20 December 1888

It has been over three years since I stepped off the boat and onto Hawaiian soil. My life has been a very rough patch, but I’ve finally been able to collect enough money to send over my family. I wrote to them about a week ago telling them the news and they should be coming into Hawaii around the month of July. I sent them tickets for a boat leaving from China to Hawaii on January 2 at 9:35 am. I am a little concerned for their safety, but I am reassured that they will have a pleasant trip here because the almanac says that it’s the most favorable day to be moving and traveling in the month of January. My hand shakes as I write these words… all I have endured will be paid off soon enough.