E paʻa lima, e hele pū kākou

I ʻApelila, ua piha ʻo Tianjin i ka pūnāwai, nā ao māmā a me ka makani māmā. I kēia pūnāwai, ke hoʻōla hou nei nā mea a pau, ke hoʻokipa nei mākou i kā mākou hana kūkulu hui hele wāwae 12-kilomita o ka hapaha mua o 2021 ma Dongli Lake.

I ka hola 8:30 o ke kakahiaka Pōʻaono, ua hōʻea mua nā mea a pau i kahi hālāwai o ka loko ʻo Dongli, ua piha nā maka o nā mea a pau i nā minoʻaka ʻono, ua hele māmā nā mea a pau i ke kaua, ua mākaukau a makemake nui e hoʻāʻo, me he mea lā e hoʻoikaika ana lākou no nā kilomita he 12. Ua hoʻoholo malū wau, ʻaʻohe mea pehea mākou luhi, e hele pū mākou a pau i ka lima a hiki i ka hopena!

Ma hope o ka waiho ʻana i kahi kiʻi hui o mākou, ua hoʻomaka kūhelu ka huakaʻi hele wāwae. Ua hoʻomaka nā hoa e hele wāwae i 12 kilomita, a ua kākoʻo nā mea a pau kekahi i kekahi a neʻe pū i mua, kahi paha e hōʻailona ai i ka hoʻomaka hou ʻana o ko mākou poʻe makemake, e holo wikiwiki i ke kahua kaua no kā mākou pahuhopu like i kēia makahiki a lanakila! Ua ʻālohilohi ka lā a ua hele mālie mai ka makani. Ua hele mākou me ka hauʻoli i nā hiʻohiʻona nani a puni mākou. ʻO ka pahuhopu ka hopena, akā ua hauʻoli nā mea a pau i ke kaʻina hana. Ua maikaʻi loa nā mea a pau. Ma hope koke iho, ua hele kekahi i 10 kilomita a lawe i nā kiʻi a hoʻouka iā lākou ma kahi e nānā ai. ʻAʻole i lanakila nā mea ʻē aʻe, a ua hoʻomau me ka pūʻali koa a hoʻopau i ka huakaʻi holoʻokoʻa. Ke kamaʻilio nei a me ka ʻakaʻaka a me ka hele wāwae, 6 kilomita, 8 kilomita, 10 kilomita, 12 kilomita, hiki i ka hopena! Ua lanakila nā hoaaloha a pau o Zhanzhi i nā kilomita 12, a ʻaʻohe mea i koe ma hope.

Ma kēia huakaʻi hele wāwae, ua ʻike nā kānaka a pau i ka mana o ka lokahi a me ka hauʻoli o ka haʻalele ʻole. Ua noʻonoʻo mākou i ke ʻano o ka mana e hiki ai iā mākou ke lanakila iā mākou iho? Malia paha ʻo ia ke kūpaʻa i ka pahuhopu, malia paha ʻo ka hilinaʻi i ka hui, malia paha…

ʻO ka hope loa kā mākou kau makana…

ʻAʻole paha he mea nui kēia, akā ʻo ka mea waiwai nui loa, e uku ʻia nā mea a pau inā lākou e komo!