Fayetteville Christian School

The team has arrived to the beautiful Kauai, Hawaii! Although later than planned, the travel day went smoothly. 

We are ready to rest and get ready for the amazing things the Lord has in store for this week. We are settled in our home for the week at Kauai Christian Fellowship. Pray for us as we prepare our hearts and minds for the days ahead. 

We had a great night's rest, and we are ready for our first full day serving in Kauai! 

Some of us will be serving at a garden this morning and some will be serving at our host church and their Anchor House. 

Some of us had the privilege of meeting Uncle Paul and Auntie Sandy and working in the garden. Uncle and Auntie are terms of endearment here. The garden is connected to a school in the area. The crops grown are sold at a farmer's market to bring in income for the school and ministry. The children at the school are taught how to garden and about a wide variety of produce.

We were able to come and help with several gardening tasks. We were also able to try some of the delicious Hawaiian fruit!

It was an incredible experience!

This afternoon we got to enjoy a beautiful local beach, Poipu Beach. We got to try out the body boards Pastor Rick generously lent us and many of us tried out snorkeling. It was an amazing afternoon to rest and recharge after such a long day of travel yesterday. 

Many of us saw sea turtles, a sea lion, and even whales!

We ended our night with worship and a word from Ms. Tammi. She encouraged us to follow hard after Jesus. He uses all of the events in our lives, good and hard, to form us into the people He has called us to be. 

What a great first full day here!

We got started bright and early this morning serving with Habitat for Humanity. Trace, the head guy, briefed us on the tasks ahead. They have built over 100 homes in this community. They have 8 more left to complete their goal here. We were able to work on 4 of those homes today! 

It was such an honor to be able to be a part of building someone's home, and we learned new skills in the process!

This morning, some of us were able to help with projects at the Anchor House. The Anchor House is a dream and vision for our host church. It will be the first Christian secondary education facility on the island. They are set to open this September and have 40 students for a 9 month stint. The goal is to equip and disciple students, specifically those taking a gap year in between high school and college, and encourage them in their walk with the Lord. 

What an incredible honor to be a part of this building and dream becoming a reality! 

Today we spent time behind the scenes of the Habitat for Humanity Restore. We assisted in organizing donated clothes and other goods! We completed sorting three large loads! 

Some of us continued working this afternoon with Ed to get the first floor of the anchor House primed and sealed. It was hard work, but it was worth it!

Today we continued our work on the houses for Habitat for Humanity! This means we spent the morning sighting, laying the roof, and painting! 

A few of us got to meet precious Ms. Peggy and help around her home. The health care visits to the elderly for basic cleaning and help have had to take a pause during the pandemic. That has caused problems for the elderly with simple household chores and housekeeping. We were able to step into the gap for Ms. Peggy as well as Ms. Luverne today. It was an honor to visit with them.  

We ended the evening with amazing worship and a devo shared by Grace. Her authenticity, vulnerability, and love for Jesus was so encouraging!

Jana, Carlos, and Kylie were able to serve and help at Ms. Loni's home this morning. Ms. Loni has fibromyalgia and has had multiple falls lately, so having some help cleaning her home was a huge blessing!

While we were cleaning, we thought about how Jesus washed His disciple's feet. It wasn't a pretty or glorious job, but the act of doing it was so meaningful. In the same way, deep cleaning a kitchen, bathroom, or doing laundry isn't glamorous, but we wanted to be used to serve Ms. Loni and the Lord! 

We ended the night by joining in with the church's youth group. It was an awesome time in worship, hearing a message, and playing an epic game of dodgeball!!! 

Matthew said it felt like family! 

This morning Katie and Caleb played with and cared for 13 kids, while Maddie assisted in the nursery with 5 babies! They served in this way to give the children's mothers a chance to enjoy a restful women’s breakfast retreat at Christian Fellowship Church. 

This morning those of us who didn't go up to the garden on Monday were able to go today! We got to meet Uncle Paul, and he is simply incredible. 

We were able to tour the property and try new Hawaiian fruit. We all have our favorites. 

We were also able to do some garden work alongside the students. The students work in the garden to learn how to grow crops and take care of the land. It was so fun getting to do it with them. 

This morning we went to two laundromats cleaning off the dirt from this last weeks important work. Once that was done we drove to the North Shore to spend our afternoon. There we ate, swam, and shopped! 

Tonight we are heading up to Camp Halekoa where we will be spending the night till Thursday. 

Our service will be limited while at camp and we will post as we can. 

We made it safely to camp last night and got settled in. The camp is amazing, it has a rustic and homey feel to it. 

We experienced an amazing night of devotions from Emma and Jonathan and spent time in worship. The Holy Spirit's presence was powerful. It was truly a night we won't soon forget!

On our way back to camp, we stopped at the Waimea Canyon lookout. This is the "Grand Canyon of the Pacific." It is breathtaking! 

Each night one or two students have shared their testimonies and a challenge or encouragement with the group. The students put so much effort and prayer into what they have shared. 

We had our last day serving at Habitat for Humanity! We worked as hard as we could to complete the tasks in front of us for the homes we were working on. We learned so much in our time working with the amazing people serving with Habitat. 

We ended our time there celebrating with ice cream the 984 total hours we served and worked on the worksites and at ReStore. 

We spent time this afternoon deep cleaning the camp. We did everything from washing the walls - inside and outside, deep cleaning bathrooms, the kitchen, the yard, and the dining room. Cleaning is not our favorite thing to do, but we know the Lord is glorified as we push through and do it for Him! We had a great attitude, cheered each other on, and made so much progress!

There will be groups coming to stay here throughout this year. We want to prepare the place for them to experience the best of Camp Hale KOA.

We packed up and cleaned the camp this morning, ready to start our travel day. We loved our time at this camp in the mountains. It's a special place. 

We stopped by the beach one last time, and there we experienced the best way to end the trip: Will was baptized! 

During the week, 2 students were SAVED and one was baptized! Thank you, Jesus!

What an incredible 2 weeks! We made it on our plane and are heading home! The Lord showed up. He has stirred our hearts and set the foundation. This trip is a catalyst for what He wants to do in our lives moving forward. We are expectant and grateful!

Thank you, Fayetteville for an amazing 2 weeks!