Maui: Judina + Domique!

After the wedding on Oahu, our wedding party flew over to Maui for a few days. Oahu was nice, but there were a lot of tourists, especially Japanese tourists. There was a bit of crazy feel to it.

But on Maui, wow, it was so different. Instead of feeling like I was visiting a busy tourist spot, it actually felt like I was out in a resort area, purely to enjoy time SLOWLY passing by. The natural beauty of the island was better preserved too.

The best part of my visit to Maui was getting a visit from Judina, whom I met on Ebeye when I was out there volunteering. She happened to be living on Maui so she made a 2 hour drive with her boyfriend and came out to visit me!!

While my friend Shino and I were waiting out by the sidewalk for Judy to arrive, we were recalling how we both had ended up in places we never expected.

Shino ended up getting baptized in Salt Lake City, she went to Costa Rica for a year to volunteer, and she's visited me in just about every place I've ever moved to, which is quite a few places.

I, on the other hand, went to the Marshall Islands for a year to volunteer when I least expected, ended up living in Salt Lake City for 6 months all because of a 12 hour drive I made just to watch Patch Adams with Shino, and I ended up going to grad school up in Oregon because Inokko had said she'd move up to Washington!

Well anyways, Judy told me all about what she's been up to. It was really great to hear about how happy she was with everything in her life now. It makes me so happy to see someone from Ebeye making it out in the real world.

It was the first time for me to meet Dominque, Judy's boyfriend. He was pretty shy, but I could tell he was a nice guy and that he took good care of my friend. Judy said he's not into the party scene, which I think is pretty rare for a guy from the Marshall Islands. I hope their relationship keeps getting stronger and that one of these days I'll get to go to their wedding, wherever it may be!