Molokai History: (from "Ho'opono: The Hawaiian Way to Put Things Back into Balance" by Pali Jae Lee, I.M. Publishing, Ltd., Mountain View, HI, 2006) There are many stories of prophecies and healings from Molokai that cannot be explained by any reason other than prayer or mana. Many great prophets came from this island, and many [...]
Molokai History: (continued from yesterday) (from "The Separating Sickness: Ma'i Ho'oka'awale: Interviews with Exiled Leprosy Patients at Kalaupapa, Hawaii" by Ted Gugelyk and Milton Bloombaum, Ma'i Ho'oka'awale Foundation, Honolulu, HI, 1979) Male Part-Hawaiian Partly Disfigured 48 years of age 37 years in Kalaupapa As we were leaving [the Kalihi Receiving Station] for Honolulu Harbor, again [...]
Molokai History: (continued from yesterday) (from "The Separating Sickness: Ma'i Ho'oka'awale: Interviews with Exiled Leprosy Patients at Kalaupapa, Hawaii" by Ted Gugelyk and Milton Bloombaum, Ma'i Ho'oka'awale Foundation, Honolulu, HI, 1979) Male Part-Hawaiian Partly Disfigured 48 years of age 37 years in Kalaupapa I was sent to Kalaupapa on May 15, 1942. May 15, 1979 [...]
Molokai History: (continued from yesterday) (from "The Separating Sickness: Ma'i Ho'oka'awale: Interviews with Exiled Leprosy Patients at Kalaupapa, Hawaii" by Ted Gugelyk and Milton Bloombaum, Ma'i Ho'oka'awale Foundation, Honolulu, HI, 1979) Male Part-Hawaiian Partly Disfigured 48 years of age 37 years in Kalaupapa It was the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor which was responsible for [...]
Molokai History: (from "The Separating Sickness: Ma'i Ho'oka'awale: Interviews with Exiled Leprosy Patients at Kalaupapa, Hawaii" by Ted Gugelyk and Milton Bloombaum, Ma'i Ho'oka'awale Foundation, Honolulu, HI, 1979) (continued from yesterday) Male Part-Hawaiian Partly Disfigured 48 years of age 37 years in Kalaupapa There were five years spent at Kalihi. But in the beginning, it [...]
Molokai History: (from "The Separating Sickness: Ma'i Ho'oka'awale: Interviews with Exiled Leprosy Patients at Kalaupapa, Hawaii" by Ted Gugelyk and Milton Bloombaum, Ma'i Ho'oka'awale Foundation, Honolulu, HI, 1979) (continued from yesterday) Male Part-Hawaiian Partly Disfigured 48 years of age 37 years in Kalaupapa Leadership My Early Life When we arrived at the Kalihi Receiving Station, [...]
Molokai History: (from "The Separating Sickness: Ma'i Ho'oka'awale: Interviews with Exiled Leprosy Patients at Kalaupapa, Hawaii" by Ted Gugelyk and Milton Bloombaum, Ma'i Ho'oka'awale Foundation, Honolulu, HI, 1979) (continued from yesterday) Male Part-Hawaiian Partly Disfigured 48 years of age 37 years in Kalaupapa Leadership My Early Life After the examination (for leprosy) my mother was [...]
Molokai History: (from "The Separating Sickness: Ma'i Ho'oka'awale: Interviews with Exiled Leprosy Patients at Kalaupapa, Hawaii" by Ted Gugelyk and Milton Bloombaum, Ma'i Ho'oka'awale Foundation, Honolulu, HI, 1979) Male Part-Hawaiian Partly Disfigured 48 years of age 37 years in Kalaupapa Leadership My Early Life How did it happen? There was no leprosy in our family. [...]
Molokai History: (from "The Separating Sickness: Ma'i Ho'oka'awale: Interviews with Exiled Leprosy Patients at Kalaupapa, Hawaii" by Ted Gugelyk and Milton Bloombaum, Ma'i Ho'oka'awale Foundation, Honolulu, HI, 1979) (continued from yesterday) Part-Hawaiian Male Blind 43 years old 31 years in confinement Kalaupapa kids also had what we called, the "lobster club." That was the nose [...]
Molokai History: (from "The Separating Sickness: Ma'i Ho'oka'awale: Interviews with Exiled Leprosy Patients at Kalaupapa, Hawaii" by Ted Gugelyk and Milton Bloombaum, Ma'i Ho'oka'awale Foundation, Honolulu, HI, 1979) (continued from yesterday) Part-Hawaiian Male Blind 43 years old 31 years in confinement Little by little, I got worse -- different parts of my body started to [...]