Northwest Christian High School

Our team landed safety to the island! After some Costco pizza, we headed straight to our campsite on the North Shore. Got settled in and had a PPM orientation - which introduced us to this week of ministry! A question we’re taking with us this week is: What does it look like to have and keep a servant heart?

Good morning from Oahu! Some of us got up early, ready for breakfast. We fueled with egg bakes and packed our lunches for after church service

Joined NSCF this morning for Easter Sunday Service! It was a huge outdoor gathering where we worshipped, tried some local baked goods, and learned what it means to see Jesus as a living Savior! Great to be reminded of the simple truth and good news of the Gospel!

Zoomed to the beach to eat sandwiches and get in the water. Hale’iwa Beach isn’t looking her best since the floods from the last few weeks on the island. So, we ate lunch with a view and then made our way to Waimea Beach to swim

Got some swimming in at Waimea Beach! We had tons of fun in the small waves. It was sunny and sprinkling and cloudy and beautiful all at the same time.

Stopped by another beach well known for their frequent turtle visitors on the shore!

We spent the rest of our afternoon at a few local shops in Hale’iwa and had to get hawaiian shave ice at Matsumotos

Ended the day with a team meeting — did some worship, an icebreaker game, and shared what stood us to us from the Easter Sermon!

Partnering with HI Honey Farm to help with the damage from the recent floods. We met Stephanie, farm owner, and she explained the land layout and what we will be doing to help clean up!

Hawai’i mud is built different. Here’s our before picture

Can’t see the bottom of our shoes because we’re working so hard!

These boys put in the work and spent lots of time pulling vines

Took a break and got some local pizza from Hale’iwa area, Jax Firewood! Gotta fuel up before we get back to serving

Kīʻi Kiʻi Farm Provisions make fruit smoothie packs and other goods from their farm. During the floods, their freezers filled with these filled up with water and almost broke. A few of our girls helped clean out the insides of these fridges to make it squeaky clean to bring their inventory back to the farm.

Made a new friend and feed it to the chickens

During our rec time this afternoon, a few of us stayed back at the camp to refresh and relax after a long day with manual labor. Ashton and Connor were dedicated to dehusking coconuts!

Tonight we talked about our day serving and read Ephesians 2! Being connected to God empowers us to do meaningful service to the local communities here. Ended the night taking turns praying for specific things and people as we continue this week

We were so blessed to work with Victor and Fred from Westside Alive at the Wāiʻanae Boat Harbor which previously was home to a large homeless population on the island. As it is being cleared out, we had the opportunity to talk to many people of the community and help clean up trash left on the floor.

Yesterday the team dug this trench yesterday. Half of us went back to Kīʻi Kiʻi Farm Provisions to help out with preparing for the upcoming storms. Here’s our after picture!

The last flooding was about 3 to 4 feet high and affected more than just all of the fruits snd veggies growing on the farm. It got to the supplies and tool so today the boys helping Stephanie build some shelves to reorganize their supplies

We heard there was another farm nearby that needed hands to help. We visited Carrie’s Farm in Waialua area and learned about how her farm has been in rescue mode as the reservoirs have popped up and been turning her land into marsh. We got to bless her with hard workers! Her one self turned into a team of 13 to help prep for the storm hitting tomorrow.

Squad before the pounding rain.

Mid shoveling and transporting the dirt it started HEAVY raining! Didn’t stop us from serving and helping Carrie! Plus it was warm…?

Had the opportunity to not only bless Carrie with unexpected help today but got to pray for her! Prayer goes a long way and we are so grateful for what we learned through just an hour or so of work

As we were ready to head out our van got stuck deep in the mud! The students had to push, we tried using wood palettes, a gator with a rope, and all the things as the rain started back up again. However we prayed and the Lord’s timing is perfect — our mishap doesn’t surprise him! We continued to be adaptable to the situation!

One of Carrie’s farm neighbors came with the blessing of an orange tractor that helped pulled our van out! Praise God and for how community comes together to serve each other!

We shared how we saw God’s hand today being at different volunteer spots. We did a devotional on Ephesians 3 and had so many takeaways! Here specifically community is super connected and it’s inspiring to see how they show up for each other, for the houseless and for farmers in disaster response

Good morning! We’re headed to Waianae this morning but it’s an over an hour and a half away so our vans left before the sun was up, at 5am and 6am! Praying for energy and the spirit of bold faith as we go into our last day of ministry.

We are partnering with Waianae Baptist Church and Westside Alive this morning for their weekly Bible and Baskets. They put together a mini church service and then hand out groceries/food to the local community in need.

We helped build music book for the Waianae Baptist Church chapel team!

We then helped sort out one of the shipping containers for the church!

Kinlie and Ashton led us in some worship. Addie and Mimi shared their testimonies. And Phoebe shared a little devotional about God’s love for us. Proud of these students for their bold faith to share and proclaim the Gospel

Students helped with the food distribution by transporting bags with a cart and loading into cars. They had the opportunity to converse with locals and even pray for them

Beautiful team photo outside of Waianae Baptist Church!

Yesterday the team visited the dole plantation for their recreational time. Had to get that dole whip!

We had an early 3 am morning off to the airport.

Ministry today was more relational, we had encounters that allowed us to step out of our comfort zones and have conversations with the Waianae community! During our team meeting, we shared how being equipped by the spirit of God gives us confidence to have challenging conversations!

It has been a great week serving alongside yall this week. We had the incredible opportunity to grow our faith in a tangible way and experience God in different areas across the island. Praying for safe traveling mercies as we all head home! PPM staff - Dillon, Coby, and Mikaylee signing off!