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2659'First Street
Napa,
Calif. 9455S
Fission Services
Box 36B
Joliet,
111.
60434
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U.S. Postage
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Napa, Cali ornia
Permit No.28
Dear Friends in
Christ:
Eebruary
1970
Greetings and
Happy
New
Year.
It
is now
the second month of
a
new year,
and
my
fourth month in Rhodesia,
How
time does move when
one
is busy and
content-ed. But
it has beerr
a
trem^dous
anct-eventfui-ijhree
monthrs.—
First of all, I ould like to
thank
each of
you
for
your
kind remembrances
to me at Christmas
time.
I
received many, many
Christmas greetings,
some
of them still arriving by
surface
mail which
were mailed in
December. But
they
are very deeply appreciated when they arrive.
There are
many
things I'would like to tell you,
but
space wouldn*t be suf
ficient to tell
you all, so I
will concentrate
on one
particular twenty-
four-hour period that
stands out in
my wealth of
experiences.
Let me begin by telling you
a
little bit about the Church
at
Chidamoyo.
The building itself is a very lovely brick with white columns surrounding
the
veranda. Inside
is
a spacious room filled with wooden benches which
hold up
to
400, but have
on
occasion
(Reggie
Thomas
Crusade)
held
700.
It
is a very simple building,
but serving
God's
purpose very well.
But
the
Church
is
the people, and they are a very hard-working group of frican
Christians who love
the
Lord dearly. Chidamoyo Church
of
Christ
is
the
mother church of some 24 outlying village churches
which
have been started
through
contact
of
the Church
at
Chidamoyo and the Hospital.
.It had
been decided that
on
the week-end
of January 31. a
church gathering
would
be held on
the
mission. Weeks in advance
plans
were
made
for the
ac
commodation
of
several hundred guests from throughout the area. Then on
Saturday,
the 31st, all was in order for
the beginning
of the meeting, Sat
urday
morning
was
an
exciting time
as all mission
vehicles
were pressed
into
service
collecting Christians from
villages
as far away as forty miles
from the mission. By two o'clock, the time for* the meeting
to
begin,, they
were-arriving in various
ways, on foot, bicycle, lorries
(or
truck), Pugeot
vans,
etc. The
mission
was
alive with the voices
of happy
people
raised: in
song.
By
three o'clock some
300
people
had
arrived,
and
by
seven o'clock
over
400
were present. The meeting began with a joyous song service
led
by
Mr. Bruce Ammerman. Special music
was
heard
from
some of*the African Chris
tians as well as some of the
missionaries.
Dr. Bill Nice, who just
arrived
in January,
delivered the afternoon
message. At the
conclusion
of the mes
sage,
seven stepped forward to
give
their lives to
Christ.
Two
of these
were adult
men,
and a glorious victory
this
was.
Following the
afternoon
session all gathered behind
the church building where
sadsa
and beef and
beans were being prepared
over open
fires.
The
meal was being prepared by
the African school girls from the mission school. While
the
people were
waiting for
their sadsa
to
be
served
they were constantly singing. One man
particularly
is a joy to watch. Even though I cannot
understand
him with
my
limited
Shona,
I
can feel the
love of
the Lord coming
forth from
his
presence.
He is
Mr. Benjamin,
and
he loves to sing about
his
Lord,
and no
matter
where he
is,
he is
singing p raises and
leading
others to do the same.
Following the meal,
the group was
divided into
women's sessions and
men's
sessions. Here different leaders
from the
different churches were encour
aged to speak and give testimonies for Christ. These meetings were also
times of fejoicing in song, and it was like living stereo with the
women
on
one
end
of the church building and the
men
on the
other. Following
the
dismissal of individual meeti ngs, all once
again entered
the church
to
view
Bioscope (slides) showed by
Mr.
David Campbell.
A
short
devotional
and more
singing accompanied this session, then all were dismissed for the night.
The
missionaries retired to
their
homes
for
a
night's
sleep,
but not
so
the
African Christians, They
had
come to
worship their
Lord and
they
just did
not
have
time*to
sleep.
Singing and praying
continued
well
into
the wee
morning hours, but at
5:30 A. M. all were bright and
cheerful
as
tea was
served in preparation for the morning's activities.
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Following
the tea
service a ^roup
of
the missionaries,
left
the mission ^r
surround
n
villages. This is one mi^
ran on'an
evangelistic journey. The
Manya, -fenya" - run,
run
- in their
gether. i f e
marched
out
of
the m i s s i o l c L
3/4
of
a mile; and then took off
t h r o i i
Chief Dandawa, the
head
chief of the e
turned
home from
a three-week
stay in
very concerned
for
his
life. But as
ered
in
a circle outside his hut and
Ammerman and I ere surprised
to
feel
us
as
he
came shuffling out
of
the doc
We
helped him to a sitting
position ip
listened
intently
to
what
was being
sa
as when the final
song
was
being
sung,
his very
weak
voice his praises
to
th^
three
more
villages and even halted in
hold a service
for
one lonely old
I m b i
field. Then we
continued
on
through
the sun
was
high
in the sky
and
very
happy
Christians
for
they
were t e l l i n j s ;
to the mission in
a
din of
noise
and
s
before
convening for the
Lord's
day se
two P. M.;
and
as the
group
climbed ab
portation, once
again the mission rang
ver
200 people, including several
of
punds in a procession
headed
for
the
sionary that can
say she
literally
leaders of the group
kept
saying,
pfforts to keep
such a
large group
to-
ground and up
the bush road some
gh
a
bush
path
toward
the
village
of
rea.
Chief
Dandawa
had
just been
re-
the
Hospital,
at
which
time we
were
this
group
of happy Christians-gath-
sang hymns and
began
to preach,
Mrs.
the presence
of
the old
chief
beside
r
of
his hut where
we
were standing.
the
shade of
the
hut
and
there he
id. I couldn't help but shed a tear
tired as he was, he began to sing in
Lord. The journey continued through
the
midst
of a maize com) ield to
ya (grandmother)
-who was
plowing
he r
two'mo
e
villages,
and
by this time
b l o t ,
but
this
did
not
dampen these
others about their Lord. Returning
ong,
all were
served
sadsa and beans
rvice. The
meeting was concluded
at
oard their various modes of trans-
with their songs.
This
was a
time
of
great fel lowship with the children
churches and their
mother church. It
was
a time
when
small-village
Christians
felt
the com
fort and strength
of other
Christiansl
are
many hundreds of Christians
in Afr
This missionary felt very
humble
in
tb
tion. It had
been a
very draining
wee
It was a
time
to
realize that
the
had
been on the
Mountain
Top with Christ.
re
ica, all loving
their Lord dearly,
e
presence
of such
love
and dedica-
k-end physically,
but
spiritually
we
It is
at
meetings
like this
and times
of
great
fellowship, that
we realize
how
much these
people
want to know Chrjist. 'It
is
at
times'like
these that
we
missionaries
realize we cannot do
enough, go
far enough,
preach lo^^
enough, t o reach all the u n s a v e d s o u l b
realize that without the prayers,
lett
It
is at
times
like these
that
we
ers
of encouragement and
financial
help
from
you
at
home,
we could not
continue.
The need is
so
great,
and
the harvest
is
ripe. May we pray the
catch the
vision and
help to bring Christ t o
the
spiritually hungry.
M o r e _ . s e p y l c e
l i n l c - ± i m d a . ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
for
^ad
time to
raise
before'leaving the
Un
my arriving
here in time
to
be
trained
leave
on
furlough. The service link
o
further the work of the
G-ospel on
thet
in
two,
half to the Hospital
and half
the
natives.
Shall we pray
together
t
are
not presently
doing
so, and
would
work here, you may send your pledge
a g e f i t - , whose
name and
address appear
ab
Again
may
I hank you for your letters
the
Lord
richly bless you all.
•ord of
the Harvest
that
more
will
my work
here
in Rhodesia than
I
ited
States,
due
to the
urgency
of
by Madonna
Burget before
she had
to
f a missionary is
the
fund
used
to
field.
My service link is
divided
to be
used
for my
personal work
among'
lat the
need will
be
filled? If you
Like
to contribute to the support
of
or
contribution to
my forwarding
the bottom
of this letter.
FORWARDING
AGENT:
Mrs.
Stanley
E. Anderson
1521'Menlo Avenue
Napa, California 9455B
prayers
and
encouragement.
May
Sincerely
in
Christ,
JUDITH L^ ICIOETT"
(Miss
Judy)~
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Nepp,
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Permit
No.28
April 1970
Dear
Christian Friends:
It
is
Sunday evening and I
have
iust come home from our Sunday evening
church service of
all the Tiissionaries. As I
alked
up the path from the
Amraerman home, I chanced to
look at
the sky. A
more
beautiful sight I
have never seen. The
stars were
so
numerous
that I elt as if I
ere
wrapped
in a complete
star blanket.
Usually the
nights
are very dark here
in the bush, but when
the
moon is out, one can see very well without a
torchlight
(flashlight).
Our rainy
season has
ended
and
the
beautiful
green
hillsides
are begin
ning to turn broxvn and dusty,
but
still
they
are
beautiful.
The days are
verv mild
and
the nights very
cool,
as
Fall
is
here,
and our Winter
months
of
May
and
June are fast
arriving. It
seems
odd to
look
out the
window in
the
middle of April and see the
leaves
falling.
With
dry season
here,
we
are
seeing
manv more*snakes and
having lots of
trouble with
svesve or
ants. The Ammermens, Campbells and
Nices
had a very unwelcome visitor to
their
chicken
pens last week in the form of a hyena. They were unable to
scare him awav before he had slain
some
of
their young chickens.
The work
at
the Hospital
is
running smoothly, and many new contacts are
being
made*for
Christ.
One
day
last week,
Mr.
Togerepi, our
Hospital
evangelist,
ex citedly related to
me
that
he
had
eleven
baptisms in one
day.
Todav
there were
two
at the
Mission
Church service and in one of
the outlying villages there were sixteen. So Christ goes forward and
we
re.ioice wilrh Him.
Easter weekend saw Chidamoyo
playing host to
another
meeting
of the
sur
rounding
churches.
The
group began gathering
on G-ood
Friday afternoon and
stayed until Easter Sunday. Services were held Friday and
Saturday
nights
and Easter morning. The African
Christians
sang, prayed and preached all
Saturday night, but all were very
ready
and willing to march up the
moun
tain at 5
A. M.
Easter
morning
for
a
beautiful Sunrise service. This time
I
ound
myself on the working end
of
the
program
as I
ssisted
in cooking
meat, sudsa and tea,
and
cut bread for
the
"feeding of the multitudes."
It
was ouite thrilling to see the huge pots of
water
placed over the fire
and
the meally
meal added
to
make
Sudsa, but afte r
standing
over the very
hot fire
for
a while, the
thrill was
gone.
Pat
Kenney and I have decided v ^ e will
have
to raise chickens
as one of
the
ladies in one
of
Pat*s groups presented her with
a
hen,
and
one of my
ladles presented me with a
cock.
Need I ay more?
I
em finding my Shona
lessons
very interesting, but be coming
more
diffi
cult
as we
move along. I
feel
like
a
first grader
as
I
read
in Shona
and
translate such sentences as: See the man ; Ask the
girl";
Look at the
boy"; " Fetch the ball." However,
each
time
I
am
able
to
use
what
I
have
learned, I eel a great sense of
accomplishment
and I see the joy of the
people
in
knowing
that I am
trying
to
ieam their
language.
I
am
beginning to receiv e box es from several of you, and they are
so
much
appreciated.
I n time, all
of the
articles will be put
to
good
use. Thank
you
all
so
very much.
I continue to covet your prayers
on
behalf
of
Central A frica Mission and
Chidamoyo Christian Hospital, and
for
myself
as I
labor here.
In
Christ*s
Service,
JUDY PICKETT.
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111.
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Permit
No.28
Dear Christian Friends:
July,
1970
It has been some time since I have
written.
Sometimes in our
busy
lives we
tend
to
nush our
corresDondence
aside for tomorrow, but tomorrow
has come
and I_find
jtL_-tlme
jCorL 8 newsletter, _ _
^
I
have .iust
this minute arrived home
from my
ladies' meeting at Chevaken-
envama. I was thrilled
to
have 40
women present today, and what
a
joy they
were. These women
are all
members of the Church
of
Christ
in
that
village
and
they
are
a
fine
example
of
Christian
ladies anywhere.
There
are
sever
al
young
ivomen and
girls
in this
club,
and
they love
to sing, and
most
of
the
time
they
are working,
they
are singing in
beautiful harmony. I have
a
favorite chorus that I love to sing, Every time I Feel the Spirit ,
which
I
had taught
my
interpreter.
She liked the song
very much
and so to
day she
said,
Will
you teach
it to the*club.
I
asked her if she
could
translate
it into
Shona. She said, No, but teach it to them in English.
Since
there are several
of
the
younger
women who
sneak
English
a
little, I
decided
to
do
this. Thev have a natural talent for harmonizing, and it
was just a
few moments until
they were carrying the
tune
beautifully.
Tears filled
my
eves as I stood before these lovely Christian women sing
ing, Sverv time I feel the
Spirit
moving in my heart, I will pray. Of
course,
the
interpreter had explained to them the
meaning
of the
song,
so
thev knew thev
wrere
singing praises to the Lord.
On the way
home I stopped
to
pick
up a school
boy
whom
I
had taken to his
home
village
on
mv xvav; i - ^ s
I
stopped, 20
or
25 school children
came run-
n i : n j g ^ ' T U ~ t r h e car~a3klng,^'^PTaase
leL
us ride, pluaae let us
ride.
couM—
n't
Possibly
take them all,
so
it was finally
decided
by the interpreter
that we would take t hose who
went
the
farthest, which
was
some
10 miles
awav. (And
they walk
this every morning and
night.)
I ended up
x - ^ / i t h
8
of
these children
in the
back of the truck, my interpreter
and
the other boy
and
myself in the
front.
But I
was duly
rewarded when
upon
letting them
out at their yillages, they were so thankful, because now they would eat
hot Sadza tonight
instead
of
cold.
How many of
us
could v ^ / a l k txwenty miles
a dav, back and forth to school, and
then
sit
d o T » » n
to a cold meal without
complaining?
On
the 31st of July we are planning a
Youth
Rally
for all
the young people
of
the surrounding
yillages. Some 300
youth
are
expected
and a
camp
type
program*is planned. One such
rally
was held last
year
and was a terrific
success, so we
are
looking forward
to this
one with great anticipation.
The young people will supply
their
own mealy meal
for
sadza, but we at the
mission will supply the relish (meat
and
yegetables
such as
goat meat
and
rape
or Choumollier - rape and Ghoumollier being spinach type green
vege
tables. I
am
again on the cooking end
of the program so
will be kept
busv,
I'm sure.
There
is
usually one type
of
Church
meeting
a
month
here
on
the
field
so
as
to keep
the
African Christian
in
close fellowship with
other
Christians.
So
often an
African Christian finds
himself
or
herself
the
only
Christian
in his/her village and,
therefore,
needs the encouragement
which can
be
gained by meeting together
with
other Christians.
In June we held a
Ladies' Show
Day
at Chidamoyo.
This was
a day in which
all
the women's
clubs came to
the
mission
and brought
their
handcraft
which
they
had com
pleted. in their clubs and at their homes.
It
was
a
two-day
meeting,
with
some 300 women present and 305 projects on display. Prizes
were
given in
many categories, and eyeryone was happy.
Of
course, a program was planned,
with the
usual
all-night preaching
and
singing
that
they so love.
With all the activity in
June and
the
coming
activity of the youth rally,
I
felt the
need to have a
day
or
two
of
rest last week,
and
was
joined
by
Miss
Marsha
Kay Thompson
of
Chiredzi-Hippo Valley Mission. Miss Thompron's
mother, who is dorm mother at
Ozark
Bible
College,
is visiting for
the sum
mer,
and
was
also
with
us.
'Dr.
Nice flew us from Chidamoyo to a rest hotel
on
the shore
of Lake Kariba, Bumi Hills, which is
a half
hour's flight.
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but a five
and
a half hour drive by car over-impossible
roads.
V / e
had a
very peaceful
twcand
a half days in the sun, and enjoyed
the real
Africans-
wild ^ame.
We
were
nrivile'^ed
to take a boat cruise
out
on the lake to
v i e w t h e
l
^ a m e ,
a n d I s a w t h i n ? s
t h a t
I
h a v e
a l w a y s r e a d about,
b u t
never
d r e a m e d
to
b e w i t h i n 50
feet of.
As
we
s k i m m e d a l o n g * on the
water, our
g u i d e a n d d r i v e r
w o u l d
s u d d e n l y
t u r n i t w a r d t h e s h o r e ,
p o i n t i n g o u t Z e b r a ,
or K u d u or
S a b l e
or
E l e p h a n t .
O u r
u n a j s c u s t o m e d
e y e s w o u l d
b e
u n b e l i e v i n g ,
b u t i n
a
f e w
m o m e n t s
t h e
a n i m a l s
w o u l d j
s t a r t m o v i n g
as
t h e y
h e a r d
t h e m o t o r ,
and
we.would be thrilled
at the natural
beauty before us.
We
saw huge
h e r d s of
E l e p h a n t ,
Impala, Water B u c k ^ j a n d
s e v e r a l s m a l l e r h e r d s
of Z e b r a
Kudu, S a b l e a n d B u f f a l o . T h e h o t e l i s | s i t u a t e d o n a h i g h c l i f f o v e r l o o k i n g
a sloping pla in down to the lake, and each evening
we
would watch
as the
game came down to the water's
edge
to jdrink. Rhodesia
is truly a
beautiful
country.
As
always,
there is some excitement at the hospital.
Today we had
a
man
bring us twins,
a
boy
and a
girl,
fivp
days old . Their mother had died
giving
birth
to them,
so Chidamoyo now has the
job of
oaring for them in
their
infancy. They
are
tiny little
things,
and
one
feels
a great sadness
to
see
them
and
know
they
are
motherlesis.
Their
names
are
Musarapasi
(girl)
a n d M u s i w a
(boy) Shava. Being the b a b y - l o v e r that I am, I
s a w
t o
it that
I
was in on the first feeding ^fter they
arrived
at the hospital.
They are both established
in one large
baby b e d in
the
Nurses duty room,
where'they
will be
under
constant
supeivision. Upon arrival,
the
Head
Nurse, Mrs, Tsuro, and I d u g into our store of baby
clothes
and
outfitted
each
of them in govns a n d
diapers.
They are so tiny
that
the clothes look
as if to
swallow them. Will you
pray
mth
us
that these
children
will grow
strong a n d
healthy
under the care t h e y ] receive h e r e at Chidamoyo.
Now I
would
like to
thank* all
of
you
who are
supporting
me,
both
with
your
prayers a n d your finances, a n d also for the nice boxes you have sent. I
have received
so many lovely
sewing supplies, and they
are
certainly
wel
c o m e d ,
M a n y
of
t h e m
f o u n d
t h e i r
w a y
n j t o
t h e
p r i z e s
f o r
V / o m e n s
D a y ,
a n d
thev were so much appreciated.
I have
in
preparation
for the time
my groups
^
n e e d ; l e s are certainly a well used
iteml
many lovely quilt squares and scraps
ill want
to
make quilts.
Pins
and
Perhaps it seems a little early to mentl
tern
is so slow,
Christmas
packages
shod
for them
to
arrive on time. It has bed
give some sort of little gift to the lad
also we try to provide a small
gift
for
In view of this, I
thought
perhaps ther
9
L
might
be a Sunday
School
class or
Women s
group
v ^ h o
would be interested in some Christmas projects.
I
will
list, therefore, some items tha t would pertainly be welcomed by the men
and women:
Belts (can
be
used if in
good
condition),
men's and women's.
Dress belts for which the drpsses
have
worn out, but the
belt is good.
Cloth remnants
(all
sizes).
Jewelry (earrings, pierced and otherwise, necklaces,
etc.)
Crochet
thread is always in demand s these ladies
i i s e
so much of it.
on Christmas,
but
as
the
mail sys-
I d be sent
before too
long
in order
Q
the
custom for the missionaries to
ies in their clubs each year, and
our hospital- staff
and patients.
Once again
let
me
say thank you
from
th(
couragement
we missionaries receive
frpi
all our
efforts
would be useless
Fomwarding Agent:
Mrs. Stanley E,
Anderson
1521*Menlo
Ave.
Napa, Calif/
9A558
bottom of
my
heart for
the
en-
you folk at
home.
Without this.
In Christian Love,
ss
UDY.
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Napa, California
Perniit
No.28
December 1970
Dear Christian Friends:
Once a ^ ^ a i n
it
is
time
for . e
to
come
into
your homes
via the
Pickett Line.
Our rainy
season
has
arrived, and the
people
are busy plowin ^
and
planting
th^ir maize (com). We c a n see them ^ o i n < >
to
their fields
at the
first
l i Q ; h t
of
dav?h~to ^et several hours
of
work
in
before-the sun < 5 e t - s too hot.
Todav
it
was somewhat of a surprise to see hail alon^ with
the
rain* T he
patient load at the Hospital has dropped considerably as the people are
too
busy
in the fields
to
come to the Hospital unless they a re desperat ely
ill
The mission seems rat her ouiet for a day or two,
as
the Aumerman family a nd
Hiss
Ola
Marion
departed yesterday
on
their wav
home to
America for
fur-
louQ:h. Pat-Kenney
and
I are the only ones
l i v i n ? ;
on the one side of the
mission now,
but
soon
in
December the Campbe ll family
will
be moving over^
to the Ammerman
home, and
the Chuck Kelly
family will
be
returning to their
home
here. It
is always sad
parting
with friends,
even
though we
are
happy for them to be going
home
for a much needed
rest.
We Americans celebrated our Thanksgiving early as we wanted to share with
the Ammermans before they left, and w e all had a delicious American Thanks
giving
dinner, w ith turkey and all. T H j o African girls volunteered to help
with the cleaning up and they too en.ioved the turkey and said they
really
liked our Thanksgiving Day.
I thought
perhaps
vou would
like
to hear
about some
of the African
staff
P t .
t . h p Ho.qr>ltal> so I have chosen to write my
next
few
letters
about dif
ferent
staff
members. I have chosen first to teli you abolit Mr.
Kenirias
M a r i n g i r a ^ ^ 3 p s ^ ^ J i § ^ e e ® § ^ f
the
newest members of o u r staff,
h a v i n g
j o i n e d u s
i n
Augu^^^sChaplainryMr.
M a r i n g i r a
w a s
b o r n in
A p r i l , 1 9 3 6 ,
a n d i s t h e
fifth p i mn family. He
very early
developed a
desire
to be
educated, and so
he
worked for several years
on
the
farms
to earn the money
to
support
himself
in school.
He
attended Mukanga
School
(Mashoko) in 1955
for his grade
1.
The more schooling
he
acouired,
the
more he
desired, so
he worked
at
many jobs to
be
able to continue his schooling. He worked
for
the I.
R,
Smith family while
at
Mashoko,
and
there became interested
in
be
coming
a
preacher. Moving to Salisbury
with
the Smiths, Mr.
Maringira
found that he was disturbed by the sin he saw around him in the city, so
his
heart became burdened
to
preach the C - o s p e l .
He was
able
to
enter the^
Bible College
sponsored by
our
mission
at Mashoko,
and
then at Ft,
Victoria
and finished in
August
of 1970. Mr. Maringira is
married
and has two
daughters,
Catherine, 5 years, and Constance,
5 months.
His
wife
is also
a fine Christian witness
Since coming to
Chid.amovo, Mr. Maringira
has helped to bring
about
the
baptism
of
46 people
a t
the Hospital.
He leads
in the
Hospital d evotions
which are
held
each morning for in-patients
and
out-patients. During the
day
he can
be
seen sitting
in the
wards
or on
the
veranda
talking
to pat
ients a n d .
visitors about
the
Christ.
Each
VVednesday
evening, a
service
of
bioscope
(filrastrip)
is held for staff and patients,
and
each Sunday after
noon, staff, patients
and
visitors meet about the Lord s
table.
Just
a
few weeks
ago
the Sunday a fternoon service was held, and
when
the
invitation
was opened, no one
came
forward. The
next
day
Mr. Maringira
reported two baptisms on Sunday afternoon. Upon investigation,
w e
learned
that the vreek
before
Mr.
Maringira had talked
to
a woman who
had
come to
the Hospital
to sell banana s, with
the
result
that
she
accepted
Jesus
as
Saviour,
and
was
baptised.
On
the
following
Sunday, she had
returned
bringing
two
other