By Josephine Nickel-Leaupepe
APIA, Samoa (Samoa Observer, June 25) – A Seventh Day Adventist (SDA) youth group from Oahu, Hawai'i, has returned after spending several weeks working with the community in Tafua, Savai'i.
[PIR editor’s note: Savaii is the larger, and more rural of the two main islands of Samoa. Pacific scholars note similarities between Samoa’s "Big Island" and the Big Island of Hawaii in the state of Hawaii.]
The trip was part of a spiritual mission, group leader Togafau Schoen Safotu said.
The Tafua SDA church hosted the team of 29.
Togafau said part of their mission involved donating money to help build the new church building for SDA Tafua. This donation totaled $20,000.
On top of that, they donated educational items and sports gear for the SDA Primary School at Tafua.
They also helped renovate and repaint the school building.
Togafau said the trip was the first visit to Samoa for most of the group. It was a...