ARGENTINA by F. H. Westphal

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jun 19, 1900

ARGENTINA

By F. H. Westphal

The Lord is greatly blessing the work in this field. Three new members were taken into the church in Buenos Ayres last Sabbath, one of whom had received papers and taken a course of Bible readings four years ago. She finally concluded that those who were giving the readings and distributing the papers were false prophets, and dismissed them from her home. Lately her husband fell ill; and before he died, he was converted, and kept the Sabbath. After his death, this sister also accepted the message.

From San Cristobal we have received encouraging news. Three Catholic women have accepted the truth, and the interest is still increasing. In the Gran Chaco the work is prospering. The church now numbers over sixty, part of whom are Indians. Others are French, Italians, and Argentines.

The brethren in Uruguay are of good courage, and from several places there are urgent calls for help. At one place several accepted the message without having seen a minister. They long to have one visit them.

The school in Entre Rios has at last opened. Several young persons who desire to prepare themselves for the work have gathered there. Others will soon join the company. We believe that many useful workers will be sent out from this place.

A revolution broke out lately in Entre Rios, and many of the horses of our brethren were taken away. Nearly all the horses of the Russian colony were also taken; but where the school is, the plague did not come. We have forty acres of land with the school, a team of horses, and a wagon. This gives the pupils some work. Pray for the school, brethren, that the Lord's blessing may rest upon it in great measure.

In the illustration the well can be seen to the right of the building, and the hut to the right of that is now a chicken-coop. It was our kitchen while building the house, and our dormitory during the making of the well. F. H. WESTPHAL.