Tuesday, July 28, 2015

Footprints on Our Hearts

Sometimes we don't know we're making footprints across someone's heart, but we are. 
By small acts of kindness during important times of a another person's life we often (and sometimes unknowingly) become part of  special life events and we are remembered long after the moment
because of the role we play in their story.

This post is about a few more interesting personalities that played roles in the beginning of the love story of Dan and Mayone.
They have been remembered and fondly wondered-about through the years. 

Wilson Fatafehi was a friendly Tongan who came from Fiji. He was introduced Daniel and Mayone to each other.
Wilson left CCH to play football at University of Hawaii.

Milly Teruya was Mayone's roommate at Church College of Hawaii 1963 when Mayone was dating Dan and then again during Summer School in 1964 at BYU in Provo when Mayone received a ring in the mail from Hawaii. Mayone and Milly lost touch after the wedding but (thanks to facebook) we found her! Here is what happened to Milly after she was Mayone's Maid of Honor: Milly finished school in the mainland, married and had two sons, and worked as a paralegal in the San Francisco bay area for 25 years. She is now retired and moved home to Maui three years ago. 

Sione Hafoka Moa was living in Honolulu at the time of the wedding.
He was asked to be the best man because he was Dan's cousin. He went on to marry and have children.

Brother Reed Garfield, a former missionary to Tonga and a teacher at Liahona High School where Muli went to High School. Later, he worked at Church College of Hawaii as a counselor and advisor. He was a mentor to Daniel for many years and helped him decide to major in  Biology. When Dan and Mayone decided to marry, they asked Brother Garfield to 'give the bride away' since her own father would not be present. 



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