lepers in Hawaii

Two years ago I had the privilege to fly in a helicopter from Maui to the island of Molokai. Our pilot took us over this remote peninsula and told us that what we were looking at was one of the only active leprosy colonies in the world.



This is Lolly (my fiance) and I on the helicopter.



Just to the right of this huge rock is where the leper colony is.

He told us that people were able to visit the colony but that you were asked not to take pictures. The pilot even took us low enough to see the chapel where the priest lived and also where they had church.

Just today I found this article talking about how Rev. Damien de Veuster was going to be canonized as a Saint because of his work with the lepers in Molokai.

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kyle diroberts

Question

If you could blot out bad memories...would you? Read here.

I think the Bible has some thoughtful words concerning "bad memories."

The Bible says, "Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance. And let endurance have its perfect result, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing."

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kyle diroberts

...I Love Jesus But I Drink A Little

I found this video on a friends facebook. I watched it and thought that I would be doing laughter an injustice not to put this on my blog. I love Ellen DeGeneres. I don't have time to watch her show, but whenever I see clips of her show, laughter normally follows.

Have fun and laugh a little...or a lot.



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kyle diroberts

This is a video of Helen Thomas.

Here is some background on her…thanks to Wikipedia.

“Helen Thomas (born August 4, 1920) is an American news service reporter, a Hearst Newspapers columnist, and member of the White House Press Corps. She served for fifty-seven years as a correspondent and, later, White House bureau chief for United Press International (UPI). Thomas has covered every president since John F. Kennedy. She was the first female officer of the National Press Club, the first female member and president of the White House Correspondents Association, and the first female member of the Gridiron Club. She has written four books; her latest is Watchdogs of Democracy?: The Waning Washington Press Corps and How It Has Failed the Public.”



And some people think the media isn’t really that biased. This is a great video, and I think, puts things into a great perspective with regards to the media. Make sure you at least get to minute mark 3:15 and listen from there.

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kyle diroberts