Amata Congratulates Samoan Congregation Church for 55 Years at Fort Myer
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is congratulating the Samoan Congregation Church, Joint Base Henderson Hall-Myer, which is celebrating 55 years at this location.
“It is a special delight to congratulate this wonderful congregation which celebrates an amazing 55 years of worshipping God together at Fort Myer. Your congregation is a strong part of the Samoan community in the greater DC area, and these years of faithful service bring God’s blessing on this ministry,” said Congresswoman Amata. “It’s a beautiful testimony to the Lord’s grace to his people that you’ve built this remarkable legacy of proclaiming the Word of God, God’s love for us all, and the Gospel of Jesus Christ!
“As Samoans, one of our greatest strengths is that we are a people of faith. This is the most important heritage we pass down to our children and their children,” Amata continued. “The Bible says ‘remove not the ancient landmark’ and this congregation makes up a landmark to God’s glory in the DC region and a ministry that is observed by our military, testifying of the Lord’s goodness. We will never know until eternity just how much God has used this church in 55 years.”
“It’s a joy to be Samoan, to send congratulations for this milestone, and it’s an everlasting joy to be a fellow believer in Jesus as Savior and Lord,” Amata concluded. “God bless you and your families, our great military, our people back in the islands, and our Samoan churches serving faithfully everywhere.”
Congratulatory Message in Samoan:
Lau susuga i le Taitai o le sauniga
Le mamalu o le Tapuaiga
Ou Paia Faale-Talalelei
Ou Mamalu Faale-Malō
Ou Sā ma Faigā Faale-Aganuu
E afua mai ou Ao, e pau mai i sē aupito itiiti
Le Paia atoa uma ua tatou tapua’i faatasi i le Maota o le Galuega i nei Henderson, Fort Myer
Ou te faatulou atu, ofo alofa atu, ma faafeiloa’i atu i le suafa manumalo o lo tatou Alii Faaola
Ia te ia pea le Viiga, Faaneeneega ma le Mana, e o’o lava i le faavavau!
E le faaitiitia le agaga faafetai ia te outou uma lava
Malo le folau, malo le fai o le faiva, faafetai le onosa’i ma le faatoatoa, faafetai tatalo, malo alofa
Ua 55 tausga o lenei Faapotopotoga
55 tausaga o le alofa le faatuaoia, le alofa tausi ma le alofa saili o le Atua i ona tagata
O se tasi o uiga taualoa ua iloga ai nai o tatou tagata o le soifua tautua
Poo fea lava le tuluiga o loo aumau ma pāpā a’ao ai e iloga lava le Samoa
55, e le o se numera laititi
Ou te manatua se tasi o alo o le atunuu na lauiloa i le lakapī faa- Amerika, le susuga ia Junior Seau, ua mapu atu i aao o le Faaola, o le 55 le numera sa ia laei
E tau foi i lo’u manatu le tusi a Isaia i lona mataupu e 55, o loo faaulutalaina “Ua valaauina tagata uma lava, latou te manuia i le Mesia”
E maoa’e le poto o le Mataisau Foafoa, na ia faia le tagata i lona faatusa, avea ma palealii e faia lona finagalo i soo se ala ua valaauina ai
O loo tatou fai tapuaiga faatasi ma nisi o Toa o Samoa, o loo tau mo le filemu o le lalolagi
E mafai ona ou faapea atu i lenei faapotopotoga “O outou o Toa o le Talalelei”
Ua outou tau ina ia maua e le lalolagi le filemu o le Atua
Ou te patipatia le ofoina atu o outou tagata mo le Atua e tumau ai le nofo lelei ma tagata uma lava
Ua outou faaauau le galuega alofa na faavae ma fatufatu mai e nisi o le au faatuatua
Tatou te manatua ai foi le sao tāua a i latou ua folau loa
Ia tatou saili pea i le Atua
O lona filemu, o le manuia lea e faavavau
E tele nauā le alofa o le Atua ma ana faamanuiaga mo i latou e faatuatua ia te ia
E ofo tele ai ma faafetai
Manuia lau susuga i le Ta’ita’i
Manuia le lenei sauiniga mamalu
Ola foi le auauna faatauvaa i le alofa o le Atua
Ona o Iesu, Amene