Ek Chaipal Badhaao kee Poorvhbhaasna kee

1924 me, mishanariyon ke Fiji me aane se 30 saal pehle, Mele Vea Suva, Fiji chale gae. Usne 14 saal kee umr me Tonga me bapatisma liya tha, lekin Suva me woh 1936 tak anye Santon se alag me rahi. Us saal, Tongan Mission ke nae president, Emile Dunn, Tonga ke liye ek jahaaj ke liye Fiji me prateeksha karte samay usse mulaakaat kee. Mele Vea apni prathnaon ke is jawab se bahut khush hui. Dunn na kewal Girjaghar ke sadasye the, lekin woh ek pristhud rakhnewaala bhi tha jo uske bachche ko aashish de sakta tha .

Anye sadasye Fiji chale gae, lekin sangathit Girjaghar kee sabhaon ke abhaav me, kai anye dharmon se jude hue hain. Fijians Cecil G. Smith aur Amely Hicks Smith ke baad Girjaghar me shaamil hue, weh Mele Vea aur unki betiyon ke saath apne ghar me sabha karne lage. Ek durlabh yaatra ke dauraan, Dunn ne Smith ke bade bachchon ko bapatisma kiya. Santon ka yah chota samooh tab tak niyamit roop se milta raha jab tak ki mishanariyon ko Fiji bheja ja saka.

1951 me, Mele Vea ne apni beti Alice ko Tonga kee 10-din kee yaatra par bheja. Alice Girjaghar saahity ke anurodh ke saath apni maa ke sanchit daswa hissa ko Tongan Mishan president ke paas le gai. Jab Alice na kewal daswa hissa raseed lekar lauti to Mele Vea ko khushi hui lekin nai kitaabon ke saath bhi.

Mele Vea aur unake bachchon ne Fiji me santon ke chote, alag-thalag samooh se milna jaaree rakha aur jab weh darshak ko praapt karte the to unki khushi me saajha karte the. 1953 me, Barah Devdut ke Koram ke LeGrand Richards ne Pacific tuyaar ke dauraan Fiji me Santon se mulaakaat kee. Agle saal, ek aur Tongan Sant, Emms Lobendhan, aur unka parivaar Fiji chale gae. 1954 me jab Samoan Mishan ke mishanari pahunche, Mele Vea aur unke bachchon ne Fiji me Girjaghar kee pehli shaakha ka hissa banaya. Cecil aur Amely Smith ne Raviwaar Kaksha me sewa kee, aur Emma Lobendahn ne pehli Sahayak Sanstha president ke roop me 20 varshon tak sewa kee.

Mishanariyon ke aane ke kuch mahine baad hee, Girjaghar ke President David O. McKay ne Fiji me ruke. Yah sunkar ki McKay Viti Levu par hai, mishanariyon ne use khoj nikaala—uske bade aashchary ke liye. McKay ko nahin pata tha ki Fiji me mishanari hain. Elders ne phauran Ravivaar ke liye ek sabha aayojit kee. Sabha Smith ke ghar me aayojit kee gai thee, jismen 28 log maujood the. McKay ne do haphte baad lauta, is baar mishan president ke saath, aur Santon aur janata donon se mile.

Tasveer

Suva Fiji Branch, Janvaari 1955

Kyunki Santon ko milne ke liye jagah chahiye thee, elders ne McKay ko Pacific mahaasaagar ke nazaaron vaala ek sthal dikhaya. Unhone iski khareed ko adhikrt kiya agar weh aas-paas ke lot ko bhi khareed sakte the. Paas ka lot khareeda gaya tha. Waha ek sabha ka ghar banaya gaya tha—stake sentar ke samaan—us samay kee aavashyakta se kahiadhik bada, donon Girjaghar kee sadasyata me bhaavee vrddhi ka poorvaabhaas dena aur suvidha dena. Fijian Symphony Amateur Broadcast ko manoranjan hol me pradarshan karne kee anumati dekar sadbhaavana utpann kee gai thee. McKay imaarat ko dedicate karne ke liye teesri baar aae. Us samay par, sadasyata 120 Santon kee thee—Europeans, Tongans, Indians, Samoans, Kirans logon dwara Fijianske saath haamil hue.