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January

1 6 ,

1995

Dear Mission Commiltec/Supporlcrs:

G r e e t i n g s

i n

t h e

name

of

t h e

Lord:

We

r e p l e a s e d t o

i n f o r m you

t l i a > > t u d y P i c k c t l ,

M i s s i o n a r y t o

Zimbabwe, i l l

b e i n t h e S t a t e s o n

f u r l o u g h

d u m i g

u l y

1 9 9 5 t h r o u g h J u n e

1 9 9 6 . J u d y i ^ c c l e b r a t i n g 2 5 y e a r s

o n t h e

m i s s i o n f i e l d

a n d

w o u l d

l i k e

t o s h a r e

w i t h

y o U s . t J u ^ 5 2 g ^ < i r i e n c e s

a n d

b l e s s i n g s

God

h a s = | i v e n h e r

w h i l e s h e s e r v e s t h e Lord i n

Zimbabwe. .

Judy

w i l l

be i n C a l i f o r n i a

from t h e

middle of J u l y 1995 u n t i l February 1 9 9 6 ,

and

she

w i l l be

i n

I n d i a n a

F e b r u a r y

1 9 9 6

t h r o u g h

June 1 9 9 6 . S p e a k i n g

engagements

a n be

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

t i m e s . Judy i l l be

a v a i l a b l e t o

s p e a k a t

c h u r c h e s , c h u r c h g r o u p s ,

camps,

a c a t i o n b i b l e

s c h o o l ,

r e t r e a t s , and

s p e c i a l

p r o g r a m s .

S p e a k i n g d a t e s

c a n

be s c h e d u l e t h r o u g h h e r

f o r w a r d i n g a g e n t s ,

Mr.

rs. S a m M i t c h e l l .

At t h e

bottom of

h i s

l e t t e r

f o r y o u r

c o n v e n i e n c e i s

a t e a r o f f form t o

be

u s e d

t o s c h e d u l e

a

s p e a k i n g

engagement.

Judy

now works

o u t o f

h e r home

i n

Zimbabwe and

n e e d s

t o u p d a t e h e r o f f i c e

e q u i p m e n t .

She

p r e p a r e s

l e s s o n s and

p r o j e c t s f o r h e r 17 women's g r o u p s t h a t s h e p r e s e n t l y works

w i t h .

She n e e d s a p o r t a b l e

o r d e s k

t o p , p l a i n p a p e r

c o p i e r , a l a p - t o p computer t h i s would be

o f

g r e a t a s s i s t a n c e ) ,

and

money f o r i n s t a l l a t i o n

of

a

two-way r a d i o

i n

h e r

t r u c k . The

r o a d s

Judy

t r a v e l s a r e

r o u g h and f a r from h e r

home

n C h i n h o y i . I f s h e

was t r a n d e d ,

Judy would

h a v e

no means

o f

c o n t a c t i n g he l p . C u r r e n t l y , t h e r e a r e no phones

i n

most

r u r a l

a r e a s

o f

Zimbabwe. The

two-way

r a d i o

c a n

be p u r c h a s e d and

i n s t a l l e d i n

Zimbabwe.

Judy a l s o n e e d s a n

a d d i t i o n a l f i l e c a b i n e t ,

w h i c h c a n

be p u r c h a s e d i n

Zimbabweas

ell.

J u d y ' s t r u c k

was

u r c h a s e d

i n

1 9 9 1 and h a s t r a v e l e d

o v e r 2 0 0 , 0 0 0 k i l o m e t e r s a p p r o x i m a t e l y

1 2 4 , 0 0 0

m i l e s )

on r o u g h

r o a d s . Because

o f

t h e

wear

and t e a r on t h i s

v e h i c l e and

b e c a u s e

o f

J u d y ' s h e a l t h

p r o b l e m s b a c k

and

s h o u l d e r ) ,

she

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

h a s a u t o m a t i c

g e a r s . The

Lord w i l l i n g ,

s h e would

l i k e

t o

r a i s e

money

f o r a new t r u c k w i t h t h e

n e c e s s a r y

a c c e s s o r i e s , camper e t c . The t r u c k c o u l d p o s s i b l y be p u r c h a s e d i n Zimbabwe o o .

P l e a s e

i l l o u t

t h e

b o t t o m s e c t i o n of

h i s l e t t e r ,

i f you

w i s h t o s c h e d u l e

a

s p e a k i n g

engagement w i t h

J u d y .

We o o k

f o r w a r d

t o h e a r i n g

from

y o u .

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Judy t o come

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1996

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J u d i t h L. Pickett,

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Africa

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February 1995 Newsletter

Dear Christian Friends:

Happy New Year fro m Zimbabwe There

were

many activiti es, disappoi ntments, sadn ess,

and

joys

f o r me

in 1994, but God

was always with me.

After a short

visit

with

my

sisters

i n

December

1993, I

returned

to my

work among the women's

groups.

We had

a very, busy work sch edule set up for

the

year. We planned to work with

1 7 g r o u p s o n

a b a s i s

of

weekly,

b i - w e e k l y ,

monthly or

b i - m o n t h l y . S e v e r a l

of

t h e s e g r o u p s

are

a five-hour

drive

from

Chinhoyi, During

the

year,

two groups

dropped

from our schedule,

and we started

three new ones.

At

one

time besides our Bible Studies and

other activities,

we

were working with

1 2 groups.

My

three tutors

are a l l

hard workers

and

willing

to jump in and help

whenever

they

are

a s ke d .

Bec ause of

t h i s ,

we were

asked

to help in

three

weddings.

Our African

Evangelists have all been married f o r

several years accordin g

t o the

Afri c an

custom,

b ut have all decided

t h a t

they

m u s t

have a Christian

ceremony.

F o r m a n y

o f

th e

things, like

acquiring a

house,

getting

certain licenses, passports, and other

documents,

they need a

Christian marriage

certificate. So

the

tutors and

I

found

ourselves

w o r k i n g in

kitchens

and

h a l l s ,

preparing food

out in the

open

in the

villages and dressing

the

brides. To be

asked

to

dress

a

bride is

a very big honor

to the Africans,

a n d

the

b r i d e s

all a s k e d

me to

help dress them.

This

includes

getting their

clothes wearable,

fixing

their hair, and putting on mak e-up. At one

we d d i n g ,

t he five

b r i d e s m a i d s

l i ked

w h a t

I

was doin g t o

the

bride and

all

decided

t h a t

Ambuya Pickett

must

put

make-up on them

a s

well,

More and

more

as we

traveled, we see the

ravages o f

AIDS, We

see Christian women su ffering

along with their

children,

because

the

husband is promiscuous and has brought

the

disease

home to his wife. We comfort many of

our women

when their grown up children are dying of

AIDS, Many grandmothers are now being

pressed

into service as mothers a g a i n , because their

grandchildren

are being left

as

orpha ns. There are at least fi ve to eight funerals a day

sometimes

i n

the High Density

or

African Sector

o f

C h i n h o y i .

As

time

rolled

by, I f o u n d

myself havin g

a

h ard

time

w i t h m y left

shoulder

and back whenever

we traveled fo r a

long dista nce, especially on

the

dirt roads.

I

was

seeing

my

l o c a l doctor;

but

he was only giving me pain pills, which

was

not correcting

the

situation. In October

after

su f ferin g constantly from

severe

pain in

the

shoulder a n d neck, I as ked to be sent

t o


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the o r t h o p e d i c s u r g e o n

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d i d

m y

c a r p a l

t u n n e l o p e r a t i o n

b a c k

i n

the 1980 's. He took

X - r a y s

and immediately said

I

definitely needed

a

shoulder decompression operation a n d neck

manipulation.

This

was scheduled for November 2 3.

I n the meantime my best friend,

Marilyn

Richards, h a d a trigger finger operation on

November

14 in

a

outpatient situati on.

She

returned

home

on a Wednesday, but was readmitted

on Sunday

with

hepatitis. She

was

very i l l for one

week,

a n d then they

released

her only to

p u t h e r b a c k i n

t h e

h o s p i t a l

t h e

f o l l o w i n g

d a y

w i t h d e h y d r a t i o n . S h e n e v e r l e f t

t h e h o s p i t a l

again

and

died on December 9 . She and I had been best fr iends for 34 years,

and

it was a

g r ea t s h o c k

t o

me. Because

o f

my o w n s u r g er y ,

I

was unable

t o be with her before

she

died.

I

was, however, able

to g o to

the

funeral a n d

also

help

sort out

her p e r s o n a l

matters, as

I

was named

Executor. Because

I

w a s

unable t o travel the

distance

t o take car e o f all th e

necessary

details, it

was turned over to

the

second d esigna ted person.

The week followin g Marilyn's death. Misheck, one

o f

m y workers, lost his th ree-month o l d s o n .

Misheck a n d Kathryn h a d b o t h b e e n

married

before, a n d he

has

three other children

by

h i s

first

wife. Kathryn h a d several miscarriages

after

she a n d Mischeck were married, a n d this

was their fir st baby

b o r n

alive. The baby h a d never b e e n

w e l l

since birth, but

the

h o s p i t a l

kept telling

them

he would

be

fi ne.

When

their son d ied, they were devasta ted.

Christmas a rrived and

both of my

girls

came

home

for two weeks. While

they

were here, the

three of the youn gest Kwach enera children from Chid amoyo came to stay with u s for four days.

We h a d

a

wonderful Christmas with

lots

o f fellowship a n d love, which helped ease the p a i n of

lost loved ones.

I

will be coming home

in June for my

furlough and am looking forward to seeing

many

o f

you.

M y forwarding

agents will be

sending

you information

regarding the dates

I will be In your

area.

Please

contact them if

you wish

me to

speak

at your church

or

at a special

function

i n

y o u r

a re a .

M a y I t a ke t h i s o p p o r t u n i t y

to wish

each

and

everyone

o f

you a

most blessed

New Year.

Y o u r s i n C h r i s t ,

J u d y P i c k et t


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September/October 1995 Newsletter

Dear Christian Friends:

I t

i s

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

t o b e l i e v e t h a t I h a v e b e e n i n t h e S t a t e s f o r t w o m o n t h s n o w . I n

s o m e

w a y s it

seems that I

h a v e just

arrived,

a n d

i n

o t h e r w a y s it s e e m s that

I

h a v e

b e e n g o n e

f r o m m y h o m e i n Z i m b a b w e

a

y e a r a l r e a d y . M y d a u g h t e r K i n a w r o t e s a y i n g

M o m ,

i t s e e m s l i k e

y o u h a v e b e e n g o n e a y e a r a l r e a d y . I l e f t Z i m b a b w e o n J u n e

28,

a n d i t ' s n i c e

t o

b e m i s s e d .

I

have

ministered

in

Zimbabwe fo r twenty fi ve ( 2 5 ) years plus, and fo r the first ti me

1

was

a b l e to leave m y w o r k i n the h a n d s of three c a p a b l e A f r i c a n l a d i e s who w i l l

carry

o n the b e s t

t h e y c a n

u n t i l

I r e t u r n .

T h e i r

m a i n p r o b l e m

i s t r a n s p o r t a t i o n t o a n d

f r o m t h e w o m e n ' s

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

g o b y b u s t o

s o m e

o f t h e

c l o s e r c h u r c h e s

t h a t

w e

w o r k

w i t h ;

b u t

t h e y

a r e

u n a b l e

t o

t r a v e l

t o t h e

g r o u p s

t h a t

a r e f a r t h e r

a w a y ,

b e c a u s e

of

t h e

l a c k

of

d e p e n d a b l e

b u s

service. The three ladi es

that

work for

me,

Mrs. Custudio, Mrs. Chikawariro,

and

M r s .

M a c h a y a , a r e

w e l l t r a i n e d , c o n s c i e n t i o u s C h r i s t i a n

w o m e n ;

a n d t h e y

a r e

d o i n g a g r e a t

w o r k i n m y a b s e n c e . T h e y w r i t e t h a t

t h e

w o r k

i s

g o i n g w e l l , b u t t h e y a r e

l i k e

t e a w i t h o u t

su ga r"

in my absence.

W h e n

I b e g a n

p l a n n i n g

t o

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

f o r a y e a r ' s

f u r l o u g h , w e w e r e

h o p i n g that'

B r o t h e r D a l e M a r s h a l l ' s y o u n g e s t d a u g h t e r L i n d a l e a n d h e r h u s b a n d w o u l d b e g r a n t e d a w o r k

p e r m i t t o w o r k i n Z i m b a b w e f o r t w o y e a r s . W e p l a n n e d f o r t h e m t o s t a y i n

m y

h o m e

w h i l e

I

w a s

g o n e .

T h r e e w e e k s

b e f o r e I l e f t ,

i t

s e e m e d

v e r y

u n l i k e l y

t h a t

t h e y w o u l d b e g r a n t e d w o r k

p e r m i t s .

T h e r e f o r e , I

h a d

t o

r u s h

t o

f i n d a

t r u s t w o r t h y p e r s o n t o r e n t m y h o u s e .

I w a s

a b l e

t o f i n d a y o u n g w o m a n a n d h e r

t w o

s m a l l d a u g h t e r s t o

l i v e

i n

my

h o m e ,

a n d f r o m

a l l

r e p o r t s

t h e y

a r e

d o i n g w e l l .

A f t e r I a r r i v e d h e r e i n

t h e S t a t e s , I

l e a r n e d t h a t

L i n d a l e

a n d N i c k

w e r e g r a n t e d

a

t w o - y e a r

w o r k p e r m i t , b u t

of c o u r s e

m y h o m e

w a s

a l r e a d y

r e n t e d .

I

w a s

s o r r y

it

was not available for them.

S e v e r a l s t r e s s i n g

t h i n g s h a p p e n e d b e f o r e I l e f t Z i m b a b w e . I n

J u n e

1 p l a n n e d

t o g e t m y

h o u s e

p r e p a r e d f o r

t h e

r e n t e r

b y w a s h in g w i n d o w s ,

p a c k i n g

a w a y

m y b e l o n g i n g s i n o n e b e d r o o m , a n d

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

t h e w h o l e h o u s e .

H o w e v e r , t h a t d i d n ' t

h a p p e n .

T h e

f i r s t

S u n d a y i n J u n e ,

M i s h e c k ,

m y

h e l p e r ,

w a s v i s i t i n g

f r i e n d s

o u t o f

t o w n

o n h i s b i c y c l e . A s

h e

w a s c o m i n g d o w n

a

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

h a n d l e b a r s

o f t h e b i c y c l e

f e l l

o f f , s e n d i n g M i s h e c k o v e r

t h e

t o p ,

a n d

s k i d d i n g

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

f a c e .

N e e d l e s s

t o s a y , h e

w a s b a d l y

i n j u r e d ;

b u t

a E u r o p e a n m a n

p i c k e d h i m u p a n d t o o k h i m t o

t h e

C h i n h o y i

H o s p i t a l . I w a s a w a y f r o m

h o m e a n d

d i d n o t f i n d o u t u n t i l

a b o u t

4 p . m . t h a t e v e n i n g .

H e

h a d s k i n n e d

a w a y

t h e

w h o l e t i p

of h i s

n o s e ,

s p l i t

h i s u p p e r l i p ,

a n d

g e n e r a l l y m a d e m i n c e m e a t

o f

h i s f a c e . T h e y k e p t

h i m

f o r

t w o

n i g h t s t o v e r i f y

t h a t

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

a

c o n c u s s i o n ,

t h e y

d i d

h a v e

t o

r e m o v e t e n

o f

h i s t e e t h . T h i s m e a n t

t h a t

M i s h e c k c o u l d n o t

e a t

a n y

s o l i d

f o o d

a n d h a d

t o

h a v e

c o m p l e t e r e s t . H e

a l s o h a d

t o

r e t u r n

t o t h e

h o s p i t a l

e v e r y d a y f o r a n i n j e c t i o n

a n d t o h a v e h i s

b a n d a g e s c h a n g e d . N o t o n l y w a s h e u n a b l e

t o h e l p


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me

w i t h my work,

but

I h a d

to look

after him

while

he

was healing.

I pureed the food

for

him

while I was there; and left a small food processor for him, when I left for the

States.

I

have since learned

that he

has lost

two

more teeth, b u t otherwise

is doing alright. Praise

the Lord

for

the three ladies that work for me

with

the

women s

groups,

as

they

jumped right

i n a n d h e l p e d

me

pack

away

my

things

a n d

get ready to leave.

The day

before I left I

h a d

to have my last

p e t

put to sleep as

h e

was

old,

not well,

a n d

unable

to be left with

strangers.

Earlier my big dog

and

cat had to be

put

to sleep

due to

p o o r

health. I t was

h a r d

to

loose s u c h f a i t h f u l

c o m p a n i o n s .

W h e n p l a n n i n g

m y t r i p

h o m e o n f u r l o u g h , I a r r a n g e d t o h a v e a l a y o v e r i n

Z u r i c h ,

S w i t z e r l a n d .

While

I was there, I

took a few tours, including a

train up to the highest railway

station

in

Switzerland,

some 11,330

feet above

the

city overlooking

a

glacier.

I t was

a

w o n d e r f u l

r e l a x i n g trip, b u t o n

t h e

l a s t

d a y I

c a m e d o w n w i t h

t h e f l u

a n d a r r i v e d

i n t h e

S t a t e q u i t e

ill. That seemed to

set

the trend, as I have had

several

health problems one after

another

s i n c e my a r r i v a l . I am s t i l l

s t r u g g l i n g

w i t h ; h e a l t h p r o b l e m s .

T h r o u g h it all,

I m a n a g e d to

p a r t i c i p a t e

i n t w o

V a c a t i o n B i b l e

S c h o o l P r o g r a m s , s e v e r a l

s p e a k i n g

e n g a g e m e n t s , t h e N o r t h

American Christi an

Convention,

the

Hissionary Convention,

and a women s

retreat at Kiamichi

C l i n i c i n H o n o b i a , O k l a h o m a .

N e e d l e s s t o s a y , I h a v e

s e v e r a l

p r a y e r r e q u ^ e s t s . M y o w n h e a l t h , t h e h e a l t h o f m y t h r e e

sisters who are

not well,

my

helper Misheck

farau,

my

daughters who remain in

Zimbabwe,

the

c a r e

of my h o m e b y

s t r a n g e r s

i n my

absence, the three l a d i e s who

a r e

c a r r y i n g o n

my w o m e n s

g r o u p s ,

a n d

f o r L i n d a l e a n d N i c k , w h o w i l l b e

i n

Z i m b a b w e s o o n

t o

w o r k w i t h B r o t h e r M a r s h a l l .

Prayers and support are needed for the f o i l

Dws ite ms;

a new co mp uter, a

file cabinet, a

short-wave radio for my truck,

a

paper copier, and possibly

a

new truck. Money

h a s

already

b e e n d e s i g n a t e d for some of these

a r t i c l e s , b u t the

t o t a l f u n d i n g for these

i t e m s

h a s n t y e t

been met

T h a n k

y o u

for y o u r

p r a y e r s

a n d s u p p o r t w h i l e I a m

i n

the S t a t e s o n furlough.

Yours

in Christ,

Judy

iPickett

(707) 258-1071

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