Peru by A. N. Allen

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Jul 22, 1909

Peru

By A. N. Allen

LIMA.— We are so busy here now that we hardly get time to remember where we are, or that we have not always been here. God is blessing us with more than we can do. Constantly we receive letters from those who have read Señales, asking for more light. We have a club of two thousand of that paper now, and a club of one hundred Chinese papers. The latter sell readily at ten cents gold. We are going to increase this club to five hundred, as we have a large number of Chinese all along this coast. Elder F. L. Perry’s leaving was the hardest separation I ever knew. Still I knew it was for his good. He has done good work here, and I am glad to drop into a work so well established. We hope you will not leave us here alone long.

Just before Brother Perry left, I had the privilege of baptizing six fine young people. Five of them are now canvassing, and the other is the wife of one of these. As far as the field is concerned, the harvest is overripe, the fruit is beginning to fall. We are gathering what we can with the laborers and strength we have, but many are falling without the light which we are here to give. We need more men and more money. The door is open. From many places they are calling for us. I am glad I am here.

I find the climate much less trying than that of Honduras, and we hope, by being careful, to keep up. We are never very strong, but some way we keep going. The children are well, growing, and learning Spanish. Mrs. Allen seems to be just as well as she was in Washington.

I feel the need of the establishment of the medical work here; and to have a good nurse or physician would be a great relief to the minds of the laborers. A. N. ALLEN.