I haven't been able to get consistent internet so I haven't blogged since Hawaii.  Here's a post I wrote  for July 30.

Sabbath in Hawaii...quite an experience.  We were all still tired, but it was easy to wake up for a lot of us because we were still in the Eastern Time Zone.  Pastor Ken Norton (now president of Guam-Micronesia Mission) had a great testimony for vespers, and a good sermon today.  After a hearty Adventist lunch (haystacks of course), we got to have an afternoon outing.

Sights, sounds, and experiences on a Hawaiian Sabbath afternoon:

A hike to Manoa Falls through a jungle of palms, vines, and giant Hawaiian tree ferns that made me feel miniature.

A drive around the coast (I guess it was Diamond Head?), with the crashing waves against the cliffs.

Some time at the beach feeling the foamy waves around our feet, and walking on the cool yellow sand.

Worship on the beach with the sunset and cliffs in the backdrop.  A great message by Pastor Jesse, who went to one of the islands when he was younger as a student missionary (it might have been Yap or Chuuk).

Driving to Waikiki with the Palau group for frozen yogurt (they had a good lime coconut dairy-free sorbet) and a quick trek around.

Even though we only spend a short time in Hawaii, and use most of it up in meetings about how to survive and teach on the islands, we certainly got a substantial taste of what the state has to offer today.