May 24, 2009

Currently, I am watching Julia stomp on a village of ants making their home right next to our twin air mattress. It makes us excited to move into our new apartment tomorrow! 

WOW our friends will be here soon (tuesday) and we can only imagine our adventures when they get here. Brendan, Will, and Kendra oh my were so excited. Be prepared and have a safe flight.

ok so to catch up on a few days...

Friday we headed to the North Shore once again. Its our favorite*. We ate acai bowls and went to pipeline beach again. Pipeline is usually flat in the summer, but not today. The current was really strong and for the second day in a row, a wave crashed on us. My book for school was completely drenched. Do you think my teacher will believe me when I turn my homework in and say "excuse the soggy paper and sand?" To end the night we ended the night with Sushi on Waikiki and watched the beautiful sunset. 

Saturday we did a little more job searching. Bahahaha. We then went to babysit where we sat in the hot tub, pool, and worked out. I parted ways with Julia and she stayed with Sean. 

Sunday we went to One Love. After church, we got lunch (acai bowls) and went to Sandy Beach. Sandy Beach is known as the number one neck injury/back injury capital in the world. It was amusing watching the body surfers, boogie boarders, and tourists get dominated by the enormous waves. Sandy beach is located right where 50 first dates was filmed* We are just enjoying the weekend and Memorial Day before looking for more jobs this next week. We will inform you all soon. So keep praying. Our Lord is awesome and mighty and we are so blessed to be here. We love you all!!!!

shaloha (shalom + aloha), 

lindsey and julia.  

*Since tat parlors are everywhere, we were thinking about getting one; any suggestions on what? we really want a dolphin tat ... k we look forward to hearing your suggestions. thanks.*

Just in case, our new address is: 

748 Isenberg Apt H

Honolulu, HI 96826

May 21, 2009

May 20: 

As we headed to the Ala Moana Center we hiked through the graveyard again and got on the bus. This time, we made friends with the bus driver, Ernie. He was precious and we talked to him for a while. Lets just say we got all day bus passes. We will now be on the look out for Ernie. 

Julia and I had a couple interviews and they went great. One was a lovely group interview, those always make me laugh. We are just waiting to hear back... 

We ate our usual dinner (pizza) and hung out last night at the house. It was great to sit back and relax. 

May 21:

Julia and I woke up and went to the private beach, Black Point. Its wonderful, sometimes. 

Its a very narrow beach, so as we were laying there a wave came and literally crashed right on us. Lets just say my phone may not be working :(  It was hilarious as we searched for our things underneath the water. 

Hiking was on our agenda today! We hiked Manoa Falls. It was beautiful and at the top was a giant waterfall. 

Now we know where to go for free food. Sample aisles at Whole Foods was a great appetizer to our delicious dinner. We headed back to the house to eat and watch a movie. It was a great day and were going to North Shore tomorrow. Our favorite place :) 

Keep in touch, 

Julia and Lindsey 

Funny Story: 

As we were hiking through to Manoa Falls, Julias favorite animal, birdies, pooooped on her arm! It was hilarious and sick. Wish you all could have seen that wonderful sight. Much love. 

May 18 & 19

Monday:

Now if we decided to go job searching everyday that would be no fun, AND we would miss out on all of the beautiful places around us! So, we spent Monday at the beach. The end.

Tuesday:

No crazy adventures today, but, today was a good day! It's always a good day when you find money on the ground! Yes, thats right, so much for a job I find money on the streets of Honolulu! Just kidding, we are still looking for jobs. This morning we met with another lady that Wendy AKA Lindsey had found to baby sit for, and hmm, I think we'll just leave it at that. 

We applied for a job at Quicksilver and we have an INTERVIEW tomorrow!!! Keep us in your prayers because we also have a second interview tomorrow so that makes 2 in one day. Other than that, we didn't do too much, but we did spend our first 4 hours apart since the past 2 weeks! I have been so blessed to have met an awesome lady with a son, Sean, and I got to babysit him tonight. It was fun, but I missed Wendy as she went exploring without me!

Random fact of the day:

If you are ever in Hawaii and someone asks you if you "burn" they are NOT talking about a sunburn. Let's just say they are referring to another activity commonly referred to as well...smoking...weed. Now you all are prepared, just say NO!

May 17, 2009

Saturday: 

Wooo Hooo, We had the lovely chance to meet the lady we will be babysitting for. 

We met her in the Ala Moana Center and she was so sweet. We will be watching her 4 year old son Sean. 

It was a much needed relaxing day and ended with dinner on the beach, movies, and ice cream. :) 

Sunday: 

Today we went to church, one love. 

We studied a little at Barnes & Noble and met up with Charlotte (the lady we babysit for) and met her son Sean, he is adorable. She took us to her apartment, which was gorgeous. We feel so blessed to have met them, she has provided us with so much already and were excited to be here for the summer! 

Keep us in your prayers as we continue this lovely journey. 

peace & love. 

 

*check out an upcoming video posted of us being attacked by chickens in the graveyard...

May 15

As we sit and (study) and listen to the mouse squeaking inside of our wall, we reminisced about our day. So, here it goes. 

After once again enjoying incredible acai bowls we decided to hit the beach. Lanikai was where we ended up, and it was so fun! At all of the other beaches we have been to the water has been freezing but since the shore at Lanikai is really shallow the water was warm, and we went swimming. It was a much needed day off from job searching. 

And now, about those jobs, NO we do not have one.

Please make any and all donations to:

Julia & Lindsey

523 22nd Avenue

Honolulu, HI 96816

Mahalo! (Thank You)

Funny Story: (Not really, I guess you could call it strange though)

After deciding to take a stroll around the neighborhood we heard a "caw cawing" sound. We looked around, and didn't see anything. It was coming from above. Who knew roosters could fly? But evidently this one could because it was in a tree. If you would like to see the video footage please contact Lindsey.

Dear Lauren, 

Good Morning! Better dominate that Finance Test today! We miss you!

May 14, 2009

HOLY COW, one week has flown by. 

Morning came and we hopped off our twin air mattress that we share, ready to start our day!

Our walk to the bus stop through the graveyard was beautiful as always as we dodged 200 chickens crossing our paths. We went into ala moana, and spent the day yep, you guessed it, searching for jobs hahaha    ah!

We went to several stores and ended up at rip curl, we made friends. Well, today we forgot our packed lunch (pb&j and cheez its) so we ate at a local restaurant. It was delicious.

 

Tonight, we were able to go to Young Life here at a private high school, that Obama went to. It was really awesome to meet some of the high schoolers and leaders. We had so much fun! 

Funny Happening: 

Julia: Lindsey, "why is the water so high in the toilet?" 

Lindsey: "i have no idea, jenn whats wrong with the toilet?"

Jenn: "im not sure" (flushes the toilet) 

Toilet: Explodes with gushing water covering the entire floor and we RAN. 

*guess it was broken... 

Have a wonderful night, we miss and love all. 

May 13

We have just ended our 3rd day of job searching, and we are still searching! However, the day was successful, and we got a babysitting job for Friday so we will be making at least a little bit of money!

Morning came and we began our long trek to the bus stop, but the good news is we found a short cut through the grave yard! This morning we were greeted by a family of wild chickens that decided to make their home among the graves. It was scary and we ran fast. We made it to the bus stop and even to our first job interview! Little did we know that what we thought was an interview for the 2 of us turned into an interview for approximately 200 friendly Hawaiians seeking employment. Anyways, our interviews went smoothly and we proceeded down Waikiki to Cold Stone (don't laugh at us) but yes, we applied to scoop ice cream all day. 

Next stop, bus stop to meet with a lady about a potential nannying job. What we thought would be a simple ride to a near by location turned into a 2 hour, yes that's right, 2 hour wait at a bus stop. We got on the WRONG bus, but a kind bus driver helped us out and gave us 4 free all day bus passes. Yes! After arriving in the general area of where our appointment was we proceeded to ask a UPS man where the house was. He showed us the way, we had our meeting, and now we have a job for Friday. Woo Hoo!

This isn't supposed to sound like we have no idea what we are doing or where we are going, but once again we managed to get on the wrong bus. As soon as we realized we were headed in the wrong direction we decided to make everything better and get ICEEs. We crave them a lot. Long story short, we made it home, and went to Mid-week church service.

Church (One Love) was incredible, and we really enjoyed it!

Shout out to Kendreezy, Brenda, & Wilma: We are really excited for you to experience One Love and can't wait for you to come explore with us!!!!!!

Favorite memory of the day: Yogurt Land was discovered, slightly better than Yogurt Mama.

Mahalo (Thank You) for reading about our crazy lives. We miss you all!

Did we mention that there are birds every where? Fact.

 

May 12

Aloha family, friends, and any other creepers that are reading this. Today is our 6th day on the beautiful island of Oahu, and our second marvelous day of searching for jobs.

Since we are just now creating this blog, we thought we would catch you up on what we have been doing!

Day One. First class, up in the sky. Mai Tai, living the life. Needless to say, it was glamorous. We arrived our house for the next two weeks, dropped our stuff, and went looking for a beach. 5 miles later, we see one, and get our first glimpse of how beautiful Oahu is! We walked down the beach until we realized how dehydrated we were, and start walking to find the nearest drink spot. A friendly asian family hanging out in their mini van helped us out, and led us to the nearest McDonald's! We had never been so happy to see a McDonald's. The End.

Day Two. After waking up at 6 am, we went and saw our apartment, and met our precious tenant, Devika. The apartment is small, cozy, plenty of Buddha portraits, floor pillows, and no AC. We love it! But, we are looking forward to Will finding us a luxurious, FREE couch! After that, we drove with Jenn (the friend we are staying with) through the mountains and it rained, only to be greeted on the other side by beautiful weather and  beautiful Kailua beach! Yogurt Mama, the world's best frozen yogurt, was also discovered.

Day Three. Jenn went to work so we were on our own to explore again! We walked up the street, took a couple of turns, and yet again ended up at a beautiful beach with unbelievable homes! After eating our picnic lunch (the same one of PB&J and Cheez-its we eat every day) we decided to head back, and we able to bum a ride to Waikiki. We explored Waikiki, and found our new favorite store, Rip Curl, and our new favorite (surfer) friends. 

Funny Story- Lindsey's addiction to coffee led us into a quaint coffee shop, and as we watched tourists go by we were also watching the couple sitting next to us eat their delicious BOX of cookies. All of the sudden, they got up and left in a hurry, leaving their precious box of cookies behind. 

Julia: "Lindsey, grab that box"

Lindsey: "Yes!" (grabs box, stuffs into purse)

We: run out the door, across the road, and on to pool chairs to enjoy hula dancers as we eat our delicious cookies

Sidenote- After our beautiful day on the newly found beach, Jenn told us that it was a private beach (Black Point) only accessible by gate. Somehow we seemed to miss the gate? Whoops.

Day Four. One Love! Our new church home. Mother's Day was celebrated with beautiful hula dancers doing a special dance for moms. The church service/worship/everything was great, and we even got leid!

After church we headed up to the North Shore, our new favorite place! The drive was incredible and we even got to see where a bunch of different movies were filmed. Pipeline was the beach choice of the day, and for those of you who don't know, is also the number one surf break in the world! We stopped by a local cafe, and got to enjoy acai bowls. These amazing treats consist of acai smoothie topped with honey, granola, and fresh bananas. Mmmmmmmmmmmmmm!

Sidenote- We found the road to Jack Johnson's house, and ALMOST found him!

Day Five. Long, hot day of job searching and figuring out how to work THEBUS. No jobs yet...what an adventure!

Quote of the day:

(Julia to Lindsey upon exiting the bus to walk home just after dark)

"Get your magazines out to whack them*!"

*them= creepers we could encounter on our walk from the bus stop home

Day Six. TODAY!!! Job searching, yet again. However, before we began the search, we decided to take a nice casual stroll to Kinko's, all for summer school. Little did we know that the nearest one (we were told 4 blocks) turned into 4 miles. But we made it!

Well folks, that's all for now. It's 5 minutes until 8:00, and that is our bedtime! Seriously.