Honalua Bay

In case you were wanting to see the bay where we enjoyed the swimming with fish, here is a photo I took as we arrived there a week ago. I am so glad we went back.

The children are packed and we have has our last supper here. I have such mixed feelings. I will hate to leave but will be glad to be back. It has been a long time and there are many things to begin to think about.....I think a part of me is already back in Radford. I know the children miss their Gran and Opa and want to come for a visit soon. They have freqently spoken of them...usually each time we see a big white ship in port on teh North side of teh island. I think seeing these boats has made me long for a few days sitting on the deck of one....I did not think I would say that. Perhaps for my 41st birthday this year I can join my grandmother for the Western Caribean sailing from Charleston. Let's hope life is calm and settled by January such that this would be possible.

This may be my last entry from Maui. It has been a trip! My favorite parts have to be playing music with Paul at St Johns and preaching to Ellen with her big smile. Singing choral evensong last Sunday was also a treat...something I had forgotten...something so very Anglican! I will be forever blessed for being able to be a aprt of two Hawaiian funerals (Edie and Willie will always be a part of me...and I thank God for that. I will never forget that wonderful cat who always Meowed during my sermons and perhaps the pinnacle moment of this entire Maui experience can be summed up in sitting in church on the end of teh pew with my arm around Calum as Holy Communion was being distributed and seeing this little chubby fellow appear from a side door, only to stop at the altar, raise his hands in teh air, and wiggle with a big smile on his face. Now I am a believer in the real presence of Christ....but the Holy Spirit was just glowing in those cheeks. Calum, Chloe and I just laughed laughed and laughed. God is good!

All these best to you who have walked these steps with me to Maui and back. If I could, I would raise my hands and jiggle, just to see you laugh....but I would not be nearly as cute.

The peace of God which passes all understanding keep your hearts and minds in the knowledge and love of God and of his son Jesus Christ. And the blessing of God who is Father, Son, and Holy Spirit be with you all, now and forever. Amen. Aloha and Mahalo. Kris+