TALATALA APAKUKI ULUIREWA RETURNS TO LAUTOKA

Rev Apakuki Uluirewa, returned to Lautoka this last few weeks for a series of preaching and teaching appointments at LFT. His return was made possible through his links with the Senior Pastor, Rev Saimoni Waqa, who invited him over.

His appointment saw him speaking at various districts and divisions within the Lautoka geographical periphery.

The message Titled, 'ENCOUNTER', was very deep and came at a divinely appointed time.

With the political situation in the country in an uncertain direction, a spiritual word of encouragement and fatherhood advise is all we need at a time such as this.

Rev Apakuki Uluirewa draws strength from the Bible verse in Proverbs 17:22: A happy heart is a good medicine and a cheerful mind works healing, but a broken spirit dries the bone.

He is one of the pioneers of the Assemblies Of God Church in Fiji. Now based in Australia, Talatala Uluirewa still calls Fiji home and has not lost touch with members of the church. His story is one filled with personal triumph in winning many to what now makes up the Assemblies of God, as well as other churches that have branched from the AOG.

Born in 1937, Mr Uluirewa hails from Nabouwalu Village in the district of Ono in Kadavu. Now 70, he can still remember when he was invited by a 10-year-old boy to attend a Sunday school class in Lautoka in 1957, for the first time. "That day is still fresh in my mind as it was the first time I officially attended a Sunday school class," he said.

Three years later, Mr Uluirewa was ordained as an AOG minister in Lautoka. He served as Senior
Pastor in Lautoka until 1972. Now 48 years later, he is still going strong.

(partially adapted from the Fiji Times)