Wow! This weekend went by quickly. Saturday morning started at the Farmer’s Market. I am very thankful to get tomatoes. It is not summer without tomatoes.! Next we ventured out to the SWAP meet that surrounds the football stadium.  The SWAP meet is like a giant flee market/ CANAL street experience. Those of you who know me well, know that I get extremely excited bargaining; therefore I often times get carried away!! The vendors must smile when they see me coming. My favorite purchase of the day was a hand carved wooden frog instrument that you can make it croak. The man who sold it to me actually goes to the church that I visited today!

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After the SWAP meet, we went to Pearl Harbor and got to see the Arizona memorial. It was very moving to see pictures and read about the sailors and soldiers lives the days leading up to December 7, 1941.  How blessed we are to live in a free country.

Following Pearl Harbor, we went to the Macadamia Nut Farm to see if we could take a tour. Tours of the day had already concluded, but I did encounter my first set of chickens running around freely… I did not love it, but I was a lot better than I would have been 10 years ago. I was mostly amazed at the baby chicks. I think of chicks as being fuzzy and yellow; however, these are brown and not very cute. It makes a lot of sense because we don’t see many yellow chickens running around. I guess it just shows that I am really a city girl after all. 

This morning for church we went to International Baptist Church and University Avenue Baptist Church. Everyone was very friendly and welcoming.  Most places in Hawaii do not have air conditioning including churches.  In one church the shutters were all open, but in the other church the sanctuary had rolling doors on one side and they opened them for the service.  This evening Darla and I spent the evening with the couple who is starting West Oahu Community Church.  They are beginning a Bible Study in the park this upcoming Thursday.  Please be in prayer that people will come that need to hear the good news of Jesus.

Our Sunflower project Backyard Bible Club begins tomorrow. I have no idea what to expect, but I am sure that I will have some interesting stories to tell. Pray that God will bring the children that need to hear the gospel and that His word will fall on receptive hearts. 

Oh interesting Hawaii fact… Hawaii consumes more Spam than any other state. People even order it at restaurants.  I had my first Hawaii Spam Friday night, it came with my meal!

Love to all! I am praying for all of you who are teaching VBS this week!  

This is a school in Wai'anae. Schools all over the island have multiple buildings .  This is a high school, but the intermediate and elementary schools look just like this one!