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there with my family to assist. Mr. Har- once a year with free calendars.
ris rented a house and we moved there, Bert and Emily Joyce lived with their
with other preachers coming and going. family in Red Bay, Labrador, and George
My wife Olive and I had a 14-month-old and Mona Campbell lived in Forteau,
girl named Debbie. Olive cooked, cleaned Labrador, before they moved to Corner
and did the housework for all of us. While Brook. Gaius Goff was with the work in
there, our daughter Lois was born. I don’t Parsons Pond, and Bryan Funston at Fogo
know how my wife managed it all. Having stayed with the work until new assemblies
three or four men living there along with were established. Others came to help at
our family makes me believe her reward different times and places. For over 60
from her Lord will be great. years, God has met our needs.
While living in Rocky Harbour, I helped A man may leave his field of labor to
build gospel halls in Parsons Pond and help other assemblies, either with the
Rocky Harbour. In 1962, an assembly was gospel or ministry. I believe that pattern
established there, and we remained until to be scriptural. But the basic point is this:
1964 when we moved to Flowers Cove, when a preacher is asked, “Where is your
where a new assembly was formed. In field of labor?” he should be able to tell
1964, I assisted with constructing a small
hall there, and as attendance grew, I you of a definite area where he works on
helped build a larger one. Frank Procopio a regular basis.
and some brothers from the US came for On the island of Newfoundland, there
a week and framed the new hall, shingled are still many locations that have never
the roof and installed windows. Later, been exposed to plain gospel preaching.
some brethren from Nova Scotia arrived The men I worked with ventured into vari-
and poured the cement floor for the base- ous areas and spent months and, in some
ment. instances, years there, and witnessed souls
In 1971-72, we spent a year in Corner saved by God’s grace. I can recall many of
Brook helping to build a new hall and to them who are now with the Lord. In some
develop the work that had been estab- of those places, there were never assem-
lished there in 1950. Then we returned to blies established, while in other locations,
Flowers Cove and stayed until 1983 when assemblies were formed and continue to
we moved to Goose Bay, Labrador. As I thrive to this day.
think about the work that still needs to be The Quebec North Shore offers an op-
done, I wonder where the younger men portunity also. There was much preaching
are who will go into new places with the along that coast when we traveled there on
gospel. The Bible does not say go into all the “Northern Light,” another gospel boat,
the gospel halls and preach the gospel; the and souls were saved. Several preach-
commission Jesus gave was, “Go into all ers visited and held gospel meetings in
the world and preach the gospel.” Chevery, Harrington, La Tabatiere and
Many places in Labrador remain un- Old Fort Bay. Souls were delivered in all
touched by clear gospel preaching. Lodge these places, but never enough to gather
Bay, Mary’s Harbour, Fox Harbour, Port as assemblies. Some are already at home
Hope Simpson, Cartwright and Black with the Lord.
Tickle can now be accessed via newly Opportunities abound. And so we pray
opened roads that provide easy access. for exercised young men to take the gospel
Some of these locations have been visited to these open areas.

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