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South I lad& Record and Adventist World Survey Publication of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in the South Pacific Division VOL. 91, NO. 7 March 1, 1986 •:, • i. kois4 kiva Pa T. : tos It. 4 j Pho . • Joyce and Janne. The five girls whom Pastor Timothy baptised. The girls built this humble church Breakthrough—at Mortlock Island TIMOTHY PAKIVAI, President, North Solomon Mission VICTORY! At last the Seventh-day thought that if they accepted any religion, their built them a small shade. But soon the shade Adventist Church has gone ashore on Mortlock god would leave them; there would be no more was taken up by the children. So Sione Island, a very small island situated about 320 to fish, and there would be hunger and starvation . extended the shade. Then Joyce and Janne 400 kilometres from Bougainville Island. The Pastor Newman and his group went home, started to run a baptismal class. They were island may be reached by sailing in a direction having failed once more. educated girls, and they taught from their north-east from Bougainville. Because it is so I believe that Satan was determined to take baptismal book. They had eighteen candidates very small, one can hardly find it on a map, but control over the people on Mortlock Island. in their class. They continued running their there are many people living on the island, Satan firmly held their hearts and minds so that baptismal class for almost two years, while which is surrounded by reefs. The people are they could not accept Jesus. We know that waiting for a pastor to visit them, but no pastor good and friendly people. Satan is not the fish controller. No! Jesus was came. Joyce and Janne sewed white dresses for Quite a number of years ago when Pastor the Creator and is the fish Controller (John the girls to wear at the baptism when a pastor Lester Lock was president in the Bougainville 21:4-6). Satan barred the door so that Mortlock would come and visit them. But no pastor Mission, he took the mission vessel Devare and people could not receive the everlasting gospel . came, because we did not hear any news about went there. Thus Pastor Lock was the first He withstood God's soldiers so they could not the work that had started on Mortlock Island. Seventh-day Adventist European to visit go ashore. There was a great battle on the island Joyce and Janne did not write to tell us about the Mortlock Island. Arriving there, Pastor Lock of Mortlock, a battle between Jesus and Satan. work they had started there. was not accepted by the chief and the people. But we know that God has many ways to reach In the month of October I prepared to visit the They told him they were not interested in places such as Mortlock Island. people and the work on the outer islands such as having any religion. The chief believed that if There were two girls from Mortlock Island, Carteret Island and Fead Island. Before I left I they had religion it would interfere with their Joyce and Janne. Joyce went to Rabaul where sent a message over the radio telling them I was god, who usually gave them fish. So Pastor her brother worked. While Joyce was in Rabaul coming. Joyce and Janne, from Mortlock Lock went back. Failure! she heard our message. She was interested and Island, also heard the message over their radios After some years, Pastor Ray Newman took soon joined the baptismal class, was baptised and they told their people that a pastor would be the MV Kambubu and went there. When they and became a member of the Seventh-day visiting the outer islands. They said to their dropped anchor, the chief and his people Adventist Church. Janne also went to her people on Mortlock Island, "Let us have faith paddled out to the ship and asked them what brother to where he was working in Port and trust in God, that He may bring this pastor kind of people they were on the ship, and what Moresby. While Janne was there she heard our to us also." So they, too, were waiting for me . I was the purpose of their coming to Mortlock . If message and believed, was baptised and left Kieta on the MV Atoll, the government they had come there for business purposes they became a member of the Seventh-day Adventist vessel, and went to Small Buka , and then to could go ashore; if they had come about Church. Carteret Island, where we have some members. religion, they were not allowed to go ashore, Both of those girls later went back to their After that we went to Fead Island, and I visited because the people were still not interested in island. There they met and realised that they our people there. The people on those islands religion. So Pastor Newman and his team went were the members of the same religion, the were so pleased to see me, because these back . This was the second time the Seventh-day Seventh-day Adventist Church. Joyce and islands are so isolated. Adventist Mission had tried to begin our work Janne encouraged each other, planned together After visiting those islands we headed back on Mortlock. But again failure. and started to contact other girls and other for Kieta. Just before we reached Kieta harbour. After some time, Pastor Newman again went people. Soon the other girls of the island and the the captain of the ship (one of our members) with his team to Mortlock; this was the third children were interested and came and joined talked to me and said, "Who is going to come attempt to open up the work on that island. But the two girls. That is how the work started on with me to visit Mortlock Island? We will be again the chief and his people did not allow Mortlock Island. leaving for Mortlock tonight." I told the them to go ashore. They still wanted to worship Joyce asked her father to build a shade for captain that we did not have work and people on their god, who always gave them fish. They them to worship, so the father, Sione Pope, Continued on page 3 South Pacific Record ht-ni 4+ \ 441411m,, 04111k %oar/ Official Organ of the SOUTH PACIFIC DIVISION OF THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH Editor G. E. GARNE Associate Editor A. H. TOLHURST THE DESIGNATION of 1986 as the population, accounted for more than half the Editorial Assistant JOY TOTENHOFER International Year of Peace reflects mankind's military spending. Office Secretary GLENDA FAIRALL weariness with war and his yearning to see the The world spent about $A674 to educate Special Correspondents: Division R. L. Coombe tragedy of war end. But commendable as his each child and $A38,323 to support each Avondale College W. A. Townend longing and efforts for universal peace may be, soldier. The Soviet Union spends more on its Sydney Adventist Hospital B. Sodeman IS PEACE POSSIBLE? military than the governments of all the Trans-Tasman Union R. H. Baird Even as the leaders of the world's two great developing countries spend for education and Trans-Australian Union R. K. Brown Regional Reporters: superpowers engage in discussions on nuclear health care for their 3.6 billion people. The Central Pacific G. E. Christian arms limitation, the nations they represent are budget of the US Air Force is larger than the Greater Sydney M. R. Hook arming themselves to the teeth for war! In its total educational budget for 1.2 billion children North New South Wales L. J. Laredo annual review, The Military Balance 1985/86, in Africa, Latin America and Asia, including North New Zealand D. D. Blanch Northern Australia L. G. Robinson the London-based International Institute for Japan. Papua New Guinea M. 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