b'Adventure friends unite; we areleaders from all lines of ministry and the few and the proud who wouldinfluence to sit at the table to collab-even consider working with theorate and move immediately into unhoused, the mentally ill, and theaction to help people in need. Please most downcast people of our world.be praying for a continued move of It truly is a beautiful mess, but defi- the Holy Spirit in ways that are far Adventure friendsnitely not for the faint of heart. Itbeyond us.reminds me immediately of Jesus,I moved to Hawaii almost two unite; we are the fewHis disciples, and a courageousyears ago, but I still feel as if I am group of women. This small team ofon a crash course of learning. After and the proud whopeople changed the world for eter- being born and raised on the very would even considernity! And if you truly dig into therustic Pacific island of Papua New gospel books, you will see that theGuinea, I thought that the transition working with thedaily journeys of these people werewould be a breeze, rather like the unhoused, the mentallyprobably very similar to yours.mild Pacific air gently blowing across Almost every day mentioned in thethe ocean as palm trees sway and the ill, and the mostgospels had a reference to a meal andsun sets over the ocean, a beautiful some sort of mayhem. Think aboutHawaiian singing Somewhere Over downcast people of just a few of the days in the life ofthe Rainbowall while my feet our world. It truly is this teamcrowds pressing in,and hands sifting through the silky demon possession, pigs, political a beautiful mess,unrest, hunger, spiritual oppression, but definitely not forand literal attack by sword. Does this sound like some of your days?the faint of heart.This is exactly why I praise God for each of you and praise God for our team here in Hawaii at River of Life Mission and Maui Rescue Mis-sion who are banging down the doors of evilto see Jesus lifted high and amazing people brought up out of the ashes to live a life of pur-pose, beauty, and relationship.I recently had the privilege to write to you about all God is doingin the Hawaiian Islands, and I am excited to share with you again some more thoughts from across the other pond. God is continuing to do amaz-ing things here, bringing together 44 WWW.CITYGATENETWORK.ORG NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2022'