Thanks to support from 67 churches in Upolu, Samoa, Lalovaea Seventh-day Adventist College celebrated the opening of a new building and new classrooms at a ceremony held on Sabbath, July 4.
During his opening address, Samoa-Tokelau Mission general secretary Pastor Sione Ausage thanked the church for its support and gave glory to God for the new building, four classrooms, two offices, and restrooms.
“The reason why we are here is to celebrate together the official opening of this work and I would like to welcome everyone who is here,” Ausage said. They also opened that day the library for the school, the food and textiles technology and visual arts classrooms, a computer lab, and a science lab.
Director of Shepherdess International for the Adventist Church in Samoa, Linda Fuliese, was given the honor of cutting the ribbon to officially open the new building.
In an interview with Samoa Observer, Pastor Ausage said construction started in March this year, when the COVID-19 global pandemic started to peak, and finished in June.
“The state of emergency did not have a huge impact on the construction of the building because people were not prohibited to come to work and the church had followed the rules of the state of emergency,” he added.
The construction of the new classrooms and facilities was completed at a cost of 438,172 tālā (US $1,152,392).
This article was originally published on the website of Adventist Record