Bappy new year

FROM HRI5T1ANVILLEDear Friends,

What a beautiful Chrlstioas...It seems like the nicest we have everknown. Our whole family joined in the work and fun. Yes, Tonybrought his new wife home and Wayne and Robert both came hcme fromcollege. These are our Jamaican children that we brought to Haiti.

The first half of the month was filled with shopping for shoes tofit 413 pair of feet,.a huge job, and then dresses and pants andshirts for every child. We had it all assembled in time to beginthe baking of 450 frosted cup cakes. Then on the day of the partywe 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 riceand beans and prepare for the feast. By 3 p.m. we began servingdessert, cakes and the drinks donated by Haitian firms*

All during the morning work hours the children were in the beautifullydecorated hall putting on their Christmas program. Oh, it was solovely1 Shubert, our Principal, had a pretty tree for the childrenand there was joy everywhere.Yes, there was JOY in all of our hearts and it was the Tnftlc^ng of areal Christmas for all of our family. After the school party was overand each child went home hugging his new shoes and socks and clothes,we turned toward home and to the little family tasks of maiffour ownChristmas. It was a precious time for us as we worshipped in songand 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 forwardto the hope of getting into the newchurch building in 1983, Now, may weshare with you a few joys of 1982?

33 baptismscompletion of the staff house.church building reddy for roof.Nutrition Center almost completed*413 children educated and fed.another 5000 cared for in the clinic2 Bible Seminars for church workersheld.One teaching seminar for school held.Dental Clinic established and staffedregularly throughout the year.

1983

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of Jesus and Evs loveOh, there was so much more..we can't begin to tell the story but weare full of joy and encouragement for 1983. Workers for the clinicand building program are lined up solidly from January to April.

How can we ever express our thanks in full to you who have made allthis possible! We are so deeply grateful for your letters and cardsand loving gifts. You responded so graciously to our every need. Welacked nothing for our huge family of 413 children and we thank youevery 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

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means so much to us.

Dear Friends,

JUN 10 f983

CHRISTIANVILLEMay, 1983

Can you possibly imagine our heartbreak when we found thatthe box of letters we sent in March was lost? It was oursecond news letter for the year and we were thrilled to tellyou about our progress. Besides that, we answered every let*rvter of yours personally,..and our school children sent youtheir answers. It was a box full to the brim with news fromthe very heart of us and of Christianville.

But perhaps the post office will still find them. In themeantime let us update you on your missionary stronghold herein Haiti, It is times like these that your understanding

On with the bright side..and choar up with us. The fish pond is now filling and withheavy rains tonight it should be 3 feet deep by morning. The spring is pouring 60 gal-longs a minute into it, too. Talk about exciting! It is a great job..Eddie Hardy hasdone well. He and Pam and their children are happy serving the Lord here and we alli-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 andpreached in 3 different churches each night. They were a tired happy bunch of preachersand 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 havebeen started for a double apartment house for our farmer and his family, andfor an additional Nurse. Children are continuing to cry for enrollment in ourschool and so by faith Eddie has begun drawing board plans for the new school.It is harder now for these little ones as they watch their brothers and sistershappily leave for school, leaving them behind. Pray with us that God will openthe door for them, too.

MAY WE SHARE OUR NEEDS WITH YOU AND ASK YOUR PRAYERS?

Our church roof is about 2/3 completed. We need the building sovery much as each Sunday iriorningthe school hall is full. Thereis just no room to grow. We needabout $6000.00 to bring it to auseful stage. It will mean muchto our school chapel as w.^ll asto the church. We need your help,ycur very special help.

Our Nutrition Center is due toopen the first week in June. Samhas completed the kitchen shelves,installed the stoves and made thebenches. But the real needs arethere ~ just plain "regular fundsfor operating," Any size monthlypledge will help. Little childrenare literally dying - WE CAN HELPTHEM 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 theduplicate receipts enclosed. If your receipt is not correct please let us know. May weremind you once again hew much we appreciate your love and help and all your lettersthat we do so carefully answer. Your love sustains us and we thank God upon every remembrance of you. May He bless you richly - please write again.

ist Jesus,

and Carol Herget

JUL 20 J983

THEEmMGlEL

VOL 29

A Christian Quarterlyfrom the Caribbean

ANEW LIFE

All hands on deck ! Yes, it took all the handsof our two nurses and American Doctor todeliver and care for the new born baby in ourClinic. There was great excitement that day.It was the first baby born there and of course he made history. We had previously had ababy born in our van on the way to thehospital, the mother had been in trouble,not being able to deliver, but a good shakingup on the rough road to the higway did thetrick. There are a lot of surprises in clinicwork, some wUh tears and many with joy innealing. We are God's servants doing ourbest for the Master.

And we are continually growing. Now wehave opened our lab with a lab technicianworking steadily. Thanks to Les and BessLumsden we have one of the finest microscopes in Haiti. Andtheother equipment wasgiven by the International Womens Club inHaiti. In February we were blessed with af^fledical team of Doctors and Nurses whovolunteered on a rotation plan for over sixweeks. They came frome CHICAGO, 111,ares. Doctors Bob Gullberg. Pete Jaggard,and Dr. David Wagner led the teams. DentalOutreach held their Directors meeting atChristianville, too, and gave two weeks ofservice both in the Dental and MedicalClinics. We are grateful to these and all whojoined us in the work these past three mon-months.

COVER: CHRISTIANVILLE SCHOOL413 STUDENTS

HERE'S HOW TO REACH US

BY LETTER

All funds should be sent to P.O.Box 13391 A, Orlando, Fla. 32859. Youmay continue to send notes with yourgifts to Orlando. LETTERS may alsobe sent to us P.O. Box 1690, Port-au-Prince, HaTti.

Please do not mail packages toHaiti. Use Orlando address.

BY TELEPHONE

We are sharing an office and telephone in town. We are there only onMondays, Wednesdays and Fridaysfrom 12:30 until 1:30 to receive overseas or local calls. Overseas calls canbe direct dial as low as $2.50. We donot have a phone at Christianville.Our office number Is 20508 - Haiti.Please ask the operator about thetime difference in Haiti.

BY CAR

Leave Port-au-Prince on CarrefourRoad. We are 17 miles from downtown. Tap-Tap busses travel regularlyto Leogane.

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1/2 mi.

V.S.N. Police StaticTurn Left

CONGRESSMAN FAUNTROY AND U.S. AMBASSADOR E. H. PREEGDISCUSS FISH POND PLANS AT CHRISTIANVILLE

U.S. Congressman Fauntory looked out across the field where theFish Pond was to be established, then up to the lofty mountains andsaid, 0h, I could fall in love with this place ! He was visiting with Ambassador Preeg in the interest of the Fish Pond project. In fact, theA.I.D. representatives with the party, brought along papers for JimHerget to sign; an agreement for the U.S. and Christianville to worktogether on the project. A.I.D. had granted us $10,000.00 and themoney is to be used to erect chicken houses on the banks of the pond. Itwas another assurance that the Pond was in God's plan for these needypeople. Ambassador Preeg shared the keen enthusiasm of CongressmanFauntroy as they viewed step by step the Clinic, School, Nutrition Cen

ter, Farm, church building andMission home. A cool drink atthe home sealed another bondof friendship with the U.S.they had previously given usmoney toward our water project.

We are thankful for the evergrowing circle of friends thatmarks the physical strongholdof the work here. Our Heavenly Father works through manymeans to accomplish His will.We praise Him.

A COOL BEGINNING

The roar of the bulldozer brought smiles to the whole of Chrlstianvillestaff. It was a beginning. Yes, a beginning of big things. Down deep intothe earth went that dozer until the fish pond hole resembled the makingsof a lake I Then there was the dam to be considered. Eddie Hardy,responsible for the job, found it more feasible to install30 inch steel pipesthan to build concrete drains. Miracles never cease at Chrlstianville..God provided used pipes at a price we could manage. Here you see themwith a coat of rustproof paint and ready to be covered. You will be surprised and pleased to see our next issue pictures of the pond with waterin it.

Our natural spring hasnow been diverted intothe pond and water isflowing at the rate of 60gallons per minute.Spring rains should alsohelp with the fill. Eddiedeclares that he musterect a fish 'n chips hut.But it may take longer togrow the chips than togrow the fish I

THOSE PIPES ARE 50 FEET LONG

NUTRJTION CENTER

Yes, there it is, all completed and ready for a work-team to help uspaint. The inside is beautifully finished, stoves installed, cupboards built.Sam's handiwork glows again. Opening is scheduled for June first butwe still need support for the program. Pray with us !

Don and Julia Wheeler wereour forwarding agents for 17years before his work causedthem to retire. Don has remained on our Board of Directors.Their visit this spring was a joyto our hearts and to theirs asthey viewed the progress ofthe work here. They wrote,((your progress is really unbelievable and we were so thrilled at everything)). Let us

" praise the Lord, Don andI Julia, it is Misdoing.

Can you see the cow InLucille Carlin's arm ? Poor oldClarabelle was really sick, andLucille, visiting from their ranch in Ohio, handled her likethe veteran she is. Our visitorsand friends always find a jobto do and we are thankful foreach one. God's provision isso aood.

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NEW BUILDING FOR CHRISTIANVILLE CHURCH

We can't really grow any more in the school building. The churchfamily needs a home I Friends in Irvine, Kentuckyand surrounding areasresponded to the need and formed a work team to help put on the roof ofour building. They erected the front and back gables, bell tower and alarge portion of the roof before duty called them back home. There werepreachers 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 drivingdedication. They departed sunburned and weary and full of joy.

Bob DeVoe, missionary with Lifeline Christian Mission, assists Jimwith the ordination service of our first deacons for Christianville Church.It was a step of progress and a great encouragement to all of us. Thesemen have proved faithful to the church for three years. There have beenten baptisms thus far in 1983 and our Pastor Profiton and his deaconsare willing workers among the flock.

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two children) at-classes held five3 as soon as thej|y thrilling to seeIS they study theirext book and Isilds. Many of thisIS - see the smiles

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PAM HARDY TEACHING

New classes have been added this year to ourschool program. Each day Pam Hardy teachesBible lessons. She does a super job withsinging as well as the lessons. She also teachesmusic to the boys while the girls have theirsewing classes. She says the girls are listeningand learning music, too, for sewing classes areheld in the school hall simultaneously with the

ADULT LITERACY CLASS

k EARLENE AND ASSISTANTSANDY HARDY AND OURNICHOLAS FITTHESCHOOLCHILDRENWITH LOVELYBIRTHDAY CLOTHES

Our Sponsor Family has a right to be very proud of their children andChristianville School. It is you who have made it all possible. The SchoolCurriculum has upped in quality term by term and the change in ourchildren has been marvelous. We like the way our Sponsors take suchpersonal interest in the program as a whole. Visits are popular. RecentlySally Preeg and daughter Terry, wife and daugther of our American Ambassador, and his mother, all sponsors, visited and brought the Embassywives with them. It was a party for the school with homemade cookiesfor all - a beautiful visit for our children. Several other Sponsors havecome from the U.S. to see their children but always it is a family affairand the visitors become Auntie and Uncle to all. Your letters reach yourchild even when we cannot answer immediately. And your child receiveshis birthday gift even if your check is delayed in the mail. We wish wecould identify the children in each picture, but if you look closely youmight find your child I

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TERRY PREEG WHO IS

EIGHT YEARS OLD, ISSTANDING BY HER UMMOTHER

Family time at Christmas was so lovely that we still find ourselvestalking about it and enjoying the memories. Meal time was great fun andfamily 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 theUniversity of Tennessee. He has recently been ordained a deacon at theFirst Christian Church in Jackson. Robert came from the University ofNorth Carolina where he has won a scholarship after two years in BibleCollege. Wayne came from Atlanta Christian College where he is in hisJunior year.

Frankie is doing well at Trade School. It is near home and he spendshis weekends and holidays with us. The other six boys are still in schoolin Port-au-Prince. Grandma is 86 now and nearing her great reward. So,

there we are, just afamily like yours withsjoys and hopes anddreams and occasionalproblems. God hasblessed and we thankHim for these who are sodearto us. You are a partof us, too, for you havesupported and sustainedus throughout our manyyears of growth. Yes,you have watched ourtiny tots grow tomanhood and helped.Thank you for all youhave done I

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Melvin and Andy Hardy are newyoung missionaries at Christianville.They are ages 12 and 11 but havealready become useful to the LordJesus. Melvin helps his daddy carrytiles for the church roof and doingchores while Andy helps with schoolprojects. Both of them are willingworkers whatever the job may be thatneeds, them. Remember them in yourprayers.

Can you imagine the excitement around the new Fish Pond area ? It Isthe most popular spot at Christianville at the moment and the childrenwatch with dancing eyes. There are three pieces of huge heavy equipment, a bull dozer, an excavator and a back hoe. All day long themachines buzz and brrrr away leaving great gaping holes and buildingsites. It has been good fun for the children to watch. One day the longarm of the excavator swung around and chased our big white bull andthe children had a good laugh watching him run up the hill. The FishPond will help us feed our many children if all goes well. Won't you praythat it goes well ? We have to be sure that the ground will hold water andnot let it seep out. Soon we will build the chicken houses at the side ofthe pond. It's all part of the plan.

Games with stonesare popular with ourchildren. Here you seethem playing jacks)>with stones. It was

school recess time.They throw up astone while they pickup the other smallstones, first in ones,then twos, etc. It'sfun... try it!

Boys and girls, would you like toknow more about our animals ?We will tell you but remember thatChristianville is a lot of things., itis a medical Clinic where boys andgirls get special attention whenthey are sick. It is a dental Clinicwhere boys and girls can go andhave their teeth repaired so theywill not hurt later on. It is a churchwhere lots and lots of people comeon Sundays. It is a school withhundreds of happy children running along the roads and throughthe cane fields to reach on time. Itis a farm where there are Cows,Bulls, Goats, Ducks., oh, pretty little baby ducks. Geese, darlinggeese just three weeks old andalready very intelligent. It is a farmwith Turkeys, a big white mother,and a father turkey who gobblesall day long. There are cats to keepthe mice away and cats just for enjoyment. There are dogs who liketo play and dogs who keep a closewatch on things and they are notso friendly except to the familythey love. And then we havechickens, hundreds of them,brown ones, and black ones andwhite ones., baby chicks andlaying hens, and big old noisyroosters. Do you know the songiiQId McDonald had a Farm? Will,this farm sounds very much likethe one old McDonald had. Butwhat is the farm all about, youmight ask. The farm is mainly tohelp the boys and girls of ourschool to have good food to eat.Our children enjoy the big lovelyeggs and the good beef from ourcows. They have chickens for dinner sometimes too. Pretty soonwe will have fish on our farm tooand that will be great fun for all ofour young missionaries, our boysand the Hardy's, for they will helpwith catching the fish.

Would you like to visit our farm ?You are welcome.

HAITI

CHRISTIANVILLEJIM.CAROLGRANDMAISLANDMISSIONARIESROBERTWAYNEDERRICKDAVIDFRANKIEDARRENBYRONELLESTONNICHOLASHERGET

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This little word puzzle was sent from theEnglewood 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 VolunteerSam Streu, VolunteerKay Dycus, South Side Christian Church, Munster, ind.

AddressForwarding Agents

CHRISTIANVILLEMr and Mrs Don Dugan, P. 0. Box 13391 A,Orlando, Fia. 32859

DentistSecretaryPromotion

Or Virgil Ullom, Babson Fl.Earlene Barnett, Umatilia. Ore.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. HaitiEditor "The Evangel" Mrs Carol HergetArt Work

Mail to Haiti

Jere Brady

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

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