In Action In Vila
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“Pipe Dream 99 Man In Action In Vila
American missionary Alvar Wolfsen may not know where he is going sometimes, but when he gets there he certainly does un usual things.
The first time PIM heard of Mr. Wolfsen and his Japanese born wife Yashiko was in October, 1964, when they arrived at Beru, Gilbert Islands, in their trimaran “Pipe Dream” 56 days out from Hawaii, although Mr.
Wolfsen had actually been head ing for the Marquesas, about 3,500 miles away.
Six months later, “Pipe Dream”, with the Wolfsens aboard, turned up from the Gilberts in Laut o k a , Fiji, although Mr. Wolfsen again claimed that he had been head ing for the Marquesas.
The Wolfsens stayed in Lautoka for four months, during which Mr. Wolfsen was widely commended for building a Turkish bath in the town. But the Lautoka Town Council, after a long discussion, ordered it to be closed.
Mr. and Mrs. Wolfsen and a 20-year-old Fijian missionary, Misiraini Seru, then left Lautoka in “Pipe Dream” to go where the winds took them.
Twelve days later—on July 25 they arrived in Vila, New Hebrides. The latest news is that Mr. Wolfsen has been given a piece of private land in Vila to build a health and industrial school for the islanders.