Kauai -- the mission, day 1
I was hoping to sleep in really, really late Friday as we didn't even get to our rooms until after midnight, but NOOOOOOO! We were on a schedule from day one. But it was good. We had breakfast at a local hole in the wall and I fell in love with coconut syrup. Mmmmmmm.......
We met with Danny, the preacher and some of the other members on hand. We also set up for the Ladies conference and luncheon that was being held at a room Karen had booked at one of the local hotels. As we were decorating the room, I was inspired by how everyone's gifts were coming together to make it a memorable event that would bless the women who would attend. Beth Hadley, with the help of Sarah Butcher and Staci Donaghey had made denim covers for the ordinary notebooks we had bought for the women to use as prayer journals. The denim was accented with red bandanas and had a built-in pocket for a writing pen. There were also "Agape" gifts that went along with various lessons we were going to be presenting: Refrigerator magnets with key verses or quotes, simple hand-made necklaces and bracelets, etc. I don't think any one person knew how it would come together as everyone made free-will offerings of their time and talents toward this activity until after the event was concluded.
At the end of the day, some went to check out the beach by the hotel. Tepi, Ranise and I worked on our lessons that we would be giving the following day.
I was hoping to sleep in really, really late Friday as we didn't even get to our rooms until after midnight, but NOOOOOOO! We were on a schedule from day one. But it was good. We had breakfast at a local hole in the wall and I fell in love with coconut syrup. Mmmmmmm.......
We met with Danny, the preacher and some of the other members on hand. We also set up for the Ladies conference and luncheon that was being held at a room Karen had booked at one of the local hotels. As we were decorating the room, I was inspired by how everyone's gifts were coming together to make it a memorable event that would bless the women who would attend. Beth Hadley, with the help of Sarah Butcher and Staci Donaghey had made denim covers for the ordinary notebooks we had bought for the women to use as prayer journals. The denim was accented with red bandanas and had a built-in pocket for a writing pen. There were also "Agape" gifts that went along with various lessons we were going to be presenting: Refrigerator magnets with key verses or quotes, simple hand-made necklaces and bracelets, etc. I don't think any one person knew how it would come together as everyone made free-will offerings of their time and talents toward this activity until after the event was concluded.
At the end of the day, some went to check out the beach by the hotel. Tepi, Ranise and I worked on our lessons that we would be giving the following day.
posted by Serena Voss at 11:28 AM
2 Comments:
I love that church in Kauai!!! Did you meet Kathy Smith? What a sweetie! We feel like we have a home away from home when we are with that church!
The coconut syrup there is not bad either!
JB
Yes, I did! She offered her van to transport us around when one of our rental vehicles bit the dust.
When were you over there last?
I hope to write more about some of the other ladies there after I find my list. I don't want to misspell any names. All the men and women were just precious. They kept telling us about how much we had blessed them by coming and we were thinking we were the ones truly blessed. But that's the way it is in Christ. It is a win/win situation.
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