This past Saturday we had an opportunity to serve our community and be stewards of the earth God gave us dominion over... Paia Clean-up Day! A few of us spent our morning taking care of the 'aina (the Hawaiian term for land) by picking up trash along a mile of Baldwin Avenue, nearby my house. Our assignment from the community clean-up organizers was to rally our group of volunteers and trash pick our way from a little private Christian school just above Paia town, down to the old abandoned Sugar Mill at the edge of town. After a couple hours (and thirteen trash bags of bottles, cans, bags, cups, hub caps, warped cds, shoes and cigarette butts later...we reached our endpoint. And the 'aina was a tidier place. I am so grateful to live in this beautiful place- a day to help care a little for the land, our God-given 'aina, is a privilege.
