Sunday Events

Yesterday (Sunday) since we had a rented car we were able to attend the local Lutheran Church and get in a traditional advent service. It was very nice and we met a couple and a lady who both lived near Edmonton on golf courses. Jesse knew the same people they did and enjoyed talking with them. After Jeremiah & Amy attended an Orthodox service with friends they met at YWAM. During this time, Marlys and Jesse visited the Mormon temple up the hill out of curiosity and Marlys collected plumeria flowers and made a lei for Kara's arrival. Following church, an afternoon was spent at mile 88. Kara was going to be with us then, however as there were many difficulty with flights due to weather, plane computer problems, and luggage misplacement, Kara didn't arrive until 7:30pm. Here are a few pics from the day.

Us 4 at the Lutheran Church

Leis Given Out By the Lutheran Church to Visitors

The Orthodox Church

Visiting the Mormon Temple

Homemade Leis

Mile 88

Saying Goodbye to Good Finland Friend Henri :(

Season of Advent

It is hard to believe that Christmas is next week. We hope all you, our friends and family have enjoyed this advent season, in preparation for the birth of our King. It has been fun taking part in various Christmas festivities, even though it feels a bit surreal in this warm climate. We have enjoyed the Christmas village festival, making our own decorative wreaths, decorating the tree & the boutique :), attending the Children's Pageant at the 1st Church in Hawaii, and the annual Kona Christmas parade to name a few. I (Amy), actually saw a snowman on the side of the road. Kids had brought some snow down from Mauna Kea or Loa, and made it. I don't think it will last very long here though. Poor snowman. God Bless you all in this last week of advent. Keep Christ the Centre. Love you All.

Making Wreaths

Decorating the Tree

Manger Scene In Front of the Boutique

Christmas Display in the Boutique

Blog of Random and Out of Order Pictures

Feeling the need to share a few pictures. These ones are  bit out of order, but you should get the jest of it. 

Using the Pink Bathroom at the Pink Hotel on Christmas Festival Night

Having Cotton Candy in 'Winter" at Christmas

Jeremiah's Study Area in Mom's Room

Hawaiian Sky

Creepy Greasy Eel

Cruise Ship in on Wed.

The First Major Rainy Day-Dec 11

The Go Centre Where Amy Works This Year and Marlys Last Year

Marlys and Austin out for Iced Cream

The Boutique Lady

Construction Crew

World Traveller

Living in Hawaii, we have come to terms with sharing our space with the odd cockroach, ants and geckos. Apparently we have a world traveller amongst us, a gecko who has many ideas and desires as many of our family members... Coincidence... I don't know. Enjoy!

Thanksgiving 08

A Bit Late... but here are a couple pics of our USA Thanksgiving Day. We all worked hard to provide a thanksgiving feast for over 800 peoples. It was fun. Enjoy.

Harry the YWAM CHEF

Turkey. Mmmmm

Mom with Her Pies

Jeremiah Restocking Making Sure All Are Fed

Jesse & Amy Making Sure All Are Quenched (We got the easy job :) )

Hapuna Beach Fun?

Yesterday was an interesting day. It was a beautiful day actually...and we got to go to the beach...perfect...what could be better. Well nothing really...unless you lose the battle with the beach. Ok, so here's how it went down...

So, we got to the beach and there was high surf warnings so you had to be extra careful when you went swimming...so we were...and we were fine. However, there was no signs saying "be extra careful not to leave the set of van keys in your pocket while you go swimming...go figure. So, after a while I came to the realization that I might have lost the keys in the ocean...actually I knew I did but I tried to imagine that I didn't. Thankfully, I was able to phone back and meet someone who had an extra set of keys so that didn't turn into a huge disaster.

So I got back to the beach with the new set of keys and found that everyone was about to leave. Amy, Jer and I (I guess that gives it away who the moron was who lost the keys in the ocean) were the last ones to clean up our stuff and we noticed mom's things were still there...she was not however. So, we carry her things up and everyone's telling us that we need to go into the girls bathroom. And so, we did...naturally. And there she was...laying down while connected to an oxygen mask, surrounded by a lifeguard and two paramedics...and now amy and I. Oh, and there was an ambulance outside the bathroom. So, to shorten up the story..Mom had a bit of a heat exhaustion/dizziness/not enough to drink or eat spell. So, after a bit of resting and a wheelchair ride (in front of everyone) into the ambulance for some tests, she got back in the van (which luckily there was a spare set of keys for..whew) and we made our way back for supper.

So, beach tips: along with wearing sunscreen, not turning your back to the ocean...blah blah blah...

1) Don't lose the keys in the ocean
2) Eat something and drink lots- otherwise everyone will have to wait while an old lady gets wheelchaired into an ambulance...It's fine to laugh at it now...Sorry about the old part mom...it just adds to sentence.

Here's some pictures -we spent this evening at a christmas festival thing...not quite as exciting as the first part of the day-except for the pink bathroom which from the urinal had a great view of the city.

Cliffjumping/ Beach/ Mauna Kea

Hi everyone,

This is Jesse using a blog for the first time ever. These pictures are from last weekend (American Thanksgiving). On Friday everyone went to the beach in the afternoon and then we went up Mauna (mountain) Kea to see the stars. The next day I went cliff jumping with some others. I'm going to have to try to convince dad and Kara to do that when they get here. During the last few days I've been doing drywall on the building we've been working on. So ya, I'm basically a construction expert on everything now with my two weeks experience. I think that's all you need to know for now.