Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  (CNN) Ka taea e te mea homai o te hinengaro uiui kia rua whakaongaonga me te whakamamae. Ko taku mahi ko te pātai i ngā pātai uaua, engari ina tae mai ki te whakapono, ki te Atua, ki te hāhi, ko te nui ake o ngā pātai e pā ana ki taku rapu i te pono me te māramatanga, ko te nui ake o te matatini o ngā whakautu. He tamaiti whakakeke ahau. He rerekē pea te kōrero a taku māmā ki a koe, engari kāore au i kite i tērā hei āhuatanga kino. I whakaaro ahau mēnā ka tautohetia e au te mana, ka whawhai au mō te hunga e whakaitihia ana, ka whawhai au mō ngā mea i kī mai te tangata ki a au he mea kāore e taea, ka rerekē ahau. Ka huri pea i te ao. Ko taua wairua whakakeke ano hoki i arahi ki nga mea e tino kino ana ki ahau, pērā i te noho tahi me te hunga kino, me te uru atu ki te momo raruraru e kore e pai kia whakaputaina e au. I reira ahau i "tūtaki ai ki te Atua". I riro ahau hei Karaitiana "whanau hou" i taku haerenga ki te puni Young Life i te kura tuarua. Kāore i tino pai te haere o taku oranga kāinga, ā, i tino awhi mai tēnei rōpū ki ahau. I aroha ahau ki te ariā Karaitiana o te hapori, te whakahoki, te inoi mo ētahi atu, me te hanga hoa e āwangawanga nui ake ki te mahi pai atu i te haurangi, te momi tarukino, me te moepuku. I whakatuwheratia e ahau oku ringa ki a Ihu, a, i tino awhi i nga tikanga me nga tikanga Karaitiana. I whakatau ahau ka waiho ahau hei "tamahine pai" ka haere ki te mahi i nga mea nui. I tīmata ahau ki Westmont, he whare wānanga Karaitiana ataahua kei roto i te ngakau o Santa Barbara, California. He wāhi haumaru tērā. He tino atawhai hoki. He nui te wā i whakatapua e nga kaiwhakaako ki te whanaketanga wairua o ia tangata, a, i inoi auau tahi me mātou. Ko taku rōpū ōrite ko te mea katoa e pā ana ki te minita i hainatia e koe, ehara i te mea he aha te rōpū o te kōtiro e rere ana koe. I whakaarahia e mātou tētahi ki tētahi, i whakahaeretia ngā akoranga Paipera i te ata i runga i te takutai, ā, he maha ngā haora i noho tahi ai mātou me ngā hoa, e kōrero ana mō te ara hei ora i te oranga karakia. Ahakoa te whakamiharo me te whakaoti i nga mea katoa i puta mai, e rua tau ki te whare wānanga, ka nui ake te ao ki ahau. He uaua ake, he rerekē, he wero ā-hinengaro, ā-wairua. I noho ko te ao o te hahi, te whakapono me te whakapono i te ao o...
I noho a Kyra Phillips hei Karaitiana whanau hou i a ia e tamariki ana. I haere ia ki tetahi kaareti Karaitiana, engari i wehe ia i muri i tana tau tuarua. E mea ana a Phillips ināianei e whakaaro ana ia ki a ia anō he kaiwhaiwhai mō te māramatanga wairua.