Cuba by Mrs. S. H. Carnahan

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Washington, D. C. · Feb 9, 1911

Cuba

By Mrs. S. H. Carnahan

Our school opened September 12. The Lord is blessing our work, and I believe he will let us see fruit. One of our students, a young native girl, who is preparing to be a teacher, is deeply interested, and takes a great delight in her Bible studies. All the natives manifest a keen interest in the Bible. The other day, after telling them a Bible story, they said, “Teacher, is that a true story?” I answered, “It truly is, boys. It actually took place, and God told good men to write it, and it is here in his Holy Book.” Several then said, “I can hardly keep from crying.”

We now have nineteen students enrolled, five of them boarding students, and arrangements are being made to receive others. My husband and I have given up our room, and moved into the old woodshed. The house is 20 x 24 feet, with two stories. Two of the lower rooms are used for schoolrooms. In the three rooms above we now have ten persons crowded. In the boys’ room we have put folding beds to accommodate seven in all. The fame of the school, our kind treatment of the students, and their good health, are being proclaimed far and near. People of means and the best families wish to put their children with us.

Last Sunday evening I counted sixteen native men at the service in the boys’ schoolroom. Our native worker, Brother Manuel Avila, whom we are trying to support, was speaking on the law of God. He carries the burden of the evangelical work, and follows up the interest in the homes, also doing colporteur work in the near-by towns. He tells me that he must send for more Bibles, because those who are attending the meetings are calling for more of the books. There seems to be a good interest as a result of his work. One man has been keeping the Sabbath for some time, has given up coffee and tobacco, and desires to be baptized. We earnestly ask an interest in your prayers. MRS. S. H. CARNAHAN.