Porto Rico by B. E. Connerly

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Washington, D.C. · Dec 17, 1903

Porto Rico

By B. E. Connerly

MAYAGUEZ.—I am now spending most of the time among the people, and I like it. This month I have traveled about four hundred miles, going as far away as Ponce, about sixty miles from Mayaguez. I have a good horse, and have enjoyed the work. I can not sell much, but I am learning the country, and the customs and language of the people. Sometimes I do not hear a word of English for two or three days at a time. I like the Spanish, and am truly glad that I am now able to make myself understood. During the last month I have talked to many about the coming of the Lord and the Sabbath. Some are interested, but usually these subjects are treated with indifference.

To-morrow I shall start to Hatillo, fifty miles north, to see a man with whom we have been corresponding for some time. He is almost convinced of the truth, and we have hopes that he will become a worker in this message. Our hope of success in the work lies in our being able to secure good native help, and I believe that our hopes will be realized; for we are receiving encouraging letters from all parts of the island, from young men whose hearts God has touched. Our paper is doing good work in helping us to find the interested ones. Then I call on them, and present the truth more fully. Often I find persons who have found their first gleam of hope from reading our little paper. You know that it is the only one of the kind here.

B. E. CONNERLY.