Back in Kona!

Last fall, I did a DTS (Discipleship Training School) here in Kona. My school was called the Impact Pacific focus and there were about 50 students in my class. Now, one year after that school began (and about 7 months after it ended), there are quite a few of us who have returned to Kona (or other areas of YWAM). So, those of us in Hawaii decided to get together the other night for a very tiny reunion. It was so much fun! It kind of felt like no time had passed since we had last been together here. God truly blesses us with the gift of being relational creatures, and it's so wonderful to be reunited with friends. I most likely would have never met any of these people under any other circumstances. Isn't that amazing? YWAM is such a cool missions organization; I will forever have friends around the world.

No Bad Days (as they say in Hawaii)

This place is full of opportunities to connect with awesome people. These are just a few photos of fun things I've gotten to do during staff training. The first one I took of Johnny and our friend Samuel from Finland. I had just painted one toe nail on each of them, and they just couldn't resist striking a model pose for the camera. The other photos are from some crazy times together in the kitchen. Even though we worked hard, we also made sure to have as much fun as we could. Things are going great over here, but I miss you all so much.
Lots of love,
jenni

Hawaiian Birthday

Johnny just had a birthday last weekend so I took him out on a date. We went out to dinner at a little place called the Aloha Angel Cafe (totally lame name for a restaurant, I know). It was such a typical Hawaiian-style place. Everything was very laid back...there were shirtless customers in flip flops and other patrons decked out in funky Hawaiian prints. You just never know what to expect in Hawaii. After some coffee (for Johnny, not me) and a walk on the beach, we went out to a movie. It was a really fun date night. Thanks to Jeff and Beth who let us borrow their car. We had such a great night together!

Mom, you will probably appreciate this the most

Aloha again!
Well, I am back in Kona, Hawaii to staff at YWAM. I know, some people didn't even know I was coming back out here. In August, I made the decision to join DTS Staff, and then headed out here on August 28th...so it all happened pretty fast! I just wanted to get my Blog up and running again, so I wanted to start with a couple pictures and a short little blurb. Actually, though, the pictures are not loading very easily for some reason. I'll have to try to get more pictures up later. This is a picture of most of the staff interns who came to Kona for training at the same time I did. We had a couple weeks of classes all together and became close friends. Especially from working weekend kitchen shifts together! That's right...I spent my first THREE weekends in Kona as a member of the kitchen crew. We'd have to get there at 6 am on Saturday and Sunday! It was always fun to work with these friends, though.
I hope everyone out there is doing great. I will do my best to keep my Blog updated, because some of you may be curious about what I'm up to these days.
Love you all!
jenni