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From Day One of the catastrophe in Lahaina, I said the banyan tree will survive, because the mana is still there! That tree is one of the oldest living things on Maui, and it is needed to give everyone hope for the future.
Aloha and malama pono.
Monika Thompson
Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
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