{"id":98574,"date":"2023-02-08T02:26:12","date_gmt":"2023-02-08T09:26:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/?p=98574"},"modified":"2023-02-11T16:52:12","modified_gmt":"2023-02-11T23:52:12","slug":"aloha-oe-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/2023\/02\/aloha-oe-2.html","title":{"rendered":"“Aloha ‘Oe”"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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Looking across Hilo Bay from Queen Lili\u2019uokalani Park\u00a0 (Wikimedia Commons public domain photograph)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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We really enjoyed attending sacrament meeting on both of our Sundays here.\u00a0 We met with a Tongan ward in Lahaina, on Maui.\u00a0 This past Sunday, we joined with the Kona 1st Ward, which meets directly adjacent to the Kona Hawaii Temple.\u00a0 One of the negatives in the Latter-day Saint reputation, at least in the United States, is that we\u2019re white racists.\u00a0 And here in Hawaii, whenever I\u2019ve gone swimming, I\u2019ve been acutely aware that I am, indeed, very, very white.\u00a0 But no matter:\u00a0 We loved attending the Kona 1st Ward, in which Bishop Faleata Fanguna, wearing a lavalava, both presided and conducted.\u00a0 His first counselor, Lokahi Aipia, appears to have been out of town, so Bishop Fanguna had the Elders Quorum president, Kekua Ahuna, sit up on the stand with him.\u00a0 It was fast and testimony meeting, and one of those who bore his testimony was Elder Amanaki Uhila, who was also wearing a lavalava and who has just completed his \u201chome MTC\u201d training and who is leaving this week to begin full-time missionary service.\u00a0 At the conclusion of the sacrament meeting \u2014 this is a traditional Hawaiian practice that I\u2019ve seen on previous visits to the Islands \u2014 the congregation stood and sang \u201cAloha \u2018Oe\u201d to Elder Uhila who was, by now, wearing a lei as well<\/em> as a lavalava.\u00a0 And then, one by one, members of the congregation went up to the stand and hugged him in farewell.<\/p>\n

Ha\u02bbaheo ka ua i n\u0101 pali<\/span>
\nKe nihi a\u02bbela i ka nahele<\/span>
\nE hahai (uhai) ana paha i ka liko<\/span>
\nPua \u02bb\u0101hihi lehua o uka<\/span><\/p>\n

Hui:\u00a0<\/span>
\nAloha \u02bboe, aloha \u02bboe<\/span>
\nE ke onaona noho i ka lipo<\/span>
\nOne fond embrace,<\/span>
\nA ho\u02bbi a\u02bbe au<\/span>
\nUntil we meet again<\/span><\/p>\n

\u02bbO ka hali\u02bba aloha i hiki mai<\/span>
\nKe hone a\u02bbe nei i ku\u02bbu manawa<\/span>
\n\u02bbO \u02bboe n\u014d ka\u02bbu ipo aloha<\/span>
\nA loko e hana nei<\/span><\/p>\n

Maopopo ku\u02bbu \u02bbike i ka nani<\/span>
\nN\u0101 pua rose o Maunawili<\/span>
\nI laila hia\u02bbai n\u0101 manu<\/span>
\nMiki\u02bbala i ka nani o ka lipo<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The congregation sang only a part of the song \u2014 my wife and I and our friends being significantly helped when a member of the ward slipped us a sheet with both the Hawaiian and English lyrics on it \u2014 but here is the complete translation (of the complete original just above) that was prepared by the composer herself:<\/p>\n

Proudly swept the rain by the cliffs
\nAs it glided through the trees
\nStill following ever the bud
\nThe \u02bbahihi lehua of the vale<\/span><\/p>\n

Chorus:<\/span>
\nFarewell to you, farewell to you
\nThe charming one who dwells in the shaded bowers
\nOne fond embrace,
\n\u2018Ere I depart
\nUntil we meet again<\/span><\/p>\n

Sweet memories come back to me<\/span>
\nBringing fresh remembrances of the past
\nDearest one, yes, you are mine own
\nFrom you, true love shall never depart<\/span><\/p>\n

I have seen and watched your loveliness<\/span>
\nThe sweet rose of Maunawili
\nAnd \u2019tis there the birds of love dwell
\nAnd sip the honey from your lips<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I noticed no white supremacy in the Kona 1st Ward.\u00a0 I wish that others, too, could see such areas within the Church.<\/p>\n

By the way, \u201cAloha \u2018Oe\u201d was composed by Lili\u02bbuokalani (1838-1917), who served as the only queen regnant and as the last sovereign monarch of the Hawaiian Kingdom, ruling from 29 January 1891 until the rather dishonorable overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom by American business interests on 17 January 1893.\u00a0 She was always friendly to the Latter-day Saints, who were always friendly to her.\u00a0 In fact, she actually seems to have been baptized into the Church, though she appears never to have considered herself exclusively one of the Saints.\u00a0 (See my brief discussion of her, and of a blessing given to her at her request by President George Q. Cannon of the First Presidency during his last mortal visit to Hawaii, in \u201cThe Surprising Latter-day Saint Connections in Hawaii.\u201d<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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The lava lake in Kilauea\u2019s caldera can rise or fall in a matter of hours. (Wikimedia Commons public domain image) And its lava is continually flowing into the Pacific Ocean, making the Big Island a little bit bigger every year.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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We spent the afternoon and evening in Hawaii Volcanos National Park.\u00a0 We drove along Chain of Craters Road down to the sea, where we walked for a while across a massive, relatively recent lava flow.\u00a0 (Our last time to do so was with my wife\u2019s brother and her father, whose last major trip it has proved to be.)\u00a0 En route, we visited several minor craters, as well as the Thurston Lava Tube.<\/p>\n

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This photograph, taken in 2011 by Phil Whitehouse (from London, in the United Kingdom), shows the end of Chain of Craters Road as it was when we visited with my father in law some years ago. One had to walk to this point, as the road was closed to automobile traffic quite some distance back. Now, it seems, the road is closed off even FURTHER back. As they continually remind visitors at Hawaii Volcanos National Park, this is one National Park that is in constant flux.
(Wikimedia Commons public domain image)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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The highpoint, though, was definitely walking out to observe the large pit crater known as Halema\u02bbuma\u02bbu for a while, despite a heavy mist.\u00a0 Halema\u02bbuma\u02bbu is a major feature within the much larger caldera of K\u012blauea and, historically speaking, it is one of K\u012blauea\u2019s most active eruption centers.\u00a0 It is also a principal contributor to K\u012blauea\u2019s long-held and unchallenged status as the world\u2019s most active volcano.<\/p>\n

Despite the rain and the heavy mist, the view down into K\u012blauea\u2019s caldera was spectacular and awe-inspiring.\u00a0 The mist above Halema\u02bbuma\u02bbu glowed visibly orange long before we reached the edge of the caldera in the darkness, and I was resigned to the possibility that all we would be able to make out would be an even brighter eerie, hellish orange fog.\u00a0 But, instead, we could see the volcanic activity quite clearly, with one very large continuous fountain being especially impressive.<\/p>\n

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\"Kilauea<\/a>
Several years ago, Kilauea put out this gusher, about twice the height of the Empire State Building.
(Wikimedia Commons public domain image)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Posted from Hilo, Hawai\u2019i Island, Hawai\u2019i<\/p>\n

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