The

amaico^ C,i/tznoe

Pehruaiy-Marah 1968

J-

r^

Front of Meadowbrook buUd-ing.

REJOICE AW BE EXCEEDim GLAD

9et^r

'Z

in

Zaf'

^eot to begin holding'.er^aee

in a nelrbl hZl
i-i..

ss s*sr
re^^eve us of the fincmdal strain of r^nt

,g c^ff,
-

ll

a part in thic huilMm^d^sp^:

entire floor. IhereXre etiU

a part in this work, do as the Lord

oevl%ng. If you want to have

lighthouse to young peopU and.a haven

NEW

CLASSES

Agrowing^ need in the city of Kingston for

youth work is evident with the oonstant re

ports of delinquency and violence, Jamaica

not exempt from the restlessness of youth

all over th^ world. This has doubled our
ojjorts in Bible teaching.

ye have begun three new classes in addi

tion to our Friday night youth work. One
class IS held in the Christian Childrens'
6i^^c on an off-clinic day^ one is held on
wed^sday evenings at Meadowbrook, and the
third in the Jamaica Christian Day School,
We believe that the Bible still has the
answer to man's problems tmd the power to
change his heart. Pray for these classest
V B S

MATERIAL AVAILABLE

A completely new set of VBS materials is

wou available on Jamaica and the work of the

home. We invite you to send for a free copy

jor your Mission program this summer.

AT

HOME"

in

Jamaica

Family time around the supper table is about the nicest time of our day here at the

Home.

Vwnng the course of the meal there is

a steady chatter about school life, Tony reported that he had tied for fourth place in
his mid term tests. The little boys chat
ec^erly about their coming Sports Day and
Edaie proudly described his teacher's affecttion for hi^. That sounded like good behaviour, Bobby took his exam for high school

and felt he had done well.

We hope so!

Guy l-Zhitley who joined the Home in 1958

has been on furlough and plans to return to

Jamaica to resume his work in late February,

We look forward to his return.

Bro, Solomon Levy^ chairman of the Home

Board since its beginning traveled in the

Steves from October to December, .During

this time he visited churches and spoke of
the work of the Home.

^ Jim and Carol Herget have begun their

eighteent^ year of service in Jamaica,

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ma'ica?!

Yol 18 No. 1

Jamaioa Christian Boys* Home

Ju-n/or

P.O. Box 6

Half Way Trec^ Jamaica W.I.

" CLINIC

BIBLE

CLASS "

Tuesday is our day for Bible Class at the

Clinic and as we arrive we walk up and down

the lanes calling out to the children.

While

they come running pell mell into the yard^

Mrs. Alberga sees that the dogs in the ad

joining yard all have a good drink of water.

"'Nurse-' as the children lovingly call her^
gathers them around her for a lovely Bible

i2 OC

story.

After some good songs and marches

Moimy Herget tells a story.

Long lines of

barefooted children join in this happy hour

together.

Won't you pray that these boys and girls

Hi FRIEWS^

will really grow to love Jesus?

It sesms such a shame that we are wri'ting

to you so long after Clvristmas. My cowboy
suit is a hit wor}t out now hut I still wear

THE COCONUT CART ""

Coooo coooo nut., y calls the tittle man

it.. On Saturday mornings I dig it out of the

toy box and tJien go out to pick flowers for

as he comes rolling down the streets of King

this one.

cart.
Yes he has
coconuts to sell

Mom.

Last week she took my picture just tike

By the way. it isn't too late yet to thank

you for making Christmas nice for us. We had
a great time. It loas exciting getting all

ston in his wiggly^ crooked, donkey-drawn

at six pence each
tliat are oool and

very nice.

These

your lovely Christmas cards and then openincr

packages on Christmas morning just because of

fruits filled with

you.

a sweet water like

One of our nicest presents was some money

to buy some nice food and the gas to go to
our IHne Palms Camp for a few days. Now that
wa.s really fun. Mom and Dad always get in a
little camp work while we hike and eat fruit.
I go to school and I like my teacher hut

one day she told Mom on me. I didn't do any

thing wrong, I only hit another guy in the
head and got on the teachers nerves.

she hxdn*t told Mom.

I wish

Were you ever bad in

school?

I like church but Daddy doesn't think it

is the place to make much noise and sometimes

he looks real haT'd at mo when I keep singing

after the people stop.

But I izever know when

to stop!

I like you and wish you would come and see

are green coconut

drink.

Before the

coconut dries

and becomes a thick meat it

is filled with this thin water called milk.

There is no nicer natural drink from a fruit

in Jamaica then this.

If you come to visit

be sure and stop at one of these carts for '

your treat. The man will chop off the top
of the coconut with a long long knife and
then make a )%oIq for you to drink from. From
the back of the cart a tall palm branch al
ways stands to help you find your drink^cart.
CONVERSATION .

Roy and Charles were helping to dry Com

munion -Gups one nig^it- -after~chia-'ch.-Charles -

who is still only four years old said^ ''I

smell chocolate.'' Roy answered^ ''Yes, Daddy

me.

gave me two squares of chocolate and you are

Love^ Chxxrles
'' OUR

jealous because you didn't get any.''

"Charles looked up very sweetly and saidj

FRIEimS

Since we only had nine boys this year at

Christmas we decided to invite our friends at
the Polio section of the Xhvtversity Hospital..

On^ our Christmas Day was so very nice since

we could share it with these unfortunate boys

and girls. At first we felt very sad when we
saw our friends with crutches.

But we soon

"Oh no^ Roy, I am not jealous^ I did not beg

you for chocolate^ I only said I smell it. '

NOTICE

If you Jxa^je not received a receipt for

Q'^f^
recent months kindly let us know.

A U.S. P.O. burned and we have had some

got }yxppy playing table games.

At dinner time we decorated the tables in

scorched mail!
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Hobson wlw planned to

aen. Then we made some rod and green hats.

We had such a nice day tiiat our friends did

most immediately upon arrival in Jamaica. Mr

Hobson was employed one term at the Jamaica
Christian Day School while Mr. Hobson was em

red and green with poineettias from our gar-

.V

Your letters are a source of joy and en-i

couragoment to us. Thanks so much for all I

your continued help and care. God bless yoi^.

hrk with the Home changed th-jir plans al

ployed in a local sc}iool in Kingston.

They

vi^ted the Home on two or tlwce occasions

and visited Meadowbrook three times.

Vol. 18,

No, Z

June 1968

WHAT ABOUT GIRLS '

" liARK

This question has been ashed of us nianij

tmes through the years. Often hoys and "

girls have wondered what we do to help lit

tle girls in need.

Another new hoy came into the Home since

we last wrote to you.

Fe is nine year old

Marky a dear little hoy who was left by his

mother after his father had died.

We have some good news this month for we

have been able to do something very special

for two darling little girls. Ac you will
read on our other news sheets two little

brothers came into our Home this spring.

to Canada with her but has not as yet been

able to do i^t, Mark is full of enthusiasm
and is eager to please.

Uow these two little boys have two sis

It was just

impossible to rescue the little hoys and

leaViS the two little girls behind^ and so

we gathered up the whole lot of them and

drove home.

He loves his home

and his new brothers and is glad for you^ too.

' TEEN-AGE CHOIF

lings they are. You would love the baby

who vs two years old. ~He is very sweet,

She Tiad

always intended to send for Mark to take him

Carlos and Donald are Chinese and two dxxr-

ters ages four and six years.

Meadowbrook church has a lovely teen-age

cJioir. These Christian yovng people arc
keen about singing for the Lord Jesus be-

cause they truly love Him. And they not only

sing every Sunday but they are leaders in
the Christian Youth Fellowship on Fridays.
Recently they had a school holiday and so
we took then to camp. The five hoys and

five girls went with us after prayer meeting

on Wednesday night. For two days the girls
cooked and. kept house while the hoys mixed
cement and helped with the new dining hall,
Wc adopted Dan.iel*e practice and prajjcd
three times daily
The yovng people took
turns bringing little lessons from God's

Word.

At night we went hiking and enjoyed

rmnohing on cookies and telling ghost stor

ies.

Now don't you know they enjoyed that!

' A LETTER FROM FETER "

Now when we got homey we realized it

would not he possible to keep the girls. 0

Our Beavenly^ Father smiled down on all of
ws and provided a loving mother who was

willing to care for the girls. Now this

borrowed mother'' has helped these little
girls to get well and strong. And nicest

of ally they coma to Christian Day School

with her where she teaches and they also go
to Meadowbrook^ Sunday School and are in her
Sunday School class. Their mother is very
ill in the hospital hut their father comes
to help them in their needs.

of this year. Here is part of a recent let

ter. 'Dear Mom,.,I miss everyone so nruch.

Tell Grandma and Dad hello,

I am doing well

in school..we had a lot of fun when we were

in the Home,.I hope to go to church with Car

ol A.rkilander soon.,^' Peter, Ve enjoy hav

ing Peter's letters and know you will too,
' THANKS SO MUCH

f/e appreciate the gifts you have been

CarloSy Donald^ Daisy^ and Lilly are now

happy children because God cares for them
and has helped them to find a home.

Our little Peter grew up and went to Can

ada to live with his oim parents in January

Aren't

you glad we could help these little girls?

sending, boys and girls. Please pray for

our little ones. They all join in sending
their love to you and their thanks.

Your boxes are also very helpful and es

pecially at birthday time. God bless you all.

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4.

THE

JAMAICA

iUSSIOrmiES:

James
Carol Herget
Guy m%tley

CHRISTIAN

BOYS*

DIEECTORS of the HOME:

James and Carol Herget

Solomon Levy, Minister

Ars, Ada Walker

HOME

Ltd.

PROJECTS:

e,A. Woodstock, Minister

Christian Day Schools

Christian Childrens' Clinic

Nine Palms Christian Camp

Christian Evangelizing Ass'n

i'ioi'iagement Committee:

Hon. Douglass Fletcher

Com, A.C. Folkes

Mr. Ramon Alherga, Q.C. Mr. A. Lionel Levy

Mrs. Claire Shilletto Mr. Vic Reid

Dr. Arthur Wint

Mr. Hal Glaoe

Volunteer Workers:

Bookkeeper, Mrs. Phyllis Stephens (B years)

Nurse in Charge of Clinic, Mrs. Patsy Alberga, (S years)

doctors: Dr, Nc. March (IS years) Dr. T, Mair (8 years) Dr. M.H. Beaubrun (2 years)

Dentist: Dr. Henry Lopez (14 years)

Football Coach, Christian Day School, Mr, Pat Smith

CMirmcm _of_Bo(^d of Governors, Oxford Preparatory School, Mr. Ramon Alherga, (3 years)
Carpenter and Construction Manager, Mr. Henry Nixon (5 years) on sacrificial salary

Gardener and Outdoor Maintenance, Bro. L. Savory (13 years)

on sacrificial salary

devoted workers because without their labors the Jamaica

^de the advances it has. We appreciate the excellent

uffoTts made in benalf of the boys and
of all those who have found help both physical and

spiritual through the years,

HERE'S

HOW

you

CAN

HELP

TOO!

3.. Support a boy. $25,00 a month, or any part of a boy's support can be sent.
2, Support Financially any pj^^ect of our work,

3. oend boxes of useful new clothing for hoys, and other items. Enquire for a list.

^oli%i^^

P'^etty ends of materials for making doll clothes for the Candy Top

5. Beccme a MEMBER of the Home. Cost,.754 a year. AMember receives a copy of the
Audited financial report for the year. His 75^ is to cover mailing costs of Evangel,
6. Send drugs for the Clinic.
7.

Enquire.

Send used clothing and Bible School materials.

8. Type and send scripture labels for medicine bottles for our Clinic,
9. Send School and Craft supplies,

?. Help us plant new churches by supporting our Christian Evangelizing Association,

Pray for us!

JAMAICA CHRISTIAN BOYS' HOME, P,0. Box S, Half Way Tree, Jamaica, W.I,
"W

.3 Evangel comes to you by the Courtesy of: GRACE KENNEDY LTD, 64 Harbour St., Kingston
and by Andrew B.B. Aguilar, Sports Equipment, 95 Harbour St., Kingston

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FMWE CHAIWFS THIiJGS
MOmiWC in A'T fJKART

URGF.nT mEV FOR DIJWJG JIALL

Two preaioua Httlo Cl-ineoe hoys have

fomd tJisir way into our heartc and Horns re
cently. children, who through their mother's

IJvcr^j kid loves camp! And eve7*if hoy ond

girl attending Camp at Nine Palms here in Ja.-

illneae hccamc the victims of most unfortun

ate cix'curnstancea.

maica isin high spirits for weeks before the

opening of the season. And as they arrive^

their inspection very quickly finds thern in
the direction of the dining room and kitchen^

Carlos., aged seven cmd. hin l^ahtj brother

of tu^o yeoTOj h\ire sadly in need of care.
The helping hand of the Jaimica Christi<m
Boys' Home was a war^n welcome to these lit

phases of ca^rtp life. And the dining hall is

alixiys the gayest spot on our nine acres.

tle ones and now their nig^>'t has been turned

to day. The dull^ arnpty look in their eyes.,
the unhealthful condition of their bodies

found it highly neoessar]i for succossful

Yea, food is one of the most important

Aft(?r four years at nine Palms^ we have

has become only a memory and now as they

Wake in their clean heds^ awake to life in a

campirg to build a new dining haXl and kitch

happy carefree home, they can t7*}ilyjmean"

a good amount of necessary funds for the

fully sing^

It is morning, it is rnomhig in

Friends in Jamaica h/ioe provided

building, hut now our hills are mounting higb

for its completion.

my heart.

I'larki aged. ninCj has also found, 'mominn

in his heart . His father died a tragic
death and his mother left him witJi a grandfathxsr who wac unable to care for the boy.
All three of these children arc being

hoarded temporarily in the I'ome. l/e thank

God for opportunities of CMsistuig such
children as these who are so desperately in
need of hortelife that feeling of being
wanted which is so important in exyery child's
life.

Please pray about th.is need.

l-/e would like

to open camp in July Tyith.. the burden of fznances met.

Vie believe th/xt God can and hiitl

meet this need.

i:FADOl VROOK -

OUR JOY

Can you imagine what it means to be meeting in our own lovely building- to be seeing
men and women following ti'e Lord here? Can
you irr-agine cur o^y to witners all seventy
available chairs filled, on a Sunday morning

at worship houjr?

You who are ao nenerously supporting the

Home are makhig morning in my heart" possi
ble for these little ones and for all of the
others in the Home.

en area.

Or can you picture our joy

as we watch the stirring of the water in our

new pool as the feet of thiose following Jesus
enter for baptism!

And vh.en we look back

at the long road we have traveled th-rough the

years, we can't help hut appreciate those who
have walked faithfully beside us.

Th<mks so

much!

Headowbrook Church of Christ now has twen

ty nine meml'r^rs, fas of the last week in ^ay)

with' several good prospects for the month of
June.
'
Con't page 2

Address Us: JAIIAICA Cilh'ISTIAd WYS' HOin:, P. 0. Fox 5, Half Hay Tree, Jamaica, V.I.

V? //s /o.-

FinanQiatly epeaking^ we are happy to

say that the building only needs a little
more in finishing touches and then we can
plan for our dedication,

God hae blessed

and we thank Him for your kelp.

We have

borrowed nc money and our faith from week

to ourely lias been rewarded. How good
our Heavenly Father is!

Fray with us that we might pay off the

mortgage on the land now so that we can
begin building the sanctuary,

OXFOEd FRF:PARATORr SCHOOL

is the new name for- our own Christian Day

School here at the Home. Our board changed
the name for several reasons^, one being its
location^ (ve arc on Oxford Road)s and an
other being that hoys outnumber girlt six tp
one since so many people have associated the
school with the Boys' Home under the name of
the Jamaica Chi'istian Prep School, Enrol
ment is good and many of our children are
attending Bible School at Meadowbrook and
at Memorial Cha:pel,

VBS FLANNED FOR AUGUST

COmRATULATmiS

A Vacation Bible School for the Meadowbrook Church is planned by the Ft.
ers, Florida^ youth group and its spon^
sors. \]e are keenly looking forward to
this great eventpraying that it will

reach hoys and girls and teenagers for

Christ in that area.

to cur --son in the Gospeldelrcy Brown

who graduates from San Joce Bible College
this m.onth. Ho plans to work in Australia
for the coming three years and then hopes to
return to Jamaica.

and to our ''daughter in the Gospel ' Eliz

Both we and tlte Ft. Myers fine yuth

group welcome your prayers.

abeth MoDermot and Joe Jackson who were

married recently in Illinois,
mMORIAL CHAPEL

MEDICAL CLIllIC

Include our needs

Our Christian Childrcns'

Clinic has recently had an addi

tion to the staffj: a fine Jamai

in your summer
prayer list.

can girl who has come to be our

receptionist. We welcome this
help as our numbers are increas
ing well over the 4000 enrolment

we had in January. Epidemic

waives often strike and our need,
for medical supplies never ends.

In add.ition to the church

established by the Home that

still meets in our Chapel^ the
Chapel is used daily for ser
vices for our CJirivtian Day
Schx>ol. We also use it for
wedd.ingSs funerals,, and prayer
meetings. It ir. a joy to have
this dedicated liouse of wor
ship so close to the heaj't of
the Home,

Your prayers for these precious little

children^ so desperately in need^ arc an

CHRISTLW EVAmELIZim ASSOCIATION

ever preso't asset to our work.

In establishing new churches in Jamaica^

(je have found that a good policy is for this
organization to purchase land and finance
church projects and hold them until the
church becomes fully established with elders
and deacons. At this time^ the property is

CHRISTIAN DAY SCHOOLS

Michele Town has had a struggling time

with its Christian Day School for several
years. Its large enrolment of children
has outgrown the small rain-soaked^ humid^
thatched building. Their need has been
brought to the attention of our ' Home'
boards
we have found it possible to
assist them with their partly built new
school and church building, Walls have
been up for a year but there the work
stopped.

Our giftj because you helped^ has been

a blessing,

Ohj how we long to be able

to Jielp them more!

and prayers again?

May we ask your love

to be turned over to the church.

Brother Guy Wrdtley wT--o has been esta

blishing a church in Claremont, sane fortyfive miles from Kingston,, for tioo years now^
hopes to purchase land in the near future.
The Christian Evatigelizincr Association will
purchase this land as it did the land at
Meadowbrook^ under this plan.
The work is coming along well there and
we arc praying that God will meet the need.
Brother Gwj also assi.sts with the building
work at camp since it is so near Claremo .

November 1968

Dear Christian Friends,

In your handj now, is the new Jamaica Evangel, It takes over

from our dear old mimeograjghed sheet which has dme service these

last seven years although prior to 1962, the Evangel had six years

of exciting life as a printed sheet with pictures.

We had felt for some time that our long established Evangel
was worthy of something better, something that would lend encourage
ment for filing among important periodicals. So many of you have
written of youjc appreciation of the Evangel and so in its way, it
was a record of our growth in Jamaicaa record that owes so much to

your own faith and Christian works.

We prayed for professional help,

and now that prai^er has^^^^answered^

Eleven years agq-^ ' V-tc Reid, theri'^associate Editor of New Day

magazine, wrote ^ coVersihj^ of'the Jamaica Christian Boys' Home.

To gather ''realities" fo^his story, he took to dropping in im-

cmnoimced any hour of -^e day or night. As the subject gained depth
in his mind, Vic grewS^ore deeply impressed.

It was then t^t Via was first introduced to the churches of

Christ and to the^aith that has been the driving force of this mis
sion in Jamaica.^; He was deeply moved as the months went on and by
the end of the^ear, had associated himself as a member of the

Management Comittee of the Home.

The erMA.ing years have seen Vic become an invaluable help to the

Home and <^so a real pari: of the family. And always tugging at his

heart wem the unending attempts to win him for Christ and His church.

I-dJ^une, Jim baptized Vic into Christ Jesus.

jr^

victory for the Lordj for not only had Vic found

thef^rength and peace of the Christian life, but the Lord has gained

on^' pf the finest potential workers for the church that Jamaica can

pi^fuoe,^ Vic Reid is the West Indies' most outstanding author and
ilist and his fame reaches into many countries of the world.

He hhs now taken over as editor of the new Evangel.

We thank God for his dedicated life and ask your* prayers in his
behalf as he takes his place "among those dedicated to His service"
in Jamaica,

yours faithfully s^^nH-ng,

Jim and Carol Herget

JAMAICA

youu

THE JAMAICA EVANGEL

NO. 4

Produced for the Jamaica Christian

P\

*<\ ^

Boys' Home and concerning the chiid-

ren and your gifts of love which \vill

be added to your treasures on that
day when He makes up His jewels.*

MANAGEMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE:

Mr. Douglas Fletcher, Mr. Ramon
Alberga, Mr. A. Lionel Levy, Mr. Vic
Reid, Mrs. Claire
Shilletto, Dr.
Arthur Wint, Mr. Hal Glave, Mr.
A. C. Folkes.

VOLUNTEER WORKERS:
Bookkeeper: Mrs. Phyllis Stephens;
Nurse in charge of Clinic: Mrs. Patsy
Alberga; Doctors: Dr. Noel March.
Dr. T. Mair, Dr. M. H. Beaubrun;
Dentist: Dr. Henry Lopez; Photo*
grapher: Mr. Quito Bryan; Football
Coach, Preparatory School, Mr. Pat
Smith; Chairman, Board of Govern
ors, Preparatory School: Mr. Ramon
Alberga; Carpenter and Construction
Manager: Mr. Henry Nixon (on sacri

ficial salary); Gardener and outdoor

maintenance: Bro. L. Savory (on
sacrificial salary).

ARE YOU WONDERING HOW YOU CAN HELP, TOO?

1. Pray for us.

charges for our audited financial

2. Support a boy ($25.00 a month

report and the Jamaica Evangel

or any part of a boy's support)

3. Send boxes of new useful cloth-

which will be posted to you.)

7. Send used clothing of all kinds

ing, and other items, for boys.

Ask us for a list.
4. Support financially any of our
projects.
5. Collect and forward pretty ends
of materials for our Candy Top
Doll Shoppe.
6. Become a MEMBER of the

and Bible School materials.

9. Type, and send scripture labels
for medicine bottles for the
Clinic. Leave room on the labels
for dosage.
10. Send school and craft supplies.
11. Help us to plant new churches
by supporting
the Christian

HOME.

(A subscription of 75

Evangelizing Association.

cents a year helps to defray postal

Published for the Jamaica Christian

Boys' Home at No. 7 Oxford Road,

Kingston 5, Jamaica.
Editor: V. S. Reid.

"CHRISTMAS COMES
FOR TRUE!"
No snow falls

on the Island. The

trees are still clothed with foliage.

But

there are other si^rns that it's

Christmas.

The poinsettias flare extra redly,

"blood red in warm December," as
the Jamaican poet Claude McKay
puts it; the Christmas market stalls,
cunning little complete toy stores cap
able of being hand-carried, appear on
the sidewalks of downtown streets;
carnival paper hats tilt crazily on the
heads of youngsters; truckloads of
Caribbean pines begin coming down
from

the

mountains

for

sale

as

Christmas trees; strings of decora

tive electric lights are strung in the
streets of cities and towns; a flurry
of cantatas, oratorios and Nativity
plays are billed in school and church
halls across the land.

srtii
STORY READING

At Oxford Road and Meadowbrook,

our choirs begin a round of steady

practice for the Christmas hymns and
anthems. School is out. The tempo of
practice increases gradually as walls
are freshly painted, hedges freshly
trimmed, and stories about the Child
Christ fetch a special demand from

our wide-eyed boys at the nightly

story-readings by Mummy.
But more than all, Christmas is
heralded in Jamaica by the arrival

of the "Christmas breeze," the cool,

tangy mountain breeze which blows

during the "winter" months. Then,

there is no doubt in the minds of our
boys that "Christmas come for true."

School is onti Now we can really

JdBB

Uvel

CHRISTMAS TREE ON THE ROOF

We looked at the roof of the dorm

Meanwhile,

we

will

stay

wide

itory one day from an upstairs win

dow and thoughts of shuffle boards

awake, happily praying and working

towards paying off the dormitory

for the boys, a swimming pool, deck

tennis courts and so on, flashed
through our minds.

mortgage.
"Like the yoke of the Lord, it rests

Ambitious ?
True.

But who, looking at that broad flat

expanse of concrete roof, and seeing
how our two acres of grounds were

filling up with school buildings,

chapel, Doll Shoppe, office and work
shop for our projected printing min
istry, carpenter and paint shop and

lightly," chuckled a Committee mem

ber. "You hardly know its there when
you're praying about it."
True. And we thank the Liord for

you and your blessings which are en

abling us to work at those mortgage
payments.
Come Christmas, we have a target
for 400 or $960.00 (U.S.) on the dor.
mitory debt. If we are on target, we

all those other features of our faith

plan to light up a Christmas tree on

at

the roof.

Oxford

Road

wouldn't dream a

we say, who

little?

Will you help us put that Christ

mas tree on the roof?

like we said, its getting crowded

AT OXFORD
ROAD

AIRY CLASSROOMS

After a briefing meeting in the

Oxford Road main house, the Minis
ter was escorted around the com

RED LETTER DAY...

pound. He visited the boys' dormitory

and after a close inspection, the party
crossed the grounds to the Prepara
tory School where the Minister saw
the big, airy classrooms, recreation
areas and other amenities for the 100
children now in attendance.

Next to be visited was the Mem

Tuesday, July 3Qth is now a red

letter day in the calendar of the Ja
maica Christian Boys' Home. For this
was the day when we were visited
by a Cabinet Minister, the Honour
able Allan Douglas.
Mr. Douglas is the Minister for
Youth and Community Development
in the

Jamaican

Government.

The

other distinguished visitor who accoropanied him was Mrs. Winnifred

Hewitt, the Chief Children's Officer.
Directors Jim and Carol Herget
and Solomon Levy headed the wel
coming group at the Home which in
cluded three members of the Manage
ment Committee, Mrs. Claire Shilletto, A. Lionel Levy and Victor Reid.

orial Chapel, looking cool and beauti

ful under its great trees, the nursery
school, fellowship hall, workshops and
the Candy Top Doll Shoppe. Mr.
Douglas expressed surprise and plea
sure at the variety of ministries at

Oxford

Road and was

particularly

pleased when we spoke to him about

our projected printing and publishing
hopes. He was also told about our
Mountain View children's clinic and

Meadowbrook church and Sunday

school elsewhere in the city.
FINANCED

BY

FAITH

Indeed, the Minister expressed his

entire gratification at the facilities

at Oxford Road and was visibly im

pressed by the fact that our work
was "financed by faith' in God who

Happy
Christmas

from

All The Boys!

has provided us with you, our many

faithful friends. He congratulated the
directors and management committee
on "a very good job indeed".
Altogether, the Minister's visit with
us lasted over two hours, including a
long talk afterwards on all aspects of
our work. School being out for sum
mer and the Home boys being at Nine
Palms, we only hope he will come
again when the boys are present to
give him a real rousing Oxford Road
whoop-up!

WELL-THE

QUIET
JAMAICAN ?
Two new little fellows came into

the Home since our last writing.

Michael is a ifrowing little guy of 5.
When he came to us the first Tues

day in last month, he was very sub

dued for the four following days.
Saying httle. Moving quietly. And we
thought: "Well, here's the Quiet Ja
maican."

Until along came Sunday.

With the other kids, Michael piled
into our dear old 1964 station wagon
for the five-mile drive to Sunday
School and morning worship. And it
seems as if this was all he was wait

ing for.
For he

literally

took

over

the

church.

He

Heading for the best mischief places

"visited'' from

row to

row,

carefully inspected the lectern from

which Daddy was reading the lesson,

took a brief look at the baptismal
pool and was only restrained after
he had tried to join the choir in the
special offering of music-in-praise.
And all the while, he hardly talked.
Michael is-- a

man of action.

MONTEGO BAY

Our other little chap Frankie is a

much smaller guy but who certainly
talks enough. He is 3 and hails from
the Montego Bay area at the other
end of the Island.

The other boys in the Home wel

comed

their two new

brothers with

much excitement. Everybody tried to

show them the ropes. Like, the best
places for making mischief, the easi
est trees to climb. How to Get Around
Mummy Without Really Trying, and
other salient facts of life.

Each new little boy that comes into

the Home offers excitement and chal

lenge. But since each new challenge

has its accompanying reward, we are
grateful to God for two more oppor
tunities to serve His work.

How to get around mummy

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nKDo^lwe
the same
mm)?
Certainly not A thousand pounds will not have the same
purchasing power in 1970 as it has today.

The rate at which money devalues Itself daily puts

tremendous strain on people In trying to prevent
themselves from going broke after working so hard.
We believe the best answer to this is investment

We provide experienced investment counsellors in

investment portfolio management,
underwriting and share placement,
a ready market for Jamaica Government stocks,
listed and unlisted shares,

and can execute your orders in London, New York,

Toronto and other major international stock exchanges.
Get in touch with Willard B. Samms or K. R. "Bunny"
AbrahamsDr Miss Rita Humphreys who will be happy

to deal with your enquiries.

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BEOKEES

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When the church at Meadowbrook

at the foot of the Red Hills was only

a gleam in the eyes of the Hergets
of Oxford Road, they saw this lovely
corner lot as they drove through the
suburb one day. It was adjacent to a
municipal park reserve, was a streetto-street property, nice neighbours
on the one built-up side. So right for
a suburban church you could almost
hear singing in the ackee trees.

But before
there was a
lished and a
sembly to be
A

it could be made right,

fellowship to be estab
temporary place of as
sought.

Providential

answer

to

both

needs turned up. Half a house became

available on Meadowbrook Ave. and

twenty-two. To draw attention to the

corner, which one day, would become
the permanent address of their
church, the little fellowship moved to
165 Red Hills Road, next door to the
new place. This was in September,
'67. TTien began a real and solid drive
that had things happening. By 2nd of
January next year, sod was turned.
And in seven weeks they moved into
the Sunday School building. This is,
of course, only the start of things.
Still to go up is the church building.
Meadowljrook

will

witness

marvell

ously to the Lord. How do we know?

We know because of the large and
wonderful crop of young people in
the suburb, waiting to be gleaned for

the Sunday School was on its way.

But meanwhile, there also was that
lot of land to buy, and so little loot

God.

in the kitty. There was just one thing

ing in December With a |n:oimd-breaking ceremony. We have high hopes

for it. So high, indeed, we hope to

to do.

They did it.

They prayed on it.
And before long, the first down
payment was made and the mortgage
was off to a fine running start thank
you.

By now, the fellowship which had

begun with four had swollen to
The
soms

woods are beaatifal with blos

at

Christmas

We hope to start on the new build

include a steeple in our plans. It will

be the first
church steeple in
Meadowbrook. We think it will be
beautiful, standing in the shadows of
the Red Hills, pointing to the sky.
Will you pray that our work be
accomplished?

THE JAMAICA
JUNIOR
VOL. 18 NOV.-DEG. 1968

BECAUSE
YOU CARE
A

"Pint-sized"

little

fellow

was

Michael when we found him. His legs

and arms wore terribly thin and his
eyes looked extra large because of
his tiny thin face. This dear little boy
had sadly missed his mother who had
deserted

him.

Michael

was very

shy when

he

came to the Home but after the fir.st

few (lays he becaTne very happy.

Still, no matter how happy he was,
no matter how many, many platefuls of food he ate, no matter how
many hours he played, Michael would
not talk! He had completely lost his
tongue.

Little "Pint'' as Daddy called him,

would only smile and shake his head
thei'tj was no talking!
A week later, Httle Frankie came
to live in the Home too, and he was
so tiny for hi.s full three years that
immediately he was called "Half
Pint". Now "Pint'' would not talk but

"Half Pint" made up for him, sing

ing away from the time he first came
to the dining room.
These two dear little boys, Michael,
aged five atid Frankie, aged 3 and a
half, are now happy in the Home.
And do you know why? It is be
cause of your friendship and help in
making the Home possible for them.
Won't yoLi pray that God will watch
over them and help them to grow up
to be good Christians and to love
Jesus very much?

JMy Christmas
Piggy Banh

Most boys and girls keep a Christ

mas Piggy Bank so that when the
joy of Christmas is in the air there
is a little pile of oft' counted coins
ready to take

to town

on

clear

white Saturday morning.

Would you or your Sunday School

Class like to keep a Christmas Piggy
Bank for our little boys of Jamaica?
If so, here's how you can do it.
Find a real piggy bank and make
a label for it that says, "Jamaica
Christmas Bank". When the week be

fore Christmas comes, you can send

the offerings you have collected in it
to help care for Michael and Frankie
and other little boys of Jamaica.
We plan to make a big Piggy Bank
too, big enough to hold all your let
ters so that on Christmas morning
we can take out the letters and read

them to the Boys. Please help us fill

our Piggy Bank with happy Christ
mas letters.

YOUTH CORNER
Our Christmas Beil
Listed on our Christmas

Bell are

the names of our Boys and Girls who

have helped the Home in recent

months. May God bless you all and
give you a happy Christmas. Thanks
so much for helping!

Friday Nights
VBS and Summer Camps together
helped our Youth Group to grow. Now
almost 50 young people gather for
meeting PViday nights.
A

lovely gift

of "Musical

Cow

Bells" was given to the group by

Mrs. Ralph Frye of Fort Myers, Fla.,
who helped with the VBS this sum-

iner. John Robinson has been busy

learning to play them and has al
ready performed beautifully in church
services

at

Meadowbrook.

Off To Canada
Juniors
and Primaries

Heyworth, 111. Youth

/ Marlboro, Ohio. VBS, El- \

/ dorado, HI. Primaries, Urb- \

/ ana. 111. VBS, Falls Mills, Va. \
Youth, Mt, Pulaski, 111. Youth

Bell. Cal. VBS Bell, Cal. Youth

Ft. Myers, Fla. Childrens
Church, Hessville, 111.

Andy, whom many of you will re

member, went to Canada last month
to live near Peter, where he will con
tinue to go to school and also work.
Andy is 18 now.

His last night at Home was a gay

one around the table as the family

111. Busy Bees, Alma, 111. Juniors,

are happy that Andy has such a fine

opportunity and we look forward to

VBS, Winter Park,

Fla. Youth, Grif.

fity,

Ind. Jr. Boys

Edison, Neb. VBS, Louisville, 111. Primaries, Neoga,

Gomland, 111. Juniors Bristol, Tenn.
>
Youth, Loami, 111. Junior Jets, Griswold, Iowa

vT

celebrated with a farewell dinner. We

his

keeping his

often.

promise to

write

The Fort Myers Story

GRAND AMBASSADORS FOR THE U.S.

From Fort Myers, Florida, came
last month a bunch of lively kids
who made "a wonderful summer's
witness to the Lord" at the Meadowbrook Church of Christ.

The 25-strong team led by Elvin

and Betty Gray of Fort Myers mount
ed an exciting and enthusiastic Va
cation Bible School which built up in
teaching and in fun until suddenly,
when it was all over, nobody knew
where the ten days went.
They were wonderful ambassadors
for America and were taken to their
hearts by the Jamaicans.

To refresh

your

minds a

little,

and to tell those who may not have

known before, Meadowbrook is our
new fellowship in a suburb north
west of Kingston. It is very prettily
placed at the foot of the Red Hills, a

magnificent piece of high country

which rises abruptly from the Liguanea Plains on which Kingston is
built. The church is going from
strength to strength. The Sunday
School building is now completed

enoi^h for Lord's Day and weekday

services to be held in the largest hall.

But to go back to the Bible School.

The Fort Myers Gospel Youths (all

girls, except for two fellows and their
guitars), the Grays, Jack and Donna
Joerger, Mrs. Ralph Frye, Mr. Ken
Bullard and Mrs. Elizabeth Romies,
were guests at No. 7 Oxford Road,
that now
internationally
known
"station for Christ". From the out

set, all worked well together to make

the School a ringing success. Soldiers
of the Jamaican Regiment loaned,

and put up, a big canvas marquee.

Radio stations and newspapers gave
free time and space. Even the
weather behaved well. A gaily de
corated float packed with singing
Fort Myers

kids

toured the suburb

and surroundings and proved a rous

ing attention-getter. Over 300 children
attended and the girls did follow-up
house calls to keep the campaign
rolling.
And how it rolled!

Ten additions resulted during the

week. Furthermore, many residents
came

out to

learn

more

about

the

Meadowbrook ministry.
The Meadowbrook fellowship work
ed wondrously to make the Floridians
feel at home away from home.

V mi

Girls on a Float

"GRANDMA" BACK
A "refreshing time" came for Mrs.
Ada Walker, far better known as
"Grandma" to the boys of the Home
and to the many Jamaicans and
Americans who have frequented the
family life at 7 Oxford Road. Grand
ma travelled for her refreshing time
to Miami, St. Louis, Chicago and
back south to Ft. Myers, Orlando, and
then

home.

friends,

Grandma

spoke in

visited

with

churches,

and

INVESTMENT
IN JAMAICA
COMPANIES

brought ^e message of the faith of

the Jamaica Christian Boys' Home to

the hearts of men and women and

children. As she herself put it: "I felt

like a visiting fire chief, the' royal
way everybody treated me." Then she
added: "But its great to be back do
ing the work I love."

The rapid growth of the Jamaican

economy and the increased finan
cial participation of the public
created the

need

of a National

Stock Exchange.
As a

member of the Jamaica

Stock Exchange, we offer a com

prehensive service to all inves
tors, both at home and abroad.

SEEKS SUPPORT FOR

MINISTRY
Mr. Nimrod Townsend, a Jamaican
who graduated from Drake Univer
sity in the U.S. and went on to earn
a Master's Degree at Lexington The
ological Seminary, returned to the is
land last month to be with us while

in this ministry.
He was formerly of the Kings Gate
Christian Church (Disciples of
Christ) in Kingston before going to
the States. On the Jamaica call.

For information, write or phone:

Capital Market Servicei
(Jamaica) Ltd.

Brother Townsend worked out of the

Oxford Road Jamaica Christian Boys

Home, with special emphasis on

stren^hening those churches organis

ed by the Christian Evangelizing As

sociation.
He also shared in the work of the

Stocicbrolcers

at

P.O. Box 351

Claremont.
Brother Townsend re-visits the U.S.

Phone 24298

new

Meadowbrook

church,

and

Kingston, Jamaica, W.I.

this month to fill pulpit calls through

the Winston-Salem Bible College and
to secure support for a future minis

try here.
11

What Is The

%k

C.EA.?
This is a question bein^ asked us.
We welcome it, for it bhows the in
terest

i>f our friends.

The letter? of course stand for the

Christian Evangelizing Association.

Look on the CEA as our umbrella

organisation. Under it is grouped our

Ministei-s
Churches

and Missionaries of the

of
Christ
in Jamaica.

Though presently small in number,

the group in actively engaged in es
tablishing churches, organizing Youth
Groups, building church buildings,
and in establishing the new "Printing
Ministry" of the Jamaica Christian
Boys Home.

Young

Jamaicans help to build a

church sponsored by the C.E.A.

JCBH Ltd. betokens a wide scope

of Christian Endeavours in Jamaica

and seeks to make an Evangelical ef

fort that will bear rich and full fruit
for the Master.

BIBLE COLLEGES
FOR INSTANCE

Among the "for instances'' of CEA:

CEA has purchased land for the
Meadowbrook Church of Christ and
will hold title until the Church be

comes fully organised with Elders

and Deacons capable and willing to
carry the responsibility of the Church.
(In Jamaica, church lands cannot be
purchased in the name of a church
but must be incorporated as a Limit
ed Liability Company, abbreviated as
"Ltd", and purchased in the Com

pany's name). This plan of the CEA

will apply to any new congregation
it establishes, since, at the beginning,
there are not enough elders and dea
cons to form a Corporation.

Finally, it is the prayer of every

member of CEA that the sons and

daughters of Jamaican parents will

find assistance not only in their
Christian lives, but in encouragement

and support to attend Bible Colleges,

wise

and

Christian

counselling

through their teens, clean and health

ful activities all year, and opportuni
ties for Christian service in their
communities.

The Christian Evangelizing Asso

ciation is dedicated

to the task

of

pointing men, women and young peo

ple to Christ Jesus and His wonder
ful salvation.

Remember us in your prayers!

Happy Christmas from

Jim and Carol!

DAVID
rr^

REMEMBERED
.i

' '

Nine year old David sat with his

head on Mommy's shoulder, and his

arms around her neck. It was a beau

tiful moonlit night and the valley be

low the camp had never been more

lovely. Stars twinked above and huge

fireflies, called Peenies, buzzed close
enough to make their two "head

lights'" seem almost like flashlight

beams. It was a night when a little
boy's heart should have been gay.
But David was sobbing sobbing

"Danny Boy."

days of Bible lessons, of camp games,

of whispered fun in the dormitory
that made

the

flow of tears

seem

endless.

Then Mommy was speaking . , .

"David, we are all sad tonight, but
let's take a moment and talk to Jesus

about it and thank Him for letting

us all have such a good summer here
at camp.''
And when the prayer was said a

Two players in a do-it-yourself skit.

with great tears splashing down his
cheeks. It was a night of real sorrow
for David a night that David had

known would come, but a night he

had somehow hoped by some strange
miracle would never have to come. It

was the last night of summer camp

at Nine Palms.

David remembered the long sunny

days on the hillsides with his friend

"Danny Boy". Danny Boy had been a

good horse and David loved him.

David remembered too, the exciting

Fort
A romp in the yard.

Myers girls

were volunteer

counsellors.

little heart g^-ew just a bit lighter

and a tiny smile broke through as
David said, "But Mommy, it's just so
hard to say goodbye,"
But it wasn't until the car had been
on the road home for almost an hour

that David finished his cry and

snuggled into Mommy's lap to sleep.
David . . . a dear little boy . . . found
in a shop down town when he was
only two. Mommy thanked God for
him as she patted his shaggy head
and sturdy body.

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OF

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HOME

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BY THE OWNERS OF
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