Category: Faith
Posted on March 29, 2016
What Is Our FATONGIA To Our Health?
By Sina Uipi Last week FAB had its seventh session, and we explored the Tongan concept of Fatongia and how it relates to our physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual well-being. FATONGIA/responsibility – accountable for something within one’s power. …
Updated on February 2, 2016
Tufunga Fonua
Illness has been a stealth killer of many of our mothers, fathers, brothers, sisters, and children. This can either continue to be our reality or we can create solutions for our families and our community…TOGETHER. The Faith Advisory …
Posted on February 2, 2016
Tauhi Fonua
Illness has been a stealth killer of many of our mothers, fathers, brothers, sisters, and children. This can either continue to be our reality or we can create solutions for our families and our community…TOGETHER. The Faith Advisory …
Updated on February 2, 2016
Langa Fonua
Illness has been a stealth killer of many of our mothers, fathers, brothers, sisters, and children. This can either continue to be our reality or we can create solutions for our families and our community…TOGETHER. The Faith Advisory …
Posted on February 2, 2016
Kumi Fonua
HAPPY NEW YEAR from the FAITH ADVISORY BOARD (FAB)!! So far, we have done a total of five sessions, but the photo below was taken last week at our very FIRST session of 2016! Our first two themes …
Updated on December 23, 2015
A Sense of Urgency
By Sina Uipi Last week, FAB wrapped up the last session of 2015, which was about creating a sense of urgency for the health in the Tongan community. In our first session on December 10th, we had special …
Updated on November 24, 2015
Our Stories vs “Their Stories”
By Sina Uipi Last week, we continued another great session of POTOPOTO ‘A NIU MUI. The theme was still the same, which was to explore our aka (roots), but this time we had a different proverb, which was …
Posted on November 10, 2015
Community Building from a FABulous Perspective
By Sharayne Tuala Two weeks ago I attended the first Faith Advisory Board (FAB) session. I had no idea or expectations for this first session. All I knew was that I was attending this session to show support …
Posted on November 3, 2015
Launch of FAB Curriculum, POTOPOTO ‘A NIU MUI, Was A Success!
Hawthorne United Methodist Church We finally did it!! We are so happy and proud with how our launch went for the FAB curriculum, POTOPOTO ‘A NIU MUI. It was a success and the turnout was way better than …
Updated on October 23, 2015
Wisdom of Young Coconut Tree
POTOPOTO ‘A NIU MUI, is a Tongan proverb, and is defined as wisdom of young coconut tree. When this tree grows and starts to bear fruit, it produces an innumerable amount of coconuts for its size and maturity. …