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During the years in which Jonathan Hawaii Napela served as a missionary for the LDS church, he was instrumental in teaching and baptizing hundreds of his fellow Hawaiian brothers and sisters. It can be conjectured that thousands of righteous Hawaiian Saints are a product of this legacy.
In May of 2010, the Catholic Church presented a certificate to the LDS Polynesian Cultural Center at Laie, Oahu, honoring Jonathan Hawaii Napela as a friend and coworker with Father Damien de Veuster.
A statue of Jonathan Napela and George Q. Cannon stands on the grounds of the BYU–Hawaii campus. It depicts the two friends holding high the Hawaiian Book of Mormon—a joined testimony of their love for the gospel of Jesus Christ and the Hawaiian people.
Acknowledgments
I give my sincere mahalo to the following individuals whose insight, help, and encouragement aided in the completion of this book: Ned Williams, Nancy and Mike Bliss, Andree Fallas, Riley Moffat’s research assistants (BYU Hawaii), Tim at the Lahainaluna Museum, Nahua Guilloz, Noe Keliikipi, Tim and Donna Meyer, Michelle Tancayo and the Tancayo Family, Roy Horner, Fred Woods, Chad Orton, Amber Blair, Richard Turley, Andrea Maxfield, Candice Bellows, Michael Hetterman, Jan Lydiatt, Elder Moleni Lasitani, Elder Blake Mecham, and Nichole McMullin.
A special mahalo to my editor, Lisa Mangum, and to all the wonderful people at Deseret Book.
And finally, a tender mahalo to my dear husband, George, who somehow manages to keep me in the canoe.
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