Goodnight ol brother-sister bilong christain community bilong Bogenvil.

“Mi hamamas long bungim yupela gen long dispela important taim bilong calendar bilong lotu bilong yumi. Olsem yumi olgeta i save olsem long Easter, yumi olgeta Christians tru aut long world i celebratim victory bilong Jesus.”

“Jesus em I bin abrusim pasin bilong sin na ol symptoms olsem ol sign bilong sin olsem sickness, poverty, death-ol kainkain hevi I save kamap- em Jesus I win long die na em I daunim sin na pawa bilong em including death taim Jesus I win bek long die.”

“Yumi mas save, long taim Jesus I win bek long taim Jesus i die, em no bin die olsem god em I no bin kamap bek olsem God. Em bin die olsem man, pikinini blong man, pikinini bilong mama Maria, na em bin kamap bek olsem man tu. So, man I abrusim sin. Man I abrusim ol problem bilong world. So in Jesus we overcome these problems. Em dispela sumting yumi wok lo celebratim. So ino victory bilong Jesus tasol. Em victory bilong yumi olgeta belief manmeri. Victory bilong Jesus em I liberatim yumi olgeta”

“Yumi olgeta nau yumi no stap aninit long pawa bilong sin na death. Yumi kamap long nuipla laif. Taim yumi kisim baptisim em nau em pawa bilong Jesus I tanim yumi na yumi gat dispela rait long inheritim ol sumting em Jesus I winim long kirap bek bilong em long Easter. Em bikpela sumting tru yumi thankim God long em. Yumi olgeta.”

“Em bilip bilong man nau em important. Sapos yumi bilip em ol dispela sumting em bilong yumi. Tok English bai yumi tok, we appropriate these things- bai yumi kisim, em ol I stap pinis, made available to us- but olsem radio I toktok na u no tunim radio bilong yu bai yu nonap harim toktok. Toktok I wok long kam aut tasol yu yet yu no tunim radio. So yumi tu imas tune in. Ol dispela sumting Jesus I winim pinis, yumi tuI mas kisim olsem bilong yumi. Yumi I mas ownim. “

“Ok, what for, ol I kilim Jesus? Ol enemy kilim em bikos em I wok long preachim the gospel of love. Love God and love your neighbor. Ten commandments. Em I kam long toktok long gutpela pasin. Mekim gut long narapela man. Em I bin wok lo preachim toktok bilong love na justis. He stood up for the poor. Nau ol bigman bilong lotu ol I kilim em. They did not like the fact that he was standing up for injustice, manipulation and exploitation. He was fighting for justice, liberty, freedom, human rights, especially the poor.”

“Yumi mas behainim em. Mekim gut long narapela. Stand up for justice, corruption. Noken greedy long power. “

“Bogenvil yumi I gat gutpela lesson tu I stap. We are now at the junction yumi stap long taim long history bilong Bougainville wea yumi wok long traim wokim wanpela kain guvman na yumi no toktok long independens nating. Independens wea ol lidas I faulim moni wea ol mekim ol kain kain sumting ino stret. Bagarapim pipol bilong ol. Nogat. Yumi toktok long independens igat quality. Igat equitability, imas luksave long ol narapela man, sharim gut budget, noken bribim man, dispela bikpela wok, Jesus resurrected Christ em I lusim olsem wanpela legacy bilong yumi ol belief manmeri.”

“So lo dispela easter mi laik putim strongpela toktok long yumi ol pipol bilong Bogenvil. Yumi gat bikpela wok tru long Bogenvil em long unite na wokim gut ol sumting. Wokim awenes. Forgivim wanpela narapela na kamapim gutpela guvman. Noken sutim nating tok. Bagarapim narapela. Yumi mas strongim dispela unity wea em bai dispela traipela challenge I stap long Bogenvil, bai yumi ken karim na yumi ken kamapim gutpela sumting. Dispela referendum bai ron gut. Bai result bilong em I kamap gut. Na national guvman em tu bai toktok wantem ol lida long negotiate na United Nations bai stap na wokim sumpela important disisen long influensim stret nau wanem finol autkam bilong dispela hatwok bilong yumi.

Em liklik message bilong mi long dispela easter em olsem, yumi ol believers, tru aut lngo world, yumi hamamas tru lo Easter bikos em i symbol of victory over evil.”

“Mi laik wishim yupela olgeta hepi easter long yupela olgeta wantem ol famili bilong upla.”

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