b e r to b e p r o c e s s e d , b u t

t h e y

n e v e r a r r i v e d . T h e r e f o r e , i n

t h e

m i d d l e

of November I

faxed

copies to him which he

submitted

to the

Reserve

Bank. They

were

refused three weeks later so he decided

to wait

u n t i l I returned. In the

meantime

just

a f t e r C h r i s t m a s , f o r t u n a t e l y , t h e

o r i g i n a l p a p e r s

a r r i v e d , w h i c h

h a d

b e e n

s e n t

a i r m a i l i n

October. When

I arrived

I inmediately w ent into

t h e

bank

and

resubmitted

them on

T u e s d a y . T h i n k i n g

a l l

w a s c o r r e c t ,

I

s a t b a c k t o w a i t . O n F r i d a y , t h e y c a l l e d m e a n d

s a i d

I n e e d e d to

write the

l e t t e r

s t a t i n g

I w o u l d not s e l l the

c a r

for two years i n l o n g

h a n d ,

n o t t y p e d

a s

I h a d s u b m i t t e d . S o

I m a d e

a n o t h e r

t r i p

t o t h e b a n k , w r o t e o u t t h e

l o n g h a n d , a n d sat

b a c k a g a i n to S c a c t T y - t w o

weeks—Tater -tMs-past

S a t u r d a y , I

r e c e i v e d

t h e

p e r m i t

f r o m t h e

R e s e r v e B a n k to

a p p l y

to

t h e M i n i s t r y

of C o m m e r c e

a n d I n d u s t r y f o r my i m p o r t p e r m i t .

I

w a s

e x c i t i e d a s I t h o u g h t I

w o u l d n o w b e a b l e to g o

t o

H a r a r e a n d p e r h a p s g e t

my

i m p o r t l i c e n s e o n

t h e s a m e d a y , t h e n I

c o u l d b e

o n my w a y

S o u t h

t o p i c k

u p

t h e

t r u c k . H o w e v e r , G o d m u s t

f e e l

I

n e e d

a g r e a t

d e a l o f p a t i e n c e .

W h e n

I

r e a d

o v e r t h e

p e r m i t

t o

a p p l y ,

t h e y

h a d

p u t i t i n m y p e r s o n a l

n a m e i n s t e a d

o f t h e

m i s s i o n . O t h e r

p a p e r s t h a t

g a v e m e

p e r m i s s i o n

t o g e t a t a x r e b a t e o n t h e v e h i c l e

u p o n

i m p o r t a t i o n w e r e

c o r r e c t l y

i n t h e n a m e o f

t h e m i s s i o n .

S o

n o w t h e

p a p e r s

a r e

o f f t o t h e

R e s e r v e

B a n k a g a i n ,

a n d

I

p r o b a b l y h a v e a n o t h e r

t w o

w e e k s

w a i t

o n

m y

h a n d s .

I

d o n ' t w a n t

t o

b o r e

y o u w i t h d e t a i l s , b u t t h o u g h t y o u n e e d e d t o k n o w t h e p r o c e s s o n e h a s t o g o t h r o u g h

i n these third

w o r l d

countries

to

get simple p a p e r

w o r k

done. I n

A m e r i c a

this whole

p r o c e s s I h a v e d e s c r i b e d c o u l d p r o b a b l y b e t a k e n c a r e o f

i n

o n e

d a y .

M y

s p e c i a l , d e e p g r a t i t u d e i s

e x t e n d e d t o

a l l

o f y o u w h o h a v e

c o n t r i b u t e d t o

t h e

1 5 , 8 5 0

A m e r i c a n

d o l l a r s

to p u r c h a s e

t h e t r u c k , a n d t h e 9 , 0 0 0

A m e r i c a n

d o l l a r s ( 2 0 , 0 0 0

Z i m b a b w e a n )

f o r t h e i m p o r t t a x e s o f 4 5 p e r c e n t , w h i c h I w i l l h a v e t o p a y h e r e

i n

Z i m b a b w e

w h e n

I

c r o s s

t h e

b o r d e r

b e t w e e n S o u t h A f r i c a

a r t d

Z i m b a b w e w i t h

t h e

v e h i c l e .

I

do h a v e a

r e b a t e

c o m i n g t o m e a s i t w i l l b e

a

m i s s i o n

v e h i c l e , o t h e r w i s e ,

t h e

t a x e s

w o u l d b e

6 5

p e r c e n t o f t h e

t o t a l c o s t

o f t h e v e h i c l e ,

w h i c h i n

Z i m b a b w e f i g u re s i s 3 9 , 0 0 0 . M y

h e a r t f e l t g r a t i t u d e t o t h e F i r s t C h r i s t i a n C h u r c h i n

N a p a ,

w h o r a i s e d w e l l o v e r 8 , 0 0 0 i n

t h e i r C h r i s t m a s o f f e r i n g

t o

h e l p p a y

f o r

t h e

v e h i c l e .

G o d h a s i n d e e d b l e s s e d

m e

w i t h

l o v i n g , f a i t h f u l ,

a n d

g e n e r o u s s u p p o r t e r s .

A l l

o f t h e c h u r c h e s i n N o r t h C a r o l i n a ,

I n d i a n a , a n d

C a l i f o r n i a a l s o m a d e v e r y g e n e r o u s c o n t r i b u t i o n s .

M y

h e a r t

i s

f u l l a n d

j o y f u l a t s u c h

l o v e

d e m o n s t r a t e d t o m e .

O n c e

a g a i n , t h a n k

y o u v e r y m u c h . J u s t

k e e p p r a y i n g

t h a t t h e w h e e l s o f r e d

t a p e

w i l l m o v e

f a s t e r ,

a n d

t h e p a p e r s w i l l b e g r a n t e d s o o n . A l s o b e p r a y i n g

f o r m e

a s I

r e o r g a n i z e m y

w o r k s c h e d u l e a n d w o m e n ' s

g r o u p s

t h a t w e m i g h t d o t h e

b e s t p o s s i b l e

j o b f o r t h e U o r d i n

t h i s p l a c e . S p e c i a l p r a y e r r e q u e s t : T h e K w a c h e n e r a

f a m i l y

n e e d y o u r p r a y e r s f o r

p r o b l e m s

t h e y a r e

e x p e r i e n c i n g a t t h e

m o m e n t . P r a y

f o r r a i n i n t h e s o u t h e r n a r e a s

w h e r e

d r o u g h t

s t i l l c o n t i n u e s f o r t h e e i g h t h y e a r .

O u r

a r e a i s

g e t t i n g

r a i n . I a l s o

p r a y

f o r y o u a n d

e s p e c i a l l y t h o s e o f y o u w h o h a v e l o v e d o n e s i n v o l v e d i n t h e g u l f c r i s i s .

Yours in C h r i s t

Ju d y

P i c k e t t


3/10

ZJJVI WE

FORWARDING AGENTS:

Mrs,

Evelyn H i l l

&

Mr./Mrs. Sam M i t c h e l l

P. 0. Box

2746,

Napa, CA 94558

T

Therefore

go

and

make S

d i s c i p l e s o f

^

a l l

nations..

PICKETT

Matt. 28:19

,'

LINÊ

Judith

L.

Pickett,

Secretary to Ce ntral

Africa Mission

P. 0. Box 392, Chinhoyi,

Zimabwe,

Africa

April 1991 Newsletter

ANNOUNCING

THE

NEW ARRIVAL

NAME:

COLOR:

DATE:

PROUD OWNER:

IDENTIFICATION:

CHASSIS NUMBER:

ENGINE

NUMBER:

Isuzu Diesel Pick-Up Truck

Ivory

A rri v ed i n Zimbabwe on Februar y 2 6 , 1991

Judith

L, Pickett

KB250D

Long-Wheel

B a s e

5520104

472283

T R U C K S E T T L I N G D O W N N I C E L Y I N N E W H O M E . O W N E R

E X H A U S T E D

F R O M M O N T H S O F

W A I T I N G

A N D L O N G

T R I P

T O

G E T

T H E

T R U C K B U T V E R Y H A P P Y . T R U C K R E C E I V E D W I T H J U B I L A T I O N B Y A L L I N F A M I L Y .

I m p o r t a n t p a p e r s

w e r e

g r a n t e d

o n F e b r u a r y

1 5 , a n d K i n a a n d I

w e r e a b l e

t o g e t a n d e d o w n

t o S o u t h

A f r i c a w i t h

M r . a n d

M r s .

D e L a u g h t e r ,

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

i n K a r o i .

O n

t h e 1 8 t h w e

m a d e

a

t w o - d a y t r i p a n d s p e n t t h e n i g h t i n

B u l a w a y o

w i t h

t h e

I v a n M a r t i n

f a m i l y .

W e a r r i v e d i n

L o u i s T r i c h a r d t o n M o n d a y e v e n i n g a n d w e r e

l e f t a t t h e m o t e l .

O n

T u e s d a y the

c a r

d e a l e r

p i c k e d

m e u p

a n d

t o o k m e

t o t h e

g a r a g e w h er e

m o s t o f t h e

m o r n i n g

w a s

s p e n t s i g n i n g

p a p e r s ,

g e t t i n g i n s t r u c t io n s o n

t h e t r u c k ,

a n d

v a r i o u s

o t h e r t h i n g s .

I n

t h e a f t e r n o o n K i n a

a n d I

s h o p p e d

a n d

t h e n r e s t e d . O n W e d n e s d a y

w e

s t a r t e d o n o u r w a y

t o R a n d b u r g ,

a

s u b u r b

o f

J o h a n n e s b u r g , w h e r e

w e

s p e n t f o u r d a y s

v i s i t i n g

f r i e n d s .

O n

M o n d a y m o r n i n g w e

w e r e

a g a i n

i n

L o u i s

T r i c ha r d t . T h e c a n o p y

o f t h e t r u c k d i d n o t

m e e t

s p e c i f i c a t i o n s , s o t h e d a y w a s s p e n t g e t t i n g s o m e

w o r k

d o n e o n i t .

T u e s d a y m o r n i n g

a t

8

a . m . f o u n d

u s

a t t h e b o r d e r p o s t

o n

t h e S o u t h A f r i c a n s i d e . W e

c l e a r e d S o u t h A f r i c a i n 15 m i n u t e s . G o i n g o n

t o

the Z i m b a b w e

s i d e , w e

g a v e

o u r p a p e r s

f o r

t h e t r u c k

t o

a

c l e a r i n g a g e n t

w h o p r o c e e d e d

t o

p r o c e s s t h e m . K i n a a n d c l ea r e d o u r

p e r s o n a l

p u r c h a s e s

i n t e n m i n u t e s ,

b u t t h e n

h a d t o

w a i t

u n t i l 1 : 1 5

p . m .

b e f o r e

t h e t r u c k

w a s c l e a r e d . F i n a l l y a f t e r w a i t i n g o v e r f i v e h o u r s i n

t e m p e r a t u r e s

o f o v e r 1 0 0 d e g r e e s

i n

t h e

s h a d e , w e

w e r e

o n t h e Z i m b a b w e s i d e . B e c a u s e i t h a d b e e n

a n

e x h a u s t i v e

d a y ,

w e d r o v e

o n l y f o u r h o u r s t o M a s v i n g o , w h e r e w e s p e n t t h e n i g h t a t M r s . F r a n c e s J o h n s o n s

M i s s i o n a r y .

T h a n k

G o d f o r

f e l lo w m i s s i o n a r i e s , w h o

a l w a y s

h a v e

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

b e d .

W e l e f t M a s v i n g o a t 6 : 0 0 a . m . t h e n e x t d a y

a n d a r r i v e d h o m e a t

1 2 n o o n

e x h a u s t e d b u t

very happy to have wheels again.

h a v e

n o t

y e t b e g u n

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

a

v i s i t

t o t h e

C h i n h o y i

g r o u p .

B e f o r e

g e t t i n g b a c k

i n t o

t h e

l i t e r a c y

w o r k , p l a n t o v i s i t a s m a n y o f

t h e

b u s h

c h u r c h e s

a s

p o s s i b l e t o

g e t

a n

i d e a

o f

w h e r e

a n d w h a t

i s n e e d e d

m o s t .

T h e M i n i s t r y

o f E d u c a t i o n ,

w h o

i s i n c h a r g e o f a d u l t

l i t e r a c y ,

a r e m a k i n g

d e m a n d s t h a t g o

a g a i n s t o u r

w i s h e s

t o w o r k i n

o u r churches,

so

I am

p u l l i n g b a c k a b i t

from the lite racy work

u n t i l I g e t

a b e t t e r

p e r s p e c t i v e

o f i t , H o w e v e r , w e w i l l s t i l l c o n t i n u e t o

c a r r y

o n

w i t h B i b l e S t u d y

a n d

s e w i n g / o r c o o k i n g

p r o j e c t s

i n e a c h g r o u p u n t i l

w e

c a n

a g a i n

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

O u r rainy s e a s o n i s d r a w i n g to a close. We h a v e h a d a f a i r a m o u n t of r a i n i n this a r e a ;

b u t

as

I

traveled

South, the

lands

and

crops

a n d animals

are desperate for rain.


4/10

FIRST

CHRISTIAN

CHURCH

2659 FIRST STREET

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V

W e

r e j o i c e a t

t h e

e n d

o f t h e G u l f

W a r

a n d

t h e l o w n u m b e r

o f

c a s u a l t i e s o n t h e A l l i e d ^ ^ i d e .

h o p e a n d p r a y t h a t m a n y f a m i l i e s a r e n o w r e u n i t e d w i t h t h e i r l o v e d o n e s w h o f o u g h t i n

the

war.

M y h e a r t i s f u l l o f a p p r e c i a t i o n

f o r t h o s e

w h o h a v e

s o g e n e r o u s l y

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

a n d p r a y e r f u l l y s i n c e m y f u r l o u g h i n

1 9 9 0 . M y

t h a n k s

t o

E v e l y n H i l l , w h o s o f a i t h f u l l y

a n d u n d e r s t a n d i n g l y d o e s m y s t a t e s i d e b o o k k e e p i n g . ( I t i s n t

a n

e a s y

j o b ) .

M y t h a n k s

t o

S a m a n d H e l e n

M i t c h e l l , w h o

h a v e t a k e n o n

t h e

j o b o f p u b l i c i t y

a g e n t s .

T h e y h a v e

e n c o u r a g e d

m a n y

o f

y o u

t o

w r i t e m e

a n d

t h a t i s a

g r e a t

j o y

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

m e .

G o d h a s

i n d e e d o p e n e d t h e w i n d o w s o f h e a v e n a n d p o u r e d o u t h i s b l e s s i n g s .

In

Christ s Love,

Judy

.•V.

-: y

f

..

rr.

•


5/10

ZJJVI WE

Therefore go

and make

s

d i s c i p l e s o f

^

all

nations..

Natt. 28:19

forwarding AfiFMTS;

M r s . E v e l y n

H i l l &

M r . / M r s . S a m M i t c h e l l

P. 0. B o x

2 7 4 6 ,

N a p a , C A

9 4 5 5 8

T

PICKETT

Judith L. P ickett, Secretary

to

Central Africa Mission

P .

0.

Box

392,

Chinhoyi, Zimabwe, Africa

UN

June

1991

Newsletter

Greetings from Zimbabwe:

I t i s a lovely

sunny

day at the b e g i n n i n g of w i n t e r h e r e in Zimbabwe. I t i s the f l o w e r

s e a s o n a s I l i k e

to

c a l l

it.

A s I s i t

h e r e

a t my

d e c k

w r i t i n g , I c a n l o o k

out

a n d s e e

s e v e r a l s h a d e s o f B o u g a i n v i l l e a , h u g e p o i n s e t t i a

b u s h e s i n

w h i t e , p i n k , a n d r e d , a n d j u s t

o u t s i d e

m y w i n d o w

i s

a

g o r g e o u s f l a m i n g

s p h e r e ( d o u b l e

r e d

p o i n s e t t i a ) .

L u k e 1 2 : 2 7 s a y s i t

s o b e a u t i f u l l y . . . C o n s i d e r h o w

t h e

l i l i e s g r o w . T h e y d o n o t l a b o u r o r s p i n . Y e t t e l l y o u ,

not even Solomon in all his

splendor was dressed

like one

of

these. NIV

S i n c e m y l a s t l e t t e r

I

h a v e d o n e l o t s of t r a v e l i n g

i n

my

l o v e l y t r u c k . F i r s t

of

a l l

a s

m e n t i o n e d i n my last n e w s l e t t e r , the canopy

o n

the b a c k

of

the truck was not what I o r d e r e d

w h e n f i r s t p i c k e d

t h e

t r u c k u p i n S o u t h A f r i c a . A f t e r h a v i n g t a l k e d t o t h e d e a l e r , h e

a g r e e d to change it when

I

took the truck to him for the 5,000 kilometer service. Because

I

h a d a

Christian

Women's Church Conference to

go

to at Mashoko Mission in the low v e l d a n d

just

a few h o u r s

from the

b o r d e r , I p l a n n e d

to take the

truck o n d o w n

south for the

s e r v i c e

and canopy change.

On

April 11, I

loaded

the truck up

with

s - i x women and their luggage and headed

for Mashoko

Mission

for the

conference.

W e spent

four

days with

the women

in

classes,

singing,

and attending work

shops. On

Sunday the

women with me

headed

for

home

on

the bus, and I headed

on

to South

Africa. I went

via

Chiredzi

and

the

home of my

dear

friend Marilyn

Richards. There

the

canopy was

removed

as it

had been

sold there. Monday

morning found me on my way for the

three-hour

drive to the border. Another

hour from the

border

in the town of

Louis Trichard,

the truck was serviced.

O n Tuesday, I

drove two

hours further into

South Africa

to

Roquietereus

and the

factory

where

the lovely

new

canopy was

fitted. Wednesday

found

me back on the

road

again

to Zimbabwe.

I came v ia

Chiredzi to pick-up some things

I h a d

to

leave

there,

and

I spent the

night.

I

was

on the

road

again at

6:30 a.m.

for the

6

1/2

hours

drive

to Chinhoyi with

rest

stops in Masvingo and

Harare. The truck

is

now

very

beautiful, as you can

see by

the

picture.

But

more importantly, I can

see

clearly

behind

me at all times, which was

not

so

with the first canopy. The truck is

a

financial blessing because

it

takes very

little diesel fuel to run it in

comparison

to

petrol,

(now over

$5 American

money

per

gallon).


6/10

FIRST

CHRISTIAN CHURCH

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STREET

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O n A p r i l 3 0 , t w o o f

o u r C e n t r a l A f r i c a n M i s s i o n D i r e c t o r s , D r . M a r s h a l l H a y d e n a n d

D r .

M a r k J o h n s o n a r r i v e d

f r o m t h e S t a t e s

f o r

a

t o u r

of a l l t h e Z i m b a b w e

M i s s i o n S t a t i o n s

T h e y c a m e t o u s t h e d a y

o f

t h e i r a r r i v a l , a n d h a d t h e p r i v i l e g e

o f

f e e d i n g t h e m t h e i r f i r s t

m e a l i n Z i m b a b w e

t h i s

t r i p .

D r . J o h n s o n g r e w u p

i n Z i m b a b w e ,

t h e

s o n

o f t h e l a t e M r . D o u g

J o h n s o n , a n d

D r .

H a y d e n h a s

b e e n

h e r e

o n c e

b e f o r e . O n W e d n e s d a y , B r o t h e r

D a l e

M a r s h a l l a s k e d

m e t o t a k e t h e m e n t o

C h i d a m o y o

M i s s i o n ,

w h e r e

t h e y

w o u l d

m e e t

w i t h m i s s i o n a r i e s

t h e r e .

I

s p e n t

t h e n i g h t

a n d

t h e n

c a n h o m e a l o n e o n

T h u r s d a y .

T h e m e n r e t u r n e d t o u s o n S a t u r d a y

e v e n i n g

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

i n

C h i d a m o y o

a n d

K a r o i . S u n d a y m o r n i n g , D r . H a y d e n s p o k e a t t h e

E n g l i s h

c o n g r e g a t i o n m e e t i n g

a t

H i l l s i d e C h a p e l .

D r .

J o h n s o n

a n d

I

w e n t to t h e

S h o n a

s p e a k i n g c o n g r e g a t i o n w h e r e h e p r e a c h e d . A f t e r t h e i r l u n c h

a t t h e

M a r s h a l l s , a g a i n p i c k e d

t h e m

u p

a n d

t o o k

t h e m t o H a r a r e

w h e r e

t h e y

b o a r d e d t h e p l a n e

f o r B u l a w a g o a n d a

v i s i t

w i t h

t h e m i s s i o n s t a t i o n s

i n

t h e s o u t h e r n h a l f o f t h e c o u n t r y . T h e y

w i l l

t e r m i n a t e t h e i r

v i s i t

i n

H a r a r e where we w i l l

h a v e a

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

b e f o r e t h e i r

d e p a r t u r e to th e

States

on Thursday th e 16th.

M y

l a r g e

w o m e n s c l u b - a t t h e

S h o n a s p e a k i n g

c o n g r e g a t i o n h e r e

i n - C h i n h o y i a r e n o w making—

s k i r t s a l l b y h a n d .

I h a v e

c l o s e

t o 1 0 0

l a d i e s t o

i n s t r u c t i n t a k i n g

t h e i r m e a s u r e m e n t s ,

c u t t i n g n e w s p a p e r

p a t t e r n s f o r

t h e m s e l v e s ,

p l a c i n g p a t t e r n s

o n t h e m a t e r i a l , c u t t i n g

t h e

p a t t e r n p i e c e s

o u t ,

a n d t h e n h e l p i n g

t h e m

w i t h

t h e s e w i n g . T h e y

a r e d o i n g

a

s u p e r

j o b

a n d

t r y i n g v e r y h a r d

to s e w

a s t r a i g h t

s e a m . S o m e d o

b e a u t i f u l w o r k m a k i n g

t i n y

s t i t c h e s t h a t

c a n

h a r d l y

b e t o l d f r o m a m a c h i n e s t i t c h , a n d o t h e r s s e e m t o t h i n k t h a t a s e a m g o e s t h e s a m e

d i r e c t i o n a s a s n a k e . . . v e r y

c r o o k e d . H o w e v e r ,

a f t e r

m a k e

t h e m

t a k e

i t

o u t a t i m e

o r

t w o .

they

g e t b e t t e r . They a r e very p r o u d of the

f i n i s h e d

p r o j e c t . I n the

short

time I h a v e b e e n

back

working with

t he m I

have learned

to love

each

one.

M r .

M a r s h a l l

i s l e a v i n g

I n

J u l y

f o r h i s

f u r l o u g h ,

a n d I w i l l

o n c e

a g a i n b e d o i n g s o m e

b o o k k e e p i n g a n d g e n e r a l

work

w i t h the A f r i c a n

E v a n g e l i s t

i n

h i s absence

a s h e h a s

n o

r e p l a c e m e n t c o m i n g . O n t h e

1 5 t h ,

w i l l a l s o b e s t a r t i n g b a c k w i t h m y H a r m o n y

H a l l g r o u p

o f

women with

Bible

Study and a sewing project.

D o i n g

s o m u c h s e w i n g ,

I

a m i n n e e d of s t r a i g h t p i n s a n d n e e d l e s . M a n y

of

y o u h a v e b e e n

s e n d i n g m e n e e d l e s

i n

y o u r

l e t t e r s ,

I a p p r e c i a t e

t h a t s o m u c h .

M a n y

of my

w o m e n

h a v e b a d

e y e s i g h t a n d n e e d large e y e d

n e e d l e s . The tiny

e y e d

n e e d l e s

are

too

s m a l l for

t h e m to

s e e

t o t h r e a d . A s y o u c a n i m a g i n e p i n n i n g p a t t e r n s f o r o v e r

1 0 0

w o m e n

a t a

t i m e ,

t h e

p i n s g o

q u i c k l y . E v e n t h o u g h t h e y r e t u r n t h e m w h e n

t h e y

t a k e t h e m

o u t ,

s o m e

a l w a y s g e t

l o s t . a l s o

do

s o m e

h a n d c r a f t a n d

w o u l d

a p p r e c i a t e the

short

b o u t i q u e type

p i n s

that c a n b e f o u n d

i n

craft stores

or

craft sections of some

stores.

T h a n k s t o

a l l

t h o s e w h o s e n t b i r t h d a y c a r d s a n d g a v e m o n e y t o m y f o r w a r d i n g a g e n t f o r m y

b i r t h d a y

I n

A p r i l . P l e a s e d o n o t s e n d c h e c k s d i r e c t l y

t o

m e , b u t s e n d t h e m t h r o u g h

Mrs E v e l y n Hill P.

0. B o x

2746

N a p a ,

C A 94558. I can deposit

the

checks

h e r e

b u t h a v e to

go through a

lot

of paper work and get charged

2 0

percent conmission on each ch eck I receive.

B l e s s y o u

a l l f o r

y o u r c o n t i n u e d s u p p o r t

o f

m e i n s o m a n y w a y s , e s p e c i a l l y y o u r p r a y e r

support.

Yours

in His

Service

Judy Pickett


7/10

JMK VBWE

Hatt. 28:19

FORWARDINfS AGENTS:

M r s E v e l y n Hin &

M r . / M r s . S a m

M i t c h e l l

P. 0. B o x

2 7 4 5 ,

N a p a , C A

9 4 5 5 8

TH

Therefore

go

and

make

disciples

of

all nations..

PI K TT

Judith L. Pickett,

Secretary

to

Central Africa

Nission

P .

0. Box 392,

Chinhoyi, Zimabwe,

Africa

LIN

August 1991 Newsletter

Dear Christian Friends:

A s w e w o u l d s a y i n S h o n a M a t s a m b a n d a n o n o k a k u n y o r a

k u n e r a i

( I

a m

l a t e i n w r i t i n g a l e t t e r

t o

y o u ) .

J u l y

h a s

b e e n a v e r y b u s y m o n t h a n d f u l l o f e x t r a s . T h e

l a t t e r

p a r t o f J u n e , I w a s

a

s p e a k e r

f o r o u r a r e a c h u r c h

w o m e n ' s m e e t i n g

h e l d

a t

t h e B a n k e t

C h u r c h

a b o u t 20

k i l o m e t e r s

f r o m C h i n h o y i . I a l s o a s s i s t e d

t h e e v a n g e l i s t

i n c h a r g e b y h a u l i n g

c o o k i n g

p o t s , f i r e w o o d

w o m e n ,

e t c . t o t h e l o c a t i o n o f

t h e m e e t i n g .

T h e m e e t i n g b e g a n

o n W e d n e s d a y n i g h t

a n d

e n d e d

o n T h u r s d a y a f t e r n o o n . T h u r s d a y

m o r n i n g

w e b r o k e

u p i n t o

g r o u p s a n d

w a l k e d

f o r t w o

h o u r s

t h r o u g h t h e l a r g e

l o c a t i o n

( a f r i c a n s e c t i o n o f t o w n ) p r e a c h i n g t o a n y o n e w h o

w o u l d

l i s t e n .

I

w a s a s k e d

t o

s p e a k t h r e e t i m e s . A t t h e

e n d

o f

t h e m e e t i n g ,

I

m a d e t h r e e t r i p s t a k i n g t h e

women home and

was

exhausted

but

blessed when

I

arrived

home.

T h e

M a r s h a l l ' s

p l a n n e d t o

l e a v e

o n

J u l y

1 3 , s o I

m a d e

s e v e r a l v i s i t s t o t h e i r

h o m e

g e t t i n g

i n s t r u c t i o n s

o f my

r e s p o n s i b i l i t i e s w h i l e

t h e y a r e a w a y . F i n a l l y

t h e

d a y

a r r i v e d f o r t h e i r

d e p a r t u r e , a n d

I m o v e d

i n t o

t h e i r

l o v e l y

h o m e .

T h e

h o u s e

i s q u i t e

l a r g e ,

a n d I f e l t a b i t

l o n e s o m e

b y m y s e l r . H o w e v e r , t h i s d i d n o t l a s t

v e r y

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

i n or

calling

or

spending

the

night.

O n T h u r s d a y

a f t e r

t h e y l e f t , I

m a d e a r r a n g e m e n t s

t o v i s i t o n e o f

o u r

f a r t h e s t c h u r c h e s ,

s o

I c o u l d

m e e t w i t h

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

l a t e l y .

T h e e v a n g e l i s t w h o

w o r k s

i n t h a t a r e a

a l s o

m a d e

a r r a n g e m e n t s

f o r

m e

t o

v i s i t

t h e

c h u r c h i n

C h e g u t u

o n t h e s a m e d a y . H a l

C u s t u d i o

a n d I s t a r t e d o u t a t 8 a . m . d r i v i n g

t o

C h e g u t u

to

v i s i t t h e c o t t o n m i l l s , s o w e

c o u l d

g e t m a t e r i a l s f o r o u r s e w i n g g r o u p s .

W e

t h e n

met the

evangelist

a n d traveled an hours drive to the Zowa

Church,

where we met with the

women an d

ate rice a n d chicken. We went

back

again to Chegutu to meet with

the women

there

a n d then home to Chinhoyi making

a

total trip of 329 kilometers

in

one day. Praise the L o r d

f o r my f a i t h f u l truck w h i c h t r a v e l e d safely o v e r very, very, r o u g h

g r a v e l

roads

the

w h o l e

day.

At t h e

p r e s e n t

t i m e I a m n o t

s t a r t i n g

a n y n e w g r o u p s ,

b u t

j u s t

t r y i n g

to

v i s i t a s

m a n y

of

o u r

70

p l u s c h u r c h e s

a s o f t e n a s p o s s i b l e

t o e n c o u r a g e ,

t e a c h ,

a n d f e l l o w s h i p .

I

a m u s i n g

K n o f f e l Staton's book on The Second

Coming,

a n d the women are

extremely

interested in

these

l e s s o n s . O u r

C h i n h o y i S e w i n g G r o u p h a v e f i n i s h e d

t h e i r

l o v e l y

s k i r t s a n d a r e

n o w s t a r t i n g

on

shirts

for their husbands or blouses for themselves for those who don't have husbands.

Our H a r m o n y j i a l l Group are also doing a sewing project, and they too are makin g skirts* This

little

group

is

located

about 15 miles

from

Chinhoyi on

a

chicken

farm.

Most

of the

ladies

i n

t h i s g r o u p a r e very i l l i t e r a t e . H a l a n d I h a v e taught them h o w to

r e a d

a n d write a b i t ,

b u t at the

moment

we are just teaching Bible lessons

and sewing.

Their houses are

located

on the

side of a

mountain. The s o i l

around

their

homes

is

a

very

thick

grey

dust,

w h i c h i s

impossible to keep

out of

their homes and difficult

for

them to keep their children clean as

w e l l .

I h a v e b e e n t e a c h i n g t h e m l e s s o n s o n h e a l t h a n d

h a p p i n e s s

f r o m a

b o o k e s p e c i a l l y

written for the African culture and Bible based.

Last Sunday

M a i

a n d

I

again found ourselves on the road to visit the Church at Chivere, where

we

h a d developed a

large

women's

group

before I left to go to

the

states

on

my furlough.

A g a i n

w e

were

g o n e a l l day,

a n d we a r r i v e d

h o m e

about 4:30

p . m .

Shortly

a f t e r

a r r i v i n g h o m e

that afternoon,

I

received a call from the Chinhoyi Hospital informing me that one of

our

evangelist was admitted after having

been

struck down on his motorcycle

by

a

hit

and

ru n

driver. I immediately went to the hospital and then

out

to the home of the evangelist to get


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FORWARDING AGENTSt

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and make S

disciples of ^

a l l nations..

Matt.

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PI K TT

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Judith

L.

Pickett, Secretary to

Central

Africa Mission

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Box 392,

Chinhoyi,

Zimabwe, Africa

O c t o b e r / N o v e f f l b e r 1991 Newsletter

D e a r C h r i s t i a n

Friends

a nd Fa m i l y :

It i s c er tainly no

illusion

t h a t t i m e f l i es , a s

1

find

i t t o be a real

fact. It

has been

t wo

months

s i n c e I

have

written a

newslet t er, and

I

wonder where t h e t i m e

has

gone. My

days are

completely fille d. When

I reach the

end

of the day, I

still think

of a l l the

things

I

s h o u l d

have

done.

July,

August, a n d September were filled with lots of t r a v e l and meetings. Our evangelist,

Michael

Nyandoro,

remained

i n t h e

hospital until

September 22,

w h i c h

meant at leas t one tr ip

to the

h o s p i t a l in

Harare each we ek.

Each

Thursday,

I

try to

visi t our outlyi ng churches

a n d

t h e ir

women s

groups.

O f course, every group

feels t h a t I should

only come to t h em. For t h e

present, I am

just

visiting and encouraging

t he

groups.

When

Mr. M a r s h a l l returns next year,

I will

start

more groups on

a

permanent basis.

Each year

in

September

our

African evangelists hold

a

Leadership

Training

Seminar for local

leaders of

our Shona-speaking church es.

Men

from all over

Mashonaland

W es t Province come t o

Chinhoyi for

five days

of workshops, preaching,

teachi ng, singing,

and of

course,

eating.

Again

I

found myself traveling about with Brother

Sibanda,

our evangelist here

in

Chinhoyi,

doing

the shopping for th e

men s

meeting. Fortunately, I was only the t a x i a n d errand

runner

this

t ime,

as t he women of

t h e

church

did

a l l

the cooking.

Thirty-five

men

registered from

outlying areas

and s e v e r a l from

the l o c a l church

attended

as

well.

They consumed 200 kgs.

of Mealie M e a l

(Sadza) , 150 kgs.

of beef, 30 whole

chickens,

43 heads of

cabbage,

30 bundles

of

rape

(spinach

1 i k ^

vegetable),

40

kgs. of tomatoes,

1

pocket (bushel) of onions, a n d 19

pockets of

o r a n g e - ,

. 5 c mds of sugar, a n d

10

pounds of tea leaves, as w e l l as, the little

extras

needed t o m a i « t i i v

food

eatable. Often w hen

I

would be

delivering

a load

of

supplies

or firewood, t h e men

wou

d

be

ins ide

t h e

c h u r c h singing. W hat a h eavenly sound i t was, as

the

African

people have

a

b e a u t i f u l

sense

of harmony.

Even without

an

instrument,

they

sing

like

a

heavenly

choir. Mr.

Sibanda reported

t h a t t h e

seminar

itself went well, and t he men

went home encouraged t o

do

the work of the Lord in their l o c a l villages a n d churches.

As

I

ment ioned, Michael Nyandoro, was discharged from

t h e

hospital on September

22.

and

I

went i n to pick him up. He is s t i l l walking on crutche s,

but

we

praise

t he

Lord for h i s good

recovery. He i s now at

home and

so very

happy

to

b e

there.

H e i s such

a dedicated

man.

When I

picked

him up at the hospital, the nurses,

or erlies, and

p tieuts a l l u p

an

down

th e

halls

of

t h e

h o s p i t r i l

c a m e _ t _ o _ g j y e

him their

good

wishes.

H e

had uscd

his t ime

well in

the

h o s p i t a l b y m a k i n g

f r i e n d s a n d w i t n e s s i n. ,

t o

t h e m o f h i s L o r d .

P l e a s e c o n t i n u e

t o

r c m e i v e r

M i c h a e l a n d h i s f a m i l y i n y o u r p r a y e r s .

J u s t t h i s w e e k, w e held another conference for the w o c i e i ^

of

t h e surrounding

Shona-speaking

r h u i c h e s . It was

h e l d i n

t h e c h u r c h a t

Alaska Mine

a b o u t

20

k i lome t ers

from

C h i n h o y i ,

I

spent

most

of

Wednesday playing t a x i

t o some

of

> . h s - . r o u p s ,

who

vcre

not on

a direct b u s

rout e

t o t h e c h u r c h .

Yest erday, wh i c h was

T h u r s d a y ,

s ^ i o k e

t o

a growp

of

over 150

w om en on

the topic of the

Holy

Spirit or more diiec -ly the

Holy

. S p i r i t s names and characteristics.

I am

t h e o n e w h o r e c e i v e s t h e m os t bl essi ng , as I

s o e n i o y

t h e fellowsh ip

of t h e s e

w o ^ i e n .

They now consider me one of them.

Many

are still

a m a z e f f

t hat I will sit down on t h e ground

with them

and

eat

their

type of food, which i s

Sadza (a

stiff corn meal porridge)

and Nyama

(meat) a n d Muriwo

(vegetables),

like

one rf

them.


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As

I mentioned

in my

previous newsletter now

that

Linda

Marshall

is

gone,

I have

b e e n playing

the piano on Wednesday and S u n day nights alternating with other pianists. Occasionally, I

have b e e n called u p o n to play for church

services

on Sunday morning. Not b e i n g a n

accomplished pianist, I become petrified when asked

to

play on Su nday morning before the

whole congregation. However,

the

Lord

gives

me

strength

to do it.

An

opportunity arose

for

me

to take

piano lessons

from

an excellent teacher

here in

Chinhoyi,

so I

squeeze

in an hour

for

lesso ns each

w ee k an d t r y t o squeeze

an

hour ofjJractice

each

d a y a l s o .

I

sometimes

feel

I just don't have the time, but it is something I

enjoy. It

gives

me

a s m a l l respite from

t h e e v e r y d a y r o u t i n e .

In M r . Marshal l 's

absence,

i t was

necessary

for

me

to handle another

u npleasant

d u ty . T he

first responsibil ity was handling

the

affairs

of

Michael's accident, and

the

second

was

having

to

put

the Marshal l 's large

Great

Dane dog t o

sleep.

She was close t o

ten-years ol d

and had

developed a

disease in her hind

quarters,

which was

cripplin g

her.

She

had

a

bad

heart

as wel l

an d

t h e n

s tar te d b l eed i n g f rom

s k i n

c a n c e r s .

I t

w as a t a s k

t h a t I

dreaded

t e j r L b l y , ,

but

it had t o

be done.

She was

a good, night-time watchdog, and

I

miss hearing

her

b a r k

d u r i n g t h e n i g h t

t e l l i n g m e

s h e w a s o n d u t y . T h e y

h a d

t h e i r

D o b e r m a n

p u t t o

s l e e p

b e f o r e

they

left, so

I

am just left with the

little

fox terrier.

He protects me personally,

but

runs a l l

day and

sleeps

a l l night,

so I

don't f e e l

he is guarding

too w e l l

at night.

M y

girls

are doing

fine. Irene

is without

a job

again.

The

shop where

she worked sold at

the

end of

September, s o

Irene is in l imbo again .

She

wan ts

to take a bit

of

leave

before

looking for another position. Kina is busy with

h e r

job

a n d

doing

hairdressing, catering,

and

decorating

cakes

in her

spare

time.

All

three

of

us

are

going

t o

South Africa

for

a

week. I need to take my truck down there for

its

20,000 kilometer services, so we

are

u s i n g

the opportunit y

to have

a little vacation. Kina went

with me

when

I brought the

truck back;

however, Irene has never been dow n there. We are looking forward

to

being together.

M a n y o f you

ha v e as ke d

a bout my health an d

expresse d

your concern t h a t I am doing t oo much.

A s far

as my

back

i s c o n c e r n e d , I feel i t i s in the

bes t

conditio n t h a t i t

has

been

for

s e v e r a l

years.

Oh,

I occasionally overdue

a n d have a few twinges, but

otherwise I

am

strong.

I have had a few sniffles, but

overall

have been amazed t ha t God seems

to

give

me an

extra

measure

of

strength

to

get

everything

done that is on my schedule.

I

am on

the

borderline

of

being

diabetic,

but

so far have

been

able to control it by diet. The Lord

is

my strength

a n d my r e d e e m e r . . . .

Tha nk yo u

all

for

your

consta nt remembrance

of

me

in your prayers an d

for

all

the lo vely

letters I r e c e i v e . M y o n l y sorro w is t h a t l fai l t o

an s w er

all of t h em . C o n t i n u e t o

remember the work

of

the Lord in this

country

i n your prayers.

I n H i s

S e r v i c e ,

Judy

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