Spanish Honduras by Chas. M. Paden

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Dec 28, 1916

Spanish Honduras

By Chas. M. Paden

It does our hearts good as we see the Spanish people here taking their stand for the truth, for it seems that they have such a long way to come.

Our members have been very liberal in their Sabbath school contributions, but it seems to us that the tithe is not what it should be. The other day I received a very encouraging report from our Sabbath school at Lower Cays, Bonacca. They had a fourteenth Sabbath offering of $152.67, making a total offering for the quarter of $239.77. This school has a membership of nearly 140, but nearly two thirds of this number are children.

We certainly enjoyed our short visit over on the coast in August, though the weather was very hot. The mosquitoes are very thick there. The only comfortable place a person can find after dark is under his net. I contracted malaria while there, and have since had some trouble in getting rid of it.

Elder and Mrs. Isaac Baker are here at the mission home now. We are all planning to go to Bonacca in a few days, where we expect to hold a Sabbath school and young people's convention.

We are glad to know that our bookman, Brother Williams, is on his way here from Cuba. He is possibly over on the coast somewhere now, but the weather has been so rough for nearly two weeks that the boats have not been running between here and the coast. Just now we are having plenty of rain, with a nice cool breeze from the north. One of our native young men from Ruatan has been over on the coast for several weeks, working with our publications among the Spanish people. He has had very good success for a person who never had any experience in such work. We ask your prayers for the work here. CHAS. M. PADEN.