Plymouth Rock of Hawaii - Kailua-Kona, Hawaii Island, HI
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The historic marker commemorating the 195th anniversary of the arrival of the first missionaries is located on Kailua Pier in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii.
Waymark Code: WMR696
Location: Hawaii, United States
Date Posted: 05/15/2016
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The marker reads:
"The Plymouth Rock of Hawaii
Kailua-Kona Pier covers most of the lava outcropping here on Kai-a-ke-akua (Sea of God) Bay. A vestige is still visible on the north edge. On April 4, 1820, American Protestant missionaries aboard the 85-ft. Brig Thaddeus landed on this site where Kahuna Nui (High Priest) Hewahewa had prophesied the new God would land. Today, this site is known as "The Plymouth Rock of Hawaii".
In 1808, two native Hawaiian boys left this island and were educated at the Foreign Mission Scholl in Cornwall, Connecticut. They became accomplished scholars and also sincere followers of Jesus Christ. As they prayed together, they felt they were to return to share the message of God's Word with their countrymen. They were to return to share the message of God's Word with their countrymen. They were known as Henry Opukaha'la and Thomas Hopu.
After Opukaha'ia's untimely death in 1818, his journal was published. It inspired 23 Americans and Hawaiians in New England, including Thomas Hopu, to bring education and the gospel to the Hawaiian Islands.
On arrival in Hawaii, the missionaries stepped onto the exact place Hewahewa had prophesied. Liholiho (Kamehameha II) and co-regent Ka'ahumanu gave permission for the missionaries to stay to establish schools and churches. The people welcomed them with aloha and Liholiho gave them a home and a royal canoe shed, which they used as the first house of worship. With the help of Hawaiian teachers, they created a written language and finished a complete translation of the Bible by 1839.
In 25 years, the literacy rate of Hawaii was one of the highest in the world. Ships called "Morning Stars" carrying native Hawaiian missionaries sailed to the Pacific Islands and Oregon with the message of Christ.
"A great God, a mighty God, a living God, an everlasting God is Jehovah... a rainbow standing in the sea is Jesus our Redeemer..." Hewahewa
Ua Mau ke ea o ka aina i ka pono "The life of the land is perpetuated in righteousness" King Kauikeaouli (Kamehameha III)
The sign is a gift from the Kona Ministers Fellowship and the Christian churches of Hawaii."
Group that erected the marker: The Kona Ministers Fellowship and the Christian churches of Hawaii
URL of a web site with more information about the history mentioned on the sign: [Web Link]
Address of where the marker is located. Approximate if necessary:
Kaahumanu Pl,
Kailua-Kona , HI, US
96740
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