THE GOOD NEWS SPREADS NORTH

In June 1956, newlywed pioneers Ken and Rosina Frame were the first Witnesses to move to New Ireland, an island in the Bismarck Archipelago in northeast Papua New Guinea. Ken, an accountant, worked with a large trading company in Kavieng, the main town on the island. “Before we left Sydney,” Ken relates, “we were advised to let people get used to us before we started to preach openly. Rosina was a good dressmaker and soon had many customers. We witnessed to them informally, and soon there was a small group of interested ones meeting discreetly at our home once a week.

“Eighteen months later, John Cutforth, the circuit overseer, visited us and asked if he could show the film The Happiness of the New World Society. I spoke to the owner of the local cinema, and he agreed to screen our free ‘mission’ film without charge. His staff must have spread the word about the show. When we arrived at the cinema, the entrance was packed with people, and we needed help from the police to make our way inside. Over 230 people attended the screening, not counting those peering in through the open windows. After this event we preached more openly.”

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Rosina and Ken Frame