El Segundo. James Newton
Foreword
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Introduction
To a great extent the Bible is a collection of books written by men of humble origin, who penned it under the guidance of God. Much of its teaching and terminology is couched in natural language. A Language articulating outdoor subjects and phenomena such as vineyards, olive trees, wheat, chaff and harvest time.
Today in this new generation, many people particularly "city folk" are often unfamiliar with such subjects as, livestock, cotton fields, and migrant labor. Many of this millennium are unfamiliar with common Bible truths.
Big city folk miss out on the simple truth of God, and the danger of race hatred in the history of the Bible as well as the bigotry that unfortunately still prevails today.
In this book, EL SEGUNDO, I use natural phenomena to explain the truths of the Supernatural God. I use sound methodology both Scientific and Spiritual to validate and explain my journey.
Consequently I make this statement that through this approach, scripture and parables are revealed. My journey from the Cotton fields and my freedom from my tortured servitude under the blazing Mississippi hot sun resembles an Exodus.
The plantation owners were merciless in their cruelty. They were deceitful. This combination brought poverty, and kept black people and the white share cropper slaves under the thumb of their system.
I believe God used these hardships of the racist South to build character and principle in the lives of those who lived it. I believe God used poverty to teach perseverance and persistence to overcome life's obstacles and reach their dreams, and receive God's blessings.
I have shared these thoughts with people in over 17 Nations. I have shared how live and not just survive, how to come out of your poverty mentality and become a productive citizen. I teach and preach the joy of living out your dreams.
The cotton fields and its oppressive work as a share croppers son have built my character and inspired me to assist others who are underprivileged and are in bondage of hardship and poverty.
I recognize that this book is developed against unique background which perhaps given me a greater inspiration than many writers to tell this story.
I make no apologies to my friends of childhood, but as William Faulkner said in 1955, " We speak now against the day when our Southern People who will resist to the last these inevitable changes in social relations, will, when they have been forced to accept what they at one time might have accepted it with dignity and good will, will say, why didn't some one tell us this before? TELL US THIS TIME."
I then humble ask each reader to approach the pages of this book with an open mind and unbiased heart. If you do, fresh truth and exciting glimpses of God's care will float over your being.
You will be brought to a new appreciation of how The Almighty God has put forth an endless effort through our Saviour Jesus Christ, the great Shepherd to provide the way for our prosperity.
James Newton
Acknowledgments
I give thanks to Jesus Christ who died for me, and rescued my life from misery and poverty. Without him, I would be in eternal misery. He is the reason for my living.
I then give thanks to the following people whom God sent into my life. All these people made and make life worth living. They have brought me unspeakable joy. Loved ones were sent by God's hand during my most desperate time of my need.
Through the trials and tribulations, through storms, problems, tears, fears sorrows and pains in my life, they have turned my problems to triumphs in life.
To My late wife, Peggy Ruth King Newton who gave me a Spiritual incentive and motivated me to believe in Grace, a notion that I didn't fully understand, and probably never would have without her queenly Christian example that she maintained throughout all our many problems and set backs including the loss of our son.
Peggy was always there to hold my hand and to lift me up. She was an adored wife, Mother and Grandmother who left left indelible foot prints in all our hearts.
Now she rest peaceful with Stephen our son in the arms of Jesus Christ. To my only son Stephen,my first born, who brought us forty five years of love and joy. Stephen had two beautiful daughters Nichole and Alexis. He also had a granddaughter Jordan.
To my daughter Starlyn who is almost an exact replica of her mother, except for a little of me that comes out of her once and awhile. She has always been a wonderful daughter. She is and was a joy to her mother, her brother and me.
She has weathered the storms of life and is a source of great strength for me and the entire family. Her daughters are Kimberly and Rachel Holloway.
To Lewis Butch Holloway, Starlyn's husband who for twenty seven years has shared in all our joys and sorrows. He is more like a son than a son in law to me. Butch and Starlyn are great partners and parents as well as being very loving and caring to yours truly.
To all my siblings that are gone on with Jesus, and to those who still remain, I love you. Here are those that are left: Hazel Russell, Anne M. Hull, C.M. Newton, Hamp Newton, Patsy Anne Hungerford, Polly Beasley, and Peggy Campbell.
To Dennis Newton, Mabel Corr, Mary Jane Hodges, and Betty Tysinger all of whom are now with The Lord.
To the entire Newton family to include Bea Bennet, Delilah Hollis, Shirley Jeffords, Barbara Merriman, my aunts Lois Newton and Roberta Newton, you are my heart. I love ALL OF YOU. The Brewers, Newtons, Coles, Bests, McCrarys make up our family.
Thank you Jessica Clark Ruth and Barbara Merriman for assisting in our last family reunion.
Thank you Mae Black Buckel, my friend and sister in the Lord. She has encouraged me to write this book. As an author herself, her book, "A Million Miles Ago" was a great inspiration for '"El Segundo".
To Joyce King, Jewell Amason, the King family, my Niece Kirksey, Helen, Maxine, Jackie Kyle, Sandra Sneed and Kerry Lyn Kiak all these Peggy Loved with all her heart. To the entire Walton Chapel Church, thank you.
To Dana Matthews, Desperado, my friend and editor who shares my vision of bring this story to life and my dream to fruition, thank you Colonel for your service to God, to country and to me. You are a true American hero. I salute you for your twenty-six years of sacrifice with the U.S. Army Rangers. I share your pain from the injuries inflicted on you in combat, and I feel your scars. They distinguih you and set you apart from most men yet you carry yourself with such dignity, humility and self respect. Love you man.
Chapter One
That Cotton Picking War
It was Dec. 8, 1941, President Roosevelt declared war on Japan, and we were scrapping cotton in the cotton field that day. The news was electrifying the whole world, though my family was poor, dirt farmers, share croppers; we were called by our society of those times, commonly