Written by Lila P. and Ashby
After breakfast on Thursday, our last day with Momi, we all sat in the garage as she played her Ukulele. While Momi played we all sang along. At the end of the sing along she showed us some of her Christmas songs that she had written for her and her children to sing as a tradition.
Friday night, when we initially arrived, Ka’imi gave us a tour of a few areas in the village. There was a memorial for fisherman who were lost at sea, while honoring these people, we were able to watch and take pictures of the sunset. In Miloli’i, the sun sets over the ocean and we were able to enjoy it last night and hopefully every night we are here.
Saturday afternoon, we went to Pu’uhonua O Hōnaunau to learn about a refuge space used by native Hawaiian and learned more about visiting with respect. Afterwords, we got to go to the beach where we put our snorkel gear to use. While snorkeling, we saw many different kinds of fish and lots of sea urchins, it was great even though it was raining.
But transformation is never easy! What has been challenging for the group this week?
This week the group was challenged by transition day. Transition day is normally a pretty stressful day because of the early wake up, lack of activities, need to take down the old campsite and set up the new one. Also, on this side of the island, time is not as relevant which means it is difficult to set a schedule. This was difficult to transition into this time situation because at Momi’s farm we built routines and had a more strict agenda.
A little gratitude 👇
When we got to Miloli’i, it was raining a lot, however, by the time we set up camp all of our tents were dry and the rain cooled down the area a lot. So thankfully our camping things didn’t get wet and we have more time to adjust to the upcoming heat.
