Kūkulu ʻo ia i hale pule ma ka muliwai kahi i ʻike ai ʻo ia iā Iesū

Aia ʻo Pat Hymel ma ka uapo i mua o ka hale pule o ka muliwai ʻO kā mākou Lede o ka makapō, ma ke kahawai o ka makapō i ka parish o St. James, ua kūkulu ʻia ka hale pule i nā makahiki i hala aku nei e kona mau mākua, ʻo Martha Deroche a me kāna kāne ʻo Bobby, ma hope o Martha he hihiʻo o Iesū e kukuli ana ma luna o ka pōhaku.

Ma waena o nā kumulāʻau a me nā lāʻau cypress o kahi mākū hema o Louisiana, kahi e kau ai nā limu Paniolo mai nā lālā a me nā aeto ʻōhule a me osprey e lele ana, kahi hale pule liʻiliʻi i kapa ʻia ʻo Our Lady of Blind River - ka hoʻoilina o ka manaʻoʻiʻo o ka wahine.

Ua kūkulu ʻia ka hale pule hoʻokahi lumi he mau makahiki i hala aku nei ma hope o ka ʻōlelo a Martha Deroche he hihiʻo ʻo ia no Iesū e kukuli ana ma luna o kahi pōhaku, a i loko o nā makahiki ua lilo ia i wahi hoʻomaha uhane no nā luina e hele ana, nā waʻa, nā ʻimi holoholona a me nā lawaiʻa e mahi i ka wai mālie o ka muliwai . Ua hōʻino ka manawa a me ke anilā i ka hale a ua make ʻo Martha a me kāna kāne, akā ua hoʻoholo ka hanauna hou o ka ʻohana e mālama iā ia no nā mea huakaʻi e hiki mai ana e hauʻoli hou i kahi wahi maluhia no ka pule.

"ʻO ke ala wale nō e hiki ai i aneʻi ma ka moku," wahi a ke kaikamahine a Martha Pat Hymel, e noho ana ma kekahi o nā keʻena o nā hale pule. "Manaʻo wau ʻo ke kumu kēia i kūikawā ai no nā poʻe he nui ... e hoʻopuni ʻia e ke kūlohelohe, i kahi o nā nani e like me ia."

I ka hala ʻana o nā makahiki 70, iā Martha a me kāna kāne, ʻo Bobby, i neʻe aku ai i kā lākou wahi hoʻomoana holoholona ma ka muliwai ʻo Blind, i kapa ʻia no nā huli he nui i hiki ʻole ke ʻike a puni ke kihi, ua hopohopo ʻo Marta pehea e hiki ai iā ia ke hele i ka hale pule. mau.

Akā hiki mai kahi hihiʻo o Iesū e kukuli ana ma luna o ka pōhaku. ʻO kēlā hihiʻo, ua haʻi aku ʻo Mareta iā Bobby, e ʻōlelo ana ʻo Iesū pono ʻo ia e kūkulu hale pule ma laila. No laila, ma ka Lāpule Easter ʻo 1983, ʻo Martha lāua ʻo Bobby - he kamana kā lākou laki - e hana.

Ua lilo ia i papahana kaiaulu, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Pat i kekahi kakahiaka i kona nānā ʻana i loko o kahi kiʻi paʻi kiʻi e hōʻike ana i nā hoanoho a me nā hoaaloha i kōkua i ka ʻike ʻana iā Mareta.

“Ua hui pū lākou a hele mai a kōkua. A he nani kēlā i loko ona iho, "wahi a Pat.

Ua hoʻomoe lākou i ka papahele a hoʻohui i luna a me ka hale bele. Ua kālai lākou i nā ʻauamo o ka paepae a hoʻopaʻa lima ʻia i nā tile Cypress. Aia ma waenakonu o ka hale pule kahi kiʻi o ka Virgin Mary i loaʻa i loko o kahi cypressed hollowed i lawe ʻia mai ka poho. Ua hoʻonani ʻia ka hale me nā kiʻi pena a Iesū a i ʻole nā ​​hiʻohiʻona hoʻomana, nā rosary a me nā keʻa.

I ka pau ʻana o ka hale pule i ʻAukake 1983, ua hele mai kekahi kahuna pule e hoʻolaʻa ia mea ma kahi hanana i hele ʻia e nā hoanoho a me nā hoa aloha i kā lākou mau moku.

Ua hoʻokipa ʻia ia ma hope i ka male ʻana, nā malihini kipa mai kahi mamao aku e like me Israel a me ʻEnelani, a me kahi archbishop. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Pat aia ma laila ka makuahine e aloha ai iā lākou, hāʻawi i nā rosary a i nā ihoiho, a nīnau iā lākou inā makemake lākou iā ia e pule no lākou a i ʻole makemake lākou e kākau i kahi pule kūikawā.

Ua noi ka poʻe malihini kipa ʻole i ka poʻe Katolika iā Marta inā hiki iā lākou ke komo i loko o ka hale pule. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Pat ua hōʻoiaʻiʻo kona makuahine iā lākou hiki iā lākou.

"Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia no nā kānaka āpau kēia wahi," wahi a Pat. "He mea nui ia iā ia e hele mai nā poʻe ma aneʻi, a inā noho lākou i hoʻokahi minuke a i hoʻokahi hola paha, ʻaʻohe mea nui."

Ua make ʻo Bobby Deroche ma 2012 a me Martha i ka makahiki aʻe. I kēia manawa ʻo ke keiki kāne a Pat, ʻo Lance Weber, he hale ʻuʻuku kona, e mālama ana i ka hale pule. ʻAʻole maikaʻi nā makahiki a me ke aniau o ka hema o Louisiana. Ua hoʻopiha pinepine ʻia ka hale pule a ua pono i nā hana hoʻoponopono hou. I loko o ʻelua mau makahiki i hala aku nei, ua paʻa mau ʻo Lance i ka hale pule i nā hale kipa he nui no nā kumu palekana.

I ke kauwela i hala, ua kūkulu ʻo ia i pae hou no nā waʻa me nā papa kuʻuna i hāʻawi ʻia a kau i nā pou kākoʻo e kōkua i ke kākoʻo ʻana i ka hale pule ke hāpai ʻo ia iā ia mai nā kahawai e hiki mai ana. A laila e hoʻomaka ʻo ia i ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i ka papahele a me ka lawelawe ʻana i nā papahana ʻē aʻe. Pono e hāpai i nā pono pono āpau - nā mea āpau mai nā kaupena kaumaha i ka haehae ʻana, nā ʻūlū a me nā ʻeke keleawe - ma ka moku kūpaʻa 4,6-mika a Lance.

Hoʻolālā ʻo ia e kūkulu i kahi pae kikoʻī no nā kayak ma ka ʻaoʻao o ka hale pule. A makemake ʻo ia e hana hou i kahi mea a kona mau kūpuna i hana ai i ka wā i kūkulu mua ʻia ai ka hale pule. ʻO nā mea i kōkua i ke kūkulu ʻana ua kākau lākou i nā pule kūikawā ma luna o nā ʻāpana pepa a Mareta lāua ʻo Bobby i hōʻiliʻili a mālama ai i ka hale bele. Manaʻo ʻo Lance e lawe iā lākou i waho, wahī iā lākou i loko o kahi pahu wai ʻole, a laila e noi i nā poʻe āpau e kōkua iā ia me ka hoʻoponopono e kākau i kā lākou pule. E hoʻihoʻi hou ʻo ia iā lākou āpau i ka hale bele.

Ua ulu ʻo Lance e kipa i kona mau kūpuna ma ka muliwai, a ua hoʻomau ka hale pule mai kona wā kamaliʻi. Hoʻokani kona kupunawahine i ka bele o ka hale pule i ke kakahiaka Sābati e kāhea iā ia mai nā wahi āna e lawaiʻa ai i hiki iā lākou ke nānā i nā halepule ma ke kīwī.

I loko o nā makahiki he nui i ʻike ia i kekahi mau loli i ke kūpuni e pili ana: ʻo ka wai kiʻekiʻe a me nā nalu mai ka holo ʻana o ka moku i hoʻopau i ka laina lāʻau a hoʻonui ʻia i ke kahawai, akā inā ʻaʻole like nā mea āpau. A makemake ʻo ia e mālama pēlā.

"I kēia manawa ua ʻelemakule wau, ke hoʻāʻo nei au e mālama ia no kaʻu mau keiki, kā lākou poʻe keiki a me nā moʻopuna a me nā mea āpau ma waena," i ʻōlelo ʻo ia.