1/1/2010 Kulia i ka nu'u

Yes, I am going to start this one up again.  So the first two pics here tell about us back in 2007.  But the sunrise here is a perfect way to start out the day and the new year.  We are in Hawaii still, as missionaries, with only 5 months left.  We just celebrated Jace's 47th today.  He also leads us in the Aha'aina, where we prepare to board our canoe for a long journey through the new year.  With the following values: Salt for Purity(ma'ema'e) symbol of cleansing;  Awa for Responsibility(kuleana); Ulua for Industry(pa'ahana) the fish ulua is a strong swimmer against the currents.  Uala for Humility(ha'aha'a) sweet potato which is harvested from the earth representing deep humility.  If we are humble, we may be sweet.  Kalo for Intelligence(na'auao) which represents lasting and sustaining.  Pipikaula symbolizing Strength(Koa).  The cord and tradition binds us together.  Shrimp for Service(lawelawe), Ouick to act.  Ko'oloa, duck or chicken(to fulfill everything completely, to be complete(Pono)  That was the menu, now we just have to live these values daily in our lives.  There should be 12, so Jace's family lives by one a month, by embracing the light in their lives.   This family with a Hawaiian heritage, and several caucasion ethnicities....where we bring it all together to draw on our Heavenly father's care, our greatest heritage of all, as His sons and daughters.