Maui Musings

The Haggai Institute, Mid Pacific Centre is the former Maui Sun Hotel property. In addition to it's 200+ lodging rooms it has several meeting and conference rooms and dining areas. The grounds are also extensive and include a large pool, whirlpool and fish ponds. It also includes a soccer field and volleyball court in a very lush overgrown lawn area.

One of the projects this week has been to dethatch the lawn and rake, rake, rake. It is generally 86/87 degrees, so a very warm job. Six of us have been working on this each morning for the past three days.

I did get away to Rotary yesterday and the big revelation was that, in a club of 50 with about 40 in attendance, no one was actually born here. At least if they were, I didn't find them. Everyone seems to be a transplant from somewhere. I did meet a Rotarian who worked in Woodstock, Ontario from 1985 to 1995, for Thomas Corp, (who used to build school buses there). He was originally from Japan and bought a Quiznos franchise so that as an investor he could live here. I'm looking forward to going back next week, as I think I will meet some very interesting members.

We went to a communion today and the convocation of the class which is just winding up. I will let Marlene tell you about these to-morrow, but both were very moving and emotional.