A Busy Year at Makanalani — Dec 31, 2017
It has been an incredible, fast-paced, ever changing year of growth for us here at Makanalani, and we are so thankful for all that God has accomplished in 2017! As you know, SO much goes into making camp happen at the Kid’s House, from selling shave ice, to taming the surrounding jungle…from making superfood herbal […]
Young Life Kauai, Manager Training, and Baby Gardenia — Dec 14, 2017
This past weekend our good friends from Young Life Kauai stayed at the Kids’ House for some fellowship and retreat time. It’s always good to have them here, and we are grateful for the work they do with youth here on the island. After signing the lease for our new Chicken in a Barrel restaurant, […]
Kamehameha Basketball Clinic, Shepherd Training for the Interns, and Naikela Joins the Hanalei Farmers’ Market — Dec 5, 2017
December is a slower month for the Kids House at Makanalani as churches gear up for the Christmas season and families begin the holiday hustle. But this past weekend we were so fortunate to have the Kamehameha Basketball Team stay for a long weekend. These kids held a clinic at a local gym, where they accepted […]
A Day at Makanalani — Nov 27, 2017
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. […]
HAPPY THANKSGIVING! — Nov 21, 2017
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 […]
Serving Our Community, DJ Mike, and Giving Tuesday — Nov 15, 2017
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 […]
Holiday Preparations, a Visit form King’s Chapel Women, and Giving Tuesday — Nov 7, 2017
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 […]
An Internship Program, New Restaurants, and 2,210 pounds of citrus
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 […]
They’re here: Meet the Interns, Hayden, Josh and Curtis — Oct 24, 2017
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, […]
70+ kids and lots of Aloha – Oct 17, 2017
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, […]