irol'JAMAICA

Ai " ^i 7SUMMER 1972 AChristian Quarterly from the Caribbean

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

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VOL. 18 THE JAMAICA EVANGEL NODIRECTORS: Mr.and Mrs. James Herget, Managing Directors

Mr. E. A. Woodstock, Mr. V. S. ReidMr. Solomon Levy, (Chairman)

CO-WORKERS: Mr. Guy Whitley, Mrs. Ada WalkerFORWARD AND Mr. and Mrs. Don WheelerPROMOTIONAL: 2713 Sheringham Road,Orlando, Fla. 32808JAMAICA RETREAT (Camp Jamwca)PROMOTION:

MANAGEMENT ADVISORYCOMMITTEE: Jamaica

CHRISTIAN CHILDREN'SCLINIC:OXFORD PREPARATORYSCHOOL:

NINE PALMS CHRISTIANCAMP: Estate Supervisor:CHRISTIAN EVANGELIZINGASS'N:CANDY-TOP DOLL SHOPPE:

DOCTORS:

FOOTBALL COACH:CARPENTER ANDCONSTRUCTION MANAGER:PHOTOGRAPHY:

AUDITORS:THE JAMAICA EVANGEL:EDITOR:Editorial Board:

Gene Stinson, Minister450 N.Ii. 51st Street, Boca Raton, Fla. 33432Mr. Douglas Fletcher, Mr. Ramon AlbergaMr. A. Lionel Levy, Dr. Arthur WintMr. Hal Glave, Mr. A. C. Folkes, Mr. Glaister Duncan

Mrs. Patsy Alberga, Nurse in chargeMr. Ramon Alberga,Chairman Board of GovernorsMr. Ken CoUings, Mr. Vic ReidMr. P. Ossie Smith, Mrs. Carol HergetMr. Glaister Duncan, Mr. Geo. BullockMr. Horace Campbell

Mr. Guy WhitleyMr.James Herget,Mr.Solomon Levy,Mr.Guy Whitley,Mrs.Carol Herget, Mr. Nimrod TownsendMrs. Patsy AlbergaMrs. Bess l,umsden. Port Charlotte, Fla.Dr.Noel 1. March, Dr.Terrence Mair, Dr. Roland RichmondDr. M. H. Beaubrun; Dr. Henry Lopez, DentistMr. P. Ossie Smith

Mr. Henry NbconMr. Garth Morgan, Mr. Quito BryanMr. Errol HarveyPrice Waterhouse & Co.

V. S. ReidJamaicaSolomon LevyQuito BryanMrs. C. Herget

UJS.A.Donald WheelerElvin Gray, Minister

HOW CAN YOU HELP?

1. Pray for us.2. Support orpartially support aboy in the Home ($25.00 per month).3. Send boxes of new useful clothing, Md other items, forboys. Ask usfor a list.4. Supportflnancially anyof our projects.5. Become a MEMBER of the HOME. (A subscription of 75 centsa yearhelpsto

defray postal charges for our audited financial report and the Jamaica Evangelmailed to you.

6. Send Bible School materials.7. Send typewritten Scripture labels for medicine bottles fortheClinic.8. Send school and craft supplies.9. Help us toplant new churches by supporting the Christian Evangelizing

Association. p. o. WajLliee. lamaica, W. 1.Writeus: (Local address - 7 Oxford Road)

In the high, beautiful country.

SUN MOUNTAIN

The bend in the road at the foot of the hill onwhich is located Sun Mountain camp is known asJames Mountain. It is beautiful country, of fertilevalleys and sunny mountains, situated between RockHall and Sligovllle. It is high country, over 2,000 feetabove sea level and. ^consequently, cool as well assunny. It isa grand place )or a camp.

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We came upon Sun Mountain three years ago. Theproperty was quite undeveloped, no roads, no water,but we had been asked to look at it. One morning weclambered up the steep twisty track and arrived at thetop with empty lungs and knotted muscles. Yet, whenwe caught our breath and looked around, it had beenall worth it.

We fell deeply in love with the place. We saw inour minds' eyes, scores of children laughing andromping over the gentle rolling land which is afeature of our mountain top. We discovered a 3-roomcabin and barbecue, a stone water tank and an oldlampshade on the property and saw in them thebeginnings of a camp.

Up the steep and twisty tracks.

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\ / V e w e n t t o w o r k o n i t .

T h i r t y a c r e s o t t h i s l a n d w o u l d b e o u r s f o r a c a m p

i f w e c o u l d b u i l d a r o a d i n t o i t .

W e w e n t t o w o r k o n i t .

F i r s t w e d i d s o m e g o o d p r a y i n g . T h e n w e t u r n e d

t o w o r k i n g a t r a i s i n g o u r r o a d . W e g o t s o m e e x c e l l e n t

h e l p f r o m f r i e n d s l i k e T e r r y C a u s e w e l l w h o w a s t h e

f i r s t t o c o m e t o o u r a s s i s t a n c e w i t h a b u l l d o z e r a n d a

g e n i u s o f a n o p e r a t o r n a m e d E w a n L o d g e w h o p u t h i s

b l a d e t o t h a t m o u n t a i n s i d e a n d w i t h d e d i c a t i o n a n d

s k i l l l i t e r a l l y m o v e d i t o u t o f t h e w a y .

K I N G S T O N I N D U S T R I A L G A R A G E

3 4 C H U R C H S T R E E T

We found some fine marl hills at the top of themountain and these would supply our road buildingmaterials. Stones we would have to bring in, as well asthe asphalt. The road moved on apace, but we hadmany anxious times. Such as when the Spring rains hitus and washed the ballast from the road. And whenthe oil trucks could not negotiate the su;ep gradient ofloose stones and had to shunt back and forth withsmaller loads. And the job it was to find rollers andsprayers and froni-loaders because of the great roadbuilding and widening projects being carried on byihe government and private developers (we alwaysseem to be a-building in Jamaica}.

A Land Rover no longer a wreck.

But our friends stayed on top. helping us all lliGway. Such friends as H. H. Tata who helped intransport; Asphalt Paving Limited who throughGeorge Chen asphalted our half-mile of road; DaytonHedges and Alexander Hamilton who each gave us$100; Esso Standard Oil S A Ltd. and Shell Co. W.I.Ltd. who each gave 1,500 gallons of asphalt primer;LesIie Lim Sang who sprayed the primer on our road;Wilbros Limited who supplied the trucks for stonehaulage; Redimix Ltd. who supplied a portion of thestones free; Richard Harrison who loaned a roller;Publication Services Ltd. who designed and suppliedthe art work for our liiorature; Eddie Milner whoprovided architectural rir iwings for the camp buildings;Charlie Milner who stiiv' , cd and provided a site plan;Vic Reid Associates wi wrote our literature; TheJom

While we were working and waiting on the road, wealso put the land to work for us. We planted peanuts,pumpkins, peas, melons, tomatoes, yams, potatoes andall sorts of foods. And what crops we reaped! Ourpumpkins (see picture) were truly magnificent. So thefact is that we have begun (at Oxford Road) toeat offour camp-lands. The soil is truly good. We moved up acouple of our cows from Nine Palms and they aregetting real fat on Sun Mountain grass. We are veryexcited at the prospect of feeding ourselves off theland someday when our camp is finished.

Soon after we had made the decision to establishSun Mountain, we talked about it to the AmericanAmbassador, His Excellency Vincent de Rouletand hegave us a wonderful donation of $5,000 (US) for theerection of the first hall on which we are now working.The halt will be our main cotnmutial hall and we willcall it what? Embassy Hall, of course!

A promising vineyard for work.

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/ Our architect friend, Eddie Milner of Jamaica, is'now getting out working plans for our first cottages.We are planning buildings that will blend with thebeautiful countryside; no palaces, but sturdy imaginative dormitories and worship areas that will bringjoy to all who visit us.

We have laid out playing fields to include tennis,soccer (football), netball, badminton, etc. There aremany hiking and riding trails on our 30 acres andadjoining fields.

There is a good vineyard around us in which to dothe Master's work. Our neighbours are mostly smallfarmers with many bright faced children. We havebegun roadside-talking and made some calls on thedays when we work at the camp and the responsehas been promising. We believe that this portion ofthe Camp ministry at Sun Mountain will be exceptionally fruitful.

TEEN TIME AT SUN MOUNTAIN

Sun Mountain was gloriously invaded byMeadowbrook's Teen group. (19 strong)on Easter Monday. We mark the date asthe first Spiritual Retreat for the new campand recognize it as a historical landmark.It was a great day.Tlie opening .session at 9:15 a.m. was awelcome sit-down after the long climb upSun Mountain's steep hill. At that timewe were not yet driving up. There weresongs and prayer before the three stirringteen inspired messages began. Then aftera bun and cheese 15 minute break, thefollowing lively "work-shop" discussionspreceeded by short talks carried us onuntil noon.

Sun Mountain heights and valleys enticedthe group away for a twenty minute marvelous run. Only a retreat ot the keenestand finest order could have brought thernback at the boom of the gong. But that'sexactly what it was., the keenest andfinest!

So on they went with testimonies, songs,a prayer-chain, and a final heart-stirringmessage, until three p.m. After that itwas food, oh just lots ol it, fried chickenand various teen concoctions that reallytasted good. There was agrand sharing andtasting until everyone was completelyhappy 'top of Sun Mountain.*What of the future? We have found that aCamp as close to Kingston as 17 miles andas far top-side of God's world as SunMountain couldn't be tiner in any way.Sun Mountain has it all! Build, we mustbuild... camp, we must camp!

If the fellowsbeen diggingSun Moan tain.

It was a big day for the boys of the Homewhen the pumpkin they had watched forseveral weeks was finally ready for picking.It took two boys to carry it from thefield to the Land Rover and they struggledhard. The pumpkin weighed 42 pounds.Pumpkin in Jamaica is like Hubbard Squashin America and it is one of the most common vegetables eaten by the boys of theHome. In Jamaica it is made into a famouspumpkin soup with various spicesand a bitof salt pork, ham, or beef to strengthen it.But that one big fellow was only thebeginning of the Sun Mountain Pumpkins.Since May 1st we have brought home over250 pounds of pumpkin and the vines arestill producing. The boys are very proudof the fact that they planted the seeds andraised the pumpkins themselves.Farming at Sun Mountain is one of thenicest ways in which wc can use our 30acres of land. And by the way, speakingif farnsm th

of farms there is nothing like cows to helpmake a farm a real farm. That's wny theboys have two cows there already. Wemoved "Julie" from Nine Palms and hercalf with her. Julie is the cow that ourGovernment gave us about 3 years ago.They are both healthy and enjoying SunMountain farm life.

In the picture you see the boys aroundthe scale in the Home kitchen. Sincc thescale only weighed up to 25 pounds, thepumpkinhad to be cut in two before itpumpkin had to be cut in two before itcojid be weighed.

look a little weary, it's because they'vepumpkins like these all morning on

YOUTH

CORNER

FOUNDATIONS GO DOWN

Nothing good really comes withouthard work. So it seems to us at SunMountain underneath the bluest sky andgreenest hillsides. But our volunteer committee of kids and more kids is one that isnot easily discouraged in face of the toughof it. Jamaica's Labor Day found thecrowd of teens digging the foundationsfor the new Hall for the camp. The sunwas hot. And the holes to be dug wereloqated at a site bulldozed into tight reekformations. Pick and crow bar were theonly usable tools. And after the boysbroke through a few inches of rock thegirls would lift out the pieces with barehands.

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At the end of the day, which of coursewas broken mid-way with a gala lunchand song fest, one couldn't dccide whohadthe mostblisters, the boys or the girls,All were city kids knowing tough workonly to be associated with high schoolexams. But they enjoyed the work, For itis their camp, their fun, their blue skiesand green hillsides, their day-dreams forthe future and theyaccept thechallenge tohelp make it Jamaica's most beautifulcamp for kids.

And they want the beauty to be more thanscenic a beauty that will lift and inspire,and create within the heart of sinfulnature, a real relationship with God.Today's foundations at Sun Mountain arenot only in those rock-holes under thenew Embassy Hall. They are foundationsfor life.

CAMP SPIRIT

The bus was full., just packcd full.At least it seemed that way when all the"middle" aged boys got in to go to town ~with Mom. They were noisy, oh so verynoisy. But Mom knew why and she didn'tmind. It's always like this when CampSpirit takes over.

The shouting rose higher and higher astheir game got more intense. It wasa gameof reading signs. Every boy read a sign, jijust any sign, and he read it with greatgusto as loudly as he could. Now witheveryone reading a different sign at thesame time, it was really a big noise.Finally the bus came to a clothes factoryand Wayne beganjumping up and down in '""the bus, shouting, "Hey guys, hey! That'swhere Mom got some camp clothes for uslast year!" And true it was. Mom didn'tknow they would remember. They parkedin a shady spot and Mom went in. Oh, itwas a long time before she came out. Atleast it seemed so to those boys! But,

Mike shouted, "Look, here comes Momnow and she needs help carrying that bigbox."

As they pulled out of the parkinglot everyboy was eager for a.-peep. Morii said,

!"Ok, 5^ for a look in the box". But ofcourse no one had any money. Afterteasing a few more times Mom finallysaid they could look, but only a quicksmall peep at first. Then they could haveanother. It was another of those bus games.Faces were glowing and boys pushed andshovedeach for his peep into the box.Know what they found? They found abeautiful pair of "jeans" for each boy in

-the Home. Oh, they were really smartjeans!..yellows and browns, bluesand grays.Those very nice people in Regent ClothingFactory had given the jeans to the boysso'.hey could look niceat Camp this summer.

When we sat around to choose a name, our fellow--donor Vic Reid lighted upon "Sun Mountain"."And

that stuck. We think Sun Mountain must have the ! most equable climate in the world. Edward Long, the

great English historian, called attention to these \mountains two hundred years ago. All who,come to,them, we believe, will love them.

While we sat around choosing a name, we alsothought about how to -ifivance" the building of thecamp. We got this idea of the "Scrolls of Honour".The Scrolls, separated into gold, silver and bronzedivisions, will be put up at an appropriate place in theCamp with the name of each donor inscribed on them.This way, those who have so ge^nerously helped in'bringing the Sun Mountain dream to reality, will bepermanently remembered. But even now as we lookahead and see our Camp buildings rising, we can seewhere soon, come a summer. Sun Mountain will, forhundreds of youngsters, be, as the old lampshade says,a "Home Sweet Home".

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