Banana Ground

1-ianchesterm, Jamaica 3ept. 9.1970

Brethran in our Lord*s Service:

From Jamiaca, the land of vjood and water, I send you p:reetin^s in our Lovinf?: Savior's nar.;e-. I observe that this month

is speedily moving on and that you have ndf yet received a

letter from me,, therefore, I am making haste to f^et this one
to you

The month of august v/as a blessed one to me in many ways;

I can also say that many peoples lives have been blessec^,
especially those in the Lord's service
was a safe trip fom America to Jamaica, hi-jacked to Cuba;

Ky firsts blessing
i^y plane was not

this seens to be the great thing that

is happening t 0 many aeroplanes these days.

During this same month (august), I had the opportunity to

have v;orked in camp and . helped with services in tivo church^s^
These =;hed some lights to me on the needs that exist here and

the opportunities that can be had to witness to people for Christ. 1 rejoice to knovj that in the process of that time

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I had the opportunity to have immersed a younf lady into

Christ.

The field, I can see, is v;ide, but laborers are feV/.

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I thank God for opportunities to work for Him

Before, I proceed any further in my letter in telling of the

work, I must extend to you my brethren in America, my sincere

gratitude for your interest and kindness to me v;hil I was in

the st^ites.

You have been a blessing to my life and I want For this 1 thank you very much, ISven to the
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you to knov/ it.

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time I was leaving the Of-tes, it was lik>- leaving: from my own
'home what espicially impressed me was the send off I had at
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the airport the inorninr 1 v/as leaving.

Therev;ere brethren v/ho

ca: .e to see me off; with prayers and words of .exhortations, I

v/as sent off in the Lord's name. This reminded rae of the

apostles v/ho were sent out on the mission field by brethren

v/ho loved
and love.

I am siiyin^ th^nk you for your concern

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concernin/^ my present position, I will Inform

In th e work of the Lord, as you know, there are times of joys as well as times of sorrows#. Uell, I do not have real sorrowa, but handieapa,. Ky handicaps- are in two specific directions!;
The lackof personal transportaticm to travel to the churches where I hope to v:ork most^ as of this tima

^ck of haTsrin^?; a house to live on or near the areas (This

is partially in the making*.

I am sure that many of you brethren v/ho are reading this letter
can say "we helped v^hen he mad an appeal for heip" no means overlookedThis- is- by However, there are some brethren whoi had,
For that reason I fell

and I believe s1*il3L have the miind to heip but for some: insasoni
have not been able to do. so as yet*

s-hort Cf the amount of the mcney tliat would adequately have met the^ demands that f^ce me hy transportation and bagagges '
were properly taken care of witfe funds I raised^ I was then

left with a balance insuffient to pay the necessary amount, on a car and to renfe a house". Cars heee are very expensive,
so a good used one will cost, approximately .-2000.00 and more.

There are cheaper cara, but not. best suited for the road condi tions ut this present- v300..00 can get me off to a good start..

Brethren, I am not here to see how much money I can get but
to be freed as much as possible to be in th e master's service. Hs I travel to points I have to change vehicles three and some
times four times; too much to take a taxi. ..here I faillto

m^ke personal reference, my kind forev/arding agents; i-.p-i Bill f.organ v;ill say for me. i^y God bless you always and keep 3rou
in his love.

I am anticipating a v/onderful ministry for the Lord and vrith your spiritual and materia 1 help it shall be greafi. Tour con- .'

cern for souls at home and ^^)road means much in God's sight.' ,
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remain

Your co-worker in Christ,

Lushington Bogle

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Grierfield Dlst,

Moneague P.0.

St. Ann, Jamaica W.I.

November 18, 1^70

The Lord's Eea-pers

Ozark Bible College

Dear Christian Workers

We can constantly see the need for Christian worke s In the Lotf's service. With your continuous efforts many of these
needs shall be met.

thought It well to write you this brief report to let you

know a little of what I am doing. I do this because I have

not yet sent out a se-^ond tJewsletter.

I thank the Lord for the opportunity I have to be here in Jam aica to work for the Lord, On November 8, I had the opportu

nity to baptize four youngp oeople Into Christ; this was at Mt, Pleasant.(three young ladi^fe and a your^fellow. One of the
things for which I am especially glad Is for one of the young
ladles who accepted the Lord when I came on my internship

last HiimmmftT-'i 9^9 - There were some difficulties which hindered her# from being baptized before,but since I came back the Lord

helped me to have had such difficulties straightened out. At

pray for them.

the end of the letter I will list their names ond ask that you

I started a Bible study group at Grierfield , and I am asklnK

you to pray that this will be a blessing. I am also asl:ing vou to oray for some of our young people who have to be leaving the district in sear' h of work-(some of our

young members^Sometimes they go to places where th^are not

privllleged to have any spiritual help.
goes on.

Please continue to isray for me that the Lord will bless my efforts that there will be a great spiritual harvest as tlB

May the Lord ever bless you,and you continue to do the good
work for Kim.
I remain

y^ur oo-wor'ner in C hrist

Lushlngton T.Bogle

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Grierfield Dist.

I-ioneague P,0,

Lushin^ov^
i^.y Brethren in Christ* s service;

A December'^ 1970 ^

iSt, Ann TJamaica

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Here I am in Jamaica where the frass and trees are j^^reen, the

wind is blowing, but no snow is falling- From this green island,. I send you greetings in the sweet name of our Lord Jesus Christ
Ko doubt some of my brethren there in the States are saying, "what has become of Lushin^rton;' we have not received any newsletter from him recently." This I know to be true, but I must first of

all report to you that I am keeping well through the me rcies of God,. I can also report to you that I am on the battle field for my Lord,, /is one enters the field for the Lord he immediately
realizes that he is in battle; the host of evil seems to be

am fflad that the battle is the

secured

surginp; aa.oun^ as if to say, "you cannot win this battle."

Lord*s, and with that victory is

Since you heard from me last, quite a few t hings have happened. For exarr^ple: I have gone to live in Grierfield area; this is in
the Parrish of St. ann.- Here I can serve t he Grierfield and

Clover Hill churches better. I am the pr esent minister to these

congregations. They are approximately Ui miles apart.

Let me nov\r write a few things about these churches:
The Grierfield Church:

This church is presently meeting in a very small building..

( I presume that some people are using this as an excuse

for not coming to worship there.) h new building was started a few months ago, but lack of finance caused the work to
stop for a time.
In this church there are no ordained elders no r deacons.

There are a fev7 men here, but they need /iiuch teachings
according to i;ew Testa^nent pattern. oome of the people v;ho attend are froLi various religious backccrounds, such as: Tabernacle, Pentecostal, SevenDay -id^rentist, Baptist. You rr.ay i.-Viagine that this is not an easy situation to have organized. Here a^^^in I v/ill say
since the battle is t he Lord*s all v;ill be well. I started

a Bible study class at the church; this I am confident will be a blessing.

B. The Clover Hill Church: In this church there is one elder and one deacon. / ost of

the inerrbers in this congregation are women,

of them, have become lukewarm therefore I a^-i I

'uit e a few
am resorted

to much letter uniting and a few visitations. I

cannot do

very r^any visitations as yet.

.'ith much prayer and the eff

orts that can be made

at this time, I believe the conditions

will be alleviatedvsoon.

vie do not have many young people in this conp;re gation. The reasons are: 1. .ost of those, v/ho-v^ere in the church
have either orne to work at some fimployment or gone to school away frorr; the distr ict. 2. There are three churches

in this district, and it is not a bip: one. Besides the Church of Christ there is a seventh iJalf -vdventist, and a Baptist -dventist. .i/ell, some of the men in the area are attracted to some wordly pleasure, and such is in easy
reachingd distance from the church building. This is also true of many of the youn^^ fellov/s.

The Clover Hill church has a lovely building but we are presently enraged in building a vestry and hope to put on a porch as early ^as the Lord helps us to do so. ;/e hope
also to p:et some benches ifhen things are better. In both

churches there are mer.bers who are very interested to see the work of the Lord p.o on in good spirit

mif^ht win some..."

.apostle Paul when he said, "I became all thin^rs to all men that I
Right here there are lambs to be fed and souls to be rcscued.
Concerninp" my support, I do not p-et any fincincial help from
the churches in Jamaica. I am helped with food, but any other

v.'orkinp: vjith these brethren reminds ir.e of the words of the

It is a ^reat challen.'ye to work in these areas

for Christ in a time v;hen popularity seems to be the p-reat thing

the friends here-they are lovinp: and encoura;0'inp' and as well believe in prayer. I cannot say exactly say how much it will

help I ar, much dependent on my imerican friends. This I say of

cost me to live- financially, as there are yet some thin/^s to
However,i 250.CO per month can be a prreat asset.

find out.

Brethren, every offerinr shall be used wisely. Basically, I am

interested in receiTKinf=^ enough support that I ;.iay be able to do the best 1 can in the Lord's work; that means I desire to n-jake
the ministry my full time xi/ork.

I Rupirest that all contributmon be sent throuf.h my Forwarding

64301).

&p:ents (Bill and Kaye Morgan- 2705 .^all Street Jopli9,i-.o.

If you desire to send a personal letter

that also will

be fine.

Concerninp: a car for my use-in my next Newsletter 1 believe

I will be able to p;ive you a full report about this.

four younp; people into Christ, This was done at Mt, Pleasant where one of my brothers is minister. In that church there is
I pive them a visit.

I am rlad to report to you that last mo. (i'Joveuiber) I immersed

much work also but the v/orkers are few. .whenever 1 ^et the chance

I.ay you see the importance of continuincr your support. If you do not hear- fror: me as often as you desire, feel sure that
1 am here workinfr Sor my Lord. X am al\vays en-'a^ied in some phase of church work even if you do not hear a lot of publicity about

it. The field is wide, but the breadth of those concerned is

narrow.

md now, I wish to sjy "TH/iI.K.:)" to you all for your love for
the I'ord. This is made manifest by your interest in supporting:
the Lord's work there in -^^mericrs as well f^s in all other parts of

the world, -thank you for prayer oind material support in the vjay you can best do it, I can alv^'ays use '--osoel tracts or any
relip:ious literature in the work here.

I'^nal-ly, may vou all have a blessed Christmas season and may the joy of the Lord everfill your hearts, oome swe::t day you H'ill not be in ^meric'i hearing about the v/ork of the Lord
tb the full the things that ^od has in store for those who
love Him..

in other lands, but we shall be sharinp; the rewards, enjoying

Thanks,arain, ayid mr^y the Lord bless you as also you accept
rreetinrs from the brethren in Jair^ica.
I rerr.ain

liincerely in Christ's lov^

Lushin/^ton T. Bogle
Fwrd. nj^ehts":

Joplin, i.o. oU-^.Ol

BilL^^ Kaye i-orrran 2705 ^''all St.