Back in January Annabel and I went on a tour of four Hawaiian islands with Dayamrita Swami, Amma's senior representative. We had such a great time connecting with old friends and we made some new ones too. Gary and Shawn met us on one of the islands, where we stayed in a huge house near the sea. We stayed with a group of over twenty people in different places and spent a lot of time in reflective prayer and meditation. We toured a botanical garden and ate loads of tropical fruits from trees, we heard stories from an attorney who represented Martin Luther King, we hiked and biked along the ocean, we got stuck in an airport for several hours but still managed to have fun passing the time while playing games together, we prayed for world peace during a fake ballistic missile threat, and we were relieved to hear it was just a mistake! Annabel played her bass with the band during sets of devotional songs, and all in all, we had lots of laughter, love and peaceful moments.
