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Through the years I have met so many people who have impacted my life in so many different ways and many of them would not imagine that they form part of the reason why I wrote this book.

Some people seeming made the effort to reach me while others just happened to pass my way and left a lasting impression, and even though I cannot mention all their names here, eternity will tell the story.

When I wrote the first script I was not sure that it was something that could have been or should have been published and so I set it aside for years. Then Pastor Farrell asked me to write an article for the Caribbean Union “CUCON” magazine and that spurred me on to pick up the script once more. It was then that I asked Mrs Carol Heskey to edit what I written. I knew her well since I was a teenager, she was an English teacher. I knew her best in her capacity as the pastor’s wife in my home church. I have found her very confidential and trustworthy and felt comfortable to give her the first draft to look at. You see, I was not sure that what I had written was worth putting to the print, but at the same time I did not want to expose the material and have someone else pick it up and publish it as their own, but I trusted sister Heskey and I am using this medium to thank her.

Special thanks to Mrs. D. Richardson, Vera Illidge and Mrs. Pastor Claudette-Joy Andrews for their contribution to making this publication possible in their own way.

I especially want to acknowledge the role of Dr. Suzie Hill. Of all the people who made their contribution to this book, I have known Dr. Suzie the least a matter of one week’s contact. Dr. Suzie was visiting along with her husband, and be it providence or design we had lunch together. At the table in as much as I cannot recall the conversation, I mentioned that I had written material equivalent to a book. She was instantly excited and after hearing the title of the script she encouraged me to publish it. I am eternally grateful to her because she not only encouraged me to publish the book, she gave me available options including what she thought was most cost effective. Not only did she encourage me to publish the book, she offered to advertise the book in and article presentation she was due to make at a later date and she has kept contact just to know how is the book coming. Thank you Dr Suzie hope you enjoy reading this book.

Lastly but by no means least, I want to thank my husband Pastor Royston E. Philbert for writing the foreword to this publication. Without him in my life I would not be wearing the caption name “Pastor’s Wife”. Therefore I am thanking him for not only writing the foreword, but for being my husband for the last 23 years, as I look forward to spending eternity with him.

The nature of this book is drawn from experiences and observations of my own, and many of the insights were written at night when I should have been sleeping. I like to go t sleep with pen and paper on my side table because as I sleep or maybe somewhere between sleep and wake, Ideas would come to mind and I would write those down and review them in the morning. Because of this I would not say that I took time from the children, but I want to thank them all three for their support and especially their encouragement to publish the writing.

Thanks, thanks, thanks!

Thanks to God for placing the insights into my mind since I believe that they will be of help to aspiring pastor’s wives and encouragement to those who are already in the role of the Pastor’s Wife.

By Hester Z. Philbert-Brown