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HIRTZELL a n d MiRGARHT ESSEX FORW/iRDING AGEIIT:

JAMAICA CHRISTlilN BOYS HOI® MRS, TRUDIE HAM

P.O. Box 5 H LF W Y TREE 5I25 TRE SURE DRIVE

JAMAICA, WEST H^DIZS BOISE, ID/OiO USA

J INU RY 20 , 1965

De a r f r i e n d s and l ove d o n e s ,

Another ye ar b ef or e u s , clean and new, and we c a n t help b ut wonder what the Lordholds in s t o r e fo r each on e of ub» Wq pray t h a t each day w i l l be live d to His gl oryand according t o His w i l l .

Again i t is q u ie t and peaceful a f t e r a very noisey holiday The fireworks, l i t e r a l l y

are over and the children back in school Besides th e excitement and ant i ci pat i on ofth e holidays , a month vacation is too long fo r th e boys and I m sure i t ie f o r th ep a r e n t s — t h i s on e anywayl

We a p p r e c i a t e d t h e many c a r ds , l e t t e r s an d rememberances from our f r i e n d s an d loved

ones E s pe c ia lly th e holida ys f r om T h an k sg ivin g t o th e New Year as a tim e of fam ily

gatherings and fe s t i v i t i e s with loved ones in th e States, i t is g reatly miss^ed ou t

h e r e an d we w er e h ap py t o know so many o f yo u t h o u g h t o f us .

In our l a s t l e t t e r I to ld you I would w rite about some of th e food in Jamaica . I t isd i f f e r e n t and va r ie d an d alth o u g h , some is c a lle d by a d i f f e r e n t name i t is th e same

as a t home. Avocado is called pear—prounced pee-air. In s ^ s o n i t is aabon a t a lmost every meal* AH cookies and crackers are c r .l l ed b u a cu i ts V c c nd y is called

sweeties T he ir yams and eweet potatoes are d i f f e r e n t an d may grow t o tw o f e e t long

an d a f o o t in d i a m e t e r , b u t soxe a re extremely d ry when cooked or baked There a re

tw o n a t i o n a l d i s h e s , r i c e an d peas as a main di sh an d a c k e e ta king th e pla c e of

m eat. R ice i s used i n st e a d of p o t a t o e s as we u se them an d th e peas a re rod beans

A l i t t l e g arlic is grated in and raw coconut also I t is good but a l i t t l e dry eating* Ackee is hard to describe but cooked i t lookes exactly like scraribled eggs* I t

Is seasoned w it h t om at oe , o n i o n s , s a l t f i s h or what have you Ackee grows on t r e e s

and is about th e s i z e o f an apple V hen r i p e t b u r s t s open t o expose t h r e e s e c t i o n seach with a large black seed and a fle sh y p ar t which is eaten Before th e f r u i t opens

i t is v er y p oi so no us , some say t h e r e i s a gas i n s i d e t h a t expodes when th e f r u i t i s

r e a d y t o eat

Pl ant ai n which i s th e ve ge ta ble banana, l a r g e r an d broader, i s baked or roast ed the n

t a s t e s much l i k e b a n a n a . G r e e n b a n a n a s a r e b o i l e d t h e n l e f t w hole o r mashed an d t a s t e

l i k e potatoe Oho choes a re somewhat l i ke b r o c c o l i b u t rwre bland C a l l i l l o i s avery bland greens Broad f r u i t grows on t r e e s an d is about th e s i z e of a sm a l l pumpkin I t is used as a vegetable, boiled, baked, roasted vrtiole and has th e consistency

o f potatoe bu t very bland Sweet so r yo u c at l i k e a persinnon—a l i t t l e good around

each seed but t a s t e s an d s tiells l i k e sour but t erm i l k t o mei Paw-paw or papaya is al arge f r u i t about th e s i z e an d shape of a medieum si zed b an an a s qu as h Curried goa t

i s a f a v o r i t e b u t to o peppery f o r most Anoricans.

Th e food as a r u l e i s v ery b la nd u n l e ss i t is seasoned They go from on e extreme t o

another with seasoning. They d o n t use an y o r use a pepper t h a t is worse than th e

l i t t l e re d p e p p e r s , and u n h e a l t h y i f yo u a r e n o t used to t

Por r idge , t h a t is corn a e a l , oatmeal an d th e lik e is seasonod with v a n i l l a B ulla i s

a t ype of cak e, round an d about f i v e inches in diameter. I t is made from s t a l e broadan d brown sugar The c h i l d r e n love them an d t hey c o s t next t o not hi ng. Th e n a t i v efoods as a r u l e c o s t v e r y r eas o n ab le b u t import anything an d i t i s expensive For

Instance a quart of inported salad dressing costs 1*60* That is a lotiay God bless you in the Year, ^



HARTZELL Al-JD JURGARiT ES33X FORWARDING AGSJJTs

P.O. BOX 5 MRS. TRUEIE H M

EAT^ W Y TREE, 5I25 TRHIASURE DRIVEJiXmiCA, WEST INDIES BOISE, ID^VHO, USA

pesruary, 1965

Dear Friends and loved ones,

Greetings from Ja:aaioai As I write ,.thia,,you may not have received the last news letterDue to the dock str ike in the boat ma^fK.is held up both to and from the islands.You will just receive two \0^ere close toget1\er«

yPlans are well along on^'the -fellowship Hay.-* The great poinciana tree has been felledand is being cut up for book stove wood-* ''Ihis is a job for weeks with hand saw and ax;

not a day or two with the^«waP--tro 6Ts of America The foundation is now being dug Thearea i s fenced off to keep out sm all f ry , and in the terms of Jamaica l ingo 00 t h a t th e

material will not Valk off like a man'. Thievery is a big problem here

We are hopeful the next building pro jec t fo r the Church wi l l be a preacher t r a in ing

school*—There is none in Jamaica and the need is great . Funds and s taff will have tobe found There has been much t a lk but we are s t i l l without one. The Seven day Advents,

Jehovah witnesses. EvangelicalsjHoliness churches are a l l progressing f as t on the islandwhy not Ohriste ' Ohurchi

The Home goes along steadily although the income for the month of January and thus far

this month is very low. If there i sn t enough in January what will i t be in March,<*prll and May the slow months of the year? are fortunate to have some commoditiesfrom the USA given to the Home or I am sure t h a t eating would be very s l im. So many do

go hungry on th e Is lan d. There has been cor re spondence abou t a family of t hr ee c hi ld re n

who are starving and quest ioning i f we would take them The Hergets are over today ex

pecting to bring back one of them anyway*

We have a t u to r fo r the nine .o ldes t boys in the afternoons to help th em w ith th e

scholarship exams in May* Education pa^t th e primary group (age 10-11 years) is ext remely expensive , in fac t almost prohibi t ive unless they have a scholarship to take

care of t he tu it i on * V e want th e boys to have an education end pray t h i s wi l l help them

I have the next seven youngest boys for an hour to an hour and a ha l f for the i r home

work. I t is a l i t t l e di f f i cu l t for me because teaching method s and terms are so d if

ferent and I any confuse more thsA help For instance i t is not a period, i t is a fu l l

stop'; i t isnot erase but 'rub out' etc, etc. I try to be careful and I am learning

From th e f i rs t Sunday we were here I have had th e Junior Church. T-'herg ^re from 57 tosixty three children from age 2 to about nine, usual ly about 4^ children. Brother Guyhas been coming over following the comunion service to t e l l them a story. He lef t

th i s week for th e S ta te s and we wil l miss him sorely The chi ldren are well behavedYou should hear them sing and quote scripture; l i t t le ones three and four pu t many adults

to shame A week or so ago I got up on Sunday morning with the worst case of laryngitisI have ever had* Imagine 45 children to sing choruBos and no voice. Two of the younggirls took over* Our eighteen boys weren't too bad they whispered right along with mein sympathy

The nine to twelve year olds usually lead in th e responsive reading each Sunday at BibleSchool There is no stumbling over vfords and you can hear every word they say*

I just took time out from writing this to watch th e boys fly a kite I even held i t upfor a time A perfect day for flying kites end a ll the nore so when Mrs Essex didn'tca l l them on time fo r the afternoon classes They thought she forgotJ

Continue to pray fo r us and the work of our Lord in Jamaica



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HARTZELL and MARGARET ESSEX FORWARDING AGENT;

P.O. OX 5 MRS. TRUDIE H M

HAU W Y TREE 512^ TREASURE DRIVE

JAMAICA, WEST INDIES BOISE ID/JiO

M RCH 25, 1965

Dear f r i ends and loved Ones,

Our boys have been having the^^jieasi^ mumps, laryngitis and acconpaning colds and fever.Thirteen of the jaieh-teen one t ime. Both the l i t t l e ones so i t was simplier

ân having onf^^^Rtig wlii-l-e^êSfer-was

few

days. One of the dear saints in the church hero, Aurrtie (joMi^Weryone calls her, decid

ed we should have some help and res t so she hired a pract ical nurse to come in fo r th ree

days. I t was a wonderful blessing to have help with b„ths, bed changing and meals. Onlyone had mumps and he had measles too. We put him in quarantine upstairs so perhaps th e•thers wonH get them. Of course they are a l l exposed.

We are thankful fo r the- l e t te rs and cards from our f r iends Don t stop wri t t ing jus t be

c ause you haven t had a personal letter. I have been getting behind the past two-threeweeks but as the boys got better I am sp ending a l i t t le more tine on soc .̂ething besidest h e boys.

Friday is our day to do as we like and this last Friday we rode a ll over Kingston on thebuses. The bus service is very good and from the Home down town is six pence or seven

cen t s each

One place we visited was t he polio center. It is a very modern up-to-date center. Thechildren seomed very happy. They go to school right there and are free to play out ofdoors as they wished. The center is located down in a natural bowl with hills surrounding it . Once when wc v/cre out there I watched niaking lace. Some of the most oxquistitolace imaginable. I thought such lace was all -oachine made. This was exported to theUnited States. They also made lovely things of plastics, shells, wood, j ew el er y and v er y

imaginative things of hemp rope suchas donkeys men, women and children carts, cowboya,etc, etc. The wood working shop is a very nodem place and they nr.ke many items. Wc

enjoyed looking around.

Do you realize that our year is over half over? It doesn t seem possible but the calendar says so. e have enjoyed Jar^ aca very much. The people are very friendly. No matter whore one is with Chr is tian s ycu are at hone. As of now v/e aren Vplpjmm^^sta y thc^ ut plans are^ often changed.

Have I ever told you about the lizards hêre2 There are nillious of then. You see themscurry away as you walk. Also they visit the church services and in your homes. Theycome in through the windows and you sec then crawling on the v/alls. I ve heard numerousstories of lizards dropping f ron the thatched roofs down on poeple as they sat in church.

I have been spared that- nodoubt because i haven t visited any thatched roofed churches.I believe they are n early as numerous as cocl<Toaches but I much prefer the lizards. On©

lizard and I became quite good friends as he cane through our window and visited eachday. I tried p utting out food fo r hiu but he ignored it and soon quit coning.

The fn 1lowahip 11 is nore or less at a stand still right now. The inspectors took solong and then they rejected steel supports in the foundation. The Churchcontinues to grow ^hey voted to have a native preacher. Brother Levy cone every otherSunday morning and then the other Sunday evenings of the month. There are severalChurches without preachers. I t is too bad there is no t a training school.Continue to remember the work here in Jav;a.ica.

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HARTZELL a n d MARGARST ESSEX

P. 0. BOX 5HAIiF WAX TR EE

JAMAICA, WSST E^DISS

De a r F r i e n d s an d l ove d o n e s ,

MY Sc JUNE 1965

A

FORWARDBTG ACELÎT:

Kr s TRUE S HAM

5125 TR3i\SURE DRIVE

BOISE, IDÛiO

Today ou r boys are home from school for an end of term holiday and alreadyquestioning v;hat ca n they do Phonso is h er e h el pi ng me think I guess although

he reely h a s n t given me any ideas as y e t . They do help me asve many step s.

Friday last, five of our boys sat for Scholarship exams We t ru s t at least partof them will pass and go on to school this next fall . Those who don t, continueon h e r e in th e school an d t ry again, next y e a r . They can have three t r ies In

•three years _ , _

We were up at Gamp with the boys for three days during Easter vacation, ^heCamp is a wonderful place t is b u i l t rig h t on the h i l l t is one of th e

ol d g r e a t houses as they were called a hundred years or so ago. New buildings have been b u ilt to accomidate the increased number of boys and g ir ls whoat t end. These houses are big with many rooms and many of them now stand vacant as too expensive to operate. t makes an ideal place to have camp.

Many of you ha ve asked about the Cuban situation and how i t is a ff ec tin g the

I s l a n d . Actually th ere is very l i t t l e in th e papers about i t nor on th e newsbroadcasts. We get th e Miami paper here on Sunday and thore is p.lwayr nore int ha t than we know a b o u t from news here There seems to b e less dan^r,r h e r e

than In th e United Sta tes We flew over th e Island when wa came nnd co u ld se e

the island very clearly but ofcourse we d i d n t stop. Just recently cgain thep l a n e s a r e s ta r t ing to f ly o v e r .

The clinic is really growing. Last ^baday afternoon they had one hundred andthirty-six children come for treatment. Another shipment of drugs 5«sat acouple of weeks ago. Many of these were antibiotics and because they have th eassistance of doctors in tr eating t he c hil dr en a t the c l i n i c they can V e used.

Postage rates are going up July first as ar e tftxes on many items. It will costua more to send a leftter to you. go we decided we would w ri t e about >.'Vcry f ive

weeks instead, ^hat is why this is Ifey and June we started already, ileo atmidnight last night the bus drivers vênt on strike. So you see even here isnot much d ifferen t than home with i ts problems. iThe s t ri k e is very hr^rd onth e common laborer as they depend on them to tsJe them to work. Some v)f ou rmelds did not shov; up today Others walfcod two and thrc.: and four

There are many bicycles as I have said before- • he bicycle is used rb a nânsof transportation like a car. You very, very seldom ever se e a child on abicycle likewise a g i r l or woman.

Something to think about i The Sunday following Coopers successful orbiting ofth e earth Brother Levy said why should wo be surprised at what Is happenijigC hrist was th e f i r s t Astronaut and He w i l l return in l i ke inennerl

We co v et your prayers on our b e h a l f and th e v/ork h e r e in J am aica. J c .

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HAHTZELL AND MARGiiRET ESSEX FORWARDING AGSÎT:

P. 0. BOX 5 MRS TRUDIE H M

HAIf' W Y TREE, 512? TREASURE DRIVE

JAM/vIOA, W. I . BOISE, IDAHO U,S.A.

juLr 25, 1965

Dear Triet ide and loved ones,

I t has been a long time since we brought you greetings from Jaioaica, but

we have not forgot ten you and we have missed you*

V e have been very busy as usual* We just finished a week of meetings

with the Bob Pucketta from Oollega Park, Georgia and sending f if teen boys

off to camp for ten days I t is nice and peaceful but we have many things

we h av e sa ved to do while the boys a re gone- A few weeks ago a nat ivepreacher was here and as he said , I don 't believe the Lord ever intended

people to be so busy. I think I agree v/i th him,we sometimes get so busywith th e affairs of l ife that- we forget how to enjoy living-

The Home nov/ has nineteen boys* About three weeks ago Robert, aga one and

a ha l f came to l ive v/ith us- He ie very dark, happy l i t t l e boy. Very

^fec t iona te and loveable* Today he i s to have an operat ion fo r a navel

hernia so he i s in the hospi ta l He wil l bo there about two more vêeks-

In the few weeks he was with us he found h is way into our hear t s and we

miss him greatly

When I t e l l you tha t we have been having the Dengue fever you wil l th ink

we are sick a l l of the time but vê real ly aren t . Right now we are a l lwe ll -un ti l t he nejct t imel Dengue foVGr(pronounced Dingy) or 'breakbone'

fever io not f a t a l I read in l as t nights paper but extremely painful and

i s caused by a la rge t i ge r nosquito which is now inmne to the new in -

sect^-oidos. Nearly the whole family had t th e boys l igh t cases batJim Herget and I bad ones. I vmo in bed almost a week and Jim nearly twoweeksr Har tze l l v/as the f i r s t down v/ith t and we thought he had throe

day measles but when I was dom with i t and eight of th e boys we had adoctor . One of those boys had pneumonia and the rea t of us dingy fever .

I can say t ha t i t is painfu l . I would hur t so tha t I would ask Hartzel lto rab my back and then he couldn' t touch i t bccause i t was so tender .

I for one was glad to hear i t was not fa ta l i

Wq got the new station vmgon todayl The Santa Pfûla docked today and we

were able to drive home r ight away. Through f r iends of the Home we had

t a .en care of the papers and custona b ef or e th e boat docked. I t .•7a3 agood thing too as the old s ta t ion v/agon broke down for the l as t time on

the way to tovm to get the nev/ one. Wednesday on the way to camp thef ront v/heel bearings went out and we fixed them but today i t was the

t ransmission so we are giving up on i t . The Lord does indeed work wonderous ly .

Ten year old Kenneth and eight year old Henry wore cleaning out the bap

t i s t ry awhile ago and the aides and bottom were cover ed w ith a very blackmold. This mold grows any where wntar stands fo r a t i ne but Kenneth and

Henry didn' t know v/hat i t was. Kenneth was questioning the whys andwherefores of i t when Henry spoke up with a l l the knowledge of an eightyear old, \'ft iy, Kenneth, i t is the sin® of the people who have been baptised. Wo love each of you and miss you.



HARTZELL AND MARGARET ESSEX FORWARDING AGENT:

P.O. OX 5 14RS TRUDIE H M

HAIP W Y TREE, 5125 TREASURE DRHE

JAmiOA, WEST BODIES BOISE, IDAHO

AUGUST 21 , 1965

Dear f r iends and loved ones.

Jus t about t ime we le t you in on someof our plans fo r the near future

We oame here for the one year and have mu tual ly agr eed that t i s for

the best for us to leave at th e end of that tjiia-which is October second

As to our plans a fte r th at time we ar^ûncertain but we expect to stayfor a few days and see something of tW~Island while we are here Ourvisas run out October second but we can Stay awhile longer so long as we

• are leaving and not r etu rn in g* I t is a f te r we reach Miami that_ w e a r e _not sure We wil l have to make a l iving and Boise In the winter is abad place t® find work so we will not return to Boise r ight away, prob

ably e ar ly s pr in g. We wil l need t ransportat ion from Miami and a t the t ime

we are th inking o f buying a truck as we will need a vehicle when we getto Boise We had almost three hundred dollars income tax refund this year

and we wil l apply that towards a truck Ofcourse we will need money forfood and lodging btrb we know we wil l not go in want as the Lord has oared

fo r us abundantly t now.

We made friends with the Pucketts of College Park, Georgia while theywere here and as they would be on our way we would likdjio stop and seethem. Also we would l ike to stop in ladoga, Indiana and see the Tuckers

and Evans et the Children's Home for a day or two then on to Minnesota andny family. We haven' t been there for over three years and some of them

haven't met Hartssell. We just havelto wait and see what comes up for us

Hartzell may work somewhere along the way if something turns up or i t maybe in Iînnesota for a few months before returning to Boise in the springWhatever i t is th^t we do we continually pray that we do the will of theLord and that He wi ll d ir ec t our l ives as He has done in the past

Biough of our plane a t present except to say thank you to those who madei t possible for the year wehave had in Jamaica We have appreciated the

^l i r i t ig^t lYi l rwâve had with home fo lks and a f te r October we feel^hiS&~we

should not accep t or expect you to continue to help us as we wil l not be

on the f ield any longer I t has been a wonderful year of experience and

fellowship with Jamaican Christians* We have made some good friends here

and count i t a pr ivi lege t ha t we were able to help out in th e lords work

in a small way.

The last of the camps will be this week with the Adults. Boys camp had44 boys attend and girls 21 Just closed this morning was ministers campwith 8 ministers there which was very good for here. The sixteen bys area t ca: ip and wil l be there now un t i l nearly t ime fo r school th e 9th of

September Only the three l i t t le ones home with us whiob gives us a vac

at ion too Pray forus as we prepare to leave th i s work.

Sincere ly in Chr i s t



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H^TZELL MA.RGARET ESSEX Fcrv?ard.lng Agents Mrs Trudie Hamc/o Bob Puckett 3 123 Treajjure DA\ . ro

4023 Hilltop'Drive Boise, IdahoCollege Paxk, Georgia

Dear Friends and Loved Ones a t Home and in Jamaicag

Greetings to each of you in the name of cur Lord Jesus Christ®

As you can see, vje are back in the states I t is good to be home ,but we have l e f t a l i t t l e of our*hearts in Jamaica. We are withthe Bob Pucketts in College Park, Georgia,for a few days and havehad a good tr ip a l l the way here« The Lord has been good to uso

We l e f t the Boys-Home in Jamaica on Saturday, October 5th, and weboarded our ship. The Kirkdale, bu t due to hurr icane Flora ando th er th ings we sa t in the harbor a t Kingston unt i l Wednesday. WhileFlora wandered around in the Carribean, Jamaica was having hard rainst ha t did much damage. We sa t high and dry on The Kirkdale and l i stened to the radio and watched the men wade knee-deep on the streets®

We had a good t r ip to Nassau with fa i r ly calm seas. We didn»t skip

a meal although I l os t twoI Hartzel l and I were the only passengersand were t reated l ike royalty. Capt. Kirkconnel was in no hurry sowe stopped about two hours on Friday for deep-sea f ishing. Hartzel land I each caught a black snapper, and with a barracuda and a dolphincaught by members of the crew, we had l o t s of fun and good f i sh

d i nne r s

We had 3 days in Nassau and did a l i t t l e shopping (very l i t t l e asprices are very high). We stayed with the Jim Redmons, and sincethe Aubrey Paynes were staying with the Ed Spencers, the four famil i e s had a wonderful fel lowship. We t raveled the length and breadtho f the Is land and went she l l hunt ing a t the beach.

S o u t h o f J ama i c a t h e r e was much d e b r i s in t h e o c e an due to hu r r i c a n e

Flora , but most in te res t ing of a l l were th e royal palms we saw northof Cuba s tanding e rec t in th e wate r m iles from land with roo t s underthe water and fronds waving in the sea b re eze I I suppose th e roots

were heavy enough to keep them erec t .

We a r r i v ed i n Miami on October I6 . We cou ldn^ t f i nd a t r u ck i n ou r

price range but finally found a 195^ panel Volkswagen for |i350. I thas proven a very good buy although it did stop dead one night withfue l pump t rouble . We limped to a motel and spent the n igh t and wenton th e nex t day to F t . Pie rce to s tay with the Leon Bakers fo r Churchon Sunday.

The Che t a l e t s who l ft Jama ica a b o u t a month be f o r e we d id were in

Swainsboro, Ga., and we arr ived in t ime to help them move in to anapar tment . We had a good v i s i t with them fo r 2 days.

The pas t year has been a good year . The Lord has blessed us grea t ly .We have made many new f r i ends in a beau t i fu l count ry . t i s a yea rwhich we can t reasure in service to our Lord. ¥e apprec ia te a l l o fyou tha t have made it poss ib le . ¥e are not sure of our plans- for the

immediate fu ture al though Har tae l l has been looking fo r work, bu t wedo know t ha t whatever the work, we wi l l serve th e Lord. This wi l l beour l a s t newsle t t e r . Continue to pray fo r us and th e work in Jamaica .

Essex Hartzell Margaret 1963 Jamaica

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