IT i 2009 i ka wā i alakaʻi ʻia ai kaʻu wahine e neʻe i ka ʻāina me kā mākou mau keiki ʻewalu. Ua haʻalele au i ke kūlanakauhale liʻiliʻi a mākou e noho nei me nā manaʻo like ʻole… akā me he mea lā ke alakaʻi nei ke Akua iā mākou. Ua loaʻa iā mākou kahi mahiʻai mamao ma waena o Saskatchewan, Kanada e moe ana ma waena o nā ʻāpana lāʻau ʻole o ka ʻāina, ma nā alanui lepo wale nō. ʻOiaʻiʻo, ʻaʻole hiki iā mākou ke kūʻai nui aku. Aia ma kahi o 60 mau kānaka ke kūlanakauhale kokoke. ʻO ke alanui nui, he ʻano o ka hapa nui o nā hale i kaʻawale; ua haʻalele ka hale kula; ua pani koke ka panakō liʻiliʻi, ke keʻena leta, a me ka hale kūʻai ma hope o ko mākou hōʻea ʻana me ka waiho ʻole ʻana i nā puka i wehe ʻia akā ʻo ka hale pule Katolika. He wahi hoʻāno maikaʻi ia o ka hoʻolālā kuʻuna - ʻano nui loa no kahi kaiāulu liʻiliʻi. Akā ua hōʻike ʻia nā kiʻi kahiko i piha i ka poʻe ʻaha kanaka i ka makahiki 1950, i ka wā i loaʻa ai nā ʻohana nui a me nā mahiʻai liʻiliʻi. Akā i kēia manawa, he 15-20 wale nō e hōʻike ana i ka liturgy Sabati. ʻAʻohe mea ʻaʻohe kaiāulu Kalikiano e kamaʻilio ai, koe wale nō ka lima o nā poʻe ʻelemakule kūpaʻa. ʻO ke kūlanakauhale kokoke loa he ʻelua hola. ʻAʻohe o mākou hoaaloha, ʻohana, a me ka nani o ke ʻano aʻu i ulu ai a puni nā loko a me nā ululāʻau. ʻAʻole wau i ʻike ua neʻe mākou i ka "wao nahele" ...E hoomau heluhelu →