Show missionary writes of experiences perien ces in in a foreign country june julie 20 1924 my dy darling mother folks think I 1 have tor for I 1 guess you gotten you all or else died we well ll 11 I 1 have I 1 am lead blead to tho the outside world I 1 receive no mall mail and send no mall mail talk no english tor for there la Is no one to talk to so all I 1 do is talk native study and tract attend my meetings settle little troubles between natives eat oranges ba and cocoa cocoanuts coco anuta nuts by the score 1 I 1 have now been alone over one month and I 1 dont know how bow muc much h longer it may be perhaps a day and it might be tour four to six months I 1 get lonesome at times but I 1 just foal torto as the natives say that la is be diligent now dont laugh when I 1 tell you it Is winter down horn hero and I 1 am good and cold right now it is because my blood la Is so thin last week I 1 went out with two natives hunting birds tor for their feathers and they are beauties only one feather to a bird lt it is his tall feather a dark red and a streak or two ot of white tell borg obra and the rest of tie the folks I 1 sure appreciate their letters they kind of cheer one up yo you U know when he is miles fra from in home and nothing to center centar his bla mind on only gospel and ono one likes to rest once in a while IN mother IOther I 1 never realized responsibility until I 1 was left with all this on od my shoulders I 1 am prophet apostle seer interpreter ot of dreams peace maker lawyer doctor and even a sexton and they expect you to know every question they ask you now I 1 tell you it maks one think and trust in god to do things without error I 1 have fallen away over twelve pounds this last fifteen baysa small band ot of natives have apostatised it makes one worry they are just juat like a herd ot of sheep when the shepherd is not theys they go tho the elder cider before me was a good tumble humble elder but was waa not right bright along certain lines elder kirth and I 1 straightened out lots ot at hid errors and still they pop up every low and again and tho the natives do not net look at it as an error of an individual they think the older elder Is perfect and it if h berrs it Is fir the church so you see it makes you weigh your thoughts before you think them aloud and when you think them aloud bo be sure you have a 1 verso verse from the bible to back your thoughts up it not they wont receive conr ideas july 7 some time has elapsed since face I 1 wrote last all I 1 have done Is preach gosp gospel 1 and bottle troubles 1 guess all of 0 you folks had some time 01 n the ath ahad did you do who won the balt bait game andl andi races was the dance good gee I 1 wish I 1 had blell been home that day just to have something good to eat this Is what I 1 rite ate on tile the ath of 0 july one raw fish popper pepper water and boiled taro the taro is blue and takes the place of Dota potatoes toes or bread only one meal this la is what I 1 did studiedly Stud edl ledi all fore noon gathered oranges and hunted wild chickens in the afternoon but I 1 have put two ithe behind mo me aud and only ly two left and they cant come any y to too sudden ether I 1 sure get lone some just t me if I 1 want to hear english I 1 sing and you know what a wonderful void I 1 have there then is only one family on this ilande landl that has any white roans mans ids at all and I 1 only seo see them once every three weeks they have two virgins made ono one just juat me a 4 beautiful panama hat flat that kind at houlb bornn wall would cost some money she has as also r raade ii ado mt 3 of the loveliest nias a 1111 llott a panama hat is woven II 11 has haa th the ante american rian and french flags woven in I 1 urn em going to try and enjoy myself on oil tho the but they celebrate brato differently from us all t they hey do night and day clay la is practically native natie hula hill hula dances I 1 a am certainly er sick of hula hula liula girls july july 25 at last the ship Is gotting getting ready to go it has been in this group now three months andi now it is going to Pap elde so I 1 can send these utters litters but I 1 dont know when I 1 will get any it will be anyway a month or two I 1 have been very busy those last few weeks translating tor for our news paper and selling our books but I 1 can rest naw now from book peddling because I 1 have sold out I 1 am still alone and dont know when my companion will arrive I 1 am going to close this epistle with nil all the love in the world and asking theA laker to bo be with us at all times to guide aulds us unto him by his spirit I 1 am your loving son eon 0 OTHELLO THELLO |