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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 .
Tear Off Here And Mail o Address Below
FORWARDING
AGENÎ
Mr.
rs. S am
M i t c h e l l ,
u b l i c i t y (707) 5 2 - 4 4 7 6
P.O.
ox
2746
Napa,
CA
4558
MISSIONARY
Ms.
u d it h
L. ickett
P.
O. ox
392
Chinhoyi, Zimababwe, f r i c a
r o u l d l i k e
Judy t o come
speak
a t
our church, or
o t h e r f u n c t i o n
on
t h e
f o l l o w i n g
d a t e s :
Month
Church
Name
Day(s)
1995
Month
Address
Day(s)
1996
Phone Number
Per s o n / C o m m i t tee to
C o n t a c t
^ 1 1 A d d r e s s
Phone
Number
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w r i t i n g .
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FORWARDING
AGFNTS:
M r s .
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P.
0 .
B o x 2746, Napa,
C A
94558
THE
"Therefo re g o
and
make
S
d i s c i p l e s o f
^
a l l nations..
Matt. 28:19
PICKETT
J u d i t h L. Pickett,
Secretary
t o
Central Africa M i s s i o n
P.
0.
Box
392, Chinho y i, Zimabwe,
Africa
LINE
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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2659 FIRST STREET
NAPA CA 94558-5599
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U.S. Postage
Paid
Permit No. 28
Napa C A 9 4 5 5 8
HORIZONS
BOX
427
KNOXVILLETN
7901
the o r t h o p e d i c s u r g e o n
w h o
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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25YEARS
AS
MISSIONARY
INZIMBABWE,
FRICA
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Jud i th
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S e c r e t a r y
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P . O .
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nd
m a ke i s c i p l e s
of l l
n a t i o n s .
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ON
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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