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• ARGENTINA • SOLI!//A • BRAZ/Z. • CH/LE • ECUADOR • PARAGUAY • PERU • URUGUAY • 
OUR GOAL TO BAPTIZE 21.600 SOULS 
FRESIPENTV 
MIME 
UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN 
AFTER eight years of most enjoyable service among 
you as God's people in South America, it is with 
a bit of a heavy heart that I leave you. I have learned 
to love and appreciate you each and every one as 
we have struggled together, through God's grace and 
power, for the building up of God's work in all parts 
of this great continent. In the words of the Psalmist 
we can truly say, "The Lord hath done great things for 
us; whereof we are glad." (Psalms 126: 3). 
Mrs. Aitken, my daugther Judy, my sons John and 
Jerry, all join me in thanking a great multitude of 
friends and members of God's family for all of your 
kindnesses to us since our arrival in South America 
from Europe in the year 1958. We have all greatly 
appreciated the fine Christian Latin spirit of brother-
hood that has been manifested among all peoples 
here. 
I thank God for your sacrifices and consecrated 
efforts over the past eight years as we have gone 
out into the highways and byways to bring in the lost 
to the fold of our great Shepherd, Jesus Christ. How 
our hearts have been cheered as a great multitude of 
over 100,000 people have been baptized in this short 
period of time! I firmly believe, however, that the 
best days for the South American Division are just 
ahead of us. It seems to me that the ground is being 
prepared for a much greater harvest of souls in the 
future. If we use every means that God has given us 
for the finishing of His work, we will see the Advent 
Message spread like wildfire to every part of this 
great continent. 
I am indeed happy that you have a fine new pres-
ident in the person of Elder Roger Wilcox who has had 
many years of experience in Latin America. I have 
often personally been inspired by his leadership in 
Brazil as well as in the Middle East Division. Mrs. 
Aitken and I wish Elder and Mrs. Wilcox God's richest 
blessings as they take up their duties in this great 
land of opportunity! 
As I take up my duties now as Radio and Television 
secretary of the General Conference, I wish to ask 
an interest in your prayers that we may use this 
modern miracle of science to the fullest extent for 
a speedy finishing of the message as we reach the 
multitudes bringing salvation and a better way of 
life to those who sit in darkness. 
My deepest, heartfelt thanks go to Elder Nigri 
and Elder Hartman, our Division officers, for their 
kind support and cooperation, along with each member 
of our Division family here in Montevideo where I 
am writing these last lines of greeting. To each of 
you as union and local conference presidents, with 
your loyal corps of workers, I wish to express my 
deepest appreciation for your consecrated efforts. To 
each of you as God's people I pray that our kind 
Heavenly Father may sustain you and uphold you 
until we meet again—whether it be on this earth or the 
earth made new. "Finally, brethren, farewell. Be 
perfect, be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in 
HASTA QUE NOS ENCONTREMOS 
OTRA VEZ 
DESPUES de ocho alios del mas agradable servicio 
entre vosotros como pueblo de Dios en Sudamerica, 
es con tristeza en el corazon que me alejo. He apren-
dido a amar y a apreciar a cada uno de vosotros al 
luchar juntos con la gracia y el poder de Dios para 
la edification del trabajo de Dios en todas partes de 
este gran continente. Con las palabras del salmista 
puedo verdaderamente decir: "Grandes cosas ha hecho 
Jehova con nosotros; estaremos alegres" (Salmo 126: 3). 
Mi esposa y mis hijos Judy, John y Jerry, agradecen 
a todos los amigos de la familia de Dios por la amabi-
lidad que manifestaron hacia nosotros desde nuestra 
llegada de Europa, en 1958, a la Division Sudamericana. 
Hemos apreciado grandemente el bello espiritu cristiano 
latino de la hermandad que han manifestado todas las 
personas aqui. 
Agradezco vuestro sacrificio y consagrado esfuerzo 
durante los pasados ocho alms, durante los cuales hemos 
salido por todas partes para traer a los perdidos al 
rebafio de nuestro gran Pastor, Jesucristo. Nuestros 
corazones se han regocij ado por la gran multitud 
de mas de 100.000 personas que han sido bautizadas en 
este corto periodo. Firmemente creo, sin embargo, 
que mejores dias para Sudamerica estan ante nosotros. 
El terreno esta siendo preparado para una gran cose-
cha de almas en el futuro. Si usamos cada talento 
que Dios nos ha dado, en la termination de su obra, 
veremos que el mensaje adventista se extenders como 
el fuego, rapidamente, a todas partes de este gran 
continente. 
Estoy muy feliz pues teneis un muy buen presidente 
en la persona del pastor Roger Wilcox, quien ha 
tenido muchos aiios de experiencia en Latinoamerica. 
Yo he sido personalmente inspirado por su trabajo 
en Brasil como tambien en la Division del Cercano 
Oriente. Mi esposa y yo deseamos al pastor Wilcox y 
a su esposa abundantes bendiciones de Dios al hacerse 
cargo de esta nueva tarea en esta gran tierra de opor-
tunidad. 
Como mi nuevo trabajo ahora es el de secretario de 
Radio y Television en la Asociacion General, deseo 
pediros que recordeis en vuestras oraciones este moder-
no milagro de la ciencia para que podamos usarlo de tal 
manera que el mensaje sea llevado rapidamente a las 
multitudes que yacen en la oscuridad, proporcionando-
les salvation y un mejor modo de vida. 
Mi sincero agradecimiento al pastor Nigri y al 
pastor Hartman, dirigentes de nuestra division, por 
vuestro gentil apoyo y cooperation, como tambien a 
cada miembro de la familia de la division aqui en 
Montevideo, donde estoy escribiendo estas filtimas 
palabras de saludo. Deseo agradecer tambien a cada 
presidente de union y campo local con su leal cuerpo 
de obreros por el consagrado esfuerzo realizado. Oro 
a Dios para que nuestro Padre celestial os sostenga a 
cada uno hasta que nos volvamos a ver, si no fuera 
posible en esta tierra, en la tierra nueva. 
"Resta, hermanos, que tengais gozo, seais perfectos, 
tengais consolation, sintais una misma cosa, tengais 
COVER PICTURE: 
Pastor Marvin Fehrenbach baptizing at the Nevati Mission Station in the 
Peruvian jungle. The Upper Amazon Mission set a new record in 1965. The 
nrignial baptismal goal of 350 was passed long ago and it now appears, in 
496k.' they will baptize almost 500 people in the Upper Amazon Mission. 
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SUDAMERICA - TIERRA DE HOY 
1966 es el afio del cincuentenario de la organization 
de la Division Sudamericana. Y al mirar retrospectiva-
mente, podemos ver que fueron 50 ailos de progreso 
para Dios y su causa. 
En 1916, cuando la Division Sudamericana de los 
Adventistas del Septimo Dia fue organizada en La Plata, 
Argentina, contaba solamente con 4.903 miembros. Eran 
fervorosos y estaban listos aun a dar su sangre por la 
causa, si fuera necesario. No hace mucho tiempo tuve 
el privilegio de visitar la estacion misionera de Laro y 
las escuelas entre los indios quechuas, situadas a /lids 
de 3.000 metros de altura en la costa del Lago Titicaca, 
en el altiplano del Peru. Hay justamente detras de la 
estacion misionera, una pequefia colina con las tumbas 
de doce martires que dieron sus vidas para Cristo hace 
mas de 50 arias. 
Incitados por los dirigentes religiosos, una Banda 
de indigenas armados y a cabana atacaron a 300 hom-
bres, mujeres y nilms, cuando estaban terminando de 
construir la escuela de Laro, bajo la direction del Hno. 
Pedro Kalbermatter. Muchos de ellos fueron atacados 
y heridos; pero doce fueron muertos sin misericordia, 
golpeados y atropellados por los caballos mientras esta-
ban arrodillados con sus manos en alto orando por 
sus vidas. 
Este fue el espiritu y el coraje con que se comenze 
nuestro trabajo en Sudamerica. El espiritu de sacrificio 
trajo progreso y el establecimiento de nuestra obra. 
Hoy tenemos mas de 170.000 miembros en los ocho 
paises que forman la Division Sudamericana. Y aquel 
espiritu de sacrificio, lealtad y fe es hoy tan firme 
como antes, ya sea en el interior como en las grandes 
y modernas ciudades de este continente. 
No hace much() tiempo un colportor fue a una pe-
queria eiudad. Poco tiempo despues de haber llegado 
tuvo que escaparse de ese Lugar. Se encontrO con el 
presidente de la mision, y levantandose la pierna del 
pantalon, le mostro las heridas que tenia. Entonces le 
dijo al presidente que sus piernas estaban heridas por 
la 
 
persecution que habia sufrido en aquella ciudad 
donde lo querian matar. "Pero —a/ladle— yo volvere a 
aquella ciudad a terminar el trabajo". Volvio y Dios 
lo bendijo abundantemente. 
Este es el espiritu que mueve hoy los corazones de 
los obreros y laicos aqui en la Division Sudamericana. 
Nuestro gran cometido es el evangelismo en todas las 
lineas de trabajo; necesitamos terminar la obra. Estamos 
usando a todos los hombres para llevar el nombre de 
Jesus a toda nation, tribu, lengua y pueblo en nuestra 
division. El espiritu del gran misionero del siglo pasado, 
Fernando Stahl, todavia vive en el siglo XX, en las 
alas del avian que lleva su nombre, volando sobre la 
selva peruana; si, vive tambien en nuestro programa de 
radio, television, en nuestros libros, sanatorios y hospi-
tales; colegios misioneros, lanchas medicas, fabricas de 
alimentos, en el coraz6n de nuestros valientes misioneros 
de hoy y en el coraje de nuestros evangelistas. 
—M. S. Nigri 
SOUTH AMERICA, LAND OF TODAY 
This year, 1966, marks the 50th Anniversary of the 
organization of the South American Division; and looking 
back retrospectively we can say that they have been 50 
years of progress for the Lord and His Cause. 
In 1916, when the South American Division of Se-
venth-day Adventists was organized in La Plata, Argen-
tina, there were only 4.903 members in the Division. 
They were faithful and ready to give even their life 
blood for the Lord. Not too long ago it was my privilege 
to visit our Laro Mission Station and school among the 
Quechua Indians, situated at an altitude of over 10.000 
feet on the shores of Lake Titicaca in the highlands of 
Peru. There, just behind the mission station, is a 
little hill with the graves of 12 martyrs who gave their 
lives for the Lord almost 50 years ago. 
Incited by religious leaders, a band of native Indians, 
armed and on horseback, attacked 300 men, women and 
children when they were finishing the building of the 
school at Laro under the direction of Pedro Kalbermatter. 
Many of them were attacked and injured, but 12 of them 
were killed without mercy, shot and trampled by the 
horses while they were kneeling with their hands 
upraised, pleading for their lives. 
It was with this spirit and courage that our work was 
started in South America. The spirit of sacrifice brought 
progress and stability to the work. Today we have more 
than 170,000 members in the eight countries which make 
up the South American Division; but that spirit of 
sacrifice, loyalty, and faithfulness is just as strong today, 
whether it is found in the interior or in the large 
modern cities of the continent. 
Not long ago a colporteur visited a small village. A 
short time later he had to escape for his life. He met 
the president of the mission, and lifting his trouser legs, 
showed him his injuries. He told the president the 
wounds were due to persecution he suffered in that 
village where the people were intent on killing him. 
"But," he said to the mission president, "I will return 
to that village and finish the work." He did return, 
and the Lord blessed him abundantly. 
It is this spirit that moves the hearts of workers and 
laymen in South America today. Our greatest concern is 
evangelism in all lines of the work; we need to finish 
the task. We are using all the men and means to take 
the name of Jesus to each nation, kindred, tongue, and 
people in our Division. The spirit of that great mis-
sionary of the 19th Century, Fernando Stahl, still lives 
in the 20th Century, on the wings of the airplane which 
bears his name, flying over the Peruvian jungle. It also 
lives in our radio and television programs, our literature 
ministry, our sanitariums and hospitals, colleges, medical 
launches, food factories, in the heart of each courageous 
modern missionary, and in the courage of our evangelists. 
M. S. N. 
peace; and the God of love and peace shall be with 
you." (2 Cor. 13: 11). 
With this assurance let us lift up our hearts and 
rejoice that our redemption is drawing nigh. Let us 
work and pray while it is day, for the night cometh 
when no man can work. May the God of peace keep and 
guide you all as you move forward to greater achieve-
ments in His power. 
stt.CZ9,ailet$4/1 
President 
paz y el Dios de paz y de caridad sera con vosotros" 
(2 Corintios 13: 11). 
Con esta confianza en nuestros corazones, vamos a 
dejaros, regocijandonos porque nuestra redencion este. 
cerca. Vamos a trabajar y orar mientras hay tiempo, 
porque la noche viene cuando nadie puede obrar. Que 
el Dios de paz os guarde y guie a todos al it hacia la 
conquista de grandes realizaciones con su poder. 
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Presidente 
3 
SOUTH AMERICA IN THE LAST QUADRENNIUM: 10 
OUTSTANDING 
EVENTS 
REMEMBERING the last General 
Conference Session in Detroit when 
reports were given of the activities 
of different departments during the 
last four years, 1962-65, we also want 
to give our readers a summary of 
the ten most important events which 
took place in the South American 
Division in the past quadrennium. 
1. The South American Division 
passed the 165,000 mark in church 
membership by December 31, 1965, 
and 170,000 in Sabbath School mem-
bership. There was a net gain of 
45,239 new members over the four-
year period. In nine years we almost 
doubled our membership. (December 
31, 1956, we had a membership of 
85,581.) 
2. Evangelism: 
a. 69,466 were baptized and 
accepted on profession of faith in 
this period. In 1965 alone, 19,650 
were added to the church by baptism 
and profession of faith. 
b. Evangelists are baptizing in 
each series, 100, 200, 300, and even 
up to 400 people, as was done in 
Arequipa, Peru, and Sao Paulo, Bra-
zil. In the campaign being conducted 
in Santiago, Chile, it is expected 
from 500 to 700 will be baptized 
early in 1966. 
c. 1965 was Evangelism Year 
for Buenos Aires, and four evange-
listic campaigns were held simul-
taneously. Up to the present, 700 
have been added to the church and 
three new churches have been or-
ganized. Thirteen new groups have 
sprung up in Buenos Aires during 
1964 and 1965. 
d. In Brazil, an average of 1,000 
people were baptized each month 
during 1965. By March 31, 1966, the 
membership in Brazil was 100,129. 
e. Sao Paulo, in southern Brazil, 
is perhaps the city with the largest 
Seventh-day Adventist population in 
the world, outside the United States. 
4 
The 
Municipal 
Theater in 
Santiago, 
Chile, with 
seats for 
1,625, where 
Antonio 
Arteaga 
conducted 
two 
simultaneous 
evangelistic 
campaigns 
and has 
already 
baptized 
nearly 500. 
In this city there are 96 churches 
with 14,000 members, as of December 
31, 1965. 
f. The Voice of Youth and MV 
Target were launched in this qua-
drennium also, and 2,891 were bap-
tized by the direct work of our 
young people. 
g. The child evangelism pro-
gram has begun to spread through 
our Sabbath Schools. 
3. Development of field adminis-
tration: 
a. The Chile Union was formed, 
consisting of three local fields, a 
senior college, a day academy, a 
clinic, a Seventh-day Adventist Wel-
fare Service center, and a branch of 
the Buenos Aires Publishing House 
in Santiago, in addition to many 
primary schools. 
b. The Northeast Brazil Mission 
was granted conference status. 
c. A new mission was formed, 
the North Chile Mission. 
4. The colporteurs sold a total of 
US$ 7,108,860.00 worth of books and 
won 5,496 souls in the last quad-
rennium. Outside North America, 
our Division had the highest de-
liveries and sales in the world. 
5. The airplane work was started 
in the Peruvian jungle and extended 
to the Beni region of Bolivia. At 
present there are six airplanes in 
operation in the Division as part 
of the program to penetrate into 
the heart of the continent. Plans 
are laid to extend this work with 
the addition of two more airplanes 
in Brazil, one on the Amazon, and 
the other in Bahia. In one year the 
pioneer airplane, "Fernando Stahl" 
saved 60 lives in the jungle area of 
Peru, and in one and a half years, 
treated 3,559 people. 
6. Six new launches and three 
new mobile clinics were inaugurated. 
In all, we have fifteen launches and 
three mobile clinics at present. 
Following is a summary of the work 
being done by the 18 medical units, 
over the past four years: 
Number of people who attended 
meetings: 183,884 
Number of people baptized: 954 
Number who received treatments 
or medicine: 264,918 
Number of treatments given: 
376,821 
7. Advance of the medical work: 
a. A new hospital has been 
opened in Hohenau, Paraguay. Cons-
truction has begun on two new 
hospitals in Argentina, and a new 
clinic was opened in Bahia, Brazil. 
b. Seven hospitals have impro-
ved their facilities by expanding 
their capacity and enlarging buil-
dings. 
c. Six medical institutions have 
started a construction program with 
the addition of new buildings, which 
will increase their capacity three 
times; actually, they will be new 
hospitals. These institutions are the 
following: American Clinic, Quito, 
Ecuador; Paraguay Adventist Sani-
tarium, Asuncion; Penfigo Adventist 
Hospital, Brazil; River Plate Sani-
tarium, Argentina; Sao Paulo Hos-
pital, Brazil, and the Belem Hospital, 
Brazil. 
d. The Belgrano Clinic in Ar-
gentina, the Good Hope Clinic in 
Peru, and the Silvestre Hospital in 
Brazil will also start construction 
programs. 
e. We now have 16 hospitals 
and 5 clinics and dispensaries in the 
Division. 
8. Progress of the educational 
work: 
a. Six new secondary schools 
and a number of new courses have 
emerged in the past quadrennial 
period. 
b. Senior college status in the-
ology has been granted to Inca Union 
College, Chile College, and Northeast 
Brazil College. 
This is one of the 15 medical 
the various rivers of the Sou 
is shown the medical mission 
quarters on the Araguaia HI 
territory of 1,500 
Teniendo en vista el Ultimo Con-
greso de la Asociacion General rea-
lizado en Detroit, donde se presen-
taron los informes de las actividades 
de los diversos departamentos en 
onary launches in operation on 
ierican Division. In the photo 
3,unch "Pioneira" at its head-
razil, from which it works a 
teters of the river. 
SUDAMERICA EN EL ULTIMO CUADRIENIO 
10 
ACONTECIMIENTOS 
IMPORTANTES 
c. At present we have 24 aca-
demies and colleges. 
9. Most of the presidents of the 
eight countries which make up the 
South American Division, have be-
come acquainted with some part of 
our work. One of them made an 
official visit to two of our institu-
tions, leaving behind him words of 
encouragement and appreciation. 
Truly, we have plenty of liberty in 
all eight countries of our Division. 
10. Miscellaneous: 
a. The first floating school in 
the denomination was opened on one 
of the floating islands in Lake Ti-
ticaca, Peru, for the Uros Indians. 
There are 45 young people in at-
tendance, and 50 Uros mothers are 
also studying. 
b. L. C. Scofield was decorated 
by the Minas Gerais State government 
in Brazil for meritorious service to 
the nation and the state. 
c. The Five-Day Plan to stop 
smoking was launched and proved to 
be a great success. 
d. The Uruguay Academy Food 
Factory near Montevideo, was esta-
blished. 
e. The participation of the Se-
venth-day Adventist Church in wel-
fare work in Chile following the 
earthquake of March, 1965, is no-
teworthy. 
f. A branch of the Buenos Aires 
Publishing House was established in 
Santiago, Chile. 
g. The first evangelistic center 
in South America was inaugurated, 
with offices also for the Brazil Voice 
of Prophecy, in Rio de Janeiro, Bra-
zil. This center includes offices, an 
auditorium seating 1,500 people, and 
the best radio studios in the city. 
Outside the United States, ours is 
the Division with the largest number 
of Voice of Prophecy broadcasts in 
the world. Of the total 2,500 sta-
tions broadcasting this program, mo-
re than 500 are in South America. 
M. S. N. 
The floating 
school located 
on Lake 
Titicaca 
serves the 
educational, 
physical, and 
spiritual 
needs of the 
Uros Indians. 
During a 
recent visit, 
John Wesley 
Jones, U. S. 
ambassador, 
received an 
appropiate 
gift of a 
balsa boat. He 
spoke very 
highly of 
Seventh-day 
Adventist 
work. 
los illtimos cuatro afios de 1962 a 
1965, deseamos dar tambien a nues-
tros lectores un resumen de los diez 
acontecimientos mas importantes rea-
lizados en la DivisiOn Sudamericana 
en el ultimo cuadrienio. 
1. La Division Sudamericana pas6 
la cantidad de 165.000 miembros de 
iglesia el 31 de diciembre de 1965, y 
los 170.000 miembros de escuela sa-
Utica. Hubo un aumento neto de 
45.239 nuevos miembros sobre el 
periodo anterior. Necesitamos 9 afios 
para casi duplicar nuestra feligresia. 
(El 31 de diciembre de 1956 tenia-
mos 85.581 miembros.) 
2. Evangelismo: 
a. 69.466 personas fueron bautiza-
das y aceptadas por profesion de 
fe en este periodo. 19.650 recibidas 
por bautismo y profesi6n de fe so-
lamente en 1965. 
b. Los evangelistas estan bautizan-
do en sus series, 100, 200, 300 y a 
veces hasta 400 como fue hecho en 
Arequipa, Peril y San Pablo, Brasil. 
En Santiago, Chile, en una campaiia 
realizada a principios de este alio, 
esperan bautizar de 500 a 700 per-
sonas. 
c. 1965 fue el afio del Evangelis-
mo en Buenos Aires, ya que se 
realizaron cuatro campaiias simul-
taneamente. Hasta el presente, 700 
personas han sido agregadas a la 
iglesia y se organizaron tres nuevas 
iglesias. Tambien trece nuevos gru-
pos han surgido en Buenos Aires du-
rante 1964 y 1965. 
d. En Brasil, un promedio de 1.000 
personas fueron bautizadas cada mes 
durante 1965. El 31 de marzo de 
1966 teniamos 100.129 miembros bau-
tizados en Brasil. 
e. San Pablo en el sur del Brasil 
es la ciudad con la mayor pobla-
adventista en el mundo, fuera 
de los Estados Unidos. El 31 de 
diciembre de 1965 habia 96 iglesias 
con 14.000 miembros. 
f. La Voz de la Juventud y Meta 
MV fueron impulsadas tambien en 
este cuadrienio y 2.891 personas se 
bautizaron por el trabajo directo 
de nuestros jovenes. 
g. Tambien el evangelismo infan-
til comenza a extenderse mediante 
las escuelas sabaticas. 
3. Desarrollo administrativo de los 
campos: 
a. Fue organizada la Union Chile-
na con tres campos locales, un cole-
gio superior, un liceo, una clinica, un 
centro de asistencia social y una 
sucursal de la Casa Editora en San-
tiago de Chile, ademas de muchas 
escuelas primarias. 
b. La Mision Nordeste del Brasil 
paso a ser asociacion. 
c. Se fundo una nueva misiOn, la 
Mision de Chile Norte. 
4. Los colportores vendieron un 
total de 7.108.860 Mares de libros 
y ganaron 5.496 almas en el Ultimo 
cuadrienio. Fuera de Norteamerica, 
nuestra division fue la que mas en-
trego y vendio en el mundo. 
5. El trabajo con los aviones co-
menzo en la selva peruana y se ex-
tendio hasta la region del Beni en 
Bolivia. Actualmente tenemos seis 
aviones en accion como parte del 
programa de penetrar en el cora-
zon del continente. Hay planes de 
extender este trabajo con dos avio-
nes mas en Brasil, uno en la zona 
del Amazonas y el otro en Bahia. 
5 
How the new Sao Paulo 
Hospital will look like, with 
a capacity for 110 beds. 
Part of your offering on 
the 13th Sabbath, Decem-
ber 31, 1966, will help build 
this hospital. 
Dr. Gunther Hans, medical 
director of the Penfigo Ad-
ventist Hospital, with one 
of the hundreds of patients 
treated. Your 13th Sabbath 
offering will help them 
have a better hospital. 
THE LARGEST OFFERING 
A FEW years ago it was my priv-
ilege to attend an unusual baptism. 
It was the first time I had seen such 
a baptism. We were on the bank 
of a small, muddy river in the hin-
terland of Brazil, in the intense heat 
of Mato Grosso, near the city of 
Campo Grande. 
A man lay on a low cot of wood 
on a simple mattress. He was taken 
by two deacons into the river to 
be baptized. In the water the pastor 
was waiting for the man who, be-
fore God and those gathered for 
the service, was to receive the pre-
cious rite of baptism. When the 
deacons lifted the cot from the 
river bank, the pastor raised his 
hand in prayer. Then, gently, with 
the same hand on the chest of the 
man, and assisted by the deacons, 
he submerged the cot and in this 
way the man was baptized. 
Who was this man? Why did he 
have to be baptized this way? 
He was Pedro, a victim of the 
horrible disease, pemphigus. He had 
contracted "Savage Fire" a long time 
before, and when he saw our hos-
pital in Campo Grande, he knew 
nothing of the truth that redeems 
and the grace that saves. Pedro was 
no longer young because he was 
over 60. The terrible pemphigus 
disease that tormented him with a 
burning, constant pain, had left him 
so atrophied that he could no longer 
walk. His case was considered hope-
less, and he knew it. He was con-
verted, gave his heart to Jesus, and 
asked for baptism—and I had just 
witnessed the service. Some months 
later, Pedro passed away, but he 
was faithful and happy in Jesus. 
Many have been converted in our 
hospital for the treatment of pem-
phigus, and many have been cured 
physically as well. 
This is the work our hospitals are 
doing in South America. Like Pe-
dro, others in other medical institu-
tions are finding Jesus in the midst 
of their pain and suffering. Unfor-
tunately, we are not able to offer 
them the comfort and the facilities 
they need. Our hospitals are small, 
such as the one for pemphigus pa-
tients in Campo- Grande, and the 
general hospital in Sao Paulo, Brazil. 
Sao Paulo is a city of nearly five 
million people and we have there 
only an old hospital of 40 beds. The 
reputation we have, the environ-
ment we offer, and our missionary 
spirit impel us to improve the con-
ditions in the Penfigo Hospital as 
well as in the Sao Paulo Hospital. 
The overflow of the 13th Sabbath 
offering the last quarter of 1966, 
taken December 31, 1966, will be 
used entirely for the construction 
of two new hospitals, one for pem-
phigus patients, and the other in 
the city of Sao Paulo. 
May the spirit of Him who gave 
all He possessed for our salvation, 
touch our hearts that we may give 
a generous offering. This will be 
an offering taken between Christ-
mas, 1966, and the new year, 1967, 
What a propitious moment to give 
—to celebrate Christmas and the new 
year by giving the largest offering 
of a lifetime! Do you not want to 
give your largest offering in the 
Sabbath School? Then give it the 
last Sabbath of 1966. In the New 
Earth we will see not only Pedro, 
the pemphigus victim, but also all 
who have come to know Jesus 
through the largest offering we have 
ever given to the Lord. 
M. S. N. 
En un ario, el avion pionero, Fer-
nando Stahl salvo 60 vidas en la 
selva peruana, y atendiO a 3.559 
personas en un ano y medio. 
6. Seis nuevas lanchas y tres cli-
nicas moviles fueron inauguradas. 
Actualmente tenemos 15 lanchas y 
3 clinicas rodantes. Presentamos a 
continuation un resumen del tra-
bajo realizado por estas 18 unida-
des medicas de 1962-1965: 
No. de personas que asistieron a 
reuniones: 183.884. 
No. de personas bautizadas: 954. 
No. de personas aue recibieron 
6 
tratamientos o medicamentos: 
264.918. 
No. de tratamientos dados: 376.821. 
7. Adelantos del trabajo medico: 
a. Fue abierto un nuevo hospital 
en Hohenau, Paraguay. Se comenzo 
la construction de otros dos en Ar-
gentina y se abri6 tambien una nue-
va clinica en Bahia, Brasil. 
b. Siete hospitales aumentaron su 
capacidad tecnica y ampliaron sus 
edificios. 
c. Seis empezaron un programa de 
construction con la adicion de nue-
yes edificios, de manera que su ca- 
pacidad aumentara hasta tres veces, 
y se convertiran en hospitales com-
pletamente nuevos. Estos hospita-
les son los siguientes: Clinica Ame-
ricana de Quito, Ecuador; Sanato-
rio Adventista del Paraguay en Asun-
cion; Hospital Adventista del Pen-
figo en Brasil; Sanatorio Adventis-
ta del Plata, Argentina; Hospital 
Libertad, S. Pablo, Brasil, y el Hos-
pital Belem tambien de Brasil. 
d. La Clinica Belgrano, Argenti-
na, la Clinica Good Hope, Peril y 
el Hospital Silvestre en Brasil em- 
(Conti/vita en la pdgina 8) 
ELECTIONS IN DETROIT 
In the General Conference 
ON THE occasion of the last Gen-
eral Conference Session held in De-
troit, Michigan, June 16-25, 1966, 
and with 1,400 delegates represent-
ing the Seventh-day Adventist church 
in 183 countries and political div-
isions, a number of important de-
cisions were made, among them the 
election of the leaders who will 
direct the work of God in the com-
ing quadrennium. 
As one might expect, there were 
many changes, since at least 17 work-
ers of the General Conference staff 
requested retirement. Among these 
were the following pastors: R. R. 
Figuhr, president; C. L. Torrey, tre-
asurer; W. E. Murray and F. L. 
Peterson, vice-presidents; N. W. 
Dunn, A. F. Tarr and E. W. Dunbar, 
associate secretaries; R. A. Ander-
son of the Ministerial Association, 
E. E. Cossentine of the Department 
of Education, T. R. Flaiz of the Med-
ical Department, G. A. Huse of 
the Publishing Department, and 
others, such as the president of the 
Far Eastern Division, C. P. Soren-
sen, and the president of the North-
ern European Division, E. E. Roen-
f elt. 
As president of the General Con-
ference, Elder R. H. Pierson was 
nominated. He is the former pres-
ident of Trans-Africa Division and 
previously served as president of 
the Southern Asia Division and in 
the Inter-American Division. He is 
leader of wide experience, and ex-
cellent writer, poet, and an able ad-
ministrator; a modern man of vision 
who has carried forward the work 
of the church in southern Africa 
in spite of the many problems which 
must be confronted there. He is also 
a man of prayer and for this reason 
he is also a man of power who 
knows his God because he is in 
constant contact with Him. Certainly 
he will have His guidance in his 
new responsibilities. 
For the vacancy created by the 
resignation of C. L. Torrey, Elder 
K. H. Emmerson was elected as 
treasurer of the General Confer-
ence. All of us here in South Am-
erica know Elder Emmerson well. 
His ability, his firmness, and his 
kind way of dealing with people 
indicate that his capacity will con-
stantly increase. Elder Emmerson 
was once treasurer of the South 
American Division and has left many 
friends here. 
Elders Theodore Carcich, F. L. 
Bland, David H. Baasch, and others 
have taken the places of Elders W. 
E. Murray, F. L. Peterson, and N. 
W. Dunn. Elder Baasch, who was 
the secretary of the Inter-American 
Division, is the man who cares for 
the interests of the Inter-American 
and South American Divisions in 
the General Conference, a work 
which Elder N. W. Dunn carried 
forward efficiently for many years. 
He will be with us for the coming 
Annual meeting of the Division 
Commitee December 7-14, when we 
will have the privilege of becoming 
better acquainted with him, and he 
with us. In the Inter-American Div-
ision he did excellent work, and is 
highly esteemed and respected by 
the brethren. 
In the South American Division 
As in other divisions of the world 
field, ours also suffered some 
changes in staff members. We are 
sorry that some of our men are 
leaving, but such is the Advent 
Movement, and perhaps that is some-
thing that makes our church dif-
ferent from others. Movement is 
progress. Changes bring news—new 
plans, different blood, different ex-
periences. And, since we sincerely 
believe that the Lord directs His 
people and this Movement, we also 
believe that He approves and per-
mits nominations because He sees 
in them a way to prepare and test 
men and women for finishing His 
work in the last days. 
With the decision of our president, 
Elder J. J. Aitken, not to return 
to South America because of the 
educational needs of his children, 
it was necessary to choose another 
president. Since Elder Nicolas Chaij 
had accepted the call of the Inter-
American Division to be secretary 
of the Publishing Department, it was 
also necessary to call someone to 
take his place. Also, as Elder F. C. 
Webster accepted the nomination 
to be president of the Middle East 
Division, another man had to be 
found—and he has still to be found. 
For years we have been looking 
for someone to be the Medical De-
partment secretary, possibly a doctor, 
and now we have found one. We 
also have an auditor, which relieves 
our treasurer of part of his respon-
sibility. To reinforce the work of 
the three Division officers, a field 
secretary was named, who, in ad-
dition to this responsibility, will also 
carry the work of the Religious Lib-
erty Department. The field secretary 
had already been named at the be-
ginning of the year to act until the 
time of the General Conference Ses-
sion. 
The Nominating Committee, con-
sisting of 129 members, included 
the following 14 representatives 
from the South American Division: 
0. R. Azevedo, Lorenzo Baum, Ro-
dolpho Belz, D. R. Christman, Sieg-
fried Genske, Siegfried Ktimp el, 
Werner Mayr, Elbio Pereyra, Adelio 
Rocco, D. Peixoto da Silva, W. J. 
Streithorst, D. K. Sullivan, Moises 
Tenorio, and Arturo Weisheim. 
Upon these men rested the res-
ponsibility of choosing and recom-
mending the following list of work-
ers as leaders of the work of the 
Seventh-day Adventist church in 
South America for the coming quad-
rennium: 
R. A. Wilcox 
M. S. Nigri 
J. I. Hartman 
Samuel Alberro 
H. J. Peverini 
SOUTH AMERICAN DIVISION 
BULLETIN 
Published Quarterly, Official Organ of 
the South American Division of Seventh-
day Adventists, Calle Larrariaga, Casilla 
286, Montevideo, Uruguay. Printed by 
AsociaciOn Casa Editora Sudamericana, 
Av. San Martin 4555, Florida (FNGBM), 
Buenos Aires, Argentina. 
EDITOR �
 M. S. Nigri 
CONSULTING EDITOR .... R. A. Wilcox 
Division Directory 
President �
 R. A. Wilcox 
Secretary �
 M. S. Nigri 
Treasurer �
 J. I. Hartman 
Assist. Treasurer � W. H. Olson 
Auditor �
 Samuel Alberro 
Field Secretary � H. J. Peverini 
Departmental Secretaries 
Building Engineer � D. R. Hensel 
Educational �
 A. J. Alva 
Lay Activities, Radio-TV .... � 
Medical & Temperance .. E. E. Bottsford 
Ministerial � Enoch Oliveira 
Ministerial Assistant .... A. E. Schmidt 
Missionary Volunteer .... F. N. Sigueria 
Publishing �
 P. S. Camacho 
Religious Liberty & P. Affairs 
H. J. Peverini 
Sabbath School & Pub. Relations 
Juan Riffel 
Union Directory 
AUSTRAL UNION CONFERENCE 
Elbio Pereyra, President 
Roald Wensell, Sec.-Treas. & Auditor 
CHILE UNION MISSION 
D. K. Sullivan, President 
Mario Soto, Sec.-Treas. & Auditor 
EAST BRAZIL UNION MISSION 
Rodolpho Belz, President 
Harry Bergold, Sec.-Treas & Auditor 
INCA UNION MISSION 
D. J. Sandstrom, President 
Henry Baerg, Sec.-Treas. & Auditor 
NORTH BRAZIL UNION MISSION 
W. J. Streithorst, President 
Erich Okn, Sec.-Treas. & Auditor 
SOUTH BRAZIL UNION CONFERENCE 
0. R. Azevedo, President 
Naor Klein, Sec.-Treas. & Auditor 
AN IMPORTANT "P" 
PRAYER is an important "P" in our mental garden. We need to pray 
not only when things go wrong, but to make prayer a daily part of our 
lives. Joseph remained true when everything was going wrong, but I 
am sure that he never lost contact with his heavenly Father. Remember 
this little saying, "Satan trembles when he sees the Christian on his 
knees." Here is another good one—"You cannot stumble if you are on 
your knees." 
President 
Secretary 
Treasurer 
Auditor 
Field Secretary, 
Religious Lib-
erty Depart-
ment Secreta-
ry 
7 
A. J. Alva �Department of 
Education 
E. E. Bottsford, �
Medical Depart- 
M. D. 
�
�
ment and Tem- 
perance De-
partment Sec-
retary 
P. S. Camacho �
Publishing De- 
partment Sec-
retary 
Enoch Oliveira �
Ministerial As- 
sociation Sec-
retary 
Juan Riffel �
Sabbath School 
and Public 
Relations D e-
partments 
F. N. Siqueira 
�
�
Missionary Vol- 
unteer Depart-
ment Secreta-
ry 
In addition to these men who 
'were nominated in Detroit, the 
Division staff includes the following, 
who are not elected by the General 
Conference: 
D. R. Hensel �
Consulting En- 
gineer 
Wilbur H. Olson Assistant Treas-
urer 
Arturo E. Schmidt Associate 
Sec-
retary of the 
Ministerial As-
sociation 
The Bulletin desires for each one 
the blessings of God and His leader- 
progressive Division. The responsi-
bility is great. Let us pray especially 
ship in the administration of this 
for our new president, Elder R. A. 
Wilcox; let us sustain his upraised 
arms while we struggle here below 
to liberate souls bound in the dark-
ness of sin. United in spirit, love, 
and understanding, and filled with 
zeal for this sacred cause, we will 
bear the trophies of victory to the 
feet of our beloved Lord and Master, 
Jesus Christ. 
8. Progreso del trabajo educacio-
nal: 
a. Seis nuevas escuelas secunda-
rias y algunos nuevos cursos han co-
menzado en el pasado cuadrienio. 
b. El "status" de Colegio Supe-
rior de Teologia ha sido dado al 
Colegio Union en Lima, Perk al 
Colegio de Chile y al Colegio del 
Nordeste de Brasil. 
c. Tenemos actualmente 24 cole-
gios y liceos. 
9. La mayoria de los presidentes 
de los 8 paises que forman la Di-
vision Sudamericana, se han rela-
cionado con alguna fase de nuestro 
trabajo. Uno de ellos visite oficial-
mente dos de nuestras instituciones 
y expreso su estimulo y aprecio 
hacia nuestra obra. Verdaderamente 
gozamos de mucha libertad en los 
8 paises que forman nuestra divi-
sion. 
Seventh-day Ad-
ventists as a church 
have been spared 
one of the greatest 
scourges of our 
time. While millions 
of others in virtually 
every country of the 
world are enmeshed 
in this tragedy, we 
as a people are free 
from its ravages. No 
other church today 
is equipped to do 
what ours can to 
help smokers. No 
other faith has the publications program 
ours does to help smokers quit and to 
discourage non-smokers from starting. No 
other denomination has films like ours to 
help smokers. We have such tobacco films 
as "One in 20,000" which has helped 
thousands to quit smoking and thousands 
more to never start. Our alcohol films, our 
books, periodicals, and leaflets are filling 
a tremendous part as "Helping Hands" in 
this hour when we are told by the pen 
of inspiration that as a people we should 
stand in the forefront in this great battle 
against intemperance. 
The General Conference Temperance De-
partment, along with its message of pre-
vention, is also developing methods of 
helping the intemperate. 
Through the years our church has em-
phasized a message of temperance educa-
tion to help prevent people from falling 
victims to drink and other dangerous 
habits. This approach is important, perhaps 
the most important. However, work for 
the intemperate must not be neglected. 
—Missionary work does not consist merely 
of preaching. It includes personal labor 
for those who have abused their health 
8 
and have placed themselves where they 
have not moral power to control their 
appetites and passions. These souls are 
to be labored for as those more favorably 
situated. Our world is full of suffering 
ones."—Evangelism p. 265. 
The task before us is huge. The challenge 
is great. This church has an unprecedented 
opportunity to save lives and souls by 
supporting our temperance work today. 
Our Lord has told us: "Say not ye, there 
are four months, and then cometh the 
harvest? Behold, I say unto you, Lift 
up your eyes and look on the fields; 
for they are white already to harvest"—
John 4:35. 
We are ready to move forward, but we 
need "Your Helping Hand." We now 
hasten to finish the task our Lord assigned 
us in the lingering twilight of earth's 
history. Won't you give a little more than 
you have ever given before on South 
America Temperance Sabbath, October 15, 
1966, for the temperance phase of the 
third angel's message? May God bless you 
as you share "Your Helping Hand." "As 
we do our part faithfully, the Lord will 
bless our efforts to the saving of many 
precious souls."—Temperance, page 251. 
May "Your Helping Hand" dig deeply into 
your pocket on October 15, and may this 
offering be the largest in our history, 
with God's help. 
Robert H. Pierson, President 
General Conference of Seventh-day 
Adventists 
10 ACONTECIMIENTOS IMPORTANTES 
(Viene de la pagina 6) 
pezaran pronto su programa de cons-
trucciones. 
e. Tenemos ahora 16 hospitales y 
5 clinicas y dispensarios medicos en 
la division. 
— 725 --- 
10. Miscelanea: 
a. La primera escuela flotante en 
la denominacion fue abierta en una 
de las islas flotantes en el Lago 
Titicaca, Peru, para los indios uros. 
Asisten a ella 45 jovenes y 50 ma-
dres de ellos estan tambien estu-
diando. 
b. L. C. Scofield fue condecorado 
por el gobernador del Estado de 
Minas, Brasil, por su servicio meri. 
torio a la nacion y al estado. 
c. El Plan de 5 Dias para Dejar 
de Fumar fue probado y tuvo un 
gran exito. 
d. Se establecio una fabrica de 
alimentos en el Instituto Adventis-
ta del Uruguay, cerca de Montevi-
deo. 
e. La participacion de la Iglesia 
Adventista en el trabajo de asisten-
cia social en Chile, despues del te-
rremoto de marzo de 1965, ha sido 
notable. 
f. Una nueva sucursal de la Casa 
Editora de Buenos Aires se abri6 en 
Santiago, Chile. 
g. Fue inaugurado el primer cen-
tro evangelistico en Sudamerica, que 
tambien alberga la oficina central 
de La Voz de la Profecia en Rio de 
Janeiro, Brasil. Este centro incluye 
oficinas, un auditorio para 1.500 
personas y el mejor estudio en la 
ciudad. Fuera de los Estados Uni-
dos, Sudamerica es la division que 
tiene mas audiciones del programa 
de La Voz de la Profecia en el 
mundo: de 2.500 estaciones, Inas de 
500 estan en Sudamerica. 
Moises S. Nigri 
Director 
YOUR HELPING HAND IS NEEDED