# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1953_S252
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

252 MISSIONS

law none but native Mexicans can serve the Mexicans’:
churches. It is therefore necessary that we train a natio
istry. The present enrollment at this school is 12.

Guatemala

souls and 147 communicants, served by five missionaries
vicar. Fine progress has been made. With the assistance
workers spreading the Gospel, selling Bibles and Bible p
gathering children for Sunday school, the work is gradug
tended to the interior and to the adjoining countries, to Nj
and others.

Cuba — Isle of Pines

Two missionaries and two native workers are minister
the spiritual needs of nine stations, with 239 souls and 15 ,
municants. We are gradually getting a foothold in Cutis
recently we.were enabled to erect a school, which will
as a place of worship. The upper story serves as living ‘at
for the pastor. Funds were granted from the Peace Thankof
for this purpose. Work on the Isle of Pines is carried off
great difficulties. Constant removal of our members in’ {
of Pines will possibly make necessary the closing of this
in the near future. ,

Hawaii
In a most remarkable manner the Lord has blessed o

ance numbers up to 280.
In Wahiawa, a suburb of Honolulu, the work has a
wonderful progress. Ali of this work was possible throt
offering and also through gifts and loans’ from the at
for Christ” offering.
“New opportunities in the Hawaiian Islands will mak
sary to call a third missionary.

Translation of Literature into Spanish and Portugté
Trarislation of literature into the Spanish and Portu:
tinues. ‘Our Sunday school lessons and our tracts in the
and Portuguese languages are widely used in the Latin’ A
countries.
The preparation of Spanish and " Portuguese litera :
placed .our Synod. into a prominent position of leadership
phase: of activity. A ‘full-time Spanish ‘translator -prepai
Sunday. school literature. Christian Dogmatics by “Dr: