Alita Hines:  

Life NC will always hold a special place in my heart. Afterall, it was four years that helped to form who I am today. After graduation in 1980 I went off to International Correspondence Institute (ICI) in Brussels, Belgium where I worked as a MAPS worker to missionaries Warren and Jean Flattery for a year. Then I transfered as a MAPS worker to Continental Bible College (CBC) also in Brussels where I worked for missionary Cody Pelham who was the Dean of the College. These were two wonderful years on the mission field that I will always cherish. I returned home to Fairbanks, Alaska and then was preparing to head off to Suva, Fiji to be a MAPS worker at the Bible School when plans all of a sudden changed and I ended up in Waikiki, Hawaii as a MAPS worker (I know -- going to Waikiki from Fairbanks, Alaska couldn't have been to tough!!! -- but hey, who am I to question God, I just follow His lead :o) ) Anyway, I arrived in October 1983 and spent a year working at the church, South Pacific Assembly of God. During this time I fell in love -- not just with Hawaii -- but a young man from Tonga and we were married in 1985. Our son, Latu Tupou, was born in 1988 and he has been the biggest joy in my life -- I LOVE BEING A MOM!!! As life would have it, my life has continued but in 1996 I faced divorce and a challenge -- would I become bitter over the situation or allow God to continue to use me. Of course, I chose the later. At this time I had become quite involved in Tongan Faith Assembly of God where Tevita Haileni Penisini and his wife, Vasi, are the Pastors. Using my Christian Education degree I received at N...Expand for more