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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. .
;;EP
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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 . . -