Hello!
Today I went on a trip to Ratana pa known as God’s land to learn about the history of the past and what happened. A man called Tapupotiki Wiremu Ratana was sitting on a chair in the backyard of his porch drinking cold water until a huge cloud came running at him that was the Holy Spirit (God) and the spirit talked to him and Tahupotiki became God’s servant/an mouthpiece for God.
He cleansed his house by making his children clean the house, He prayed for God and he made miracles with God for a lot of sick people and because of that a church was made along with other things like a Marae, memorial statues/objects and a lot of sick and disabled people came to Ratana hoping to be healed, Tapupotiki prayed for them but the important thing for them to be healed was faith in God. the symbols special to the church is Matua (Father) , Tama (Son) , Tutere (The Holy Spirit) and Andre (Angels of God).
The history of Ratana is amazing and wonderful for learning, The experience was good for me, I didn’t put all of the history of Ratana Pa just the information about Tapupotiki and the Holy Spirit.
What do you know about Ratana Pa?
Good bye!
(Ratana Church)
(Tapupotiki Wiremu Ratana)