"During the year two or three interesting trips have been made by
us into the country. The first one was made by Miss Stanton and
myself to the capital of the province, to attend the wife of an
official. We brought her home with us, and while here undergoing
treatment she studied the Bible every day and enjoyed it very much.
Later, when she returned home, she recovered completely, and now
two of her sons are in our mission school. Her husband gave one
hundred dollars for the dispensary and two merit boards or tablets
to us, and he said he would help us in raising money for the
hospital...."

"One thing which pleases us very much is that those whom we have
treated outside, when they get well almost invariably come and call
on us, and even go with us to church."

The following year she wrote:

"The time has come again for us to give our yearly report and we
are very glad to be able to say that the work has advanced in every
direction. The year has been a very unhealthy one and fevers have
simply flourished, so that our nurses have been kept very busy
caring for patients often in a critical condition. During the year
we were enabled to make four visits into the country. Miss Stanton
has been more free to do evangelistic work and take long trips than
previously, and it has been a privilege for one of us doctors to
accompany her on the journeys. By taking turns, one of us could
always attend to the regular work. People are awakening everywhere,
and crowds flock to us to hear the truth and receive medical
treatment. Sometimes we dispense medicine to one or two hundred