The cavmini: of the new year found us T.'akinp to the r?orning
fron the
windov7£i of our new hone. Yes, at last ve are living at Chrlstianville. We
were able to con.plete cur r>ove two days before Christmas and x^e enjoyed the
blessings of Christ's birthday in this lovely sotting.
pletely happy.
The hoys vrere com
Of course there was a good bit of chaos but there was peace
in our hearts and '.re
filled
ioy p.s wg bowed our heads around the
Christmas tree to five tb.^nk^ to God.
The highlight of the sr^ason
to help us Tvith the T^^orl-,
the visit of two teai^s of students who cane
Finn students caue froQ Itilli/^an College and
twenty-two canie from Cincinnati IMblo Seitiinary,
There were roats and beds
on the roofj on floors, on the couch, doubled here, tripled there. Meals
were buffet styj.e and fellowship war-; rich. Tut the kids came to T7or1'.
There was blccV-layinp. ditch-dip.fciny, landscapi:ip, pJinrhinj^, electrical
work window \:aGhin^-; and office T'^ork, Fach one ejrprensed his
in soTiie helpful way. Ths worl: that trarj done will go do\n\ as
the fact that thcEe kids spent their Christmas holiday doing
the Lord.. The Itilligan team c.-'-me for t^rpnty days and C.B.S,
or her talents
a memorial to
something for
for ten days.
Our prayer is that cach oz-o. in firrc xcill receive a rich Messing from the
Lord and thst triis experience will hilp in their preparation for Christian
service.
P.on Vance, a iriniyteric:l student led the C.B.S. group and Horry
Oshorn, studying for a medical ndsslonary work in Faiti, led the Milligan
group, f^orry plane to work here again this suELier with the Leogane Kospital
and with Chrlstianville.
V/c resumed work teTr.porarily on the clinic uning designat^id funds. Vp. put in
the plumbing ar.d electrical ^Tor!; in the floors ard are now ready to lay the
floors, vie Ftill have quite a bit of vrork to do on the house to smooth out
oome rouch ' places ^^ut all that will come in cine. V-e got the water tank
cleaned and filled nov so that our r.eiphhor?? can get water c^ay and night.
It is a joy to Irnow that at last they are drinking good water. We also had
evangeliotic nectinps for a week while the students wore here.
Thank you - your help
made it all possible. Tow very grateful we are
for your loving sift over the p.-^st fe^' weel*s! T'e thank God upon every re
membrance of you and now as we begin 19?0 we pray that you will continue to
stand by our sic^e and bold up our hands in support and in prayers. Fc need
you and we love ycu in the Lord. Cod bless you daily.hourly and keep you"
in Tiis care.
'ours faithfully serving»
Jim and Carol "crget
May 1 31980
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THE
EmiSIGEL
A Christian Quarterly
from ihe Caribbean
"Let them give glory unto the Lord,
and declare his praise in the islands" (Isaiah 42:12)
CHRISTIANVILLE FOUNDATION, INC.
Directors
Mr and Mrs Jannes Herget, Managing Directors
Mr Robert C.Shannon. Largo, Fla. U.S.A.
Mr Fred W. Smith Jr. Jacksonville. Fla. U.S.A.
Mr Donald Wheeler, Orlando. Fla. U.S.A.
Mr A. A. Herget-Bagwandat. Haiti
Missionaries and Sponsoring Churches:
James Herget. First Christian Church. College Park. Ga.
Carol Herget, First Christian Church, Largo, Fla.
Ada Walker, Retired Volunteer
Recruits — Denise &Jim Hayes
Address
CHRISTIANVILLE
Forwarding Agents: ivir and Mrs Don Wheeler
P.O. Box 17274
Mr and Mrs Les Lumsden, P.O. Box 812
PuntaGorda, Fla.
Medical Advisor
Dr. Morris Schwartz. Glenham. N Y
Attorney
Mr Jean Claude N. Leger. Port-au-Prince. Haiti
Editor« The Evangel»Mrs Carol Herget
Mall to Haiti
P.O. Box 1690, Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
HERE'S HOW TO REACH US
BY LETTER
All funds should be sent to Orlando, P.O. Box 17274, Orlando, Fla. 32860.
You may continue to send notes with your gifts to Orlando. LETTTERS may
also be sent to us P.O. Box 1690, Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
BY TELEPHONE
We are sharing an office in town with a telephone. We are there Mondays,
Wednesdays and Fridays from 12:30 until 1:30 to receive overseas or local
calls. Overseas calls can be direct dial as low as $2.50. There is a secretary
there to receive messages every day. (Speak slowly). We do not have a phone at
Christianville. Our office number is 20508 - Haiti.
BY CAR
Leave Port-au-Prince on Carfour Road. We are 15 miles from down town. TAP
TAP busses travel regularly to Leogane.
1/2 mi. CHRiy
fx'"
Carfour Rd.
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TOWN OF GRESSIER
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Police Station
Turn Left
To Leogane
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WERE YOU THERE TOO?
I lay on my straw mat.
Fever burns my face • my whole being. Gradually my jaws tighten and I can
not eat. Days and nights become confused as the weeks pass. I hear them
talking, "she can't last long". The mud walls of my hut are damp now with the
odor of death all around me. Pain comes and goes. But now it seems that all
is pain. My neighbors and family try to help but there is no real help. With
tetanus I must die. I have seen others die in this wretchedness. I am in the
mountains a two hour walk to any village. I cannot go.
No one will come.
I am confused, for I hear strange voices and I seem to be dreaming. Then a
warm strong hand touches me. I don't know this hand. I cannot understand
what he says. My family said he is a Doctor but I cannot believe. Not here!
It is morning now and I can see and feel the warm sun. I feel a little better.
Then he comesagain and thereis another injection. He cameagain? So far?
I can see him now and smile just a little. He tells me Iam going to get well.
Well? Inmyconfused mind Ifind it hard to believe. Astranger cares?
Cares for me?
Friend, it was Dr. Schwartz who climbed the Mountains to find the woman
with tetanus. God bless him. But you were there too; for you helped build
Christianville. You helped to open the darkness and let the light creep in. Yes,
you were there in that little hut... with God, with Dr. Schwartz • there to be used
of God in His miraculous touch. This morning we arrived for worship in our
thatched roof church building and there lying on a mat inside the building was
the recuperating patient.
She had come to give thanks!
Groundbreaking for our Christian School was another milestone • another
hope "oeing realized in our plan for Christianville. It was a time of great joy for
us, for the wonderful news is that our school building is a gift from a very kind
and helpful friend in Canada. It is to be built in memory of his Mother. But his
real purpose is to help the children of Haiti. We are deeply moved by his love
and we feel a real sense of devotion and dedication toward making this school
a blessing to children. We want them not only to receive a basic education but
also daily wholesome meals, and highest of all goals, a grounding in faith in
God.
It was a time of happiness also because sharing in the ceremony were our
forwarding agents, Don and Julia Wheeler. They have kept a wonderfully close,
helpful watch over us and our activities. How glad we are that they could be
with us forthis joyful occasion.
Rejoice with us... and pray with us for the completion of this school, (our
cover picture shows Sam Streu, Don Wheeler, Jim Herget and Julia Wheeler).
A TREE IS PLANTED
March 10th, 1980 will be a memorable day for
the Christianville family. Minister E. A. Wood
stock of Mandeville, Jamaica and Chairman of
the Board of the Jamaica Christian Boys'
Home, accompanied Sister Fannie Knight,
Superintendent of the Home to visit Christian
ville here in Haiti. It was a lovely visit full of
chatter as we exchanged news of both "labors
for the Lord". They were very pleased to see
Christianville and its growth and we were
pleased to have first hand news of the good
success the Jamaicans are having in carrying
on the Home and the Church at t^eadowbrook.
To commemorate our lovely visit Brother
Woodstock and Sister Fannie planted a tree in
the yard of our mission home. In our exchange
of various gifts we recieved a beautiful plaque
from the children in Jamaica. We rejoice in the
love that binds our hearts to each other.
THE CLOCK STRUCK "MOVE" !
It was December. Yes, the week before
Christmas.
We will never forget that week of excite
ment. At Christianville the tile-layer worked
round the clock. But yes, you guessed it. He
didn't make it! But it all added to the fun of
moving into our own home with the joyful
knowledge that at last we could be close to
our work at Christianville. Two days before
Christmas we moved
the
last bed from
town and closed the door to nearly two
years of working and planning, preparing for
full time service to the people we had
already learned to love.
It was Christmas then. The children, one by one came to tell us that they did not
need toys this year because their new home was enough. We were deeply moved
and it madeourgiftsof jelly and jams for one another, potato chips for Daddy, and
of course a few surprises for the children, just all right. Christmas morning there
was a house-warming breakfast with a dozen friends from Port au Prince and then
a real family day to follow. The rush was over and our hearts were quieted and full
of Christmas meaning.
But there was a good reason for
the rush!
Two days after Christmas found
us at the airport collecting a Milli-
gan College work team. One good
glance over those nine "huskateers" gave our weary hearts a lift.
We were tired and there was much
urgent work to be done, and here,
God had sent a reminder of His
loving care.
HOLD ON FOR A SNAP BEFORE SETT'LING IN
What did they really come for?
Kids that are preparing for big things In life • electronics,
school teachers, medical professions, were here in Haiti for hard
labor! Before the first week was out there were aching backs and
blistered hands from pick and shovel. But there ^was more.
Smiles reveal the joy of true service. Yes, they had come to serve.
Two days after they arrived we
went to the airport again.
This time the balance of our
temporary "family" arrived... a
team of 22 from Cincinnati
Bible
wasn't
Seminary.
long
And
before
it
the
meshing of the two groups
has been beautifully accom
plished and we were off to big
things.
Some worked in the kitchen.
Some in tlie office.
For there was a news letter to
get out and the mailing list to
revise and the EVANGEL to
address.
Some washed
cement
from
the windows... cleaned floors.
Others painted. And swept.
Outside work was plentiful. But first we divided into teams. Three
of them. Each night group leaders got heads together in the of
fice and planned the day ahead. There were the ditch-diggers, the
block-layers, and the cement-mixers. And when all was finished
we knelt for prayer. It bound us together. Yes, with our Leader.
The cool night was a welcome relief after the blistering sun of the
days.
Kids slept everywhere... on floors, on the roof, just wherever one
could make his "roost". No one complained.
7^
GOD BLESS THEM!
The group of guys that went down into the water tank to clean it. They buc
keted water, sand and dirt over a foot deep in that tank. And the tank is no little
thing -10 feet deep, 18 feet wide and 36 feet long! And it's dark down there with
only a small hole to let down a ladder. They did a beautiful job and now our
Haitians can have healthful drinking water. For the tank is for them and for the
clinic and school. It is underground - gives gravity-flow. Remember when we
built it?
Outside thegirlsand guys
dug ditches for founda
tions, for pipe lines, for
the start of the work
shop. They laid blocks by
the dozens and
mixed
concrete by the barrelfull.
And
the
farm-
minded landscaped and
planted and watered.
Pretty girls and smiles were everywhere. Even in the kitchen. The food was
good, highlighted by ail the lovely things sent by churches to help the project. We
would like to picture everybody and tell you one by one of the churches and their
iove and the individual gifts brought by the kids themselves.
Did God bless us? Ummmm. You see how He did!
A word of sympathy to Ron Vance and brothers
who left two days early because of the death
of their grandfather. Ron led the C.B.S. team did a fantastic job. Would you know
he slipped by the camera!
But here is Morry Osborn,
leader of the Miiligan team
running the rototiller and
leading hearts in praise.
He too, did
a tremendous job.
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The climax is usually at the end of each project. But for us it was the first day of
each week. Yes, it was when we gathered in the thatched-roof church building for
praise and fellowship with our brethren; for prayer and preaching and commu
nion, for the Gospel outreach.
Tim did much of the preaching and there's our Wayne interpretting for him. The
people loved them. Ail of them!
And how could they resist a group of singers like this! It was love on both sides.
Yes, our American friends lear
ned new and beautiful lessons
in
brotherhood.
You
share
something real when you kneel
on
the
earth
together
barefooted, hungry,
with
precious
people. There is only one God,
one
Father.
children.
We
are
the
A SONG FROM MORRY OSBORN,
MILLIQAN TEAM LEADER
Why can't we see what the children need
Throw away our lives of greed
Realize what a joyous world could be
If saddened eyes only need not cry
I'm hungry, so hungry.
So I asi< you please don't become satisfied
You are the body and the bride
Why can't we hear the little ones crying out
To understand w|;}at loveis about
Seeking to start a rich new life again
Open our ears to their falling tears
From the children, our children.
It's up to you to show them God is love
To share with them the promise from above.
Give them some hope for the road ahead
Then they'll smile knowing in awhile
They'll be Christ led, Just like He said.
Why can't we see what the children so need?
"I wrote this song after my first visit to Haiti. My heart reaches out to these so
young and so in need. The chorus was written expecially for people to realize how
lucky they are to havethe things they possess; to not becomesatisfied with a part
time attitude about service. So please, let's try to understand that many many
people need our prayers and funds to help them get acquainted with the love of
God. To God be the glory".
IVIorry Osborn, 1980
YOUR PRAYERS NEEDED
Here is a special request for prayer for one of the greatest
needs facing us in the worl<. This is the need staff salaries! We
will need school teachers, a second nurse for the clinic as well
as our most urgent need, salaries for our recruits, Denise and
Jim Hayes. Any pledge - any size will help toward this Impor
tant role in Christianville's growth. PRAY WITH US.
CHRISTIANVILLE
PICTURE ALBUM
CHRISTIANVILLE
JUNIOR
Our Christianville family
has a 1980 smile for you.
They are becoming help
ful young missionaries,
always eager to work
with our people whatever
't
III
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the need. But they are
keen
about
their
education tool
These are two of the buildings at College
Bird where our boys attend. It is an out
standing French School. At left you see
the Chapel building and on the right is
their class-room wing.
Grandma's latest picutre. She is almost 63
and very active. And she is very good to the
boys.
Belovt/ is our back-yard where Wayne has
just finished building that little house for a
generator and supply room.
•f
Below you see our January
team kids planting a tree in the
side
yard
that
they
leveled. And next to it
have
is a
scene looking out from church
one morning. These oxen are
pulling sugar cane to market.
It is a very common scene.
Sometimes we have to wait for
them to pass in order to hear
the preacher.
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Jim and Carol Kerget, servants for our Lord in Haiti
to the church scattered across the vrestem world,
Greetings,
He pause for a few moments from our well filled days, to send you our love
and gratitude, and to report on a few of our activities.
Teejo did a fine job gathering rubbish and tidying the front yard.
But when
he set fire to his pile of refuse he left it to the uind and dry grass. Only
minutes later Daddy ITerget saw the flames1 Almost instantly three dozen pair
of hands were at work, swatting and chopping to try and save our nearby village.
It finally looked like there was no hope. As we prayed the flames leapt closer
to the straw roofed houses. Our neighbors took out their fev? precious belong
ings and ran vreeping for safer ground. Then the miracle happened. Within inches
of the houses the flames stoppcdl God had seen and and had heard our prayers.
The village was saved..Praise His Kamel (Can you realize that we would have
been responsible for rebuilding every house.' There are ten in the village.)
This has been a wonderful month of work. Dr Schwartz returned and in 7 days
attended nearly a thousand patients and gave comfort and help through many <^xpensive and excellent drugs. He went up in the mountains on foot, a two hour
walki to a worrian too sick to be moved. He found he near death's door. Far ja^js
had been locked for three weeks.
He treated her and returned with further help
and she survlvedl Most of the days found him working after sunset with a flash
light not willing that any should leave without treatment.
Then right on the heels of nur medical T^ork came Dr. Evans and his wife, an
excellent nurse.. Dr. Evang is our dentist. In a long-week-end of work, Dr.
Evans pulled 75 teeth. Ke has promised to come again very soon for there are
many more people in need of help. !Je are thankful for the way God has provided
professional medical assistance for Christianville.
Living out here in God*s marvelous country is really a joy, TJayne has been
plowing for three days now and we will soon put in com and beans. We are al
ready reaping lovely things from the GrowBoxes and Joseph our farm hand has
planted the first of 300 bananas. Our dozen cows are doing well and hopefully
we will have milk by the time our school is in operation. San has been doing
some beautiful work on clothes closets in our house and each of the boys has
his chores to do. We are a happy busy family.
Thijnk you for your gift and for your prayers. We are doing our best to reach
our people for Christ through meeting some of their most urgent needs. Can we
count on you to continue your investment in these precious souls? God bless
you all and thanks for caring.
In Christian love,
7
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Chrieticawitle
Dear Friends,
Can you believe that we are watching the walls of our new
school building go up? Yes, another drean is being realized
Octoberywand we have so much to thank the Lord for.
But t^e children think they have the most to be thankful for!
One little girl threw her arms around us, hugged us and jumped
up and down in glee. Yes, she heard that she was going to be
.able to go to school at last.
The building Is a gift from a
X friend in Canada who wants i t as a memorail to his mother.
It
^ I's to have four classrooms * office, kitchen and pantry and an
assembly-dining hall. Outside there is room for a large play
field and of course a big old school bell.
Yes, School BetZa should be ringing by October, Haiti's month
for opening of the fall term.
Tony was only five months when we found him. He
grew up with us in Jairiaica, attended Johnson Bible
College for one year and then graduated from the
University of Xenn. with a degree in Civil Engineer-^
Ing. Tony spent a year with us here in Haiti and
could not obtain work.
Now he has returned to the
U.S. and has been working on his Master's degree.
But }ieddiru3 Bella should be ringing next month!
His sweet wife-to-be is Angela Murphy who also
graduated from U.T. and worked with him in the
Christian Student Fellowship there. She spent her
Christmas holidays with us last year here in Haiti.
Wg are proud to welcome her as our daughter, for Tony is a legally adopted
V son of ours.
You, our friends and supporters will know better than anyone
else how very much we need a couple of weeks rest. There has
been no time for days off here..hardly time to catch our breath.
So, with your blessing wc will try and attend Tony's wedding in
Johnson City, Tenn., spend a week's rest with our fon^ardlng
agent's, Don arid Julia Wheeler in Orlando, Fla, and then hurry
back to prepare for Teen Ilissions' arrival in June.
APRIL
I \ \
Don't you know there are Hoit-B&lls in our hearts? God
has blessed so much and we praise Him for it all. We
will ajX^,uac&^soon the addition of .our new minister for
the church. It is nov7 growing in a' fresh and wonderful
way and we plan to use the school assembly hall for
services by July. Sam will remain with the children and
supervise the work during our short absence. Pray for
us and for our growing needs. And may we say again a
most heartfelt thank-you for all you have done for tis.
Yours in Christian love.
0
198Q
CTIRICTIAimLLS - June X980
Dear Friends in Christ,
Ve*re back home in Haiti.
Yes, it's all
over...the beautiful wedding ofi our
Jamaican son Tony and Angela, the lovely
visits with precious friends, the refresh
ing of our memories of our homeland,
medical check-ups, challenging hearts for
the future of this work, a lioard of Directors
meeting, a first in three years shopping
spree, visits with our families and gener
ally thoroughly enjoying the whole trip,
Che reunion at home in Haiti was a blessed one. There were surprises all
around for Sam and the boys had worked hard. They had a right to be proud.
The work shop was finished with the floor laid and all the machinery moved
in, the ''House That SaiQ Built" is nearly ready for Denise and Jiir Eayes to move
into at the end of the month, and the whole place looks really nice.
blessing to have such a lovely familyI
UTiat a
Now we have come to say "thank-you.
-
for helping us to make this trip
for supplying our needs at home with the work#
for your prayers that helped tot^ard our safe tr^el.
and for the dozens of beautiful expressions of your
love all along the way.
V^e are truly grateful. Our only sadness is that we could not see every one
of you, iday God bless you for being so imderstanding and generous with your
love and care.
AND JULY promise to be very busy months for us. After four weeks away
we have only a little time to get ready for TEEN MISSXOfiS xcho arrive June
30th. The boys will be out of school by the middle of June and will help.
In your prayers this month, please remember:
*
SALARY FOR AN INTERPRETER FOR THE CLnJIC -
$100.00 a month.
*
Any pledges will help toward this.
A REFRIGERATOR for the Kurse*s apartment (Denise Hayes).
$450.00 for a small one.
*
Building needs.
*
The Gospel outreach - strength and wisdom for our work.
Thanks again and may the Lord surround you with His love and happiness.
faithfully, serving,
im and Carol Herget
ftUBl 9
waa ne miming for this one.
It just began to rain and blotrl
Teen Mission tents went down^ln-soppdLii£_water.
shop, a big job.
First the
They moved all of them into our
Then they moved all of their food into our.guest room...stacks
of it, wet. Finally all 33 of theia trudged into^-our^-house for protection. Mud
and water were everywhere and it t-7as difficult to find space on the floors dry
enough for thern to sleep. By morning we found our lovely shuccoon flat on the
ground. It was our only good shade from the sun. Then we found our storage
building blown apart and rain on our 90 bags of cement. But praise the Lord, in
spite of losses we were safe and our family and teens t^ere safe. Tliank you for
your prayers that we know went with us through this trying time.
And let us thank Hini for all things, trials as well as good things. Yes, He will
meet our needs and cover our losses. Let's keep looking up!
•
Carol and Jim
60^ BLES S TEEis fil SS I 0 if S
Aug. 1980
Dear Friends,
GOOD
Yes, it is Teen Missions" time in Haiti and at
NEWS
Jim and Denise Kayes
Christianville. This is our third wonderful year
with a work-team that is serious about their labors
for the Lord. Thirty three keen young people, husky
healthy kids that know how to lay blocks, dig and
,have arrived in Haiti and
are busy in the work
pick, paint and hammer. We can hardly believe the
change that has been made this sunaoer. Let us share
at Christianville>
a bit of it with you.
1. Nearly a half ciHe of 18 Inch ditch was dug for a water
line to our clinic and school and pipe has been laid.
and laid, blocks laid, plumbing done, floors cemented
^eady for pouring next week, on a two bedroom house for
our naitian Pastor.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
The ^Ho^e That Sam Built'' was completely painted. Wayne did the plumbina.
Sam built cupboards and the Kayes have moved in.
^o septic tanks were dug, blocks laid, cement covers installed, one for
the Hayes house and one for the Pastor's house.
160 feet of block wall was laid.
300 yards of fence line was made for pastures, (cement poles laid in concrete,
A road, some 200 feet was leveled and built for the truck to enter the work
shop. area.
8. More than 12 tons of stone and dirt were moved by V7heelbarrow for fill in
the house areas.
9.
10.
Eight truckloads of soggy cane trash were transported and put into GrowBoxes.
There were many other smaller jobs..sign painting, assistance with clinic
sessions..oh, just many helpful jobs.
So we are having a very busy wonderful summer and a fruitful happy one too. Apart
from the Teen Hissions' work, our contractor is going on with our other buildings.
The clinic roof was poured yesterday and we all felt deeply encouraged. Monday the
roof for the school will be started. We can hardly wait to show you pictures of
our progress.
WON'T YOU
PLEASE REMEMBER IH
PRAYER
Our boys, Robert and Wayne who plan to go to Bible College.
Jim and Denise Kayes in their new work.
Our needs to complete the Pastor's house
Salaries; Clinic interpreter, school tcachers.
Thanksgiving for the clinic money-donated by FAKE,
Thanksgiving for the school money, given by a
friend in Canada.
PLEASE HOTICJ OUR HEH^ADDRESS: P.O. Box 13391 A, Orlando, FL 32859. Itews of this
change will be in the Evangel in August.
Thank you for your gift of love.., love for Haiti, love for tJie Gospel
outreach, love for the unfortunate.
May God richly bless you for it»
Let us pray together and labor together for the building of a Spiritml
lighthouse in this needy area of the worlds
We love you.,,we need you.
Every day is a day of faith and trust as we trek to town for supplies
and as we ask God to meet every need*
Me thank God for you
Yours faithfully serving.
arol lercet
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A Christian Quarterly
from the Caribbean
"Lei them give glory unto fhe Lord,
and declare his praise in the islands'' fIsaiah 42:12}
CHRISTIANVILLE FOUNDATION, INC.
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Directors
Mr and Mrs James Herget. Managing Directors
Mr Robert C.Shannon, Largo. Fia U.S.A.
Mr Fred W. Smith Jr. Jacksonville, Fla U.S A.
Mr Donald Wheeler, Orlando, Fla. U.S.A.
Mr. Salnave Desarmes, Haiti
Missionaries and Sponsoring Churches:
James Herget. First Christian Church, College Park, Ga.
Carol Herget, First Christian Church. Largo, Fla
Ada Walker, Retired Volunteer
Jim and Denise Hayes, Matthews Chapel Church of
Christ, Winston Salem N.C.
Address
Mr and Mrs Les Lumsden. P.O. Box 812
Punta Gorda, Fla.
Medical Advisor
Dr. Morris Schwartz. Glenham. N.Y
Attorney
Mr Jean Claude N. Leger, Port-au-Prince. Haiti
Editor 1. The Evangel»Mrs Carol Herget
Mail to Haiti
p.o. Box 1690, Port-au-Prince. Haiti.
HERE'S HOW TO REACH US
BY LETTER
All funds should be sent to Orlando, P.O. Box 17274, Orlando, Fla. 32860.
You may continue to send notes with your gifts to Orlando. LETTTERS may
also be sent to us P.O. Box 1690, Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
BY TELEPHONE
We are sharing an office in town with a telephone. We are there Mondays,
Wednesdays and Fridays from 12:30 until 1:30 to receive overseas or local
calls. Overseas calls can be direct dial as low as $2.50. There is a secretary
there to receive messages every day. (Speak slowly). We do not have a phone at
Christianville. Our office number is 20508- Haiti.
BY CAR
Leave Port-au-Prince on Carfour Road. We are 15 miles from down town. TAP
TAP busses travel regularly to Leogane.
1/2 ml. CHRIS SnVIL^
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TOWN OF GRESSIER
Police Station
Turn Left
To Leogane
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"REJOICE IN THE LORD ALWAYS"
Phil. 4:4
God has blessed us with a beautiful famiiy - a famliy dedicated to the outreach of
the Gospel to Haiti. Often our family times are of deep happiness. They might be a
birthday party, a wedding, friends visiting or a graduation. Or they might be just
ordinary days filled with work and closing at night with Bible lessons, songs and
good night prayers as we kneel together before our Heavenly Father.
Recently we were privileged to visit the U.S.A. for the wedding of our eldest son,
Tony in Johnson City, Tenn. It was a real joy to witness this most wonderful time
in the life of a full grown young man who had started out in our arms as a five mon
th old baby. We had so much to be thankful for as we looked back; a beautiful
childhood, good education at home in Jamaica, a year_ai Jphnspp Bible College,
graduation after a four year course at the University of. Te.nnesee and now
marriage to a lovely Christian girl, to establish his own Christian home. God bless
you Tony and Angela with all of the "real" things of life that are so important • the
"putting first" of the things of God,
And then there was that nice birthday party for Sam Streu where we lovingly
decorated his cake with a big sugar hammer. A]?ove you see Dad and Mom Herget,
Sam and Grandma all smiling while the boys wait anxiously for the cutting of Un
cle Sam's cake.
For the coming year our Christianville family will be blessed with the additio^n of
Jim and Denise Hayes who have arrived to work in the clinic.
Our two big boys Wayne and Robert will be leaving us in August for Atlanta
Chjistian College. We will miss them sorely but we rejoice as they step out into
life as fine Christian young men.
Please keep our Christianvillefamily in your prayers\
THE HAYES ARRIVE
Yes, Jim and Denise Hayes have come to join the Christianville family. Our circle
Is not only a littie bigger now but it is stronger too, for Jim and Denise are already
hard at work holding up their share of the responsibilities. Jim wiil supervise the
remaining building of the clinic, do maintenance work on Christianville's vehicles
and work with Denise in her role as Nurse-Director of the clinic. We caught a
lovely slide picture of them today working together over a tiny sick baby. We are
open now for daily clinics • a step of great progress and a help to our people.
We appreciate the gifts of drugs and the clinic support that is making this work
possible. Please rememb^our need of a salary ($100.00 a month) for ourclinic in
terpreter.
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GRADUATION FOR ROBERT
Robert, our eldest "son" still at home and 18 now, was graduated from Quis-
queya Christian High School in May with a record of good grades, good behaviour
and good sportsmanship. Wegave him a gift but he surprised us with one too. His
gift to us was a lovelypicture of himself with this inscription:
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«To Mom and Dad... a beautiful set of
people which just can't be replaced. I
love you to the top, then, now and for
ever more. A kiss for you Mommy and a
kiss for you Daddy. 1adore you both.»
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Love, Robert.
If you are a parent reading this you will know
that no material gift could balance the scales
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with agift like this.
Robert hopes to do pro^fesslonal football some
day but will go to Bible College with an open
heart for God's guidance. Best wishes Robert.
"A TIME TO BUILDUP"
Ecd. 3:3
Christianville struggles victoriously upward in its time of building. And we find
the struggle difficult but precious... difficult through the teeming heat of the day,
the hot dusty streets as we go about obtaining supplies for the work, and yet
precious as we return constantly to the fountain of living water for strength and
renewal. In all things God has blessed. Here are a few "points of progress" that
we share with you - for it is your work too!
1. "Teen Missions" is at work and our water line is already half way to the clinic
and school.
2. Ourclinicbuilding roof is in progress and should be finished inJuly.
3. Our school building walls are up and the roof should be on byAugust.
4. Foundations for our Pastor's house are completed.
5. The cottage for Jim and Denise Hayes is completed.
6. Daiiy^lcs are being held with great gatherings ofpeople.
7. ^urla^rrnlands have been planted out in rice except in areas set aside for our
cattle and goats.
Thank you for helping to make this progress. Theknowledge of your prayers is a
comfort and source of strength to us. Let us press on!
CHRISTIAKIVILLE
umoer^CONSTRUCTION
NEW CO-WORKERS
FORCHRISTIANVILLE
Salnave and Blonde Desarmes and little
Stanley Desarmes made their way into
our hearts after we met in Port-au-Prince.
While becoming acquainted we found
that Salnave was a graduate of Lincoln
Christian College, Lincoln, 111. with both
a B,A. and an M.A. Degree. The Desar
mes were in the U.S. for five years and
then felt the call to return to their home
land to work for the Lord.
During our recent visit to the U.S., we held a Director's meeting at which time we
jdecided unanimously to ask Brother Salnave to seiVe"a"s'a Director for Chrlstlan/ /ville for one yearfn the first instance. Salnave has accepted and has pledged himfl self to work with us to the advancement of the Lord's work.
In Haiti the government has declared that .every mission must have a Haitian
representative "to the government. Brother Salnave has agreed to serve in this
capacity on a "renewable-yearly" basis. His wife Blonde, fluent In both French
and English, will be working during the summer months teaching French to our
boys and acting asjnterpreter for Jim and Denise Hayes in tKe'ClThic.
/Brother Salnave is building a church at Bellvue, some ten miles from Chrlstian-
^ ville and we will be associated with tliTs new_congregation sharing In the work,
Pray with us that our working-together will be richly profitable for the Lord.
TO THE U.S.A. AND BACK
Our trip to the U.S. was the first in three years. Since we were going to Ten
nessee for Tony's wedding, we decided to make it a^^our week furlough. It was a
beautiful time for us as we renewed friendships all along the way and our only
regret was that we could not reach all of our friends. We did visit our living-link
churches. First Christian Church in College Park, Ga. and First Christian Church
in Largo, Fla. Sam Streu made the trip possible for us by taking all of the respon
sibility of the work and boys while we were away. We are grateful to him and to
you who helped financially as well.
DEDICATED TO
LAND
OF
SUN
AND
SOULS
CHRISTIANVILLE has been blessed richly since its beginning with the
dedication and loving devotion of two of its co-wokers, DQ,n,_and.Julia Wheeler._
But the Wheelers service began many years ago when Jim and Carol were in
Jamaica. In fact. Don and Julia have been working with the Hergets as forwarding
agents for more tha,[}^18 yejijis... They have stood by faithfully through joys and
sorrows, through difficulties and victories. They have enjoyed their work and have
labored with deep love for the Lord.
....Now the Wheelers find that they can no longer serve in this great responsibility
wSfilchTs' exacting and time consuming since their business is now goingjo keep^
(^(them travelling constantly throughout the year. They-have ,asked us to ^replace:;
them and have writtem a letter of resignation and of encouragement as well. Don
and Julia are not only forwarding agents - they are friends, and we know that even
though their work as forwarding agents must end, our friendship remains as true
as ever. We thank God for them. Don will remain as a Director of Christianville and
they will continue to help in other areas of service. We are deeply grateful for their
devoted service and labor of love.
GOD HAS GRACIOUSLY PROVIDED
Isn't He wonderful! We knew for some time thai the Wheelers were finding the
work more and more difficult. But we didn't know that He had made provision for
other workers to be right at hand when the need arose. Don and Virgiriia Dygan,
friends from Brownstown, Ind. moved to Orlando and have novv taken up the
challenge of our new forwarding agents. Our new P.O. Box is 13391 A, Orlando Fl.
32859. Sovwe wel.comeJhese new worker:?. Don and Virginia hope to visit Haiti soon
and then want to be available for speaking engagements along with their work as
forwarding agents. Our hearts are deeply thankful...for the many years of loving
work by the Wheelers and now for providing new workers. Blessed be the Name of
the Lord.
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REPRESENTATIVES
VISIT
Dr. Dennis Pruett (right) and Barry Kennedy of the Fellowship of Associates of
Medical Evangelism recently visited Christianville in the interest of the possibility
of their working with us in the building of our medical clinic. After their visit they
returned to the U.S. and wrote telling us of their good impressions of the work of
Christianville, They said that they would present our need to complete the clinic
at the next board meeting of FAME with the hope that they could assist us with
funds to complete the work.
Now the meeting has been held and we have received word that they have
pledged a gift of $12,000.00 toward the building and that it would be in our hands
very soon.
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We rejoice in this new victory for the Lord's work here in Haiti and we are made
/glad with the knowledge that the roof of our building should be on soon. It is a cut
stone and cement block building with a waiting room, several examination rooms,
va pharmacy and a dental clinic.
We appreciate the many drugs already sent to us and we would remind you of
further needs for drugs as well as for salaries.
D^ctorJ^^rrjs Schwartz, M.D. made his
second visit for 1980 to Christianville In
May. Once again he labored diligently
and unselfishly for our people. We are
deeply grateful for his regular visits and
the great contribution he makes in ser
vices, drugs and equipment. He plans to
return in October.
MEDICAL WORK MOVES AHEAD
An important part of our medicai outreach is in dental care. Dr. Clifford Evans
has been giving his services to the people of Haiti for several years. When Dr
Evans heard about Christianvilie, he became very interested and offered his help.
There followed a very fine relationship in which Dr Evans with the good assistance
of his wife who is a Nurse, made visits to Christianvilie with portable dental
equipment. On his first weekend of work he pulled seventy-five teeth. This is a
great help to our people and we are thankful for the promise of his continued help.
Ample space is being provided in our new clinic building for the dental room and
At this writing Dr Evans is in the US. and hopes to return_by_Sep^mber to
enlarge his contribution of work to Christianvilie. Isn't it wonderful the way Caod is
blessing this corner of Haiti!
In tl^pi^ture you see Dr. Evans, Mrs Evans, Nurse, and Wayne assisting in a
Saturday Dental Clinic in ourtemporary church building.
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If you would like to contribute dental supplies or equipment or if you would like
to offer any type of help, please contact:
Dr. Clifford L. Evans
P.O. Box 22
Carlyle, Kansas 66718
Quarterly
PROJ ECT
What's a quaterly project?
Well, it is a plan to make a special of
fer for you to assist with projects at
Chrlstlanville on a quaterly basis.
Lil<ethls.
For the months of July, August and
September we will be building a
house for our Haitian Pastor for the
Christianville Chapel church. It will be
a two bedroom cottage on Bethany
Street. (Rue Bethanle) We parted off
a section of our land where we are making a street with equal sized lots for
Christianville personel. Giftsforthe quaterly projectswill be listedon this page.
The first gift for the Pastor's House is from T^n Missjons, $2000.00 and the
teens will be building the foundations and laying the block walls. We will needan
additional $3000.00 for the completion of the house.
Ifyou want to have a part in this urgent need, please
designate your gift for the "Quaterly Project".
ABOUT THE PASTOR'S HOUSE
Haitian Pastors are very helpful in the establishment of churches in Haiti. We
have a very fine Pastor who calls in the homes of our people and ministers to
them. He interprets for the missionary preachers. Our Wayne often interprets in
English for the Pastor when it is the Pastor's turn to preach so that we can ap
preciate his message. He comes from Port-au-Prince. With a home near the
church he will be able to do much more work among the people in the nearby
villages and will also assist with Spiritual work in the Clinic and School. This
Pastor's Home is keenly needed.
Friends visiting Christianville are truly wel
come! There is much to
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see and much to learn
,about
Haiti
and
its
people. Small Haitian vii-
^ lages are all around us
offering us may opportu
nities for service. So if
you plan to visit, plan to
get caught up in the work too! Here you sm Bess and Less Lumsden of Elizabeth-
ton, Tenn., working in the office late at night. They were helping rush out a news
letter. But during their week's visit they were at other jobs too, washing dishes,
sorting medical drugs, mending boys' clothes... just any job that happened along.
This was their third visit and each time they have been thrilled with the progress.
Some of our other visitors have been Faye Goodling, Carlisle, Pa., Fa^'eCarson,
New Zealand, Tim Martin, missionary to New Zealand, Dr. Raymond Benson,
Modesto, Cal. and Mrand Mrs Ron Kelly, Sarasota, Fla.
If you want to sign-in on our guest book, come along and bring a few working
clothes! Y^u will be glad that you did...that you had a part in the greatest work inthe world - the building of God's kingdom in these times of need.
Give - Go • Pray
I heard the Saviour sayAnd silently his message crept
Into my Heart today.
To give to Him my talentsMy very all in all,
To lay my life at His dear feet-
To answer when He calls.
To go if He should lead me
To lands across the sea-
And tell lost souls of His great love,
And of eternity.
To pray for others dailyAnd as I seek His face,
To trust in Him each moment-
To rest upon His grace.
Give-Go - Pray
I heard the Saviour sayAnd silently His message crept
Into my heart to stay.
-Ruth Cochran
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TTTTT!
A WANTED MAN!
One of Christianvilles greatest needs is
foi,a farm supervisor. Here is a beautiful
opportunity for a retired or semi-retired
farmer to work for the Lord.
If you are interested, write us soon!
Our,25 acres could produce enough to
feed the bur 200-300 school children.
This isourgoal.
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MOHOH!goats are in
THE HOUSE
It wasn't too difficult either for the goats to
come in. All they needed was for some boy
to leave the house door open and those
I goats smelled something good inside! All
CHRI5TIANVILLE
UUN lOR
seven of them paraded in. But we mu tsay
behave themselves nicely
eating only the grass that needed cutting
anyhow. And it wasn't long before David found them and scooted them all back
out. Daddy doesn't want the boys to name the goats anymore because they don't
want to eat them after they have made pets of them. And to eat them is.the very
reason we raise thern. Meanwhile, we must admit that theymake nice littlefriends
for the boys in Haiti.
COWBOYS
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• This summer is ourfirst summer living at
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Christianville and our boys who have grown
this year is being cowboys. Each day two of nUi
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the boys watch cows to keep them out of
^ the garden. There are eleven covys and they
graze
on Christianville farm with
jjstraw hats to keep
I ten there IS aspecial treat for cowboys.
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DOWN TOWN
Here is Daddy's truck parked in front of the post office. As soon as your car
stops there are lots of people who run to sell you various things, like bananas,
oranges, soveniers, jewelry, socks, cost cards, paper and pens and many
other
and
there
things.
Crippled
blind
people
are
too
hoping
for
some help. So our post
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// iest places down town.
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FRANKIE'STURN
There's Robert, Wayne and Mon on the way to inspect a
work project. The big boys have been excellent helpers thus
for with Christianville's growth. They can do alnnosl any
kind of work. Wayne has just finished doing the plumbing
for the Hayes' house and is now plastering the walls of the
septic tank. Robert Is laying blocks on the Pastor's house.
But soon we will say goodbye for a little while. They are
going__to Atlanta Christian College in August. On the way
they will stop at the Wheelers' house in Orlando. We will
miss our big boys very much.
So now it is Frankie's turn to be the big boy. He is stepping
right into the shoes of Wayne and Robert and already is
becoming a good leader. Please pray for Frankie as he takes
on his new Job along with his school work.
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THERE'S THAT SCHOOL!
Remember we told you in the last Evangel that we were going to build a school
for our little Haitian friends? Well, it is being built! Yes, the walls are now all up
and it is ready for the roof. In a few months we should be ready for school bells to
ring. And won't that be fun! The boys and girls will be very happy at last to be able
to go to school. Please pray for them that they will soon be able to read the Bible
and learn about the Lord Jesus.
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A Christian Quarterly
from the Caribbean
"Let them give glory unto the Lord,
and declare his praise in the islands" (Isaiah 42:12)
CHRISTIANVILLE FOUNDATION, INC.
Directors
Mr and Mrs James Herget. Managing Directors
Mr Robert C.Shannon. Largo. Fla U S A.
Mr Fred W. Smith Jr. Jacksonville. Fla. U S A
Mr Donald Wheeler, Orlando, Fla. U.S.A.
Mr. Salnave Desarmes, Haiti
Missionaries and Sponsoring Churches:
James Herget. First Christian Church. CollegePark. Ga.
Carol Herget, First Christian Church, Largo. Fla
Ada Walker, Retired Volunteer
Jim and Denise Hayes, Matthews Chapel Church of
Christ, Winston Salem N.C.
Address
CHRISTIANVILLE
Forwarding Agents:
Mr.and Mrs Don Dugan
P.O. Box 13391 A
Orlando, Fla. 32859
Promotion
Mrand Mrs Les Lumsden, P.O. Box 812
PuntaGorda, Fla.
MrC.E.Shepard, 630 Knollwood St.,
Winston Salem, N.C. 27103
Medical Advisor
Dr. Morris Schwartz. Glenham, N.Y
Attorney
Mr Jean Claude N. Leger. Port-au-Prince. Haiti
Editor << The Evangel»Mrs Carol Herget
Mailto Haiti
P.O. Box 1690.Port-au-Prince. Haiti.
HERE'S HOW TO REACH US
BY LETTER
All funds should be sent to Orlando, P.O. Box 13391 A, Orlando, Fla. 32859
You may continue to send notes with your gifts to Orlando. LETTERS mayalso
be sent to us P.O. Box 1690, Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
BY TELEPHONE
We are sharing an office in town with a telephone. We are there Mondays,
Wednesdays and Fridays from 12:30 until 1:30 to receive overseas or local
calls. Overseas calls can be direct dial as low as $2.50. There is a secretary
there to receive messages every day. (Speak slowly). We do not have a phone at
Christianville. Our office number is 20508 - Haiti.
BY CAR
Leave Port-au-Prince on Carfour Road. We are 15 miles from down town. TAP
TAP busses travel regularly to Leogane.
1/2 mi. CHRIS]
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2 ml.
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Carfour Rd.
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TOWN OF GRESSIER
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Police Station
Turn Left
To Leogane
DAY IS DONE
It was ten p.m. and the last night of work for our 1980 Teen fvlissions Te^m.
We heard the splashing of the kids in the muddy spring-pool where they were
trying to get the heaviest part of the cement off their clothes. But there were
moans and groans as well when the water touched the cement burns on arms
and legs and middles. At the side of the house where they had just finished
pouring the cement roof, was a mute testimony of a work-day-done... a heap of
shovels lying still in the moonlight. It was a day well done, a summer well
spent.
The young missionaries had come in June, tuned up for work after a tough
boot-camp. The first work-week found the group divided into three teams. One
dug foundations and laid up the walls of the Pastor's house; one dug the nearly
half-mile of 18 inch deep water line to the clinic, school and Pastor's house,
and the third dug foundations and built septic tanks. Sandwiched into the
three main jobs were a number of important smaller jobs and every "man" on
the team was at work. Girls swung picks and carried blocks just as the boys
did. Some painted, some dug fence-post holes, some laid block fence walls
and some hauled sand and dirt by wheelbarrow-dozens and dozens of trips.
And when the finishing line was in sight one would have thought it would be
all smiles. But not so. Tears fell. Love for Christianville and the nearby village
people had made inroads on young hearts. They had learned what missionary
life was like and had passed tfie test as valient soldiers of the cross.
NEARLY COMPLETED CLINIC
Our hopes and dreams are about to be realized for our medical outreach in a
steady and substancial program for our Christianvilie people. Dedication Day for
the Clinic is set for October 17th and we look forward to It with joy and thanks
giving. The rush is on now • painters, masons, tile-layers, plumber and electrician •
ail are working toward the goal, enthusiastically, dedicated. They all know what
the building will mean to our people. They all care. Next issue we hope to have a
full account in pictures and story of the opening of the work and God's blessing
on it.
SLIDES AVAILABLE
After many months of preparation we have finally prepared a slide program for
churches or groups to borrow. These pictures protray the work of Christianvilie as
well as general life In Haiti. If you are interested in using them, kindly write our
Forwarding Agents and request them. Address on front inside cover.
Our QUARTERLY PROJECT for July, August and
September has been lovingly and generously sup
ported. We have been able to plaster all the walls
in the house, lay the tiles on the floors and we
have the money for the windows. We need only
the doors and plumbing fixtures. And just in time,
too, for our new minister hopes to move into the
house by November! Thanks for helping... we are
truly-grateful.
THIS QUARTER we want to purchase some basic
furniture for the Pastor's house. Your help will be
appreciated...designate your gift for the QUAR
TERLY PROJECT.
ART WORK
The new art work for the Evangel is being done by Jere Brady, Morgantown, Pa.
Jere and his wife visited this summer with Teen Missions and were eager to
become involved in the work. He plans to continue, Our appreciation to Anita
Rapien for former art work in the Evangel.
Projets Pour ha'i'ti
Repondant a I'invitation de son Excellence Monsieur Jean-Claude Duvalier, President i
Vie dela R^publique. le premier F^vrier1978, nous d^barguSmes en Haiti, tres anxieux de
participera la campagne d'assistance aux necessiteux decesplendide pays.
Shdt arrives, on nous octroya 9 carreaux de terre, la franchise douani&re, les visas de
residence et toufe /'assistance dont nous avions besoin. Nous avions choisi le terrain en
pleine campagne, dans un endroit situ6 i deux milles de Cressier. Nous nous mimes
aussitOt au travail. Notre propre maison de residence, une clinique m&dicale. une ^cole
gui sera termin6e a la fin de cette ann^e. une stable et une ferme pour douze vaches
furent bien vite baties parnous. Nous creusames aussi unpuits, et construi's/mes une fontaine publique et une belle maison pour lePasteur fiaitien denotre future 6glise. Tout au
cours de I'implantation de ce programme de construction, beaucoup d'habitants de la
zone trouverent du travail.
L'objectif que nous poursuivons, c'est d'avoir 2000 6l^ves
dans notre 6co/e en Octobre 1981. Ces d^ves recevront non
seu/emen( I'^ducation, mais aussi la nourriture et les uniformes dont ils auront besoin.
Notre programme medical, commence depuis deux ans,
deviendra maintenant plus efficace, grace ^ la c/»n/que bien
^quip^e dont nous disposons.-Nous comptons aussi ^tablir
uneclinique dentaire quisera a la disposition des habitants de
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la zone. Le Docteur Kesley Marc sera notre m^decin haitien,
etle docteur Clifford Evans notre dentiste.
Actuellement nous avons une plantation de riz qui
s'6tend sur quelques carreaux de terre. Nous comptons
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utiliser ce produit dans notre programme d'alimentation. Nous recevons aussi de I'Organisation
/^m6r/ca/ne CAR£ des prodtjifs a//menta(>es pour notre
programme d'aideaux necessiteux.
Nous avons consacr^ nos activit^s d Hai'ti et aux n^
cessiteux de ce pays. Nous pensons que les HaYtiens
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sont tres industrieux. et qu'ils n'ont besoin que d'une
chance pour ameliorer leur situation.
Nous esperons que, grSce a nos proiets de travail, 3 /'^ducat/on professionnelle et d
I'assistance medicale, nous parviendrons a elever le niveau de vie des families de la zone
de Christianville. afin qu'elles puissent ellei aussi b^n^ficier de ceconfort dont iouissent
avec insouciance plusieurs d'entre nous. Nous apprecions infiniment les donations, les
conseils et I'aide quebeaucoup d'Haitiens nous ontofferts. Nous leur ensommes profond^ment reconnaissants.
Nous remercions du plus profond de notre coeur sonExcellence le President a We de la
R^publique pour son aide gen^reuse qui n'est en fait que I'expression deson amour pour
son peuple.
"This page will be in French In future for the good interest ofour Haiiion friends. They
have requested news ofusintheEvangel, so we want toshare with them.
FOLLOW THE LEADER
All of us know that little game. And as children we
found that the leader did what he expected us to do.
Thus it goes in life..a good leader pitches in with his
hands and heart and his followers love him. Our 1980
Teen Missions team was blessed with good leaders.
Dan Dooley was "chief", a smiling firm fellow and the
kids went "to the moon" for him. Nothing was too
DAN DOOLEY
Linda Coon assisted Dan and
supervised
the
meals...no
complaints
there.
Dave and
Beth brennan assisted in every
way, checking out tent life,
leading in devotional times and
doing their share of the labor
too.
Jim Person came from Teen
Mission Headquarters to lead a
9 day debrief. He is the As
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sistant Directorof T.M.
LINDA COON
JIIWI PERSON
Three other teams came to Christianville for the debrief and
it seemed there were tents everywhcie! It was a great
chorus of praise to God when all 140 lifted their voices. We
are thankful for Teen Missions - a totally undenominational
organisation dedicated to instilling a love for missions in
the hearts of youth. The Spiritual emphasis was high and
kids came to grips with the deep things of life. Our boys
were blessed with sharing in songs and prayers and Scrip
tures...and with friends who came to help.
DAVEBRENNAN
TENT LIFE never was easy.
Not
for
Abraham
either,
or
Sarah.
But after a hard day's work,
even that mat on the ground
feels good. Tents are screened
and water proofed. That is, ex
cept for hurricane times.
And when hurricane Allan entered our happy
camp-ground the first blow he blew swept all the
tents into a rain-soaked muddy heap.
Thirty three soaking wet and muddy
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kids moved into our house. We were
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thankful for dry spots here and there
in spite of muddy wet floors. We
found odd bits of dry clothing for
them and bunked everyone down on
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floors for the night. The wind howled
angrily and rain beat upon the house.
But it was built of rock and we praised the Lord for a safe night. We lost a few things,
our lovely choucoune, cement, some garden, but neither we nor our near neighbors
lost lives. And it was not long before our Team was back at work.
Bible quizzes, let
ter writing, devo
tional classes, pra
yer
meetings...all
were a part of the
summer
program.
First up on top those walls is lumber.
When carpenter Jim Hayes finishes the
"•decking" it is then covered with cement
blocks.
Yes,
all hand-iifted to the roof.
Then the steel is tied... and the girls
learned the trade.
Now we're ready to mix and pour.
Then its up the lad
der,
bucket.
bucket
by
And the team on top are
ready for the action.
ONEDAYTHE
PASTOR'S HOUSE
ROOF WENTON
Boots,
Boots,
Boots
Boots
Marching
Up
And '
Down
Again...
Woe is me for I am done and
undone. "This fiash picture
was taken at clean-up time,
9:30 p.m. The job was started at
5 a.m. and was finished at 10
The end is in sight now. And the roof will be strong and good
through many a year. The area is 28 feet wide and 30 feet long.
Down below are two bedrooms, bathroom, living-dining room and
kitchen. And when the job was finished the major part of the work
was accomplished. Funds are now coming in to complete doors,
windows and floors.
Phillip donated some of his free
be
placed at the main road entrance
time to painting a sign to
to Christianville. His service and
dedication was a little special to
us for Phillip was born a Haitian
and went to live in the U.S. when
only a child. He joined Teen
Missions this summer to give
some of his life back to his coun
try, and having already graduated
from college at a very young age,
his
contribution
was
excellent.
Phillip also found a special
blessing himself when Daddy
Herget baptized him in a nearby
river. God bless you Phillip in your
preparation
for
Medical Doctor.
becoming
a
THE PASTOR'S HOUSE - ALMOST FINISHED
THANK YOU
it is fiard to believe as we iook around
Christianvllle that so much has been ac
complished in such a short time. The
Lord has blessed us in ways too nume
rous to even count. We are thankful to
you. Our friends have stood beside us
every stepoftheway and our hearts arefull ofjoy and thanksgiving for each one.
As the end of the year approaches with Thanksgiving Day at hand, we will be
thinking of you and caring for you also. May the Lord bless richly each and every
one who has sacrified to give... that Christianvllle might minister to our beloved
and needy brothers and sisters here in Haiti. We covet your prayers and deeply
appreciate you love.
Jim and Carol Herget
Christianville staff
CHRISTIANVILLE
JUNIOR
GREAT FUN FOR
THESUMMER
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We knew that Teen Mission kids
would ne sleeping in tents. And
we also knew that we needed
to take a special present for
the boyswhen were in the U.S. One day we found just the right thing... a big sale on
tents! They were $14.00. We bought one and what a lovely treat it was. The boys took
turnssleeping in the tent which was pitched nearthe building that wasgoing up. The
boys used it fora "watchman" tent, and forfun too.
There were many things to do this summer.
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Goats had to be watered and moved each
morning and evening and each boy had his own
y/ /f__ I
y* ^ to care. Then there was cow watching too. Yes,
needed the good grass near the gar-
dens but they also needed cowboys to keep
them from eating the good food. So every other day a team of two would take its
turns.At the endofsummer Teen Missions putupa long fenceacrossthegarden area
so that when the boys go back to shcool, the cows will be under strict care. But the
summer did the cows well. They are all fat and ready to have their calves. Our boys
are learning to be Industrious. That means they are learning to work with respon
sibility. Did you boys and girls have summer jobs? We hope so. Work can be fun.
There were real fun times too...some picnics,
some swims, evening song fests with the Teen
Mission kids and games at night with Daddy.
Yes, it was a good summer and we are thankful
to the Lord Jesus for His love and care.
OFF TO COLLEGE
It is hard to believe that Robert has reached
18 and has gone off to College In the U.S. It
seems like only a little v\/hlle ago he was a tiny
boy learning his A, B, C's in Nursery School.
Here you see him saying goodbye to Teen
Mission kids for he left Haiti before they did.
Robert is studying at Atlanta Christian College,
the school where Mom and Dad learned to be
missionaries. We miss Robert but are giad that
he can go to college. Please remember to say a
little prayer for him.
FRENCH CLASSES
Every day during the summer a teacher came
out from Port-au-Prince, the big city, to teach
our boys French. They had a two hour class In
the mornings before going to their cows. And
they made a lot of progress. School should be
easier this
fall
now that
they
know the
language much better.
CHER HEIDI
The French word for dear is CHER. And Heidi Is a
dear little dog. One day Uncle Sam came home with a
tiny wiggley thing in his arms. The boys ran to see
what it could possibly be. And there was Heidi, a
Dobberman puppy. It did not take Heidi long to feel at
home with her new family.
But there were so many
boys to get acquainted with! Now Heidi has grown fat
and strong and loves all her family friends. She is now
learning to bark at strangers. After all, that is her job
and she knows it. But Heidi loves Uncle Sam most of
all and spleeps under his bed.
WITH COMPLIMENTS
P. O. Box I I 10
77, Rue du Quai, 77
Port-au-Prince. Haiti
Phone : 2-3069
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H \RI>^ \KI >1 M I U
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EDGARD BRUN : Proprietaire
Tous les materiaux de construction aux meilleurs prix.
All building materials • best prices
FIRESTONE INTERAMERICA COMPANY
RUE DANTES DESTOUCHES
PORT-AU-PRINCE
HAITI
PHONE 2-3008, 2-3009
Established for over 30
years In Haiti
USTBNSILES DE CUISINE
EKCO
VARIETES
MENAGERES
ANGLE RUES TRAVERSIERE
ET MAGASIN DE L'ETAT
Tel. 2-2151
TALAMAS
58-60 RUE COURSE
Ta. 2-2773
A&B
HARDWARE
materiel electrique — hydraulique — sanitaire
83, RUE DU OIIAI
(face la Commune)
TEL. 2-0683
Haiti Water Supply, s.a.
BOITE POSTALE 2075 • PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI, W.I. • TEL.: 2-2205
WELL DRILLING •GRAVEL PACKING -PUMP INSTALLATION SERVICE
CONSULTING SERVICES IN GEOLOGY • HrOROLOGY • GEOPHYSICS
Eow the months fly byl i\nd each one is full to overflmjing in rich blessings
from the Lord,., blessings of progress, blessings of health and daily care,
blessings of guidance, of hard places and smooth 'sailing''. There are diffi
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cult days..the heat is long and v/aaring by this time of the year and we long
for a cool breeze. By November that will come too - Ke gives strength for
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each day.
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Teen Missions finished up their summer with great joy for they looked upon a
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the cement began at five a.m. and those kids did not finish until ten p.m.
They were covered with cement and svreat and many had cement burns but oh, the
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Joy of knowing they had reached their goal was beautiful. The follw^ing week
three other teams came in for debrief and they spent ten wonderful days of
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finished roof on the parsonage! Oh ho^r they worked! The final day for pouring
tent life, singing, praising and preparing to return to American life.
We
wish you could have seen the sight of those seventy tents flapping in the
breeze and heard the chorus of 140 teenagers in song.
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It rained the last morning and so they left their tents for us to take dovm*.
and compensated us with a gift of thsir left-over groceries. Now that was a
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good swap.
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Jim, Sam and the boys kept smiling through the work - and through
the cakes and treats that follor^red!
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iiut the building goes right on. Ue plan to hav^ the dedication fo^ bur clinicV
building on October 17th.
There is a good work crew dc«7n-~there and
is doing the carpentry work. Heanwhile the_school building is getting its
roof and the parsonage its waH_s^plastered.
Progress just doesn't stop.
Isn't the Lord good!
Your gifts are making the work possible and we are truly grateful for each
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one of you personally.
Often we want to write individual letters telling of
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We spend family time together with our boys too, and they need that.
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from God's help and constant watchful care over their growth. We are proud
of them. Robert is very happy at Atlanta Christian College. \Iayne may go
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in January but v7e decided that he was still too young to go this summer.
the day's joys or the day's v7ork.
Hayes said today,
But there is just so little time to spare.
Your boys are,just so sweet.'
Denise
Yes, they are but it comes
Sam has gone to his home in Canada for a month after a full year's hard work.
He plans to return mid-October. X'e are truly thankful for his excellent
contribution to the X7ork of Christianville - a quiet^ sincere, hardworking
man and a fine example to our children. God bless him.
Thank you for being a real part of our family and for letting us be your
hands and hearts in this island of Haiti.
f^^hristian lovei
OCTOr.ER
and Carol Eerget
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I>ear Friends,
i.hat a happy day! It was the day of the dedication of our
Medical Clinic building...a victory both Spiritual in the reward
for cur faith, and physical in the reward of a lovely building
after weeks of hard physical labor, r.e were tired but very
happy.
It was also a tire of heart searching too, and a renewal of our
faith in our loving K'eavenly Father as ve face the facts of the
need for regular purchases of arugs and the payment of salaries
tve will need a regular incoEie of approxir^ately $500.00 a Eonth
to operate an efficient clinic.
Our need is simply this...good Christian neighbors in the U.S. who
will care and share on a p^onthly basis for our suffering people in haiti.
You either have already, or are presently supporting Cliristianville in
its outreach. 1on^t you pray about even a small increase in your giving
that will mean the answer to our clinic needs? V'e already have some of
this an^ount pledged. Please pray about helping to insure the future of
this medical work.
ive plan few Spiritual teaching for cur patients on a regular basis, for
after all, to help physically is only for this life, but the Spiritual
is for life everlasting. r.e Kust point hearts and souls to Jesus Christ,
V.'o hope to have an evangelistic m.eeting this ir.onth-end in the church.
The boys are back in school now and working hard at their French. The
church continues to press on and hopefully our parsonage will soon be
ready for our Pastor to move in. Pray with us about this too.
And now, thank you from the depths of our hearts for all you have done
toward bringing us to this dcd"^ dication day, for the loving care you have
expressed in our family of boys and for your personal care for us.
very thankful we are to our lieavenly Father for you.
How
God bless you.
faithfully
erving
Carol iierget
P.S.
^Vould you like to send a Cliristmas box? If so, you can
send it to our forwarding agents who plan to visit us
before Christmas and will bring things with them. It
would need to be sent to them before Nov. 2Sth,
here
are some suggestions - choose fron the list. Or send a
check to Virginia Dugas and ask her to purchase for you.
FOR
ThE
CLINIC
FOR ThE fcOYS,
hOME,
Chloroquiue or Aralen
Flagyl tablets (Amebas)
boys underpants size 12
boys Sunday shirts size 12
Vermox tablets
135 Black § V^hite film
scotch tape
Ampicillin-injectable
Penicillin - injectablc
Ant ihyp ertens ives
Aldonet (250 mg) or
Ser-ap-es, or Apresoline
Silver nitrate ointment (eyes)
pencils
jello, § vanilla pudding
ball point pens (fine point) tuna fish
canned pineapple chunks
toilet soap
white thread
chunky soup
dish-washing detergent
electric light bulbs
cakc mix
deodorants
canned corned beef
raisons
Address
liappy Christmas
TO
HAITI
Christianvitle
P.O. Box Z3391 A
Orlando^ FL
32859
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Dear Friends,
We feel the warmth of your love and care more this Christmas season than ever before
in the history of our work as missionaries.
Your letters and concern give us
strength and courage. Thank you...from the depths of our hearts for all you have
done. Other missionaries may have lots more names on their mailing list but we
doubt if any missionary has as precious friends as you have been to us. God bless
you with the joy of the real meaning of Christmas in your hearts.
Can you imagine our JOY in being able to tell you that our school is now completed?
And the excitement of oprning is in the air all around us here at Christianville.
Childrens' hearts leap with joy!
BUT NOW COMES TtiE BIG TEST OF FAITH!
HOW TO FEED 200 HUNGRY CHILDREN EVERY DAY...HOW TO PAY FIVE TEACHERS. A COOK, JANITOR..
The Lord laid the answer to this on our hearts two months ago and we have now establisned a PROGRAT^I FOR DIRECT SPONSORSHIP FOR individual children.
HERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO HAVE A VERY BEAUTIFUL
CHRISTMAS GIFT...A NEW CHILD IN YOUR LIFE
!
Here is an opportunity to sponsor direct with no overhead
eating part of your child's support. Your money will all
go directly to the care of your child.
The pictures we have taken-color prints, are absolutely darlingl But one woman in
choosing to sponsor said, ''send me the ugliest one and I will love him." But each
boy and girl has a beauty all of its own and each one is precious in the sight of
Jesus.
But friends, v;e need you in a very special way...to understand that it won't really
help for you to use the support you are already giving, to exchange that for a child.
We need you to help us get your friends interested in taking a child..or for you to
take a child in addition to your support of our regular mission needs.
What an exciting life the Lord has challenged us with here in Haiti!
Every day has
its new and wonderful joy even in spite of the problems, hard work, heat, dissapointments, momentary discouragements. We have to smile at each other sometimes as we re
member saying to one another, "come on now, don't get discouraged!" The Lord is good.
AND HERE IS ONE OTHER CHRISTMAS SURPRISE!
Ke have taken another little boy into our
home..a Haitian child. Nicholas, 11 years old, speaks English, was deserted by an
American who took him from babyhood and then found it necessary to leave him in Haiti.
He was a destitute child and knows neither father nor mother.
ing to life with his new brothers and family.
turn him down.
Nicholas is now adjusts
When we heard of his plight we couldn't
You will soon see pictures of him in the Evangel.
HAPPY CHRISTMAS to all of you...thanks for your wonderful understanding and care.
God bless you much. Keep looking to Jesus!/
And
love to a
and Carol Herget and family
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may 1 4 1981
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THE
EmNGlEL
A Christian Quarterly
from the Caribbean
Vol26
No. 4
Let them give alary unto the Lord,
and declare his praise in the islands'' (Isaiah 42
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CHRISTIANVILLE FOUNDATION, INC.
Directors
Mr and Mrs James Herget. Managing Directors
Mr Robert C.Shannon. Largo. Fla U.S.A.
Mr Fred W. Smith Jr. Jacksonville. Fla. U S A.
Mr Donald Wheeler, Orlando, Fla. U.S.A.
Mr. Sal nave Desarmes, HaTti
Missionaries and Sponsoring Churches:
James Herget. First Christian Church. College Park. Ga.
Carol Herget. First Christian Church, Largo. Fla.
Ada Walker, Retired Volunteer
Address
CHRISTIANVILLE
Forwarding Agents:
Mr. and Mrs Don Dugan
P.O. Box 13391 A
Orlando, Fla. 32659
Secretary
Tracy Harder, British Columbia, Canada
Promotion
Lumsden, P.O.'Box 812, Punta Gorda, Fla.
MrC.E. Shepard, Columbus, Ga.
Mr and Mrs James Aberle, Willlamsville, N.Y.
Medical Advisor
Dr. Morris Schwartz, Glenham, N.Y.
Attorney
Mr Jean Claude N Leger. Port-au-Pnnce. Haiti
Editor« The Evangel»Mrs Carol Herget
Artwork
Jere Brady
Mail to Haiti
p. o. Box 1690, Port-au-Prince, Haiti
HERE'S HOW TO REACH US
BY LETTER
All funds should be sent to Orlando, P.O. Box 13391 A, Orlando, Fla. 32859
Youmay continue to send notes with your gifts to Orlando. LETTERS may also
be sent to us P.O. Box 1690, Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
BY TELEPHONE
We are sharing an office and telephone in town. We are there only on Mon
days, Wednesdays and Fridays from 12:30 until 1:30 to receive overseas or
local calls. Overseas calls can be direct dial as low as $2.50. We do not have a
phone at Christianville. Ouroffice number is 20508 - Haiti. Please ask the ope
rator about the time difference in Haiti.
BY CAR
Leave Port-au-Prince on Carfour Road. We are 15 miles from down town. TAP
TAP busses travel regularly to Leogane.
1/2 ml. CHRIS]
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Carfour Rd.
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TOWN OF GRESSIER
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Police Station
Turn Left
To Leogane
DEDICATION
CHRISTIANVILLE
CLINIC
A work finished., and a work begun.
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This is dedication. The long weeks of
hard labor, cement dust, sweat and
/ J aching muscles -all have contributed
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to the day of success. Yes. it was Oc
tober 17th. The morning dawned with
our Christianvilie family scurrying around with last minute touches. There were
floors to sweep after an all night workout on laying the last of the tiles.. Wayne
never went to bed until after4 a.m.
Sandwiches and fruit punch were prepared in the kitchen with Auntie in the
lead there. The small boys caried benches for the assembly of well-wishers in
the clinic reception room and Daddy Herget and Uncle Sam hurried up and
down with last minute touches on painting and carpentry work. Jim Hayes
had earlier done the shelves in the pharmacy room, hung the doors, and built a
cabinet and examination table for the Doctor.
At nine a.m. we assembled for the dedication. The Cookston Hills church
choir surprised us with some lovely music and Pastor Salnave Desarmes, our
Haitian Director, brought the message. It was a heart-warming time to know
that our dreams had come true for a medical clinic for Christianville's many
needy people. The pharmacy was well stocked for the first outreach and equip
ment. some already in and some on the way. will be a great aid. Future needs
are a matter for prayer.
But let us describe our building. The floors are of cement tile, a light green
mottled with white. Doors are varnished mahogany. There are two examination
rooms, an office, a store room, a pharmacy and a dental lab. The reception
room runs across the front of the building and can be used for a teaching cen
ter. The roof is a cement slab and windows are glass jalousies while the walls
are of cut stone. We praise God for this lovelybuilding, built for the future on a
good foundation. FAME pledged $12,000.00 of the $18,000.00 total cost. We
thank God for FAfVIE's gift that brought the building into final reality.
Now we need your prayers for the future of Christianville Clinic.
Left to right: DON andJULIA WHEELER. VIRGINIA and DON DUGAN
The Lord provided so beautifully for Christianville. Don and Virginia Dugan
visited us in early December and lost their hearts to the peopieof Christianville:
to the project that is reaching out through medical, educational, agricultural
and Spiritual help. They took excellent slides and in addition to being our for
warding agents are available for speaking engagements. Here you see them
with Don and Julia Wheeler who continue to have an active part in Christianville's outreach. Don Wheeler Is on our Board of Directors.
TRACY HARDER is our new secreta
ry. Well, at least she came dubbed
with that title but finds herself almost
with that proverbial title, "CHIEF
COOK AND BOTTLE WASHER... Yes,
Tracy started out in the office but
soon divided her time with the clinic
registration.
School
will
open
in
January and she has already agreed
to be registrar there and to do general
supervision.
She hails from Canada, British Co
lumbia, and heard about Christian
ville during her year of missionary
training with Teen Missions. She of
fered her services for two years and
comes supported through Teen Mis
sions. Tracy, a precious Christian, an
untiring worker and a clever girl of 19
years, is a gift from the Lord.
WILL YOU HELP?
This child may never go to school or learn to
read or write. He is one of thousands of Haiti's
children in need.
Christianville has begun a total program of aid
for these desperately needy boys and girls. It
includes
education,
medical
assistance,
school clothing, warm nourishing meals and
Spiritual guidance.
Our Sponsorship Program needs you. A pledge
of $20.00 a month will show your love to your
special child. You may write to your child and
your letters will be answered.
Open your heart and write to us today. A child is
wailing for you to share your love.
Complete the coupon below and we will send you a picture and information
about a special child on our waiting list. You can then decide if you would like
to join our Christianville Sponsorship Family.
CHRISTIANVILLE SPONSORSHIP PROGRAM
P.O. Box 13391 A
Orlando, Florida 32859
I ll want to sponsor a needy |
| Boy j
| Girl, at $20.00 amonth. Please send me a
photograph and information packet introducing me to a specific child.
If I decide to sponsor the child, 1will send my first monthly support of $20.00 or return the
material to you.
I 11 have already decided. My first support check is enclosed. Please send apicture ofmy
child.
ADDRESS.
. STATE.
Chersamisd'Haiti,
Nous nous rejouissons des progrSs realises k Christianville. Depuis notre
dernier message adresse a vous dans I'Evangel, nous avons inaugure I'edifice
destine a la clinique dentaire, le 17 octobre dernier. Immediatement apres
rinauguration, le Docteur Kesly Marc a volontairement offert ses services pour
le fonctionnement de la clinique. Un nombre tres eleve de personnes qui
avaient un besoin urgent de services m§dicaux vinrent a lui, et il etait tres dif
ficile de satisfaire tout le monde. Sa femme, Dr. M.D. Marc se joint alors a lui
dans le travail, et actuellennent, ils offrent leur service a la communaute de
Christianville trois fois par semaine au cours de I'aprds-midi et de la soiree.
Beaucoup de nos medicaments proviennent de source americaine.
Quand, sur I'invitation de Son Excellence Monsieur Jean-Claude Ouvalier,
President a Vie de la Republique, nous laissames la JamaTque, nous v?mes en
Haiti avec notre famille composee de 8 petits gargons jamaicains. Ils vont actuellement k I'ecole haitienne de Port-au-Prince. II n'y a pas longtemps, nous
avons rencontre un petit haitien qui avait un besoin urgent d'un foyer. Eleve
dans une famille americaine a Port-au-Prince, il parle couramment I'anglais.
Actuellement Nicolas fait partie de notre famille et tous ses nouveaux fr^res
raiment beaucoup. II frequente la m§me ecole que nos enfants jamaYcains,
afin qu'il puisse connaltre la langue de son pays. Pour Nicolas, mon mari et
moi nous sommes «Maman et Papa», et nous sommes tr6s heureux de I'avoir
avec nous.
A&B
HARDWARE
materiel electrique
83, RUB BU OWAI
— iiydraulique
(face la Commune)
— sanitaire
TEL. 2-0683
WAYNE
ANDTHE
RICE
PROJECT
When we came to Haiti our limited farming knowiedge and experience did
not include the planting of rice. However, we tackied the job with our goai
being to raise rice for our schooi feeding program. We flooded three acres of
land, planted the rice and waited. The rice grew beautifuily. Then the birds
came and we hired a boy to drive them away each morning. Then strong winds
came and blew down a fair sized section. But reaping time aiso came and
Wayne was right on the job. Here you see him pounding the rice loose from the
bush and preparing it for the poiishing machine. The roof of our house made an
excellent drying place and when the job was finished there was nearly 2000
pounds of rice.
NICHOLAS
Our family has increased. Nicholas was
brought up by an American family in Haiti
and speaks English fluently. In fact, he
speaks English better than he does French
or Creole. He has spent time in the U.S. on
two ocasions. But alas, his adopted family
found it Impossible to keep Nicholas any
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longer. He was in desperate need of a home.
For him to return to the simple culture of his
original farm family would have been a great
shock to him at the age of 11 years. Oh how
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very good the Lord is... Nicholas found our
family and we found Nicholas. He has been
a perfect "fit" into our home and now attends French school with his new brothers. We
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are again reminded of your goodness to us
insomuch that we are able to take another
little fellow into our arms and hearts. Thank
you for your support and care!
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Patients begin to gather at Clinic hour awaiting
the arrival of our Doctors. They come from nearby
villages, from high up in the mountains from the
nearby town of Gressier and from as far as Portau-Prince. All are in need of help. How we praise
God for the opportunity of assisting our brothers
and sisters on the road to health and healing.
Dr. Kesly Marc
perval Marc a
noons and eve
Dr. Morris Schwartz visits three
on cover pictu
times a year. Here you see him
tion to theCiir
sorting drugs for the shelves
and giving explanations of
American named products in
preparation for Dedication.
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The waiting room is cool and comfortable... a haven of hope.
Here help Is at last close by.
THE LORD HATH DONE GREAT THINGS FOR US
WHEREOF WE ARE GLAD.
Psalm 126:3
and his wife, Dr. Mireille Du;tend the Clinic three after-
nings a week. (See Mrs Marc
re). Their voluntary contribuIc has been most valuable.
THE GOSPEL OUTREACH
Christianville Church has met under this coconut palm booth fora yearand
a half now and we have seen the power of the Gospel at work among our
people. We hold our own Bible School and Worship hour in English while our
Haitian Pastorholds Sunday School inthe Creole language. Then we join In the
morning worship hour in the booth. Wayne has been an excellent interpreter
and we have enjoyed these months of worship both with new Christians and
with those seeking. There are now 22 baptized Haitian Christians in the church
with an attendance of between 50 and 70. We have great hopes for the church
as we are to be able to meet soon in the hall of our new school building.
Meetings should be more steady with electricity and with protection from the
CHURCH MEMBERS BUSY
This picture was taken one Sunday afternoon as we were out on an errand
on the roadside. We met the group with Bibles and songbooks on their way to a
nearby village. Our Pastor, Profiton Saturne, is at the left on the second row.
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CHRISTIANVILLE SCHOOL
The cernent roller is still rolling but it will not be long before the job is finished.
This isthe December picture ofour school building, an almost completed goal.
You will agree that it is a lovely building and with its four large classrooms,
assembly-dining hall, office and kitchen, should be very efficient. Opening
date is ser for January 7, 1981 and there are 200 children registered and very
excited aboutattending. We have prayerfully ventured into a Sponsorship pro
gram for support of daily lunches, uniforms, books and teachers salaries. We
covet your prayers.
We were privileged to have Ralph
Ebanks working with us for seven
months during 1980. Ralph is a Ja
maican and worked for us more than
15 years helping to build our youth
camps and other projects in Jamaica.
It was like old family times to have
him with us here and he did an excel
lent job with Christianville'smasonry.
He promised to return and help us
again before very long. Ralph became
aChriSUn under our minis\ry when he
V^as in his early ivjenties. God bless
you Ralph.
CHRISTIANVILLE
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JUNIOR
ONE OF
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OUR DAYS
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Our week days start off almost alike.
At 5:30 a.m. the boys get up for a bath
and then go out and move their goats.
Meanwhile Auntie is preparing breakfast. There is always time for a little fun
along the way and that's what makes the mad rush at leaving time. We should
be on the road at 6:30 and there is Byron at the first gate waiting to open it.
Someone else takes his port at the second one. But first there is Uncle Sam
giving a last goodbye and a quick check on tucked-in shirts. It's Mom's day for
town and Daddy is taking his turn at home.
The first ten minutes is for homework review
and seven littie guys are memorizing spelling
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words. Then it is time for devotions. We sing
several songs and choruses and then a message is
brought by one boy. each taking a turn as his day
V^i^Eg comes. At the end he leads in prayer. We are now
traffic of town and it is time for Scrip-
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memorizing. We work for the next twenty minutes on verses. (The boys can recite 35 verses
well). We review them all each day and learn a new
one each week as we plow through the traffic.
Nicholas is struggling to catch up with the verses
1^45 that at the other boys have already learned.
Here we are at school and there is just time for a
quick picture befor getting out of the van. Their
smiles say hi to youand promise that theywiil do well at school today.
On the way home we might stop for bread or peanutsto give to the children
on Christianville Road as we return.Theyarealways around ready to shout «bon
Sois» to us as we pass.
At home it is time for a little play and a few chores as well. The chickens
need wafer and food or there is an errand to the village. The hitchen SfPellS
good - Auntie is in there get
ting dinner and she will
soon ring the bell. After din
ner comes songtime, Bible
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lesson and prayers. Yes, the
sun has slipped behing the
coconut palms and boys are 11^^
yawning. It's good-night and we have had a happy day. Outside you can hear
the cows mooing, thedonkeys braying and the crickets singing. It's lovely to
live in thecountry and it's lovely to live in a Christian family.
Wayne has done a terrific job this fall and now that he has reached his 18th
birthday, will join Robert at Atlanta Christian College for the January term. He
will leave a big gap in the work program at Christianviiie for he has adapted
himself
to almost every
possible kind of job. But we
send him on »v'th our prayers
to prepare himself for the
ministry. Wayne plans to re
turn to Haiti forthe summer.
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