Our newest grandchild
At the end of April our newest grandchild was born, a little boy we are hoping to meet sometime this year.
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April 25 – Brazil SEND online
On Saturday April 25, several Christian organizations organized a second SEND event for Brazil. Since there was such a great response for the first one, filling three stadiums with over 150,000 people with over 100,000 on a waiting list who couldn’t get in, they planned a second one. With everyone sheltering-in-place, it was done online….
Weekly Family ZOOM call
Each Saturday morning Judi and I have the joy of connecting with our three children, their spouses and their children. It is always fun to observe the playful interaction between our children and their families.
Weekly ZOOM calls with the European coordinating committee for our discipleship courses
Each Tuesday mornings judi and I connect with this coordinating group the oversee the discipleship courses offered all across Europe. This call covers 13 time zones ranging from Kona, Hawaii at 7:00 am to the Ukraine at 8:00 pm.
Weekly Kona campus ZOOM calls
Each week since we began the campus shutdown, we have connected with our staff who are scattered all over the world, as they returned home to shelter-in-place. Those 200+ connections take place on Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings at 8:00 am. They include updates on what is happening, as well as sometimes teaching and worship.
Weekly online church attendance
Each Sunday morning Judi and I have been able to attend online church services in Kansas City (at 6:00 am), and our Kona church service online at 9:00 am. Following the Mokuaikaua service in Kona, we stay online to visit with other church members. It is a great time to re-connect during the sheltering-in-place restrictions.
April 4 – 200th anniversary of the birth of Mokuaikaua Church
On April 4th we had planned a major celebration marking the 200th anniversary of the birth of Mokuaikaua Church. But, with the COVID-19 pandemic, we postponed the event and had a small online event marking the day. It began with the old church bells ringing 200 times. Several pastors and friends spoke online to commemorate…
March 17 – debriefing counseling school class before their departure
As the campus was closing down, I had the opportunity to debrief a counseling school class just before they deported to return home. It was a challenge for them, because many of them were planning to continue on to future schools to complete a degree.
March 13th – Corona Virus changes on campus
On Friday March 13th we announced to the several hundred students at our Kona University of the Nations campus that instead of going on overseas assignments at the end of the month, all those trips have been cancelled and the students are returning home. The campus is setting up an online mechanism, so the students…
Teaching in a school at the Kona Ships Ministry.
On March 9th I spent a morning with the students in the Kona Ships Ministry training school. They are preparing to leave in a few days to minister in various places overseas. The picture is of a time Judi and I were there a couple of years ago. Their center is located right on the…