Oh, Happy Day!

Well, we were wondering if there was going to be a pattern or a rhythm to our work and stay here in Kona.

Yes!

With a better eating regime (It’s called the animal method:  I eat like a bird and work like a dog), we have a sway to our sweat, we have found our pace. Eating better and little, with lots of water for the inside and outside (Ice), work has gone much more smoothly. Work seems easier, the days seem to go by faster, and the week quicker.

Instead of taking breaks at work were the body comes to a sudden halt, then reluctantly dragging yourself back up (breaks consist of sitting at the tables we’ve just cleaned and drinking water) to the fast face of work seemed too difficult, so I don’t take breaks anymore, or not as many. Now I either work through the break to keep a good pace, or I walk quickly up to the gym and lift weights for 15 minutes. Both work well for the body and mind.

A NEW EXPERIENCE IN KONA, A DOUBLE DATE…IN A CAR: This weekend is packed with double dates. Last night Buck and I went out to dinner (in a car) with Mike and Shayla, a dating couple in their fifties, they’ve both been mission builders, and he’s done his DTS in Switzerland thirteen years ago, she's doing hers now.  Mike is an accomplished entrepreneur, a ski instructor in Idaho, and a building contractor, she has been a mother and is trying to come out of her Judaism into Christianity, and their stories are very interesting.

We drove for quite awhile, up to 3,000 ft. elevation to a restaurant called Annie’s, a gourmet hamburger place with a local blues guitarist. A fun night, great hamburger and we were served by Annie herself.

We had a great relaxing time; Mike and Shayla are brilliant people, easy to talk with because they are both great talkers and great listeners, and both have an edgy since of humor. I hope we can do this again.

TODAY IS A SPECIAL DAY; WE WILL HAVE ANOTHER DOUBLE DATE…IN ANOTHER CAR!  FRIENDS FROM OUR OAHU CHURCH DAYS ARE STAYING AT THE MARRIOTT WAIKOLOA HOTEL (HE DOES THIS FOR BUSINESS ALL THE TIME), AND WANT TO SPEND THE DAY WITH US. I’M WRITING IN BIG LETTERS BECAUSE I’M EXCITED. ANOTHER CAR DATE, MORE FUN PEOPLE, THESE ONE’S ARE CALLED RICK AND BETTY PRAHLER, WE WILL MEET THEM AT MCDONALD'S, AND HEAD OUT WITH THEM TO SIGHT SEE, GO SHOPPING OR WHATEVER WE WANT. THEY ARE HERE ALL THE TIME ON BUSINESS SO THEY DON’T WANT TO DO ANYTHING BUT BE WITH US AND BE OUR CHAUFFEURS FOR WHATEVER WE WANT TO DO. OH, HAPPY DAY!

TONIGHT IS GOING TO BE A SPECIAL NIGHT:  Buckwheat and I are going out to dinner FOR ANOTHER DOUBLE DATE…IN ANOTHER CAR, this time with my boss, Chef Vern and his wife Karen, two really delightful people. They use to own restaurants in Bend, Oregon but sold them to serve on staff at YWAM. Yummy time is expected, not food yummy, people yummy.

TOMORROW IS ANOTHER SPECIAL DAY, I’M PREACHING OUTDOORS IN A BOTANICAL GARDEN FOR OUR MISSION BUILDERS OUTING. Then we will all head to the beach for the day.

My knees are doing much better since I’m icing them daily, oh, happy day.