When people ask why we moved to Hawaii, my answer depends on who is asking. The simplest, easily accessible response that I give most people involves some version of the following:
While those reasons are not untrue, the more authentic answer is this: God sent us.
God spoke to us, and told us to move our family to Hawaii. He said this to us in several different ways and at several different times, seeming to want us to receive the message loud and clear. The message began with a few prayer times and conversations several years ago. Steve and I both began to have the vague notion that God wanted us to leave our lives in Los Angeles, and settle in Honolulu. But we needed more confirmation than that. Leaving a home, family, friends, and many roots in Los Angeles was not a simple, automatic response. Several trusted people in our lives, wise people who hear from God, began to have visions and dreams about us moving to Hawaii. At some point, we just knew in our guts that this was a clear invitation from God.
Steve and I have made a lifelong commitment - when God speaks, we listen and obey. Our entire marriage and family is built on that guiding principle, and it has shaped our lives in weird, costly, surprising, and radical ways.
So what brought us to Hawaii? Not family, or jobs, or the pretty beaches. God brought us to Hawaii. So here we are.
- We wanted to be closer to family (my parents).
- And/or we felt like it was going to be a good place to raise our children.
While those reasons are not untrue, the more authentic answer is this: God sent us.
God spoke to us, and told us to move our family to Hawaii. He said this to us in several different ways and at several different times, seeming to want us to receive the message loud and clear. The message began with a few prayer times and conversations several years ago. Steve and I both began to have the vague notion that God wanted us to leave our lives in Los Angeles, and settle in Honolulu. But we needed more confirmation than that. Leaving a home, family, friends, and many roots in Los Angeles was not a simple, automatic response. Several trusted people in our lives, wise people who hear from God, began to have visions and dreams about us moving to Hawaii. At some point, we just knew in our guts that this was a clear invitation from God.
Steve and I have made a lifelong commitment - when God speaks, we listen and obey. Our entire marriage and family is built on that guiding principle, and it has shaped our lives in weird, costly, surprising, and radical ways.
So what brought us to Hawaii? Not family, or jobs, or the pretty beaches. God brought us to Hawaii. So here we are.
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