TALATALA JERRY MAKES THE CUT

EAGLE'S VIEW WISHES TO CONGRATULATE REV JEREMAIA RADRODRO ON HIS ELECTION INTO THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE ASSEMBLIES OF GOD OF FIJI.

TALATALA JERRY AS WE KNOW HIM WAS SPIRITUALLY BIRTHED AND GROOMED AT LFT. FROM HIS HUMBLE BEGININGS AS A MEMBER OF THE CAMP BOYS IN THE EARLY 80'S HE WAS CALLED TO PASTORAL MINISTRY IN 1988 ALONG WITH HIS FELLOW YOUTH COMMITTEE MEMBERS SEMI RATUCOKA AND NOA RABICI.TALATALA NEVER LOOKED BACK AND HIS MINISTRY EXPANDED AS THE YEARS WENT BY.

DURING HIS TIME AT SARU, HE WAS YOUTH PASTOR ON TWO OCCASIONS, WAS CHURCH ADMINISTRATOR WITH RESPONSIBILITY OF OVERLOOKING ALL DEPARTMENT AFFAIRS, LOOKED AFTER WAIYAVI FOR MANY YEARS,BECAME DEPUTY SENIOR PASTOR AND LED SARU IN ITS MOST TRYING TIME FOLLOWING THE PASSING AWAY OF REV FILIMONI KAMA WAQA.

TALATALA WAS ONE OF THE FEW WHO HAD THE BLESSED OPPORTUNITY OF WORKING CLOSELY WITH REV F.K. WAQA IN HIS LATER DAYS AND ALONG WITH HIS OLD FRIEND TALATALA SEMI RATUCOKA, WAS THERE WITH HIM IN HIS LAST MOMENTS.

HE IS NOW THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE FIJIAN ETHNIC OF THE ASSEMBLIES OF GOD OF FIJI AND WILL SERVE FOR TWO YEARS. HE IS A HARD WORKER AND DYNAMIC PREACHER WHO NOW SHEPHERDS THE WORK IN LABASA.

TALATALA JERRY IS MARRIED TO SISTER SALA AND THEY HAVE THREE WONDERFUL BOYS.

WITH THIS POSTING, WE HAVE INCLUDED A CLIP OF HIS LAST INTERVIEW AT SARU BEFORE HIS DEPARTURE FOR LABASA. THE INTERVIEW IS RECORDED IN THE FIJIAN LANGUAGE.



TALATALA JERRY, BEHIND THE PULPIT DURING ONE OF HIS LAST ASSIGNMENTS BEFORE DEPARTING FOR LABASA.