Kula Lodge

Last Sunday we made our annual trip "upcountry" to go to church at Waipuna Chapel. This church used to be a favourite spot, but it is a 30/45 drive and with lunch after, it can squeeze the time limit we are allowed for use of a Haggai van. As you can see from the picture, they are building a new entrance to the church building. It was nice to visit again, and as usual an excellent service. This is in part due to the music, which is more traditional than many of the churches here.
After church we stopped at the Kula Lodge for lunch and sat in their outside patio where they cook pizzas in an outdoor oven. The pizza was excellent, the view was georgous since Kula is about 2,500 feet above sea level, but about halfway through lunch the temperature started to drop and it was chilly. They say the temperature drops about 8 degrees fahrenheit for every 2,500 ft you go up, so a nice 82 degree day here at Haggai becomes a 74 degree day at Kula. When you get to the top of Mt. Haleackala, it is down 32 degees!
We enjoyed another wonderful convocation program on Thursday evening and are saying goodbye to the participants during this weekend. There really are some special fellows in this group who will do some great things for the Lord. I drew the early 4:00am departures this morning, so it will be a long day. The lady volunteers are welcoming the new lady participants for the new session which starts Monday.
We had another enjoyable breakfast this morning and as usual the weather, the view and the company were all splendid.
Time marches on, we are now less than three weeks until returning home. It is time to get organized and complete some unfinished projects.