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B
A B W E
FORWAKDING AGENTS:
P. 0. Box 27^6
Napa,
California 9^558
Mrs.
Fay Bockhahn
Financial
Agent
Mr.
& Mrs. A1 Lyons
Public
Relations Agent
FiCKETT
EIKB
JUDITH L.
PICKETT,Secretary
Central Africa
Mission
Sinoia, Zimbabwe,
Africa
Therefore go
and
make disciples of all nations... Matthew 28:19
N
E
SLE T T£
Dear Christian Friends:
Much time has elapsed since my last newsletter and I
have
many things to tell you.
In December 1 returned to Indiana, stopping for speaking engagements and to visit with
friends on the
way. I was very happy
to
be
able
to
spend Chri stmas
with my family in
Ladoga.
For the
past several
years I
have
been
suffering from numbness
in
both hands,
with
the
pain growing
progressively
worse these
last
six
months.
It
was decided that I
needed
to have corpal
tunnel surgery
on both wrists, so on
January
Sixth I underwent surgery
in
Bloomington Indiana. I
was cared
for
by
the Nice
and
the Frasure fa milies for two
weeks,
then
returned to
my mother's
for the
remainder of
the six
week recuperation period. My
hands s i r e healing
quite well, but I
will
need to be careful for some time.
Word from the field is most encouraging. The Mission
at Chidamoyo has
reopened, the
hospital is also
open
as
a
clinic,
with Miss
Kathy
McCarty in
charge. Sin ce there
has not
been
any medical
care
in the
area
since
January 1979
they
are having
many, many
people
coming to the
clinic.
The first well-baby clinic was attended by 5^5 babies and the
second
by 385. Praise
the
Lord.
Mr.
Hugh
Fender
and his
wife also live
at
the
Mission
and Mr. Fender oversees the
maintenance work
and the
Evangelistic work
of the Mission.
Bro.
Dale
Msirshall
still has the
responsibility
of all the Shona
speaking
work and
the English speaking work
dn
Sinoia. Because
of his
great need
of
assistance, I have
decided, after much prayer,
to
return
to
Sinoia an d help
him
with
the
Sinoia Mission work.
Bro.
Marshall
\^ites
that a plan ning meeting was
held
with the eight
Native Evangel
ist and they
have
made
extensive plans involving my
secretarial skills
hey
will be
writing
sermon outlines,
lesson materials. Lord's
Supper
meditations, leadership train
ing
lessons,
and
other materials for
use in
the
local churches.
This will be
translated
in
the
Shona Language and
I will then type, mimeograph and compile
all
materials for
distribution.
This is indeed
a challenging
t e i s k
and I am excited about it and about
being able to
serve
the Lord
in
this evangelistic
work.
Our eight
Evangelists
will
then
distribute
and teach these materis0.s
in
the local churches.
The full responsibility,
f i n a n c i a l l y
£ f t l l s upon Bro. Marshall (along with Bro.
DeLaughter of
Karoi)
of paying the evangelists,
providing
a
motorcycle
for each
one,
plus
a
l^drover
for
their
cpmbined use, petrol (gasoline) and
repairs. The average
s a l a r y
of
t h e
e v a n g e l i s t
is
i l 6 0 . 0 0
U . S .
a
m o n t h .
A l s o all t h e g e n e r a l e x p e n s e of t h e
mission work is
upon his
shoulders. Bro. Marshall is in need of
any
financial help
that
I can give him, s c s the
Lord willing,
my
service link
will increase enough to
assist him in
this
most needed work.
I have also
made
the
decision to regain
custody
of
y two foster daughters
when
I
return. Because
of
this
responsibility I
have
endeavored
to
raise $150.00 - $200.00
U.S.
a
month for the support of each girl. As of this
writing
the
Lord
has provided
s u p p o r t f o r o n e g i r l .
I w o u l d
e n c o i i r a g e
y o u
t o
m a k e t h i s a
p r a y e r
p r o j e c t t h a t
t h e
total amount will
b e
provided.
They
a r e
n o w
in
Form
#5
(grade
10)
of
High
School.
Kina, the eldest, is to have minor surgery on April
1st
for a growth on her shoulder.
Your prayers on her behalf will be much a ppr eciated.
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I have
had a few speaking engagements h
a
good
rest and visiting
relatives
and frien
The Lord
willing, I
will
leave
Indianap
day layover
in
Brussels^
Belgium I
ill arriy
to take up the work again in Sinoia.
e
worth while furlough. The field is
still
few .
I
sk that you pray for new missionak
are still laboring
in
Zimbabwe.
God
bless you each
one.
re
in
Indiana but mainly I have enjoyed
ds.
olis
on Sunday May
2nd and
after
a
two
e
in Zimbabwe on
May 5th. I
am anxious
I
ish to thank everyone in all the churches who have helped
to make this a
most
[hite
unto the
harvest
and the laborers are
ies to sissist those who have labored and
In Christian
Love
MISS JUDY
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AGENTS:
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Mr. &
Mrs. A1 Lyons
Public
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Agent
PM HETT
EIN
JUDITH L.
PXCKETT,
Secretary
Central
Africa Mission
Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe, Africa
Therefore
go and
make
disciples
of
all nations... Matthew 28:19
JUNE NB/SLETTER
1982
DEAR CHRISTIAN FRIĤ DS:
Greetings,
once
again, from Zimb abwe. Just throe weeks ago, this
Wednesday, X
arri ved back in this country and have been
very
busy getting b ack
into
the groove .
I
was met at the
airport
by
21 fri ends and
it
was a joyous reunion
with my
foster
daughters,
my
little
African
family, and fellow workers here.
Several
changes have
been
made in the country since
I
left, one
of
which has
been
the
changing of
the names
of
cities
and
towns.
I
flew into Harare
instead of
Salisbury
and
c me
home to Chinhoyi instead of Sinoia. So if you are writing
to
me be sure to
change
the .name
of Sinoia to
Chinhoyi. (Chin -oi-ee).
I
was able to rest
and
find my earth legs for the rest of the week after arrival ,
but then started
into the
work the following Monday, as Mr. Marshall
was so
pressed
for
help. I am
enjoying
it tremendously and
praise
the Lord for bringing me back
to
this
lovely
country
to
serve Him. Unfortunately, there seems to
be
a shortage of houses
to
rent,
although there
are
many to
buy.
My name has been on every rental
list in town
since the first of the year, but nothing has become available
yet.
I do have first
prior ity over a house that
is
coming
up
for rent
in
August, but am praying that some
thing will open up sooner.
In the
meantime
Mr. and Mrs. Mardiall are graciously sharing their lovely home
with me. They
have
a
big
guest
room
with private bath on the top floor, right next
to
our office. At least
I
don't have
far to
walk
to
work. But My
Girls are very
anxious
to
come home to Auntie and Auntie is very anxious to get them back. They have turned
into
beautiful young ladies
in
my absence
and are
a joy to my heart.
I have now
gotten
back fully
into
the work of Hillside Chapel with the
young
people.
I began their Wednesday night Bibl e study this week with 12 High School age young people
present.
This
is an
increa® of7 over
what
they had
been having
in
my absence. Then
Sunday evening
the youth group
met
with me
and
we
had
1^ in attendance.
They are really
glad to be able
to
have
their own group again.
I also returned to work with the little Sunday
School at
Lomagundi
School on
Sunday
afternoons. The head master's wife hais been struggling
along i n . . m y
absence
with
very
little
help. Althoiigh in
the
last
school term the
High
School
Touth
from Hillside Chapel
were assisting her. I was thrilled
to
have
20
little
ones
present the first meeting.
The school now has several African students, as well as coloureds, so
there
were some
of them
present
as well.
While
I
was
home
I
sent them some supplies to use for the Sunday School.
I
had sent
pencils
which had Happy
Birthday oa*, verses of Scripture on
them to be
given
to e®;h
child
who has
a
birthday. The
children
were
deeply distressed when those penci ls
were stolen.
They have been playing
detective
to see if
they can find
the thief.
That was
all that
was taken fortunately, but the little
children
do love
those
pencils. If
you would
be
interested
in
supplying
some
more
pencils,
to
replase the stolen ones,
please
send them
to
my -Foiwarding agents,
Mr.
Mrs. Lyons, and
they will
pack and ship them on
to
me.
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books and crayolas are needed.
If you would
them
directly to me as
follows:
Also, items
such as Bible
games,
articles suitable
for
prizes, reli gious coloring
like
to
help with these, you could
send
Label
outside of the box as
GIFTS
NOT ICR
RESALE
and address them
to
Judy Pickett, P. 0. Box 3 92,
Chinhoyi,
Zimbabwe,
Africa.
Send large
packages surface
mail
as pos
children, and forbid them
not,
to come unto
Matt.
19:1^
age
is
very e s t p e n s i v e .
Suffer
little
me for of such
is
the kindom of
heaven .
I
have not yet been able to visit C h i d a i t
July 3rd
and
4th.
The out-patient clinic
is
yet opened as a fully operating hospital,
r a
the
States
for
furlough and
Mr.
and
Mrs.
replace
them at
Chidamoyo for the next
6 o :
o
I continue to
covet
your prayers
on
beh
plentiful but the laborers are fev^.
I
wish
i n t h e
S t a t e s
s u c h a n e n j o y a b l e o n e
a n d
m a y
p
to bless us
as
we a i l l labor together for His
yo
Mission,
but have plans to do
so
on
full
every day, but the
hospital
has not
and Mrs
Hugh Pender have
returned to
lin have again returned to Zimbabwe
to
hs
to one year.
f the
work here.
The harvest is
to
thank
all of
you who made my furlou^
od
bless
you. And may the
Lord
continue
Kingdom.
In Christ,
MISS
JUDY PICKETT
A NOTE TO ALL 'WHO
CORRESPOND
WITH JUDY:
The mail coming into Zimbabwe
is
being
mentioning any monetary figures
of any kind,
privacy is concerned. V e
have
to
be very
c a i f
i n f o r m a t i o n o n t h i s , p l e a s e f e e l f r e e t o
c o z ^
Lyons
(224-2172).
Or
you can write
to
e i t h e i f
9pened regularly, so be very
careful
about
Things are very
bad
here
again
as far as
eful what we say. Anyone wishing
further
i a c t
Fay B o c k h a h n (224-1909) or M a e
Evelyn
one at
P.
0. Box
2746,
Napa,
CeOLif.
94558.
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PI K TT
tPg
JUDITH
L. PIGKLTT, Secretary
Central
Africa Mission
Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe, Africa
Therefore go and
make
disciples
of all
nations.
.. Matthew 28:19
AUGUST
NEWSLETTER 1982
DEAR CHRISTIAN FRIENDS:
It is
time
to send
you
a
bit of
news
from
Zimbabwe.
While
you are nice
and warm
in
mid-summer, we are
a bit
on
the
cold side in mid-winter.
A
few of our nights do get
down
to
28
degrees, but the da ys are sunny
and
warm.
Since last writing to you,
I
have moved from the Marshal l residence into a house of
my
own on a temporary basis. Then
in
the midd le of August I will
move
again , hopefully,
my last
move for
the rest of my
term
here. Housing is
a
great
problem
here, as in the
States, but through
members
of
our Hillside Chapel Church, the
Lord has provided for me.
It
was a joyous day
when
I could, once again, get y two foster daughters back( and
my cat
and y bird). The girls
were
very anxious to return to me after our many
months
of separation. After
living in
a
home
where there were 5
dults and mall
children
sharing
three
bedrooms and one bath, they are happy
to
have their
own
separate rooms.
My
girls are now
in
Form
3
of High School and are
doing
very well in their studies.
We
were all
quite disturbed
last week as the school was closed
down
by a race riot. However,
after one week the government repr iman ded the trouble makers and reopened the school.
We
pray that the
school
can continue now with the business of educating our children.
I spent
two
days, June Ath and 5th, at
Chidaraoyo
Mission helping with the well-baby
clinic and visiting old friends. The hospital is
operating
as
a
clinic under the super
vision of Kathy McCart y. Much preparation is being made toward re-opening as a
full
hospital
soon. Praise
the Lord for
this
wonderful work.
The
work
here in
Chinhoyi
(Sinoia) is
going
nicely. Mr. Marshall is keeping me
very
busy
S S
secretary. I am in the pr ocess of typing a series of sermons on Through the Bible
and
this will
be
translated into the Shona langusige for the use of our African evangelist.
The European work at Hillside Chapel stays steady. Several new people have
been
attending, but we have
also lost
some who have
left
the
country.
I am pr esently working
to
develop a puppet ministry with our High
School
youth. We are making puppets, writing
plays and building a theater. When
all this
is finished, I
hope
to utilize the youth in
presenting plays to my little Lonagiindi Sunday School, as well
as
at Hillside Chapel. Our
group
at Hillside
Chapel is
averaging
12 in attendance,
both on Wednesday evening a nd
Sunday
evening.
Our attendance
is climbing at
the
Lonsigundi Sunday School and we
now
are having
between
50 and 35 each
Sunday.
Again,
I
say Praise the Loid for this.
Our African
evangelist
continue to go out as teams,
visiting
the
bush
country. At
present
they are
concentrating
on Leadership
training . Our funds
are
very limited,
as
Mr. Marshall has the full financial
burden
of
providing
for
them.
To
date
y service
link funds have not
increased
enough for
me to
be
of any help to
him
in
a
financial
way,
but I
do
hope to be able to contribute to
the
general
mission
e:q)ense, such as
evangelist
salaries, travel, etc.
Dear friends,
I
sincerely thank
you
for
your
support an d
concern,
to
bless
as
we co-labor for Him in this country.
In His Name,
MISS JUDY
May God continue
(over for
financial
report,
please)
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FINANCIilL REPORT
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Box 392
Zimbabwe
Service
Link
-
a y i
All amounts listed in Zimbabwean Currency.
1.3202 in July.
(Judy has two
foster daughters whom
she
support through
her
service
link,
only $100.00 U.S.
now
comes in for
their
suipport
expense
for the girls
out
of her
personal income
from the service link funds.)
1982
to
July 2 ^ ^ ,
1982
E i x c h a n g e rate varies from I.36I9
in May
to
At present
Judy assumes food and boarding
School
e:q>en8es,
clothing, etc. comes
INCOME - hrough July 2 f t h
May 1st
bsdance
carried forward:
M a y 7 t h d e p o s i t ( J u d y r e t u r n e d
I f r
June 27 deposit
( 300.00 U.S.)
July
23
eposit ( ^50»00 U.S.)
EXPENSE-May thru July 2^th
Petrol
(gasoline)
r S ^ l i f r l
t r a v e l e q > e n s e - i c e c ^ e , i n s u r a n c e ,
School supplies
School fees
(2
terms)
Pocket
money
and savings
(3 onths
Clothing
for girls
Postage and box rental
Moving e^ense
Bank
charge
Display and promotion supplies
R o o m a n d b o a r d
(girls)
p r i o r
to
m j j v i n g
into o u r
h o u s e )
My personal rent (no house)
Refrigeration
repair
Rent
-
/2
of June and all of July
Bible Study Book
Dues Ladies
meeting
R e g r i s t r a t i o n for
M i s s i o n
M e e t i n g j
(Service IdmE)
£3q>ense
$
10.16
o | m U.S. - 900.99
U.S.)
659.99
375.9^
3^.86
»a355?95-
income:
1,386.95
July bsilance
86.87
208.56
15.99
66.00
53.75
81.63
19.60
37.82
.42
49.99
100.00
28.70
144.00
175.00
1.00
2.00
12.00
1,083.32 lt083.32
303.63
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JUDITH L. PICKETT, Secretary
Central Africa Mission
Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe, Africa
Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, . Matthew
28:19
DECEMBER NEWSLETTER
1982
Dear Christian Friends:
Time
has
again flown by and I find myself
neglecting
to write the
newsletter
and I
do
want
to
bring you
up
to
date on
our work here
for
the Lord#
First of all I want you to rejoice
with us in
the
saving
of two precious souls.
Granny Mayer,
a
sweet
little
lady who lives
in our
local
retirement
center,
came to
our
Lord a few weeks ago. I have had the privilege
of
going out each Sunday
morning
and
bringing
Granny to Church, as the other lady
who
had
been
picking
her
up was having car
trouble. I learned to
love her
dearly
and she
took
^ecial psdns
to make friends with
my two girls, Kina and Irene, ô lso learned to love her. One
particular
Sunday she
seeded very sad about
something,
or distraught, and she asked Dale to come and visit her.
On Wednesday
night
he reported that Granny had been
baptized
that
afternoon
and was over
joyed
to
be
in
the family
of
God. Granny was
95
years old
on December
2nd. Praise the
Lord.
Also
a
family in our
church
has
been
praying
for the husbemd's mother for several
years,
that ê
too
might
have the joy
of
knowing our
Lord.
During
a
recent visit with
them, she also was
baptized
by
Bro. Marshall.
This
dear
soul
is
85
years
of
age. We
all rejoice that these
two
precious
ones
are ready to meet their Saviour.
Secondly, I ave been blessed
this school
term with the little
Sunday School
that
I
direct
at Lonagundi Primary
School.
Ihi8 school had in
the
past been
predominately
coloured (mixed
blood),but.this
year
is predominately
black African
students.
At the
beginning of
the
term I sent out letters
to
the parents, thanking them
for
sending their
children to S unday School and inviting
those
who did not send their children, to do so
this
third
term of
school...August through December. Little did I now then what
God
had
in
store for us.
X
have been running
a
contest with the children
to
encourage
attendance (Bible reading and memory work). Our first Simday of the term we had
69
and
that has gradually
built
up each Sunday and have averaged 73 or several weeks. Then
this
past Siinday I was overjoyed when
80
children arrived.
We have been studying the
old testament
story of Moses that I have been
illustrating
wit flannelgraph. With an age range of
2
years to 15 years,
this
is the most effective
way
of
teaching
them,
as there are
only two of us that are able to teach.
While
the
Head
master's wife (principal
of the school) reads
the Scripture
story, I
llustrate
with
the
flannelgraph. The younger children are then dismissed to color and have a cool
drink
and I quiz the
older children over
the lesson.
On December
5th,
last Sunday in this term,
we
are
planning
a
closing
program. One
of the men in the Hillside Chapel is a Gideon and
he
has secured 80 New Testaments, which
will
be
given out to the school-age children at that
time.
Many of
you
have sent Sunday School articles to be used for awards and teaching
tools.
For
these
things we are so
very
thaiikful.
nie birthday pencils
are a real
as
the
children t̂ove to come up and put their pennies in
the
Birthday
offering
and then they
receive their very own pencil that says "Happy Birthday".
This
might seem such a simple
little thing to you in America, but to these under-privileged children',
it
is a goldmine.
s i y
God bless you richly for
helping to
make these
children
happy
in the Lord.
ver
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Our African
Work
is going well. We are
gelist and their families. Mr Marshall has
planning for the I6
adults
and 33 children
t
gelist
all
have
large
families.
I
am
looking
evangelists, but have jus t met two of the wive
had the opportunity
to
meet them
all.
] p l a n n i n g a C h r i s t m a s b a n q u e t for the Evan-
a ^ c e d me to head up the k i t c h e n crew and menu
t will be attending. It seems our Evan-
forward to this, as I know all of the
t s
so
far. After
the banquet I
will
have
to
This is the plowing and planting seas on
in other
areas and
have gone home this month
carrying
on
leadership training in
the
area
ch
tremendous blessing
in
time
to
come.
d
many
of
our men have their own villages
set their fields in order. They are still
.^ches
and
we feel
this
is
going to
be
a
December 20th our Hillside Chapel Youth
the elderly and needy of our chu rch. The Tout
makes
us
sad, but
when ve realize
that the
on
College, then
we rejoice. This,
after
all, is
young
men
and women willing to serve the Lord
We are all looking forward to our Youth
Tim
Sandefur, a young man
from Earlington
period of ears in this country. We are pr
ministry.
T
oup plan on delivering goodie boxes to
Group is decreasing in number and this
we are losing are
all
going to Bible
our goal, that they will
all
be Christian
^ong
t h e i r
o w n
p e o p l e .
d
Assistant
Minister coming in
January.
Kentucky,
has
been called to serve for a
Ing for his safe arrival and for
a
good
Now, on the personal sid e. My girls are'bus y studying for their Form II final exams
in High School. They begin November 26th and imd on December 2nd. Irene celebrated
h er
15th
birthday in September
and Kina
celebrated
growing
u p and everyday they become
more
and more of
a
blessing to me. In
January
they
w i l l
e g i n
F o r m I I I o f
H i g h S c ho ol , s o w e a r e
g i v i n g
m u c h
t h o u g h t t o
t h e i r f u t u r e .
We
have
a ew member in our family—a o i j i r month old Alsation (German
Shepherd) og.
He is a joy, a terror, a guard dog, and a
bundle of
fun all rolled into one. If
Mom
P i c k e t t
c a n
j u s t
m a k e
i t
t h r o u g h
h i s p u p p y h o o d [
h e
w i l l
b e
a n e x c e l l e n t
p e t .
Financially, I ish to thank you each
and
this year
of
1982. There
have been times
when
for
the
things
we
needed.
Mission-%rise,
our
most necessary, but both
Bro.
Marshalls and my
These men
get
the bare
minimum
salary and if
L o r d to s u p p l y t h e i r n e e d s , I m
a f r a i d
m a n y o j
God
that they
are
all
so
dedicated
to
His work
everyone
for
your
faithful
support
during
the going was rou^, but God always
provided
ted to
increase the Evangelist salaries is
Service Links are stretched to
the limit.
Ley were
not
Christians
and
trusting the
them would look for richer fields. Thank
O n c e again,
I
end y o u my g r a t e f u l t h a n k s ^d
p p r e c i a t i o n for
the w o n d e r f u l way y o u
s u p p o r t m e p r a y e r f u l l y , s p i r i t u a l l y a n d
f i n a n c i i a l l y .
I w i t ^ y o u
a
j o y o u s a n d b l e s s e d
Christmas
and a
most
happy and
prosperous
New Year.
I
ontinue to pray for you and your
c h u r c h t h e r e
i n
A m e r i c a ,
a n d
I
c o v e t
y o u r
p r a y e r s
f o r
t h e w o r k
o f
t h e L o r d h e r e
in
Z i m b a b w e .
IN CHRISTIAN
LOVE,
JUDY
PICKETT
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ZI A^BABWE
Near
the southern tip of the continent
of
Africa is the country of Zimbabwe.
You
m i g i i t recognize it better i f i t were cal led
by its
old name
of
Rhodesia
but
i t is
a
newly independent
country
with its own government.
During
the
change
over
of
rule
in
the country
in
1979/80 the
country was
known by four different
names in
a twelve
month
period. First
it
was Rhodesia, then Zimbabwe Rhod esia, then
for
a very brief time i t went back to Southern Rhod esia and
final
ly became the new
nation
of
Zimbabwe.
This l
ittle country is about
2/5rds
the size of the
State
of Texas and
has
a population
of
approximately 7,5 mi
l
ion people.
Its capital
city, Harare,
formerly
cal led Sal isbury has a population
of
^
mi
l l ion and is
the
admi nistrative, judicial and communications
centre
of the
country. It
is
populated
by
l
l races of people
and is
a
spacious, modern
city where a
visitor
may
enjoy
l l the comforts expectea of a r n o e r n
city.
One
of the
glories
of
Harare is
the display of colour afforded by the flowering trees
whici. ine
tne
streets. Jacarandas
are
a beautiful
l i lac color,
t he bri l l iant
red
flamboyants,
the yel
low
spathodias, and the
beautiful white
and purple flower of the bauhinias
tr
Approximately 330
ki
lometers from the capitol
of
Zimbabwe is the Great
Zimbabwe
which
for
over
100
years
has
been
described
as
One
of
Africa's
greatest
mysteries and
'the
age-old riddle' . The ruins of The Great Zimbabwe were
known
to
have existed
as
early as 1862
but
are
bel ieved to
have
flourished from AD 1200
to 1450 as a thriving
community.
Travel ing
some 130
ki
lometers north
of
Harare
through an
interesting
combination
of
bushveld and
highly developed farming country, crossing a range
of
hi
l ls
known
as the Great
Dyke one comes
to the town of Chinhoyi (previously
cal led Sinoia). This is
the town
i n
which
Dale
and
Linda
Marshal
have ived
for
some
17 years. Chinhoyi is a fast-developing centre
of
an important farming
and
mining
area.
Zimbabwe's Victoria
F al l s is
one
of
the largest
and most beautiful
water
fal ls in the world. Here the Zambeze
River,
the
only
major river in
Africa
to
flow eastwards
to the
Indian Ocean widens
to
1700 metres and plunges into a vertical
chasm across its complete width. The force
of the
fal l ing water-545 mi
l l
ion l itres
per minute during the
flood
season
sends
clouds of spray high into the
sky
often
reaching
over
500
metres
h ig h.
Zimbabwe's
biggest charm is its large population
of
wi ld animals
from the
mighty Elephant- to the tiny dieker
(smal
l
deer
type
animal )
. 44,688 square
k i lometres
or over I
percent
of its
land
has been set
aside as parks
and wi ld
l
ife estates. The country
is prol ific with birds
of every species
and
is a bird
watcher's
para d ise.
In
contrast to
the modern cities
the bush
vel d is po pu la t e d
by
the African
people
who l ive
in pole
and mud huts topped by thatched
roofs. As one drives
down a bush
road
you
can see
vi l lages of peopl e do t t e d over
the
hi l lsides and
f i e l d s
closer
to
the
road.
An African vi
l
lage may consist
of
one fami ly, a
mother,
a
father
and
chi
l dren or
it
may
encompass
the entire
fami
ly
of
grandparents,
aunts'
and uncles and cousins occupying from
10 to
50 huts. Mothers can be
seen going
about their d ai
ly
chores
with
a
bundle
on
t r i e i r
neads and a
baby
t ie d
securely
OR
t h e i r
backs. Ch i l dr e n can be seen hurrying
a long t h e
road
to
the locah school
or
lazi ly herding
a
h e r d
of
cattl e in the pasture. Ol de r girls can
be
seen doing
the
fami ly
washing in a nearby river
or carrying
large buckets
of
water
back
to
the vi l lage for d ai
ly
use.
Men can
be
seen supervising the work
in
the f i e l d s or
lazi ly si
tting around the open fire in the center
of
t he vi
l
lage talking over the
business
of t h e
day.
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p 2 IMBABWE
f you were
to
stop at
a
vi
lage you would be received with great joy
and
treated
with sincere hospital ity. You would be offered tea and bread or
perhaps a
meal of
sadza
and
rel
ish. Sadza
is a
stiff corn meal
porridge
which
is
eaten with the fingers
and
dipped
into a bowl
of
rel
ish
which
might be
a
green vegetable cooked with tomato
and
onion or on
special
occasions, a
meat rel ish
also
cooked
with tomato
and onion wi
be served .
The language of the black African people in our area is Shona.
Engl
ish
is a
required subject in al
schools
from
2nd grade upwards and
thus many of
the
Africans
can speak
at least
two languages and
some
can speak several
dialects
of
the Shona language.
As
a new.nation, Zimbabwe is
experiencing
many changes and the future looks
very hopeful
for
the continuation of the growth of the
Lord's work.
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HUR HES
Some people t h i n k
t h a t there o r t -
s t i l l only
black
Af ri cans l
i v i n g
i n Zimbabwe
who
speak only
t h e i r own
language,
which i s
Shona.
B u t there are many
whi te
p e o p l e also
l
i v i n g
i n
Z i m b a b w e
a n d
m a n y A f r i c a n s w h o
s p e a k E n g l
i s h . T h e m i s s i o n a r i e s
working i n Zimbabwe n o t
only
work
with
t h e bush c h u r c h e s b u t many o f them
have
establ ished work
with
E n g l i s h
speaking congregations i n
t h e
ci ties
i n
whi ch t h e y l i v e .
I n
Harare,
t h e c a p i - t o l c+ty, Zimbabwe Christian
C o l
l e g e
hosts t h e Congregation
of
t h e
H a t f i e l d C h r i s t i a n C h u r c h w h e r e B r o . Ja c k P e n n i n g t o n s e r v e s a s P r e s i d e n t of
the
C o l l e g e a n d M i n i s t e r t o t h e c o n g r e g a t i o n . O n t h e no r t h
side
o f
Harare
i s t h e
Greencroft cong reg ation.
Where
ever a missionary i s settled i n a
city
h e u s u a l l y
w o r k s w i t h t h e
local
c h u r c h t h e r e . T h e Engl
ish
s p e a k i n g c o n g r e g a t i o n in
C h i n h o y i
w a s f i r s t s t a r t e d
i n 1966
b y Dale
Linda
M a r s h a l l whe n they
first c ame
t o
Zimbabwe.
Bro . D a l e
h a s
s e r v e d a s
t h e m i n i s t e r
for
t h e c o n g r e g a t i o n
s i n c e
t h a t t i me b u t ju s t
r e c e n t l y t h e c h u r c h s t e p p e d o u t o n f a i * t h a n d h i r e d
t h e i r
o w n Y o u t h M i n i s t e r . T h i s
w a s
the first
time the co ngre gatio n
has paid
their own ministe r a s they
now
pay the
Youth Minister's salary, p a y his rent o n a n
apartment,
h a v e purchased a c a r f o r h i m
a n d a r e p a y i n g
h i s
t r a v e l i n g e x p e n s e s . T i m
S a n d e f u r
f r o m E a r l
i n g t o n , K e n t u c k y
i s
t h e Y o u t h M i n i s t e r a n d
h a s a c c e p t e d
t h e
p o s i t i o n f o r
5
y e a r s .
One o f t h e biggest problems
i n
t h e
w o r k
o f t h e E n g l
i s h Speaking congregation
is t h a t
the
English spe aking
people
move
aro und
a l o t a n d
t hus the people
a r e
constantly changing.
W h e n
s o m e o n e
m o v e s a w a y h o w e v e r t h e r e i s u s u a l
l y a n e w
f a m i
l y
t h a t moves
i n
t o
take
their place. Because the
members
of the
H i
l lside
Chapel
move
a
lo t,
we h a ve
C h r i s t i a n s
f rom here
i n c o u n t r i e s a l
l a r ou n d
t h e w o r l d
i n C a n a d a , A r n e r i c a ,
A u st r a l i a ,
England
and
South Africa.
The
C h u r c h h a s
a l s o
f i v e of
its
young
people
i n
Bible
C o l l e g e
here
i n Zimbabwe
and
some h ave
gone
to
America
to enter
Bible Co
Ieges there
In
t h e A f r i c a n s e c t i o n
of C h i n h o y i t h e r e
is a l s o a c h u r c h f o r t h o s e S h o n a
speaking p e o p l e . O n e o f
t h e A f r i c a n e v a n g e l i s t ,
M r . S i b a n d a
i s t h e
p r e a c h e r
f o r
this c o n g r e g a t i o n .
C h i n h o y i M i s s i o n also works w i t h s o m e 45 b u s h churches. T h e s e a r e congregations
i n v o l v i n g
t h e
people
t h a t
i v e out i n
t h e i r
h o m e
v i
ages i n t h e
b u s h
a n d p e a s a n t
f
a r m i
n g areas. Our f i v e African E v a n g e l ists t r a v e l f r om t me to t me to t hese
congregations m e e t i n g w i t h
t h e
l e a d e r s
o f
t h e c h u r c h e s a n d h o l d i n g seminars a n d
l e a d e r s h i p t r a i n i n g
c l a s s e s . M a n y
o f
t h e s e c o n g r e g a t i o n s
d o
n o t h a v e
a b u i l d i n g
to m e e t
in
b u t
wi
l
l
o f t e n
mee t
i n
a v i
l
l a g e ,
a s c h oo I a n d
m o st
i
k e I y
j u s t
h o
d
their s e r v i c e s
out
under a large
s h a d e
tree. Some of
these c h u r c h e s a r e
located
q u i t e f a r
f r o m a n
a c c e s s i b l e
r o a d a n d a r e r e a c h e d
e i t h e r
b y
b i c y c l e ,
o r
w a l k i n g
t h r o u g h t he
b u s h .
f r e a c h e d b y r o a d ,
t h e
r o a d
i s
o f t e n j u s t
t w o
t i r e t r a c k s
w i t h
the g r a s s
t a l
l e r than the vehicle on either
side
o f the
r o a d .
D u r i n g t h e w a r t i m e w h e n t h e m i s s i o n a r i e s w e r e f o r c e d
t o
l e a v e t h e C h i d a m o y o
area,
the churches i n t h e Chidamoyo a r e a as
w e l
a s t h o s e around C h i n h o y i v / e r e
s u p e r v i s e d
f r o m C h i n h o y i
T h e r e
a r e
t w o
e v a n g e l i s t
w o r k i n g w i t h C h i d a m o y o
a t
t h e
p r e s e n t
t i m e , o n e
m a i n l y w i t h t h e p a t i e n t s a t
t h e
h o s p i t a l a n d t h e o t h e r w i t h
the
local
churches
There are many opportunities
a n d
open doors
t o t h e
Lord's work
i n
Zimbabwe
n o w a n d t h e
p e o p l e
a r e
a n x i o u s
a n d
g r a t e f u l t o
h a v e t h e
g o s p e l
p r e a c h e d i n t h e i r
areas
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EVANGELISTS -GROVES
In
the Chin hoyi Christian Mission we work with 5
ful
l-time African Evangel ists
who travel
among
their own people preaching and teaching
the Gospel
.
They
try
to
visit each
of
the
43
bush
churches
on
a
monthly basis encouraging the
members
and
leaders
o
the
church.
Most of these eva ngel ists l
ive
in town but travel
to
the
churches b y mea ns of a motorcycle. The
Chinhoyi
Christian Mission suppl ies
and maintains six
motorcycles
for these Evangel ists. Because of the
rough
roads
that
many of them have
to travel he
machines are in constant need of repair.
In the past 5 ears, the evangel
ists
have col
lectively
traveled over 180,000
mi les on motorcycle-
In
March
of 1983
Mr. Mrs.
Stan Grove
arrived
in Zimbabwe
to
work in any
way they could be of use for six
months.
Mr. Grove is a mechanic and has taken
over the servicing of al l the mission motorcycles and vehicles which
is
a
tremendous help. Not onl y does it save time but it saves
the
expense
of labor
in
the garages to
have them
fixed.
In 1982 and 1983
the
EvangeI ists have
been
working as teams
of three
going
out
into the bush areas and
holding
seminars and leadership training classes for
each
of the churches. The mission covers the
expense
of their travel but the
local
church they
are
visiting
takes
care of their
food
and
place
to
sleep.
On e
evangel ist, Godfree Marisa, l ives in his home vi l lage and works with the people
of
his
own area. Our other evangeI
ists,
Vanga Sixpence,
Shockson
Sibanda,
Michael George and Cephas Bere al ive
in
Chinhoyi, Chegutu and Gokwe and
work
with the churches
in
those
areas.
Plans are
being
made to hold women's seminars, leadership training
classes
and youth meetings during 1983 in al
areas.
The
work
of
the evangel ist is very
important.
They know the
people,
their
thoughts, their language,
their
customs,
their problems,
their fears and can be
far more ef fective
than
the missionary in meeting their spiritual nee ds. Without
them our efforts would
be
very l
imited.
The
evangel
ists are dedicated men Just
like
the
ministers in the
U.S.A.
They could earn far
more money
and enjoy a far
easier l ife. By being a
Christian
they
often
find
themselves breaking
African
rel
igious traditions and placed
in a
very difficult position
with their
own
fami
l ies who are not Christians.
Some
of the problems they face are
witchcraft, pol
igamy, tribal customs,
and language
barriers.
We
have
people
in our
area who speak
four di f ferent
languages. They
deal
with people
who
have never
been to school
and can not
read or write and with people
who
are highly educated. The evange l ists need
your prayers that God
.wi make
their work to be
effective.
They
baptize
many
people each week and the new Christians
also need your prayers.
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CHILDREN
AND
YOUTH
Farm
Schools, Schools, Scripture Classes, Youth Groups and
Lomagundi
Sunday
School )
fn
the
past young
chi
ldren often were not sent to
school
because the parents
could
not
afford the
school
fees
or if they wer
a girl
t
did not
seem
important
for them to attend.
The
new
government
has encouraged al l chi
ldren
to attend
school.
Zimbabwe
has
many government
schools, private schools, mission schools
and farm schools. The farm
school
is usual ly provided by an
individual
farmer for
the
chi ldren of his farm
workers
and is
often
held in a vacant
tobacco
barn,
homemade brick or mud
bui
lding or
in
a nice
adequate
bui
lding
furnished
by the
farmer. Sometimes there is one teacher
for al
the grades or
at
the most
three
teachers for
grades
through 7. But
the
chi ldren learn
qpd
love school. Some
chi ldren walk
as
much
as
10
mi
les or
ride bicycles to
school.
In
the
past
Chinhoyi Mission Evangel ists have overseen or supervised the
work
of the farm schools
many times also
estabI
ishing
a
church
meeting
at
the
school through the chi ldren
and their parents.
Government
schools are supported
by
the government and exist in
al
l cities
and bush areas of
the
country.
Mission schools
are run by individual mission
groups but many of these have now been turned over to the government.
In
al schools time is
set aside for
scripture classes.
The
government
has
publ
ished
materials which are being used as
the curriculum
for teaching
these
classes. But in every school
in most places
the
missionaries
are
invited
to
teach scripture
to
the chi
ldren. In
Chinhoyi High
School and the
Primary School
each
day
begins
with an assembly
in
which
prayer and scripture reading and singing
of
hymns plays
an important
part.
Zimbabwe chi
ldren
are
wel discipl ined and
very pol ite.
When
a
teacher
enters a room
immediately al
l the chi
ldren
stand
up and
greet
the teacher.
Often
when
a
school
chi
ld is
walking downtown and a
teacher passes them they wi l stop and salute the teacher.
The
chi ldren al l
wear
uniforms to represent their particular school and must
fol
low a
very
strict
dress code-
Through
connections in the schools with the chi
ldren, youth
groups and
out
of church Sunday Schools have been started. Each
Friday
night during the school
terms a
youth
meeting
is held
at Hi l lside
Chapel for
primary age
young
people.
This
is a time of fel lowship
and
teaching for the chi ldren
and
is wel
l
attended.
For
the past
four
years,
Hi l lside Chapel has been responsible for a Sunday
Afternoon Sunday
School
meeting at a
primary
school
in
downtown Chinhoyi. Miss
Judy
Pickett,
Dale
Alarshal
l
s
secretary,
directs
the
work of
this Sunday School
.
The
chi ldren
who
attend Lomagundi Sunday School come from
a
background
of Hindu,
Moslem,
Cathol ic and nothing. Some of the chi
ldren
walk from as far away as 2
mi les because they love to come
for
the Bible lessons displayed
in
fIanneI
graph,
puppet plays and other activities. The chi ldren love to
sing
songs
in
both
Engl ish and Shona
as
several of the chi ldren are under school
age
and
do
not
understand
Engl ish.
On
the
whole
the chi ldren
are
very
interested
in learning and
there
is a
golden opportunity
for
teaching
them the gospel. Pray that more
doors
wi l l
be
opened
to
continue
to
work with
the
youth
of Zimbabwe.
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YOUR PART
IN WHAT GOD IS
DOING AROUND THE WORLD
TODAY
This week y o u have learned
about
t h e
Mission v ; o r k
i n Zimbabwe, Africa. Today
w e
would
ike to talk about just what y o u could d o to
help missionaries
a l l ove r
t h e w o r l d b e c a u s e
c hi l d r e n o f t e n
f e e l
t h a t t h e r e is n o t
a n y t h i n g
t h e y c a n
d o t o b e
a
p a r t
o f
t h e C h u r c h s
m i s s i o n p r o g r a m .
I n
s o m e c o u n t r i e s
o f
the w o r l d a n d
especia l
l y
i n
Zi m b a b w e i t is imp ossible to
p u r c h a s e g o o d S u n d a y S c h o o l m a t e r i a l s . I n
A m e r i c a
y o u h a v e
s u c h
n i c e S u n d a y S c h o o l
a n d V a c a t i o n Bi b l e Sch o o l m a t e r i a l s .
Yo u
c o u l d
b e
v e r y c a r e f u l o f h o w
y o u
t a k e
c a r e
of those materials and keep them clean a n d n e a t a n d when y o u are finished with
them,
send them to a
missionary. Sometimes churches
send
materials that have been
b a d l y m i s t r e a t e d
a n d
r e a l l y a r e o f v e r y
i t t l e
u s e t o t h e m i s s i o n a r y .
Y o u c a n p r a y
f o r
t h e m i s s i o n a r i e s a n d t h e p e o p l e t h a t t h e y w o r k w i t h .
T n e r e
a r e m a n y p r o b l e m s t o b e f a c e d o n t h e m i s s i o n f i e l d a n d w h e n m a n y
C h r i s t i a n s
a r e
p r a y i n g
t h e
proble ms can
b e
solved
so m u c h easier. Perhaps
y o u
t h i n k t h a t
y o u r
p r a y e r
w o u l d
b e
o f
l
i t t l e h e l p
t o
t h e
m i s s i o n a r y
b u t
e v e r y p r a y e r
i s
f e l t , p e r h a p s
w e
don t know who i s praying b u t we c a n
f e e l t h a t someone
i s praying
f o r
us.
Pray
for the missionary or the mission field individual l y and b y name. Perhaps you
c o u l d g e t a l i s t o f
t h e
m i s s i o n a r y ' s n e e d s
o r
p r o b l e m s f r o m
t h e i r
f o r w a r d i n g a g e n t
a n d p r a y f o r t h o s e s p e c i f i c things.
You
can
give towards missions w h e n e v e r t h e r e
i s a n
opportunity
f o r y o u to
do
so. Many t i m e s c h i l d r e n i n A m e r i c a d o
n o t
g i v e t o
missions
b e c a u s e t h e y
say
t h e y
have no money but y e t t h e y spend
m i
i o n s o f
d o l
l a r s on
candy,
i c e
cream
and toys
e a c h
y e a r w h e n
t h e r e
a r e c h i l d r en
i n
o t h e r l a n d s s t a r v i n g a n d w i t h o u t clothes.
Y o u
s a y b u t
h o w c a n t h e
f e w
p e n n i e s o r n i c k l e s
o r
d i m e s g i v e h e l p ? f
t h e
c h i
l d r e n
i n a l l
the
churches woul d go without candy or
ice
cream for
a
w e e k i t would
a m o u n t t o
thousands
o f d o l l a r s
a n d t h u s
h e l p a
g r e a t
d e a l
You can w r i . t e to a Missio na ry a nd t e l l them you a r e pra ying for them a n d
also
t e l l t h e m
w h a t
y o u r c h u r c h i s d o i n g . M i s s i o n a r i e s e n j o y r e c e i v i n g m a i l f r o m h o m e
a n d e s p e c i a l
l y t o
k n o w t h a t o t h e r s
a r e
p r a y i n g f o r t h e m . B e w i
l
l
i n g t o
w r i t e l e t t e r s
b u t
w i
l
l i n g
n o t t o
r e c e i v e
l e t t e r s
i n r e t u r n .
M i s s i o n a r i e s
a r e v e r y b u s y a n d t h e y
a p p r e c i a t e
r e c e i v i n g l e t t e r s t h a t d o n o t n e c e s s a r i
l y
h a v e
t o b e
a n s w e r e d .
T h e y
a p p r e c i a t e k n o w i n g
t h a t p e o p l e a r e
r e a l
i y i n t e r e s t e d i n t h e m a n d t h e L o r d
s w o r k .
V J h e n y o u
t e l
t h e m w h a t
y o u r c h u r c h o r
S u n d a y
S c h o o l i s
d o i n g
i t s o m e t i m e s h e l p s
t h e m t o
h a v e
i d e a s t o u s e in t h e ir w o r k o n t h e A M s s io n f i e l d .
I n
some countries
there are many starving and naked people. Especial
l y i n
Zimbabwe
w e ha v e had sev er a l
hard y e a r s ,
when the wa r en d ed ma ny peo pl e had
n o
c l o t h e s o r f o o d . I n 1981-82
a n d i n 1983 there
has
be e n
v ery
l
ittle
r ain which
m e a n s
v e r y i t t l e c r o p s w h i c h m e a n s v e r y l i t t l e
f o o d
a n d
n o
e x t r a c r o p s t o s e l l t h a t
t h e y
m i g h t b u y c l o t h e s . Y o u
c a n t a k e g o od
c a r e o f y o u r c l o t h e s a n d
w h e n
y o u c a n n o
l o n g e r
w e a r
t h e m y o u c a n p a c k a g e
t h e m
u p a n d s e n d
t h e m t o
t h e m i s s i o n a r y
t o b e
u s e d b y
t h e
c hi l d r e n
w h o
h ave
n o
c l o t h e s at a l
l
Chi l d r e n s c l o t h e s a r e especial l y n e e d e d a n d
m o s t f a m i
l
i e s h a v e m a n y c h i l d r e n a n d i t i s h a r d
f o r
t h e m t o b u y
c l o t h i n g
f o r
a l l
t h e f a m i 1 y.
L a s t l y , a s y o u l e a r n
a b o u t
m i s s i o n s y o u m a y w a n t
t o p l a n y o u r l i v e s
n o w t h a t
y o u
m i g h t
o n e
d a y b e
a b l e t o s e r v e o n
t h e
m i s s i o n
f i e l d f o r t h e
L o r d .
A m i s s i o n a r y
i s
n o t j u s t a p r e a c h e r b u t t h e r e i s a n e e d o n t h e
f i e l d
f o r p e o p l e
t h a t
c a n d o a l
k i n d s
o f
t h i n g s , s u c h a s A l e c h a n i c s , B u i
l d e r s ,
T e a c h e r s ,
P r e a c h e r s ,
S e c r e t a r i e s ,
Doctors,
N u r s e s
a n d
b o o k e e p e r s . T h e r e
i s
m u c h w o r k t o b e d o n e a n d
i t
t a k e s
a l
kinds of
talents to do i t . A
f e w
years
ago.
Dale
A \ a r s h a l
l was a
l
ittle b o y i n
t h e P l a i n v i e w C h u r c h j u s t a s
y o u
a r e
t o d a y . Y o u c a n h a v e
a n e x c i t i n g
a n d
r e w a r d i n g
i f e
i f y o u w i l l g i v e y o u r s e l f t o J e s u s . S t a r t n o w t o
d e d i c a t e
y o u r l i f e t o
s e r v e
the
Lord in whatever way
He can use
you