The First Latter-day Saint Mission to the Pacific

On March 18, 1851 Ravaai schooner was launched on her maiden voyage taking missionaries hundreds of miles away to Tahiti and to Anaa and the Tuamotus.
French Polynesia has one of the oldest Latter-day Saint communities in the world, dating back to 1844. See how a mission call from Joseph Smith led to the first branches on Tubuai, Anaa, and Tahiti.