Bredilies
IN MEMORIAM
Nosbewte Quirez
Elder Norberto Quiroz was born in
Boquete, Chiriqui, Panama, the son
of Mr. and Mrs. Teofilo Quiroz. He
first attended school in Boquete and
then went to the Central American
Vocational College in Costa Rica and
Elder Norberto Quiroz
to the
Colombia.
later training school in
His ministerial work had its begin-
ning in Cali, Colombia and in Puerto
Tajada he raised up his first church.
He was married in Cali to Miss Maria
Hurtadg in 1951 and was ordained
the same year. He served as pastor
of the church in Bogota and also in
Caracas.
The 26th of August, 1956 the
Quiroz family answered an invitation
to the Panama Conference, and Elder
Quiroz was holding a series of evan-
gelistic meetings in the city of La
Chorrera when he was called to lay
down his burdens on February 24, at
7 a.m,
We extend our sympathy to his
wife and two sons.
Bernarda FHewnandez
Bernardo Hernandez was born in
Bayamon, Puerto Rico, on the 20th
of August, 1892, and passed away on
February 24, 1958, in Glendale, Cali-
fornia. Between the years 1915 and
1951 Brother Hernandez served in
denominational work in Puerto Rico,
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Venezuela, El Salvador and Cuba. As
a pioneer colporteur in Venezuela, he
was the companion of Rafael Lopez
who died a martyrs death. The last
years of his life were spent in Califor-
nia where he was still active in mis-
sionary work, although retired.
His wife, six. children and 16
grandchildren remain to mourn his
loss.
® Twenty-two candidates were re-
cently baptized by R. R. Drachen-
berg and G. D. Williams at Concep-
cion, Panama. E. L. Porras is the
pastor of the district. At the present
time there are 15 evangelistic cam-
paigns being carried on in the
conference. Both the president and
the treasurer are holdnig a series of
meetings besides their other duties.
@ On January 25 the first Pathfinder
Club in the British West Indies Union
Mission was organized at Andrews
Memorial Hospital at Kingston,
Jamaica. Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Heisler
are sponsoring the club, with a drill
master and three counselors for boys
and three for girls cooperating with
them.
@ Gilbert Harper has accepted the
invitation of the Puerto Rico Confer-
ence to serve as business manager of
the Puerto Rico Academy. Formerly
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he served as one of the departmental
secretaries In the West Cuba
Conference.
® The Colombia-Venezuelan Union
Training School has been strengthen-
ed by the arrival of two new
teachers. Miss Carmen Monzon,
formerly connected with the Antillian
College, flew to Medellin to be the
Spanish teacher at the college.
Returning to Colombia after some
time spent in Cuba is Miss Esther
Vivanco, who will be in charge of the
teacher training program.
@ Good reports of the progress of the
Ingathering campaign are reaching
the Division office. Elder M. G.
Nembhard of the British West Indies
Union writes: “You will be very glad
to know that the Ingathering cam-
paign is off to a very good start here
in Jamaica. Monday, March 3, was
the field day for the students of The
West Indian Training College and I
am very proud to report that they
have gone over their goal of £410
collected in less than one week.”
® From the Caribbean Union Elder
S. L. Gadsby reports: “In the Lee-
ward Islands they expect to raise the
highest goal ever, and the churches
seem to be very enthusiastic. In the
South Caribbean Conference nearly
$300,000 was collected for the hos-
pital project both in Trinidad and
Tobago. I am glad to say that this
has not in any way affected our in-
gathering program, and we have
had many pleasant visits where we
have had substantial increases over
donations of 1957. This is an indica-
tion that God is wonderfully blessing
and guiding His work, and we rejoice
in what has been accomplished.”
From the same Union, Elder Lionel
Arthur writes that during the first
week of the campaign in the South
Caribbean Conference $14,530 was
raised, giving them 45% of the con-
ference goal although they lacked the
reports as yet from 22 churches.
©® Antonio Imbert, youth leader of
the Guantanamo, Cuba, church, is in
charge of a Missionary Volunteer
Voice of Youth effort in the town of
Jamaica. Six young people are pre-
paring for baptism as a result of these
meetings.
MESSENGER