not gonna lie, stepping onto UH Hilo for the first time was weird. i had never done campus ministry in the States before, so walking onto campus didn't really feel like "campus." also, with a population of only about 4,000 students, it was WAY smaller than Waseda, our main university in Tokyo of 40,000 students. but even though it did not really feel like I was walking to campus to do ministry, i was still nervous. i had become used to ministry in Japan. but it forced me to rely on God and pray hard, and it actually turned out to be a great day! i had lunch with 2 students and then got into a long conversation with 2 more in the plaza. actually, the 2 i met in the plaza (Shelby and Jerry) invited me to hang out with them that night! i couldn't but it was really exciting and i made plans with them for later in the week. that night i went to my first UH Hilo Cru Bible study. there i met Morgan, Lehua, Colton, Brody, Shane, Melody, Matt, Jessica, Ira, and Devin. it was really awesome to meet some of our students and start getting to know them.
the next day we checked out "Free Lunch" literally a free lunch put on by BCM (Baptist Collegiate Ministries) at their ministry house, and got to meet some of the other members.
thursday i met a guy named jeremy in the cafeteria- at the time, i had no idea that he would later become such an important person in all our lives. after i met jeremy, nikki, christine and i sat with two girls named Kau'i and Ariel. they were super friendly and nice and invited us to come to their hula practice. after they left, we were joined by a girl named Kristen who became a friend of ours quickly as well. that night i went to Ken's House of Pancakes with Shelby and her friends- Ken's is the only 24 hour restaurant in Hilo, and serves everything. they also have certain items labeled "Sumo" which means they are absolutely massive- when they bring out the item, they ring a gong and everyone yells "Sumo!" it's kind of awesome.
friday we had our Day with the Lord, and that was the end of my first week of ministry in Hawaii!
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| UH Hilo! |
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| Red, White & Blue Pancakes at Ken's |
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My new friend Shelby and her boyfriend Nicco at Ken's
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More to come in my next post!
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