Today, the Emmaus Encounters: Building Community on the Road planning/pilot group learned ways in which a new generation of Hawaiians are reclaiming and restoring life-giving traditions. In the morning, we visited a site where Hawaiians have cultivated fish – just enough – for the times when their fishing expeditions came up empty. Although it was for many years unusable due to environmental degradation resulting from the cultivation of non-native crops, it has been restored to glory through volunteers and a devoted staff of scientist-educators. Our group then traveled to the Kamehameha School, an independent Christian-Hawaiian K-12 school for those of native Hawaiian descent. The questions we learned students there are asking are similar to those of students at Andover Newton at YDS: what does it mean to be Christian amidst manifold identities?
(Pictures below)
In Kamehameha’s Bishop’s Chapel with chaplain, Kahu Manu Na’aole:
Tracy, Sarah, JaQuan, and Henry Opukaha’aiah in Bishop’s Chapel:
New old eco-tech:
Learning about aquaculture at Paepae o He’eia fish pond:
The fish pond wall becomes a road to Emmaus:
