The News from the Far West

Greetings one and all!

With that abomination of an election behind us we can finally turn towards the Holidays and all the good fun that goes along with that!

Housing
As you may well know we are living with a family from church for a few weeks. This is a temporary situation, lasting only until the 1st of December at the latest. Meaning we'll probably be moving during the week of Thanksgiving. Oy Vey!
We don't have anywhere certain yet...there are a few possibilities floating around out there. The biggest challenge has been to find a place that doesn't have cats, being that Su is highly allergic to the little furballs. Also we are hoping to rent from someone we know from church, in order to avoid the whole "first-month/last-month" gig, as well as several other nasty thing you can pickup from people who are landlords, including parties, drug houses, lice, and a good dosage of stale cereal. Or something.
But I digress.
The Ross' family has been wonderful, and this is truly a wonderful neighborhood. Outside of the rooster farm (for cock fighting no less) just around the corner, this is a grand spot. It's fairly remote, (which explains the rooster farm), and located in a very lush part of the Kapa'a area.
The road is windy, narrow, and newly paved...most of which I like for reasons later stated.
The house itself is also wonderful...hardwood floors, no centipedes, spiders, or cockroaches.
We do love it here, but recognize the temporary nature of it all.

Family
Mom and Dad McIntire are staying up in Princeville, (high-falutin' central up there), in a nice vacation home owned by a christian couple. They too are in a temporary situation, as the lady they were looking to rent from is hedging about what time her place will be ready for rent. Fortunately, the couple who owns the house they are staying in now has graciously agreed to extend their stay in order to buy time for them to sort out their rental situation.
Josh is doing well at the college, and plans to stick around. His girlfriend may join him out here next semester...we all are hoping so. :)

Jake and Sarah are coming out in a little less than 3 weeks. They'll stay through the Thanksgiving holiday and into the early part of December for a total of about two weeks. We're all very excited as they may be contemplating a move out here.

Jobs, Other Stuff
I've started doing server shift at Pizzetta's now and this is a good thing. The first few days have been slow, which means less money for the new guy, but it also means that the new guy gets to keep his sanity. All in all, things have gone better than expected with the transition to server. The restaurant is doing very well considering the whole economic thing. Hopefully things will get better, but in the meantime we just pray for more shifts and more customers. We've got faith that God will work everything out as He has so far.
Su is still doing well at Starbucks. She is tasting coffees still and getting to know the whole setup, but so far her managers and supervisors have taken a great liking to her, and I think she's known as one of the more efficient and helpful people on staff. They seem to like her a lot. Again, God's faithfulness seems to take on a variety of shapes. :)
We sold the Stealth Bomber and got the Matrix licensed plated for Hawaii. I really do like the Matrix, but deep down we both want to be debt free. The license plate thing out here is weird...they do it by weight. So driving "small kine" is the best way to do it. :)
So God had us sell the Stealth and keep the Toyota...such is life. I'm not complaining too much...it's just weird that God had us buy that car just to pass it along to someone else who needed it. Go figure, right?
So we're down to one car. I sold Kevin, my dearly beloved scooter. I also sold a guitar I wasn't using. Combine that with a car sale and we had a nice chunk of change.
Which turned into a 2007 Kawasaki Ninja 250cc...the perfect beginner bike, and a perfect gas mileage machine. We paid cash for it thanks to a little help from a friend of ours here. It's due in this Tuesdayish or so, so right now I'll just post a pic of it, but I'll tell the whole story when it gets here and I get geared up and go sit on it and take pictures of "teh awesome". It's quite an interesting and miraculous story, even from it's original purchase and home on Maui. Here's a snap of it.
Don't worry...it's only a 250. And I have all the riding gear...when I post pix you all will have thought I dressed up as a Power Ranger for Halloween or something.
Anyway.
That's pretty much the news here!
There will be more updates as Jake and Sarah come in, and the bike, and we move again, etc etc etc. Who needs to watch TV with a life like this?! We do appreciate your prayers as we are living on the edge out here. Do write to us and tell us about how you all are doing! We miss you all!
Andrew and Su