Our 1st Anniversary

As I wrote in a previous blog the 28th was our first anniversary and we went to Maui for the weekend. We left on Saturday morning and and was supposed to come back on Monday afternoon, but we ended up staying an extra day because we were just having too much fun!

Our highlights from the trip include: breakfast at Kihei Cafe',

a sunset dinner cruise,

krispy kreme doughnuts,

the Hana Highway, getting a shower from the Nakalele' blow hole, and hiking down to jump into a waterfall! We will have so many great memories from this trip. It was such a good time for us to get away and just remember the commitment we made to one another one year ago!

There was however, a quite dramatic experience that happened on Monday, the day of our anniversary. Josh and I had decided to hike down to a waterfall that had a pool at the end that you could jump into.... We get down to the bottom and there was a tour guide who told us where and how to jump.... Josh was so excited!!!

So Josh climbs to the top and jumps in.... when he came up his first words are " Tiffany you are going to kill me" ( not exactly what I was expecting him to say after fulfilling one of his adventurous dreams) he said that he lost his wedding band. At first I thought I was hearing him wrong and the realization that he had just lost his wedding band in a dark pool of water on our first anniversary really got to me. I started to bawl. I was bawling so hard it was uncontrollable.( Josh's band is custom made with hebrew writing on it that says " I am my beloved's and she is mine" ) People got their snorkels out and tried to look for it, but after a heavy rain you could not see through the murky water. I was so upset and so was my poor husband.

There was a nice local guy there with his wife who were prawn fishing. The guy kept looking but had no luck, the woman asked for my number and said if he found it she would call me. Josh and I left to go call a metal detecting company. As we entered town in search of a phone book the woman called me. She said " Tiffany, we found your husband's ring" . I could not believe it. Josh and I had both been praying but it was just too good to be true. So we drove back up the mountain to meet the people with the ring.

The guy said that he got out of the water and he prayed that the Lord would help him find the ring for us. Then suddenly he felt the Lord telling him to go to the deepest part of the water. So he dove down deep and there was something shining through all the mud. He said "God placed it in his hand" He was so happy that he found it and so were we!!!!! After we left them they called shortly after to ask what the writing on the ring meant and to wish us a happy anniversary and many more! This may sound small to you but to us, it was a miracle. And such and amazing testimony of God's love for us and the power of prayer! 3 days away, yet so many lessons learned! Thank you Lord for your continued faithfulness!

" You are my sunshine, my only sunshine"

Josh and I woke up this morning to this.... We looked out our window and this is what we saw!

What a wonderful thing to wake up to!

A day at Green Sand

This weekend Josh and I went with some girl friends of mine to a beach called Green Sand....

Yes, it is called that because the sand is actually green. The day that we went the sand was not as green as some days. It was a bit over cast , thus the sand was not going to have the green ness it usually has, still it was really cool to go there. The beach is about 2 hours from where we live, the furthest point on the island away from where we live. It is located at south point, which got its name because, yes it is the southern most part of the united states. South point itself is pretty cool, there are cliffs you can do cliff jumping off of and also a hole that you can jump down into. I personally think that anyone who does jump down into that little hole is not very smart, because there were tons and tons of rocks down there, but to each is own I suppose. Any way , to get to the actual green sand beach you have to take a four wheel drive vehicle , so we rode in my friend's jeep. It is about a 3 mile drive on terrain that is just unbelievably bumby, rocky,and rough. It was a lot of fun though, bumping around.... when I wasn't scared that we were going to flip the jeep over! Josh and I are getting really excited! Our one year anniversay is coming up on the 28th! And to celebrate we are going to Maui for the weekend! I am so excited about this! How many people do you know get to go to Maui for their first anniversary!?!?!?!?! We are looking forward to this opportunity to explore and celebrate, but most of all to thank the Lord for blessing us with a hard, but GREAT first year of marriage. My, how blessed we are!

The Wise Visitors

A couple of weeks ago we had the priviledge to have my parents come and visit! They stayed for a week and we got the opportunity to do a lot of fun things.... things that we don't get to do on a normal basis, because of money but my parents were able to bless us with some fun adventures!

Thankfully the weather was beautiful the whole time they were here!

The highlights of the visit were, horse back riding in Waipio Valley and a Luau in Kona at the King Kamehameha Resort! On Saturday we journeyed to Waipio Valley... The drive alone was worth the money! We had an excellent tour guide who drove us deep into the belly of the valley, he had us laughing and a little bit nervous the whole time... there were no guard rails and the drive down was 33 percent grade. For those of you who do not know what that means... thats STEEP!!! Once we got down into the valley he brought us to the barn after driving through a RIVER, to introduce us to our horses. The trail ride was so much fun and Josh and I realized how much we love to ride horses and hope to get the opportunity to do it again. We got to trot through rivers and streams and it was a ball!

The next day was Sunday, so after church we packed up and headed over to Kona, for the Luau. Josh and I have been to a luau before but this one was really special. This particular one is known as the best on the island, but the cool part was that the entire luau was Christian based. The people who worked there were all Christians, we could see them before they went out to perform all in a circle praying. It was really neat. Also, before we ate dinner the host of the evening said an awesome prayer over our food and the food was great too! We had lau lau ( pork wrapped in banana leaves) ,kahlua pig, poke ( which is raw fish with spices I don't prefer this dish! ) , poi ( ground taro made into a pudding like substance ), and so many more delicious things! My favorite part of the whole evening was they did a hula to " More love, More power " in Hawaiian, then they sang it in English . It was so beautiful and it has inspired me to learn Hula. So, I have been searching for a place to take classes.

The newest news we have is that Josh and I are going to be starting to take Ball room dancing classes! I am so excited about this! I have been wanting to do it for a long time and Josh finally agreed! Maybe I will post some pics up of our dances! As you can tell we have had a lot of exciting things happening. It can be hard living here, especially with the cost of everything. But, the Lord always continues to be faithful and we have learned when you give up everything to serve Him , He will bless you in more ways than you can ever imagine! We are so thankful for the many opportunities that He has given us! Thanks for reading!