Ko e Tohinoa Papitaisó

Fai ʻe Alelie Camitan

(Makatuʻunga ʻi ha talanoa moʻoni)

ʻOku nofo ʻa e tokotaha naʻá ne faʻú ʻi Kuala Lumupā, Malēsia.

Beatrice looking sad

ʻOku ou manatu ʻofa ki hoku ngaahi kaungāmeʻá. ʻOku ou fakaʻamu ange ne lava ke ʻi ai haʻaku paati faiʻaho he taʻú ni. Ka ʻoku fuʻu lahi e ngaahi puke ʻi he COVID-19.

Beatrice praying by her bed

Tamai Hēvani, kātaki ʻo tokoni mai ke u ongoʻi nonga.

Beatrice looking at her baptism journal

ʻOku ou ʻiloʻi! Te u lava ʻo sio ki heʻeku tohinoa papitaisó!

picture of Beatrice’s baptism journal

Ko ʻEku Fakamoʻoní

ʻE fakafiemālieʻi au ʻe he Laumālie Māʻoniʻoní …

Fakamālō atu ʻi hono fakamanatu mai kiate au ʻeku tohinoa papitaisó. Pea mo e Laumālie Māʻoniʻoní. ʻOku ou ongoʻi fiefia ange he taimí ni.

Beatrice and her family with a birthday cake

Hili ha ngaahi ʻaho siʻi …

ʻOfa ke ke maʻu ha ʻaho fāʻeleʻi fiefia!

Tukituki, tukituki!

Beatrice talking to her neighbor

Petilisa! ʻOku ʻi heni hotau kaungāʻapí.

ʻOfa ke ke maʻu ha ʻaho fāʻeleʻi fiefia!

Beatrice talking to her neighbr

Mālō ʻaupito! Ke fēfē hake?

Ko hono moʻoní, ʻoku ou ongoʻi tuenoa. Ka ʻoku ou feinga ke fiefia.

Mo au pē. ʻOku ou fie fakaʻaliʻali atu ha meʻa!

Beatrice running back into house

Beatrice showing her baptism journal to her neighbor

Ko e meʻa ʻeni mei heʻeku papitaiso he taʻu kuo ʻosí. ʻOkú ne tokoniʻi au ke u ongoʻi lelei ange ʻi he taimi ʻoku ou tuenoa aí.

ʻOku fakaʻofoʻofa ʻeni.

ʻOkú ne fakamanatu mai kiate au ʻoku ʻofa ʻa Sīsū ʻiate au pea ʻe lelei ʻa e meʻa kotoa pē.

Elder Rasband

“Fakamanatuʻi, tautautefito ki he taimi ʻo e fakatamakí, ha taimi naʻá ke ongoʻi ai e Laumālié pea naʻe mālohi ai hoʻo fakamoʻoní; manatuʻi ʻa e fakavaʻe fakalaumālie kuo mou langá.”

ʻEletā Ronald A. Rasband ʻo e Kōlomu ʻo e Kau ʻAposetolo ʻe Toko Hongofulu Mā Uá, “Telia Naʻa Ngalo ʻIate Koe,” Ensign pe Liahona, Nōvema 2016, 114.

November 2021 Friend magazine.

Ngaahi tā fakatātā ʻa Marina Pessarrodona