A QUARTERLY REPORT OF WORLD MISSION �
OCT-DEC 1985 
Walter R. L. Scragg 
President 
What Are the Special Projects? 
Thank you for your 
1983 gifts, which 
built this class- 
room block at the 
boarding high 
school in Papeete, 
Tahiti. 
 
 
 
 
Dear Friend in Jesus Christ, 
Greetings in the name of the Lord, our Saviour, from the South Pacific Division—formerly 
known as Australasian Division. 
First quarter, 1983, you shared our concern for the young people in Tahiti. Thanks to the 
25 percent of your $1.2 million offering that was assigned to special projects, we now 
have completed and opened our new secondary level boarding high school. Should you 
visit this lovely part of the world and meet the youth that crowd our churches, you would 
know just how important this school is to God's work. 
Two island nations of the South Pacific will benefit from the offerings of the world church 
this Thirteenth Sabbath. Both the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu (formerly New Hebrides) 
have strongly established Seventh-day Adventist communities. However, the low 
economies of these countries limit local resources for mission building. 
The Special Projects Offering this quarter will build: 
1. 
An evangelistic/youth center, three Iamb shelters, and two medical clinics for 
the Solomon Islands. 
2. 
A new primary school and evangelistic/youth center for Vila, the capital of 
Vanuatu. 
This sounds like a formidable number of projects but in our reports this quarter we will 
explain how they are tailored to fit our new program of people helping people. With God's 
blessing the special Projects portion of this quarter's Thirteenth Sabbath Offering will 
help build these new memorials to the God we love. 
Thank you for your systematic and enthusiastic support of world mission. 
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AUSTRALASIAN DIVISION, Fourth Quarter, 1985 �
Vol 74, No.4 
Cover Picture: Painted 
faces glow as missionary 
John Gates questions 
Papua New Guinea 
highlanders about 
their culture. 
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You may have your doubts about miracle stories. But �16 
don't judge A Sure Refuge until you have heard it 
to the end. (We only wish that you could have heard it 
firsthand, as the editor did recently.) 
For the first time in many years �
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From the Land Down Under brings Sabbath School 
members a report of the work among Australia's original people. 
Your Sabbath School will be intrigued to learn �
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why the people at Matupit Seventh-day Adventist 
village don't sing any more. Don't miss 
Deserted But Still Alive. 
THIRTEENTH SABBATH IS CELEBRATED DECEMBER 21 
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Use the tag lines or subheads in the left 
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add something all your own, go ahead. Use the 
end notes that follow the script to plan your own 
introduction. Feel free to summarize or expand 
the material to fit the interests of your audience. 
What makes up South Pacific Division? 
Until recently known as Australasian Divi-
sion, South Pacific Division is one of ten world 
divisions of the Seventh-day Adventist Church 
and was organized in 1922, though at that time 
it was composed of only one union. Its territory 
includes the following countries: Australia, New 
Zealand, Papua New Guinea, and the islands of 
the Pacific lying south of the equator between 
longitude 140 degrees east and longitude 120 
degrees west, plus Kiribati (KEAR-a-bus), north 
of the equator. 
Facts and Figures: 
Australia, the world's sixth-largest country, 
is the only nation to occupy an entire continent. 
The people, mostly of European descent, enjoy 
a high standard of living. Although the area of 
the continent is about as large as the United 
States, it is populated by only about one-f if-
teenth as many people. The country's highest 
mountain peak, Mount Kosciusko in New South 
Wales, is only 7,310 feet (2,228 meters). 
Sydney and Melbourne, the two largest cities, 
have 3.2 and 2.9 million people, respectively. 
Life expectancy is 71 for males and 78 for 
females, slightly higher than in the United 
States. 
The 50,000 aborigines and 150,000 part-
aborigines are mostly detribalized, but several 
preserves (reservations) exist in the Northern 
Territory. These true native Australians remain 
economically disadvantaged. 
National Geographic articles of interest 
include descriptions of: Australian Aborigines 
(November, 1980) and animals (February, 
1973), Australia (November, 1983; May, 1983; 
February, 1973; May, 1982; April, 1970; 
November, 1968; November, 1967; Septem-
ber, 1963), Papua New Guinea (August, 1982; 
September, 1973; March, 1972; May, 1962; 
February, 1961), and New Zealand (August, 
1978; January, 1978; August, 1974; January, 
1972; April, 1962). 
Write to a Missionary: 
Mission personnel of the South Pacific 
Division have done their best to tell you about 
their world in this quarterly. But if you have 
specific questions that were not covered here 
or that were raised by the reports, you may 
enjoy writing to a missionary. 
Write to the president of the following 
missions: Papua New Guinea Union Mission, 
P.O. Box 86, Lae, Papua New Guinea; or 
Western Pacific Union Mission, P.O. Box 63, 
Honiara, Solomon Islands; or Vanuatu Mission, 
P.O. Box 85 Vila, Vanuatu. 
Choose a Mission Extra! 
Does your Sabbath School need something 
to bring mission closer to home this quarter? 
Involve everyone in a mission extra and experi-
ence that warm feeling of knowing you made a 
difference. Your used English-language edi-
tions of church papers, devotional books, 
Bibles, and Sabbath School pictures and 
flannelgraph supplies are like pure gold to 
Adventists in the island fields. 
Mark them Printed Matter (religious educa-
tional materials) or Book Post (for packages of 
up to four pounds only) and mail to: 
Pastor Yori Hibo, President, Central Papuan 
Mission, P.O. Box 332, Port Moresby, Papua 
New Guinea; or Timothy Pakivai, President, 
North Solomons Mission, P.O. Box 751, Arawa, 
North Solomons, Papua New Guinea; or Sab-
bath School Director, Western Pacific Union 
Mission, P.O. Box 63, Honiara, Solomon 
Islands. 
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South Pacific Advance 
Walter R L. Scragg, 
President, 
South Pacific Division 
This group of 
lambs has no shel-
ter. This is OK on 
fine days, but rain 
falls heavily and 
unexpectedly in 
the Solomon 
Islands. 
Pleasant 
Lands 
Strong 
Sense of 
World 
Family 
Volunteers 
to Build 
Projects 
I sometimes used to tell my friends from California that Australia has 
the climate that California thinks it has, for the island continent boasts a 
remarkably sunny temperament. New Zealand, on the other hand, has 
well above ordinary rainfall, which accounts for their green, lush land.' 
Drifting on a mission ship through the chains of islands that form the 
island nations of the South Pacific, one shares the enchantment of jeweled 
seas and emerald mountain peaks, typical of a tropical paradise. 
The Seventh-day Adventist Church has advanced steadily in 
Australasia and the South Pacific. According to official government 
census reports, almost 1 percent of the 23 million inhabitants of this 
division listed their religious affiliation as Seventh-day Adventist.2 
According to church statistics, the ratio of Seventh-day Adventists to 
population, divisionwide, is one in 149; in Papua New Guinea, one in 45; 
and the Solomon Islands, one in 15. 
"Down under" Seventh-day Adventists have a strong sense of world 
family. They proudly remember that an Australian colporteur first took the 
message to the Philippines. And C. H. Watson, the only non-American 
General Conference president, and retired world treasurer Lance Butler 
were also sons of these shores. 
The same sense of family now sends Adventist laymen from Australia 
and New Zealand on numerous volunteer building projects. Recently 
Sopas Hospital in the highlands of Papua New Guinea needed extensions 
to house its upgraded nursing education facility. I asked Barry Saville, 
hospital business manager, how they would make the money spin out. 
"I've already written to a church back home," he replied. "They're 
organizing a Fly 'n' Build team to put up the building for us. And since labor 
accounts for 50 percent of the cost, they represent a real saving."3 
Sabbath School members may wonder why so many projects were 
chosen to benefit from this Thirteenth Sabbath Special Projects Offering. 
One reason is that we chose projects, such as the three lamb shelters on 
Guadalcanal and the clinics on Guadalcanal and San Cristobal in the 
Solomon Islands, of just the right size for Fly 'n' Build teams. 
Family togetherness also motivates the peoples of the South Pacific 
island nations to work together on church buildings. After a two-hour walk 
into the Solomon Islands jungle I was taken to a low hill, where 30 men 
were shaping a new building. 
Oct. 5. 
' New Zealand's 
spectacular 
alpine peaks and 
fjords rival Nor-
way for scenic 
beauty. 
2 This would be 
like 2 million 
Americans claim-
ing to be Advent-
ists. 
3 The trusses 
were flown up 
from Australia by 
the Royal Aus-
tralian Air Force, 
which saved on 
costs by making 
the operation 
part of routine 
training exer-
cises. 
5 
An Adventist vol- 
unteer builder in 
the Solomon 
Islands works with 
jungle materials. 
Building 
With Bush 
Materials 
Permanent 
Buildings 
Preferred 
"Seed Money" 
Encourages 
Resourcefulness 
"Men from four villages are sharing the job," they explained. "We cut 
the timbers and the thatch in the jungle; now we're putting it all together." 
And how much would it cost them? Not one cent in cash, because they 
shape the timbers by hand, thatch the roof and sides themselves, and tie 
the building together instead of using nails. 
But the building will last only a few years before they must repeat the 
process—unless we help them obtain permanent materials. As island 
societies modernize, building with natural materials becomes less and 
less desirable.' This quarter the Adventist family may help them with 
permanent buildings. 
Besides the lamb shelters (Sabbath School rooms) and clinics 
mentioned already, your offering this Thirteenth Sabbath will help build 
the youth and evangelistic center in Honiara (HON-ee-AH-ra), a city of 
30,000 people and capital of the Solomon Islands. 
Swinging further south down the arc of islands that sweep around the 
western Pacific, we come to Vanuatu (va-noo-AH-too), the island nation 
formerly known as the New Hebrides. In Adventist lore its fame springs 
from the sacrifice of Norman Wiles in 1917.5 
Ten years later Aore (OW-ry) Training School was built near the island 
of Espiritu Santo. Initially the school taught lower elementary grades and 
ministerial classes. In 1955 visiting government officials commented on its 
fine standard of education through the first year of high school. The school 
was upgraded in 1972 to become Aore Adventist High School.6 
Since independence the church moved its headquarters to Vila 
(VEE-la), the bustling capital. Now we feel that a Seventh-day Adventist 
elementary school would enhance the work there. Your Special Projects 
Offering will help build an evangelistic center, school, and mission office 
in Vila. The seed money you give, coupled with their resourcefulness, will 
build representative memorials to our Lord and to the brotherhood of the 
Seventh-day Adventist world family. Thank you for your love and 
systematic giving. 
See explanatic 
given in report 
for October 12. 
5 Sick from blac 
water fever, he 
climbed into the 
mountains of 
Malekula to 
separate warring 
tribes. He died 
within a few 
hours of his 
return. 
6 The elementar 
school was 
moved to anottk 
campus. 
6 
The Visitor's Perspective �
I I, 
Wait! 
Have You 
Read Page 4? 
Young women of 
the Papua New 
Guinea highlands. 
"Like every place you've never been" reads the advertising slogan of 
Air Niugini (New Guinea, Pidgin spelling). Arriving for the first time, one 
wonders what to expect of Papua New Guinea. But the scenery and 
people actually remind me of several places I have visited before. As an 
Australian, I am surprised and sometimes amused by the imprint my 
country has left on its near neighbor. There is directness of speech here; 
people don't beat about the bush looking for diplomatic phrases. 
Papua New Guineans are Melanesians, according to the encyclope-
dia, but in reality they are many peoples.' The coastal dwellers of Papua, 
the southeastern third of the main island, have enjoyed long contact with 
traders. They wear the fuzzy-wuzzy Afro hairdo—big hair, they call it. 
These were the heroes of the Owen Stanley Range, who helped Australian 
and American troops push the Japanese back from Port Moresby in World 
War II. 
The people occupying the islands of New Britain and New Ireland are 
"saltwater people," living in a tropical paradise. Fish and coconuts form 
their staple diet. The nearby Solomon Islander needs no reminder that 
black is beautiful—he already knows. 
The real Papua New Guinea, I am told, is to be found in the highlands. 
Here rugged mountains, curtained in mist necessitate air travel.' Tribes 
that think airplanes are a species of bird still exist, though a surprising 
percentage of the general population have traveled by air at some time. In 
mile-high Mount Hagen, Highlanders in European dress mingle with 
others wearing string aprons in front and thick tufts of leaves behind. 
One question uppermost in my mind concerns the comments I have 
heard about Seven Day Christians, as my fellow believers are called. "Are 
they really so different?" I ask Pastor Hibo (HE-bo) and Peter Iga (EA-ga), 
president and education director of the Central Papuan Mission. I follow 
up on their affirmative reply: "How do you recognize an Adventist?" Their 
eyes brighten with obvious pride. They describe the typical Seventh-day 
Adventists of their region as neat and clean, healthier looking than 
average. Their villages are kept up. 
I press for more details and learn that the people of Pastor Hibo's home 
village own a Victa lawnmower with which they trim the grass.' 
Most Adventists plant flowers around their houses and bring cut 
flowers inside, they say. The government health department sets 
Melanesians 
—Many 
Peoples 
What 
Makes 
Adventists 
Different? 
Adventists 
Busier 
Than Most 
Oct. 12 
' This nation of 
barely 3 million 
has 1,000 tribes 
and 700 lan-
guages. Villages 
living practically 
side by side 
sometimes can-
not understand 
each other. 
2 Maps show 
remarkably few 
roads in PNG. 
Travel is mostly 
by foot or by 
plane, and in 
some areas, by 
boat. However, 
small trucks and 
vans proliferate 
on the existing 
roads. 
3 Other villages 
pull out the 
grass, leaving 
bare earth 
around their 
houses. 
7 
Papua New 
Guinea's national 
parliament demon-
strates the lines of 
a house tambarin. 
Bush 
Materials 
Less 
Desirable 
Nuts and 
Bolts of 
Mission 
guidelines for sanitation that Adventist villages are quick to follow. 
Adventists tend to plant bigger gardens, that keep them busier than 
most villagers, the men explain. They need the extra cash to send their 
children to church school and to pay their tithe and offerings.4 
Comparing pictures of the modern-style Catholic church in Port 
Moresby with the plain, permanent Adventist church building, I ask why 
Adventist churches don't adopt a distinctive Papua New Guinea-style 
architecture, with the raised roof of a house tambarin. Pastor Hibo 
explains the house tambarin's connections with devil worship. "We want 
no part in anything from devils," he says. I understand his concern. 
"Why do people prefer a permanent-material building over the grass-
roofed building?" 5 I ask. "The grass hut looks better, and surely it is 
cooler and less expensive." 
"That's true," Peter Iga agrees, "but it takes a lot of people a long time 
to build with native materials. And then the buildings quickly deteriorate. 
Church members once had plenty of time to devote to building; now they 
are busy earning money for school fees. And besides, kunai (K00-nigh) 
grass is getting scarce." 
I understand better the desire for permanent buildings after visiting the 
Bena Bena Mission. The beauty of native material buildings decreases 
quickly with time and use.6 The large church will last several more years, 
but already it shows signs of wear. So does the "permanent" dining room. 
Its chipped paint and rotting floor bring tears to my eyes when I realize that 
people eat there. The shrinking mission budget cannot adequately keep 
up with maintenance needs in rapidly expanding fields, I am told. 
I feel guilty. The weekly Sabbath School offerings are the nuts and 
bolts of mission. I resolve to faithfully lay aside 2 to 3 percent of my income 
for missions and wonder what good might be done all around the world if 
every Sabbath School member would resolve to do the same. 
Believers one 
brought their 
tithe in garden 
produce, but 
today they con 
vert it into cast 
first. 
Permanent 
materials usual 
means an iron 
roof, concrete 
floor, and asbe 
tos-board walls 
6 The floor wea 
through first—i) 
there is a floor. 
And sagging o 
rotting walls ca 
not be camou-
flaged with put, 
or paint. 
Kuru Village 
Pastor Hibo's home village is concerned 
with outreach. The whole village hiked upriver a 
day's journey to a village where many of their 
relatives lived to organize a Branch Sabbath 
School. The Good Samaritans, the male coun-
terpart of Dorcas, return from time to time, 
building a church and better houses where 
needed. The Good Samaritans give the lead; 
village men help with the construction. 
8 
A Sure Refuge �
The [ 
Wait! Read page 4 before you read this report. 
"People aren't going to believe this," I tell Jim Manele (ma-NEL-ly). 
"How do you explain the stories of divine intervention in the islands?" 
I detect a note of concern as Jim replies. He has found serving God in 
the South Pacific "thrilling, satisfying—a unique experience," he says. 
"It's because of our lack of human resources," he explains. "When you 
have nobody to fall back on, you learn to rely on God."' 
In 1970 Jim's mission president asked him to represent the mission at 
a church dedication on the other side of the island of Guadalcanal, in the 
Solomon Islands. The trip involved a 20-minute plane ride followed by a 
12-hour walk along a narrow dirt track, for in that area, where rugged 
mountains meet seashore, there are no roads. 
On the return trip, after walking all day, Jim and Shadrack Sikepitu 
(SEE-ka-PEE-too), the district pastor, arrived at the airstrip at 5:00 P.M., 
Thursday. Nobody lived in close proximity, but a tiny rest house stood at 
the end of the runway for the use of stranded travelers.2 
Next morning after worship the district pastor commenced his 12-hour 
return trek, and Jim sat down to await his 8:00 A.M. plane. A few minutes 
later the radio operator arrived and unlocked the small shed housing his 
equipment. He picked up a radio message that a cyclone was 
approaching swiftly from the southeast, and no planes would land at 
Avuavu (AH-voo-AH-voo) for several days. 
The operator left Jim, weak from lack of food, to wait out the hurricane 
alone. Friday, at 4:00 P.M., Jim decided to open Sabbath early and go to 
bed. Turning in his Bible to Psalm 91:1, he read: "He that dwelleth in the 
secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the 
Almighty." 
"I knew that the 'secret place' was the place of prayer," Jim says. "So I 
knelt and asked God to care for me in my hour of need." 
Sometime later a tall, handsome young man3 knocked at the door. 
"You hungry now? You like kai kai [kigh-kigh, food]?" he asked in Pidgin. 
Of course; Jim was starved. 
"I have come to give you food," the stranger continued, pointing to a 
cooking pot with three peeled sweet potatoes, ready for cooking, and a 
bundle of firewood standing by the door. He handed Jim a plate, spoon 
and knife, a coconut, and a scraper with which to grate the coconut before 
squeezing out the milk. 
A Unique 
Experience 
Cyclone 
Reported 
Tall, 
Handsome 
Visitor 
Oct. 19 
' The following 
story occurred in 
the second year 
of Jim's ministry. 
2 No food was 
available and 
they were too far 
from the sea to 
catch fish, but a 
cement tank sup-
plied plenty of 
water. 
3 Asked what the 
man looked like, 
Jim replies, "Like 
one of us." 
9 
These children 
represent the three 
major areas of the 
Solomon Islands: 
Eastern Solomons, 
Malaita, and West-
ern Solomons. 
(The fair hair of 
childhood will 
darken later.) 
"I Don't 
Know Why 
I Stopped" 
"Only 
Material 
Things" 
6 A more detailE 
account of this 
story is given in 
the junior editiol 
of Mission. 
The Solomon Islands 
The Solomon Islands are ten large, rugged 
volcanic islands and four groups of smaller 
ones (area: 10,983 square miles [28,446 
kilometers]) inhabited by Melanesians and 
forming a chain, located to the east of Papua 
New Guinea in the western Pacific. Not all the 
islands of the chain belong to the country of 
Solomon Islands. Buka, Bouganville, and 
several smaller islands belong to Papua New 
Guinea. The Solomons are a parliamentary 
democracy within the Commonwealth of 
Nations. Although English is the official lan-
guage, about 90 languages are spoken there. 
Eighty percent of the people are Protestants. 
About 200 islanders attend universities in 
Papua New Guinea and Fiji. 
"Do your cooking before Sabbath," the man said. "Here, I'll help you." 
And walking over to the fireplace, he touched the ashes and coals with his 
right hand. They burst into flames. Jim piled wood on the fire and set his 
potatoes to cook. While he was grating the coconut, his visitor walked 
outside and returned with a black reef fish about 40 centimeters (16 
inches) long. 
How could he have caught a deep-water fish during a storm? Jim 
wondered. And anyway, they were miles from the sea. So he asked the 
stranger his name, where he was from, and how he had obtained the fish. 
"You don't need to know my name," the visitor replied in Lengo, Jim's 
mother tongue. "As for the fish, you only need to cook and eat it with your 
potatoes." He then instructed Jim to be out on the airstrip at 3:00 P.M. the 
next afternoon. "A plane will pick you up," he said. "Take none of these 
kitchen utensils with you—they are only material things." 
"Didn't you wish you could take a plate or spoon?" I ask, knowing how 
I would have felt had I been in Jim's shoes. 
Jim smiles. "I only wanted to obey in everything," he replies and 
continues his story. 
While Jim watched,' the man walked outside and disappeared. And 
precisely at 3:00 P.M. the next day a small plane landed, as the visitor had 
promised. During the flight Jim asked the pilot if the stop had been 
scheduled. 
"No," the man replied. "I was hired to survey the storm damage to the 
rice fields on Guadalcanal. I don't know why I stopped at Avuavu 
(AH-voo-AH-vu)." 
"That experience strengthened my faith," Jim says. "Ever since, when 
the brethren ask me to serve in a new field, I don't ask about my safety or 
comfort. I remember Psalm 34:8,5 which says: '0 taste and see that the 
Lord is good! Happy is the man who takes refuge in him.'" 6 
"I didn't take 
my eyes from hi 
face until he val 
ished," Jim say: 
5 Text that follov 
is from the 
Revised Stand-
ard Version of 
the Bible, 
copyrighted 
1946, 1952 0 
1971, 1973. 
10 
1 Million 
Unreached 
People 
Italian 
Literature 
Evangelist 
No Anglo-
Saxon 
Approach 
Translating 
Poses 
Challenge 
A New Australian Work �
111 
Wait! Don't read this report until you have read page 4. 
Four 
Churches 
in Five Years 
In 1977 Australia had more than one million Italian-speaking 
immigrants living in its cities and suburbs. But Seventh-day Adventists 
couldn't seem to get their work for this minority group started, so they 
turned to Frank Tassone, a first-generation Australian businessman and 
successful lay preacher. 
In preparation for his work, Frank spent 1979 in Italy at Villa Aurora 
College in Florence, where he studied formal Italian and theology.' During 
his stay Frank also worked with an evangelist and learned much about 
how the Seventh-day Adventist Church operates in an Italian setting. 
Back in Australia, Frank organized Sydney's scattered Italian 
Seventh-day Adventists into one company. Nine months later they 
organized into the Guildford Italian Church. "And in two years, with 13 
baptisms and ten more preparing," Frank says, "the work was getting 
mobile." 2 Italian literature evangelist Pat Calarco visits only Italian homes 
in Sydney, thus keeping Frank's appointment book filled with studies. 
"How can Calarco confine his work to Italians?" I ask. "Doesn't he find 
other ethnic groups living on the same streets?" 
"We can tell just by driving by," Frank chuckles. "We look for terrazzo, 
marble, and Mediterranean, colonial-style architecture. An olive tree, 
capsicum, or eggplant in the garden alerts us too." 
"How do you approach the mind that has a strong Catholic 
background?" I ask. Frank assures me that a Holy Land travelogue works 
well, especially with the more educated people from northern Italy. Frank 
believes in working for the whole family. If one spouse requests baptism 
while the other is hostile to the studies, Frank suggests waiting. "It's worth 
waiting two years if you then baptize a united family," he says. 
Frank meets many challenges. One of the most time-consuming is the 
need to translate materials—from the Spirit of Prophecy statement he may 
feature in his sermon to the offering appeals for the elders. He estimates 
that one thousand members, one in six of the Greater Sydney Conference, 
belong to a minority ethnic group. Among these people tithe paying is 
higher,3 and language constraints preserve them from hair-splitting 
theological controversies. 
Stephen Jakovac, a Yugoslav pastor who trained at Avondale College, 
was called to Brisbane to pastor two churches of 30 members each—one 
Russian and the other Yugoslay. After amalgamating the two churches, 
Oct. 26 
' "As a child I 
picked up sev-
eral Italian dia-
lects," Frank 
says. "But I 
didn't know how 
to speak to edu-
cated Italians." 
2 The member-
ship is now more 
than 40. 
3 Almost 100 per-
cent among Ital-
ians, he says. 
11 
Church 
Involvement 
Welcomed 
Jakovac saw them begin to grow—to 300 members and four churches in 
five years. In 1975 the Lord blessed the large Yugoslav church of 250 
members in Melbourne, so that in eight years it achieved a doubling of 
membership and the organization of two more churches. Because of a 
lack of jobs, immigration into Australia has slowed to a mere trickle. But 
many New Australians4 are still looking for clean-living, friendly people to 
fill the void left when they were uprooted from their native land. 
The fastest-growing segment of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in 
Australia today is the Spanish work.' According to Ricardo Olivares, 
Chilean-born pastor of three Spanish-speaking churches in Sydney, most 
Spanish-speaking Australians have migrated from South American 
countries. They welcome heavy church involvement, having come from a 
society where the church played a leading role in their lives," he says. 
They go out of their way to befriend new Spanish-speaking arrivals, 
helping them adjust to the Australian way of life and providing fellowship 
with believers. 
"The ethnic work is still in the formative stages," Frank Tassone says. 
"But the potential is there for a strong and vibrant tomorrow." Thank you 
for joining us through systematic giving to the world mission fund as 
together we work and plan for a strong worldwide church. 
First-generati 
immigrants are 
referred to as 
New Australian 
5 The growth 
among Spanis, 
speaking mere 
bers is 10 per-
cent. 
Ethnic Churches in Melbourne 
The dynamism of ethnic church members 
has been a blessing to the church in Mel-
bourne, Victoria, where ten ethnic pastors care 
for ten ethnic churches. Melbourne has the 
third-largest Greek community and the only 
Seventh-day Adventist Greek church outside of 
Greece. 
Greek-born Dino Mastromihalis began the 
work for the Greek-speaking community. When 
visiting door to door, he was met with the 
question: "Are you orthodox?" He replied that 
he was "orthodox of the orthodox." From the 
beginning the handful of Greek members 
planned to purchase their own church building. 
Their prayers were answered when a Church of 
Christ group was forced to sell. They in turn 
were praying that the buyers would continue to 
preach the gospel in their building. Even so, the 
pastor wondered if his members would vote to 
sell to Adventists. They did—unanimously----
and were thrilled when the Adventists offered 
them use of the baptistry whenever they 
needed it. 
The Chinese work in Melbourne began with 
a handful of Chinese members who went out of 
their way to welcome the Cambodian and 
Vietnamese refugees settling around Mel-
bourne. Their membership rapidly expanded, 
and under the leadership of Pastor J. Wong, 
they determined to have their own church 
building, if it meant mortgaging their own 
homes. Last year God used a successful 
businessman in Hong Kong to make their 
dream a reality. 
12 
R Bruce F3oherts 
 
Cuordm 
From the Land Down Under 
Ahonginal
itorfor 
 
South Pacific Division. 
 
Wait! 
Have You 
Read Page 4? 
Pastor George 
Quinlan, the first 
and presently the 
only ordained Aus- 
tralian Aboriginal. 
Australia, the smallest continent, the land "down under," supports the 
descendants of a white settler society who now number 15 million people.' 
Before the first white settlers arrived from England in 1788, a black-
skinned race, whose descendants today are known simply as Australian 
Aborigines, occupied mainland Australia and most of its islands. 
Further north, in the tropical waters between Australia and the island.of 
New Guinea, lie the Torres Strait Islands. Torres Strait Islanders are an 
entirely different group of dark-skinned people. Both groups of people are 
the true, original Australians, and their descendants may be found 
anywhere throughout Australia's vast land mass.' 
Many Aboriginals, like George Quinlan, the first and presently the only 
ordained Aboriginal Seventh-day Adventist pastor, speak only English 
and do not own spears or throw boomerangs. But in the distant tropics of 
the north and the remote deserts of the center, traditionally oriented, 
non-English speaking Aboriginals still exist. 
When Jorna and Kenny Farmer came out of the Gibson Desert in 1952, 
they had no previous contact with white people. They became 
Seventh-day Adventists at Karalundi (ka-ra-LUN-dy) Mission. After their 
marriage they lived in Wiluna (wil-00-na), a town near the edge of the 
desert. Because he was a Christian, Kenny refused to be initiated by the 
tribe.3 Such rites, which usually begin at age 14 and could last until 40, 
require young men to memorize songs and sacred traditions associated 
with the natural environment. For instance, tribal creation stories explain 
the origin of every waterhole and rocky outcrop. The young men must 
learn the stories associated with each landmark in hundreds of miles of 
desert.' 
When a mining company threatened the tribal lands belonging to 
Kenny's people, some of the elders asked him to drive them out to the site 
so that they could protest. Tribal creation stories tie the tribe's social 
values to the physical characteristics of the land, which in turn provide 
proof of moral order. The destruction of one threatens the stability of the 
other. Kenny and Jorna had been looking forward to attending the 1983 
Aboriginal camp meeting at Karulundi, the first in years. But Kenny 
decided to forgo that pleasure, if necessary, to help his people. They had 
jeered at him in the past, but in this crisis they demonstrated a new 
respect. Maybe God was opening doors. 
Two Native 
Australian 
Peoples 
Adventist 
Refuses 
Initiation 
Tribe Tied 
to Natural 
Environment 
Nov. 2 
' Less than 5 per 
square mile, 
compared to 64 
in the U.S. 
2 Aborigines 
number about 
300,000, half 
what they were 
when the first 
settlers arrived. 
3 Until they have 
completed the 
initiation require-
ments males are 
not considered 
men and usually 
may not marry, 
but are jeered at 
by the tribe. 
4 Women are not 
permitted to hear 
the sacred songs 
or stories. 
13 
A traditional 
Aboriginal elder of 
Western Australia. 
Answered 
Prayer 
in Desert 
Suppressed 
Minority 
While deep in the desert and far from a hospital, one of the children 
became desperately ill. The moparn, or "clever men," of the tribe tried to 
heal him, but without success. When the people began crying and 
moaning in preparation for the little boy's death, some old women 
suggested that maybe the Christian's God would help. So the elders 
turned to Kenny, a man of great faith. His prayers for the unconscious 
child were answered. The boy's complete healing deeply impressed the 
people. Today they treat Kenny with respect even though he still refuses to 
be initiated into Aboriginal law. One of the morpan men has accepted 
Christ, and the people now listen to Kenny when he preaches about a new 
way of life in Jesus. 
In 1983 Pastor Dick Barron of the General Conference attended an 
Aboriginal camp meeting at Armidale, 240 miles (385 kilometers) from 
Sydney. "The Aborigines identify closely with the North American Indian," 
he says, "because they respect the natural environment and they too are a 
suppressed minority." 
"Please pray for my people," Kenny says. "They need to know the 
Lord. The mixing of Aboriginal law, white culture, and alcohol causes 
great problems for them. But knowing that Sabbath School members 
around the world care means a lot." 
Beginnings of the Aboriginal Work 
During the 1950s mission work for Aborig-
ines progressed at Mona Mona (in North 
Queensland), Karalundi and Wiluna (in 
West Australia), and Mirriwinni (MIRR-y-WIN-
ny) in New South Wales.5 Children were taken 
into boarding at these schools, where many 
learned to love the Lord and adopted the 
Seventh-day Adventist lifestyle. Short-sighted 
government policies contributed to crises that 
subsequently led the church to withdraw from 
these programs.6 
In the late 1970s Adventist leaders asked 
Aboriginal members how they would suggest 
handling the work for their people. They 
requested the church to help Aboriginals help 
themselves by providing Aboriginal pastors to 
work for their own people. 
As a result Pastor Bruce Roberts was 
sponsored to study anthropology for a year as a 
background to his work as coordinator of the 
Aboriginal work Australia-wide, and George 
Quinlan, a faithful and dynamic aboriginal 
worker, was ordained to the gospel ministry.' 
In 1980 a Pentecostal revival swept Abori-
ginal settlements in Western Australia. Many 
former Adventists attended and mentioned to 
the evangelists that they had belonged to the 
SDA mission. The preachers then publicly 
poked fun at Adventist beliefs. This drove 
former Adventists to dig out their Bibles to 
locate texts in support of their beliefs. 
When Eric Davey, lay activities director of 
the Western Australian Conference, visited 
Wiluna he was surprised to find 100 people 
attending church. They begged him to stay and 
show them the Biblical support for their beliefs. 
But Brother Davey protested that he must keep 
to his tight schedule. That night it rained so hard 
that the roads were cut. Davey stayed. One 
hundred people attended midweek prayer 
meeting and heard their questions answered. 
In four years Aboriginal membership has 
grown to 2,000. Many of the newly baptized 
were former students at Karalundi Mission. 
Aboriginal members formed a trust to buy back 
Karalundi and set up a school, which opened in 
1985. 
5 In the early 
1960s up to one 
third of the West 
Australian Con-
ference's budge 
went into the 
Aboriginal mis-
sion work. 
6 The mission 
was not permit-
ted to ban alco-
hol, and staffing 
appointments 
were interfered 
with. 
7 Australian con-
ferences are 
"taxed" one per-
cent of tithe to 
support the 
Aboriginal work 
division wide. 
14 
The Christian Jew �
Nessim Hen Izhak• 
Wait! Don't read this report until you have read page 4. 
From a very early age I used to analyze myself, trying to figure out the 
strengths and weaknesses of my personality. Of only one thing I was 
certain: I was distinctively different because I was Jewish. I was also 
courageous—to the point of questioning the origin and religion of my 
people, even at the risk of being ostracized by them. 
I often questioned my dear old father, a good, religious man, blessed 
with the divine gift of tongues (he spoke 14 languages), a scholar of 
modest upbringing and education. But to my great sorrow he never 
wished to sit down and discuss my inner conflicts. 
Growing up during World War II and attending a Catholic school 
provided fuel for my conflicts. On the one hand I could not figure out the 
paradox of Gentiles persecuting millions of Jews because it had been 
Jews who persecuted Jesus—a Jew and therefore one of their own! On 
the other hand, the reality of Jesus was so impressed upon my mind in 
school that I could not deny His existence. But neither could I tolerate the 
possibility of worshiping God on Sunday or with the help of images, 
statues, or saints. One day, I thought, I am going to meet the Man of 
Galilee face to face. 
It happened one March afternoon in 1981. Izhak's real estate office 
had been invited to arrange for the sale of a house owned by Frank 
Tassone, a Seventh-day Adventist minister in Sydney, Australia. While 
inspecting the Tassone home, lzhak noticed a beautiful brass, seven-
branched menorah in the living room. 
"Are you a Jew, Frank?" Nessim asked in surprise, pointing to the 
Jewish-looking candlestick. The good Italian pastor grinned. "Yes, I am," 
he answered. "I am a Christian Jew." 
Nessim was surprised. He hadn't heard of any compromise reached 
between Judaism and Christianity. "Are there many Christian Jews 
around?" he asked. "Do you keep the Sabbath?" 
Frank's eyes twinkled. "From sunset to sunset," he replied. "I'd like to 
look at some things in the Scriptures with you sometime—if you are 
interested." 
Nessim wondered out loud what a Gentile could teach a Jew about the 
Scriptures. Frank only shrugged and kept grinning. "Maybe we could 
both learn something," he suggested. And so on that basis the studies 
Hidden Male 
Voice: 
Mission 
Reporter: 
Nov. 9 
*Nessim Ben 
lzhak is a pseud-
onym. 
Two speakers 
should prepare 
this report. 
15 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Newl;raelite 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
THE PEAL STOAT 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Of THE JEWS 
 
 
 
A new magazine 
written for Jews. 
began a few days later in lzhak's office. For an hour they discussed the 
seventy-weeks prophecy of Daniel 9 and the appearance of the Messiah 
in A.D. 31. 
Hidden Male 
Voice: 
Mission 
Reporter: 
The Lord opened my mind so that finally I realized that true Christians 
really are good Jews and good Jews do indeed make great Christians. 
Frank proved to me from Bible prophecy that Jesus was indeed the 
Messiah, but I wasn't ready to admit it. "I'll have to check it out!" I hedged. 
But I didn't need to, because Jesus was speaking to my heart through 
Frank's guidance. The vision of the sacred candelabra on Frank's table 
turned out to be my act of faith. After studying with Frank for some time, I 
attended an evangelistic series run by Pastor John Carter. 
Nessim Izhak experienced a new sense of freedom because at last he 
had found Jesus, the true Messiah. But he also experienced fear—fear for 
his twinkling jewels of inlaid Jewishness that conflicted with his newfound 
evidence of Christ's divinity. By accepting Jesus had he renounced his 
inheritance as a true descendant of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob? 
The words of Galatians 3:29 silenced his fears: And if ye be Christ's, 
then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise." One 
September Sabbath morning in 1983, Frank baptized lzhak in the tiny 
Guildford church. And today he thanks the Lord that he is a fulfilled 
Christian-Jew searching for ways to bring this blessed hope to his Jewish 
friends. 
Magazine for Jews 
The General Conference publishes a quar-
terly journal, THE NEW ISRAELITE, written for 
Jews. The magazine contains articles of Jewish 
interest, conveying basic principles of the 
gospel message in a manner that will not offend 
our Hebrew friends. 
The editor, Clifford Goldstein, is a Jew who 
used to hate Christians. vegetarians, and 
journalists (and is now all three). Clifford was 
baptized in the Jordan River in Israel five years 
ago and joined the Adventist church in Florida. 
To subscribe to THE NEW ISRAELITE for 
yourself or your Jewish friends, send US$6.95 
to: The New Israelite 
55 West Oak Ridge Drive, 
Hagerstown, MD 21740, U.S.A. 
16 
They Dream of Outreach 
The Editor and P E Vervoort, 
President. Vanuatu Mission 
Pacific Adventist 
College library on 
the day of its offi- 
cial opening. This 
was a Thirteenth 
Sabbath project in 
1980. 
The 10,000 Seventh-day Adventists of the South Pacific island fields 
rejoice in their new four-year-degree institution near Port Moresby, Papua 
New Guinea, which opened in February, 1984. Pacific Adventist College, 
the second (after Avondale College) degree-conferring institution in the 
South Pacific Division, represents a heavy investment of the resources of 
the division. The first college year began with a new, attractive plant 
complete with air-conditioned library stocked with 16,000 volumes 
catalogued and ready to use. 
In its opening year the college had 102 students on campus with 14 
full-time and three part-time faculty members. Majors are offered in 
theology, education, and commerce; the college is recognized as a 
tertiary institution by act of the Papua New Guinea parliament. 
"Without the Sanitarium Health Food Company [the church-owned 
chain of food factories] the building of Pacific Adventist College would 
have been impossible," says Tom Andrews, division treasurer. The food 
company is a nonprofit organization, a charity, the church's health 
outreach to the community. One hundred percent of earnings (above 
expenditure) goes into the division, where it makes up 20 percent of the 
budget. 
The SHF, as it is known, accounts for a large percentage of the 
breakfast-food market in Australia and New Zealand. Seventh-day 
Adventists loyally incorporate use of its products into their lifestyle. 
One hundred percent of Sabbath School offerings throughout the 
division are sent to the General Conference mission budget. Later, when 
these funds are divided between the world divisions, the portion returning 
to the South Pacific Division is equivalent to about 15 percent of their 
division budget.' 
Vailoa (vigh-LOH-a) is well known in Western Samoa as a training 
center for Seventh-day Adventists. Situated 15 miles (24 kilometers) from 
Apia (ah-PEE-a), the capital, the mission school overlooks a beautiful bay. 
Tulatau Sauni's (too-LA-tow sa-00-ny's) mother sent him to Vailoa to train 
for the ministry. 
But like many young people of thirty years ago, Tau's eyes turned 
toward New Zealand, "the land of the long white cloud." Migrating to 
Auckland, he became active in the New Lynn and Ponsonby churches 
and worked for 25 years in the Sanitarium Health Food Company. The 
New College 
for Papua 
New Guinea 
Sanitarium 
Health Food 
Company 
Sabbath 
School 
Offerings 
Laymen 
Training in 
Western Samoa 
Nov. 16 
Several news-
notes make up 
this report. The 
left margin sub-
heads indicate 
where alternate 
speakers take 
over. 
' The division 
budget is divided 
between the 
Union Missions 
(the island fields) 
and the division 
institutions such 
as Avondale Col-
lege. The unions 
and conferences 
in Australia and 
New Zealand are 
completely self-
supporting. 
17 
Missionary 
to Vanuatu 
Moving 
Headquarters 
Happy students 
from Aore High 
School in Vanuatu. 
Samoa Mission, hearing about Brother Tau's lay preaching, invited him to 
return as an evangelist to the island of Savaii (sa-VAH-ee). Three weeks 
after the death of their 21-year-old daughter, they returned, leaving 
behind four of their five remaining children. 
Asked how they felt about the sacrifice involved, the Saunis reply 
without hesitation: "We should have returned years ago. We're happy to 
finish our days ministering to the people of Samoa."2 
The sandalwood of the New Hebrides Islands, now known as Vanuatu 
(va-noo-AH-too), attracted traders in the early 1800s. Slave traders soon 
followed and, in the infamous Blackbirding raids, forcibly recruited labor 
for the Queensland sugar plantations in Australia. The resentment and 
hatred left in their wake drove islanders to kill missionary Captain John 
Williams when he landed on Erromango Island in 1839. 
One hundred and forty-five years later many on the island still jealously 
guard against the intrusion of new missions. In 1982 local chiefs closed a 
Seventh-day Adventist school and forced the teacher to leave. But the 
pastor, John Miller, stayed with his flock, living in a rented house at Ipota. 
When angry villagers threatened John's life if he did not leave, he 
replied, "I won't leave unless my mission gives me the order." His staying 
encouraged the small company of Adventists there. When he was forced 
to leave the house he was renting, an Adventist, visiting from nearby 
Tanna Island, offered John use of the house he owned at Ipota. And, 
praise God, eight souls were added to the church in Ipota last year. 
"My country has only two towns," John explains. "One of them is the 
capital of Port Vila (VEE-la) on Efate Island." And while Adventists may be 
kept out of some areas by unfriendly chiefs, at Vila they will be in close 
proximity to government authorities who, upholding religious tolerance as 
embodied in the constitution, will provide a climate of freedom. 
"Moving the headquarters to Vila was a good move," John adds. 
"People from all over Vanuatu [vah-noo-AH-too] visit there. Many stay to 
work for local companies. So this town is the ideal place for an evangelistic 
center. Their outreach will extend nationwide." 
Thank you for your systematic support of missions. This Thirteenth 
Sabbath you may help John's dream of greater outreach come true. 
2 Tau Sauni was 
ordained to the 
gospel ministry 
last year. He now 
serves as Sab-
bath School 
director for 
Samoa Mission. 
18 
Deserted but Still Alive 
Barry D Oliver 
President. New Britain 
New Ireland Mission 
PEOPLE HELPING PEOPLE 
%virlitt,I," 
0 4*. * 'Z' 
1-- 
JQ 
V 
4'? 
Wait! Don't read this report until you have read page 4. 
They don't sing at Matupit (MAT-a-pee) church anymore—even on 
Sabbath. The children don't sing in the school; nor do the women sing at 
the newly completed Community Services center. In fact, nobody has 
sung at Matupit village since November, 1983. They haven't laughed or 
spoken either. 
Matupit, an island situated at the northern end of the broken circle that 
makes up Simpson Harbor,' lies in the shadow of Matupit volcano, one of 
the 40 known volcanic centers in Papua New Guinea. All have a potential 
for eruption. Matupit erupted in 1937, burying Papua New Guinea's 
third-largest town, Rabaul, in ash and pumice.' 
From Matupit village people paddle across and visit Tavurvur 
(ta-VOOR-voor), the crater that formed in 1937, when Vulcan Island 
suddenly boiled up overnight into a 600-foot monster and attached itself 
to the mainland. Some Adventists owned and cultivated land on the 
crater. But in November, 1983, daily earth tremors, swelling of the 
ground,' and steam rising around the water's edge prompted Matupit 
Islanders to move to an area outside the danger zone. And so today 
Adventist homes, school, church, and community center lie empty. The 
grass grows long, and except for visits by volcanologists, who check the 
instruments set up on the school playground, no human voice breaks the 
stillness. 
"But Matupit church is not dead," says Andrew Bill, the church pastor. 
"It is very much alive in its new location." Many people left behind homes 
made of permanent materials and now either live with relatives or have 
built homes of native materials. Some have dismantled their homes on 
Matupit and reconstructed them on their new site.4 But Pastor Andrew 
rejoices that they have a simple church, built of roughly cut poles and 
roofing iron. "Best of all, our Branch Sabbath Schools and outreach 
activities are stronger than ever," he says. 
Matupit Seventh-day Adventists have long been active lay evangel-
ists. And though they have had to abandon their fully equipped Community 
Services center they continue their outreach at Kerevat Prison. 
Kerevat is one of the few maximum security facilities in Papua New 
Guinea. Weekly visitation takes the form of a full Sabbath School, divine 
service, and Bible study group, attended by 30 to 60 prisoners. By now 
106 prisoners and several prison guards with their families have been 
No Singing 
Anymore 
Church 
Not Dead 
Active 
Lay 
Evangelists 
Nov. 23 
' Scientists 
believe that the 
harbor was 
formed when a 
volcano, explod-
ing and then col-
lapsing in a 
mighty "down-
heaval," was 
flooded by the 
Solomon Sea. 
2 Matupit has a 
history of erupt-
ing every 45 to 
50 years. 
3 The result of 
pressure exerted 
by molten lava 
beneath the 
ground. 
Lack of water 
proved a prob-
lem when it 
came time to 
replant the gar-
dens. 
19 
Branch Sabbath 
School near 
Pacific Adventist 
College, Papua 
New Guinea. 
Reminder 
of the 
Real Church 
Lamb Shelters 
Cost 
$2,000 
baptized as a result of this faithful lay witness. 
In 1982 a group of laymen responded to an invitation to visit a small 
village near Rabaul, where a pastor of another denomination had come 
under conviction to join the Adventist Church. The laymen helped the 
villagers build a church, and now they conduct weekly Bible studies. 
"Many have been baptized," says their proud pastor. "But those are 
not the only two outreach programs. Many other laymen' conduct their 
own Bible study groups and Branch Sabbath Schools. Our buildings on 
Matupit may lie empty, but we are very much alive." 
The threat of volcanic eruption may have disrupted life on Matupit, but 
the fire of God's love burns on. Their empty church reminds them that the 
real church of God is found in the hearts of believers. 
This quarter we invite you to give for the real church of the future—for 
the Melanesian boys and girls of the Solomon Islands, who sit on the 
ground under trees for Sabbath School. The lamb shelters (Sabbath 
School rooms) to be built for them will inspire their leaders as they learn to 
gear the gospel to the child's mind. 
"Because the permanent materials (such as roofing iron and cement 
for floors) are not locally available, we anticipate that each lamb shelter 
will cost about $2,000," says Lynelle Chester, assistant Sabbath School 
director for the South Pacific Division.6 The local people will supply sand, 
gravel, and woven bamboo walls. Batuna (bah-TOO-na) Vocational 
School produces boxes for storing Sabbath School aids, one of the signs 
of a new era of child evangelism in the islands. 
Thank you for your prayers and offerings this morning. 
5 Most have smah 
copra holdings, 
but one is a bus 
driver, another 
drives a truck, 
while a third 
works as an 
insurance asse-
sor. 
6 The new name 
voted for the 
Australasian Divi-
sion, August, 
1985. 
Rabaul and Matupit 
Rabaul is situated on the easternmost tip of 
the island of New Britain in Papua New Guinea, 
two hours' flying time from Port Moresby. Its 
50,000 population lives in a ten-mile radius of 
the center of town. Matupit Island, a suburb of 
Rabaul, is connected to the mainland by a 
causeway. Rabaul is prepared for another 
volcanic eruption; emergency routes and evac-
uation procedures are already worked out. 
The city, Papua New Guinea's third largest, 
is situated at the edge of one of the world's 
deepest and most beautiful harbors, an almost 
perfect circle of lush green. Visitors may 
examine the nearby network of underground 
bunkers and tunnels, which housed and pro-
tected more than 90,000 Japanese troops 
during World War II. 
The area of Matupit is divided between three 
Christian denominations: Catholic, United 
Church, and Seventh-day Adventist. Adventists 
began their work here 55 years ago. Fifteen 
trained laymen lead out in outreach programs, 
chief of which is Branch Sabbath Schools. 
The main languages around Rabaul are 
Kuanua and Pidgin English, but English is 
understood by most. The people vary in 
education from none to university graduate. 
20 
God's Leading in Vanuatu 
Aore Adventist High School, 
and P. E. Vervoort, 
Vanuatu Mission 
Wait! 
Have You 
Read Page 4? 
Pastor P. E. Ver- 
voort, president of 
the Vanuatu Mis- 
sion. 
When in 1912 pioneer missionary Calvin Parker arrived in Vanuatu 
(va-noo-AH-tu), then known as the New Hebrides, government authorities 
refused to allow him to settle at Port Vila, now the capital of the republic. 
"Go north," he was told.' So the Parkers settled on Atchin (AIT-kin) 
Island and labored for many years before a soul was converted. But 
Pastor Parker had unconditional faith in God. From Atchin's shores he 
looked across the water to the gray-misted hills of nearby Malekula 
(mal-e-K00-1a) Island and felt them tug at his heart. 
Authorities routinely refused to issue travel authorization for Malekula 
because of its fierce cannibal inhabitants. But finally Parker's persistent 
inquiries brought conditional permission: "Go if you like, but we accept no 
responsibility for your safety. Don't call us if you get into difficulties!" 
So he went, and on the first day of his trip he met my father, 
Arnhabat-Lil (ARN-ha-baht-LIL), the chief of Tanmaru (tan-MAH-roo) 
village, on the northwest coast. He invited the missionary home.2 On the 
way they met some fierce-looking men, staring through their feathered 
decorations. But Parker need not have worried; Tanmaru was friendly. 
"Why are the people here so different?" he asked. My father led Pastor 
Parker to a well. "This is our holy water," he said. 
My grandfather dug the well long ago as a result of a dream in which a 
beautiful being told him that our people should stop having more than one 
wife. They were also to stop the customs associated with pigs.3"You must 
build a second common hut and call it the Hut of God," the being told 
grandfather. "And purify yourselves with water." These practices had 
changed the people of Tanmaru. 
The chief, my father, was the first baptized Seventh-day Adventist in 
that cannibal region. At his baptism he took the Christian name Shadrack. 
He always called the Adventist mission, "the good school mission" and he 
asked them to take care of me and teach me their ways. 
A few years later cannibals killed him, along with many other 
Adventists.4 Those who fled from Malekula spread the gospel to other 
islands of the New Hebrides. 
Even in the 1980s, Vanuatu's mysterious jungles and active volcanos 
keep the islanders aware of superhuman powers. On Tanna Island 
Waruwel (wah-roo-WEL), a newly initiated chief, pledged himself to 
uphold heathen customs and sealed his commitment with the blood of 
The Pull of 
Unreached 
Malekula 
Go if 
You Like 
Holy Water 
and Hut 
of God 
Aware of 
Superhuman 
Power 
Nov. 30 
' North was 
where the tribes 
most hostile to 
Christianity lived. 
2 Parker had no 
way of knowing 
whether this was 
a trap. 
3 Instead of offer-
ing gifts to them, 
they were to give 
to the poor. 
The last such 
cannibal attack 
came in 1954 at 
Malna Bay. 
21 
In Search 
of Meaning 
There Is 
Hope 
many pigs. Translated into action, this meant that he would permit no 
school in the village lest it bring in outside influences. He favored covering 
the body with colored clay in place of clothing. 
But then Waruwel had a dream. Warriors were advancing on his village 
from the west and he was powerless to resist. But a brilliant light shining 
from the east made the oncoming warriors vanish. "What does this 
mean?" Waruwel asked his sorcerers. But they did not know; neither did 
the wise men from surrounding villages. 
"Why don't you ask the Christian missions about it?" someone 
suggested. Waruwel hesitated, but his advisers insisted. The nearest 
mission belonged to one of the largest Christian denominations. But 
repeated visits brought Waruwel no satisfaction. So he tried the 
next-largest mission. But the missionaries there didn't believe in dreams. 
They made him feel foolish.' 
One day in 1982, while completing some business at the government 
administrator's office, Waruwel told the secretary about his dream. "You 
must visit my pastor," the man urged. Waruwel followed his directions to 
the pastor's home, but almost turned back, because the village had no 
pigs. But the pastor listened attentively to his story. 
"Waruwel, God the Father of Jesus Christ has warned you that worldly 
customs will finally destroy your tribe," the pastor said. "But there is hope. 
Soon His kingdom will replace all worldly powers as the light comes from 
the east." 
Peace filled Waruwel's heart and led him to make a new pledge. This 
time he would study the Word of God. Waruwel was baptized in March, 
1983. Now he knows the joy and peace that come of following Jesus in the 
midst of opposition—just as old chief Arnahabat-Lil of Tanmaru did so 
many years ago. 
That left only 
one mission. And 
Waruwel couldn't 
bring himself to 
go there, 
because they 
dishonored the 
sacred pig. 
Vanuatu 
Vanuatu consists of 80 islands bathed by 
the crystal-clear waters of the southwest Pacific 
Ocean. It has a land area of 5,700 square miles 
(14,763 square kilometers). The largest islands 
are Espiritu Santo, Malekula, and Efate. Vila, the 
capital (population 25,000), is located on Efate. 
Vanuatu has a population of 125,600 (22 per 
square mile). Most people are of Melanesian 
origin. French and English are the official 
languages. Education is not compulsory, but 85 
to 90 percent of elementary-age children attend 
school. The New Hebrides was administered 
jointly by Great Britain and France until it 
became the independent Republic of Vanuatu 
in 1980. Part of this quarter's Thirteenth Sab-
bath Special Projects Offering will help build an 
evangelistic center and a new school in Vila. 
22 
The Turning Point 
Wait! Don't read this report until you have read page 4. 
Dream of 
Childhood 
Prayer 
"That experience in the swamp was the turning point in my life," says 
Leo Jambby. Leo was born into a large family in a coastal village of Irian 
Jaya (EAR-ry-un JIGH-ya), the western half of the island of New Guinea. 
"My already large family hoped for a girl," Leo explains.' 
Leo's aunt took him to live with her when he was 2, but he returned to 
his family in time to start school. He preferred fishing to learning and 
consistently played hooky until one day his aunt caught up with him. "I 
won't buy you any new clothes unless you study hard," she threatened. 
Leo decided to cooperate, and in the process discovered an aptitUde that 
took him through mission schools and into one of his country's leading 
high schools, where he graduated second in the country. 
Along the way the boy discovered a talent for drawing, which won him 
second place in a national art contest and led him to take up engineering.2 
About this time the Dutch left western New Guinea, and the country came 
under Indonesian rule. 
A few years later Leo found himself in trouble and fleeing toward his 
country's border with Papua New Guinea. In a skirmish with an armed 
patrol he was shot and his left arm broken. This seriously slowed his 
progress. At one point, his broken arm hanging bleeding and twisted as 
he waded through a swamp with his friend Peter, Leo realized that he 
could not continue. 
"I'm not going any farther," he said. "In the morning if you meet up with 
any of our friends, come back and find my body." The two men found a 
raised piece of ground, and Leo lay down to die. 
During the night he dreamed of his childhood. His parents were 
teaching him the Lord's Prayer. He recited it with them and sang "What a 
Friend We Have in Jesus" in Malay before lapsing into unconsciousness. 
Sometime later he heard a voice speaking: "You are dying," it said. 
"You've been fighting the government, but now you are lifeless. If you 
have life tomorrow, remember that the life you get is not yours. It will be 
borrowed. 
"I will give you life tomorrow. But I want you to do something for me. 
Don't fight the government—not any government. I want you to fight for my 
coming kingdom. Get ready; it's coming soon." 
The voice then told Leo how to get out of the swamp, how to reach the 
Papua New Guinea government patrol station, at what time, and the name 
One of a 
Large Family 
A Talent 
for 
Drawing 
Dec. 7 
' "They almost 
set me adrift in a 
basket because 
they didn't know 
how they could 
feed another 
boy," Leo says. 
2 After his gradu-
tion from college 
he stayed on to 
teach mechanical 
drawing. 
23 
Some of Leo's fel-
low students at 
Pacific Adventist 
College, Papua 
New Guinea. 
A Communication 
Problem 
of the officer who would help him. "You will be in the hospital at Wewak by 
six o'clock tomorrow evening," the voice concluded. 
"And where will I go after that?" Leo asked, his curiosity aroused. 
"Don't ask that question," he was told. "Wherever you stay, that's the 
place I want you to be." 
Peter was surprised to find Leo alive and ready to continue at sunrise. 
They followed the path Leo had been shown, and everything turned out as 
he had been promised. Leo was indeed in the Wewak hospital by six. 
Because Leo spoke neither English nor Pidgin English, he was unable 
to communicate with anyone. Hearing of his predicament, Pastor Lionel 
Smith, an Indonesian-speaking missionary, formerly working in the Far 
Eastern Division, requested to visit Leo. Permission was refused, but 
Pastor Smith soon became desperately ill and was admitted to the 
hospital. There he met Leo and gave him The Desire of Ages in Indonesian 
and some magazines to read. This was Leo's first contact with Adventists. 
"I knew that this was part of the way that the man in the swamp pointed 
out to me," Leo says. "And I discovered what is the kingdom of God that I 
was to fight for." 
After his discharge, Leo was settled on Manus (MAH-nus) Island. But 
when his arm still bothered him he was sent to Rabaul for further surgery. 
There he met Rhem Puku, a Seventh-day Adventist doctor, who 
studied with Leo, took him to church, and helped him prepare for his 
baptism in March, 1970. Upon his discharge from the hospital, Leo was 
invited to teach theology students at Sonoma College how to paint 
evangelistic charts.' 
"That experience in the swamp was the turning point of my life," Leo 
says. "When things get tough, I remember the vision I had to do this work." 
Leo is one of the fortunate members of the first class at Pacific Adventist 
College near Port Moresby.4 As he works to complete his four-year degree 
he thanks you for your prayers and systematic gifts for world mission. 
3 While teaching 
there, he studiec 
theology and 
married Eliza-
beth, one of the 
elementary 
school teachers. 
This college 
was the Thir-
teenth Sabbath 
special project, 
fourth quarter, 
1980. 
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News Notes From Here and There 
Wait! 
Have You 
Read Page 4? 
Harvesting cab- 
bages at Kabiufa 
College. 
Cabbage 
Patch 
College 
Radio Facts 
From 
Australia 
Media 
Mission 
Hydroponic 
Garden Provides 
Vegetables 
Kabiufa College, a Seventh-day Adventist high school near Goroka in 
the Eastern Highlands, produces more fresh vegetables than any other 
unit in Papua New Guinea. The produce from Kabiufa's 160 acres, 
airfreighted weekly to markets in Port Moresby, brought in about $300,000 
in 1984. 
All students work 400 hours each year. The farm grows Chinese 
cabbage, lettuce, cabbage, broccoli, along with the usual varieties of 
sweet potatoes and yams. The most recent addition to the farm is a large 
greenhouse for growing tomatoes—to keep the rain off the young plants, 
not to provide them with more sunshine, of which the Highlands boasts an 
adequate supply. 
Australia's 15.7 million people own and operate 20.9 million radios (an 
average of about 5 radios per family of four). So radio evangelism has the 
potential of reaching a growing number of people. These Times, a 
15-minute program (also available in a five-minute format) geared toward 
the secular audience and produced by Australia's Adventist Media 
Center, is aired on 61 stations throughout Australia and New Zealand. 
Other radio programs aired on local stations include what is called 
Adventist Magazine, produced by energetic pastors and laypeople. 
Twenty-five stations in the island fields, including 16 in Papua New 
Guinea, carry Adventist programs. 
During 1983 the Australasian Division Media Center received a 72 
percent increase in applications for Bible and health courses. Staff 
members graded 60,874 lessons, an average of 1,171 per week. 
Thirty-eight of Australia's 42 commercial television channels aired free 
of charge the "Do You Need a Hand?" messages, produced by the media 
center. One channel that had routinely refused to air the media center's 
spots returned this year's set of messages by return mail. 
Then a few days later the manager of the channel phoned the center. 
"We haven't screened your community messages in the past," he 
admitted. "But we'd now like to do so." And the following day the 38 
stations had become 39. 
Kiribati (KEAR-a-bus), the only part of the South Pacific Division above 
the equator, is a young Micronesian nation, once known as the Gilbert 
Dec. 14 
Two people 
should prepare 
this report. Left 
margin subheads 
indicate change 
of speaker. 
25 
The building in 
the foreground is 
typical of the medi- 
cal clinics to be 
built in the Solo- 
mon Islands with 
part of this quar- 
ter's Special Proj- 
ects Offering. 
Islands. Most of the 60,000 population live on 16 tiny atolls. Kauma 
(KOW-ma) Seventh-day Adventist High School occupies a 33-acre site 
dotted with coconut, pandanus, and breadfruit trees on one of the central 
islands. 
The traditional diet of fish and coconuts and the lack of vegetables 
caused a high incidence of night blindness and skin sores. Brian 
Bultitude, an Australian farmer and friend of Kauma high school, flew out 
to the school in 1982 to establish an experimental hydroponics garden. 
By planting the seedlings in sand inside small plastic bags sitting on 
the ground and watering them once or twice a day with a nutrient solution, 
he enabled the school, in a space of three months, to provide greens to 
the school dining hall. On subsequent trips Brian built 24 concrete beds 
for the garden, using a government grant to pay for the materials. Plans 
call for an increase in the number of beds so that produce may be sold in 
Tarawa, the nation's capital. 
Flying 
Doctor 
Service 
in Decline 
Papua New Guinea Union Mission operates only one mission plane; it 
has money to purchase another but not to operate it. The union mission 
employs no full-time pilots. But many expatriate missionaries are licensed 
pilots, who schedule use of the mission plane to serve their districts. 
Max Mulligan, who flies the church's only remaining flying doctor 
service (from Sopas Hospital in the Western Highlands Mission), reports 
that many highland tribes live a day's walk from the nearest government 
health-care outpost. Mulligan flies Dr. Nemba, a native Papua New 
Guinean, to remote government health-care facilities that have no other 
doctor upon whom to call in case of emergency. 
"This service fills a great need," Mulligan says. "It enables us to break 
down prejudice and demonstrate the gospel in a practical way. We could 
easily keep the flying doctor busy once a week. But funds restrict us to a 
monthly service." 
Medical clinics operated by trained nurses fill a real need in island 
health care. Part of this quarter's Thirteenth Sabbath Special Projects 
Offering will provide the seed money for several new clinics to be built by 
volunteers in the Solomon Islands. Thank you for your systematic gifts this 
quarter. 
26 
Launching Out 
Wait! 
Have You 
Read Page 4? 
A Samoan fisher-
man anticipates a 
sizable catch. 
Ask a professional fisherman why Jesus bade His disciples, "Launch 
out into the deep," and he'll reply: "To make a great catch." Professionals 
aren't interested in fishing for the fun of it; their livelihood depends on the 
size of their catch. A smaller catch means less fish. When fishing for men 
less fish means less baptisms. We have no right to assume that the size of 
the catch influences the quality. 
"And so," asks John Gate, president of the Eastern Highlands Mission 
in Papua New Guinea, "why did I doubt the value of 100 converts, just 
because one man had obeyed Christ's command and launched out into 
the deep?" Gate illustrates his point with the following experience. 
"One morning in mid-October [1983] I found a pile of baptismal stubs' 
on my desk. Recently ordained, Pastor Tama Kave [TAH-ma KAH-vay] 
had brought them to the office along with his third-quarter report. 
"'Are they all yours?' I asked, aghast, a thousand suspicions racing 
through my mind. And without any consideration of Pastor Tama's 
feelings, I launched into an inquisition. Were they all ready? Were some of 
them too young? or baptized too soon? I needn't have worried. Pastor 
Tama had ensured that all had studied with the baptismal class for at least 
a year. All had completed at least 30 lessons and had been cleared by 
their respective church boards. And all were faithful Christians. 
"'So who helped you baptize them?' I asked. But I should have known 
better. Most pastors in the Highlands, including Pastor Tama, have ten 
churches to care for. Because nobody else could have spared the time, 
he had baptized 89 persons at one time in a freezing mountain stream.2 
"Tama's baptisms for 1983 totaled 150 people. How did he do it 
without any assistants? He had tried some layman training classes, he 
said. Dozens of young people had responded and launched out on their 
own into neighboring villages. Their witness is opening up new areas." 
Seventh-day Adventist Aborigines in Australia have commenced a 
new era of Christian mission—an era promising a great launching out of 
their own on behalf of their own people. Pastors Barron and Rock of the 
General Conference and Oakwood College, respectively, visited one of 
the three camp meetings held during 1984 for Aborigines. "I was told prior 
to arrival that I should use very simple English while preaching," Richard 
Barron says. "But from the first greeting I recognized that I was among 
Size of 
the Catch 
A New Era 
in Mission 
Dec. 21 
Two people 
should prepare 
this report. Left 
margin subheads 
signal a change 
of speaker. 
' The tear-off por-
tion of the baptis-
mal certificate 
that is returned 
to the mission for 
records and sta-
tistics. 
2 A mammoth 
task for any pas-
tor. But Tama 
Kave has a crip-
pled right hand. 
27 
"Those Less 
Fortunate" 
people well able to think and reason abstractly. The rapport was great." 
Question-and-answer periods revealed how closely these people 
identify with American blacks and Indians. Some Aboriginal students 
attending Avondale College drop out because they feel uncomfortable in 
the college community, Barron says.3 For most, finances pose the biggest 
problem. 
Have you ever wondered how Third World Adventists see themselves 
in relation to the world church? This experience may deepen your insights. 
When Mission editor Noelene Johnsson was invited to visit youth 
Sabbath School at Pacific Adventist College, she was glad for an 
opportunity to observe how things were done in Papua New Guinea. 
It was the prayer that completely surprised her. The leader, probably in 
his early 20s, prayed for the usual things of Adventist prayers: family, 
community, church. "And, dear Lord, please bless all those who are less 
fortunate than we are," he concluded with real feeling. If he had 
tap-danced on the piano, he could not have surprised her more, because 
Papua New Guinea had been her idea of the "less fortunate." 
Suddenly she saw that they are people surrounded by loved ones and 
friends just as we are. Most have what they need to keep warm—it's not 
difficult in a land of perpetual springtime. True, they don't eat fancy food, 
but nobody starves. They own few material things, but the value they 
place on kinship provides security. 
This morning they challenge you to launch out into the deep as you 
give a special Thirteenth Sabbath Offering, not out of ignorance or pity for 
them but from shared love and contentment and a new sense of 
brotherhood in Jesus. 
However, man) 
fine Aboriginal 
students are nc 
nearing gradu6 
tion. 
3 Classmates o 
Aboriginal Harr 
Tyson gave he, 
resounding OW 
Lion when she 
graduated last 
year with a sec 
retarial science 
diploma. 
Kinship 
A "big" man in Papua New Guinea culture 
has earned the right to lead his people by 
producing plenty of food and giving it away for 
the good of his kinsmen. A person's "one talks," 
or blood relations, no matter how far removed, 
can be relied upon to help in time of need. And 
by the same sign, one who acquires material 
advantages can expect to share them with any 
"one talk" who happens to ask. 
A visiting dignitary will be shown great 
respect, but that is nothing to the celebration for 
a visiting Seventh-day Adventist, I was told. 
Fellow church members are like "one talks," the 
spiritual bond runs deep. But, on the other side 
of the coin, a clan whose traditional enemies 
have turned Seven Days will resist SDA mission 
influence. This was recently overcome by one 
clan near Rabaul, when one of their number 
was converted while living in another part of the 
country. Returning to his people, he led them to 
accept Christ and the Seventh-day Adventist 
faith. 
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Fire Exists by Burning 
Wait! Don't read this report until you have read page 4. 
Fire Exists 
by Burning 
Repeat 
Performance 
Emil Brunner once said: "The church exists by mission as fire exists by 
burning." Believing this to be true, many laymen in South Pacific Division 
have brought revival to their churches by getting people involved in 
hands-on-mission. 
Physician Caroline Butler had an idea that brought a new enthusiasm 
for mission to the Wahroonga Seventh-day Adventist church in Sydney, 
Australia. "Why don't we send out a Fly'n' Build team of our own?" she 
challenged. So, after hours of planning committees and more hours of 
fund raising among generous church members, 36 men and women in 
two teams set out for Lautoka, Fiji, to build the first Adventist church for 
Fijian Indians.' 
The first team began with the foundations and the second finished with 
the last coat of clear varnish on the wood-grain wall behind the pulpit—all 
in 27 working days. Five hundred people gathered for the dedication 
service March 25, 1985. 
Was all the effort worth it? "Definitely," say the volunteers. "The 
benefits go both ways." They will never forget the loving generosity of their 
Fijian and Indian brothers and sisters or the expressions of wonder from 
the members who would no longer have to meet in a rented hall. 
May, 1982, saw a group of ex-missionaries from Vanuatu (Va-noo-
AH-too)-1969 vintage—return to rebuild the ship at Aore (OW-ry). The 
Vanuatu Government's department of health invited one of the team, 
nurse Isabel Paget, to lecture on spinal injuries at Port Vila Hospital. And 
from this came an invitation to return in 1983. 
The 1983 Fly 'n' Build team to Vanuatu had four major thrusts. One, to 
finish the church at Baiap (BY-yap); two, to repair the old mission boat and 
help develop the curriculum at Aore (OW-ry) High School; three, to 
conduct nutrition schools and antismoking clinics; and four, to lecture on 
nursing education and prepare radiobroadcasts. The team split into four 
groups to accomplish these tasks. 
A Sydney businessman donated the steel trusses for the new church 
complex at Baiap. 
The building crew made a stormy crossing to the island of Ambrym, 
where the local men helped erect the church. Ambrym is actually an 
active volcano that constantly pours out smoke and ash, and occasionally 
lava, that destroys the vegetation for miles around. Many years ago the old 
Dec. 28 
Two people 
should prepare 
this report. Left 
margin subheads 
indicate where 
alternate speaker 
takes over. 
' Native Fijians 
are Melanesians; 
but descendants 
of immigrants 
from India make 
up 50% of Fiji's 
population. 
29 
Husband-and-wife 
team Jo and 
Tekanang teach in 
Vanuatu. Tekanang 
comes from Kiri- 
bati (kear-a-bus). 
Volcano 
Damages 
Church 
Get 
Involved 
Baiap church fell victim to volcanic fallout. The people subsequently had 
begun a church building fund, but with the unrest at the time of 
independence, finances dropped to an all-time low. 
"You will remember that Calvin Parker opened the work on Atchin 
Island, a center of cannibalism," says Isabel Paget. (See page 21.) 
"Government officials in Port Vila rather hoped he would have his career 
terminated."' Although the Atchin folk were learning fast, the message 
bore first fruit at Baiap on the neighboring island of Ambrym. Baiap 
became the center of Adventist Christianity after the inhabitants came 
together for a final sing sing at which they killed all their pigs in one 
monstrous sacrifice. Many faithful workers for the Lord have come from 
there. 
Women came from near and far, including the island of Malekula, for 
the volunteer team's cooking school. Between boat repairs and 
curriculum planning at Aore (OW-ry) school, team members took 
worships and preached sermons to relieve the overworked teachers. The 
health team flew to Vila (VEE-la), where they lectured by day and 
conducted antismoking clinics at night. During a radio interview with the 
minister of health, the latter broke into the conversation to tell how he 
personally had tried to ban the import of cigarettes. 
"If you've never been on a Fly 'n' Build [or Maranatha Flights 
International, the American equivalent]," Isabel Paget says, "why don't 
you think about getting involved? Talk to some returned missionaries, call 
your church headquarters, and start making plans. Or sponsor a young 
person to go in your place." 
Remember: "The church exists by mission as fire exists by burning." 
Could the flame of service use a little extra energy where you are? Give it a 
boost this morning as the mission offering is taken. South Pacific Division 
asks you to keep mission in your prayers. They thank you for supporting 
their projects this quarter. 
30 
2 But God saw tc 
it that the good 
missionary 
stayed straw thin 
and of no food 
value at all to 
local palates, 
Isabel says. 
THE FAR EASTERN DIVISION 
WILL BENEFIT FROM 
THE SPECIAL PROJECTS OFFERING 
MARCH 29, 1986. 
Future Special Projects 
First quarter, 1986, Far Eastern Division: Out-
post evangelism throughout the division, dormi-
tories for the Philippines, and office building for 
East Indonesia. 
Second quarter, 1986, Eastern Africa Division: 
Married-student housing in Zimbabwe and 
Kenya. 
Third quarter, 1986, South American Division: 
Dormitories for Peru, medical building and 
academy classrooms for Argentina. 
Fourth quarter, 1986, Northern European Divi-
sion: Evangelistic center for Sweden and a day 
school for England. 
PEOPLE HELPING PEOPLE 
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SOUTH PACIFIC DIVISION 
Kiribati A. 
W GUI �
v. 
WESTERN PACIFIC 
UNION MISSION 
• 
NI IN SOUTH WALES 
Sydney • 
TRANS-AUSTRALIAN 
UNION CONFERENCE 
UNIONS �
POPULATION 
Central Pacific �1,104,185 
Papua New Guinea �
3,189,898 
Trans-Australian �
8,140,200 
Trans-Tasman �
10.311,683 
Western Pacific �580,400 
DIVISION TOTALS 23,326,366 
�
CHURCH �
S.S. 
MEMBERS MEMBERS 
�
18,387 �
21,461 
�
73,682 �
91,929 
�
18,914 �
15,826 
�
32,499 �
28,913 
�
18,043 �
21,275 
161,525 179,404 
CA4.9 I a vi-viVIV14.7 
• Kukum Evangelistic & Youth Centre 
• Clinics on South Guadalcanal & Santa 
Cristobal 
• Three lamb shelters on Guadalcanal 
VANUATU MISSION 
• Vila Evangelistic Centre 
• New headquarters & school at Vila