On March 1, 1947, Brother Murray stood expectantly on the dock in Nassau awaiting the arrival of the ship Yarmouth, which had withstood the unusually severe winter voyage from New York. On board was a young woman by the name of Kathleen Fairweather, a graduate of the eighth class of Gilead School. She describes her arrival: “Dazed and a little debilitated, I stared at the serene blue waters of Nassau harbor. Blue skies, white clouds, clear jade- and emerald-green waters all bathed in brilliant sunshine​—what a contrast to the angry Atlantic Ocean! A man in a khaki government uniform came forward and introduced himself as Brother D. O. Murray.”

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The first four missionaries to the Bahamas: Nancy Porter, George Porter, Kathleen Fairweather and Frieda Pulver