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'''6. Try to find out who the missionaries were who converted your ancestors and contact them, if possible.'''<br> | '''6. Try to find out who the missionaries were who converted your ancestors and contact them, if possible.'''<br> | ||
My great-great grand father was a true Englishman. We didn’t know anything about him until a lady in Springville, [[Utah Genealogy|Utah]], told us her great grandfather was a missionary with my great grandfather and he wrote in his journal about him. It was not my great grandfather who joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It was my grandfather. My great grandfather’s relationship with the missionaries made it so it was easy for my grandfather to join the Church. He would have the missionaries over for dinner, and would have them sleep in his house. He was “dumb” enough to go against the decree of the Chief, who said there could be only one church in the village, and it wasn’t | My great-great grand father was a true Englishman. We didn’t know anything about him until a lady in Springville, [[Utah Genealogy|Utah]], told us her great grandfather was a missionary with my great grandfather and he wrote in his journal about him. It was not my great grandfather who joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It was my grandfather. My great grandfather’s relationship with the missionaries made it so it was easy for my grandfather to join the Church. He would have the missionaries over for dinner, and would have them sleep in his house. He was “dumb” enough to go against the decree of the Chief, who said there could be only one church in the village, and it wasn’t The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. My grandfather told him he would do as he pleased. So he defended the Church with the village chief. | ||
The property where the Church is located in Samoa is the property of my family. We lease it to the Church for one dollar a year. There is a place for the Church, the Bishop’s home, a volleyball and basketball court, and land to grow some food on. | The property where the Church is located in Samoa is the property of my family. We lease it to the Church for one dollar a year. There is a place for the Church, the Bishop’s home, a volleyball and basketball court, and land to grow some food on. | ||
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