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Dear Friends,
1983
known. Our whole family joined in the work and fun. Yes, Tony
brought his new wife home and Wayne and Robert both came hcme from
college.
The first half of the month was filled with shopping for shoes to
fit 413 pair of feet,.a huge job, and then dresses and pants and
shirts for every child. We had it all assembled in time to begin
the baking of 450 frosted cup cakes. Then on the day of the party
we rose early in the morning and fried pancakes for the children..
hundreds and hundreds of pancakes!
Then it was time to cook the chickens..30 of them, cook the rice
and beans and prepare for the feast. By 3 p.m. we began serving
dessert, cakes and the drinks donated by Haitian firms*
All during the morning work hours the children were in the beautifully
decorated hall putting on their Christmas program.
Oh, it was so
lovely1 Shubert, our Principal, had a pretty tree for the children
Yes, there was JOY in all of our hearts and it was the Tnftlc^ng of a
real Christmas for all of our family. After the school party was over
and each child went home hugging his new shoes and socks and clothes,
we turned toward home and to the little family tasks of maiffour own
Christmas.
The
33 baptisms
completion of the staff house.
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held.
Oh, there was so much more..we can't begin to tell the story but we
are full of joy and encouragement for 1983.
How can we ever express our thanks in full to you who have made all
this possible! We are so deeply grateful for your letters and cards
and loving gifts. You responded so graciously to our every need. We
lacked nothing for our huge family of 413 children and we thank you
every one.
We need your continual prayers and love as we press on for this out*
reach for Christ in Haiti.
JUN 10 f983
CHRISTIANVILLE
May,
1983
Dear Friends,
In the
On with the bright side..and choar up with us. The fish pond is now filling and with
heavy rains tonight it should be 3 feet deep by morning. The spring is pouring 60 gallongs a minute into it, too. Talk about exciting! It is a great job..Eddie Hardy has
done well. He and Pam and their children are happy serving the Lord here and we all
i-oofc toxvardto big things together. A new EVANGEL will reach you soon.
Looking back, the work team from Irvine, Ky did a marvelous job on the church roof and
preached in 3 different churches each night. They were a tired happy bunch of preachers
and la^en when their job was coriiplete. And the church and bell tower looks just great.
Three doctors and 9 Nurses teamed up and kept us medically staffed for 6 wonderful weeks.
This good help came from the Chicago area.
Foundations have
been started for a double apartment house for our farmer and his family, and
continuing to
drawing board
as they watch
behind. Pray
MAY WE SHARE OUR NEEDS WITH YOU AND ASK YOUR PRAYERS?
Our church roof is about 2/3 com
pleted.
There
to the church.
rwON'T YOU PRAY ABOUT A VERY SPECIAL OFFERING FOR CimiSTIANVILLE THIS MONTH?
This letter will be sent with special prayer - trusting it will reach you along with the
duplicate receipts enclosed. If your receipt is not correct please let us know. May we
remind you once again hew much we appreciate your love and help and all your letters
that we do so carefully answer. Your love sustains us and we thank God upon every re
JUL 20 J983
THE
EmMGlEL
A Christian Quarterly
from the Caribbean
VOL 29
BY LETTER
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TOWN OF GRESSIER
Turn Left
U.S. Congressman Fauntory looked out across the field where the
Fish Pond was to be established, then up to the lofty mountains and
said, 0h, I could fall in love with this place ! He was visiting with Am
bassador Preeg in the interest of the Fish Pond project. In fact, the
A.I.D. representatives with the party, brought along papers for Jim
Herget to sign; an agreement for the U.S. and Christianville to work
together on the project. A.I.D. had granted us $10,000.00 and the
money is to be used to erect chicken houses on the banks of the pond. It
was another assurance that the Pond was in God's plan for these needy
people. Ambassador Preeg shared the keen enthusiasm of Congressman
Fauntroy as they viewed step by step the Clinic, School, Nutrition Cen
ter, Farm, church building and
Mission home. A cool drink at
the home sealed another bond
A COOL BEGINNING
responsible for the job, found it more feasible to install 30 inch steel pipes
than to build concrete drains. Miracles never cease at Chrlstianville..
God provided used pipes at a price we could manage. Here you see them
with a coat of rustproof paint and ready to be covered. You will be sur
prised and pleased to see our next issue pictures of the pond with water
in it.
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NUTRJTION CENTER
Yes, there it is, all completed and ready for a work-team to help us
paint. The inside is beautifully finished, stoves installed, cupboards built.
Sam's handiwork glows again. Opening is scheduled for June first but
we still need support for the program. Pray with us !
Don and Julia Wheeler were
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Julia, it is Misdoing.
We can't really grow any more in the school building. The church
family needs a home I Friends in Irvine, Kentucky and surrounding areas
responded to the need and formed a work team to help put on the roof of
our building. They erected the front and back gables, bell tower and a
large portion of the roof before duty called them back home. There were
preachers and laymen and a few ladies to help -14 in all, led by Minister,
George Randolph. Talk about a work-a-thon... there was a real one.
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New classes have been added this year to our
school program. Each day Pam Hardy teaches
Bible lessons. She does a super job with
singing as well as the lessons. She also teaches
music to the boys while the girls have their
sewing classes. She says the girls are listening
and learning music, too, for sewing classes are
held in the school hall simultaneously with the
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BIRTHDAY CLOTHES
Our Sponsor Family has a right to be very proud of their children and
Christianville School. It is you who have made it all possible. The School
Curriculum has upped in quality term by term and the change in our
children has been marvelous. We like the way our Sponsors take such
his birthday gift even if your check is delayed in the mail. We wish we
could identify the children in each picture, but if you look closely you
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North Carolina where he has won a scholarship after two years in Bible
College. Wayne came from Atlanta Christian College where he is in his
Junior year.
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Melvin and Andy Hardy are new
Can you imagine the excitement around the new Fish Pond area ? It Is
the most popular spot at Christianville at the moment and the children
watch with dancing eyes. There are three pieces of huge heavy equip
ment, a bull dozer, an excavator and a back hoe. All day long the
machines buzz and brrrr away leaving great gaping holes and building
sites. It has been good fun for the children to watch. One day the long
arm of the excavator swung around and chased our big white bull and
the children had a good laugh watching him run up the hill. The Fish
Pond will help us feed our many children if all goes well. Won't you pray
that it goes well ? We have to be sure that the ground will hold water and
not let it seep out. Soon we will build the chicken houses at the side of
the pond. It's all part of the plan.
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tears of joy.
TOWN OF GRESSIER
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Driving out to the highway one morning our camera caught these two iittie
school girls hurrying along to join their friends for class. Below you see them up
close.
They are two sunny little Haitians, yes, as bright as the Haitian sun. They are
recipients of your love and care through the school program that Christianville of
fers them. And their future looks as bright as they are for there are many things in
store as God provides.
Their little fingers are already learning to be adept with the needle and their
eyes keenly follow the sewing machines the big girls are using. A craft center for
items for sale is on the drawing board for the future a way of support for days to
come.
Haitian
talent in painting.
What is the foundation for their future?
also reap. Jesus chose such simple beautiful illustrations for His lessons. It is
good to heed them in every area of life. Yes, and one day we will reap.
Our program must be balanced. We need project leaders and sohousing has its
priority now. Here you see the beginning of a fourplex house. There will be two
single apartments and two for families. Already the family unit downstairs has
been claimed by the Gearte family from Indiana who are coming to establish our
farm lands and cattle project. Our needs, which we believe God will provide, in
clude funds for this house. Believe with us - trust with us !
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His blessing followed and we have seen wonders in every step of our program.
For all through our efforts to help the suffering has run the golden cord of the
Gospel and the church the body of Christ has emerged. Now we are ready for the
building.
But even at this moment the building holds no real priority, for Christianviile
continues to hum in every direction. The real church, the people, is growing with
over 200 attending morning worship on Sundays. We meet in our beautiful
Nutrition Center. And the church building IS coming closer to the finish line. It is
beautiful! We believe one day soon we will hear the bell in the tower pealing out
the call to people to come and worship the Father we love.
SANDY DE yiNNEY has pledged a yearof service after working with us for the
summer. She will replace Kay Dycus whose 2year term is up.
Kathy Harder, (remember Sec. Tracy's sister ?) gave 2 months to the dental
clinic. She is a trained Dental Therapist from Canada.
It had beena long hard day but at 10o.m. there was still a jobto be done. All of
the kitchen equipment and food was to be moved into the Nutrition Center for
Teen Missions were moving into the school next morning. Jim hailed the men
together and the women followed. When the job was finished the weary well
doers joined to say a prayer of thanksgiving and dedication for the Nutrition Cen
ter. It was one of those unplanned beautiful moments. First Christian Church,
College Park. GA had begun the building last summer and now they returned to
paintthe "finishing touches" on our lovely structure.
Snellville, GA Christian Church came in June too. They bent their backs turning
concrete for the foundation for the new apartment complex. Yes, and some were
on the church roof. They were another great company of God's children. How
blessed we were In having them !
The John Howell family came from Indiana for two months with their children,
all old enough to work, and loved the work so much thatthey decided to return as
missionnaries in two years
College.
And
The upwards of twenty thousand Haitian iives that have been touched by
Christianville's outreach wili never understand the outporing of love from God's
children that has made it ali possible. Behind the scenes of the daily hustle of
clinic, fish-pond and general building projects on three fronts at the moment...
behind all of this are the folks who keep on supporting with deep dedication
and plain hard work. Voluntary efforts on "the home front of holding meetings
and driving home iate at night, telephoning friends, organizing mission meetings,
organizing groups to visit Christianvilie... yes, all these and more are done not
only by Don and Virginia Dugan but by other of our friends. Among these friends
are Les and Bess Lumsden of Elizabethton, TN. They been devoted supporters not
only since our Haiti days but since we opted for the mission field in 1948.
Jewels they are... God's jewels.
And they will be the first to object to any praise. We are thankful for Les and
Bess, and for all those who have humbly lent their efforts to help our Haitian
brothers.
with Christianvilie
and has been a keen
blessing. Shubert works with dedication
Ignoring the clock. He serves from a heart of
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are very musical and Pam
has found her class eager
and able to learn quickly.
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Mother's Day came again and here you see three darling little misses reciting.
It was a lovely program and the children looked very nice in their new birthday
clothes. Each child gets a birthday outfit every year. Thank you Sponsors for
providing our children with their needs.
Here is a letter from Monique Bernadel to her Sponsor.
Dear Mrs Carlin,
l say alleluia because Jesus came. I am happy I have a sponsor and can go to
school. Myfavorite song is Nothing but the Blood of Jesus. I love to read! 1' love
to write and color. I love to jump rope. I have four sisters and two brothers. My
father is dead ever since 1was very small. My mother is alive and works at home. I
am the only one to go to school. I pray for you that God gives you blessings. Again
I say thank you. Love, Monique.
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We are
thankful Snellville,
Then in later June, College Park, GA, came for their second team work
out. It was great renewing friendships and making new ones. Betty Gray
kept a song in everyones heart as they took up the tools that Snellville
had laid down. She just generates love all along the way and everyone
was blessed. The College Partt:team of lA included the T.eattie family from
Central Church in St. Petersburg, FL, long time friends of our work.
School is out for July and August but daily meals are served and VBS will
start soon* The children are happy. We are letting each school child
bring a friend to VBS and we will give dinner to all. Now won't that be
fun! Teen missions team of 35 are here for July to August and are build
ing the chicken houses by the Pish Pond..Its a promising month.
Ve press on r thanks so much...
for Sponsor funds
for 9 beautiful Instruments for our school band
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Teen llissions 35 strong and armed with shovels, picks and hammers,
built the first chicken hcuse next to the fish pond.
75 feet.
It is 2P by
School...it has been going on for 7 r^yRoks and will soon close for
On returning from town one day I noticed a crowd on the vTork site and
driving closer I was asked to be quiet. Jim x^as talking into a TV
camera.
It was a crew sent by the U.S. Embassy A.I.D, They has come
Chris Kunday did an internship from Central Florida Bible College and
is now returning for her senior year after which she plans to come
back to us as a missionary. She made a great start this summer.
The overwhelming blessing of your love and care and of God's protection
gether that draws the warmth and joy of God's Spirit into our hearts.
It is there that we remember you and thank God for you...and ask His
blessing on you.
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A Christian Quarterly
from the Caribbean
Vol.29
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BY LETTER
Box 695A, Monroe, Ga. You maycontinue to send notes with your gifts to
LETTERS may also be sent
HaTti.
address.
BY TELEPHONE
U.S.A.I.D. sent aT.V. camera team to Christianville to document the outreach to Haiti
the
School,
Clinic,
Church
and
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to Leogane.
TOWN
OF GRESSIER
A feeding program was begun in August and now there are 110 babies and small
children enrolled in this life-giving project.
Our nutrition specialists surveyed a radius of two miles of Christianville where over
10,000 people are living. They sought the most needy of a portion of the area. The
children come in the morning receiving their first meal of liquid nutriment and
porridge. Classes for the mothers follow and trained nutrition workers are the
teachers. By iate morning the delicious aroma of the noonday meal is filling the hall
and the mothers aregathering for their Bible class. It is a beautiful timeof fellowship
and the benefits are rich.
Below you see Grace Barberg, our Nutrition leader, stirring and checking on the
contents. Finely chopped vegetables, pureed beans and ground beef make up a
sauce that is served over portions of this pot of cornmeal a typical Haitian meal.
Christianville is now serving meals to 420 school
children, 130 babies and 48 adults per day within the
The Nutrition building was compieted before we were able to begin our feeding
program. But by the end of June we were using it for severai activities. First came a
Seminar for the church. Here you see Gretchen DeVoe and Carol Herget serving a
delicious meal of chicken and rice and beans to the seventy-five people who attented
the all-day seminar. It was a great time for the church... planned and directed by Bob
DeVoe of Lifeline Christian Mission and with Jimand Wayne Herget assisting.
But there was more.
Daily for seven weeks a V.B.S. was held there. Children packed the hall enjoying
the singing and the lessons, ending their sessions with a lovely plate of dinner.
Members of the Teen Missions group assisted with the songs and lessons, doing a
great job. Below you see Julie Ray of Lincoln Christian College bringinga Bible story.
It was a great summer holiday for
our school children and a heap of
learning was the good result.
Now the hali is used in the after
building since Teen Mission kids were occupying their school building. V.B.S.
followed.
This time it was English classes taught by Chris fVlunday from Central Florida
Bible college. Chris is a senior this year and found her involvement at Christianville
so exciting and so fulfilling that she left with high hopes of returning after her gra
duation next spring. Sheproved to be a competent dedicated worker and one whom
we will be happy to welcome back.
You will remember that a chicken-house was to be part of ttie "protein for the
needy" program. Yes. fish and chicken work together. And the time for building the
chicken house coincided beautifully with the summer Teen Missions team for Chris-
tianville. The most difficult part of the building was digging foundations. After that
enthusiasm carried them along.
They did a great job. Just look below and see the building !
Yes. it was a great team and a great work accomplished. Bui this is the usual thing
for Teen Missions. One always knows that they will do a great job. We praise the Lord
fortheirdedication.
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But all this building keeps Eddie Hardy at the drawing board
a good bit of the time. First comes the need, then the plan and
finally the building.
EDDIE HARDY
TELEPHONES!
Jerry and his wife Betty came In August with a team from Southeast
Christian Church, Orlando, Florida. It was a great team led by our own Virginia
Duganwho with her husband are promotional directors and forwarding agents
for Christianville. The group was made up of laboring men... ready and willing
to work on buildings. Ladies came too, cooks, seamstresses, office help and
general laborers. Willing hearts they were. How fitting are the words of Jesus,
Kwell done thou good and faithful servant".
Don and Virginia Dugan have moved to Monroe, Georgia where they have set up
offices for Christianville. We are hoping to become more efficient with the help of a
computer and print-out. Teen Missions has been doing this work for us on a voluntary
basis and we want to express our sincere and deep gratitude to them. It has been a
great help but now with the Dugans farther away we will be doing all the work from
one office. Please contact them at the new address for any information you need. All
funds should be sent to the new address.
ADDRESS; CHRISTIANVILLE FOUNDATION INC.
Telephone: 404-267-5953
Jesus used a parable to teach us a lesson about talents. In the lesson he made it
quite plain that some would be given more talents to work with than others, but what
he was after was obedience and faithfulness. Jerome Prinston was given more talen
ts than some of us. His musical ability is outstanding. And when he touched a canvas
with a brush, another beautiful talent emerged. In other areas Jerome excels.
Being raised in a Christian Childrens' Home in Haiti it was not difficult to accept
the teaching of obedience to the Lord in Christian baptism. Jim Herget baptized him
in July of this year. He was chosen to represent Haiti at the musical festival in Puer
to Rico in August and immediately following that Jerome left for Johnson Bible
College where he is preparing for his life's work... the ministry of the Gospel. We
rejoice in Jerome's surrender of all of his talents to the service of the King.
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questions. One day, they were told, there would be instruments for them, too, right in
their very own school.
The concert was held at Leogane just seven miles from us and the audience sat out
on the lawn. There were three orchestras playing and our own boys were playing. They
were very proud of their achievements that came at the end of a three week music camp.
Now that school has begun we have had several lovely surprises. Trumpets,
Dothe boys likeit ? Qh,yes !Theyare very excited and are anxious to be able to play,
just like the big folks they saw at the concert.
PHILHARMONIC
ORCHESTRA
OURSCHOOLBAND
But we are still in need of instru
Won't it be exciting to hear our school children playing ? By that time we will have
to send you a taped concert ! If you know of any instruments that could be
donated to our children at school, please let us know quickly. Recently we had
a revival in the church and our boys played a special number with all of their
horns. It was good to be able to use their talents for the Lord.
..ALMOST FINISHED..
Boys and girls, our new church
building is almot finished. It takes
a long time to build when we are
using volunteer helpers. Some
workers came from the States to
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^at ^kea approximately 33. Some of the land was a village site. The people
have been relocated and with our help have rebuilt their houses. The new piece
of land is also adjacent to our school land and will provide ample space for the
new school building to house 800 students.
It is a beautiful day - blue skies, lovely November sunshine and rich joy in our
hearts. We have been studying the Psalms and the 37th was for today. Oh, the
"Trust in the Lord and do good and so shalt thou dwell in the
He has kept that great promise! How we praise Him, The male members of the
family are busy with fence lines marking off the new land so our cattle can graze.
n LO have
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greatarrived
news! Kip
and Junior
Gaerte
their twoThey
sons,
and
Heath,
finally
and are
to be our
farmand
managers.
areNick
already
hard at work making the farm lands blossom. Welcome Gaertes, to the Chrlstlanville
lamily.
The church building is looking beautiful! Sam is doing the woodwork, Eddie the
electrical, our Darren the painting and the windows are in. We have a real need
though...please pray with us for funds to complete the building for ChrlsttaAs.
It seems I hear the bells of Christmao in the distance coming this way. (smile)
What nicer gift could you give to Christianvllle than to help
us finish the church building? We dream of the day when we can
see our 420 students marching across the green lawns in their
month.
Dugans have moved to Monroe, GA, so please note our new address and use the
new
envelopes for your Christmas gift of love. (The old address is still safe) Our
deepest thanks to you who have had a financial part this past month and to those
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Dear Friends,
You have cared enough to help us serve 1125 mears per day to
hungry children of God.
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You have cared enough to reach out to the sick..oh. the desperately sick. Daily our more seriously ill people find
You have cared enough to lift up the fallen and show them
that Jesus died to save them.
Yes, your care continues to reach out and your prayers are a
constant source of support to us.
e days are so full of work and the needs are ever growing
with our growing outreach. Budgeting for growth is a matter of
stretching our dollars to the limit. Ve need God's wisdom!
the Clinic, the joy of our old people at soup-kitchen hour and
the satisfaction of "full tummies" gives us our own Christmas
Joy.
This is the joy we share with you. Look up and feel the smile
of God on you...because you care.
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A Christian Quarterly
from the Caribbean
Vol.29
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the lack of pure water and the lack of enough water. The second problem is the insuf
ficiency of protein in man's diet.
Here at Christianville God blessed us with first, a natural spring that has made our
fish-pond project possible. Secondly, we drilled for water and found beautifully pure
drinking water and are now supplying water for our neighbors as well as water for all
of-the projects at Christianville. But the protein producing efforts are just now get
ting under way. Kip and Junior Gaerte came in answer to our prayers for farm
managers. They came from Indiana, giving up their farm and comfortable American
life to share their talents and energies with the needy here.
They brought with them a tractor, plow, planter, irrigation system and plenty of
seeds and fertilizer with which to get started. Now the grassy field you see above is
full of corn. The corn is for the chickens and that will mean lots of eggs for our
children. In other areas the Gaertes are planting various foods for the school. Our
sights are leveled now at the hope of having a total of 1000 children in school within
the coming two years. We must produce much of our own food for them.
Kip and Junior have two young sons who are doing an excellent job along side of
their parents. Heath is 8 years old and Nick is 12.
Team work is evidenced all around Christianville. Look down our little hill and see
Eddie and Sam at work on the staff house and the church building. Together with
God's guidance and blessing, we move ahead.
were ready {o follow the Lord in Christian faith. They were ready to leave voodoo and
its way of life to walk in a new life, a life that will bring them joy and peace and relieve
them of fear and superstition. It will be a step by step growth for them with constant
love and care and leaching from God's Word.
"Then Jesus said, I am the light of the world. He who follows me shall not walk in
darkness but have the light of life". (John, 8:12).
On the right below, another day, this young lady and one man obeyed the Lord in
baptism. We are using the spring until the new church baptistry is completed.
Over the past few years we have searched the area that surrounds Christianville to
find the points of greatest need. One of these needs is carefor the elderly. For some
there comes a time In life when the struggle for food gets more difficult. Sometimes
there are no children to care and others are busy with their own pursuits. Thus agrowing
ache in ourhearts caused us to launch a new program offeeding...a "Soup Kitchen" for
the most elderly. Here you see some of them...truly pictures tell the story. One of these
men came to accept the Lord Jesus and the Christian life when he felt and understood
why we cared for him. "To the poor God comes in the form of bread". We share in this
belief -a slogan formed by man but a principal exemplified by thevery life ofJesus.
COME!
"Come over into Macedonia and help us". (Acts 16:9) The
call was cleat and the Apostles obeyed. There was a bless
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meeting here. We like the American way of serving something to eat at the monthly
meetings but it is not the kind of food you would serve. We strive for nourishment. A
big treat is a peanut butter sandwich...one for each and a glass of lemonade.
Still other times the little house has waiting sick people during off clinic hours or
Sundays. And it is a lovely spot to sit in on a moonlit night to reflect the goodness of
the Lord. At that time it becomes a house of prayer. How sweet the song, "Bless this
house, oh Lord we pray..." Yes bless it Lord and bless those who make this work
possible.
M. Pi.
What a glorious time Christmas was again at Christianville School ! This year the
party took two days because there was so much to do. The program was delightful on
the first day Here you see two of our children reciting a sweet Christmas poem, then
there was a display of things made by the girls in their sewing classes. Oh, they were
just beautiful ! Seventeen girls modeled dresses they had made and then there were
two large tables covered with embroidery work and crocheting. Now we are selling
their things so that the girls can made a little money for themselves, just like you like
to do when you are growing up.
The second day of Christmas at school was the party...just lots of games and food.
There were chicken and rice and drinks and cakes and cookies and candies. There
were new shoes for everyone and some nice new book bags and special prizes for
good work in school. Oh, they got lovely red socks, too. Thank you boys and girls for
helping us to give them a beautiful Christmas.
The most expensive item on her table is usually not more than lOc. She cooks her
food on a tiny open fire on the grpund, and mixes her sweet drink with good water
from our well. Of course this Wende's is not anything like the American Wende's but
it does provide a bit to eat for hungry people passing by.
managers, Kip and Junior Gaerte. They love the Lord and are hard workers on the
farm with their parents. Nick can drive the tractor already even though he is only
twelve years old. They help milk the cows, gather the eggs from the chickens each
day, and have been helping build the chicken house down by the fish pond. All of the
boys enjoy fishing. They use a round net. It has a long cord and the boys throw it out
on the water and it goes down over the water and captures the fish inside. They enjoy
eating the fish they catch. Soon we hope to have enough to supply our school and
that will help our children to be more healthy.
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