Cracked toilets. Forty-three acres of once well-kept grounds now overgrown with grass knee-high. Hair-like fungus festooning the walls of the kitchen in the admin istration building. A cracked boiler. A dismal picture? Yes. But Mike Martin was a man with a vision. His enthusiasm was contagious. Consecrated Christians sold their homes and joined him. They scrubbed. They scraped. They cleaned and repaired. Before the end of the first year, they were ready to accept old folks and children. Each year new fields of activity have been explored. Today, ten years later, what does the visitor find? (1) A rest home where 97 elderly folks are spending the sunset years of their lives. They are happy in a Christian setting; many of them are real prayer warriors. Revenue from the operation of the Rest Home helps support some of the other operations of the King’s Garden. (2) A Christian radio station. KGDN, 630 on the dial, is powered by a 1000 watt transmitter with a 295 foot tower. Programming provides a rich feast for the Christian; a challenge to the unsaved. From Victoria, B.C. a listener wrote: “ It is six weeks since I was ‘bom again,’ and I would like to give this check to say thank you and to do a little to make sure KGDN keeps sending out all those wonderful programs.” Through the ministry of KGDN this listener made a special trip to the King’s Garden seeking spiritual help and was led to the Lord by one of the Garden workers. (3) Christian schools: King’s Grade School and King’s High School with 700 students, many of them picked up by a fleet of buses. Dormitories are filled with teenagers who attend the high school, many of whom are children from broken homes or mis sionaries’ children who are taken in free of charge or according to their ability to pay. The Jubilee Choir, composed of all children from the 4th through the 6th grades singing three-part harmony, has been compared favorably with the Vienna Boy’s choir. One fourth grader said: “ It makes me feel good with Christian teachers and pupils and a Christian principal.” The testimony of a senior is representative of many: “The fellowship with fine Christian young people and the training I’ve received at King’s High will never be forgotten. You always have the confidence that the teachers are praying for you.” Youngest of the schools is King’s Vocational Bible Institute. Besides offering the usual courses in Bible and related subjects, systematic on-the-job voca tional training is offered in printing, radio, build- ing, contracting, agriculture, nursing, dentistry, and aviation. With the rise of nationalism, many mission fields are open only to the missionary with a specialized trade or vocation. The reaction of the students is enthusiastic. (4) A well-equipped print shop is staffed by 10 workers. Another outstanding service is the Missionary Prayer Letter Service. Approved missionaries, for a nominal fee, can have their letters printed and sent out to their mailing list. This is a real boon to missionaries. (5) Astoria Girls’ School and Vancouver Boys’ Acad- emy property was donated by the government for these two specialized schools. Here girls and boys who have had a brush with the law, pre-delin quents who need a second chance, and most of all, an introduction to the Saviour, are accepted re gardless of race or creed. (6) The King’s Garden Economy Store. Used clothing
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