Fakaʻilekitulōnika Pē
Tatali ki he Taimi ʻa e ʻEikí
Naʻá ku ongoʻi mālohi ke u hū ki BYU–ʻAitahō ka naʻe ʻikai ke tali ke u hū ki ai. Naʻe faifai pea tali au peá u iku feʻiloaki foki ai mo hoku mali ʻi he kahaʻú.
Talu mei heʻeku kei siʻí, naʻe fakalotolahiʻi maʻu pē au mo hoku ngaahi tokouá mo e tuongaʻané ʻe heʻeku tamaí ke mau ako ʻi he ʻUnivēsiti Pilikihami ʻIongi–Hauaiʻí. Ka neongo ia, ʻi ha ʻaho ʻe taha lolotonga ʻeku ngāue fakafaifekaú ʻi he 2016, naʻá ku maʻu ha ongo mālohi ke u ʻalu ki BYU–ʻAitahō. Hili ʻeku foki mei heʻeku ngāue fakafaifekaú, naʻá ku teuteu ki he sivi ʻi he pōtoʻi lea faka-Pilitāniá he ko e konga ia ʻo e tohi kole ke hū ki he ʻapiakó. Naʻe ʻikai ke lava ʻeku siví, pea naʻe ʻikai ke tali ke u hū ki BYU–ʻAitahō. Ka neongo ia, ʻi heʻeku hoko ko ha tokotaha ako fakavahaʻapuleʻanga mei Taiuaní, naʻe tali au ke u hū ki BYU–Hauaiʻi.
Lolotonga ʻeku kei ako ʻi Hauaiʻí, naʻe hokohoko atu pē ʻeku teuteu ke hiki ki ʻAitahoó. Naʻá ku fakakaukau maʻu pē ki he fehuʻi ko ʻení: “Ko e hā naʻe ʻikai ke tali ai au ki BYU–ʻAitahō kapau kuó u maʻu ʻa e ueʻi ke hū ki aí?” Naʻe hangē he ʻikai pē ke teitei maʻu ʻa e talí.
Naʻá ku fiefia ʻi ha hili ha taʻu ʻe ua ʻo ʻeku ako ʻi Hauaiʻí, naʻe tali au ki BYU–ʻAitahō ʻi he faʻahitaʻu fakatōlau ʻo e 2019. Naʻá ku fuʻu fiefia ʻaupito ke u ʻalu. Lolotonga ʻeku ʻi BYU–ʻAitahoó, naʻá ku fakalaulauloto lahi ki he ʻuhinga naʻe finangalo ai e ʻOtuá ke u ʻi aí. Naʻe ʻikai ke faingofua ʻa e ngāue fakaakó ʻi he ongo ʻuluaki semesitaá. Ka neongo ia, naʻá ku ako ke feinga ke u falala ki he ʻOtuá ʻi heʻeku ikunaʻi ha ngaahi ʻahiʻahi mo ha ngāue faingataʻa lahi. Naʻá ku ako ai “ʻOku ou faʻa fai ʻa e ngaahi meʻa kotoa pē ʻia Kalaisi ʻokú ne fakamālohi[a] aú” (Filipai 4:13).
ʻI he taʻu hono hokó, naʻá ku fetaulaki ai mo hoku husepānití ʻi hono ʻuluaki uike ʻi BYU–ʻAitahō. Naʻá ma hoko ko ha ongo kaungāmeʻa lelei, pea naʻe ʻikai fuoloa kuó ma ʻiloʻi ʻokú ma feʻofaʻaki mo loto ke mali. Ko e toki taimi ia naʻá ku ʻiloʻi ai ʻa e ʻuhinga mahuʻinga taha ki hono fakatoloi hono tali au ki BYU–ʻAitahoó: ke fetaulaki mo hoku husepānití.
Naʻá ku ʻosi mei BYU–ʻAitahō ʻi he 2023 pea ʻoku ou lolotonga ako ʻi he polokalama Master of Music ʻi he ʻUnivēsiti ʻo e Siteiti Misikení. ʻI heʻeku manatu ki aí, ʻoku ou fakatokangaʻi ʻa e ngaahi tāpuaki kotoa kuo foaki mai maʻakú ka ko e meʻa mahuʻinga tahá, ko e tokotaha kuó u aʻusiá. Talu mei heʻeku faingataʻaʻia ʻi heʻeku hoko ko ha tokotaha ako fakavahaʻapuleʻanga ʻi ha ʻātakai kehekehe ʻe ua, kuó u ako ke fakaʻapaʻapaʻi ʻa e ngaahi anga fakafonua kehé, ke ʻoua ʻe moʻui fakafalala, pea falala ki he ʻOtuá ʻi hoku ngaahi faingataʻá. ʻOku ʻi ai ʻa e taimi ʻe niʻihi he ʻikai ke tau ʻilo ʻa e palani ʻa e ʻOtuá maʻatautolu ʻi he fehangahangai mo e ngaahi faingataʻá, ka ʻoku ou ʻilo kapau te tau falala mo tui kiate Ia, ʻe ʻuhingamālie ʻa e meʻa kotoa pē ʻi he ngataʻangá—pea te tau hoko ʻo lelei ange koeʻuhí ko ia.