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"This book is the most important book of our time for Hawai‘i.
It is critical that we remember God at this crucial crossroad in the history of our beloved islands. We Hawaiians knew the
One True God before the bondage of cruel gods fell upon us. We are a spiritual people, and we know that the spiritual affects
the physical. Only He, the True God of the Hawaiian people, can convict those who have done wrong of sin, cause them to repent,
and to make right. And only the True God of the Hawaiian people can turn anger, bitterness and hurt into forgiveness and healing.
Our God confirmed through Hawaiian prophets that Ies_ Kristo was His Son. Ies_ showed us the way when He, dying on the
cross, forgave his tormentors. Our beloved queen, Lili‘uokalani said, 'No one is free from his own sin until he has
forgiven him who has sinned against him.' There can be no l_kahi (harmony, balance), for our people or these islands without
God, for l_kahi comes from God. We must include our God in the current affairs of our islands, or we will be doomed to failure;
for only God is righteous, and the life of our land is perpetuated in righteousness."
Arline Wainaha Ku‘uleialoha Brede Eaton
"Mom" Eaton is full-blooded Hawaiian and grew up speaking
Hawaiian as a first language. She is a Hawaiian Studies Teacher (Kupuna Program) for the State Department of Education; Protocol
Officer for the Royal Order of Kamehameha, Womens' Auxiliary and President of the Pu‘uloa Hawaiian Civic Club.
"My kupuna (elders) knew there was only One Creator God, they knew
him as ‘Io. When the missionaries came, my kupuna listened to what they said carefully. They heard the missionaries
speak of the God, Jehovah, from the Bible and knew that the missionaries spoke of the same God. My kupuna realized that the
missionaries would not understand this so they kept it within the ‘ohana (family). I would hear my kupuna pray to God
and say, "‘Io, you are Jehovah."
Malia Craver
"Auntie" Malia is full blooded Hawaiian and grew up speaking
Hawaiian as a first language. She is one of the most respected living authorities on Hawaiiana. Auntie Malia's mentor was
Mary Kawena Pukui, the most respected Hawaiian authority of modern times. Mrs. Pukui tutored Auntie Malia especially in the
language of Hawaiian poetry. Mrs. Pukui was the greatest influence in Auntie Malia's life from 1966 until 1983, passing onto
her every positive cultural value to the fullest, lest they be lost.
"Marvelous! . . . My excitement deepened the further I journeyed into
this fascinating book. If only the other peoples had the kind of clear and compelling picture of redemptive destiny that the
Hawaiians now possess. . . . This is what we need done for every people group on earth. Daniel Kikawa and the Hawaiians are
showing us the way."
John Dawson
John is the author of the best-selling book, Taking Our Cities
for God and the groundbreaking, Healing America’s Wounds. He is the president of YWAM (over 15,000 full time staff and
over 100,000 short term missionaries yearly in over 600 mission bases in more than 150 nations, founder of the International
Reconciliation Coalition and a member of the Board of Regents of the University of the Nations (A Bible college with over
277 campuses in 98 nations, 51 languages and 14,000 students from 162 nations annually)
"Daniel Kikawa's pen points the way to an exciting new understanding
of God's loving preparation of Hawai‘i's native sons and daughters for the coming of the Gospel of His Son, Jesus Christ."
Don Richardson
Don is one of the most sought after and respected missionary
speakers in the world. He wrote two best-selling books, The Peace Child and Lords of the Earth, and the Christian Review’s
Christy Award winner, Eternity in Their Hearts. He is a contributor to the Perspectives curriculum for the U.S. Center for
World Missions and recently authored the book, Secrets of the Koran.
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