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January, 1975
"Miss Judy" Pickett
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Well, the New Year has been started for some time now, but I still want
to wish you each one a most Blessed New Year.
Spiritually, 197^ was one of the best years I have had in Rhodesia, and
my hopes are high for even a better 1975-
Our Hospital Staff Bible Study has ventured forth on a Bible Correspondence
Course.
test t his week. I am so thankful for the twelve people enrolled in this
study. God is working mightily through this group. Please continue to
men or young men. Usually the groups are largely women, but these men
are very enthusiastic. Praise the Lord.
I have had some rich experiences in the past few days. One of these I
would like to relate at this time. Diana is a young woman who is a dear
friend of mine. Before I went home to America on furlough, she had worked
for me in our home for two years. She is now married and was expecting
her fir st child. Last Friday 1 saw her at ante-natal cl inic, and told
her if she needed to come from her home two miles away, in the night, to
send for me.
At
3:00 A. M. on Sunday morning, her husband, who had just arrived home on
Saturday, came to my door saying Diana needed me to come for her. She
would come down the mountain path to meet me at the road, he said. When
we arrived at the road where the path met, she was not there. Her husband
hurried up the path to meet her. For twenty minutes I sat in the dark of
my Landy, when he returned saying she had gone Into hard labor and was
not able to walk. They had sent word that there was an old road on down
the mountain leading up to their village, but didn't know its condition
since the rains. So the husband, young sister and I headed my trusty
Landy out into the bush, the grass completely covering us on all sides.
Final ly the husband got out and walked ahead, directing me through the
trees and rocks. The night was pitch black. We came to a stream whose
banks were straight up and down, but in four-wheel-drive the Landy came
through with flying colors.
Within fifty feet of the village, the hus
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and couldn't
was so small we felt she might need the inipubator. The mother, one hour after giving
birth, walked on ahead. My poor Landy remained behind in her bed of mud.
To bring the story up to date - mother and child are
Mr. Harrison in five minutes time freed the Landy by pulling it with the wench
attached to his Land Rover. All this was ccomplished before 9:30 on Sunday morning,
The father, whose privil ege it is to name the child, chose the
And, indeed, we will all have many
remembrances of that night when she was bor n.
Lovingly in Christ,
MISS JUDY
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Mr. S Mrs. Stanley E. Anderson
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Well, July is here and wi^h it jjur cold,Jrx..season. Throughout the bush can
be seen the signs of^i^sh.^f^ir^ MQcK^of the'afea around the mission has been
burned and the ground""is black and the trees are scorched. Just last week on a
day when all the Missionary men were absent, a large bush fire took over the airstrip
and threatened the hangar for N9036 Charley (our mission plane). Miss Dennis and
I battled with the Mission workers to stop the fire before it reached the hangar.
My landy did service as a water wagon but the fire reached the fire break and was
turned back. Then it raced towards the hill below my house where several of our
single girls l ive and we all raced madly to save their houses. Xh_.MLs5i,ojT^workers
^gofked fur iousl y to f^ut out the fire and they were able to keep i t~Tl^~frrt+ie-houses,
al though they lost the Ki tchen hut and~a""tFatched fence garden.
As the nights are very cold the people have fires in their sleeping huts. As a
result of this we have had a .-resh.ji.-burns here at the Hospital. We presently have
two very smal l children in the Hospital with severe"burns over most of their bodies.
Just this morning a man was brought in who had fal len into a fire In an epileptic
seizure, and is very badly burned -^Dr. Gloria Cobb is at this moment in the oper^Ung room attending to his burns. $uch"^re"the XfagedTes of the winter season
here in Rhodesia.
This past week-end was the occasion of the local show, or fair, as we would call
it. This is a highl ight in the lives of the people as there are display booths
of al l kinds, needlecraft, school competitions in bal l games and singing, and
many other activities. I was able to attend on Saturday and was happy to see
our school choir compete. However, they were not able to win a high recognition,
as there were many choirs competing. It is something l ike a fami ly reunion as
one sees so many friends from other
areas.
relative from any part of the cq^untry. I qeT~ve.cy amuseJ when a friend will
say, "Miss_Picj^tt. I want yqu to meet my bro^her.
Uf"cburse, it may be a cousin
many times removed, but sti 11 "Tl~'lT'his'T^Vother.
1 think v can take a lesson
from them in family
closeness,
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In just two short months I will have been back in RhodesjJ^for two y ears. The
time has simply flown by and it seems impossible "that I must start thinking about
coming home to America again. This means thinking about the decision to return to
Rhodesia, and the need for a temporary or permanent replacement for me here at
Chidamoyo. It is a time of emotional upheaval as one feels the ties of home so
deeply, and yet the spiritual ties with the people here in Rhodesia are so strong
and the need is so great. I covet your prayers that God wi l l help me to know
His wil l in this important matter. Meanwhi le, I would like to encourage any who
might be interested in using their talents and knowledge on the Mission field by
serving the Chidamoyo Hospital as secx^M-fY. to contact me. Perhaps you wi l l think',
"But she has a whole year yet before she returns." Time goes quickly and one
must prepare for such
a big step.
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Meanwhile, I wish to thank each one of you for your continued financial and prayer
ful help. My financial support has held up tremendously at a time when I know
that times are hard for everyone in the States, but praise the Lord, He sees and
takes care of our needs sometimes even before we know of them ourselves.
JUDY PICKETT.
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MR. MRS. STANLEY E. ANDERSON
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October 1975
Many times we "bush" missionaries are asked the question, "Don't you get
bored out there so far from town?" I would answer with a large "NO!"
Contrary to most people's thoughts, there is always some activity going
on. In fact, I find myself searching for a single solitary hour in which to
just catch my breath. There is no time schedule; we are "on call", so to
speak, twenty-four hours a day. Of course, we keep a fairly regular
schedule at the Hospital, but even there, if a need arises at any hour,
one must go.
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staff member who was to give them, was not present. Since this young man
is a special friend, and had recently been declared to have a form of T. B.,
I was suspicious. On checking at his house, we found him in a semi-con
scious state, and took him to the Hospital as a patient. Our main Maternity
Assistant informed Mrs. Frasure that she had two ladies in the delivery
ward that were proving to be having difficult deliveries. At 11 A. M. we
admitted a 14-year-old with abdominal pains, and in less than an hour she
had gasped her last breath. I cut short my lunch break to check on our
young staff member, and when I arrived at the Hospital, one of the order
lies sent word for me to bring my Landrover to the outpatient area imme
diately. I drove the 100 yards from the Hospital, to find a very old man
dying at that moment. We transferred his body to the Hospital beside that
of the yoTing girl. Then I was informed that another staff member's little
nephew was critical. I hurried to Ward One to find a 3-year-old boy gasp
ing from measles complicated with pneumonia. This child died soon after
wards. By late afternoon Mrs. Frasure and I both were praying for renewed
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strength. To make a long story short, during the three days, we had a
total of six deaths and several critical patients. We seemed to have a
measles'epidemic on our hands, as two more of the deaths were caused by
them. Needless to say, we were overjoyed when the doctors arrived back
n Saturday,
Both doctors rarely leave at the same time, but when they do, the activity
seems to speed up. Would anyone like to spend a nice, peaceful day with
me? Of course, exciting days like these do not happen every day, but
other things take their place.
The work in our churches is making slow headway, but in recent weeks
we have seen several church leaders grow and take on new responsibilities,
For this we are very thankful.
This month marks my second year back in Rhodesia. Time goes so fast,
and one year seems so short.
Once again I want to thank you all for your continued support, both prayer
fully and financially. Please continue to pray for the work here.
In Christian Love,
MISS JUDY PICKETT
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repairs after two hard years of service over the bush roads.
dark we were concerned. At 8:30 he arrived by Landrover with the news that the airplane,was wrecked. As he had
landed downwind on the Shamrock Mine strip, a tail wind
had caught him and flipped the plane upside down. It was
have two new Blue Girls (Nurses Aides) and a new janitor.
These are young people and all Christian, so we are gla<L
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was held and some 2C0 people attended the 3-day session.
carried out by th.e local leaders, for which we were over- J'
joyed to see their growth and responsibility. So amid
discouragements of one kind, the Lord has given us
victory in Him to compensate for the discouragements.
Just a word to those who send packages to me or the
Mission. I would suggest that if you are sending layettes,
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In Christian Love,
MISS JUDY PICKETT
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Mr. ic Mrs. Stanley E. Anderson
1521 Menlo Ave.