2-17-14
Hey ya'll!!! Well, I'm back in Kona now, traveled all day yesterday (40 hour day haha) and so... outreach is over, but our last (debrief) week was great.
Monday we had our last free day. We spent it mostly at the café and watching movies, but we took time to have dinner with Malo and Lisa and a few others from Koror Evangelical Church and Emmaus High School.
Tuesday we had a bit of a relaxing day. Brandon and Alicia were both out trying to get some possible flight complications figured out, and Max had Malo over to work on some music, so Max sent Colton and I out on a faith journey of sorts... where we found Keizer (I learned the correct spelling of his name... oops). So we spent a good amount of time with him. That evening we had our last dinner out with Fuana.
Wednesday I exhausted myself. We spent the morning finishing the concrete for Fuana. The afternoon we spent cleaning her house before we left. In the evening we had Keizer over and hung out with him for a bit, but when it was over I was pretty darn tired.
Thursday was our official debrief day. We spent the morning pondering and praying over some reflective questions Max had given us about outreach. After lunch we went with Fuana to a waterfall (minus Brandon) and spent some time swimming and climbing the various falls. After that we checked into our hotel that we were spending the night at, and then Alicia, Colton, and I were off to get massages. After we came back we all met up for dinner and discussed the answers to Max's questions together. After dinner we used our day passes to the Palau Pacific Resort to go use their pool, and even better, their jacuzzi which was amazing. After that we all enjoyed hot showers, comfy beds and pillows, and air conditioned rooms that felt amazing! In the morning we all just kinda hung out at the hotel, laying on the beds, using the hotel pool and hot showers again.
Friday, after leaving the hotel haha, we hung out a Fuana's for a bit before helping to set up for a concert that the other team was putting on that Max was helping sing at. We had an amazing night!Almost all the youth that we had worked with attended and it was a great way to say good bye to them. But the best part of the night was finding Nolan there. We had tried to see him the week before, but he hadn't made it Friday and instead got to be in Koror for a week, Wednesday to Wednesday. He showed up to the concert looking for us, hearing that we were putting it on. We spent as much time as possible with him that night and convinced him to come to the rock islands with us on Saturday.
So, as I just said Saturday we went to the rock islands, and they were amazing!!! We started off going to Jellyfish Lake, then saw the giant clams at Clam Cove, and then stopped at the Shark Sanctuary, but we didn't see any. After that we had a wonderful Palauan lunch before heading back out going to Milky Way (it has sulfuric mud in it, which is supposedly really good for the skin, and looked really funny too hehe), stopped at The Cemetairy (great snorkeling spot) and then headed back to Koror. That evening Keizer made it over late and we talked to him and hung out with him for a bit. That was the last day we saw Nolan and Keizer.
Sunday we went to church together at KEC one last time. Fuana made us lunch, and then we finished backing before going to a bit of a bbq near Emmaus, where we were able to say goodbye to the other team and Malo before getting on the plane. Fuana, Wilson and Ester, Prima and Hedrick, (all a part of the Palauan YWAMers) took all of us to the airport where we said goodbye to them. Then we were off. We flew to Taipei, Taiwan and then to Honolulu and then Kona. It was something like a 40 hour day... we left Koror at 7:30 pm Sunday and landed in Kona at 4 pm Sunday. Weird, right? But yea. So now we are back in Kona.
Yesterday, today, and tomorrow are our debrief days, before graduation tomorrow night. Its nice to be back in Hawaii, I DO love these islands so very much, but my heart aches and longs to go home. I am trying not to think about how much I want to be home, and I'm trying to enjoy this last week in my favorite state, and enjoy my last bit of time with my DTS and Outreach team. So maybe that's what you guys can pray for me... just that I would be able to keep my head and heart here, and in the moment. Also pray for healing. I got some inspected spots on my limbs, and now have an antibiotic, but I would love it if I could heal quickly and not have any issues from the antibiotic either... So ya.
Thank you guys all so much! Your prayers and support have carried me my whole trip! God bless you for that!!!!! Love you all and see you SOON! :D
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