O LE SULU SAMOA - Home | CCCS - … galuega e faaiu i Ierusalema. Lea ua taulai nei lana vaai ia Ierusalema le aai, e taunuu i ai lana feau. O lea ua ia ta’u atu i ona soo, faauta

O le Aso Tofi, aso 25 ole masina ua mavae, nafeiloa’i atu ai le SusugaOlav Fykse Tveit , o leFailautusi Aoao o le Fonoa Ekalesia o le Lalolagi(The World Council ofChurches) i le Afioga i leAo Mamalu o le MaloTutoatasi o Samoa, leAfioga i le Tui Atua TupuaTamasese Efi, i lona maotai Tuaefu. Na malaga maile alii Failautusi Aoao malona faletua e auai i lefaailogaina o le 50 Tausagao le Fono a Ekalesia o lePasefika (Pacific Confer-

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O LE SULU SAMOA O LE NUSIPEPA FAA-LE-LOTU NA FAAVAEINA I LE T.A. 1839

EKALESIA FAAPOTOPOTOGA KERISIANO SAMOA

FAAVAEINA 1839 SULU SETEMA 2011Faatonu: Ph. 27881, Cellphone: 7715037 -Main Office: Ph. 24414 - website: www.cccs.org.ws

“My family is ecumenical: I’mCatholic, my wife is LMS (EFKS),the daughter of a pastor, and myhousehold is Methodist, and I’mliving in a Methodist household;I’m the custodian of this Meth-odist household.” -His Highness the Head of StateTui Atua Tupua Tamasese Efi, inhis talk with the General Secre-tary of the World Council ofChurches, Mr Olav Fykse Tveit.

ence of Churches) lea na faia ile Kolisi i Malua i le amataga ole masina nei o Setema. O le Ofisa o le Fono a Ekalesiao le Lalolagi e i Sineva le laumuao Suiselani. E tele mataupu tau i le EkalesiaKerisiano i le Lalolagi na oo iaitalanoaga a le alii failautusi male Ao Mamalu o le Malo o Sa-moa. Aemaise o faafitauli olootulai mai i le Ekalesia i Europa,

Sasae Tutotonu, Asia ae tainanele Pasefika. Na oo ane foi le la talanoaga ile itu tau ekiumeni, (ecumenical)poo le galulue faatasi o EkalesiaKerisiano o le Lalolagi. Ma ena faasilasilaina ai le aliiFailautusi Aoao e Lana Afioga ile Ao Mamalu o le Malo, o lonaaiga, e matua faaalia ai lava leagaga o le ekiumeni, ona o ia ole Katoliko, o lona faletua o le

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O le ata o nisi na auai i le faamanatuina o le 50 o tausaga talu ona faavaeinale Fono a Ekalesia o le Pasefika i Malua.i le tausaga e 1961.

2. O LE SULU SAMOA Setema 2011

O LE LAUGATusi Faitau: Mataio 20:17–28

Matua : Mataio 20: 28E pei o le atalii o le tagata e leisau ina ia auauna mai tagataia te ia, a ia auauna atu ia

Manatu Autu: O Ierusalema leaai o osigataulaga. O le masina lenei o lo ofaamanatuina ai le 181 tausagao le taunuu mai o le talalelei iSamoa. O le vaitau foi ofaigataulaga a le Ekalesia mo anagaluega faamisionare, i lelalolagi ma Samoa.Ua manatu aie fia faamamafa le olaga faaositaulaga, o se isi o feautaulogologo o le tala o le malo ole Atua, mo ona tagata. Afai esaili le mafuaaga o le tele o mealeaga e tutupu ia Samoa ma lelalolagi, e tasi lava le tali, o leagasala o le manatu faapito,faaloloto, matapeapea, e afua aile amio le tonu, le fai mea piopio,faamasinoga le amiotonu, e faima ala e tutupu ai le olaga mativao tagata, e afua ai ona i ai isitoatuga e pei o misa, gaoi, talepefale, ma isi tagata e tele lava, uafeagai pea ma le laloalgi a leAtua. O Ierusalema o le aai na mauae Tavita le tupu ma fai ma aai e

ositaulaga ai le nuu, mo le Atua,aua ua ogatotonu i ai upu fai o lemalo ma ona tagata, a ua faavaeai foi le malumalu e fai mafaailoga o le Atua nonofo pea maIsaraelu. E ui o le aai mulimuliane na faatoilaloina mafaatafunaina, ona o le amioleagaa le nuu, ae sa toe atiae. E afiomai Iesu o i ai le aai, peitai o leaai foi lea na saunoa i ai le Alii ofaamauina e tusitala o le tala olona soifua, e oo mai le aso emalepe ai, ona o le olaga agasalaa le nuu. A o le aai o le osigataulaga ale tupu tautaua. O le taualuga leao le tele o lona malosi ma lonatautaua, na aea ai le aai fai maitagata sa Iepuse, o le aai e leoleoe pipili na tauaso, ona o lemalolosi o ona pa, ma lonatulaga a’e gata e le fili. A ua oomai le tupu, ona aea lea ma faima nofoaga e ogatotonu i ai lenuu na filifilia e le Atua. OIerusalema la o le aai o leosigataulaga a Tavita ina ua aveama tupu filifilia, ma avea o ia matupu tautaua o le nuu o le Atua,na folafola i ai e faavavau lounofoalii. Tiga le leaga o isi tupumulimuli ane o e na tupuga maiia te ia, a e na tumau pea le afiogaa le Atua ia Tavita, ona o lonaalofa i le tagata maualuga lonaosigataulaga mo le Atua. Lea ua faamatala e Mataio le

gafa o Iesu e fesootai ma le tuputautaua. O lea ua afio mai le Alii,ma foliga i le tala a le tusitala, olana galuega e faaiu i Ierusalema.Lea ua taulai nei lana vaai iaIerusalema le aai, e taunuu i ailana feau. O lea ua ia ta’u atu iona soo, faauta o le a tatou o ae iIerusalema. A o lea ua manatule ausoo, ma e na mulimuli ia teia, o le’a alu o ia e faatu lonamalo i Ierusalema. O se mea uamatua mamao lava ma la latouvaai, o le ala lea o le tutupu omea e pei ona taua mulimuli ane,o le fia avea ma tagata saofa’i. O le mea na manatu i ai leausoo uma, a o lea ua faaleo e letina o le fanau a Sepetaio, ina iaalofa Iesu ma faanofo ana tama,o le tasi i lona itu tauagavale malona itu taumatau pe a oo inafaatu lona malo. A ua tautino eIesu e le faapea lona malo, o letagata fia sili ia fai ma tagataauauna, o le fia muamua ia faima tagata tautua.

1. O Ierusalema o le aai ole osigataulaga

O le mea lea na le mamate i ai lenuu o Isaraelu, aua ua ese letulaga ua latou faamoeme ai moIsaraelu. Ua le avea ma aai o leosigataulaga faapei ona faia eTavita lo latou tama, e fai ma aai

alo o le faifeau LMS/EFKS, olona auaiga i Tuaefu e Metotisi,ma oloo nofomau o ia i le aigaMetotisi i Tuaefu. Ma o lonauiga foi la, o ia e vaaia lonaauaiga Metotisi. Na malaga faatasi mai le aliiFailautusi Aoao ma lona faletua,ma le tamaitai mai Samoa o

Faautu Faitala Talapusi, o se tasio tagata faigaluega i le OfisaTutotonu i Sineva o le Fono aEkalesia o le Lalolagi, le ofisasa faigaluega ai lona tama o Rev.Faitala Talapusi, ua maliu. O le Aso Lua o le vaiaso nasosoo ai, na auai atu ai le Susugai le Failautusi Aoao o le Fono a

Ekalesia o le Lalolagi, i leamataga o le faamanatuina o le50 tausaga talu ona faavae o leFono a Ekalesia o le Pasefika.O lea faatasiga e atoa le vaiaso etali malo ai le EkalesiaFaapotopotoga Kerisiano Sa-moa. (E faasolosolo atu i le SuluSamoa o Oketopa, tala o leaFono sa faia i le KolisiFaafaifeau i Malua)

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O LE SULU SAMOA Setema 2011 3.

O LE LAUGAe atiae ai le tausisia o le tulafono,a ua fai ma aai e solia le tulafono.Ua le o le aai e fai ai le tapuaigamamalu i le Atua, ua i ai foi maisi atua, ua ifo i ai isi tagata. Ole aai e gaosi ai le nonofo leleima le aloaia o tagata, a ua fai maaai e fai ai le solitulafono, ma leamioletonu i le nonofo lelei ouso. Ua avea nei ma aai o lematapeapea ma le tuinanau. O lenuu e amanaiaina le tagata e letaualoa, ma vaivai, a ua avea manuu e solipala e ua vaivai. Mafai ma mea e saili i ai le manuiamaua o le aumaumea, ma taitaio le nuu. O le mea moni o le ala lea nafaatoilaloina ai Ierusalema, onaua le maua i ai le faamoemoe mole tagata osigataulaga, a ua faima mea e nofonofo ai leaufaitaulaga ma le au faatalitalitaulaga. Ua avea ma aai e atiaeai le manuia o le au faitaulaga.O le ala lea na ia tautala sa’i aiia Ierusalema, Ierusalema e,Ierusalema e, o le fetogi iperofeta, ua leva ona ou manaoe faapotoptoo ia te oe, e pei o lemoa ona ofaofatai o lana toloai,a ua le mafafai outou. Aua ua ele iloa le aso ua asi ai oe. O Samoa o le nuu uaosifeagaiga ma le Atua, ua i aifoi lana anava tau, o tagata male laueleele e ositaulaga i le Atua.Tau lava ina toe faamanatu atupe o moni pea lea tala mo le nuu.Le lotu sei vaai lelei lou tiute ole faamanatu ma logo lesiufofoga faaperofeta o le Atua,ina nei o tatou nofoai, a ua ifaitotoa le malaia, e pei ona tupuia Ierusalema. Sei apoapo leatunuu, ua i ai mea faatupumala,ua amata ona taliaina, ina ia toesasaa le fafao, i le faautaga male moe. A o lou tofi nei o tatou

pei o soo, le fia saofai foi e pei oalii sili, ae galo le feau o lefinagalo alofa o le Atua.

2. O le osigataulaga a Iesuna faaiu i Ierusalema

Ua leva ona faailoa e Iesu i onasoo, le tuuina atu o ia i lima o leauositaulaga ma taitai o le lotuIutaia. Aua o le mea lea na afiomai ai, a o alu malie le malagafaatutu i Ierusalema, a ua fiaaoao pea o ia, i le uiga o lonaafio mai, o le malo o le Atua mauiga o le malo o le Atua, ma e efai i le malo o le Atua. Ina iaaoaoina ai ona soo. O letaunuuga lava lea o lana feau, nafaaiu i le taulaga na osia, natautau ai i le laau, i tua pa oIerusalema, ona o le lalolagiagasala.

O le uiga lea o lana feau iona soo, afai e fia sili ia fai matagata auauna, afai e fia muamuaia fai ma tagata tautua. O le alalea ua faasino mai e Keriso, inaia mafai ona iloa e ona soo. Eleo le fai ma alii sili, pe fai mapule, pe fai ma tagata taitai, a ole tagata e fia mulimuli ia Iesuia fai ma tagata auauna. Ia fai matagata tautua.

E faitio le lalolagi ifaifeau, ona ua manatu ua aveale galuega ma ala o le sailigamanuia mo le tagata. A ua galolea feau o le finagalo alofa o leAtua. Sei toe tilotilo ane pe le omoni lea gagana ia i tatou.

3. Ia ola le Ekalesia i leolaga faa ositaulaga

E le i finagalo lava le alii inaia tatou o mai e fai ma tagatamaumea, ma fai ma tagatamilionea i le lalolagi. Pe fai foima tagata faaputuputu mea i lanalalolagi. Ia fai ma tagata tautuama auauna. O le feau foi lea mo

le Ekalesia ia fai ma tino faauaule osigataulaga a le Alii i lel a l o l a g i Aua tatou te faalogo fua i talaa isi tagata, pe faaitiitia lousoifua ositaulaga, ona o lefinagalo o le Atua. O lo o telepea ana feau e fia faia, mo onatagata vaivai, le tagolima,matitiva, sei toe vaai i laugaluega faapapai atu mo i latouna e manaomia lau fesoasoani.O nisi o galuega moomia mo lefinagalo o le Keriso. Tuu ia nisifale tetele ua lava na fale, ae seitilotilo ane i nisi o moomia lefesoasoani, e pei o tagatamatitiva. O au taulaga o lo o faia,o le finagalo lea o Keriso molana Ekalesia faapapai atu loualofa i e ua manaomia. O le Ekalesia a le Alii, e moona tagata mafatia, ua toatele leau mafatia i Samoa, e le ona o lefaitaulaga soo e afua ai, e le onao le lotu foi e afua ai, a ona o leolaga faimamago, matapeapea,amioletonu, o le faiga o letamaoaiga o le lalolagi. Ona o leala o saili ai e le au mau mea inaia faatele a latou mea, e afua aiona i ai le mativa. Le Ekalesia olau lea galuega, ma le ala o louositaulaga, ina ia alofaina e uamafatia. Ua leva lou ositaulagai aoga, fai pea, ua e alofa i emamai ma mafatia, toe vaai nisiala e ala ai lau osigataulaga, mole Alii ma lona finagalo. Ia manuia tele lou soifuaauauna mo le Atua ma ana feau.

Enefatu Lesa FSTanoalei’a Vaivase Uta.

ABalanced DietWe are what we eat. You can eat for

happiness or sadness. food is life, andpeople should have a balanced diet. Youcan exercise for 1,000 years, and if youdon’t eat the right food it doesn’t mean

a thing.(Charles Atlas)


To’atolu Faifeau Faauuina eavea ma Misionare i Jamaica O le Aso Lulu, aso 24 o lemasina nei, na faia ai i leMalumalu o le “Taimane o leVasa Loloa” i Apia, le faauuga ofaifeau e toatolu ua filifilia eauina atu e fai ma misionare iJamaica ma Cayman Island. O i latou ia o le Susuga PeniMeaalofa F.S. ma le faletua iaFaataualofa; Susuga RisatiNoaese F.S. ma le faletua iaImoa; Susuga Richard LealofiF.S. ma le faletua ia Tauese. Sa taitaiina le sauniga e leSusuga i le Taitaifono o leKomiti a le Au Toeaina, leSusuga i le Toeaina Faatonu iaPeleti To’ailoa. O le Susuga iaPeleti To’ailoa, oloo tausia leaulotu EFKS i Fairfield i Sini, i

le Matagaluega a Niu Sauelese,Ausetalia. Sa auai foi nisi o leaufaigaluega a le Atua i leasauniga: le Sui Taitaifono leSusuga Tautiaga Senara ma nisio Toeaina, faifeau, ma nisi o aigama uo a i latou ua filifilia nei eavea ma misionare i atunuumamao. Fesili le taitai o le sauniga, “Ole a le uiga o lenei taeao? Uafaaea Keriso ia outou, e o e faile galuega. Ia o mai ina o, o ooutou mama na. Ia fai outou mafaaaoao.” Na faaee aao o toeaina i luga oulu o i latou ia, faamanuia atuiai, ma apoapoa’i. O le sauniga foi lea na tuuina

atu ai o latou Tusi Faifeau, uaavea i latou ma faifeau o leEkalesia FaapotopotogaKerisiano Samoa, ma o le afaaaogaina ai e sosoo ma o latousuafa mata’itusi, F.S. “O ma o matou loto na!” o lefaalototele lea a le Susuga i leToeaina o Peleti To’ailoa. O le malumalu i Apia e fai ailava le sauniga o le faauuina mafaapa’iaina o faifeau e auina atui le galuega faamisionare. Ua leva e le’i toe auina atu nimisionare i Jamaica, ona ua teleina faia lava le galuega latou etagata o le atunuu. A o lea uatoe mana’o mai i ni faifeau, a oni faifeau e iai ma nisi o latoutomai e mafai ona faaaogaina mafesoasoani ai i nuu o le a galulueai. Tomai e pei o le faakamuta,fai eletise, palama ma isi..

A’oa’oga mo e Faufautua maFesoasoani i e Mafatia (Counselling) O le masina ua mavae na faiaai i le Fale o Tupulaga i Mulinuuse a’oa’oga mo i latou o le afaaaogaina e le Ekalesia mo anagaluega fesoasoani o lefaatalatalanoa o tagata mafatia. O lea galuega e masani lavaona faia i taimi ina ua mae’a sefaalavelave e pei o le mafui’e male galulolo i le masina o Setema2009 i Samoa nei, ma nisifaalavelave faapea. Ae faaaogaina foi e fesoasoanii tagata o iai ni o latou mafatiagaua le mafai ona latou fo’ia e latoulava. Na aofia i ia aoaoga mataupunei:*** tausiga a le faifeau (poo seisi tagata o le Ekalesia) ma lanafaufautua (pastoral and counsel-

ling);*** tomai i faalogo i faafitauli(listening skills);*** o le faanoanoa ma le maliu(grief and loss);*** o faigata ua oo iai (crisisexperiences);*** ulugalii (couples)*** sauaga (abuse). Na faasilasilaina nisi e uiga ilenei aoaoga, ma valaauina inaia auai pe a fiafia iai, ae le’ifaamalosia. O le vaiaso muamuae toatele lava i faifeau matiakono ma aoao. A o le vaiasolona lua, na faaopoopo atu ai mafaletua o faifeau. E tusa o le to’a40 i le 50 i latou na auai. O le na taitaiina lea aoaoga ole alii faifeau o Rev. Dr. GeoffPrentice, o se volanetia mai le

Ekalesia Tuufaatasi a Ausetalia,Uniting Church of Australia, olea Ekalesia ua tuu faatasi ai leMetotisi, Perepereane ma leFaapotopotoga talu mai letausaga e 1977. Ua tusa o le 30tausaga talu ona faia e le SusugaRev. Prentice lea galuega o lecounselling. O ia, ma lonafaletua o Makerita, e mai le GoldCoast i Kuiniselani i Ausetalia.Sa fai foi ni tautalaga a lea aliifaifeau i nisi o pulega a leEkalesia, talu ona taunuu mai iSamoa nei i le faaiuga o lemasina o Me i le tausaga nei. A o galue le Susuga GeoffPrentice i le aoaoga, a o le taimilea na faiaoga ai lona faletua i leKolisi i Maluafou i le aoaoina ole Igilisi i le Y9 ma le Y10. O le aso 12 Setema 2011 e toetaliu atu ai le Susuga Geoff male faletua o Margaret Prentice ilo la aiga i Ausetalia.


Suesuega i le Tusi Paia:

O le Tusi a IakopoFaatomuaga: Ua saunia lenei pepa i le agagamaualalo, e lagona ai pea lefaatauvaa i luma o le Atua,aemaise o le e’e faafofoga o leneipotopotoga. Peitai o lea ua faatule ‘au’au, a o se faasoa tatou tevelo ‘aso ai faatasi, talitonu o lea tamaoaiga ai lenei mafutaga. O le tusi lenei a Iakopo, o sefeau tuusao o se tali ua fauinafaapitoa mo lona taimi ma onafoi faafitauli, pei ona faasino ile Ekalesia ma sauaga i le ulua’isenituri. O lona uiga o leamanatu, e le tau faia iai sefinauga pei ona fai i tusitusiga ale aposetolo o Paulo i le lautelema le loloto o le mataupu silisili.

Tusitala ma lona taimi Talu ai ona o Iakopo o se igoae taatele i le Feagaiga Fou, o semolimau sili ona faatuatuaina ile na tusia lenei tusi, oloofaamauina i le Mataio 13: 55-56,e le o le atalii ea lenei o le tufuga,e le o Maria ea le igoa o lona tina,o ona uso foi o Iakopo ma Iosefama Simona ma Iuta? O lefilifiliina foi o soo o le Alii, e leo ta’ua, e le o ni uluai aposetolope o le sefululua o soo filifilia.Oloo tau vavala mai semafaufauga latou te lei taliainale valaaulia o Iesu, pe a fua i lalatou upu na fai i le Alii. Ioane7: 3, ‘ia e tuua lenei mea, ma iaalu ane i Iutaia, ina ia vaavaaiatu ou soo i au galuega e te faia,aua e leai se tasi e fai faalilolilose mea pe a mana’o o ia i le fiafaaalia o ia, afai ua e faia ia mea,ia e faaalia oe e oe i le lalolagi.Aua o ona uso foi latou te le’italitonu ia te ia.’ E ui lava ina

faanoanoa uluai molimau o leneitusitala, ae ua molimau nisifaamaumauga, (extra biblicaltraditions) faapea o Iakopo leIutaia faatuatua, o le naseri maile manava o lona tina, e le inu ise uaina e le latalata i se aano omanu, o lona lavalava o le ielino. Peitai, o le toetu manumaloo le Alii, ma se faaaliga na faaaliiai Keriso ia Iakopo, 1 Korinito15:7, na liliu ai o ia e fai mamolimau faamaoni o lona Alii.O lana finau i taitai o le lotuIutaia, ma lona latalata i e limavaivai, ma le sauaina e le au mautofi, na to iai e le Ekalesia lonamatupalapala. O Iakopo leamiotonu (James the Just). Nafaaeaina Iakopo ma filifilia ai eavea ma taitai o le Ekalesia iIerusalema, seia oo ina oti faa-maturo i le 62 tausaga o le Alii, ile fautuaga a Ananua leositaulaga.

Faafitauli ma lona tali E feauga le tulai mai o leneiaposetolo, ma le feagai oIerusalema ma faafitauli ogaoga,ua mamafa lafoga a Herota leSili. Ua faaitiitia foi eleele saumia saoloto e Iutaia. Ua utiutiai avanoa mo nai fai faatoaga esaili ai fesoasoani mo le olaga iaso fai soo. O le toatele uagalulue faa-auauna mo le aumautofi, o i latou ia o iai letamaoaiga. Ua faasolo ina sauama le amiotonu le pule. Uafaapipii atu le au mautofi o lelotu, i le malo tele mo lo latoulava lelei, a ua faatuatuana’i i lemativa ma le auauna. Ua le tauiafoi le faigaluega e tusa ma lanaauaunaga. O se gasegase faigata,

e le gata mo le tapuaiga faa-Iutaia lava ia, a ua aafia ai foima le faatuatua o le Ekalesia aIesu Keriso. Ua fai le lagalagao manatu i lea vaitau mafaapogai o le faatulai ai o se teteetele, na faama’ite e le Au Selotaagai i le malo tele o Roma, i letalitonuga, ua na o le Atua e puleaoao i mea uma lava e oo i eleele.I le 66, na amata lenei vevesi seiaoo ina tau le taua tele, mafaatoilaloina ai Iutaia, lemalumalu ma ona pa i le 70tausaga o le Alii. I le faitau atula i le tusi lenei, talafeagai leleimea ia ua tutupu ma le feau aIakopo “pe a to le tuinanau,ona fanau mai lea o le agasala,matua le agasala, fanau mailea o le oti” - Iakopo 1:15 A o le faamoemoe tupito lavaia o le aposetolo, o le tuufaafeagaiina o le mauoa, leamiotonu, ma lonafaamaualaloina. Pei o se fuga olaau ua au ‘ina velasia mamaalili, faasolo ina mamae mafaaumatia lona matagofie. O i latou foi ua sauaina ma faa-matitivaina e toe faaeaina mafaamaualugaina 1: 9-11. A o laIesu “pe se a le aoga i le tagatana te maua le lalolagi, aemaumau ai le ola”. A o se laugafoi faala’ei’au mo le Ekalesia inaia finafinau i le tatalo, ia mauale poto o le Alii, e malo a itofotofoga o le faatuatua 1: 5-8.O le onosa’i, pei ona onosa’i ole au perofeta, o Iopu ma leKeriso, atoatoa ai le alofa i leAlii, 5: 7-11. A o la le aposetolo,tatalo, onosai, aua ua latalata leafio mai o le Alii 5: 8-9.

O le fesili faatupu manatu &upu mulimuli Ina ua liliuina Iakopo i le toetumanumalo o Keriso e fai maaposetolo o le Tala Lelei, o ana faaauau itulau e 7


O le Tusi a Iakopouluai upu na faamauina. “OIakopo o le auauna a le Atua male Alii o Iesu Keriso”. a ua le ose uso pei o uluai faamaumauga. Pe le o le faapogai lea o le teleo faafitauli ma sauaga ua tau lemaua ni fofo, ona ua tele ina

tatou vaai faauso, a ua le o niauauna a le Atua ma le Alii o IesuKeriso? Ma le faaaloalo tele. Talalelei Tuafafo F.S. EFKS MulinuuMafutaga Apia Sisifo 2011

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O le manatu autu nafaamamafaina i le fonotaga:“Love, Respect and Empower-ing the Women of God” - O leAlofa, Faaaloalo ma leSauniunia o Tama’ita’i o le Atua. O le tusi sa faaaogaina safaaautu iai saunoaga, o le 2Samuelu 21: 1-14. Fai mai, ua tula’i mai se ogetele e ono aafia ai le soifuamanuia ma le saogalemu o lenuu. Ona fesili ai lea o le tupu oTavita pe se a le mafuaaga o leaoge tele. O ana suesuega nafaaali mai ai e le Atua, e mafuaona o le agasala a le tupu na lasosoo, o Saulo lea, e le’i faia i aise mea. Aemaise lava, o leagasala o le tupu i lona fasiotiao ni tagata se toatele, mai tagataoloo aumau ai i Isaraelu. O lemea lea, a le faia iai se mea, o lea faaauau pea le oge ma lamatiaai le soifua o tagata o le nuu. Na oo ai ina faasalaina i le otinisi se to’a fitu na tupuga mai ile tupu o Saulo, ina ia tauia ai lemea na faia e Saulo, ma le

faamoemoe, o le a avea lea mamea e uma ai le oge. Oloo ta’uae faapea, o le tina o ni tama seto’alua na fasiotia, na nofo ailava ma ia vaavaaia tino oti olana fanau ne’i te’i ua tau atu iaimanu felelei ma manu vaefa fiaaai ma latou faaleagaina. Ina uate’a se taimi, ona filifili ai lea ole Atua, e faatoto ifo timuga inaia uma ai le oge. E mafai ona tatou manatu o lemea na faia e le tupu, na mafuaina ia muta ai le faafitauli lea uaaafia tele ai le nuu, ma onomaliliu ai se toatele o tagata e ilalo o le vaaiga a le tupu, i lematelaina i le fia aai. Peitai a tatou auiliili atu i lemataupu, ona tatou iloa ai lea, ele faigofie. E tele ni fesili e tula’imai. Muamua, aisea lava nafaatali ai Tavita se’ia atoa le toluo tausaga o oge ona ia faato’asailiili ai lea i le mafuaaga masu’e ai se togafiti? O se gaoioigaea lea a se tupu e manatumamafa i ona tagata? Afai foi o le mafuaaga o le oge

ona o le fasiga tele na faia eSaulo, aisea na le faataunuuinaai a o soifua Saulo ina ia amo aie ia lana lava sala? E foliga maiua le pa’u tonu le sala i le naagasala. Peitai, e leai se faamaumaugao se fasiga tele na faia e Saulo.Ae le faapea ai e le’i faia e Saulose fasiga. Ae mata’utia lavalenei mea ona e le o ta’ua lava itala o le nofoa’iga a Saulo. Aemanino mai foi e na o Tavita lavana na iloa le finagalo o le Atuana faaali mai. E tau masalosaloai ma fesiligia nisi o mea na faie Tavita ma lo latou mafuaaga. Mata e le’i fafauina e Tavitalenei mea? Ui lava i lea, e le ofesiligia foi e le ‘au Kipeona lefaaaliga na faia e Tavita. O lonauiga ea la e moni le faaaliga nafai e Tavita? E tatau ona tatou malamalamai le mafana o le va o Tavita male ‘au Kipeona. O lona uiga, oTavita o le tagata aupito malosilea i Isaraelu. O le ‘au Kipeona,o tagata o se ituaiga o tagata eseoloo nonofo ai i Isaraelu. O lonauiga foi la, e nonofo ma lefaaeteete ma le fefefe nei tagatai se mea e ono faia e Tavita pe afaaletonu se latou laa. Afai foi la o tautala i le sa’oTavita, ma oloo naunau foi o ia ile amiotonu, aisea na ia le taliaai le togi tupe o le sala? Aiseana ia malie ai i le fasiot iafaamo’amo’a o atalii e to’afituo Saulo. Ona o ia o se tagatalauiloa lona malosi ma lana pule,na ono mafai lava ona ia ‘alo esemai le faamasaa o le toto i lefasiotia o atalii o Saulo. Poolona uiga ea oloo taumafai Tavitae soloiesea se avanoa e onofaatautee mai ai ia te ia i latou etupuga mai ia Saulo i se aso olumana’i? Poo ua faaaoga foi eTavita le ‘au Kipeona e faaauau itulau e sosoo ai

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Sina ‘Oto’otoga o pepa na faiai le Fono a Tina o Alafesoota’i(Bridge Builders Conference)faataunuu ai ana fuafuagafaapolokiki. E ono moni uma lava iamanatu. Matau mai, e ta’ua etagata Kipeona ia Saulo “o le nafilifilia e le Alii”. - f.6 O lonauiga latou te talitonu o Saulo nafilifilia lava e le Atua i alaaloa’ia. O le fasiotiga o atalii e to’afitua Saulo na faataunuuina lea e le‘au Kipeona, ae le’i ta’ua maiae le tala pe na iai Tavita. Efesiligia foi le mafuaaga na tuuai lava i le mea na fasiotia ai tinooti o tama ma leaga ai lava. Ose vaaiga mata’utia lea mea.Aisea na le tanu leleia ai tino otio le fanau a Saulo? Poo sefaamata’u ea lenei mea na fai?O fanau tama nei ma fanau afanau a le tupu ua mavae. Nafasiotia i luma o tagata mafaataatitia ai e leaga ai pea. O sefaamaasiasiga ma se faalumainaanoanoa’i lea e faia i soo setagata. Sa le tatau ea ona tanulelei latou? E talitonu e le’imanatu iai Tavita faapea tagatao Kipeona e tanu lelei tagata.. Ona tula’i mai lea o Risepa, ole tina o atalii e to’alua o Saulo.O ia o se tasi o le ‘au taunonofoa Saulo, poo le palake e pei onata’ua i le Tusi Paia, ma o le tinao ona atalii e to’alua. O le ‘autaunonofo o ni ava ia efaaopoopo atu i le to’aluafaaipoipo. O le tu i atunuu ia ila ona po, e masani lava onamana’o le tane i tamaitai talavoue laiti atu i lona to’aluafaaipoipo, ona avea ai lea o latou

o le ‘au taunonofo, a o lea lavaoloo iai le ava faaipoipo. O ta’ita’i ia, e pei o tupu e iaiSaulo, oloo ia i latou lava le pulee faia ai lea mea. Fai mai nafaaipoipo Solomona i purinisesee to’a 700, e le faitaulia ai lana‘au taunonofo, poo palake, e to’a300. O Risepa, e le tutusa lonatulaga i luma o le tupu, ma letulaga o le masiofo aloa’ia a letupu. Ae ui lava i lea, o sanafanau, e ta’ua lava ma aloa’ia ole fanau a le tupu. O lea la ua otiSaulo i le taua, na o le tasi lefaamoemoega o Rispa, o lanafanau lea e to’alua. E tulagafaafesaga’i le malosi o le pule ale tupu o Tavita, ma le tulagamalapaga oloo iai Risepa na tele mafaia se mea. Tasi lava lemea oloo ia te ia, o le malosi ole ola, lona ola o ia te ia. Ua ofunei o ia i ofu o le faanoanoa, maalu atu ua nofonofo ai i lanafanau ua feotia ua le tanua, maleoleo ne’i faaleaga e ni manufelelei poo ni manu vaefa. E leo ta’u maia pe o le a le umi nanofo ai Risepa ma leoleo tinomaliu o lana fanau. Peitai tatoute iloa i faamatalaga a le autusitala, na o ponaivi na totoe ao leoleo lava e Risepa. O lonauiga, o ni masina se tele naleoleo ai e Risepa lana fanau. Sealofa ina a tele! Tatou te maofa i le malosi o lealofa o lenei tina. Ona pau lavalea o le mea o totoe ia te ia, o lenofo ai ma leoleo tino oti o lanafanau, tusa lava pe uma ai foi ma

lona ola. A o le mea na ia faia,na oo atu ona tala ia Tavita, letagata aupito malosi malogologoa lana pule i Isaraelu.Na oo ifo i lagona o Tavita leuiga o le mea na fai e Risepa,ma oo ai ina tanu lelei Saulo maona atalii i tuugamau. O le mea na fai e Risepa, o lefaaaliga lava lea o lona tetee eaunoa ma se upu i le mea na faie Tavita ma le ‘au Kipeona, efaalumaina ai Saulo ma lanafanau. O lona tetee foi lea i lesoona faaaoga o le pule sa iaTavita, e ui lava na te le’i tautalaiai. E leai sona leo, ae na lagonae tagata e toatele le leotele o lemea na ia fai. Mata e le o le teteele leoa lea a Risepa na mafua aiona auina mai o timuga e le Atua,ma toe lanulau’ava ai le fanuama toe fua lelei ma oo ina mutaai ma le oge? O le fuaiupu e 10oloo ta’ua faatasi ai Ripeka malana nofonofo i tino oti o lanafanau, ma le oo mai o timuga mauma ai le oge. I se isi faauigaga,o Risepa na mafua ai ona oo maio timuga ma uma ai le oge. O le mea na faia e Ripeka, etatou te auai faatasi foi i lo tatoutetee atu i mea le amiotonu e faiae tagata i lo tatou olaga. O lelalolagi oloo ua tatou iai nei, etai le eseese lava ma le lalolagisa iai Ripeka. Afai e mafai eRipeka, e tatau foi ona tatoumafaia. E to o tatou pulou matatou faaalia le alofa ma lefaaaloalo ia Ripeka ma le meana ia faia, anamua anamua lava. (‘Oto’oto mai le pepa na faiae le Pule o le Kolisi Faafaifeau iMalua, Susuga Afereti Uili, i leFono Faavaomalo: “Love, Re-spect and Empowering theWomen of God”, na tauaofia ile Ioane Viliamu - 8 Aokuso2011).


Fono a le “Au Fau Alalaupapa”Bridge Builders Conference O le Fono Faava-o-malo o leBridge Builders Conference,(Fono a le “Au Fau Alalaupapa”,poo Alafesoota’i, sa usuia lea ile potu fono o le Ioane Viliamu iApia i le masina ua mavae. Etusa o le to’a fitusefulu i latouna auai i lea fonotaga, maiatunuu o le Pasefika ma isi i fafoatu o le Pasefika. E tasi le vaiasoo lea fonotaga. O le manatu autuo le fono, o le LOVE, RESPECTAND EMPOWERMENT THEWOMEN OF GOD. E toatele atunuu Kerisiano ole lalolagi e auai i lenei fonotaga.e pei o Taiwan, Kanata, Iapani,Ausetalia, Niu Sila, Niue,Vanuatu, Fiti, Aferika i Saute,Hawaii. Peitai e le’i auai mai iaTonga ma Fiti. Na uluai faavaeina lenei Fonoi le tausaga e 1965 i Niu Sila,ma e sa auai atu iai ni tina mai leEkalesia FaapotopotogaKerisiano i Samoa i lea uluaiFonotaga. Fai mai le saunoaga a leTaitaifono Faava-o-malo o leFono, le faletua iaSeataatamailagi Faulalo RopatiTiatia, na foi mai tina na auai male fiafia i mea na latou maua ilea fono. Ona amata mai ai leae i latou na, ona faaaoga ia faigama fuafuaga ia latou foimafutaga i Samoa nei e faaleleiaai lo latou foi soifuaga ma lelatou auaunaga i i tagata oleEkalesia.. O le uluai taimi lenei ua faiamai ai i Samoa nei lenei fono eta’i tolu tausaga ma fai. O lefono e sosoo ai, o le a faia i NiuSila. O mataupu e talanoaina i fono,o mataupu lava oloo aupito sili

ona ogaoga i le soifua o tagatamai lea taimi i lea taimi.Mataupu ia e iai le AIDS,sauaina o t ina ma tamaiti,faatauga o tamaiti mo faigafaasolitulafono, laau ma vailaaufaasaina. E o mai lava le atunuuia ma a latou mataupu ogaoga,(burning issues) e talanoaina i lefono ma tau saili ai ni fofo, onafo’i lea i o latou atunuu mafaaaoga ia latou taumafaiga. Sa fesiligia foi e le fono poofea o iai le Ekalesia Kerisiano ao tutupu mai nei mea? Poo le ale mea o fai e le Ekalesia ifaafitauli ogaoga o tula’i mai ilea taimi i lea taimi. E tetee le fono i le faatagainafaale-tulafono o mea e pei o letalitane (prostitution). O letalitonuga o le fono, ua tele lavaina salu i lalo o le kapeta, e pei olea upu, ia nei mataupu ogaogaae le faia iai se togafitiga. Na momoli le faafetai a leFono a le Au Faualafesoota’i(Bridge Builders Conference) iai latou nei:1. Susuga Lale Ieremia FT(Taitaifono EFKS 2010-2011)2. Ekalesia FaapotopotogaKerisiano Samoa.3. Susuga Dr. Iutisone SalevaoFS. (Failautusi Aoao EFKS)4. Susuga Kuatemane UlutuiFS., (Teutupe EFKS).5. Susuga Binary Reupena(Taitaifono MFT EFKS).6. Mafutaga Aoao a Tina EFKS.7. Council Mission.8. Pacific Council of Churches.9. Dr. Afereti Uili FS. (PuleKolisi Faafaifeau- Malua)10. Faiaoga Kolisi Faafaifeau -Malua.11. Mafutaga Tina Matagaluega

Vitoria (Ausetalia)12. Mafutaga Tina MatagaluegaHawaii13. Susuga Utufua Naseri FS.ma le Autalavou i Apia.14. Susuga Dr Taipisia LeiluaFS ma le Autalavou i Moataa.15. Susuga Apelu Lelevaga FT.ma le aulotu i Tuanai.16. Susuga Larry TofaeonoWilliams FS.17. Susuga Faapaia Tariu FS.18. Nusipepa o le Observer.19. Le Vai Company.20. Digicel Company21. TAS Catering22. Bluebird Lumber and Hard-ware23. West End Company (LimaOsasa)24. G&M Bakery25. Elisa Hotel26. Amanaki Hotel27. Apia Central Hotel28. Le Uaina Beach Resort29. SUNGO30. Komiti Galue Mafutaga aTima EFKS31. Volunteers32. Susuga Fua Lelevaga(Failautusi Aoao MFT, EFKS(BBIN)33. Susuga Laumata PereliniSoti (Sui Peresitene BBIN)34. Susuga Taiaopo Naseri(Teutupe BBIN). Na faaalia lava le agagafaafetai tele o le Afioga i leTaitaifono o le Fono, SusugaSeataatamailagi Faulalo RopatiTiatia, ia i latou uma nafesoasoani mai i soo se mea,aemaise le itu tau tupe, na mafaiai ona faataunuuina le fonotagalona ono a le Bridge BuildersInternational Network i Samoanei.

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ITULAU MO TUPULAGA TALAVOU

Na ou ola a’e i se aiga e peilava foi o le tele o isi aiga i lomatou nuu, ma o’u uso e to’aluama tuafafine e to’alua foi. E uilava e le tele ni tupe a lo matouaiga i na aso, ae ou te manatua e‘ave soo lava matou e o matoumatua i pikiniki, tafaoga, imatafaga oneone. O lo’u tina o se tagata alofa matausi lelei matou lana fanau. Etele lava foi ina vave ona ofo atulana fesoasoani i soo se isi omanaomia, ma e foi soo mai lavai lo matou fale ma se tama’i pusipoo se maile ua leiloa. E ui lavae to’alima lana fanau, ae maualava ona taimi e fesoasoani ai isoo se tagata. A ‘ou toe tepa nei i tua i aso olo’u talavou, ou te manatua o’umatua e le o se tamaloa ma sefafine ua to’alima se la fanau, aepei o se tama ma se teine faato’afaaipoipo ona o o la uiga faaaaliao le alofa o le tasi i le isi.. O leao, o le taimi lea o le aso e la tevaaia ai matou, ae a oo i le po, olo la taimi lea mo la’ua lava. Ou te manatua sa ou ta’oto ilo’u moega i se tasi po. O le AsoSa, 27 Me 1973. Na ou ala a’eai ma o’u faalogoina o’u matuao fo’i mai i lo matou fale, matalanoa fiafia lava ma talie. Fo’ifiafia mai le mea sa tafafao ai mani a la uo. E talie lava ma peiseaii la’u faalogo, o taaalo ma faalilie le isi le isi. Na ou faalogo atuua o i lo la potu moe ma sauni aie momoe. Ona ou faato’a moe

ai lea ma le fiafia ona o le fiafiao o’u matua. Peita’i, o la’u moei lea po, sa ou moe te’ite’i mafai foi ni a’u miti e le lelei. O le taeao o le Aso Gafua, 28,1973, na ou ala a’e ai i se aso‘auaoa ma faatimutimu. E le’iala mai lava lo matou tina, onamatou sauni ai lava lea o matouma matou o loa i le a’oga. O leaaso atoa, e ese lava o’ufaalogona. Na ou fo’i mai lea’oga ma ou ulu atu i lo matoufale. “Mama, ua tu’ua le a’oga.” Eleai se tali. O lo matou fale uapei e le ‘aina ma ua malulu. Uaou fefe. Ua tete o’u tino, ma ‘ousavali i le faasitepu ou te alu i lepotu o o matou matua. Oloomatala teisi le faitoto’a ma namafai ona ou vaai atu ai ma taula’u vaai ma iloa atoa ai lepotumoe. “Ma!” Na ou tago atu matatala le faitotoa se’i ou iloa umaai totonu o le potu, ma ou iloaatu ai lo’u tina o taatia mai i laloo le fola o le potu, i tafatafa o lola moega ma Papa. Na outaumafai e fafagu ia, ae le alamai. Ua ou iloa nei ua maliu siou tina. Na ou tuua le potu maou toe alu i lalo. Na ou nofo mose taimi matua umi lava, se’ia ooina taunuu atu lo’u uso matua.Na vaai mai i la’u nofo atu mana iloa ai e iai se mea ua tupu,ona tamo’e ai lea i luga. Na ou nofo ai lava i le potumalolo a o talanoa lo’u tama i le

leoleo. Na ou vaai atu ua sii atue tagata o le taavale a le falemailo’u tama i se fata mofaalavelave faafuase’i. Na o lo’ufaatau pupula lava ma mataumea ia e fai. Ua le mafai foi onaou tagi. Ou te masani lava onaou manatu e le toeaina lo’u tama.A o lea aso, ua matua foligatoeaina lava lo matou tama. Aso Lua, Me 29, 1973. O lo’uaso fanau. Ua sefulutasi o’utausaga. E leai se pese o le asofanau. E leai se keke. Na o lenonofo e aunoa ma se pisa mavaavaai ifo ia matou meaai o folai luga o le laulau lea matou tenonofo ai. Na ou manatu, o lo’u sese! Ana ou vave mai le a’oga, e le otilo’u tina. A na ua ou matua, efaapenei lava o ola lo’u tina. E matua tele lava tausaga o o’umanatu o a’u ua mafua ai ona otilo matou tina. Ua ou mafaufaufoi i le tele o mea sa tatau onaou faia. Ma le mau faamatalagale lelei sa masani ona ou fai ia temama, ae onosai lava. Ua outalitonu nei, ona o au o se tamale usitai, o le mea lea ua faasalaai a’u e le Atua i le aveesea o lomatou tina. O le mea e aupitosili ona ou faanoanoa ai, ua otilo’u tina ou te le’i faatofa iai. Oute le toe lagona le mafanafana olana fusi mai ia te a’u, ma lemanogi manaia o ona uu masausau, ma lona kisi mai ia tea’u, pe a uma ona faa’afu a’u ilo’u moega. I lo’u manatu, o iamea uma ua aveesea e le Atua efaasala ai a’u ona o lo’u le usitai. O le masina o Me 29, 1989 olo’u 27 tausaga lea, ma o lo’u asofanau. Ua ou faanoanoa lava ilo’u nofonofo na o a’u. E le’itoe faafouina lava o’u lagonatalu ona oti tina. Ua oo i lugalo’u ita i le Atua. Ou te tagi maou faatau’e’e i le Atua: “Aisea


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na e ave’ese ai lo’u tina ma a’u?Ou te le fiafia ia oe!” Sa ou nofoi lo’u potu ma ou tagi. Ua le iloale mea e oo iai lo’u ita ma lo’ufaanoanoa ona o le leai o so’utina i lo’u aso fanau. Ua ou


matua misia lava Mama! Ae te’i lava, ua ou lagona epeiseai ua faapulupuluina a’u ese mafanafana uiga ese, ma nilima se lua o opoopoina a’u. Uaou toe lagona le manogi o u’u olo’u tina, ma ona sausau e fiafiaiai. Na ou musumusu ifo,“Mama?” Na ou lagona foi lefaasolosolo o tamatama’i lima io’u alafau, ma o’u mata. Ma le

sasala lava lenei o ona u’u maona sausau ua le te’a. Ona ou faapea ai lea, o lo’utina moni lava lea. O le Atua naou ita iai, o lea ua ia toe auinamai lo’u tina e faamafanafanamai ia te a’u ona ma te le’ifaamavae lelei. Ua ou talitonu nei, oloo faatasimai pea lo’u tina ia te a’u, ma letuua a’u e lona alofa, e ui lavaou te le vaaia o ia. tusia e Stanley D.Moulson faamatalaina e Afemata T. Apelu Aiavao

O le Foa’i e Gata mai ai Foa’i O le mea moni, na matuafoa’iina atu uma lava e LinaPetisi o ia. O Lina Petisi o se faiaogaatamai ma le sogasoga sa manatuo ia a maua sona taimi, na te fiatusia ni ata, paintings, ma ni solo.Peitai, ina ua 28 ona tausaga, onaamata ai lea ona ia faalogoina letiga o lona ulu. Na su’e e foma’ima iloa ai, oloo iai se fula kanesai le fai’ai o Lina Petisi. Na latouta’u atu ia Lina, e tusa na o le2% le avanoa e ola ai pe a faisona ta’otoga. O le mea lea nasoona faatali ai mo se onomasina pe iai se isi suiga. Na iloa lava e Lina e matualelei lava o ia i le tusi ata, paint-ing, o le mea lea, i masina ia eono sa faatali ai, na matuafaasaga atu ai o ia e tusi ana atama ana solo. Na o le tasi lanaata valivali e le’i taulia. E na ole tasi foi lana solo e le’i tauliaae na taulia uma lava le anoanoo solo ma ata valivali na ia faiama faatauina atu i nusipepa. Safaaalia foi i nisi o fale mataaganisi o ana ata valivali. I le faaiuga o le ono masina,ona fai loa lea o lona ta’otoga.

O le po a o le’i faia lona ta’otoga,na ia faatonu ai i lana uili, lefoa’iina atu o lona tino atoa moisi tagata oloo latou mana’omiavaega eseese o lona tino. E le’i manuia le ta’otoga oLina. Ona faataunuuina ai loalea o tuutuuga o lana uili. O onamata, na avatu ma teu i lefalema’i e teu ai mata e faatalitaliai le faaaogaina mo se isi tagata.Na oo ina faaaogaina ona matamo se taule’ale’a i Karolaina iSaute, ma suia ai le olaga o leatama mai le pogisa a’ia’i, i lemalamalama ma le pupula atuma na iloa mea uma sa na le iloamuamua. Na matua lagona le faafetai elenei alii i le na ia foa’iina matamo ia. Na ia tusi ai i le falema’ina aumai mata, e faafetai iai onao ona mata ua maua. Ae fai maile falema’i sa teuina ai mata oLina, o lona lua ai lea o tusifaafetai ua tuuina atu e se isi i lefalema’i, mai tagata e to’a30,000 na fesoasoani iai itausaga ua mavae se’ia oo mai ilea taimi. Fai mai foi le tusi a leneitaule’ale’a, e fia faafetai foi i

matua o le na maua mai ai onamata. Fai mai a ia e le taumateo se aiga lelei fua ina foaiina atue Lina ona mata i lana uili. Na ta’u ane iai e le falema’i i letaule’ale’a le igoa o le aiga, o Petisi.Ona lele ai loa lea o le taule’ale’a i lesetete o Amerika e iai le aiga o Lina. Ele’i ta’ua i le aiga lona alu atu. Natu’itu’i atu i le faitoto’a ae tatalina maie le tina o Lina. Ina ua mae’a onafaamatala e le taule’ale’a poo ai ia male mafuaaga o lona alu atu, onafaaloaloa mai ai lea o lima o leloomatua, ma fusi atu ia. Fai mai leloomatua, “Taule’ale’a, a leai se mea ete moe ai, tatou nonofo i lo matou aigase’ia uma le vaiaso e alu ai.” Ina ua matamata le taule’ale’a ile potu o Lina, na ia iloa ai, o tusiua ia faitau ai, o tusi foi ia sa fiafiaiai Lina e faitau i mata’itusipatupatu a tauaso. O le taeao na sosoo ai, na faapeaatu ai le loomatua, “E te iloa, peilava na ou vaai ia oe i se mea.” Te’iloa ua manatua e le loomatua, matu atu ma alu i le fogafale i luga,ma to mai le ata valivali mulimulilava na valiina e Lina. O le ata o leituaiga tama e fia faaipoipo iai. Ao foliga, e pei uma lava o letaule’ale’a lea ua pupula i mata oLina. tusia e Jack Canfield ma Mark Victor Hansen faamatalaina e A.T.Apelu Aiavao.

O Tagata Aposetolo E foliga mai o fili faale-lotu oUikilifi ua faigata ona faia e setasi o latou se mea ia te ia. Uatalitonu le Ekalesia Katoliko, oUikilifi, o se patele faauuina uataumafai e faia o ia o se “ta’ita’io se pati” poo se vaega. E tele aulotu e faifeau aiUikilifi. Ua ia faamaopoopoinafoi ni ana faifeau ua ia ta’ua o“patele matitiva”, “poor priests”e galulue faaevagelia i alatetele.O le vaega lenei ua a’oa’oinafaapitoa lava e Uikilifi, ma iafaatonuina ina ia latou o atu ivaega i tua o le atunuu, ma laugaatu i soo se mea e mafai onafaalogologo ane ai tagata. O“patele matitiva” nei, e faatauvaalava mea oloo latou tua iai, latoute ‘alo’alo ese ma le ‘oa, ma sala’ei foi i ni lavalava faale-iloga.O nisi o latou ua faauuina, o isie le’i faauuina, ma e leai ma seisi o latou e iai sona sootaga mase aulotu. Ua avea lea ma ala efaigofie ai ona latou o atu i soose mea oloo aupito sili onamana’omia ai latou. E oo mai i lea taimi, o patelele aoaoina lelei, (ignorantpriests) na ona latou faia lava oni tala e faafiafia ai tagata, ae afesili atu ia i latou i ni mataupufaale-agaga, ona latou tuuina atulea o ni tali na ona faafiafia aitagata. A o faifeau a Uikilifi, salatou lauga mai i le Tusi Paia,ma maua ai e tagata lemalamalama ma lefaamafanafanaina. O le tali a Uikilifi ia i latou safaitioina ana faifeau ma lo latoulaugaina o mataupu tau i le Atua,fai mai a ia, a lagona lava e ilatou o se valaau e latou te lauga

atu, o le mea sili lena. Na ia tauaana faifeau o “tagatafaaevagelia” poo “tagatafaaaposetolo”. O i latou nei samalaga i soo se itu o Egelani malatou tetee i faiga le sa’o a leEkalesia Katoliko. Na latoulaugaina atu mataupu silisili maile Tusi Paia, i le gagana emalamalama ai tagata uma ae leo le faa-Latina. E ui lava ua le toe laugaUikilifi, ae sa ia saunia ni tama’itusi mo ana faifeau e latou tetufatufaina atu i tagata. E selauma selau tama’i tusi efaamatalaina ai mataupu mai leTusi Paia, ma lauga, na saunia eUikilifi e fesoasoani ai i anafaifeau. Ae faanoanoa ona e leo maua nisi o ia tusi mai na aso.

O Lana Faaaliga AupitoMata’utia E fia ta’ua ni mea moni natutupu e uiga i le fenumia’i i lelotu Katoliko na tuua’i iaUikilifi. A o taumafai le Ekalesiae faavasega lea fenumia’i, ae uaatili maua ai e Uikilifi nisi meamoni i le mea oloo tupu. O lemea moni, ua ‘apo e le AgagaPaia le mataupu. O le tausaga e 1370, na tupuai se vevesi i le pulega o leEkalesia Katoliko e uiga i le meatonu e tatau ona faamautu ai lepope. O le ‘a le auiliiliina leamataupu. Ae faapuupuu efaapea, sa iai se feteena’iga euiga i le mea tonu e tatau ona iaile ofisa tutotonu o le Vatikano. Ile tausaga e 1309 na siitia mai aile nofoaga mai Roma i Farani.O le mafuaaga autu ona o leaiaina e le tupu o Farani i itu tau

polokiki. Ua fiu le tupu o Faranie totogi lafoga mo le pope, maia manatu ai e mafai ona ia pulealea itu pe a iai le ofisa tutotonu ilona atunuu o Farani. Na ta’ualea e tagata Katoliko “O leTafeaga i Papelonia”. O le mea na oo iai, na toe siitiaane ia Pope Kelikolio XI (PopeGregory XI) i Roma. Peitai e luatausaga talu ona faia lea mea, aeoloo vaeluaina lava tagata e uigai lea faaiuga, ma ua latou filifiliaai ni pope se toalua, o le tasi iAvinona i Farani, ma le tasi iRoma. O ia pope e toalua ua lataufai faaalia foi lo la le faia o seiuga sese (infallible) e pei onatalitonu iai le lotu Katoliko i olatou pope. A ua nofo le isi mafaate’a le isi mai le Ekalesia (ex-communication). Na ta’ua leaeseesega i le Ekalesia o le “GreatSchism”. poo le “Vaeluaga Tele”ona o feeseesea’iga. Na tuua’iaUikilifi o ia na faapogai mai ailea mea. Ona o le tosina atu o manatu otagata i lea Vaeluaga Tele, ua failea ma mea e toe ina a galo aiUikilifi, e ui lava o onatalitonuga lea na tuua’ia e mafuaai le Vaeluaga Tele. Ua avea leliliu ese o manatu o tagata iaUikilifi ma avanoa e faaaogainae ia na te su’esu’eina ai isi seseo le Ekalesia Katoliko mafaalauiloaina. Mai le tausaga e1378 e oo i le 1379, na amata aie Uikilifi ona faavae o lanafaaaliga aupito sili onamata’utia, o se faaaliga e le’ifaalogo lava iai le lalolagi i iaona po. O le a lea? O le TusiPaia ona pau lea o le faavae omataupu silisili uma. I le masina o Mati 1378, natusia ai e Uikilifi lana tusi e ta’uaO le Mea Moni i Tusitusiga Paia(On the Truth of Holy Scripture).Na avea lea ma mea e oso ai i

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Love, Respect and Empoweringthe Women of GodBridge Builders Conference, Apia, Samoa, August 2011

O itulau i le Gagana PeretaniaUa faaopoopo i le Sulu Samoa itulau nei e lima, e lolomiina atu ai i le Gagana Peretania ni pepasa faia i lea lava gagana, i le fonotaga a le Au Fau Alafesoota’i/Alalaupapa - Bridge BuildersConference - sa tauaofia i le Ioane Viliamu i Apia i le masina ua mavae. O le mafuaaga, ona ofinagalo ma lagona oloo faaalia ai i lea gagana, e manatu le Sulu Samoa, e manaia lava onafaitau iai i le gagana na faia ai. E faamalulu atu ai ia i tatou e le lava le malamalama i le GaganaPeretania, ui i lea ua matua toatele lava foi tatou ua lelei le I gi lisi . Faatonu o le Sulu Samoa.

luga i le lagi le matamata ita o leEkalesia Katoliko. Mai lea faavaee tasi - e faapea na o le Tusi Paiaoloo iai le mea moni mo le olaga ole Kerisiano ma mataupu silisili, naamata ai e Uikilifi ona ia faavasegaauiliili faiga ma aoaoga sese oloosalalau i lana Ekalesia Katoliko. Etolu sefulu ma le lua mataupu o leatusi oloo lagolagoina ai le moni male sa’o o Tusitusiga Paia poo le TusiPaia e tuu faafeagai lea ma pepeloo faia e le pulega a le pope. Ua laa atu nei Uikilifi i selaueleele fou o talitonuga tau leEkalesia. faamatalaina e Afemata T. Apelu Aiavao mai le tusi: “God’s Generals” tusia e Roberts Liardon

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THE TEXT: 2 Samuel 21:1-14 The story seems straight for-ward enough. A life threateningproblem arises in the country inthe form of a famine. The kingdoes what any responsible leaderwould do, he makes enquiries asto the cause of the famine. Inthe course of his enquiries, the

king is told by God that the fam-ine is the result of what the pre-vious king is guilty of, a sin thathasn’t been properly compen-sated for. Specifically, the previous kingis guilty of genocide, i.e., themass killing of a minority eth-nic group who are part of thecountry’s population. So it ispresumed that unless properreparations are met, the problemof the famine will continue toendanger the lives of the generalpopulation. Indeed, seven of theprevious king’s descendants areexecuted in public, in order tomake amends for his sin, andhopefully this is enough to avertthe calamity of the famine. Themother of two of the men beingexecuted, is mentioned as pro-tecting the dead bodies from theapproaches of scavenging birdsand animals. Eventually aftersometime, God decides to sendrain on the land, thus ending thefamine. One could say therefore, thatthe story is about how the kingacted decisively and justifiably,to put an end to a crisis that wascrippling the nation and indeed,threatening to kill off many peo-ple who are under the king’s re-sponsibility and care. However,

a closer reading of the storyraises a number of thorny ques-tions that would suggest to usthat it’s not that straight forwardas initially thought. In otherwords, there are certain detailsin the story that demand ourcloser attention and hence bet-ter clarification. For instance: Why has it taken three yearsof famine in the land before kingDavid decides to do somethingabout it? Is this the response ofa leader who is truly concernedfor his people? If the cause of the famine isking Saul’s bloodguilt, why didit not happen during his reign?In other words, should not Saulhave suffered the consequencesof his own wrongdoing? Afterall, the story seems to be mak-ing the point that any wrong do-ing must be equally retributed. There is no record anywherethat tells of the so called geno-cide that Saul is supposed tohave committed. Of course itdoesn’t mean that it didn’thapppen. But it’s intriquing thatan event of such proportions isnot found anywhere in the his-tory of Saul’s reign in Israel. Thestory teller clearly states (v.1)that only David was privy towhat the Lord had to say. Suchdetails can raise our ownsuspiciouns of David’s activitiesand his motives. Is it possible that David, themost powerful man in the coun-try has fabricated the wholething? Of course, the Gibeonites


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never disputed the claim madeby David. Does this prove that David wastelling the truth? We need to be aware of thepower relations that exist be-tween David and the Gibeonites.That is, David is the most pow-erful man in Isarael. TheGibeonites are only a minorityethnic group who live amarginalized life in Israel.Clearly, the Gibeonites would beliving in fear of what king Davidis capable of. Even if David was telling thetruth and is genuinely concernedfor justice, why would he nottake the option of a monetarypayment? Why would he agreeto the brutal killing of seven ofSaul’s sons? For a man of hispower, David could haveavoided any more bloodshed. Is David seeking an opportu-nity to get rid of any future op-position from the descendants ofSaul? Might David be using theGibeonites to carry out his ownpolitical agendas? All these scenarios are possi-ble. Note that the Gibeonitesrefer to Saul as “:the chosen ofthe Lord” (v.6). Obviously theyrecognize Saul as someone whois legitimately chosen by God. The execution of the sevensons of Saul was carried out bythe Gibeonites, but the story-teller doesn’t mention if Davidwas present. It is intriguing thatafter the execution, the bodies ofSaul’s children were let to rot atthe place where they were killed.The scene is quite horrifying tosay the least.

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Why were the sons of Saul notgiven proper burial after execu-tion? Is this some kind of sym-bolic warning? These were sonsand grandsons of the late king.Executed in public and left to roton the ground. This is the great-est form of dishonour and shameaccorded to any human being.Do they not deserve properburial? The king and theGibeonites do not seem to thinkso. Enter Rizbah, the mother oftwo of the sons of Saul. She is aconcubine of Saul and themother of two of his sons. Aconcubine is someone like a de-facto wife, but different from thereal wife. The word translated“concubine” also refers to ayoung maiden. It is quite cleartherefore, that in ancient NearEastern countries, powerful menwere in the habit of taking afancy to some of the youngerwomen who apppeared to bemore sexually desirable thantheir aging wives. May this be true of today’s so-cieties? Of course, these men had allthe power to take. King Solo-mon is said to have married 700princesses, but he still had 300concubines. Rizpah, being a concubinedoes not quite rank her the sameas the king’s queen. But her off-spring still count as sons of theking. Now that king Saul wasdead, her sons would have beenher only hope of survival in aworld where widows are not tookindly looked upon. Here wefind a comparison of extremes,where king David was abso-lutely powerful while Rizpahwas absolutely powerless. But Rizpah does everythingthat she could with the very lit-tle power that she has. That

power, as it turns out, is thepower of the life that she has.Dressed for mourning, she isdetermined to stay with herunburied sons, making sure thatno birds or animals ever gotclose to their dead bodies. Weare not told how long Rizpahtook her lonely vigil. But judg-ing from what the storyteller tellsus, all that was left of the decom-posed bodies were bones. Thismeans that Rizpah must havebeen there for many months. We can only marvel and beamazed, at the strength of thiswoman. Rizpah chooses to dothe only thing she could to hon-our her sons, by identifying her-self with her dead sons and re-maining in solidarity with them,even if it takes her life to do it.It is amazing that this womannever speaks a word, but her ac-tions spoke with an incrediblevolume. What Rizpah does hassuch far reaching effect that evenking David, the most powerfulman in Israel, is moved to do theright thing in the end. King Sauland his sons finally get the buri-als they deserve. What Rizpah has done couldbe understood as staging a silentprotest against the unnecessarykilling of her sons, but alsoagainst the ultimate dishonourthat David and the Gibeoniteshad accorded to Saul and hissons. While everyone was turn-ing a blind eye to David’s politi-cal manipulation of people un-der his power, under the guiseof a theology of retribution,Rizpah risked her life in silentresistance to such abuses ofpower. But Rizpah’s silence is sodeafening, that in the end, eve-ryone could not help but hear hermessage loud and clear, most of faaauau itulau e sosoo ai

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From the Marshall Islands to Samoa:

A Love Story“Love, Respect andEmpowerment ofWomen of God”

(The story of Sarah is a storyof faithful submission)

all, by those who have the powerto do the right thing if they settheir minds to it. Would say that it was Rizpah’ssilent protest that influencedGod’s decision to bring rainagain? At the end of the story, we aretold that God answered the pleaof the land when “all that theking had commanded wasdone”. This would mean thatGod was responding to whatDavid had done. On the otherhand, the rain is first mentionedexplicitly in relation to whatRizpah was doing (v.10) Whatever the case maybe,there is no doubt that when weidentify with Rizpah, we areidentifying with what she stands

for, the struggle for justice, andfor life in this world. We cannothelp but touched by the story ofthis woman. By sharing in herstory, we are at the same timeempowered by her strengh in ourown struggles in life. We live ina world that is not that much dif-ferent from the world of Rizpah.But if Rizpah the powerlesswoman can rise above the limitsof powerlessness, how muchmore can we achieve if we allstand together in solidarity withpeople like her? Rizpah deserves our respectand our love. Do you think sheis a “woman of God”? Afereti Uili, Malua Theological College, 8 August 2011.

My theme today: Submission, thekey of earning love and respect”

There is no going forward/moving forward or progress in asituation of conflict. Peacetherefore is never won throughconflict but only through dia-

logue. Dialogue is only madepossible through submission -the self willingness of eitherparty to surrender its will to thewill of the other. The ApostlePeter cites Sarah as an exampleof a woman of God, who wassubmissive to her husband (1Peter 3:5,6). The Epistle to theHebrews calls her one of theheroines of faith and spiritualbeauty (loving and respectful)Hebrew 1:11. Having to leave home and acountry to come away to a wholenew country and with a man, notof my own country was not go-

ing to be an easy feat. Therewere many reservations and Icannot say I did not fear that themarriage would not last becausethe odds were great against thismarriage. There were too many differ-ences and I could not be naiveabout the truth that looked mein the eye. I may have at somepoint in that time consoled my-self with the notion that “Well,we were going to American Sa-moa” and that because that wasthe dream I was about to give up,America. It is the dream of everyMarshallese girl, a life in Ha-waii, in Los Angeles, even in SanFransisco. It is the appropriatechoice and I am no different.Families live there. MarshallIslands is a U.S. protectorate andthat makes me a U.S. citizen.Language would not be a barrierbut I have to have this man, andwould not ask him to see thingsmy way, I would not dare let himknow I was anything but happyabout going away with him. There is infinity betweenCrazy Love and Loving out ofRespect. I did not want to fallvictim to the former, so I had tobe the “Fall Guy!” I was notcrazy about Solo and Solo wouldhave known and touched otheryoung Samoan women. Solowas committed to what broughthim to my country and when hewalked in to my class and intro-duced himself in his funny ac-cent: “Talofa! My name isSolomona. I am not the King ofIsrael. I am your teacher and Iam from Samoa.” And that wasthat! I could not take my eyesoff him. He was funny. He wasmatured and he was nice andthere was that something thatmade me follow him here. Thatsomething was RESPECT. I


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rather let it be the hidden personof the heart with incorruptiblebeauty of a gentle and a quietspirit which is very precious inthe sight of the Lord....in thismanner the holy women whotrusted God adorned themselvesbeing submissive to their hus-bands as Sarah obeyedAbraham...(1 Peter 3:1-6). But in Submissive to Love,Cherish and Respect our hus-bands, our husbands are alsocalled (by the same spirit thatrequired by God) to submit to theduty of Being Sensitive to theneeds, the fears and feelings oftheir wives (Eph 5:21). In otherwords, husbands are called tobring their own principles andneeds in subordination to thoseof their wives. A silent call inboth woman and man to be sub-missive and I did not doubt thatmy Samoan man would only betoo happy to take care of me.After all, he was a missionary. Sarah had no limits to her Sub-mission. Hers was total andcomplete. She would have hadto have a great amount of temer-ity to leave with Abraham. Shewas Abraham’s half sister (samefather, different mothers). Gen.20:12). She did not have toleave. She was 65 when they leftHaran with 75 year old Abrahamto no man’s land. She did notbelieve in the promise of a child- not at 65 and most certainly,not when she was 80. It wouldhave cost here all here pride as anoble woman (true to her name)to give her married husband a

slave girl so he could have hisnatiion. But that is winning. Ittakes more substance to surren-der than it is to win a conflict ofarms. At the ripe old age of 90,when she was past bearing age,she bore Abraham his great na-tion. She was 127 years oldwhen she died, (Gen. 23) and isthe only woman in the Biblewhose age was recorded atdeath. The prophet Isaiah saidto the Hebrew people: “Look toAbraham your father and toSarah who bore you.” A greattribute to a powerful and noblewoman of God. We have all had to follow dif-ferent paths. We have all had tofind strength from somewhere.At times, even God seemed faraway, and we all had to takegrasp of what we would find atarm’s reach. Even our menseemed unreachable because wehad made them so - they becomeour idols and we would be justsilent admirers, close to almostworshipping our men. And thatis how crazy it can be, it seemsto submit. But we all made thatsacrifice; not by any rule by thatbeautiful surrender to make mar-riage a glorious union of self andspirit. I guess that is the God-thing. I found my strength in emula-tion of Sarah and I would do itagain and again if I have to. Likein the Words of Alexander Pope,18th century English poet: Men, some to business, some to pleasure take But every woman is at heart arake She who ne’er answers tillhusband cools, Or if she rules him, nevershows she rules; Charms by accepting, by sub-mitting sways,

could feel nothing for thisstranger but RESPECT andsomehow I had to find strengthto leave home to follow him. Myheart was on its knees and I hadto give up the search to leavehome to follow him. My heartwas on its knees and I had to giveup the search for consolations.I love what he was and I wouldlive in a shoebox, on the sea orin a forest with this stranger. Iwould be part of his vocation, ofhis dream and of his life. I hadto draw strength from some-where because I would not askhim to compromise his life anddream. I would not take himaway from his SAMOA. I hadto get inside this man’s skin toknow what made him, what hewas so I could make the righttransition. I was prepared to sub-mit to his principles and to sur-render my will into his. Sarah was to be made mymodel woman; she was themodel wife for me. This was the“Well of Strength” I needed andI drew from it. In his Roll Callof the faithful, the writer of theEpistle to the Hebrews listsSarah as one of the spiritualheroines. The Apostle Petercited Sarah as an example of theholy women who had inwardspiritual beauty and were sub-missive to their husbands. (1Peter 3:5-6). “Wives, be submissive to yourhusbands...that they may be wonby your chaste conduct....Let notyour adornment be merely....thehair, the gold and the apparel,


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A Love Story

The poem again reminds us ofour theme: “Love, Respect andEmpowerment of Women ofGod by His Holy Spirit.” A calling from God to be a wifeof a Samoan Faifeau (ChurchMinister) here in Samoa, to be aleader, teacher and a preacher ina foreign country is not an easytask. With different languages,different cultures, values andcustoms, it fills me with anxiety

The Prayer below, was given during the women’s BridgeBuilders Conference - Ioane Viliamu Building - 10 August 2011

Yet has her humor most whenshe obeys.

and uncertainties. However, things that are im-possible by man, is possible byGod, if we do it with LOVE andRESPECT with the HELP of theHOLY SPIRIT. God bless. Annedy Tuatagaloa

(Editor’s Note: The title: Fromthe Marshall Islands to Sa-moa: A Love Story, is by theSulu Samoa, not by the authorof the story).

Almighty God, Creator andSustainer of life, we come be-fore you this morning as faith-ful believers, to praise and glo-rify your Magnificent Name...foryou alone are the God of loveand peace, you alone are the Godof holiness and righteousness,you alone are the God of graceand mercy. However, we understand thatwe are unvorthy of your glory,therefore we ask for the presenceof your Holy Spirit, to comeupon this place and baptize eachand every one of us so, that wemay conduct this worship intruth and reverence for the glo-rification of your name. Giver of life, we praise you foryour protection upon us lastnight, as well as the restorationof strength that you have givenus to fulfill our tasks today, es-pecially for your servants fromBridge Builders who have gath-

ered again this day to fellowshipin your name. Thank you formaking this fellowship possibleand for bringing us together fromdifferent parts of the region andthe world to work for your glory. Loving Father, we magnifyyour name for never abandoningus throughout this year. Al-though we faced adversity andsadness, struggles and difficul-ties, both as individuals and as agroup, you remained the oneconstant in our lives and for thatwe are forever grateful, for youare a faithful and loving God. Mighty God, we thank you foryour many blessings that youcontinue to shower upon us eachand everyday...especially thegifts and talents that you haveblessed us with that have betterequipped us to serve you. Almighty Father, we glorifyyou for calling us into our vari-ous capacities to serve your peo-

ple and your church. Althoughwe are by no means perfect orcomplete servants, but we thankyou and praise you in faith thatthrough your love and grace, weare able to be used for your glory. Lord God, we are grateful foryour Holy Scriptures the light ofour path that continues to en-lighten us about your will. Forthe power of your Holy Spirit ourredeemer and our advocate, thatgives us the courage to serveyou, especially in times whenour faith in you wavers in timesof trouble and temptations, weare forever thankful. Our greatest thanks, is for thesalvation that you preparedthrough the life, death, and res-urrection of your only Son andour Lord and Savior Jesus Christwho gave his life so that we maylive. Unto you be all glory andhonor, now and forever more. Merciful God, we come beforeyou with humble hearts for weare simple and unworthy peoplewho continue to struggle withsin and temptations. Hear ourprayer of confession O Lord. For the times when we werenot fully committed to our call-ing as your servants....when wedid not put forth our full effortsin completing our assigned tasksthat you have called us to workin, Lord God, we humbly prayfor your mercy. For the times when our wordsand actions hurt our fellowbrothers and sisters...when ourpride led us to forget humility,when our stubbornness led us tothink that we are more than wereally are, and when ourselfishess caused us to forget theimportance of love, Lord God,we humbly cry for your mercy. For the sins that we have com-mitted against your Creation, (continued at bottom of next page)


when we treat animals and theenvironment as though we aretheir masters and forget aboutthe importance of life in all yourCreation, Lord God, we plea foryour mercy. For all our sins and iniquities,we pray with hue hearts, that youtake the precious blood of ourLord and Savior Jesus Christ thatwas shed on the cross, to forgiveour sins and lift us back into yourglory in the company of thosewho understand the meaning ofliving truthfully and faithfullyfor you. In and through the nameof Jesus Christ we pray, Amen.

The prayer

O E UA MALILIUMALAEULU TORISE

27 Tesema 1914 - 11 Aperila 2011

Sa soifua mai Malaeulu Torisei le aso 27 Tesema 1914, ae uamaliu i le aso 11 Aperila 2011.Ua 96 tausaga o lona soifua. Saavea ma Aoao Fesoasoani i leaulotu i Lano. O ia o se auaunae alofa ma faamaoni i le galuegaa le Atua. E maliu lava lenei

tama, oloo mafuta pea ma lanaTusi Paia i taimi uma. Ia viia le Suafa o le Alii i lonasoifua tautua i le Ekalesia. Sa ou taitai i ona toe sauniga.Sa faitauina e le Susuga ia AlofaAle, o le Faafeagaiga mai le

EFKS Luua, Faga, le Tusi Paia.O le upu faamafanafana nasaunia e le Faafeagaiga ia VaueliSanerivi, mai le Ekalesia EFKSi Faletagaloa, Safune. Ona faaiulea o ona toe sauniga i lonaoliolisaga tumau i Moanaloa, iLano lava. “Aua o lo’u ola, ua ia Kerisolea, a o lo’u oti, o lo’u manuialea.” Manuia lau malaga, tama. Terry Faiga F.S. Lano.

Naomi Su’ena6 Iuni 1937 - 19 Aperila 2011

O le tiakono tamaitai - EFKSTula’ele. Na soifua mai i le aso

6 Iuni 1937, maliu i le aso 19Aperila 2011. O ona matua oTagi Tiitii le tama a o Feula Tagile tina. Na soifua a’e i le afioaga oPapa Sataua. Na faaipoipo iaSu’ena Muia’a ma tutupu mai aise fanau e 12 ma fanau a fanau emaua ai tagata e 60 na tutupu maii le tina. O ia ma lona tausoga oTulelei Maposua pau ia otiakono tina o lenei aulotu. Nafeiloa’i ma Naomi ma le fanau ile amataga o le 1996 ina uamalaga mai Savaii ma alala i lolatou fanua i Talimatau. O letagata e masani e auauna magalue mo le Alii ona e le’inofoa’i pe faatali ina ua to’aitaunuu ae na ulufale ma auaunaloa i le Atua ma lana Ekalesia. Na fai ma usufono tina i leFono Tele 2004. Na fai mateutupe o le Mafutaga a Tina i le1999. E to’afilemu lonasoifuaga, e le sii soo ae ‘anoa onamanatu pe a faaali. E ui i le limavaivai i le faato’a taunuuaemaise si ona aiga tau faato’a,ae tauivi lava ma galue i le meae gata ai lona mafai. E lagalagai mea lelei aemaise i leatiina’eina o le aulotu atoa leMafutaga a Tina. E loto i legaluega a le Atua ma fai mealelei. E toaga i sauniga lotu, o

Mafutaga faa-pulega iPotopotoga ma Tofiga, atoa mamea e fai a le Matagaluega. Enaunau i lana fanau ia to’a’aga ile lotu, le A’oga Aso Sa,Aufaipese ma le Autalavou. Etumu i le faaaloalo ma lotomaulalo, ai lava foi o lanaaoaoga lea i lana fanau ona epua’iina mai lava i a latou amiolea uiga lelei. O se tina faamaoni, e le na oupu a o galuega ma faatinoga.Na te faamuamua le Atua malana galuega, e lima foa’i mafaitaulaga mo le galuega a leAtua. E alofa ma agalelei i lefaifeau ma lona aiga i ala eseeseo lana tausiga. Ai lava uafaafiafiaina lona loto ona ua i aisa na taulaga tagata mo legaluega a le Atua ina ua faaiuinale taumafai o le alii A’oa’o oOkesaita ma Feula Iosia mai leKolisi i Malua. O lona toe sauniga na faia lavai le malumalu i Tula’ele i le aso3 Me 2011 i le 10am. Na oumolia lona tino maliu i totonumo lona toe sauniga ma ta’ita’ile sauniga. Sauileone Tanoi -A’oa’o Malua na faitau le TusiPaia. Tatalo Iosefa Afutiti FS.,lauga Nukulaelae Iati FS ma



Amuia Seuala FT. aua se upufaamafanafana mo fanau ma aigaua tuua. Na molimau lona tuagane oLesa Tagi Makesi, ma le faletua

Naomi Su’ena

O E UA MALILIUo Feula Iosia, e fai ma sui o lefanau, atoa ma la’u molimau ilona soifua faaleagaga. O pesena saunia lava e lana aufaipese iTula’ele ma faaiu ai i lonaoliolisaga tumau i lona aiga iTalimatau. Na ou taitai i lea sauniga mafaatofa atu ai ia te ia i le pese e268 - Talofa Uso e, tofaina oe.

Tofa! Tofa! Tofa! O mea uma o lana auaunagamo le Alii ua lelei ma matagofie,ia avatu ia e fai ma taulaga emalie i ona luma ma viia ai lonaSuafa e faavavau. Ia manuia le malaga tina. Faamalo le galue.

Faauuga Mata’utia FT.

Toeoletitooaana IpuMalamamailagi Toaitiiti

28 Novema 1940 - 18 Aokuso 2011

O le afioga i le tiakono uasilafia lava e tagata i lona suafao Toe. Na soifua o ia i le aso 28Novema 1940, ae na faamanavae le Atua ana feau i le aso 18 oAokuso 2011. O ia o se auaunasa tautua ma le faamaoni i lonaaiga, i lona nuu ma lana Ekalesiai Laulii. O ona toe sauniga sa faia lavai le malumalu EFKS i Laulii olana Ekalesia sa pele ia te ia i leAso Faraile 2 Setema 2011. Ole A’oa’o i’u mai Malua o KoriaMatamua sa faaulufaleina le sao le tina, o le faafeagaiga iaMaselino Sului o le EFKS iFugalei na saunia talosaga, o lefaifeau Aso Fitu Tutoatasi nafaitauina le Tusi Paia, ae o leTiakono Katoliko ia AmetoUlugia na faia le upufaamafanafana. O au lava sataitai ma saunia le molimaufaaleagaga. O Tupuola Levi namolimau e fai ma sui o le fanau,o Serafina Leniu na fai ma sui o

le Mafutaga a Tina. Peitai sa telelava molimau na fofogaina i leafiafi o le Aso Lulu 31 o Aokusoi le sauniga faaleaiga sa faia i lemalumalu EFKS i Fugalei. Fai mai le fanau ma lona aigao se tina saua, o se tina ote i letau atiina’e o lona aiga mai i leleai o se mea seia oo i le mea uaiai nei. O le sefe lava i le maketisa moe ai le tina e atia’e ai lanafanau ma tautua ai lona aiga malana Ekalesia. O se tina e ofoofotetele ma se tina e foliga e lealofa tusa lava ia te ia pe matitivalana fanau, ae ia maua lava semea e tali ai le tagata o saili maiia te ia. Aua o lana lea anava tausa soifua ai, ‘aua nei foi fua setagata o saili mai ia te ia’. Safaamaonia lea soifuaga e letoatele o ana uo mai le maketi,aua peiseai o i sa iloa ai e le teleo tagata, ma o le molimau foi leaa ana uo e tuu uma lava e Toe isimea o faia ae faamuamua le meana saili mai ai. Ae o le faaaligalava foi lea o le tele o lona alofa,ma le faamaoni o lona alofa, maua avea ai lea ma mea ua osia aile aiga ma le tele o tagata e leaini o latou sootaga ma le tina. Fai mai le matai o lona aiga, ole tina fai aiga lelei, o le tinalototele, e le manao lava i se meae faaletonu. O lea foi le molimaua le Mafutaga a Tina na saunoaiai le faletua o le Sa’o Faapito iaSerafina Leniu, o se tasi o tinalagalaga i mea lelei. Sa avea oia ma se tasi o tino matua i leitupa o tamaitai, ma ua latou faia

nei se galuega lelei o le asia omatua tausi a le Ekalesia ma foainai meaalofa mo i latou i masinataitasi. Na faaautu le molimaufaaleagaga i upu a Paulo “ou tefaagalogalo i mea ua tuanai, oute momo’e punoua’i i lelumanai.” Aua foi e ui i le tele oaso ma tausaga o le tina sa soifuama ola ai ae ina ua fai ma tiakonoi le masina o Aperila 2004peiseai ua le aoga ia tausaga etele, peiseai o lona manatu faatoaaoga lea o lona ola mo le Alii.Fai mai Paulo ina ua ou mauaKeriso ua manatu o otaota meauma lava. Sa taupati e galue i letiakono e oo mai i le taimi nei,aua pe gasegase e na te iloainalava lona masina tautu, e oo atuiai ua malosi. Aemaise lava foiAso Sa taitasi i le aoina o le foaia le Ekalesia. Sa agai le lauga a le Tiakonoia Ameto i le upu a Luka,“Amuia le manava na fanau maiai oe aua e sili ona manuia o efaalogo i le Afioga a le Atua.” Pita Toleafoa F.S. Laulii.

Taito Faleni Faamitai19 Iuni 1937 - 28 Mati 2011

O Taito o se tasi o tiakonomatua o lenei Ekalesia. Natuumalo o ia i le aso 28 o Mati faaauau itulau e sosoo ai


O E UA MALILIU feagai le faifeau ma le malologa. O le Susuga i le A’oa’o i’u maiMalua ia Koria Matamu nafaaulufaleina le sa o le tama i lemalumalu, o le Afioga i leTiakono o le Ekalesia Katolikoia Ameto Ulugia na sauniatalosaga ae o le Susuga ia PatoloMatalasi o le faifeau o leEkalesia Faapotopotoga a leAtua na saunia le upufaamafanafana. O le faletua iaLeati Taito Faleni na molimau ile la mafutaga ma le tama, ae ole tamaitai ia Moana Moefaauona fai ma sui o le fanau emolimau i le latou mafutaga male tama. Na saunoa foi le Susugai le faafeagaiga ia Iosefa Uilelea,o le lupe faalele a le aiga malenei Ekalesia e molimau e fai

ma sui o ona aiga. Sa saunoafoi le Afioga i le Sa’o Faapito iaLeniu Avamagalo e molimau efai foi ma sui o le nuu, ae o leSusuga i le A’oa’o Fesoasoani iaTuautu Kalepo na saunia lemolimau faaleagaga, aemaise olona soifua galue i le Ekalesia. O le Susuga lava ia LavilaviSoloi na saunia le upufaamafanafana mo le tina ma lefanau ma aiga ua tuua aemaise ole Ekalesia ona o le valaau a leAtua i le tama ma lana auaunatiakono. O le faafeagaiga lavafoi ia Lavilavi na taitai i ona toesauniga i lona oliolisaga tumauma faamavae atu ai i le pesefaatofa a le Au Kerisiano. Pita Toleafoa F.S. Laulii.

Mauasamoa ToloaGautusa

1 Ianuari 1927 - 27 Iuni 2011

O se tasi o tina matua o leneiEkalesia. O se tasi foi o tinatalosia o le Ekalesia, ae o se tasifoi o tina sa tapuai tatalo i lonamaota mo feau feagai ma lanafanau, o lona aiga, o lona nuu malana Ekalesia. Na soifua mai oia i le aso 1 Ianuari 1927, ae nafaamanavaina e le Atua ana feaui lona aiga i Laulii i le aso 27Iuni 2011 ina ua 84 tausaga olona soifua. O se tina sa fai ma vaaiga i lonaaiga aua sa faufautua ma tuualalo

i matai ma e o tausia le aiga auao ia o le tasi o toe tagata o lanatupulaga i le aiga faatasi ma leuso pele e toatasi o soifua pea iaTaumalua Vaele, sa matua foi iaile tuu i le Ekalesia aua ua loa foitausaga o galulue ma le tama uafai i lagi le folauga i le tofi o leA’oa’o Fesoasoani. O ona toe sauniga na faia lavai lana Ekalesia EFKS i Laulii. Oau lava na taitai, o le A’oa’o i’umai Malua ia Koria Matamu nafaaulufaleina le sa o le tina. Olona uso matua ia TaumaluaVaele o le toe tagata foi lea o onauso ma tuagane na molimau e faifoi ma sui o ona uso ma tuagane,o le faletua o le A’oa’oFesoasoani ia Mutaaga Pritchardna molimau e fai ma sui o lefanau, o tina ia Siniva maLeituala na molimau e fai ma suio fanau a uso ma tuagane ma ena malaga mai atunuu mamao,ae o le A’oa’o Fesoasoani iaTuautu Kalepo na fai ma sui o leaiga aemaise o suafa o tausia leaiga, ae o le faletua o le Sa’oFaapito ia Serafina Leniu na fai

ma sui o le Mafutaga a Tina i leEkalesia EFKS i Laulii emolimau lona soifua galue i leMafutaga a o maua le malosi. O le molimau faale-agaga naou saunia. O se tina Kerisiano,aua na faaofia i le Ekalesia i leaso 1 Oketopa 1957, na fai matiakono ma le tama o le aiga iaGautusa i le aso 22 Mati 1966,ae na talia foi ma fai ma A’oa’oFesoasoani i le tausaga e 1978.Na maliu le tama o le aiga i le1978 ona fai toatasi ai lava lea ole galuega e oo mai i le taimi navalaau mai ai le Matai. Galuega matagofie ia i luma ole Atua ua faamanuiaina ai lefanau ma le aiga, ua o latou laeima pale i manuia o galuega satautiga ai le tina. O le ala nafaaautu ai le molimau i upu a lePese a Solomona 3:11: “Tamafafine o Siona e, o atu ia inamatamata i le tupu o Solomonama le pale na faapaleina ai o ia elona tina i le aso na faiava ai oia, le aso foi na fiafia ai lonafinagalo.” Aua foi o nafa tausi o

2011 ina ua tusa ma le 72 otausaga o le soifua. O ona toe sauniga sa faia lavai le malumalu o le EFKS i Laulii

i le aso 7 o Aperila 2011. O leSusuga ia Lavilavi Soloi o leEFKS i Letogo sa taitaia lona toesauniga ona o le taimi lea o

faaauau pito i lalo itulau e sosoo ai


soo se tina o lana fanau. E atagiai le fanau le lelei ma le matagofieo faiva alofilima o se tina. O le faifeau ia Patolo Matalasio le Faapotopootoga a le Atua iLaulii na saunia talosaga, ae ole Afioga i le Tiakono Katolikoia Ameto Ulugia na saunia le

feau faamafanafana. Na saunoale Afioga i le Tiakono i upu o letusi o Faaaliga o i latou na omaii le puapuaga tele, ua ta foi olatou ofu ma ua faasinasinaina olatou ofu i le toto o le Tama’iMamoe. O le mea lea ua latou iluma ai o le nofoalii, e le toe ooia i latou se mea tiga. O la Iesu, le auauna lelei e, male faamaoni, ina ulufale maia i

le fiafia o lou Alii. O au lava foina taitai i ona toe sauniga i lonanofoaga mau, ma o matoufaatofa foi i le pese faatofa a leAu Kerisiano. Tofa tina manuialau malaga. Pita Toleafoa FS., (LAULII)


Lolofie Taule’ale’ausumaiEti Enosa

28 Iuni 1941 - 31 Iulai 2011

O E UA MALILIU

O LolofieteleTaule’ale’ausumai Dr Aird HillEti Enosa, na soifua mai i le aso26 Iuni 1941, ae maliu i le aso31 Iulai 2011. O ia o le suitaitaifono a le EkalesiaFaapotopotoga Kerisiano Samoai Alafua. O se tasi o tiakonomatua o lenei aulotu. O seauauna e ese le tu malosi i mea efai, toe faamaoni i le faatinoga oona tiute. O ia o le tasi o foma’iua leva ona galue i leMatagaluega o le SoifuaMaloloina. Na avea o ia mafaatonusili o le matagaluega o leSoifua Maloloina, i le 1994-2004. Sa fai o ia ma faauluulugao le Oceania University of Medi-cine i le 2008 seia oo i lonamaliu. E tele komiti a le Malo,ma le Soifua Maloloina, nataitaifono ai. O se auauna e teletaleni, ma agavaa na foa’i iai ele Atua. O ona matua o Toloa Enosa,Faifeau Toeaina, ma MutaagaVae’au. Na faaipoipo ia SusanaMuavao. E toalima le la fanau,ua faaipoipo uma, e toasefulutasile fanau a le la fanau. Ua aveanisi o lana fanau ma o latou

taitoalua ma faifeau, o fomai, maavevaalele, ma ofisa maualulugao le Malo, ma faalapotopotoga. O ia o se tama e to’aga e una’imai lana fanau, ma lona aiga i lelotu, ma mea e fai a le aulotu tusalava pe maualuga tulaga o iai. Eto’aga i lotu, toe faitaulaga, elima mafola i le alofa i le faifeau.

Na faaofia Lolofie Eti Enosa ile Ekalesia i le 1960, ae fai matiakono i le 1979. Sa lolotu muamua i le EkalesiaPorotesano, ae na faavae loa leEkalesia i Alafua, o mai loamatou lolotu. O Lolofie Eti Enosa o lemeaalofa a le Atua ia Susana, lefanau, o aiga, o le nuu, le atunuu,o le Malo, ma le Ekalesia. Emaliu Lolofie ua atoa le 70tausaga o lona soifua. O lona sauniga faaleaiga, safaia i le malumalu EFKS iAlafua, i le Aso Lulu 3 Aokuso2011 i le 2pm. Taitai le Susugaia Amosa Reupena ma faifeau ole aiga. O lona toe sauniga, o leAso Tofi 4 Aokuso 2011 i le

10am. O au sa taitai, o PeteruSeiuli sa faaulufaleina le pusamaliu. O molimau, o le tina iaSusana, o Mutaaga Faalogo lonaafafine matua, o FatialofaTuilaepa Sailele le sui o le aiga,ma Vaeau le tama matua, o LeaoApulu Tuitama sui o leMatagaluega ma le Malo,Namulauulu Nuualofa Potoi suio le Sosaiete a Fomai, ma le peseaualofa a le Oceania Universityof Medicine. Faitau le Tusi Paia e EsekiaPeneueta F.S., o le tatalo o LeasoTupai F.T., lauga o Lale IeremiaF.T., Taitaifono a le Ekalesia, maMisipalauni Faatau F.S.molimau ma le faaopoopoga a letaitai. Sa faatumulia toe sauniga o letama, sa auai le Ao o le Malo male Masiofo, o taitai o le Malo male atunuu, aemaise o faauluulugao Ekalesia Kerisiano. Ona faaiuai lea o lona toe sauniga i lonanofoaga mau i lona aiga iLotopa. O la le Matai, le auaunalelei e, ma le faamaoni, na efaamaoni i nai mea iti, ou te tofiaoe e pule i mea e tele, ulufale maiia i le fiafia o lou Alii. Faamaise ma faamafanafana leAgaga o le Atua, i le tina iaSusana, le fanau, le aiga, le malo,ma le Ekalesia, ona o le toesea,o le tama peleina ma lemafutaga. Tavita Anesone F.T. Alafua.

The Christian is a personwho makes it easy for

others to believe in God.

O le Aso Tofi, aso 25 ole masina ua mavae, nafeiloa’i atu ai le SusugaOlav Fykse Tveit , o leFailautusi Aoao o le Fonoa Ekalesia o le Lalolagi(The World Council ofChurches) i le Afioga i leAo Mamalu o le MaloTutoatasi o Samoa, leAfioga i le Tui Atua TupuaTamasese Efi, i lona maotai Tuaefu. Na malaga maile alii Failautusi Aoao malona faletua e auai i lefaailogaina o le 50 Tausagao le Fono a Ekalesia o lePasefika (Pacific Confer-

faaauau itulau e 2

O LE SULU SAMOA O LE NUSIPEPA FAA-LE-LOTU NA FAAVAEINA I LE T.A. 1839

EKALESIA FAAPOTOPOTOGA KERISIANO SAMOA

FAAVAEINA 1839 SULU SETEMA 2011Faatonu: Ph. 27881, Cellphone: 7715037 -Main Office: Ph. 24414 - website: www.cccs.org.ws

“My family is ecumenical: I’mCatholic, my wife is LMS (EFKS),the daughter of a pastor, and myhousehold is Methodist, and I’mliving in a Methodist household;I’m the custodian of this Meth-odist household.” -His Highness the Head of StateTui Atua Tupua Tamasese Efi, inhis talk with the General Secre-tary of the World Council ofChurches, Mr Olav Fykse Tveit.

ence of Churches) lea na faia ile Kolisi i Malua i le amataga ole masina nei o Setema. O le Ofisa o le Fono a Ekalesiao le Lalolagi e i Sineva le laumuao Suiselani. E tele mataupu tau i le EkalesiaKerisiano i le Lalolagi na oo iaitalanoaga a le alii failautusi male Ao Mamalu o le Malo o Sa-moa. Aemaise o faafitauli olootulai mai i le Ekalesia i Europa,

Sasae Tutotonu, Asia ae tainanele Pasefika. Na oo ane foi le la talanoaga ile itu tau ekiumeni, (ecumenical)poo le galulue faatasi o EkalesiaKerisiano o le Lalolagi. Ma ena faasilasilaina ai le aliiFailautusi Aoao e Lana Afioga ile Ao Mamalu o le Malo, o lonaaiga, e matua faaalia ai lava leagaga o le ekiumeni, ona o ia ole Katoliko, o lona faletua o le

Auai mai le Failautusi Aoao o le WCC i le 50tausaga o le Fono a Ekalesia o le Pasefika

O le ata o nisi na auai i le faamanatuina o le 50 o tausaga talu ona faavaeinale Fono a Ekalesia o le Pasefika i Malua.i le tausaga e 1961.


O LE LAUGATusi Faitau: Mataio 20:17–28

Matua : Mataio 20: 28E pei o le atalii o le tagata e leisau ina ia auauna mai tagataia te ia, a ia auauna atu ia

Manatu Autu: O Ierusalema leaai o osigataulaga. O le masina lenei o lo ofaamanatuina ai le 181 tausagao le taunuu mai o le talalelei iSamoa. O le vaitau foi ofaigataulaga a le Ekalesia mo anagaluega faamisionare, i lelalolagi ma Samoa.Ua manatu aie fia faamamafa le olaga faaositaulaga, o se isi o feautaulogologo o le tala o le malo ole Atua, mo ona tagata. Afai esaili le mafuaaga o le tele o mealeaga e tutupu ia Samoa ma lelalolagi, e tasi lava le tali, o leagasala o le manatu faapito,faaloloto, matapeapea, e afua aile amio le tonu, le fai mea piopio,faamasinoga le amiotonu, e faima ala e tutupu ai le olaga mativao tagata, e afua ai ona i ai isitoatuga e pei o misa, gaoi, talepefale, ma isi tagata e tele lava, uafeagai pea ma le laloalgi a leAtua. O Ierusalema o le aai na mauae Tavita le tupu ma fai ma aai e

ositaulaga ai le nuu, mo le Atua,aua ua ogatotonu i ai upu fai o lemalo ma ona tagata, a ua faavaeai foi le malumalu e fai mafaailoga o le Atua nonofo pea maIsaraelu. E ui o le aai mulimuliane na faatoilaloina mafaatafunaina, ona o le amioleagaa le nuu, ae sa toe atiae. E afiomai Iesu o i ai le aai, peitai o leaai foi lea na saunoa i ai le Alii ofaamauina e tusitala o le tala olona soifua, e oo mai le aso emalepe ai, ona o le olaga agasalaa le nuu. A o le aai o le osigataulaga ale tupu tautaua. O le taualuga leao le tele o lona malosi ma lonatautaua, na aea ai le aai fai maitagata sa Iepuse, o le aai e leoleoe pipili na tauaso, ona o lemalolosi o ona pa, ma lonatulaga a’e gata e le fili. A ua oomai le tupu, ona aea lea ma faima nofoaga e ogatotonu i ai lenuu na filifilia e le Atua. OIerusalema la o le aai o leosigataulaga a Tavita ina ua aveama tupu filifilia, ma avea o ia matupu tautaua o le nuu o le Atua,na folafola i ai e faavavau lounofoalii. Tiga le leaga o isi tupumulimuli ane o e na tupuga maiia te ia, a e na tumau pea le afiogaa le Atua ia Tavita, ona o lonaalofa i le tagata maualuga lonaosigataulaga mo le Atua. Lea ua faamatala e Mataio le

gafa o Iesu e fesootai ma le tuputautaua. O lea ua afio mai le Alii,ma foliga i le tala a le tusitala, olana galuega e faaiu i Ierusalema.Lea ua taulai nei lana vaai iaIerusalema le aai, e taunuu i ailana feau. O lea ua ia ta’u atu iona soo, faauta o le a tatou o ae iIerusalema. A o lea ua manatule ausoo, ma e na mulimuli ia teia, o le’a alu o ia e faatu lonamalo i Ierusalema. O se mea uamatua mamao lava ma la latouvaai, o le ala lea o le tutupu omea e pei ona taua mulimuli ane,o le fia avea ma tagata saofa’i. O le mea na manatu i ai leausoo uma, a o lea ua faaleo e letina o le fanau a Sepetaio, ina iaalofa Iesu ma faanofo ana tama,o le tasi i lona itu tauagavale malona itu taumatau pe a oo inafaatu lona malo. A ua tautino eIesu e le faapea lona malo, o letagata fia sili ia fai ma tagataauauna, o le fia muamua ia faima tagata tautua.

1. O Ierusalema o le aai ole osigataulaga

O le mea lea na le mamate i ai lenuu o Isaraelu, aua ua ese letulaga ua latou faamoeme ai moIsaraelu. Ua le avea ma aai o leosigataulaga faapei ona faia eTavita lo latou tama, e fai ma aai

alo o le faifeau LMS/EFKS, olona auaiga i Tuaefu e Metotisi,ma oloo nofomau o ia i le aigaMetotisi i Tuaefu. Ma o lonauiga foi la, o ia e vaaia lonaauaiga Metotisi. Na malaga faatasi mai le aliiFailautusi Aoao ma lona faletua,ma le tamaitai mai Samoa o

Faautu Faitala Talapusi, o se tasio tagata faigaluega i le OfisaTutotonu i Sineva o le Fono aEkalesia o le Lalolagi, le ofisasa faigaluega ai lona tama o Rev.Faitala Talapusi, ua maliu. O le Aso Lua o le vaiaso nasosoo ai, na auai atu ai le Susugai le Failautusi Aoao o le Fono a

Ekalesia o le Lalolagi, i leamataga o le faamanatuina o le50 tausaga talu ona faavae o leFono a Ekalesia o le Pasefika.O lea faatasiga e atoa le vaiaso etali malo ai le EkalesiaFaapotopotoga Kerisiano Sa-moa. (E faasolosolo atu i le SuluSamoa o Oketopa, tala o leaFono sa faia i le KolisiFaafaifeau i Malua)


Auai mai le Failautusi Aoao o le WCC i le 50tausaga o le Fono a Ekalesia a le Pasefika


O LE LAUGAe atiae ai le tausisia o le tulafono,a ua fai ma aai e solia le tulafono.Ua le o le aai e fai ai le tapuaigamamalu i le Atua, ua i ai foi maisi atua, ua ifo i ai isi tagata. Ole aai e gaosi ai le nonofo leleima le aloaia o tagata, a ua fai maaai e fai ai le solitulafono, ma leamioletonu i le nonofo lelei ouso. Ua avea nei ma aai o lematapeapea ma le tuinanau. O lenuu e amanaiaina le tagata e letaualoa, ma vaivai, a ua avea manuu e solipala e ua vaivai. Mafai ma mea e saili i ai le manuiamaua o le aumaumea, ma taitaio le nuu. O le mea moni o le ala lea nafaatoilaloina ai Ierusalema, onaua le maua i ai le faamoemoe mole tagata osigataulaga, a ua faima mea e nofonofo ai leaufaitaulaga ma le au faatalitalitaulaga. Ua avea ma aai e atiaeai le manuia o le au faitaulaga.O le ala lea na ia tautala sa’i aiia Ierusalema, Ierusalema e,Ierusalema e, o le fetogi iperofeta, ua leva ona ou manaoe faapotoptoo ia te oe, e pei o lemoa ona ofaofatai o lana toloai,a ua le mafafai outou. Aua ua ele iloa le aso ua asi ai oe. O Samoa o le nuu uaosifeagaiga ma le Atua, ua i aifoi lana anava tau, o tagata male laueleele e ositaulaga i le Atua.Tau lava ina toe faamanatu atupe o moni pea lea tala mo le nuu.Le lotu sei vaai lelei lou tiute ole faamanatu ma logo lesiufofoga faaperofeta o le Atua,ina nei o tatou nofoai, a ua ifaitotoa le malaia, e pei ona tupuia Ierusalema. Sei apoapo leatunuu, ua i ai mea faatupumala,ua amata ona taliaina, ina ia toesasaa le fafao, i le faautaga male moe. A o lou tofi nei o tatou

pei o soo, le fia saofai foi e pei oalii sili, ae galo le feau o lefinagalo alofa o le Atua.

2. O le osigataulaga a Iesuna faaiu i Ierusalema

Ua leva ona faailoa e Iesu i onasoo, le tuuina atu o ia i lima o leauositaulaga ma taitai o le lotuIutaia. Aua o le mea lea na afiomai ai, a o alu malie le malagafaatutu i Ierusalema, a ua fiaaoao pea o ia, i le uiga o lonaafio mai, o le malo o le Atua mauiga o le malo o le Atua, ma e efai i le malo o le Atua. Ina iaaoaoina ai ona soo. O letaunuuga lava lea o lana feau, nafaaiu i le taulaga na osia, natautau ai i le laau, i tua pa oIerusalema, ona o le lalolagiagasala.

O le uiga lea o lana feau iona soo, afai e fia sili ia fai matagata auauna, afai e fia muamuaia fai ma tagata tautua. O le alalea ua faasino mai e Keriso, inaia mafai ona iloa e ona soo. Eleo le fai ma alii sili, pe fai mapule, pe fai ma tagata taitai, a ole tagata e fia mulimuli ia Iesuia fai ma tagata auauna. Ia fai matagata tautua.

E faitio le lalolagi ifaifeau, ona ua manatu ua aveale galuega ma ala o le sailigamanuia mo le tagata. A ua galolea feau o le finagalo alofa o leAtua. Sei toe tilotilo ane pe le omoni lea gagana ia i tatou.

3. Ia ola le Ekalesia i leolaga faa ositaulaga

E le i finagalo lava le alii inaia tatou o mai e fai ma tagatamaumea, ma fai ma tagatamilionea i le lalolagi. Pe fai foima tagata faaputuputu mea i lanalalolagi. Ia fai ma tagata tautuama auauna. O le feau foi lea mo

le Ekalesia ia fai ma tino faauaule osigataulaga a le Alii i lel a l o l a g i Aua tatou te faalogo fua i talaa isi tagata, pe faaitiitia lousoifua ositaulaga, ona o lefinagalo o le Atua. O lo o telepea ana feau e fia faia, mo onatagata vaivai, le tagolima,matitiva, sei toe vaai i laugaluega faapapai atu mo i latouna e manaomia lau fesoasoani.O nisi o galuega moomia mo lefinagalo o le Keriso. Tuu ia nisifale tetele ua lava na fale, ae seitilotilo ane i nisi o moomia lefesoasoani, e pei o tagatamatitiva. O au taulaga o lo o faia,o le finagalo lea o Keriso molana Ekalesia faapapai atu loualofa i e ua manaomia. O le Ekalesia a le Alii, e moona tagata mafatia, ua toatele leau mafatia i Samoa, e le ona o lefaitaulaga soo e afua ai, e le onao le lotu foi e afua ai, a ona o leolaga faimamago, matapeapea,amioletonu, o le faiga o letamaoaiga o le lalolagi. Ona o leala o saili ai e le au mau mea inaia faatele a latou mea, e afua aiona i ai le mativa. Le Ekalesia olau lea galuega, ma le ala o louositaulaga, ina ia alofaina e uamafatia. Ua leva lou ositaulagai aoga, fai pea, ua e alofa i emamai ma mafatia, toe vaai nisiala e ala ai lau osigataulaga, mole Alii ma lona finagalo. Ia manuia tele lou soifuaauauna mo le Atua ma ana feau.

Enefatu Lesa FSTanoalei’a Vaivase Uta.

ABalanced DietWe are what we eat. You can eat for

happiness or sadness. food is life, andpeople should have a balanced diet. Youcan exercise for 1,000 years, and if youdon’t eat the right food it doesn’t mean

a thing.(Charles Atlas)


To’atolu Faifeau Faauuina eavea ma Misionare i Jamaica O le Aso Lulu, aso 24 o lemasina nei, na faia ai i leMalumalu o le “Taimane o leVasa Loloa” i Apia, le faauuga ofaifeau e toatolu ua filifilia eauina atu e fai ma misionare iJamaica ma Cayman Island. O i latou ia o le Susuga PeniMeaalofa F.S. ma le faletua iaFaataualofa; Susuga RisatiNoaese F.S. ma le faletua iaImoa; Susuga Richard LealofiF.S. ma le faletua ia Tauese. Sa taitaiina le sauniga e leSusuga i le Taitaifono o leKomiti a le Au Toeaina, leSusuga i le Toeaina Faatonu iaPeleti To’ailoa. O le Susuga iaPeleti To’ailoa, oloo tausia leaulotu EFKS i Fairfield i Sini, i

le Matagaluega a Niu Sauelese,Ausetalia. Sa auai foi nisi o leaufaigaluega a le Atua i leasauniga: le Sui Taitaifono leSusuga Tautiaga Senara ma nisio Toeaina, faifeau, ma nisi o aigama uo a i latou ua filifilia nei eavea ma misionare i atunuumamao. Fesili le taitai o le sauniga, “Ole a le uiga o lenei taeao? Uafaaea Keriso ia outou, e o e faile galuega. Ia o mai ina o, o ooutou mama na. Ia fai outou mafaaaoao.” Na faaee aao o toeaina i luga oulu o i latou ia, faamanuia atuiai, ma apoapoa’i. O le sauniga foi lea na tuuina

atu ai o latou Tusi Faifeau, uaavea i latou ma faifeau o leEkalesia FaapotopotogaKerisiano Samoa, ma o le afaaaogaina ai e sosoo ma o latousuafa mata’itusi, F.S. “O ma o matou loto na!” o lefaalototele lea a le Susuga i leToeaina o Peleti To’ailoa. O le malumalu i Apia e fai ailava le sauniga o le faauuina mafaapa’iaina o faifeau e auina atui le galuega faamisionare. Ua leva e le’i toe auina atu nimisionare i Jamaica, ona ua teleina faia lava le galuega latou etagata o le atunuu. A o lea uatoe mana’o mai i ni faifeau, a oni faifeau e iai ma nisi o latoutomai e mafai ona faaaogaina mafesoasoani ai i nuu o le a galulueai. Tomai e pei o le faakamuta,fai eletise, palama ma isi..

A’oa’oga mo e Faufautua maFesoasoani i e Mafatia (Counselling) O le masina ua mavae na faiaai i le Fale o Tupulaga i Mulinuuse a’oa’oga mo i latou o le afaaaogaina e le Ekalesia mo anagaluega fesoasoani o lefaatalatalanoa o tagata mafatia. O lea galuega e masani lavaona faia i taimi ina ua mae’a sefaalavelave e pei o le mafui’e male galulolo i le masina o Setema2009 i Samoa nei, ma nisifaalavelave faapea. Ae faaaogaina foi e fesoasoanii tagata o iai ni o latou mafatiagaua le mafai ona latou fo’ia e latoulava. Na aofia i ia aoaoga mataupunei:*** tausiga a le faifeau (poo seisi tagata o le Ekalesia) ma lanafaufautua (pastoral and counsel-

ling);*** tomai i faalogo i faafitauli(listening skills);*** o le faanoanoa ma le maliu(grief and loss);*** o faigata ua oo iai (crisisexperiences);*** ulugalii (couples)*** sauaga (abuse). Na faasilasilaina nisi e uiga ilenei aoaoga, ma valaauina inaia auai pe a fiafia iai, ae le’ifaamalosia. O le vaiaso muamuae toatele lava i faifeau matiakono ma aoao. A o le vaiasolona lua, na faaopoopo atu ai mafaletua o faifeau. E tusa o le to’a40 i le 50 i latou na auai. O le na taitaiina lea aoaoga ole alii faifeau o Rev. Dr. GeoffPrentice, o se volanetia mai le

Ekalesia Tuufaatasi a Ausetalia,Uniting Church of Australia, olea Ekalesia ua tuu faatasi ai leMetotisi, Perepereane ma leFaapotopotoga talu mai letausaga e 1977. Ua tusa o le 30tausaga talu ona faia e le SusugaRev. Prentice lea galuega o lecounselling. O ia, ma lonafaletua o Makerita, e mai le GoldCoast i Kuiniselani i Ausetalia.Sa fai foi ni tautalaga a lea aliifaifeau i nisi o pulega a leEkalesia, talu ona taunuu mai iSamoa nei i le faaiuga o lemasina o Me i le tausaga nei. A o galue le Susuga GeoffPrentice i le aoaoga, a o le taimilea na faiaoga ai lona faletua i leKolisi i Maluafou i le aoaoina ole Igilisi i le Y9 ma le Y10. O le aso 12 Setema 2011 e toetaliu atu ai le Susuga Geoff male faletua o Margaret Prentice ilo la aiga i Ausetalia.


Suesuega i le Tusi Paia:

O le Tusi a IakopoFaatomuaga: Ua saunia lenei pepa i le agagamaualalo, e lagona ai pea lefaatauvaa i luma o le Atua,aemaise o le e’e faafofoga o leneipotopotoga. Peitai o lea ua faatule ‘au’au, a o se faasoa tatou tevelo ‘aso ai faatasi, talitonu o lea tamaoaiga ai lenei mafutaga. O le tusi lenei a Iakopo, o sefeau tuusao o se tali ua fauinafaapitoa mo lona taimi ma onafoi faafitauli, pei ona faasino ile Ekalesia ma sauaga i le ulua’isenituri. O lona uiga o leamanatu, e le tau faia iai sefinauga pei ona fai i tusitusiga ale aposetolo o Paulo i le lautelema le loloto o le mataupu silisili.

Tusitala ma lona taimi Talu ai ona o Iakopo o se igoae taatele i le Feagaiga Fou, o semolimau sili ona faatuatuaina ile na tusia lenei tusi, oloofaamauina i le Mataio 13: 55-56,e le o le atalii ea lenei o le tufuga,e le o Maria ea le igoa o lona tina,o ona uso foi o Iakopo ma Iosefama Simona ma Iuta? O lefilifiliina foi o soo o le Alii, e leo ta’ua, e le o ni uluai aposetolope o le sefululua o soo filifilia.Oloo tau vavala mai semafaufauga latou te lei taliainale valaaulia o Iesu, pe a fua i lalatou upu na fai i le Alii. Ioane7: 3, ‘ia e tuua lenei mea, ma iaalu ane i Iutaia, ina ia vaavaaiatu ou soo i au galuega e te faia,aua e leai se tasi e fai faalilolilose mea pe a mana’o o ia i le fiafaaalia o ia, afai ua e faia ia mea,ia e faaalia oe e oe i le lalolagi.Aua o ona uso foi latou te le’italitonu ia te ia.’ E ui lava ina

faanoanoa uluai molimau o leneitusitala, ae ua molimau nisifaamaumauga, (extra biblicaltraditions) faapea o Iakopo leIutaia faatuatua, o le naseri maile manava o lona tina, e le inu ise uaina e le latalata i se aano omanu, o lona lavalava o le ielino. Peitai, o le toetu manumaloo le Alii, ma se faaaliga na faaaliiai Keriso ia Iakopo, 1 Korinito15:7, na liliu ai o ia e fai mamolimau faamaoni o lona Alii.O lana finau i taitai o le lotuIutaia, ma lona latalata i e limavaivai, ma le sauaina e le au mautofi, na to iai e le Ekalesia lonamatupalapala. O Iakopo leamiotonu (James the Just). Nafaaeaina Iakopo ma filifilia ai eavea ma taitai o le Ekalesia iIerusalema, seia oo ina oti faa-maturo i le 62 tausaga o le Alii, ile fautuaga a Ananua leositaulaga.

Faafitauli ma lona tali E feauga le tulai mai o leneiaposetolo, ma le feagai oIerusalema ma faafitauli ogaoga,ua mamafa lafoga a Herota leSili. Ua faaitiitia foi eleele saumia saoloto e Iutaia. Ua utiutiai avanoa mo nai fai faatoaga esaili ai fesoasoani mo le olaga iaso fai soo. O le toatele uagalulue faa-auauna mo le aumautofi, o i latou ia o iai letamaoaiga. Ua faasolo ina sauama le amiotonu le pule. Uafaapipii atu le au mautofi o lelotu, i le malo tele mo lo latoulava lelei, a ua faatuatuana’i i lemativa ma le auauna. Ua le tauiafoi le faigaluega e tusa ma lanaauaunaga. O se gasegase faigata,

e le gata mo le tapuaiga faa-Iutaia lava ia, a ua aafia ai foima le faatuatua o le Ekalesia aIesu Keriso. Ua fai le lagalagao manatu i lea vaitau mafaapogai o le faatulai ai o se teteetele, na faama’ite e le Au Selotaagai i le malo tele o Roma, i letalitonuga, ua na o le Atua e puleaoao i mea uma lava e oo i eleele.I le 66, na amata lenei vevesi seiaoo ina tau le taua tele, mafaatoilaloina ai Iutaia, lemalumalu ma ona pa i le 70tausaga o le Alii. I le faitau atula i le tusi lenei, talafeagai leleimea ia ua tutupu ma le feau aIakopo “pe a to le tuinanau,ona fanau mai lea o le agasala,matua le agasala, fanau mailea o le oti” - Iakopo 1:15 A o le faamoemoe tupito lavaia o le aposetolo, o le tuufaafeagaiina o le mauoa, leamiotonu, ma lonafaamaualaloina. Pei o se fuga olaau ua au ‘ina velasia mamaalili, faasolo ina mamae mafaaumatia lona matagofie. O i latou foi ua sauaina ma faa-matitivaina e toe faaeaina mafaamaualugaina 1: 9-11. A o laIesu “pe se a le aoga i le tagatana te maua le lalolagi, aemaumau ai le ola”. A o se laugafoi faala’ei’au mo le Ekalesia inaia finafinau i le tatalo, ia mauale poto o le Alii, e malo a itofotofoga o le faatuatua 1: 5-8.O le onosa’i, pei ona onosa’i ole au perofeta, o Iopu ma leKeriso, atoatoa ai le alofa i leAlii, 5: 7-11. A o la le aposetolo,tatalo, onosai, aua ua latalata leafio mai o le Alii 5: 8-9.

O le fesili faatupu manatu &upu mulimuli Ina ua liliuina Iakopo i le toetumanumalo o Keriso e fai maaposetolo o le Tala Lelei, o ana faaauau itulau e 7


O le Tusi a Iakopouluai upu na faamauina. “OIakopo o le auauna a le Atua male Alii o Iesu Keriso”. a ua le ose uso pei o uluai faamaumauga. Pe le o le faapogai lea o le teleo faafitauli ma sauaga ua tau lemaua ni fofo, ona ua tele ina

tatou vaai faauso, a ua le o niauauna a le Atua ma le Alii o IesuKeriso? Ma le faaaloalo tele. Talalelei Tuafafo F.S. EFKS MulinuuMafutaga Apia Sisifo 2011

Sina ‘Oto’otoga o pepa na faiai le Fono a Tina o Alafesoota’i(Bridge Builders Conference)

O le manatu autu nafaamamafaina i le fonotaga:“Love, Respect and Empower-ing the Women of God” - O leAlofa, Faaaloalo ma leSauniunia o Tama’ita’i o le Atua. O le tusi sa faaaogaina safaaautu iai saunoaga, o le 2Samuelu 21: 1-14. Fai mai, ua tula’i mai se ogetele e ono aafia ai le soifuamanuia ma le saogalemu o lenuu. Ona fesili ai lea o le tupu oTavita pe se a le mafuaaga o leaoge tele. O ana suesuega nafaaali mai ai e le Atua, e mafuaona o le agasala a le tupu na lasosoo, o Saulo lea, e le’i faia i aise mea. Aemaise lava, o leagasala o le tupu i lona fasiotiao ni tagata se toatele, mai tagataoloo aumau ai i Isaraelu. O lemea lea, a le faia iai se mea, o lea faaauau pea le oge ma lamatiaai le soifua o tagata o le nuu. Na oo ai ina faasalaina i le otinisi se to’a fitu na tupuga mai ile tupu o Saulo, ina ia tauia ai lemea na faia e Saulo, ma le

faamoemoe, o le a avea lea mamea e uma ai le oge. Oloo ta’uae faapea, o le tina o ni tama seto’alua na fasiotia, na nofo ailava ma ia vaavaaia tino oti olana fanau ne’i te’i ua tau atu iaimanu felelei ma manu vaefa fiaaai ma latou faaleagaina. Ina uate’a se taimi, ona filifili ai lea ole Atua, e faatoto ifo timuga inaia uma ai le oge. E mafai ona tatou manatu o lemea na faia e le tupu, na mafuaina ia muta ai le faafitauli lea uaaafia tele ai le nuu, ma onomaliliu ai se toatele o tagata e ilalo o le vaaiga a le tupu, i lematelaina i le fia aai. Peitai a tatou auiliili atu i lemataupu, ona tatou iloa ai lea, ele faigofie. E tele ni fesili e tula’imai. Muamua, aisea lava nafaatali ai Tavita se’ia atoa le toluo tausaga o oge ona ia faato’asailiili ai lea i le mafuaaga masu’e ai se togafiti? O se gaoioigaea lea a se tupu e manatumamafa i ona tagata? Afai foi o le mafuaaga o le oge

ona o le fasiga tele na faia eSaulo, aisea na le faataunuuinaai a o soifua Saulo ina ia amo aie ia lana lava sala? E foliga maiua le pa’u tonu le sala i le naagasala. Peitai, e leai se faamaumaugao se fasiga tele na faia e Saulo.Ae le faapea ai e le’i faia e Saulose fasiga. Ae mata’utia lavalenei mea ona e le o ta’ua lava itala o le nofoa’iga a Saulo. Aemanino mai foi e na o Tavita lavana na iloa le finagalo o le Atuana faaali mai. E tau masalosaloai ma fesiligia nisi o mea na faie Tavita ma lo latou mafuaaga. Mata e le’i fafauina e Tavitalenei mea? Ui lava i lea, e le ofesiligia foi e le ‘au Kipeona lefaaaliga na faia e Tavita. O lonauiga ea la e moni le faaaliga nafai e Tavita? E tatau ona tatou malamalamai le mafana o le va o Tavita male ‘au Kipeona. O lona uiga, oTavita o le tagata aupito malosilea i Isaraelu. O le ‘au Kipeona,o tagata o se ituaiga o tagata eseoloo nonofo ai i Isaraelu. O lonauiga foi la, e nonofo ma lefaaeteete ma le fefefe nei tagatai se mea e ono faia e Tavita pe afaaletonu se latou laa. Afai foi la o tautala i le sa’oTavita, ma oloo naunau foi o ia ile amiotonu, aisea na ia le taliaai le togi tupe o le sala? Aiseana ia malie ai i le fasiot iafaamo’amo’a o atalii e to’afituo Saulo. Ona o ia o se tagatalauiloa lona malosi ma lana pule,na ono mafai lava ona ia ‘alo esemai le faamasaa o le toto i lefasiotia o atalii o Saulo. Poolona uiga ea oloo taumafai Tavitae soloiesea se avanoa e onofaatautee mai ai ia te ia i latou etupuga mai ia Saulo i se aso olumana’i? Poo ua faaaoga foi eTavita le ‘au Kipeona e faaauau itulau e sosoo ai

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Sina ‘Oto’otoga o pepa na faiai le Fono a Tina o Alafesoota’i(Bridge Builders Conference)faataunuu ai ana fuafuagafaapolokiki. E ono moni uma lava iamanatu. Matau mai, e ta’ua etagata Kipeona ia Saulo “o le nafilifilia e le Alii”. - f.6 O lonauiga latou te talitonu o Saulo nafilifilia lava e le Atua i alaaloa’ia. O le fasiotiga o atalii e to’afitua Saulo na faataunuuina lea e le‘au Kipeona, ae le’i ta’ua maiae le tala pe na iai Tavita. Efesiligia foi le mafuaaga na tuuai lava i le mea na fasiotia ai tinooti o tama ma leaga ai lava. Ose vaaiga mata’utia lea mea.Aisea na le tanu leleia ai tino otio le fanau a Saulo? Poo sefaamata’u ea lenei mea na fai?O fanau tama nei ma fanau afanau a le tupu ua mavae. Nafasiotia i luma o tagata mafaataatitia ai e leaga ai pea. O sefaamaasiasiga ma se faalumainaanoanoa’i lea e faia i soo setagata. Sa le tatau ea ona tanulelei latou? E talitonu e le’imanatu iai Tavita faapea tagatao Kipeona e tanu lelei tagata.. Ona tula’i mai lea o Risepa, ole tina o atalii e to’alua o Saulo.O ia o se tasi o le ‘au taunonofoa Saulo, poo le palake e pei onata’ua i le Tusi Paia, ma o le tinao ona atalii e to’alua. O le ‘autaunonofo o ni ava ia efaaopoopo atu i le to’aluafaaipoipo. O le tu i atunuu ia ila ona po, e masani lava onamana’o le tane i tamaitai talavoue laiti atu i lona to’aluafaaipoipo, ona avea ai lea o latou

o le ‘au taunonofo, a o lea lavaoloo iai le ava faaipoipo. O ta’ita’i ia, e pei o tupu e iaiSaulo, oloo ia i latou lava le pulee faia ai lea mea. Fai mai nafaaipoipo Solomona i purinisesee to’a 700, e le faitaulia ai lana‘au taunonofo, poo palake, e to’a300. O Risepa, e le tutusa lonatulaga i luma o le tupu, ma letulaga o le masiofo aloa’ia a letupu. Ae ui lava i lea, o sanafanau, e ta’ua lava ma aloa’ia ole fanau a le tupu. O lea la ua otiSaulo i le taua, na o le tasi lefaamoemoega o Rispa, o lanafanau lea e to’alua. E tulagafaafesaga’i le malosi o le pule ale tupu o Tavita, ma le tulagamalapaga oloo iai Risepa na tele mafaia se mea. Tasi lava lemea oloo ia te ia, o le malosi ole ola, lona ola o ia te ia. Ua ofunei o ia i ofu o le faanoanoa, maalu atu ua nofonofo ai i lanafanau ua feotia ua le tanua, maleoleo ne’i faaleaga e ni manufelelei poo ni manu vaefa. E leo ta’u maia pe o le a le umi nanofo ai Risepa ma leoleo tinomaliu o lana fanau. Peitai tatoute iloa i faamatalaga a le autusitala, na o ponaivi na totoe ao leoleo lava e Risepa. O lonauiga, o ni masina se tele naleoleo ai e Risepa lana fanau. Sealofa ina a tele! Tatou te maofa i le malosi o lealofa o lenei tina. Ona pau lavalea o le mea o totoe ia te ia, o lenofo ai ma leoleo tino oti o lanafanau, tusa lava pe uma ai foi ma

lona ola. A o le mea na ia faia,na oo atu ona tala ia Tavita, letagata aupito malosi malogologoa lana pule i Isaraelu.Na oo ifo i lagona o Tavita leuiga o le mea na fai e Risepa,ma oo ai ina tanu lelei Saulo maona atalii i tuugamau. O le mea na fai e Risepa, o lefaaaliga lava lea o lona tetee eaunoa ma se upu i le mea na faie Tavita ma le ‘au Kipeona, efaalumaina ai Saulo ma lanafanau. O lona tetee foi lea i lesoona faaaoga o le pule sa iaTavita, e ui lava na te le’i tautalaiai. E leai sona leo, ae na lagonae tagata e toatele le leotele o lemea na ia fai. Mata e le o le teteele leoa lea a Risepa na mafua aiona auina mai o timuga e le Atua,ma toe lanulau’ava ai le fanuama toe fua lelei ma oo ina mutaai ma le oge? O le fuaiupu e 10oloo ta’ua faatasi ai Ripeka malana nofonofo i tino oti o lanafanau, ma le oo mai o timuga mauma ai le oge. I se isi faauigaga,o Risepa na mafua ai ona oo maio timuga ma uma ai le oge. O le mea na faia e Ripeka, etatou te auai faatasi foi i lo tatoutetee atu i mea le amiotonu e faiae tagata i lo tatou olaga. O lelalolagi oloo ua tatou iai nei, etai le eseese lava ma le lalolagisa iai Ripeka. Afai e mafai eRipeka, e tatau foi ona tatoumafaia. E to o tatou pulou matatou faaalia le alofa ma lefaaaloalo ia Ripeka ma le meana ia faia, anamua anamua lava. (‘Oto’oto mai le pepa na faiae le Pule o le Kolisi Faafaifeau iMalua, Susuga Afereti Uili, i leFono Faavaomalo: “Love, Re-spect and Empowering theWomen of God”, na tauaofia ile Ioane Viliamu - 8 Aokuso2011).


Fono a le “Au Fau Alalaupapa”Bridge Builders Conference O le Fono Faava-o-malo o leBridge Builders Conference,(Fono a le “Au Fau Alalaupapa”,poo Alafesoota’i, sa usuia lea ile potu fono o le Ioane Viliamu iApia i le masina ua mavae. Etusa o le to’a fitusefulu i latouna auai i lea fonotaga, maiatunuu o le Pasefika ma isi i fafoatu o le Pasefika. E tasi le vaiasoo lea fonotaga. O le manatu autuo le fono, o le LOVE, RESPECTAND EMPOWERMENT THEWOMEN OF GOD. E toatele atunuu Kerisiano ole lalolagi e auai i lenei fonotaga.e pei o Taiwan, Kanata, Iapani,Ausetalia, Niu Sila, Niue,Vanuatu, Fiti, Aferika i Saute,Hawaii. Peitai e le’i auai mai iaTonga ma Fiti. Na uluai faavaeina lenei Fonoi le tausaga e 1965 i Niu Sila,ma e sa auai atu iai ni tina mai leEkalesia FaapotopotogaKerisiano i Samoa i lea uluaiFonotaga. Fai mai le saunoaga a leTaitaifono Faava-o-malo o leFono, le faletua iaSeataatamailagi Faulalo RopatiTiatia, na foi mai tina na auai male fiafia i mea na latou maua ilea fono. Ona amata mai ai leae i latou na, ona faaaoga ia faigama fuafuaga ia latou foimafutaga i Samoa nei e faaleleiaai lo latou foi soifuaga ma lelatou auaunaga i i tagata oleEkalesia.. O le uluai taimi lenei ua faiamai ai i Samoa nei lenei fono eta’i tolu tausaga ma fai. O lefono e sosoo ai, o le a faia i NiuSila. O mataupu e talanoaina i fono,o mataupu lava oloo aupito sili

ona ogaoga i le soifua o tagatamai lea taimi i lea taimi.Mataupu ia e iai le AIDS,sauaina o t ina ma tamaiti,faatauga o tamaiti mo faigafaasolitulafono, laau ma vailaaufaasaina. E o mai lava le atunuuia ma a latou mataupu ogaoga,(burning issues) e talanoaina i lefono ma tau saili ai ni fofo, onafo’i lea i o latou atunuu mafaaaoga ia latou taumafaiga. Sa fesiligia foi e le fono poofea o iai le Ekalesia Kerisiano ao tutupu mai nei mea? Poo le ale mea o fai e le Ekalesia ifaafitauli ogaoga o tula’i mai ilea taimi i lea taimi. E tetee le fono i le faatagainafaale-tulafono o mea e pei o letalitane (prostitution). O letalitonuga o le fono, ua tele lavaina salu i lalo o le kapeta, e pei olea upu, ia nei mataupu ogaogaae le faia iai se togafitiga. Na momoli le faafetai a leFono a le Au Faualafesoota’i(Bridge Builders Conference) iai latou nei:1. Susuga Lale Ieremia FT(Taitaifono EFKS 2010-2011)2. Ekalesia FaapotopotogaKerisiano Samoa.3. Susuga Dr. Iutisone SalevaoFS. (Failautusi Aoao EFKS)4. Susuga Kuatemane UlutuiFS., (Teutupe EFKS).5. Susuga Binary Reupena(Taitaifono MFT EFKS).6. Mafutaga Aoao a Tina EFKS.7. Council Mission.8. Pacific Council of Churches.9. Dr. Afereti Uili FS. (PuleKolisi Faafaifeau- Malua)10. Faiaoga Kolisi Faafaifeau -Malua.11. Mafutaga Tina Matagaluega

Vitoria (Ausetalia)12. Mafutaga Tina MatagaluegaHawaii13. Susuga Utufua Naseri FS.ma le Autalavou i Apia.14. Susuga Dr Taipisia LeiluaFS ma le Autalavou i Moataa.15. Susuga Apelu Lelevaga FT.ma le aulotu i Tuanai.16. Susuga Larry TofaeonoWilliams FS.17. Susuga Faapaia Tariu FS.18. Nusipepa o le Observer.19. Le Vai Company.20. Digicel Company21. TAS Catering22. Bluebird Lumber and Hard-ware23. West End Company (LimaOsasa)24. G&M Bakery25. Elisa Hotel26. Amanaki Hotel27. Apia Central Hotel28. Le Uaina Beach Resort29. SUNGO30. Komiti Galue Mafutaga aTima EFKS31. Volunteers32. Susuga Fua Lelevaga(Failautusi Aoao MFT, EFKS(BBIN)33. Susuga Laumata PereliniSoti (Sui Peresitene BBIN)34. Susuga Taiaopo Naseri(Teutupe BBIN). Na faaalia lava le agagafaafetai tele o le Afioga i leTaitaifono o le Fono, SusugaSeataatamailagi Faulalo RopatiTiatia, ia i latou uma nafesoasoani mai i soo se mea,aemaise le itu tau tupe, na mafaiai ona faataunuuina le fonotagalona ono a le Bridge BuildersInternational Network i Samoanei.

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Na ou ola a’e i se aiga e peilava foi o le tele o isi aiga i lomatou nuu, ma o’u uso e to’aluama tuafafine e to’alua foi. E uilava e le tele ni tupe a lo matouaiga i na aso, ae ou te manatua e‘ave soo lava matou e o matoumatua i pikiniki, tafaoga, imatafaga oneone. O lo’u tina o se tagata alofa matausi lelei matou lana fanau. Etele lava foi ina vave ona ofo atulana fesoasoani i soo se isi omanaomia, ma e foi soo mai lavai lo matou fale ma se tama’i pusipoo se maile ua leiloa. E ui lavae to’alima lana fanau, ae maualava ona taimi e fesoasoani ai isoo se tagata. A ‘ou toe tepa nei i tua i aso olo’u talavou, ou te manatua o’umatua e le o se tamaloa ma sefafine ua to’alima se la fanau, aepei o se tama ma se teine faato’afaaipoipo ona o o la uiga faaaaliao le alofa o le tasi i le isi.. O leao, o le taimi lea o le aso e la tevaaia ai matou, ae a oo i le po, olo la taimi lea mo la’ua lava. Ou te manatua sa ou ta’oto ilo’u moega i se tasi po. O le AsoSa, 27 Me 1973. Na ou ala a’eai ma o’u faalogoina o’u matuao fo’i mai i lo matou fale, matalanoa fiafia lava ma talie. Fo’ifiafia mai le mea sa tafafao ai mani a la uo. E talie lava ma peiseaii la’u faalogo, o taaalo ma faalilie le isi le isi. Na ou faalogo atuua o i lo la potu moe ma sauni aie momoe. Ona ou faato’a moe

ai lea ma le fiafia ona o le fiafiao o’u matua. Peita’i, o la’u moei lea po, sa ou moe te’ite’i mafai foi ni a’u miti e le lelei. O le taeao o le Aso Gafua, 28,1973, na ou ala a’e ai i se aso‘auaoa ma faatimutimu. E le’iala mai lava lo matou tina, onamatou sauni ai lava lea o matouma matou o loa i le a’oga. O leaaso atoa, e ese lava o’ufaalogona. Na ou fo’i mai lea’oga ma ou ulu atu i lo matoufale. “Mama, ua tu’ua le a’oga.” Eleai se tali. O lo matou fale uapei e le ‘aina ma ua malulu. Uaou fefe. Ua tete o’u tino, ma ‘ousavali i le faasitepu ou te alu i lepotu o o matou matua. Oloomatala teisi le faitoto’a ma namafai ona ou vaai atu ai ma taula’u vaai ma iloa atoa ai lepotumoe. “Ma!” Na ou tago atu matatala le faitotoa se’i ou iloa umaai totonu o le potu, ma ou iloaatu ai lo’u tina o taatia mai i laloo le fola o le potu, i tafatafa o lola moega ma Papa. Na outaumafai e fafagu ia, ae le alamai. Ua ou iloa nei ua maliu siou tina. Na ou tuua le potu maou toe alu i lalo. Na ou nofo mose taimi matua umi lava, se’ia ooina taunuu atu lo’u uso matua.Na vaai mai i la’u nofo atu mana iloa ai e iai se mea ua tupu,ona tamo’e ai lea i luga. Na ou nofo ai lava i le potumalolo a o talanoa lo’u tama i le

leoleo. Na ou vaai atu ua sii atue tagata o le taavale a le falemailo’u tama i se fata mofaalavelave faafuase’i. Na o lo’ufaatau pupula lava ma mataumea ia e fai. Ua le mafai foi onaou tagi. Ou te masani lava onaou manatu e le toeaina lo’u tama.A o lea aso, ua matua foligatoeaina lava lo matou tama. Aso Lua, Me 29, 1973. O lo’uaso fanau. Ua sefulutasi o’utausaga. E leai se pese o le asofanau. E leai se keke. Na o lenonofo e aunoa ma se pisa mavaavaai ifo ia matou meaai o folai luga o le laulau lea matou tenonofo ai. Na ou manatu, o lo’u sese! Ana ou vave mai le a’oga, e le otilo’u tina. A na ua ou matua, efaapenei lava o ola lo’u tina. E matua tele lava tausaga o o’umanatu o a’u ua mafua ai ona otilo matou tina. Ua ou mafaufaufoi i le tele o mea sa tatau onaou faia. Ma le mau faamatalagale lelei sa masani ona ou fai ia temama, ae onosai lava. Ua outalitonu nei, ona o au o se tamale usitai, o le mea lea ua faasalaai a’u e le Atua i le aveesea o lomatou tina. O le mea e aupitosili ona ou faanoanoa ai, ua otilo’u tina ou te le’i faatofa iai. Oute le toe lagona le mafanafana olana fusi mai ia te a’u, ma lemanogi manaia o ona uu masausau, ma lona kisi mai ia tea’u, pe a uma ona faa’afu a’u ilo’u moega. I lo’u manatu, o iamea uma ua aveesea e le Atua efaasala ai a’u ona o lo’u le usitai. O le masina o Me 29, 1989 olo’u 27 tausaga lea, ma o lo’u asofanau. Ua ou faanoanoa lava ilo’u nofonofo na o a’u. E le’itoe faafouina lava o’u lagonatalu ona oti tina. Ua oo i lugalo’u ita i le Atua. Ou te tagi maou faatau’e’e i le Atua: “Aisea


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na e ave’ese ai lo’u tina ma a’u?Ou te le fiafia ia oe!” Sa ou nofoi lo’u potu ma ou tagi. Ua le iloale mea e oo iai lo’u ita ma lo’ufaanoanoa ona o le leai o so’utina i lo’u aso fanau. Ua ou


matua misia lava Mama! Ae te’i lava, ua ou lagona epeiseai ua faapulupuluina a’u ese mafanafana uiga ese, ma nilima se lua o opoopoina a’u. Uaou toe lagona le manogi o u’u olo’u tina, ma ona sausau e fiafiaiai. Na ou musumusu ifo,“Mama?” Na ou lagona foi lefaasolosolo o tamatama’i lima io’u alafau, ma o’u mata. Ma le

sasala lava lenei o ona u’u maona sausau ua le te’a. Ona ou faapea ai lea, o lo’utina moni lava lea. O le Atua naou ita iai, o lea ua ia toe auinamai lo’u tina e faamafanafanamai ia te a’u ona ma te le’ifaamavae lelei. Ua ou talitonu nei, oloo faatasimai pea lo’u tina ia te a’u, ma letuua a’u e lona alofa, e ui lavaou te le vaaia o ia. tusia e Stanley D.Moulson faamatalaina e Afemata T. Apelu Aiavao

O le Foa’i e Gata mai ai Foa’i O le mea moni, na matuafoa’iina atu uma lava e LinaPetisi o ia. O Lina Petisi o se faiaogaatamai ma le sogasoga sa manatuo ia a maua sona taimi, na te fiatusia ni ata, paintings, ma ni solo.Peitai, ina ua 28 ona tausaga, onaamata ai lea ona ia faalogoina letiga o lona ulu. Na su’e e foma’ima iloa ai, oloo iai se fula kanesai le fai’ai o Lina Petisi. Na latouta’u atu ia Lina, e tusa na o le2% le avanoa e ola ai pe a faisona ta’otoga. O le mea lea nasoona faatali ai mo se onomasina pe iai se isi suiga. Na iloa lava e Lina e matualelei lava o ia i le tusi ata, paint-ing, o le mea lea, i masina ia eono sa faatali ai, na matuafaasaga atu ai o ia e tusi ana atama ana solo. Na o le tasi lanaata valivali e le’i taulia. E na ole tasi foi lana solo e le’i tauliaae na taulia uma lava le anoanoo solo ma ata valivali na ia faiama faatauina atu i nusipepa. Safaaalia foi i nisi o fale mataaganisi o ana ata valivali. I le faaiuga o le ono masina,ona fai loa lea o lona ta’otoga.

O le po a o le’i faia lona ta’otoga,na ia faatonu ai i lana uili, lefoa’iina atu o lona tino atoa moisi tagata oloo latou mana’omiavaega eseese o lona tino. E le’i manuia le ta’otoga oLina. Ona faataunuuina ai loalea o tuutuuga o lana uili. O onamata, na avatu ma teu i lefalema’i e teu ai mata e faatalitaliai le faaaogaina mo se isi tagata.Na oo ina faaaogaina ona matamo se taule’ale’a i Karolaina iSaute, ma suia ai le olaga o leatama mai le pogisa a’ia’i, i lemalamalama ma le pupula atuma na iloa mea uma sa na le iloamuamua. Na matua lagona le faafetai elenei alii i le na ia foa’iina matamo ia. Na ia tusi ai i le falema’ina aumai mata, e faafetai iai onao ona mata ua maua. Ae fai maile falema’i sa teuina ai mata oLina, o lona lua ai lea o tusifaafetai ua tuuina atu e se isi i lefalema’i, mai tagata e to’a30,000 na fesoasoani iai itausaga ua mavae se’ia oo mai ilea taimi. Fai mai foi le tusi a leneitaule’ale’a, e fia faafetai foi i

matua o le na maua mai ai onamata. Fai mai a ia e le taumateo se aiga lelei fua ina foaiina atue Lina ona mata i lana uili. Na ta’u ane iai e le falema’i i letaule’ale’a le igoa o le aiga, o Petisi.Ona lele ai loa lea o le taule’ale’a i lesetete o Amerika e iai le aiga o Lina. Ele’i ta’ua i le aiga lona alu atu. Natu’itu’i atu i le faitoto’a ae tatalina maie le tina o Lina. Ina ua mae’a onafaamatala e le taule’ale’a poo ai ia male mafuaaga o lona alu atu, onafaaloaloa mai ai lea o lima o leloomatua, ma fusi atu ia. Fai mai leloomatua, “Taule’ale’a, a leai se mea ete moe ai, tatou nonofo i lo matou aigase’ia uma le vaiaso e alu ai.” Ina ua matamata le taule’ale’a ile potu o Lina, na ia iloa ai, o tusiua ia faitau ai, o tusi foi ia sa fiafiaiai Lina e faitau i mata’itusipatupatu a tauaso. O le taeao na sosoo ai, na faapeaatu ai le loomatua, “E te iloa, peilava na ou vaai ia oe i se mea.” Te’iloa ua manatua e le loomatua, matu atu ma alu i le fogafale i luga,ma to mai le ata valivali mulimulilava na valiina e Lina. O le ata o leituaiga tama e fia faaipoipo iai. Ao foliga, e pei uma lava o letaule’ale’a lea ua pupula i mata oLina. tusia e Jack Canfield ma Mark Victor Hansen faamatalaina e A.T.Apelu Aiavao.

O Tagata Aposetolo E foliga mai o fili faale-lotu oUikilifi ua faigata ona faia e setasi o latou se mea ia te ia. Uatalitonu le Ekalesia Katoliko, oUikilifi, o se patele faauuina uataumafai e faia o ia o se “ta’ita’io se pati” poo se vaega. E tele aulotu e faifeau aiUikilifi. Ua ia faamaopoopoinafoi ni ana faifeau ua ia ta’ua o“patele matitiva”, “poor priests”e galulue faaevagelia i alatetele.O le vaega lenei ua a’oa’oinafaapitoa lava e Uikilifi, ma iafaatonuina ina ia latou o atu ivaega i tua o le atunuu, ma laugaatu i soo se mea e mafai onafaalogologo ane ai tagata. O“patele matitiva” nei, e faatauvaalava mea oloo latou tua iai, latoute ‘alo’alo ese ma le ‘oa, ma sala’ei foi i ni lavalava faale-iloga.O nisi o latou ua faauuina, o isie le’i faauuina, ma e leai ma seisi o latou e iai sona sootaga mase aulotu. Ua avea lea ma ala efaigofie ai ona latou o atu i soose mea oloo aupito sili onamana’omia ai latou. E oo mai i lea taimi, o patelele aoaoina lelei, (ignorantpriests) na ona latou faia lava oni tala e faafiafia ai tagata, ae afesili atu ia i latou i ni mataupufaale-agaga, ona latou tuuina atulea o ni tali na ona faafiafia aitagata. A o faifeau a Uikilifi, salatou lauga mai i le Tusi Paia,ma maua ai e tagata lemalamalama ma lefaamafanafanaina. O le tali a Uikilifi ia i latou safaitioina ana faifeau ma lo latoulaugaina o mataupu tau i le Atua,fai mai a ia, a lagona lava e ilatou o se valaau e latou te lauga

atu, o le mea sili lena. Na ia tauaana faifeau o “tagatafaaevagelia” poo “tagatafaaaposetolo”. O i latou nei samalaga i soo se itu o Egelani malatou tetee i faiga le sa’o a leEkalesia Katoliko. Na latoulaugaina atu mataupu silisili maile Tusi Paia, i le gagana emalamalama ai tagata uma ae leo le faa-Latina. E ui lava ua le toe laugaUikilifi, ae sa ia saunia ni tama’itusi mo ana faifeau e latou tetufatufaina atu i tagata. E selauma selau tama’i tusi efaamatalaina ai mataupu mai leTusi Paia, ma lauga, na saunia eUikilifi e fesoasoani ai i anafaifeau. Ae faanoanoa ona e leo maua nisi o ia tusi mai na aso.

O Lana Faaaliga AupitoMata’utia E fia ta’ua ni mea moni natutupu e uiga i le fenumia’i i lelotu Katoliko na tuua’i iaUikilifi. A o taumafai le Ekalesiae faavasega lea fenumia’i, ae uaatili maua ai e Uikilifi nisi meamoni i le mea oloo tupu. O lemea moni, ua ‘apo e le AgagaPaia le mataupu. O le tausaga e 1370, na tupuai se vevesi i le pulega o leEkalesia Katoliko e uiga i le meatonu e tatau ona faamautu ai lepope. O le ‘a le auiliiliina leamataupu. Ae faapuupuu efaapea, sa iai se feteena’iga euiga i le mea tonu e tatau ona iaile ofisa tutotonu o le Vatikano. Ile tausaga e 1309 na siitia mai aile nofoaga mai Roma i Farani.O le mafuaaga autu ona o leaiaina e le tupu o Farani i itu tau

polokiki. Ua fiu le tupu o Faranie totogi lafoga mo le pope, maia manatu ai e mafai ona ia pulealea itu pe a iai le ofisa tutotonu ilona atunuu o Farani. Na ta’ualea e tagata Katoliko “O leTafeaga i Papelonia”. O le mea na oo iai, na toe siitiaane ia Pope Kelikolio XI (PopeGregory XI) i Roma. Peitai e luatausaga talu ona faia lea mea, aeoloo vaeluaina lava tagata e uigai lea faaiuga, ma ua latou filifiliaai ni pope se toalua, o le tasi iAvinona i Farani, ma le tasi iRoma. O ia pope e toalua ua lataufai faaalia foi lo la le faia o seiuga sese (infallible) e pei onatalitonu iai le lotu Katoliko i olatou pope. A ua nofo le isi mafaate’a le isi mai le Ekalesia (ex-communication). Na ta’ua leaeseesega i le Ekalesia o le “GreatSchism”. poo le “Vaeluaga Tele”ona o feeseesea’iga. Na tuua’iaUikilifi o ia na faapogai mai ailea mea. Ona o le tosina atu o manatu otagata i lea Vaeluaga Tele, ua failea ma mea e toe ina a galo aiUikilifi, e ui lava o onatalitonuga lea na tuua’ia e mafuaai le Vaeluaga Tele. Ua avea leliliu ese o manatu o tagata iaUikilifi ma avanoa e faaaogainae ia na te su’esu’eina ai isi seseo le Ekalesia Katoliko mafaalauiloaina. Mai le tausaga e1378 e oo i le 1379, na amata aie Uikilifi ona faavae o lanafaaaliga aupito sili onamata’utia, o se faaaliga e le’ifaalogo lava iai le lalolagi i iaona po. O le a lea? O le TusiPaia ona pau lea o le faavae omataupu silisili uma. I le masina o Mati 1378, natusia ai e Uikilifi lana tusi e ta’uaO le Mea Moni i Tusitusiga Paia(On the Truth of Holy Scripture).Na avea lea ma mea e oso ai i

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Love, Respect and Empoweringthe Women of GodBridge Builders Conference, Apia, Samoa, August 2011

O itulau i le Gagana PeretaniaUa faaopoopo i le Sulu Samoa itulau nei e lima, e lolomiina atu ai i le Gagana Peretania ni pepasa faia i lea lava gagana, i le fonotaga a le Au Fau Alafesoota’i/Alalaupapa - Bridge BuildersConference - sa tauaofia i le Ioane Viliamu i Apia i le masina ua mavae. O le mafuaaga, ona ofinagalo ma lagona oloo faaalia ai i lea gagana, e manatu le Sulu Samoa, e manaia lava onafaitau iai i le gagana na faia ai. E faamalulu atu ai ia i tatou e le lava le malamalama i le GaganaPeretania, ui i lea ua matua toatele lava foi tatou ua lelei le I gi lisi . Faatonu o le Sulu Samoa.

luga i le lagi le matamata ita o leEkalesia Katoliko. Mai lea faavaee tasi - e faapea na o le Tusi Paiaoloo iai le mea moni mo le olaga ole Kerisiano ma mataupu silisili, naamata ai e Uikilifi ona ia faavasegaauiliili faiga ma aoaoga sese oloosalalau i lana Ekalesia Katoliko. Etolu sefulu ma le lua mataupu o leatusi oloo lagolagoina ai le moni male sa’o o Tusitusiga Paia poo le TusiPaia e tuu faafeagai lea ma pepeloo faia e le pulega a le pope. Ua laa atu nei Uikilifi i selaueleele fou o talitonuga tau leEkalesia. faamatalaina e Afemata T. Apelu Aiavao mai le tusi: “God’s Generals” tusia e Roberts Liardon

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THE TEXT: 2 Samuel 21:1-14 The story seems straight for-ward enough. A life threateningproblem arises in the country inthe form of a famine. The kingdoes what any responsible leaderwould do, he makes enquiries asto the cause of the famine. Inthe course of his enquiries, the

king is told by God that the fam-ine is the result of what the pre-vious king is guilty of, a sin thathasn’t been properly compen-sated for. Specifically, the previous kingis guilty of genocide, i.e., themass killing of a minority eth-nic group who are part of thecountry’s population. So it ispresumed that unless properreparations are met, the problemof the famine will continue toendanger the lives of the generalpopulation. Indeed, seven of theprevious king’s descendants areexecuted in public, in order tomake amends for his sin, andhopefully this is enough to avertthe calamity of the famine. Themother of two of the men beingexecuted, is mentioned as pro-tecting the dead bodies from theapproaches of scavenging birdsand animals. Eventually aftersometime, God decides to sendrain on the land, thus ending thefamine. One could say therefore, thatthe story is about how the kingacted decisively and justifiably,to put an end to a crisis that wascrippling the nation and indeed,threatening to kill off many peo-ple who are under the king’s re-sponsibility and care. However,

a closer reading of the storyraises a number of thorny ques-tions that would suggest to usthat it’s not that straight forwardas initially thought. In otherwords, there are certain detailsin the story that demand ourcloser attention and hence bet-ter clarification. For instance: Why has it taken three yearsof famine in the land before kingDavid decides to do somethingabout it? Is this the response ofa leader who is truly concernedfor his people? If the cause of the famine isking Saul’s bloodguilt, why didit not happen during his reign?In other words, should not Saulhave suffered the consequencesof his own wrongdoing? Afterall, the story seems to be mak-ing the point that any wrong do-ing must be equally retributed. There is no record anywherethat tells of the so called geno-cide that Saul is supposed tohave committed. Of course itdoesn’t mean that it didn’thapppen. But it’s intriquing thatan event of such proportions isnot found anywhere in the his-tory of Saul’s reign in Israel. Thestory teller clearly states (v.1)that only David was privy towhat the Lord had to say. Suchdetails can raise our ownsuspiciouns of David’s activitiesand his motives. Is it possible that David, themost powerful man in the coun-try has fabricated the wholething? Of course, the Gibeonites


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never disputed the claim madeby David. Does this prove that David wastelling the truth? We need to be aware of thepower relations that exist be-tween David and the Gibeonites.That is, David is the most pow-erful man in Isarael. TheGibeonites are only a minorityethnic group who live amarginalized life in Israel.Clearly, the Gibeonites would beliving in fear of what king Davidis capable of. Even if David was telling thetruth and is genuinely concernedfor justice, why would he nottake the option of a monetarypayment? Why would he agreeto the brutal killing of seven ofSaul’s sons? For a man of hispower, David could haveavoided any more bloodshed. Is David seeking an opportu-nity to get rid of any future op-position from the descendants ofSaul? Might David be using theGibeonites to carry out his ownpolitical agendas? All these scenarios are possi-ble. Note that the Gibeonitesrefer to Saul as “:the chosen ofthe Lord” (v.6). Obviously theyrecognize Saul as someone whois legitimately chosen by God. The execution of the sevensons of Saul was carried out bythe Gibeonites, but the story-teller doesn’t mention if Davidwas present. It is intriguing thatafter the execution, the bodies ofSaul’s children were let to rot atthe place where they were killed.The scene is quite horrifying tosay the least.

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Why were the sons of Saul notgiven proper burial after execu-tion? Is this some kind of sym-bolic warning? These were sonsand grandsons of the late king.Executed in public and left to roton the ground. This is the great-est form of dishonour and shameaccorded to any human being.Do they not deserve properburial? The king and theGibeonites do not seem to thinkso. Enter Rizbah, the mother oftwo of the sons of Saul. She is aconcubine of Saul and themother of two of his sons. Aconcubine is someone like a de-facto wife, but different from thereal wife. The word translated“concubine” also refers to ayoung maiden. It is quite cleartherefore, that in ancient NearEastern countries, powerful menwere in the habit of taking afancy to some of the youngerwomen who apppeared to bemore sexually desirable thantheir aging wives. May this be true of today’s so-cieties? Of course, these men had allthe power to take. King Solo-mon is said to have married 700princesses, but he still had 300concubines. Rizpah, being a concubinedoes not quite rank her the sameas the king’s queen. But her off-spring still count as sons of theking. Now that king Saul wasdead, her sons would have beenher only hope of survival in aworld where widows are not tookindly looked upon. Here wefind a comparison of extremes,where king David was abso-lutely powerful while Rizpahwas absolutely powerless. But Rizpah does everythingthat she could with the very lit-tle power that she has. That

power, as it turns out, is thepower of the life that she has.Dressed for mourning, she isdetermined to stay with herunburied sons, making sure thatno birds or animals ever gotclose to their dead bodies. Weare not told how long Rizpahtook her lonely vigil. But judg-ing from what the storyteller tellsus, all that was left of the decom-posed bodies were bones. Thismeans that Rizpah must havebeen there for many months. We can only marvel and beamazed, at the strength of thiswoman. Rizpah chooses to dothe only thing she could to hon-our her sons, by identifying her-self with her dead sons and re-maining in solidarity with them,even if it takes her life to do it.It is amazing that this womannever speaks a word, but her ac-tions spoke with an incrediblevolume. What Rizpah does hassuch far reaching effect that evenking David, the most powerfulman in Israel, is moved to do theright thing in the end. King Sauland his sons finally get the buri-als they deserve. What Rizpah has done couldbe understood as staging a silentprotest against the unnecessarykilling of her sons, but alsoagainst the ultimate dishonourthat David and the Gibeoniteshad accorded to Saul and hissons. While everyone was turn-ing a blind eye to David’s politi-cal manipulation of people un-der his power, under the guiseof a theology of retribution,Rizpah risked her life in silentresistance to such abuses ofpower. But Rizpah’s silence is sodeafening, that in the end, eve-ryone could not help but hear hermessage loud and clear, most of faaauau itulau e sosoo ai

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A Love Story“Love, Respect andEmpowerment ofWomen of God”

(The story of Sarah is a storyof faithful submission)

all, by those who have the powerto do the right thing if they settheir minds to it. Would say that it was Rizpah’ssilent protest that influencedGod’s decision to bring rainagain? At the end of the story, we aretold that God answered the pleaof the land when “all that theking had commanded wasdone”. This would mean thatGod was responding to whatDavid had done. On the otherhand, the rain is first mentionedexplicitly in relation to whatRizpah was doing (v.10) Whatever the case maybe,there is no doubt that when weidentify with Rizpah, we areidentifying with what she stands

for, the struggle for justice, andfor life in this world. We cannothelp but touched by the story ofthis woman. By sharing in herstory, we are at the same timeempowered by her strengh in ourown struggles in life. We live ina world that is not that much dif-ferent from the world of Rizpah.But if Rizpah the powerlesswoman can rise above the limitsof powerlessness, how muchmore can we achieve if we allstand together in solidarity withpeople like her? Rizpah deserves our respectand our love. Do you think sheis a “woman of God”? Afereti Uili, Malua Theological College, 8 August 2011.

My theme today: Submission, thekey of earning love and respect”

There is no going forward/moving forward or progress in asituation of conflict. Peacetherefore is never won throughconflict but only through dia-

logue. Dialogue is only madepossible through submission -the self willingness of eitherparty to surrender its will to thewill of the other. The ApostlePeter cites Sarah as an exampleof a woman of God, who wassubmissive to her husband (1Peter 3:5,6). The Epistle to theHebrews calls her one of theheroines of faith and spiritualbeauty (loving and respectful)Hebrew 1:11. Having to leave home and acountry to come away to a wholenew country and with a man, notof my own country was not go-

ing to be an easy feat. Therewere many reservations and Icannot say I did not fear that themarriage would not last becausethe odds were great against thismarriage. There were too many differ-ences and I could not be naiveabout the truth that looked mein the eye. I may have at somepoint in that time consoled my-self with the notion that “Well,we were going to American Sa-moa” and that because that wasthe dream I was about to give up,America. It is the dream of everyMarshallese girl, a life in Ha-waii, in Los Angeles, even in SanFransisco. It is the appropriatechoice and I am no different.Families live there. MarshallIslands is a U.S. protectorate andthat makes me a U.S. citizen.Language would not be a barrierbut I have to have this man, andwould not ask him to see thingsmy way, I would not dare let himknow I was anything but happyabout going away with him. There is infinity betweenCrazy Love and Loving out ofRespect. I did not want to fallvictim to the former, so I had tobe the “Fall Guy!” I was notcrazy about Solo and Solo wouldhave known and touched otheryoung Samoan women. Solowas committed to what broughthim to my country and when hewalked in to my class and intro-duced himself in his funny ac-cent: “Talofa! My name isSolomona. I am not the King ofIsrael. I am your teacher and Iam from Samoa.” And that wasthat! I could not take my eyesoff him. He was funny. He wasmatured and he was nice andthere was that something thatmade me follow him here. Thatsomething was RESPECT. I



rather let it be the hidden personof the heart with incorruptiblebeauty of a gentle and a quietspirit which is very precious inthe sight of the Lord....in thismanner the holy women whotrusted God adorned themselvesbeing submissive to their hus-bands as Sarah obeyedAbraham...(1 Peter 3:1-6). But in Submissive to Love,Cherish and Respect our hus-bands, our husbands are alsocalled (by the same spirit thatrequired by God) to submit to theduty of Being Sensitive to theneeds, the fears and feelings oftheir wives (Eph 5:21). In otherwords, husbands are called tobring their own principles andneeds in subordination to thoseof their wives. A silent call inboth woman and man to be sub-missive and I did not doubt thatmy Samoan man would only betoo happy to take care of me.After all, he was a missionary. Sarah had no limits to her Sub-mission. Hers was total andcomplete. She would have hadto have a great amount of temer-ity to leave with Abraham. Shewas Abraham’s half sister (samefather, different mothers). Gen.20:12). She did not have toleave. She was 65 when they leftHaran with 75 year old Abrahamto no man’s land. She did notbelieve in the promise of a child- not at 65 and most certainly,not when she was 80. It wouldhave cost here all here pride as anoble woman (true to her name)to give her married husband a

slave girl so he could have hisnatiion. But that is winning. Ittakes more substance to surren-der than it is to win a conflict ofarms. At the ripe old age of 90,when she was past bearing age,she bore Abraham his great na-tion. She was 127 years oldwhen she died, (Gen. 23) and isthe only woman in the Biblewhose age was recorded atdeath. The prophet Isaiah saidto the Hebrew people: “Look toAbraham your father and toSarah who bore you.” A greattribute to a powerful and noblewoman of God. We have all had to follow dif-ferent paths. We have all had tofind strength from somewhere.At times, even God seemed faraway, and we all had to takegrasp of what we would find atarm’s reach. Even our menseemed unreachable because wehad made them so - they becomeour idols and we would be justsilent admirers, close to almostworshipping our men. And thatis how crazy it can be, it seemsto submit. But we all made thatsacrifice; not by any rule by thatbeautiful surrender to make mar-riage a glorious union of self andspirit. I guess that is the God-thing. I found my strength in emula-tion of Sarah and I would do itagain and again if I have to. Likein the Words of Alexander Pope,18th century English poet: Men, some to business, some to pleasure take But every woman is at heart arake She who ne’er answers tillhusband cools, Or if she rules him, nevershows she rules; Charms by accepting, by sub-mitting sways,

could feel nothing for thisstranger but RESPECT andsomehow I had to find strengthto leave home to follow him. Myheart was on its knees and I hadto give up the search to leavehome to follow him. My heartwas on its knees and I had to giveup the search for consolations.I love what he was and I wouldlive in a shoebox, on the sea orin a forest with this stranger. Iwould be part of his vocation, ofhis dream and of his life. I hadto draw strength from some-where because I would not askhim to compromise his life anddream. I would not take himaway from his SAMOA. I hadto get inside this man’s skin toknow what made him, what hewas so I could make the righttransition. I was prepared to sub-mit to his principles and to sur-render my will into his. Sarah was to be made mymodel woman; she was themodel wife for me. This was the“Well of Strength” I needed andI drew from it. In his Roll Callof the faithful, the writer of theEpistle to the Hebrews listsSarah as one of the spiritualheroines. The Apostle Petercited Sarah as an example of theholy women who had inwardspiritual beauty and were sub-missive to their husbands. (1Peter 3:5-6). “Wives, be submissive to yourhusbands...that they may be wonby your chaste conduct....Let notyour adornment be merely....thehair, the gold and the apparel,


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A Love Story

The poem again reminds us ofour theme: “Love, Respect andEmpowerment of Women ofGod by His Holy Spirit.” A calling from God to be a wifeof a Samoan Faifeau (ChurchMinister) here in Samoa, to be aleader, teacher and a preacher ina foreign country is not an easytask. With different languages,different cultures, values andcustoms, it fills me with anxiety

The Prayer below, was given during the women’s BridgeBuilders Conference - Ioane Viliamu Building - 10 August 2011

Yet has her humor most whenshe obeys.

and uncertainties. However, things that are im-possible by man, is possible byGod, if we do it with LOVE andRESPECT with the HELP of theHOLY SPIRIT. God bless. Annedy Tuatagaloa

(Editor’s Note: The title: Fromthe Marshall Islands to Sa-moa: A Love Story, is by theSulu Samoa, not by the authorof the story).

Almighty God, Creator andSustainer of life, we come be-fore you this morning as faith-ful believers, to praise and glo-rify your Magnificent Name...foryou alone are the God of loveand peace, you alone are the Godof holiness and righteousness,you alone are the God of graceand mercy. However, we understand thatwe are unvorthy of your glory,therefore we ask for the presenceof your Holy Spirit, to comeupon this place and baptize eachand every one of us so, that wemay conduct this worship intruth and reverence for the glo-rification of your name. Giver of life, we praise you foryour protection upon us lastnight, as well as the restorationof strength that you have givenus to fulfill our tasks today, es-pecially for your servants fromBridge Builders who have gath-

ered again this day to fellowshipin your name. Thank you formaking this fellowship possibleand for bringing us together fromdifferent parts of the region andthe world to work for your glory. Loving Father, we magnifyyour name for never abandoningus throughout this year. Al-though we faced adversity andsadness, struggles and difficul-ties, both as individuals and as agroup, you remained the oneconstant in our lives and for thatwe are forever grateful, for youare a faithful and loving God. Mighty God, we thank you foryour many blessings that youcontinue to shower upon us eachand everyday...especially thegifts and talents that you haveblessed us with that have betterequipped us to serve you. Almighty Father, we glorifyyou for calling us into our vari-ous capacities to serve your peo-

ple and your church. Althoughwe are by no means perfect orcomplete servants, but we thankyou and praise you in faith thatthrough your love and grace, weare able to be used for your glory. Lord God, we are grateful foryour Holy Scriptures the light ofour path that continues to en-lighten us about your will. Forthe power of your Holy Spirit ourredeemer and our advocate, thatgives us the courage to serveyou, especially in times whenour faith in you wavers in timesof trouble and temptations, weare forever thankful. Our greatest thanks, is for thesalvation that you preparedthrough the life, death, and res-urrection of your only Son andour Lord and Savior Jesus Christwho gave his life so that we maylive. Unto you be all glory andhonor, now and forever more. Merciful God, we come beforeyou with humble hearts for weare simple and unworthy peoplewho continue to struggle withsin and temptations. Hear ourprayer of confession O Lord. For the times when we werenot fully committed to our call-ing as your servants....when wedid not put forth our full effortsin completing our assigned tasksthat you have called us to workin, Lord God, we humbly prayfor your mercy. For the times when our wordsand actions hurt our fellowbrothers and sisters...when ourpride led us to forget humility,when our stubbornness led us tothink that we are more than wereally are, and when ourselfishess caused us to forget theimportance of love, Lord God,we humbly cry for your mercy. For the sins that we have com-mitted against your Creation, (continued at bottom of next page)


when we treat animals and theenvironment as though we aretheir masters and forget aboutthe importance of life in all yourCreation, Lord God, we plea foryour mercy. For all our sins and iniquities,we pray with hue hearts, that youtake the precious blood of ourLord and Savior Jesus Christ thatwas shed on the cross, to forgiveour sins and lift us back into yourglory in the company of thosewho understand the meaning ofliving truthfully and faithfullyfor you. In and through the nameof Jesus Christ we pray, Amen.

The prayer

O E UA MALILIUMALAEULU TORISE

27 Tesema 1914 - 11 Aperila 2011

Sa soifua mai Malaeulu Torisei le aso 27 Tesema 1914, ae uamaliu i le aso 11 Aperila 2011.Ua 96 tausaga o lona soifua. Saavea ma Aoao Fesoasoani i leaulotu i Lano. O ia o se auaunae alofa ma faamaoni i le galuegaa le Atua. E maliu lava lenei

tama, oloo mafuta pea ma lanaTusi Paia i taimi uma. Ia viia le Suafa o le Alii i lonasoifua tautua i le Ekalesia. Sa ou taitai i ona toe sauniga.Sa faitauina e le Susuga ia AlofaAle, o le Faafeagaiga mai le

EFKS Luua, Faga, le Tusi Paia.O le upu faamafanafana nasaunia e le Faafeagaiga ia VaueliSanerivi, mai le Ekalesia EFKSi Faletagaloa, Safune. Ona faaiulea o ona toe sauniga i lonaoliolisaga tumau i Moanaloa, iLano lava. “Aua o lo’u ola, ua ia Kerisolea, a o lo’u oti, o lo’u manuialea.” Manuia lau malaga, tama. Terry Faiga F.S. Lano.

Naomi Su’ena6 Iuni 1937 - 19 Aperila 2011

O le tiakono tamaitai - EFKSTula’ele. Na soifua mai i le aso

6 Iuni 1937, maliu i le aso 19Aperila 2011. O ona matua oTagi Tiitii le tama a o Feula Tagile tina. Na soifua a’e i le afioaga oPapa Sataua. Na faaipoipo iaSu’ena Muia’a ma tutupu mai aise fanau e 12 ma fanau a fanau emaua ai tagata e 60 na tutupu maii le tina. O ia ma lona tausoga oTulelei Maposua pau ia otiakono tina o lenei aulotu. Nafeiloa’i ma Naomi ma le fanau ile amataga o le 1996 ina uamalaga mai Savaii ma alala i lolatou fanua i Talimatau. O letagata e masani e auauna magalue mo le Alii ona e le’inofoa’i pe faatali ina ua to’aitaunuu ae na ulufale ma auaunaloa i le Atua ma lana Ekalesia. Na fai ma usufono tina i leFono Tele 2004. Na fai mateutupe o le Mafutaga a Tina i le1999. E to’afilemu lonasoifuaga, e le sii soo ae ‘anoa onamanatu pe a faaali. E ui i le limavaivai i le faato’a taunuuaemaise si ona aiga tau faato’a,ae tauivi lava ma galue i le meae gata ai lona mafai. E lagalagai mea lelei aemaise i leatiina’eina o le aulotu atoa leMafutaga a Tina. E loto i legaluega a le Atua ma fai mealelei. E toaga i sauniga lotu, o

Mafutaga faa-pulega iPotopotoga ma Tofiga, atoa mamea e fai a le Matagaluega. Enaunau i lana fanau ia to’a’aga ile lotu, le A’oga Aso Sa,Aufaipese ma le Autalavou. Etumu i le faaaloalo ma lotomaulalo, ai lava foi o lanaaoaoga lea i lana fanau ona epua’iina mai lava i a latou amiolea uiga lelei. O se tina faamaoni, e le na oupu a o galuega ma faatinoga.Na te faamuamua le Atua malana galuega, e lima foa’i mafaitaulaga mo le galuega a leAtua. E alofa ma agalelei i lefaifeau ma lona aiga i ala eseeseo lana tausiga. Ai lava uafaafiafiaina lona loto ona ua i aisa na taulaga tagata mo legaluega a le Atua ina ua faaiuinale taumafai o le alii A’oa’o oOkesaita ma Feula Iosia mai leKolisi i Malua. O lona toe sauniga na faia lavai le malumalu i Tula’ele i le aso3 Me 2011 i le 10am. Na oumolia lona tino maliu i totonumo lona toe sauniga ma ta’ita’ile sauniga. Sauileone Tanoi -A’oa’o Malua na faitau le TusiPaia. Tatalo Iosefa Afutiti FS.,lauga Nukulaelae Iati FS ma



Amuia Seuala FT. aua se upufaamafanafana mo fanau ma aigaua tuua. Na molimau lona tuagane oLesa Tagi Makesi, ma le faletua

Naomi Su’ena

O E UA MALILIUo Feula Iosia, e fai ma sui o lefanau, atoa ma la’u molimau ilona soifua faaleagaga. O pesena saunia lava e lana aufaipese iTula’ele ma faaiu ai i lonaoliolisaga tumau i lona aiga iTalimatau. Na ou taitai i lea sauniga mafaatofa atu ai ia te ia i le pese e268 - Talofa Uso e, tofaina oe.

Tofa! Tofa! Tofa! O mea uma o lana auaunagamo le Alii ua lelei ma matagofie,ia avatu ia e fai ma taulaga emalie i ona luma ma viia ai lonaSuafa e faavavau. Ia manuia le malaga tina. Faamalo le galue.

Faauuga Mata’utia FT.

Toeoletitooaana IpuMalamamailagi Toaitiiti

28 Novema 1940 - 18 Aokuso 2011

O le afioga i le tiakono uasilafia lava e tagata i lona suafao Toe. Na soifua o ia i le aso 28Novema 1940, ae na faamanavae le Atua ana feau i le aso 18 oAokuso 2011. O ia o se auaunasa tautua ma le faamaoni i lonaaiga, i lona nuu ma lana Ekalesiai Laulii. O ona toe sauniga sa faia lavai le malumalu EFKS i Laulii olana Ekalesia sa pele ia te ia i leAso Faraile 2 Setema 2011. Ole A’oa’o i’u mai Malua o KoriaMatamua sa faaulufaleina le sao le tina, o le faafeagaiga iaMaselino Sului o le EFKS iFugalei na saunia talosaga, o lefaifeau Aso Fitu Tutoatasi nafaitauina le Tusi Paia, ae o leTiakono Katoliko ia AmetoUlugia na faia le upufaamafanafana. O au lava sataitai ma saunia le molimaufaaleagaga. O Tupuola Levi namolimau e fai ma sui o le fanau,o Serafina Leniu na fai ma sui o

le Mafutaga a Tina. Peitai sa telelava molimau na fofogaina i leafiafi o le Aso Lulu 31 o Aokusoi le sauniga faaleaiga sa faia i lemalumalu EFKS i Fugalei. Fai mai le fanau ma lona aigao se tina saua, o se tina ote i letau atiina’e o lona aiga mai i leleai o se mea seia oo i le mea uaiai nei. O le sefe lava i le maketisa moe ai le tina e atia’e ai lanafanau ma tautua ai lona aiga malana Ekalesia. O se tina e ofoofotetele ma se tina e foliga e lealofa tusa lava ia te ia pe matitivalana fanau, ae ia maua lava semea e tali ai le tagata o saili maiia te ia. Aua o lana lea anava tausa soifua ai, ‘aua nei foi fua setagata o saili mai ia te ia’. Safaamaonia lea soifuaga e letoatele o ana uo mai le maketi,aua peiseai o i sa iloa ai e le teleo tagata, ma o le molimau foi leaa ana uo e tuu uma lava e Toe isimea o faia ae faamuamua le meana saili mai ai. Ae o le faaaligalava foi lea o le tele o lona alofa,ma le faamaoni o lona alofa, maua avea ai lea ma mea ua osia aile aiga ma le tele o tagata e leaini o latou sootaga ma le tina. Fai mai le matai o lona aiga, ole tina fai aiga lelei, o le tinalototele, e le manao lava i se meae faaletonu. O lea foi le molimaua le Mafutaga a Tina na saunoaiai le faletua o le Sa’o Faapito iaSerafina Leniu, o se tasi o tinalagalaga i mea lelei. Sa avea oia ma se tasi o tino matua i leitupa o tamaitai, ma ua latou faia

nei se galuega lelei o le asia omatua tausi a le Ekalesia ma foainai meaalofa mo i latou i masinataitasi. Na faaautu le molimaufaaleagaga i upu a Paulo “ou tefaagalogalo i mea ua tuanai, oute momo’e punoua’i i lelumanai.” Aua foi e ui i le tele oaso ma tausaga o le tina sa soifuama ola ai ae ina ua fai ma tiakonoi le masina o Aperila 2004peiseai ua le aoga ia tausaga etele, peiseai o lona manatu faatoaaoga lea o lona ola mo le Alii.Fai mai Paulo ina ua ou mauaKeriso ua manatu o otaota meauma lava. Sa taupati e galue i letiakono e oo mai i le taimi nei,aua pe gasegase e na te iloainalava lona masina tautu, e oo atuiai ua malosi. Aemaise lava foiAso Sa taitasi i le aoina o le foaia le Ekalesia. Sa agai le lauga a le Tiakonoia Ameto i le upu a Luka,“Amuia le manava na fanau maiai oe aua e sili ona manuia o efaalogo i le Afioga a le Atua.” Pita Toleafoa F.S. Laulii.

Taito Faleni Faamitai19 Iuni 1937 - 28 Mati 2011

O Taito o se tasi o tiakonomatua o lenei Ekalesia. Natuumalo o ia i le aso 28 o Mati faaauau itulau e sosoo ai


O E UA MALILIU feagai le faifeau ma le malologa. O le Susuga i le A’oa’o i’u maiMalua ia Koria Matamu nafaaulufaleina le sa o le tama i lemalumalu, o le Afioga i leTiakono o le Ekalesia Katolikoia Ameto Ulugia na sauniatalosaga ae o le Susuga ia PatoloMatalasi o le faifeau o leEkalesia Faapotopotoga a leAtua na saunia le upufaamafanafana. O le faletua iaLeati Taito Faleni na molimau ile la mafutaga ma le tama, ae ole tamaitai ia Moana Moefaauona fai ma sui o le fanau emolimau i le latou mafutaga male tama. Na saunoa foi le Susugai le faafeagaiga ia Iosefa Uilelea,o le lupe faalele a le aiga malenei Ekalesia e molimau e fai

ma sui o ona aiga. Sa saunoafoi le Afioga i le Sa’o Faapito iaLeniu Avamagalo e molimau efai foi ma sui o le nuu, ae o leSusuga i le A’oa’o Fesoasoani iaTuautu Kalepo na saunia lemolimau faaleagaga, aemaise olona soifua galue i le Ekalesia. O le Susuga lava ia LavilaviSoloi na saunia le upufaamafanafana mo le tina ma lefanau ma aiga ua tuua aemaise ole Ekalesia ona o le valaau a leAtua i le tama ma lana auaunatiakono. O le faafeagaiga lavafoi ia Lavilavi na taitai i ona toesauniga i lona oliolisaga tumauma faamavae atu ai i le pesefaatofa a le Au Kerisiano. Pita Toleafoa F.S. Laulii.


1 Ianuari 1927 - 27 Iuni 2011

O se tasi o tina matua o leneiEkalesia. O se tasi foi o tinatalosia o le Ekalesia, ae o se tasifoi o tina sa tapuai tatalo i lonamaota mo feau feagai ma lanafanau, o lona aiga, o lona nuu malana Ekalesia. Na soifua mai oia i le aso 1 Ianuari 1927, ae nafaamanavaina e le Atua ana feaui lona aiga i Laulii i le aso 27Iuni 2011 ina ua 84 tausaga olona soifua. O se tina sa fai ma vaaiga i lonaaiga aua sa faufautua ma tuualalo

i matai ma e o tausia le aiga auao ia o le tasi o toe tagata o lanatupulaga i le aiga faatasi ma leuso pele e toatasi o soifua pea iaTaumalua Vaele, sa matua foi iaile tuu i le Ekalesia aua ua loa foitausaga o galulue ma le tama uafai i lagi le folauga i le tofi o leA’oa’o Fesoasoani. O ona toe sauniga na faia lavai lana Ekalesia EFKS i Laulii. Oau lava na taitai, o le A’oa’o i’umai Malua ia Koria Matamu nafaaulufaleina le sa o le tina. Olona uso matua ia TaumaluaVaele o le toe tagata foi lea o onauso ma tuagane na molimau e faifoi ma sui o ona uso ma tuagane,o le faletua o le A’oa’oFesoasoani ia Mutaaga Pritchardna molimau e fai ma sui o lefanau, o tina ia Siniva maLeituala na molimau e fai ma suio fanau a uso ma tuagane ma ena malaga mai atunuu mamao,ae o le A’oa’o Fesoasoani iaTuautu Kalepo na fai ma sui o leaiga aemaise o suafa o tausia leaiga, ae o le faletua o le Sa’oFaapito ia Serafina Leniu na fai

ma sui o le Mafutaga a Tina i leEkalesia EFKS i Laulii emolimau lona soifua galue i leMafutaga a o maua le malosi. O le molimau faale-agaga naou saunia. O se tina Kerisiano,aua na faaofia i le Ekalesia i leaso 1 Oketopa 1957, na fai matiakono ma le tama o le aiga iaGautusa i le aso 22 Mati 1966,ae na talia foi ma fai ma A’oa’oFesoasoani i le tausaga e 1978.Na maliu le tama o le aiga i le1978 ona fai toatasi ai lava lea ole galuega e oo mai i le taimi navalaau mai ai le Matai. Galuega matagofie ia i luma ole Atua ua faamanuiaina ai lefanau ma le aiga, ua o latou laeima pale i manuia o galuega satautiga ai le tina. O le ala nafaaautu ai le molimau i upu a lePese a Solomona 3:11: “Tamafafine o Siona e, o atu ia inamatamata i le tupu o Solomonama le pale na faapaleina ai o ia elona tina i le aso na faiava ai oia, le aso foi na fiafia ai lonafinagalo.” Aua foi o nafa tausi o

2011 ina ua tusa ma le 72 otausaga o le soifua. O ona toe sauniga sa faia lavai le malumalu o le EFKS i Laulii

i le aso 7 o Aperila 2011. O leSusuga ia Lavilavi Soloi o leEFKS i Letogo sa taitaia lona toesauniga ona o le taimi lea o

faaauau pito i lalo itulau e sosoo ai


soo se tina o lana fanau. E atagiai le fanau le lelei ma le matagofieo faiva alofilima o se tina. O le faifeau ia Patolo Matalasio le Faapotopootoga a le Atua iLaulii na saunia talosaga, ae ole Afioga i le Tiakono Katolikoia Ameto Ulugia na saunia le

feau faamafanafana. Na saunoale Afioga i le Tiakono i upu o letusi o Faaaliga o i latou na omaii le puapuaga tele, ua ta foi olatou ofu ma ua faasinasinaina olatou ofu i le toto o le Tama’iMamoe. O le mea lea ua latou iluma ai o le nofoalii, e le toe ooia i latou se mea tiga. O la Iesu, le auauna lelei e, male faamaoni, ina ulufale maia i

le fiafia o lou Alii. O au lava foina taitai i ona toe sauniga i lonanofoaga mau, ma o matoufaatofa foi i le pese faatofa a leAu Kerisiano. Tofa tina manuialau malaga. Pita Toleafoa FS., (LAULII)


Lolofie Taule’ale’ausumaiEti Enosa

28 Iuni 1941 - 31 Iulai 2011

O E UA MALILIU

O LolofieteleTaule’ale’ausumai Dr Aird HillEti Enosa, na soifua mai i le aso26 Iuni 1941, ae maliu i le aso31 Iulai 2011. O ia o le suitaitaifono a le EkalesiaFaapotopotoga Kerisiano Samoai Alafua. O se tasi o tiakonomatua o lenei aulotu. O seauauna e ese le tu malosi i mea efai, toe faamaoni i le faatinoga oona tiute. O ia o le tasi o foma’iua leva ona galue i leMatagaluega o le SoifuaMaloloina. Na avea o ia mafaatonusili o le matagaluega o leSoifua Maloloina, i le 1994-2004. Sa fai o ia ma faauluulugao le Oceania University of Medi-cine i le 2008 seia oo i lonamaliu. E tele komiti a le Malo,ma le Soifua Maloloina, nataitaifono ai. O se auauna e teletaleni, ma agavaa na foa’i iai ele Atua. O ona matua o Toloa Enosa,Faifeau Toeaina, ma MutaagaVae’au. Na faaipoipo ia SusanaMuavao. E toalima le la fanau,ua faaipoipo uma, e toasefulutasile fanau a le la fanau. Ua aveanisi o lana fanau ma o latou

taitoalua ma faifeau, o fomai, maavevaalele, ma ofisa maualulugao le Malo, ma faalapotopotoga. O ia o se tama e to’aga e una’imai lana fanau, ma lona aiga i lelotu, ma mea e fai a le aulotu tusalava pe maualuga tulaga o iai. Eto’aga i lotu, toe faitaulaga, elima mafola i le alofa i le faifeau.

Na faaofia Lolofie Eti Enosa ile Ekalesia i le 1960, ae fai matiakono i le 1979. Sa lolotu muamua i le EkalesiaPorotesano, ae na faavae loa leEkalesia i Alafua, o mai loamatou lolotu. O Lolofie Eti Enosa o lemeaalofa a le Atua ia Susana, lefanau, o aiga, o le nuu, le atunuu,o le Malo, ma le Ekalesia. Emaliu Lolofie ua atoa le 70tausaga o lona soifua. O lona sauniga faaleaiga, safaia i le malumalu EFKS iAlafua, i le Aso Lulu 3 Aokuso2011 i le 2pm. Taitai le Susugaia Amosa Reupena ma faifeau ole aiga. O lona toe sauniga, o leAso Tofi 4 Aokuso 2011 i le

10am. O au sa taitai, o PeteruSeiuli sa faaulufaleina le pusamaliu. O molimau, o le tina iaSusana, o Mutaaga Faalogo lonaafafine matua, o FatialofaTuilaepa Sailele le sui o le aiga,ma Vaeau le tama matua, o LeaoApulu Tuitama sui o leMatagaluega ma le Malo,Namulauulu Nuualofa Potoi suio le Sosaiete a Fomai, ma le peseaualofa a le Oceania Universityof Medicine. Faitau le Tusi Paia e EsekiaPeneueta F.S., o le tatalo o LeasoTupai F.T., lauga o Lale IeremiaF.T., Taitaifono a le Ekalesia, maMisipalauni Faatau F.S.molimau ma le faaopoopoga a letaitai. Sa faatumulia toe sauniga o letama, sa auai le Ao o le Malo male Masiofo, o taitai o le Malo male atunuu, aemaise o faauluulugao Ekalesia Kerisiano. Ona faaiuai lea o lona toe sauniga i lonanofoaga mau i lona aiga iLotopa. O la le Matai, le auaunalelei e, ma le faamaoni, na efaamaoni i nai mea iti, ou te tofiaoe e pule i mea e tele, ulufale maiia i le fiafia o lou Alii. Faamaise ma faamafanafana leAgaga o le Atua, i le tina iaSusana, le fanau, le aiga, le malo,ma le Ekalesia, ona o le toesea,o le tama peleina ma lemafutaga. Tavita Anesone F.T. Alafua.

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