After reading the Cross and the Switchblade in 1973, Pastor Cedric Lue of the Open Bible Church decided to start a home for the boys who were living on the streets in Jamaica. The first home was started in 1976, in Mandeville, Manchester, Jamaica, with 25 boys. In 1981, the boy's home was moved to a five and half acre farm at Nightingale Grove, Spring Village, and St. Catherine.  In 1990, when conditions at the farm proved cramped and unbearable, Pastor Lue relocated the home to its present location a few miles away near Gutter's Corner. Throughout its history, Sunbeam Boy's Home has struggled financially to provide the basic necessities for the boys. In 1988, Sunbeam was fist visited by a mission team from Minnesota led by Dick and Lois Hokanson of Little Falls. They made continuing visits to Sunbeam because they felt their team's donations of materials and labor made a significant impact to the lives of the boys and their home. 

 

After several mission teams had visited Sunbeam and felt a passion to continue to their relationship there, it was decided to form a non-profit organization in 2001 to purchase the home. 

 

Mission teams from Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Indiana, and others continue to travel to Sunbeam. God has used the mission outpost in Jamaica to touch the lives of the boys of Sunbeam, team members, the people of Spring Village and Island Farm, and the people of churches throughout North America. Why God has called so many people to this particular ministry is a mystery. Maybe it is because in one week's time, missionaries have been able to be a part of the lives of the Jamaican boys. They have felt safe in sharing of their faith as well as their resources. They have seen the positive changes in the home. Also, they have felt that their lives have been blessed because of their experiences.

 

We pray that Sunbeam will be a light house of God's love for all the world to see.