First Baptismal Scene at Macha. Native Congregation Not Visible, 319 Wedding Dinner at Macha, 320 The Elephant That Derailed the Train, 325 Macha Mission School, Boarders, 1910, 327 Macha Wagon and Oxen Near an Ant Hill, 330 Simeoba's Village, Viewing the Strangers, 334 Sisters Engle Crossing the Tuli River in the Matopo Hills, 337 The Battle Palm, 340 Macha Mission Church and Boys' House, 347 Ruth Taylor and Her Mother. A White Child in the Midst, 351 Little Nurses. Mianda Village, 359 Batonga Fisher Women, 364 Batonga Village with the Cattle Pens in the Foreground, 404 Cattle Pen of the Batonga, 406 A Batonga Family Traveling, 408 Native Women--Widows, 410 Kabanzi Chief with His First Wife, 412 Giving the Gospel in Macha Village, 414 Macha Mission, 1913, 419 Ruth Taylor, 423 First Christian Marriages at Macha, 426 David Moyo and His Wife and Child, 429 Rev. and Mrs. Kerswell with Native Carriers on a Visit to Macha, 431 Batonga Chiefs, Near Macha Mission, 435 School at Kabanzi Village, 446 Sikaluwa, 456 Brethren in Christ Cottage and Chapel at Johannesburg, 469 Mr. and Mrs. Isaac O. Lehman and Family, 474 Boxburg Mission Station. Built by Mr. Jesse Eyster, 479 PART ONE MATOPO MISSION "Go ye therefore and teach all nations" --Matt. 28: 19 SOUTH AND SOUTH CENTRAL AFRICA CHAPTER ONE The Beginning of Missionary Effort It was at the General Conference held in May, 1894, that the Foreign Missionary Work of the Church of the Brethren in Christ originated.