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James

and Carol Hergot

HALF Y

TREE

P. 0 . JAMICA, B.W.I.

' CHRISTMAS FOR LITTLE BOYS

Christroas i s an oxciting

timo

fo r th ree

l i t t l e

boys we know

Petor and

Andy

are

excited

about

the

coming

events

they

hoar

ibout.

Johnny, being older,

is

very in-

tuisativo and at times wo haw heard his

whisper to th e other boys,

H^at is

this

t r e e

ca l led

a Chris tmas

Tree?

This

yoar

they

will

know

the

.joys of a happy

home

and a blessed Christmas, something which

every

boy and

gir l

wants and enjoys. They

are

thankful,

too, this year, for food and

clothing, and an

opportunity to

go

to

Bi

ble School and regular

school

too.

I t

has been

l o t s

of fun teaching them

the

spir i t

of giving

a gif t to others on

Christmas,

and

they

have

been

saving

pen

n ies

fo r some

timo fo r the little things

they

want

to

buy for

brothers

and dadd^

and momn^.

Sti l l

the

most

wonderful

time will be

vjhen

the

Happy Hour Bible

Class and the

Sunday Bible School children put on their

Christmas program

the

day

af te r Christinas.

Our

l i t t l e boys

are

looking fon^rard eager

ly

to

thei r f irs t

timo

in

a program

and

.giving thei r f i rs t reci ta t ion. And they

understand

the

r ea l meaning of

Christmas

and

are

doing

it

jus t

fo r

Jesus.

JAMAICAN STAMPS

The f i r s t Jamaican stamp was

issued

in

1858 and since that time there have

b been

many colorful and picturesque stamps given

to

Jamaica

by

her Mother

country,

Eng

land. Special

stamps were

issued

vrtien

the

Queen v i s i t u d

Jamaica . A ll stamps a re

issued f rom England where

they

are printed

and s e n t

t o th e

c o l o n i e s .

V

GLORY

TO GOD

IN

THE

HIGHEST

AND

ON EARTH, PEACE,

GOOD WILL TO

MEN.

Let a l l

the ear th

praise

Him.

PET,eR FINDS A FRIEND

Peter

has a sweet l i t t le gir l friend

in

the country

who

is just

one

year old. And

this l i t t le girl, vdiose name b the way is

Heather Binns, has a very sweet grandma.

Recently, Peter visited Heather and he had

a

really

nice time. But

the

most fun

of

all , happened after Heather went

to

bed,

and the

monnnies

and daddies a l l

went out

to service, Peter stayed

with

Grandmai

Oh

what

a

wonderful t ime

they

had

I They

ato

cookies and

cakes

and

candy unti l

i t reach

ed Peter s ears and dripped from

his

chin,

and they looked

at

chickens and geese and

dogs and

calves

and cows. There

vrere

stor

ies about Jesus, and games and

laughing

and

talking unti l both

Grandma and

Peter

were completely worn

out.

The

last thing

that Peter whispered in

Grandma s

ear

was,

X

want you to come to house sometime.

Peter told us later, I love that baby .

But,

we

wouldn't bo

surprised i f

he loved

Grandma m o r e l

JAMAICAI^I POTTERY

One

of

the most

in terest ing of native

craf ts

in Jamaica,

is the making of

clay

pottery. Fac to rie s a re lo ca ted

in

places throughout

the

i s

land. The pottery i s made

o f n ativ e red clay and i s

shaped and

worked

by hand

o r

i n

molds made f rom

wood

or s tone. When the pot-

te ry

i s

shaped,

i t

is

put

i n t o

crude

ovens

a nd b ak ed

un t i l it i s very hard.

Some

things

are glazed on

the

inside

so that they

can

hold

water

\^ i le flower pots are be t te r l e f t porous,

Monkey

Jars

have a

spout, l id

and a han

dle

on

the top and are used to coo l water ,

Yabbahs are excellent

mixing

bowls,

and

almost every home in Jamaica has at least

two

fern f i l led garden pots .

A DELIGHTFUL CHRISTMAS ICECREAM

Soursop i s a f m i t

which

has a coarse,

pfickly, grreen skin over a

thick,

sweet

vrtiite pulp. To make a lovoly Christmas

ice

cream, the skin and

seeds are

removedj

hot

/rater

i s

thrown on the pulp and l e f t

to

s oa k a bo ut on e

hour:

tlien it i s

passed

through a seive a squeezed

to

get out a l l

of

the

ju ice.

After

it i s

sweetened

with

condensed milk,

a

bright red food color i s

added

and a few

grains

of nutmeg. We

wish

you could serve th i s del igh tfu l ice

cream

on

Chris tmas , too.

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FOR

JESUS

For the past few weeks ,

our

Bible

Class

in

Half

Way

Troe

has

been

busj*-

working on

a lovely

Christmas

program. The

voices

of

these sweet

Jamaican

children ring

out

with

the

blessed Christmas story

in

song.

These

chi ld ren a re

catching the t rue

and

r ea l meaning of Christmas, through giving

unto

others .

They

have heard ho\>r the Wise-

men of old brought gif ts of

gold

and

myrrh

and

frankencense to

Josus, and

now th ey a re

anxious to

bring gif ts to Him too. The

gi f t s of Jamaican c hild re n a re th e precious

f ru i t s of

t he i r

i s l and

homo. These g i f t s ,

though

far more

simple

th an the

gif ts

the

Wise men

brought, wil l

bring

the

blessed

joy of Christmas

and

Spiri t

of

Jesus

into

some

lonely needy

home,

THANK YOU

Christmas

time

br ings

to

our minds once

again,

a l l of the nice things

you have

done

for us

in

the past

year.

You

have

made

possible

fo r us

to do many things

in the

Lord's

wolie here

and

you

have

been most

kind and

generous toward

our l i t t l e

boys.

The prayer of

our hoai^ts at

Christmas -

time is that

each

of you

may

have

a

blessed

happy

day

and

that

i t s blessings

may

l a s t

the whole year

through,

JOHNNY

KNOWS HIS WAY ABOUT

At

our

week's meet ing at Whitehall, John

found a

great

many things to talk about. He

knew

every t ree

and plant and v/eed

by

name

having boon raised in the country. I t was

an exciting time for him to see

those

nice

th ings

again

and

often he

would ca l l to us

to

come

and

see th i s ,

or that .

He would

say,

I will

show you how

to

boil

tea

from

i t ,

or he would explain how to

take seeds

from

the

Jackfruit,

boil

them, remove the

skins

and then parch

them

to ea t .

By the end of the f i rs t week,

Johnny

had

seen again a l l the

things he had

once

found

bo eat -vhen he was hungry. The fun had

.rom

off

and he began

to

think of home. The

thing?5

of the country

had

begun to

bring a

riUiPbor o f

sad

memories back to him

a rd he

begged to go home, Please, he begged,

When I get home, may I have a real big

ba th?

(Our

mailbag overflowed]

Sorry

we

can' t

get

a ll

of

your

letters into the

paper.)

4

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AMERICAN MAILBAG

Prim,Kind.1st Church,JohnsonCity,Tenn 9.00

Children,

Paston,

111.

10.00

Elaine and Carmen Brown,Greenfield, I I 1,00

Mblo

School, Heaton, N.C, 10.00

Jr, Class,Central, Tampa,Fla, 5.00

D.V.B.S,, Beaverton, Ore, 10.00

Jr, C,E, Lansdown, E.St, Louis,111, 6,50

S.S,,

Hoyworth, 111, 15.00

Children, Columbiana,

Ohio

6,00

C,Y.H., Lansdown,

E.St,Louis,

111. 7.00

Jr. C.S., Wajnesboro, Va. 12,32

Bible

School,

Litcrberry,

111. 25.00

C.E., Coinland, 111. 10,00

WAYNESBORO, VA.

Here is another offering from

our

J r .

C.E.

Clarabelle

Hopkins. (Your

gift

has

helped the chTirch at Whitehall)

CORNIulND,

ILL.

. . t en dol la r s for use in

winning souls

for Christ, Kay

Shanle.

(We are

doing

our bes t . )

E,

ST,

LOUIS, ILL.

I t

i s a

pleasure to

send

you

a money-

order.

R.

Riddle,

i t

is

a

pleasiire

to

use the money you send from

the

Youth thoryager

at l as t .

Jamaicans are

very

careful to remember

the good th ings

tha t

Christ ians do, and

they usiw.lly have names and verses wri t -

ben on the walls of the buildings

fo r

them.

BE THANKFUL

WITH US

Last

month

we

asked

to

have

you

pray

wi th us

t h a t

God would meet ou r needs fo r

a Stat ion Wagon and a

Deep

Freeze. Thank

you

fo r praying God has answered and the

money for

the

deep freeze i s here,

only

shipping

and duty

funds to

come

in .

I s n t

t h a t

wonder fu l ?

We

have some

fu nd s to wa rd

the car and

are waiting to see God's

per

f e c t

w i l l

i n t h a t .

Le t u s be t h a n k f u l

to

gether to our Heavenly Father .

Our

BOYS*

HOME i s growing nice3y in so

many

materia l

ways. Right nov; we do need

some

used

bed

covers

fo r the

boys.

We

have

enou^ sheets a t present .

The used

bed

clothes

may be sent jus t

as Used Clothes.

AMERICAN MAILBAG

Children's Dep't .

Columbiana,

Ohio

Intmed, Cla ss , P in ey Fla ts , Tenn.

J r .

and

In t .

Dep'ts ,

Piqua,

Ohio

J r . C.E.,

Lebanon,

Pa .

Frank Bailey J r . Keysvil le, Va.

In t . Class, Jonesboro, Tenn,

J r . Class,

Newland,

Va.

S.S. Heyworth,

111.

Jrs .

Ben Hil l

Church,*

East Point,

Ga.

(Jrs.

in

Central

Church, Tanqaa, Fla.

are now including t he i r

monthly

g i f t

through

the church

for

the churchhas

assumed an increased amounjb

fo r

our

family l iv ing- l ink. We are

thankful

fo r

their

faithfulness

through the

years.)

PIQUA, 0. Vfe have received

your l e t

t e r

t e l l i r ^ us

o f plans to

bui ld

a Home

for Boys ,

We

think

i t is a

grand

project .

R. Phillips. (Thanks

for

your encouragement)

CLARENCE, N,Y. Find enclosed, . for the work

of

children in Jamaica. Roy Drlidge (These

pi^ecioUs l i t t l e ones need cai*e,)

JOHNSON

CITY,TE^. tl/e received ycHir folder

and

loved it Mr.

and

Mrs.

Luthei*

Feathers

l o s t the i r

only son

Bobby.. M,

Riddle.

(Our sympathy for our friends' loss is much

deeper since

we

have found our

four

boys.)

HEYWORTH, ILL. Please find

the enclosed

check,.our prajrers

are

w it h you ,

L,Sledg

(Gifts

with

payers

make the work grow,)

COLUMBIANA,

0. We

wil l a l l be anxious to

hear

how the

sick

boy

is. Enclosed

$6. to

help

in your

wonderful

work.UV.Cple,

(Peter

i s

wel l again

a f t e r

a four week' s

bat t le

with Diphtheria.)

NEWLAND, VA.

This i s

the

l a s t

t ime I ll

get

to

send our money,

.moving up

to In t . Cl.

and I won't

be

sec,^' A. France. (We have en

joyed your le t te r s

- best

wishes..and

hope

you

won't

forget

us.)

BEN

HILL, GA, Enclosed check from J r s , , .

to

use

for the

Boys'

Home. Jerry and I

are

leaving

to

do

graduate work

a t

Lincoln.

Mrs. Gerald Si^th, (You have

lef t

a good

work

a t

Ben

Hill

and

did

a good

job there,)

THANK YO U for lovely new

clothes,

. th i rd

f loor g ir ls a t

Cincinnati ,Bible Sem

6.00

10 . 00

5.00

5 .00

1 . 0 0

12 . 00

16.77

30,00

3-00

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MARCH

L955

James and Carol

Herget

HALF

mY

TREE P. 0,, Jamaica

B.W.I.

TO MEETING WE WILL GO

Four l i t t l e boys

with

eager

eyes,

and

voices with

a hundred

questions,

stood

iiratching daddy as he unloaded a big

tent

into

the

yard.

The

following

week they

v;ere more

excited tha n eve r

when

they

went

to meeting for the

first

time in the

big

tent. Since daddy had made arrangments

to preach for

the

church in St, Elizabeth,

over 100 miles away, the boys and MomCQr

had to go to se rv ice the f i rs t morning

a-

lone.

I t

is only a mile and a half to the

tent,

but that is a long distance for

the

l i t t l e

ones to

walk when

Dacjdj^

is away and

so

they

rode

their

donkey, Linstead-, our

baby i s cryi-ir, could

1

pat

hjjn

for

a l i t t l e i .^ilo? KVen Uaby Jlonnath

fould -iile

and

say, Danny

and

iionnrgr, I

lAJV

liiju 50. Yes, they

a l l

love

hiia

and

u'?jit hian to

.f^et

vrelJ., but i t --.all bo a

sad

day for

them v^en

the

l i t t l e

black angel

;:oe5 back to h is humble

hoine

and h is

lit

t l e box

bed in Barbican

bush*

He

i s

a

lucky

l i t t l e boy fo r

thouf;h

r)is parents

are vt^ry poor,

yet

they

a re

Chris t iana and

i-iemberc

o f th e

J iarb ican

Church.

DVBS

STOl iS i STUX

AVAIL/VrlL^.

Orders fo r the DVBS

s t o r i os

o f ch i ld i^n

in J>jr5iica, have been

cowinn;

in .

V/e ai?e

Iiappy

to

say

th at th ere

a re s t i l l

iiore

on

hand ard

v/e

^fi l l

be i^lad ['.o ncnd i/hen to

..'ou. A

native-made

basket be purchased

for :/our offcrin::s

for

30/,

KUia;i i ; '

: . k l

.. i

Of t en

t ix iies

v.^e have

sr j ie l lcd

i*ubbcr

b um -

in^j,

We

have

been

to ld th at it

i s

because

)Coplo bur n r ubbe r to drive avfay duppieo^

?m

0100:2115 saiG

m

J.Hmaicans love to rjin.^ ivhenever you

see a

nroup

of rnen v/orkl-.i,-:^ together, you

can

know

th ;it th ey be sin/;ing. ilany

tijdcs they

havo

noociAl songs that telb.

about the vrork

tha t

;;l?(jy

are

doin^. One of

the jTOst corifliion of these

i s th e

digsers

son/i. rtecentlj'-j men havo been dic^sin^ a;

nevr te lephone

l ine

Ofi

the road

near

our

house,

We pass thci-.-

often and

sometimes

stop and l i s t en

fo r

a moment to t he i r sooi

and b e a t i n r . Afte r th e

hole

and

layin,'^ the

pipe,

they pack the earth vdth

heavy packin; '

toblsj tdth

lon^ handles . It

waa V7ith

these

heavjr tools

that

\-ft

heard

then

poxmdin;:

i-dth ^jerfect rythia to th.c

song,

liomln'

bosu, llomin'

boss,

send

dovai a l i t t l e more ivater, yes, liotnin* ye 6

J^iomin* boss , There

vrero a t l e a s t

a

doz

en

rcen

workiii^ and

c:ln.-iinr the i r son^s. th e

vrtiole v/eek

long.

Jamaicane

have j30'V;,s

fo r T^rfien they a rc

Jfor '^hen uhe^ aro sad,

in

tij-ies

o f

need, and fo r almoot

ever^'' phase

o f

th i r

livQ^ enjoy t h^ , iiouldr>M;

youV

300

T- jm

The te nth o f r^iy has conroleted a

very

ijnportant e ra

fo r

Jrij.;aica, I t

has

been

300

years

under

the

xnilo o f B ri ta in .

Xliese

have

b ee n .g re at [/Ci^ro o f

advancertent fo r

t h i s

little

i s la i jd .

Since

s lavery

vjas

done av/ay v/i th

in schools

be/^an

to

be e s t a b l i s h e d foy: 'jiiO c h i l d r e n o f s l a v e s

and the whole

isl. ' 'r.d

be, an to advance. To

day

there are '-ov^jx* ^...3/1

schools

avai l ab le

fo r all chi ldren evuii thou'^^h many are not

able

to QQ becaufi o. ;' hor condi t ions . It

I'/as a r r ea t i-Ay o f c e le b ra ti on

v.dth

color~

ed li;- ;hts

and

r^ay stre^u.-iers reinlndiino; the

people

o f t h e i r alll.e, iance to the ' juecn*

Jai. 'aica's

birthday

vras

1655.

PL:^AGi VdkY

for LtJ-'

on

the l i t t l e boy

vrtio

becai.ie

a Chr i s t i a i i

at -iarbican.

He

has

beeii very &ick fox* severa l weeks.

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raise

the Lord, Praise the Lord, le t the

)arth hear His

voice. Praise

the Lord,

. ra ise the

Lord,

l e t the people re jo ice .

Jh

come

to

the Father through Jesus

the

Son. And

give

Him

the glory, great

-.hings He

hath done.

A

TBIE

OF

REJOICING

The

most well

known

and

common

praise

song among ll of th e Jamaican Churches of

Chris t ,

i s

th i s lovely one, To God be the

-llory.

You wi l l see here the notes fo r

bhe

chorus of the song so t ha t you can

le rn

too

This month

has

found us

with t h i s song

on

our l i p s

over

and

over

again.

We have

so

much

to

praise Him for .

Yes,

the new

s tat ion wagon h?s la nded here in Jamaica,

and God h a s met o u r n e ed s i n a

m ost w on der

fu l

way.

After

t ry in g fo r two

months

to

se l l our old car so

t ha t

vre might be able

O pay

the government ta x on the

new

one

- re could

find

no buyer. However,

on the

very day before the new car

arr ived

a man

came and

bought

the o ld

one,

g iv in g u s a

500d sum more

than

we

had

expected to ge t .

The Lo rd knew th t we

needed th e o ld

one

r igh t up unt i l the

new one came Then

too,

gif t s from

America came

the very

day the

car landed to help pay fo r the u ty and to

pay off

almost

the entire

debt

on the

car .

In the past few

weeks

we have met many

people who want to help w ith the

JAI-IAICA

CHRISTIAN BOYS HOME. One man

gave

Ken -

neth a new matt ress

fo r

h is bed, another

man has given the

boys

oranges f or s ev era l

months, a nice lady gave the boys

each

a

new shirt

and pants, a

doctor

gives

all

of

h is

se rv ices f ree fo r the boys care a

den t i s t care s fo r

t h e i r t e o th and many

others have helped in

different

ways, God

has

blessed

so

wonderfully

tha t

again we

must

s ing give

Him the glory ,

great

things

He h at h don e.

REWARD

Bro.

Levy, one of our

Jamaican minister

friends,

visi ted

Barbican church

recently

and

brought some of h is people with him to

help

sing. In his sermon he was explain -

ing vrfiat God does for those who do a

kind

deed for others .

The revra,rd,

he sa id i s

l ike th i s ; when

you

do a kind deed it jus t

makes you

a l l happy and then

God

gives

you

a

lovely s l ice

of

the Glory

cake,

AMERICAN MAILBAG

Prim,Kind. 1s t Ch, Johnson City,Tenn, 5.00

Jr .

C.E. ^feynesboro, Va. 10.62

J r .

Cl.

N.Scott

Ch,

Angola,

Ind.

15.00

Prim.Dep t. Memorial, Detroit , Mich. 10,00

S,

S

Heyworth, 111. 15.00

Junior

Girls , Buchanan, Mich. 6.19

Junior

Class,

Keysville,

Va. 2,00

Begin.

Prim.

Dep t , Heyworth,

111. 8.84

TAMPA, FLA. CENTRAL

My

l i t t l e class of Junior

gi r l s never

f a i l to pray fo r Aunt Carol and

Uncle

Jim,

Mrs. A. Kol lmorgan.(God has answered thei r

prayers tool)

BUCHANAN,

MICH.

Here

i s another

gi f t

of love.

The

g i r l s

a r e thrilled

wi t h t h e

J ama i can J u n i o r .

You r

he rts

wou ld b e stirred

to

s e e

their

h e ad s

bowed

in

prayer

for you. Not

only

are you

blessed,

bu t ive are

also,

Jr .

Girls.( That

i s

our

prayer , that we

a l l

might be blessed

in doing

this

work

togetheri)

HEYWORTH,

ILL.

Seems

as though

our

little bank

soon

get s f i l l ed up. Hope you can use it to the

honor and

glory

of the Lord Jesus Christ .

Mrs. E. Arbuckle.

(We

surely can. What dear

friends you have been through the years.)

WAYNESBORO,

VA.

We a re

so in te res ted

in

th e

boys . ,Since

you

a re

planning to bu i ld

a Home

fo r

them,

we a re wondering if

you wou ld

l ik e to apply

this

offering to that purpose?

(We surely

would be happy

to . .This

i s the way God i s

meeting the needs

for

the

Home.)

JOHNSON CITY, FIRST CHRISTI/iN

Enclosed

find

^5.00

for

your

vjork

from

our C.E. and Kindergarten.

M

Riddle.(We

hope you have enjoyed our slides by now.)

APPRECIATION

Many of our f r iends in / jnerica have sent

lovely g i f t s

in

recent months

for

our

boys.

For these we are

t r u ly

gra te fu l . Two love

ly qu i l t s came

fo r Peter and

John,

and

twc

others

a re

being made fo r th e o ther boys .

They

have

enjoyed th e

peanut bu t te r and

other goodies,

the books

each

month

and a l l

your

thoughtfu l g i f t s .

Remember

tha t only

g i f t s f rom c hild re n a re l is trod in th e J . J .

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ADDRESS

,1

Dear Friends ,

m f

JAMAICA

CHRISTIAN

BOYS'

HOME

is

the

name that we

have

decided upon for the Home wa are establishing here in Jamaica.

The

Lord has blessed our plans and the stcpcj that

we

have ta

ken

from

week

to week. In January

we

realized

that

our first

big

need

vrould

be

for the

purchase

of a

new

three seat sta

tion wagon which would enable us to carry 01^ growing fami^.

It

will also

prove

a great help when

we begin

building. The

car has been ordered and we are waiting

now

for delivery. It

was

necessary to

borrow

around

.^900.00

and

so

we

ask

your

prayers

that this

debt might soon

be

paid, thus^enabling us

to move ahead in

the

purchase

of land for

building.

In the

meantime,

our FOUR boys are growing happily in

their home

school, and church

life. It is a joy to

tuck

them into bed at night

knowing

they have had a day brim f\iii

of happy

hours,

healthful food, and Christian training. ^ e

took

a precious picture of

John

and Peter sleeping one night,

John

had

his arm around

Peter's

neck

and

Peter

had

his

around

a

teddy

bear. Pleasant dreams

follow

days of security and ^

love. Pray for us in this

most

important part of our work in

Jamica -

the

rearing of destitute boys for

the

furtherance

of

h r i s t s

Kingdom.

These

are

His own

l i t t l e

lambs and

we seek to preserve them for

Him always

Bread in one hand,

his cat in the

other

his

pocket a

lizzard

for mother;

Shining eyes and a glowing heart.

Dirty hands and a voice that shouts.

No money

in

the world

could pay

The

worth

of a

l i t t l e boy today

EVANGELISM..23

ARE ADDED

TO CHRIST

AND

HIS CHURCH1

Yes

it is

evangelism

in a

tent At the

close of

the

meeting vrtiich began with the

erection'of a

tent

in Barbican Road here

in

this

great city of Kingston, 22 ad^ts

onrboro/l2

years

had

been

added

to

Christ

and

His

church

low

ity, although

new

to the

people

of

Barbican,

began

immediately

to work

of needy men and

women. y the

end of the

first

week two

Ben

and two women led the

way

for

the many others as

they

came forward and

put

their

hand

in

their faith.

It

was a glorious

four weeks

of meetings

and

the

power

of God was

mam

fest through the breaking of men's hearts over

their

sins.

WEDDINGS

are an important part of evangelistic

work

in Jamaica.

common

practice

and Barbican Road is

not exempt from

its

and full is our joy over seeing

three

fine couples baptized into Christ and ^rried to

Sin

CtoistSn Lies

for

thei? children. Poverty in

their

lives

me^t the

purchase

of

354

rings, second hand clothing, and a small cake for each that

Carol

baked. However,

no

one could count the happiness in terms of money.

It

was

joy unspeakable for these

who

have found

Christ.

Tender,

healthful

care

for l i t t l e

boys

and 23 souls won

for

Christ in

this

new

section

of tovm, are your rewards for the

investment you are making here

in J. -imaica.

Thank you, and

pray on

:rving

for

the

M^ter,

JS:

James

and CarolyHerget

Half

Way

Tree P>

Jamaica, D.W.I,

Colored

sl ides of our work

are

available,

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JUN 2 9

1955

1

V o l . 5

JUHE

1 9 5 5

N o. 3

BERTIE BOY

God s

answer

t o

prayer

comes

sometimes

a s a

r e a l

surpri se

I t

ivas

t h a t wa y

with

Bertie

We

were v i s i t i n g i n

th e country

on

a

p r each in g t r i p

and

had s to p p ed to

see a f r ie n d . A f te r t a l k i n g a w h i l e , we

b e ^ a n

t o

mention

o u r d e s i r e f o r a n o t h e r

bo y fo r th e Boys Home We ha d

been pray

in g for God to send us j u s t th e

chi l d

He

sianted us to have, an d we had been iira.it-

ing f o r th a t answer fo r several

months.

Immediately our

friend

t o l d about a

l i t t l e boy, f a r in to the mountains, who

wa s r e a l l y

i n

need.

She

had

recei ved

a

l e t t e r frcan h i s mother

j u s t

t h e n i g h t be

fore, asking i f th ere an y p o s s i b i l i t y

o f finding a home f o r th e l i t t l e fel l ow .

Brnght and e ar ly th e

next morning

vre l e f t

our

friends home to go in search fo r th e

c h i l d . Rain came

down i n

t o r r e n t s j u s t

a s we

r e a c h e d h i s

/

d i s t r i c t . However,

w e k n e w w e m u s t

f i n d h i m

a n d

s o

we st rted

o u t

o n

f o o t up and down

t h e hillsides in

mud and w a t e r f i

n a l l y coming to a t i n y house a t th e

o f t h e

m o u n t a i n .

The

p a r e n t s

immediately

gave

us

m i s s i o n

to

t a k e

t h e

c h i l d .

T h e n t h e

t h e r whispered t o u s i n a s i d e

room,

sh e loved

her

baby

but

how

i t

\^ras break

ing

h er hear t

to hear th e

baby cry with

hunger

when

sh e c o u l d n t give

him even a

p ie ce o f b re a d . We promised h e r t l i a t a s

long as God provided, we would give l i t

tle

B e r t t h e

c a r e

h e

n e e d e d .

.

Though

we

were wet to the skin, we did {

n o t want

o u r l i t t l e

t r e a s u r e t o

g et

w et,

so

we

wrapped him warmly

in an

old coat

and

c a r r i e d hi m back up th e

h i l l .

He

cr i ed fo r j u s t a moment when h is

mother

said

goodbye an d tlien began

t o

a d j u s t

to

a new world, new parents, an d new broth

e r s

, B e r t s head

i s

healing

where

he ha d

bad s o r e s and he i s no w grovfing

i n t o

a

happy, h e a l t h y

boy.

His f i r s t tw o

names

a re Wambert Sylvester. Don t yo u

t hi nk

i t i s a good idea to c a l l h er B ert?

f o o t

per

m o -

h o w

BLACK CRABS

A

f ew m on th s

aro

ivs

t o l d

yo u

iabout th e

sport of catching

crabs,

and

how

one must

go out a t night to find

them.

Since

then

we found

t i i a t

c r a b s a r e found more e a s i l y

on a r a i n y n i n h t .

One

week, while returning from a preach

ing t r i p

r ain began t o come down I t

got

worse and worse u n t i l f i n a l l y , we could

hardly see to drive. Then strange thing

happened

as

we

neared the coast road. Bi g

b la ck c ra bs

began crawlirig

across the

road

f i r s t

j u s t

an occasional

one, then more

an d

more,

u n t i l

we

could

hardly

drive

an d

not crush one Fi- ^

n a l l y

we

n o t i c e d

b r i g h t t o r c h e s a -

h o a d

o f

u s . M o r e

a n d m o r e

t o r c h e s

ap p ear ed

and

a s we

p a sse d , we found

p e op le by

th e doz

ens

walking alonp; in th e

storm

with heavy

bags on thej.r backs and clubs in their

hands.

One

man

would

carry the to rch an d

bag while another

would

carry a club

to

c atch th e

crab.

As v/e

drove

along slow ly

we peered

into

the darkness at them and

found

t h a t women

and

c h i l d r e n

a s w e l l ,w e r e

plodding along, rainsoaked, but hard at

work.

F or m ile s

vfo passed them - poor and

needy

f olk s f in di ng

a

way to make

a few

s h i l l i n g s to

buy

food. When th e su n

came

up th e nexb day, the markets

were filled

with

fresh

crab

and many a family

feasted,

THANK YOU

Yes,

we

do v/ant

to

thank

you

for

your

many

orders

fo r the DV S stories and bas

ket.

Your

gif ts

and encouraging

letters

have meant much to

us

a l s o . At

th e pr e s

-

e n t time we s t i l l have a fe w more copies

o f t h e s t o r i e s and ba s ke ts l e f t so i f you

desire

to have them,

please write. The

b a s k e t

c a n b e

s e n t

f o r

3 0 ^ .

PETER came home w i t h a

dra^rfing, h i s

v e r y

f i r s t

one since going

to school.

Here

i s

a cat I drew yesterday. Mommy an d t h i s

other

picture I drew tomorrow.

THE J M IC N JUNIOR - James and Carol Hergst, Half

Way

Tree P0., Jamaica, B.W.I.

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JOHN

IS

CHRISTIAN

John had been quiet a l l

the

way from

home, but

as

we neared the church he spoke

firmly^ Mommy,

may I give my

heart to Je

sus? Daddy was preaching in the dotmtry

that night

and

so we decided

it

would

be

best

for him to

have

a good

ta lk ivith

dad

dy f i r s t

and

then make h is confession the

foUo^idng

night

a t

service.

The next

day

was a happy one

for John,

for

he

looked

fon ; a rd t o

th e a f t e r noon

when s choo l

would

be

ove r

and

he cou ld se t t l e

t h i s

mat t e r in

becoming

a r ea l

Chris t ian .

Servi ce t ime came t ha t night

and

so did

th e r adn] t r a i ned so hard t h a t t h e r e

was no

possibil i ty

of

having

service

in

the tent

John

looked

unhapp ily ou t

doors

unt i l daddy to ld

him

t ha t some

of the

mem

bers

would go \n.th^

us to meeting a t Half-

Way Tree.

I t

was a lovelj^- service and a t

the invitation, John walked

boldly to th e

frort.

Looking up

into

Daddy's

face, John

confessed h is fa i th in t rue

repentance

for

Iiis

sin. The

Chr is ti ans re jo iced

and

his

l i t t l e

missionary

friends were

veicy

happy.

Many of them came to our

home

at

the

close

of the service to see John

baptized.

There

beneath

the

waters

in

the

pool,

Jolm

bur

ied

his sins and began his new

l i fe

in the

Lord Jesus. I t

was

t ru ly

a

happy

night

fo r John and

also for

h is

mommy

and daddy ,

as they saw

the f irs t

of

their

l i t t le boys

following

Jesus .

CONTINUE TO PRAY

Our l i t t l e black angel , the baby vdiom

we kept for a month, helping him to

get

well, has

returned to

us .

He

had gained

vjeight and looked

quite bright but boils

s t i l l came out on h is

body.

Our doctor

lanced

one

again

and he

has

had a

l i t t le

set-back. Please pray that

he

will get

r ea ll y b et te r

t h i s t ime.

Also remember

to pray for

the

Boys'

Home, for

l i t t le Bert,

and for the Christ

i a n s t Ba rb i c a n .

KENNETH had been very naughty jus t before

bedtime

one night and so he had

to be

pun

i shed . He knel t down to say

h is

prayers

with

sobs

s t i l l

on

his

breath,

and began

Now I

lay me

down to weep. Mommy had

to

smile

a t

the

l i t t l e

fellow

fo r h is

jumble

of

letters certainly

fitted

him

that

ni^ht

^ t ch for

Bert 's

Prayer next

month

1

a

AMERICAN MAILBAG '

Prim, Kind, First Ch. JohnsonCity,Tenn5oOO

Juniors,

Meadvil le , Pa,

Children, Columbiana, Ohio

Sunday Sc. Heyivorth, 111,

J r .

C,E., Watauga , Tenn.

3rd

Yr.

Primary,

Clarence, N.Y.

J r s .

Clarence,

N.Y.

J r . Class,

Newland, Va,

High

School

Class,Valley Forge,

Slizabethton,Tenn.

5,00

10.30

15.00

5.30

10 . 00

11 .00

10 .00

ELIZABETHTON,

TENN.

The High

School class

wanted

to

shoes

for John. .

Paul Nourse.

(John

appreciate his

new

shoes )

5.00

buy

d id

NEWLAND, VA.

My new junior class wishes to send

this gift to you

folks..

Ruth

Sisson.

(The old Jr. class set a nice example in

their love for missions.in Jamaica.)

CLARENCE, N.Y.

We enjoy your letters and especially

the Junior

letters. $6#00 is

from

the

9

year olds and ;ip5 from the 10 yc. olds.

Mr. and Mrs. Drudge. (Your

gifts

have

bought

a

bed

for

Kenneth

this

month.)

'Our

missionary box

attracts

our boys

and

girls so much.,So you

have

a donkey

by the

name

of Lindstead. That happens

to be

my

name and my son's who is in the

class

Mrs. Fred Lindstead. (Yes, that

is a cute joke but I

must

tel l you that

our Lindstead feels very

proud

to have

such

good

friends vdth the same name

KEY5VILLE, VA.

I

hope

you ccji use

this

small amount

to

carry

the

Gospel. Mrs. F. Bailey.^

i t

carried

the Gospel to a new district

this month

called

Deeside.)

WATAUGA,

TENN.

We were happy

to

hear

of

the Christ

ian HOME FOR

BOYS. Ruth Hammons.

(Boys

and

girls

love

to

help

other children.)

COLUMBIANA,

OHIO

I would l ike to

have

a basket to

take

our offering for the JAMAICA CHRISTIAN

BOYS

HOME.

Vivian

Cole.

(e

are

hoping

. to

have

a

formal

owning

for the

Home

i n th e next month.)

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o ym

JULY

Vol. 5 James and Carol Heygety Half

Way

Tree P. O.j Jamaica) B.

W

I.

No.

4

HIDDIilN

SEGRET

In four and

a

half years of

missionary

life^ we liave found many

lovely

experien

-

ces to tell ou r ch i l d r en about . One

o f

these

is

now a

s tory

we

cal l

the Hidden

Secret,

which we want

to t e l l you about

just as

we

told Brenda and John l a s t

week

during our preaching

t r ip

in the country.

Far up a t

the

top of a

mountain

over

looking

the

sea

at

the

north shore, i s a

lovely l i t t l e vi l lage . A few years ago a

church was s t a r t ed t h e r e and s ince

t hen

many

people

have

found

Christ,

Three

years

ago

v;e held a meeting there

a t

BeecherToxvn

and

had t h i r t e e n

add i t i on s t o

th e church .

A

short

time

l a t e r we

were able to pur

chase a n ic e p ie ce of land on the main

road near the cen te r o f th e town.

Then

th e

building began When the

foundation

of

the

building

^^as completed, the

Christians

asked

us

to

come

and

lay ;t,ho corner -s tone

fo r th e

bui ld ing .

At

t h i s

point in

the s tory Brenda

a s k ed

at

a c om e r

s t o n e was an d t h e n

it was that we told

h e r ab o u t t h e H id

den Se c r e t . Bren

da and

John

looked

at the

heavy

rock wall that rested

on

the

corner-stone

as

they l is tened vdth

bright

eyes

to the s tory.

Daddy

had

brought

a

shiny

square

t in box that would

just

f i t

in

the

corner, and in i t the

Christians

put a

very important

paper.

This paper

was a

l e t t e r

te l l ing

a l l

about the

begin

ning

of

the

church

in

Beechor Town,

of

the

l i t t l e booth

they

had

met

in for so

long,

of

the week

of meetings

that Daddy

and

Momn^y

held, of the purchase

of land

and of the

great

day planned

for

the

lay

ing of the corner-stone. Then Daddy put

c emen t a ro ti nd

the

box and sealed it t i gh t

so t h a t it

can

never be seen unless th e

building should fal l do\jn

in

decay or i t

should crumble in an ear thquake. Even i f

this happens a hundred yoirs from now,

the

people

will know

that tlxo building and the

land

belong

to

the

church

of

Chiriet^ and

t h a t th e Chr i s t i an s had been

f a i t h f u l .

AN

EARTHQUAKE

A few

weeks

ago, Kennei-h was

taking

a

lovely

afternoon nap.

I t was

a real nice

treat, for

he had been allowed to take

i t

on Daddy's bed. He had

been

sleeping

about

h a l f an

hou r when an

earthquake

rocked the

house* Kenneth

s a t

up

in the shaking bed and

cried

out, Help me, I

fightened, I fightened,

this

bed sock

me .

He

was

trying

to

say

shock,

but

in

drop

ping the H he

said

the

very word that

des

cribed what had happened.

' A LITTLE

BOY

AND HIS SHOES

Bert,

our

last

l i t t le

addition to the

Happy

Heights family had received a t i

ny pair of black

tennis

shoes before he

had

come to us . They were the one

prec

-

iou s th ing that he could cal l his veiy

own and so for th e first few days he

was

with us, he kept

his

shoes very close

to

him. At

night

when he was tucked into

bed,

the

shoes

went

to

rest right

by

his

cheek.

I f

\ic would

turn

out the lamp

and

move the shoes ai-ra.y a bit , thinking to

keep them out of

his

way we would return

l a t e r

to

find them close to

his

cheek

a -

gain .

Finally, one day.

Mommy

bought Bert a

nice

new pair

of leathe r

shoes.

He

took

them

and held

them

close to his h eart and

then

disappeared, A few moments

later we

found Bert casting the l i t t l e black shoes

into the

trash

can

in

the

yard

and

the

new ones hugged t ightly under

his

arm.

One

pair

of shoes at a time was a ll that

Bert

could

manage

Children

h ere , c hild re n there.

Children,

children, evors^wherel

Some at

their playing, some

at

their books

3ri>ie

a t th eir music,

some

help

the

cook.

Big, l ib t l e

busy^

happy and

gay.

Children

around you a l l

through

the dayj

I f you

turn

to the

lef t

or turn to

the

There are chi ldren (right,

everywhere,.

Oh what a

sight.

ci

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JJ

4=:*

HAPPY HEIGHTS

MieeeeeeetJ blew

the

Thist le,

and

Daddy

Herget

with a

bag

of small surprises in

h is pocket, looked up to see a boy coming

l i ck i ty sp l i t . Again he looked, and three

more

boys

rounded the corner of the house,

cal l ing out, Hi Daddy, what you ^^fant?

Last but not l eas t Kenneth waddled

out

from the porch where he had been

playing

with h is blocks.

Yes,

it was the whist le

cal l

and

a l l

boys knew

tha t

they

were to

come on

tb^ r u n .

Happy

Heights i s the name of

our

new

h o u se .

Most

all homes i n Jamaica

have

a

name,

and th is i s

a

f i t t ing

one

for us.Ev

ery hour of the day

brings a

hearty laugh

from the family.

Mr, Has

to i s

Andy,

and his every excuse

i s

But I

has

to you

know. And oh, how

often

Peter i s heard

saying, Come and turn

on

this water fas

-

t e r

for

me, please.

School time means

a

l ine-up

of

t ee th

brushed, nails cleoied, shir ts

on r ight-

sid e out,

and

pockets onptied of mischief.

On Sunday

morning

each

child is dressed

and finds his place on a stool in

the

l iv

ing

room.

When

the

time

comes

to

leave.

Daddy counts

the

family

carefully.

One Sun

day

only

five

of the six

children

appeared

and Daddy fo\and

the smallest

one

washing

h is hands

in

a mud

puddle.

Night time finds the boys kneeling in

prayer, thanking Gk)d for thei r

happy home,

and asking forgiveness for

thei r

mischief.

COLUMBUS - JAMAICAS FIRST TOURIST

During h is

second voyage

to the

Western

hemisphere,

Christopher

Columbus

visi ted

Jamaic a, on the

4th of my, 1494. He was

in search of

gold a t

the t ime.

He

fo\md no

gold but

did fin d

a

wealth of

lovely

scen

ery and r ich

vegetation.

Returning

to

Spain, he

reported

his discovery to Queen

Isabel la , to

whom

he described i t s moun

t ai no us la nd

by crumbling a

piece

of paper

in

h i s ha nd

Jamaica was

owned

and goverened by

the

Spanish unt i l

1655, vdien

Admiral Penn and

General

Venables

took

it

for

England.

I t

has

been

a

possession of England ever

s i n c e

that

t i m e

PRAYER CHANGES THI JS

AMERICAN MAILBAG

Elaine,Carmen

Brown,

Greenfield,111. 2,00

Int .

C,E.

Central, Bris tol ,Tenn.

10,00

J r Girls, Buchanan, Mich, 9.10

Jr . High

Girls,

Parkdrsburg, W Va,

10,00

DVBS

Neoga, 111. 49.14

DVBS

6th

Ave. Huntington,

W,

Va, 51.55

Jr, Girls, Buchanan, Mich. 6,6?

C,E. Cornland, 111. 5.05

Bible School, Heaton,

N.C. 20,00

Bible

School,

Literberry,

111. 25.00

DVBS Griffin, Ind. 50,l6

DVBS West Side, Elizabethton,Tenr.. 31.76

Bible School, Heyvrorth, 111.

15.00

DVBS,

College

Park,

Georgia

75.00

Jr , Dep't,Memorial, Detroit, Mich. 10,00

DVBS, Lake Wales, Fla. 17.50

Prim, Kind. 1st Ch, Johnson

City,T,

5.00

DVBS, Coliambiana, Ohio 4S.42

DVBS,

Washington, N.C,

49.00

GREENFIELD, ILL. I won 2nd prize

for

my

poster

which was $5.00, I

am

sending you

some, Elaine Brown. (Sharing is fun )

BUCHANAN

MICH,

We

do pray that God

win

supply

the

Station

Wagon.

Jr.Girls#

He did And i t was all paid for in June)

PARKERSBURG, W.VA. Hope your

good work

in

establishing

a

Home

for

children

is

coming along nicely, L. Toomey. God has

blessed Surely He loves His

little

ones)

NEOGA,

ILL. Our young

people

were

thr i l led to hiar stor ies of John, Peter ,

and the others . . i t gives us

joy

to know

we are helping, Dean c: Winnie Jones,(It

gives us joy to serve tooi)

HUNTINGTON,

W, VA. We love

to

get

those

newsy Jamaican Juniors, and

read a l l

a-

bout the work you are doing. Ifrs.McMullen

We

rejoice in your

good

DVBS. Reports

from

all

schools were good

this

year.)

CORNLAND

ILL. Thank you

for the JAMAI*

a\N

JUNIOR,

we enjoy

i t

much. C.

Martin.

We enjoy ^vriting every month.)

GRIFFIN, IND. We

used the s tor ies

they

really

enjoyed

them, F.Keim. Thanks)

MORE LETTEHS

NEXT

MONTH,

.NO?

ENOUGH ROOM

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i n :

AUGUST 1955

Vol .

5

J a m e s

a n d C a r o l

Half

Way

Tree P.O , Jamaica, B, W I

No>

5

AUNT

BETTY

AND

E

The excit ing day had a t l a s t come, when

Aunt Betty and Uncle Eddie Hamilton were

to a rr iv e. After prayers

had

been

said

a t

bre-T-kfact for

t h e i r safety

of

t r a v e l the

c h i l d r e n were b a t h e d and

d r e s s e d

i n t h e i r

very best to go to the airport

to

greet

them. Perhaps

part of

the excitement was

that the boys had

been to ld th at

there

would bo surprises from America, .and so i t

vjas not

hard to

keep order.

All eyes

moved

from

s u i t c a s e

t o

s u i t c a s e

when

t h e k i s s e s

were

over.

Poor Uncle Eddie His h a i r

was a wreck,

his

t i e

half off,

and

his

pants dusty from

l i t t l e feet

by the time

th-ose boys had

finished

finding the sur -

prises in his pockets and

surprises

in his

sui tcases .

Aunt

Betty,:

who i s

C'lrol 's

sister,

and Uncle Eddie, spent one

lovely

week visitiTig

the.

churplios and

getting

p.c-

quainted

with

Christians and interesting

p l a c e s .

The

greatest

interest

thoy fourid

in

Ja

maica was

the

beginning of

the

JAMAICA

CHRISTLvN

BOYS

HO>IE

*

In

f a c t

they

were so interested that they went immedi -

atoly to vrork to

help, and now

that

they

are back home,

they

are vrorking hard to

get many others interested in i t too. Ev

ery

one

was

glad for their lovingy,^yisit

A

BLESSED

EVENT

Ten t ip-toeing l i t t l e

feet

and five ex

cited whispering

voices slipped

into the

bedroom one morning

to

c a l l Momnay and Dad

dy, Hurry and come , they

a l l

begged.

We

struggled

sleepily along

behind

th e gang

i n t o

P e t e r s

room and k n o l t a s we were

told,

beside

the closet

door.

Now,

they

said, Just

look quick

when I

pull

away

these clothes, Big

eyes

and awestruck

faces

peered

into

a dark corner

to

behold

throe

precious

l i t t l e black

kittens,

Dad-

dy

just

had

to

smile

when

John

told

him

firmly that

he mustn't touch them or

the

m o t h e r c a t would

r u n

away.

AT THE RALLY

PROGRAM

S ix l i t t l e children from

Happy

Heights

went to a country church rally. They had

a

part

on the program of singing and re

citing

their memory verses

from

Bible

School .

Kenneth

s tood up

bravely

and

loudly pro~

claimed h i s v e r s e t o t h e

overflovdng

congregation.

Ron, tek up v i ben and

wak,

he shouted. I t ivas

wel l done

even

though we

had

to

explain

to

the

f o l k s t h a t he was say ing

Rise, take up thy bed and walk,

mJOYHG HSR EIEI5

Brenda was eleven years o ld on August

9th. Our

l i t t l e

g i r l had

never

had a

birthday party and so Aunt

Betty

sent a

box of lovely favors, birthday

party

can

dy

and plates, a cake, and all the tr^

mings from America. The missionaiy chil

dren

and a few

other

friends

were

invited

to

share in the fun. I t

was a happy

l i t

tle girl said the grace at the table and

then

blew out 11 candles on a

pretty

pink

c a k e

Brenda i s growing \ \ \ \ \

i n t o

a l ttl l a d y

and s h e

i s a l s o

grow*

ing in her

Christ ian

life.

During the holidays she is read

ing through her New Testament and is tru

l y enjoying

i t .

OW THE BREADFRUIT CAME

In the l&th Century , Jamaica

became a

sugar island, being planted extensively

with sugar cane. The planters regretted

that so

much of

the

island

was

planted

in

food

stuffs

making i t

necessary

for the

slaves

to often

ciiltivate

food rather

than cane. Then the

planters

heard of a

t ree

called

the Breadfruit which bore

good wholesome food

and

needed almost no

care. I t was imported from Tahiti in

the

mid-south

Pacific.

Today we

a l l

enjoy

the good flavor

of

this starchy potato-

like food, and

we

thank

God for

i t tool

c

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IN

MONTEGO BAY

F o r

weeks

B r e n d a

a n d

J o h n

Had

l o o k e d

forward t o the ending of school when they

iTould

have

t h e i r

holidays.

One o f the n i

cest things aboicb

i t ,

was a t r i p t o

Monte-

go Bay t h a t

had

been

promised them,

t h e

l a s t week

i n July , Auntie

P h y l l i s ,

the

Christian

g i r l who had

given

Brenda

such

l ov el y c ar e for almost

four

years, had i n

v i t e d them

and

was

looking

forward t o a

home-coming fo r Brenda,

After

bags

were

careful ly

packed and a

good l unch tucked i n t o the back o f th e car

the family were

off .

I t

vas

a long

t r i p ,

almost

125

miles ov er

rough, narrow, and

imiding Jamaican roads, but

the

hours

passed quickly, and soon they found them

selves

comfortably unpacked i n the l i t t l e

house

by

t} e sea.

There

were

a l l

kinds o f th in gs

t o

dol

After

the

t e a r s and

promises

that make up

goodbyes when Daddy

and Mommy l e f t the

next morning, Brenda and

John ran quickly

and

fo\ind

t h e i r bathing

s u i t s . From

then

on , it

was one

grand

week of

fishing,

game

playing, swimming, story

reading,

and Bi

ble

flannel

graph

stories

by Auntie

Phil .

The

t r i p back

home was

something excit

ing

to

look

forward t o .

Mommy aid Daddy

could not come to

get them,

and so they

were t o

r i d e t h e

t r a i n homo.

Now t h e t r a i n

i n Jamaica i s a r a t h e r

slow

and

jumpy

jiJra

py dumpy dumpy

thing, and r a t t l e s and

wob

b l e s

over

t h e

m i l e s o f h i l l s

and

v a l l e y s ,

John

was

sure there were j u s t

dozens

of

tiinnels,

and that

the t ra in

just irobbled

him to sleep. The family were anxiously

waiting a t the platform \&ien the t r a i n

puffed i n and

i t

was a

glad

reunion fo r

a l l .

The ir hol iday a t t h e i r hotel-home,

with even th e p rivileg e of uot eat ing any

greens

f o r

the whole

week

was

over.

A few days la ter , a l e t t e r was received

from Aimtie

Phyllis,

t e l l i n g Mommy

how

good the children

had

been. The nicest

part

of

the

l e t t e r

was t h a t she had been

so p leased with

John*s grovrth

and interest

i n h i s

C h r i s t i a n lif

He h a d n t b e e n a s

f o r t u n a t e as Brenda and only

sinco he came

to D.ive w ith us, had he

been privileged

t o

learn

the

joy of serving Jesus.

John

i s

a

j o y

t o

o u r

h e a r t s .

AMERICAN MAILBAG .

DVBS,

Aurora, 111,

First

Christian

4^,31

Jr, C,E, Waynesboro, Va, 5.07

C,E, Lansdown, E, St, Louis, 111. 8,25

Children, Col\jmbiana, Ohio 11,00

DVBS,

Hales Chapel, Tenn. 10,00

DVBS, Concord, 111. 9.39

DVBS Literberry, 111.

12,^

DVBS, Truman, Mm. 21,00

Prim,

I I Class,

Hampton, Va. 5.50

S.S, Heyworth, 111. 10.00

DVBS

Central, Tampa, Fla. 17.5^

Jr , Girls, Buchanan, Mich, 7.53

DVBS, Valley Forge, Elizabethton,Ten,35^00

DVBS,

Fourth Church,Johnson City,Ten.28,50

DVBS, Union Ch, Beaverdam,

Va. 10,00

Children, Corianna, Ind. 15.29

BOYS

AND GIRLS You have overflowed

th e

mail

column

againi

Thanks so much for

a1 1

of

your lovely letters and the gifts

that

are

helping

so much in caring for

LITTLE BOYS...so

worthy

of yota-love a^d

help. May God bless you for your loVing

in teres t . I f your l e t t e r

misses

t h i s pa

per, w rite

again and

we

will tr y next

time

t o

get

it

i n ,

TAMPA,

FLA.

Another Junior girl made

the good

confession,

.we hope

the

BOYS

HOIS

i s progressing.

Mrs. A. Kollnwrgan.

(Growth here and growth there.

God is good)

AURORA, ILL, The boys and girls a l

ways look forward to

the

new Jamaican

Junior. We only hope we can help more in

the

future. Blanche Cole.(Thanks lots.

HAMPTON VA.

Glad the BOYS'

HCm i s

coming

along

so

nicely.

My

Primarys

enjoy

reading about i t in the Jamaican

Junior.

Eleanor

Sinclair (Keep

praying for the

BOYS'

HOME )

ELIZABETHTON,TENN, Just a

note

and a gif t

fo r

the

HOME, Valley Forge wil l continue

to remember you. Paul Nourse. (And thanks

for

sending the clothing tool

TRUMAN,

MINN, ..AND V want you

to

use

i t

in

your woric for the boys. Mrs. Waldo

Brown.(We

appreciate

your

interest,

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J ama i c a

F o r

Ch r i s t

CIjuic^

J A M A I C A

/CHR

C(}ris t

I n ss on

MR AN^MRS^KmES

HERGET

HALF -WAY T RE E P .O .

J AM A IC A . B .W .I .

WORK ING

WITH

MR.

AND

MRS .

GRAYSON

ENS I GN

MR . AND MRS. DONALD FREAM

M R AND M RS WOODROW

PHJLLIPS

Dear Friends

Words can hardly express the

thankfulness in our

hoarts

as

we

write to

you from

the

stxidy

of our

newly settled

house

JAt-IAICA CHRISTIAN BOYS HO^ffi has been blessed

in ^vays

that once

seemed

an

ut te r

impossibi l i ty

Hov/

weak

our

fai th

i s

\-ihen we

doubt

or even set

long

periods of time

in

which we think God

might accomplish

for

us

the

things we

desirei

In ju s t t i ^ short months we have found the house wo bel ieve

we should have for

God has proven i t to us by

meeting

every need

well

inside

the

closing

payment

date

On

the

27th of September

the

funds were

in

hand and

the

house was

ready

for possession

All the

glory

belongs to God for His goodness

Moving days exciting

You

can well imagine how many more

things

thero

were to be moved since adding

six children

to the

family And you would have laughed

with

us to see the l as t load

of the

f i rs t

night

- 26

fluttering

chickens

breakfast

food

dishes

and

pots

to cook

i t , crates

of necessary items and a ll

s ix

childrenl

I t

was a crowing howling

laughing

and crying

trip

The house is lovely and gives ample room for th e many hopes

and plans

we

have

A

large group of Chri st ia ns

came

to

offer

their

encouragement and prayers on house-warming

night

V e \d.sh

you could

have

seen how

sweet the l i t t le boys

looked in

their

dark

blue t r ou se r s and whi te

s h i r t s .

From the depths of

our

hearts we give

thanks

to God and to

you

through

whom

He

moots

our needs Wo pray that

your

gif ts

which have been added

tenderly together

will

be

the

simple be

ginning of a great monument unto Him vrfio

w ou ld h av e

us care fo r

these

precious

littl ones

Faithfu3J y

yours

. e> o

o-tl M /r

V And these things write ice unto you

that

your joy may be julV. I John 1:4

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The

J A M A I C A

E V A N G E L

V O L U M E 1

N O V E M B E R 1955

N U M B E R

1

Closing Date

For Down

-

Dec.

OUR IMMEDIATE CONCERN is

th e

payment of $5,600.00, which is the last

half

of

the down

payment

for

the

property

of th e JAMAICA

CHRISTIAN

BOYS-

HOME.

This

amount must

be paid by

th e

end of

December in

order to

protect

the entire investment. We were

given

three

months to

raise this payment, after

which a mortgage and interest would be

gin on the remaining amount owing.

Purchase

of

th e

p rope rt y f or

th e

Home

included an

immediate

d e p o s i t of

2,800.00

Another

2,800.00

was

to

be

paid on the 30th of September, at which

time

we were to

take

possession of

the

premises. Christian friends from America

and

Jamaica have responded

with gifts,

prayers, and encouragement, and have

made possible these first two

payments,

th e entire amount reaching

th e

lawyers'

hands

on

th e 29th

of

September. We are

humbly thank fu l for

th e

goodness of our

heavenly Father.

Again

we

ask your prayers that

God

might lay our needs upon the hearts

of

those

who

are

able

to

help.

We

are

as

s u r e d o f G o d s i n t e r e s t a n d c a r e

f o r

little

boys,

through

the meeting

of

these

first

needs

fo r

th e

Home,

and

for

their daily

bread that always comes. We trust

again

that the entire payment will be met

within

these next few weeks. Pray with

us

Trustees And Directors

At the requirement

of

the

Jamaica

Ju

venile

Authority,

a

Limited Liability Com

pany

was

drawn

up

for

the pro tection

and guidance

of

th e Boys'

Home.

Trustees

prayerfully selected

are;

W. Clyde Smith.

J. P. Swiney,

and Fred O'Dell,

Bristol.

Tenn.;

Leslie Lumsden, EHzabethton,

Tenn.;

J. H. Dampier,

Ed. Hayes, and

C. H. Mc-

Corkle, Johnson City,

Tenn.;

E. J. Ham

ilton, Miami, Fla.; and James and

Mrs,

Carol

Herget. Directors

are: James

and

Mrs.

Carol

Herge t, managers;

A. R. A.

Hepburn, Solomon Levy, I^rs. Eric Abra

hams,

Douglas

Fletcher,

of

Jamaica, and

E. J .and

Mrs,

Betty

Hamilton,

Miami,

Fla.

New

Site For Boys Home

On th e

25th of

August, an

Agreement

For

Sale

was

signed for the purchase of

a site for the JAMAICA CHRISTIAN

BOYS'

HOME. The

Home, pictured

above,

is

located

in

th e heart

of

this great

city

of

Kingston, and

is

convenient

to schools,

stores,

and

business

places,

as

well

as

being

in

one

of the oldest and finest

residential

s e c t i o n s

The main building can accomodate

twenty

boys and

their

nurse,

ourselves

and

our girl, Brenda. It has a huge

dining

hall

and

living

room,

off of which is a

play

room, office, and kitchen. The building

is reinforced concrete with mahogany

floors and two stairways. Spacious lawns

provide ample play room, and wide

yards

give room for

vegetab le gardens .

There

are

several kinds of fruit trees on the

property, some

of

which

are:

mango,

co

conut,

avocado

pear, and grapefruit.

A

large two- ca r gar age

makes

room for

a

shop,

while another

bui lding provides

laundry

space and

quarters

for help.

On the southeast corner

of

the land,

there is a

cool quiet spot where

a lovely

chape l could be built. There is also room

for future

dormi tor ies

a n d a school

build

ing. How

good

the Lord has been

to

guide

us to such a lovely spot Scarcely

could

any

two

and

a half acres

lend

itself

more perfectly for

a

Boys' Home.

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TWO

THE

JAMAICA

EVANGEL

Published

by

Mr. and Mrs. Jumes Hergel,

Ha'f

Way Tree

P.O.i

Jamaica, B.WJ.

Missionaries lo

Jamaica

an d Manag er s o f

JAMAICA CHRISTIAN BOYS' HOME.

For His

Glory

God's

Word tciichcs us that, Whatso

ever ye do, do all to the Glory of God.

(1 Cor. 10:

31). Ihis verse has been

a

guiding factor in our plans and work since

coming to Jamaica as missionaries, and

especially during this past year when the

birth

of

the Boys' Home

took

place. These

have been four wonderful years, working

side by side with

our

fellow missionaries,

the Donald Fream, Grayson

Ensign,

and

Woodrow Phillips

families.

We

have

wit- boy? Boys arc full of mischief. They

nessed much growth in the churches and li^g jce cream, saws, animals, and fire en-

in the Jamaica

Bible Seminary,

and for

gines,

but they hate to tie their

shoes,

wash

Under their

pil

low you will find a bottle cap, a string, or

a marble. When guests arrive, their faces

are dirty and when no one is around, their

manners are

at

their

best.

You spank

them, but it only draws them closer to

your heart.

God made little boys. We believe He

, - ^ ,

, ,

intended for them to be cared for. But.

their work. Each missionary felt it

would somehow

fate deals harshly with many

be more satisfactory to edit his own paper. jg we find them tugging

It is

our

prayer that the Jamaica Evan

gel will bring you news that will warm

your heart over the victories for Christ

here in Jamaica. You \.;i;

news of QiuL other missionaries

fo r

we

this

wc

are

thankful.

You

will

notice

a change in our news

from

Jamaica,

in

the form

of this

new

paper, The Jamaica Evangel.

missionary

business

meeting

in

August,

we

voted

unanimously

and

in

harmony

to dis

continue th e /amaica Christian as a

paper

lected as

trustees for

the

Boys' Home. We

are continual ly grateful to you who are

labouring together,

for

His glory.

Slides Available

NOVEMBER 1955

PETER, BERT, KENNETH, ANDY

The Worth Of

Boys

Can any of us

estimate

the

worth

of a

at the door of

our

hearts.

They have

touched your heart too perhaps it was

Mi:.o,,es

loi the barefoot boy you saw selling

papers.

will

find occasional Boys need care the world over and it is

only when men and women settle down to

make a special eiTort, that they

are

really

serve W im m jn m l u v i unu vv/vjp*- u i iwu 1. 1 J

Our

work

with

the

Jamaica

Christian

Boys

leipeo; v.

n

it nntn

Home will

not

be our only service

here,

for Jim Hergert will continue his evangel

istic work

among

the churches, and

Carol

Herget will continue her

work

with Bible

Schools and youth work.

Jesus said,

Inasmuch

as ye do it

unto

one

of

the

least of

these ye do it

unto Me. When we

follow Jesus'

exam

ple ih benevolence, we find a blessing in

our own lives. Good spi ri tual t ra in ing,

body building food, love that builds secur-

Our responsibility

is to Christ

and

to ity.

and

shelter

from

the

storms

of life:

those who have sent us to our

field

of these are the things that every

boy

is worthy

labour. A complete

financial

report s

sent

of. Pray that Jamaica Christian Boys

regularly to our living link churches, and

Home will

continue to give boys this

. f 1 1 nnmmpnr for l i fp

Information

standing

behind

ui

faithfully through

the Air

Mail

letters

(preferred)

months and years,

and

making our work Boat Mail letters

Dossible.

May

we continue steadfastly Gifts may be sent by check or money order.

. ALL

MAIL

MAY BE S EN T D IR ECTLY

TO JAMAICA.

Address:

Mr. and Mrs.

James

Herget,

Half Way

Tree

P.O..

Jamaica, B.W.I.

Gift packages should not be over valued

Colored slides of the Jamaica work for we pay duty on the value that you list,

and the Boys Home are available for your Packages of used clothing should be

use. Write: Mrs. Hobert Lash, 403 N. marked, Used clothes for free distribu-

Griffing Blvd., Asheville, North Carolina, tion.

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VOL .

5

Graduation Time

For

a period of five years

now,

our

Junior fr ienJs in

America have been

re

ceiving

monihly editions of

the

JAMAI

CAN JUNIOR. We have enjoyed writing

the

paper

for you,

just

as

much

as

you

have en joyed receiving it. Now we feel it

is

graduation

time fo r

the

JAMAICAN

JUNIOR, and so we are

including

it in our

printed

paper

to you. We want to

con

tinue our friendship with our

Junior

friends

and so will try and keep the paper very

much the same as it always has been. Re

member, in Jamaica, Juniors are any age

children up to late teens, so if you are

under twenty, consider yourself a Junior

And,

we might even let Grandma and

Grandpa peek into our

columns

too. Shall

we Juniors?

Tired Moving

Oh dear, it just makes us all tired to

even look back and th ink abou t it. None

of

us

realized

how many

more

beds and

shoes and chairs and toys there were tc

be moved since adding

so many children

to the

family

But

really,

it was

fun loo.

We

did

tell

you

already

about

the 24

chickens

we tried to bring down with the

last load of kids and

dishes

and furniture.

It was a gay trip. But, we do want to

tell you about moving the rabbits. It was

one

mad

chase,

fo r when

one

rabbit was

caught, a little boy would let another one

ge t

away to

the

garden patch. After a

half hour

of

chasing, all ten rabbits were

safely in

th e

car. But when the car ar

rived at the new home, one little boy

opened a

door

and

smiling

sweetly at daddy,

said.

Oh

daddy,

see

how

the

rabbits love

to

run straight

out to their new house.

Another weary

chase began

Saturday night is Youth Night at our

home.

Young

people from

any

of

the

churches

in Kingston,

or

from

th e

neigh

borhood are invited to come and fellow

ship together with singing, prayers, and

discussions

from the Word

of

God.

These

have

been happy

weeks

together for

Bren-

da

and

John,

for

they are both old

enough

10 enjoy the meeting even though they

are younger than

the

other boys

and

girls.

One lovely young girl of nineteen, accepted

New Bible School

Since the Boys' Home is now in a sec

tion of

town no t near

a

Sunday

School,

we decided to begin a new one on the first

Lord s Day

after

moving. Two neighbors

children

came

and joined with our six chil

dren. In

three

weeks'

time there

were

twelve

children coming,

and

a

promise

was

made of many more. The dining room in

the Home makes a

nice

room for Sunday

School and

the

children are having

happy

times there together each Sunday morning.

One little nine year old boy was very hap

py to come for he said he had wanted to

go to Sunday School for a long time and

never

had been

able to. How glad we

were to teach him the song, Jesus loves

me

this

I know.

ouse Warming

A few nights

after

mbving into our new

home,

we

invited

the

Christians from

Kingston to come in for a house warming,

the customary Jamaican prayer service.

The missionaries

and many Christians came

to

join

in thanksgiving to God,

and

to ask

His blessing

upon

the

home and little

boys.

After

the service,

the

guests

were

invited

to

inspect

the house.

Kenneth

at

the time

was ill with a cold, and was in a

little

room all by himself. As each guest

passed

through the room on their

tour,

Kenneth

would smile

sweetly

and

say.

I sick.

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CHILDREN S OFFE^NGS

Paul

Fredericks,

Eldorado,

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Juniors, Piney

Flats, Tenn

D.V.B.S. Eldorado,

lU^

Juniors,

Heyworth,

Il^.|

Juniors,

Brick, Watauga, Tenn.

Ever Ready Class, B(ic|ft City,

Tenn

Sunday School, He

Jun io rs , Buchanan,

D.V.B.S.

Conyers,

Primaries,

Central,

SEPT.

10.00

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5.00

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Juniors,

Waynesbor

Primaries,

Johnson

D.V.B.S. Charlottes

Sunday

School , He;

Primaries, Pleasant

Children, Columbi

Juniors, South Ben

Young People, Hui

Juniors, Waggoner

Juniors, Huntingtoh.j

Primary-BeginnersJ

Primary-Juniors,

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10.00

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EUSTIS, FLAt We have begun a

children's Churchj and will be using the

J.J.

one Sunday month. O. Robertson.

it

will

be there).

,

VA. We failed to

stories, but would

fcCoiirrey.

way, and

available

to

(The Lord willim

WAYNESBORC

order the missi^

like

to

have^hei

(They

are on th^

others). i

HUNTINGTOljl,

W.

VA. Just a line

to

say

we are so proud of

the

Boys'

Home. Mrs. F. Myers. (Let us praise

Cod together).

AURORA, Ililt.

We

voted to

send you

the offering fro^ the Birthday Banks.

B.

Cole. (An irtvestment

in

th e Home).

HUMBOLTdJ

ILL.

The teen age boys

and

girls

savec^ Itheir

money

for Ae Boys'

Home

. .

them).

COLUMBIANA, OHIO. The Boys'

Home must

jbe very

nice . V.

Cole.

(A

real

b/essing).

SOUTH B^D, IND. We are glad to

be able to help on the Home. Mrs. J.

A. Ferguson. j(Each bit

helps

so much).

BUCHAW^lfl, MICH.

How beautiful

the

answer to

prayer

is

for

that lovely

.Home. Tne Juniors. (God does answer

prayer).

Mrs. B rooks .

(God

bless

NOVEMBER 1955

Hiding

Places

Two

and a

half acres

of

land seems

as

large as a western ranch to little boys who

are only knee high to grass-hoppers.

For

the first two

weeks

after moving into the

new Boys' Home, Peter and Andy and

Ken

neth and Bert

had

a most wonderful time

hiking from tree to tree, searching for more

and

more

hiding places. The whole prop-,

erty is well fenced so

that

little boys can

no t wander

too far away,

and

the

many

lovely trees make happy hours for them^

One

very large tree is

estimated

to be more

than

two hundred years

old.

It

is

under

this

tree that we tell stories about Bible

people as well as whisper sweet stories,

about

Fairies

and

Goblins.

LETTERSCONT

HEYWORTH, ILL. We enjoyed get-

ting pictures of the boys. M. Brink-,

man. (We al l like pictures of them).

WATAUGA, TENN. We

we r e

so

happy to learn

about

the Boys' Home.

R Hammons

PINEY

FLATS.

TENN.

We

are pray

ing

for you and

your

work.

Cleo

Smalling.

HEYWORTH,

ILL. Have

been

read

ing about the Boys' Home and we wish you

success. Louise Sledge.

BEAVERDAM,

VA. U se t h e en

closed fo r the Boys' Home, from D.V.B.S. ^

Mrs. Marshall Murphy.

LAKE

WALES,

FLA. Many of our

children

wanted

our offering

to be

used

fo r shoes fo r

the Boys'

Home.

Mrs.

Houser. (Boys need plenty

of

them).

sure

like

the

idea

of

the^oys^Home.

Our

children

wanted

t