day one.

so after a countdown that had started in the 50’s, november 26th finally came around.  this was the day that nate was to arrive in kona and we would get to see each other again for the first time.  again cause yes we were with each other all summer, but for the first time because it we had never been with each other in person while dating.  it became quite the event.

nate’s plane was to come in at 1pm, and so at 12:30 I set out from the base in the track truck with Anne(faithful driver) and Natalia(fellow track sista’ who was on her way to oahu.)  we arrived just as his plane was touching down and out like a shot from the truck i went.  it was slightly nerve-wracking.  i honestly did not know what my response would be to seeing nate for this first time.  🙂  then of course being that i am with these photographer people, Natalia jumped out of the vehicle after me and started taking pictures.  well, she asked first, and i said “of course” and i am very glad i did.  the results follow this…

so there i was a waiting, and then he came, and it was beautiful.  haha.  the security lady made us get out of the middle of the path and move nate’s suitcase which had got tossed down from the beginning.

it was an amazing reunion, a perfect day, and totally natural transition.

{natalia photographed and put this together for us.  all we had to do was add the music.  thankyou dear!}

 

After this whole ordeal, we just wanted to spend time with each other. So we walked down to queens bath to catch the sunset together. We sat on the hard lava rocks holding hands, just watching the sunset, and looking at each other. At the sunset we moved off the rocks unto the sand and just sat together, and then we danced together just enjoying actually being next to each other. In the midst of twilight we walked back towards ali’i drive holding hands and stopping by one of the many abc stores to get some drinks. We really didn’t want to walk so we just stopped again and sat on the wall and listened to the ocean waves crash around us. There was so much we talked about doing these two weeks we couldnt wait so we started the walk up the hill towards the base. We ended up laying in the grass of the soccer field looking at the sky full of beautiful stars. This was just such a perfect way to end our first day together.

Welcome to Kona.

This blog was started on a 2 week visit to Kaulia-Kona where Jaylene is currently living.

How I got there is kind of ridiculous, I bought a ticket for Hawaii less than a week after I had returned to washington from dts. I just couldnt wait, at the begging I used the 50th as an excuse because me and Jaylene were not actually dating at this point.

So we thought we would just go through and share a day by day recap of these most wonderful weeks we had together. Each day was just such a good day we never really were separated from each other very long at all. We went out on date’s we watched movies together, and enjoyed all of Ywam’s 50th festivities.

Nate.

Sanjay

From left to right:

Sanjay, Adelis, Praveen, and Gunasega

Sanjay is the one of the cutest boys in India. He currently lives at the boys home run by pastor Daniels in Dharma Puri. For some reason jaylene & I just fell in love with all of the boys in the boys home when we were there in July – september. There were only four boys there when we were there, and they were all so different and so amazing.

The two us and Zach & Laura spent a lot of time just hanging out with these four boys. Every time one of us would go over the Pastor Daniel’s house they would be standing at the top of the stairs waiting for us. All four of us had one or two boys that we just bonded with so easily. Zach & Laura Loved Praveen, so much. I love Sanjay, every time he would run around the corner when we approached the house and just jump straight into my arms was so great. Then Jaylene loved Adelis and Gunasega, they were so cute together. Adelis showing her all his homework, then Praveen and Sanjay just having drawings and pencil shavings in their work books. We had so many good time with all of them, we just got to love on them so much. It was amazing. Saying goodbye to Sanjay was so incredibly hard, even now sometimes when I look at pictures or think too much about india I can’t help but shed a tear for the boys I left back in India. I know I will see them again someday, I really don’t have a doubt of that in my mind.