ʻEletā W. Christopher Waddell
ʻO e Kau Fitungofulú
Kuo hoko maʻu pē ʻa e tefitoʻi moʻoni ko e “falala ki he ʻEikí” ko ha tataki ʻi he fāmili ʻo ʻEletā Kulisitofā Uatelé.”
Ko e lau ʻeni ʻa ʻEletā Uatele fekauʻaki mo e ngaahi fetongitongi fakatuʻupakē ʻoku hoko ʻi he moʻuí, “ ʻI hoʻo falala ki he ʻEikí, he ʻikai te ke toe hohaʻa koe ki ha ngaahi liliu lalahi ʻe hoko. ʻOku tau ʻiloʻi ko ʻEne taumuʻá ke tau maʻu ʻa e lelei tahá, pea ʻe faitāpuekina kitautolu.”
Naʻe fāʻeleʻi ʻa ʻEletā Uatele ʻi Sune 1959 ʻi Menihēteni Piisi, ʻi Kalefōnia, USA, pea ko e foha ia ʻo Ueini mo Sōana Uatolo. Naʻe maʻu hono BA ʻi he hisitōliá mei he ʻUnivēsiti ʻo Seni Tiekó, pea naʻá ne toe vaʻinga volipolo foki ai. Naʻe lahi e ngaahi lakanga naʻe ngāue aí ʻi ha kautaha fakahū paʻanga fakamāmanilahi.
Naʻe mali ʻa ʻEletā Uatele mo Kalo Sitaniseli ʻi he ʻaho 7 ʻo Sune 1984, ʻi he Temipale Losi ʻEnisilesi Kalefōniá. ʻOku toko fā ʻena fānaú. Ko e meʻa mahuʻinga taha ʻi he fāmili Uatelé ko e uouangatahá. ʻOku nau pehē ko e uouangataha ko iá ʻoku maʻu mei heʻenau feinga ke muimui ʻi he ongoongolelei ʻa e Fakamoʻuí ʻi honau ʻapí. Naʻe mahuʻinga foki mo e ngaahi ʻekitivitī fakafāmilí—ʻa honau taimi fakataha ʻi he ngaahi matātahi ofi ki honau ʻapí mo ʻenau ō fakafāmili ʻo sio sipotí.
Kimuʻa pea toki uiuiʻi ʻa ʻEletā Uatele ki he Kōlomu ʻUluaki ʻo e Kau Fitungofulú, naʻá ne ngāue fakafaifekau taimi kakato ʻi Sipeini, hoko ko ha pīsope, aleaʻanga māʻolunga, tokoni palesiteni fakamisiona, palesiteni fakasiteiki, palesiteni ʻo e Misiona Pāselona Sipeiní, mo ha Fitungofulu Fakaʻēlia.
ʻOku pehē ʻe ʻEletā Uatele ʻoku tānaki atu ʻa e meʻa takitaha ʻoku hokó ki he ngaahi meʻa ne hoko ʻi muʻá, pea ʻoku nau takitaha fakalahi atu ki he “makakoloa ko e fakamoʻoní” ʻa ia ʻokú ne fakafalala ki ai ʻi heʻene fehangahangai mo e ngaahi faingataʻa ʻo e moʻuí.
ʻI he fakamatala ʻa ʻEletā Uatele ki heʻene teuteu ki hono uiuiʻi foʻoú, ʻokú ne lea ʻo kau ki he temipalé.
ʻOkú ne pehē, “Ko e hā ʻe meʻa naʻá ne teuteuʻi kimoutolu ki he meʻa ko ʻení? ʻI heʻema fuofua ʻalu ki he temipalé mo fai ʻa e ngaahi fuakavá, naʻá ma palōmesi te ma loto fiemālie ke fai ha meʻa pē ʻe kole mai ʻe he ʻEikí, naʻa mo e taimi he ʻikai faingamālie aí. Ko e meʻa pē ʻeni okú ke fie maʻú— ko e ʻalu ki he temipalé, ngāue fakafaifekau, fai ha ngaahi fuakava, pea toki vakai ki Hono toʻukupú mo e founga ʻo ʻEne tataki e ngāué. ʻOku ʻikai ke mau fai ha faʻahinga meʻa ʻoku makehe; ko ʻemau tauhi pē ʻa e ngaahi fuakava naʻa mau faí, ʻo hangē ko e tokotaha kotoa pē.”