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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D.C. · Sep 5, 1912

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 89, No. 36.

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A Word From Cuba

By G. A. Sandborn

WHEN we last sent a report to the REVIEW, we could speak only of our hopes and plans for the future. There were but two of us in the field, and we had just started work. That was only five months ago; but now conditions have changed. We still hope and plan for the future, but are glad to report that God has helped us to realize some of our hopes, and that a start has already been made.
During the month of July, instead of two workers in the field, we had thirteen. They put in 1,416 hours, took 999 orders, with a total value (including $74.44 worth of papers and small books sold by the church-members) of $2,908.94. This brings our literature sales in Cuba to $7,308.87 for the first seven months of 1912. With the Lord's help, we shall not only reach our aim of $10,000 worth of orders, but that amount of deliveries also. We give God all the praise for this success.
These are some of the results in dollars and cents. There are far greater results than these. In Cruces, which has been canvassed for both the health book and “Coming King,” there is a company of seven who have been keeping the Sabbath faithfully for over three months as a result of the work of the canvassers there. Last week I visited them, and there were thirteen adults and eleven children at the Sabbath-school. When I left they pleaded that some one besent to teach them more. Also in the small city of Guanabacoa, near Havana, there are three who have taken their stand for the Sabbath as a result of the work of one of our canvassers there. Many others are interested, and we look for greater results in the future.
Such things as these give us courage to press on to greater things in the future. The Lord will surely cut this work short in righteousness. We send this short report of the work here with the prayer that it may interest and encourage others to answer the call, and devote their lives to the millions beyond that lie in darkness. G. A. SANDBORN.