Show arf F LETTERS PROM FROM OTHELLO PEARCE extracts from a letter received by rs lottle lottie pearce from her son ers thello pearce who la Is on a mission r tho the L D S S church in tahiti Pap lele dec 20 1923 mother lather dear i I 1 have just returned froma thirty ille ile hike of 0 proclaiming the gospel just found out that during my absence a big steamer had pulled in I 1 got at tho the cake and candy all 0 K I 1 have aye eaten the candy but am saving he cake for or christmas because through poor ship service I 1 am not going to until I 1 january 6 december 25 merry christmas to ly y acar mother brothers sisters and lends it seems mems ages since I 1 left you yet it t does not seem a year or very close since ince I 1 left beaver and I 1 dont know ot of any happier holidays I 1 ever spent or r am spending than right now although it Is fa tar tar far different from the ones at home while you were all out benjy enjoying ing tho the dance and supper we elders i four of us went to the barn and saw aaa a cheap picture show I 1 would have given a great deal tu to have been homo home last night and helped to fix the kids sox like we did before but when I 1 got get home I 1 am go ang ng to 0 hang a slip up and bako up for the time I 1 am losing december 31 tomorrow Is now new years day elders eldera bird walker and ll 11 I 1 just came from the chink store with six big wa watermelons water torm melons clans tor for our feast tomorrow the slaters sisters have furnished us all a nice straw hat with our initials beautifully worked in it la Is tor for the Matah attl april or new years while you are are dancing thu new year in and the old year out I 1 will be in slumber lumber land january B G A few days have elapsed since I 1 last wrote nothing of any importance has passed at all pres and we three elders ment went up P the E canyon swimming this afternoon and passed a very enjoyable evening last I 1 night attending a picture show I 1 certainly do enjoy my work and I 1 t think I 1 can see ace some benefits reaped I 1 already I 1 leave tor for that s said land I 1 told you was so tar far oft off next friday so dont be alarmed it if you dont hear from me tor for several months as I 1 will be alright but just in a bad place to bond bend and receive letters hut but every bad quality ha its good qualities la Is the best land in all these islands january 7 went to a show last night and saw a play called lost oat and found house peters and antonio moreno star characters it la Is a play of these islands I 1 have been over every toot foot of grou ground nd and water it shows also I 1 know lots of the T ves in the play it Is a splendid play and very new so when it comes go 90 and tee see it all the cosi costumes umen are true and natural you should have heard the natives yell and scream picking themselves and f friends out and their houses january 9 A few more days have now elapsed and I 1 am still at headquarters waiting for a ship to pull out this makes two or three months now we have waited ulder elder north korth just came lu iti from the Pou group of islands where behas he has been tor for two and one halt half years without oven even coming to headquarters head and ft a very few white people has he seen it la Is certainly queer tp heat hear him talk every other word Is native but he can talk native perfectly I 1 am going to labo with him alx aim months elders bird north korth and I 1 will be together lie he is the pride of the maissl on it Is if wonderful land nd inspiring to b be around him for he Is so humble I 1 only hope 1 I can become like him then I 1 will be bd proud lind and ready to conic come home and show deaver beaver that I 1 am a man hopins hoping this letter I 1 finds y ou as well as it leaves mo me lor for I 1 am cel tine fine pounds |