Rev Fouvale Asiata and the Matuu and Faganeanea CCCAS have lighted up Yellow Town for the third year in a row.
Their display of Christmas trees and lights was opened with caroling and a tree lighting ceremony on Sunday evening.
First Lady Cynthia Malala Moliga did the honors of turning on the switch to light up the Christmas tree and all its trimmings in front of the church as well as trees lining the beach side.
Village matai, lawmakers, church members, invited guests and a crowd of spectators of all ages from all over the island joined the festive ceremony.
It was announced that Matuu and Faganeanea’s Christmas display this year is dedicated to Governor Lolo and First Lady Cynthia Moliga and Lt Governor Lemanu Peleti Mauga and Mrs Mauga for their service as leaders of the territory for the last 8 years, and also to Toa o Samoa in the Armed Forces who cant be home with families at this special time of the year.
The trees and lights and all the Christmas decorations are provided by Rev and Mrs Asiata and family, church members, donors and friends and relatives.
For those wondering about the name Yellow Town, Austin Auzzy Asiata, said his Dad Rev Asiata , who was a chaplain of the US Army Reserve, wanted to recreate a place that stood out from all the places he has visited in his travels.
𝙸𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚊 𝚜𝚖𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚝𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚙𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚢𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚘𝚠 (𝚋𝚞𝚒𝚕𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜, 𝚛𝚘𝚊𝚍𝚜, 𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚜𝚎𝚜 𝚎𝚝𝚌 𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐).
Rev Asiata wanted to create a similar place here, and he envisioned it would be 𝚊𝚗 𝚊𝚖𝚊𝚣𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚒𝚜𝚝 𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚜𝚖𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚒𝚜𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚊 “𝚒𝚐𝚘𝚊 𝚎𝚟𝚊“ 𝚘𝚛 𝚗𝚒𝚌𝚔𝚗𝚊𝚖𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝙼𝚊𝚝𝚞𝚞 & 𝙵𝚊𝚐𝚊𝚗𝚎𝚊𝚗𝚎𝚊.
Initially the Yellow Town theme started with 𝚝𝚑𝚎 Matuu Faganeanea CCCAS 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚝𝚑.
“𝙰𝚕𝚕 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚞𝚗𝚒𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚖𝚜 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚜𝚒𝚟𝚊, 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎𝚜, 𝚜𝚙𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚜 𝚝𝚎𝚊𝚖𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚢 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚢𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚘𝚠,” said Austin. “𝙰𝚗𝚍 𝚘𝚏 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚜𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚗𝚊𝚖𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚞𝚌𝚔 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚝𝚑 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚞𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚝 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚎𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚘𝚍𝚊𝚢. “
“𝙱𝚞𝚝 𝚒𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚜𝚗’𝚝 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚔, he shared. “D𝚊𝚍 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚊 𝚖𝚎𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚋𝚎𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚍 𝚒𝚝 𝚊𝚕𝚕. 𝙱𝚎𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊 𝚟𝚎𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚗 𝚑𝚒𝚖𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏 𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚙𝚕𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝙸𝚛𝚊𝚚 𝚊𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚐𝚜𝚒𝚍𝚎 𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚢 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚟𝚎𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚜 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚒𝚜𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚍, 𝚒𝚝’𝚜 𝚗𝚘 𝚜𝚞𝚛𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚜𝚎 𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚕𝚘𝚛 𝚢𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚘𝚠 𝚋𝚎𝚌𝚊𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚒𝚝 𝚜𝚢𝚖𝚋𝚘𝚕𝚒𝚣𝚎𝚜 𝚘𝚞𝚛 “𝚂𝚞𝚙𝚙𝚘𝚛𝚝 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚃𝚛𝚘𝚘𝚙𝚜“.
Rev Asiata 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚊 𝚟𝚊𝚕𝚞𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚖𝚎𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚗𝚊𝚖𝚎: “𝚈𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚘𝚠 𝚛𝚎𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚜 𝙿𝙴𝙰𝙲𝙴 & 𝙵𝚁𝙴𝙴𝙳𝙾𝙼. 𝙸 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚙𝚎𝚘𝚙𝚕𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚏𝚎𝚎𝚕 & 𝚊𝚋𝚜𝚘𝚛𝚋 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚛𝚐𝚢 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚟𝚒𝚜𝚒𝚝 𝚘𝚛 𝚙𝚊𝚜𝚜 𝚋𝚢 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚟𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚊𝚐𝚎; 𝙴𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢𝚋𝚘𝚍𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚟𝚒𝚜𝚒𝚝𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚟𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚊𝚐𝚎 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚏𝚎𝚎𝚕 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚜𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚐𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚜“
Austin said 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 they 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚗𝚘𝚝 fully realized the 𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚕 𝚖𝚎𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚗𝚊𝚖𝚎 𝚢𝚎𝚝, “𝚠𝚎 𝚙𝚛𝚊𝚢 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚑𝚘𝚙𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚘𝚞𝚛 C𝚑𝚛𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚖𝚊𝚜 𝚍𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚑𝚞𝚛𝚌𝚑 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚙𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚛𝚘𝚊𝚍𝚜𝚒𝚍𝚎 𝚐𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚜 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚙𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚊 𝚛𝚎𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚠𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚘 𝚋𝚕𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚍𝚘𝚖 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚠𝚎 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚐𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚎𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚌𝚒𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚊𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚜𝚎 𝚍𝚒𝚏𝚏𝚒𝚌𝚞𝚕𝚝 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎𝚜.”
“I𝚝 𝚑𝚊𝚜 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚊 𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚐, 𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚛 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚑𝚊𝚜 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚐𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚗, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚠𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝙿𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙵𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚍𝚘𝚖 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚟𝚒𝚜𝚒𝚝 𝚘𝚛 𝚙𝚊𝚜𝚜 𝚋𝚢 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚑𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚟𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚊𝚐𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝙼𝚊𝚝𝚞𝚞 & 𝙵𝚊𝚐𝚊𝚗𝚎𝚊𝚗𝚎𝚊 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚑𝚘𝚕𝚒𝚍𝚊𝚢 𝚜𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚘𝚗.”
