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    18 December 2013 | POSTED BY Carol Rees

    Fiji Latter-day Saints Celebrate Christmas Season with Children with Cancer

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    19 children with cancer were recently treated to a special Christmas celebration at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Suva, Fiji. 

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    The children were treated to lunch, gifts and carols sung by the Church’s primary school choir.

    “Christmas is a time of caring and giving,” said Church spokesperson Sulueti Kama.

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    Naina Ratukana, mother of eight-year-old Samuel, said “The service brought smiles to the children’s faces.”

    Read more at the Fiji Sun website.

    Last month a group of Suva-based Latter-day Saints joined with others from the community to climb Mount Korobaba to raise awareness of the needs of children with cancer and other illnesses.

     

     

     

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