23/06/2026
It's days like these when you.miss your family in Samoa, God created and gave us a language and culture, and He also gave us a redemptive plan. JESUS, today, like many other cultures around the world we all had our own stories of creation, but the story of creation in the book of Genesis supercedes them all.
My village of Fasitootai is known as the 2nd dawning or Taeaonalua of the gospel after Sapapalii and the gospel spread from here throughout Upolu.
A monument at the local EFKS etched the name of John Williams, along the missonaries and pastors that pastored since the 1800s including my great grandfathera Rev Niumagumagu Tiute and his wife from the village of Lepa, Fuifui Taiai Faolotoi.
So the story goes, this is where his family lived, (John Williams for a bit before he was killed on his last missionary trip) across the road from our malae, when Fasitootai became a missionary hub so to speak and on the land of my ancestors later sold for bag of flour material and goods to John Williams and registered under the London Missionary society.
Before it moved to Malua where the theological college is now.
Our family was known in the village as the family of faifeaus, to some in the village it was like yes but they were always quick to point out a few bad apples too! We all have them lol.
Even though my greatgrandparents had 8 children, none of them became preachers but their grandchildren, great grandchildren great great grandchildren are pastors in the LMS , PIC, Pentecostal, like many other Samoan Families that was the case.
The moral of my story is this, the bible talks about his blessing up to the 4th generations, the legacy we leave behind can either be a curse or a blessing, Jesus came so that you may have life and life more abundantly
Samoa is a called nation, that was the Word given to me by God when I moved to Samoa in 2004, you can't change it, you can deny it and the prayers of our forefathers, their faith mattered, it took them to other countries that faith in God, gave them hope to believe for a better future for their kids, their prayers, their determination and belief In the one true God, we must never diminish that, never play it down, never make light of it, cause the voices of reason in today's world is trying to say the opposite.
I'm alive today and blessed today because of the faith of my great grandparents.
We need to hold on to our ancestors faith in the time now, and apply the same faith to our lives today.
We are here because of their faith, that's why we are blessed with the things we have done for a small nation not to say we are superior we are not, we are blessed because we carry the flame of faith and the mantle and acknowledge that Jesus is Lord. That's why a personal relationship is more important than anything else.
Never forget who you are and who's you are. You belong to God if you call on His name.
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