Grasshoppers - On a dusty farm, far to the west of Australia's Blue Mountains, the Bryson family seemed happy in their busy life. But, when they invited a travelling preacher to stay, Mrs Bryson felt empty and plied him with questions. He returned to Sydney and sent her a New Testament.  Stuart, who had been glad to see the back of the evangelist, was astonished when his wife told him after a sleepless night reading John's Gospel, 'I'm born again.' …… He was angry at first but later changed to accept the work of Christ. ….. So, early in 1918, they sold their farm and moved into the Sydney College with their faces firmly set towards Africa. …. Two missionaries, recently invalided home, had left the carpentry shop, saw-mill and printing press without leadership. Immediately the leaders realized that God had sent Stuart to step into the gap.  .. In 1923 they returned to Australia, concerned to educate their children, aged 14, 11 and 9 …… After 4 years at home, a friend offered to care for the boys if Stuart and his wife decided to go back. They felt God nudging them. But the family, never separated before, did not realise how much the parting would hurt. ……. The Brysons began work on another totally new language - Nandi …… By the time the Brysons arrived a church and school were thriving at Kapsabet. They set out to develop this centre and to use it as a base for starting the 'outschools' that had helped the Luo so markedly. …. Today the name of Bryson is honoured among the Nandi churches for their work on the Bible [translation into Nandi] ……. From 1929 onwards the translation of the Bible into Nandi became the dominating purpose for us. …. In September 1931, the Brysons took the manuscript of the New Testament to Australia, returning after 18 months with 7 cases of the volumes. ….. By 1938, with the Old Testament's drafts corrected and the whole New Testament revised the Brysons were free to return to Sydney where they entered a totally new role in their own country. He became General Secretary of AIM's Australian work and inspired many others to serve in Africa. Their African service reached its climax six months later when the Nandi Bible arrived in Kapsabet and then multiplied as thousands read it.

Ancestry Applied for a homestead grant in Saskatchewan, Canada 29 Mar 1905