b'talking about his recent trip to Hawaii.tial for recovery. Since Hawaii is such He spoke about a luau he attendeda raw and isolated place, it is very where one of the beautiful dancerseasy for people to live off the grid relayed, Hawaii, from even its earliesthere and not get the help they need. days, is so isolated that we have to takeSo we go out with full mobile efforts care of one another. She spoke aboutacross the island of Oahu. In many kuleana and how she and her familycities unhoused people can be very realized that help wasnt coming fromHere in Hawaii, wemuch out in the open, but in Hawaii across the ocean. The if and whencontinue to see thatour clients are often more hidden help would come wasnt even worthand more isolated than elsewhere. the focusWe all just had to jumpthe antidote toThe strategy is to get closer to peo-in and help. isolation and exposureple where they already are, and then I am so grateful that I am in yourdraw them out and draw them in very company in acting in kuleana! Asis simply communityintentionally. We do this by making you all know, people rarely flock tosure people are served a hot meal, help those experiencing homeless- and conversation. Weserved an opportunity to know Jesus, ness. I have never heard a younguse food to drawand served an opportunity to transi-child say he or she wants to grow uption off the streets. Whats more, we to work with the people we serve.people together inare raising up local churches to be So I am grateful. May we never stopcommunity around onewhat we call hub spots for the honoring the last sentence of theperfect combination of meals plus above paragraph, that the if andof the greatest needsministry, and then offering that to when help would come wasnt eventhose in their communities living on worth the focusWe all just had tofor all mankind: athe streets and in the jungle. Our aim jump in and help. So thank you forsimple meal.is also to do it all in smaller contexts doing what you do and for serving that means a maximum of 50 on the front lines where you dopeople. We believe that when there indeed jump in to helpwithoutis too big of a crowd, the one-to-one focusing on where or when othersconversations are more challenging. would join the cause.When a hub spot reaches 50 people, Here in Hawaii, we continue toit is time to ask the church down the see that the antidote to isolation andstreet to birth a new hub spot to care exposure is simply community andfor more people in need, multiplying conversation. We use food to drawall our efforts. people together in communityOur goal in the next 10 years is around one of the greatest needs fornot to eradicate homelessness. That all mankind: a simple meal. Andgoal is unobtainable for us and then we make sure we strategicallyshould be only carefully claimed by get people into conversations thatany mission. But we do have a goal in lead to knowing Jesus and the poten- the next 10 years of having at least \x02SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2022 WWW.CITYGATENETWORK.ORG 45'