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    The Miracle
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    By Ruperake Petaia

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    The Miracle is a story based on real events in the lives of just some of the people who were involved in the staging of Gods Miracle during the Polynesian Airlines Flight 844 from Sydney Australia to Faleolo, Western Samoa on the 13 September 1994.
    This story is written as a testimonial to the amazing Love of God, and it is about certain real life situations of absolute Faith and Trust in our Lord. It is indeed a true endorsement of the fact that God does care so very much for all of us and will answer all the prayers of those who really believe in Him.
    The real events depicted in this story form an unusually strange coincidence that I have found quite impossible to attribute to chance. I can only conclude therefore that they must be the manifestations of a true miracle of our Lord. With that in mind this account deliberately focuses, in the main, on the spiritual settings and sequence of these remarkable events as represented by the people and happenings in this story.
    Certain incidences in this account have been recreated from imaginations, only for the purposes of this story, and therefore do not necessarily suggest any similarities to, or direct representation of names, places and whatever really happened in those circumstances. The use of actual names of some of those people has been possible through their own generous permission.
    The ingenuity of technology and the deservedly commendable and exceptional courage and skills displayed by the technical and service operations people who were actually involved in the incredible landing of the crippled plane in this story, are only briefly acknowledged herein. Regretfully I have not attempted to account for those feats in any detail in this story for fear that my ignorance of their profession and expertise may deny these people the true and fair recognition they fully deserve for their part in this Special Event.
    I firmly believe nonetheless, that these remarkable mortal feats and wonders are all part and parcel of the manifestation of Gods Will in the making of this Miracle.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRuperake Petaia
    Release dateSep 23, 2013
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      The Miracle is a story based on real events in the lives of just some of the people who were involved in the staging of Gods Miracle during the Polynesian Airlines Flight 844 from Sydney Australia to Faleolo, Western Samoa on the 13 September 1994. This story is written as a testimonial to the amazing Love of God, and it is about certain real life situations of absolute Faith and Trust in our Lord. It is indeed a true endorsement of the fact that God does care so very much for all of us and will answer all the prayers of those who really believe in Him. The real events depicted in this story form an unusually strange coincidence that I have found quite impossible to attribute to chance. I can only conclude therefore that they must be the manifestations of a true miracle of our Lord. With that in mind this account deliberately focuses, in the main, on the spiritual settings and sequence of these remarkable events as represented by the people and happenings in this story. Certain incidences in this account have been recreated from imaginations, only for the purposes of this story, and therefore do not necessarily suggest any similarities to, or direct representation of names, places and whatever really happened in those circumstances. The use of actual names of some of those people has been possible through their own generous permission. The ingenuity of technology and the deservedly commendable and exceptional courage and skills displayed by the technical and service operations people who were actually involved in the incredible landing of the crippled plane in this story, are only briefly acknowledged herein. Regretfully I have not attempted to account for those feats in any detail in this story for fear that my ignorance of their profession and expertise may deny these people the true and fair recognition they fully deserve for their part in this Special Event. I firmly believe nonetheless, that these remarkable mortal feats and wonders are all part and parcel of the manifestation of Gods Will in the making of this Miracle.

      The Miracle is a story based on real events in the lives of just some of the people who were involved in the staging of Gods Miracle during the Polynesian Airlines Flight 844 from Sydney Australia to Faleolo, Western Samoa on the 13 September 1994. This story is written as a testimonial to the amazing Love of God, and it is about certain real life situations of absolute Faith and Trust in our Lord. It is indeed a true endorsement of the fact that God does care so very much for all of us and will answer all the prayers of those who really believe in Him. The real events depicted in this story form an unusually strange coincidence that I have found quite impossible to attribute to chance. I can only conclude therefore that they must be the manifestations of a true miracle of our Lord. With that in mind this account deliberately focuses, in the main, on the spiritual settings and sequence of these remarkable events as represented by the people and happenings in this story. Certain incidences in this account have been recreated from imaginations, only for the purposes of this story, and therefore do not necessarily suggest any similarities to, or direct representation of names, places and whatever really happened in those circumstances. The use of actual names of some of those people has been possible through their own generous permission. The ingenuity of technology and the deservedly commendable and exceptional courage and skills displayed by the technical and service operations people who were actually involved in the incredible landing of the crippled plane in this story, are only briefly acknowledged herein. Regretfully I have not attempted to account for those feats in any detail in this story for fear that my ignorance of their profession and expertise may deny these people the true and fair recognition they fully deserve for their part in this Special Event. I firmly believe nonetheless, that these remarkable mortal feats and wonders are all part and parcel of the manifestation of Gods Will in the making of this Miracle.

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    Ruperake Petaia

    Ruperake Petaia was born at the village of Leauvaa, Western Samoa. He attended Leauvaa and Malifa Primary Schools, Leiifiifi Intermediate School and Samoa College. During 1970 he worked at the Bank of Western Samoa. He left in 1971 and spend a year “idling” in American Samoa.In 1973 he commenced his career in the Public Service of Western Samoa as a records clerk in the Office of the Public Service Commission, and worked his way up through the ranks to hold the position of Deputy Secretary to the Public Service Commission in 1988. The following year he was appointed as Director for the Posts and Telecommunications Department. In 2002, he left the Public Service when he was called to be a servant of God. He graduated from Malua Theological College in 2005 and become an ordained priest for the Congregational Christian Church of Samoa(CCCS) in 2009. He is presently serving as a Parish Minister for the same church in Samoa. His interest in writing is owed a lot to a few influential and very important people in his life. The art of story telling is an integral part of the everyday education of a Samoan childhood, ’taught’ mostly by their Grandparents. The passing of such stories to the younger generations by way of mouth ensures the roots of the Samoan Culture: its legends, language, traditions and religious beliefs, are firmly ‘stored in a Samoan child’s mind and life. Ruperake was no exception, for he and his eight brothers and three sisters, like most Samoans, had the great blessing of living with and in the ‘enchanting’ world of their Grandparents throughout their child and youthhood years. His ‘Grandmother’ who was a teacher ‘once upon a time’ was the greatest storyteller he has ever known. Some of his ‘greatest tecahers’ were in the study of English Literature. Just one of them is the great Pacific writer Albert Wendt, whose own work and personal encouragement had a strong influence in Ruperake’s early interest in modern literature and the ‘fascinating world of Creative Writing’. Ruperake has published several books of his poetry, which genre he claims to be his “first love” in the art of creative writing: “Blue Rain” was published in 1980 and “Patches of the Rainbow” was published in 1992, and “Rainbows and Dreams” in 2012. He writes mainly in English, but he has also written books in both English and Samoan. Petaia has also written and published collections of short stories and a short novel. The Miracle is a short novel and is Ruperakes first attempt at writing a lengthier piece of prose. It was originally written in English and later translated into Samoan by the author himself. His current address is: P.O. Box. 3077, Apia, Samoa. E-mail: spetaia@yahoo.com, or his wife’s e-mail address: margraffiloga@yahoo.com

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