Praying for success in a task is far more important than the task itself. This is the cornerstone of a Samoan woman’s role, to support and advise in the leadership of the head of the family.
However, that role does not entirely define a mother’s responsibilities.
Approximately 500 minister’s wives from various congregations of the Congregational Christian Church of Samoa, both locally and from overseas, gathered at the Maota o Tupulaga in Sogi.
The true nature of this gathering is to celebrate the service provided by ministers’ wives, as well as the wives of retired ministers on pension and those honourably retired.
They are the ones who stand behind the ministers, providing support and advice while the Reverends attend to their duties.
This gathering is called the Renewed Fellowship.
The chairperson of EFKS Women’s Renewed Fellowship, Meripa Setu, expressed her aspirations, saying, “This fellowship is dear to me, it supports and strengthens us so that we can continue to support the ministers, share their burdens, and provide assistance in spreading the Gospel.”
There are two days left for this gathering, and this evening, there will be a program of stories, singing, and evangelical dance with the theme, “We Follow a Loving God.”
It is also an opportunity for the wives of Ministers to meet together and learn as they serve in their mission.
O le tala na tusia i le Fa’aSamoa, fa’aliliu ai i le Fa’aigilisi
Una’ia le so’otaga lelei o faletua EFKS i le māfutaga fa’afouina
E le sili le ta’i nai lo o le tapua’i. O faiva lava ia o tīna i āiga Sāmoa, e tāpua’i ma faufautua i ta’ita’iga a ulu o aiga.
O lena faiva, e le fa’atumutumulima iai le ītupa o tīna.
E silia i le 500 faletua mai i Ekalesia eseese a le Ekalesia Fa’apotopotoga Kerisiano Samoa e le gata o Sāmoa nei ae faapea foi atunu’u māmao, lea olo’o tauaofia i le Māota o Tupulaga i Sogi.
O le a’ano moni o lea tauaofiaga, sei patipatia galuega fa’atino a Faletua o Faifeau, toeai’ina, fa’apea Faletua ua penisione ma e ua mālolo manumālo.
O i latou ia olo’o tu’i le mulipapaga a’o alofaiva le aufaigāluega pā’ia a le Atua i o latou fo’i faiva.
O lea mafutaga ua fa’aigoaina o le Mafutaga Fa’afouina.
Na saunoa le ta’ita’i fono o le mafutaga fa’afouina a le EFKS ia Meripa Setu i le tatou fa’atalanoaga,
“E pele ia te a’u lenei mafutaga, e toe fotua’i ai tomai mo Faletua, e fa’afoe ai le galuega, o ni fesoasoani i Faifeau e tala’i le finagalo o le Atua.”
E lua aso o lo’o fa’atino ai lea fa’amoemoe ma o le afiafi nei e fa’atino ai polokalame o tala o pese fai siva ma siva fa’aevagelia ilea autu o le faletua e mata’u i le Atua e alofa.
Ua o se avanoa foi e maua ai le maopopoga o Faletua, ae o le so’otaga lelei fo’i a’o tautua ai le galuega.
