The Jack Miller Archive

Cited by RM in 7137 NGP

In green notebook, archives, box 1 --- Jack talks about "garbage truck evangelism" on page 3-5 and descent into Hell on page 6-7.

Rose Marie Miller Interview (8)

RM: So in this place where the orphans are staying he got a paint brush and started to paint, and they were horrified. You can't do this. You know and so he didn't pay attention, he went ahead and painted. So then he was connected with PEF and of course with Harvie because they marched to the same beat. So he would invite Henry, he would invite Harvey to come and and and do the outreach with him.

So Phil Gross, so it's just hard to imagine how awful the country was. It was just, potholes in the streets, bombed buildings bombed out, nothing in the stores.

The only place you can get food was in the open market. And so but nothing, there was one little store that imported cheeses and stuff from, but they were so pricey and we didn't even have the money to look at, but there was just, you know, the women cooked their, took a plantaine you know, so that was available for the women. That wasn't our favorite meal.

So but garbage was piling up all over the city. And rat infested so it was stinking the high heaven. But they only had two garbage trucks and nobody wanted to go pick up the garbage, nobody.

So Phil Gross, one of the young men that was with us commandeered two trucks and then I think we put a big sign up on the truck. I can't remember. Bob would remember. And he invited all of the bishops who were anglican to come and help. And they did come, you know they still had their collars. And then Harvie Conn came.

And they did. They shoveled, they shoveled garbage all day long. And Jack came back, oh he stunk the high heavens.

We'd often stop in the market on the way home and get a pineapple, a fresh pineapple, and just gorge ourselves on this fresh pineapple, but so I was scared. I didn't want to go into the markets, and he made me.

He made me do stuff. He made me write my book. And I didn't want to write the book. I really did not. I just I'm I'm really a rebel at heart you know. And I'm I fight with God a lot. Yes I really do. Not even long ago, I was Jonah running and running, running the other way. Or I was telling I was telling God about, like Habakuk, you can't do this Lord. Or you know. I, or Thomas, I'm not going to believe unless. I I really needed a staunch rebel from the heart, so God just said to keep humbling me.

So I'm glad we connected again. Grace. Oh dear. So yeah. So that made that made an impression. #0:43:8.7#

RM: On the, on the whole city. So more people came. So of course there's Jack standing on this mound of garbage preaching about the garbage in the heart and Harvie too. #0:43:21.3#

Location: Kampala, Uganda With: RoseMarie Miller