HEWAI MEA kahi moʻo o nā hoʻololi akua, e pāʻani wau i kahi ʻahamele i kēia pō ma kahi hoʻomoana hoʻouka kaua kokoke iā Mostar, Bosnia-Hercegovina. ʻO kēia mau ʻohana, no ka mea, ua kipaku ʻia lākou mai ko lākou mau kauhale e ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe lāhui, ʻaʻohe o lākou mea e noho ai akā nā hale liʻiliʻi me nā pale no nā puka.
ʻO Sr. Josephine Walsh — kahi nun nunui loa ʻo ʻIraka nāna i kōkua i ka poʻe mahuka - ʻo ia kaʻu mea i pili ai. E hui wau iā ia ma 3:30 pm ma waho o kona wahi noho. Akā ʻaʻole ʻo ia i hele mai. Noho au ma laila ma ke ala hele wāwae ma ka ʻaoʻao o kaʻu gitara a hiki i ka hola 4:00. ʻAʻole ʻo ia e hele mai.
No laila ua ʻōlelo wau, "E ka Haku, ʻo kāu hanana kēia. ʻIke wau he ʻōlelo kaʻu i koʻu puʻuwai no nā ʻōpio. Akā pono ʻoe e kiʻi iaʻu i laila." Aia wau ma kahi hoʻomoana i ka lā ma mua. He 25 mau minuke ia mai koʻu motel, e wili ana i nā kuahiwi, a no laila hiki ʻole ke wehewehe a wehewehe paha i nā kalaiwa kaʻa ʻo Croatia ʻaʻohe o lākou kuhi kahi o kēia kahua hoʻomoana.
Ua lawe wau i kaʻu Rosary a ʻōlelo aku, "E Māmā, e kiʻi ʻoe iaʻu ma laila." ʻAʻole wau i pau i ka pule ʻana i hoʻokahi lei ke kokoke mai ke kihi e hele mai kēia kaʻa kaʻa kaʻa. ʻO kēia ka mea kalaiwa like nāna i lawe i kekahi o mākou i ka pō nei! Kū wau i luna, peahi iā ia a ʻōlelo akula, "Ua ʻike anei ʻoe iā Sr. Josephine?"
"Aʻole."
"Hoʻomanaʻo anei ʻoe pehea e hele ai i kahi hoʻomoana?"
"Ae."
Hele mākou.
Ua hōʻea wau i ka hale pule, a ua kū kekahi mea unuhi maikaʻi loa me Sr. Jospehine. Ma hope o ke mele ʻana i kekahi mau mele, nānā akula wau i nā mea pakele a ʻōlelo aku (i kaʻu ʻōlelo Polani maikaʻi loa), "Mai makaʻu!" Ua unuhi ka mea unuhi: "Mai makaʻu!"
A me kēlā, ua heʻe ka lehulehu i ka paʻipaʻi. A laila ua ʻōlelo hou wau i ka Makua Hemolele i hala, "E hāmama ākea i kou mau puʻuwai iā Iesu Kristo."
A laila nīnau iā lākou, "Hoʻomanaʻo anei ʻoe iā Pope John Paul II e ʻōlelo nei i kēia iā mākou? Hoʻomanaʻo anei ʻoe?"
ʻAe lākou a pau.
A laila nīnau wau iā lākou, "No laila ... ua hana ʻē anei ʻoe? Ua wehe aʻe ʻoe i kou puʻuwai ākea iā Iesū? "Ua ʻōlelo wau i kēia, no ka mea i koʻu noho ʻana i mua o Pope Benedict i kahi anaina pilikino i kēlā pule aku nei, ʻo ia ka mea aʻu i lohe ai i koʻu puʻuwai: Aloha mākou āpau e ʻōlelo i kēlā laina mai JPII, akā ua hana mākou i kēia?
ʻO kā Iesū noi iā ʻoe i kēia lā he kolohe. Hāʻawi loa ia iā ʻoe iho iā ia. Akā ʻaʻohe ou mea e makaʻu ai! ʻAʻole ʻo Iesū i hele mai e lawe i kou ʻano; Ua hele mai ia e kala i kou mau hewa.
ʻO kēia ka hola o ka lokomaikaʻi. E wehe ākea i kou puʻuwai iā Iesū ke ola!
