Herget James Carol 1954 Jamaica

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HUR H S

O F HRIST

MR .

AND MRS.

JAMES

HERGET

HALF-WAY TREE P .O .

JAMAICA . B.W.I .

Apri l

25,

1954

WORKIN6 WITH

MR.

AND MRS. DONALD FREAM

MR.

AND.

MRS.

W O O D RO W PH IL .I .I

Dear

Brother LacFarland,

Enc losed is a news

letter

concernin .f?

ou r

work

he re

in Jai;.aica.

The second

un i t o f

th e

Bible

Seminary

i s

almost coiupleted

and

v/e loorc

fon-zard to

a f ine nevr

s tudent

c lass in l y

On the f i r s t of Janixary, Carol and I began v/orking in

a

new

s ec tio n o f Kingston, es t ab l i sh ing a congregation.

There were

2?

present l a s t Lord s Day and

an

average a t ten

dance

o f

about

20

s ince

i t s beginning.

This

church

i s

being

es tabl ished

in

on e of the bes t sec t ions of the

c i ty

o f

.Kingston and i s

bringing

the Gospel into the homes

of

educated

working people

of Jamaica.

We hope

to

be able

to purchase

a

piece of land and bej^in

bui lding b:

the

end

of

the year .

Could you

make mention of

th i s

in the

HOUIZOl .S:

com

ple te ly new se t of Jamaican s tor ies for

use in

Daily

Vacation

Bible Schools

has

been

prepared and may

be

obtained

by

writ ing

t o u s he r e i n J ama ica . These

a re C h r is t- ce n te re d

s t o r i e s ba sed

on t rue

missionary

experiences. Ko

charge

wi l l

be made,

but a

lovely hand

woven

basket may

be

purchased for 300 fo r use as

an of fe r ing basket .

Enclosed f ind

a

small

contr ibut ion

fo r

the

stamps t ha t

we

ha ve

r e c e i v e d .

::>ir

And

t he se things wri te

we

unto

you

that your

joy

may

be /

e l v

in

h is

/

John

1:4


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)ear Fellow-laborers for^ CSiPifffe*.

We

greet you in

the

o

ever; whose Ipve

never

varies; wiJOBft

haust^d*

April

3,

1954

yesterday, and today, and fbr-

I,

and

i^hose

grace i s

never

ex-

God

has

blessed abur^antly

in thd p s^ iBonths and we feel now that we must

stop and take a &vt montdnta

to

tdfite is^gine the excitement of moving

into

our

own home

and

taking

in

another

iittl]^

ilIL

in

the

same week?

Ceilings

are

s t i l l to be put up and doors hua$i

i


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A GLIMPSS OF

?mn.Y

iiEWS

IN

JAMAICA

I /

Dear

Friends

TH V NTS

OF THIS

P ST

MONTH have

made

us long to write to you and give you Just a

glimpse of our

own

family l ife here

in

Jam^tica. t is truly a time of rejoicing

for

a

l i t t le

one has

come into

our

home. Little

Peter as

we

named

him, came

to

our

home

as a surprise and yet after much longing. We have prayed and have seen

the

Glory

of

the Lord

as

He has worked

aH things

together

for

good.

Two months

ago we heard, through friends,

of

a German couple who had several

child

ren and

who

did not love them

and were

giving

them

away. Two other missionary

cou

ples had

taken

tivo

of the

children.

We

beoame

interested

and decided

to make

a

trip to inquire about

the

family.

Upon

ar rival in

Montego

Bay, we were

met

by the

aunt of the chi ldren who had nade a long trip to the hotel with the youngest of the

family in

her

arms.

She

did not

know

of

our

coming,

but

told us that

the

parents

had gone

to

Canada

and

le f t

the

child with her to give away to someone, perhaps a pass

ing

tour is t

wanting

a

v^ite

child.

Lit t le

Peter

starv

ing for love and unwanted by family or

friends

found

refuge

in the hearts of

h is new

parents.

PETER S BIG

BLUE

EYES,

straight

blonde hair and deep

dingles

are

as

precious

as his generous ^d loving

heart

Jesus said VJhoso receiveth one such l i t t le one

in my name,

receiveth

me.

We believe

that Peter was

sent

to

us and

we pray that God will

someday

use

him to

firing

souls into His Kingdom

WS

W NT

YOU

TO SHARE ANOTHER

JOY

vdth ua. Foundations

and walls

fo r

a nev/ home

here

in

Jamaica

a re a lr ea dy com

pleted and we hope that within^ another four months we

will

be

able

to

move

in .

Our home,

bui l t close to

the

Bible Seminary, is our

ovjn

and

we are

not using Mission

Funds for

i t

We

feel th is

i s best

for

the needs of

the

work i tee l f

are great

Your

gif ts wil l

go

direct ly

in to

the work as they have in the past

PUTTING DOWN ROOTS

Again

we say TH NK YOU

for

your continued help. We

need

your prayers and gifts

make possible the work of the Lord here. In return

we

hu^ly seek daily to be

faithful

servants for you, laboring always with a deep love for

the

lost .

In

C^^stian

love.

HE WAS CALLED PETER

being

found

by

the Sea

A SPECIALLY MiEPAHED

N WS

SHEET about the

work and workers

in

Jamaij&a-ojt ncJcHed-in

th is l e t t e r Please f i le

th is

sheet

for

,,3e

in group meetings

in

your church. t

- gives a full report of

our

work,

WELCOMING

THE FREAllS

back

into our

fellow

ship ^ms a happy occasion yesterday. t

was a time

of joy

for both us

and

the

Phillips family and we look forward

great things as we labor together.


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THE DAILY GLEANER FRIDAY, MAY 1

m

C:

b:..

M R

A N D MRS.

H E R G E T

Halfway

Tree

c h u r c h o f

chris t

in new Hq.

Special services on Sunday, M ay

16 a t th e Toe H Hall, Ha l fway T r ee ,

wi l l m a r k the opening of the n e w

meeting

place

fo r

t he H al fw ay

Tree

Church

o f Chr is t.

Since

t he

beginning

of

t h e

y e a r

t h e congregat ion

ha s

been meeting at the Merl Grove

School on Constant Spring Road

where

Mr .

J am es H er ge t

and his

wife,

Carol, le d in

th e

establishment

of

th e

work .

Mr.

Herget

minister3

to

t h e congregat ion, and hi s

wife

l e a d s i n Y o u th a nd W o m e n s w o r k

The

Hergets

are

American

mis-

-sionarles an d

cam e to th e island

in

th e ea rly

part of 1952.

They are

a

part of

th e

J amai ca Chr is tia n Mis

sion

and th e

Jamaica

Bib le Seminary ,

H a l f w a y

Tree .

Mr.

Grayson

Ensign, American

missionary

who h as r ec en tly arrived

in th e island, will be the guest

s p eaker f or

th e

night

service

at 7.30.

Mr. Herget w ill g iv e

th e

opening

message at

th e

morning w orship

houf a t

10:P0.

A weekly programme of

services

a t

th e Toe

H

Hal l will cont inue as

follows:

Sunday

Bible

School fo r

al l ages. 9:15

a.m.: Morn ing Worsh ip

10:00: Evangel is t ic se rv i ce 7:30 p.m.

On

Monday

nights th e women meet

a t

various

homes;

Young People s

meeting

Wednesday

night at 7:00

Happy

Hour

Bible class f or c h ld re n

a t

4.30 p.m.

on Thursday?,

and

Prayer

Meeting

and

Bible

Study on Thursday

a t 7:30 p.m.


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Jfamaks dtljristian ilUssion

HUR H S

OF

HRIST

MR.

AND MRS.

JAM^ , ^HgRGET

HALF -WAY TRE E P .O .

JAMAICA. B.W.I. WORKINO with

MR.

A ND M RS. D ON ALD

FREAM

J ama i ca Fo r

Chr i s t

mr . and.

mrs.

woodrow phil l i

June

1954

QCS)

IS

ABLE

Dear Friends,

Sometimes

our

human strength is weak and our wisdom fails# But

i sn t i t

a wonderful joy to see

how God

can take the feeble efforts

that

we

make and use them

to

glorify

himself?

What a precioub promise

He

has

made to

us,

that

he

is

able

to

do, eaoceeding abundantly above

a l l tha t we ask or th ink, We have claimed th is promise

Another month has passed in the

l i t t le

congregation dji Half-Way

Tree.

The

crowning glory of the

month

came this past week with the

baptism of

Mr

.

Tom dam

an influencial man in the

city

here.

Never

have we

seen

or

knoi^m

a man to be more

thoroughly

converted from a

life of sin to a glorious

l ife

in Christ. He

is

a \Aiite

man

and

previously

moved

in

a

circle

of Godless

men

and

wtsnen

of a high society

class.

I t

would have melted your hearts

to

see him go down

into

town

into a

humble

l i t t le nati^ve

building

where Jim buried him with his lord

in

baptism in a pit pool that was

far

from desirable.

Like

the

Ethiopian

of old,

he went

his

way

rejoicing.

In this

week that has followed he has spent

his

days and hours taJJctog to

his

neighbors

and

friends

and

trying to

win them

to Christ. This

morning

finds

him at the Seminary building taking classes with the native stu

dents , learning more about the Scriptures,

On Sunday

Mr.

Adam and

his

wife both came into fellowship, and

also his

wife's sister,

both

of vrtiom

were formerly baptized but

had

strayed

away

from

the

Lord.

With

three additions,

we

are

now

able^to

move ahead with a l i t t le more help. There

are

now twelve members

in

the congregation.

Another

attendance record was broken Sunday with 34

present.

How we do

covet your prayers

that we

might continue

to grow.

The weather is growing hotter day by day and we find

infections

and illnesses

more

prevalent. Jim has been i l l with cold

that

has

settled in

his

back. Johnny ran a high fever a week ago but

is

better

now. He is certainly

growing

into

a fine boy.

How grateful we are to

you

for

your

interest

and encouragement

to

us

God bless

you

Tour servants fo r Chr is t ,

And these things write we unto you

that

your joy may be ful l I John 1:4


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J

Vol. 4 JULY 195fe No, 4

James

and

Carol

Herget

HALF-mi TREE

P

0 Jamaica B, W.

JOHNNY LOVES THE

CHURCH

t

has been a lmos t

four

months

since we

took

l i t t le Johnny Gardner

into our

home.

In these months John

has learned to

be a

real

lover of the

church

Recently Bro

Ensign, our new missionary, held an evan

gelistic

meeting

for

two

weeks for

otir

new

congregation in Half

Way

Tree. Johnnywas

interested and

asked to

be allowed to go

to every service Each day

when

he came

home from school, he would beg to

take

a

nap so that he could go to church. In

all

of the two weeks, he only missed one ser

vice Johnny sat qui^ly during the

vices and sang nicely

ll o f th e sweet chor r

uses

and

songs he

has

learned to love And.

every

day dur ing

his

prayer at the table

he would

pray

that ^

God would b le ss th e church and

help lo ts

of people to come. We believe that Johnny

will become a Christian before too long

don*t you? God asnwered Johnny's

and we had a good meeting with two

who came into

the church and

many

have

become i n t e r e s t ed

All

of

the

missionaries

helped

way

or

another

even

the

children

ser

A

G-KEiiY

SPCRl

Land crabbing is great sport in Jamaica

and

at

the sane time, a

way

of livlihood

for the

poor

people,'Following

heavy

rains

in the country

parts land

crabs

come

up

from swampy places and from the sea low

lands in large numbers. Swarms of them

crawl across

fields

and roads in search of

fresh bugs

and worms front

the rainsoaked

ground. This

is

the

time

when

folks take

advantage of a

good

dinner.

Men

and

women

both come out in the night with large

oil

torches and bags to wait

for th6m. When

they

come,

the Crabber^ as the man is

called,

chases

the crab

and

grabbs him m

a special place in his back vAiere he can^

hold

him

without being

bit, and

puts

^

in

his bag.

The

poor

man

can sell his

crabs and buy bread and milk for

his

family

\rtiile others

le t them

season

for

a week

and the gold a feast with their friends.

Baked land crab is a dish

f i t for

a kingi

ti A

LITTLE BOYS

PRAYER - by

PETfiR

Now

I lay me, down

to

feep pay ya

Lord, me

soul

a keep. If I

ya

die afore I

wake, I pay ya Lord,

me

soul a

take^ God

bess

momnQr

an' daddy, an' Johimy.

Help

me

to be a

good boy.

Help me not to shut up

my kitty in-a dretter

drawer

anymore all

day.

Help me

not to baak up my toys

and

everyfing all a time. Fank you for

alia

good fings

you do

for me, in Je'us

Name

Amen. And God bess Steevie too

MoimnyS

WINSTON

WRAPS BANANAS

Bananas are usual ly

taken

from

the

plant

on

which they

grow,

^ile they are

^Gon

and hard. After they are

cut

away,

Winston helps his dad wrap them in dry

leaves from the

plant

Aroimd and around

the l eaves a re wrapped and

tied

until they

are carefully

covered. The bananas

are stored in a cool place for a week

to

two weeks, and then are ripe and yellow

and ready

for

use

Winston sometimes

car

ries a stem of bananas ^^

to

market where t can

be so ld Other

t imes

, he sermon was preached they could no lon

ger hold back. Yes, they truly

wanted

to

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Christians and enough so

that

they made

plans

to

be

baptized the very next

day.

It

was a happy group of

Chr i s t i ans t h a t ga-

ihered around

th e

new

bapt is t ry

in

our

yard

the next after

noon.

The

pool has

5een very

useful

and

somet imes when

we

re turn from meetings

in

th e

count ry , we

find Christians from the congregations in

town gathered in the yard for a baptism,

God is

blessing the

work of the

missionar

ies

as they preach and teach and is bless

ing our home in many ways too. How thank

fu l we are fo r th i s

TIE TEETH JELLY

I t is the season for Guavas

in

Jamaica,

and many of the trees on the school pro -

perty are loaded with the nice

fruit,

Oi^

little Peter spends much of his time ^ in

search for

them. They

are a

round fruit

^

with

yellow

skin when ripe.

Then

there is

a layer of fruit about ^ inch thick with

the remainder

of tiny

seeds and

juice. You

can

eat

the

f rui t

right

from

the

tree,

or

you

can make jelly

from

it. Sometimes

i^rtien

Jamaicans make the jelly they cook i t too

long. This

is how Guava

Jelly got its ex

tra

name,

Tie Teeth Jelly. If i t is

cooked too long,

i t becomes gummy

enough

to t ie

one s

teeth together-

Isn t

that

a

funr^r name

for

Je3Lly?

I 'M

GOING TO READ THAT BIBLE

Night service

was

over at Half lifey Tree

and

we

had

just

finished taking home four

nice

v is ito rs a t

the

service. Peter

was

quite

pleased

with the

new

folks and ^en

they

were

just out of hearing,

he

leaned

over the seat and said, that was a go^

meetin tonite Momnor, *

When

we asked him

i f he

was

going to be a Christian when he

got big, he thought a moment and then very

seriously and detenmned

said, Yes sir,

and I*m going to READ

THAT

BIBLE too . We

do

hops

and pray

that

Peter will follow

Jesus

and

that

he wUl be a preacher

like

daddy some day too. Peter has A

been

our

little

boy

for

just

jvscf

one year

now

on September 18th, t

He

will be four years old Nov. 11th.


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BILLY

AND MIKE GO TO CAIMAN

I t

was a sad occasion

for

the

boys and

,:;irls

of the

Half

Way

Tree Bible School on

bhe last Lord's Day

that

Billy and Mike

.ôuld be

there.

From

the very begiiifting

of

Bible School days,

Billy

and Mike had

been faithfully attending and bringing new

chi ldren

into

the group.

Billy's daddy works for the British West

Indies Airlines

and

his company gave him a

new

position

in

the

Cayman

Islands,

So the

family had

to

move away.

During

the. open

-

ing

session of Bible School,

the

boys

ca^

forward

and s tood before th e

o the r

chi ldren

\tfhile

they

a l l sang a nice farewell

song

to

them and prayed that God would

ivatch over

t h e i r l i v e s i n

t h e i r new

home.

vThe next

day was a busy one with packing

and moving, and then that nigh t the chiirch

had a

lovely farewell

party

for

them

a t our

homev

After

hymns

had

been

sung

and

prayer

had been offered by many.

Brother

Adam, the

boy's daddy, stood up and gave a

beautiful

testimony of

how

he had found the Lord

and

of-what He meant t o

him. Then

he to ld th e

people

that

i t

was his intention and plan

to

begin the

Church

of

Christ in Cayman.

You

can

j us t

imagine

how

happy everyone

was

to hear the good news. The Christians then

promised

to pray

for them and

to help

them

in

any

way they could

for the

beginning of

the

church, and the missionaries said that

they would come and

hold

some

meetings

to

help

them. ^

In

the morning, the boys

packed the i r cats, and dog

and parrot , and goldfish in

cra t es , drove

to

the a i r -

port

and by 7s30 A.M. were up in the

flying

away to the i r

new home.

CAYMAN ISLANDS

Jim and

I

both spent about 10 days on

the

Cayman Islands, in the

largest

of

the

group which

is

Grand Cayman. I t i s no t a

large island and has

only

one real

town

-

called

Georgetown, We are happy now to

know -viiere our

f r i ends

w il l l iv e and vdiere

the new church

wil l

be.

They

are near to

the tovm and

wil l

fin d p le nty of friends to

help them

with

the church.

Cayman i s

loca

ted

between

Cuba

and Jamaica.

See

you

can find i t on the map. I t belongs to Ja

maica,

and i s a

t ropical Island,

H

AMERICAN MAILBAG

Junior,

Church,

Central, Tan^, Fla. $10 00

Pr^; jun First

Church,

Aurora,HI.

5 00

C.i;

Bainbridge, Ga. 5.00

DVBS Bq3^ Christian

Ch,

Dix, 111. 43*^5

Bible School, Heaton, N.C. 10,00

Jr. C.3^.

6th

Ave. Huntingtoh,

W*Va.

5-00

Jr; Cla^s, Newland,

Va.

10.00

Jr.

C.Ei Chaffee,

Mo.

5.00

Jr. C.E. Waggoner, 111. 1.00

Int. Dept.

Wûkegan,

111. 20.00

Int. Class, Jonesboro,

iTenn.

10,00

S.S. Heyworbh, 111. 15.00

WAUKBGilN, ILL. Enclosed is a money

oiêr for

the

amount

that

we

have

collected

in our Coconut bank fo r th e y ear.

Ida

Crapo. (Vfe are glad you have enjoyed us

ing your bank. Thanks.)

JONESBORO,

TENN.

Thankyou for

the

stories

you

a l l

sent

us, they are

nice.

Janice

Price.

(Thanks for

your

gif t from

the C.E. and glad you

like the

stories.)

CHAFFEE, MO. Tell a l l the Juniors

hello for us

and

tha t

we send

our love.

Mrs. T.

Bushard.

I t

i s

love o f chil dr en

in America that makes our work possible.)

NEWLAND, VA. Our Junior Class

are

s t i l l thinking of you and want to help a-

gain

in

your work. You are doii^g a wonder

ful

job. Arlene France.

(Any

work

for

the

Lord

Jesus

i s wonderful )

DI2; ILLINOIS Our young people want

you to have

their

support and want you to

know how we

enjoyed your lessons. W.Shaw.

We

are happy to have

you

for friends.)

AURORA, ILL. We are always happy

to receive

a new

J/iMAICAN

JUNIOR, to read

of your acconqplishments in the Lord's work

and news

about Peter and Johnny.

The

J.J*

was too good

to keep

in

our department

so

we

sent

t on

to the Primaries . Mrs.

A.

Cole.

(ThanksI And now you

wil l

be

hearing

news of Andy

too.)

BAINBRIDGE, GA. Thanks so muchfor

the J/iMAICAN

JUNIOR you send

us

for we

en

joy

i t

very much. F. Roff,

We

like to

write i t

and enjoy our work,)

SORRY WE

DON'T

HilVE ROOM

FOR

AIL

LETTESS.


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NOVEMBER 5U

James an d C a r ol Herget

HALF-WAY

TREE F. 0 .

Jamaica

B.

A

CHRISTUN

HOME

N o.

7

W. I

Boys and

girls there

is

a printed let

ter enclosed vdth your Jamaico.n Junior fo r

I lovember.

I t

will

te l l

your

teacher or Par-

onts about our plans to build a

HOtED

for

boys here in Jamaica. We want to know how

you

feel about

this

plan. For months now

you have been helping us to care for our

three

l i t t le

boys and you have prayed over

and over for them. Now, would you

like

us

to take in some more l i t t le buys?

You

know

i t wi l l take

many more

bottles of

milk

for them to drink several

more pairs of shoes, good oggs to

ea t

an d

b a n a n a s

a nd

c h e e s e

There

will

have

to

bo

some

^

more money

to send them to

schoo l And

t h en _

too they wi l l f

need

a n i c e home

t o l iv e i n vAien

the time comes

that

our house is too crowded

to

live

in any more. Can you imagine all

the

work

i t

would take to

make

a HOME

this? But can

you imagine

too,

how much

fun i t

would

be

to take in hungry l i t t le

boys

who haven t

a mother or daddy to care

fo r

them, and give them a good home?

The

very

first

thing

we

must

do is

ask

God

for

the

HOME. Pray every day, and ask

Him

i f i t could be possible God has al

ready sent us three

boys

and we are sure

He

knows of others Ho can send us too.

You

have

been f a i t hf ul l i t t le fri en ds f or

a

long

long time now and we know that you

too

would

like to

see

more

l ' jttle Jamaican boys

made

happy

in Jesus, And most of all

i t

would be wonderful to se e

soiuo

of them grow

up to be preachers. Will

you

pray right now*

NEVER

UNDERESTBIATE.

THE POWEE

OF

CHILDREN S

WORK... .

IT

PAYS

TO

ra YOUNG

I.IVES TO THE

Just a few weeks after we found

Andrew

Hackcr and brought him to live witn

us, he became

very

ill.. On a Friday morn

ing

he said he

wanted

to

sleep, and know

ing the fun- Andy had been

having, we

de

cided that something was very >n7ong. His

temperature

was high and so we called the

doctor for there

was

a terrible epidemic

of Polio

around

us.

The

doctor

would

not

say

it was Polio right av/ay so

we

watched

over

Andy

for five days

while

he burned

with fever. Finall^^ on the

fifth

day a

test

was

made.

Andy didn't like the need

le s

they stuck in his spine at the hospi

tal

to sec

if he

really had Polio, and

VQ

were terribly

unhappy when the doctor told

us

that

he did have

i t.

Andy s neck had

become stiff on th e second day.

How

_tne

Christians prayed All of Andy's mssion-

ary friends wore

praying

for him, Jamaican

Christians

an d friends a t home were

ing

too.

God

heard

them and

He

answered.

Andy was sent to the Polio center.

It

was a

most terrible

thing for

Mommy

'n

Dad

to have to leave a

little

fellow so eick.

And Mommy

and

Andy

both

cried^whe^

nurses

took him

away. It

was

a O ^

dark unhappy night and ~

yet,

we could remember

3 \

number o f

sweet

promises

tha t

J e s u s

made a bout

helping us

when we

arein

trouble

so we

trusted

i i

The

next

morning

the doctor

told

us

that

Andy

was all right.

The

tests

vrere

mde

again and there was

no

more sign of Polio-

Andy s

neck

was

not

stiff anymore. Can

yo

imagine how happy

we all were?

The doctor

-said

they

didn't

understand

it

but

we

did

We

a ll

know that

Jesus can help--doctors a-

long without

them

even

knowing

it .

Anoy

stayed

in the hospital ten

days so they

could

watch

over him

to

well. Do you suppose

ho

liked

that.

Oh>

he would scream so loud to go home ^

saw

us that

he

disturbed the

whole

hospi -

ta l

But the nurses said

when we were gone

he was the dearest liotle

fellow

there.All

the nurses

crowded around him-

to

pve

one

last

hug. Anyone

vrtio

asks Andy

made him well, will hear a tiny voice say

ing, Jesus

made me

well.

fKr

b i b l e

CLASS

AGAIN

For ten

weeks we have

not been able to

have Bible Class for children in

Half

Way

Tree.

Mothers

would not

send

the ch^dren

out of the yards for school or services of

the church.

It

has been a lonely time. ^

It

was a happy class t^o came last week sieg


11/12

^ HAPPY NEIGHBORS

A

year

ago we and

the Phillips

family-

looked

longingly

at

the half finished block

' / /alls of

our new

homes

and

wished fo r th e

iay

when we

could

be moved

in.

The homes

a re

bu i l d

now and we have l i v ed i n

our sev-

?n months. The Phillips moved into

the irs

in

October,

As you ente r th e road to

the

Jamaica

Bible Seminary,

you Td.l l pass our

home f i r s t and then

the

Phil l ips home. At

the end of the road you wil l find

the

Sem

inary

building. With

a l l three buildings,

the property

looks very nice.

V7e and the

Phillips purchased

our land

from

the

School

land

and own

i t

personally''. The homes

are

not

yet finished,

needing ceilings, paint

and

many

other things, but

we

are

enjoying

them ju s t

the

same.

The f i r s t morning? a f t e r the

Phill ips

mo

ved in, our boys were up

at

daylight, and

bounding for the new neighbors home, shout

ed for a l l four

chi ld re n i ns id e to

get up

quick

to

play. There were seven boisterous

voices

and scampering

noisy feet disturbing

the

sleep of a l l parents.

A l i t t l e

la te r in

the morning we called

our three boys and told them the rule

\>iould

be

that

no boys

could visi t the neighbors

before

breakfas t ,

Peter

was anxious to

co

operate and

said

bravely

in his st i l l

baby

voice,

And

I am not going to break up

that

rule either, Mommyl Swings and see-saws,

jôod discipline and combined work for the

Lord Jesus, make us

a ll

happy neighbors.

THIS IS THE

WAY

WE pEilSL

You, our dear friends in America malce

i t

possible for us to care for three precious

l i t t le

boys.

We

are

grateful

fo r

the

shoes

and clothes that you have sent to help care

for

them.

This i s

the way we

fee l

when

you

send

these

things. We

don' t

de

serve praise

for

caring for the

boys

when i t

is you

who make i t

possible. However, there is a

t ime vjhen we fool l ik e th is i

I t i s

vên we

see the bill of duty>h^ comes with boxes

from friends

whoiiMê

have forgotten

to

re

mind about keeping

th e value

low. e should

d uty b ut v/ant to pay

a

reason-

able amount only. Keep

the value

of

packages low and remember

that

th is is a land of sugar cane , mak

ing

caiidy

very

cheap.

I t

doesn't

pay

to

tjend any candy from America. Thanks so

very much

for

a^l you do

for

us I

m

AMERICAN MAILBAG

Junior

Church,Central,Tampa,Fla,

Prim,Kind, 1st , Johnson

City,Tenn.

Boys

and Girls, Columbiana, Ohio

Bible

School,

Heaton, N.C.

DVBS,

Eldorado,

111,

S.S, Heyworth,

111.

S.S,

Fi rs t Ch, Aurora,

111.

Jr. Class, Brick, Elizabethton,Tenn.

Jr . C.E. Lansdown, E.St,

Louis,111.

Jr,Class,

N.Scott Ch. Angola, Ind.

Jr , Clas9, Clarence, N.Y,

Jr Dep't,

Waukegan, 111.

C,E. Central Hoiston,Bristol,Tenn.

Jr , Youth Group, Waggoner, 111.

Gift of God

Girls,

Greenville,111.

f

5.00

5.00

7;oo

10 .00

10 00

30,00

50,00

5.00

3.00

22 .00

13.00

10 .00

20 .00

5.00

10.00

AURORA,

ILL.

We

were happy to hear

of your taking l i t t le Andrew,. Mrs,

A,Cole

(He

is

going to Kindergarten now and loves

i t .

WAUKEGAN,

ILL,

Thanks for

sending th(

Jamaican Junior. B. Sandberg. (Thanks for

all

your kind words I We are glad the boys

and girls enjoy

i t .)

CLARENCE, W YORK Our

moving

up day is

next

Lord's Day. .will try and persuade our

new class to send

to

you. Roy Drudge.(The

boys

and

girls

can

really help.)

NORTH

SCOTT CHURCH^ Ind. We receive

the

l i t t le

paper..what

a lo t

of

good you

are

doing. We hope

this

small amount will help

a

l i t t le

more. E.

Zimmerman.

(We

can't

do

near as much as we vrould

l ike

to do vdien

we see such need horej)

ST. LOUIS, ILL. LANSDOWN

I

understand tha*

Peter is having a

birthday.

Jr. C.E,

R.

Riddle. (Yes, our l i t t le

treasure will

be

four years old,

November

11th.)

COLUMBIANA,

OHIO We are

happy to

send

you

our gift. The children certainly like

your messages and they

remember

your good

work in their prayers,

Vivian

Cole.

We

all

need your prayers-they are behind

all

tha t we do. Good work i s not of our own

doing )

BRISTOL,

TENN.

CENTRAL HOLSTON We

were

sorry to learn of l i t t le

Andrew s

misfor

tune.

Sarah Meredith.(Misfortune

is some

times

a

blessing

in

disguise..we

know anow

God's wonderful

promise in

answered pra-yer

How

we

thank

Him.)


12/12

S H E L T E R I N G

LITTL

BOYS

Dear

Friends in

the

Gospel

In September

of 1953 we

travelled

to the

city

of Montego Bay, having become

interested

in a German Jamaican sett lement there. The following m orning after o ur arrival we

were

approached by a woman who

wanted

to give away a lovely little boy of two

and

a

half

years.

We feel

that

you

would

have done exactly

as we didaccepted

him

as our own.

In

a few

days we were happily adjusted

and

felt a real blessing to

our

home. Peter found

parents

who wan ted

h im and

loved him

In March of this year, we took another step and

accepted

an eight year

old

boy, John

Gardner into our home. Johnny was forsaken by

parents

almost starved imwanted by

friends

and

neighbors, and living

in

a t iny house with no

adult

care. Again we felt that

you would have

taken Johnny

in, too.

Then

in August, when little Andrew Hacker's mother

so anxiously offered to give him away, we could only thank God for

another

l it tle boy

and

for the opportunity of sheltering him from the curses of his drunken father.

During the

months

of

t ra ining and

rearing these little boys, the burden of destitute

children in Jamaica ha s weighed heavily upon our hearts. Over and over we have received

appeals from mothers and neighbors who have children or know of children in desperate,

heart-breaking conditions. We are faced with this fundamental fact of true Christian ser

vice of pure religion according to James in the NewTestament:

that

it is God's perfect will

to care

fo r

unfortunate neglected children.

After

much

prayer and consultation

with the

missionaries and with Jamaican friends and

authorities

we have found a real spi ri t of Christian

generosity

toward ou r

hopes for

the

establishment of a Home for

Boys

here

in

Jamaica.

THIS HOME WOULD

BE

A HOME WITH AN EVANGELISTIC PURPOSE: TO REAR

BOYS TO BE PREACHERS CHRISTIAN WORKERS ELDERS AND DEACONS

IN

THE

CHURCHES, OR CHRISTIANS IN ANY WALK OF LIFE.

It will be possible for us to shelter at least another four boys in our own home before we

will need another

building.

However, we feel th e need now to

begin

o ur p lans

for the

pur

chase of a piece of land

and

a

permanent

building. This Home already has become a small

reality within the walls of our own home. We need your prayers, interest, and encourage

ment now, to help this HOME to grow into a greater haven of protection and

an

institute of

training into

the

glorious Christian life for these precious boys Shall we continue to reach

ou t and to c la im these precious lives for the Lord

Jesus?

What would

you

do?

Herget James Carol 1954 Jamaica

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