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Pua`ena Burgess currently serves as the Administrative Secretary and Treasurer at The Pentecostals of Waianae. She was born and raised in Waianae, graduating among the top 10 in her class from Waianae High School.  While attending the University of Hawaii - Manoa, she chose the United Pentecostal Church as the topic for a religion research paper.  Her visits to the church eventually concluded in her receiving the baptism of the Holy Ghost and her being baptized in Jesus' name.  She was born-again under the ministry of Rev. Rex Robertson.  Pua has spoken at various women's events within the Hawaii District.  She along with a few others were among the charter members of The Pentecostals of Waianae from its inception.