Show missionary letter AILT TASMANIA JULY 21 31 1005 tomy to my friend in Brigl ism city and I 1 am baying advantage of c f 0 p port unity alty given ot of greeting you through the columns ot oc the news kew As you all know I 1 was called comet ame ago to go TO on a mission to australia I 1 left brigham city about the abo of aprill april my first top being at san francisco the tha elders there treated us royally showed us the city and bid us godspeed on our journey there were five in the company elders vf A and clarence barter barker ol of north ogden chas freestone and A walter of 0 layton arizona and myself we galled san on me ane I 1 i ol of april and had bad a pleasant voyage all the way to sydney we wa had i a tev few hours layover lay over at honolulu the beau city ot of flowers we ahsu spent a little time at pago bagoon the samoan islands I 1 expected to meet dro felix baird at pago pago but bup A I 1 learned le arlieu that ho he was VM 60 miles away however the elders who weri there made us welcome they were 31 W merrell ahus a cucic gov A lewis joan Frederick beu and alij 11 V B cloward they feasted us un on oranges and had the natives climb U W gel us jauet our daxi stop was wai jl auckland auck land bf A Z hero we v acre ere nic me by and baus jiuu u the le placa i of lut int rea uiki ibo cy froia there acre v c chrt to 1 syun buB bubacy Cy v I 1 alza 11 lii suley lu dall i illin ILI 11 ruy ann it finacy lilii i came I 1 wua greally surprised it 1 cale cai ed ulu lao to lu eiju laii uJ ui 1 lii butt ban 1 la tile the GILY clif ib 14 lids d L of 0 aul as j hl bl luald on be hiser bu au ule lu lail ll it ceru we would woula call it il a bay back or of the city are some high woun covered cohered ila a 11 dense of cf lim her bur resembling very ipuh much the umber timber in my native state stale Ken Hon lucay LucKy bloing Welling wellington wil is me bigbe bigbea A point it 11 has an aa elevation of about foet eel end od is cowed covered part of oc the llie year fear with adow the people ot of this place are very good and kind but not religiously inclined Incline di although wo we have bare a membership of 0 la in the island elder wm burton barton ol of and I 1 took a trip up the country the other day without purse or script the captain on the boat where we applied for passage took toofe us gladly ne ile told us that the elders were welcome to ride with him any time we left led the boat and went among the people trusting in the lord to raise up friends lu us we wa were not and held one meeting with them when we e left led to return we were accused by one of the who aulta 11 knew if we lu WAK the odule dist doce it was about 50 wiles miles and when we answered that we did he gave us each 12 to pay our fare are on the boat A little farmer fanner along we ma another man who gave us lc so bo you sue see we BC were provided tor for tho the work sa in ahli part ol of out our lain fath ers lloyald la Is pro progressing gres nicey nicely the ciders are energetic and desirous ol if do colne dg their oaty duty IQ in rolling roiling oa t tb work of 0 the lord xay nay god bless the saints aint la in zion or wherever their lot Is cast is 15 my constant prayer your boother and friend 11 II M |