The Lord’s work is going forward in this Region. Besides the areas already established, four new Missions have recently been organized:

• The Cuban Mission;

• The North Central American Mission consisting of Belize, Guatemala and El Salvador;

• The South Central American Mission, consisting of Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama; and

• The Jamaican Mission.

New missionary contacts were also made in the Grand Cayman Islands and Aruba, resulting in baptisms.

Seminars have been held on doctrine, administration, stewardship, social assistance, evangelism, and health. Homeschools are being established in various places as well as distance learning missionary schools.

Despite being the poorest country in the Americas, the work of the Lord is developing in Haiti more than in any other Caribbean country. By the grace of God, in that Mission we have two missionary schools, one for theological training, and the other for medical missionary training. We are also thankful for the financial support of the General Conference to carry out the missionary school projects in that Caribbean country. In addition, I would like to report that the Haitian Mission will have a headquarters from which the missionary schools and the administrative offices of the work will operate.

The Haitian Mission was also blessed with the installation of an industrial bakery that was donated by the General Conference Department of Stewardship and Welfare.

“In all parts of our world experiments will be made, processes invented and methods discovered in the preparation and manufacture of healthful foods that can be used for the benefit of all the people. The all-wise God, who has given light and wisdom to one party, will not withhold His light and wisdom from others who are just as devoted to the interests of our sanitariums and all lines of medical missionary work. There are to be new food industries. Foods that are perfectly healthful and yet inexpensive are to be made, and thus the way will be opened for those to find work who, by accepting the truth, have been thrown out of employment. The Lord God of heaven will give understanding to His human agents.”1

The Cuban Mission was organized in February 2017 with 12 members. Currently there are several interested souls who are studying our message in the cities of Havana, Camagüey, Santiago and elsewhere in Cuba. The restrictions of the Cuban laws do not allow us to have a fixed location and public place for worship services. So, we have to meet in different places. Let us pray to God that our work may continue to develop in Cuba.

“‘The field is the world’ (Matthew 13:38). We understand better what this saying comprehends than did the apostles who received the commission to preach the gospel. The whole world is a vast missionary field, and we who have long known the gospel message should be encouraged by the thought that fields which were once difficult of access are now easily entered. Countries hitherto closed to the gospel are opening their doors, and are pleading for the word of God to be explained to them. Kings and princes are opening their long-closed gates, inviting the heralds of the cross to enter. The harvest truly is great. Eternity alone will reveal the results of well-directed efforts put forth now.

“Providence is going before us, and Infinite Power is working with human effort. Blind indeed must be the eyes that do not see the working of the Lord, and deaf the ears that do not hear the call of the True Shepherd to His sheep.

“Christ longs to extend His sway over every human mind. He longs to stamp His image and character upon every soul. When He was on this earth, He hungered for sympathy and co-operation, that His kingdom might extend and embrace the whole world. This earth is His purchased possession, and He would have men free and pure and holy. ‘For the joy that was set before Him,’ He ‘endured the cross, despising the shame.’ [Hebrews 12:2.] His earthly pilgrimage was cheered by the thought that He would not have all this travail for naught, but would win man back to loyalty to God. And there are triumphs yet to be accomplished through the blood shed for the world, that will bring everlasting glory to God and to the Lamb. The heathen will be given for His inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for His possession. Christ will see of the travail of His soul, and be satisfied. [See Isaiah 53:11.]

“ ‘Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee. For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the Lord shall arise upon thee, and His glory shall be seen upon thee. And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising. Lift up thine eyes round about, and see: all they gather themselves together, they come to thee: thy sons shall come from far, and thy daughters shall be nursed at thy side. Then thou shalt see, and flow together, and thine heart shall fear, and be enlarged; because the abundance of the sea shall be converted unto thee.’ ‘For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord God will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations.’ [Isaiah 60:1-5; 61:11.]”2

In Jamaica, together with Brother Rolly Dumaguit, we held five days of health lectures and natural treatments were given to conference attendees. As a result of those efforts, the work was launched in that country, and now, by the grace of God, we have seven (7) members. The Jamaican Mission Committee was organized in March 2019 and we now have an ordained elder in that country.

By the grace of the Lord, two missions were formed in northern and southern Central America. The formation of these missions has made the administration of the work easier, and our staff is working enthusiastically so that these missions, in the not too distant future, will be transformed into Unions— which was the main objective for which these units were created.

May God continue to bless His work in behalf of precious souls in this populous area!