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Show RELIGION ci SATURDAY, APRIL 15, 2000 THE DAILY HERALD (www.HaATheHeralAcom) "A ' Easter egg hunt OREM An Easter egg hunt sponsored by First Baptist Church, Provo, is at 11 a.m., today at a private park on Springwater Drive in Orem. Parents are asked to attend with their children. There will be an egg hunt, egg decorating and wiener roast. For more information, call - l!ll.?....4'4 ft, 374-848- f if ', Children's music K fit j OREM Evangelical Free Church celebrates Palm Sunday tomorrow with a special children's musical number as well as a message on the significance of Palm Sunday to Christianity. Sunday school is at 9:30 a.m. and worship, 1(45 a.m. The church is at 280 S. 400 East, Orem. For more information call Holy week A potluck agape SPRINGVILLE meal is 7 p.m. Maundy Thursday at Community Presbyterian Church fellowship hall. The church shares this sacrament as a fellowship meal. A Tenebrae worship service or "service of shadows" is 7:30 p.m. Good Friday in the sanctuary. The extinguishing of the candles dramatizes the crucifixion of Christ. Both services feature readings from Ann Weems, poetess. The public is invited to these worship occasions. The church is at 245 S. 200 East, Springville. For more information, call Acont to 489-439- Palm Sunday OREM Palm Sunday is tomorrow which commemorates Jesus' final entry into Jerusalem; this is the focus of worship says Pastor Michael Minch of Orem Community Church, United Church of Christ. Sunday school for all ages is at 9:15 a.m. and worship, 10:30 a.m. The church is at 130 N. 400 East, Orem. For more information call . 225-006- ..' Holy Week OREM The triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem and scattering of palms and branches in front of him is the theme of the family Eucharist at 10:30 a.m. Sunday at St. Mary's Episcopal Church. Both St. Mary's members and Tree of Life Lutheran members meet together to commemorate Holy Week. Maundy Thursday service is 7 p.m. with both Pastor Olsen and Father Stan officiating. Good Friday services begin at noon as people gather in prayer and scripture to remember the crucifixion. Holy Saturday is 7 p.m. with the lighting of the Paschal Candle and Holy Baptism. Three children will be baptizefl. The above services meet at St. Mary's, 50 W. 200 North, Provo. For more information call 373-309- Sunrise services PROVO Take part in Easter Sunrise services from 7:15-- a.m., April 23 at Squaw Peak with Orem Evangelical Free Church. Car pooling leaves the church parking lot at 6:45 a.m. The service includes a devotional message and special musfc with bag- pipes for "Amazing Grace." 8 Values discussed - "Am I Going to SPRINGVILLE Hell?" is a talk by Steve Epperson at 2 p.m. Sunday in the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship Church in Springville. For location and information call or 794-215- 8 225-891- Revival services Revival services are 6 p.m., April 23 and 7 24-2at New Beginnings p.m., April Fellowship Church of the Nazarene. Speaker is evangelist Norman Moore of Vista Calif. The church is at 150 N. 700 West, Provo. For more information call PROVO 10:45 a.m. 374-012- funny thing .. SALT LAKE CITY Predominantly Christian, the West Indies state of Jamaica has Pentecostal, Seventh Day Adventist and Jehovah Witnesses claiming membership of its people. Jamaicans are so unique, from Africa, India, and , China, they have the motto: "Out of many, one people," according to jacobson. He served in the Jamaica Kingston Mission from 1996-9- , English and Patois (pronounced patwa) are spoken on the island. It takes mis- ' sionaries about three months to learn Patois once they reach the island. Humid weather socked Jacobson in the face when he stepped off the plane. Temperatures on the island range from 80 to 90 degrees but with humidity also reaching 90 percent, the heat seemed more like 120 degrees, he says. And the weather doesn't cool down in the evening hours; most missionaries have two to three fans blowing on them in order to sleep. "When the power would go off at night we'd actually wake up before the fan blades stopped moving," Jacobson says. "The heat Located in duplicate the meals but portation could never get the spices right, Jacobson laments. He lived on macaroni and cheese and ramen noodles when he cooked for himself. These same chickens and goats (that they enjoyed in their meals) roamed the streets. "We had to dodge them on our bikes," Jacobson says. ent state. The first LDS elder in Jamaica was Harrison Sager who preached there briefly in 1841. Five more IDS missionaries went to the island j ff - n Vaughn and MarySoffe microfilmed the statistical records of Jamaica in families started holding meetings in 1970. One of the first converts was Victor Nugent and his family in e January 1974. 1982. Seminary began in Jamaica during the by 1989, 141 students were taking seminary. mid-1980- Full-tim- -- ...;.? "I 5 Eh , B h- :'.t TT I.:-.- i - missionaries began work Jamaica in 1978. in LDS m the island run-dow- weeks. rj on n included a car with "taxi" painted on the door or buses. The motto for a taxi driver was "always room for one more," Jacobson says with a laugh and adds, "People were hanging out the door and windows of the taxi. If someone was on the road needing a ride the driver in 1853. However they found so much antagonism they left after six the West Indies south of Cuba, Jamaica is an independ- zzzr. goat. The missionaries tried to P "" I ....... reegjfctoQtff? i wakes you up." Jacobson was impressed with the fruit pineapples and mangoes. They are better on the island than from the supermarket in the they are fresh off the trees. The mangoes flown here have been picked green so they won't be overripe when they arrive. e Courtesy photo Island life: Top, Tyler Jacobson stands next to a picture of Bob Marley. Above, Jacobson and his companion after a baptism. 30-ce- , knocked," Jacobson says. "It's not polite to walk through their gate and go to the door." He explains they take a rock and knock on the gate and "yell" to them. "It's kind of hard to talk when you're yelling to them," Jacobson says with a chuckle. "Then everyone on the street (nearby houses) hears and may not come to the door when we go to the next gate." So the missionaries jumped around to different neighborhoods so people wouldn't hear them coming.Loving the people was; easy but getting them to' meetings was another thing. 'They liked to listen to the discussions. They'd say they w,ould come to - . church but they just didn't get around to it," Jacobson says. "Once they came to church they liked it." ; During Jacobson's mis-- . sion he served under Presidents David Calvert and Eugene Moore. Jamaicans are so glad for the Santo Dominican Republic LDS Temple. "This is a great blessing for them," Jacobson says. "They, used to go to the Florida Temple but needed a visa and it's hard to get visas." Even though the people are poor, Jacobson says, "They're willing to share anything they have, food and drink. Missionaries are usually the only whites on the island except in tourist towns, but they are accepted by the natives. Jacobson is now at home in Payson living with his bride of eight months, April. He works as a computer support technician for Gateway Computers. - Opening your eyes to Jesus leads to rewards Q MCKEOWN Just a thought... Recently I stayed with a "A Funny Thing Happened on the Road to Damascus," is presented by David Perata, author, at 2 p.m., Sunday. Speaking in the auditorium of Judge Memorial Catholic High School, 650 S. 1100 East, Salt Lake Perata describes his relationship with Trappist monks in City, 30-ye- California. His book is "The Orchards of Perseverance: Conversations With Trappist Monks About God, Their Lives and the World." For more information, call (801) 521-621- . morning. "We'd squeeze them for fresh grapefruit juice," Jacobson says. Families live off the land with men doing the farming of potatoes, yams and sugar cane and the women going to market to sell the produce. "Sugar cane is a huge market they sell it on the stick, scrape it off. , People chew on it and spit out the fiber," Jacobson explains. Favorite foods the stopped for them because fee." he wanted that Missionaries never had doors slammed in their faces in Jamaica because sometimes they never got as far as the door. "You never walked up to anyone's doors and and 6 A The beautiful people of Jamaica love to have fun and are very religious. "Jamaica has the most churches per capita," says returned missionary Tyler Jacobson, of Payson. "Every corner you go on, there's a different church. They are a very religious people." He adds they like to clap and yell a lot in services. Bikes were at a premium amongst the people. If a missionary with a bike took his hands off it for a second, it's gone. Besides bikes, trans- natives prepared for their guests include chicken, rice and peas (what they call red beans) and curried From the grapefruit trees in their backyard the elders picked fresh fruit each By KAREN HOAG V The Daily Herald AWAiGAy WOK. " i wonderful man. I was unprepared for his Christianity. He's been described as a "voice for the voiceless." He's at least that. He has raged for the weak in society; been a gunner for the helpless. Elder Marion D. Hanks is a true disciple. He opened my eyes to Jesus. He taught me to look for the Jesus in people. For example, he once brought a homeless lady suffering from schizophrenia to his house. He agreed with his wife (Maxine) she should stay. Several weeks passed as they tried to find her family. In that short time the children played games with the lady. They loved her and affirmed her; they accepted her. The miracle is by the time the family had been located she'd been healed. The love of the children had healed her. I believe the children could see Jesus in her. They treated her accordingly. Look at the person next to you. What do you see? In view of majestic mountains and under scotching blue skies the teacher announces, "We see, and yet we do not see." There are some blank faces. "As you look up at the mountains, what do you see?" the teacher inquires. "I don't know what you want me to see; I just see mountains." The various responses come with little thought or emotion. Passers-bseeing the missionaries gazing up to the mountains stop and look as well, hoping to catch a glimpse of the spectacle. They look at each other confused, shrug their shoulders and walk on. They see and yet they do not see. . y On the impatient side of eagerness the teacher responds, "Yes, I suppose most people would see the same things. What else do you see? I see God's love." Everyone then sees the same. Finally one Elder teaches the group when he says, "I see Jesus." The students turned to face each other. They looked at each other until they could see Jesus in everyone " present. Then these stu- dents, almost strangers, spontaneously embraced each other. They wept. On this day everyone could see they could really see. The Lord has told us plainly how we must look at people, though I approach the following teaching with a trembling heart; "For inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren ye have done it unto me." That is a humbling thought. The Lord meant what he said. All our relationships are with people who represent Jesus. Think about it. frorl Leeds an author, England, and keynote speaker innovator in creative thinking and leadership development. Q McKeown, is |