Two Weeks to Go!

Hello from Camrose!
We are getting down to the last bits of planning, and getting more excited!
Soon we will actually have to decide what to leave and what to take!
I am busy planning the Christmas program with my teachers, for Messiah Lutheran, and also making sure they have lessons ready for the time I am gone, since I am the Children's Ministry Coordinator.
We get together for Sorenson Christmas on Nov. 8 which will seem different, but be fun!
So far there are 8 other people I know who will be in Kona when we are. The Smiths from Shaunavon, SK. who were next door to us last year, and who I have seen since at White Valley Church in May, come the same day and flight as us! There are 6 of them. Then Phil's Mom, Berniece, and her husband Per arrive before us. And I have heard of others who are thinking of going sometime in the future and some who already have plans to be there. (Shirley Wig and and granddaughter Courtney Wig in January!).
It's a great place to be a servant and meet others too from around the world!
This summer Len and I spent 3 days with friends I had worked and lived with in Hawaii last year. They live by a beautiful lake in Iowa and it was such a blessing to be with them again.
Who knows what experiences and blessings are in store!
We'll keep you posted.
Love in Jesus,
Marlys

YWAM Adventure Just a Month Away!

On Nov. 14, Amy, Jeremiah, Jesse and Marlys will be leaving for Kona, Hawaii! Originally Jesse was only going to come for Christmas so he was booked with Kara for Dec. 14 on Alaska Airlines. The rest of us are going United. So when it turned out that he was able to go as a Mission Builder, I had to change his flight to Nov. 14 but of course could not change the airline. So we will all leave Calgary Nov. 14 a.m. (Jesse at 6:30, us at 9:00), and arrive at Kona at about 8:00 p.m., but we will take totally different routes!
In April Jesse came home from Australia via San Francisco and had a long enough lay-over to see a bit of Fisherman's Wharf etc. So we decided that might be kind of fun for us too, so we deliberately booked a flight with a lay-over in San Fran. But Jesse's connections could only be made through Seattle, and into Honolulu, where HE will have a long lay-over! So while we tour San Francisco, the one who could have guided us around will be sight-seeing in Honolulu. How ironic!
But once in Kona we will all be together volunteering at the University of the Nations for 5 weeks!
Then Kara will come by herself on Dec. 14, and Len will join us on Dec. 19, the day we are done work! From there we are booked into a Bed and Breakfast for the next week, over Christmas, our base while we tour around the island. We will also spend a few days on the other side of the island at Hilo, before flying to Honolulu for a few days. We get home on Dec. 31, and will actually all be on the same flight! (if all goes as planned!)