The Journey. St. Mary of Mo ili ili. An Online Monthly Pictorial News Record. May Let us this day. Inside this issue: I love it!

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1 St. Mary of Mo ili ili An Online Monthly Pictorial News Record May 2018 Let us this day Read the Bible Pray for flood survivors Exercise to stay healthy Pray for our Priest and Vestry Walk around the block twice Volunteer to help with the homeless ministry last Thursday of each month Inside this issue: Acolyte Liam Delao 1 Easter Egg Hunt 2 Mays Leaving 3 Data Loggers 4 Guest House Crockpot 5 St Mary s Donation 5 Homeless Feeding 6 Questioned asked: How do you like being an acolyte? Liam s answer: I love it! Project Hiehie 6 Book of the Month 7 You Tube Gospel Sing-a-long 7 Announcements 8

2 Page 2 After Easter Sunday service, 7 children (Isaiah Horimoto; Kalea, Kanoa, Kaylani, & Kekoa Pascual; Kaili Wong, & Mason Lee), gathered at Angels at Play s playground to hunt for eggs, as some adults watched. Thank you to Ahe & Kili (Kaili s siblings), along with Kaylani, who helped Aunties Jackie & Laurie hide the eggs that morning. Mahalo nui loa to those that donated the plastic eggs & candies for this annual event. As you can see from the photos, the children had so much fun! By Laurie Lee Photos this page by Laurie Lee and Denise Hargarten

3 Page 3 April 22, 2018 was when we said goodbye to Bill and Rachel May. They are truly loved and will be surly missed as they leave for their new home in Washington D.C. Pictured above, Ruth Yoshioka speaks on behalf of the church congregation, expressing love and appreciation for the May s outstanding service for the glory of God at St. Mary of Mo ili ili. Pictured left, is Marian Grotto, a beautiful peaceful garden that was solely designed, and built by the Mays from a patch of dirt. It is a visual testament of Bill and Rachel s labor, love and maintenance. Bill and Rachel was also known and admired for their sponsoring of Exchange Students and introducing them to the St. Mary of Mo ili ili family Photos this page by Rev. David Blanchett

4 Page 4 Dear Disaster Preparedness Officer I've attached pics of our field exercise this morning along Ala Wai stream in Mo`ili`ili. Project in cooperation with UH Manoa. Helps provide data to determine water levels. Mo`ili`ili has been subject to flooding over the years. Roy Horimoto included in pic remembers times when water would be knee level in parking lot. This was before the contemporary chapel was built. The chapel would be subject to flooding if we had a major storm. Aulani can fill you in on all the details. *********************** Rev. Gregory Johnson Further details... David, To add to what my father is sharing. The SMART project looks to provide essential stream data via "data loggers" that measure: - temperature - depth (via water pressure) - turbidity (via light penetration) - as well as take measurements of the visual color spectrum (e.g. red, green, and blue) to indicate potential presence of chemical pollutants This data will be uploaded and used by UH Oceanography Dept to gain a better understanding of how the stream systems in Ala Wai Watershed are functioning. Measurements will also help to improve communication of storm events (i.e. flash floods). St. Mary's of Mo'ili'ili has officially launched our own data logger today, as part of this effort. The unit has been named "Ho'awa" after the plant and lane that runs close to church. There are 24 other data loggers that have been distributed, mostly to intermediate and high schools, for them to deploy as St Mary's did, targeting different sections of streams in watershed. Participants are charged with helping UH staff collect data from loggers, by helping to ensure they are kept in stream in correct position, and recovered as needed. Aulani Johnson

5 Page 5 St. Christopher Episcopal Church in Anchorage, Alaska has an awesome Food Pantry for the needy. Ken Pop, a volunteer from Christ Church Episcopal Anchorage and Lorena Scalph from St. Christopher, receive the blessings from St. Mary s in Hawaii They give out food and clothes every Thursday from 10am to 12 pm. In the ecumenical spirit, St. Mary of Mo ili ili donated 25 pound bags each of flour, rice and sugar. Three bags of teen clothing were also donated. St. Christopher Episcopal Church is located: 7208 Duben Ave., Anchorage, AK Rose Njuguna donated a five quart crockpot to St. Mary of Mo ili ili s Hale Mo ili ili (Guest House). Pictured in photo on right is Rose Njuguna in red dress presenting crockpot to Rev. Martha Blanchett for the Guest House use. For four Wednesdays in May, Rev. Martha will use the crockpot to make bean soup to be enjoyed by those who attend the 6-7pm You Tube Gospel Sing-a-long.

6 Photo by David Blanchett Page 6 FREE SHOWERS for the homeless. Hiehie has a trailer that has three functioning shower stalls of which, one is handicapped assessable. Scott Stamps and Marie Smythe (photo on right) will be at the homeless outreach every last Thursday to provide showers. In the upper right photo, Scott is with Connie who was the first person to use the Hiehie shower at our site. Hiehie joins our other faithful vendors: IHS, Veteran Services, Hawaii Legal Aid, University of Hawaii Medical and Aloha Care. Gather to pray before their direct service feeding the needy

7 Page 7 The Plant Paradox By Steven R. Gundry, MD May 26, Saturday September 29 & 30, 2018 Author, William Aulenbach coming to speak at St. Mary of Mo ili ili

8 An Online Monthly Pictorial News Record 2062 South King Street Honolulu, HI Phone: Web: 4-Ellen Corrie 15-Rev. John Park 21-Albert Oki 23-Dorothy Koike 23-Harry Ushijima St. Mary of Mo ili ili May 31-10am In Volunteers report at 9am 3-Kyle Ushijima 7-Rev. Gregory Johnson 8-Preston Lentz 20-Renee Hamatake 30-Stirling Sakashita 30-Isamu & Ruth Yoshioka 31-Kyle & Kimery Ushijima ZUMBA Saturdays 8:30am 10:00am Sundays in TAI CHI YOGA Sunday, May 27 10:15am Conference Room Wednesdays May 2, 9, 16 & pm Sanctuary JOURNEY EDITOR: Fr. David H. Blanchett Sundays 8:00am Front Lawn MEDITATION Tuesdays 10:00am CHI KUNG Monday May 28 PROOFREADER: Charlene Date WEB MASTER Saturday 3:00pm Thursdays 9:00am Richert Au Hoy Editor