My time in Hawaii has been good. Visiting friends, playing golf, relaxing, and getting caught up on business here. Highlight up to now has been preaching in a Chinese church in downtown Chinatown last Sunday. About 150 attended, it was entirely in Chinese, except for when I was introduced and the word ‘Aloha’ was used. And of course, when I spoke and was translated into Chinese. I got to pray with and for them, and manywere touched as evidenced by the tears, smiles of joy, and other body language signs. I couldn’t understand most of the spoken words, although some did speak English well.

Other Sundays I have been visiting my home church St. Mary’s Episcopal, and other church friends here in Honolulu, trying to keep up with friends and church connections.

My Plans:
Cheryl, 17 year old daughter of friends in Singapore, is attending BYU which is far away (for Hawaii) on the other side of the Island. I will pick her up Thanksgiving Day and bring her for dinner at a friend’s home. She will stay with the family (with two teen daughters) until Sunday, when I will take her to Waianae to church and then back to BYU. We will do beaches and shopping malls on the days in between, so she will get to see some of the ‘local’ Hawaii.
This coming Sunday is the last Sunday for Bud (my host during Hawaii stays) as Music Director of Waiokeola, so I will be attending church there. It promises to be an emotional day!
I will be speaking at the Waianae Assembly church on the 30th. I always enjoy my time with them.
So while I have a fairly full schedule, I also am having enough relaxation time, as usual.