Thursday February 28th, 2013 was another eventful day in my life. It was the day my mom arrived in Kona to visit me! It was the very slowest day of my entire life but when the moment to pick her up from the airport finally arrived, time seemed to fly by. She was coming with a close family friend who had two sons (Matthew and David) in my same DTS. It all worked out splendidly and we all planned to tour the whole island that weekend.
Matt, David and I arrived at the airport and waited for our moms to arrive. I was looking around for them when I heard "MICAH!" I whirled around and there was my momma, running towards me, we collided in a huge hug, both crying, hardly believing she was actually there. That weekend was one of the most eventful weekends of my entire life. We explored almost every inch of that island and made some memories I will never forget. We jumped off the southern most point of the United States, swam with huge schools of fish, gazed at thousands of stars hovering over the mouth of an active and glowing volcano, climbed the heights of beautiful banyan trees, ate at an awesome 50s style cafe and looked over the 200 foot edge of Rainbow Falls. We all felt like we were in Jurassic Park when we hiked Waipio Valley, through a river, over boulders and all the way back to a glorious and towering waterfall... Well half of the time, the other half I felt like I was going to die when we hiked down and back up the steepest road in America and possibly the world.. But, at the end, when it was all said and done, we had more than a few sore muscles, a couple memorable "battle scars" and and abundance of laughs. To top off their visit our moms made a delicious trash can dinner for Team India and Team LA at the gypsy farm where they stayed which was an incredible night of fun, fellowship and worship.
To my dismay, the time came for my mom to leave, we said a difficult and teary goodbye... not knowing that in just a few weeks I would be returning home.
Matt, David and I arrived at the airport and waited for our moms to arrive. I was looking around for them when I heard "MICAH!" I whirled around and there was my momma, running towards me, we collided in a huge hug, both crying, hardly believing she was actually there. That weekend was one of the most eventful weekends of my entire life. We explored almost every inch of that island and made some memories I will never forget. We jumped off the southern most point of the United States, swam with huge schools of fish, gazed at thousands of stars hovering over the mouth of an active and glowing volcano, climbed the heights of beautiful banyan trees, ate at an awesome 50s style cafe and looked over the 200 foot edge of Rainbow Falls. We all felt like we were in Jurassic Park when we hiked Waipio Valley, through a river, over boulders and all the way back to a glorious and towering waterfall... Well half of the time, the other half I felt like I was going to die when we hiked down and back up the steepest road in America and possibly the world.. But, at the end, when it was all said and done, we had more than a few sore muscles, a couple memorable "battle scars" and and abundance of laughs. To top off their visit our moms made a delicious trash can dinner for Team India and Team LA at the gypsy farm where they stayed which was an incredible night of fun, fellowship and worship.
To my dismay, the time came for my mom to leave, we said a difficult and teary goodbye... not knowing that in just a few weeks I would be returning home.
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