Roseland Christian School

314 W. 108th Street Chicago, IL 60628 (773) 264-2174

www.roselandchristian.org info@roselandchristian.org

Tremain and Andrea Bois-seau-Dockery are the parents of Tiana who is in the RCS first grade and Tremain, Jr., age 10 months. Tremain is a brick layer who enjoys watch-ing sports on television. Years ago he enjoyed playing sports. He comes by his con-struction interest naturally as his mom, age 50, works in road construction. Andrea cares for her family and prefers watching cooking shows on TV and tries new recipes out on her family. The family participates in din-ner time prayers and Bible reading at bedtime. Tiana has a ton of books and enjoys being read to nightly.

At all the holidays, Tiana loves large family get togeth-ers with both sets of grandpar-ents who all live near the fam-ily home. Her dad says she has a real heart for people. She also loves to run and he says that running track might be in her future. The family looked at a lot of schools before settling on RCS. As a student at a Montessori school previously, Tiana was in a very stimulat-ing environment and her par-ents felt that would continue at RCS. They also liked the fact that it is a Christian school. The family is very involved in the Assembly of God Church where Andrea

has attended all her life. The Dockerys haven’t met many people yet from RCS and recently moved back into the neighborhood after their home caught on fire and had to be repaired. They hope to meet more people from the school and neighborhood.

RAISING GODLY CHILDREN: A 3-WAY PARTNERSHIP

GETTING TO KNOW THE DOCKERYS

Heart & Soul December 18, 2007 Volume 1, Issue 1

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share one computer. There are 4 honor roll students in the family. The oldest two children, BJ and Dominique are RCS graduates and currently at-tend Fenger High School. The younger three, Latrell, Shaquille, and Nyajia attend RCS. Damaria is an adamant believer in a Christian elementary day school edu-cation for children and is particularly happy with

RCS. “Having your kids in a Christian school at a young age helps them carry the light of Jesus into the public high school and later on in life,” she said. “If you were to ask Latrell what his favorite book is, he would say ‘The Bible.’ He has been greatly helped with his stuttering problem by hav-ing wonderful teachers at RCS work with him.” (Cont. on next page.)

“Heart & Soul” is a monthly publication of Roseland Christian School focusing on the heart and soul of the school. The students, parents and teachers are what make RCS a great place to learn and grow!

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge.

Proverbs 1:7

anything that uses a bat or a ball. They love to play and watch sports. Nyajia loves teaching Sunday School. But there is no active participa-tion in any sport or extracur-ricular activities unless the children retain a B average in school. No video games and no phone calls are allowed Monday through Thursday, and homework is completed immediately after school. They have learned to

Damaria Neals is a sanita-tion engineer (or in lay-men’s terms garbage collec-tor). Her husband Bryant has worked nights for the last 13 years for the post office. Married for 21 years, they have formed a close and loving union that is raising 5 children to be people of faith. To manage a busy large family, the family has set some rules. Bryant and the boys are heavy into sports,

THOMAS MURIITHI DREAMS Our Coins for a Cause fundraiser continues. Our coins are paying for education for Thomas Muriithi who is an orphan living with his very old grandmother. Before receiving a mattress, sheets, and blankets from Matanya’s Hope, he was sleeping on the dirt floor without a single covering. Thomas is an amazing child. He hardly ever attended school about 2-1/2 years ago due to assisting at home with farming. From the moment he received these gifts, Thomas has gone to school and done very well. He arrives early (no one asks him to do this) and cleans the surroundings. He is a dedicated student and now dreams of becoming a teacher himself. A letter from Thomas to Michelle Stark of Matanya’s Hope is in the right column.

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Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth!

RAISING GODLY CHILDREN (cont.) Damaria prays every day for her kids. They know they need to keep their ears open for the voice of Jesus and never be ashamed to say they are Christians. Their parents expect them to take on leadership roles some day after they have first learned to listen well and follow direction. That godly training helped BJ overcome a dangerous situation. As a freshman in high school, a group of boys approached him to rob him of his gym shoes. He ignored their taunts, kept on walking, and handled his fear in the only way he knew how. Though other words wouldn’t come, he kept calling out the name of Jesus to help him. Miraculously, the boys ceased their mission and he was able to leave safely. There has never been another incident. Damaria is recovering now from shoulder surgery and is currently taking classes in business administration and theology to become ordained as an evangelist in her church. She and Bryant are raising their kids to be the same no matter where their career paths take them. This family is truly an example of how the home, church, and RCS form a partnership to raise “godly children.”

GOD’S SENSE OF HUMOR RCS teacher Kim Goodwin never wanted to marry a pastor. When she asked God for a mate she asked for a farmer or other profession but said, “Please God, not a pastor.” In the 9th grade this didn’t seem to be a problem when she began dating Mike Goodwin be-cause she didn’t think she would be marrying him anyway. But in 10th grade, Mike shared with her that he was thinking about being a pastor. She figured he’d eventually change his mind. As they dated throughout high school and became serious about each other, Kim knew that God must indeed have a sense of humor as Mike’s path was definitely heading for the ministry. Now, with his final assessment completed by the Presbytery and final exams at McCormick Seminary in Hyde Park in progress, Mike is approved for a call to a church. Kim will be leaving the RCS family in June of 2008 for a year long sab-batical which will include a move to wherever God calls them. They would love it to be Minnesota where they are both from originally, but who knows,

maybe God will show his humorous side again and give them a place where it never snows-Arizona? Florida? Africa?

Dear Michelle, How are you, I hope you are fine. First and foremost is to

thank our heavenly father for giving me this opportunity to commu-nicate with you. I received your letter and I was so grateful and happy when I read it.

I would like to answer the question you asked me about whether I would like to go to boarding school. Michelle, I would be very very happy to go to boarding school where I have never been. You also asked me would I like to have a sponsor. I will be so grate-ful to you and to my Lord for giving me someone [who] cares about me. May God bless you. I know my Lord will hear my prayer. I am still working hard in my studies so that I can attain my goal of being a teacher in the future time. And I know I will make it-with God eve-rything is possible.

My grandmother is alright and in good health and taking care of me day and night. She told me to say hello to you and she always keeps you in prayers. She was very happy about the good thing you’ve been preparing for me. She advises me that I must work hard since I have someone to assist me in my education and I tell her that I will never let Michelle down. And I just told my grandmother if God wished I will help my family which is poor to be rich once.

My friend, we will talk more when you come to visit us in Kenya. Yours faithfully, Thomas Muriithi

Mungo akubariki (God bless you), Michelle