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!