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Ton: and Mrs. Janet Sue

Edwards

are i s a s f c preparinp to enter

Alaska

as ««

housersrents

on

the staff of

the

Alaska

C l - f s t i a n

Home

at Homer Maska in late

s u m m e r . H e w i l l

b e t e a c h i n g g r d d e s 6 7 8

a t

t h e C h r i s t i an D a y S c h o o l ^ a n d t h e y w i l l

take

over

administrative duties o the Home while founders Bi11 and Mrs. Sarah Gates

are doing deputation work in the

adjacent

48

states.

Until

June

1st they may b e

r e a c h e d i n r e g a r d t o s p e a k i n g f o r

t h e

w o r k

a t

B o x 1 5 5 » W i l l i a m s b u r g

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2/11

THE ALASKA CHRISTIAN HOME

NEWSLETTER

QUARTERLY REPORT

OF THE

ALASKA

CHRISTIAN

HOME N C . ^

Mailing Address:

The

Alaska C h r i s t i a n Home,

t a r

Route A

omer,

Alaska

March

1964

Jan,

Tom and Thomas J e f f r e y Edwards

LIVING LINK

SUPPORT

IS

NEEDED

for the Edwards

f a m i l y . Tom

J a n a n d

l i t t l e

Thomas

J e f f r e y w i l l

j o i n t h e

s t a f f

o f the Alaska Christian Home n

August.

Although

n o

one can

ever r e a l l y

replace

t h e

Geringers,

Tom a n d

J a n

w i l l

be coming t o

f il l t h e

v acancy l e f t by

t h i s f i n e

couple

who

w i l l

be le av i n g i n June .

I n a d d i t i o n

t o

t h e 250 a month

l i v i n g l i n k

support needed

f o r t h e family, money

i s

also

necessary f o r

t r a n s p o r t a t i o n

a n d

f r e i g h t . Tom w i l l

be

available f o r

speaking

daces

up

u n t i l the time of t h e i r d e p a r t u r e

i n

August.

TOM

EDWARDS

c/o FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH

FIFTHSTREET

WILLIAMSBURG KENTUCKY

Letter of

Recommendation

for

Tom

Edwards

To Breth ren

Everywhere:

We wish

to announce to a l l who

may be

i n te r e s te d i n

the

evangelistic a c t i v i t i e s of Thomas R. dwards our recommenda

tion of

h is

character, morally and spiritually as that of a

genuine

C hr i s t i a n .

He grew up

i n a

Ch rist i a n home and i n t h e

Reel Avenue Ch rist i a n

Church

i s church home.

Brother

Edwards

became

a Ch rist i a n when

he

was11

e a r s

old and has been

faithfully engaged

i n C h r i s t i a n a c t i v i t i e s

s i n c e .

He n t ered Johnson Bi bl e

College

i n

1957

and d u r i n g

his sophomore

y e a r

decided to enter Alaska as a

missionary

w i th the ul t i m a te

purpose

of

e s t a b l i s h i n g New

Testament

c o n g r e g a t i o n s

there.

We

understand

that h is first trip

to

Alaska

will be a visit to

the

Alaska

Christian

Home where

B i l l Gates i s

working i n order that

he might

a c q u a i n t

h imself

with

the

field

and d u r i n g this

visit work

under their

guidance.

The elders of

the

Reel

Avenue

Christian

Church

have

watched

h is activities for

a

number

of years,

and

it

is

w ith

pride that we

commend

him to this m i s s i o n a r y

enterprise.

S i n ce r e l y,

Signed by

the Elders

Reel

Avenue

Christian Church

Vincennes

n d i a n a

Not e: The above letter was

written

i n

I960

before Tom

Edwards' f i r s t

t r i p

t o Alaska. Since t h e n he has m a r r i e d

a n d

come t o the decision

t o

j o i n i n t h e work of t h e

Alaska

Qiristian Home

We

ore

already booking

dates

for

our

next visit to churches

i n

the

S t a t es

i n June

of 1965.

P l e a s e contact us

early.

BADLY NEEDED: f f i c e Help

Requirements: Typi ng ,

F i l i n g

Bookkeepin g Experience

P l e a s e a ppl y in writing

to

Mrs.

William Gates

Alaska Christian Home

Star Route

Homer A l a s k a 99603


3/11

PRAYERS

HAVE

BEEN ANSWERED FOR HELP o build

an

a d d i t i o n

t o o u r s c h o o l h o u s e .

Doug

C o l l i n s a n d Ron

E l e r i c k f r o m

San Jose

B i b l e College and Norman

Conard,

Joe

Feher

and

Harold Simpson f r o m

Ozark

B i b l e College

h a v e

answered our plea f o r help on construction f o r

t h i s

summer. A a r g e classroom

w i t h

l i v i n g q u a r t e r s above i t f o r

the

teacher w i l l

be

added t o t h e

outgrown school

b u i l d i n g

which now serves

t h e

Alaska

C h r i s t i a n

School.

Not

only

a r e

we going t o t r y

t o provide

adequate

class

room space

f o r our school but we must also enlarge the

s a n i t a t i o n

lagoons

in

o r d e r

t o

meet

t h e

approval of th e

Health Department.

We had

thought t h i s problem w a s licked

t l l t h e

Health

Department sent

a

m a n out l a s t sum m er

t o

take some tests. He

found

that the bacteria action was

not

s u f f i c i e n t

f o r

t h e population of

the H ome. We must,

h e r e f o r e ,

enlarge

these

lagoons

b e f o r e another

w i n t e r .

We

have the

promised

manpower

t o

do

t h i s

work

but are

yet very

lacking

i n finances. Our

building

fund now stands

a t $1,592.95.

In

order

t o be

ready for

school to s t a r t in

September

we must

s t a r t

work

on the addition just a s soon

a s school i s o u t .

We

must o r d e r materials

NOW f

we

xpect

t o

do t h i s . This

i s

Alaska

and one cannot

go

t o

t h e s t o r e

a n d buy

a s

n e ed ed but

must

order well

in advance. Plans

a r e being

drawn up

at t h i s time. Materials w i l l

be

ordered

a s soon a s

w e

know

what

is

needed, even

though

we

do

not

have the

mo n e y

to

pay

f o r

them,

r u s t i n g the

Lord

t o supply.

CORRECTED

IST OF

H I L D R E N a s

o f

March 1 , 1964

We

a t t h e Home ore PRAYING AND PLANNING ha t

these

things m a y

be accomplished.

Won't

you j o i n us

i n

PRAYING?

And

those

of

you

who

con,

won't

you

PROVIDE so

t h a t

we

can

PROCEED?

THE

GATES

ARRIVED

BACK N

HOMER n

February

11th

a f t e r f o u r months of v i s i t i n g t h e churches and

r e p o r t i n g

on

the progress

of t h e

H o m e . Mi ss Esther

Howard,

who had

been

c a r r y i n g

on

t h e

correspondence,

doing

the

bookkeeping

a n d

other office

work in t h e i r

a b s e n c e ,

returned to K a n s a s

February 22nd,

where she ho p es

to

continue

her

schooling.

WEDDING BELLS

WILL BE RINGING

Ju n e

7th f o r Bobbie

J e a n Osborn,

w ho

helped us during Ma rgaret Paddock's

leave of

abse n c e

l a s t summer. he and Doug

Collins, r o t h e r

of

De ad i n t e r i m

worker

during

t h e T h o m a s s i s t e r s furlough)

w i l l

s t a r t

t o Alaska

immediately a f t e r t h e i r

wedding. Bobbie

J e a n

w i l l

help

with the o f f i c e work while Doug

helps

on

the c o n s t r u c t i o n ;

then

they w i l l r e t u r n

t o

San Jose Bible

College i n

t h e

f a l l t o resume t h e i r

studies.

n

t h e

meantime,

we hope and

pray

that a young

lady,

experienced in book

keeping, typing and f i l i n g w i l l o f f e r h e r services a s

a

missionary

t o help in

the

o f f i c e

because t h e r e

i s t o o mu c h

f o r one

person

t o handle.

WE HEAR. . .

After the death of Presiden t K e n n e d y , Dinah (8) anted

to

know where they put people who k i l l people.

B e n n y

6 ) aid:

In

the

White

House.

Meta

( 7 ) ,

having discovered

a cavity: " M y t o o t h

h a s

a

cave

in

it "

Mallery (cerebral palsy boy) n his

evening

prayer: "Thank

you f o r the s p r i n g

t h a t

w i l l c o m e t h i s summer."

Cora

Sept. 20, 1955

Size 10

Ruth

April

19,

1951

14

Meta

A p r i l 16,

1956

10

Dinah

Feb.

2 2 ,

1955

10

Alan

Nov. 24,

195 0

15

Alfred

Sept. 13,

1950

12

Donna

M a r c h 16,

1947

Misses 14

Sonja

May

30,

1949

12

Patricia

O c t. 9, 9 53

Chubby g i r l 1 2 J 4

Benny

J a n .

3 0 ,

1 9 5 7

J i m m y

Oct. 30, 1953

9

Terry M a r ie

Gates

D e c . 26, 1957

M a r y

J o

G a t e s

M a r c h 25, 1 9 4 7

Misses 10

Joa n

May

17 , 1954

10

LaVeme

Aug. 16, 1957

Beryl

A p r i l

7 , 1956

10

Lou Ann

O c t.

7 ,

1953

10

Lenore

Sept.

5,

1952

14

Warren

July 24,

1949

Pants

30-30

Chest

34-36

Sandra

Aug.

6 ,

1953

10

Patrick

Aug.

25, 1955

10

Tommy

May 5, 1958

7

Stephanie

Sept. 13, 1954

10

Mallery

Nov. 2 5 ,

1951

10-12

Mike

July 3, 1951

14-16

* Donna i s awa y g o i n g t o s c h o o l , b u t i s o u r r e s p o n s i b i l i t y .

Gifts will be

forwarded

to h e r .


4/11

CHILDREN'S

PAGE

THIS

PAGE

S FOR

OUR PEN PALS, ecause

our children

do

love to

hear from others; but

because

of

our

very busy schedule,

we have

had

t o

tell them

NO MORE PEN PALS Children from

almost a l l

of

t h e

states

are

reading

o f the Alaska Christian Home

and a r e i n t e r e s t e d i n corresponding w i t h c h i l d r e n i n our

49th

state. Older folks, too, like t o hear from our children. S o you can

see that

the number of pen pals can soon

mount

up.

Our

children

have

a

very

busy schedule.

They rise at 5:30 a.m.

and have

chores as well

as

their

school

work. They are in

school

from

9:00

t i l l 4:00 p.m . and have a Bible

class

from 4:00 to 5:00 p.m.

one day a week in addition. Our evening meal

is

served at 5:00

p . m .

and we have daily devotions

for

the children before their

bedtime at

7:00

p.m.; so you

can

see that t h e i r

free

time is very

limited.

They do

need to have some time

for

recreation, too.

So

please, won't you consider this your personal l e t t e r from

our

children

t o

you?

a R T h o ^ ^

Dear

Friends,

We have nice b i r t h d a y

p a r t i e s .

We a l l

look

forward

t o

t h e

month we have

o u r

b i r t h d a y so we can

have o u r

p a r t y .

My b i r t h d a y i s i n January. I

had

my p a r t y with

Aunt

Helen.

We p l a y e d

f u n

games

and had b i r t h d a y cake. We got

a l o t of nice presents, t o o .

All of

us

who

have had

b i r t h d a y s

want

to thank you f o r

helping

us have

n i c e b i r t h d a y s .

Love, Benny

(7 )

f o r a l l

of

us who had

b i r t h d a y s

since the

l a s t newsletter:

Lou

Ann, Patty,

Jimmy, Alan, M a t t e r y ,

Terry

and

Dinah.

Dear

Friends,

February 15 went to

Mount

Alyeska f o r the Alaskan

Hi g h

School

Ski

Races. I thought I

would

be there

f o r

four

days.

Instead

I

stayed

t h e r e

f o r

a week and one day. I had

lots of

fun

and new experiences

there.

At Alyeska there i s a chair

l i f t

that i s

a

mile long. I t

takes about

15

minutes

to

get

to

the top. There are several

t r a i l s you can

follow

once you get

to

t h e top. The one I

like

to

take i s the one

called the racing

t r a i l . I also l i k e

the

bowl

t r a i l (a

valley).

I t

i s

long

and you can g o

as fast

as

you want.

While I was at Mt. Alyeska the snow was between 13

and

14

e e t deep a t t h e t o p .

Midway

h e r e were n i n e - a n d - o n e -

half

feet ofsnow

There

a r e two rope tows, o r

bunny tows;

a Puma if t

and

the

chair

l i f t .

They are a l l fun to use.

All t h e workers, l i f t operators, t h e

cooks

and o t h e r s

are very nice. They helped

me

a

l o t .

Mount Alyeska i s

t h e f i r s t r e s o r t i n

Alaska t h a t operates

t h e y e a r round. t i s located about40 iles

south

of

Anchorage.

I had l o t s of

fun

at

Mount Alyeska

Your friend.

Warren

(14).

Dear Friends,

H i

I am in the

f i f t h

grade.

I

am

11

years old.

I

want

to

t e l l

you about some

basketball

games.

The

basketball games were

very

e x c i t i n g

There

i s

a

boy

here who

plays

basketball, and do I

y e l l

f o r

him. C an

you

guess

who

he is? Warren Do

we

ever

yell

f o r him

There

was a t least one funny one so a r . I t h i n k we won

at least four times.

W e l l ,

I can't

think of

anything else so goodby

f o r t h i s

time.

_

Your friend,

Lenore

(11).

Dear

Friends,

On

February 11 we went down o the a i r p o r t to

welcome

t h e

Gates

home. When

we got

t h e r e

we

found

out

it

was

l a t e

for one

hour.

After that we found it

was

till later.

We

were

t i r e d and hungry.

After two

hours they f i n a l l y got here. We

had

a

big banner that said

"Welcome Home

ates "

Your

riend, Sandra (10).

Dear Friends,

The

enior

Beacons thought a

restaurant fun night would

be

a

good idea. So

we

worked

and

worked and got

t o g e t h e r

a bunch

of

food

and

decorations.

We invited the Middletons — our

neighbors

up the

road.

We

had

delicious sandwiches and

soups. For dessert

we

had cake alamode and sundaes.

When everyone

got through eating,

the waiter an d

waitress (the Senior

Beacons)ate.

Were

we

ever t i r e d They

ate a

ot, too

Your friend

in

Christ, Sonja (14).


5/11

HALLOWEEN

On

Halloween

Day

w e went

t r i c k

o r t r e a t i n g .

We went

t o a l l t h e

houses

except

t h e

school house h e r e a t

t h e

Home.

The

u n

ended all t o o

soon

The n e x t

n i g h t w e had a Halloween p a r t y . We bobbed

f o r

apples and

p l a y e d

o t h e r

f u n

games.

We always have

fun

at

Halloween parties.

THANKSGIVING

The Senior Beacons o f t h e Alaska Christian Home

sponsored

a

Thanksgiving program, a f t e r

our big Thanks

giving dinner. We

invited

the

m em be r s

from the ch u rch to

ome

Three

of t h e o l d e r

boys had short

sermons

and

t h e

g i r l s

had

special music. The

Junior

Beacons also

had

a special

song. By

SMke

(12).

HONOR ROLL

We

had an

honor r o l l

at

our

school

t h i s last

six weeks

The honor r o l l

means

you get j u s t A's and B's on your

report car d.

T h o s e who w e r e o n the honor

r o l l

wer e Alan

(eighth

grade),

Sandra

f i f t h

grade), atrick

(second grad e)

and

me —

I am n t h i r d grade.

e

l i k e t o study hard s o w e can be on t h e

honor

r o l l .

By

Co r a (9).

CHRISTMAS

PARTY

On unday noon b e f o r e Christmas we rew names.

During

the afternoon on Monday

w e

went

shopping. T h e

grownups

put things

out on

t h e

tables

and w e came and

shopped.

We

pay

a

q u a r t e r f o r the g i f t s . Then w e went to the kitchen and

wrapped the m.

A f t e r they

we re wrapped w e put them under

the

tr e e . It was o t s of fun

On Tuesd ay night w e

had

our p a r t y and

Uncle

Corwin

played Santa Claus and some of the c h i l d r e n we re hi s

helpers.

We

gave

our

g i f t s t o

one

another at

t h e

p a r t y .

A f t e r

w e

opened

our g i f t s w e went caroling. That w a s a

l o t

of

fun, too. By Ruth (12).

MEMORIAL

SERVICE

After the death o f Presi dent

Kennedy,

the Alaska

Ch r i s t i a n Home and

t h e

Alaska

Ch r i s t i a n

School had a

memorial service

on

Mond ay, No v em be r

2 5.

We

recalled the l i f e

and

death

of

our

President, sang

hymns

and had

Scripture read.

Uncle

Corw in

gave

a

d e v o

tional t a l k .

H e r e i s a picture

of our

flag

at

half

mast during the

following

month. By

Alan

1 3 )

VALENTINEPARTY

F i r s t w e

had

t h e things to e a t . A f t e r t h a t w e

played

games.

The f i r s t game we w e r e blindfolded and we d r e w

h e a r t s and

put

our a am c i n i t a n d - t r i c d

to

k e e p your name

inside

the

h e a r t . T h e next

game

we r i e d to throw hearts

into the

waste paper basket. We h ad

two

s ides —

the

r ed

and

t h e blue. Then we played

Valentine and

Cupid.

V a l en

t i n e was blinded and called Cupi d. Cupi d had to

answe r

and t r y not to

be

caught. Just before

i t

was time

to go to

supper we opened

the

valentine box. We had

a

l o t of fun

By Jimmy

10)

MISSION SERVICES

BOX

968

JOLIET, ILLINOIS 60434

Return Requested


6/11

EDWARDS

TO ALASKA

Thomas R. and Mrs. Jan Edwards

are

going to Komer, Alaska to take over some

of

the work of Corwin and Mrs. Luella Geringer,

who

retired

from

the field earlier

this

year,

Bro. Edwards has served on the field

during

summer time school vacations. He

^ R e c e i v e d

t h e b T ^ T ^ L . d e g r e e

f r o m

J o h n s o n i b l e

C o l l e g e ,

K i m b e r l i n H e i g h t s , T e n n .

in June 19^2 and has

taken

additional training at Cu mberland College

during

the

l a s t t w o year^ t^erviw

w i t h First C h r i s t i a n

C h u r c h W i l l i a m s b u r g Ky,

i f

M r s , E d w a r d s i s t h e

f o r m e r

J a n e ^ C o o p e r d a u g h t e r

o f t h e L e s t e r C o o p e r

f a m i l y

who serve in the Mashoko

Mission of Southern Rhodesia, Africa She pilso attended

Johnson

and

Cumberland.

They have a son, Thomas Jeffrey, born July 15» 19^5

They

will be serving

hs

house parents, and he will be teaching grades

six,

seven and eightan t h e Christian Day

School of

t h e Home, The

B f e a l i d

of ^ders of

his home

church,

Reel

Avenue Christian

Church, Vincennes, Ind.,

congregation^

J 7 H o u s e P e r e n t s

f o r

A l a s k a H o m e

o u t l i n e j T M r s . J a n a n d T h o m a s R. Edwards^ith T h o m a s Jeffrey^


7/11

S D W j i P D S

DRIVE SCHOOL B U S / T O HOMER, i l L A S K A ^

T o m a n d M r s

J a n e ^

E d w a r d j ^ a n d s o n J e f ^ a r r i v e d i n H o m e r A l a s k a

A u g .

1964, having driven the Alaska Christian Home s

new

JO-passenger school bug«from

t h e

f a c t o r y

a t

L i m a , O h i o i o v e r

t h e A l a s k a

Highway

Th e y i m m e d i a t e l y t o o k

up

t h e i r

n e w

d u t i e s w i t h

t h e

Home,

a c c o r d i n g

t o

Mrs,

S a r a h

G a t e s ^

c o - f o u n d e r w i t h

h e r h u s b a n d ^ ^

a n d

a n n v r

T t t i i ; y . T h e y s e r v e a s h o u s e p a r e n t s

fo r 11

boys

( c a p a c i t y

at

present 14), and Bro. E d w a r d s i s t e a c h i n g g r a d e s 6,

»

8

in

the Home s own school.

He

will also assist in administration and will

b e

in

c h a r g e of t h e

H o m e

d u r i n g

t h e

G a t e s y e a r l y

d e p u t a t i o n t r i p s , M r s , G a t e s a a i d .

Their a d d r e s s is

now

c/o Alaska Christian H o m e , H o m e r , Alaska 99605,

i e s

e IL


8/11

THE

ALASKA CHRISTIAN

HOME

NEWSLETTER

QUARTERLY

REPORT

OF

THE

ALASKA

CHRISTIAN

HOME NC.

M a i l i n g

Address:

The

A l a s k a

C h r i s t i a n

Home,

t a r

Route

A , Homer, Alaska

Sep tember 1964

Jan,

Jeff and

Tom

THE EDWARDS FAMILY ARRIVED ON AUGUST 29 to

begin

t h e i r

f i r s t t e rm

of

s e rvi ce at

the A l a s k a Christian

Home

(Tom s e r v e d a s u m m e r i n t e r n s h i p i n 1961). T h e

A l a s k a

Christian School

opened

on Sep tember 2, scarcel y

g i v i n g Tom time t o catch

his

b r e a t h

before

beginning h i s

job

a s teacher

f o r our

5th, 6th, 7 t h a n d 8 t h grad e s.

B efore

they could

h a r d l y

get

i n t o t h e b u i l d i n g ,

l e t alone move

i n t o

t h e i r apartment,

they b e c am e parents t o

11

l i v e - w i r e boys,

who have

kept

them

busy

from

5 :30 i n

the

morning t l l

bedtime e a c h d a y

ever since.

I t

i s

good

t o

have

Tom

a n d

Jan

h e r e

t o

sh are

i n

the

caring

f o r

and

t r a i n i n g

of

the s e

c h i l d r e n .

We

thank

a l l

who

have

h e l p e d

t o b r i n g them

and

who a r e h e l p i n g t o s u s t a i n them. Jan, by t h e way, s t h e

daughter of

M r . and

M rs.

Les t e r Cooper

o f M a s ho ko Mission.

We a r e

g r a t e f u l

too,

t h a t

th ey were able

to b r i n g

u s our

n e w

bus. We h av e b e e n

s e t t i n g asi de regular monthly

car

payments

toward

the

bus

eve r

since t h e s t a t i o n wagon

w a s paid

f o r .

This

spring we

ordered

a

30-passenger

S u p e r i o r

School B u s on a

Chevrolet chassis.

A s u b s t a n t i a l

s u m could

be saved

by

t a k i n g

d e l i v e r y a t t h e f a c t o r y

i n Ohio; so, since

the

E d w a r d s were r e a d y t o

com e,

two b i r d s

w e r e

k i l l e d with

one

stone — h e i r

t r a n s p o r t a t i o n

w a s

provided

a n d d e l i v e r y w a s m a d e on t h e b u s a l l

i n

one

operation.

TOM

WILL

SPEAK FOR HIMSELF — As we ro un d e d t h e

ben d

of the road, the view

a lmo s t

took our breath

a w a y .

T h e

snowy white A l a s k a

R a nge ,

on the o t h e r

side

of the i n l e t , slipped

s i l e n t l y along

the

side win dows o f

the

school bus.

C o o k

I n l e t

s e e m e d t o f l a s h

by, a n d

then t h e windshield b e c a m e a p i c t u r e window. Stretched

out

b e f o r e

u s w a s one

of t h e world s most

b e a u t i f u l

sights, t h e southern

t i p

o f

A l a s k a s

Kenai Peninsu la. T h e t a l l ,

blossom

ing

spikes

of

t h e

fireweed

p l a n t

h a d

painted

the

lower

h i l l s

pink

t o

c o n t r a s t with

the dark

green

of t h e

spruce

above. Across

the

bay the g l a c i e r s and snow-spotted mountains were i l l u m i n a t e d

by

t h e afternoon

s u n ,

which

wa s

behind us. Stretched out i n a long t h i n ribbon, more than

h a l f

w a y across K a c h e m a k B a y , w a s t h e Hom er

S p i t .

A nd

framing

t h e

e n t i r e s c e n e w a s a n A l a s k an, blue s k y .

Driving

down

i n t o

Homer and on out

t o

t h e

A l a s k a

C h r i s t i a n Home, a n

a n d

I could not help but give thanks

to God

f o r

our safe

a n d

wonderful t r i p .

A l so

our thanks go

t o

those

who h av e supported our work

by

prayers

a nd

g i f t s .

W i t h o u t y o u r s u p p o r t we c o u l d n o t have come t o A l a s k a t o

evangelize

f o r C h r i s t by benevolence. We

again

thank you and a s k you

to

please r em emb e r

i t i s

only with

your

support t h a t

t h i s

work c an continue. This i s

your

Home

or

the

Homeless

a t

Homer.

OUR SUMMER WORKERS TOOK LEAVE f

u s on the

25th of

A ugu s t.

T h e y

p a s s e d

t h e Edwa r d s on

the highway

and

stopped

t o

introduce

themselves.

Although we d i d not get to proceed with our construction on

the

school-

house,

m a n y

improvement s wer e ma d e on t h e b u i l d i n g s and t h e s ew e r lagoons w e r e enlarged

t o

me e t

with

the

He a l t h De pa r tm en t s

r eq ui r ements.


9/11


10/11

CHILDREN SPAGE

THIS PAGE S FOR OUR PEN PALS, because our children do

love t o hear from others; but because of our very

busy s chedule,

we

have had

to t e l l

them

NOMOREP N

PALS.

Children from

almost

a l l of the states are reading of the Alaska Christian Home

and

are interested i n corresponding with children i n our 49th

state. Older

folks, too,

like

to hear from

our

children. So you can

s e e that the n u m b e r

of

pen pals can soon mount up. Our children

have a

very

bu sy schedule. They rise at 5:30 a.m. and have

chores as w ell as their school work. They are in

school

from

9:00 t i l l 4:00 p.m. and

have

a

Bible

class

from

4:00

to 5:00 p.m.

one

day a

week n

addition. Our evening

meal is

served

at 5:00

p.m. and we

have

d a i l y devotions f o r t h e c h i l d r e n b e f o r e t h e i r

bedtime at 7:00

p.m.;

s o you can see that t h e i r free time

is very

limited. They

do need

to have

some

time

f o r recreation,

too. So

please, won't

you

consider this your personal l e t t e r from

ou r

children

to

you?

Dear

Christian Friends,

On Augus t 28 three people had

a

birthday party —

James,

LaVrine and myself. For

the

g a m e s t h i s

time

we

had a

baseball game i n our b a l l f i e l d .

We

a l l l i k e

to

play

b a l l ; but

some

of

us

don't

know

how

too

well y e t , but w e

are learning.

A f t e r

w e played f o r

a

while

w e

had our b i r t h d a y cake

and

presents. We got a l o t of nice g i f t s . Thank you a l l .

Those who

ad

birthdays i n

July

w a n t to

t e l l you thank you,

too.

Love, Sandra and a l l t h e b i r t h d a y c h i l d r e n —

James,

LaVrine,

Mike,

L i t t l e Sandra and

Warren

Dear Friends,

We

are

i n

f i r s t

grade.

Our

teacher

i s

Miss

Hamand.

Sometimes

we

color, s o m e t i m e s

we

write, s o m e t i m e s

we

learn

our

ABC s. We

learn our numbers

too. We w i l l

learn

to

read

our

stories.

Today

we drew

a picture of

our

schoolhouse.

Ou r

schoolhouse is

red and green.

F i r s t i n t h e morning w e say t h e pledge t o t h e

f l a g .

Ou r

flag is outside now,

ut

w hen i t

gets cold

we i l l have i t

inside.

We

like

school.

Tommy, erry and

Sandra

* ' 5 : -

I

Dear Friends,

I

am w r i t i n g

about

t h e f a i r .

The day w e went t o

t h e

f a i r

w e

b o u g h t t h i n g s .

I

b o u g h t

c o t t o n

candy a n d

o t h e r

t h i n g s . Then w e

went

t o have

a

p i c n i c d i n n e r . A f t e r w e had

o u r p i c n i c , w e went

o v e r

t o r i d e p o n i e s . 1 r o d e t h e

p o n i e s

two

o r t h r e e

t i m e s .

t

w a s

f u n F i r s t I

r o d e

a slow

pony

and

then 1 rode a fast pony

two

o t h e r times. 1

rode

t h e

p o n i e s w h i l e t h e o t h e r s looked a t some

p i c t u r e s .

Then

w e

went

home.

One

day

w e went

t o

t h e f a i r and had

a

crab and

fish

dinner. The

air is

a ot

of

fun

Love, enore (12)

LABOR DAY

On September

7,

1964 on Labor Day as

soon as

we ot

our

work

done

we

got

i n t h e

bus

and

headed

f o r

Anchor

Point.

When

w e got

t h e r e

Aunt Margaret, Sonja and I went

back

up

t h e

road

t o f i s h

up

t h e r i v e r . When w e got t h e r e

Aunt Margaret s h o w e d Sonja

and 1

ho w t o use the fishing

pole.

After we used

i t f o r

a

while,

we w e n t t o

f i n d

a way

t o an

island.

After while we went back because we ouldn't

f i n d

a w ay . When Aunt

Margaret

w en t

over

t o f i s h we w en t

over

and

played around. Sonja got

her

shoes a l l w e t carry

ing

me

over.

After

we

were

done,

we w e n t down the r i v e r

f o r

a

while,

came back up and

w en t

back

to the

beach.

When w e got

back

i t

w a s

time t o e a t . We had p o t a t o salad,

weiners, b uns and marshmallows. After

we

ate. Aunt Mar

garet,

Sonja

and I went

down on

the

b e a c h .

On the way

back I found t w o fish

hooks.

We got

back

just

in

time to

ge t

on

the

bu s.

F i r s t

Day of School

Sandra(10)

Alr^e,


11/11

L BOR DAY ON THE BEACH

OUR

SCHOOL BUS

I

r a n

down

on

t h e beach.

heard somebody

y e l l "Crab "

I

saw

Timmy

a d

a

small crab

i n a shell.

We

we re a i l

look

i n g f o r crabs. Benny

found two

small

ones.

He had a hard

time

f i n d i n g

a

place t o put them. I walked

i n

t h e water and

g o t

him

a

clam

s h e l l . We

f i l l e d

i t

w i t h

water

and p u t t h e

crab

n

it.

I

found

two clam s h e l l s .

Then

I

dug a

hole

i n t h e wet

sand. Water f i l l e d

i t

slowly

and i t caved

i n slowly. Then we

p l a y e d

k n i g h t and

armor. They r a n a f t e r

m e.

r a n

u n t i l I

got

t i r e d .

We

caught

Donna and Sandy.

W h i l e we

w e r e

e a t i n g

we

saw Mike coming w i t h a

b i g

h u m p y

salmon.

T im went

with

h im a f t e r we te .

We

drove o v e r t o

Anchor

R i v e r . Aunt Margaret

t o l d

us

t o l o o k f o r hooks. 1

found

f i v e l i n e s b u t not

a

t h i n g on

t h e m . The

ixth one found

h a d two

sinkers

on

t h e m .

A f t e r we

p l a y e d

f o r a w h i l e we

a l l

g o t on t h e

bus

and

went back home. We

a l l

had a

v e r y

good

t i m e .

Jimmy

10)

OUR

FIELD

TRIP

Last Friday

w h e n we went on a

walk

we

looked f o r

ob s e r v a t i ons .

When we

first

started

o u r

walk

I

saw some

red, yellow and

brown leaves.

T h e r e

we re

some watermelon

b e r r i e s and I saw some poison b e r r i e s . W hen we were

at

t h e f i r s t curve,

t h e r e

was

a

house

on t h e r i g h t

hand

side.

On

h e

o t h e r side of t h e road

t h e r e

were som e signs. One

sign said, NO

TRESPASSING. y t h e signs t h e r e

was

a

road with

b a r r e l s

blocking t h e road. On the o t h e r

side

of

t h e

Bay

we s a w a g l a c i e r .

I s aw the

o l d

sawmill. There

was a fence

w i t h a s q u i r r e l on

i t .

On

t h e

way back

a dump

t r u c k

c a m e down t h e road. When we got t o t h e driveway we

saw a all .

Tim (9)

L BOR

D Y

OUTING

On

Labor D a y w e went t o Anchor River f o r an outing.

When we got t h e r e several of

us

s t a r t e d f i s h i n g . Two f

t h e group

s t a r t e d

working upstream and

several of

us

worked

downstream. Going

from one l i k e l y hole

t o

another and

catchi ng nothing,

we ished down t o w i t h i n a q u a r t e r of a

m i l e from t h e r i v e r mouth. T hen

Uncle

Tom caught a 15-

inch

f l o u n d e r .

Next

I caught

a small

f l o u n d e r . W i t h i n a

few

minutes

Uncle

Tom caught another medium sized one.

A

few casts

l a t e r I

hooked another

f i s h . W hen I got t h e f i s h

near t h e shore

i t s t a r t e d f i g h t i n g

very

hard.

I

then

knew i t

was big

fish. Wh e n

I s l i d i t out onto the bank I saw

that

i t was a 20-inch flounder — h e biggest f i s h I

have ever

caught. Th ey

q u i t b i t i n g

then,

but

I had

t h e

biggest

f i s h of

the

day .

When

we

went home,

we

ll

d e c id ed

we

h a d

h a d

a

good time.

Warren (15)

We have

a ittle school bus.

We do l i k e

i t very

mu c h .

To hu r ch i t takes a l l of us.

And

t o f i s h i n g t r i p s and

such.

F o r

our

l i t t l e

yellow bus ,

We do

thank

you

very

mu c h .

Alfred

(14)

. • g V

By

l f r e d

1 4

FIELD TRIP

On Tuesday, September 8, I saw t h e b i g

S p i t .

I s a w

b i g

t r e e s

and

l i t t l e t r e e s .

1

saw a g l a c i e r

on

t h e

mountains.

I saw big

watermelon

berries

and I wanted t o eat them. I

saw

a truck on the way h o m e . A n d I

saw two signs.

Benny 7)

The

s c h o o l r o o t n a f t e r

t h e

March 2 7

e a r t h q u a k e .

MISSION SERVICES

BOX

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