Yay, I survived the holidays! I think I can sum up my 2015 with these two words, transition and transformation. As I transitioned into a beautiful new home, I was also transformed by making a big decision for my life. At the beginning of the year when I first arrived to Hawaii, I was blessed to receive a special message on that first Sunday here on the island. As I listened to the sermon at the crosswalk church with no walls at the lagoon, I was challenged. I was challenged to be a Christ follower and really ask myself how I was going to be a disciple of Jesus that year. With that message, I received this image which turned out to be more of a vision or foreshadowing of what would happen to me six months later. July 12, 2015 was the day I took that 1,048 step hike up Koko head trail and it changed my life in a significant way. Notice the picture be...