pickett judith 1972 rhodesia
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THE
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MISSION SERVICESJf
Box
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Kempton, Ind. 46049
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Non-Profit Organization
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Napa, California
Permit No.28
Dear Christian Friends:
Chidamoyo Christian
Hospital
Karoi,
Rhodesia,
Africa
June, 1972
r f eatings from Chidamoyo Once again it is time
for
me to come into
your
h o i n e s
via my newsletter.
I
have
several items of
interest to
relate so
will try to touch each one briefly.
First of all, I would like
to
share with you the story
of
my kids .
I
would like you to meet Oliver Marova,
Kasema Nyamutora, and
Shanangorai.
These
are all
students
whom
I have been helping to
supply
financial means
to pay
for
their
education. Oliver
is
a
young
man who
is
studying to
be
a
preacher
at
the African Bible College
in
Fort Victoria. He was first
in-
reduced to
me
by
Madonna
Burget when I arrived
in
Rhodesia.
At
that time
he
was
Madonna*s
houseboy.
Madonna
told us
(Miss
Kenney
and
myself) of
Oliver's desire to
go to
Bible College
and become a preacher;
and asked us
if we w o u l d like t o h e l p
p r o v i d e h i s
s c h o o l fees. We agreed, a n d h a v e
h e l p e d
him
for three
years.
He
h a s
h a d s o m e
problems in
completing the
work, but he has a
real desire
to become a preacher and is very good
a t .
personal evangelism. Du ring his school
holidays
he
comes
home to Chidamoyo
and works with the
Hospital
Ev angelist in the Hospital ministry. He has
organized several singing groups among the phtients, a n d everywhere you g o
you can find Oliver
talking to
someone
about
Christ,
Kasema
is
the
son
of
one
of
our Hospital Employees. Soon after
I
arrived
at
Chidamoyo I
was
approached by
Kasema
and asked
if
I would help
him with
school
fees. In
checking about
Kasema,
I found
that h e was a
good
student
at
school
a n d
h a d a deep desire
t o further
his
education.
I
agreed to spon
sor I^^ema,
and
now three years later
h e
is
i n t i i e i i p p ^ r ^ p a r t of
his'^lnss
in
F o r t a
three of
his secondary education^ He loves
school
and wants to
continue bn to Form four.
He is
a very
personable
voung man and has
a
de
sire to learn that-is not often seen in one so young. He attends school
at
Mashoko Mission,
along
with
several others
from
Chidamoyo, a n d spends
his holidays working for me at
my
home
or
at the Hospital in order to earn
the
money for
his
fees
and trav el expenses.
Shanangorai
is
a
young
girl
fifteen
years old.
I
first
became acquainted
with her through my women's club at Chenetza, and
last
year she
attended
Grade
7
at the
mission
school. Shanangorai
was
unable to place
very high
in her class and therefore could not go on to secondary school.
She
had a
real desire to go
on to
some-kind
of
further
training, for as she said, if
she
went home
to the village, her
father
would probably marry her off as
soon
as
he could and she did not want that
at
this time. She inquired
abou t Homecraft schools and
finally
found one
at
Sinoia that
she
would
be
accepted
at.
She is
now
happily studying sewing,
literacy,
cooking, club
leadership, etc.,
and is looking
forward
to the time
when she can
go
out
as
a
leader among
the
women and help teach them to better
care for them
selves
and their
families.
Just
a
word about Rhodesian Education: Primary schooling
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Grade
1
through
^ S e c t j n d r a r y — S c h o o l i n g - Form 1
through
Form 6,
or
by American standards.
Grade 8
t h r o u g h one
year of Junior College. The Junior Certificate, or
R.J.C., is given after successfully
completing
Grade 7 either in-school or
by correspondence. Form 3
and 4 is considered
0 level education, and Form
5 and
6 is considered A level education. Following Form 6, the young per
son
who
is*fortunate enoug h to have passed all tests and produce
the
finan
cial means, has a chance of going on to University. Secondary School
fees
(tuition only) start from t80 to $100 Rhodesian
dollars
a year. In addi
tion to these fees are the-school
uniforms,
food,
personal
care, travel ex
penses
from
school to home, etc.
The
work .at the Hospital
is
going
well. We
have
had
many
visitors
this
year,
including
three
medical
students
and their
wives
who
have spent
a
month at a time with us. The Hospital
census
is quite low at the present
time because of harvesting, and gu arding the fields from baboons, which
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frequently come and raid the fields f q i : the maise (corn).
At
this
time
of
y e a r
t h e
p e o p l e c a n n o t a f f o r d t o b e
s j j J k
b e c a u s e i t m i g h t m e a n p a r t o f n e x t
yearns
food. However,
the
medical w i t l n e s s in the Hospital continues
a n d it
gives u s a n o p p o r t u n i t y for f o l l o w - u p | o f
p e o p l e
w h o h a v e b e e n w o n t o C h r i s t
through the Hospital ministry.
Just this past
week-end
we
were invited
to
visit
an area
some
fifty miles from
t l i j
mission where Chief
Samakaruma
has
encouraged
his people to
build a
very
nice
pole
and daga
church building
which will accommodate over 100 peopl^J Chief Samakaruma has also encour
a g e d
his people to clear an a i r stri p for the
Mission
plane, and as soon
as this is g r at e d by the g overnment, Dr. Nice
will
be p a y i n g monthly Medi
cal
visits
to this area. The Chief
himself
attended the dedication ser
vice for the church building and w e we^e especially pleased to see him,
since he
is
not a
Christian.
May you
qe in prayer that this young man,
who will lead his people
for
some time
and
saviour.
may
come to know Jesus
as
his Lord
Another
"premie"
lives. Just recently twin babies were born to an
African
mother
here at Chidamoyo. Both
children
weighed under 2| ounds each. The
larger child had difficulty breathing f
the night
was over, but
the smaller
girl is still
alive
and beginning
to
g ro w
i n the
"hot
box (incubator). Please
pray
for
little Philis,
and
for
her
mother that she might learn to
know
here at
Chidamoyo.
Christ while staying with her
baby
As you know, I am due to come
home
on
f
a
burden upon
my heart
to-find someone
gone.
Just two weeks
ago,
a
young lady
and was very anxious to come
for
a
year
her name as
yet,
as
the
final decisions
covet your prayers
on
her behalf that
that she might come.
We are busily preparing
for
two
great
meetings here at Chidamoyo this win
ter, with the Reggie
Thomas Evangelist
rican Christian Convention being
held a
We
have
been,saddened because
the
Chuck
States
because of Mr.
Kelley*s health,
added—responsibilities
with
his
leaving
ward to the
coming
of
a new
family,
the
Harrison is an Airplane
mechanic
and
p i | l o t
and
will
be taking care of the
Mission maintenance
work
that
Mr.
Kelley left.
c
Team
coming in June, an d the
Af-
t Chidamoyo
this
year in
August.
Kelley family
had
to return to the
•Mr. Ammeiman and Dr. Nice have
and we are eagerly-looking—f