Brothers and Sisters, Aloha
We are on vacation in Lai?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢e, Hawai?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢i, this week, and attended church in the Laie 7th Ward. I thought I would share a few things that I thought were interesting.
The meeting with not only prelude music, but a prelude hymn, in which the congregation joined in. We sang ?¢‚Ǩ?ìSpirit of God?¢‚Ǩ¬ù. I have to admit that I thought it was odd, and at first thought it was the opening. After we were done, however, and sang the opening hymn shortly thereafter, I thought how cool it was to sing a prelude hymn. It set the tone for the rest of the meeting.
The bishop started out the meeting with ?¢‚Ǩ?ìBrother and Sisters, Aloha?¢‚Ǩ¬ù. It was Fast and Testimony Meeting today, and before each testimony there was a ?¢‚Ǩ?ìBrother and Sisters, Aloha?¢‚Ǩ¬ù. In fact, they did it at the start of priesthood opening exercises and elders quorum.
A young father blessed his first child, a daughter, today. Part of the blessing paralleled structurally with initiatory ordinance. I thought that was pretty cool.
Another interesting part of the testimony meeting was that there was a constant stream of people bearing the testimony.
There was as simple faith among those I heard speaking. I found myself drawn to that.
There are quite a few mixed families here. It?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢s kind of weird to hear someone say an anglicized name when introducing another person only to find the second person looks polynesian.
All in all, it was a neat experience, and I wish we could stay for more.
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I concur wholeheartedly. I am going to find it hard to not say Aloha in church on Sunday when someone says hello hehehehe
6 Feb 2009 @ 23:18 | Permalink
We just bought our tickets for a vacation to another island paradise – Iceland. Almost the same as Hawaii, except for the great weather, sandy beaches, and amenities. But can you get good putrified shark in Laie? I think not.
9 Feb 2009 @ 07:52 | Permalink
why would you want to go to Iceland?
9 Feb 2009 @ 21:44 | Permalink
They have the world famous Phallic museum, the first openly gay prime minister, and a totally wrecked economy. You can eat puffin, pickled sheep testicles, and the above mentioned shark.
The question is – who wouldn’t??
Oh, my in-laws are serving a mission there – but that is just a coincidence :-)
10 Feb 2009 @ 07:33 | Permalink
I’d love to visit Reykjavik.
10 Feb 2009 @ 08:46 | Permalink
I want to go back to Ireland. But Hawaii was SO much fun! I loved the PCC the most too!
10 Feb 2009 @ 10:39 | Permalink
I’m just impressed that you’ve managed to afford a Hawai’ian vacation. Congratulations, and I hope it’s a thoroughly wonderful experience. I hope to see the Polynesian Cultural Center someday.
20 Apr 2009 @ 20:10 | Permalink
We were blessed to have shared in this family vacation, and it was more than wonderful.
20 Apr 2009 @ 22:17 | Permalink