Young People’s Work in South America by Maximo Trummer

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Oct 26, 1911

Young People’s Work in South America

By Maximo Trummer

As the young people are an important factor in the giving of our message, our foreign fields need to give careful consideration to their education. From the very first, the brethren here have been anxious to train the youth of South America for the cause of truth, and it is now eleven years since the first school was erected, in the River Plate field. As the work became strong on the west coast, another school was started in the republic of Chile.

It is at these two centers that the young people’s work was first begun. There have been organized societies for several years in both these places, and very encouraging work has been done. Since the last union council, renewed efforts have been made, especially in organizing young people’s societies according to the recommendations and regulations of the General Conference.

At present we have six young people’s societies in our union, following outlines of studies much the same as in the States. Inasmuch as there are so few reference books of the kind we wish to in Spanish, it means considerable more work for our leaders, as a great deal of information has to be translated from the English or the German. However, they are engaging in the work with a will, and this will undoubtedly add much to the upbuilding and training of home workers for our needy field.

MAXIMO TRUMMER.