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T^each Christian School

59-578 Kan Highway

Haleiwa, Hawaii
January 1972

96712

"illna pokii o'u, mai aloha Kakeu ma ka wa ha, a ole hoi na ke alclo wale no; aka, na ka hana ana a ne ka oiaio." 1 loano $:18

"My little children, let us not love in word, neither in to:.gue but
in

deed and in truth."

1 Johi. 5:18
LOVE

How strong that bond of love that begins with God and binds us together with Jesus Christ. Praise Hiu for this everlasting love. I found Liyself surrounded with love this past sunnier in Kentucky, Califorida, Indiana, Georgia, Ohio, and Wisconsin. Christinas in these places showed a great interest in the Sunset Beach Christian School.
Offerings fron the churches anounted to over 4?1000. :i>800 of this was used

to help pay for black topping walkways through nuddy areas on our school grounds. The renainder is in a special fund for a piano for our school. Thank you, each one who gave or wanted to give. It was a groat thrill to be in wonderful churches telling how the Christiai- School brings nai^

children to know the Lord, (out of666 students. 111 have becouu Christi ans jind 48 parents have cone to Hin and obeyed Hin in the 18 years of our existence... If there had been only OITE to find Christ, we woi^ild sjum have reason to praise Hin), The warn hand of Christian fellowsiiip was given to ne by "old friends" and by new friends-how precious you ""peI feol richl

"0 LORD FILL OITR FRiiTiTS WITH LOVii, B^CAUSji WE KKOW THT LOVEFAITH

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And in faith believing

We decided to divide the 5rd and 4th grades this year-henct^, we needed to find another teacher (we now have 7 full tine and 2 speci.-l t^achei's) All sunner, I wondered Just how God was going to provide this n^ud. It's
always exciting to see how He answers. Linda Mills had advertised in

the "Christiaia Standard" for a teaching position and we had asked for a teacher. She was contacted in August and arrived in Honolulu August 26 all ready to work. (I love the Standard which is sent Gratis to ne)

Sheryl Wiese had been a studen in our school for 5 years. This Fall she noved to Colorado. Before she left, she and her nother were baptized

into Christ with fresh clean lives.

Burt Saito and Tonny Siprarikles,2 of our church boys and graduates of
our school couldn*t quell their"desire to go to Bible College-sonewhere.

In Septenber, Tonny approached Burt with "Let's go" and in 5 days they

were on a plane headed for Internountain Bible College in Colorado.

Burt has had a spinal affliction for nost of his life and walks with

crutches. The Sunset Beach Church is behind then-we have a "Toni-xy and Burt Sunday" every nonth with collections for then. What a warn feeling

Spraisles, our Kindergarten teacher). Kin and Kelly Fabcr, 2 of ou? Bible School girls were baptized in Jamary. These girls are fron i: nilitary faiiily. I have been using a filnstrip series as well as helping then study nore about the Bible at hone. Allene Miller (our 7th & 8th grade teacher) is teaching 2 kigh
schoolgirls in their hone in Waialua.

to be a part of this venture of Faith.

(Tonny's nother is Mrs. Eleanor

"LORD, ALL PRAISE TO THEE FOR PRQVH)ING FOR OUR ETERNAL LIVES WITH THEE."
iiOPE

Island. We see people walking by-in and out of our lives every day. We offer "a cup of cold water" to nany pf these transients. Last year

The church has reached out in a new area of service on this snail

law or have no hone and are placed in Correctional Hones in Kailua. Our wonen <^e^ naking nonthly trips to ?visit then and take then cooiiies and fruit. There are only 5 girls in their facility and 50 boys in their

a young boy cane into our lives in great need for conpassion. The Roths took, hin into their hone and helped to restore HOPE in his life by their concern and warnth. ^ Today he is hone and restorv^d in nany ways. We ;ire reaching into the lives of boys and girls who hav^ broken sone

quarters.

They respond out of hedrts yearning for love fron people who
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c are.

"LORD, OEEN ODE EYES ilKD HEJiETS !B0| SEE

NiLEDS ilROUND US

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TO SiiRVii

Wahiawa .arrived for the Ope:.ii.g Day at school.

^ sniles.

Soptcnbcr 3, 1971, 96 clii-ldreii fron Sunset Boach, Hauula, Hal^iwr,, a d

96 ;-cv,r drosses r..d aioha
They cane because they love this little school whor^ we Tu-.'-m

popular footwear ii^ Hawaii, r_evj lunch cans and, approximately, 96 big

silirts, ixot so Liany now shoes, because barefeot are still the uost

about Jusus each day. It is hard, to get up so ejxly i'l oiie uori-iii-g at 5:30 to c..-tch an Islai.d bus arriving at school at 7:15. 30 of our stu A nuv/ eleneixtary school is planned, for this area and this nay nean
We plan to continue to hav^ a Christian School
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dents cone fron areas other than Sunset Bo^ch.

a reduction of students.

of the highes possible quality.

"0, LORD,. HELP US T'C ATTaIK A QUALITY TO SATISFY THiiiC

Mrs. Nit a Chanp; has been our secretary for 1}^ years but because of

. b^iiy:t^__sl^e_has j?es She ,has serye^ th^^ school so very well for a snail salary-her huart.is in this work. Now the Lord^ has given us
has a daughter in our school.

another fine worker to seuve in the sane s.acreficial way o

Mrs^ ^ny Saiki

Cliristnas CoiAjp is Pau(f inished). 4 days with 15 dedicated yo.uth centering their activities at Sunset Beach where, their canp was he3d ;
under Glen Powell's directioni. The f^roup vi s-itod. m-pp . loiiiUa, a Japanese Buddhist who wanted to hoar Lioi-e and nore about Jesus through thv^ singing of hynns. She is ill with cancer.. Another^ visit was n?.de to our

own beloved Stills who are still going strong for the Lord-altho' their health is sonetines poor. We do have dedicated young people in our Isla..^d churches. Gary Powell, ninister's son, is anong the nost tr.lented. He teaches, sings, plays-all top quality. Gary plans to attei^d Sa:. Jose
Bible college next wonan fron a rough know Je sus yet.
year,
ocean

2 of our Ci inpers helped to pull a drowning across fron the school. This wona... do^si.'t

"0 LORD, KEEP OUR iiKMS FREE TO PULL OUT THOSE WHO ARE ENGULFED IK SI1-..."

Satan reaches in ano.-g "our flock" and tries to snatch sono of the
Lord's people. The >

Valentines, (7 children) have worshipped with us for

trusted the Spirit to do Eis work while we are in prayer for then.
cone Back sone day. Much prayer for hin, too.
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with books and-paxiphlets (30 Years a Watchtower Slave by Schnell), I

ye.ars. They havv^ bee studying Jehovah Witness lessons. Howuv,.r, thr "pp are' nany aouDts in their ni^^ds concerning the te-ichings. I visitv^d then recently to wan. then of the danger of falling into the snare. Arn^-d

Another of our strong young nun, David Abe, had his faith w^jaki^ned through a teacher i]. the college he was attending, I believe he will
"LORD, KEEP US FREE FROM TEc. SN^iRE OF THE WUGMED ONi
HELP THOSE WHO HnVi. FALLEN
..ED HELP US TO

1971 is past-a v/onderful year. I've seen nao'estic answers to prayer Our faith has grown, our outreach is greater, V/o have niles and niles to go yet, 1972 can be our richest in yield I pray for you in your field and I know that you" will pray for this work.- Tlirough
this past year.
our prayers we serve together.

his Son, Jusus Ohrist, and love one aAother, as he gave us connindne'.t."
1 John 3:23

"And this is his conuandnent that we should believe on the

:ne of

"In Love,

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P.

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Please pray with.us for the-

Jessica Floyd P.O.w.'s in Vietnan,

Mission Servic^^s, Kenpton, Indiana is of great services to nissionaries.

Your Kokua, (Help) PLEaSE

They would appreciate your help.

Kenpt on, Indi a:.!a.

They have helped us i^. our school orders, have given help with jjroblens and blessed us all with their fine publication. Horizons. They h:ive recently noved to K.c.n"pt(.n/, i.nd. They wilX be celebrating their 2Sth anniversaj?y on March 18, 1972. Their goa.Vfqr their needs is .;,125,000.
Contact^Mr.''McGilvrey at Box 177
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Mah al o Nui Lo a.

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HISTORY OF THE SUNSET BEACH CRPISTIAW SCHOOL

Ciiristiaa work in Sunsot Beach was started in 194-9 with a Bible school Eleanor Sprankles. Quarters soon bocane crowded, aud in 1950 a fanily gave $100 toward the purchase of a pernanent church
building.

It was then that our first property was acquired. The brown-staini^d building was a convertud arny barracks, and becano both church and

V Shortly afterward, the adjoining wore bought, qu^ters. giving a good Kan Highway frontage, another properties wood buildine.
and a one-acre farn lot. '

distrusted each othor, but wer-i united in their trust of the nissionchurch consicep .c;tr7'hinp; itP own, a truly Christian
SCiiOOJ.

brought hone tales of frightening incidents; differing nationalities

parents at both Sunset Beach and Hauula congregations. As people Ruth Powell at Sunset Beach, and Owen and Shirley btill at Hauula, the school took on its nebulous state. Sunset Beach had no school in the conrauni-y; busing was dreaded by children who

By 1953, thoughts of a Christian school were introduced by church

structed, containing one classroom and restroom. The church facilities, though inadequate, vould also be utilized.

In the suEiLier, Glen and helpers at Sunset began preparing for a school opening in the fall. A first, conservative unit 5as con

Meanwhile the Stills journeyed to the Mainland seeking a staff for the proposed school. In a whirlwind tour of the eastern seaboard they were led to Miss Jessica Floyd, who becane principal and ' teacher; Mrs, j^ava Poll, as kindergarten teacher; and Mr. Charles Moore,
who would teach the combined upp^r grades.

Glen himself accepted responsibility as business manager, and late

the delight of many in the comnuni;7.

in September, the little staff anl ^wenty-one students convened, to

Two classrooms wore used, and one c.ass met in the big church kitchen. Each day began with chapel in the .ittle brown church," as it was even then beginning to be known, .-recious were the growth and the
fellowship of those pioneering da^s.

In 1955, iileanor Still Sprankles vi-,.s added to the staff as kiiid<jrgarten teacher, mid has continued v th the the school. . Eleanor Otako went to Bible college from tho Hauu a congregation, ana returned to
teach.

The Donald Eoths wore recruitc-d i:: 1^36, to do the needed building and l;wo s:aff housing units were added that winter, again drawing on r.rplus -.uildings that were near-gifts from the U. S. goveriment. Firoomy i.assrooms and two restroons followed, as the student body rrew from -wenty-one to nearly a hundred.
aanagement work of the school.

epenses were mot from the nodei': tuition ::harges. Its VW bus oper
trissaon gi-y^agv--aaid-wfatm-i;he--^afru-eor-new-jirilTnTlg-o-r-(swimc^
room, adlitional classrooms, of:';3e and storage space.

As Sunset Beach Christian Schoc; grew, mere and more of its runnins:

ates on a_share-the-cost plan. lo'vever, s:;aff salaries are paid fLm

help is still needed from intersi^ccl mainland churches. Our present ' need is a large all-purpose hui i:ng, to contain library, audio-vi'sual

arl^^

People in Sunset Beach and Hauu,; continue to be delichted with rhp

Ctoistian School. Children bus nfrom Haleiwa (six Sles)

When former students write or dx, in, to s4y essenWaUy thfsSo

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We have second generation chiiarn hv.re now, and vjonderful

(fourteen miles), just to be ^ai- of the "Christian school family."

Hauula

brieht- 1-^vc

becluie'vou Lo herc^^ndT o^ing; my life is different ^rrfaliruSLsta^d!^ lo.. "ofeven more, now that I am older,
Thank YOU for caring and sharing ...it.
knows the distance the C:i!stisui School's influence will ov-f-r^n/i

inxiucncc will extend.

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SCHOOL

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Our

19th

year

is

overt

671

students

73

graduates

This year, we had 104 students. Two of our most interesting were: Henele Haile and Siuaki Livai from Tonga. Our children loved them right away and Tongan
words were exchanged for English, These boys are waiting for their student visas

to be approved and we are waiting for our school to be approved for

foreign students.

enrolling^
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At our graduation program, when our 7 graduates received their diplomas, we were all "lifted up" when Jimmy Mclnnis* one of the graduates presented the

school with a $100 check (which was a gift to him from his parents). We

v^ere

almost speechless and with hearts full of thanks we took Jlminy*s gift. He has attended here only one year. The 8th grade class presented the school with their parting gift of $28 to buy a Hawaiian flag to be flown under our country flag. Our May Day program was exceptionally beautiful with a backgroiind rainbow of fresh flowers. It rained the morning of the program and we considered post poning it but the son camp out and the procession began. A lovely Hawaiian girl, Joy Kealoha. was the q.ueen. She has been in this school since Kindergarten, graduating this year. As she approached her throne in her long white satin holokUt to the beat of an ancient hula on the gourd played by an older Hawaiian woman,
we could almost believe we were back in "old Hawaii", The smaller children were

"menehunes"(elves) who built the 8 islands of Hawaii in one nlghtj

The 1st Graders
the Book of Mark,

received their new Bibles around "Easter" and how precious

their new possession becan?3. We read together, mostly stumbling over the big words, The Lord directed me to find just the used piano I wanted. A friend in the Wahiawa church wanted to sell her piano and since I had the money saved from last
sunmer, I was able to buy it right away. It is in our Audio Visual room and in use every day. We use it for choirs, music classes, children's church and for fun
after school.

A Century minus two

tfars. Caroline Brandenburg, in the Atascadero, Calif. Christian Home became

98 years old on May 24th. Chiaki Saaami. a 5th grsde student, drew a picture

of

the Sunset Beach Church of Christ. Bach of our 99 students drew themselves and we

were all pasted on the steps and on the ground around the picture. To reach 100 minus 2 and to be able to memorize chapters of the Bible and to quote from memory the Sermon on the Mount - yes, Mrs. Brandenburg, who was a charter member of SuhSet Beatdir pres^&-on toward perfect xoni
Slides and Tapes

I have 3 slide and tape sets available - if you would like to use them

in your church:

1. Churches of the Islands (denominations Included)

2c Mothers of the Islands

3. Psalms 95

These are short programs. I will send them via air and ask that you return
via air, please.
Newsletters

them

I-dahalo Nul Loa to the Erlanger Church of Christ which is one of my support ing churches since 1953 has taken on the work of copying my newsletter and sending them out. Perhaps I can write oftener and shorter lettersj I appreciate The Brlanger church taking on this responsibility. My prayers are for you as you continue to press on - toward perfection....
Jessica Floyd

ERLANGER CHURCH OF CHRIST Graves and Baker Streets

Nonprofit Organization
U.S. Postage
PAID Permit No.

Erlanger, Kentucky

4101S

Covington, Kentucky
MISSIONARY NEV/SLETTER FOR

Jessica Floyd, missionary

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SUNSET BEACH CHRISTIAN SCHOO
59-578 KAM HIGHWAY

HALEIWA, HAWAII 96712

PHONE 638-274

ALOHA to the whole world from the Sunset Beach Christian School.

Hawaii's children have the real spirit of Aloha.

They love

to give.

This year each of our 7 classrooms has chosen a

The 102 students

mission field with which to share this Aloha.

will make pictures, gifts, write letters, prayers and give

offerings to :
Ninos de Mexico

Ku^Lpacher Kids Home

Yakima Christian Mission
Alaska Christian School Local Benevolences

We hope this new experience will broaden their sense of need

to the whole world, will open a new area of love in their loves,
and will draw them to closer fellowship with the Lord.

This is our 20th year of working with the children of the

North Shores of Oahu.

About 40% come from neighboring villages;

Hauula, Laie, Kaaawa; over 15 miles away from Sunset Beach.

2 of our 6th grade girls were baptized in September: Emily Unlaub

and Kensandra McClain.
Needs and Plans for

Eleanor Otake is their teacher.

the future.

Plan:
Need;
Plan;

To divide Grades 5 and 6 (2 classroomsj.

A teacher and a room.
To see our school grow and mature.

Need:

A Principal - preferably a man.

All of our teachers

are woman and 50% of our students are boys.

need a man.

They

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