Show v Sc I Crawford Writes Interesting Letter l v- v V Dear Bishop Peterson I have hae meant for a long timeto time timeto to write you jOU and tell how much I t enjoy the tho Messenger and tell you Ou a n little of what has been goIng going going go- go Ing on since I left home I have ha been negligent in writing but we have havo been busy bus and had very ven little time for writing The Tho main thing I know you will be Interested in will be our church services We Ve have ha church services eyer every Sunday morning at 10 o'clock and every ery Tuesday night at 7 I cant can't remember ro- ro member tho text we have havo been using us us- ing lug on Sunday but on Mutual nights we have been using Priesthood Priesthood Priest hood Church Government Go We Ve have had very ery many Interesting discussions It is easy to forget what you have ha learned In earlier earlIer years In ill seminary and church Thero Is something which we have havo tried to learn It was the first thing that came camo up when We wo started start start- ed id our services Tho The question Is la lavery very often n asked ked us by non Mor mons why wo we wo believe bellevo In this faith falt Why wo live tho the Word Word of Wisdom find and of coure how many wives we WG have ha and many other questions We Wery I try ry to tp deal with th these se question in lD our meetings Many times we le have r run n Into d deep p questions questIon as we used sed to do In So rr lr class back home honie YO You 1 were were al ale always ays ys so In Informed in- in formed 1 d. d on err on these subjects that I Ionly only wish I I had you here hero t to answer an nn- er nil all puzzling questions Chaplin Curtis was hero here awhile but hut he ho left a long time ago sowe so sowe sowe we C carry on by ourselves and do doa 11 a pretty good job too I t have been going to church with Gordan Harris all the tho time It Is nice lIce to have haye someone from home homo to lo talk to to and go go with W We X ha r a e g J many good chats of our exper- exper fences lences back home It will be a wonderful day when all of this Ands and we wo can rejoin our tam farm farm- 1 Continued on Lat Last Page Crawford Writes Interesting Letter v P Continued from page one lies ties again I t am very appreciative for the Ule t experience ce I have haye had since I enI entered en- en I ered the service I have learned alot which will be helpful to maIn mo me moIn In later life How v are Albert and Margaret 7 Is sho she still able to be with him I Il I l hope hope so Also how are your other I I sons sous Scattered all over I guess I 1 its hard for me to keep track of or every ever one All ll I know Is that the toys hoys are scattered all over the Ute orld I r can ima imagine lne how thrill- thrill d rd you and anel your our wife fe will be when vou you can reunite your family again To ro add variety to my letter I IFill IMil will Mil tell you about the parrot wo we Have l adopted In our tent We Ve call i I him Carioca He Is of a beautiful i ed ed cd color So tame tamo that he crawls jou In I I flu our shoulders and plays with your hair He eats cats water melon j i Cantaloupe candy etc There are arc many ny parrots screeching In the palms I can hear t them em right now Carioca has his wings Hipped Flipped but the they are growing in m again In Something lil like e this takes the tho monotony off the life here We have a n large farm on the island It produces all sorts of or fresh vegetables and fruits We have watermelon cantaloupe tomatoes to tomatoes tomatoes to- to matoes muskmelon lettuce et etc rl I not saying how bow often orten but we wedo to do have U them em u If it had not been for the Mes- Mes rn r ner r i r have known a hern h halt half u the boys bOJ's are and what going on back hack home That Is IsMie the Mie reason Ive I've enjoyed It so much Must close now and go to work I Maurice Crawford I |