The Later Elmshaven Years: 1905-1915 (vol. 6) - Ellen G. White

Message, 355.
He had been praying that the Lord would send someone to buy his
place. It had been sold a few days before and now he was ready to make
available $2,400 for the Loma Linda enterprise. The next day Elder Burden
phoned the representative of the Loma Linda Association that he was ready
to do business. The $1,000 was paid, and work was begun on a contract. This
was finished the following Monday. Four thousand dollars more had to be on
hand by June 15 to make up the first payment of $5,000 or the deposit would
be lost.
Now all awaited the return of the California workers from the General
Conference. Ellen White was detained in Washington for a week until W. C.
White finished special General Conference Committee work. Travel plans
called for them to reach Redlands at 10:00 a.m. on Monday, June 12. Local
and union conference workers would come out from Los Angeles and meet
them at Loma Linda. A great deal depended on this meeting. Would
approving action be taken, or would Elder Burden lose the borrowed $1,000
given to bind the contract?
Ellen White Inspects Loma Linda
Elder Burden, his wife, and fellow workers were inspecting the
grounds and the buildings as the express wagon from Redlands drove up
carrying Ellen White, W. C. White and his wife, and others. Sister White's
gaze was fixed on the main building.
"Willie, I have been here before," she said as she stepped down from
the wagon.
"No, Mother," he replied, "you have never been here."
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