Bappy

new

year
FROM

HRI5T1ANVILLE

Dear Friends,

1983

What a beautiful Chrlstioas...It seems like the nicest we have ever

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.

These are our Jamaican children that we brought to Haiti.

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

and there was joy everywhere.

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.

It was a precious time for us as we worshipped in song

and prayer throughout the season...and intermingled it with fun.

In the church we rejoiced over 8 more baptismsr8.new Christians,

services are full and we look forward

The

to the hope of getting into the new

church building in 1983, Now, may we

share with you a few joys of 1982?
1.
2.

33 baptisms
completion of the staff house.

3.
4.

Nutrition Center almost completed*

church building reddy for roof.

6.
7,

413 children educated and fed.

another 5000 cared for in the clinic
2 Bible Seminars for church workers

8.

One teaching seminar for school held.

9.

Dental Clinic established and staffed

5.

held.

regularly throughout the year.

ChristicmviZte - tJie Miivtstry

of Jesus and Evs love

Oh, there was so much more..we can't begin to tell the story but we
are full of joy and encouragement for 1983.

Workers for the clinic

and building program are lined up solidly from January to April.

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.

Your missionaries in Haiti,

Jiwand Carol Herget

JUN 10 f983

CHRISTIANVILLE

May,

1983

Dear Friends,

Can you possibly imagine our heartbreak when we found that

the box of letters we sent in March was lost? It was our
second news letter for the year and we were thrilled to tell

you about our progress. Besides that, we answered every let*rv

ter of yours personally,..and our school children sent you
their answers.
Grace, our Nuttition
Nurse is ready for

It was a box full to the brim with news from

the very heart of us and of Christianville.

" JUNE 1 "

But perhaps the post office will still find them.

In the

meantime let us update you on your missionary stronghold here

in Haiti, It is times like these that your understanding

means so much to us.

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.

Since our last letter to you we have made further progress.

Foundations have

been started for a double apartment house for our farmer and his family, and

for an additional Nurse. Children are

school and so by faith Eddie has begun
It is harder now for these little ones
happily leave for school, leaving them

continuing to
drawing board
as they watch
behind. Pray

cry for enrollment in our

plans for the new school.
their brothers and sisters
with us that God will open

the door for them, too.

MAY WE SHARE OUR NEEDS WITH YOU AND ASK YOUR PRAYERS?
Our church roof is about 2/3 com

pleted.

We need the building so

very much as each Sunday iriorning

the school hall is full.

There

is just no room to grow. We need

about $6000.00 to bring it to a
useful stage. It will mean much
to our school chapel as w.^ll as

to the church.

We need your help,

ycur very special help.

Our Nutrition Center is due to

open the first week in June. Sam

has completed the kitchen shelves,

installed the stoves and made the
benches.
But the real needs are

there ~ just plain "regular funds

for operating," Any size monthly
pledge will help. Little children
are literally dying - WE CAN HELP
THEM STEM THIS AWFUL HUNGER!

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

membrance of you. May He bless you richly - please write again.

ist Jesus,

and Carol Herget

JUL 20 J983

THE

EmMGlEL
A Christian Quarterly
from the Caribbean

VOL 29

<<Ler them give glory unto the Lord,

and declare his praise in lheislands (Isaiah 42:12)

HERE'S HOW TO REACH US

BY LETTER

All funds should be sent to P.O.

Box 13391 A, Orlando, Fla. 32859. You

may continue to send notes with your

gifts to Orlando. LETTERS may also
be sent to us P.O. Box 1690, Port-auPrince, HaTti.

ANEW LIFE

Please do not mail packages to

All hands on deck ! Yes, it took all the hands
of our two nurses and American Doctor to
deliver and care for the new born baby in our

Clinic. There was great excitement that day.

It was the first baby born there and of cour
se he made history. We had previously had a

baby born in our van on the way to the

hospital, the mother had been in trouble,
not being able to deliver, but a good shaking
up on the rough road to the higway did the
trick. There are a lot of surprises in clinic

work, some wUh tears and many with joy in

nealing. We are God's servants doing our
best for the Master.

And we are continually growing. Now we

Haiti. Use Orlando address.

BY TELEPHONE

We are sharing an office and tele

phone in town. We are there only on
Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays
from 12:30 until 1:30 to receive over
seas or local calls. Overseas calls can
be direct dial as low as $2.50. We do

not have a phone at Christianville.

Our office number Is 20508 - Haiti.
Please ask the operator about the
time difference in Haiti.

have opened our lab with a lab technician

working steadily. Thanks to Les and Bess
Lumsden we have one of the finest micros

copes in Haiti. Andtheother equipment was

BY CAR

given by the International Womens Club in

Leave Port-au-Prince on Carrefour

Haiti. In February we were blessed with a

Road. We are 17 miles from down

f^fledical team of Doctors and Nurses who

volunteered on a rotation plan for over six

town. Tap-Tap busses travel regularly

to Leogane.

weeks. They came frome CHICAGO, 111,

ares. Doctors Bob Gullberg. Pete Jaggard,
and Dr. David Wagner led the teams. Dental
Outreach held their Directors meeting at

1/2 mi.

Christianville, too, and gave two weeks of

service both in the Dental and Medical

Clinics. We are grateful to these and all who

joined us in the work these past three monmonths.

V.S.N. Police Static

COVER: CHRISTIANVILLE SCHOOL

413 STUDENTS

TOWN OF GRESSIER

Turn Left

CONGRESSMAN FAUNTROY AND U.S. AMBASSADOR E. H. PREEG

DISCUSS FISH POND PLANS AT CHRISTIANVILLE

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

of friendship with the U.S.

they had previously given us
money toward our water pro
ject.
We are thankful for the ever

growing circle of friends that

marks the physical stronghold

of the work here. Our Heaven

ly Father works through many

means to accomplish His will.
We praise Him.

A COOL BEGINNING

The roar of the bulldozer brought smiles to the whole of Chrlstianville

staff. It was a beginning. Yes, a beginning of big things. Down deep into
the earth went that dozer until the fish pond hole resembled the makings
of a lake I Then there was the dam to be considered. Eddie Hardy,

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.

THOSE PIPES ARE 50 FEET LONG

Our natural spring has

now been

diverted

into

the pond and water is

flowing at the rate of 60
gallons
per
minute.
Spring rains should also
help with the fill. Eddie
declares

that

he

must

erect a fish 'n chips hut.

But it may take longer to
grow the chips than to
grow the fish I

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

our forwarding agents for 17

years before his work caused

them to retire. Don has remai
ned on our Board of Directors.

Their visit this spring was a joy

to our hearts and to theirs as

they viewed the progress of

the work here. They wrote,

((your progress is really unbe

"
I

lievable and we were so thril

led at everything)). Let us

praise the Lord, Don and

Julia, it is Misdoing.

Can you see the cow In

Lucille Carlin's arm ? Poor old

Clarabelle was really sick, and

Lucille, visiting from their ran
ch in Ohio, handled her like
the veteran she is. Our visitors

and friends always find a job

to do and we are thankful for

each one. God's provision is

so aood.

NEW BUILDING FOR CHRISTIANVILLE CHURCH

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.

Labor by day and evangelistic meetings by night was their driving

dedication. They departed sunburned and weary and full of joy.
Bob DeVoe, missionary with Lifeline Christian Mission, assists Jim
with the ordination service of our first deacons for Christianville Church.

It was a step of progress and a great encouragement to all of us. These

men have proved faithful to the church for three years. There have been
ten baptisms thus far in 1983 and our Pastor Profiton and his deacons
are willing workers among the flock.
DEACONS ORDAINED

id

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POWER-FILLED MESSAGE
OF CHRIST

\NGES LIVES AND HOMES

AND BRINGS

JOY-PEACE-HOPE

PAM HARDY TEACHING

m
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

ADULT LITERACY CLASS

two children) atclasses

held five

3 as soon as the

j|y thrilling to see

IS they study their
ext book and Is

ilds. Many of this

IS - see the smiles

Y-a-plenty in that
your gifts help to

EARLENE AND ASSISTANTS

ANDY HARDY AND OUR
NICHOLAS FITTHE
SCHOOLCHILDREN
WITH LOVELY

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

personal interest in the program as a whole. Visits are popular. Recently

Sally Preeg and daughter Terry, wife and daugther of our American Am
bassador, and his mother, all sponsors, visited and brought the Embassy
wives with them. It was a party for the school with homemade cookies
for all - a beautiful visit for our children. Several other Sponsors have
come from the U.S. to see their children but always it is a family affair
and the visitors become Auntie and Uncle to all. Your letters reach your
child even when we cannot answer immediately. And your child receives

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
might find your child I

* -A sa

TERRY PREEG WHO IS

EIGHT YEARS OLD, IS

STANDING BY HER
MOTHER

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Family time at Christmas was so lovely that we still find ourselves

talking about it and enjoying the memories. Meal time was great fun and
family ties were strengthened with love. Below you see the whole of the
((Herget Clan. Tony and his beautiful wife, Angela, came from Clinton,
Mississipi where he works as a Civil Engineer having graduated from the
University of Tennessee. He has recently been ordained a deacon at the
First Christian Church in Jackson. Robert came from the University of

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.

Frankie is doing well at Trade School. It is near home and he spends

his weekends and holidays with us. The other six boys are still in school
in Port-au-Prince. Grandma is 86 now and nearing her great reward. So,
there we are, just a
family like yours withs
joys and hopes and
dreams

and

problems.
blessed

and

occasional

God

has

we

thank

Him for these who are so

dearto us. You are a part

of us, too, for you have
supported and sustained
us throughout our many
years of growth. Yes,
you have watched our
tiny
tots
grow
to
manhood and helped.
Thank you for all you
have done I

CHRISTIANVILLE
lJUNIOR
Melvin and Andy Hardy are new

young missionaries at Christianville.

They are ages 12 and 11 but have
already become useful to the Lord
Jesus. Melvin helps his daddy carry
tiles for the church roof and doing
chores while Andy helps with school
projects. Both of them are willing
workers whatever the job may be that
needs, them. Remember them in your
prayers.

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.

Games

with

stones

are popular with our

children. Here you see
them playing jacks)>
with

stones.

school

It

recess

was

time.

They throw up a
stone while they pick
up the other small
stones, first in ones,
then

twos,

fun... try it!

etc.

It's

Boys and girls, would you like to

know more about our animals ?

We will tell you but remember that

Christianville is a lot of things., it
is a medical Clinic where boys and
girls get special attention when
they are sick. It is a dental Clinic
where boys and girls can go and
have their teeth repaired so they

CAROL

will not hurt later on. It is a church

GRANDMA

where lots and lots of people come

on Sundays. It is a school with
hundreds of happy children run
ning along the roads and through

HAITI

CHRISTIANVILLE
JIM.

ISLAND

MISSIONARIES
ROBERT

the cane fields to reach on time. It

WAYNE

is a farm where there are Cows,

Bulls, Goats, Ducks., oh, pretty lit

DAVID

tle baby ducks. Geese, darling

geese just three weeks old and
already very intelligent. It is a farm
with Turkeys, a big white mother,
and a father turkey who gobbles
all day long. There are cats to keep
the mice away and cats just for en
joyment. There are dogs who like
to play and dogs who keep a close
watch on things and they are not
so friendly except to the family
they love. And then we have
chickens, hundreds of them,
brown ones, and black ones and
white ones., baby chicks and
laying hens, and big old noisy

DERRICK
FRANKIE
DARREN
BYRON
ELLESTON
NICHOLAS
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roosters. Do you know the song

iiQId McDonald had a Farm? Will,

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this farm sounds very much like

the one old McDonald had. But

what is the farm all about, you

might ask. The farm is mainly to
help the boys and girls of our
school to have good food to eat.
Our children enjoy the big lovely
eggs and the good beef from our
cows. They have chickens for din
ner sometimes too. Pretty soon

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we will have fish on our farm too

and that will be great fun for all of

our young missionaries, our boys
and the Hardy's, for they will help
with catching the fish.

Would you like to visit our farm ?

You are welcome.

This

little

word

puzzle

was

sent

from

the

Englewood Christian Church in Jacksonville, Fla.

We hope you will enjoy finding the clues.

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. Elvin Gray, College Park, Ga.

Missionaries and Sponsoring Churches:

James Herget. First Christian Church. College Park, Ga.

Carol Herget, First Christian Church, Largo, Fla.
Ada Walker, Retired Volunteer
Sam Streu, Volunteer

Kay Dycus, South Side Christian Church, Munster, ind.

Address

CHRISTIANVILLE

Forwarding Agents

Mr and Mrs Don Dugan, P. 0. Box 13391 A,

Orlando, Fia. 32859

Dentist

Or Virgil Ullom, Babson Fl.

Secretary

Earlene Barnett, Umatilia. Ore.

Promotion

Mr and Mrs Les Lumsden, P.O. Box 812, Punta Gorda, Fla.
Mrand MrsJames Aberle, Williamsville. N.Y.

Attorney

Jean-Claude N. Leger. Port-au-Pnnce. Haiti

Editor "The Evangel" Mrs Carol Herget

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9 1983

THE

EmiMGIEL
A Christian Quarterly
from the Caribbean

VOL 29

<<Lei ihem give glory unlo the Lord,

and declarehispraise in theislands(Isaiah 42:12)

3Vsf

HERE'S HOW TO REACH US

BY LETTER

All funds should be sent to P.O.

Box 13391 A, Orlando, Fla. 32859. You

may continue to send notes with your

gifts to Orlando. LETTERS may also
be sent to us P.O. Box 1690, Port-auPrince, Haiti.

Please do not mail packages to

Haiti. Use Orlando address.

The same dismay that fills any mother's

heart when her long awaited baby arrives a
cripple, gripped the heart of little Marie's
mother. If tears could have straightened the
little legs, they would have straightened.
Little Marie was loved.

Her condition drew love from the family

and she was often given the extra bite when

food was scarce. Thus she grew strong.

But there was no hope of her wall<ing.

There was no money to take her to a city
doctor, not even for a consultation.

BY TELEPHONE

We are sharing an office and tele

phone in town. We are there only on

Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays
from 12:30 until 1:30 to receive over
seas or local calls. Overseas calls can
be direct dial as low as $2.50. We do

not have a phone at Christianville.

Our office number is 20508 - Haiti.
Please ask the operator about the
time difference in Haiti.

One day while visiting Christianville clinic

with her mother, little Marie was examined
and sent to the city for help. In the ensuing
months little Marie underwent operations
and was fitted with braces. Now her whole
life has been changed. Marie is learning to
walk and her mother's tears have turned to

BY CAR

Leave Port-au-Prince on Carrefour

Road. We are 17 miles from down

town. Tap-Tap busses travel regularly

to Leogane.

tears of joy.

Once again our hearts are full of gratitude

to you who have supported the clinic in
such a wonderful way. Your love has
reached Marie!

Our cover picture shows another loving

touch. Little Maryse has a serious heart

problem that will take her life unless she

gets help. We are attempting to arrange for
her surgery so that she might gain the gift
of a hope-fiiled life. Please remember

Maryse in your prayers. There should be fur

ther news of her in our next issue.

TOWN OF GRESSIER

I
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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.

Who are they ?

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.

Home Economic classes will help them

and in future their children to a better life.

Some, maybe one of these children will

aspire for nursing in the clinic or teaching in
the school. Another may be musical and
join the Christianville band or one may have
been blessed with the beautiful

Haitian

talent in painting.
What is the foundation for their future?

It is found in Christ. For it is through

Christ that Christianville School found its

beginning... and has its growth. A founda

tion, a work... a hope.

Christianville's Fish-Pond is a reality... an achievement. For fish are now/

growing in this beautiful lake. Yes, sometines we call it Lake Christianville.
Beneath the sparkling surface of the water reflecting blue skies and white billowy
clouds are growing hundreds of lovely fish. There are talapia in there and carp and
a few other species slipped in with them. Its depth reaches seven feet when full
and water will overflow into the farm lands beyond. By January we should be
rewarded, U.S.A.I.D. and a team fron the University of Maine have stocked the
Pond and a Peace Corp fish pro from U.S. is supervising.
We are reminded of God's Word... for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he

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 !

yw.i'

The church building was conceived incur hearts

from the beginning. We face the simpie facts of
priorities... we lool<ed to the Word of God for
guidance and there we saw the beautiful life of our
Lord Jesus as He went about expressing His
boundless love to the man in whom he had
breathed the breath of life making him a human
soul, to the man He had come to save.

This was the man for whom the whole of the

glorious earth was made. This was the man for

whom the unlimited glories of heaven were
Sam screens the front for the finish.

prepared. Jesus bent low to help this man in his

need. His ministry was one of identifying with
human suffering. And we, His simple, humble ser
vants here at Christianviile could only follow in

His steps reaching out to Haiti's sick and suf

fering. This would come first.

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.

There now. 1am not going to hurt

you. I only want you to feel better.

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.

Claude and Mary Jane McConnell returned to

recheck eyes and help new patients. They did

another great job. Alberta Trew and Vivian
Gilisse (pictured) came to assist.

Kay removes "foreign matter. She has done a

good work at Christianville. We will miss her.

HUMS WITH ACTIVITY

REACHING THE NEEDY.

Hands at work, hands al rest.

And hands linking together hearts that love and serve.

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

- a great family! Julie Ray

came from Jackson, MS - a

sophomore from Lincoln

Christian

College.

And

still, many othe'rs came. It

has been a great summer
thus far and we feel truly
blessed with the volun
teers.

Kay sews while others

cook and paint.

JEWELS FOR HIS CROWN

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.

Meet Shubert R6my, principal for Christian

vilie School. Shubert has completed two years

with Christianvilie
and has been a keen
blessing. Shubert works with dedication
Ignoring the clock. He serves from a heart of

love and the same time is highly qualified for

his position. Our school staff now numbers 19.

The building is opened for early morning prayer

at 5 a.m. followed by breakfast for the children.
Classes continue until 5 when the Adult
Literacy classes take over. Church services

round up the night. How's that for maximum

use of our building ?

Raising the flag starts the day at

Christianville School. Prayers follow and
the National Anthem can be heard for half a

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lJUNIOR

mile across the valley. Just wake up at

Christianville one morning In time and you
will hear it. School days are exciting for
there is plenty more than just lessons in
reading, writing and arithmetic. Food time
is fun. After a walk of 2 or 3 or 4 or 5 miles to

school, one's tummy can feel pretty empty.

And on arrival there is a steaming bowl of
porridge waiting. After lessons a lovely big
dinner and a cool cup of milk. And again af
ter that will be sewing clases, music and
soccer. Here you see our teams at play. We
have two fine teams in lovely outfits - one
team wears red shirts and one wears green.
Oh, they are so proud of themselves*-!
Wouldn't you be?

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are very musical and Pam
has found her class eager
and able to learn quickly.
After

few

months

of

teaching the children to

read music, she is now
ready to teach them to play
instruments. They are very
excited about that! Already
we have 12 instruments of

various kinds. Won't you

pray that the Lord will

provide more ? We

are

thankful to the friends who

have already given.

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.

Boys and girls, have

you read what Monique
said ? She is the only one
In her family who goes to
school. Will you pray
that we can build a new

school big

enough to

take brothers and sisters

of our school children ?

God loves them too! Bye
now... love from Jim and
Carol and the Christianvllle family.

CHRISTIANVILLE FOUNDATION, INC.

Direciors

Mr and Mrs James Hergel, Managing Directors

Mr Robert C. Shannon, Largo, Fla. U.S.A.
Mr Fred W. Smith Jr. Jacl<sonviile, Fia. U.S.A.
Mr Donald Wheeler, Orlando, Fla. U.S.A.

Missionaries and Sponsoring Churches:

James Herget, First Christian Church, College Park. GA.
Carol Herget, First Christian Church, Largo. FL.
Sam Streu, Volunteer

Eddi & Pam Hardy. Christian Churches, Irvine. Ky.

Sandy DeVinney, Christian Church, Tucson. Ariz.

Field

Mr and Mrs Don Dungan, CHRISTIANVILLE

Representalives

P.O. BOX 13391A

Forwa-dirig Agents

ORLANDO, FL 32859

Agriculture

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Principal, School
Secretary
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Junior and Kip Gearte, N. Manchester, IN.

Dr. Virgil Ullom, Babson, FL. Dental Outreach"

Shubert Remy, Port-au-Prince

Earlene Barnett, Umatilla. OR.
Mr and Mrs Les Lumsden. P.O. Box 812, Punta Gorda, FL.
Mr and Mrs James Aberle. Williamsville, N.Y.

Mr Jean-Claude Leger, Port-au-Prince, Haiti

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CnniSTIANVILLE during June-July 1983

Dear Friends

LIGHT generated from the June

The LIGHT has been grm^lng brighter

as the days go by. You have kept
oil in the lainps.. .your gifts have
brought life and hope and we want

team work and ve reaped a love

ly harvest today. v;inding down
the road from the church this

afternoon were dozens of people

singing and rejoicing as they

you to know hovr grateful we are.

Because of your love and care,

Christianville keeps shining into
the hearts of hundreds each day of

made their way to the river. A

young man of 20 years, (planning
to go to college this fall) and

the week.

a woman were baptized into Christ.

Two hundred had attended isorning
worship hour...God blessed again!

There's a "sweet sweet

spirit in this place*' and we thank

you for letting God use you to Fis
glory here In Haiti.

^SVS SAID,. '7 am the LIGHT, "

June was another of these full full months.

A team of 8 men and two

ladies from Snellville, GA led by minister George Carlllet, made good

progress in the early part of June.

The church roof made strides and

the foundations went in for the ne*7 staff-apartment house.

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

for gifts of food to keep our grocery bill down

for general funds to open the Nutrition Center
for gifts of car parts, and various supplies

for a large ICE MAKIUG MACHINE (can you believe this!)

for welding plant and equipment
for the blessing of your prayers.

love in Chris^/<r^us,
and Carol Tlexg<

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Perhaps the best way to describe Chrlstlanville now-a-days is to

call it a beehive.

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wake in the morning to the ring of hammers on roofs and trucks

hauling in rocks and sand,

(the work teams start at davm) Let's

try and describe it for you!

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

We x^ere blessed again by this dedicated team of youths.

Nearby another work team is building a fourplex apartment bloc for

new mission staff and the walls are almost completed. At fcfee church
site Sam has secured the bell in the tower and the roof is almost
finished. Southeast Christian Church, Orlando, FL sent a team in.
They did a super job.

Listen to the beautiful voices of the children at Vacation Bible

School...it has been going on for 7 r^yRoks and will soon close for

opening of school. But there is excitement in another oirectlon

too - the NUTRITION CENTER has opened its doors and dozens of frail
undernourished children are coming in. Can you Imagine our joy!

But not everything that is happening is making noise...just watch the

bubbles on top of the fish pond water. Yes, the fish are in, 1000
of them! Jim said they are about 4 inches long now and harvest is In
December.

By then they should weigh about two pounds.

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

to make a complete filming and documentation of Chrlstlanville s out

reach. Perhaps you will see It on your TV for it was taken for the
U.S. They even hauled their equipment up a ladder to the roof on the
second storey of our house to shoot' a panoramic view. Pope you see It!

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

and goodness keeps us working diligently and keeps us happy. Of course

there are problems but they never daunt us,,they just keep us on our
knees. In fact, it is that nightly family prayer time on our knees to

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.

VJrth-^^love in Christ .Jesus,

and Carol Uerget

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TIHE

EmiSIClEL
A Christian Quarterly
from the Caribbean

Vol.29

uLei ihem give glory unio the Lord,

and declare his praise in the islands (Isaiah 42 :12)

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HERE'S HOWTO REACH US

BY LETTER

All funds should be sent to P.O.

Box 695A, Monroe, Ga. You maycontinue to send notes with your gifts to
LETTERS may also be sent

to us P.O. Box 1690, Port-au-Prince,

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HaTti.

Tele, for Dugans : 404-267-4671

Please do not mail packages to

Haiti. Use

address.

BY TELEPHONE

We are sharing an office and tele

phone in town. We are there only on

Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays

from 12:30 until 1:30 to receive over

seas or local calls. Overseas calls can

U.S.A.I.D. sent aT.V. camera team to Christianville to document the outreach to Haiti

being made. Here they began with the Fish

Pond area, climbed to the second storey

be direct dial as low as $2.50. We do

not have a phone at Christianville.
Our office number is 20508 Haiti.
For calling Haiti dial 011-509-120508.

roof of our home and mission center, (where

Please ask the operator about the

you see them here), to take a panoramic

time difference in Haiti.

shot of the entire area while recording the

Christianville story, and ended the program
with

the

School,

Clinic,

Church

and

BY CAR

Nutrition buildings. They had reason to be

keenly interested in the program since

Road. We are 17 miles from down

U.S.A.I.D. has now supported two of our

town. Tap-Tap busses travel regularly

projects; ihe water system and the chicken

Leave Port-au-Prince on Carrefour

to Leogane.

houses which are part of the Fish Pond

project.
Our Cover Child

At first glance our cover child appears fat

and healthy. But this is not the case. Little
Marie has a serious case of "Protein mal-

nutrition.i, the type that swells the body

causing pain and gradual death. Your care is

bringing her life !

TOWN

OF GRESSIER

LIFE-GIV1NG ... LIFE.SUSTAINING

Two adjectives given in our dictionaryfor nutrition are life-giving, life-sustaining.

Could any other words better describe our nutrition center ? We think not.

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

school and the nutrition program. Both kitchens ser

ve two meals daily. With your help we are reaching

out a hand of love that says we are brothers and
sisters and we care.

OUR MULTIPURPOSE BUILDING

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

noons by the School for the boys'

band practice.
You will hear more of that later I

uREADlN' RITIN' AND' RITHMETIC"

There was little time for holidays at Christianville this summer. School children
who found lessons difficult during the term received extra teaching and loving care
to help them. In the early morning hours they studied in the shade of the Nutrition

building since Teen Mission kids were occupying their school building. V.B.S.
followed.

Our boys studied, too.

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.

THE CHICKEN HOUSE

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.

TEEN

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TEEN MISSIONS 1983

The team consisted of 30 teenagers. They were strong and

eager to serve and in addition to their building the chicken
house they painted the Hardy's house.

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.

Needs continue. And we keep on remembering the cries of

our children still out there begging for the chance to learn to
read and write. God is blessing... can we count on you lo con
tinue lo look to God in prayer with us for this great opportunity
to serve ? Let us press on I

EDDIE HARDY

TELEPHONES!

Yes, it is hard to believe that you are

seeing Jim and Eddie speaking with one
another over telephones. But wait, it is still

wishful thinking that they can reach any furtherthan Christianville.

Jerry Harper brought a complete

telephone system to us from Orlando,
Florida, donated by the Bell Telephone
Company. For nearly a full week Jerry was
climbing poles and installing the phones in
the Clinic, School, Mission Home and Har
dy's house. Now we have a real time and
energy-saver, and excellent communication

in the work areas. We are so very grateful

for Jerry and his work and for the generous
gift from Bell Telephone.
Thanks from all of us.

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".

NEW ADDRESS NEW ADDRESS

Christianville now has a new address.

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

P. O. Box 695. Monroe, Georgia, 30655-0695

THEPARABLE

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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CHRISTIANVILLE
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There was an exciting day in Juiyfor the

CHRISTIANVILLE SCHOOL BOYS

boys of the music class in Christianviile

School. Pam Hardy, their teacher, took them
lo a concert... their very first one. The boys
sat very (Quietly during the entire concert
but when it was over they were full of

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,

Clarinets, Saxiphones, a Flute, a Harp, a Coronet, Trombones and an Electronic Key

board have been given to our school. Pam is delighted with the instruments and has now
begun band practice.

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

ments... any kind for an orchestra.

Ernie and Jim Aberle. our promotio

nal workers visited recently and
brought several pieces of musical
equipment and a generous amount of
music. This is a big help. Ernie is
trying now to find some used violins.

PAM AND THE BAND INSTRUMENTS

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.

OUR BOYS AT INTERMISSION

..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

help and they did a lot of work on

the roof. Uncle Sam helped finish it
while Eddie put in all the lights
and the windows. Last comes the
floor and it will cost a lot of

money. But if you will pray with us.

the Lord will hear and answer us

and supply every need. Do you

believe that ? We do !

CHRISTIANVILLE FOUNDATION, INC.

Directors

Mr and MrsJames Herget, Managingdirectors

Mr
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Robert C, Shannon, Largo, Fla. U.S.A.

Fred W. Smith Jr. Jacl^sonville, Fla. U.S.A.
Donald Wheeler, Orlando, Fla. U.S.A.
Elvin Gray, Atlanta, Ga.

Missionaries and Sponsoring Churches;

James Hergel, First Christian Church, College Parl<, GA.
Carol Herget, First Christian Church. Largo, FL.
Sam Streu, Volunteer

Eddi&Ram Hardy, Christian Churches. Irvine, Ky.

Sandy DeVinney, Christian Church, Tucson, Ariz.

Mr and Mrs Don Dugan, CHRISTIANVILLE

Field

Representatives

P.O.BOX 695

Forwarding Agents

MONROE, GA. 30655-0695

Agriculture

Junior and KipGearte, N. Manchester, IN.

Dentist

Dr. Virgil Ullom, Dental Outreach, Babson Park, Fi.

Principal, School
Secretary

Shubert Remy, Port-au-Prince

Earlene Barnett, Umatilla, OR.

Promotion

Mrand Mrs LesLumsden, P.O. Box812, PuntaGorda, FL.

Mrand MrsJames Aberle, Williamsville, N.Y.

Attorney

Editor uThe Evangein

Mr Jean-Claude Leger. Port-au-Prince, Haiti

Mrs Carol Herget

Mail to Haiti

P.O. Box 1690, Port-au-Prince, Haiti

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Dear Friends.
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Chrlstlanvllle. You will recall that the Haitian Government

8 50 acres of land when we came here In 1978. To-

inarks the day that we have received another 8-9 acres t

^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

Lord is so good! Read with us what He told us In verses 3 & 4...

"Trust in the Lord and do good and so shalt thou dwell in the

land, and verily thou shall be fed." Delight thyself also In

the Lord and He shall give thee the desires of thine heart."

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.
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greatarrived
news! Kip
and Junior
Gaerte
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sons,
and
Heath,
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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

red uniforms to Chapel. Could it be on Christmas morning? And

the church family would rejoice, too. We had 8 baptisms last

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

who have been on work teams. We love you all.

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activities

Christinas 1983

Dear Friends,

Christms is love...and it is all around us here at

Christianville. That's because you care.

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

heir way to us often fainting and weeping .in their distress.

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.

Oh, how we do need theml

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!

But the happy faces of children, the "smiles through tears" in

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.

Christmas love and thanks,

i dcKACn
Jim and Carol Herget

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THE

EmNGlEL
A Christian Quarterly
from the Caribbean

Vol.29

<iLei them give^lory unio ihe Lord,

and declare hispraise in the islands (Isaiah 42:12)

HERE'S HOW TO REACH US

BY LETTER

All funds should be sent to P. O.

Box 695, Monroe, Ga. You may con
tinue to send notes with your gifts to
MONROE. Letters may also be sent to
us P.O, Box 1690, Port-au-Prince,
HaTti.

Tele, for Dugans: 404-267-4671

Please do not mail packages to
HAITI. Use MONROE ADDRESS.
BY TELEPHONE

We are sharing an office and tele

phone in town. We are there only on
Mondays. Wednesdays and Fridays
from 12:30 until 1:30 to receive over

seas or local calls. Overseas calls can

be direct dial as low as $2.50. We do

READY FOR SERVICE

not have a phone at Christianville.

Our office number is 20508 - Haiti.

Wayne Herget has announced his plans to

For calling Haiti dial 011-509-120508,

return to Chiistianville as a missionary after

Please ask the operator about the

time difference in Haiti.

his

graduation

from

Atlanta

Christian

College in May of this year. Wayne was born

in Jamaica. W.I,, came with the Hergets to

BY CAR

Haiti in 1978. and is now 21 years old. He

has already had many years of experience

Leave Port-au-Prince on Carrefour

as a missionary having lived and grown up

Road. We are 15 miles from down

in the Herget family since the age of two.

His duties will include working with the

town. Tap-Tap busses travel regularly

to Leogane.

church and also with building projects. As

time goes on, Wayne will help to ease the
burden of work in the office and assume

responsibility

in

administration.

Please

remember Wayne in your prayers as he

takes up his new responsibilities on the
mission field.
TOWN OF GRESSIER

PROBLEMS AND BEAUTIFUL ANSWERS

The are two major health problems in third world countries today. One is water...

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.

THE POWER OF THE GOSPEL IS CHANGING MENS' LIVES

It was a bright sunny morning when a great crowd of people came from the church
service to wilness another baptism. There were five that morning five more who

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.

PICTURES TELL THE STORY

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

ing there as they reached out to the spiritually hungry. At

Christianville a call came to us...come up into the moun
tains and help us". There were five rivers to ford...it was a

two hour trip on foot. First our Nutrition teachers scouted

and found 67 babies with 3rd degree mal-nutrition - little
ones in need of loving care.

HRISTIANVILLE'S
FIRST OUTPOST

Was that all ? No, we took the Gospel there too,

the Word of Life that is food to the inner man. Now

they are accepting the Word and lives are being

changed. This is an outpost for Christ Jesus in the
rugged mountains of beautiful tropical Haiti. It
can make a difference.

WORKERS NEEDED

FOR GOD'S VINEYARD

Contributions of volunteer labor for Christianville have been one of the most
significant effects of its growth. Teen Missions were the first work teams to come
and they were followed by several church work teams. But individual contributors of
time and energy have played a big part in the work.
Now we come to offer you an opportunity to share in the joyof service for the Lord.

We can use builders, mechanics, doctors, nurses, secretaries and G.P.'s, (General
People with willing hearts to do whatever job is at hand).
We guarantee that you will be richly blessed for your contribution of time and
labor. You will enjoy getting to know our wonderful people and our beautiful island in
the sun.

If you are interested, please fill out the coupon below and send it to us. We will

send you further instructions and suggestions. We have comfortablequarters, good

water and lots of interesting work to be done. Pray about a work committment for
the Lord.

CLIP AND MAIL

Name
Address

City

State

Area of service you would like to be involved in.

CHRISTIANVILLE FOUNDATION INC.

P.O. BOX 695

MONROE, GA. 30655 0895

10

Zip

A BUSY LITTLE HOUSE

Just outside the front of the fwlission Home stands this lovely little straw-roofed
house. And it is a very busy place. Here the children gather with Earline's supervision
to write letters to their sponsors. Now it may sound like an easy task but not so. Each
child must be helped individually. Your Sponsor letters are read to them and then
each one does his best to answer. It is a happy time for the children for they have
learned to truly love their sponsors.
But that is not all for this little house. The ladies of the church have their monthly

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.

MCDONALDS AND WENDE'S

We have two food shops near the entrance to Christianville. One we call Mc
Donalds, and the other we call Wende's. Here you see Wende's. One of our church
ladies runs the tiny restaurant. She sells fried cornmeai balls, ripe bananas, a few
sweets and fried plantain (banana).

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.

NICK AND HEATH

Here are two more young missionaries, Nick and Heath are the sons of our farm

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.

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 Elvin Gray, Tampa, Fla.

Missionaries and Sponsoring Churches:

James Herget, First Christian Church, College Park, GA.
Carol Herget, First Christian Church, Largo, FL
Sam Streu, Volunteer

Eddi & Pam Hardy, Christian Churches, Irvine, Ky.

Sandy DeVinney, Christian Church, Tucson, Ariz.
Mrand Mrs Don Dugan, CHRISTIANVILLE

Field

P.O. BOX 695

Representatives
Forwarding Agents

MONROE, GA. 30655-0695

Junior and Kip Gearte, N. Manchester, IN.

Dr. Virgil Ullom, Dental Outreach, Babson Park, Fl.
Shubert Remy, Port-au-Prince

Agriculture
Dentist

Principal, School
Secretary

Earlene Barnett, Umatilla. OR.

Mr and Mrs Les Lumsden, P.O. Box 812, Punta Gorda, Fl.
Mr and Mrs James Aberle, Wiiliamsville, N.Y.
Mr and Mrs James Wood, Decatur, GA.
Jean-Claude L6ger, Port-au-Prince, Haiti

Promotion

Attorney
Editor iiThe Evangel Mrs Carol Herget

P. 0. Box 1690, Port-au-Prince, Haiti

Mail to Haiti

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