My Summer Vacation in “Hawaiian way”
It is almost at the end of our summer break. I couldn’t go to any “vacation” with my family this summer. However, we have watched many movies at our home theatre. Because I envy one of choir members who went to Hawaii for her family vacation, I would like to share a movie which has a background of Hawaii. I especially would like to share a Hawaiian word, ‘ohana’. Here is a defination from Wikipedia. ‘Ohana means family in an extended sense of the term including blood-related, adoptive or intentional. It emphasizes that family and friends are bound together and members must cooperate and remember one another. If you have seen the movie, you would say what means and particular phrase after the characters say the word. ‘Ohana means family. Family means nobody get left behind or forgotten. It amazes me how they determine “family” itself. And the added following phrase has made me think a little bit deeper. We call ourselves “family in Christ”. However, I sometimes make definition the family as only blood-related or even smaller only my direct family, among Korean, or only RHUMC. Also, I even didn’t think about someone get left behind or forgotten among even small family. So, first, I decided to contact my family members to find out anyone gets left behind through phone calls and e-mail. As you know, most of my relatives are in Korea. It is not easy to contact them. However, I found couple of my cousins who have felt left behind. Second, I have started searching for anyone in our church family who get left behind or forgotten? And realized that if you want to find out who get left behind or forgotten, you should know them pretty well. So, I have started looking within church family whom I know well enough. I think I found what my vacation will be. I will send letters, cards, e-mail, or phone calls to find out who are missing in my ‘Ohana. Do you want to try it with me? Aloha! (Its original means affection, love, peace, compassion, and mercy in Hawaiian language.)
It is almost at the end of our summer break. I couldn’t go to any “vacation” with my family this summer. However, we have watched many movies at our home theatre. Because I envy one of choir members who went to Hawaii for her family vacation, I would like to share a movie which has a background of Hawaii. I especially would like to share a Hawaiian word, ‘ohana’. Here is a defination from Wikipedia. ‘Ohana means family in an extended sense of the term including blood-related, adoptive or intentional. It emphasizes that family and friends are bound together and members must cooperate and remember one another. If you have seen the movie, you would say what means and particular phrase after the characters say the word. ‘Ohana means family. Family means nobody get left behind or forgotten. It amazes me how they determine “family” itself. And the added following phrase has made me think a little bit deeper. We call ourselves “family in Christ”. However, I sometimes make definition the family as only blood-related or even smaller only my direct family, among Korean, or only RHUMC. Also, I even didn’t think about someone get left behind or forgotten among even small family. So, first, I decided to contact my family members to find out anyone gets left behind through phone calls and e-mail. As you know, most of my relatives are in Korea. It is not easy to contact them. However, I found couple of my cousins who have felt left behind. Second, I have started searching for anyone in our church family who get left behind or forgotten? And realized that if you want to find out who get left behind or forgotten, you should know them pretty well. So, I have started looking within church family whom I know well enough. I think I found what my vacation will be. I will send letters, cards, e-mail, or phone calls to find out who are missing in my ‘Ohana. Do you want to try it with me? Aloha! (Its original means affection, love, peace, compassion, and mercy in Hawaiian language.)
