July 21st at Fa'onoulua Park in Nuku'alofa, Tonga at the launch of our very successful "Mormon Helping Hands" campaign. 13,207 citizens participated on five different islands in 25 different locations. 1,654 were not members of our Church. In addition to picking up rubbish in preparation for our temple open house and Tonga's hosting of 300 - 400 heads of state at the Pacific Forum, we also painted 28 school buildings on five different campuses. I was interviewed on Tonga's evening TV news and I wrote a media release that was published in all five newspapers in Tonga and it was also the top story on the Church Newsroom Website (ldschurch.org) for a full week. The article was also published in the July 28th issue of the Church News along with one of the 400+ pictures that I took. This picture has MelRae standing next to the Prime Minister's wife along with the Prime Minister (Feleti Seveli) and Sione Fineanganofo who is our Area Seventy in Tonga.
Sunday, August 12, 2007
Mormon Helping Hands #1
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What is the significance of Tongan people wearing the woven basket-material as clothing? Is that part of their work outfit or just traditional clothing?
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