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Show The French Polynesian Mission '" 1 'Hf w y 4 - f " tf'-- , J . --,' V 'V?' '- ' v'' , H x dLV 4 K mzt: V - ,1 '- J ! , i f r.f , - r- k - fv &r-- ?,. 4 4.--4 i z - 't j-- i- - ,v-- . 3 s&UX- - 4 ' li?.U r -- it if I r. -- Us! -- 13 4&i--- rll! Af ui .!?! 1 FISHING BOAT Fish are an essential item in the diet of the South Pacific islanders. This Tahitian brines his t outrigger canoe in with a supply of seafood. Tahiti over a I I century. has been a field of missionary labor for NE OF the first for4.4 eign missions t( PRESIDENT JOSOTH R. the Church was esKEEPER At WU He tablished in Tahiti has -- presided- over the 116 years ago by French Polynesian Misthree adventurous young men who sailed from New Bedford, sion, formerly the fian Mission, since 135S. Mass, on a whaling vessel. They were Addison Pratt, . Noah Rogers and Benjamin PAPEETE CHAPEL This beautiful chapel aI the Grouard. French Polynesian Mission ha Tahiti, was completed reThe mission, recently recently under the labor miwiinii program. The saiwinw named the French Polynesian home Is adjacent te this hnflding, Mission, included five island The Lower and Upper groiqjs: Tnsmotus, Tutouai, Leeward Islands and Tahiti. The mission formerly took its name from the Wand, the largest of the group. Af In. some respects, life oa the vff Islands has changed very little in the past century. Many ef Tf the people stffl hre hi grass hats which provide adequate f ' fat,. t shelter in the warm, tropical climate. Some have more modem stucco dwellings. Nature v ' j provides ample food both on land and in the sea with a minimum of effort expended by the people. The French geveiiaiujiit nk'4r-wvwwhich controls the Tahitian - group has limited the number g. ."fr of missionaries - that the K Church may send to 16. There ig. mis-are presently 13 sionaries ia the is lands. The I V 4 t work is carried oa mainly hi I 'It the native tongue. Only ia the ,vV - Papeete Branch is the French used. language The mission member ship . numbers 2,750. Great strides being made in bringing converts into the Church in stimulating activity ag the members. Presently tr isbeing placed na CHURCH YACHT The Panuta, a sailing vessel with TAHITIAN 1UTCHEN The sandy beach is this TaH-fia- u strengthening the auxiliaries auxffiary engines is owned by the Jtench Polynesian womans kitchen as she cleans small fish for Mliiiinm It Is issed for through the uae of organised transportation. the famBy meal. Life is simple hi this tropical area lemon materials and served by the French Polynesian Mission. Week Ending May 7, 1960 6CHUSCM y ,y4iV last-Bame- d f & $ t W fis-- - v- Wlfl 4 .JV.J - 7-- v . , t full-tim- e rt . 4 - f le - - inter-islan- d ' J |