26/12/2022
Hi everyone!
Tonight at 8pm will be the final broadcast of “The Spirit Of Christmas 2022” on TTV and as such we would like to just take this opportunity to say "thank you" to everyone of you who have responded so positively to “The Spirit Of Christmas 2022” and have shared the concert video. Your time given is a blessing to us and is so greatly appreciated. Thank you for taking the time to react, comment and share - we value so much the feedback and the support from all of you going forward.
We’d like to also specifically acknowledge those who have given their time and resources to making it happen for us again this year - those who have contributed to this project from the very first discussions to the last and final sound & video editing and rendering. It is you who have been able to make this dream a reality for us.
Firstly, thank you to our spiritual father, mentor and friend, Pastor Ellison Barko, for your continuous belief and trust in all that God has graced and called us to do.
Thank you Phillip Luitolo (MAOLA ALIA) and Makki Aitorea for your patience and trust in what we see in our minds and bringing it to reality. Your artistry is a gift from God.
Thank you to our brother Robert Taupongi (Xposure) for stepping in and filling the gap when we thought we wouldn’t be able to make it this year - adding quality where quality is desperately needed.
Thank you to Kim Mauala for your multitalented contributions and your commitment to the very last day of editing. From Day 1 to now, thank you so much brother.
Thank you to Keith Newman and Jordan Alufurai (Kutchie Lighting) for your commitment and being an enthusiastic, ever present help to this project. You have blessed us so much.
Thank you to Shamgar & Zanina Palmer (Fujita Crafts) for your creativity - the wonderful costumes you’ve created for us (making us look extraordinarily special for this special project) and for contributing to the look of the set. Now we know!
Thank you to Unice (Beautyland Hair & Beauty Salon), Julian Atoloa Maetoloa (Empire Barbershop) and Jaimi Apaniai for making our performances look good on the camera and on the show.
Thank you to Captain Ron Sumsum for allowing us to pinch those amazing looking guitars from your impressive collection.
Thank you to Jadon Alex for your help and assistance with extra props.
Thank you to Isaac Tekulu, Junior Apaniai, Starna Misitana Stanton and Jason Bako for availing yourselves when we needed much help.
Thank you to Our Telekom, TTV Solomon Islands, Central Bank of Solomon Islands, Heritage Park Hotel, and Discount Electricals for your support towards this event.
And thank you to the Apaniai Family for being host to all our meetings, fittings and recordings (and feastings lol) allowing us to make it happen from the initial stages right to the end.
Finally, thank you to the Team (the performers) - Camilla Batalibasi, Stalin Luitolo Konainao, Cornelius Komasi, Elison Elim Lumi & Rachel Abisato Lumi and Hephzibah Tekulu, for humbling yourselves to work with us and for availing the use of your talent for the glory of the King. You guys are the stars of this concert - allowing the Star of Christmas to shine through you to places that are dark and in need of light. We love you and thank you from the bottom of our hearts.
To all of you that we haven't mentioned (or maybe have forgotten to mention), who have contributed in one way or another to this project, we thank you all so much for all your support and enthusiasm around this project.
May God bless us all and keep us all as we journey into the New Year, 2023 with a hope for a better future and a more glorious destiny in Christ.
Finally and most importantly, we’d like to thank and acknowledge our Heavenly Father in heaven, our Strength, our Shield, our Portion, our Deliverer, our Shelter, our Strong Tower, our Very Present Help, our All Sufficient One. You are always and forever - more than enough for us!
To anyone and everyone reading this post, may God's divine love and grace be your portion today, tomorrow and for all the days ahead of you.
God bless 🙏😊❤️
Jonathan & Loretta
*We will be posting individual videos of the songs from "The Spirit Of Christmas 2022" concert very soon. Don’t forget to follow our RockNation page to stay updated on all our upcoming projects.
