Hawaii life update/ one year blogversary.
The first Hawaiian missionaries arrived to the islands in 1820s. They sailed from New England in the ship, Thaddeuss, around the tip of South America onto the vast Pacific and after 164 days, they finally reached reached their destination. Wow! And I complain about the 5 hour plane ride back and forth from LA. Just imagine it, you're young, in your early 20s, just starting your life, inspired by the religious revivals of your community at the time, about to go on a mission miles away. You say goodbye to friends and relatives you know you'll never see again only to travel miles of treacherous oceanfront to a mysterious unknown land all in the name of God. If you didn't fear being killed by wild natives or falling to diseases, you still had to face an isolated life on an island who's culture you knew nothing about. When I think of these early missionaries I can't help but marvel at what faith they had. They were willing to give up everythi...