Solusi Mission, South Africa
In a personal letter from Brother W. C. Walston, we learn something of the condition of the work at Solusi. He wrote May 5:— "We are all well here in Solusi. There is much sickness in some of the other stations. The last we heard, Elder Sturdevant, at Tsungwesi, was down with fever again. Brother and Sister Anderson, at Pemba, are improving. I have sent our helpers, Brother and Sister Wilson, to their assistance, and Brother and Sister Robinson, just from the States, are here with us. We did not think it best for them to go farther up country just at present. They seem to like it here and enjoy their work, which is school work mostly. "We are having a very poor season, and crops are nearly a failure. There has been little rain during the whole season, and none for nearly three months. Our crops are cut short, as we shall have only about one fourth of a crop to harvest. The weather is cool and dry, and feed and water all over this section of Rhodesia are already getting short, although the dry season has just begun. I am perplexed to know what to do with our cattle and where funds are coming from to meet our expenses during the coming year. The Lord will provide in some manner, and we must trust him. "Many of the farmers are becoming very much discouraged, and wish to sell their farms. Three years of drought is a serious matter, and just how we shall come out at the end of the dry season, I cannot say. "Our school work is prospering, and also other lines of work except our agricultural work. We are not discouraged."