Ka Ulu Hoi

Eia nā ʻohana ma Lāhaiana, Maui, ke luʻuluʻu nei i ke aloha. Hoʻokahi mahina aku nei, ua hele a pau loa ka nani o Lāhaina i ke ahi. Ua ʻā nā hale a me nā halekuʻi a pau loa, a ua hele kekahi mau kānaka i ke ala hoʻi ʻole mai. Nui loa aʻela nā leo uwē o ka lehulehu me ke kulu makawalu ʻana o ka waimaka i ka pau ʻana o ke ola o kānaka a me nā mea waiwai i ke ahi. ʻO kekahi o nā hale i pau, ʻo ia nō ka hale pule kupaianaha loa ʻo Waiola i kū ma ke alanui ʻo Waineʻe. Ma ia hale pule nō i mālama ʻia ai nā mea waiwai pili loa i ka mōʻaukala o ke aupuni ʻo Hawaiʻi, nā mikionali, a me nā kupapaʻu o kekahi o ko kākou mau aliʻi. 

Eia mai ka moʻolelo o ua wahi hale pule nei ʻo Waiola. I ka mahina ʻo Mei i ka makahiki ʻumikumamāwalu iwakāluakumamākolu, ua haʻalele ʻo Keōpūolani, ka wahine a Kamehameha Paiʻea, iā Oʻahu no Maui no ka hoʻolaha ʻana i nā haʻawina o ka Baibala Kahiko a me nā mikionali. Ua kauoha aku ʻo ia iā Reverend William Richards a me Reverend Charles Steward e hoʻokumu i ka hale pule mua loa ma Maui no nā kupa o ia wahi. I nā mahina mua loa o ko lākou hui ʻana, ʻaʻohe hale e hālāwai ai, no laila, ma ke one nō i mālama ʻia ai. ʻAʻole i lawa kēia noho ʻana ma ka hale kaupoku ʻole. Ma ka lā ʻumikumamāhā o Kēkēmapa i ka makahiki ʻumikumamāwalu iwakāluakumamāwalu, ua hoʻoniho ʻia ka pōhaku kihi i ke alanui ʻo Waineʻe, ʻo ka hoʻomaka aʻela nō ia o ke kūkulu ʻana. I kēlā manawa, ua kapa ʻia ia hale pule ʻo Ebenezer. Ma hope o ke kūkulu hou ʻana i ka makahiki ʻumikumamāwalu kanakolukumamālua, ua kapa hou ʻia ʻo ia i ka inoa ʻo Waineʻe, a kapa hou ʻia ʻo Waiola i ka makahiki ʻumikumamāiwa kanalimakumamākolu ma hope o ka hoʻolaʻa hou ʻana.

He hale pule waiwai loa nō ia ma muli o kona kūkulu ʻia ʻana e nā mikionali mua ma Hawaiʻi a me ko lākou mālama ʻana i nā mea waiwai. No nā mikonali, ʻo kēia kūkulu ʻia ʻana o ia hale pule, he mea nui ia no ka hoʻolaha ʻana i ko lākou manaʻo a puni ʻo Hawaiʻi. Wahi a Mike Smola, ke alakaʻi hōʻikeʻike ma Hawaiian Mission Homes, ka waihona pili loa i ka hale pule ʻo Waiola, ua pau nō kekahi mau mea waiwai loa i ke ahi. He mau kiʻi pena a he mau kiʻi i kahakiʻi ʻia e Edward Bailey, kekahi o nā mikionali mua loa. Eia hou hoʻi, ua pau nā puke hoʻomanaʻo a me nā leka a Reverend William Richards a me Reverend Charles Steward, a me nā kuamoʻo ʻōlelo kahiko o ka hale pule. He mau palapala waiwai loa nō ia no ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i ka mōʻaukala o ua hale pule nei a me nā kuleana a me ka manaʻo o nā mikionali o ia manawa. He hōʻike hoʻi kēia no ke koʻikoʻi o ka mālama pono ʻana i nā waihona ʻē aʻe, kahi e mālama ʻia ai nā mea waiwai o ka mōʻaukala Hawaiʻi a me nā mea koehana. 

ʻO nā aliʻi i kākoʻo nui i kēia haʻawina a nā Kalikiano, e laʻa ʻo Keōpūolani, Kaumualiʻi, Kauikeaouli, a me Nāhiʻenaʻena, ua kau ʻia ko lākou mau kino kupapaʻu ma laila. Ua pau nō ko lākou mau kia hoʻomanaʻo i ke ahi. Auwē! Nui ke aloha. 

ʻOiai, he kaumaha nui ka nalo ʻana o ia hale pule, ua piʻi aʻe nō ka ʻonipaʻa mau ʻana o nā limahana ma laila. I nā wā mua i pilikia ai ua hale pule nei, hoʻomau nō lākou i ke kūkulu hou ʻana, a pēlā ana paha i kēia manawa. ʻAuhea ʻoukou e ka poʻe aloha i kēia lāhui, e kōkua mai ʻoukou. Inā ua pā kou naʻau a makemake ʻoe e kōkua i ke kūkulu hou ʻia ʻana o ka hale pule ʻo Waiola, e kaomi i kēia loulou: https://www.waiolachurch.org/page/give. Ma laila nō e lū aku ai i ke kālā i mea e kākoʻo ai i ke kūkulu hou ʻia ʻana o ka hale pule ʻo Waiola. 

© Kailana Keen 2023

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