‘Jesus Is the Way’: What the new hymnbook’s Tongan hymn means to Tongan Latter-day Saints

Salome Strom was born and raised in Ha’alaufuli, Vava’u, within the Kingdom of Tonga. She grew up singing “Folofola Mai ‘a ...
East Bay Times

Hayward church helps keep the Tongan tradition alive

HAYWARD — About 5 p.m., as people trickle into the sanctuary at First United Methodist Church, Ha’unga Fetu’u belts out a sonorous note in his native language, followed by a hymn so harmonious it ...
OPB

Portland’s Tongan community shares stories, songs as relatives remain isolated on the islands

Many people shared stories about their last phone calls with relatives before they lost all communication. The islands still remain mostly isolated and without power after the undersea volcano erupted ...
The Salt Lake Tribune

‘Mormon Land’: The latest on Tongan relief and how the islands resemble Utah in at least one big way

On Jan. 15, after an undersea volcano showered the kingdom of Tonga with tsunami waves, flooding, rocks and ash, members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints sprang into action. The Utah ...
America Magazine

‘Our Church Has to Shine Out’: Cardinal-Elect Soane Patita Paini Mafi, Tonga

Bishop Soane Patita Paini Mafi, 53, leads the Catholic Church in the Kingdom of Tonga, 176 islands spread over 270,000 square miles in the South Pacific. Ninety percent of the Kingdom’s approximately ...