Dear Brother L.—

….You will rejoice with us that after long waiting upon the Government, we are now given a site for our Mission to the Navaho Indians. Our daughter Marie and her husband (Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Girdner) have recently come from Albuquerque, New Mex., where they lived for a year and a half because we had no room for them here, and could not build till a site was granted. We (my wife and I) are getting old, and feel the need of younger ones to take our places in this field.

Miss Barker is with her parents in California for a few weeks, which provides a little room for the present; but our young people need a home and should be by themselves, and the Lord is directing us to "arise and build." We have engaged a man to quarry the rock, as we are near a quarry, and lumber and other material are very high, and must be hauled by team about 100 miles, which is very costly. So rock is the cheapest as well as the best material for us. We purpose to build a two-roomed house a few rods from our present place….

With Christian love, H. A. Holcomb.

[It is now three years since our brother made application to the Government for this as a missionary center to the oft-moving Navaho Indians of north-eastern Arizona and adjoining parts of New Mexico. For a number of years Mr. and Mrs. Holcomb, with their daughter, Clara, have done pioneer work among the Navahos through all kinds of privations and self-denial in "a dry and thirsty land"-literally so physically, and spiritually too, although precious fruit has been manifested among the Indians, as was shown in Help and Food, Sept., and Dec., 1922. Let help and the prayers of God's people sustain this pioneer work.]-Ed.

Their P.O. address (over 50 miles from their little dwelling) is:

Immanuel Mission to the Navahos, Shiprock, New Mexico.

Translated from the French Beloved Brethren:

…. What reason we have to thank God who called us, and pushed us into His harvest! The blessing given excites the Roman clergy as you will see by the newspaper clipping I enclose. They warn the people against us, and what they call our "Protestant heresy." But the Lord gives us open doors, and many hearts receive the glad tidings of His grace which they had never heard.

Of late I have labored in localities where I have not been before, and whilst the labor has been arduous many precious souls have professed to receive the salvation of God through faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.

At Epinois and Grand Conty great encouragement was given me. I was there four years ago, and set forth the salvation of God to a family in mourning. The aged mother was bowed down in sorrow, but her sorrow was then turned to joy. "I thank God," she says, "for your coming four years ago, for I have been happy ever since, reading the New Testament you gave me." Six more souls there have professed to receive Jesus as their Saviour. A very interesting case was that of the head station-master. Having accepted a tract and a Gospel, in the conversation that followed he opened his heart to me, saying, "I am miserable, with inward troubles, and would like to know the way to God. I have conversed with persons said to be very religious, and one advised doing one thing, and another something else; but instead of giving peace I am more cast down than ever."

Oh, how happy I was to have the precious gospel to present to this burdened and sincere soul! As under the eye of God we turned to the Scriptures. The dear man was shocked by the statement that our righteousnesses, or best deeds, are as filthy rags before God. "Really, is it what God says ?" he enquired. I affirmed that it is, then said, "It is for such that the Son of God, our Lord Jesus, took a human body in which to die in our stead." He wept for joy as he understood that he was the sinner for whom Jesus died, and he exclaimed, "Now I can say that Jesus is my Saviour!" He accompanied me to the station and urged that I should soon come again- which I hope to do-but said, "Now you have the Book (referring to the Scriptures I gave him), read it as God's word to you."

Since my last letter to you, I have labored in 16 different localities, and thank God for the privilege of spreading His "glad tidings."

I pray the dear brethren over-seas, who have at heart the work of God, to bear me up before Him for the prosperity of the gospel in these regions where it has not been proclaimed before. Octave Dandoy.

Dear Brethren:

We have been in Brittany for nearly a month, and the Lord has encouraged us much. Mr. LeGarrec came to meet me in Cholet, where we spent over a week together, and the Congo, who had asked me if he could spend some weeks in France, in order to improve in the French language, and also for his health.

He stayed with us three weeks, and I am glad to say that he was cheered to see the way the Lord was working for us. The time spent was also of great benefit for his health, as he went away feeling stronger and able to take the responsibility of meetings. We managed to accommodate the three of us in the van, though it was a little crowded. The Lord was very gracious to us all along the way.

I hope to start to-morrow on my way back home, and Mr. Le Garrec intends to go to Quiberon, his native place, in this province. I hope to give details of the work through "France and Work," by and by.

With much love to you and to all, Louis J. Germain