JAMAICAEVANGELA Christian Quarterly from the Caribbean

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'Let them give glory unto the Lord, and declare his praise in the islands"Isaiah 42:12

VOL 17 THE JAMAICA EVANGEL NO. 5

DIRECTORS:

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FORWARD AND PROMOTIONAL:

Mr. and Mrs. James Heiget, Managing DirectorsMr. E. A. Woodstock, Mr. V. S. ReidMr. Solomon Levy, (Chairman)

Mr. Guy Whitley, Mrs. Ada Walker

Mr. and Mrs. Don Wheeler2713 Sheringham Road, Orlando, Fla. 32808

JAMAICA RETREAT (Camp Jamaica): PROMOTION:Gene Stinson, Minister450 N.E. 51st Street, Boca Raton, Fla. 33432

MANAGEMENT ADVISORY COMMnTEE: JamaicaMr. Douglas Fletcher, Mr. Ramon AlbeigaMr. A. Lionel Levy, Mrs. Qaire ShiOettoDr. Arthur Wmt, Mr. Hal Glave, Mr. A. C. FoDces,Mr. Glaister Duncan

CHRISTL^ CfflLDREN'S CUNIC:Mrs. Patsy Alberga, Nurse in charge

OXFORD PREPARATORY SCHOOL:Mr. Ramon Alberga, (Chairman Board of (governorsMr. Ken Collins, Mr. Vic ReidMr. P. Ossie Smith, Mrs. Carol Herget

NINE PALMS CHRISTIAN CAMP: Estate Supervisor: Mr. Guy WhitieyCHRISTIAN EVANGEUZING ASS'N:

Mt Nimrod Townsend, EvangelistCANDY-TOP DOLL SHOPPF:

DOCTORS:

Mrs. Patsy Alberga,Mrs. Bess Lumsden, Port (Tharlotte, Fla.

Dr. Noel T. March, Dr. Terrence Mair,Dr. M. H. Beaubrun, Dr. Henry Lopez, Dentist

FOOTBALL COACH: Mr. P. Ossie Smith.CARPENTER AND CONSTRUCTION MANAGER: Mr. Henry NixonPHOTOGRAPHY: ?4r. (Juito Bryan, Mr. Garth Morgan,

Mr. Errol Harvey

AUDITORS: Price Waterhouse & Co.THE JAMAICA EVANGEL: EDITOR, V. S. Reid

Editorial Board: Jamaica U.S.A.Solomon Levy Donald WheelerQuito Bryan Elvin Gray, MinisterMrs. C. Herget

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in the Home ($25.00 per month). maicaEvangel mailedto you.)3. Send boxes of new useful clothing, 6. Send used clothing of all kinds, and

and other items, for boys. Ask us for Bible School materials.a list. 7. Send typewritten Scripture labels for

4. Support financially any of our pro- medicine bottles for the Clinic.jects. 8. Sendschooland ciaft supplies.

5. Become a MEMBER of the HOME. 9. Help us to plant new churches by(A subscription of 75 cents a year supporting the Christian Evangelizinghelps to defray postal charges for our Association.

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CHILDREN OF GOD

Boys are in many ways look-alikes at play.The quick hard bounce of their bodies alreadysporting the trace-material of muscles, thecompetitive grunts and shouts, the loud infectious laughter, the male assertion on theirfaces. Yet, they are so different when youcome to know them. Each guy has his owngenes.

Our boys come from all over this land a land not so small when you think of it.True, from stem to stern, its overall lengthis 144 miles. But with mountains thrusting7,000 feet into the sky and great valleys sostashed away that there is absolutely nosense of sea, the feel is of a large land. You

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may motor many hundreds of miles insidemountain country. In other words, what weare getting at is that, when you're on it, itsa large land. And talking about it the otherday, we suddenly realised that our boys comefrom all ends of this land. Come visit with us.These are the brothers, Leonard & Anthonywho come from that lovely named parish,St. Thomas-in-the-East (to define it from aneven lovelier named old parish, St. Thomas-in-the-Vale).

In Jamaica, "parish" is about the equivalent of "state."

St. Thomas-in-the-East is famous for itsgreat cane and coconut plantations. Our tworoly-polys, Leonard, 4 and Anthony, 3 firstlived on a sugar estate overlooking the veryblue waters at Bowden but now they missit ndt a bit for they are very happy at OxfordRoad. Incidentally, St. Thomas also containsthe highest mountain peak on the island, theBlue Mountain Peak.

Andrew, the "baby" of the Home is only2 years old but already you can make out thathe is a Manchester-man. He hardly ever loseshis cool just like his parish which is full ofcool uplands and very popular with Jamaicansas a holiday resort. Being the baby of thefamily he often rules the roost tries his'influence' but melts into smiles and coynesswhen Mommy appears!

Frankie hails from St. James, a parishfamous the world over for Montego Bay, theisland's second city. Frankie, who is six,is already a personality, funny-wise grin andall. While St. James, on the northwest shoulder of the island, is very advanced in agriculture and industry, its main economy istourism. To its international airport come thewell known people from everywhere.

Tony & Michael are St. Mary lads. Tony,15, is our Mr. Brains and is doing well in highschool. Michael is a quiet 8-year-old, shy butwith a large capacity for affection. Theirhome-parish is small but noted for its beautyand bananas. Port Maria is its capital and oneof the most visited by American holidayers.As most of the northside, its beaches are notshort of magnificent.

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Westmoreland is, as the name suggests, thewesternmost parish of the island, famed forfishing, golfing and great sugarcane plantations. This is our Bobby's parish. One of thesedays it may become famed for its Thespianstoo, since Bobby, 15, is our best Home comicand all-round Camp performer. Recenlty hewas hilarious in the Cross Roads market whenwe went on our weekly Friday-night shopping and Bobby decided he would be anAmerican tourist for the evening. Our West-morelander's "accent" was as perfect as hisignorance of what a piece of sugarcane lookedlike. After all, who grows sugarcane in Bridgeport, Connecticut?

Robert & Wayne once called St. Elizabethhome, a parish renowned through the islandfor its horses, mules and donkeys. Much vegetables are farmed there too. Like most South-coast parishes, the tourist business is decidelysecond. Bauxite, the alumina ore, is extensively mined. We don't know whether Robert &Wayne will grow up to be geologists anddiscover other profitable "crops" for theirparish. At the moment, Robert, 9, is keeneron athletics and Wayne, 8, on football (soccer).

The ancient capital-parish of St. Catherineis the birthplace of Donovan, a fellow as fullof tricks as two coneys in a coolshade. Coneysare small, active Jamaican indigenous animalssomewhat like squirrels. Donovan's activitieswere mostly confined to books-beating thesedays, since he has been studying hard for theCommon Entrance examinations a testwhich directs whether a child will enter certain secondary schools on free scholarship.

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Ian & Larry are brothers born in Englandof Jamaican parents, and so our Jamaicanand American accents have been enrichedwith a shot of the "Queen's English," I say,rawthah! But they are anyway all transAtlantic zip & zing. Latry, 9, is a great reader,usually very quiet. Ian, 7, is young man ofrollicking ways who likes his fun.

Another pair of brothers are Philip & Mike,although Philip is a city-of-Kingston bornand Mike first saw light in Trelawny parish,half-way down the island. Trelawny is a sugarparish, its fields climbing all over the hills.Philip, 7, is very "fatherly" to Philip - theyroom together and Mike keeps Philip carefully "in line."

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And then there are the city boys, theKingstonians, or as the local saying goes, boys"born under the clock." Four of them, reallyfive including Mike whom we have mentionedbefore.

Eddie-Paul, 17, David, 11, Darren, 4, andBaby John, 3.

A word about Kingston. The official nameof the city is "The Corporate Area" and comprises two parishes, Kingston & St, Andrewand about 500,000 people. In topography,the city is as up-and-down as is Eddie-Paul,our eldest, and Baby John. At sections of thecity, you can snuggle into a sweater in summerbecause you are 6,000-feet up a mountain,yet all year round you can walk the beachesin sunlight.

David is our "sweetsinger." His soprano voicein school chapel is something you should hear.He is now a "grown-up" so he has joined thejunior choir at Meadowbrook. Darren is asmall wiggly-tricky bundle from the city'seast with a grin that really twinkles.

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But in a deeper sense, all our boys arebrothers and all from the same parish, theparish of God's world. A wonder-filled world.Even if on the face of it, they seem of different races, black, white, brown, and even ifthe names appearing on their birth certificatesassume a difference, w. know that they areof OQe race, the human race, and share onename, Children of God; and here, in theHome, they share also a blessing denied somany more "fortunate" children, the blessingof having so many, many parents, you outthere who have with prayers and materialmade this Home, a home.

News From ''Home'

CAMP JAMAICAA SUCCESS

Once again beautiful Nine Palms was hostfor a "Camp Jamaica" this Spring; and onceagain it was voted a wonderfully unforgettableexperience by all our visitors from Stateside.A spiritual feast given in such surroundingshas a particular benefit to our spiritual well-being. By discussion, preaching, praying andpraising in song, our faith was refreshed andour hearts strengthened for the earthly tasks.

At "Camp Jamaica" there is always funand healthy relaxation too: horseback rides,swims in the blue Caribbean and goodold-fashioned chats around the fireplace ofour mountain-top retreat.

Mrs. Claire ShillettoA dear friend of the Home passed on last

month. She is Mrs. Claire Shilletto who formany years was a member of our ManagementAdvisory Committee. A plaque in memory ofher faithfulness to the work among ourchildren will be put up in the Home.

"GRANDMA WALKER"IN FLORIDA

"Grandma Walker" has taken off for aFlorida visit. Chief purpose is to continuemedical treatment which she began receivinglast year; but she will also be doing sometalking at as many churches as her time willallow. She has just finished working veryhard on "Camp Jamaica" and really deservesa rest. But if we know her (and we think wedo since she's Carol's mother and has beenour colleague for 11 years) then there willbe little rest.

Addition At TheNursery School

The All-Day Care children's centre at theHome is getting a new sleeping room at theNursery School. The room is being put up inmemory of Mrs. Sarah McNees of Canton,Ohio who had been a loving supporter of theHome for many years.

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THE JAMAICA JUNIOR

UNCLE ALFRED

Now once upon a time long longyears ago someone planted nine royalpalm trees along a beautiful wide driveway leading up to an old house on topof the hill. Just seven years ago we began having camps at this lovely placeand we named the camp Nine PalmsChristian Camp. Many times we havelooked at the stately trees towering farabove our heads and wondered just whoit was that planted them. One day AuntPatsy (Mrs. Alberga) heard about an oldman who was very ill and had beenturned out of the room he rented because he couldn't pay the rent. The oldman was in trouble! He had nowhere togo and no one to care for him. AuntPatsy didn't know what to do. Finallyshe called to see if we could find a little

place for him here in the Boys' Homeyard. And sure enough, we found a placeand the dear old man came to live in ouryard. Sometimes he is too sick to workand sometimes he helps around the yardor buildings. The boys have learned tolove the old man and they are very kindto him. Now he is known as UncleAlfred and is a new member of Meadow-brook Chapel.

One day as we were driving along inthe truck, we began talking about thecountry and we told Uncle Alfred aboutthe Nine Palms Christian Camp. He wasso surprised and happy! Can you guesswhy? He told us that he was the yardboy for the family who had once livedthere and that when he was just a boyhe had planted ten patm trees by thedriveway but one had died. Now, canyou imagine our surprise? He told us allabout the house in the days of long agoand now he is hoping we will take himfor a ride there next time we go forcamps. He would like to see the trees heplanted.

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BATA SHOE PARTY

Frankie hugged his new shoes as heslipped off into dreamland. They were areal comfort and especially for this sadafternoon. For Frankie had measles andhe missed that lovely Bata Shoe Co.party that was held for the boys of theHome. They had such a nice time. Onarrival they were taken on a tour throughthe factory to see the exciting work ofmaking shoes and tennis shoes. Theyespecially enjoyed the moulding of therubber on the bottom of the tennisshoes. From there, they went to thecanteen for a delicious "tea party".

There were sandwiches, fruit punch,cookies, peanuts, and ice cream oh,they were just filled almost to overflowing. Then they were taken to a comfortable room for a movie on mountainclimbing. It was an exciting picturemade 'specially for boys!

Following the movie, balloons weregiven out, a pen and pocket holder, andthen a final surpi-ise. Can you guess?Each boy was given a beautiful pair ofshiny black leather shoes! It was a happybusload of boys who climbed out anxiously looking for Grandma to tell herthe good news. And that's how dearlittle Frankie got the shoes to hug up inhis measles sick-room. There was arousing song that day for their friendsat Bata Shoe Co., ending with a hip hiphooray!

And Mom and Dad thanked God thatnight for His wonderufi love in providingfor our family of boys.

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ously as Mommy mixed thepowdered milk to a paste before adding the water when hesuddenly looked up and said:"Mommy, that milk is verythick, it looks like you haven'tpolluted it yet!'.'

Peter, one ofour little friendsof the Home, had heard hisdaddy tell at breakfast howtheir bank had been robbed theday before. Now Peter had afew dollars in a savings accountthere so he sat thoughtfullyuntil breakfast was finishedThen he said firmly: "Daddy,please take my money out ofthe bank and put it back in mysavings box. It's much saferthere."

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A Christian Quarterly from the Caribbean

SUMMER 1971

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'Let them give glory unto the Lord, and declare his praise in the islands 'Isaiah 42:12

VOL.18 THE JAMAICA EVANGEL NO. 6

DlRECroRS:

OO-WORKEIRS;:I

FORWARD AND PROMOTIONAL:

Mr. and Mrs. James Heiget, Managing DirectonMr. E. A. Woodstock. Mr. V. S. ReidMr. Solomon Levy, (Chairman)

Mr. Guy Whitley, Mrs. Ada Walker

Mr. and Mrs. Don Wheeler2713 Sherittgbam Road, Orlando, Fla. 32808

JAMAICA RETREAT (Chmp Jamaica): PROMOTION:Gene Stinson, Minister450 N. S 1st Street, Boca Raton, Fla. 33432

MANAGEMENT ADVISORY COMMTFTEE: JamaicaMr. Douglas Fletcher. Mr. Ramon AlbogaMr. A. Lionel Levy, Mrs. Claire ShiOettoDr. A^hor Wint, Mr. Hal Glave, Mr. A. C. Folkes,Mr. Qaister Duncan

CHRISTIAN CHILDREN^ OJNICMrs. Pat^ Alberga, Nurse in charge

OXFORD PREPARATORY SCHOOL:Mr. Ramon Albeiga, Chairman Board of GovetnonMr. Ken Cbtlins, Mr. Vic ReidMr. P. OssieSmith, Mrs.Carol Herget

NINEPALMS CHRISnAN CAMP: EstateSupexviaor: Mr.Guy WhitleyCHRISTIAN EVANGEUZING ASST^:

M( NiauodTownscnd, EvangelistCANDY-TOP DOLL SHOPPF.:

IXKTORS:

Mrs. Patsy Albetga,Mrs. Bess Lumsden, Port Charlotte, Fla.

Dr. Noel T. March, Dr. Tenence Mair,Dr. M. H. Beaubrun. Dr. Henry Lopez, Dentist

FOOTBALL COACH: Mr. P. Ossie Smith.CARPENTER ANDOONSTRUCTION MANAGER: Mr.HenryNixonPHOTOGRAPHY: Mr. QuitoBryan. Mr. GarthMorgan.

Mr. Errol Harvey

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Solomon Levy Donald WheelerQuito Bryan Elvin Gray. MinisterMrs. C. Herget

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in the Home ($25.00 per month). maicaEvangelmailedto you.)3. Send boxes of new usefol ctothing. 6. Send used clothing of all kinds,and

' and other items, for boys. Adc us for Bible ScImoI materials.a list- 7. Send typewritten Scripture labelsfor

4. Support financially any of our pro- medicinebottles for the Clinic,j^. . . 8. Send sdKwlpd cnftsupplies.5. Become a MEMBER of the HOME. 9. Help us to plant new (lurches by

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THE SCHOOL STORY

We got intothe school business back in 1956because our boys turned ready for nursery-school. It would have been time- and money-consuming to make our way to the nearestkindergarten each morning and to collect themlater, so we began teaching them ourselves.We opened our own "verandah school" asJamaicans call it, home-teaching on the galleryof the Oxford Road home.

But our first two boys were growing, andwe were growing in numbers too. So we movedfrom the verandah and opened ^shop in thenice old coach house at the Norwood Avenueend of the compound.

As the boys grew out of one class, we setup a higher one to- accommodate them. Bythis time we, of course, were hiring part-timeteachers and were being very happy indeedto see any volunteers who cared to call.

Which was alright; but were those boysgrowing fast?

So we had to change gear again and think ofeven higher schooling, the preparatory schoolwhich, in Jamaica, is the next step to Secondary or high school.

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Now, It takes a big bushel of courage toeven think of establishing a "prep" school.This being -big league stuff.

A prep school means college trained staffand equipment, for the children have to beprepared for the national Common Entranceexaminations. The island-wide C.E. examsdecide which children will get full free scholarships or grant-aided plac^ in the excellentSecondary schools. So, after several kneel-downs and lots of Matt. 7:7, we launched

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Our friends in Jamaica and you inthe Statesreally rallied around. We never looked backafter the first cornerstone. And on September10, 1956, Oxford Prep was opened.

Oxford today is a highly reputable school,praised by Governors and Cabinet Ministersfor its success in the field. And what we areprayerfully thankful for, is that despite ouracademic gains, the school has not shifted aninch from its Christ-centred establishment.

Each morning our children, black, white,Indian, Chinese, file out from the moderntwo-storey schoolbuilding and cross the courtyard to Memorial Chapel for morning devotions. "How beautiful the races in littlechildren's faces!" The Christian religion is astrong plank in the school curriculum. Weteach them to observe the advice in Ecclesi-astes 12:1.

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Fun-time in the games hall

THE SCHOOL COMPOUND

In summer-long Jamaica, school could bekept outdoors from January to December -except for rainy days. On the higher mountains it gets real cool.

Our school compound is a compact complex of main building, nursery school, assembly hall, canteen and the beautiful MemorialChapel. The main, building is a two-storeyreinforced concrete construction, containingclassrooms and sanitary areas on both floors.

The classrooms are commodious and airy,with wide windows and high ceilings to dttractand hold the cool air from mountain and sea.Individual desks and carefully located instruction areas make for relaxed but concentratedattention from the students. Downstairs alsocontain the principal's office and the schoollibrary.

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The nursery school is in its own ijidependentbuilding, gaily painted and offering suchparticular luxuries as bunks for the small folkwho require their pdst-lunch nap.

The assembly hall is a very large open pavilion, with stage and dressing room for concertsetc.

A well stocked canteen is very well patronised. Indeed, cnateen time (around 10.30a.m.) is considered by the patrons a highlightof the school day.

Memorial Chapel stands in its own quiet,tree-shaded corner. Over the years, hundredsof adults and children, Jamaicans, Americansand many other nationalities, have worshippedand meditated in its beautiful precincts. Allhave grown to love it.

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Education has always held pride of placeamong Jamaicans. Many famous native sonshave come from the simple one-room villageschools of the old days. Today, its primary andsecondary, schools, some of them centuriesold, continue to send sons and daughters intoevery branch of service to their country. TheUniversity of the West Indies has its maincampus at Mona, near Kingston; its degrees

Children may attend chape! each morning

SCRIPTURES IN SCHOOLS

The sun of the scriptures still shines brightin Jamaican schools. In state and privateschools, Bible knowledge is an important itemin the schools' curricula, whether of sects ornon-denominational.

Oxford Prep is a Cnhstian day school, witha non-denominational approach to Bible teacn-ing. Chapel services are held each morning asthe business of the day begins and are attended by teachers and pupils.

The services take a simple form, with thesinging of hymns, prayers, scripture, and alesson based on a Bible story.

The interest and commencement of understanding on those eager young faces is asource of joy to us who teach. And we praythat the foundation of faith planted in thesetender lives will bear rich fruit in due season.

Schooling starts early inJamaica. Children are in schoolfrom four years old in the"Infant" or "Kindergarten".

From there they move upto the next stage known variously as elementary, primaryor preparatory. Secondaryschooling may commence from11 years old and continuethrough to 17 or 18. TheUniversity confers all degrees,of a very high standard, in thesciences and arts medicine,engineering, law, history,English, social sciences, geog-graphy, etc.

In the picture is a typicalInfant school scene.

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TOP MANAGEMENT

One thing God will not do and that is,impose His will on us. For man was made byGod like God. Created by Him in His ownimage and .likeness with the potential to belike Him, insofar as being children of God.

Let us notice that when God. in thebeautiful terror of the Damascus day. reachedfor that greatest of converts, Saul of Tarsus,He did not impose His will on Saul. Heasked only, "Saul, why do you persecuteme?"

He did not say, "Stop harassing me."There was no imposition.

God did not invoke His unstoppable willwhich could have turned that temple soldierinto a pillar of salt.

Also, at this most perfect of meetingsbetween Creator and created since Mosesascended Sinai, Saul did not query thequestion.

Saul did not say, "I am not persecutingyou."

Nor did Saul say, "I am persecuting youbecause..."

Instead, Saul acc^ted the will. He asked,"What should I do?"

He let go. Immediately.We are the heirs of Moses and Saul. In

possession of wills from God.We must learn to release those wills unto

God.Consciously, we must practise losing our

selves into God's management. It is the topmost management.

Christ gave us the strongest or hints tothis great hidden truth when He taught us inHis prayer that the single solitary solus goalwe should seek is that God's will tfe done onearth, in us, as in heaven.

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FUN AT JAMES MOUNTAIN

The fun has just begun at SunMountain where we are planning a newand lovely Camp site for children ofJamaica. Yes, this is the surprise thatwe have been wanting to tell you forseveral months now, boys and girls. Butwe couldn't tell you until were surethat work had begun on the road thatleads to our new Camp Sun Mountainnot far from the city of Kingston.

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Our work crew at Sun Mountain

It Started like this. First we bougntthis lovely piece of land more than twoyears ago for a very small amount ofmoney. And it was there waiting patiently for God to show us just how touse It, Then one day something wonderful happened and we found out justexactly what we were to do. (We willteij you that story another day.)

So we tooK our boys up to dedicatethe piece of land. There is a small andvery dear little house on the land witha lovely big stone water tank. After theboys helped to sweep and clean thehouse and rake the yard, we made alittle fire and cooked our very firstlunch. Then, before we ate we gatheredin a circle on the broad stone patio ofthe house and knelt down to pray. Therein the lovely morning sunshine on top ofSun Mountain we talked to the Lord.We thanked Him for our new land andfor all the hopes and dreams that we hadand we asked Him to bless the land weknelt upon. Then we asked him to blessthe boys and girls that would ever comethere to learn of the love of God for Hischildren. Each boy prayed and askedGod to help us in our work with thenew camp. It was a wonderful timetogether as we sang "Praise God fromwhom all blessings flow."

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FUN AT SUN MOUNTAIN

After lunch work continued. The bigboys mixed white-wash to make theoutside walls fresh and clean while thesmallfer boys moved stray stones andtangled weeds. It was great fun and whenwe were finished the place lookedsweet and clean.

A few weeks later we planted yams,beans and pumpkin in a lovely biggarden. And in lickity split time we wereback up there picking pounds and poundsof beans for our Home kitchen pots.Oh'ihey tasted so very very good!

Bat the real work had only begun.There is a road to build into the campsite and first we had to have men planit out. It is a half mile long and straightup a steep hill. Now some monster-sizedbulldozers are hard at work making theroad and in a little while a big roller willbe going up there. Then many truck-loads of tar and stone will go on top tomake a nice black hard-top road. Ourfriends in Jamaica are giving us th'*nice road.

SUMMER CAMP

Boys and Girls, Nine Palms is oursummer camp. Sun Mountain camp isto be an all-year 'round camp closeenough to Kingston to be used constantly for picnics and youth meetinas.

Here you see a picture of the entranceto Nine Palms Camp where we will bethis summer with lots and lots of boysand girls. Michael, Phillip and Ian areold enough this year to go to boyscampand they are very happy about it. Wehope to have a wonderful summer. Andwe hope you will too. Thank you verymuch for helping our boys and girls tohave a good camp and a place to studyand learn about Jesus.

Wayne checks The Sun Mountain Cook-Out

Doesn't that sound exciting? We canhardly wait to get the first buildingstarted! Next time you read the JamaicaEvangel we hope to tell you moreaboutthe new building and our progress atSun Mountain. Our boys are excitedand are making big plans about whatthey will do when they grow up atSun Mountain. (P.S. I'll tell you onething, they already plan to have a horsethere).

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JAMAICAEVANGELA Christian Quarterly from the Caribbean

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Vol.19 THE JAMAICA EVANGEL no 7DlRECrOKS:

Mr. and Mrs. James Heiget, ManagingDaectoisMr. E. A. Woodstock, Mr. V. S. ReidMr. Solomon Levy, (Chainnan)

OO-WORKERS:

FORWARD AND PROMOTIONAL:Mr. Guy Whitley. Mrs. Ada Walker

Mr. and Mrs. Don Wheeler2713 Sheringham Road, Orlando, Fla. 32808

JAMAICA RETREAT (Cunp Jamaica): PROMOTION:Gene Stinson, Minister450 N.E. 51st Street, Boca Raton. Ha. 33432

MANAGEMENT ADVISORY COMMnTEE: JamaicaMr.Dou^as Fletcher, Mr.Ramon AlbagaMr. A. Lionel Levy, Mrs. Claire ShiQettoDr. Arthur Wint, Mr. Hal Glave, Mr. A. C. FoOces,Mr. Giaister Duncan

CHJUSTIAN CHILDREN^ CUNIC:Mrs. Patsy Alberga, Nurse in diarge

OXFORD PREPARATORY SCHOOL:Mr. Ramon Alberga, Chairman Board of GovemonMr. Ken Collins. Mr. Vic ReidMr.P. OssieSmith, Mrs.CarolHerget

NINEPALMS CHRISTIAN CAMP: EsUteSupervisor: Mr.GuyWhitleyCHRISTIAN EVANGEUZING ASS'N:

M( NimrodTownsend. EvangelistCANDY-TOP DOLL SHOPPF.:

DOCTORS:

Mrs. Patsy Alberga,Mrs. Bess Lumsden, Port Charlotte, Fla.

Dr. Noel T. March, Dr. Terrence Mair,Dr. M. H. Beaubrun, Dr. Henry Lopez, Dentist

FOOTBALL COACH: Mr. P. Ossie Smith.CARPENTER AND CONSTRUCnON MANAGER: Mr. Henry NixonPHOTOGRAPHY: Mr. Quito Bryan. Mr. Garth Morgan,

Mr. Enol Harvey

AUDITORS: Price Watertiouse & Co.THE JAMAICA EVANGEL: EDITOR, V. S. ReidEditorial Board: Jamaica U.SJL

Solomon Levy Donald WheelerQuito Bryan Elvin Gray, MinisterNto. C. Herget

HOW you CAN HELP I1. Pray for us.2. Support or partially support a boy audited financial report and the Ja

in the Home ($25.00 per month). maica Evangel mailed to you.)3. Send boxes of new useful clothing, 6. Send used clothing of all kinds, and

and other items, fra boys. Ask us for Bible School materials.a list. 7. Send typewritten Scripture labek for

4. Support financially any of our pro- medicinebottles for the Clinic.jects. 8. Sendschool andcraftsupplies.

5. Become a MEMBER of the HOME. 9. Help us to plant new churches by(A subscription of 75 cents a year supporting the Christian Evangelizinghelps to defray postal charges for our Association.

(UAAXe Ua: P.O. Box 5, Hal^ Way TA.ee, JmcUca., W.l.

Bobby and Tony (right) with Daddy Herget doing something essentialto the Ford Pick-up.

OUR SECOND HARVESTWe are close to our second harvest - that

time when our boys near their coming-of-age.And it is always a time to look around our

Home and ask ourselves; What have w/eaccomplished?

It is a difficult, searching question for anyhome and much more for a foster home..

Our children have come from all over theisland, from different backgrounds, differentgenes whom we have brought up together asbrothers, as our OWN children, playing together, goinq to school together, learning to

OUR SECOND HARVESTpray together, worshipping as a family,camping together.

We have tried not to play favourites withany of them,to give them equal opportunitieslimited only by their own abilities.

We have, we hope, brought them up to beChristians, and certainly with the awarenessof what Christian living is. And concerningour big boys, we have taught them as best wecould, about both worlds, this and the next.

Our three oldest boys are Eddie-Paul,Bobby and Tony.TONY

Tony, now 15, was the only tiny baby ofour first batch of boys, cute as a button andas quiet. He has grown into a hardworkingteenager. He is doing well in his highschoolwork and hopes to go to coltege. He lookslike becoming our scientist. As all our boys,he is good at games, especially soccer andswimming.BOBBY

Bobby is our man of the stage. He playsthe trumpet and is a natural stand-up comicwho regularly puts us into stitches. He has afine baritone voice which the Youth Choirunashamedly exploits. Bobby seems bent onentering Bible college. Bobby who is now 16came to us when hewas 3 years old. He is ir)high school and plays football (soccer) and'cricket.

Eddie-Paul, ouroldest, goes into the armysoon, into the Engineers. Eddie-Paul was atiny 2-year old when he came. Hegrew intoa romping happy boy with a mindof his own,then into a ouiet 18-vear-oid and a trim

ilete. Whatever he does is capably_accom-shed.

Eddie-Paul has had technical training andnow well into his studies of fadio and

ictrical wiring.

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Sometimes a man just can't go it alone, so Bobby phones a buddy todbcuss a homework problem. Bobby and Tony are in high school.

Lots of boys have walked in and out of these now famous gates atNo. 7 Oxford Road.

EDITORIAL

T The other morning wt: loi^tk to wnnd' ti'>ij h')v ni.my of us remember thegrwHtwill and testament Inli in u-; by Siqiiilii.iiMtly oerhdps, il is mentioned

only by he "beloved disciple". John, ;it II 7!. It ipnU fx; ^tmong the shortestwilN on record but immi'asur.ibly Tnort; iincurtHnt thiui any other. Christ said

"Peace / leave unto you."

And iis if Hh desired to undfisi iirn it. lo liM>yi- nodoubt or quesiif)n nbout Hispl)rpos^^ H iiiddf! the l;it tl^-i t'vn idi.h' .ini>l' i>ii- .t;i|(?inciit

"My peace ! GIVE unto you."

Ttie inner strunqth ot tlif" Mit' '/..i- ihf il.soliilt' .issiji.incc iluit He wdsthe Son of God. It gave Him jbsulut"' i"fi brou'ih! with it th" powoi, iIk;peace-power, that could mako Hini say "Mov ' lo .1 mountain irth. antl how vfry often, they wield greatpower in their time an(f enviMinment-' It in tins wtiolly temporal pere of il in the spiritual peace^

Moreover, this temporal strength tends tot)r.'>'d itsownsfjed of s;lt destructionThis overplus ot eyo. under the impact of mui I; success, will lose its edge to th(;maniacal notion that like Herod, would set us up to play god and be blown apart.

The marvel of it is that we do not have lopray for this peace which hasalreadybeen willed, been GIVEN ot us. We need only, as His heirs, to affirm that thispeace is ours. The affirmation is the prayer.

Where does this take us'

We want peace. More than that. \Ne desire peace. But, like Paul, we desire oneway, and we go the other.

We go against our will

Our human will, that is.

Paul found peace, not through effort, but through grace.

He affirmed that grace was his.

He was the least of the apostles, but lie sought (prayed for) inner peace.Let us, like Paul, seek for our heritage, the kingdom of peace, through prayer,

^ead Matt. 6 33.

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AN AMBASS,'MOUNTAIN!

A cheque for $5,000 (US) was presentedto Jim & Carol by the AmericanAmbas^dorVincent de Roulet at the Embassy inKingston recently to assist in establishingSun Mountain Christian Camp. The cheque,a gift from the U.S. AID fund is to be usedon the first buildings for the camp. Tractoringof the road into the camp has already beendone. The road must now be blacktopped.

The camp is located on a mountain top,about 2,500 feet high in the district ofJames Mountain among the beautiful St.Catherine highlands. From the main publicmotor road, the Sun Mountain road will beover half a mile long on a steep but gradedascent.

The site is on land which is rapidlygrowing in value as a resort area. A portionof the property was acquired through a giftfrom a Jamaican couple, Mr.& Mrs. Vic Reid.

The Ambassador in a brief speech praisedthe work being done by the JamaicaChristian Boys' Home and hoped for theHome continued growth in its purpose andwork.

NEWS BITS

BataShoeCompany haspledged the paymentof our Clinic rental and has been doing sofor the past 8 months. What a great help toour work!

Andy Hacker, the oldest boy in the first lotof boys growing up in the Home, has nowoeen married. The couple live in Toronto,Canada.

Douglas Prendergast. another of the olderboys, won ascholarship toAlgonquin College^,of Arts & Technology in Ottawa. Canada,and reports of his work are excellent.

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_RT E. Stephenson, minister at Fort Lauder-dale, Fla. held a good revival in August atMeadowbrook church and as^sted with theteen camp at Nine Palms. He,was a goodhelp. Now he is travelling and telling thestory of the Home and its work wherever hegoes. Write us if you would like him to visit.

Nine Palms Christian Cajjip was a bell-ringerthis past summer! Almost 300 campers wereregistered and the spirit was great. Boys andgirls came to real grips with Bible lessons fortoday's living. Many of the teen group havegiven their lives to Christ and have follovkdit up with a full devotion to the church thisfall. As for behaviour, Jamaican young peopleare a wonderful example and show signs ofgood home training. We are proud of them.

THE LORD'S PRAYER

It is curious how little use we make of theone prayer which has the full authority ofChrist and which is the most complete prayerevei devised. Some say it was put down onlyas a model to follow, to bf^sort or ad-libbedaround, putting in our own personal variations and grace notes, adding here and thereso as to fill in anything the Author of theprayer may have forgotten.

How sad.For,think just for a moment. Let us think.

What is there that we can require which isnot taken care of in the Lord's Prayer?

Can you think of anything?As usual, Christ foresaw these human

squirmings to evade the simple and seek forthe involved. And so he gave us a few cluesto its usage. You will find your own clues ifyou seek for them. As for me, I have one ortwo I would like to mention.

The first is at Matthew 6:33. "Seek yefirst the Kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added'untoyou."

On this premise, Christ built His prayer.At the very outset, following the salutation,we pray that: "Thy kingdom come, thy^illbe done."

"kingdom" and the "righteouThat,is the "gingdom" and the "righteous

r/7af,isthe "kingdom" and the ' righteousness" of which our Lord spoke.

It is only after we have sought these inthe prayer, that Christ tells us to ask for our"daily bread", i.e., food, clothes, shelter, allthe things that we strive for (and often prayfor) so hard.

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Christ has even placed the "forgiveness anddelivery" portion of the prayer not before,but after these.

I know that the human heart, the seeking,sejri hing heart often cries out in its intensityfor God. t do. You do. We sometimes findoufs*lvt,'s III lio et.stasy of prayer, m a'.vundtiHis. oh so beautiful reaching out forGod' Rt;

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. Donovan (right) and Robert do some kitchen duty.

HOME IS WHAT YOU MAKE ITHome is really what you make it.

And boys that live here in thisHome have really made it a happyplace. Take a little walk with usaround our yard and you will seewhat we mean. There is Wayne ontip-toe reaching for a big red cherryin the cherry tree. Leonard isswinging from the low limbs of theboys' favourite fun swing tree,There corhes a call from the''"Elephant-Ear" tree and if you willlook up cautiously you will catch 2little scamps peeping out of theirtree house to call again, hoping notto be seen.

Around the back are the biggerboys, for school is over and they arebusy in the paint shop doing their

A lot of living goes on at Mo?7Oxford Road where boys big andlittle, tall and short, stout ehd.skinny all live together in a big bighouse. There are lots of smiles andlots of dishes to wash. There arehours for fun and hours for work.Like the day called Saturday, whenwe usually go to Sun Mountain; andwe couldn't last Saturday. Insteadwe made a garden in our own backyard and the sun was hot while weworked. But that was all forgottenwhen Mom put a cloth on the picnictable in the yard. The cool lemonadeand juicy hotdogs would make anyone forget a tittle the work they did.

HOME IS WHAT YOU MAKE IT

daily part of the chores. Eddie iscutting grass and thinking excitedlyabout joining the army.

Let's shut the gate as we gothrough, for this is where thetoddlers play. That's Andrewmaking mud pies under the drippinghose faucet and Dave is watching.His dirty face shows signs that hefinished his pies before Andrewtook over.

Inside. David is still doing homework and Larry is setting the tablefor supper. After our evening meal,Daddy has a special treat for theboys, some educational movies incolor. But Donovan and Robertmust do the dishes first. (That'sRobert on the left In the picture.)It's their turn this week and theywill hurry to get through since it is"movie night".

Our family teaiin is a busy oneand it keeps us happy and healthy.There are some tears and an occasional quarrel for even these makeup a home. There are some anxioustimes when fever and colds keepeven the toughest guy down. Andfor the smooth "faith" running ofour Home, there is always that timeset apart for evening prayers, weeklyprayer, and Bible study at church,and the usual happy hours atWorship, Sunday School and Youthmeetings at Meadowbrook. Tony"knows that when he bakes theSaturday cakcs. thoy will turn put90()d if hi! puts ill till! right things.Mr ,il'.() knows Ih^ii hoiiK! jiiriis out

when Mil' wlioli; f.irmly (nilsHtl- Kit) > It

KENNETH

Many many years ago a tiny boy ofalmost 2 years came into our Home.He grew up with us and some ofyour teachers will remember himvi/ell. For he was full of tricks andfun and loved by all.

Now Kenneth is in the Englisharmy and is in Ireland in the warthere. But even though Kenneth isnow a grown up young man he stillremembers in little boy ways, hisMom and Dad. His letters ask forprayer for his safety and remind usof his love. Here is a recent note wehave received on the back of a nicepicture of himself in his uniform:

"To my dear Mom. with all mylove to all the family. Tell Dad hellofor me. I still love you Mom. Hofseto see you some day. Mom. is theMeadowbrook church built? If so IIpray God's blessing be on it.

I^ove from your son. KennyI love you."

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n inter 1971 AChristian Quarterly from the Caribbean

^Let them give glory unto the Lord, and declare his praise in the islands'-Isaiah 42: /2

VOL. 17DIRECTORS:

CO-WORKERS:FORWARD ANDPROMOTIONAL:

THE JAMAICA EVANGELMr. and Mrs. James Herget, Managing DirectorsMr. E. A. Woodstock, Mr. V. S. ReidMr. Solomon Levy, (Chairman)Mr, Guy Whitley, Mrs. Ada Walker

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Mr. and Mrs. Don Wheeler2713 Sheringham Road, Orlando, Fla. 32808

JAMAICA RETREAT (Camp Jamwca)PROMOTION:

MANAGEMENT ADVISORYCOMMITTEE: Jamaica

CHRISTIAN CHILDREN'SCLINIC:OXFORD PREPARATORYSCHOOL:

Gene Stinson, Minister450 N,E. 51st Street, Boca Raton, Fla. 33432Mr. Douglas Fletcher, Mr. Ramon AlbergaMr. A. Lionel Levy, Dr. Arthur WintMr. Hal Glave, Mr. A. C. Folkes, Mr. Glaister Duncan

Mrs. Patsy Alberga, Nurse in chargeMr. Ramon Alberga, Chairman Board of GovernorsMr. Ken Collings, Mr. Vic ReidMr. P. Ossie Smith, Mrs. Carol HergetMr. Glaister Duncan, Mr. Geo. BullockMr. Horace Campbell

Mr. Guy WhitleyMr. James Herget, Mr. Solomon Levy, Mr. Guy Whitley,Mrs. Carol Herget, Mr. Nimrod TownsendMrs. Patsy AlbergaMrs. Bess Lumsden, Port Charlotte, Fla.Dr. Noel T. March, Dr. Terrence Mair, Dr. Roland RichmondDr. M. H. Beaubrun; Dr. Henry Lopez, DentistMr. P. Ossie Smith

Mr. Henry NixonMr. Garth Morgan, Mr. Quito BryanMr. Errol HarveyPrice Waterhouse & Co.

NINE PALMS CHRISTIANCAMP: Estate Supervisor:CHRISTIAN EVANGELIZINGASS'N:CANDY-TOP DOLL SHOPPE:

DOCTORS:

FOOTBALL COACH:CARPENTER ANDCONSTRUCTION MANAGER:PHOTOGRAPHY;

AUDITORS:THE JAMAICA EVANGEL;EDITOR:Editorial Board:

V. S. Reid

JamaicaSolomon LevyQuito BryanMrs. C. Herget

UJS.A.Donald WheelerElvin Gray, Minister

HOW CAN YOU HELP?

1. Pray for us.2. Support orpartially support a boyintheHome ($25.00 permonth).3. Sendboxesof newusefulclothing, and other items, for boys.Askus for a list4. Support financially any of our projects.5. Becomea MEMBER of the HOME. (A subscription of 75 cents a year helps to

defray postal charges forouraudited fmancial report and theJamaica Evangelmailed to you.

6. Send Bible School materials.7. Send typewritten Scripture labels formedicine bottles for theClinic.8. Send school and craft supplies.9. Help us to plantnew churches by supporting theChristian Evangelizing

Association. p. o. Box S, Half WayTree, lamaica, W.I.Write us; (Local address - 7 Oxford Road)

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COVER: Our smaller boys get together{with David on the melodica) for amusical session. In the chorus from leftare Wayne, Larry, Phillip, Mike andLeonard.

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Which of us would not like to gain theapproval of Christ?That's like asking who would not want to goto heaven. We all want the approval of Christ.We all, as Christians, strive for it. Theimitation of Christ is the most importantpurpose of our lives.In our Christian endeavouring to be like ourMaster, we can strike no richer exemplars thanHis deeds and words with little children. Hemade a little child, a symbol of heaven. Herelated our hope of glory to them. He stated,indeed, warned, that, unless we trusted aslittle children, we would not enter thekingdom.Further, He declared that at the LastJudgment, He would measure our reward bythe way we had comported with these "leastof these" while we were on earth.

God in Christ said, "Then shall the King sayunto them on his right hand, 'Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of theworld: For I was an hungred, and ye gave memeat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: Iwas a stranger, and ye took me in: Naked, andye clothed me: I was sick and ye visited me: Iwas in prison, and ye came unto me.'Then shall the righteous answer him, saying,'Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and

Homework time with PhillipDitto with David

fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drinks'V\/heri saw we thee a stranger, and took theein? or naked, and clothed thee? Or when sawwe thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?

"And the King shall answer and say untothem' 'Verily I say unto you. Inasmuch as yehave done it unto one of the least of mybrethren, ye have done it unto me."

Children, and their loving care, are of sublime importance in the Christian life. Godsaid so.

The other morning we tooirto~vvofMieang how^many of us remember the great last will an(testament left to us by Christ. Significantlyperhaps, it is mentioned only by the "beloveddisciple," John, at 14:27. It must be amongthe shortest wills on record but immeasurablymore important than any other. It said:

"Peace I leave unto you."And as if Christ desired to underscore it,

to leave no doubt nor question about Hispurpose. He made the further more emphaticstatement:

''My peace / GIVE unto you."The inner strength of Jesus the Man, was

the absolute assurance He had that He was theson of God. It gave him absolute peace andbrought with it the power, the peace-powerthat could make -him say "move" to a mountain and it would move. It was His secret.

Have you noticed how people, who are, to allappearances, at peace with themselves, havean absolute belief in their own intelligence, or

physical prowess, or beauty, or wealth, orrank, or birth? And how very often they wieldgreat power in their time and environment?If in this wholly temporal peace, there can bestrength, how much more strength there mustbe in spiritual peace? Can there be anycomparison?

Moreover, this temporal strength tends tobreed its own seed of self destruction. Thisoverplus of ego, under the impact of success,loses its edge to maniacal notions, which,aswith Herod, may set us up to play god andexplode in our bellies.

But not Christ's peace.The marvel of it is that we have not got to

beg for this peace. It is ours. It has been willedto us, been given to us. We need only, as Hisheirs, to affirm that this peace is ours. Theaffirmation is the prayer.

Paul found peace not through effort butgrace. He affirmed that grace was his. He wasthe least of the apostles but he sought (prayedfor) inner peace. Let us, like Paul, seek ourheritage, the peace-power, through affirmativeprayer. (Read Mark 11:24).

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OXFORD PREPARATORY SCHOOLSCHOOL presented a lovely Christmaf.programme this year. It was sweet tosee the children act and sing. The olderclasses presented a lovely play showingwhat the Spirit of Jesus and of Christmaswould help us to do and be.

CAMP JAMAICA

Once again we plan this lovely treat forour American friends. We had neverplanned it to be a permanent annualRetreat, but each year it is such aninspiring time that our friends ask us torepeat it. In addition to a beautifultrip to the Caribbean's most lovelyIsland which includes rich sight-seemgtrips, there is planned a complete insightinto the missionary work of the JamaicaChristian Boys' Home and a mountain-top experience of Spiritual treats atNine Palms Camp Grounds.

The Camp buildings are rich in 1(3thcentury flavour and the site one of themost beautiful in the cross-country viewsof this mountainous island.

The date this year is June 10th to 17th.There is limited space and some arealready registered. So let us hear fromyou if you are interested in this trip,The rates are reasonable, the beds aregood and the food is excellent. You willmeet friends and make new ones. Treatyourself now to a lovely Caribbeanvacation and a Spiritual treat.'

Write us: P. O. Box 5, Half Way Tree,Jamaica, W. I.

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THREE SMALL FRYWhen the school bell rings there is a masshustling of boys, school bags flying, lastminute hair-combing and a final slam ofthe back door. Three little guys looklongingly after them. They know thatthe morning will now be quiet and thehouse all theirs until one-thirty. So sadlythey settle back to play. Sometimes theytry to sneak through the tall green gateand make their own visit to the schoolyard. But there are many things to doand play for they have each other. Thereis Dave who is the oldest being three inDecember, Andrew our little "Cover-

IBaby" in the Christmas 1969 issue, whowill be three in April, and the newestlittle guy, Derrick, who was two in latesummer. Derrick was on our Christmasletter and Andrew is on the ChristmasPrayer Calendar this year. We are gladyou love our small fry and we appreciateyour helping us care for them, boys andgirls. They are glad that you are theirfriends.

REAPING TIME

There was a very special kind of light-heartedness in the scurrying footsteps ofour boys early in January up SunMountain road. Before we left that,morning we had our usual prayer wherthe gang all settled down in the back o1the blue pick-up truck. Then Mom announced that we would be doing verylittle planting that day for it was time toreap. They bad missed going to SunMountain the week before because it hadbeen Christmas and there was che veryspecial holiday at Nine Palms. So everyboy was eager to see what had happenedon their small farm. First there were thepeanuts. And what squeals of delightthere were on top Sun Mountain thatbright morning! The peanuts just rolledout of the ground in good abundance.Each had his turn of pulling up". Then

moved on to the carrots, turnips,tomatoes, lettuce, and corn. It was greatfun.

Work has been delayed for a few monthson the road but once again the bigmachinery should be rolling up and downSun Mountain Road making way forsome eager builders.

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THE MEADOWBROOK YOUTHGROUP had a planning meeting lastweek and the teen kids sent word to usthat they had decided to have a workday every month at Sun Mountain.We had encouraged them to have themeeting on their own for they are growing up nicely both in age and in theirChristian lives. They also planned toproduce an Easter play for Easter week.The silver offering they plan to take upwill go toward their organ fund. They

are keenly working toward having anorgan in their new church building. Inthe picture you see part of the choir onSunday morning with Bryan Aikmanplaying his flute. Bryan plays beautifullyand has won good prizes in the JamaicanFestivals. There are 18 teenagers in ourchoir and they sing each Sunday morning. We wish you could hear them.

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When we pray to the Father to forgive us aswe forgive others, let us know and understand,without a doubt, that we are asking God toLOVE us as we LOVE others.

What we are asking God is to give us thesame measure of love as we give to others.It is an awesome thought.

But that is how real prayer is. Real prayerhas positive value-objectives.

Each time we pray for forgiveness, we arelaying our lives on the line. For we are dead,if God does not forgive us; and there is noforgiveness without forgiving. Let us not'be indoubt about that.

So what do we have? It is that when we-pray, we are putting to the test the only linkwhich we have with God, the link of love; Histo us. and ours to Him. And there is only oneway of facing this peril (for peril it is; look upHebrews 10:31) and that is by faith. Faith inGod.

Jesus Christ said, God is tove. M we loseour love for, our brother, we have lost God.

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Christians are very fortunatethat our Lord chose children tobe the exemplars of his ministry;for it is so easy to love children;and so rewarding to know thatour love and care and guidanceand teaching is helping to createa personality that is most likelyto reflect God's will.

Over the years, you havesharedwith us at Oxford Road,,the joy of raising a family. Asthis year ends and a new onebegins, we give our thanks forbeing able with you to sharein this special ministry so nearto the Lord's heart. And whocan pray for more than to benear to our Saviour's heart?As the children are near.

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381 Spanish Town Road

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MUIR & ARSCOTT CONSTRUCTION LTD.

14 Ballater Avenue

Kingston 10

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THE VICTORIA MUTUAL BUILDING SOCIETY6 Duke Street, Kingston. Phone 932-5751

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34 CHURCH STREET

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