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HUR HES
OFHRIST
MR.
ANDMRS.WOODROW
HILLIPS.
MISSIONARIES
HALPWAY
TREE
P O
JAMAICA W I
MISSIONARIES
• J a m a i c a
for
C h r i s t
MR.
AND
MRS
WOODROW
HILL
MR.
AND MRS.
DONALD
FREAM^
MR
AND
MRSJAMES HERGET
MR ANDMRS GRAYSONENSIGN
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HUR HES
OF
CHRIST
MR. AND MRS. WOODROW PHILLIPS. MISSIONARIES
HALF WAY TREE P . O . JAMAICA. B . W . I .
^ J a m a i c a f o r C h r i s t ^
April
27,
195A
amssionaries
MR.
AND
MRS WOODROW H I L L I P S
MR. ND
MRS.
DONALD FREAM
MR.
AND
MRS. JAMES
HEHGET
MR.
AND
MRS. GRAYSON ENSIGN
Harold ^'^cFarland
Mission Services
Joliet Illinois
Dear Brother McFarland:
Enclosed are a few articles c o n c e g g - n g our
w o r k
a n d
f u r l o u g h t h a t w e h o p e y o u c a n i n c l u d e i n
y o u r
next Horizons.
I a m
looking
f o r w a r d t o m e e t i n g
y o u
at
t h e N o r t h A m e r i c a n C o n v e n t i o n
i n L o n g
B e a c h . W e
h a v e
a p p r e c i a t e d y o u r w o r k t h o u g h
w e h a v e
n e v e r m e t
y o u
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̂
Way
1 9 ^ ^ ^
V c O ^ r o v rh5115|.s
,
T l j J - ^ o i i l - h tS^hth Street
an
iioitf Caiirc-rnia
l i s a r Brother Philllpfli
-
2
l p p r e c l g t c the
n e ^
s
v . h J o h you
ent e n c * en
^lad
to
hear
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t x / u ;
une 19^A
D u r i n g s i x m o n t h s i n t h e U n i t e d
S a t e s , V i o c ^ r o w | F h i J ^ i p 3
h a s
t o l d
o f t h e
\
v i o r k
o f
J a m a i c a
C h r i s t i a n M i s s i o n
i n
1 2 6
d i f f e r e ? i f ^ ^ o n g r e g a t i o n s ,
a n d
w r i t e s
t h a t
his reception by the
churches
has been a blessing to him and to the work of Christ
iniJamaica.
Mrs. Fhiliips u s e d the
furlough time for additional
schooling
at
San
Jose
Bible
college
f r c r n v f n i c h she
received
h e r
Bachelor
of Theology
degree
i ^ i a y < i 5 t n . They
are
n o w t o u r i n . ^ among
the Galiforniat churches
and e x p e c t i n g -
to retur
J a c B i c a i m m e d i a t e
a f t e r t h e K o r t h
l i m e r i c n C h r i s t i a n
c o n v e n t i o n .
F o r w a r d i n g
a d d r e s s
is 91p * 3 . 8tn St.
San Joss California
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21 July 195U
T h e
Woodro4^illips
f a m i l y c o m p l t e d h e i r f u r l o u g h a n d a r r i v e d b a c k i n
J a m a i c a J i h ^ r ^ l r t f u ^ D u r i n g t h e i r s t a y
i n t h e S t a t e s
f o o d r o w w a s g r a n t e d a B . D .
degree
at
San Jose
Bible
College, and Marjoei
com.pleted
w ork for
her
B,
Th,
The
second
unit o f
Jamaic a Bible
Seminary is
now in
use
though
still under
construction (nicture shows firs t unit comnleted, sec ond unit behond still being
constructed).
Brother
Donald Fream reports that 1,313,77 has been soent on
the
se
unit. He est i m ates that itwill take another 800
to
finish
it.
He wrote
that
they
have
also fin ished the foun dation o n
a
new
chu r ch
building at Macca Tree,
D n n i n n g
the
first
six
months of
i P ^ i i ,
nine e v a n g e l i s t i . c meetings were held
by students,
graduates
of
the Sem'nary,
and
m i s s i o n a r i e s .
Four
m o r e w er e
planned by
Grayson Ensing
and D o n ald F r ead m d u r i jg
July
and Augustr-r.
There were
atqleast
222 additions, l6l
o f
t em by baptism . The Seminary
i s
continuing regular classes,
with five of
the students in
their ju n i o r
year,
who are
also
learning trade s
i n
Kin
i f t U a t i M t S i n g f e tot eir morning
Bible c lasses. Most
o f the students
either as s i st
regu
Kings on chu r che s or travel to p r e a c h in the c o untry chu r c he s, where they are i n
muc
demand. The m.issionarie3 maybe addressed
at Half Way
Tree P. 0., Jamaica,
B.
W .
I
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m« <
3 l \
S S C o Y X c ^
L \ . Y \
U A v c i ^ e v C l t > Y \ 5 Y v u c \ j
o
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Phillips
Complete
Successful
Tour
Since December 1,1953 Woodrow Phillips
has presented
the
work
of
the churches of Chrii in
Jamaica
to 126 different
congregations
in
100
different
localities
His reception by the
churches
has been a
blessing
to him and to the work
of Christ in Jamaica.
The Phillips family have one more
short
tour
among
the
California churches
and
then plan
to
return
to Jamaica immediately after the North American
Christian Convention
in
June
of this
year.
It has been a
pleasure to
them to visit so
many of the
congregations
and
Individuals
who have
helped them in their work
in
Jamaica
and to make new
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Marjorie Phillips
to Graduate
Marjorie Phillips will receive her Bachelor
of Theology degree riday
evening
May 28 195^ at the
commencement
exercises for the San Jose Bible College
Marjorie hasused
the
few
months of
their
furlough to complete this
portion
of her education
while Woodrow has been
visiting
the
churches
and
telling
them
of the Jamaican work.
The
training in
new
teaching methods
and
Bible subjects will
be
another aid to ^ ^ ^ r s Phillips
classes for children and women in Jamaica
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18 August 19$h
Wood^o^ Phillips
family
arrived back.in JamaicaJuly,lUth and immediately we
to
work, le'^ote
August l6th
reporting six
convessions
of
faith at
Gosheh in
meeting
b
Brothers
Phillips
and Fream* J3 confessions in
meeting
at York Stree
church led
by
Brother
Ensign{ three
confessions at
Diamond
in meeting
by
Brothe
F r e a m a n d E n s i n g . M i c h t e a c h i n g
a n d
r e s t o r a t i o n a l s o . F o u 3 : j C a m e i n
f e l l o w s h i p
f
o t h e r g r o u p s a n d o n e
A n g l i c a n
l a d y o f 65 a s
b a p t i s , e d a t
^ 6 n e w -
c h u r c h i n H a l f
Tree
by
B r o t h e r s P h i l l i p s a n d
Herget.?HHea^o
s a i d
that t h e
s e c o n d
unit fof the
new
Seminary building
will
s o o n b e completed.
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WOODRCW PHILLIPS
NEV/S LETTER
October,
195A
Dear Ones
in
Christ:
It
has been t v ; o
months
since our Pan American Airways
3 lane
winred
its
way
back to Jamaica. That day v / a s a
happy
one
for us,
end t b f e
b e a i n n i n ^ o f m a n y m o r e h a p p y o n e s f u l l o f s e r v i n g
t h e
L o r d . \
We thank and praise Kim for his tender mercy and
loving
\
care
throughout
t h e
months
of our furlough, a n d for ^
bringing
us safely back to
Jamaica, N
HALF WAY TREE IS GROWIIIG—i--not the old
silk cotton
h al f tree that gave the t o v r n
its
name,
v i e
m u st aakait--
but
the
nev7
congregation
in
Kingston,
in
the district o
Half-'ifay
Tree,
Marlorie and I
have
been leading in the
work of this young church, and are rejoicing in its
steady grov/th. Ilany
visitors
have come
to the
services, and
a
number of unsaved persons have
showed
an
interest in the things
of
the Lord, Ilease
remember
in
prayer: Wellesly
Eldsmire>
a
deep sea
diver,
Mrs. Avril Duncan, a licthodist, Edv?in Chin
Lenn,
a teen-are Chinese boy,
and
Vfinstcn Clark, whose fcther
forbids him to
be
baptized. f J e
pray
thst these end
others will soon be brought into the fold of Christ,
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tV
a B f i i b l e Seminary graduatadgfive this year according t o the
^ h i . | l i p s : n e w s l e t t e r w h i c h , t o l d o f t h e s t u d e n t f a c u t l y b a n q u e t
h e l d o n
July
Jlst
in
the newly
completed
seminary building .
The letter
also
reported
that
there
were
785 conffessions of
faith
during
the
first
bix
months
of
1955—only
259
of which
had been baptized due to lack
of
ytained
leaders
to
teach those who
come.
A Iso
17$, previously baptised
elsewhere came
into
fellowship
with churches
of
Ohrist