ʻO Teopilis

Ua bapetizo ʻia wau he JW i ka makahiki 1970. ʻAʻole au i hānai ʻia i JW, hele mai koʻu ʻohana mai kahi kūʻē kūʻē. Ua male wau ma 1975. Hoʻomaopopo wau i ka haʻi ʻia ʻana he manaʻo maikaʻi ʻole ia no ka mea e hiki koke mai ana ʻo armegeddon. Loaʻa iā mākou kā mākou keiki mua 19 1976 a hānau kā mākou keikikāne ma 1977. Ua lawelawe wau ma ke ʻano he kauā kuhina a paionia hoʻi. Ua kipaku ʻia kaʻu keiki ma kahi o 18 mau makahiki. ʻAʻole au i ʻoki loa iā ia akā ua palena mākou i kā mākou hui ʻana ma muli o ke ʻano o kaʻu wahine ma mua o kaʻu. ʻAʻole wau i ʻae me ka huikau o ka ʻohana. Hāʻawi kaʻu keiki i kahi moʻopuna na mākou, no laila hoʻohana kaʻu wahine i kēlā me ke kumu no ka launa ʻana me kaʻu keiki. ʻAʻole wau i manaʻo ua ʻae ʻo ia i kekahi, akā ua hānai ʻia ʻo ia i kahi JW no laila ua hakakā ʻo ia me kona lunamanaʻo ma waena o ke aloha o kāna keiki a me ka inu ʻana i ka GB koolaid. ʻO ka noi mau no ke kālā a me ka hoʻonui nui ʻana i ka ʻohana shunning ʻo ia ka mauʻu hope loa. ʻAʻole wau i hōʻike i ka manawa a haʻalele i nā hālāwai he nui i hiki iaʻu no ka makahiki i hala. Ua pilikia kaʻu wahine i ka hopohopo a me ke kaumaha a ua ulu koke wau i kahi maʻi ʻo Parkinson, kahi mea maʻalahi e nalo i nā hālāwai me ka nui o nā nīnau. Manaʻo wau ke nānā ʻia nei wau e ko mākou mau kūpuna, akā ʻaʻole wau i hana a ʻōlelo i kekahi mea e hiki ai ke kapa ʻia wau he aposetate. Hana wau i kēia no kaʻu mau wahine ma muli o kona ʻano olakino. Nui koʻu hauʻoli no ka loaʻa ʻana o kēia pūnaewele.