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Jān Ikdeelel n̄an Tōprak: Ļe Eo An Lotu Ilo PathwayConnect
Ilo 2023 eo, Tuipulotu Tupou, kar jeļā kajjien jān ro m̧ōttan āinwōt Lotu, ekar lo PathwayConnect eo jān leddik eo jatin, juon eo ejkab kadiwōjļo̧k, eo ekar kōnono ilo nebar būrookraam̧ eo. Kar ketak jān maron̄ eo kōn jāān in jipan̄ ko me remaron̄ jipan̄ kōn wōņāān jikuuļ, Lotu ekar jokāālet n̄an deļo̧n̄. “Ikar m̧ōņōņō n̄an ron̄ kōn iien in em̧m̧an im n̄an kobaļo̧k ilo būrookraam̧ in,” liin ekar keememej.
PathwayConnect eo, kar ejaake jān Brigham Young Univerisity eo, ej leļo̧k juon iaļ karōke n̄an rijikuuļ ro aolepān laļ in n̄an kōkam̧anm̧an academic eo aer, tijem̧ļo̧k, im jeļāļo̧kjeņ ilo jetōb eo aer. Būrookraam̧ in kar ejake eļap tata n̄an armej ro āinwōt Lotu, eo ekar kijooror n̄an kōkam̧anm̧anļo̧k mour ko aer bōtaab maron̄ lo iaļ in jeļāļo̧kjeņ ko reppenļo̧k n̄an tōpari.
Kōjekdo̧o̧n lo̧udin̄din̄ eo an, PathwayConnect eo ekar juon kapan̄pan̄ wōt n̄an Lotu, kōnke eļap wōt apan̄ ko an kajin. “Apan̄ eo eļap tata ekar jeje,” liin ekar ba. “Ikar jelimo, im English ej kajin eo aō kein karuo, bōtaab ekar wōr ippa peran eo n̄an kajjieon̄ wōt—jekdo̧o̧n ta—n̄an kōtōprak kōttōpar ko ad.” Kar kije n̄an ļe, Lotu ekar kijin̄en̄e im em̧m̧anļo̧k kapeel ko an ilo kajin.
Kijejeto ko an raar tōprak ke ekar ļe ilo aolepān PathwayConnect eo. “Ikar m̧ōņōņō ke ikar bōk A grade aolep jemājta,” liin ekar kwaļo̧k kōn kam̧m̧oolol. “Ekar juon jeraam̧m̧an n̄an n̄a, im [kōnke kōn] Jemādwōj Ilan̄, ijeļā bwe ijjab makeļo̧k. E ej kotak lōn̄ļo̧k eō im ej jipan̄ eō anjo̧ ioon [apan̄ ko].”
N̄an Lotu, ekar jab baj tōprak an make; liin ej jibadōk n̄an kōkajoor e make kōn jeļāļo̧kjeņ eutiejļo̧k im entrepreneurship. “Ij erreim̧aanļo̧k n̄an wōnm̧aanļo̧k kōn degree eo aō ilo Business Management bwe in maron̄ naaj jerbal ippa make, jab pedped ioon bar juon ak kajutak pejnej eo aō make im jipan̄ armej ro jet me rej aikuj aō jipan̄.” Jibadbad in ej jokkun wōt juon ippān katak ko an Elder Russell M. Nelson, eo ekar kōmejajaik ilo juon kōnono ilo 2023 eo bwe, “Jeļāļo̧kjeņ ej oktak eo ikōtaan kōņaan eo bwe kwon kar jipan̄ armej ro jet im maron̄ jipan̄ er.”
Kabun̄ eo an Jisōs Kraist im Armej ro Rekwojarjar ilo Raan Ko Āliktata eto an jojomar kōn aorōk eo an jeļāļo̧kjeņ āinwōt juon dekā in jabōn em̧ an un̄n̄are peid make. Būreejtōn Thomas S. Monson ekar ba:
“Ij libjerjer kom̧ n̄an pukōt jeļāļo̧kjeņ eo ami … bwe kwon maron̄ pojak n̄an kake eļan̄n̄e jekjek ko rej menin aikuj.
“Tōļan ko am̧ renaaj ļapļo̧k ilo am̧ ekkatak im katak. Enaaj em̧m̧anļo̧k am̧ naaj jipan̄ baam̧le ko am̧ ilo katak eo aer, im enaaj wōr am̧ aenōm̧m̧an ilo ļōmņak ilo jeļā bwe kwar kōpooj eok make n̄an iien ko me kwoj maron̄ iiooni ilo mour eo am̧.”
Juon m̧am̧a eo edik ippān juon baam̧le ej eddōkļo̧k, dipio in meļeļe eo an Lotu kōn pedped in katak ko ekar kein kam̧ool ilo an liin wōnm̧aanļo̧k ilo PathwayConnect eo, kōkam̧anm̧anļo̧k kapeel ko an ilo academic, eddōkļo̧k ilo jetōb, im m̧aanjabpopo n̄an wōnm̧aanļo̧k ilo jeļāļo̧kjeņ eo an ilo Brigham Young University–Idaho. Ekar juon ettōņak an liin jān kar high school, n̄an bōk juon bachelor degree juon raan bwe liin en maron̄ un̄n̄are pein make im bōk eddo in lale armej ro ilo mour eo an.
Bwe n̄an aolep ro rej watōk PathwayConnect āinwōt bar juon ļōmņak n̄an er, Lotu ewōr ippān naan in rejan̄ in:
“Ro m̧ōtta im baam̧le jitōnbōro, kobatok ilo būrookraam̧ in. Enaaj jipan̄ eok bōk kōttōpar ko am̧ ilo jetjet, lewaj elōn̄ iien ko rem̧m̧an, im kōtļo̧k am̧ meletlet im jutak make iaam̧.”