Good Sports

I'm not the brightest bulb on the porch, but something seems wrong with this collection of pictures. Can you spot the problems? 

From tropical paradise to northern prairie; from lush green grass and beautiful flowers to brown grass and no flowers; from four time zones and 3800 miles away, to temperatures not 80 degrees but 8 degrees and snow; yet these two troopers are making the best of it.  They can't wait to go outside each day.  Maybe I'm just old but I am having a harder adjustment than they are.

All good things come to an end and so my Hawaiian time with my favorite grandkids has come to a close.  I left for home with a 10 pm flight so we had tome for a dinner at a favorite restaurant.

This group welcomes the gobs of tourists who were arriving for a dinner cruise on the ship behind them.

Most of the tourists arrived in big buses and soon were on ship.

Dinner was near the water and the kids had to do their coloring first of course.

The sun was bright but we enjoyed it knowing we probably won't be back this way any time soon.  It snowed in North Dakota the day after I arrived at home.

The sunset was very nice. 

And the pizza was good.

Did I mention the pizza was good? 

The Aloha tower in the background has welcomed tourists for decades, but that night it bid me farewell to the Hawaiian Islands.  Great memories and some good pictures to remind me of the Islands in the cold North Dakota winters.

Aloha to KCC

One of the joys that M and I have had is the good church our family over here has had for three years.  Kailua Community Church is not a large facility but they have around 525 on a Sunday with their three services.  

What is more important than their size is their great fellowship and Bible preaching from Pastor Perry Alexander. 

Both Pastor Perry and his Father, a dentist, taught Greek and Bible when Uncle John Rhoads had his Asian School of Evangelism in Kaulua.  Pastor Perry went to Malaysia for a graduation of one of Uncle John's graduate's school this Spring (The original graduates are now teaching their own schools for Asian Evangelism).  And next fall KCC he will be hosting the ASE Conference at their church which will bring many of the original students Uncle trained together for a time of refreshing.  Pastor Perry is a winsome evangelist and strong in the pulpit and we are so thankful for this church and pastor's ministry to our family in Hawaii.

On our first trip to Hawaii in 1985, Uncle John took us to Kailua Beach which is very near where his home and school were located.  It is a world famous beach and often is on the list of the top ten beaches of the world.  We say Aloha to Kailua and look forward to the continued ministry its people have for the gospel.