# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1956_S387
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

MISSIONS 387

II. Cuba

The Cuban mission is in process of reorganization. A consider-
able investment has become necessary to set the Havana mission
on its feet. The Isle of Pines will again have a resident missionary.
One national serves a mission in Havana under the supervision
of our missionaries.

I. Guatemala

Guatemala is served by five Americans (one of whom is an
agricultural missionary) and three national lay workers. Two
parochial schools are maintained. The Antigua hospital program
will be reactivated as soon as a medical missionary can be placed
in charge. The large German colony is both a challenge and
a problem. As yet no one has been found to accept this challenge.

IV. El Salvador

The El Salvador mission is the offspring of the Guatemala
work. One national lay worker serves under supervision in Pasa-
quina and a number of surrounding villages. He has had the help
of a vicar from the Instituto in Monterrey.

V. Venezuela

Venezuela is growing rich on oil. Its prosperity and high
living standard raises the cost of mission activity in this country.
El Salvador Congregation in Caracas is a trilingual congregation.
It has a school enrollment of 290 pupils, among whom are repre-
sented 30 nationalities. It operates a fleet of three school buses
plus two station wagons. The investment and operation is covered
by tuition and fares. The congregation is raising considerable
sums toward paying off its considerable debts. The large invest-
ment made here is beginning to pay off. A second mission has
been established in Caracas. This station is completely Spanish.
Some 600 miles to the east of Caracas a faithful worker is estab-
lishing a chain of missions among the Indians in the neighborhood
of Maturin. Pastor Zeuch was received into our ministerium
through a colloquium. His background in the German diaconate
fits him admirably for this type of mission work. One Venezuelan
is enrolled at our Seminary at Villa Ballester in Argentina.

VI. Paraguay, Uruguay, and Chile
Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay constitute the three “foreign”
mission fields of our Argentina District. The mission in Uruguay
is handicapped by the illness of its pastor. The Christian day
school is in operation in an incomplete building. Paraguay is