What a crazy past 3 days! Tuesday we flew from Greenville to Dallas to Maui to Honolulu to Kona finally at around 11 PM (5AM our time). Our leader Jeff picked us up and gave us lei’s they had made themselves. We stayed with him and Bethany for a few days before we finally settled into our room at the GO center (GO stands for Global Outreach). We got a great welcoming to Hawaii by Jeff and Bethany and it was a fun time hang out with them before classes start. We also got to “sit in” on the staff worship session the first morning (all three hours of it!). It was a great opportunity to thank God for safe travels, for all his amazing provisions up until this point and to lift His Name up! He truly has blessed Camille and I with this rich experience and I feel like it will only get better!
Since being here, we haven’t been to the beach! We have been busy meeting and visiting with our staff and fellow students. The students are slowly trickling in and I love that there are about 4 couples around our age (a few on staff too). We finally met our Skype friends Liam and Rachel Byrnes in person and they are even better out of a digital format haha! We let Liam drive to the store and had a few heart skipping moments when he forgot he was in the US and was in the wrong lane (He’s from the UK)! We survived though and I think he’s getting the hang of it.
As I sit here writing this blog, worship has started in one the classrooms and with our open air rooms the lyrics just filters in. What a great atmosphere to be in! Class starts today, but it’s just orientation. More to come soon! Love you all!
My wife and I are part of the Awaken Community. We desire restoration and reconciliation in the broken and lost. We both love God and are committed to following his will. I enjoys taking photographs of my travels as well as blogging about awesome things God does or teaches me. To see more photos, visit our gallery. More about Calvin and Camille
11 Comments
I miss the GO Center! I worked there during my work duty. Enjoy your time there!! :) You’re gonna have a blast!!!
Savanah
9/25/2009
thanks for writing its like candy for my eyes love you guys
jed
9/25/2009
Aww have you guys been to the lil coffee place on campus? So stoked for you both! :)
Heather K
9/25/2009
Yall have a good time aready!! I love to see that you are enjoying the Lords provision. Keeping you in my prayers.
Uriah Hilman
9/25/2009
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YWAMfan
9/25/2009
Glad you guys made it OK. Thanks for the update.
anita j
9/25/2009
Thanks for all the prayers and comments everyone, Lord bless you!
Heather, we haven’t been to the coffee shop on campus yet but definitely plan to go! It’s like 50 feet away :)
Jed, more candy comin’!
Savanah, the GO center staff is awesome and really helpful! The rooms are better than I was expecting.
Calvin H
9/26/2009
HEY! thanks for sharing! It sounds like you guys are going to have an amazing time! and the adventure has barely started! Miss u guys! GOD BLESS AND LOVE U ALWAYS
Kimberly
9/26/2009
So stoked to have you here.
Jeff
9/27/2009
Oh wow! this is so awesome to read….
Melodie
9/27/2009
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