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Ja m aic a F or
Christ*
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Kljriatian
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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
36
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
.^ould 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.
W^ukegan,
111. 20.00
Int. Class, Jonesboro,
iTenn.
10,00
S.S. Heyworbh, 111. 15.00
WAUKBGilN, ILL. Enclosed is a money
oi^er 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
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^ 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,
j^ood 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
v^en we
see the bill of duty>h^ comes with boxes
from friends
whoiiM^e
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.)
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7/23/2019 Herget James Carol 1954 Jamaica
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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?