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Sinoia, Zimbabwe, Africa

"Therefore go and make disciples of all nations..." Matthew 28:19

N E W S L E T T K
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 Christmas 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 families for two weeks,
then returned to my mother's for the remainder of the six week recuperation period. My
hands sire 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. Since 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 and help him with the Sinoia Mission work.

Bro. Marshall \^ites that a planning meeting was held with the eight Native Evangel
ist and they have made extensive plans involving my secretarial skills . They 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 teisk 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, financially, ftlls 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

salary of the evangelist is il60.00 U.S. a month. Also all the general expense of the
mission work is upon his shoulders. Bro. Marshall is in need of any financial help
that I can give him, scs 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 ray 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

support for one girl. I would encoiirage you to make this a prayer project that the
total amount will be provided. They are now 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 appreciated.

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I have had a few speaking engagements here in Indiana, but mainly I have enjoyed
a good rest and visiting relatives and frien ds.

The Lord willing, I will leave Indianapolis on Sunday, May 2nd and after a two
day layover in Brussels^ Belgium I will arriye in Zimbabwe on May 5th. I am anxious
to take up the work again in Sinoia.

I wish to thank everyone in all the churches who have helped to make this a most
The field is still "[hite unto the harvest and the laborers are
few". I ask that you pray for new missionak"ies to sissist those who have labored and
are still laboring in Zimbabwe.
worth while furlough.

God bless you, each one.

In Christian Love,
"MISS JUDY"

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Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe, Africa

"Therefore go and make disciples of all nations..." Matthew 28:19

JUNE NB/SLETTER 1982

DEAR CHRISTIAN FRIH^DS:

Greetings, once again, from Zimbabwe. Just throe weeks ago, this Wednesday, X
arrived back in this country and have been very busy getting back "into the groove".
I was met at the airport by 21 friends 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 came 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
priority 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 Bible study this week with 12 High School age young people
present.

This is an increa of 7 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 in..,my 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 pencils were stolen.
That was all that

They have been playing detective to see if they can find the thief.

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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Also, items such as Bible games, articles suitable for prizes, religious coloring
books and crayolas are needed. If you would like to help with these, you could send
them directly to me as follows:
Label outside of the box as "GIFTS NOT ICR RESALE" and address them to

Judy Pickett, P. 0. Box 392, Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe, Africa.

Send large packages surface mail as pos[tage is very estpensive. "Suffer little
children, and forbid them not, to come unto me for of such is the kindom of heaven".

Matt. 19:1^

I have not yet been able to visit Chidait oyo Mission, but have plans to do so on
July 3rd and 4th. The out-patient clinic is full every day, but the hospital has not

yet opened as a fully operating hospital, j ra

the States for furlough and Mr. and Mrs.

and Mrs Hugh Pender have returned to

lin have again returned to Zimbabwe to

replace them at Chidamoyo for the next 6 mo: hs to one year.

I continue to covet your prayers on beh

f of the work here.

"The harvest is

plentiful but the laborers are fev^. I wish to thank all of you who made my furlou^
in the States such an enjoyable one and may pod bless you. And may the Lord continue
to bless us as we aill labor together for His Kingdom.
In Christ,
MISS JUDY PICKETT

A NOTE TO ALL 'WHO CORRESPOND WITH JUDY:

The mail coming into Zimbabwe is being 9pened regularly, so be very careful about
mentioning any monetary figures of any kind, Things are very bad here again as far as
privacy is concerned. V/e have to be very caifeful what we say. Anyone wishing further

information on this, please feel free to coz^i(act Fay Bockhahn (224-1909) or Mae Evelyn
Lyons (224-2172). Or you can write to eitheif one at P. 0. Box 2746, Napa, CeOLif. 94558.

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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.

mid-summer, we are a bit on the cold side in mid-winter.

While you are nice and warm in

A few of our nights do get down

to 28 degrees, but the days are sunny and warm.

Since last writing to you, I have moved from the Marshall residence into a house of
my own on a temporary basis. Then in the middle 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 ray two foster daughters back( and
my cat and ray 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 adults and 2 small 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 reprimanded 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 McCarty. 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 SIS secretary. I am in the process 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 presently 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 and 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 ray 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 and concern,
to bless as we co-labor for Him in this country.
In His Name,
MISS JUDY

(over for financial report, please)

May God continue

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FINANCIilL REPORT
Judith L. Pickett

P. 0. Box 392

Chinhoyi - Zimbabwe

Service Link - Mayi 1982 to July 2^^, 1982

Eixchange rate varies from I.36I9 in May to

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.)

INCOME - through July 2'fth

At present
Judy assumes food and boarding
School e:q>en8es, clothing, etc. comes

May 1st bsdance carried forward:

10.16

May 7th deposit (Judy returned Ifr o|m U.S. -$900.99 U.S.) 659.99
June 27 deposit ($300.00 U.S.)
July 23 deposit ($^5000 U.S.)
(

375.9^

3^.86
-income:

a355?95-

EXPENSE-May thru July 2^th

Petrol (gasoline)

86.87

rS^lifrl

208.56

travel e3q>ense - licec^e, insurance,

School supplies
School fees (2 terms)

15.99

66.00
53.75

Pocket money and savings (3 months)

Clothing for girls
Postage and box rental
Moving e^ense
Bank charge
Display and promotion supplies

81.63
19.60

37.82
.42

Room and board (girls) (prior to mjjving into our house)

My personal rent (no house)
Refrigeration repair

Rent - 1/2 of June and all of July

Bible Study Book
Dues - Ladies meeting

Regristration for Mission Meetingj

(Service IdmE) 3q>ense
July bsilance

$1,386.95

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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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, ^o also 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 ^e 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 have 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 Sunday School and inviting those who did not send their children, to do so
this third term of school...August through December. Little did I know 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 for 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
with 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 illustrate 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 ^t love 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.

Msiy God bless you richly for helping to make these children happy in the Lord.
- over-

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Our African Work is going well.

gelist and their families.

]planning a Christmas banquet for the Evana^ced me to head up the kitchen crew and menu

We are

Mr Marshall has

planning for the I6 adults and 33 children "

t$at will be attending. It seems our Evangelist all have large families. I am looking forward to this, as I know all of the
evangelists, but have just met two of the wivets so far. After the banquet I will have
had the opportunity to meet them all.
This is the plowing and planting season
d many of our men have their own villages
in other areas and have gone home this month to set their fields in order. They are still
carrying on leadership training in the area ch.^ches and we feel this is going to be a
tremendous blessing in time to come.
December 20th our Hillside Chapel Youth
oup plan on delivering "goodie" boxes to
the elderly and needy of our church. The Tout L Group is decreasing in number and this
makes us sad, but when ve realize that the on I we are losing are all going to Bible
College, then we rejoice. This, after all, is our goal, that they will all be Christian
young men and women willing to serve the Lord ^ong their own people.

We are all looking forward to our Youth

d Assistant Minister coming in January.
Tim Sandefur, a young man from Earlington Kentucky, has been called to serve for a
period of 5 years in this country. We are pr Ing for his safe arrival and for a good
ministry.

T':

Now, on the personal side. My girls are'busy studying for their Form II final exams
in High School. They begin November 26th and imd on December 2nd. Irene celebrated her
15th birthday in September and Kina celebrated

growing up and everyday they become more and more of a blessing to me. In January they

will begin Form III of High School, so we are giving much thought to their future.

We have a new member in our familya foijir month old Alsation (German Shepherd)dog.
He is a joy, a terror, a guard dog, and a bundle of fun all rolled into one. If Mom

Pickett can just make it through his puppyhood[ he will be an excellent pet.
Financially, I wish to thank you each and everyone for your faithful support during

this year of 1982. There have been times when the going was rou^, but God always provided
for the things we needed. Mission-%rise, our
ted to increase the Evangelist salaries is
most necessary, but both Bro. Marshalls and my Service Links are stretched to the limit.
These men get the bare minimum salary and if Ley were not Christians and trusting the

Lord to supply their needs, I'm afraid many oj^

them would look for richer fields.

Thank

God that they are all so dedicated to His work

Once again, I send you my grateful thanks ^d appreciation for the wonderful way you
support me prayerfully, spiritually and financiially. I wit^ you a joyous and blessed
Christmas and a most happy and prosperous New Year. I continue to pray for you and your

church there in America, and I covet your prayers for the work of the Lord here in Zimbabwe.
IN CHRISTIAN LOVE,
JUDY PICKETT

ZI A^BABWE

Near the southern tip of the continent of Africa is the country of Zimbabwe.
You migiit recognize it better if it were cal led by its old name of Rhodesia but
it 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 Rhodesia, then for
a very brief time it went back to Southern Rhodesia 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 l ion people. Its capital

city, Harare, formerly cal led Sal isbury has a population of ^ mi l l ion and is
the administrative, judicial and communications centre" of the country. It is
populated by al l races of people and is a spacious, modern city where a visitor
may enjoy al l the comforts expectea of a rnoaern city. One of the glories of
Harare is the display of colour afforded by the flowering trees whici. I ine tne
streets.

Jacarandas are a beautiful

l i lac color, the bri l l iant red flamboyants,

the yel low spathodias, and the beautiful white and purple flower of the bauhinias
tree.

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 in which Dale and Linda Marshal l have l ived

for some 17 years.

Chinhoyi is a fast-developing centre of an important farming

and mining area.

Zimbabwe's Victoria Fal ls 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 high.

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
ki lometres or over I 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 paradise.
In contrast to the modern cities the bush veld is populated 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 people dotted over the hi l lsides and
fields closer to the road. An African vi l lage may consist of one fami ly, a mother,
a father and chi ldren 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 dai ly chores with a bundle on trieir neads and a baby tied securely
OR their backs. Chi ldren can be seen hurrying along the road to the locah school
or lazi ly herding a herd of cattle in the pasture. Older 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 dai ly use. Men can be seen supervising the work in the fields or
lazi ly si tting around the open fire in the center of the vi l lage talking over the
business of the day.

p. 2 - ZIMBABWE

If you were to stop at a vi l 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 l l

be served".

The language of the black African people in our area is Shona. Engl ish
is a required subject in al l 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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CHURCHES

Some people think that there ort- sti l l only black Africans l iving in Zimbabwe
who speak only their own language, which is Shona. But there are many white

people also l iving in Zimbabwe and many Afr icans who speak Engl ish. The missionaries
working in Zimbabwe not only work with the bush churches but many of them have
establ ished work with Engl ish speaking congregations in the cities in which they l ive.

In Harare, the capi-tol c+ty, Zimbabwe Christian Col lege hosts the Congregation
of the Hatfield Christian Church where Bro. Jack Pennington serves as President of

the Col lege and Minister to the congregation. On the north side of Harare is the
Greencroft congregation. Where ever a missionary is settled in a city he usual ly
works with the local church there.

The Engl ish speaking congregation in Chinhoyi

was first started in 1966 by Dale & Linda Marshal l when they first came to Zimbabwe.
Bro. Dale has served as the minister for the congregation since that time but just

recently the church stepped out on fai*th and hired their own Youth Minister. This
was the first time the congregation has paid their own minister as they now pay the
Youth Minister's salary, pay his rent on an apartment, have purchased a car for him

and are paying his travel ing expenses. Tim Sandefur from Earl ington, Kentucky is
the Youth Minister and has accepted the position for 5 years.

One of the biggest problems in the work of the Engl ish Speaking congregation
is that the English speaking people move around a lot and thus the people are

constantly changing. When someone moves away however there is usual ly a new fami ly
that moves in to take their place. Because the members of the Hi l lside Chapel
move a lot, we have Christians from here in countries al l around the world
in Canada, Arnerica, Austral ia, England and South Africa. The Church has also
five' of its young people in Bible Col lege here in Zimbabwe and some have gone to
America to enter Bible Co I Ieges there.

In the African section of Chinhoyi there is also a church for those Shona

speaking people. One of the African evangel ist, Mr. Sibanda is the preacher for
this congregation.

Chinhoyi Mission also works with some 45 bush churches. These are congregations
involving the people that I ive out in their home vi I I ages in the bush and peasant
f armi ng areas. Our f i ve African Evangel ists travel from t i me to t i me to t hese
congregations meeting with the leaders of the churches and holding seminars and

leadership training classes. Many of these congregations do not have a bui lding
to meet in but wi l l often meet in a vi l lage, a schooI and most I i keIy just ho I d

their services out under a large shade tree.

Some of these churches are located

quite far from an accessible road and are reached either by bicycle, or walking
through the bush. If reached by road, the road is often just two tire tracks with
the grass tal ler than the vehicle on either side of the road.

During the war time when the missionaries were forced to leave the Chidamoyo
area, the churches in the Chidamoyo area as wel I as those around Chinhoyi v/ere
supervised from Chinhoyi. There are two evangel ist working with Chidamoyo at the

present time, one mainly with the patients at the hospital and the other with
the local churches.

There are many opportunities and open doors to the Lord's work in Zimbabwe

now and the people are anxious and grateful to have the gospel preached in their
areas.

EVANGELISTS -GROVES

In the Chinhoyi 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 of the church. Most of these evangel ists l ive in town but travel to
the churches by- means 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, the machines are in constant need of repair.
In the past 5 years, the evangel ists have col lectively traveled over 180,000
mi les on motorcycleIn "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 only 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. One
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 l l 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 l 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 effective than the missionary in meeting their spiritual needs. 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 different
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 evangel ists need
your prayers that God .wi I I make their work to be effective. They baptize
many people each week and the new Christians also need your prayers.

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, it 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 l the grades or at the most three

teachers for grades I 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 l 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 l 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 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.

YOUR PART IN WHAT GOD IS DOING AROUND THE WORLD TODAY

This week you have learned about the Mission v;ork in Zimbabwe, Africa. Today
we would l ike to talk about just what you could do to help missionaries al l over
the world because chi ldren often feel that there is not anything they can do to be
a part of the Church's mission program.

In some countries of the world and especial ly in Zimbabwe it is impossible to

purchase good Sunday School materials. In America you have such nice Sunday School
and Vacation Bible School materials.

You could be very careful of how you take care

of those materials and keep them clean and neat and when you are finished with them,
send them to a missionary. Sometimes churches send materials that have been
badly mistreated and real ly are of very l ittle use to the missionary.

You can pray for the missionaries and the people that they work with. Tnere
are many problems to be faced on the mission field and when many Christians are
praying the problems can be solved so much easier. Perhaps you think that your
prayer would be of l ittle help to the missionary but every prayer is felt, perhaps
we don't know who is praying but we can feel that someone is praying for us. Pray
for the missionary or the mission field individual ly and by name. Perhaps you

could get a l ist of the missionary's needs or problems from their forwarding agent
and pray for those specific things.

You can give towards missions whenever there is an opportunity for you to do
so. Many times chi ldren in America do not give to missions because they say they
have no money but yet they spend mi I I ions of dol lars on candy, ice cream and toys
each year when there are chi ldren in other lands starving and without clothes. You
"say but how can the few pennies or nickles or dimes I give help? If the chi ldren
in al l the churches would go without candy or ice cream for a week it would
amount to thousands of dol lars and thus help a great deal.

You can wri.te to a Missionary and tel l them you are praying for them and also

tel l them what your church is doing. Missionaries enjoy receiving mai l from home

and especial ly to know that others are praying for them. Be wi l l ing to write letters
but wi l l ing not to receive letters in return. Missionaries are very busy and they
appreciate receiving letters that do not necessari ly have to be answered. They
appreciate knowing that people are real iy interested in them and the Lord s work.
VJhen you tel l them what your church or Sunday School is doing it sometimes helps
them to have ideas to use in their work on the AMssion field.

In some countries there are many starving and naked people. Especial ly in
Zimbabwe we have had several hard years, when the war ended many people had no
clothes or food. In 1981-82 and in 1983 there has been very l ittle rain which means

very l ittle crops which means very l ittle food and no extra crops to sel l that they
might buy clothes. You can take good care of your clothes and when you can no longer
wear them you can package them up and send them to the missionary to be used by the
chi ldren who have no clothes at al l. Chi ldren's clothes are especial ly needed and

most fami l ies have many chi ldren and it is hard for them to buy clothing for al l
the fami 1y.

Lastly, as you learn about missions you may want to plan your l ives now that

you might one day be able to serve on the mission field for the Lord. A missionary
is not just a preacher but there is a need on the field for people that can do al I
kinds of things, such as Alechanics, Bui lders, Teachers, Preachers, Secretaries,
Doctors, Nurses and bookeepers. There is much work to be done and it takes al I
kinds of talents to do it. A few years ago. Dale A\arshal l was a l ittle boy in

the Plainview Church just as you are today. You can have an exciting and rewarding
l ife if you wi l l give yourself to Jesus. Start now to dedicate your l ife to serve
the Lord in whatever way He can use you.