Rev. Misipati Karapani's Obituary
Retired Reverend Misipati Karapani
Date/Location: November 24, 2022, at Straub Medical Center
Surviving family: Wife Levaivanu, children & grandchildren.
Public service: Parker United Methodist Church
45-211 Waikalua Rd.
Kaneohe, HI 96744
Phone#: 808-247-3250
Viewing 8:00am-9:00am
Family Service: 9:00-11:00am
Final Service: 11:00-1:30pm
Burial Service: 2:00pm
Born: February 16, 1943 in Salua, Manono- Samoa
Married: May 11, 1968 to Levaivanu Afasene Tali got married in the village of Leloaloa, American Samoa.
Education/Employment History:
Marist High School, American Samoa.
Certified Trainer for American Samoa Fire Department
Completed courses at the School of Theology Claremont and Bible Institute of Hawaii
Course study graduate of Saint Paul School of Theology
Local Pastor at Olive United Methodist Church 1979-1988
Local Pastor in Charge at Waianae United Methodist Church 1988-2009, 2013-2019
Teacher/Mentor for the Samoan Lay Speaking Course of Study
*A longtime faithful member of the United Methodist Church and California-Pacific Conference.
Our beloved Faithful Servant of God has been an inspiration to our family and so many others. He lived to spread the word of God and shared his story by giving of his gifts and talent, by this he was committed to serve others. "Therefore, as God's chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone, forgive as the Lord forgave you. And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity." Colossians 3:12-14
One of his favorite scriptures; What does the Lord require of you? To do justice, to love kindness and to walk humbly with your God. Dad would have a big smile on, giggle a little and say, that's it! The verse says it all, and we believe that our Beloved and loving Father did what the Lord required of him. "You have been faithful in your task, come and sit in the sheltered porch of my palace and rest from your labors, enter now into the Joy of your Lord."
We love and miss you dearly Dad/Papa, until we meet again. Ia manuia lau malaga. Alofaaga mo oe le Tama pele.
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