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JAMAICA
EVANGEL

A Christian Quarterly from the Caribbean

'ir-t them give glory unto the Lora, ann declare his praise in the islands'
Isaiah 42:1.

VOL. 16

THE JAMAICA EVANGEL

no. i

DIRECTORS:

Mr. and Mrs. James Herget,Managing Directors

Mr. E. A. Woodstock, Mr. V. S. Reid
Mr. Solomon Levy, (Chairman)
CO-WORKERS:

Mr. Guy Whitley, Mrs. Ada Walker

FORWARD AND PROMOTIONAL:
Mr. and Mrs. Don Wheeler

2713 Sheringham Road, Orlando, Fla. 32808

JAMAICA RETREAT (Camp Jamaica): PROMOTION:
Gene Stinson, Minister

450 NJE. 51st Street, Boca Raton, Ra. 33432

MANAGEMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE: Jamaica

Mr. DouglasFletcher, Mr. Ramon Alberga

Mr. A. Lionel Levy, Mrs. Claire ShiUetto

Dr.ArthurMnt, Mr. HalGlave, Mr. A. C. Folkes,

Mr. Glaister Duncan

CHRISTIAN CHILDREN'S CLINIC:

Mrs. Patsy Alberga, Nurse in charge

OXFORD PREPARATORY SCHOOL:

Mr. Ramon Alberga, Chairman Board of Govonors

Mr. Ken Collins, Mr. Vic Reid

Mr. P. OssieSmith, Mrs.Carol Herget

NINE PALMS CHRISTIAN CAMP: EstateSupervisor: Mr, GuyWhitley

CHRISTLW EVANGEUZING ASS'N:

Mr. Nimrod Townsend, Mr. Calvin Baker;Evangelists

CANDY-TOP DOLL SHOPPE:

Mrs. Patsy Alberga,

Mrs. Bess Lumsden, Port Charlotte, Fla.
DOCTORS:

Dr. Noel T. March,Dr. Terrence Mair,

Beaubrun, Dr. Henry Lopez, Dentist

FOOTBALL COACH:
Mr. P.Ossie Smith, Mr. Mike Stokes
CARPENTER AND CONSTRUCHON MANAGER: Mr. Henry Nixon

PHOTOGRAPHY:

Mr. Quito Bryan, Mr. Garth Morgan,

Mr. Errol Harvey

OXFORD CHRISTIAN PRESS: Print Consultants: Mr. Winston Stephenson

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

EditorialBoard:

Jamaica

UJSA.

Solomon Levy

Donald Wheeler

Quito Bryan

Elvin Gray,Minister

Mrs. C. Herget

HOW you CM HELP !

1. Pray for us.

2. Support or partially support a boy

audited financial report and the Ja

in the Home ($25.00 per month).

3. Send boxes of new useful clothing,

maica Evangel mailed to you.)

6. Send used clothing of all kinds, and

and other items, for boys. Ask us for

4. Support financially any of our pro-

Bftle School materials.

7. Send typewritten Scripture labels for
medicine bottles for the Clinic.
8. Send schooland craft supplies.

5. Become a MEMBER of the HOME.

(A subscription of 75 cents a year
helps to defray postal chargesfor our

9. Help us to plant new churches by

supporting theChristian Evangelizing
Association.

WA/tte U6: P.O. Box 5, Hdt^ Way Thzz., JamoUca, W,l,

{Local AdcUie^^ - 7 Ox^oHd Rd.)

CLINIC
BIBLE

CLASS
&

Youth
Corner
Our boys celebrate in the Dining Room.

TUESDAY CLASS

As you turn in from Mountain

View Ave there is a long drive be
fore you reach the Christian
Children's Clinic. First you pass

Hector learned another lesson,

too. He learned more about Jesus!

the Minister's Home where Bro.

It's like this . . . Clinic children are

Levy lives, and then you reach the

clinic. And all the way down this
long drive on Thursday mornings

invited to the Clinic on Tuesdays

for a Bible Class. Nurse Patsy

dozens of mothers and little chil

Alberga returns to them and teach

es a lovely Bible Class. The children

dren hurry along trying to reach in

love her and swarm into the little

time for a low number in the clinic

building in great numbers. There is

a delightful hour and more of sing
ing and Bible stories. And often

line.

Sometimes children are afraid.

And in their fear they hide their

suffering. Like Hector did. He had

there

are sweets for those who

behave nicely during class time.

a sore in the bottom of his foot

Remember boys and girls, Jesus

and he hid it. Everyday he hoped

it would get better. And every day
it got worse. Finally he could no
longer walk to school and decided
that he had better slip away to the

loved the children. He healed them

when they were sick, and he took

them into his arms and taught
them.

This

Christian

Children's

Qinic is trying to do what Jesus

clinic to see what could be done.

would do if He were here today.

But Hector was too late. The only

Won't you pray for our Jamaican

clinic children? They will pray for
you too. Please remember to love
them and make them your friends

help now was the hospital. Hector

is better now and he has learned
his lesson .. . next time he will not
hide.

across the sea.

CALVIN BAKER ORDAINED

It was a great joy to see our own
Calvin Baker kneeling for the laying or
of hands, setting him apart for the
ministry! We say "our own" because he
was baptized many years ago by Jim
Hergcl at Memorial Chapel. Calvin, who
did two years at Lincoln Christian
College, is an architect by profession. He
now takes over the Youth Mini.stry at
Meadowbrook. Recently married to
Barbara Scott of Claremont, Jamaica,
the\

live

across

the

road

from

the

cJiurch - a fact which is a source of joy

tt the many young people who visit

them often. We wclcome Calvin to the

preaching ministry and pray

labours

in

the

for his

Lord.
AT

THE

LAYINGON

OF

HANDS

(from right) are brothers Levy, Clarke,

Townsend, Herget, and Williams.

from page 12
Mr. Chairman, we have all set ourselves

otqectives, which we hope will materialize,

but these goals will not be reached if one ptution of oui society sit with folded arms, and
depend upon the other, whether Government
or otherwise. It is a myth to believe that as

And so, Mr. Chairman, ladies and gentle

men, I have great pleasure in declaring Oxford
Christian Press open and may it serve the
boys and girls of Jamaica for the good of alL

soon as a Government is selected to lead a

country, Government is expected to waive a

magic wand and the whole society will be
totally transformed.
The Oxford Christian Press that we are
opening this evening has two main purposes.
Firstly, the dissemination of Christian and
educational literature. This, Mr. Chairman, is
very important, since there are in circulation
so much "trash" for our youngsters to read.
We need more literature that helps to develop
the individual, both culturally and spiritually.
Secondly, the Press is to be used as a teach
ing adjunct of the Home. As a result, many
youngsters will be taught the Printing trade.
As you know. Government at this time, is em
barking upon an extensive programme of
training in the various skills, so that our
youngsters can all share in the &uits of indus
trialization, but as I pointed out before, Mr.
Chairman, Government alone cannot do every
thing and it would be an understatement to
say that Government has the greatest respect
for organizations such as the Christian Boys'
Home. I wish for the organization long life
and success, and may this project be a "Star"
in the crown of those dedicated to its exis
tence.

I thank you.

I Mrs. Edna MacDoneld, our new head

I mistress of Oxford Preparatory School.

Nurse Alberga in the Ctinic dispensary.

W'M. The. Cmptor\zyut& (?i5

JAYCEES GIFT
TO NINE PALMS

THE HERCULES AGENCIES LTD

129 King St.

Another wonderful blessing came to Nine
Palms camp recently when a fine new
refrigerator was presented by the St. Ann
Jaycees. St. Ann is the "home parish" of
the Camp. The gift was part of their
"Nuggets for the Needy" project. Making
the presentation were the Jaycees 1st
Vice President, Mr. Byron Burton, Direc
tor Mr. Radcliffe Walters and Member

Miss Daphne Campbell. Jim & Carol

Herget received the fridge for the Camp.

Kingston
Phone
FORTy - i/IT

22852
KJfEPS VOU FIT

The Qinic is the medical ministry of the Jamaica Christian Boys'

Home. It is a faith-project, and also has an accent on self-help through
such activities as clothing sales. Its friends are many and diverse . . .
from the crew and Captain of an American warship (U.S.S, Diamond
Head, Capt. J. E. Lacouture) which brought us our first large donation
of medicines, promoted through the U.S. Embassy, to a humble friend
who regularly brings us empty bottles.
Apart from the present stocks on
hand, the Qinic requires $60.00 a

month for rent and additional sup

plies. If you would help, write to
us at:

The Children's Qinic

P. O. Box 5, Half Way Tree

Jamaica

The roU-call of early workers who helped at the start include

Nurses Jackie Tate& Marilyn Duffof Jamaica, and Dorothy McQanahan
of Fort Myers, Ra.; and Lee Hafer and Carol Ann Small from Lincoln

Christian College; and Mrs. Penny Higgs, Mrs. Alison Poulle, Mrs. Nan

Sturdy, Mrs. Thelma Davidson and Mrs. Nunes of Jamaica; and many
others.

This, broadly, is the Qinic Story. We believe the ministry has done
much and is continuing to do good. We ask your prayers and aid in
spreading wider the Gospel through healing.

WM. Tkz CompJUmzntii Ojj

Tkd ComptimzyiU

G. G.

KALPHAT

THE QOMlNlOhi LIVE

lOA Orange Street

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IMPORTERS
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P.O. Box 223

Kingston, Jamaica

Haberdasheries
RadIOS

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Branch Manager

Phones bgiOl, 76251

Sewing Machines

Etc.

Phone 25776

TRUMPET NEEDED
Music has always played an important

He needs encouragement , . . only one

part in our "Home" life here in Jamaica.

kind ... a trumpet of his own.

Many of our boys have had piano lessons

and all of them sing well.

Bobby took a particular interest in the

trumpet after he entered high school
and now has been playing in the school
orchestra for almost a year. However, his

Perhaps your attic or store room has one

out of use. If so, would you like to send
it to Bobby? We would be mostgrateful
and we also believe that it will be used
in Ouistian service here in Jamaica.

trumpet is not his own and he often

longs to practice at home or to play at

youth meetings.

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CHRISTIAN WRITERS CLUB

Many times a small, compact, easy-to-read tract, can bring a wonderful
message to the hearts of men.

And many times we have a message on our hearts that we would love

to pass along. But there seems no place to begin . . no easy procedure

for conveyingthis message.

Here is an opportunity for you. Write your message, prepare your tract,
and send it to

OXFORD CHRISTIAN PRESS

P. 0. Box 5

Half Way Tree

Jamaica, W.l.

and if our committee feels it can be used in the work here, we will
print it. Also, if the tract is printed by us, we will print an extra 25
for you free of cost.

Write now . . . help us in proclaiming the Good News by joining The

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No.

FACE

OF

Discovered by Christopher Columbus

in 1492, Jamaica was then occupied by
Arawak

Indians.

Enslaved

and

in a

over

worked, they were wiped out by the

Spanish conquerors. The island became
a part of the British empire in 1655.
Jamaica became an independent nation
in 1962. Its peopleareof tnainly African
and En?.lish stock, with the former pre

series

JAMAICA
dominating. Indians,
also share Jamaican
anity has been the
since Spanish times.

Chinese. Jews, Arabs

citizenship. Christi
religion of Jamaica
Recent research by

JAMAICA EVANGEL editor reveals that

the island was named not for an Arawak

word but as previously claimed, but for
a district in the Holy Land known in
the time of Christ. Here is a view of a
300-year old church, St. Peter's in Vere.

Editorial

JESUS

HEALER

Jesus

rested

immense

importance

upon His healing ministry. Time and

again, He used the power of healing to

preach the Gospel. He knew the indi

viduality of pain, an agony pure and
uncommunicable, impossible to share.
He knew the loneliness of physical suf
fering.
As a Healer, He never discriminated.

He equated sin with sickness (They that

be whole need not a physician) and it
was for sin He had come to earth.

And so He healed the poor and the

rich, the low and the high such as Jairus'
daughter, the gentle and the sardonic
such as

He brought the power of God to

bear on simple sicknesses, complicated
psychiatric troubles, and even on the
ultimate of death as with Lazarus.

the blind man of Jerusalem,

countrymen and foreigners, the youth

and the aged, strangers and close friends
such as Simon's mother-in-law; He healed
those who asked and those for whom He

asked, on week-day and Sabbath as the

man with the withered hand, day and

night, in peace and in war as in Geth-

Today, His charge to us is as it was

that very first time He sent out The
Twelve and The Seventy. He gave them
"power and authority . . . to heal the
sick" (Luke 9 & 10) as an introduction

to the Good News. Surely healing has

divine importance in the better propa
gation of the Gospel.

'i

r,

liEY

DEAR FRIEND

Everyone wants happiness. And true

happiness only can reach into your heart
when you reach out to others. Especially

KIDS

CAMP

IT'S

TIME

AGAIN!

those in need. We find it so, here, at the

Jamaica Christian Boys' Home.

We have known many summers ot

happiness. Times over and over we have

watched the little ones trudging down

our long front drive, aching ifor love,

looking for happiness. And joy is real

And here are the dates:

Junior Boys

July 12-18

Junior Co-Ed

July 19-25

July 26-Aug 1

Girls

when we find room for one more . . .

for joy is a two-way stream.

The Home, established in 1954, for

destitute boys, has, under God's guid

ance, kept a good pace in providing allcare for our kids - includinghome-care,
education, social life, camp life. The
Home also takes its love further afield
to their less fortunate friends in other

parts of Kingston . . . those children in

need or urgent medical care (see the
Qinic Story).
Why not share our joy?
Turn back to our inside frOiU cover

and learn how you may help us to help

you to more joy!

August 16-22

Senior Co-Ed

And you are also invited to

VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL

at

Meadowbrook Church of Christ

25 Meadowbrook Main,

Kingston 8

AUGUST

'till

3 " 7

S a.m.

noon

Excctuig Good Fun

SpiAyitiMxJi Foundations ^o^ L^^e.

Lod/Dotg F^ejid&lUp^t

**********

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ONE OF THE GREATEST

DEMONSTRATIONS OF FAITH
This is the text of the speech
mde by the Hon. Allan Douglas,
Minister of Youth and Community
Development, at the opening of the
Oxford Oiristian Press of the
Jamaica Oiristian Boys' Home.
Mr. Chairman. Ladies & Gentlemen,

I am very glad for this opportunity to

address you this evening.
I have been following for quite some time,
the work and achievement of the

Jamaica

Christian Boys* Home, and have been looking

forward to visiting with you, so when I re
ceived your invitation, I unhesitatingly ac
cepted.

Fifteen years ago, your orpnization started

on "faith" by two people, who although they
were not Jamaican nationals, iaw a need and

with the only resource available to them

"faith" accepted the challenge. Mr. Chairman,
this reminds me of the quotation from the
Master, "If you have faith as a mustard seed
you will say to this mountain remove." The
progress of this Organization amply demon
strates that faith can and does move moun
tains. Moreso, Mr. Chairman, God would never

fail to honour his promise in a venture designed

to bring some amount of happiness to those
less fortunate than ourselves.

This project was launched on faith, it has

existed on faith, and I admonish you never to
abandon that faith because it is a source of
power.

From its humble beginnings, today the

home has included in its projects a Prepara
tory School, a Free Medical Clinic for needy
children with over 5,000 enrolled and a Sum
mer Camp for boys and girls in St. Ann. In
addition, 33 boys have gone through the
Home, inclusive of 14 now in residence. Mr.

Chairman this is one of the gr&iiest demon

strations of 'faith" that I have ever seen, and
it goes to show what can be done when there

are dedicated people who are willing to accept

a challenge, irrespective of the odds. This
reminds me of the time when Moses sent the

twelve spies to spy out the land of Canaan.

Ten returned to say that it was not possible
to capture the land owing to the giants there,
but two, declared that it was possible to cap
ture the country, irrespective of the difficulties
and the obstacles, and to prove that the lard
of Canaan was worth fighting for, they
brought back sotne lovely ears of corn.

Minister Douglas opens the Printery. At right,

Mrs. Vi Polack, a friend of the Home.

This example, Mr. Chairman, typifies the

two groups of people in our society today.

The first group sees only the giants and the

insurmountable obstacles. Therefore they sit

back day after day, languishing in self-pity

and defeat. This group sees nothing possible
without Government's action, and the only
action they are capable of is to lead deputa
tions or find fault with the efforts of others,
and the thought never comes to them that they
can made a start, f wonder what this group
would say when they hear that this project
receives no Government subsidy. The Home is
not even run on any established funds, but

through free gifts or free will offerings from

various sources.

The other group, (he group of which the

Director and sponsors of the Cluistian Boys'
Home is typical, is that group who becomes
aware of the situation and seesnot the giants,
but brilliant ears of corn that an effort can
produce. The giants will always be insurmount
able as longas we undermine our own strength
and will,but when there is a desire for positive
action, then no obstacle will withstand the

onslaught ofa will, driven by faith.

turn to page 16

THE HOUSE OF FINE REFRESHMENTS

DESNOES & GEDDES LIMITED

With, the Compliments

TROPICAL GAS CO. iNC.

41^ Half-way Tree Road
Phone 69191

CANDY-TOP

DOLL SHOP
Many of you know that in front of the Home for boys here hi Jamaica,
stands a little white shop with a red roof and candy striped windows
and doors.

Inside is a fairy-land of doll dresses lor every sized doll, and play furni
ture for children includingdoll beds, doll houses, desks, blackboards,
tables and chairs, see-saws, sandboxes, and many other things.
Now "CANDY-TOP" has a new idea. Aunt Patsy, who makes hundreds
of doll dresses every year, has asked the Lord for a new idea for the
shop. And she found the idea! It is . . .
RAG DOLLS

Big and little rag dolls, with all colours in their dresses and hair. There

are to be fat dolls, and skinny legged dolls, tall and short . . . just all
kinds.

WANT-TO-HELP?

Here is a project for every "handy" Mom or Grandma, or even a young

girl who can sew. Try your hand at a rag-doll and send it to Candy-Top
Doll Shop, at the Jamaica Christian Boys' Home address: P. 0. Box 5
HalfWay Tree,Jamaica, W.I.
'

There is to be a grand opening of this department at Easter Time. Re

member, the little shop out front, helps to support the Home and its
young charges. Make this your mission "-oject hand-work this sorine

5&0p'S DESIKE
i^np, all mankind

CLINIC
STORY
A small cottage on the groun<is of the Mountain View church of
Christ contains the Oinic. The larger main room is the reception and
registration centre. Another constitutes the consulting surgery. Two
smaller rooms serve for examination and dressing rooms. A sunny yard,
edged with trees, is an out-of-doors waiting room.
There are the "fixtures and appurtenances."

But more important are the "moveable feasts" the more than
6,000 of God's little ones, those points of reference for Christian
hope whom Jesus labelled the "of such."
For the Mountain View clinic is a Children's Clinic.

turn to page 2

from page I

Mountain View Avenue skirts the base of the Wareika Hills, a

thousand-foot high land plumb inside the city. The Avenue runs north
from the Windward Road in the city's east to the Old Hope Road. Its
3-mile length is a social watershed, holdingon and about it all stratas of
the Jamaican society. The Clinic has been located there since 1962.

Opening Day, October 1,1962, fell on a Monday. The single small

back room at No. 70 Mountain View Avenue that day served 36

persons. The Jamaica Christian Boys' Home, sponsors and operators

of the Clinic, recall that the initial medical supplies were donated from
the World Medical Relief org3nization, and from the phacmaceutical
firms of Johnson & Johnson Ltd. and Leslie Moody Ltd. Mrs. Patsy

Alberga, a State Registered Nurse was volunteer-in-charge, aided by

Mrs. Carol Herget. By month's end, the 36 had risen to 61 and two
doctors were giving their help, freely, Drs: Noel March and Terence
Mair.

On November 26, 1962, the Clinic moved into its present home, a
new 4-room unit erected on the Qiurch grounds. (Although the build

ing was not finished, they worked by lantern li^t for a fortnight.)
At year's end, the numbers had jumped to 291 children enrolled.
The rest is history. Year after year, the numbers grew until today, the
Clinic serves some 5,000 patients yearly. The Qinic is filling a: need
that at first glance would seem to be non-existent.

For the fact is that Jamaica is well served with a highly modern
hospital and outpatients State-run system. In addition, there are numer
ous private hospitals and medical centres, all related to the British
Medical Association. Free medical treatment is a long-time public
amenity on the island. Government clinics are spotted all over the city.
There is also a large Children's Hospital. But for the same good reason
that the Home was founded, that is, to shed light on the blind spots
invariably to be expected in any system, whether here or in America, so
was the Qinic founded. The Qinic tries to take care of the spin-offs
which for any number of causes may have been missed by the regular
health agencies. Usually they are found among the particularly needy.
In such a social watershed as the Mountain View Avenue area, one can
expect to find the very needy.

Kids at the Clinic door

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A Christian Quarterly from the Caribbean

I SUMMER 1970
HOME

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

VOL.16

THE

JAMAICA

EVANGEL

NO. 2.

DIRECTORS:

Mr. and Mis. James

Managiiig Directors
Mr. E. A. Woodstock, Mr. V. S. Reid
Mr. Solomon Levy, (Chairman)
CO-WORKERS:

Mr. Guy Whitley, Mrs. Ada Walker

FORWARD AND PROMOTIONAL:
Mr. and Mrs. Don Wheeler

2713 Shetingham Road, Orlando, Fla. 32808

JABIAICA RETREAT (C^p Jamaica): PROMOTION:
Gene Stinson, Minister
450 NJE. 51st Street, Boca Raton, Fla. 33432
MANAGEMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE: Jamaica

Mr. Douglas Fletcher, Mr. Ramon Albeiga

Mr. A. Lionel Levy, Mrs. daire ShiHetto
Dr. Arthur Wnt, Mr. Hal Glave, Mr. A. C. FoOces,
Mr. Giaister Duncan

CHRISTLU4 CHILDREN'S CUNIC:

Mrs. Patsy Alberga, Nurse in charge

OXFORD PREPARATORY SCHOOL:

Mr. Ramon Alberga, Chairman Board of Governors

Mr. Ken CoUins, Mr. Vic Reid

Mr. P. Ossie Smith, Mrs. Carol Herget

NINE PALMS CHRISTIAN CAMP: Estate Supervisoi: Mr. Guy Whitley
CHRISTIAN EVANGEUZING ASSH:

Mr (<nmrodTownsid, Mr. Cshnn Baker;Evangelists

CANDY-TOP DOLL SHOPPE:

Mrs. Patsy Alberga,

Mrs. Bess Lumsden, Pbrt Charlotte, Fla.
DOCTORS:

Dr. Noel T. March, Dr. Terrence Mair,

Dr. M. H. Beaubrun, Dr. Henry Lopez, Dentist

FOOTBALL COACH:

Mr. P. Ossie Smith, Mr. Mike Stokes

CARPENTER AND CONSTRUCnON MANAGER: Mr. Henry Nixon

PHOTOGRAPHY:
Mr. Quito Bryan, Mr. Garth Morgan,
Mr. Eirol Haney

OXFORD CHRISTIAN PRESS: Pdnt Consultants:

AUDITORS:

THE JAMAICA EVANGEL: EDTTOR,

Edit<Hial Board:

Mr. Winston Stephenson

Price Wateihouse & Co.

V. S. Reid

Jamaica

UJSJL

Sotomon Levy

Donald Wheeler

Quito Biyan
Mrs. C. Heiget

Elvin Gray, Minister

HOW VOU CAN HELP !

1. Pray for us.

2. Support or partially support a boy

in the Home ($25.00 per month).
3. Send boxes of new useful clothing,
and other items, for boys. Ask us for

a list.
4. Support finanriany any of our projects.
5. Become a MEMBER of the HOME.
(A subscription of 75 cents a year
helps to de&ay postal charges for our

audited financial report and the Ja

maica Evangel mailed to you.)
6. Send used clothing of all kinds, and
Bible School materials.

7. Send typewritten Scripture labels for

medicine bottles for the Clinic.
8. Send school and craft supplies.
9. Help us to plant new churches by
supporting the Christian Evangeliztng
Association.

(n/JLUe LU: P.O. Box 5,

Wat/ TA.ee, JmeUcji, O/.I.
[LocaJi Ad(ke6'& - 7 Oxiofui Rd,]

Even in a land of long summers {year-round on

the coasts), Jamaicans look forward to the deliciously
hot months when shining sun and cool streams
beckon us from the beaten tracks.

Met up with streams like this one In our photo

graph (at Tryall estate), our minds turn to the
opening words of that great psalm of yearning . . .
As the hart panteth after the waterbrooks, so panteth my sou/ after thee,
0

God.

My soul thirsteth for God, for the

living God: when shall I come and
appear before God?
Psalm 42:1-2

John. Anthony and Leonard make

up a playroom trio. (Leonard is the

one disappearing on the right.)

Annual

General Meeting
The Minister of Education in the Jamaican
Government, Hon. Edwin Allen, was our guest

speaker at the Annual General Meeting of our

Board, held in

May.

A large company, a

lovely supper and good fellowship made the

evening a memorable one. Mr. Allen gave a
most informative talk on the future of educa
tion in Jamaica.

Grandma calls It the Number One Tour. We

reserve it for those special occasions when you have

time in which to do it. But there are two shorter

ones: The Number Two for friends who have Just

Dropped By, and The Quickie for those fugitives

from a lunch hour.

All the tours, we are glad to say, are continuously

In demand.

One of our Just Dropped By friends recently

suggested that we should feature an article on the
tours, especially for our "overseas" friends who
have never come to the island.

So . . . just sit back and imagine yourselves on a

visit to No. 7 Oxford Road and you are off on the
Number One Tour.

Likely, the first sight you will have of the Home

as you enter the long straight carriageway from the
main road, is a handful of boys on the verandah all
ready to greet you.

We rather like to greet you on the verandah.

It is a deep, cool tiled gallery with sonre fine
Corinthian pillars in the old fashioned style that was
so excellent for the "verandah-living" in Old Jamaica.

Once an essential feature of island lite, from the

humblest cottage to the Great House of the sugar

estate. Today, much of our living Is inside the spare

"modern" walls of our computer age dwellings;

although, gratefully, often built with a small balcony,
abbreviated but in place.
Turn to page S

ON COVER: Anthony takes a look

around the playroom.

From page 3

There is, however, nothing abbreviated about the

balcony in our oldtime mansion at No. 7 for it
served as our church at the beginning of the Home.
Now it is our first greeting place and likely you will

be met by some of the gentlemen whose pictures

you see on this page.
A tour of the main building and dormitory Is
first on the list. The house has two floors. Down

stairs are the living and dining areas, kitchen, offices

and rumpus room. The dormitory is an L-shaped

newer adjunct consisting of nurseries, individual

rooms for the bigger boys, bunk-rooms for the
smaller. Matron's apartment and other staff quarters.
The Vincent Hall Memorial Library for the Home is
also on this floor. Upstairs are bedrooms and Jim's
study.
As your tour will end with a real "visit" in the

main house, your guide, usually Carol or Grandma,

now shepherds you out to see the great outdoors.

Firstly, through the bougainvillae , the Ernest

Hunter Wray Memorial Chapel, erected in 1960, for
the Home and School use which has included the

establishment of the Memorial Chapel congregation

now changed to the Hopefield Church of Christ.
Set in the shade of beautiful old trees, it is a restful,
meditative place. Services are held there each day
during the school term.
Across an extensive playfield is the OXFORD
PREPARATORY SCHOOLand NURSERY SCHOOL,
founded by the Home in 1956. A 2-floor building,
modernly equipped, the school can accommodate
over 200 children. The children are prepared for

entry to secondary (or high) schools. If your visit is

made during school hours, Mrs. MacDonald, the
Turn to page 7

From page 5

headmistress, and her staff will readily show you

around the big airy classrooms, kindergarten room

and maybe offer you a soft drink in the new, neat
cute-as-a-button canteen.

A walk through the wicket gate and across our

traffic roundabout, brings us to the Fellowship Hall

which doubles as a music and concert hall and
gymnasium for the school. Many a merry function

has been held there and several surprising talents of

voice and dramatics revealed.

Left of the Fellowship Hall isthe block containing

the School library, domestic science rooms and the

day nursery. Domestic Science classes are taught to

the girls of Oxford Prep, by our volunteer teacher,

nurse and veritable blessing, Mrs. Patsy Alberga.'

As we walk northward, we come to the domain

of Mr. Henry Nixon who presides over ourcarpenters'

and maintenance shop. Here are made the beautiful

pieces of doll furniture which are steadily increasing

In popularity among a widening clientele. The work
shop is small but modernly equipped. Some of its
projects areenormously larger than Itself; for example,
the designing and building of the Sunday School hall

at Meadowbrook was mainly its undertaking.

A walk across the inner playfield forsmaller boys,

sometimes called the outdoor nursery, and we are at
the Doll Shoppe, that gaily painted wooden structure
that is the outlet for the doll furniture and for the
hundreds of dolls' costumes sewed here in Jamaica

by Patsy Alberga and the barbie dresses made by

Bess Lumsden as their contribution to this phase of
the Mission.

From page 7

The Print Shop building housing the OXFORD

CHRISTIAN PRESS is the last stop on our tour.
The block consists of offset pressroom, photographic
section, office and reception area fronting on Nor
wood Avenue, a lovely quiet crescent off Oxford
Road. A final turn around the green lawns and
flowering shrubs, a 2y2-acre oasis in the traffic-busy
city, and we are back again at the house for a cooling
glass of lemonade, or iced tea, and a little "visiting"
with the Hergets.

Grandma Walker

If you have not been yet, we hope one day to

welcome you at No. 7 Oxford Road, whether for
The Quickie, the Just*Dropped-By, or the Number
One Tour.

JIM & CAROL

IN FLORIDA
From the sandy shores of America's
southmost point, the Keys, our hearts
thrilled that we were at home again
with those

have learned to love so

But there was a stop to make at

Atlanta vrfiere we met with Jim's living

church. First Christian at College Park
a suburb of Atlanta. It w/as good to be

much. But it was only from the air that

we saw the rooftops of many of our
friends' homes. For we landed first with

v/ith our elders there once more, and to

receive their loving blessing.

friends at St. Petersburg where the Elvin

Grays awaited us.

From there we had a beautiful fellow

ship at dinner vwth the members of the

Welcome Class and Couple's Class of

From that warm wonderful gathering
of friends including the Bob Shannons
of Largo, we hurried on to Orlando and

Mt. Carmel church. This was one of the

Vic Reid's new car which he so generous

ly allowed us to use for travel, and set
off on our intended trip to East Tenn.

of them.

few most outstanding joys of our trip.

Our friendship through the years has
our center of activities at the Don grown deeper and more meaningful and
Wheelers' home. There we purchased ,we thank God upon every remembrance

Turn to page 13

Guy, Mac and Vic Reid enjoy a tal k

under the trees at Nine Palms.

Report from Brother Guy

THE PEOPLE HAVE A MIND TO WORK"

At Easter. I returned to the Island
after Q'/zweeks in the USA. Accord
ing to my plans. 1970 will be "A
Year to Build" and so it has been

pressing on at Free Hill Church. We

are replacing the present old inade

quate building with a larger cement

this far.

construction. Up to now, we have

poured the belcourse at the Free

PEDRO

with the roof.

Taking over the Pedro River Church

GRIERFIELD

Hill Church and are about to start

as Minister about 2 years ago has

been rewarding. In two more work

Grierfield is a new congregation

days at this time of vwriting it will

be ready for the roof. The people

which I took over two years ago.

This past week, we poured the

have a mind to work.

foundation and plan to start with

the block walls immediately. Inci

FREE HILL
Since I returned, we have also been

dentally, Free Hill and Pedro are

both more than 15 years old.

Exercise time in

Carol and Baby Andrew.

Bob Forrester, Minister ofFirst

Christian Church, College Park,
Ga., held an evangelistic meet
ing with Meadowbrook Church
of Christ in May. There were
eleven baptisms. Left he is
seen at Memorial Chape! with
the children of Oxford Prep
School.

Guy, Jim Herget and Bob Forrester

CLAREMONT

NO

Our plans at Claremont have not

work day each week but often

there are three work days in each

yet been submitted to the govern

week.

church

has

more than

one

ment departments concerned v^ith

new buildings. We are doing some

excavation, vwth hopes to start the
construction in September, God

The people have a mind to work.

willing. All labour has been given

great help in our work. We have

been transporting men and material
like fury. We thank the Lord for it.

free.

Our reconditioned bus has been a

About 75% or more has been raised

by the members of each congre

gation. Each church helps the other.

Guy Whitley

From page 6

And still we must press on.. .to Tenn.

And as the sign post appeared for

Johnson City, then Elizabethton a gentle
warmth filled our souls. For here was

home to us. . .the center of all of our ;

Jamaica's doings and plans of so many v
years ago. It was a real privilege to be
back.

Here is the point when we dare not

begin to describe, for pages would not

permit the full story of that wonderful
two weeks. Tried and true friends of

more than tvi/enty years were there to

greet

us,

the

Fred

Smiths,

Carol. Jack Hyderof Watauga,

atauga, tenn
tenn

Leslie

Watauga Christian

Lumsdens, Pete Ramsey's, Dr. Martha

Between them is a large con-

Bradley and sister Mrs. Hal Brown, of

Charlottesville, Va. . . a day when we

:|

skipped into Virginia to be with Joyce

Elmore, the Joe Dampier's, and still

many, many others . . . the Raima

Bennetts.

| [
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m.1

The time ran out quickly and the trip

back south was almost like a dream for

we were in a real hurry to reach Jamaica

for opening of camp. There was a real
heart tug for those we love in Florida

places for we had to drive straight past

them. But there ws a promise of de
votion to the cause which they so
thoroughly support. . .a renewal of our
pledge of service as they stand by.

Jim and Fred Smith Sr.

Another surge of strength, a deep en

couragement filled us as we once again
turned our back to the U.S.A. Every
where we v^nt, the v^rmth, understand
ing, and, yes, tenderness had been
remarkable. We thank God daily for alt
that host of those who love us and care.

EAST RIVER PARK

CHRISTIAN CHURCH

Night picture of signboard in Elizabethton, Tennessee

Great

Faith

porridge everyone recited a Scripture

Dear Editor,

verse.

It was in January 1957 that my

We saw many changes when we

came again in 1960 until 1965. The
Chapel, Preparatory School built, and of
course the change in the boys as they

husband and / first visited the Jamaica

Christian Boys* Home. In those days we

had precious prayer meetings in the
living room, and how we rejoiced to

were growing up.

see our prayers answered, even seeing

food brought in for the next meal.

Now we are paying another visit

coming from New Zealand to Jamaica
for a short white but being given hospi
tality in the Christian Boys' Home. We
are thrilled to see the work growing, and

The dining room was the chapel

then, where we gathered for Sunday
worship and Jim Herget every Wednes
day night taught the Word of God.

the new church (new to us) at Meadow-

brook. We are so proud to be friends of

Jim and Carol Herget and pray they may
long be here to continue the work they
so lovingly began in such great faith.

In those days / remember he took us

through Romans and it was good.

Of course there were no big boys,

but only babies and small boys; but how
they could sing choruses at the breakfast
table and before they began on their

Hugo and Margaret Merson

Morrisville

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Some of you have asked, "What
do the, boys and girls learn in
Christian Day School in Jamaica?"

Do you want to know something

they all love? Well, here it is. They

Now this month we will try and

parents come and see them perform.

Yes, at Christmas time they have a
lovely play about the Christ-child.
All the boys and girls have part in

tell you about Oxford Prep School

which is the Christian Day School
at the Boys' Home,

really

truly

love to have their

it and then there are treats and ice

First of all, our children, like

cream.

most children in the world, learn

reading, writing, and arithmetic,

very much as you do. Jamaica has
recently changed their money from
sixpences and pounds, to dollars
and cents. So now we even count

and do our shopping just like

American and Canadian boys and
girls do.

Near Easter time there is Sports

Day. when all the children display
their strength in competition games
anc' racos. Then, in early July, they
have an end-of-year "Open Day"
when their parents come and see
their work books and classrooms.

But there is more to learn at

Oxford Prep. Our history is very

much different. We learn first the

history of the Island of Jamaica.

Jamaica as a nation is 8 years old.

But on this day there is some

thing else! They have a program
showing what they have learned.

And first in Geography we learn of

Jamaica and its beautiful mountains
and valleys.

Our girls at Oxford Prep are

eager to come to school on Fridays

for they have a class in Cooking.
They are very pleased with their
own kitchen, fully equipped for
cooking and baking. Always after
class, the boys tease them for the
cookies and food they have pre

pared. And their fingers do needle

work as well.

Here you see the children pre-

Isenting a historical play on the life

of the Arawak Indians who were

the first inhabitants of Jamaica. One

group of children presented the

story in verse all reciting together.
Other children pictures are doing
a Nursery-rhyme display. They also
sing the new songs for the term
learned in the Chapel and recite

passages from their Bibles. Oh, iti

truly is a good time for all!

Each morning there is a Chapel

service where the boys and girls

sing bright choruses, have a prayer,

and a story about Jesus and His
wonderful teaching.

18

Our School motto is

Effort brings success."

'Constant

JUNIOR
PHILIP

AND

MIKE

It was mid-day. The sun was hot the kind ot

day that a sick grandmother should not have been
wal king on a busy dusty street.
But Mike and Philip's grandmother had troubles.

She was ill enough to need hospital attention and

yet she could not leave the home because ot the

boys. Who would care for them? Who would provide

their meals and v^sh their clothes. There was no one.

So, No. 7 Oxford Road, that address that for

years had been tenderly spoken of through many a
humble home in the Island, came to be known by
Mike and Philip's grandmother.

And when she finally reached the gate, she sighed

a bit of relief and lifted a prayer to God that there

might be room inside for her two little grandsons.

We sat and talked and told the grandmother that
we would ask our board to consider giving them a

place. She looked hopeful but a 'Ittle s'='d as she

turned to go home again avw^iting ihe answer.
Meantime, the directors of the Home got their

heads together and made a quick decision . . . the

boys were not to leave No. 7 Oxford Road that day!
Grandmother was called back as she neared the gate.
And then the good news was told her.

Boys and Girls, the picture you see above shows

the smiles of two of the happiest little fellows in
Jamaica. See how well and strong they look after just
a few weeks in the Home, They are precious boys,
well-behaved, and are working hard in school.
And for us at the Home, we are thankful to be
abie to have two such fine little boys in our care.

God is good to little children . . . and to us. His big

children.

When you say your prayers each night, won't you

please remember Mike and Philip? Your gifts are
helping them to have a home, and so we say thank
you from all of us from the Home family.

lAJitl, the

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JAMAICA
EVANGE L
A Christian Quarterly from the Caribbean

- / v:!

Taa
1970
BACK
FROM
CAMP
ISSUE

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

VOL. 16

THE JAMAICA EVANGEL

NO. 3

DIRECTORS:

Mt. and Mis. James Heiget, Managing Directon

Mt. E. A. Woodstodc, Mt. V. S. Reid
Mi. Solomon Levy, (Chaiiman)
GO-WORKERS:

Mr. Guy WhiUey, Mrs. Ada WaOcer

FORWARD AND PROMOTIONAL:
Mr. and Bits. Don Wheder

2713 ShetingbamRoad, Orlando, Fla. 32808

JAMAICA RETREAT (CampJamaica):PROMOTION;
Gene Stinson, Minister

450 N.E. 51st Street, Boca Raton, Fla. 33432

MANAGEMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE:Jamaica
Ml. DouglasFletcher, Mr. Ramon Albeiga
Mr. A. Lionel Levy, Mn. Claiie ShiUetto
Dr. Arthur Wnt, Mr. Hal Glave, Mr.-A. C. FoOces,
Mr. Glaister Duncan

CHRISTIAN CHILDREN'S CLINIC

Mrs. Patsy Alberga, Nurse in diarge

OXFORD PREPARATORY SCHOOL:

Mr. Ramon Alberga, Chairman Board of Govemins

Mr. Ken Collins, Mr. Vic Reid
Mr. P. Ossie Smith, Mrs. Carol Herget

NINE PALMSCHRISTIAN CAMP: Estate Supervisor:

Mr. Guy Whitley

CHRISTIAN EVANGEUZING ASS*N:

Mt NimrodTownsend, Evangelist
CANDY-TOP DOLL SHOPPE:

Mrs. Patsy Albeiga,

Mrs. Bess Lumsden, Port Charlotte, Fla.
DOCTOI^:

Dr. Noel T. March, Dr. Teirence Mair,

Dr. M. H. Beaubrun, Dr. Henry Lopez, Dentist
FOOTBALL COACH:
Mr. P. Ossie Smith.
CARPENTER AND CONSTRUCnON MANAGER: Mr. Henry Nixon

PHOTOGRAPHY:

Mr. Quito Bryan, Mr. Garth Morgan,

Mr. Enrol Haivey

AUDTTORS:
Price Watediouse & Co.
THE JAMAICA EVANGEL: EDITOR,
V. S. Reid
P/Krtriiti Boaid:

Jamaica

UJS.A.

Solomon Levy
Quito Biyan
Mrs. C. Herget

Donald Wheelei
Elvin Gray, Minister

HOW you CM HELP I

1. Pray for us.

2. Support or partially support a boy

in the Home ($25.00 per month).

audited financial report and the Ja

maicaEvangelmailedto you.)

3. Send boxes of new useful clothing,

ami other items, for boys. Ask us foi
a list.

6. Send used clothing of aU kinds, and

Bible School materials.
7. Send typewritten Scripture labels for

4. Support fiwatiriany any of our promedicine bottlesfor the Clinic.

jects.
8. Sendschool and craftsupplies.
5. Become a MEMBER of the HOME.

(A subscription of 75 cents a year

helps to defray postal chargesfor our

9. Help us to plant new dturches by

support!^ the Christian Evangdizing

Association.

l!4: P.O. Box. 5, Hali Hay Tum., Jawcca, W.I.

"CAMP
BAPTISM"

'"5

Wecouldvery well
name

our

1970

Nine Palms camp,

"Camp Baptism."
It was an unfor

gettable sight to
see so many young

people coming to
the Lord.

Even the setting

was wonderful.

Brother Jim Her-

get baptised in the

small pool just be
low the camp.
The pool is beau
tifully set in one
of

the

several

sweeping valleys
by which Nine
Palms is surround
ed. Brother Homer

Styons, our grand

Camp Evangelist
{visitingfrom Nor
th Carolina) prea
ched and assisted

at the baptism serHow many were

baptised?
Well, at the senior
co-ed camp, there
w/ere 22. And then
some more from

the junior campsaltogether about

30 were baptised
into Christ.

We
for

give

thanks

this Summer

Camp

ministry

which was so rich

ly blessed.

Baptism in the val'ey at Nine Palms.

-ry.:

NINE PALMS JUMPED FOR JOY!

Nine Palms really jumped for joy this
summer!

Our camps totalled 214 with kids from all

over the island and from Stateside too!

Our new roof was really rain-repellant.

The cows were fat from nine rolling acres
of grass. High in the mountains as we are,
the climate was terrific! Salubrious, I think
is the word.

And the activities! Nine Palms is set in the

middle of country that lends itself to activi

ties. Such as hiking. To places such as old

"Edinburgh Castle" where an 18th century

Jamaican bushwhacker once used to enter

tain his visitors and do them in as they

departed. Or to the beautiful Pedro River.

Or to our first camp site at Grier Park. Or to

Harmony Vale, our tiny neighbourhood

country shop for small staples like sugar, oil,
flour.

Horseback-riding was a big hit with all

the boys and girls. And guess what? We had

three saddle horses this year! Big gentle

animals, capable on the wide level trails and
very safe for the kids.

OUR

COVER:

Brother Jim

Herget baptising at Nine Palms.

NINE PALMS JUMPED FOR JOY!

GRANDMA BACK

Track & Field sports were also very

popular. Jamaica is quite famous for her
middle distance runners (they've won gotd
medals at the Olympic Games) and we feel
sure that one of these days, an "Old Nine
Palms" Boy or Girl will be among her top

Talent Nights turned up many hidden

exciting talents, among them, comics, singers,
actors, public speakers and a battery of
young, powerful prayers!

Grandma

came

back

home safe and well in ans

wer to prayers. She had

a serious skin operation in
Florida

but

now she

is

chipper as ever, in charge

of the front office, kitchen,
upstairs and anywhere
else you want her to be.

We are glad to have Grand

ma (hey, that's Mrs. Ada
Walker, Carol's mother!)
back!

Jean Knight of Roanoice Bible College,

Elizabeth City, North Carolina, taught
classes at Nine Palms this year. Was Jean
ever so popular?

i.

A little skylarking on the grass by this

merry trio.

Danny and Bebe de Roulet were grand

Counsellors at camp.

THE

WAY

. . .

UNTO

LIFE

All human beings are subject to butterflies. But

the followers of Christ seem oversupplied with those
well-known, tiny stomach flutters. Maybe the reason
is because we have more hang-ups.
Hang-ups of conscience.

The conviction of wrong is greater in Us than in

Them. And swifter in Us than in Them.

You remember that portion of the great Farewell

Talks recorded in John, where Jesus rebuked Peter?
And because He knew the flutters would be in Peter

[and also in the rest of His disciples] He immediately

assuaged them with those unforgetably moving words
of assurance:

"Set your troubled hearts at rest. . . . There

are many dwelling-places in My Father's house."

People who hope for immortality are apprehensive

when they do wrong. For it is tiiis hope that sustains
us.

And it is this "desire with expectation" which

makes us continually aware that the contract con
tains a penalty clause,
REPENTANCE.

Christians are sinners. All of them. Or they would

neither need, nor receive salvation. Christ hammered
home this fact, over and over:
"He that is whole need not a physician. . .
have not come to call the righteous but

sinners.

"

What saves is the knowledge, when we do wrong,

and the ready wit, through faith, to confess and
repent.. .and the willingness to complete the contract
in baptism.

WE HAVE

BEGUN
TO BUILD!
fi^e have commenced work on

With, the Compliments

the foundations for Meadowbrook

Church! We commenced the liningout on Tuesday Sentember 29th.

of

Excavation for the walls and col

umns are now completed. Soon the
walls will commence goit^ up. Our

TROPICAL GAS CO. INC.

Faith Promises were renewed on

Sunday September 27th at Morning

Services and we pray and hope that
not long from now, we will be
worshipping in our new sanctuary.

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Phone 69191

We ask your continuing prayers.

The American Ambassador (right) and

his wife (third from right), Mr. & Mrs.
Vincent de Roulet, visited Nine Palms
and had a picnic with all the kids. Others
from left are Bill Weale, Jean Knight,
Carol ArkHander, Barbara Brennan, Don
Burgess, Whitney and Danny de Roulet,
Carol Herget.

l-K*

n'

If

THE MARCH OF
VOLUNTEERS
"/ shall always wonder how in the
world you can keep up the pace divi
ding yourself in so many ways the
boys, clinic, Meadowbrook, etc. May
the Lord continue to bless you in
your wonderful service to Him."

(In a letter from N. Altom, Greenville, III.)

The above is an excerpt of a

letter from a friend of the Home,

but it is a question often asked by

others.

We thought we would answer

through EVANGEL and say:
Darren Foster is the newest little brother

in the Oxford Road family. Darren is

four years old.

It's because of God's goodness

shown to us in several ways, mainly

through friends and volunteer?. A

march of volunteers.

PaintShop volunteers. Typing vol

unteers.

Accounting

volunteers.

Board-members volunteers. Foot

ball coaching volunteers. Music

teaching volunteers. Schoolboard
volunteers. Doll shop volunteers.
Printshop volunteers. Nursing vol
unteers. Library volunteers. And
a host of summertime American

volunteers plus many American

evangelists who come to conduct
campaigns.

And to these many friends, add the

funds which you and other friends

send for the necessary salaried help
and the day-to-day running of the
Home.

This, with God's help, is how

we do it. .
J. & C.H.

OUR

HONORARY HELP!

What a wonderful summer this was!

Lots of folks came in to help in all ways. As counsel

lors, teachers, camp and Home help.

One of the earliest was Don Burgess from Pompano

Beach, Fla. Don was here last year and we were so
glad he could come again.
Then there was that wonderful family, the Homer

Styons and their three children of Elizabeth City,

N. Carolina. Homer was here last year too and had
vowed to come back, D.V.

Jeanne Knight spent the longest time. She was here

a couple of weeks before Don and helped so much in
the Home before it was time for camp. Jeanne is from

Florida and attends Roanoke Bible College. Renay

Sawyer also from Roanoke Bible College stayed
several weeks with us and was very very helpful in
the office before Camp time. She spent several weeks
at Claremont helping Brother Guy.
Carol Arkilander is an "old Jamaica hand." She
lived on the island when a child before going back to
Canada where she now resides.

Bebe (feRou/et helping in the

She plans to go into full time Christian service

dining mom at Nine Palms.

Bill Weale and his son Merrick and daughter

Barbara Brennan spent a couple of weeks too. Bill's
singing and preaching made an unforgettable memory
for the Camp and Meadowbrook folk. His children
helped tremendously with the music at camp and
did a share of the teaching too.

Terry Smith, Elvina Gray and

Shelley King at Meadowbrook

And of course there were our resident Americans,

the de Roulets, quickly dubbed 'The Ambassador's
kids" by the Jamaican youngsters. Whitney, Bebe, and
Danny are children of the American Ambassador
Vincent de Roulet and Mrs. de Roulet who also

graciously visited Nine Palms Camp during their

children's stay as "Honorary Counsellors."
Another blessing for Meadowbrook churcn was the
vi^it of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Shepard with a fine
message one Sunday morning. We truly enjoyed their
stay in the Home that week.
From Florida came Elvina Gray, Nancy Tillus,
Tricia Hess, Sheryl King, Terry Smith and Cheryl
Wilson, a team of young enthusiastic kids who showed
fine leadership Quality.
They were all very marvelous people and without
them, the summer would not have been the same.

From the Home, we thank you all very much.

VBS,

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THE AMBASSADOR'S
PARTY

There was a 'specially bright spot

on Friday evening of the Junior
CoEd camp week. It was the Am
bassador's party, as the boys and
girls called it. Our American Am
bassador to Jamaica gave the chil
dren a lovely treat. There were
hamburgers and fruit punch, cakes
and candles, bun and cheese, and

ice cream as well. At the beginning

of the party the boys and girls all
sang, "For he's a jolly good fellow,"
for their good friend, Ambassador
de Roulet

An Oxford Prep youngster named

Michele, age 6, wrote this nice tetter
one day after morning service in Memorial
Chapel. Service is held in the chapel every
day during term.

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Christ has had 35 additions

This progress report comes to

you because of your prayers. . .
your giving. . .your love for the
work here in Jamaica and for us,
your servants in the vineyard.

from July 2nd to Sept. 2 and

a

total of 53 additions for

1970. Work has begun on the

new building. A V6S held in
August enrolled over 240
children with close to 40 in

Thank you for helping to make

these things possible. Your gifts
have been deeply appreciated and
have been a source o'^ great en
couragement. Here are some sumups for this year:
1. The Jamaica Christian Boys'
Home now has 18 boys In its

the teen

Our second

6. Oxford Christian Press, our

new printing business, is run
ning full time and several
thousand

tracts

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been

printed and distributed among

the

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2. Nine Palms Christian Camp
has completed its 13th year

class.

Faith Promise Rally was held

September 20th.

In

quantities

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of

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been printed.

with over 200 enrolled and

had 28 baptisms and one re

cruit for full time Christian

3. Christian Children's Clinic be

gan its 9th year with close to

6,500 enrolled.

4. Our Christian Day School

averaging 120 students had
its largest September enrol
ment this year; a high standing
in the community, daily
Chapel services.

7. Our

Christian

Association is

Evangelizing
active and at

present seeking to purchase a

piece of land in a high desi
rable place in Kignston's new
twin-city development
Land has recently been pur
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for the Claremont church pro
ject nearly located to the
camp.

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daily prayers for the coming year?

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WHAT MAKES CAMP?

EATING? Well, yes, that is a good

part of it. When the dinner bell

rings, campers line up outside and
the team that lines up the straight-

est, goes into the Hall fjrst. Oh

what a scamper to do the best!
Everybody wants to sit by his best
friend.

LESSONS?This is adeep wonderful

part of camp. . .learning through
interesting teaching, the truths of
God's
wonderful
Word.
Here
Michael Hollar and Donovan Miller

study a memory verse for points

on

their team. Great lessons are

learned

and serious decisions are

made.

SONG TIME? Yes, singing is a great

part of camp. And espedally when
the camp kids are gathered out
under the shingled summer house
at the top of the camp hill. After a
good supper of roasted hot dogs,
baked beans, drinks and cake, the
evening shadows fall and vespers
are held around a darx^ing bon-fire.
It is after the close of vespers that
we all gather under the summer
house to sing. And oh, what fun It
isl Here you see Merrick Weale
leading songs with his guitar. . .a

The Ambassador's Party was held in the

"Jamaica House"summer house at camp.
We built a summer house on Meadow-

brook grounds and roofed it in coconut

fronds for the Meadowbrook \/BS.

The dining hall at Nine Palms girls camp.

song fest that fust can't seem to gel

through. . .on, on into the late
evening the boys and girls continue

to enjoy music and singing that

floats down over the hillsides and
re-echoes back and forth across the
moonlit valley.

EVEN

DISH

WASHING

makes

camp! And the boys and girls enjoy

helping. There's Danny de Roulet at
the dish pan, Barbara Brennan at
the rinsing, and Carol Arkilander
leading the line of dish driers. Each
team has its turn and there's sing
ing and fun along v\/ith the work.

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WHAT MAKES CAMP? Just all

kinds of activities and fun. Fun
from the crack of dawn when the
first foot hits the floor from off

the top bunk. . .fun until the oil

lamp Ixirns low and casts its last
flickering shadows across the bunk
room floors. Jesus meant for boys
and girls to have fun, for fun is part
of the love of Jesus.

Fun and happiness and love are

all bound up together in Jesus and
that's why we enjoy our work in
Jamaica so very much. Thank you
for helping us to help the boys and
girls to know more of our wonder
ful Jesus.

Michael Hollar and Donovan Miller study

for points.

Merrick Weale of Ontario, Canada, leads

the singing with his guitar.

Here come thewashers anddriers astold

in the story on this page.

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MEADOWBROOK VBS
More than 250 boys and girls
gathered at Meaddwbrook this sum

and a special treat at snack time.

was an exciting time. The Jamaican

army who usually lends us a large

There was a six foot candy bar for

the child who brought the most
visitors. . .prizes for memory work,
and a lovely program on Sunday

tent unfortunately had a "camp

out" for their men the very week

close the school.

mer for Vacation Bible School. It

morning at Bible School hour to

of our VBS. So instead we built a

"Booth" with bamboo poles and

coconut fronds on top to shed the
sun. It was a nice big booth and it
took care of our largest class, the
primary.

far

But the other classes were not

behind in enrolment. There

were 40 in the teen class and they

keenly enjoyed Bro. Homer Styons
as their teacher.

Each day was filled to the brim

with stories, puppets, songs, games.

In the evenings Homer Styons

and

Richard Moorhouse held an

evangelistic meeting. Many of the

boys and girls brought their parents
to the meetings for there was a
prize to be earned: A chocolate bar

was given to each boy or girl who

brought their parents to the meet
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those chocolate bars very badly.

And we wanted the parents to
attend the meetings. So it all work
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