Show LETTER FROM 0 OTHELLO THELL 0 PEARCE extracts from a letter received rece ivea mrs lottie pearce from her son who non Is on am a mission tor for the D S church Rao Ran vaval february 2 1924 y idearest dearest mother at last wo we have struck lahd it t it is 16 not wo we aro are going work hero here for about 2 weeks or 6 a nth and when the ship returns m m the other islands island which it if ha haa st gone to we hope to maliq make tho being sent to lar ica ce where wo we are our trip lasquite was quite abad a bad trip a struck many a calm these trips e made in sail ball boats and just hob bob d up and down like a cork for ya yg not going a mile but jupt drift gr off pur our course with the currents c u arent s was seventeen teen days without salk land I 1 am getting to be some bomb llor flor now but the first day and ht out well I 1 was just too to sick to 3 but now it Is over I 1 get quite I 1 L ieh gh out of it at one time we ne me in sight of Tu bual but we abre were perfect calm finally a wind came and it was a headon he adion so we had tack it was wag getting close to td ht as we were nearing the pass pas d the wind was growing steadily d coming straight from in front all u so it was impossible to get in 4 le e the ilef we thought we coull 17 Y in n protection of the land s bui ut w en ve we awakened next mor morning fifie i g bual had vanished from our sight d there was waa an excellent exec ilent wind wing to this island so here we me e we struck many a calm but illy landed sata safe and sound round february 14 A few days have debrand Deb seby fand and nos bips are in sight t we expect one every day for ey have been gone almost two 01 balog aahl oal eeg ekg tow now 3 0 miles away but they have had haa her bad winds the only thins n g wn TO here la Is just to have patience d things come coma out all right elders korth bird and I 1 are laring together elder korth talks blattan just as good as aa a native you see he Is a big help to me in B language not saying anything gospel february 19 almost another ok k has passed and we are still on Is 1 little old island and the lord ly knows when a ship will pick us sometimes a ship only comes re once onca 0 year now aou it be be e joke it wo we were loft left hero here a w r or two I 1 guess it baat so ao long as 49 we are giving our mes mea 9 0 unto them we have held tour four or five meet I 1 and have had good attendance I 1 11 think we might have some 3 it not immediate results resul ts the th th la is soaking into their heads and they pay not attention unto our ahing it la is them tor for it for wo we ve born witness unto them and 67 Y cant say in the next world we ler heard beard the tr truo gospel but lere ere our trouble cornea comes in la is that 0 13 going to run the big conre concer r 11 it at in april no elders I 1 there ere and where wo we worp 1 I when we landed hundreds of br les a off our course and got ma zed on this island lan am however gotting getting some preci OIen ts in study studying tg 1 I study 11 satt 6 to 8 hours evory every day ii if I 1 only studied like this when I 1 1 at school I 1 might have known thing tow now Febu bucary 2 26 G mother a all iother 1 bother week gone by and no 9 it looks as though our ship er corning coming it now rn makes akes 26 pt jn the little island with no 17 and id no maa food but the sura lure has blessed us mother save sv never neter itei for gone hungry nor K anything ye yet enit at have antro looked pretty giue it the darkest Jar kest moment something Y ones UP for instance instance V ifal ri i re went fi abing wo we did not ta ln anany ay but when we r returned L boutil and outil a woman at our house ha ta 1 brought Us u a pig 3 bunch oa es of bananas and a basket of laro when cooked it ills is something like broad bread it surely was the hand at 01 tho the lord february 29 1 I am at last on tu bual after a 6 weeks visit on ilav aval the ship came monday coorn ing and after two days on the sea we landed here on it certainly la Is a wonderful place and they aro such good saints they were thera to meet us ua when we got off the boni boat the el elders ders mother a great big fat woman took us to her homo home for that la Is whore all eldeir stay and mother sho she Is next to you and clara as a peak I 1 ate chicken until I 1 was just ashamed but I 1 was so hungry two days and just rice boiled in salt water march 4 just one ye ar and two days clays ago I 1 loft left deaver beaver city hut but it does n not ot seem that long ago does ll 11 jupt think abicic one third of my mission has slipped behind it has bas been jurt 3 months since I 1 kot got any mall mail andl I 1 dont know how long it will be before I 1 get any good bye mother anti and brothers and sisters may god bless and protect you all ail as he be has me in my field of labor 1 I am your loving son ion and brat brother h er 0 thello othello |