More pictures from Hawaii!

A couple mornings the last week I got up at 5:40 and walked down to the ocean to see the cruise ship come in around the corner in the dark! I really enjoyed watching the ocean that early in the morning! (for me that is amazing!). Also saw some triathlon swimmers and canoe-ers. Hawaii at dawn is the best part of the day, not so hot!!

On campus they were trimming the coconut trees and so there were lots of coconuts on the ground. Jac, my supervisor, took one and hacked at it so that we could try the coconut milk. It really wasn't that good. Maybe not ripe enough. Anyway, we had fun!

Another of my jobs at the Global Outreach (GO) center was to water the plants in the courtyard and on the patio. It was rather a guessing game as I have no idea how much to water these Hawaiian plants. But it was something I felt at home doing, and it always felt good to get wet in the heat!

Anytime someone left we had a going away party. For mine we had apple pie and ice cream. These are the ones I was working with at the end....Jac from Oregon, Sujung from Korea, Amanda from California, and Esther (who had just come), from South Dakota. Esther is also a teacher, just retired from Kindergarten, so she was able to show me around the campus school as her son works on staff at the Uof N.

Here I am in our room, which is in the upheaval of packing, making leis for the guys. I picked the plumeria flowers off the ground from trees at the campus, and strung them on dental floss!
Leis are given often in Hawaii, for recognition, for welcome, as thank-yous, etc. You can buy them, but when the flowers are everywhere, it was fun to make them myself!!

Next time......pictures from our trip around the island with the guys!

Blessings to you all!

Back home in Alberta again!

Hi from frosty Alberta! Len and I landed back to the land of cold, fog and snow late on Wed. Nov. 28, after he had joined me for 4 wonderful days in Hawaii. I was able to show him around where we lived and worked and then we toured the rest of the island!
The right picture shows the class that Cathy and I attended one Monday morning. It was a Compassion DTS (Discipleship Training School). For every month we work, we are allowed 1 day off to go to their morning classes, and then "reflect" the rest of the day. So it was good to see what the students do, and to hear their speaker.

The next left picture is me with the Mission Builder coordinators Angie and Bob at our last Mission Builder weekly meeting on Tues. Nov. 20. They do so much and are always busy at Hale Ola and on campus, making things work well for all of us.

The next one is of Cathy and her work student, Stacey. Each student has some job on campus that they do every day from 3-4:30ish. It was fun to get to know them too!

Each Tuesday afternoon there is a big staff meeting at Ohana (meaning "family") Court. This is a big open air arena where we also have our worship times on Monday mornings and Thursday evenings with all students, staff, and Mission Builders. One of our jobs in housekeeping was to serve lunch to these staff people on Tuesdays, about 100 of them. This day we made banana bread with chocolate chips (which was new to the Americans) and served apple pears. There was nothing left of our 10 loaves!

I miss being there! Having the pictures helps, and also hearing from new friends!

Cathy and Richard made it back late Saturday night, Dec. 1. They got to see Pearl Harbor too, spending 2 nights in Honolulu.

We had a great time as roomies! This experience is one we would recommend to anyone!

God blessed us in so many ways, and we felt honored to serve Him and His people in this way.