WESLEY Stephens, better known as ‘World,’ is a well-known Lindener and around Blueberry Hill he is the local ‘bush doctor,’ the go-to guy when there is the need for a purge of the body or spiritual connection.

It is considered the old-fashioned way to address ailments, pains and other things that are experienced by many.

The 59-year-old has been residing in Blueberry Hill since 1962. Even though he had left the community for some time, he returned and spent most of his life there.

“I love it here. I grow up here, so I know this place well and mostly I know how to get along with the people here,” he said.

Stephens like others has wishes that he would like to become reality, but without the needed resources, his dreams of having a resort on a 15-acre plot of land that has a creek and comes with a 50-year lease cannot materialise.

“I wanted to have this resort, it has been my dream by after trying for many years. I believe that things can happen if I sell the land and use the money to buy a vehicle and do other things until I am capable financially to start something new,” he said.

Stephens related that it is not a way of giving up, but he is merely shifting his focus to things that he can actually accomplish with his limited resources.

This villager stated that he did many things for a job, such as being a taxi driver, a farmer, a bush doctor and a miner.

Stephens is also a sports enthusiast in the community and is hoping to form the Linden Mix Masters United Football Group, where senior men can join once the group is established and endorsed.

It is an opportunity for men from 39 years old and upwards to participate in football and so far, 60 persons have indicated their willingness to become members.

He added that the process is at a ‘teething’ stage and he needs a bit of support to establish the football group for senior men in the community.

With regard to his herbal practice, these days he is making a potion that comprises herbs and plants that add up to 21 ingredients to cleanse the body of impurities and finish off the drink with some honey, which adds flavour.

Stephens explained that some bushes, plants and herbs are within the environment and he can get them, but some are hard to find and he often has to travel long distances to acquire them to make his body-cleanser drink.

He stated that his potion is a mixture of aloe vera and many other ingredients, all bush medicines essential to purify the body and boost the immune system.

Giving testimony of the bush medicine, taxi driver/villager Dellon Williams told the Pepperpot Magazine that the potion is good. Whenever he feels as though his body needs cleansing and a boost, he would get the medicine.

After drinking it he would feel it working and it gives him a good motion of the bowels and within that same day, he would feel good inside out and has never had any bad reaction to it and recommends it to others.