ʻAlohilohi a mālamalama ka mahina, a ʻā nā kukui i nā kala ʻālohilohi. I ka piʻi ʻana o ka mahina piha mua o ka Makahiki Bingwu i ka lani, hoʻolauleʻa mākou i ka Lantern Festival-he manawa aloha e hōʻike ana i ka hui hou ʻana a me ka piha.
Ke nānā aku nei i hope, ʻālohilohi kēlā me kēia ʻanuʻu o ka ulu ʻana o ka hui MER e like me nā ʻōlinolino o ke kila i hana ʻia i loko o ka umu ahi ikaika, e hōʻike ana i ka nani o kā mākou hui hoʻoikaika. Mai ka lapalapa ʻana o nā kiln rotary a hiki i ka hana ʻole ʻana o nā laina hana, mai ke ao -a-po ka hoʻolaʻa ʻana i ka ʻenehana a hiki i ka neʻe mau ʻana i ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka mākeke, ʻo ia ka hana paʻa ʻole o ka poʻe MER āpau i hoʻokumu i ke kumu paʻa no kā mākou ʻoihana. ʻO ia hoʻi ka hilinaʻi a me ke kākoʻo o kā mākou mau hoa hana i hoʻomākaukau i ke ala no kā mākou hui lanakila-lanakila.
Ma kēia pō Lantern Festival, ua hoʻomālamalama ʻia nā tausani o nā hale e nā kukui mahana. Hōʻike ʻia kēlā me kēia kukui ʻālohilohi i kā mākou kumu hoʻokumu -"Stand Firm Between Heaven and Earth, Uphold Integrity for a Distant Future"-a hoʻomālamalama i kā mākou ʻike maka no nā makahiki e hiki mai ana. I ka makahiki hou, hiki iā mākou ke hana e like me nā mīkini i hoʻopaʻa ʻia, e hana like me ka manawa kūpono ʻole. E ʻā mākou me ka ʻiʻini ahi o nā kiln, e lanakila ana i kēlā me kēia pilikia e hoʻokō i ka lanakila ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi.
Ma kēia hanana maikaʻi, ma ka ʻaoʻao o ka hui MER, ke hāʻawi aku nei mākou i kā mākou aloha ʻoliʻoli loa i nā limahana a me ko lākou mau ʻohana e kūpaʻa mau nei ma kā lākou mau pou, a me nā hoaaloha mai nā ʻano like ʻole o ke ola i mālama lōʻihi a kākoʻo i kā mākou ulu ʻana.
Na ke kukui pumehana e hoʻomālamalama i kou mau lā, a na ka hauʻoli o ka hui hou ʻana e hoʻokū i ko mākou mau manaʻo kumu.
Ke makemake nei iā ʻoukou a pau he Hauʻoli Lantern Festival, he ʻohana lokahi, he ʻoihana holomua, a he kūleʻa i kāu mau hana a pau!
Hui MER
ʻAha Lantern, 2026
