Adventures

Well...I have made it through my first week here in Hawaii and have still not seen the beach! The island is much bigger than I thought. I am definitely planning on heading out there some time this week!! I am still trying to find my way around. If everything did not look so similar it would not be so hard. I will get it soon, I hope. Yesterday I found out how to get to the outlet mall and to where the beach is. I hope to go there soon. I went to church yesterday. The music was great! I reminded me of everything I am used to. I really appreciated that. I still want to visit around to some of the other churches on the island before I settle with one. Please pray that I will find a church that is just right for me that I can get plugged into. Thank you for your prayers! I can really feel them right now. My body is finely getting used to the time difference and I am sleeping much better at night. My new prayer is that I could find some people that are close in age to me that I could be friends with. I would like to be able to "hang out" with some people other than the family I am living with. Not that they are hard to be with but I just need somebody else so that I do not get tired of them and more so that they do not get tired of me. I hope everyone is doing well and that you all have a wonderful day!! I love you all.

Aloha,
I am sorry I have not written in a while but things have been busy. I am still adjusting to the time difference and so I have been taking some naps lately. The place here is beautiful. I still have not seen any water but hopefully before too long I will get to. What I have seen has been very green and alive, unlike South Carolina where everything is pretty dead. The winter flowers are out are so pretty. I have enclosed a picture of a flower that was taken in the back yard. The family is great. They are very health conscious so that has been kind of a hard thing to get used to since I am used to good Southern cooking. (lots of fried food, breads, and pastas) Maybe it will be good for me! I have my own room and bathroom that is shared with the rest of the downstairs but is for my use. I am driving a Honda Odyssey. It is really nice since I am carting the kids and dog around alot. I have only met one other family that lives on "post" that has 10 kids with # 11 on the way. They have been very sweet and hospitable to me. They attend the PCA church here and have invited me over to cook them a good Southern meal sometime. I am excited about meeting more families tonight when I go to the Bible study that meets at the local PCA church. They are doing a study about Creation vs. Evolution, which should be very interesting. I will write more about that when I actually attend. I hope this letter finds everyone well. God Bless!

I am here in Hawaii. Yesterday was one of the longest days of my live. It was a really long flight here but I made it! I will update more later when I have more time. I love the family I am with and Hawaii is really beautiful (what I have scene of it).