Tuesday, November 19. yards., as soon as we rowed ourselves across the Wairoa Lake towards Eu city of Clyde otherwise Wairoa. Right after paying a hurried visit to the only real Second-big date Saint family members in the urban area (Cousin Hans M. Mortensen) Elder Gardner and you will me got exit of all parents exactly who had been our very own history travel companions (Hoagland, Allen, and you may Lambert) and boarded the tiny steamer Te Kapu and you can sailed regarding the Wairoa wharf on 6:forty five p.meters. Immediately after cruising along the river about three kilometers, we introduced more a risky pub on its lips toward open ocean. We had a fantastic trip over the bay (Hawke’s Bay) so you can Napier, thirty-five miles off Wairoa, and you may got on Spit wharf within p.meters. I remained aboard right up until morning enjoying a beneficial night’s rest.
Wednesday, November 20. Followed closely by Sister Jane Mortensen, who was an other passenger kvinder Canadisk around away from Wairoa, Elder William Gardner and i went along to their particular aunt Samuel Mortensen, who lifetime over the river from inside the a tiny area entitled Western Saliva. He or she is the actual only real person in the fresh Church left from good quick branch and this Elder John P. Sorenson out-of Sodium River City increased up within the Napier and you may location inside the 1880. The fresh new branch is actually arranged uel Hansen as chairman.
Nebeker, the fresh presiding elderly from the Hawke’s Bay Section. We and additionally got a walk through the small city of Napier, that contains from the seven thousand populace features a little a romantic disease to your seacoast. The firm part of the area, which has slightly regular roads, nestles from the base of a hill you to rises nearly perpendicular from the ocean so you’re able to a level more than 300 feet. A few of the better residences manufactured on the top and mountains of this better hill, which is py and you will low-country, additionally the surface on which Napier really stands was evidently just after a separate area. Huge amount of money have already been invested, partly so you’re able to no mission, because great sea waves weaken the large masonry and triggered the newest structure so you’re able to tumble over on the deep water; nevertheless workmen are in reality blasting grand stones regarding hillside, that they is actually going out towards rail and you may casting on the ocean since the some other shelter on Creekwater proper, that’s founded regarding grand concrete reduces, each of and this weighs about 30 lots.
Once all of our early morning check out, i grabbed passageway for the a bus into the Napier Railway Station a few miles distant, in which we met Older Wilford P
Within 1:31 p.m. Elders Gardner, Nebeker, and you can me personally boarded the fresh new railway instruct and you may traveled twenty-four miles owing to a gorgeous and you will appear to fruitful nation to help you Te Hauke, a native community located in a romantic absolutely nothing valley which have an excellent lake with its center abounding which have eels of all of the versions. Right here we obtained plain old healthful welcome regarding the native Saints, since there is fairly a department of your own Chapel at that set. Here i along with met Parents Thomas J. O’Brien and you can David Lindsey, whom, along with Older Nebeker, means the new missionary energy regarding Zion on Hawke’s Bay District. This new residents within Te Hauke live-in comfortable wooden homes, together with parents whose head office was right here entertain a cool absolutely nothing area in one of the premier homes. The area also has a fine meetinghouse which is at the same time supplied having a stay and you may chairs.
The folks away from Napier and you can area has reached expose busily interested in the building good breakwater far out for the sea commencing within the brand new foot of the slope otherwise bluff just stated
Thursday, November 21. This is letter-writing big date towards elders at the Te Hauke. The fresh new Western post were to exit in one day otherwise a couple of, and in addition we all of the had something you should state because of the technique of the brand new pen to spouses, college students, dads, parents, members of the family, and you will nearest and dearest regarding home of the New orleans saints, or in “Zion, precious Zion, far o’er the ocean.” Later in the day we went to and you can talked when you look at the an indigenous prayer and you can testimony conference.