ITOWN Church

We have arrived and are now eating our first meal in Hawaii.  Hawaiian Pizza!!!

Today we are starting our day with some worship and time in the Word before we head to church at Waipuna Chapel. 

Sunday afternoon we started prepping the work site for all the projects we are doing. We are at Camp Piiholo painting and working on the bathroom. 

Today we are building a new bathroom vanity at the camp. The sink in this bathroom has been broken for years and this gives us the opportunity to upgrade and bless this camp.  

This morning a few of us got the chance to go prepare an apartment for a family that went through the Maui fires. We cleaned, organized and decorated for the family that should move in soon. 

Today we are headed up the mountain to the Kula fire area. We are at a property that was directly in the fire zone. Nick, part of the family that owns the property, is telling us about the fire and how it affected the property and his family. 

We finished the day around the campfire. We discussed the day, the work that was done and the awesome ministry that was accomplished. 

Today we are helping with fire relief on a 40 acre farm in the Olinda area. This farm is where the first fire started on Maui. The fire lasted for 36 hours with pop-up fires continuing for a couple of months. The farm has been owned by the same family for almost 80 years. 

This afternoon we went back to the Kula area to help a family spread mulch over the fire damaged area on their property.  We loved getting to know the families that we worked with. 

The heavy rain didn't stop us for enjoying the beautiful waterfall during our rec day. A few of us even got in the lagoon for a little swimming. 

We got to explore some lava tubes. It was really cool to read about how they were formed and all the interesting facts about how the locals have used them over the years.