Maui journal entry

A journal entry of the events on our third day in Maui...


26 September 2009

"Woke up. Surfing day. Today we will surf Lahaina.

"Ate breakfast at 7:30. They made oatmeal with fresh lilikoi. The lilikoi we picked yesterday was fresh. I ate leftover pizza from the high school youth group meeting last night. 2 cheese pizzas. Coffee was delicious.

"After breakfast did my devotional. God put Luke 9:62 on my heart. "No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for service in the kingdom of God." He is continually stressing this call of missions on my life. I need to follow Him 100%. Turn from the past. Prayer was good. Asked for waves to surf.

"We loaded up the cars with the boards. All 10 boards. Drove to Lahaina. Had to stop a couple of times to fix the board straps. Got to Lahaina. Weather was beautiful. Surf was nice. We had 2 hours to surf. Jumped in the water. Got pummeled on the inside. Figured out the break. Got pummeled again. Caught a couple fun sets. some of the Swedes caught some nice waves.

"Came in for lunch. Ate under a large banyan tree. Had our bible study with some Hawaiian music playing in the background. Left to get some iced coffee. Coffee was very good. Put the boards back on the car. Drove back to Kihei. Put the boards away. Picked up Ellin. She stayed back cause she was sick. Prayed for her.

"Left for Paia. Drove on the sugar cane road. The air smelt really bad. Got to Paia. The town was really cool. Went to look at some waves at Hookipa, Maui's big wave spot. Waves were pretty big. I wouldn't have went out. The water was too cold and the current was too strong.

"Met a cool kid Hanalei. He hung out with us. We ate dinner at Paia town. We went around town to sticker slap Surfing the Nations stickers. Ate a spanikopita from Mana Market, a cool health food store. Ate my food with the girls at a crepe restaurant.

"Met a lady Gloria. We took her home to Kihei. Looked like she needed some love. Hung out at home. Funny how this seems like home now. Played guitar. Played drums. Drank warm spiced cider. Thank you Kat. Watched TV. Fell asleep. God was awesome all day. God is awesome always. Awesome day."