Newsletter

Imagine this… Lelani is a 12 year old girl who lives with her family of 6 in a small, two-bedroom apartment. Sometimes they’re able to go to the beach when her parents get a day off, but it’s rare, so she mostly spends her time at home, watching her younger siblings and playing on the computer. […]

From our Ohana to yours…THANK YOU, friends of Makanalani, for walking alongside us…for your prayers, your support, your time, your encouragement. Thank you for caring, for giving, for reading each week. God is at work here, and He uses each one of you to help us accomplish what He has laid out before us, and

The Makanalani Interns have been hard at work, both on the farm and in our community, serving local organizations in need of extra hands. Here are some of the ways they’ve helped so far: Week one our interns helped with a fall festival at a local private school playing games with kids and running fair-type

The holidays are upon us, and we are excited to prep for our first Thanksgiving with the Interns. They will help with cooking the feast and turning our lanai into a festive, thanks-inducing atmosphere in which to share the many blessings God has granted us this year. We are always grateful, all year-round, for the

If you’ve been reading along, you know that this month has been very busy and exciting as we launched our first ever Serve Session! The first week was a lot of fun, and we welcomed our newest intern, Amanda, over the weekend. We continue to receive applications for our spring and summer 2018 sessions, and

Today is the first day of our very first Intern Serve Session! Hayden, Josh, and Curtis will be here through December 15th serving Makanalani, and we couldn’t be more excited to have them here! The internship focuses on 2 areas of growth: leadership and service. These guys will be walking through a book together called Habitudes,

Last week was fall break for the islands, and we had the privilege of hosting 2 separate groups of kids during that time. The first group was youth from the 4 Missionary Churches here on Kauai, who used this time to gather their youth groups together in one central place for 4 days of fun,

In 2006 when the grounds of Makanalani were still overrun of Hawaiian jungle and no buildings or farm animals inhabited the property, Eric and Lyn began the work of turning their dream into reality with the help of Justin Jacobs. Justin was a part of the team that was hired to assist the Taylors to

LAST WEEK AT A GLANCE… Elders & Their Wives, Planning Meetings for Chicken in a Barrel, and the First Annual JoJo’s Mission Day This past week, Makanalani opened its doors to the elders and their wives from Kapaa Missionary Church. They had a short but meaningful stay, and were able to use the quiet setting