ALOHA!
EFY in Hawaii? Say what? Yes. The rumors are true. We just finished a session of EFY in Hawaii. It was bliss. We stayed on the campus of BYU-H which is on the North Shore of Oahu. The first morning I woke up, I was like hey, i'm in Hawaii! Thank you EFY :) We have been to church now twice here and I have to say my favorite part is when the Bishop or a speaker gets up and says ALOHA! and then everyone in the congregation says Aloha back! I get so excited that I say it really loud....LOL. I think I might try that at church back in Cali next time I'm asked to speak.
The week overall was a great one. We had roughly under 200 youth, and about half were locals and the other half were kids from the Mainland. They were all SO wonderful and great. I felt so welcome. Brother Andre was our session director and he was AMAZING. We had such a great time talking with him and learning. This week was hard in some ways because it was our fifth week in a row and we really had to push through. I was so tired! But I wanted to enjoy EFY and enjoy Hawaii. I was on Slideshow this last week, which was cool cause I got to go be paperazzi the whole week. The weather is crazy! Not only is it humid...and the dorms don't have AC :( But it will rain out of no where and then just stop and be sunny again. Weird. I got to room with Jenny penny whom I love and adore. We had good times!
Well here are some of the highlights from the week :)
The Cali Bunch + our administrator Sheri and The Andre's!
Somehow Logan and Ryan got a LOT of extra leg room on the flight from SB to SF...so not fair..
Brother Andre took a group of us down to the Laie, Hawaii Temple, which is right next to the BYU-H campus. As fate would have it, we ran into the mission president (President Dalton) of the Hawaii mission...who is a friend of Bro. Andre AND is from Yorba Linda (I think he was in the Stake Presidency). COOL!
Impromptu photo shoot with Erin and Justin :)
Let me see your shaka's! MAHALO!! (or as jenny would say...mahulu)
Such a fantastic week. We got done officially yesterday and we are staying in Hawaii till Wednesday night! This coming week is our week off...whew! So now we get to play and vacation :) On the agenda: Beach, Hiking, Temple, Pearl Harbor, Horseback riding, snorkeling, Polynesion Cultural Center and just relaxing! Then we all go to Disneyland on Thursday (everyone else will play while I work) Then the following week we start up again in Redlands :) FUN TIMES. This summer is going by WAY too fast, but i've been having a blast!
Love you all!
Mahalo!
Ashley
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