p. 16 | Fiji by C. H. Parker

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Washington, D.C. · Apr 28, 1904

Fiji

By C. H. Parker

MUALEVU.—After our good conference closed, we returned to Mualevu. The Lord gave us a smooth voyage. Our sleeping quarters were not the most pleasant. Mrs. Parker slept on top of a pile of boxes, as the cabin was filled with cargo. The other members of our party found resting-places where they could.

Two nights on the trip the rain poured down in torrents, and as the Fijian sailors had no place to go, they filed into our cabin, and slept by our side. Mrs. Parker and Sister Read had their faces badly sunburned and blistered the last two days of the trip. Such are some of the experiences we find in sailing in Fiji. Our trip lasted nearly four days, and it was with glad hearts that we again stepped on old mother earth.

Since our return we have been very busy. I have had a difficult case of inflammatory rheumatism to treat. As the individual could receive no help from the doctors, he came to me as the last resort. By the blessing of God, he is almost well. He is an influential man, and this experience will help us to enter one specially hard place in this field.

We now have forty pounds collected for a boat, which is very necessary for this district, as we have thirty-three islands to visit. We need twenty pounds more, and are looking to the Lord to open some hearts to help us to this amount. We are very grateful to God for sending us such valuable help as he has in Sister Read. She has helped to lift the burdens that Mrs. Parker was carrying, and now the work moves easily. C. H. PARKER.