On a windy morning here at YWAM Honolulu Sarah wakes up to the sound of her obnoxious alarm set for exactly 5:54am. After her routine of stumbling into the bathroom only to brush her teeth she makes her 40 step trip to the YWAM Honolulu kitchen where she will begin making breakfast for the base.
Upon her arrival into the kitchen she hears a clanging sound underneath the fridge and immediately becomes aware of the situation she has walked in on: a rat has been trapped but has not died (for those who are unaware rats are very common in Hawaii but just as disgusting as you can imagine). Due to the indecent hour this is happening at she decides it's best to wake up her loving, sleeping husband to dispose of this inconvenient issue. Bravely Connor enters the war zone (the kitchen) and begins hand to hand combat with our trapped rat. The battle was fierce and lasted longer than necessary, but ultimately Connor came out on top. The kitchen was then sanitized and to everyones joy breakfast was served on time. (Side Disclaimer: Our kitchen staff have been at war with the rats for the past while, and yes we are coming out on top and the rat issue is getting resolved).
Upon her arrival into the kitchen she hears a clanging sound underneath the fridge and immediately becomes aware of the situation she has walked in on: a rat has been trapped but has not died (for those who are unaware rats are very common in Hawaii but just as disgusting as you can imagine). Due to the indecent hour this is happening at she decides it's best to wake up her loving, sleeping husband to dispose of this inconvenient issue. Bravely Connor enters the war zone (the kitchen) and begins hand to hand combat with our trapped rat. The battle was fierce and lasted longer than necessary, but ultimately Connor came out on top. The kitchen was then sanitized and to everyones joy breakfast was served on time. (Side Disclaimer: Our kitchen staff have been at war with the rats for the past while, and yes we are coming out on top and the rat issue is getting resolved).
After the breakfast festivities had finished we have some time to get ready before we head over to an area in Honolulu called China Town. We love this part of the island because it feels like you are on a missions trip over in Asia. Every Wednesday we volunteer with an organization called River of Life which is geared towards serving, clothing and feeding the homeless in our community. Upon arriving we begin setting up for the morning to feed anywhere from 150-200 people, many of which we have become friends with! Sarah is usually serving the cereal which is a fan favorite among the guests, while Connor serves food and cleans up. Other times they ask for him to play the piano or guitar to have some instrumental music while the guests eat their meals.
Once we finish our morning serving at River of Life we walk around the block to do some China Town grocery shopping for the base. This may sound like a walk in the park until you realize that you're buying veggies for 60 people for the next week and your car is 6 blocks down the street. But like true overachievers we refuse to make more than one trip and accept defeat. Instead, we will carry all grocery bags and boxes of tomatoes which usually result in the loss of feeling in our arms around block 5.
By the time everything is concluded we end up back on base just in time for lunch! After lunch is finished Connor and I go our separate ways and he spends the rest of the day destroying weeds, conquering trees and scaling cain grass cliffs. While I jump on all the guest beds I've made for hospitality (just kidding..). And sometimes we even get featured in YWAM Honolulu's Facebook/ Instagram pages to show people who the staff are at YWAM Honolulu.
Usually our days wrap up around 4:30pm just before dinner. Nights are usually off but sometimes we go and babysit for a local Alpha Course group or Connor is leading worship for the students at night! Thanks for spending the day with the Hendrixs we hope you enjoyed it!
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