Cynthia Foster

Cynthia Sophia Foster was born on April 26, 1936 in St. Margarets Bay, Portland, Jamaica. She is a mother to seven children, twenty -seven grandchildren, and thirty four great-grandchildren. She was always working wherever she could find work, and after residing in Portland for some years, she relocated to Spanish Town where she became a vendor to support her family. She immigrated to Florida in 1987, and she worked as a nurse’s aide living in patients’ houses taking care of them. She worked relentlessly ensuring that separating from her children and grand-children would only be brief. With her tenacity, she was able to reunite with her children and grandchildren when they came to live with her in Florida approximately two years after. She was one of the first members to attend Unity New Testament Church of God, and she became one of the mothers of the church. Because her mother instilled the value of Christianity in her and her siblings at a tender age, she grew up having a fear and a love for God, so even though she was not a Christian while she was residing in Jamaica, she knew that God was her creator and she believed in them wholeheartedly. After she lost her sight, her children were panicking, but she assured them that her God has given her the peace that surpassed all understanding, and so because of her faith, we were strengthened by it. Mother Foster, Miss Cynth, Cousin Cynth, Blessing, mama, grandma as she was called. We miss you very much, and I know that you are resting in peace.