Saturday, May 21, 2011

Tofa Vavae Timothy Toma

On early morning Monday 9th May, I received the news on a facebook message from Flo Sa'aga that Vavae Timothy my nephew passed away in Samoa. It was very sad news but it was all true. Early Sunday morning of Mother's Day in Samoa, Vavae said "Happy Mother's Day" to his mother Taumuafa Salesa Toma and shortly afterwards he breathed his last breath.I spent the whole day and night and next day and night in disbelief. Somehow I managed to come to my senses after reading heaps of facebook messages from families and friends of Vavae bidding him farewell and booked a flight to Samoa. But before I left I had studied what Vavae was saying on fb in the last two months of his life. What I read was of someone heading somewhere and he felt he was prepared for the different heavenly journey he was about to undertake. How beautiful it is to know that in his last few days on earth Vavae knew and wrote about his change of direction. He says " I am no longer the person I used to be because of You.." His last moments was with his Maker. Rest in Peace Vavae Timothy Toma, my nephew. The Lord Our Shepherd will look after your Mum, your sister Leta and your brother Pose. Manuia lau malaga Vavae. Your dad and all your family up there will hold a party for you on your arrival. Tofa loa.

Kamupani o le a pulea Vai o Samoa

A U T A L A V O U M O T A E A O

Aisea ua talia ai e le Malo Samoa le Kamupani KBR e fa'atulaga ma paipaina o tatou vai taumafa ma vai lafoa'i a e o lo o lipotiina e tagata ua puapuagatia ma mafatia ni faiga le alofa a lenei kamupani mau'oloa i le lalolagi?

O se tagi tautalatala lenei ma loimata maligi i le mamalu o Samoa Atoa mai alo ma fanau a Samoa :-
Ua lipotia lenei kamupani i tusitusiga i nusipepa i atunu'u i fafo, fa'atasi ai ma ni talanoaga ma i latou ua a'afia lo latou soifua, i luga o le ala leo ua ta'ua o le U-Tube i luga o le Internet.

O nei lipoti ua fa'alia mai ai ni mafatiaga e pei - o le isu tafe toto (se i tulou), o kanesa o mama, o fa'aletonu e tutupu mai pa'u o le tino, po o fa'aletonu va'aia i pepe fananau, ma'i taifoi, malaria ma isi – ua mafua mai ina ua o latou inu ma fa'aaoga o vai ua filogia ma ni vaila'au 'o'ona ua ala mai i galuega a lenei kamupani lea ua talia nei e le Malo e galueina lo tatou vai i Samoa nei.

E ui ina o iai nei lipoti fa'asino i le kamupani KBR, a e sa tu'uina pea iai e le Faletupe o Atina'e mai Asia (ADB) le konokalate latou te galulue i le paipaina o vai Samoa. Lona uiga e totogi e tagata Samoa ni tupe nono mai i lea faletupe e fa'atino ai le galuega a lenei kamupani i totonu o Samoa nei.

O le a au'ili'iliina i se Pepa a le Autalavou Mo Taeao (AMT) i se taimi lata mai se tala i lenei mata'upu ma le Kamupani KBR mo le silafia o Samoa Atoa.

Mo le taimi nei ma I le agaga ua tatau ona silafia lenei mata'upu I totonu o Samoa, e talosagaina ai aiga ma nu'u ma so'o se alalafaga ina ia alo I o outou faiva o le felogona'i ma Sui Faipule o itumalo ma alalafaga ina ia talanoaina lenei mata'upu I totonu o le Palemene o Samoa.

Matou te talitonu o so matou fa'ailoa atu, e mafai ai ona o tatou galulue fa'atasi e puipui le soifua o Samoa Atoa.

Ia fa'atasi mai le agaga o le Atua alofa e ta'ita'i ai lenei mata'upu ua feagai ma Samoa Atoa.










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