The ancient Hawaiians only had an oral tradition, so the first missionaries had to create a written language then teach the ancient Hawaiians how to read and write their own language. It is a truly remarkable achievement of this first team of missionaries to Hawaii!
Key to this endeavor was Elisha Loomis who just happened to bring on board with him an old printing press. This led to a 75% literacy rate second only to Scotland.
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The story of Jesus coming to Hawaii begins in New Haven, Connecticut, where a young Hawaiian man named Henry Opukahaia became an on-fire follower of Christ. He would often speak of returning to Hawaii to share Jesus with his people, but sadly Henry died of Typhus Fever in 1818 at age 26. So with Henry gone how did the Gospel come to Hawaii?
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Once the wall of Jerusalem was restored the people celebrated the fulfillment of God’s Vision in their midst. So in the same way as God restores us to His original plan, we celebrate His amazing goodness toward us.
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It’s probably not a God Vision unless it is so way over our heads that we need to work to- gether with others in order to see it come to pass. How do we build consensus and unity so we work as one to see God’s Vision come to pass?
1 Peter 4:10 “God has given each of you a gift from his great variety of spiritual gifts. Use them well to serve one another.” “Everyone built the section of wall in front of their homes.”
