Though not my first Habitat for Humanity experience, this Moloka‘i trip will be my first Habitat opportunity that requires travel. In the early 1990s I participated in a few rehabilitation projects Habitat was running in the Rose Park neighborhood of Salt Lake City, Utah. I was born and raised in Salt Lake, in the historic Avenues district there. I lived there until just after the 2002 Olympic Winter Games, when I moved to the Seattle suburbs. I’ve lived in the city of Seattle proper for 3 years now, about half a mile from the Space Needle—not quite the view of the city you could see from the backdrops in episodes of “Frasier” but pretty close!
In my day-to-day life, I’m an engineer for the online services division of a major software firm here in the Seattle area. When I’m not working, I like to spend time with family and friends, travel, listen to music (both live and recorded—how fortunate to be in such a vibrant musical scene as Seattle), play cards, volunteer my time (which I don’t do nearly enough), and cook, which I don’t do enough beyond the routine stuff. I also enjoy dining for the experience of it— the flavors, the matching of a good wine or beer with a meal—which makes a trip to Hawai‘i even more exciting for the new foods, friends, and experiences of a trip like this one.
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