Yellow Town Lights up for the Holidays

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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.

π™Έπš 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚊 πšœπš–πšŠπš•πš• πšπš˜πš πš— πšπš‘πšŠπš 𝚠𝚊𝚜 πš•πš’πšπšŽπš›πšŠπš•πš•πš’ πš™πšŠπš’πš—πšπšŽπš πšŠπš•πš• πš’πšŽπš•πš•πš˜πš  (πš‹πšžπš’πš•πšπš’πš—πšπšœ, πš›πš˜πšŠπšπšœ, πš‘πš˜πšžπšœπšŽπšœ 𝚎𝚝𝚌 πš•πš’πšπšŽπš›πšŠπš•πš•πš’ πšŽπšŸπšŽπš›πš’πšπš‘πš’πš—πš).

Rev Asiata wanted to create a similar place here, and he envisioned it would be πšŠπš— πšŠπš–πšŠπš£πš’πš—πš πšπš˜πšžπš›πš’πšœπš πšŠπšπšπš›πšŠπšŒπšπš’πš˜πš— πšπš˜πš› πš˜πšžπš› πšœπš–πšŠπš•πš• πš’πšœπš•πšŠπš—πš πšŠπš—πš 𝚊 β€œπš’πšπš˜πšŠ πšŽπšŸπšŠβ€œ πš˜πš› πš—πš’πšŒπš”πš—πšŠπš–πšŽ πšπš˜πš› π™ΌπšŠπšπšžπšž & π™΅πšŠπšπšŠπš—πšŽπšŠπš—πšŽπšŠ.

Initially the Yellow Town theme started with πšπš‘πšŽ Matuu Faganeanea CCCAS πš’πš˜πšžπšπš‘.

β€œπ™°πš•πš• πš˜πšžπš› πšžπš—πš’πšπš˜πš›πš–πšœ πšπš˜πš› πšœπš’πšŸπšŠ, πš™πšŽπš›πšπš˜πš›πš–πšŠπš—πšŒπšŽπšœ, πšœπš™πš˜πš›πšπšœ πšπšŽπšŠπš–πšœ πšŠπš—πš πš–πšŠπš—πš’ πš–πš˜πš›πšŽ πš πšŽπš›πšŽ πš’πšŽπš•πš•πš˜πš ,” said Austin. “π™°πš—πš 𝚘𝚏 πšŒπš˜πšžπš›πšœπšŽ πšπš‘πšŽ πš—πšŠπš–πšŽ πšœπšπšžπšŒπš” πš πš’πšπš‘ πšπš‘πšŽ πš’πš˜πšžπšπš‘ πšŠπš—πš πšπš‘πšŽπš’ πš‘πšŠπšŸπšŽ πš‹πšŽπšŽπš— πšžπšœπš’πš—πš πš’πš πšŽπšŸπšŽπš› πšœπš’πš—πšŒπšŽ πšŽπšŸπšŽπš— πšπš›πš˜πš– πš˜πšŸπšŽπš›πšœπšŽπšŠπšœ 𝚝𝚘𝚍𝚊𝚒. β€œ

β€œπ™±πšžπš πš’πš πš πšŠπšœπš—β€™πš πšŠπš•πš• πšŠπš‹πš˜πšžπš πšπš‘πšŽ πš•πš˜πš˜πš”, he shared. β€œD𝚊𝚍 πš‘πšŠπš 𝚊 πš–πšŽπšŠπš—πš’πš—πš πš‹πšŽπš‘πš’πš—πš πš’πš πšŠπš•πš•. π™±πšŽπš’πš—πš 𝚊 πšŸπšŽπšπšŽπš›πšŠπš— πš‘πš’πš–πšœπšŽπš•πš πšœπšŽπš›πšŸπš’πš—πš 𝚊 πšŒπš˜πšžπš™πš•πšŽ 𝚘𝚏 πšπš˜πšžπš›πšœ 𝚝𝚘 π™Έπš›πšŠπšš πšŠπš•πš˜πš—πšπšœπš’πšπšŽ πš–πšŠπš—πš’ πš˜πšπš‘πšŽπš› πšŸπšŽπšπšŽπš›πšŠπš—πšœ πšπš›πš˜πš– πš˜πšžπš› πš’πšœπš•πšŠπš—πš, πš’πšβ€™πšœ πš—πš˜ πšœπšžπš›πš™πš›πš’πšœπšŽ πš‘πšŽ πš•πš˜πšŸπšŽπšœ πšπš‘πšŽ πšŒπš˜πš•πš˜πš› πš’πšŽπš•πš•πš˜πš  πš‹πšŽπšŒπšŠπšžπšœπšŽ πš’πš πšœπš’πš–πš‹πš˜πš•πš’πš£πšŽπšœ πš˜πšžπš› β€œπš‚πšžπš™πš™πš˜πš›πš πšπš˜πš› πšπš‘πšŽ πšƒπš›πš˜πš˜πš™πšœβ€œ.

Rev Asiata πš πšŠπš—πšπšŽπš 𝚊 πšŸπšŠπš•πšžπšŠπš‹πš•πšŽ πš–πšŽπšŠπš—πš’πš—πš 𝚝𝚘 πšπš‘πšŽ πš—πšŠπš–πšŽ: β€œπšˆπšŽπš•πš•πš˜πš  πš›πšŽπš™πš›πšŽπšœπšŽπš—πšπšœ 𝙿𝙴𝙰𝙲𝙴 & π™΅πšπ™΄π™΄π™³π™Ύπ™Ό. 𝙸 πš πšŠπš—πš πš™πšŽπš˜πš™πš•πšŽ 𝚝𝚘 πšπšŽπšŽπš• & πšŠπš‹πšœπš˜πš›πš‹ πšπš‘πšŠπš πšŽπš—πšŽπš›πšπš’ πšŽπšŸπšŽπš›πš’πšπš’πš–πšŽ πšπš‘πšŽπš’ πšŸπš’πšœπš’πš πš˜πš› πš™πšŠπšœπšœ πš‹πš’ πš˜πšžπš› πšŸπš’πš•πš•πšŠπšπšŽ; π™΄πšŸπšŽπš›πš’πš‹πš˜πšπš’ πšπš‘πšŠπš πšŸπš’πšœπš’πšπšœ πšπš‘πš’πšœ πšŸπšŽπš›πš’ πšŸπš’πš•πš•πšŠπšπšŽ πšœπš‘πš˜πšžπš•πš πšπšŽπšŽπš• πšπš‘πš˜πšœπšŽ πšπš‘πš’πš—πšπšœ πš πš‘πšŽπš— πšπš‘πšŽπš’ πš•πšŽπšŠπšŸπšŽ πš˜πšžπš› πšπš›πš˜πšžπš—πšπšœβ€œοΏΌ

Austin said πšπš‘πš˜πšžπšπš‘ they πš‘πšŠπšŸπšŽ πš—πš˜πš fully realized the πš•πš’πšπšŽπš›πšŠπš• πš–πšŽπšŠπš—πš’πš—πš 𝚘𝚏 πšπš‘πšŽ πš—πšŠπš–πšŽ 𝚒𝚎𝚝, β€œπš πšŽ πš™πš›πšŠπš’ πšŠπš—πš πš‘πš˜πš™πšŽ πšπš‘πšŠπš πš˜πšžπš› Cπš‘πš›πš’πšœπšπš–πšŠπšœ πšπšŽπšŒπš˜πš›πšŠπšπš’πš˜πš—πšœ πšπš˜πš› πšπš‘πšŽ πšŒπš‘πšžπš›πšŒπš‘ πšŒπš˜πš–πš™πš˜πšžπš—πš πšŠπš—πš πš›πš˜πšŠπšπšœπš’πšπšŽ πšπš’πšŸπšŽπšœ 𝚒𝚘𝚞 πš™πšŽπšŠπšŒπšŽ πš πš’πšπš‘ 𝚊 πš›πšŽπš–πš’πš—πšπšŽπš› πšπš‘πšŠπš 𝚠𝚎 πšŠπš›πšŽ πšŽπšŸπšŽπš› 𝚜𝚘 πš‹πš•πšŽπšœπšœπšŽπš 𝚝𝚘 πš‘πšŠπšŸπšŽ πšπš‘πšŽ πšπš›πšŽπšŽπšπš˜πš– πšπš‘πšŠπš 𝚠𝚎 πšœπš˜πš–πšŽπšπš’πš–πšŽπšœ πšπšŠπš”πšŽ πšπš˜πš› πšπš›πšŠπš—πšπšŽπš πšŽπšœπš™πšŽπšŒπš’πšŠπš•πš•πš’ πšŠπš›πš˜πšžπš—πš πšπš‘πšŽπšœπšŽ πšπš’πšπšπš’πšŒπšžπš•πš πšπš’πš–πšŽπšœ.”

β€œI𝚝 πš‘πšŠπšœ πš‹πšŽπšŽπš— 𝚊 πš•πš˜πš—πš, πš›πš˜πšžπšπš‘ πš’πšŽπšŠπš› πš πš’πšπš‘ πšŠπš•πš• πšπš‘πšŠπš πš‘πšŠπšœ πš‹πšŽπšŽπš— πšπš˜πš’πš—πš πš˜πš—, πš‹πšžπš 𝚠𝚎 πš πšŠπš—πš 𝚒𝚘𝚞 πšŠπš•πš• 𝚝𝚘 πš‹πš›πšŽπšŠπšπš‘πšŽ πš’πš— π™ΏπšŽπšŠπšŒπšŽ πšŠπš—πš π™΅πš›πšŽπšŽπšπš˜πš– πš πš‘πšŽπš—πšŽπšŸπšŽπš› 𝚒𝚘𝚞 πšŸπš’πšœπš’πš πš˜πš› πš™πšŠπšœπšœ πš‹πš’ πš˜πšžπš› πš‘πš˜πš–πšŽ πšŸπš’πš•πš•πšŠπšπšŽ 𝚘𝚏 π™ΌπšŠπšπšžπšž & π™΅πšŠπšπšŠπš—πšŽπšŠπš—πšŽπšŠ πšπš‘πš’πšœ πš‘πš˜πš•πš’πšπšŠπš’ πšœπšŽπšŠπšœπš˜πš—.”

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