As the shock of witnessing the damage from the Lahaina Fire begins to wear off, we will now endure waves of grief. I really don’t have the words to express the grief that I am feeling now. With the grief, however, I detect a lifeline of hope. I know that my church has never been just the building; the building was cared for lovingly by you, my beloved church ohana. You are the church, and I am honored to be your pastor. My focus now is ministering to you, wherever you have been scattered, holding on to Jesus’s words in John 16:33, ”In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.”