Kolo Mission, South Africa
By E. C. Silsbee
The week of prayer is with us now, and we are truly having a feast of good things. From the beginning, every one of those attending, which includes only the mission family as yet, turned to God with a true heart, confessing his sins and receiving forgiveness, and rejoicing in the mercy of the Lord. Ours are not meetings of large attendance, but they are the kind that would do your heart good to attend. While it is very true that we miss the larger gatherings of the brethren and sisters during the week of prayer, at the same time we are not missing the enjoyment of the Saviour’s presence at our little week of prayer meetings here on the mission. We are now at the very end of this week of blessings, and every one of the mission family feels greatly encouraged, and like “getting to work now” as a result of the presence among us for the last few days of the life-giving power of the Holy Spirit. If you would like to have your heart warmed again with your first love, you should be in one of our meetings. But the blessed part of it is that we may all enjoy the week of prayer blessings wherever we may be if we will but “follow directions.” The long-continued drought of the last five months seems broken now. For the last week we have been having heavy and quite frequent showers, so much so that many people are plowing again, preparatory to sowing late grain. For this purpose a few of the many oxen which were taken to the Malutis are being brought back, and we seem to be in the land of the living again. Praise the Lord. E. C. SILSBEE.