Yup, when you listen to Liolita Hola, a BYU-Hawaii IWES student worker in the Tongan village, you will definitely hear a bit of Alabama coming through. That’s because the tall, smiling young Tongan recently served her LDS Church mission in Birmingham and would love to go back some day. The Church of Jesus Christ of [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Tonga’
August 2, 2007
Sione Tui’one Pulotu: PCC’s “Living Treasure”
The Honpa Hongwanji Mission of Hawaii recently presented its prestigious Living Treasure Award to Sione Tui’one Pulotu for his 40-plus years of excellence and creative contributions as a master Polynesian carver.
Pulotu was only 20 years old when he came from Tonga to help build additions to the campus of the Church College of Hawaii [...]
