Aloha Garden of Peace

Sunday – Wednesday

Sunday, May 26

Up at 6

Out on the road hitchhiking beginning around 8 am.

We got a ride on the F road (after walking almost a mile).  Our ride (Ray) was going our Ainaloa out to Pahoa, and we knew there was a road to Hilo from there, so we rode with him.  Once on the highway there, we walked in the rain for over half an hour before a truck picked us up.  A friend that we met in the airport in Maui was in the front seat and we are grateful to Anton for telling the driver, “Hey I know them, pick them up!”  Thanks Anton!  They dropped us off at the church and thanks to them, we were ten minutes early.

After church, they held a membership meeting that they let us attend.  After the meeting,  we went shopping in Hilo and bought fruits and veggies, and a bamboo flute.  Mark plays the flute pretty often :).

There was a Pow-Wow cultural celebration in Hilo with Native Hawaiian and Native American dances and reggae music.  A church member picked us up when she was ready and took us all the way back to our place!  Thank you Peggy!  At home, it was about 4 pm, we had lunch.

People have asked what we eat and so far, our breakfast is the same as before – raw fruits.  For lunch and dinner, we buy raw veggies (carrots, cucumbers, tomatoes, lettuce, cabbage, avocado, and sprouts), seeds and nuts (walnut, cashew, sunflower, and pumpkin seeds) that we make into salads.  In the future, we may use the cabbage leaves to make wraps.  Below is a picture of our lunch or dinner salad.

Monday, May 27

Worked on the property the whole rainy day pulling ferns and cutting puna rose bushes.

Tuesday, May 28

Sunny and cloudy day.  Did a handwash “load” and we took the larger portion of our laundry into Keaau.  We left our property late (around 2 pm) carrying our laundry in a large plastic tub.  We are grateful that we didn’t have to walk too far either direction with our clothes.  While in Keaau, we also went food shopping again (it seems we need to buy food and charge our electronics every other day).

Wednesday, May 29 (today)

We woke early, dressed and ate six apple bananas each.  With pineapple in hand, along with our dry sack packed, we headed to the community center for the wifi to hear the online Wednesday church service and do some craigslist research for a vehicle.  It is already 3:13 pm!  We are sitting here talking to Erick and sharing Christian Science.