Fijian Gives £200 Church
p. 63 · Read in the full issue
to Methodist Mission.
A REMARKABLE example of the way in which natives respond to the Christian teachings of the Missions was provided recently in Fiji.
A middle-aged native, Josateki Vetewa, conceived the idea of building a church for presentation to the Methodist Miss ion—the whole cost to be borne by him self! By industry and frugality, he raised £2OO. Then, consulting a car penter friend, Apisai Bakabaka (who had been trained by the well-known Suva builders, Whan Construction, Ltd.), they together designed a church building and bought the materials at Lautoka.
With such assistance as the towns people could give them, they erected at Navata, Colo West, a church, 36 by 18 on concrete blocks, with porch and suitable ornamentation, coloured won dows, a pulpit, and communion rail.