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Aloha friends and family,
Gosh, it's been a while since I last gave you all the update. Let's just say it has been pretty busy here on the Big Island.
A few weekends ago we had a group of Bethel students come and stay with us. They were coming to recruit/be counselors for a Missionary church camp in Oahu. It was so good to see familiar faces, and even meet a new freshmen. I love when people from different backgrounds and different majors unite to 1)recruit for Bethel but 2) most importantly devote an entire week to share Jesus Christ to teens from all over the islands! I pray their efforts were fruitful.

David then launched into his own spring break activities with our hmc teens. We started off with a pi retreat on March 14...I'll let you figure that one out (answer is below). He, along with some parents and leaders, took the kids to the beach on Kona side, while I sadly had to work, *sigh*. What was great about the retreat was that we had about 4 new faces show up, we love meeting new teens! David then had beach Olympics at Bayfront Tuesday. My husband came home nice and toasty after two days from being in the sun. Wednesday we had a family movie night at the dollar theatre where we watched the Blindside. If you have not seen this movie, it is a MUST SEE! What an excellent movie. David and I looked at each other and said, "We want to have hearts/compassion/sacrifice like that family".

My parents and Grandma are currently here visiting. We realized after them, we don't have anyone visiting until our Bethel interns in May. So if you are longing for that vacation with sunshine, white sand beaches, and surf...well Hilo may not be for you (that is Kona side). But if you are longing for beautiful ocean, black sand beaches, and awesome fellowship...well we'd love for you to come visit!

Prayer requests!
-Strength especially in my job (it requires a lot of time and energy)
-Communication and Direction for HMC youth
-A house to live in/ not an apartment one that allows us to have our teens over and allows us to have a pet
-A Bethel semester abroad opportunity starting Jan 2011 (maybe?)
-More youth leaders/worship leader for the youth group
-God reveals himself in a real way to us, and to our youth

Love you all!
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David and Kelsey