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Tragedy At The Start Of Malua Conference.

Written by Pio Sioa
Wednesday, 14 May 2008
A 32 year old Church Minister of the Congregational Christian Church in Samoa, CCCS, and his unborn child died at the weekend in a traffic accident in Savaii. The reverend was rushing his pregnant wife who was about to give birth, to the Malietoa Tanumafili Hospital last Friday, when the accident occurred at the village of Pu’apu’a. According to police reports, the van he was driving rolled over while trying to overtake another car. The unborn child was discovered dead when the injured mother was brought to the hospital for emergency attention. She was later brought to the main hospital in Apia, where she is now recovering. The Church Minister and his wife were reportedly making the long drive of several miles to the hospital, from Faletagaloa village in Safune where they were serving the village congregation. The tragedy gave a sad start to the annual Malua Fonotele, of the Congregational Christian Church that started this week, and was also the only fatality reported during the long Mother’s Day weekend. Church Ministers and senior representatives of the various congregations in New Zealand, Australia and the United States, are in the country for the CCCS annual conference. Comments (5) Subscribe to this comment's feed ... written by Tupu, May 16, 2008 My deepest sympathy goes out to my cuz and the tragic accident, I know that the Lord is wacthing over both your husband and baby. May God Bless You in this time of mourning. Love you and keep strong. EPC page written by Sanaira, May 19, 2008 dear Mr Pio Sioa zory this is da wrong page to add a comment but plz do we get prizes if we fill in your EPC kids corner section coz ive been doin dat and its very intresting so i was hoping if Newsline have any prizes plz and jst a comment on ur paper i like reading the paper alot on how you write your stories if u put alot of local stories and limit stories from da net but all gud keep up da gud job n may God be wif u n da company EPC page II written by Pio, May 20, 2008 Oh boy, wrong page is not the only wrong you've committed here. I can try and absolve you of your sins but I doubt it'll be enough to get you through the Pearly Gates. Try my email anyway : This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it . We'll see if there is still hope left for you. Pio Mo Aiga o le Faifeau & Faletua written by wave, May 21, 2008 Ia alofagia e le Atua outou e ala i Lona Agaga Pa'ia, ao i ai i tatou i le vaitau o le afio ifo o le Agaga i le 'au faatuatua ma le lalolagi atoa. E ootia le mafaufau i le faitau atu i news mai Samoa, ona sa faigaluega faatasi ma le uso i tausaga e 2 pe 3 ua mavae atu ao le'i valaauina e Faletagaloa. O se uso sa ta'uleleia a'o i ai i le Ofisa o le Ekalesia, e ui e usu mai Savaii aua le galuega i Apia. Sa o ma le fiafia e tausi le aulotu e aunoa ma se manatu o le a vave ona faamutaina. Ae ui i lea, e tatalo pea i le Atua mo aiga uma i Saipipi & Sapapalii, aemaise si Faletua ma si o la alo ua tuua. Ia alofagia fo'i e le Atua le Aulotu i Faletagaloa. Fesoasoani pea Lona agaga mo i latou i aiga uma ma matafale....alofa'aga mai le Aloha State. O ai le suafa o si faafeagaiga written by Tui, May 21, 2008 o ai le suafa o sia faafeagaiga faamolemole talofa e, ia faamaise le Alii i le aiga ma le ekalesia loto nutimomoia. Matuai laititi si faafeagaiga ae ua fai i lagi le folauga. Ae o la le upu, O ai ea se e tetee atu i le finagalo o le silisili ese? O ai ea nate iloa lona toe taimi i lenei lalolagi o puapuaga. O la Paulo ia Timoteo, O lo'u oti o lo'umanuia lea, ae o lo'u ola ua ia Keriso ia. o tatalo ma moomooga faavauvau e momoli i le faletua aemaise aiga ma uo loto mafatia. Ia manuia le malaga ale tama ole galuega. Write comment Name Email Title Comment
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