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Show V The Ray Oillmans Send Greetings To Friends Here Inasmuch as President and Mrs. Ray E. Dillman have so many friends in the Uintah Basin, we felt we would like to share with you a letter received from them recently from their new home in Hawaii. They were recently called to preside over the Hawaiian Temple. Laie, Oahu, T. H. March 1, 1956 Roosevelt Standard Roosevelt, Utah Dear Friends: A-lo-ha greetings from us to you dear people' at home. We wish to thank so many of you, who were so kind to us. For each personal kindness we are grateful. Our trip over the vast blue ocean was delightful. The' Lurline was a floating palace as the Ash-tons Ash-tons and McLeas can surely verify. veri-fy. The ocean was calm and we were royally attended. Upon landing we were' met by many of the fine people. Friends who were on vacation came also to see us and welcome us. One of the happy thrills was a group of Hawaiians who sang to us special spe-cial and sweet music. I had a difficult dif-ficult time to walk and look oyer the twenty-one leis of orchids, carnations, tuber roses, and many flowers that I didn't know, there were placed on me' and sealed with a kiss (Just an old Hawaiian custom). cus-tom). We were driven home to Laie, and were happily surprised to find a very livable' home. It was spotlessly spot-lessly clean and- rare flowers adorned it. v That night, the Temple was lighted and a beautiful, inspiring view from our front window. The Temple workers all came to greet us and brought bounteous refreshments. refresh-ments. Several old native songs of welcome to us and hulu dances were done in our honor. Wednesday we held our first Temple session with Japanese, El-sinese, El-sinese, Hawaiian, Lamoan, and many mixed nationalities, all doing ordinance work. It was well attended at-tended and we were very happy at the response to greet us. These people are very faithful, coming day after day to their Temple. Tem-ple. The trade winds are' always blowing. We can see the ocean from the Temple. It is only a few blocks from our home. It rains every day. Everything is green and gorgeous flowers everywhere. Honolulu is an hour's drive and along the ocean and over the pali (a high cliff). The city is easy to find one's way to places. Sears & Roebuck makes one feel at home, but until I find a J. C. Penney store, I won't feel that we are really in the United States. We speak of the States as the Mainland. Main-land. Ray is sporting a gorgeous Hawaiian Ha-waiian shirt with peacocks adorning adorn-ing it in pattern, so we' have almost al-most -gone native already, but I haven't learned to like Poi as yet. I could be real homesick, but I am going to try not to do so, but only by you at home writing and praying for us will we be able to not be'. We miss all our dear friends already. Thanks again for your kindness to us, and somehow there is no one like "home folks" is there? With love, Ray and Mildred Dillman (To the Dillmans, we say we miss you also, but, wish you the best of everything in the Islands). Many have requested the Dill-mans' Dill-mans' address, so we are adding it for their friends' convenience. Ray E. Dillman Box 38 Laie, Oahu, T. H. (Hawaiian Temple) |
