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Show 60 - E hoa A Friend Roa knew his relationship of many weeks with Henry Busby was real. It was no dream. He recalled how, day after day, thev continued to meet in secret at the same spot under the Kauri tree overlooking the white sandy beach. They became dear and intimate friends. They learned to sneak one another's language fluently. One day the^ would converse only in the Maori tongue and the next day in English. Their nuest for knowledge of each other's worlds was insatiable. "I am a missionary," explained Henry Busby. "What is that?" asked Roa. "A missionary teaches the mission of Jesus Christ throughout the world, and the gospel of i"k>d, the ^ather of us all." |