Aloha, Hawai'i !

Since we're leaving the Big Island tomorrow, I thought I'd show you some random pictures.  A couple of weeks ago, a group of us seniors commandeered a van and went on a tour by ourselves. Terry and I had been to all the places before, but what made this tour unique was the older generation.  We had our own brand of humour.
We weren't at all unhappy that it was raining part of the time.  It didn't stop some of us from eating ice cream

Everyone of these people was Canadian except for the couple on the left, who were from Arizona.

 These are, malasadas, Portuguese doughnuts.  They're like doughnut, squarish, with no hole.  Very fresh, and delicious!

 On the way back, Janice, standing to my right above, said, "There's a snowman!"  No one said anything.  I don't think anyone heard her.  I thought to myself, "What is she talking about?"  On our way back from the road where we'd turned off , we all saw it.  Someone had a pick-up truck load full of snow, probably from Mauna Kea, and had built a snowman.  When Janice saw it, it hadn't been quite so melted on the bottom.  That's how warm it was, probably around 28 degrees Celsius.  At this time it looked like Frosty's wife, with a wide skirt. 

This is most of the Kokua Crew, which is what we were called.  Kokua means "help" in Hawaian.  We're all dressed up for a farewell dessert evening we had at the King's Mansion, a lovely house on six acres of property that YWAM owns, several miles away.

Our ladies' small group also had dinner out one evening.

Beside me on the left is Diane from San Diego, CA, Julia from Sweden, Julie from Washington, Magda from Germany, our leader, Gayle, from Minnesota, and Nina, also from Germany.  We had many a wonderful Wednesday evening sharing our lives with each other, and learning how to hear the voice of God.  I'll miss the fellowship!





Tomorrow evening we board the plane for Los Angeles, and the on to Calgary, AB.  At least it isn't supposed to be that cold anymore. It's hard to put into words what this last three months have meant to me.  We had to try, though, first in an evening of people sharing their experiences, and then in a written evaluation where we were asked several questions, such as, "What was your favourite time?  What did you find difficult?  Everyone answered through the lens of his/her own experience, but on the whole it was very GOOD!