As surreal as it gets...

Today has been one of the longest days of my life! Not in a bad way, but an incredibly unreal way. Woke up at 5, I got to the airport around 5:45 this morning, said goodbye to a few of my wonderful lady friends...












































Waited around for my flight to leave

Enjoyed the my last glimpse of the bay for the next few months!

Flew for 5 hours and arrived in Kona around 10:30! I met a few people outside the bathroom in the Kona airport and we were all shuttled over to the base, where we were warmly welcomed! 


It's absolutely beautiful here! The weather is a tad hot & only a little humid! It also smells wonderful! After checking in I got my luggage settled & had some lunch! While waiting in the lunch line I a had a cool conversation with a woman who is a teacher for the 8 year old kiddos on base. With a full belly, I could barely function, mostly from exhaustion, so I came back to the room and layed down, looked out my window...

...and fell asleep! I don't know how long I slept for, but the sleep was great! 

I finished unpacking, then went with my roommate Sarah (who is from New Zealand/South Africa) to dinner. We met a couple cool people & walked with them into town, like a 5-10 min walk (as the sun was setting! Beautiful!)!! We all sat by the ocean for awhile and chatted! Pretty awesome! 

I've had a wonderful first day! Still settling in! Tomorrow I have a pretty full day of welcoming ceremonies and meetings! So, I'm gonna wrap this up and go to sleep!


Please be praying that I'll keep my eyes fixed on Jesus!