Aminio Baledrokadroka
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Aminio Baledrokadroka was the original leader of Fiji’s missionary band to New Britain in 1875. He displayed excellent qualities of leadership in the mission to New Britain
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The mission to New Britain
launched in 1875. George Brown
, the organizer, found his plans going wrong, as a result of the tragic epidemic which killed 40,000 in Fiji
, and finally appealed to the students of Navuloa describing the dangers and pointing out that they might well be going to their death. 83 students were present and heard the appeal, and went to talk it over with their wives. 83 offered to go.
The government threw many obstacles in their way, but they went. By 1876 the new mission field had been divided into two areas, one under Aminio and the other under Sailasa Naucukidi
, with 14 teachers’ stations.
Thus began Fiji’s own missionary enterprise. In the year 1878, Sailasa the Fijian minister was journeying inland with a small party, and preaching the Gospel as he went; when they were suddenly attacked, killed and their bodies cut up and eaten.
The accounts of Aminio Baledrokadroka's deep faith are legendary in the Methodist Church of Fiji. He is buried at his village, in Nasaqalau
, Lakeba
, Lau
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New Britain
New Britain, or Niu Briten, is the largest island in the Bismarck Archipelago of Papua New Guinea. It is separated from the island of New Guinea by the Dampier and Vitiaz Straits and from New Ireland by St. George's Channel...
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The mission to New Britain
New Britain
New Britain, or Niu Briten, is the largest island in the Bismarck Archipelago of Papua New Guinea. It is separated from the island of New Guinea by the Dampier and Vitiaz Straits and from New Ireland by St. George's Channel...
launched in 1875. George Brown
George Brown (missionary)
George Brown was an English Methodist missionary and ethnographer.- Early life and education :George Brown was born at Barnard Castle, Durham, England, the son of George Brown, barrister, and his wife Elizabeth, née Dixon, sister of the wife of Rev. Thomas Buddle, missionary in New Zealand...
, the organizer, found his plans going wrong, as a result of the tragic epidemic which killed 40,000 in Fiji
Fiji
Fiji , officially the Republic of Fiji , is an island nation in Melanesia in the South Pacific Ocean about northeast of New Zealand's North Island...
, and finally appealed to the students of Navuloa describing the dangers and pointing out that they might well be going to their death. 83 students were present and heard the appeal, and went to talk it over with their wives. 83 offered to go.
The government threw many obstacles in their way, but they went. By 1876 the new mission field had been divided into two areas, one under Aminio and the other under Sailasa Naucukidi
Sailasa Naucukidi
Sailasa Naucukidi was a Fijian Methodist missionary who volunteered to take the Gospel of Jesus Christ to New Britain in 1875. He was martyred and eaten by cannibals in 1876.The mission to New Britain launched in 1875...
, with 14 teachers’ stations.
Thus began Fiji’s own missionary enterprise. In the year 1878, Sailasa the Fijian minister was journeying inland with a small party, and preaching the Gospel as he went; when they were suddenly attacked, killed and their bodies cut up and eaten.
The accounts of Aminio Baledrokadroka's deep faith are legendary in the Methodist Church of Fiji. He is buried at his village, in Nasaqalau
Nasaqalau
Nasaqalau is one of eight villages on the island of Lakeba, in Fiji's Lau archipelago.The Original inhabitants of Lakeba Island are those that reside in Nasaqalau they came from Waimaro of the Dreketi clan through Matuku and onto Nasaqalau...
, Lakeba
Lakeba
Lakeba is an island in Fiji's Southern Lau Archipelago; the provincial capital of Lau is located here. The island is the tenth largest in Fiji, with a land area of nearly 60 square kilometers. It is fertile and well watered, and encircled by a 29-kilometer road. Its closest neighbors are Aiwa...
, Lau
Lau
Lau may refer to:An indigenous people that live on the Solomon Islands.People with the German/Austrian surname:* Charlie Lau, catcher and hitting coach in Major League Baseball* Laurence Lau , actor...
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