A Walk Down the Lanes of Time : A Missionary's Memories of Bougainville

In 1950, a young man leaves his home and all he is familiar with to go to Bougainville Island in New Guinea as a missionary. Brother Lawrence Hampton's life story takes you on a journey, an adventure to the remote islands of the Pacific. Using his own words and paintings, this fascinating book shows the heart of a simple man whose faith helps him undertake tasks he never imagined he could do.  Arriving a few years after the end of the second world war, he joins a band of missionaries who have to begin again, because of the complete destruction of their infrastructure as a result of the Japanese occupation. He was a blacksmith's son who became a farmer, ship's captain, builder, plantation manager and artist.  With gentle humour he tells stories about growing up in Christchurch, New Zealand, and the struggles of missionary life.