"Why is it that, next to the birthday of the Savior of the World, your most joyous and most venerated festival returns on this day. Is it not that, in the chain of human events, the birthday of the nation is indissolubly linked with the birthday ofthe Savior? That it forms a leading event in the Progress of the Gospel dispensation? Is it not that the Declaration of Independence first organized the social compact on the foundation ofthe Redeemer's mission upon earth? That it laid the cornerstone of human government upon the first precepts of Christianity and gave to the world the first irrevocable pledge of the fulfillment of the prophecies announced directly from Heaven at the birth of the Saviour and predicted by the greatest of the Hebrew prophets 600 years before."
Let us celebrate our Country's independence while remembering our dependence on the source of true freedom...Jesus Christ!
We are grateful for the freedom to worship! Here are a couple of pictures from yesterday as we met with the O'okala Fellowship.
The Church meets in the local Post Office.
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| O'okala Post Office |
Our friends Phil and Cindy are on the right. Some of their church family were out of town yesterday. We enjoyed singing together and hearing a message from Ephesians 5:15-21.
We enjoyed lunch with the Underhiles at their home and then went out to see some sights in the afternoon. We enjoyed supper, by the ocean, at the Kona Canoe Club. Here's a picture of Marilyn and myself and a picture of our meal (the presentation was so nice we just had to snap a photo).
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| Marilyn & Mike at Kona Canoe Club |
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| Kalua Pig Tacos |
I'll post a camp update tomorrow. And try to get a few ready to post while we are at camp. On next Sunday I will have more pistures from week two of camp to share with you.
We are heading out to a Fourth of July picnic with two other churches.
Aloha,
Mike
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