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TRANSCRIPT OF MISSIONARY JOURNALof

RALPH H. DAVIS

CENTRAL PACIFIC MISSION1947 - 1949

EDITED 1996


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TRANSCRIPT OF THE MISSIONARY JOURNALRALPH H. DAVISCENTRAL PACIFIC MISSION(JAPANESE PEOPLE IN HAWAII)1947-1949Journal writ ing while on my mission had great gaps at times.This transcript of my journals is supplemented by my personalhistory written in 1992 and copies given to my family for Christmasof that year. I devoted a chapter in that history to myimpressions of my mission. It was a wonderful experience to servethe Japanese people in Hawaii.As I review what little Idid record I find I feel a joy offifty years ago. I hope that this addition to my history willexpress to you my love fo r the Gospel and the privi lege to serve inthe kingdom.

3 March 1947 - (Note: My call was received in December and I leftfo r Hawaii in the later par t of January, but thefirst journal entry doesn't appear until March).Spent an hour in study class. The rest of the day was spentat the home we were staying in . We had missionary meeting tonightand was told about the convention of missionaries that will be heldhere next week.We went to a cottage meeting at Sister Tanigawa's this eveningand we found out why she won't come out to church. She has atestimony of the truth but she has a physical problem that isembarrassing in public. We were served pop after the meeting andElder Romney accidentally drank Sister Tanigawa's half full bottleof pop. Was his face red when I told him after the meeting.

4 March 1947We had our study class in the morning and then E lder Romneyand I left to go out to the home to f inish paint ing it. We havefinished painting the floors and some of the furniture. The houseis now ready to move in except for arranging the furniture andputting in the beds.There will be a big conference next week and all themissionaries from all the islands will be here.Tonight we had our weekly Japanese (language) class.

Tl~~March 1~9T7Today we had the last session of our missionary conference.We finished the testimonies this morning and then Pres. Cowleyspoke fo r an hour to us. He is a great man with a lot of humor andgood advice. I have never been to such a meeting as the one


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yesterday. We bore testimonies fo r ten hours and yet we didn't gett ired of hearing them. Iwish that Mother and Dad could have beenthere fo r they would have thril led at testimonies of those Sistersand Elders. Iwent to take some pictures today and found that mycamera was broken. Idon't know how it was done. I have been sobusy that Ihaven't kept the diary up to date.

12 March 1947All the missionaries of both missions went out to a privatebeach today. (Note: Two missions operated in Hawaii at the sametime - the Hawaiian Mission and the Central Pacific Mission. Also,missionaries were allowed to go swimming in those days, even tookthe mission president and Pres. Cowley with us.). We playedfootbal l , vol leybal l and went swimming. I have never played sohard or had so much fun. Igot pretty well sun burned.Last night the saints gave a party fo r the CPM missionaries.It was a nice party but Iwas too worn out to enjoy it. We decidedto move to our new house tomorrow.I was sure sorry that my camera was broken yesterday. Theweather was perfect and there were so many beautiful scenes toshoot.13 March 1947Today Ihave been in Honolulu a month. Doesn't seem like it.Taught two rel igious education classes this morning but didn't putall I had in it because I feel pretty stiff from yesterday. Wewent to the V.A. to see about Elder Romney's dental work. Imustwrite my draft board about change of address.We moved out to the house this afternoon and the gas doesn'twork now. There will be a man up in the morning to fix it. Ireceived a book and maps today and also a letter from Dad.15 March 1947We went to the dentist again but he couldn't do much for ElderRomney. We went through most of the stores buying stuff. Wentback to Malamako to get some things that I had forgot when wemoved.We were invited out to supper at a Hawaiian family. They hadfried chicken and was it good.16 March 1947Our Sunday school went off alr ight today. Also, we had ourRelief Society and Priesthood meeting together. At sacramentmeeting Bro. Lunt of the Stake spoke to us. I have been asked tospeak to Kalihi Ward on Apri l 6th for ten minutes.We went to dinner at Bill Nako 1 s place and most of the branchmembers were there. We had a great Japanese dinner. AfterSacrament Meeting we had a fireside at Sister Okimoto's home and


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she also feed us a b ig supper. Ialways eat to much because it isso good. This Japanese food is very good.17 March 1947This morning as we were preparing breakfast, Sister San Fancame in and brought us four eggs, some oranges and a pan full ofhot muffins. These people are so good to us. We stud ied fo r anhour on the B.of M. and then went tracting. We got caught in arain storm and got good and wet. Tonight as I was preparingsupper, Iwas about to put the spam on to fry when Sister San Fanknocked and had four steaks smothered in vegetables for us withfour baked potatoes. It was good.Tonight we had two cottage meetings. At the end of themeeting at Sister Tanigawa's she invited us to stay and have apiece of cake and a glass of milk. It ended up with us eating abowl of rice and a fried fish along with the milk and cake. Shealso gave us a dozen oranges to bring home. This morning SisterDerring brought us a dozen eggs. At this rate we won't have to buyvery much. The Relief Society is making some curtains fo r ourhouse and also are having a house warming. Sister Tsuya is givingus some pictures to put on the walls.18 March 1947This morning started out with us cooking our own breakfast andwe really burned the potatoes. We spent an hour studying theB.ofM. and got into quite a discussion on the 11 Chapter of 1Nephi .We took our laundry down to Malamako to do this morning. Whenwe got there the washer was being used and we had to wait awhilebefore we could use it.

In the afternoon we visited four investigators and then wentto Malamako again to a missionary meeting. We then spent an hourand half in a Japanese class trying to learn a song and Istilldon't know it. Some day I hope to be able to master the Japaneselanguage .19 March 1947This morning we had hot cakes again fo r breakfast. We must bein a rut. We dashed o ff to our Religious Education classes ofwhich we had three of them today. (Note: Religious Education was apar t of the Hawaiian school system at that time and that was par tof the missionaries duties to teach at the schools in theredistricts.). In between R.E. classes we visited a formerinvestigator of the church back in 43. She invited us in and saidthat she was now investigating the Seventh-day Adventist but thatshe would l ike to have us come over some time and help her with herstudy.Tonight Sister San Fan brought in our supper again._Ihate t.oaccept it because these people are pretty poor but they willreceive blessings from it. As Elder Cowley said, "Don't deprivethese people of the blessings they can receive by helping you."This evening Elder Romney and I went visiting formerinvestigators. We talked with a women who use to belong to the


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reorganites as a child but now she asked us to prove the BofM fromthe Bible and to prove the principles of the Church from the Biblewhich is r ight up our al ley. We also went to a man who's body isunder developed so that he is physically the strength of a smallboy. This man has just about finished the B.ofM. and we asked himwhat he thought of it. He replied that it must be true fo r no mancould write that book.20 March 1947This morning Ihad a time gett ing out of bed. Iwanted to laythere all morning. We taught our two R.E. classes this morning andthen went t ract ing. We didn't have very much success. At twoo'clock we went to the dentist. I came home and bought somegroceries and cooked supper. I had potatoes, hamburger gravy,carrots, salad and peaches. It was a good supper even if Isay so.Tonight we held two street meetings and they were f lopscompared to the last two we held. We didn't have the feelingtonight. Maybe we are just to t ired. (Note: probably nottiredness as much as lacking the spirit.).21 March 1947This morning Iwrote a long letter to Bud (Wilson C. Wood -fr iend) but as yet haven't mailed it. We spent the day tractingand had some interesting contacts. We had the spirit of the Lordwith us today. We went over to Okimoto's at noon fo r the purposeof getting lunch and we got it. But when we arrived there we foundtwo other missionaries eating. They all know a good place to go toeat . We held our M.I.A. tonight and I had five boys out. Theyseemed very interested in the lesson on tobacco. Tomorrow we aretaking the boys to the beach. Kill two birds with one stone.22 March 1947This morning I didn't get up until 7:30. We had a latebreakfast and cleaned up the place. I talked with Sister San Fanfor awhile and helped her with the program that she has on primary.We were suppose to go to the beach today but our boys stood us up.We were left with a big lunch so we ate it ourselves.Ibought myself a new hat. It isn't exactly what Iwanted butwhat Iwanted costs too much. We had an old folks party tonight.All the members were to bring their parents or some o ld person.The object was to try to make the parents more fr iendly towards thechurch and to let them see the missionaries first hand. The partywas Japanese style. We cooked the food on the tables in smallcharcoal stoves. Everyone enjoyed themselves. After the party wewent over to the Stake Gold and Green Bal l for awhile. ElderRomney and Harrison lost their shoes at the party._23 March 1947This morning, Sunday School was a little bigger and the classI sat in was very good. We had a misunderstanding today on chow.


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We thought that Sister Okimoto had invited us down to lunch rightafter Sunday School but they never made a move to take us down. Sowe went home and fixed our own lunch. About five Sister Okimotosent Bill Nako up in her car to pick us up and take us down to herplace for dinner. She had invited for later in the day.Tonight we combined with the Hawaiian Ward and had two of ouryoung Relief Society girls speak. It was wonderful to hear them.They weren't experienced speakers but what they said came from theheart. It was a thrilling meeting. Sister Okimoto (Relief SocietyPresident) bore her testimony and told about one of the girls thatspoke who wasn't member because her parents wouldn't approve andyou don't go against the Japanese parents consent.24 March 1947Breakfast was kind of skimpy. We didn't have enough pancakef lour and no eggs, bread or milk. We have got to get on the balland watch our food supply. Today we tracted for five and halfhours and had a good time. We spent over an hour at Mrs. Chung'shome as she told about her husband who was a prisoner of theJapanese in Hong Kong. We didn't have to worry about talking therefo r she did it all. Now Iknow how it must feel to the people whol isten to us. We had one cottage meeting tonight. We are studyingthe bible at Tanigawa's. She gave us a dozen eggs and a pietonight to bring home with us.25 March 1947Today we traded partners. Elder Owen and Iwent out on ElderOwen's route. We had a good time and it seemed good to be withsomeone different. While tracting Pres. Weenig and Pres. Cowleycame driving up. Pres. Cowley said that if we were tried to throwout tracts in the gutter and go to a show. He better be careful Imight take him up on that. Today Icashed $40.00 worth of checksand also that government check of income tax refund.Tonight we had our missionary meeting and Japanese class.Afterward we went to the l ibrary and I looked up chemical formulas.Two new missionaries are coming in tomorrow on the Matsonia.26 March 1947Today was the "force march day". We kept moving from oneschool to another. At noon we went into town so that Elder Romneycould f inish up with the dentist. Iread a newspaper and found outthat0 a lot of changes have taken place in the last few months.We had a special missionary meeting tonight and the newmissionaries were there that had come in today. Elder Cowley waswith us and spoke for about a half hour. That man is wonderful.I could l isten to him all night. New assignments were made butnone ofthem affected me except that we may have more R.E. classesto teach now.27 March 1947


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This morning Elder Owen's made some biscuits fo r breakfast.They were the hardest and heaviest things Ihave seen. Iate them.We had two R.E. classes this morning and at the second one we hada party and showed the kids the film King of Kings. We bought 55candy bars and gave them away.This afternoon we visited investigators. We went to Mrs.Tanigawa's place at 2:45 and got out at 4:45. She made us staywhile she cooked fish for us and prepared a small meal. She isvery good to us. Iwish she would come out. Ithink it would helpher with the sickness she has.We went Branch teaching tonight which will be the last timefo r us. We cut it short and gave a short thought on repentancefrom the Improvement Era. I am dead t ired tonight.28 MARCH 1947Today Iwent tracting with Elder Harrison. He has a goodsystem and Ienjoyed the day very much. We spent over two hours inthe home of a Catholic but I am afraid it was a waste of time.Tonight at Mutual we had four boys out and they seemed to be veryinterested about my talk on tobacco. I gave them a lot ofscientif ic data which they l iked better than the spiritualinformation.29 March 1947Stayed in bed this morning until about 7 o'clock. It wasraining a little this morning and then qui t . We went to theHonolulu Tabernacle to decorate it for the Gold and Green balltonight. We fixed the place all up but as we were ready to go homeit started to rain and lasted about a half hour. We finally wereable to go home. The ball went o ff alr ight and the girls lookednice in their formal dresses. The only trouble was that the boyswould sit around and look at one another instead of dancing. Ireceived my slides today.30 March 1947This morning was just about the same as usual. We had ourSunday School. Isat in Katherine Nagasawa's class and helped herwhen I could. Here is a girl that goes to a Catholic school butcomes to our Sunday School. She asks a lot of questions and shesays she is confused because of differences in the two doctrines.Our sacrament service was very nice but Pres. Clissol, who wasto speak didn't show up. Bro. Morris came and Icalled on him. Hegave a wonderful talk for such a short notice. After meeting wewere invited to Okimoto's to spend the evening.31 March 1947This morning we cleaned house. While doing this Elder Greavescame and told us to meet at Malamako at 2 o'clock for a specialmissionary meeting. Pres. Weenig had been in Molaki and wasn't tobe back until Tuesday. With him coming in early we all expected to


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be shipped to Molaki.When we got to the meeting Pres. Weenig told us that he wasimpressed to have all. missionary work stopped and fo r us to visitour area's and to visit all members, investigators, R.E. students,and all that attend Sunday School to find out the names andaddresses of all their relatives in Japan. It is so that packagescan be sent to those in need.1Apri l 1947Apri l fools day. This morning we s ta rted to compile our namesand addresses into a master list. It took us a half day to dothat. In the afternoon we visited 12 homes. At some places itsl ike pull ing teeth to get the information. Some of the peoplestill are leery of the F.B.I .We worked at night picking up those people who aren't home inthe day time. I get so mad at my companion because he spends tomuch time at each house. We won't be able to f inish unless wehurry along and stop wasting time.2 April 1947This morning we started out again bright and ear ly. Today wecovered about twenty eight homes. Some we will have to come backat night to pick up people who weren't at home.Tonight we had one lady refuse to us any information. This isthe first one to refuse.Ihave been t ry ing to think of what Iwould tell the fellowsin M.I.A. Friday. Ialso have got to think of something fo r Sundaynight in Kahili Ward.I haven't been so tired fo r a long time. We even got wettonight coming home. Sister Tanigawa gave us round steak to eat.3 Apr i l 1947This morning we had the usual - hotcakes fo r breakfast. Weare in a rut. We spent all day canvasing in the area fo r names ofrelat ives in Japan. One women refused to give us the information.She was pretty leery of the whole thing and probably thought thatwe were FBI .Tonight we had a good turn out for enlistment drive but mostof the names we had already visited once.While we were out today Pres. Weening came driving past us andnever even saw us. He just went rocketing down the street. I'mgoing to kid him about that.4 Apri l 1947_This morning we started on the last of the welfare canvasing.I am dead tired from it though. We had to walk up Kam IV road tothe top and down Kahil i road. Iam glad this is finally done. Wecovered a lot of people and invited a lot of them out to S.S. Hopethey come.We had the best M.I.A. I have seen fo r weeks. It really


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worked out smooth. They had an amateur hour fo r the activity.5 Apr i l 1947The early par t of the morning was spent at the tabernacle fo ra baptismal service fo r Gladys Yonashiro. It was most inspiringand Pres. Weenig spoke for a few minutes on Easter.After the service we went to Kaniohi with the Elders to workon the welfare farm. Ihad a good time chopping down trees.The evening was spent coloring eggs at Okimoto's. Weprepared the eggs fo r the kids in S.S. Ihope they l ike them. Wehave about twelve dozen eggs now.6 Apri l 1947This Easter Sunday morning means a lot to me. This the firstEaster when I have had so much responsibi l i ty fo r a meeting. Mytwo counselors do most of the work but it still rests on me.Our Easter program in S.S. went o ff very well . The attendancewas up to 114. It will be down again next week. We also had a bigfast meeting. We heard some beautiful testimonies.

We went to the tabernacle at 2 o'clock fo r union meeting.Pres. Weenig talked to us. I talked in the Kalihi Ward tonight.I don't think it was much of a talk. I also confirmed GladysYonashiro a member today.7 Apri l 1947This morning Elder Romney and I were in our morning studyclass when we heard a knock at the door. Iwent to the door andthere was Pres. Weenig. He said that he wanted to paint the housetoday. There is never a dul l moment. Anything can happen and itsusual ly does.This evening we held our cottage meeting and then some of theboys of the branch and us Elders went to visit an inactive member.He has a small room and there were six of us there in the room.8 Apri l 1947We started early this morning in painting the house. Pres.Weenig and some Elders arrived at about ten. We finished the houseabout four in the afternoon. We have yet to finish painting thefront porch. We needed a saw today and Pres. Weenig asked me if Iknew my neighbors. I told him no. He said to go try to borrow asaw anyway. I tried and Igot the saw even though the man didn'tspeak english.

Sister San Fong fixed us lunch today. It was a good lunch andwe ate it on the lawn in back of our house.Visited Chester Ishimoto tonight. He is very smart but isdrifting away.9 Apri l 1947This morning Iwas the only one who ate breakfast. The othertwo Elders were fasting fo r someone and Elder Romney had a swollenjaw so he didn't eat.


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We got back to our usual RE classes this morning. Thechildren seemed to be a little restless after their springvacation. We took the bus to our Kahi Uka class. We couldn't seewalking up that hill today. We played basketball this afternoonand we had three boys who came out .Tonight we tried to arrange three cottage meetings and onlyone person could do it. At one house we spent an hour talkingabout the Hawaiian Pineapple Co.10 Apri l 1947This morning we got back to eating hot cakes again. They seemto be the most filling thing to eat fo r breakfast. Eggs cost toomuch for us to buy them.We taught our two schools this morning. At the first school,as Elder Romney was giving his par t of the lesson, I read a bookthat the school teacher had on her desk that was on Hawaiianlegends. At the next school I ran out of stories to tell on thelesson, so Itold them two Hawaiian legends. They really ate themup. We visited some investigators in the evening. Talked to twoof the girls that have asked fo r baptism.11 Apr i l 1947We held a two hour study class this morning, one hour aloneand one together . Elder Romney and I spent the rest of the daytracting and at three in the afternoon we went to Sister Tanigawa'shome and we didn't get away from there until 5:30. She made usstay until she cooked us some supper. Iwas very hungry and reallyhit the spot. We held our MIA this evening. I took my boys up tothe point where Brigham Young takes over as Pres. of the Church.After MIA we had a treasure hun t.12 Apri l 1947

It is a beautiful Saturday morning. We went to Malamakoa thismorning to pick up some stuff. Elder Romney also has a boi l on hisneck so we went to the doctor. The doctor gave him a shot and toldhim to put hot packs on it every three hours through the weekendand come back Monday morning. We went to the beach in theafternoon and had a swell time. Went to a show.13 Apri l 1947

Another Sunday morning has rol led around. For a change itisn't raining this morning. Sunday School was alright. Theattendance didn't drop o ff to badly. We studied for awhile in theafternoon and then went to Mission chapel to wait fo r sacramentmeeting. All the Branches met there to hear Dr. Hill speak. He isgoing to hold a SS convention next Sunday. Dr. & Sister Hill bothspoke and it was very good.After sacrament meeting Sister Okimoto came up to me and askedif we would go to supper at her house. Itold her Iwould be gladto come. She about fell over because we didn't fight the


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situation.14 Apr i l 1947We held our study class. For breakfast we had corn fitters.They were really solid. I took Elder Romney to the doctor to havehis boi l treated again. The doctor lanced it and gave him a shot.He has to go back tomorrow. We then went shopping to find a suitto fit Elder Romney. We then went to a Japanese hospital to see amember who was sick. We found that she had just left. We held twocottage meetings tonight, one at Yoneshios and other at Nagasawa's.15 Apr i l 1947This morning we worked on tracting records until it was timeto go to the doctor. We just about caught up the t ract ing records.We went to the doctor about ten and she gave Elder Romney some moreshots. We spent most of the afternoon tracting and ran into peoplewho didn't believe anything to a Baptist minister.Last night we went down to Alice Okahar's place to hold acottage meeting. Her mother had some people come in unexpectedlyand they could only speak Japanese and so we left. We visitedMargaret Kekami for awhile too. Iwanted to go to Malamakoa afterto get a book and shirts but Romney wouldn't go.16 Apr i l 1947This was our forced march day. We had three schools to teach.Icarried my camera with me to take some pictures of flowers thatwe passed by. Ionly took one picture. After our second class wewent to Malamakoa to get a book and some shirts. Then went to ourthird class up Kalihi val ley. That class seemed to be extra noisytoday.Tonight we visited Bro. Okagi with the priesthood boys to seeif we could get him to greater activity. Worked on Branch records.17 Apr i l 1947Got back to having hot cakes fo r breakfast. The morning wasspent teaching RE classes. Went to see the doctor and to thelibrary. Elder Romney was looking up material on Brigham Young andS.L.C.

In the afternoon we went to Mrs Tanigawa's for a cottagemeeting. Afterwards she fixed dinner fo r us. It was the best Ihave tasted fo r a long time. Stayed home tonight and studied.Elder Romney went through the books he brought home. I read thePearl of G.P.18 Apr i l 1947Friday a usual beautiful day. Held study class and read someBuddhist l i terature. Every day we run across people who believe inBuddhism and we don't know much about it.Spent the morning tracting and went to Okimoto's at noon fo rlunch but they weren't home. We kept on tracting and as we roundeda corner we ran into the Tanigawa's. They insisted we eat lunch


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with them. We did and spent the rest of the day talking on theKingdom. Mutual tonight was a flop.19 Apr i l 1947

Free day Ha Ha. Think of it nothing to do. We took ourlaundry to Malamakoa to use the washing machine . We took twosuitcases. We had sheets and everything under the sun. Now Iknowhow mother feels. After the laundry we went to town and boughtElder Romney a new suit . We went to the beach fo r all combinedBranches in Honolulu party. We had a good time but Ididn't getenough to eat. We had professional swimmers put on ademonstration.20 Apr i l 1947Sunday morning was another beautiful day. It is suppose to bea day of rest but fo r the missionaries it is the hardest day of theweek. Our SS was pretty good size. After SS we went to theTabernacle to hear the visitors service at 11:40. Elder Cowleyspoke at the meeting. He gave a wonderful talk to those who areinvestigating the church. In the afternoon the SS conventions washeld a t which Dr. Hill presided. (Dr. Hill was from the general SSboard.). After that we held our Sacrament meeting. Then we went toKalihi Ward and hear Dr. Hill speak again.21 Apr i l 1947The cupboard was bare - a slim breakfast. Right after a ladycame with a dozen eggs, 1 lb. of cheese, a dozen oranges and somebacon. Now we can eat. (Lord takes care of his servants).

Spent most of day t ract ing. We had a good day and wereinv ited in to a lot of homes that seemed nice. Two cottage meetingstonight, one at Yonashiro's but the one at Nagasawa's fell through.Violet Yonashiro had a lot of questions to ask. It makes us feelgood to have questions. Can goods were delivered today and also wereceived a lot of fresh vegetables from the saints.22 Apri l 1947Study and then tracting. For a change the day was good. Alot of people l istened to us and we were invited into quite a fewhomes. We talked to a reorganite fo r awhile and he said he didn'tknow exactly why the two churches split. He invited us to attendtheir services and said he would l ike to talk to us some othertime .Had supper at Okimoto's and then went to a cottage meeting atAlice Okahara's. We had a lovely time and explained the God Head.They all agreed our explanation was correct._3 Apr i l 1947As we were eating our eggs Sister Derring drove up and gave usa sack full of grapefru i t . We have more than what we can eat fo r


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a few days. We taught our three schools today. We were lategetting to Kalihi-Uka because we had been to Malamakoa to see Pres.Weenig. Five new missionaries arrived today. Two will be stayingwith us temporarily until assigned partners.Tonight we visited four homes and got wet in a rain storm. Weasked Chester Ishamoto to speak in MIA on courtship and marriage.24 Apr i l 1947 - ThursdayWe had the new missionaries fo r breakfast so it took longer tocook. Itook Elder Lundgren (new Elder) with me to teach RE. Thisafternoon we spent shopping around town fo r a hat and things ElderLundgren needed. Ipicked up things that Ihave been wanting.This evening we went to a birthday party at Okimoto's forGrace. We had a b ig meal and a good time.25 Apri l 1947 - FridayWe rose early to go up Kalihi val ley. We went as far as thebus l ine went and then walked a mile further up and left the roadand hiked up the side of the mountain to a lovely spot where wewouldn't be bothered and could get close to God. We held amissionary meeting and bore testimonies. It was nice up there andthe spirit was with us. We read several sections of the D&C andfound several things cleared themselves up. There was one thingthat seemed small but it was raining when we left and we prayedthat it would be clear in the val ley. All the time we were theirit rained all around us but not where we were. We came back homeabout noon and on the way one of saints called us in as we passedher home and gave us each a glass of cold milk.The afternoon was spent in study. Took Elder Romney to thedoctor's fo r treatment of his boi l . Supper was brought in bySister San Fong. She is a good cook and has a generous heart . Weheld Mutual late. My boys seemed to be very interested in thestory of Johnson's army. They asked a lot of questions andafterwards we tied knots.26 April 1947 - SaturdayWe meet at Malamakoa to go on a beach par ty . The Elders fromall over the island came. We certainly had a swell time. Thewaves were big and would carry you up the beach. You had to becareful of the undertow. We had lunch and a good time.We came back about four and found the fe llows hadn't cleanedthe hall or the two rooms we just acquired for the S.S. So ElderRomney and I cleaned it up.27 Apr i l - Sunday__t was a cloudy morning but cleared o ff about noon. We heldour prayer meeting and straightened out the mothers day program.The SS attendance was just about the same. The classes were good.Elder Romney had a dinner invitation to a cousin of his at two.The address was 17th S t. which is on the other side of Honolulu and


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45 minute bus ride. We got out their and found that they had movedto civil ian housing area III. That is clear across Honolulu and upby Pearl Harbor. We had to take a taxi and came in an hour late.They had already eaten.For sacrament service we combined with Kalihi Ward. PresWeenig came in and visited the meeting. We had Bill Tateichi and

Bill Nako speak. They were wonderful. Maybe they weren't f luentin speech but they were humble and spoke what they felt. Pres.Weenig also spoke. After the meeting was over us missionaries allvoiced the same thing that we wanted to talk that night. We allwanted to get up and tell how we appreciated those two Bill's.28 Apr i l 1947 - MondayThis morning we had special missionary meeting at Malamakoawith Pres. Weenig. We were all fasting. We held a testimonymeeting and the spirit was strong. It was a beautiful meeting.The meeting lasted unti l 1:30. At the end of the meeting Pres.Weenig made some new assignments and gave us two more missionaries.After the meeting Sister Weenig feed us sandwiches and Elder Owensand I then went and visited one of our schools.Had two cottage meetings tonight on the Godhead.29 Apri l 1947 - TuesdayToday has been wonderful. It certainly makes a differenceswhen you have the spirit of the Lord with you. We tracted sixhours today and got in quite a few houses.Held a cottage meeting at Alice Okahara's home. Mrs Watt wasthere and we had a lovely discussion on who man is. They agreedwith us on every point. Elder Romney had a friend who was in thearmy drop in . He was in Korea and now on his way home.30 Apr i l - WednesdayThis morning we got back to eating hot cakes. again. We leftearly and to our first school. Dropped a suit off at the cleaners.Taught three schools today. Got a ride up the val ley with theCatholic RE teachers. Spent par t of the afternoon at MrNishimura's home and was able to talk religion to him fo r the firsttime. The reason was because his daughter was refused entrance toa private school because she was attending Mormon RE classes.All the priesthood boys and missionaries visited ChesterIshimoto to encourage him to come out.1 May 1947 - ThursdayThis morning we were late getting to our first class. If wehadn't got a ride we would have been really late. We missed allthe lei day programs. Saw a lot of people wearing beaut i ful le is.It is a beautiful custom. May day is lei day in Hawaii. Wevisited Mrs. Tanigawa today and she gave us a b ig meal. She seemsto be getting stronger.Tonight we visit with four families and then saw a show.


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2 May 1947 - FridayIt rained all last night and was raining this morning. Weheld a study class and then Elder Nielson and Iwent t ract ing. Wewent out in the rain and got wet but we were invited into quite afew homes. We talked with one fellow who's wife had a baby boy atone this morning. It seemed nice to go out with someone different

today. Elder Romney has been gett ing me down. Chester Ishimotogave the lesson at MIA tonight.

3 May 1947 - SaturdayThis morning started out with a bang. I found myself on myhands and knees scrubbing the floor. We scrubbed the whole house.Elder Harrison and Romney went swimming with the Lanakila boys - inthe rain. The rest of us stayed home and clean the house, pressedour clothes and wrote let ters. Went to town to buy some hinges andother things but the store was closed. Meet the others and took ina show. Went to Malamakoa and picked up package of cookies thatS is te r Martin had left for us. Wrote a letter tonight to BobMerr i ll and finished my weekly report.4 MAY 1947 - SundayToday was an island conference of all districts. The firstsession as at 9:30 at the Mission Chapel. It was under thedirection of the Relief Society. The President and one counselorof the General Board presided. They told some interesting thingsabout the work. The second session was at two and it was asacrament and testimony meeting. It was the most beauti ful thingIhave ever been to . Sister Takiuchi received her release at thatmeeting. The testimonies were wonderful. Iwish the saints backhome could have heard the testimonies and they would have wept l ikethe missionaries. They expressed the happiness they felt that amissionary had brought into their l ives. These people love themissionaries and most of the young ones expressed that they wouldl ike to be called on a mission. The last session was at six and itwas short talks on the first principles of the gospel.When we got home we had some supper. Sister San Fong hadbrought over soda pop and cake fo r us this morning. She is verygenerous .5 May 1947 - MondayI cooked the usual pan cakes this morning after which we hadstudy class. I typed up some stories from the conference and putthem in my notebook. I l ike to do that so Iwill have somematerial to use if Iam called on to speak. Tracted all day havinggone over the area for the third time. Went to buy groceries. Inow take care of the grocery money._ottage meetings tonight at Yonoshiru's and Nakasawa's. Mrs.Batiste brought her family over and the baby was very disturbing.


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6 May 1947 - TuesdayElder Harrison cooked breakfast. We studied indiv idual ly andheld a study class. Elder Harrison asked Elder Romney if he wantedto stay in because he wasn't feel ing well . We went but he didn'tfeel good all the time we were out. His boils are coming back andthey are r ight along the waist l ine where his pants rub.Elder Harwara cooked up a good supper. Tracting today we hada man say he didn't care about re l ig ion. When we finished he toldus that we made him start to seriously think.

7 May 1947 - WednesdayCooked breakfast of pan cakes. Had two RE classes thismorning and Elder Harrison has taken our third one. We didn't stayout long as Elder Romney wasn't well . He has a big boi l on hisside. He has been administered to and we are fasting and praying.He will be alright.We visited two families tonight and received a lot ofinformation we needed. Elder Romney is sleeping on the f loortonight. He l ikes to roll and thrash in bed and Ikeep pushing himto his side of the bed.8 May 1947 - ThursdayThis week is certainly flying buy. Had a good breakfast ofmush and fried hamburger with potatoes and trimmings. I receiveda letter from home with a $60 check, I still have $110 left.Taught two schools this morning and then came home. Elder Romneyrested and Ihot packed his boils. In the afternoon we went to Mrs.Tanigawa's and had a cottage meeting. She fixed another b igdinner .We were going to stay home tonight but the boys came over tomake the enlistment drive. They wanted us to go but Elder Romneydidn't feel good so I went with one of the boys and the otherfellow stayed with Elder Romney.Late tonight Pres. Weenig came in and told Elder Romney to goto the hospital. Pres. Weenig said he would pick him up in themorning. Elder Romney had been administered to and was trying toclaim the blessing. I told Pres. Weenig that the Lord will helpthose who have no means of helping themselves. He should be undermedical care and then the Lord will help him where the medicalleaves off.9 May 1947 - FridayThis morning I took Elder Brown and we went out together justas Pres. Weenig came to take E lder Romney to Fort Shafter hospital .We went into town and got a hair cut. Went tracting in the Damonarea till time fo r RE classes. We tracted right by the SalvationArmy. Talked to a Catholic women fo r a long time. She was veryf r iendly. We didn't push her as we wanted to be friends.Played basketball after supper against the Kalihi Ward boys.They trimmed us but they practice every day. After Elder Harrisonand Iwent to visit Elder Romney at the hospital .


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10 May 1947 - SaturdayWe decided to go help out on the welfare project at Kaneoi.Spent most of the day. Had a good time working in the f ields. Onthe way home we bought a bunch of bananas and ate to many. SentSister San Fong's son to get us some ice cream and we ate it allup. We were going to go to a show this evening but we were lazy.11 May 1947 - SundayToday is suppose to be a day of rest , but don't you believeit. Not for missionaries. Ihad to fold the Mothers Day programs.We had ten mothers out and 106 in attendance. We had a goodmothers day program. We had some songs in Japanese and a talk byYoshio Komatsu in Japanese. Iheld a branch presidency meeting inthe afternoon and Pres. Clissold came to speak to us in oursacrament service.We were invited to dinner at Okimoto's. They had a lot of thebranch there. It was a b ig feed and it seemed good to eatsomething good for a change. It gets tiresome eating our owncooking .12 May 1947 - MondayWe had our usual struggle with breakfast and ended up with hotcakes. Studied till ten and then out tracting. We are retractingan area we have covered before and are looking fo r those who willl isten. Two people refuse to even talk to us. Some would l istenbut it was going in one ear and out the other. We cooked supperfo r the Elders tonight. Elder Brown made "slumgulen". No one gothome until after 5:45 so we went ahead and ate. We had two cottagemeetings but no one showed.13 May 1947 -TuesdayIwas suppose to cook breakfast but we all slept in and had torush to get ready. Held study class and read the BofM aloud whilethe telephone repair man was there. Tracting was a bad day untilthe last house. We talked fo r an hour on the Godhead. The ladywas very interested and said she must study more. We had a cottagemeeting at Okaharus and had a nice time. Tonight Elder Harrisonmade me swear on the BofM to come to the tabernacle after ourcottage meeting and try out fo r narrator fo r the play that the CPMis putting on. He wouldn't use the bible because it wasn'ttranslated correct ly.14 May 1947 - WednesdayWe cooked the usual thing this morning. Had two schools toteach. They went o ff very well. Went to Malamakoa to pick up somestuff. Walked out to the hospital to see Elder Romney. On the wayI dropped o ff a pair of shoes to be half soled. Elder Romney wasin the gym. He sure must not be very sick. Visited fo r awhile.We cooked our own supper as the rest were invited out. Boys fromthe branch came over and we played Softball . Went to a show.


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t ract ing. Didn't have very many interesting contacts. One womaninvited us in and l isten to us carefully. We talked to one fellowwho told us all about his church and said he would visit us. Wetalked to Jack Ikeda and he will be through at the U. in a week andthen will be able to come out. Elder Harrison and I went toOkahaura's for a cottage meeting. Imade one mistake and called onEider Harrison to speak and he took the res t of the time.21 May 1947 - WednesdayThis is the b ig morning for schools. We taught at Puuhle andthen at kalihi-Wiane . Elder Nielson is sick and staying home.After school we had a little lunch and went tracting in a new areaclose to our house. Cooked an early supper and prepared to playbasketball. Elder Harward and Ivisited Estel l Nishimura to helpher with a talk.22 May 1947 - ThursdayThis morning we had to hurry to school but were late becauseElder Romney horsed around and we left late. We taught two schoolsand then went to Okimoto's to give them a book and she gave uslunch. We went to Mrs Tanigawas's for our weekly cottage meeting.We spent a long time. As we left she gave us two t-bone steaks andtwo cantaloupes .Tonight we went to a big party in the tabernacle. It was inhonor of Pres. Murphy who is leaving and Pres. Smith who is takingover the Hawaiian mission. They had a good program of Hawaiiandances. The CPM choir sang. Sister Violet Awaii is leavingtomorrow to go to SLC with a Hawaiian group fo r the centennial.She took my address and said she would call on my parents. Bro.and Sis Moody said they have some color prints for us that theytook while we stayed with them.23 May 1947 - FridayWe were all together and had a study class and we also studiedsome Japanese. Went to Damon Tract to t ract this morning. Thefirst house that went to was a lady who invited us in. We spenttwo hours. She asked a lot of questions and said she hadn't joinedany churches. She had read about many churches.We taught our two schools and came home and I cooked supper.It was a steak dinner. The best since I arrived. Had MIA Bro.Floyd Scott came and taught our group various dances.24 May 1947 - Saturday-Cleaned house this morning. Had a Branch party at one. Weput blankets over the windows to show a movie. The kids had a goodtime and we had a lot to eat. Didn't do much in the evening buthorse around and write let ters.


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25 May 1947 - SundayWhat a day. This morning we had our SS prayer meeting andthen our SS. We had a good SS and Sister Nagasawa's class has agroup of boys coming out now. After SS we had priesthood meetingwhich was followed by a meeting in which we set apart the officersand teachers of the SS. At four we attended the funeral of amember in Lanakiia. Elder Harrison conducted the funeral. Most ofspeaking and singing was in Japanese. She was the only one in thefamily that was a member. The rest were Buddhist. The familycarried on pretty badly. Tonight for sacrament meeting we combinedwith the Ward. Two of our young girls gave very good talks. TheBishop and his two councilors are each going take a pair ofmissionaries next Saturday.26 May 1947 - MondayBlue Monday is here again. Monday is the hardest day of theweek. We held a study class and then went tracting. We areretracting an area fo r about the third time. We visited one youngfellow who gave us a bad time. I guess we gave him a bad time.Talked with Jack Ikeda, but Iam afraid we put to much gospel in itfo r r ight now. Maybe not. I cooked supper of hamburger and newpotatoes. We held two cottage meetings. Violet Yonahiro was nothome but we talked to her sister. At Sister Nakasawa's Igave thelesson and Elders Harrison came at just the r ight time.27 May 1947 - TuesdayElder Romney cooked pancakes and they looked like they hadbeen tossed around the room. Study class and then t ract ing. A badday. Everyone we contacted was not interested in anything. Thelast house of the day made the day. She was a young women, Mrs.Kona, who sells Avon products. She invited us in and gave us abott le of pop and a piece of pie. She said she knew how it felt togo from door to door. She knows a little bit about the church.Her sister comes out to SS.In the a fte rnoon we went up Kalihi valley for a missionarymeeting. It was beautiful up there and we had a good time. Wevisited members because our cottage meetings were called off.28 May 1947 - WednesdayThis week is hurrying buy. It will be Sunday before we knowit. Cooked hotcakes. Going to the store and get eggs if its thelast thing Ido today. Dashed o ff to RE classes. This is the lastweek of school until fall. At our second school the pr incipalasked us to come back tomorrow and show the school our slide filmon the life of Jesus. We are going back. Went to town and pickedup a lot of things that we need. Took electric razor in fo rrepair . Late this afternoon we had a ball game between Kal ih i andLanakiia. We had a surprise birthday party for Elder Harrison.

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29 May 1947 - ThursdayThis has been a busy day. Elder Romney cooked eggs thismorning. Then dashed off fo r RE classes. Showed the film King ofKings at a school this afternoon. We showed it to 550 students.Went to town to get shower gift fo r Edna Takaki who is being givena surprise shower at Sister Okimoto's. Held a cottage meeting andto the shower and then o ff to the mission home.

30 May 1947 - Friday.I am plenty t ired tonight. It is a holiday and allmissionaries went to the farm to work. Spent the whole day outthere. The Relief Society served us lunch. This evening we heldour MIA class work and then fo r activity we had a hot dog roastoutside and sang songs. Good time.31 May 1947 - SaturdayFor a change, nothing scheduled during the day. Clean up thehouse and worked on reports and wrote Mother and Dad and mybrother. Took a nap in the afternoon. Elder Owens and Iwent totown fo r awhile. Got ready to go out to dinner. The Bishopric ofKalihi Ward are each taking a pair of missionaries to dinner andentertainment. Elder Harward went with me and Brother Runnelpicked us up. We had dinner at his home and spent the evening withhis family. It was very enjoyable.1 June 1947 - SundayAnother month is here. Ihave been in the islands almost fourmonths. It seems as though I just got here. This Sunday was justabout the same. Prayer meeting and then SS at which we had 87people and had barely enough cha irs to go around. After SS we hadtestimony meeting with a record crowd. Had monthly leadershipmeeting at two. A lot of good instruction given. Went toOkimoto's home fo r priesthood meeting and we had 100% attendance.2 June 1947 - MondayWe start our summer schedule. We held an hour BofM and anhour Japanese study class. Went tracting and the first house theman was interested. We also talked to a women from the states thatmarried a Japanese fellow from the islands. She was Lutheran andvery interesting to talk to . Tracted for five hours and then camehome and cooked a steak supper. Both cottage meetings fell throughso went to Tanaka's home and showed them the film in the tops ofthe mountains. We talked to them about Itsui being baptized."3 June 1947 - TuesdayWe have been having pretty good breakfast. We studied for twohours on BofM and Japanese. Had some very interesting contactst ract ing today. Visited Mrs Fukashima and she gave us a lot ofbackground on Mrs Tanigawa that we weren't aware of. Went to


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Sister Parker's home fo r dinner. She gave us the best supper wehave had in the islands. Just l ike mothers. Cottage meeting atAlice Okaharus.4 June 1947 - Wednesday

we have a half of day off on Wednesday. We will do thisthrough the summer. Went tracting with Elder Nielson and we wentup Kalihi val ley to an old army housing area that is now used bycivil ians. Came home a t noon and both of us took a nap. PlayedSoftbal l and this evening we had a Branch Presidency meeting and Iwrote a let ter to the SS board and studied Japanese.5 June 1947 - ThursdayHad our two hour study class and then Iwent t ract ing withElder Harrison. We went into the Lanakila district. The firsthome we came to was Catholic and she knew her religion. Shebrought out books to show us and we proved the Godhead to her fromher own books. We got into another house this women asked a lot ofquestions. Elder Harrison and Iwould pass the buck back and forthon each question. We had a good day. Went to a cottage meeting inthe evening and showed a film and answered questions. Visited theSukiyama family.6 June 1947 - FridayThis morning we had a breakfast of eggs and then study class.Went with Elder Romney tracting out in Damon Tract area. As wewere walking down the street a man stopped us and asked if weremissionaries. We said yes. He said he thought so because of thebible under our arm. He was Pentecostal and talked our le g o ff fo ra half hour. He was full of praise god stuff. We finally got awayfrom him. A lady invited us in and was interested. She spokeJapanese very well .Came home early as Elder Romney has another boil . He wantedto sun bath it. Ihad to be home early as four of us are going tothe temple. Dr. Mackay gave us a car to go out to the temple. Itwas a beautiful session. We watched three marriages and now Iwantto get married. We drove home late but it was a beaut i ful evening.We got home about one in the morning. Elder Romney and Harwardtook care of the Mutual.

7 June 1947 - SaturdayCleaned up the meeting house after which Iwashed out socksand garments. Elder Romney and Harrison went to the beach to bathElder Romneys boils in the sun. Worked on records and typed aletter. At five Bro. Runnel picked Elder Harward and I up fo rdinner. He took us into town and then took us fo r a ride out toDiamond Head. We parked fo r awhile and l istened to the surf.


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8 June 1947 - SundayIt was hard to get out of bed. We got ready and prepared ascripture fo r prayer meeting and then had SS. Good attendance 83.Hope it stays up. Had Priesthood meeting and next week Ihave thelesson to give. Went to the mission home to a reception fo r FrankSuzuki. It was very elaborate. Pres. Weenig spoke at our

sacrament meeting. Went to visit a Reorganized meeting but nomeeting.

9 June 1947 - MondayIt is always hard to get up on Mondays. Had our two hourstudy classes after which Elder Romney and I had to go to themission home to return some keys Elder Romney picked up by mistake.While there we went through the records and checked all the namesof Aaronic priesthood holders. Went to the City and Countybuilding to arrange fo r the use of a film to show at the Branch.Took Elder Romney to the docto r to treat two boils. Went shoppingand bought groceries on our way home. I fixed supper while E.

Romney fixed his boils. Went to a cottage meeting at Nagasawa's.Mrs Batiste brought a friend along. Showed the film on temples.10 June 1947 - TuesdayEarly this morning Pres. Weenig picked up Elder Harrison andRomney to go to Konoai to a meeting. The rest of us went aheadwith the days work. I took Elder Harward with me but we had totake him to the doc to r the first thing. Then went up Kahil i val leyand started inviting everyone in the camp to a slide presentat ionthat we will have outside tomorrow night. Visited with a lotfilipino people. Ran into a Pentecostal minister and it was abattle of who could talk the loudest.Visited inactive members tonight. We visited Mrs Tada whojust had a baby. Mrs Eldredge and family, and one of Higa girlswho has been inactive fo r along time.11 June 1947 - WednesdayToday is a holiday. It is Kamaemaha day. He is the king thatunited the islands under one King. Held our study classes andtracted until noon. Elder Harrison and Iwent to the YMCA and metthe missionaries from Beretainia to go swimming and playbasketball. We had a good time. When we got home the fellows cameto play soft ball but Ididn't go. We had a camp meeting tonightup the val ley. It rained so we had to move the film inside. Afterthe show had a question and answer time.12 June 1947 - Thursday_reakfast and two hour study class. We are on the fourth timearound our t ract in g area. We went to houses that seemed l ike agood prospect on the o ther th ree times. Got in one home fo r aboutan hour. Took Elder Romney to the doctor. Went visiting membersin the evening. Showed the temple film to some families.


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13 June 1947 - FridayHad an egg breakfast. We are in the same ru t with eggs as wewere pancakes. Held study class. Elder Romney and Iwent t ract ingin Damon Tract today and had an interesting day. Contacted severalpeople, most were indifferent. One women just walked away while wewere ta lk ing. Talked to a pentecostal minister fo r two hours.Didn't do any good. Had mutual classes. Added a new class -beehive .14 June 1947 - SaturdayElder Lange and Iwere to do the laundry but we couldn't getto use Bill Nako's washer. Cleaned up the house and washed outsome clothes in the sink. Elder Owens and Iwent to town to getElder Romney a birthday gift - two pair of socks. Went out todinner with Bro. and Sister Smith. Had a nice time.15 June 1947 - SundayThis has been a typical Sunday in the mission field. Gotready fo r SS. One teacher was absent but had a substitute. We had87 people to SS. Had combined priesthood and relief societymeeting. I gave the lesson. Had only ten minutes. In theafternoon we attended a wedding in the tabernacle and reception atthe mission home for Edna Takaki. It was a beautiful wedding. Itwas as b ig as the one last week. We held a special priesthoodmeeting in our home.16 June 1947 - MondayElder Harrison and Lange left early for Mission Chapel topaint. Elder Harward has been transfe rred to M ission Home andElder Hansen has joined us again. Pres. Weenig had breakfast withus and stayed fo r study class. We tracted those who seemed to begood contacts. After we went to the doctor. Cottage meeting atMrs Batiste's home.17 June 1947 - TuesdayBreakfast and study class. Went out tracting and visited onlythe fr iendly ones. Had some good conversations. Had a cottagemeeting tonight at Alice Okahar's home. We talked to Alice'sfather a long time. Visited Bro. Hamada to see if we could bringhim out.18 June - WednesdayCooked fried eggs fo r breakfast. In a rut. Elder Harrisonand Iwent out to buy grocer ies and curtain rods fo r th e house .Took us all morning. This afternoon is our half day off. Wrote aletter to Bud and defrosted the ice box. Played soft ball with ourpriesthood boys. Had an officers and teachers meeting for the SStonight. Had a good meeting and discussion.


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19 June - ThursdayBreakfast and study class . Finished Alma today. Had one verygood contact. This women has based her faith on a man. We triedto teach to base it on the doctrine. Had the Davis special tonighthamburgers and trimmings. Tonight we went visiting up Kam IV roadto Yogie's. Had a nice chat with them. On the way home the Bishopof Kalihi Ward picked us up and took us home. He also bought ustwo qts. of ice cream and two cakes. The people are very good.20 June - FridayElder Owens and I left at 6:30 to go paint mission chapel.Elder Romney and Hansen are going to the temple this afternoon. Wehad a good day painting, more paint on me than on the bui ld ing.The rel ief society's of the branches provided lunch fo r the sixElders. We each had a qt. of milk to drink and it was good. Wecame home and Elder Harward had cooked supper. He came to visit ustonight. MIA was good. I showed a film to the Beehive girls.During activity par t Bill Nako and Ivisited Margaret Kawagami.21 June 1947 - SaturdayWe stayed in bed till 7:30. Elder Lange and I took thelaundry over to Bill Nako"s place. Brought the wet laundry homeand hung it on our l ines to dry. Got a haircut. Helped set up thebenches fo r a Japanese program tonight. The relief society put upthe curtains today. It sure makes it home l ike. Attended theprogram and had a hard time staying awake. They chanted more thansing .22 June 1947 - SundayUsual Sunday act iv i ty, prayer meeting, SS, and priesthoodmeeting. Had lunch and went to sleep for a couple of hours. Wroteletters home. Floyd Scott came over and visited till Sacramentmeeting time. We meet with the Kalihi Ward. We had Wasan Okimotoand Elaine Goya speak. They did very well.23 June 1947 - MondayHard to get out of bed. At least we didn't have to cook.Elder Romney and Hansen went to paint. Elder Owen had to work onreports leaving three of us to study together. Tried to learn WeThank Thee 0 God For a Prophet in Japanese. Elder Lange and Iwenttracting fo r five hours. Had lunch a t Okimotos . Cottage meetingat Batiste's fo r the last time tonight. The Stake Missionaries aretaking over.24 June 1947 - TuesdayElder Harrison and Lange went to paint. We tracted sevenhours today. We visited in seven homes. Elder Romney makes meangry sometimes but I shouldn't let him get me down. Cottagemeeting tonight. Showed a f i lm.


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25 June 1947 - Wednesday-Today is a half day of work. We had an early breakfast.Everyone was so sleepy they didn't know what they ate. Wenttracting for three hours. Came home and got ready to go toNanakuli beach. Elder Owen and me and missionaries from the homewent in the Kalihi Ward truck. We picked up some LDS service menat Pearl Harbor. Had a good time ana got t ired. Held- a campmeeting tonight. Fifty people attended.26 June 1947 - ThursdayThis morning we had breakfast cooked by Elder Romney. Held atwo hour study class. We can now sing three verses of We ThankThee 0' God fo r A Prophet in Japanese. Tracted fo r five hours.Visited four families. Spent two and half hours with one house.Went to the Doctor fo r Elder R. boils. Vis ited families thisevening.27 June 1947 - FridayThis morning Elder Hansen and Igot up early to go paint. Wespent the whole day and now my pants can stand up by themselves.We probably have to go once again before its finished. Had somenew people at MIA tonight.28 June 1947 - SaturdayPrepared break fast o f corn fitters. Cleaned the house. Wentto town shopping. Elders meet at the YMCA to go swimming. Camehome and got ready to go out to dinner. Went to Bro. and Sis. ?home. They had a b ig dinner of chop sui, steak, chicken and riceand trimmings. From now on Ithink it better to observe the word ofwisdom. Ihave never been so full. They sent two cakes home withus and two cans of pineapple juice.29 June 1947 - Sunday

It was raining this morning and has been raining off and onfo r the last week. Held prayer meeting and then S.S. butattendance is down again. We are going to have a 4th of July partywhich may help bring attendance up again. Af ter Priesthood meetingwe went to the tabernacle fo r the visitors service. Had sacramentmeeting and also went to the Wards sacrament meeting.30 June 1947 - MondayAnother month gone. Went up Kalihi Valley fo r a missionarymeeting and we served the sacrament. It rained on us but didn'tdampen our spirits. It was a very inspiring meeting. After wewent to town to get ELder Lange a hair cut and get a hat made . Wehad to come out to Lanakila area to find a place that made hats.This evening we visited four members. At Tsukiyama home we foundour Branch teachers and they really had Hadeo going. He was veryinterested .


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1 July 1947 - TuesdayThis morning we got started late. The cooks didn't get upuntil seven. Studied and got into a good discussion. Wenttracting to some of our old investigators. At one house we meet ayoung man who was full of great questions. Went to the boat to seeone of our members o ff fo r the mainland. Spent the afternoont ract ing. Cottage meeting tonight.2 July 1947 - WednesdayBreakfast followed by two hour study class. Tracted the KamHousing area. Talked with a lot of Catholics and had a good day.At 3:30 we started our primary class in the Kalihi-Kai School.Nine kids showed up. It will grow when the word gets around.Cottage meeting tonight. Elder Romney had a Branch Pres. meeting.Elder Hansen's feet were hurting so he stayed with Elder R. and Iwent to the cottage meeting with Elder Owen.3 July 1947 - ThursdayWe had a hard time getting up. Breakfast of hot cakes and twohour study class. Went tracting with Elder Owen. Spent the day inthe Lanakila Area and had a pretty good Korean contact . On. our wayhome we bought some fire crackers. Got a ride home with a Hawaiiansaint. Before we came into the house we through a fire cracker in.After supper we went out visiting and contacted four members andinvestigators.4 July 1947 - FridayBig day. Got up late and went to Kapalani park for a par ty .Spent the whole day playing baseball. Ate with the Saints. Pickedup Elder Owen at the mission home because he was without a partner.Kojin Goya invited us to go to a show. We went and had a goodtime.5 July 1947 - SaturdayWe were all about dead this morning. I cleaned the Chapel.Elder Harrison and Lange and myself went to a show and saw the bestyears of our life. Brother Forsight took us out to dinner.6 July 1947 - Sunday

This morning it clouded up again and rained just in time forSS. This morning we had 79 out. On our monthly report we found thef igures didn't represent a true f igure of the SS. W ill have tocorrect it. Had our testimony meeting. Went to the tabernacle forour monthly leadership meeting. Spent two hours there and receivedmore information on the Maui conference . Came home and had aTlittle to eat and then went to Bill Nakao's home fo r a f ireside.Worked on reports and then to bed.


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7 July 1947 - MondayWe had eggs and bacon this morning. Held a two hour studyclass. Went visiting former investigators of previous years. Someare pretty cold now, which were very good in past years. Went tothe doctor about four and then picked up some things for SS.Visited members and held a cottage meeting at the Tuskiyama home.8 July 1947 - Tuesday

It certainly is hard to get out of bed in the morning. It isthe best time to sleep, in the cool of the morning. Break fast o feggs and then two hours of study. We are almost through the BofM.Went tracting old investigators. Talked to six people. VisitedSister Okimoto fo r a little while. Cottage meeting at AliceOkuhara's. We showed them a film. Some friends dropped in and Mr.Okuhara translated what we said into Japanese. Also visited SutomoYuema.

9 July 1947 - WednesdayGot up a bit earl ier. Breakfast and two hour study. Tracteduntil noon and contacted three filipino families. Took two of ourboys swimming this afternoon and went through the aquarium. We hada cottage meeting this evening. We had a b ig surprise when a lotof little kids walked in . We told stories to them and sang songs.Went over to Yogie's home to invite them to a cottage meeting atHiga ' s .10 July 1947 - Thursday

This morning I made eggs in a frame. Don't like the samething all the time. Held study class. We have only 24 more yearsof history in the BofM. Went tracting in Kam housing area. Everyfamily we met was Catholic except for one. We spent the morning atone home. This women has great love for children. Took Elder R.to the doctor later in the day. Visited members this evening. Itwas raining by the time we got to Chester Ishimoto's home.11 July 1947 - FridayThe usual, even fried eggs again. Elder Lange and I had agood talk with a Catholic women this morning. We spent timetalking to children on the street. We told stories. Went to thestore on the way home and bought a b ig steak that cost $2.45 butthe boys will never know. Had a good steak super and then went toMutual. I showed my colored slides to the beehive class. Showedthem to the Elders before going to bed.12 July 1947 - SaturdayThis morning some of the priesthood boys got us out of bed.We are fasting today for Elder Harrison's mother who is to beoperated on. Clean the chapel for meetings tomorrow. Picked up


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our suits from the cleaners. Sister Fourthsight took five of usover to the temple. It was a good session and not to b ig so therewasn't a lot of confusion. We were treated to ice cream cake andbananas. Spent the evening studying.

13 July 1947 - SundayHeld SS and had seventy two people out. I had to teach thesenior class because Sister Nagasawa was absent. Held priesthoodmeeting and then lunch and letter writ ing. After sacrament meetingat which Chester Ishimoto was the speaker. We walked over toLanakila and joined there fireside. They got into a deepdiscussion of the mysteries. From now on we are going to put ourfoot down on that kind of stuff by saying Idon't know.14 July 1947 - MondayBlue monday, hard to get up. We visited a couple of peoplebefore going to a farewell dinner at the Okimoto home. After wewent to visit the hospital. From there we went to the mission hometo pick up our orders. Ihave been asked to go to the island ofLanai with Elder Lange as my companion. Went to the doctor. ElderLange has an infection on his foot.15 July 1947 - TuesdayBack to pancakes again. Study class and then out sel l ingtickets with Elder Hansen. We were to go to the businessestablishments. Sold 32 tickets to the pageant that is beingproduced in the Tabernacle.16 July 1947 - WednesdayOnly one hour study because of a short day. Elder Lange andI went out sell ing t ickets. Took the Boy Scouts to the beach.Cottage meeting this evening which turned out to be a birthdayparty fo r one of the girls.17 July 1947 - ThursdayBreakfast and two hour study class. After that we went outsel l ing t ickets fo r the pageant. We went down one side of theKalihi business distr ict and then we came to the Union Church. Wewent in and sold two t ickets to Pastor Rogers and his wife. Hevisited with us all afternoon. He let us know that we were all wetand I guess we left the same message. Elder Lange and I wentvisiting members.18 July 1947 - FridayWe finished the BofM in study class. Elder Lange and Iwillstudy the NT when we get to Lanai. Sold t ickets again and camehome early to get supper ready. We went to the tabernacle toassist with the play. It started at eight and lasted two hours.


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It was most beautiful. The l ighting was part icular ly beautiful.One person from S.L. said it was better than any of the things inS.L.19 July 1947 - Saturday

we arose early this morning to get to the tabernacle for abaptism. Diana Okimoto was baptized. I did the baptizing andElder Romney conducted the services. Went into town to get ElderRomney a pair of shoes and Igot a haircut. We went to a farewelldinner at an investigators home. Went out to dinner at a Hawaiianmembers home. Boy was I full. After that we had to get back tothe play. Had a good crowd.20 July 1947 - SundayI had the Branch all to my self this morning. Elder Romneyhad gone to Laie. Held our prayer meeting, SS, and priesthood.Came home and wrote let ters, rested, and studied. Went to afireside at which we held a farewell testimonial.21 July 1947 - MondayBreakfast and two hour study and we all shared our testimoniesand said our farewells. Elder Lange and Iwent to town and boughtsome last minute items. Ipacked my trunk and had it shipped toLanai by a ir express. Went to the grocery store to get items fo rour Aloha dinner. We had steak and the trimmings. It was toppedoff with root beer floats. After we went to the pageant which wasit third and f inal performance in Honolulu. We had to put all thechairs away and pack the scenery. Stayed at the mission home fo rthe night.22 July 1947 - TuesdayWe spent the night in the mission home so we could get upearly to pack up the scenery. We crated everything up fo r shipmentto Maui for another performance. Went home to get cleaned up andready to go to the airport. Took the six o'clock plane fo r Maui.It was full with missionaries. Took 45 minutes to get there. Weretransported to an old army camp about five miles outside ofWailuku. It is just l ike being in the army again.

23 July 1947 - WednesdayHad a rough night. We slept on army cots and everyone visitedtill late in the night. One of the saints came in right after weall got to sleep and needed his child administered to. In mygroggy condition the thought went through my mind why can't theywait till fast meeting to name the child. We got up at 5; 30 andwent into town fo r breakfast. Horsed around in town and then backto camp to get cleaned up and get some rest. Went to supper at4; 30 and then to another town where the two missions were to meetfo r a get together. Had singing and games with refreshments. Got


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back to camp about ten and then to bed. Most everyone was so tiredthat they just went to sleep.24 July 1947 - ThursdaySlept wel l last night. Went to town for breakfast after whichwe walked around town and went to Wailuku Chapel fo r a missionarymeeting. A fter that we all went up to the mountains to the spotwhere the first Hawaiian was baptized a hundred years ago. TheHawaiian Mission put on the program. Elder Cowley spoke l ike Ihave never heard him. He talked very directly to the Hawaiiansaints that Laie would be destroyed if the people did not repent .He warned the people that the Japanese saints would lead unlessthey sat up. We came back from there and horsed around until sevenwhen they had a MIA talent show.25 July 1947 - FridayEach morning we get up later. We made it into town in time tohave breakfast. Then a bunch of us took a hike into the mountains.When we got there is was very cool. We spent the biggest par t ofthe morning there and then came back and watched the CPMmissionaries get beat by the Hawaiian missionaries in basketbal l .Took a nap until time for supper. Went to Baldwin High for ata lent show by the Hawaiian Mission. It was very long and audiencegot rest less. Came home and went to bed, but some of the Elderswere cutting up and throwing f rogs in the L.M.'s barracks.26 July 1947 - SaturdayThis morning we stayed in bed and didn't go into town forbreakfast. Horsed around the camp until noon when Iwent into townwith Elder Brown. Got something to eat and then sat on the lawn atthe information center. Went to supper and went to the Armory tothe Centennial dance but didn't go in . Went back to camp and bed.27 July 1947 - SundayGot up early this morning and got ready to go intoconference. Went into town and had breakfast and then walked tothe conference at Baldwin High School. The first session startedat eight which was a combined Priesthood and Relief Societymeeting. Pres. Cowley spoke and gave a very inspir ing talk onwomen. He asked the people to look up to the missionaries andaccept there council. The second session was SS and Genealogy.Pres. Smith, Weenig and Cowley spoke at that session. In theafternoon we held a CPM testimony meeting at the Wailuku chapel.It was a beautiful meeting. We sang in Japanese and some spoke inJapanese. We then went for dinner and rushed to Baldwin High toget the pageant ready. Iwas on the curtain. The pageant went o ffbeautifully and was the high light of the conference.

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got up early and went into town fo r a missionary meeting. Thefirst par t was a combination of the two missions with Elder Cowleyspeaking. Then we split up and the CPM went down stairs and helda testimony meeting. All the missionaries bore there testimonies.Sister Tsuya got up and pleaded with the missionaries to not say welove the Japanese now and then go home and snob them. It touchedme very deeply. The meeting lasted until f ive. Ihad some of theElders administer to me because Ihadn't felt wel l for some time.29 July 1947 - TuesdayThis morning at five the Kalihi Elders, Harrison, Owens,Romney, and Hansen took a bus to the airport to go back home. Theytook my blanket and sheet away from me because they belonged to thehouse. We left later with Elder Tsuya to stay at his place untilwe leave fo r Lanai tomorrow. Spent the day resting and reading.30 July 1947 - Wednesday

This morning Sister Tsuya prepared breakfast and then we leftfo r Lahina to catch the boat to go to Lanai. We waited on the pierfo r several hours. We came across on the "Mana". We docked atLanai pier and were meet by Bro. Eldridge who drove us to theElders house. We cleaned up and then went to supper at theFughigama's home. We spent the evening there and had a lovelyvisit with a lot to eat. Came home and slept in the Relief Societyroom.31 July 1947 - ThursdayThis morning we had breakfast with the Hawaiian E lders. A fte rbreakfast they took us to the post office to get a box. Then wewent to the company to get a house. One of the big shots wasn'tthere and will be back Monday. (Note: We were sent to this islandto establish a Japanese branch and to be separate from the Hawaiianbranch. This is why we are asking fo r a separate house from thecompany which owns the entire island. Our instructions from Pres.Weenig were to get this done as quickly as possible.) I guess wewill have to stay in the Relief Society room until then. Visitedfive members. Had lunch at Sister Lui's restaurant. Went to acottage meeting with the Hawaiian Elders. (Note: The HawaiianElders names were Bowen and Hess. Hess and Ibecome close friendsfrom this experience.)1 August 1947 - FridayWE arose about 6; 30 and had breakfast with the HawaiianElders. We then did a little work on our books and then went outvisiting people. We covered several members homes and talked to aJapanese women who was healed by administration and is nowinvestigating the church. Visited Sister Lui again and asked herto consider going to Japan as a missionary. Helped take a stoveapart to clean it fo r painting. Had supper and then wrote a letterto Pres. Weenig.


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2 August 1947 - SaturdayCleaned the chapel and helped with the house work. All fourof us went golfing. (Note: Golfing was free. The course was ownedby the Hawaiian Pineapple Co. as was everything else on theisland. ) Spent the morning on the course. Sister Obra broughtlunch over. Wrote let ter home and rested a little. Studied alittle Japanese while Elder Lange and Elder Bowen went golf ing.Talked with Elder Hess for awhile. Went to supper at Bro Eldridgehome and spent the evening looking at movies. Administered toElder Lange for the infection in his foot.3 August 1947 - SundayAnother Sunday has rolled around. We got up this morning andprepared fo r meetings. Ivisited the Relief Society meeting whileElder Lange went to the Priesthood meeting. Attended SS and Ivisited Sister Lui ' s class. After SS we held a testimony meetingand the Hawaiians expressed there views on our being here and goteverything o ff there chest for the time being. They are behind usnow. Had an evening meeting at which I spoke. Told the peopleabout the CPM. After the meeting we went to supper at Fuchigama's.Had a lovely time.4 August 1947 - MondayWent to the doctors to have Elder Langes foot attended to . Hehas it infected from f rost bite. We then went to see Mr. Dison ofDole Trust about a house. He said he had nothing. We then wentand took a look at the old Gibson place which is a wreck. We mayhave to l ive there yet. Sister Lui and Bro. Eldredge are workingon a place. Went to Fuchigamas's for supper and a cottage meeting.We have got to find a place to live. It is discouraging but wemust keep t rying.5 August 1947 - TuesdayBy the time we took care of everything it was too late to goout before lunch. After lunch it was raining in torrents. We hadto stay in all day. We studied most of the time. Had song practicein the evening. While they sang Iwrote letter home and to Pres.Weenig. Sister Fuchigama took our laundry with her.6 August 1947 - Wednesday

Pancakes were served again. We studied Japanese and thebible. We went tracting for the first time on this island. Wevisited five people during the day. It sure seemed good to getback in the swing again. We had several good conversations. Thepeople let us in there houses. One women couldn't speak muchenglish so we talked a little Japanese. Went to a cottage meetingas speakers for the Hawaiian Elders. We talked on is there a Godand what does he look l ike.


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7 August 1947 - ThursdayThis morning we had just plain mush fo r breakfast. Held a twohour study class then went to town to pick up mail and mytypewriter. Came home for lunch and in the afternoon and went tothe dock to see some people we haven't as yet . Went to a 3; 30show. Had supper and Sister Lui took us to a Japanese show. Itwas interesting but we didn't understand much.8 August 1947 - FridayThis morning as we were about to eat Bro .Haraguchi, fromHonolulu, came in to visit with us. We talked to him about an hourand explained our situation to him. After we went shopping. Thenwent t ract ing. Spent the afternoon talking to three people. Hadsupper and went to a cottage meeting with the Hawaiian Elders. Wascalled on to speak again.9 August 1947 - Saturday

Elder Lange and I cleaned the chapel to get ready fo rmeetings. We played a round of golf. Iwas the looser. Afterlunch we went out again and played. This time Elder Hess and Iwent around by ourselves and did pretty good. Went to a Bon dancetonight. It was a color ful dance.10 August 1947 - SundayIworked on reports and some correspondence before meeting.Went to the Relief Society. Iwent to the older SS class. AfterSS I talked to the Saints about various problems. Bro. Haraguchihad lunch with us and we spent the afternoon talking to him. Wentto Fuchigami's fo r supper and spent the evening.11 August 1947 - MondayTried to get back on our regular routine. Held a one hourstudy class of Japanese and then went tracting until noon. We hadone good contact. Came home for lunch and then went out tractingfo r two more hours. Came home and held a one hour bible class.Cottage meeting at Fuchigama and supper. I conducted and ElderBowen opened the meeting up to questions. Went over well .12 August 1947 - TuesdayHeld study class and then went out and watched the cub scoutsplay soft ball against some other kids. We then visited somepeople that Bro. Haraguchi thought we should. They were cold tous. After lunch we went to Sister Fuchigama home and fixed theporch light for them. Went to the store and then had bible study.Some-memberscameoveT_t"o-"cl-e"anth~ech"a"pe"l~; M"t"eTsupper-weart-inon an off icers and teachers training class.


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13 August 1947 - WednesdayStarted late this morning. Held Japanese study class and thenwent out t ract ing. We had two pretty good contacts. One womensaid that she noticed how fr iendly Mormons were. One women hadtaught SS in the Buddhist church and had visited the Mormonmeetings on Maui. After lunch we went t ract ing. Had a drunkFil ipino say he would bring us over a chicken. Held a study classbefore supper. Studied again until time fo r a cottage meeting atObra ' s .14 August 1947 - ThursdayWent out t ract ing after breakfast of pancakes and covered ablock when Bro , Eldridge picked us up and took us on a tour of theisland. Went out in the pineapple f ields and watched the workers.Went home fo r lunch and then went out again. Went to a Japanesemovie after supper. Sister Shin took all four of us.

15 August 1947 - FridayWe didn't have breakfast because we were going to a birthdayparty fo r Bro Obra. We were given a car to go to the beach. Allfour of us went in swimming and walked over to some cliffs and tookpictures of the surf pounding in . Sister Obra had a b ig lunch fo rus with fried chicken. It was good but the f l ies got most of mine.After supper we had a cottage meeting at Bro. Joe's home at thedocks. We had a beautiful meeting, question and answer.16 August 1947 - SaturdayThis morning we got up about eight because we were so beatfrom the beach party. Had a b reak fast o f eggs which Sis. Joe hadgiven us. It sure tasted good. Took us most of morning to cleanthe chapel and house. Elder Hess gave me a haircut. After lunchwe talked about our experiences in the service. Went to a showafter supper and then Elder Hess asked if Iwould give a SS lessontomorrow. We read it over together.17 August 1947 - Sunday-Got up early to study the SS lesson. Instead of going to theRelief Society meeting Istudied. We had a b ig SS today. Severalnew people. Igave the lesson to the old folks class on covenantsand celestial marriage. After SS Sister Fuchigamai took ourlaundry to do it. We had lunch and then went visiting some membersthat were sick.18 August 1947 - Monday-HeldJapanesestudy classandthenwen-t-t-r-ac-t-ing--.-TalkedtoSister Obra about different people. Picked up the mail. Receiveda box of slides. In the afternoon we took some clothes to thecleaners and went to the police station to get a drivers license.Vis ited with the Sgt. for awhile. Had a one hour bible class and


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then supper at Fuchigami 1 s and a cottage meeting.

19 August 1947 - TuesdayHad an hour Japanese study and then out t ract ing. Stopped atSister Lui ' s place fo r help on the language. Had lunch with herand then went to Sister Shin's place to pick up a dresser fo r ourroom. She wasn't home and we had to look all over town to findher. Had supper and then went to visit Endo's and had to eatanother supper. They are Union Church people. While there Bro.Fuchigami came over and asked us to administer to his boy.20 August 1947 - WednesdayThis morning we went to pick up a bed that has been given us.We cleaned it up and painted it. Sister Marble drove us around toget the dresser and some lumber. Sister Lui called us to say thatwe needed to go to Endo's store fo r he has two rooms in the back ofhis store where we can stay. We went down and accepted the rooms.Had supper and then held and officers and teachers meeting. AfterBro. Obra took us to the fields to watch them pick at night.21 August 1947 - ThursdayGot up early to meet the plane that Bro. Eldridge is on. Hecame in on later plane so we had a little wait. Went to our newhouse that Bro. Endo and Sister Lui gave us. They were alreadycleaning it up. Walked home in the rain fo r lunch and got soakingwet. Spent the afternoon cleaning the place and built a closet.Sis.Lui is giving us a bed and a new stove. This may start a feudbetween the Hawaiian sisters. Went to a Japanese movie thisevening and had a hard time staying awake.22 August 1947 - FridayWorked on the house and finished the cleaning and put down thelinoleum in the kitchen. Got the bed in and the stove. Tried tosee Dixon about a sink but was told to see Frazer. We will see himSaturday morning. After supper Ihelped Elder Hess to build a boxfor his projector.23 August 1947 - SaturdayThis morning Elder Hess and I left early to see Mr. Frazer.He told us he would look into it. We came home and was about toeat breakfast when were called to Endo's place. He had just seenFrazer too and was told that we couldn't l ive there. We went andsaw Dixon fo r another place but he couldn't give us any. Spent allmorning out and building a shelf in the Relief Society room while-theotlrer-feirrowspaye"d"go~l~f"; Tn th~e~a"ft"e~rno~o"n~"El'd'eT-Hess-arid-1"went and played golf. Elder Hess and Bown had a fight on the golfcourse and it came to blows. Bro. Eldridge broke it up. Aftersupper Bro. Eldridge brought some ice cream and cake fo r us andworked on the box fo r Hess. (peace offer ing).


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24 August 1947 - SundayGot up early to study over the SS lesson. Attended the ReliefSociety meeting then gave the SS lesson to the older class on thehistory of temples. I enjoyed the class. For lunch we had ourusual stew. The afternoon was spent in study and conversation.Had and evening meeting at which Iwas called on the speak. In theevening Bro. Fuchigami came over and talked to us. Iwrote somelet ter to Pres. Weenig.25 August 1947 - MondayElder Hess and Igot up early to work on a closet in our room.Sent the morning on the close t while the Relief Society sistersmade curtains for the chapel. Elder Lange helped them. SisterShin prepared lunch fo r us and we then went back to work andfinished the closet. About four Bro. Fuchigami needed help ingetting a 50 gal. barrel of Kerosine. Held a cottage meeting at hishouse this evening. Had a good meeting on the truth of the BofMand the restored church.26 August 1947 - TuesdayThis morning we got back on our regular program. Had aJapanese study class fo r an hour. Went tracting and then home fo rlunch and to the store. In the afternoon we cleaned and waxed thef loor in our room and pressed some clothes and held an hour bibleclass. This evening we had an officers and teachers meeting. Weran into a discussion on what the CPM was planning to do. Iwishthey wouldn't try to force us together. The Pres. wants usseparate .27 August 1947 - WednesdayHeld our Japanese study class. It is gett ing harder. Ishould spent more time on it. Went tracting and found only twoJapanese in that area. Bro. Eldridge suggested we go to block 61.There are a lot of Japanese in that area. Spent most of theafternoon visiting in one house. Spent the evening helping Bro.Eldridge with his SS lesson.28 August 1947 - Thursday

Spent all morning cutt ing out letters for a sign to go in thechapel welcoming Pres. Smith. Then took them to Sister Obra to addf lowers. She is making then into a huge lei. Sister Obra gave ussome interesting information on how the company is investigatingthe missionaries. Went to see Sister Endo to arrange a cottagemeeting. She gave us a sack of tomatoes and some peaches. Went toa Japanese show this evening.29 August 1947 - FridayThis morning we got up early to get the car to take SisterObra to the airport to meet Pres. and Sister Smith. She had us run


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around and pick up f lowers. We came back for breakfast. Went tothe ranch to pick up Sister Shin and the other women. Went to theairport to pick up the Smith's. Drove Sis. Obra around to pick upthings she needed. After lunch we visited with Sister Eldridgeuntil Sis. Obra came to make punch and put up the welcome sign.Pres. Smith took us to supper at the club. Held a special meetingin the evening where Pres. Smith spoke on love. A fter the meetingwe had refreshments and a social get together with movies. Duringthe meeting Bro. and Sister Fuchigamai talked to me privately aboutthe Japanese Branch. They are dissatisfied with the HawaiianBranch. Party broke up about 10:30 and Elder Hess and Iwent topick up the mail. We talked about starting a Japanese MIA.30 August 1947 - SaturdayGot up early to take Pres. Smith to the airport and then wewent golf ing. Went to a show in the afternoon and to Bro.Eldridges fo r dinner and spent the evening.31 August 1947 - SundayArose early and worked on the records and this book to bringit up to date. Went to Relief Society meeting and then SS. Had avisitor that was wel l informed and made Elder Hess and I think fora change. Bro. Eldridge taught the class but we did most of theta lk ing. After lunch we visited with Bro. Eldridge fo r awhile.Rested and studied during the afternoon and after supper wroteletters to Hdq. and home.1 September 1947 - Monday

Had breakfast of eggs then held a two hour study class.Visited Sister Endo to see about the cottage meeting. She said shecouldn't hold it at their home. Talked more to Bro. Fuchigamaiabout a Japanese branch. He is very excited about it. Had a beachparty in the afternoon. Elder Hess and Iwalked along the beachtaking pictures. Had a lunch prepared by the Fuchigami ' s . Meetwith the Fuchigamai ' s after dinner to l isten to there views aboutthe Japanese Branch.2 September 1947 - TuesdayThis morning we went into the hills for a missionary meeting.We talked over the problem of start ing a branch and decided not todo it for at least a month until feelings of the people are better.The

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