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b e h a U . We r e u r g e n t l y s e e k i n g a
a s
I
l e a v e f o r
my
u r l o u g h
s o o n
a f t e r
Dr.
F r r s u r e
r e t u r n s
a r e c o r r e s p o n d i n g
w i t h
a y o u n g
l a d y
w h o i s a M e d i c a l S e c r e t a r y . P l - a s e
p r a y r h a t s h e w i l l a c c e p t t h e c h a l l e n g e t o
c o m e
t o
R h o d e s i a
f o r a t l e a s t I n e ^ e a r .
J a s e ^ o f ^ t v o L ^ r f
s t i l l
c o n t i n u e s
t o b e
a
c h a U e n s e .
J u s t
r e c e n t l y w e h a d
t h r e e
a s e s o f t y p h o i d f e v e r
t h a t
w e r e
q u i t e
d i f f i c u l t t o d e a l w i t h ,
b u t
p r a i s e t h e L o - d
T h H s ^ u ^ t o
r e c u p e r a t e c o m p l e t e l y a t ' t h e i r
h c L s .
h r i s , c u i e p i l e p t i c w h o h a d f a l l e n
I n t o
a
f i r e
a n d
s u f f e r e d t h i r d d e g r e e
b u r n s
o n
b o t h l e g s ,
w a s
a l s o
r e l e a s e d a f t e r s p e n d i n g
n e a r l y
t h r e e m o n t h s
w i t h u s . I n t h e
p a s t t w o m o n t h s , w e h a v e s e e n t e n b a p t i s m s t h r o u g h t h e H o s p i t a l m i n i s t r y . D u r i n g
1 9 7 5 , t h r e e n e w c h u r c h g r o u p s w e r e e s t a b l i s h e d b y o u r t w o H o s p i t a l e v a n g e l i s t s .
V V e a r e e x c i t e d l y
a w a i t i n g
t l i e a r r i v a l p f q u r ^ n e ^ w a i r p l a n e w h i c h w i l l r e p l a c e
b a s
d o n e
a t r e m e n d o u s j o b
i n t h e
S t a t e s
s e c u r i n g
t h i s
p l a n e f o r u s .
i t
i s
b e i n g f l o w n
o v e r
b y
a n e x p e r i e n c e d
p i l o t
a n d
i s
some
w h e r e o v e r E u r o p e a t
t h i s
w r i t i n g .
W h e n
i t a r r i v e s
w e
w i l l a g a i n t a k e v . p o u r
work
n t h e o u t l y i n g
a r e a s w i t h
c l i n i c s l
w h i c h
now
a k e
many h o u r s
t o r e a d -
by road.
O n c e
a g a i n , l e t me e x t e n d my
s i n c e r e
g r a t i t u d e f o r y o u r t r e m e n d o u s f i n a n c i a l ,
p r a y e r ^ u l _ a n d _ ^ r m n d l y c o n c e r n f o r t h e x v o r k - b e i n g d o n e h e r o - a t C h i d a m o y o - .
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Africa
May 1976
Dear Christian
Friendst
PRAISE THE
LORD
FROM
WHOM
ALL
BLESSINGS FLOW
ur
new airplane
has
arrived in
Salisbury
after
many anxious months
of
waiting1 Mr. Chuck
McDaniels
flew out
in hi s
ow n pla n e
to
inform us
of its
arrival,
and
Mr.
Harrison we nt back
with
him
to
collect
our plane. Today w e are all anxiously awaiting the sound of the plane to reach us so
that
we
can
all
rush down to the
airstrip
and
give
it a royal
welcome.
This indeed
has
bee n the
ans w e r
to many prayers. Now
our
n eglected clin ics in remote
areas
can be
reactivated
an d much tim e and petrol
for
the v e h i c l e s w i l l b e sav e d .
It
is
now the third week sinoe
Dr.
Frasure
left for his much
dese rved furlough
in
the
States.
Dr. Cobb and I have been very busy since his de parture.
It
see ms that all
the serious surgery cases waited until Dr.
Frasure
left. Dr.
Cobb refers all
major
surgery
except
C*sections
to another hospital. Duri ng this time, we have had a
very
largely
attended
Easter Mee ting. I was asked to supervise the cooking, and believe
me, it is no easy
job
to
see that
sadza and relish sufficient
for 200-250 people,
are
prepared
on time and se rved prope rly.
Thankfull y though,
I had a wonderful crew
of
cooks
to
help
me
and
we
had
a
marvelous
time together
as
we
cut
up
a
whole
beef,
spread
butter and jam on six dozen loaves of bread, and used four ̂ - bushel bags of
mealie
meal
(ground com
or
maize).
Just this past Sunday four
young
men and myself wen t into
a
n e w area
wh er e
w e
had
been invited by
one
of
our
lay preachers. This preacher is an old man who has been
the
leader
of
one
of our
churches
15 miles from the
mission.
A month ago he informed
me that
he
had started a new congregation and had had twelve
baptisms.
At his invi-
)
t a t i o n ,
w e w e n t
o n S u n d a y a n d w e r e
t h r i l l e d
w h e n
w e f o u n d
a
f i n e g r o u p o f 28
p e o p l e J
worshipping the
Lord, The
thrillin g part was
that among
the
16 adults pre sen t,
s i X '
of then were men,
which
is ve ry unusual in a
service at
a v i l l a i g e church. Also
we
were
thrilled whe n
throe adult women and
three older
children stepped
forward
to
confess
their Lord, It is always a great
joy
to
me
to be among a group such as this one as
they
m a r c h
single
file down
a
b u s h
path
to
a
baptismal
pool,
singing
songs
of
Christian
joy as they
go.
Following the b a p t i s m the
p e o p l e i n s i s t e d
that
w e
stay for lunch and
w ere so joyful to have us I n their humble vil lage. So God continues to bless us in so
many ways through this work here,
I
an
t h r i l l e d
that MIm Kathy HcCarty of Santa Rosa, California,
is o n c e
again
c o n i n g
t o
R h o d e s i a , t h i s
t i m e I n t h e c a p a c i t y o f s t u d e n t
n u r s e . M i s s
H c C a r t y w a n t s t o
s p e n d
her summer break w o r k i n g here w i t h us at Ghidamoyo. This indeed will b e
a
b l e s s i n g
for
Dr.
Cobb,
and
I
am looking forward to
her
companionship. Miss
McCarty,
you wil l
remember, was my secretarial replacemen t during
my last
furlough.
As
yet
no
replacement has been
found for my
coning furlough in
early
1977
Please
continue to pray that someone
will
become in terested in serving the
Lord
in this way
for a short p e r i o d of time. The
Frasures
expect to r e t u r n late '76 or
early January,
'77, so my plans are for
leaving
in early February, the Lord willing.
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Box
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Rhodesia» Africa
July 1976
Miss
Judy Pickett
Pear Christian Friends
It
has not been long since
I
wrote
but m any things have be en happening, and
I
wanted
to
tell
you about
then*
First of
all,
we are having a
lot
of
excitenent at
the
present tine
About a
nonth ago, Mr Bill Harrison flew to one of our fly-in clinics and w as told
that
there were Lions
in
the area killing donkeys
and goats The following wee k they
had
killed three more donkeys and nore goats Then just
last
week we
learned
that
nore donkeys had been
killed just
five ailes
fron us
The next
day we
had
a
re
port of animal killings just three miles from
us,
and then on Tue sday of this
we ek lions'
footprints were
seen
on our airstrip, right here at
the mission
Needless to say, I
an
no longe r taking my early
morning
walk alone
_ i n
the dark
just
before
dawn There seems to
be
a
pride
of five, two
adult lions
and some
young
cubs As a rule we
have no animals of this nature
in our area
Occasion
ally
we have
a
leopard,
but never
lions,
so
you
can
imagine the
fright of
the
people
at
this turn of
events
AND HE
MADE THE
BLIND TO
SEE # Also
about
a
month ago
I
isited
a
village
where
a
new c hurch
was
beginning
to meet While there, I
met
a little girl about seven
years
old who seemed
to
be almost
totally
blind
in both eyes She
gave the
im
pression of
being
retarded because of the w ay she had to hold her eyes to
se e
even the little she could see#
I
came home
with
the thought of
this
little
girl
troubling
me very
much.
About two
weeks ago,
I again
visited
the
village
and
saw the c hild again My heart
was heavy
for her problem, so
I
told the m other
that the doctors from the Council
for
the Blind, from Salisbury, would
be
here
at
Chidamoyo,
and she should
bring the
child for examination The mother gave no
hope, as
she said
the
child had been blind
since
birth
But
she did bring her,
and
upon
examination,
Dr Thomas of
the Council
of
the
Blind,
informed me
that
the
child could be cured w ith
a series of
simple operations
on
her eyes It
would
be
necessary for
the c hild
to
be taken
to
Salisbu ry Hospital
for
a period
of
five
weeks
It was
my
duty to explain this to the
parents,
and advise
them
to
take
the
child
to
Salisbury
I face d the father and
mother with
these e xplanations,
fearful
that
the
father
would
refuse But praise God,
he
agreed to go himself
and
take
the
child
When I
explained
that
Matiratidza w ould be
able to see nor
mally after the ope rations, the
mother
just
sat
there
and
cried I cried a bit,
too. The little girl, Matiratidza, is
not retarded
at all, and should
be
able
to live a
very normal
life after the
operations
It is
very coLl
in
Salisbury
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K e m p t o H f
I n d o ^ 6 0 ^ 9
these
days,
and the little girl was dressed
and
no shoes
on her
feet. I
took
her to
our
n i c e
l i t t l e d r e s s
for h e r ,
a n d
a
b r a n d
n e w
j j
if he
could afford
to, to
buy
her
a
pair
of t
So this
morning
when they appeared
at
my
house
Salisbury, the child was
all
dressed up in
h e i
of
tennis
shoes, and a smile that
spread
from
here",
(Are y o u
happy?), and she
smiled
even
(Yes, very
much).
Please
pray that
little Ma
v i v e
t h e
o p e r a t i o n s
a n d b e
a b l e to l i v e a n o i j
a later issue.
The Hospital is a very busy place these d a y s .
65
and
our orderlies
are
seeing
at
least 1 20
department. We had over 50 babies delivered
M r .
W i l l i a m
S i t h o l d ,
o n e
o f o u r
m e d i c a l
a s s i ^
in
our new airplane to three clinics in outly
patients
a day. About two
weeks
ago, Mr.
Ha
Tchoda Clinic, he
found that it
was
the
day
Headmen, and
they were
meeting at the Clinic
r. Harr ison always holds a Bible
teaching
s
two-hundred
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i n t e T C ^ £ ^ i T r t l f e ^ i ? e a c hi n g ,
a n d
s a n g ^ o y f u l l y .
came to ask questions about the Church. Prai
appointments from time to time
in our
Church
with
a tremendous
blessing
in another
area.
a very thin dress
and
shabby sweattt^
poor
closet"
and was able
to
find
a
sey (sweater). We
advised the
father,
4nni8 shoes
for her cold
little
feet,
to wait
for
the
Doctor to leave
for
new
clothes and
a cute little pair
ear to ear.
I
said to her,
Nunofara
liroader and answered, "Hongu, Chaiiso",
1 iratidza (Ma-Ti-Ra-Tid-Za) will
sur-
mal
life.
I will tell the results in
We
now
have an
inpatient
census of
o 130 patients a day in
the
out-patient
ere
last
month. Mr. Bill
Harrison
and
nts,
are
now flying
three days
a
week
areas.
They are
seeing 80
to 100
ison
was
overjoyed when, arriving at
r
he
meeting
of the
Chief
and
his
rounds.
After treating the people,
ice.
Imagine
his
joy when over
kfter the
service,
many
of
the men
i e
the
Lord
We
may have some dis-
( o r k , b u t
t h e
L o r d
a l w a y s
r e s p o n d s
It is
cold here
in
Rhodesia
now
and
I am
delighted
to
spend the
evenings in
front
o f
m y f i r e p l a c e w i t h
a
c o z y
f i r e .
I m s u r e i ^ s o u n d s r i d i c u l o u s t o y o u w h o a r e
now
in
the midst of your summer
hot
weather
i a s o n . to hear
of
cold weather
in Africa.
I
do want to thank you
all for
your
tremendou,
Service Link
support
has been excellent,
and
your faithful contribution
financially to
this
in Rhodesia as
he
has
never worked
before,
but
a spiritual way, HE CAN BE DEFEATED. Contlnuje
as
I pray for America and her people during this Election year.
Forwarding
Agents1
Mr.
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Mrs.
Stanley
Anderson
1521 Menlo
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Napa, Calif.
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support.
For the
past two
months
my
want to thank
each
one of you
for
great
work.
The
Devil is working
if people
like
you
pray
and
help in
to pray
for Rhodesia
and its people.
In
Christ,
JUDY PICKETT
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Box 330
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Karoi, Rhodesia,
A f r i c a
November
1976
i S Y f e
Miss Judy Pickett
Dear Christian Friendsi
Once again
I find i t
i s time tha t I write a
bit
of news* Many thi ngs h ave
been ha ppening
and
the Hospital is
very busy, so time
p a s s e s
very fas t* It i s
h a r d
to
believe that i t
i s
November and I h av e
only
t h r , o , e months left i n R h o d e s i a .
My feelings
about de parture a r e
v e ry
mixed.
The
political
situation
of
th e
country is
difficult an d as you h a v e
heard, I'm sure,
the pe ac e
talks
i n Geneva
are not going well at
this
time* Once
we
leave
the
country,
we
don t, know if
we
will be
able
to
return.
So
even
though
I am anxious to visit my
family
a nd
friends
i n
America, it
is
bre aking my heart to leave the friends
an d
the
w o r k
here.
There is
much fighting i n the country between
the
security forces an d terror
i s t s ,
hut, p r a i s e th e L o r d , i t
h a s n ot
r e a c h e d o u r
a r e a
of the
country. We
are still very
free to visit
our
churches
and
women's groups* As
many
of yo u
have probably
h e a r d ,
the Nuanetsi (Maranda)
Mission
and Mashoko Mission a r e
now
wit out
m i s s i o n a r i e s .
Because
of t h e intensity of the fighting In those
areas,
they
felt it
best to leave at
this time.
Of
course,
both places w e r e
left
in the
hands
of
faithful Christians* Mashoko
is
not operating
as a
full
Hospital, but only
a s
an Out-Patie nt/Mater nity Clinic run by capable African
Med ical
Assistants, This
make s us
here at
Chldamoyo think
much
about the future
of Chldamoyo and
our own
stay in the country*
Dr. J am e s F r a s u r e , w h o i s h o m e on furlough, still plans to return
to
C h l d am oy o
in early January, and
with
a replacement
for me
during my planned furlough.
T h e Lo r d
willing,
I will h e
leaving
for
the
States e a r ly
i n
F eb ru a ry , 39?7t
Do pray for
the safe return
o f the Fr a su r e s ,
and
fo r Miss Mary Ann Flee nor,
my re placement* I a m hoping
to come
to
C al if o rn i a
f i r s t Just f o r a quick
stopover of two or three
days
to
a week,
then o n to
Indiana
w h e r e I
will
stay
until
possibly
May,
then return
to
California until perhaps
December,
We enjoyed
MissKathy
McCarty's stay
with
us
and
were
sorry to
see
her leave.
M i s s
M a r j o r i e Snow,
w h o
t r a n s f e r r e d h e r e f r om
Mash oko, i s still with
us until
t h e ^ f i f s t o f the New Y e a r , S h e i s a fine he lp to
the
Doctor, and a very en
joyable r oo mmate f o r myself.
It would
have been a ver y di fficult time
for
the Doctor if she had not had
the
help of these
two
girls*
In one newsletter, you
will recall
that I mentioned
the
little
blind
girl,
Matiratidza, Perhaps most of
you
read my article
i n
the Central Africa Story,
September
issue*
Matiratidza was operated on successfully, and she is now
a
normal little girl who can see* Praise the Lord
for
answered prayer.
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K e m p t o n ,
I n d , 4 6 0 ^ 9
the
e see many
very sick
people here
at
tudes
toward the
elTr^tTTa
t th^nre??eTve
t r i e d every African Muti
(medicine)
t h i »
all else fails they come to us expectln
come
from
as far away as Salisbury beca
u s
•
Then we have those who are b r o u / ^ l i
hope for their loved one's recovery,
S
He
had been t r y i n p - to pen u p
a
cow who
t u ^ n e d o n h i m
a n d
p o r e d
h i m
i n t h e a b d o j r .
were on the
ojtslie
when
Dr.
Cobb took
the
operation
was a success, ani the
m
few weeks after his discharge from the
fulness
in
the form
of
a large
Cock
(r
n i i a n y of
the
treatment
he received
at Chi
story of the ten
lepers
in the Bible, wh
On Sunday I visited one of
our
outlying
a
women's
/zroup,
and often
send
supplle
with.
This
little church
is
only
aboui
completely
Isolated
from stores,
etc.
wife loaded my car down with huge pumpk
received, and I h e was very concerned th^
f o l l o w i n g ? :
week
T sent
her a
loaf of pu m
She war-
thrlllgrl
that nomet.hln