While
visiting the Fijian "Acting Head of Mission" Mere Tora, Pres. Harvey
(our Stake President) and his wife Eileen asked Mere if there was anything the
church could do to help Fiji. Mere immediately responded that the youth
of Fiji don't have very much to read and that if books could be provided they
could be placed in rural areas and given to the kids.
Sister
Eileen Mueller the Public Affairs organizer arranged for three Stakes of the
church along with community religious and political leaders to combine their
efforts to gather books to be sent to Fiji.
Over
45,000 books were collected, sorted, boxed and sent to Fiji. Because the
project became so large the missionaries were ask to help out. 350 boxes weighting a total of 18 tons were lifted by our mighty missionaries.
The
books will arrive in Fiji in late November and the story will conclude with the
books being handed out to the children by "Mormon Helping Hands"
in many rural areas. This event has now been written up on the LDS
website at this link:
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