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J a m a i c a

C h r i s t i a n

M i s s i o n

S RVING

Churches of Christ

HALF-WAY-TREE P. O. JAMAICA. B. W. .

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19

God's

Fellow Workers

MR.ANDMRS.DONALDFREAM

MR.

ANDMRS.WOODROW HILLIPS

MR.

ANDMRS.JAMES

HERGET

Jamaica

For

Christ

EVANGELISTAND

MRS.

GRAYSON H.ENSIGN

Sep'tember

14, 955

Dear

Brother MaoEarland;

Greetings

to

you in

the name

o f

our

Lord

Jesus Christ.

Perhaps sometime you 7?ould

have

space and occasion to

run

this

news

i ' t e m .

In

the

sixteen

mo nths that the Grayson Ensigis have been in Jamaica they have

been xised of

the

Lord in starting thi^e

new

congregations—-Grand Cayman churcli in

October,

1954, Whitehall Ave., Kingston in January, 1955, and Elletson

Ed.,

Kingston

in August, 1955» The work in Grand

Cayman

was nourished and

increased b y

Bro.

Wood-

row

Phillip s' visit

in

February,

1955,

when seven were

baptized

into

Christ

and two

_ >

pl aced their membership - w i t h - f c h e congregation.

The

Don ald Preams

visited - t h e

Church

in June,

1955 an d three were

baptized

into

Christ. Grayson

Ensi^i

is planning on re

turning to Grand Cayman o n October 7 f c o hold ano ther evangel istic cau^iai© .

The Ensigns have leased the Elletson Ed.

ohurch

building (full y furnished) for

five years with an

pptiou

to renew

for

ive yeaU?s. Eegular

services are

being held

b y Bro.

Ensi@i

and Bro. Walker,

graduate of

JB3. A Hol idays Bible S chool was held

here by Mrs. nsign

and

Eobert Allen of Ozark Bibl e Coll ege with 114 nrolled.

A

valuable

third

of

an

acre

site

in

the/

enwood

Hurricane

Ho using Estate

is

e

ing urchased

by

he

Ensigns

for another

new

congregation. In

this area mo re than

a

housand

families

are

going

to

live. There

is

no

congregation of â y kind in this

area

at

the present time.

It

is hoped that the Church of Christ wil l be

' t h e

first

one

e s t a b l i s h e d .

An a d e q u a t e

c h u r c h b u i l d i n g

will c o s t a b o u t $ 3 , 0 0 0 .

Iam

enclosing

a

icture of t h e

Slle-bson

Ed. uilding in case

you

should

want

to

ise

it.

The

Lord bless

you for

your abiding

concern

fo r the evangelization of t h e world,

LthfuUy yours.

n

H.

Ensi^

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cm N JAMAICA

S T A ^ T H R E E

C H U R C H E S

I N

t h e 16

m o n t h s

t h a t

t h e G r a y s o n ^ - ^ i ^ e

b e e n

i n J a m a i c a t h e y h a v e b e e n u s e d o f

t h e

L o r d

i n s t a r t i n g t h r e e

n e w

c h u r c h e s — G r a n d C a y m a n c h u r c h i n O c t o b e r

1 9 5 i i , W h i t e h a l l

A v e n u e i n K i n g s t o n

i n J a n u a r y 1 9 5 5 >

a n d E l l e t s o n

I t o a d ,

K i n g s t o n i n

A u g u s t

1 9 5 5 *

T h e

w o r k in

G r a n d C a y m a n

was

n o u r i s h e d a n d i n c r e a s e d by B r o t h e r

V ^ o o d r o w

P h i l l i p s '

v i s i t i n F e b r u a r y 1 9 5 5 w h e n s e v e n w e r e b a p t i s e d i n t o C h r i s t a n d t w o p l a c e d t h e i r m e m b e r s h i p

w i t h t h e

c o n g r e g a t i o n ,

t B h e D o n a l d F r e a m s v i s i t e d t h e

c h u r c h

i n

J u n e 1 9 5 5 a n d t h r e e

w e r e

b a p t i s e d i n t o C h r i s t . G r a y s o n E n s i g n i s p l a n n i n g o n r e t u r n i n g

to

G r a n d

C a y m a i

for another evangelistic

campaign.

T h e E n g - i j ^ s h a v e l e a s e d t h e E l l e t s o n R o a d c h u r c h b u i l d i n g

f u l l y

f u r n i s h e d f o r

f i v e y e a r s w i t h

a n

o p t i o n

t o

£ e n e w f o r

f i v e

y e a r s . R e g u l a r

s e r v i c e s

a r e

b e i n g h e l d

b y

B r o t h e r E n s i g n

a n d

B r o t h e r

W a l k e r >

a

g r a d u a t e

o f

J a m a i c a B i b l e S e m i n a r y .

A

V B S

w a s

h e r e h e r e a n d R o b e r t A l l e n

o f

O z a r k B i b l e C o l l e g e

w i t h l l t i

e n r o l l e d .

A

v a l u a b l e l | i e

1/3 a c r e s i t e i n P e n w o o d H u r r i c a n e H o u s i n g E s t a t e is

b e i n g

p u r c h a s e d

b y the Ensigns for ano ther new congregation. In this area more than 1,000 families are

g o i n g t o ^ i v e . T h e r e i s n o c o n g r e g a t i o n o f a n y

k i n d

i n t h i s a r e a a t t h e p r e s e n t t i m e . I t i s

hope

that

the church of

Christ

will be the first one

established.

An

adequate church

building

will cost

about $3,000. Address

is

Half Way

Tree

P.

0.,

Jamaica . W,

I.

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XFb>

AMAICAN

^''^HALLENGER

 

g r e a t

and e f f e c t u a l

d o o r i s

opened

...

nd

h e r e a r e

many

a d v e r s a r i e s.

VOLUME

;

NUMBER

DECEMBER.

955

Grayce Marie, Mark, David,

Nathan

and Grayson Ensign

G r e e t i n g s

i n

T h e

N n m e O t

O u r

I m i a n u e l

 But

when the fulness of the time came, God

sent

forth h i s Son, born of a

woman. . hat we might

receive

the adoption of sons."

(Galatians

4:4-5)

How

happy

we

are

at

t h i s s p e c i a l

time

set aside

to

remember

a

miracle—

the Incarnation

of

Jesus Christ. The human mind i s incapable

of grasping

the

unspeakabl eness of

God's

l o v e . Our

imagination

i s

staggered b y the a v r f u l ma

jesty

and

beauty

of

t h i s

gl orious truth—God

so

l oved the world that He

ave

His

only

begotten

S o n

that whosoever

b e l i e v e t h

on

Him

should not perish but

eternal

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THE

JAMAICAN CHALLENGER

Published by

E v a n g e l i s t

and Mre.

GRAYSON HARTER ENSIGN

Churches

of

Christ

(Jamaica

Christian

Mission)

Half-Way-Tree,

Jamaica, B.

W.

.

(U. S ' . Address: Miss

Mildred McClure

c/o River

Park

Church of C h r i s t

633 30th

S t r e e t ,

South Bend,

15, Indiana)

We

p r e f e r t o have a l l funds and l e t t e r s sent

to us in Jamaica.

Other American

families in Jamaica:

The

Donald

Freams.

The Woodrow P h i l l i p s .

The James Hergets.

A

DOOR

N PENWOOD

Brother Coke,

a

Christian contractor,

told

me

in

July

about 2 cres o f re

served land

in

one of the government's

housing schemes. He

thought i t c o u l d

be purchased for

a

church

s i t e . At

nce

I

a p p l i e d

f o r

i t

b e c a u s e

i t

appeared t o be

the finest opportunity in the Kingston

area—cheap land i n a new

t e r r i t o r y ,

without

established

churches, with

thou

sands of

homeowners.

Brother

Coke

said,

"If

we

c a n ' t

e s t a b l i s h the Church

of

Christ

i n Penwood,

i t can't

be done

in

-Kingston-"

. . . .

NOT

THAT, SOMETHING

BETTER

After

countless t r i p s

to the housing o f

f i c e t o

press the matter through the red

t a p e ,

we

p r o v i d e n t i a l l y

came

one

day

when

the town

planner

was

present. He

could not

et

us have

the

2 cres,

hut

he recommended

that we be given this

corner

ot.

Counting the

government-held verge,

we have

one-third

of

an acre.

The ront

(100 t . ) runs from the t r e e

t o

Mark and

David. The

long

side

extends past

Bob

Allen

and

Grayce

Marie to the house

( ex

treme l e f t ) .

Penwood

Road (to be a

46

f t .

highway)

runs

i n f r o n t (at h e r i g h t ) .

The

road

on the

l e f t

i s the f i r s t road i n

to the housing develo pm ent.

We ould

not

have p i c k e d a b e t t e r l o c a t i o n .

God

a*

y - L ' - . t

Mj

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DECEMBER, 955

PAGE THREE

JAMAICAN JUVENILES

RICHMOND

REVIVED

G r a y s o n

was h o l d i n g :

a w e e k ' s cam-

f o i *

t h e

Richmond o n g r e g f a t i o n

l o

oted m h e m o u n t a i n s n e a r M a n d e v i l l e .

Smce

we

had

s w e l t e r e d a l l summer,

h e

w h o l e

f a m i l y

w e n t w i t h h i m

f o r

a

h a n g e

of c l i m a t e . How

wonderful

i t

was to

s l e e p under wool

b l a n k e t s

and t o wear

sweaters

part of

the

day

N. .

TEACHING

^ B r o t h e r

W o o d s t o c k

a n n o u n c e d p r e -

^ o u s l y t h a t

c h i l d r e n ' s

c l a s s e s

w o u l d b e

n e l d ,

so

many

m r e e t e d

Grayce Marie

when

she a r r i v e d ; Average attendance

c h i l d r e n received miniature

B i b l e

p i c t u r e s

for t t e n d i n g a l l

f i v e c l a s

s e s . L e s s o n s w e r e o n t h e l i f e

o f P a u l ,

emphasizing h i s o b e d i e n c e to C h r i s t ' s

w i l l - w r

him and

t h a t t h e p l a n of a l v a

t i o n

h e t a u g h t

i n

v a r i o u s

c o u n t r i e s ap

p l i e s t o d a y as

w e l l .

Each

day l l looL

•

 

iP^^rd t o a n o t h e r

e x c i t i n g

e p i s o d e

I ® P a u l l i f e .

T h e

c h i l d r e n e a g e r l y

l^med

many

new c h o r u s e s , E s p e c i a l l y

"Brave

D a n i e l , "Mr.

Noah", n d

T h i s

L i t t l e Light of

Mine".

A f t e r

t h e

m e e t i n g

began

t h e

women

wanted c l a s s e s a l s o ,

so

Grayce Marie

p r p . n a r p d

and

t s n p - h t

twn

l o f f s n n s

oo women, oth young and

o l d ,

c a r e f u l l y

•

 .T.

t e a c h i n g s r e g a r d i n g

a

C l m i s t i a n

woman,

e r c h a r a c t e r i s t i c s ,

and

her

work i n t h e home and

congre

gation.

YIELDED TO

CHRIST

n i g h t t h e

b u i l d i n g was p r a c t i c a l

l y f i U e d ,

and

many throughout t h e area

h e a r d

t h e

sermons

v e r t h e l o u d s p e a k e r .

During

t h e l a s t i n v i t a t i o n of t h e cam-

^  

heir

late teens

b o l d l y

c o n f e s s e d C h r i s t

a l o n g w i t h an

o l d e r

woman. Both young

p e o p l e

had

. r G r a y c e ' s c l a s s e s ; b u t

Jean

M i t c h e l l ,

an e a r n e s t and t h o u g h t f u l

g i r l ,

h a d l i s t e n e d e s p e c i al l y a t t e n t i v e l y

d u r i n g

a l l classes and ervices.

Jean wrote

r e c e n t l y t h a t she

and

t h r e e

others

had been

imm ersed and

that

the

young

p e o p l e were

resuming t h e i r

B i b l e

C l a s s e s .

To w i n t h e s e f in e

young

p e o

p l e was a r e a l

v i c t o r y ,

for

most

Jamai

cans b e l i e v e

they

have to f a l l

i n t o

d i r e

s i n

before

they

can y i e l d to

C h r i s t .

THE

OTHER DAY

G r a y c e M a r i e was

i s c u s s i n g

t h e p r o b

lem o f i n t e s t i n a l worms a v e r y

f r e q u e n t

d a n g e r h e r e )

and

w h e t h e r o r n o t any o f

our c h i l d r e n had

them. She

s a i d t h a t

one way you

could t e l l was if children

g r i t t e d t h e i r t e e t h l i k e t h i s (back

and

f o r t h motion) i n t h e n i g h t .

Mark

as

sumed a t h o u g h t f u l f a c e , and

t h e n

he

s a i d s e r i o u s l y , "Mother,I

know

who has

the

mostworms—a, ow.''

ACKEE

POISONOUSfOOD

Did you ever hear of a r u i t t h a t

could be both poisonous

and

edible? In

J a m a i c a

we

a v e j u s t

s u c h a

r u i t , c a l le d

ackee.

Ackee

s a r i l l i a n t ,

s c a r l e t - c o l o r -

® j i n c h e s i n diameter

and

3 n c h e s

long)

which

grows on

t a l l

t r e e s .

When

ckee s f i t (the Jamaican

-e

rm

for-"ripe"), t h i s

red outer coat

b u r s t s

o p e n

r e v e a l i n g t h r e e l o v e l y , y e l -

low f i n g e r s . At h e end of each f i n -

Ser i s a l a r g e , b l a c k s e e d . It i s a o l -

s i g h t

t o s e e

t h i s

b r i g h t

g r e e n

t r e e

with i t s r e d , y e l l o w ,

and

b l a c k orna

m e n t s . Sometimes

i t

seems as though

you a r e l o o k i n g a t

a

i t t l e f a c e

as

you

look at

the open

ackee.

DUAL ERSONALITY

When

t h e

y e l l o w

i n n e r p a r t

of a c k e e

I S b o i l e d

and s e r v e d '

w i t h

b u t t e r ,

s a l t

and

pepper;

i t t a s t e s very much l i k e

s c r a m b l e d e g g s .

Jamaicans

d e a r l y l o v e

t h e i r ' s a l t f i s h and a c k e e .

Raw

a c k e e

I S a l s o d e l i c i o u s , h a v i n g

a n u t t y

f l a v o r .

Yet ackee

can

be deadly p o i s o n . If the

p o d s a r e f o r c e d

o p e n i n s t e a d o f

b u r s t i n g

by h e m s e l v e s , h e n t h e

y e l l o w

p a r t when

e a t e n p r o d u c e s t e r r i b l e s t o m a c h c r a m p s .

C h i l d r e n ,

i n t h e a b s e n c e o f t h e i r

p a r e n t s ,

have been known o eat h e "unfit" r u i t

and

d i e

b e f o r e

t h e i r p a r e n t s

r e t u r n .

HIDDEN

GOOD

Many p e o p l e a r e j u s t l i k e a c k e e .

On

t h e

o u t s i d e

t h e i r l i v es s e e m

t o b e v e r y

a t t r a c t i v e ,

b u t

i n s i d e

t h e y

a r e f u l l of

poisonous deeds and thoughts.

How

uch

b e t t e r i t

i s t o l e t

t h e

b e a u t y o f C h r i s t

shine

out from ur

lives

I M e a s e b e c e r t a i n t h a t o u r

n a m e s ,

e i t h e r

Mr. r M r s .

G r a y s o n

E n s i g n o r b o t h , a p -

o u t s i d e of

l l mail sent

o u s .

* = 0 i"st the

Ja

maica Christian

Mission.

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PAGEFOUR

DECEMBER

955

BRO.A. A.

WALKER

ELLETSON RD. VICTORIES

S i n c e t h e

work

has

begun

at

E l l e t s o n

Rd. n August, h r e e

h a v e

b e e n immersed

i n t o C h r i s t , s i x b a p t i z e d b e l i e v e r s have

p l a c e d t h e i r

membership,

and

one

wo

man has

confessed

C h r i s t .

Attendance

i s n ow

i n

t h e t w e n t i e s with new p e o p l e

and b a c k s l i d e r s dropping i n . An adult

c l a s s

h a s been

organized.

The

first

week in

O c tober O r ayso n

h e l d a

second week s

campaign.

Atten

dance

was

good with

a number of

peo

p l e

l i s t e n i n g

o u t s i d e t o

t h e l o u d s p e a k er .

The s e e d i s b e i n g sown, and

God

w i l l

give the

increase.

ASSISTANT WALKER

Brother A. A.

Walker ,

1955 graduate

of

the Seminary,

i s

the assistant

minis-

t e i , He preaches

s t r a i g h t

gospel ser

m o n s with a

l o t of

c o n v i c t i o n . Already

we can s e e s i g n s of improvement i n him.

We

e l i e v e

he w i l l prove to be

a n

ou t

stand ing preacher.

HAPPIEST MOMENT

One

of the happiest

moments for us

a l l

was the

Lord s

day when

two

young

p e o p l e

c o n f e s s e d

C h r i s t .

S i s t e r

W e i s e ,

a

former h a r l o t , d i d some p e r s o n a l t e a ch

i n g ,

a n d

t h e n s h e b r o u g h t

F r e d e r i c k

Dean to services on

the Lord s

Day. He

l i s t e n e d

a t t e n t i v e l y

t o t h e sermon.

After

w a r d , h e a d m i t t e d

t h a t

h e

must

b e c o m e

a

h r i s t i a n .

I n the evening, at the

i n v i

t a t i o n

D e a n marched forward and m a d e

a

t r o n g - v o i c e d

c o n f e s s io n o f C h r i s t .

INTERNATIONALSOUL WINNING

After

r e c e i v i n g

h i s c o n f e s s i o n , I ex

h o r t e d o t h e r s t o

make

t h e i r d e c i s i o n

and

t o b e b a p t i z e d

w i t h Dean. I m m e d i a t e l y

a f t e r the

s e r v i c e

Carolyn Bodden, a

young woman from

Cayman, o l d

Grayw

Marie

she

w a s ready

t o be immerse(L

  C a r o l y n

was a P r e s b y t e r i a n

who h a d

been working i n t h e BWIA o f f i c e

for

Bto. Adam.) Bob A l l e n

taught

h e r

when

he v i s i t e d Cayman on h i s

way

hom^. He

c o n t i n u e d t o i n s t r u c t

her

by m a i l . When

she

c a me

t o

Jamaica

on

b u s i n e s s ,

he

wrote

me o t h a t I was a b l e t o g i v e he r

some

t e a c h i n g .

By h e time

she c a m e

back f r o m

Trinidad

she w a s ready

to

o b e y t h e L o r d . H e r e s a c a s e o f i n t ^ -

national e va n g e l is m— A l l e n

Mo.; Adam n Cayman, and

t h e s E | i S | g | i B

in

J a m a i c a . . -