Prisoners With Family Perished or Missing in Samoa Tsunami Asking For Prayers

Yolande Ah Chong from Radio 531pi read out an email from those working within the prison system with Samoan prisoners. They have also lost loved ones in the tsunami and are in need of our prayers and spiritual sustenance.

The emailer is asking for people and church ministers to overlook that these men, and woman, are prisoners and to extend a hand of prayer and fellowship to them at this time.

Like Michael Jones, the former All Black, is saying on 531pi radio right now, we forget about our prisoners and it’s good to be reminded that they have also lost loved ones as well.

Email request below

From: LOLE-TAYLOR, Le’au (NRCFPP) [mailto:Le’au.Lole-Taylor@corrections.govt.nz]
Sent: Friday, 2 October 2009 11:39 a.m.
To: L.A. Lole-Taylor
Subject: Need your help for Spiritual comfort to our Samoan prisoners

Talofa and Greetings to all our community.

It is time like this when nature strikes, that some of our men turn to their faith for support.
While they may have done wrong which landed them in prisons, they are still tama-fanau of our ancestors.
We are in need of some Samoan ministers who could provide prayer sessions for an hour or so at some of our prison sites this Sundays 3rd October.

Some of our Samoan prisoners have lost their families in the villages affected by the Tsunami. I ask that you look beyond their offending, and help provide them with some spiritual support.

With the majority of us having our services in the morning from 10.00am onwards, we are happy to facilitate earlier services e.g. 8.00am – 9.00am  or afternoon from 1.00pm onwards.

If you could help out in any way, we would really appreciate this.

Le’au

Le’aufa’amulia Asenati LOLE-TAYLOR
Regional Advisor-Pacific, Northern Region
Dept. of Corrections Prison Service
Level 4, 195 Khyber Pass, Grafton.
Private Bag 92625, Symonds Street, Auckland

Tel: +64-9-638 5726 (DD) or Internal Ext: 99926
or Mob: 021 764 306

Spring Hill on 07-826 0496 or Ext: 97496

Email: Le’au.Lole-Taylor@corrections.govt.nz

Pacific Strategy:
My strength does not come from me alone but from many
O le tele o sulu e maua ai ni figota, e mama se avega, pe a tatou amo fa’atasi
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