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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Apr 7, 1910

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 87, No. 14.

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Matandani Mission

By S. M. KONIGMACHER

S. M. KONIGMACHER
We have obtained permission from the district resident, or local governor, to locate three out-schools, and we have commenced to build the schoolhouses.
Many of these children come to the mission; but when the rains begin, they will not, as it is too far. There are also many who will not attend school at all. If I can put a school near by, it may have a good influence, and gather in others who will not come to the mission, as we are three miles from these villages.
God is very good to us, and we thank him for it. This is truly a great work. We are glad to report progress. Forty-six attended school this morning, and one hundred were present at church services. We usually have thirty in the advanced school, in the afternoon. If all came, I am sure there would be nearly one hundred. Yet they do very well. Some very small children attend, even though their homes are three miles away. Of course the native is a good walker.
Recently four boys came to build their temporary huts at the mission. They will labor three hours each day for their food. Their wives pound it, which saves the mission the expense of hiring this done.
We are glad to see from ninety to one hundred at the services on the Sabbath. How we do enjoy the Sabbath! We prepare for it. On Friday we have no school, that we may finish our duties and get ready for the Sabbath. The boys bring in their wood to keep the fire going so they may iron, and on Sabbath they look very nice, indeed.
O, if our people at home realized the blessing which comes when they give all to Jesus, the treasury would be full, and the great needs of these fields could be supplied! We need many more of our brethren and sisters of the home land to help in finishing the message here. I am glad for a place in this field. Sometimes the way seems hard and dark, but not all the time. We miss the association of God's people, and the exchange of thought with those of like faith and experience.
The boys have just been in for evening prayers. They asked me to show them pictures. I showed them those in Life and Health of a boy learning to smoke. These pleased them greatly, as I speak often about the evils of tobacco and the way it affects the users.
Neno, British Central Africa.