Annnnnd were off!

We are headed on a two day voyage to the other side of the Island to serve New hope Waimea Church and do a bless walk for the people in Kona. We will be camping at Hookena beach and we wont be able to post. We will be back on, on Thursday!
See ya then!

May 21st Daily Recap

"Waking up, it was like every other day. We had everything planned out; breakfast, worship, a devotional given by one of our own, then ministry. As we gathered together to worship, the Lord began to minister to us. What He had to say was seemingly simple, "listen."  He made it clear that it was important for us to listen for His voice in all that we were going to do. As the day played out everyone listened in their own way and in the way God had divinely designed. 

   Painting was the plan for the day; we were going to paint the children's wing of Volcano Church and Uncle Eddie and the boys were there to be of assistance, in any way, should we need it. But before we began Mr. Ray, a faithful member of the church, swept up a couple of students and began to share his wisdom of ages with them. So Mr. Ray taught while they listened and others painted. This became a common thing as the day rolled on, and at the end of the day most everyone had had a chance to listen to the man share. Not only did we listen Mr. Rays heart but also when we were painting we listened to one another and we listened at lunch when we heard the Hawaiian way of saying grace before we ate. We did our best to listen.

    In the evening we all sat down to talk about the day (what we call “debriefing”) and someone that had sat down with Mr. Ray that day said that, even though they didn’t know what he was talking about they knew that he simply wanted to share his wisdom with them. And so they felt that the best way to minister to him was to listen. It turns out that this is how most people felt in their conversations with Mr. Ray.

    With listening comes opportunity. That is something I have learned today, it seems simple but there truly is a profound depth to it. But it is not only when we listen to other people that opportunities to minister arise, it is also when we listen to the Lord that we enable Him to minister to us. I saw that much today, in the way we listened for His voice in the morning allowing Him to minister to our hearts as we prepared to minister to someone else’s. It was in listening to Him that we knew how to listen to them." - Erin Hannan

May 21st

Here we have Gabriel and Lukas preforming a wonderful song. also featuring the musical styling's of Jasmine (the wonderful upper harmony you hear.)

May 21st

Tour of the Lava Tube:

Dan and Shannon who are members of New Hope Volcano Church own a bed and breakfast here in town. On there property they have a over 500 year old Lava Tube that they give tours to their guests who stay at their inn. They invited us to come take a look at the wonderful caves and even let us play in there tree house!

 Group 1

 Group 2

A special Thanks to Dan and Shannon Fisher from Aloha Crater Lodge and Lava Tube Tours, for greeting us so warmly and allowing us to go on such an amazing adventure to the depths of the earth!

May 21st

Worship and Devotional

This morning after a extended time in worship Esther W shared her Devotion with us. We dug into the word and we encouraged about remembering the Lords visions and promises he gives us. Thank you Esther for your wonderful heart.

Today after this time we all decided that the Lord had given us a special call to "Listen" today. So we did.

Painting Children's ministry building at New Hope Volcano Church

 Esther and Ryan got some one on one time with Mr. Ray, as he shared some Wisdom from his life as a carpenter. We learned a lot more then just carpentry from this man.

 After the prayer over our kindly prepared lunch, our New Hope Volcano Ohana danced and sang a song of Thanks to the Lord for his blessings.

 "Suns out guns out"

ALL DONE.

We were so blessed by New Hope Volcano Church, repeated blessings and kindness warmed all our hearts. Thank you all for your hospitality and love.

May 20th Daily Recap

"Today began with our scheduled Ohana (family) meeting between Canby New Life, and Volcano New Hope. As we walked into the little sanctuary wrapped in colors of love and care, I was greeted and graciously introduced to people from South Korea, Japan, China, Chili, Africa, the Philippines, and numerous other locations from around the US! What a blessing from God straight to my heart, to be given the privilege of administering the gospel this morning through His word and His work done in my life. Truly a clash of new life, springing forth from the hope of an unconditional love and forgiveness. Even though the amount of time spent at each location may seem short in our eyes, Jesus showed us in John 4 that a single moment of two lives intersecting at a well can result in eternal ramifications. Our Father is in the business of going deep, and time is His creation, not His master.  After preparations were made to return tomorrow for painting the exterior of the youth building, we were blessed to head off on a guided tour of the surrounding volcanoes with a group of discipleship students from South Korea. Half way down the volcano, our guide Deeno brought us to a stop and opened up a small window into paradise past with a story from a discovery he had made during his masters work in biology and botany. He told us how there was once a time when a certain type of berry, as well as a type of stinging nettle, existed on the island without any enemies in the ecosystem. This caused the plants to shed their protective nettles and thorns, transferring all of the plants energy into creating life, instead of having to protect it. The result of this focus on life? Beautiful, full flowers and berries big enough to cover the top of a Coca-Cola can. What surprises await us in the day when the lion lay down with the lamb, and the energy of creation surges head long into vitality and life? We will have to wait, and see." -Gabriel Behrmann

May 20th

Crossover Service at New Hope Hilo
After spending the day yesterday with our friends from Crossover, they invited us to attend their service back at New Hope Hilo. So, after our day was done we packed into the van and went to enjoy some Worship lead by our new friend Jamie, some word brought by our new friend Chad and some good Hawaiian food! Before and after service we had a chance to play some games. Things aren't too different here then it is back home.

Some things don't change, no matter what state your in.

Ariel and Jasmine rocking out hard singing on the Karaoke machine.

We will let you decide what you think Gabriel thinks about it.

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We did take a big group shot.. but all of them were blurry. Just think of a picture of really good looking young people.

May 20th

Volcano Tour with YWAM group

For the First time in ID history. We have a group shot in front of a very active Volcano!

Studs.

The lovely second year girls.

WE LOVE OUR NEW FRIENDS FROM YWAM'S ESL PROGRAM!

May 20th

New Hope Volcano Church Service.

Part of the Greeting Team (add Erin and Jasmine)

Caleb did sign language during worship. SO BEAUTIFUL.

Esther and Ariel lead Children's church

Dani, Kristina and Lukas were our Worship team ( along with a few new friends)

Gabriel brought the word.

During worship, we were blessed to have Hula dancers. This was truly a treat.

After Service Fellowship:

Special "Thank you" to our Foursquare Ohana at New Hope Volcano. Your warmth and true Aloha Spirit richly blessed us.