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b u t c h e r i n ga c o w, w h i c h w a st o f e e dt h e c r o w df o r t h e m e e t i n g . I h a dm a d e c u r t a i n s t o f i tm yt r u c k w i n d o w s ,s o h u n g t h e m u p p r e p a r i n g m yt r u c k t o b e c o m em yb e d r o o mf o r t h e n e x t t h r e en i g h t s .We w e r e m e e t i n gi n a v e r yi s o l a t e d a r e ar i g h to u t i n t h e o p e nb u s hl a n d s , ' h e ' " ®w e r e n o f a c i l i t i e s f o r b a t h i n g , e x c e p t a g r a s s r o o f l e s s s h e l t e r i n w h i c h I w o u l d t a k e ab u c k e t o f h o t w a t e r f r o m t h e f i r e t o t a k e m yb a t h . F o r t u n a t e l y t h e r e w a s a g o v e r n m e n tc l i n ic l o s e b y .w h e r e I w a s a b l e t o u s et h e i r B l a i r t o i l e t ( a v e r y r o u g h l y p u tt o g e t h e r c e m e n ts t r u c t u r e w i t h c i r c u l a r w a l l s w i t h a h o l e i n t h e m i d d l e ) . T h e w o m e n w e r ea v o w e dt o s l e e po nt h ev e r a n d aa n do p e nc o u r ty a r do f t h ec l i n i c a tn i g h t ,a n dI p a ^ k e dm yt r u c kb u i l d i n ga n ds l e p t i n s i d eo f i t . M r s .C u s t u d i o ,H r s . H a c h a y a ,a n dM r s . N y a d o r o .P r e p a r e dt h e i rb e d so nt h eg r o u n dr i g h tb e s i d em y t r uc k . T h em e ns e t u pa s f ^ ^ ' ^ ^ ^ y s u a r ds y s t e m , s oI w a sg u a r d e de a c h n i g h t .I w a st h e o n l y w h i t ep e r s o na m o n gf i v e to s i xh u n d r e d A f r i c aS i n c et h i sw a sa p o s s i b l eC h o l e r a a r e a ,I h a dt a k e na l l m y o w n b o i l e dd r i n k i n gw a t e r f o rm y s e l f a n dm yt u t o r s a n d a c o o lb o xo f i c e w i t hs o m ef o o df o r m y s e l f w h e nI g o t t i r e do f t h esadza and relish.

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E a s t e r m o r n i n g w a s a b e a u t i f u l s u n n y d a y , a n d w e h a d a l o v e l y w o r s h i p s e r v i c e u n d e r t h et r e e s . M yt u t o r s a n d I t e a m e d u pw i t h t h e E v a n g e l i s t s a n d t h e i r w i v e s a n d m a d e a c h o i r , a n dw e s a n g f o r t h e s e r v i c e . I m m e d i a t e l ya f t e r l my t u t o r s a n d I l e f t f o r t h e f i v e - h o u r d r i v eh o m e . O nt h e w a y h o m e , w e d r o p p e d M r . &lMrs. N y a n d o r oa t t h e i r h o m e . E v e r s i n c e h i sm o t o r c y c l ea c c i d e n t , h e h a d b e e n w a n t i n g ^ m et o s e e h i s h o m e v i l l a g e . W l i a t _ ab e a u t i f u l p l a c ei t w a s "T l i s h o u s e s a n d f i e l d s s a t o n t o p o f f l ah i l l o v e r l o o k i n g t h e w h o l e a r e a . I n f r o n t o fh i s h o u s e w a s t h e b i g g e s t B a o b a bt r e e I h a v e e v e r s e e n . T h e r o o t s e x t e n d e d u p o u t o f t h eg r o un d a n d m a d e c h a i r s for us to sit on.

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e x p e r i e n c e t h a t t h e i d e a w a sf o r m e dt o i n c l u d e t h e w i v e so f o u r e v a n g e l i s t s i nt h e C h i n h o y ia r e a . I d i s c u s s e d t h e i d e a w i t hB r o t h e rD a l eM a r s h a l l ,a n d h e e l tt h a ti t w a s a ne x c e l l e n ti d e a .We a v e s e v e ne v a n g e l i s t s ,w h ow o r k i t hu s i t ht h e S h o n as p e a k i n g p e o p l e . I n t h e p a s t t h e i rw i v e s h a v e n o t r e a l l yb e e n h e l p f u l ,a s t h e y d i d n o t u n d e r s t a n d o r f e e lt h e n e e d t o b es u p p o r t i v eo f h e i rh u s b a n d s . O v e rt h ey e a r s ,d i f f e r e n ts e m i n a r sa n d m e e t i n gh a v e b e e nh e l dt h a t e n c o u r a g e dt h e mt ot a k ep a r t i n t h e w o r ko f t h e c h u r c h . S o t h i sy e a r ,I am i n c l u d i n g t h e m i n o u r P l a n n i n g R e t r e a t

W i t hmy h r e et u t o r s ,m y s e l f ,a n d t h es e v e nw i v e s , t h e r ew i l lb ee l e v e nof s . We i l l m e e ta tR e s t h a v e nCamp romD e c e m b e r6 - 9 . T h i s i s a camp r u n b y t h e TEAM i s s i o n , a n d t h e r e a r e d i f f e r e n ts i z eh o u s e s w h i c hc a n b e r e s e r v e d f o r t h et i m e y o u n e e d . We a v e r e s e r v e dt h el a r g e s th o u s e ,w h i c ha c t u a l l yh o l d s1 5 e o p l e .We i l ld o o u r c o o k i n g ,b u t e a c h w o m a nw i l lh a v eh e r o w nb e d ,e t c .T h i sw a sa s u r p r i s et omy u t o r sl a s ty e a r ,a s t h e y a r es o u s e dt og o i n gt om e e t i n g s ,r o l l i n gu pi n a b l a n k e t ,a n d s l e e p i n go n t h ef l o o ro r g r o u n d . S o w ea r ee x c i t e dt os e e t h ea m a z e m e n tof h ew i v e sw h e nt h e ys e eo u rh o u s e .T h r e eof h ew o m e nh a v en u r s i n gb a b i e s ,s o h e y t o ow i l lb ea l o n g .T T i ep r o g r a mi n c l u d e s d e v o t i o n sn i g h ta n d m o r n i n gl e db y m y s e l f ,t h e t u t o r s ,a n d t w o o f t h e o l d e r w i v e s .I i l l p r e p a r e t h e l e s s o n s ,a n d t h e t h e m e s SERVINGGOD N LOVE.

We i l la l s oh a v ea p l a n n i n g e s s i o n ,w h e r ew e i l l p r e p a r e o u r r a v e l i n gs c h e d u l e o r1 9 9 4 ,s h a r e i d e a s t ou s e n t h ew o m e n ^ sw o r k ,a n d h a v ea c o u p l eof o u r sof n t e r e s t i n gp l a c e si n H a r a r e . P l e a s ep r a y t h a tt h i sw i l lb e a t i m e of p i r i t u a lg r o w t ha n dr e f r e s h m e n t for a l l o f us .

Tr a g e d ys t r i k e sa g a i n .A e wm o n t h sb a c k ,I w a ss a d d e n e dt ol e a r nt h a tU i ee v a n g e l i s t sa tC h i d a m o y o ,w h o mI h a d s e n tt oB i b l eC o l l e g ea n d w h oh a d w o r k e dw i t hm e u r i n gmy i m ea tt h eh o s p i t a l ,O l i v e rM a r o w a ,a d g o n ea s t r a yw i t hw o m e no t h e rt h a nh i sw i f e .We e a r n e dt h i sw h e nh e b e c a m ea v i c t i mo ft h eH I V- A I D Si r u s .T w ow e e k sa g o ,D r . l o r i aC o b b , h o n o wl i v e si n H a r a r e ,a n d I d e c i d e dt og o v i s i tO l i v e r ,w h oh a d b e e ns e n tt o h i sh o m ef o rh i sf i n a lw e e k so f i f e We l a n n e dt oa r r i v eu n a n n o u n c e do n a S a t u r d a y,w h i c hw ed i d ,o n l yt o f i n d t h a tO l i v e rh a d p a s s e da w a yt h e n i g h tb e f o r ew e r r i v e d .Wee n d e d u p s t a y i n g o v e r f o r t h e f u n e r a l o n S u n d a y .

M r s . u s t u d i oh a d g o n ew i t hu s ,a n d M r s . w a c h e n e r am e t s t h e r e .W h e nn i g h tc a m e ,my r u c kb e c a m eo u r b e d r o o mo n c ea g a i n .F o r t u n a t e l y ,I h a d p a c k e dm y u r t a i n sf o rt h et r u c k ,a sw et h o u g h tw em i g h th a v et os t a yt h en i g h tD r .C o b b l e p ti nt h ef r o n t s e a tof h et r u c k ;a n d M r s . u s t o d i o ,M r s . w a c h e n e r a , n d I a t t e m p t e dt os l e e pi nt h eb a c k . A t f r i c a n f u n e r a l st h em o u r n e r su s u a l l yp l a yd r u m s , i n g ,d a n c e ,a n d c r ya l ln i g h t .We a d p u l l e dt h e t r u c kb a c kb e h i n d t h eh o u s et h i n k i n gw ew o u l dg e ts o m es l e e p ,b u t w ec e r t a i n l yd i dn o t e t m u c hs l e e p .A f r i c a nc u s t o ma tf u n e r a l si s t h a t t h ed a u g h t e ri n l a w s( a l ly o u n gm a r r i e dg i r l sof h ef a m i l y - h e c t u a l l yh a d n o m a r r i e d c h i l d r e n )c r a w lo n t h e i rk n e e sa r o u n dt h ev i l l a g e ,s w e e p i n g h eg r o u n d , l e a r i n gt h ep a t h f r o m t h eh o m et ot h e g r a v es i t e ,a n d g o i n gb e f o r et h ec a s k e tt ot h e g r a v e .O f o u r s e ,t h e ym u s tb ep a i df o rt h e s et a s k s .T h e y d os o m u c ha n d t h e n s t o pa n d e x p e c tr e l a t i v e so r g u e s t st o p a y t h e ms o m e t h i n gb e f o r et h e yc o n t i n u e t od o t h ej o b . We e a l i z e da t 5 . m . h a t t h eg r o u n da r o u n d my r u c kw a sb e i n gs w e p ta n d i t t l ep i l e sof i r t w e r eb e i n gl e f tf o ru st ot o s ss o m em o n e yo n .We i dn o tw a n t od i s r e g a r dt h e i rc u s t o m s ,s ow ep l a c e da e wc o i n son t h ep i l e s .

L a t e rw h e nt e ac a m e h e yd e m a n d e d 1 0o ro u rm o r n i n gt e a .S t i l ll a t e r ,M r s . u s t u d i oa n dD r .C o b bh a d t a r t e dt ot h eg r a v es i t ew h e r eM r s . w a c h e n e r a h a d g o n et oh e l pc o l l e c ts t o n e st op l a c eo n t o po ft h e g r a v e .T h e yd i dn o tr e a l i z et h ep a t hh a d

b e e nc l e a n e da n d w a s g a i nc h a r g e d 1 0 ,T h e a m i l yw e r ev e r ya r g u m e n t a t i v ea n d s o m e a i dw e i dn o t h a v et op a y .I i n a l l ys p o k et ot h em a ni nc h a i g eo ft h e p r o c e e d i n g sa n d e x p l a i n e dt h a tw er e s p e c t e dt h e i rc u s t o m sa n d w o u l dg i v es o m em o n e y,b u t w eh a d c o m e o v i s i tn o t k n o w i n gh em a nw a sd e a da n d w e r en o t p r e p a r e dr i n a n c i a l l y .We e l tt h ed a u g h t e r - i n - l a w sw e r e


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b e i n g un rea so nab l e jus t because we were miss ionar ies a n d whi te . He g reed a n d s p o k e t o t h e m , n d w e were n o t b o t h e r e dag a in with s u c h d e m a n d s . The brothers o f the deceased h a d n o t y e t a r r i v e d , so t h e f a m i l y h a d n o money n d h a d made op l a n s for t h e b u r i a l . We n d e d u p p a y i ng 80 or the caske t a n d 7 5 f o r mater ia l to l i n e t h e casket a n d w r a p the body. Myt ruck also w a s used to c a r r y t h e casket f r o m t h e b u i l d e r s h o u s e a b o u t 1 0 ki lometers a w a y to t h e v i l l a g e . The deceased,Mr a r o w a , e f t h i s w i f e a n d s i x children, the e l d e s t o f which i s f ln i s h i n g h i s h i g h s c h o o l e d u c a t i o n t h i s next m o n t h .D r. C o b b , M i s s Ka t h y McCarty, n d myself were a l l asked t o speak a t t h e f u n e r a l . I t was a h a r d t a s k , because t h e v i l l a g e r sa n d f a m i l y were b e i n g d i f f i c u l t becaus e o f h e m a n n e r in which he died . I chose the s tory i n the b i b l e o f the woman a u g h ti n adul te ry a n d how Jesus asked h e r accusers to cas t the f i r s t s tone . I concl uded t h a t even t h o u g h we e l t w h a t h e did wa sw r o n g , n o n e o f u s a r e w i thou t i n . Therefore , we ould n o t p o i n t a i n g e r o f ccusa t ion a t O l i v e r . I t w a s a o l a t i l e s i t u a t i o na n d a b i t f r igh ten ing a t t imes, b u t we k n e w we were i n the Lord ' s h a n d s .

T h e n t h i s p a s t T h u r s d a y, my utors a n d I r a v e l e d t h e 50 i lometers to o n e o f u r w o m e n ' s mee t ings a t Zowa The oad s werevery rough , m o r e t h a n n o r m a l , n d a b o u t i v e kilometers f r o m t h e c h u r c h we came down nto a hump n t h e r o a d l l l e d withrocks . The a r b o u n c e d h a rd , n d we h e a r d a ou d b a n n n n g / t w a n n n g t h a t scared u s l l a n d o l t e d u s h a r d . I w a s o n l y go inga b o u t 20 miles a n h o u r so immed ia t e ly s topped. We l l go t o u t a n d looked u n d e r the a r . A ong rod was h a n d i n g down, n dmy e a r t s a n k . We o u l d n o t loosen i t f u r t h e r , so we t a r t e d o n because we were in a very i s o l a t e d a r e a . We e l t i f we could

just e t t o t h e church , hen we could get h e l p o r send s o m e o n e b a c k o Chinhoy i o n t h e bus t o i n f o r m Dale of my l ight Iwas c r e e p i n g , b u t a n o t h e r low p l a c e p u l l e d t h e rod complete ly o f f . We i c k e d i t up, p u t t i n the back, a n d m a d e t t o t h echurch . We xpla ined t o the l a d i e s t h a t we m u s t e t o u r meet ing, unch, n d b i b l e s tudy over q u i c k l y a n d h e a d b a c k h o m e ,so we'd b e f f t h e d i r t r o a d s before d a rk . Three men ooked a t t h e t ruck a n d e l t t h a t I could drive i t v e r v . v e r y , slowly h o m e .

T h e truck w a s i s t i n g to t h e r i g h t s i d e ( d r i v e r s s i d e ) a n d drove v e r y rough , bu t we m a d e t . I took t h e t u t o r s h o m e , i c k e du p my a u g h t e r, a n d h e a d e d to t h e g a r a g e before i t c l o s e d . T h e m e c h a n i c s l a u g h e d a t me o r t h i n k i n g i t h a d s o m e t h i n g t od o i t h the s t e e r i n g , a s I h a d v i s i o n s of h e s t e e r i n g l o c k i n g a n d t h rowing us f f the road . I t t u rned ou t o b e the o r s i o n bar,which holds u p t h e f r a m e o f h e t ruck a n d wo r k s t h e s p r i n g s . F o r t u n a t e l y , o n l y t h e b o l t was broken a n d n o t the whole b a r .A f t e r two days a n d manufactur ing a new b o l t , t h e t r u c k i s back o n t h e road a g a i n . T h r o u g h a l l t h e s e e x p e r i e n c e s , I amoverwhe lmed h o w God r o t e c t s us a n d guides us t o s a f e t y . O u r work w i t h t h e women s go ing so w e l l , a n d I e e l Sa tan i st r y i n g t o d e s t r o y i t i n m a n y ways, b u t G o d never f a i l s u s .

As a r e s u l t s o f t h e j o l t i n g , I have been s u f f e r i n g w i t h my back b a d l y t h i s week. However, o d a y I am n t o p o f h e p a i n sop r a i s e the L o r d f o r t h a t . However, I have ano the r hear tache which i s harde r t o deal w i t h . My aughter, r e n e , i s s t i l l n o tback t o n o r m a l . S h e l o s t h e r j o b a n d r e f u s e s t o r e t u r n t o t h e p s y c h i a t r i s t a n d c o u n s e l o r . S h e i s spend ing m o r e a n d m o r et i m e w i t h her A f r i c a n r e l a t i v e s , w h o have i t t l er e g a r d f o r God . T h e y a r e f e e d i n g her u l l o f s u p e r s t i t i o u s n o n s e n s e , but shei s 2 6 a n d I have n o l e g a l a u t h o r i t y o v e r h e r . I u s t have t o s i t back a n d pray t h a t she w i l l c o m e o n o h a r m p h y s i c a l l y . Sh ehas spent h e week i v i n g w i t h her r e a l m o t h e r w h o i v e s i n a n a p p a l l i n g s i t u a t i o n . No a t h r o o m a c i l i t i e sabou t i x p e o p l e

s l e e p i n g i n o n e r o o m , ook ing ove r a n o p e n f i r e , a n d r i g h t i n t he hea r t of o n e o f h e worst s l u m areas o f h e A f r i c a n s e c t i o nof own. Again , e e l t h a t Sa tan i s t r y i n g t o get o m e ; u t t h rough p r a y e r s a n d t he l o v e a n d s t r e n g t h o f my h r i s t i a n f a m i l yh e r e , I WILL HAVE THE VICTORY THROUGH ESUS. r a i s e G o d o r Tina, h e o l d e s t g i r l w h o s h a p p i l y l i v i n g i n Harare.She i s doing a f a n t a s t i c job as o f f i c e m a n a g e r f o r our B i b l e C o l l e g e a n d has earned t h e r e s p e c t o f a l l t h e m i s s i o n a r i e s ,s t u d e n t s , a n d t h e c h u r c h i n t h a t p l a c e .

PRAYER NEEDS; My a u g h t e r r e n e , t h e h e a l t h o f my i s t e r s D o n n a a n d Joyce n t he s t a t e s , my wn h e a l t h , s a f e t y w i t h mytu tors n o u r many i l es o f r a v e l , a u c c e s s f u l r e t r e a t i n D e c e m b e r , uccess or p l ans made h i c h I c a n n o t eveal a t h i s t i m e ,a g o o d r a i n y s ea so n for Z i m b a b w e , n d the f a m i l i e s o f the many AIDS ict ims dy ing a l l a r o u n d us .

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