Dear Friends
The past
10 days have been a wonderful
introduction to my current retirement job at All Saints, Kapa’a. I have just come home
for a previously scheduled wedding this weekend and then I look forward to returning with
Kathleen as we continue the adventure together. Among the highlights of this week were the two Sundays,
of course, to meet and worship with some wonderful folk. (The first
Sunday included a Father’s Day bar-b-que).
But wait. There’s more...
Rectory
Responsibilities
Alone, I have managed rectory
responsibilities which include trying to feed three cats (and not the
jungle fowl that show up---see picture). Unfortunately, one of the three cats,
Toro, died. He was buried on the church grounds and I had a little prayer
service for him including the first lines of “All things bright and
beautiful…”. “CC” (church cat) and “Garfield”
(orange, like the cartoon pet) continue to show up for dinner each night and
sometimes in the morning. I also figured
out the washer and dryer with too many choices. But I almost
blew it when I looked for dryer sheets, couldn’t find any, and, for a brief moment,
wondered if a dry Swifffer sheet close by would have worked.
Parish
Events
These
included two wonderful lectures. The first was a potluck which included
a program by a member on her recent trip to Antarctica. Her wonderful
pictures included five types of penguins!
Then there was a reception and lecture on Queen Kapi’olani, given by an academic dean visiting from a community college on Oahu named after the Queen. Finally, I volunteered at Laundry Love, a parish outreach program.
This will be the subject of a future blog reflection.
Community
Events
I attended a
Rotary Luncheon Meeting and look forward to visiting from time to time.
(They meet at a bright orange Mexican restaurant which will help curb my cravings
since I will be missing Miguels).
There was the 11th Annual
Mayor-a-thon, a community event to help "Keep Kauai Fit". It included a
fun run/walk/bike (you pick one and choose the distance from two to eight miles) a
breakfast including fresh fruit and quiche, group exercise games (including, of
course, the hula hoop challenge) and a chance to meet the mayor.
I have also
enjoyed watching Dodger games and M*A*S*H* re-runs on the rectory
big screen TV. Weather? One major downpour so far, and a few brief, light showers---otherwise, typical tropical, hot and humid, with trade winds bringing relief from time to time. Thank God for air conditioning.
John
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