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Monday 27 th Nov/54.
I have been drawing of my journal all day from small books into one large book.
Tuesday 28 th Nov/54.
The same as yesterday.
Wednesday 29 th Nov/54.
This morning Bro. Hammond arrived with a load of provisions for the pioneers. He is well
and so is his family. He says that Bro. Silas Smith is going ahead with the native
language fast. I am glad to hear it. I wish that they all had the language and would
convert the whole nation in one year. We are about 30 strong from the valleys of the
mountain.
Thursday 30 th Nov/54.
This morning Bro. Karren, Hammond and myself went and settled the damage one cattle
done to our neighbors. We paid one man 4 dollars and the other two. We then returned
and held an evening meeting. Had a very good meeting and returned home late in the
evening.
Friday 1 st Dec/54.
This morning Bro. Hammond returned to Maui and all the pioneers from Hawaii, but 2.
They did not come prepared with tools to work with. So they will go and get themselves
some tools and then return again. I started to go with them to the beach, but I felt so
much cast down or depressed in spirits that I returned and went to bed. This afternoon
Bro. Karren and myself marked out a cistern and commenced to dig to catch water for
our use, to save fetching from the mountain. We have to bring our water one mile to use.
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Saturday 2 nd Dec/54.
This morning we commenced digging the cistern again. Bro. Karren was taken with a
violent pain in his bowels and fell to the ground. I went & laid hands on him and rebuked
the pain & it instantly left him and he arose and went to the house. This afternoon he was
seized again, I then laid hands on him again and rebuked the pain, and it departed and
has not troubled him since this evening. He is well and enjoys his super much. The Lord
he praised for his loving kindness.
Sunday 3 rd Dec/54.
I did not attend the forenoon meeting. In the afternoon we took the Sacrament, there was
several of the brethren. Spoke of the goodness of God and the spirit bore a faithful
testimony of their integrity in the cause of truth. We had a good meeting and enjoyed
much of the spirit of the Lord.
Monday 4 th Dec/54.
Last night I dreamed that I was at work around a large barn and there was someone
trying to move it. They had got it pried up and the cattle hitched on. I told them that the
barn was full of wheat and it could not be moved. However they hitched on and started
the team it wrecked the barn very much, and their chains all broke, and the roof of the
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