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Fourth of July

We had a great time Celebrating the Fourth of July here at the church. We had many people come and enjoy great food and fireworks. Even a fire across the street couldn’t stop us.

Fiji Mission Trip

Fiji Short Term Mission Trip

Bula! (Hello!) A diverse team of ten of us participated in the short term mission trip to Fiji, at least one person representing each decade of life from teens to seventies! 

Homes of Hope’s vision is to create a culture where women and children are free from the stigmas and cycles of forced sex. They do this by working with 2 target groups: 

First, Homes of Hope work with individual girls and young moms who are vulnerable. These include girls and young women who are pregnant or have a child or children 2 years or younger. The Homes of Hope campus, where we stayed and worked, is a safe haven to ensure these girls can be protected, nurtured and taught life skills so they never have to look to the sex trade to support themselves or their families. 

Some of the pregnant young women are in hiding until their child is born and given up for adoption. None of the girls there during our time there were victims of human trafficking. But they all needed empowerment, support and protection. They were identified as high risk because the stigma of being pregnant out of wedlock is so large that they may end up in the sex trade as a last resort. 

Second, Homes of Hope works with communities. They work with approximately 40 communities and villages to create safety nets to identify vulnerable girls, to sensitize communities, to provide training and education, and to hire “Gatekeepers”, who are leaders in their communities empowered to work to stop human trafficking. Within the communities, Homes of Hope also teaches life skills, inner strength and financial independence.

Although we weren’t working directly with victims of human trafficking, in the end it became apparent that the work we did was still helping the entire organization achieve their vision. 

We would like to thank you all for your prayers, donations, and financial contributions. We were able to bring eight huge suitcases full of supplies, and give Homes of Hope an additional donation to fix their sewing machines, purchase office supplies, and purchase all of the paint and materials needed to ready the Botiki Dorm. Homes of Hope told us that no other group has brought so many donations! 

If you might consider participating in a future mission trip with Kihei Lutheran Church, please let Sharon or Dawn know. Vinaka! (Thank you!)

Easter 2015

Not only did we celebrate our Lord’s Resurrection but we had our annual Easter Egg Hunt and Easter Luau.

Youth Dinner & Silent Auction 02-21-15

Thank You to everyone who came to the Youth Dinner and Silent Auction. We all had a Blast!

Whale Watch 02-15-15

Here is a couple of pictures from our Whale Watch. Thank you to Don Lee for the Amazing shots!

Josh Gonzalez Scouting God & Family Award

Congratulations to Josh on his Scouting God & Family Award

Birthdays for the Week 2/8/15-2/15/15

🙂 HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO EVERYONE THIS WEEK 🙂

Betty Misner

Jan McDonald

Billie Moksnes

Dave Reader

Birthdays for the Week

Simon Stoltzfus

Jeff Wright

Meet the New Members

On Sunday, November 16th, we welcomed our 12 new members into our church. We rejoice in their connection with God’s people at KLC and pray for the Holy Spirit to strengthen their relationship with our Lord through their service here.

Nels Glesne

Marilyn Hopkins

Keek, Maureen & Quinn Hottendorf

Darleen Owens

Bryan & Megan Pearl

Gene & Jeane Raine

Drew Snyder

Leslie Keane

Moments from 11-16-14 Worship

Not only did we introduce all of the New Members to our KLC family, we had a baptism and a special guest musician. Stay tuned for more info on all of our new additions.

Leslie Keane’s Baptism

Special Musical Guest Perry Springman and Family

and just for Fun!!
Linda Hangartner

Tony & Margaret Luteijn