Joseph | Timaru, Canterbury

“The hardest conversation that I had is between me and my Mrs. It’s sort of about not giving all my trust to her, and she’s not giving all her trust to me. That’s the hardest conversation I had last night with my Mrs.

I tried everything to let her trust me, but nah. I can’t help it. I did everything. I show her everything, I feed her, I take good care of her and my daughter, but she always thinks negative about me. She doesn’t trust me. She thinks I’m cheating on her, but I’m not. I’m a human being. I don’t want to do anything that I don’t want her to do back to me. 

My message for you, my Mrs, you have to give all your heart to me, give your trust to me, and you have to know everything that I’ve done, I do it from the bottom of my heart because I love you, I love everything, we are all God’s creations. 

I’m a Samoan. I grew up in a village and the village can teach you how to respect and how to honour people that come in your life. That’s all about my place where I grew up in Samoa.

I met my partner in church. So, we sat together in the church and then I tried to talk to her and we had a sweet conversation. We came outside and talked. Then we started to get to know each other from that time. That’s where I met my Mrs, in church. So, I keep trying to do everything. Tell her that we met in church, we didn’t meet in a nightclub, and my message to all young people that are choosing right now, you have to choose wisely. Don’t pick your girl from the nightclub. Pick your girl from the church. 

My hope for the future is to be happy, let all my kids be happy, all my family, my parents, my brothers. I want them to live happily.”