Hawaii was nice!

Aloha!! Well... hello now that I am back at home. I wanted to get these photos to you sooner but the internet was not fast enough.

This photo to the left was the reception table when we first arrived at the hotel.

To the right is a photo of the items that are given to everyone when they register. If you can make it out there is a beach towel with the logo of the Conquest of Paradise in the center. A duffle bag (yellow) two Conquest of Paradise hats, $200 in cash, 2 shirts a note book and a new Swoosh man (little blue guy next to yellow bag) where given to attendees. This stuff came in handy. I ran out of clothes after 4 days!

Here is a better pic of the WLG Swoosh Man. Hubert had special custom made shirts from Tommy Bahama with the swoosh man on the back lounging in a beach chair. The material of the shirts had the WLG Swoosh symbol through out the material. They are very nice shirts. These where given to the Elite group that arrived in Hawaii on Monday of last week.
Here is the inside of the hotel lobby. Wow! Very nice. Oh yea, did you hear on the news that Lisa Marie-Presley was married last week? Well guess who showed up at the same hotel while we where there? Yea, Lisa and husband honeymooned at the Mauna Lani Resort.

Here is the view from the terrace from our room. This was a beautiful sight. Every morning at 7am sharp the birds would break into song and wake up the residents.

I made phone calls to some of you one day. Here is where I made those calls from. If you look real close you will see my bible and a big cup of coffee in the cabana. I was in front of a coconut tree watching sea turtles! That other photo is of a sea turtle. I have better pics but this is the one I grabbed.

Here is a section of the beach with cabanas.

Here are some views we where able to see at other locations.

Now this is a shot of us with Buck Stephens our EFC at either the luau or the welcom reception.

Can you believe it! We rented a car to have a look around the island and the car broke down on us at the coffee farm in Kona. I didn't mind. The farm had free coffee! Kona coffee at that! After 45 minutes the tow truck exchanged cars with us and took the other away. This was on the last day on the island. We only had 2 hours to get back to the hotel so we can catch the shuttle back to the airport.

Here is the airport at Kona. So that was the great conquest of paradise on the big island of Hawaii. Be sure to read the next post. I will be posting what was shared at the meetings by Hubert Humphrey. I have my notes ready to go.