Fun times in Lahaina! It rained all over the island this weekend so we wandered around the harbor town.
We toured the Baldwin house, where some awesome missionaries from Connecticut lived back in the day. I love learning about history & I've always wanted to tour this place since I read about it in the Christy Miller books, hahaha.
It was great to tour, because normally everyone harps on the missionaries for bringing disease and starting fights, but the Baldwins were loved by the Hawaiians. Their house was always full of people. Dr. Baldwin provided medical care and helped the people to establish their language in writing. They loved on the people constantly. It took about six months to reach Hawaii by boat, so they stayed for twenty years before they ever went home to visit their family in New England! Talk about an inspiration!
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