I ke ao ʻoihana, ʻo ka hilinaʻi ke kumu o ka laulima ʻana. Eia nō naʻe, i kekahi manawa, no nā kumu like ʻole, e nalowale paha ka hilinaʻi o nā hoa. I ia mau hihia, ʻo ka hoʻokumu hou ʻana i ka hilinaʻi e pono pinepine ai ka nui o ka hoʻoikaika.

I kēia mau lā iho nei, ua hele au i nā piʻi a me nā iho me kahi mea kūʻai aku Lithuania, akā i ka hopena ua hiki iā mākou ke kūkulu hou i ka hilinaʻi a hoʻopau i kā mākou hana mua. I ka wā mua, ʻaʻole ʻo ia i hilinaʻi piha i kā mākou hui no ka mea ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ua hoʻopunipuni ʻia ʻo ia ma mua a ua uku ʻo ia i ka mea hoʻolako nonā waiwai, akā ʻaʻole i hoʻouna aku ka mea hoʻolako iā ia. I mea e hilinaʻi ai ʻo ia iaʻu, ua hāʻawi mākou i ka ʻike kikoʻī o ka huahana, ka ʻike ʻoihana, ka ʻike moʻokāki a me kaʻu ʻike pilikino, akā ua kānalua nō ʻo ia no mākou.

I ka hala ʻana o ka manawa, ua hoʻomau mākou i ke kūkākūkā ʻana e pili ana i nā hiʻohiʻona o ka ʻōpala maka aniani, ua hāʻawi mākou iā ia i ka nui o ka ʻike huahana waiwai, a i ka hopena ua hoʻomaka ʻo ia e nānā hou i ko mākou pilina a loiloi hou i ko mākou kūpaʻa.

I mea e kūkulu hou ai i ka hilinaʻi, ua lawe wau i ka hana mua e mālama i ka kamaʻilio pili me ia. Ua kaʻana like mākou i ka ʻike e pili ana i nā mea hou o ka ʻoihana, ka kaohi ʻana i ka maikaʻi o ka huahana, a pehea e hōʻoia ai kā mākou hui i ka hoʻokō pono ʻana i nā kauoha. I ka manawa like, ua hāʻawi wau i nā hōʻike a me nā manaʻo o kā mākou mea kūʻai aku e hōʻoia i kā mākou hana a me ka hilinaʻi i hala.

Ma hope o kekahi manawa o ke kamaʻilio ʻana a me ke kūkākūkā ʻana, ua hoʻomaka mālie ʻo ia e hilinaʻi iaʻu. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ua ʻike ʻo ia i ko mākou mākaukau ʻoihana a ua mākaukau e hilinaʻi iā mākou e hāʻawi i nā huahana maikaʻi i ka manawa kūpono. ʻO ka hope loa, ua hoʻoholo ʻo ia e hana pū me mākou a kau i kahi kauoha koʻikoʻi.

Ua hoʻomaopopo hohonu kēia ʻike iaʻu he pono ka manawa a me ka hoʻoikaika e kūkulu hou i ka hilinaʻi. Eia nō naʻe, hiki iā mākou ke hana ia mea inā mākou e koi aku i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ka ʻoihana a me ke kuleana. He mea nui loa ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, a he mau hoaaloha mākou me kēlā me kēia mea kūʻai aku, a makemake mākou e hana pū me kā mākou mau hoaaloha a pau a kūkākūkā pehea e hoʻolālā pū ai i nā ʻōpala aniani. Ke kakali nei au i ka hoʻomau ʻana i ka hana pū me kā mākou mea kūʻai aku Lithuania i ka wā e hiki mai ana e hoʻokō i ka holomua ʻoihana hou aku.