Ma hope o kona mau makahiki i hele aku ai ʻo ia mai waho o ke coma "Iesū kokoke loa i koʻu wahi moe e ala iaʻu."

I nā makahiki, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Hilda Brittain ua noho ʻo ia a me kāna kāne ʻo Ralph "i noho i ka malu o ka make".

Ma ke ʻano he aviator ma ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike o ka Pakipika i ke Kaua Honua II, ua loaʻa ʻo Ralph i kahi maʻi i hōʻino i kāna lolo a hoʻomaka i ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa no nā makahiki he nui. Hāʻawi ʻia iā ia i kahi haneli wale aku e ola ai.

Hele ʻo Ralph i kahi hōʻōla a ola hou ma muli o ke ʻano o ka Hilda e wehewehe nei i kahi ho'ōla kupaianaha.

I nā makahiki mua o 70, ua ulu nui ʻo ia a ʻo Ralph i ka lawelawe, ma nā ʻāina ʻē a me Hickory.

I ka makahiki 96, hoʻomau ka hana ʻo Hilda i ka hana. Ua hoʻomakaʻo ia e kamaʻilio i ka hālāwai kuhina ma Hickory ma hope o kēia mahina.

Hoʻopau wale nō ʻo ia i ka hoʻoponopono ʻana "Ua ʻike anei ʻoe i kahi manu hopohopo?" he puke na ke aʻo a kāna kāne. E loaʻa ka puke ma o Barnes & Noble a me Amazon.

I nā makahiki 70, kākau pū ʻo ia i kāna puke no kāna hōʻike i ka inoa ʻo "A Aia ʻia".

Ua noho ʻo Brittain hou e kūkākūkā i kekahi o nā hanana i kona ola e like me kona mau manaʻo. Ua hoʻoponopono ʻia ke nīnau kūkā no ka lōʻihi a me ka mālamalama.

ʻAʻole maopopo ke ola a ola kāna kāne a i ka wā o ke Kaua Honua II.

Ua ʻō ʻia ʻo ia e ka namu a ua loaʻa i kahi maʻi kiʻekiʻe a hōʻino kāna lolo. Hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻo ia mai ka Pōʻī ma hope o ka haukapila.

Ua manaʻo mākou ua make ʻo ia. Nūpepa paʻi paʻi (ʻo ia) i make. Ua kala lākou iā lākou, ʻaʻole lākou i ʻike i ka maikaʻi loa. ʻAʻole mākou.

ʻO kaʻu keiki kaʻu keiki mua a he wā kaumaha ia a ʻike mākou ... ua ola ʻo ia a e hoʻokuʻi ʻia ʻo ia mai Ke Kaua Kūʻai.

No laila ua hoʻouna lākou iā ia mai kona home mai San Francisco, ma kēlā ʻaoʻao o ke kahua ʻo Gate gula ma Iulai 4. Ma ke aumoe, aia nō ia ma lalo o ke alahaka a kāhea maila e haʻi iaʻu iaʻu ʻo ka home.

No laila ʻeʻeono mau hebedoma i manaʻo ai au ... ʻaʻole wau i ʻike inā ola a make paha no ka hoʻōla ʻia ʻana o ka Red Red ... a ʻaʻole lākou i wikiwiki e like me ka mea āpau.

No laila he mea hauʻoli nui ia iā ia e hoʻi i ka home.

Ke ʻike nei i kāna kāne e puka mai i kahi coma i ka makahiki 60.

No laila, kāhea ʻo Dr. Davis iaʻu i aʻo ai i ke kula kiʻekiʻe ma ka manawa ma ka ʻoihana ʻoihana a haʻi iaʻu ʻo Ralph i loko o kahi coma ... a e hoʻouna aku ia iā ia i ka VA ma Duke kahi e hiki ai iā ia ke make.

No laila ua hoʻomākaukau wau i ka puʻuwai (a) no ke poʻo a me nā mea a pau e manaʻo ʻia ua make ʻo ia. No laila ʻōlelo au i ka ʻoluʻolu. Ua kuka ole oia.

Ua hala ka hebedoma a ʻaʻole kāhea lākou iaʻu e ʻōlelo ana ua make ʻo ia. Ua manaʻo wau. Ua paʻakikī wau iā ia.

No laila ua hoʻi mai wau i ka Pōʻalima.

E ʻike, ʻo ka manawa hope aʻu i ʻike ai iā Ralph he palaka a me ka ʻilo ʻole. ʻAe, ke hele nei au i ke kihi, e noho ana ʻo Ralph ma luna o kahi moena, e ʻāʻuhīlani, pink, maʻamau.

"Makemake au e haʻi aku iā ʻoe i kekahi mea," (ʻōlelo ʻo ia) a me ka maopopo ʻana o wau, ʻike ʻoe he hapalua ka haʻalulu ʻana.

I mai la ia, "Lohe aku la au i na kapuwai iloko o ka lumi a ike wau ke hiki mai ana o Iesu."

I mai la ia "nana ae la au a ku ana o Iesu ma ka puka a he nani ko Hilda."

"A nānā maila ʻo ia iaʻu a ʻōlelo mai iā ia, 'Ralph, i hele mai nei au e hoʻōla iā ʻoe a hoʻouna iā ʻoe a puni ka honua."

A ʻōlelo maila ʻo ia, piʻi ʻo ia ma lalo o kahi moena ... kau i kona mau lima ma luna o ke keʻa a nānā i waho, "ʻōlelo aku nei ʻoe iā ʻoe e haʻi aku i kaʻu ʻōlelo ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa."

A laila hoʻopuni ʻo ia i ka moena, kau akula i kona mau lima iā ia a hoʻōla iā ia me ka maʻi a ʻakaʻaka iā ia.

Ka i olelo ae, "ua hāwaʻi ʻo ia iaʻu a hele akula i ka puka makani, ua nalo wale akula ʻo ia."

I aku la oia, "noi aku la au ia lakou e hookuu iaʻu a laila e akoakoa wau ae haele makou ma na aoao o ke ao nei e hai aku i ka Euanelio."

E like me kā mākou i hana ai.

Hele ʻo Billy Graham Crusade i ka makahiki 1958:

Ua hālāwai mākou me Billy Graham mai ka lono e pili ana iā ia e hele mai ana ʻo ia ma Charlotte.

A hoʻomana mākou i ka Haku. Ua kamaʻilio mākou iā ia, ʻaʻole naʻe mākou i pili i kekahi mea nui ʻē aʻe a makemake mākou e hele.

ʻIke ʻoe, i ka wā ... manaʻoʻiʻo ʻoe i kahi mea āu e makemake ai e manaʻoʻiʻo ʻoe maoli ʻoe ia a a hāʻawi aku ʻo Billy i kāna kono, ua ala mākou a pau ... a hele akula iā lākou a ola.

A laila waiho lākou iā mākou i loko o ka papa no ka makahiki. Ua lawe mākou i nā haʻawina no hoʻokahi makahiki ma nā palapala. Ua hoʻouna mai lākou i nā puke i kā mākou a ua hoʻopiha iā mākou.

Ma kāna puke mua:

E ʻōlelo nei au ua pīhoihoi ka Haku iaʻu e kākau i kēia puke ("A nui aʻe") no ka mea ua hāʻawi mākou i kā mākou mau hōʻike a ua piha kēia i nā hōʻike.

I haʻi wale nō māua i ka poʻe, "E, mai paʻa ʻoe i ka hana maʻamau. E hoʻolohe i nā pepeiao e hoʻolohe i ka mea a ka Haku e ʻōlelo mai nei iā ʻoe. "