Last week I received a last minute email and call asking if I would be able to attend a conference this morning sponsored by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers regarding the proposed Ala Wai Flood Mitigation Project which is estimated to cost almost 500 million dollars. There was a place on the morning agenda to talk about the Native Hawaiian cultural history of the Waikīkī area, and the source of waters in the Mānoa, Makiki and Palolo Valleys which feed into the current Ala Wai Canal. All weekend I was in intermittent prayer seeking 'ike and guidance on what to share. It came in little pieces all the way up until I exited my car and entered the Honolulu Country Club where the conference was held today. I shared about Kāne and his twin brother Kanaloa, about Ka Wai Ola a Kāne, the Life Giving Waters of Kāne, Ua Kapu Ke Ola Na Kāne...Life is Sacred to Kāne. From there, the thoughts flowed from the Wao Akua, the abode of the deities, down to the Wao Kānaka, the abode of hu...