Covid-19--The world has changed
Throughout the world we are all facing big changes in our life. Many are on self-quarantine; many are staying home because their state has been put on lock-down and all of us are trying to avoid getting this flu. It has hit Zimbabwe. We have 5 confirmed cases—1 death and 1 doctor at Harare Hospital, in Zimbabwe. They supposedly have only tested 150 people and as all of you are aware the results take 5+ days. The tests are only available in Harare. We have few test kits in the country, no PPE and so nurses started a country wide strike today which means most hospitals are totally shut down. Our local district hospital—which is our only other hospital in the district besides us—sent a message today to not send any patients as they were closed! With no PPE you can’t blame people who make little money stopping work. We hope it will cause some action from the government and not for them to continue to be quiet! We do have PPE here thanks to many donations from
Hi Kathy
ReplyDeleteMy name is Rino Simone and I used to be the neighbour of Gladys Jongeling in Avondale in Harare. Over the years we have lost touch (I am now living back in Italy) and I would love to catch up with Gladys and talk about what we've been doing for the last twenty years.
I can be reached at cipembere@alice.it . I would be really grateful if you could pass this onto Gladys for me.
Thank you so much,
Rino
Gladys Rose Jongeling. September 23, 1937 – December 8, 2018.
DeleteGladys Jongeling’s family moved west out of the Dakotas to Oregon where she was raised. The family were outdoorsmen, enjoying hunting and fishing. Gladys excelled in school, playing the piano and the accordion. When her mother worked long hours, Gladys often spent weekends with her aunt Rusty who was in medical school in Portland.
Gladys became a devout believer in Jesus at an early age and followed His calling faithfully her entire life. After graduating as a medical technologist, she went out to Mashoko Mission Hospital in Southern Rhodesia and worked there, doing endless malaria slides. The mission children from this era and later remember her with great fondness because she consistently spoke to them as people, not as children. She was the only adult who refused to be called by the Auntie honorific and was always merely “Gladys.”
Believing she could be of more use in medical work and in the church beyond the bush mission hospital, Gladys took a government job in Bulawayo in 1965. During her years there she taught classes of medical technicians, many of whom went on to excel later and elsewhere, around the world. She was also very involved in the church and in a large Sunday School program attracting hundreds of children.
In 1976 Gladys was asked to move to the Godfrey Huggins School of Medicine in Salisbury. As chief medical technologist in physiology she helped shape a generation of doctors. Gladys was also pgreatly involved with the Greencroft Christian Church during her years in Salisbury and Harare and, as elsewhere, her home was always open and often the scene of gatherings of friends and associates.
After her time at the University, Gladys worked for private labs for a time, reorganizing and administering. Then in 1990 she was asked to be the administrator of Chidamoyo Christian Hospital for an interim period. When Gladys left there it was to work with Food For the Hungry in Beira, Mozambique as the country began to heal after many years of war.
Leaving Food for the Hungry, Gladys “retired” to Juliasdale (1998??) where she oversaw the planting of thousands of grapevines to establish vineyards. This work ended due to political and social changes in Zimbabwe but Gladys remained happily in Juliasdale very much involved in the community and the Church of the Good Samaritan.
Throughout her life Gladys has been known by her friends as loving and generous but with an ever ready tongue, vocally calling a spade a spade. She could not tolerate pretense and challenged it whenever she met it. She will also be remembered for her quick and often rowdy sense of humor and her faithful devotion to Jesus and work in His Church.
Gladys passed away peacefully in Borradaile Trust Hospital,
Marondera, Zimbabwe, about 4 weeks after a stroke.
Gladys is preceded in death by her mother, Vivian, and father and her older brother, Richard "Dick," and her beloved Aunt “Rusty,” Dr. Dorothea Weybright. She left no close relatives but will be missed by innumerable friends in almost all walks of life and all parts of the world. Her particular influence was felt and remembered far and wide. Her work for the Kingdom of God will also expand for generations.
Do you have Gladys Jongling's address? My father is an old friend of her's from Oregon and would like to send her news from home. My email is hwelch@comcast.net
ReplyDeleteGladys Rose Jongeling. September 23, 1937 – December 8, 2018.
DeleteGladys Jongeling’s family moved west out of the Dakotas to Oregon where she was raised. The family were outdoorsmen, enjoying hunting and fishing. Gladys excelled in school, playing the piano and the accordion. When her mother worked long hours, Gladys often spent weekends with her aunt Rusty who was in medical school in Portland.
Gladys became a devout believer in Jesus at an early age and followed His calling faithfully her entire life. After graduating as a medical technologist, she went out to Mashoko Mission Hospital in Southern Rhodesia and worked there, doing endless malaria slides. The mission children from this era and later remember her with great fondness because she consistently spoke to them as people, not as children. She was the only adult who refused to be called by the Auntie honorific and was always merely “Gladys.”
Believing she could be of more use in medical work and in the church beyond the bush mission hospital, Gladys took a government job in Bulawayo in 1965. During her years there she taught classes of medical technicians, many of whom went on to excel later and elsewhere, around the world. She was also very involved in the church and in a large Sunday School program attracting hundreds of children.
In 1976 Gladys was asked to move to the Godfrey Huggins School of Medicine in Salisbury. As chief medical technologist in physiology she helped shape a generation of doctors. Gladys was also pgreatly involved with the Greencroft Christian Church during her years in Salisbury and Harare and, as elsewhere, her home was always open and often the scene of gatherings of friends and associates.
After her time at the University, Gladys worked for private labs for a time, reorganizing and administering. Then in 1990 she was asked to be the administrator of Chidamoyo Christian Hospital for an interim period. When Gladys left there it was to work with Food For the Hungry in Beira, Mozambique as the country began to heal after many years of war.
Leaving Food for the Hungry, Gladys “retired” to Juliasdale (1998??) where she oversaw the planting of thousands of grapevines to establish vineyards. This work ended due to political and social changes in Zimbabwe but Gladys remained happily in Juliasdale very much involved in the community and the Church of the Good Samaritan.
Throughout her life Gladys has been known by her friends as loving and generous but with an ever ready tongue, vocally calling a spade a spade. She could not tolerate pretense and challenged it whenever she met it. She will also be remembered for her quick and often rowdy sense of humor and her faithful devotion to Jesus and work in His Church.
Gladys passed away peacefully in Borradaile Trust Hospital,
Marondera, Zimbabwe, about 4 weeks after a stroke.
Gladys is preceded in death by her mother, Vivian, and father and her older brother, Richard "Dick," and her beloved Aunt “Rusty,” Dr. Dorothea Weybright. She left no close relatives but will be missed by innumerable friends in almost all walks of life and all parts of the world. Her particular influence was felt and remembered far and wide. Her work for the Kingdom of God will also expand for generations.
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