Porto Rico by J. C. Brower; Mrs. J. C. Brower

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Nov 1, 1906

Porto Rico

By J. C. Brower; Mrs. J. C. Brower

ARECIBO.—We arrived in Porto Rico safely, and are both well, and glad to be here. Brother and Sister Connerly met us in San Juan, and the next morning we were privileged to witness the baptism of two intelligent English- and Spanish-speaking ladies, who will be of help to us, we trust.

We came to Arecibo the same day, Thursday, and for a few days boarded in the home of a cultured Spanish donna. We like her very much; she is so motherly. But we can not converse.

The city is overfull, and rents are higher than in some other places. A healthful location rents for from twenty-five to thirty dollars a month, but Elder Connerly and his wife, after praying and searching, found one for us for sixteen dollars, for the present. We are in it with our trunks, our freight not having arrived, and are encamped, as it were, until further settlement is possible.

We are soon to arrange with our teacher, and expect for a time to make the study of the language our business. If I speak understandingly in a year, I shall be glad.

How weak we have felt! But the Lord has been our strength. The morning after our arrival, an earthquake shook the entire north side of the island, but a great calm settled upon us, while many were terrified.

The work is progressing. El Centinela de la Verdad has a circulation of several thousand, and we are told that from nine to ten thousand persons read it. That is the largest circulation of any magazine on the island.

MR. AND MRS. J. C. BROWER.