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Mission Story:
The Swindler
by Betsy Layman
There once was a mati
who was a snake charmer by
trade. Javade was raised as
a Hindu, as were most of the
people living in his country.
Javade was a smart but lazy
man. He worked for many
years collecting snakes and
training them. He used his
snakes in performances at
the local bazaar, but he
found that this did not bring
in a lot of money.
One day Javade got a
good idea on how to use his
snakes and talents to make
lots of money. He would no
longer have to work long
days in bazaars either. He
would take his many snakes,
which he had devenomized,
to a rich man’s house and
set them loose. A few hours
later the snakes would be
covering the man’s house
and grounds. The man, be
ing a good and faithful Hin
du, was not allowed to kill
the snakes because of his
belief in reincarnation.
There were too many to kill
anyway, and he had no idea
that the snakes had been
devenomized.
Quite a few hours after
he’d set his snakes loose,
Javade would return to the
house and say he’d heard
that the man’s house had a
plague of snakes. He would
introduce himself as a
snake charmer and offer to
remove the snakes for a
large sum of money. Of
course the rich man would
accept the offer.
Javade pulled this
scheme many times in many
towns and soon became a
rather wealthy man. His
greed, thonnh. wouio not let
him stop yet, and he kept
earning more money.
One day Javade went to a
white man’s establishment
and set his snakes loose.
He remembered how white
people in bazaars had great
fear of snakes and plenty of
money. He figured he could
strike it rich at this place.
Javade did not know,
however, that the white men
had heard of his escapades
and figured out what he was
up to. Several hours later
Javade went to collect his
snakes, but the white men
said he must be mistaken.
They had no problem with
snakes. Several times in the
next few days Javade return
ed to the white man’s place,
but everytime they insisted
that they had no problem
with snakes. Finally Javade
was scared that the would
never be able to retrieve his
snakes, and would, there
fore, go broke.
Javade returned one last
time to the house. He of
fered to clear the grounds of
any snakes that may be on
the premises for a very low
fee. The white man refused
Javade’s offer, but he said
that for a large fee Javade
could enter the grounds and
collect any snakes the could
find to use in his snake char
ming business. In despera
tion Javade paid the man
the requested amount of.
money and collected his
snakes.
From then on Javade was
again seen at bazaars per
forming with his snakes for
tourists and, again, earning
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Week Of February 20
Cavaliers Shoot For Unity
by Lisa Timmons
Montreat-Anderson’s wo
men’s basketball team has
played two games since
returning from Christmas
break. Although the Lady
Cavaliers were defeated in
both of these games, Coach
Gant believes that “the
team has worked harder and
shown more hustle since
coming back -from break,
and the results, although
not victories, have been very
encouraging.”
The Lady Cav’s lost two
players for academic
reasons which greatly af
fected the strength of their
offensive game, but spirit
and team unity are major
factors which will improve
upon the team’s 0-8 record.
Their first loss after
Christmas came when
challenged by Johnson Bi
ble College. Being unable to
score during the first eight
minutes of the half put the
Lady Cavaliers down by
twenty points. Even though
coming back to within three
points several times during
the second half, the
Cavaliers could not overtake
the lead and lost, 63-54.
Lees-McRae dealt the Lady
Cav’s their next loss. Lack
of offensive rebounding and
twenty turnovers caused a
twenty-one point deficit at
halftime, and although the
team fought back to within
six points late in the second
half, Lees-McRae defeated
the Cavaliers, 59-46.
Coach Gant is looking for
a continued effort and im
provement both in skills and
team unity, and an “un
daunted desire to win” as
the Lady Cavaliers meet
Brevard at home Jan. 23,
and Lees-McRae away on
Feb. 1.
A Personal Testimony
by Cindy Graham
When I first heard about
KC-83, I signed up because
it sounded like something
good to do, and all my
friends were planning to at
tend. About 5V2 weeks
before KC-83 started, I
became a Christian and my
whole outlook on KC-83
changed. I was wanting to
learn how to grow more in
the Lord and be a better
witness to people on my
campus.
As the time grew nearer, I
began to feel more and more
excited about learning.
Finally, the day came and
we were off on our 20 hour
bus ride. When we got to
KC, we were assigned
rooms and could rest for a
while.
When the meetings
began, we realized we were
here not just to have fun -
but to learn as much as we
could so that we could
return to share, teach and
aoply everything that we
naa learned.
There were many ex
cellent speakers, and I en
joyed all of them, but the
day I enjoyed the most was
‘The Day of Outreach’. It in
volved going door to door,’
sharing with people about
things we had learned from
‘listening to the speakers
and from our own ex
periences.
It gave us a chance to ap
ply what we had learned
from the speakers, as well
as share with others what
we had learned. We also
were able to share our faith
with people less fortunate
than ourselves. It made me
realize how fortunate I really
am, and how blessed I was
to be a part of this ‘Day of
Outreach.’
KC-83 was a great ex
perience for me and I value
what I learned and am apply
ing it to my life as well as
sharing it with those around
me.
June Fennelly shoots
I Will
Not Fear
compiled by
Julie Bloomingdale
Dear Father,
There are times when thS
seems such a loveless worlj
that I feel cold and afraid!
Not only does our human iif
capacity for perfect lov|
separate us but our differeri
lives and our different thinfl
ing, our lack of understanq
ing and our misunderstand
ings, and even change anj
the passing of time.
When I am close to You,l
see Your love in so manl
things, Father: Your protef
tive love in a blanket of sofl
blue sky above; Your warrf
smile of love in a glowinj
sunset; a miniature pictur|
of your beautiful love in
fragrant rose! But most
all, perhaps I see Your lovl
when I see a tearful chill
cradled in the arms of
mother. Then I remembd
the tender words in Your Lij
ing Word, the Bible: “Thl
eternal God is thy refugf
and underneath are the eve|
lasting arms.”'
Then also I’ve always he
such a vast vacuum with]
me, a longing for love whic
even loved ones couldn’t fi|
It is too deep. Lord. Yoi|
love alone has been able
fill this vacuum to overflo\j
ing! For since coming
know You and Your love,!
know I never fear lovelesi
ness again.
Even more, when I’ve vet
close to You, Your Spir
within me assures me the
You are there, that You arl
Love, and that You havl
always loved me and alwayl
will.’’ The Spirit itsef
beareth witness with oi
spirit, that we are th|
Children of God.”^
Thank You, dear Fathel
for saying “I have loved the|
with an everlasting love.”3
1. Deut. 33:27. 2. Rom. 8:16.
3. Jer. 31:3.