tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7144565291446185890.post5038624400920520274..comments2023-04-06T23:29:57.740-10:00Comments on The Journey: Memorial Service (Updated 4-27-09)Dr. Kit Lauerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00128785469536510341noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7144565291446185890.post-91228562479332235612009-05-01T15:41:00.000-10:002009-05-01T15:41:00.000-10:00for those of us who weren't able to see the live ...for those of us who weren't able to see the live feed, is there a place where we still can?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7144565291446185890.post-56174014796376744012009-05-01T03:11:00.000-10:002009-05-01T03:11:00.000-10:00I can not thank Hope Chapel enough for having a li...I can not thank Hope Chapel enough for having a live broadcast of Kit's service. I cried, laughed and felt so honored to be a part of this. Knowing we could not be there was a struggle so this was the next best thing. Aloha <br />Nick and SharonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7144565291446185890.post-2402063061683575412009-04-30T21:08:00.000-10:002009-04-30T21:08:00.000-10:00We have had the priviledge and blessing of attendi...We have had the priviledge and blessing of attending Hope Chapel in Maui on our vacations away from our home in British Columbia. We have come to love Pastor Kit even though we only spent a few weeks of the year there. We have been following The Journey from a distance over the internet and have been praying for Pastor Kit and his family and your wonderful church family called Hope Chapel. You have been a great blessing to us and we just want to express our thanks in order to encourage your hearts as your ministry and influence go far beyond the borders of your town and island. We are so blessed to be able to follow along with the teachingings on the internet and we will continue to pray for you and your ministry there. God Bless You all!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7144565291446185890.post-79289694079679447962009-04-30T12:50:00.000-10:002009-04-30T12:50:00.000-10:00Shelly and Family,
Wish I could have seen more of...Shelly and Family,<br /><br />Wish I could have seen more of Kit.<br /><br />May God comfort you and your family, he is pain no more and is with God! Yea! <br /><br />What Kit meant to me:<br /><br />If I had the gift of being able to speak in other languages<br />without learning them and could speak in every language<br />there is in all of heaven and earth, but didn't love others,<br />I would only be making noise.<br />If I had the gift of prophecy and knew all about what<br />is going to happen in the future, knew everything about<br />everything, but didn't love others, what good would it do?<br />Even if I had the gift of faith so that I could speak to a<br />mountain and make it move,<br />I would still be worth nothing at all without love.<br />If I gave everything I have to poor people, and if I<br />were burned alive for preaching the Gospel but didn't love<br />others, it would be of no value whatever.<br />Love is very patient and kind, never jealous or<br />envious, never boastful or proud,<br />Never haughty or selfish or rude.<br />Love does not demand its own way. It is not irritable or touchy.<br />It does not hold grudges and will hardly even notice<br />when others do it wrong.<br />It is never glad about injustice,<br />but rejoices whenever truth wins out.<br />If you love someone you will be loyal to him no<br />matter what the cost. You will always believe in him, always<br />expect the best of him, and<br />always stand your ground in defending him.<br />All the special gifts and powers from God will<br />someday come to an end, but love goes on forever.<br />Someday prophecy, and speaking in unknown languages, and special<br />knowledge -- these gifts will disappear.<br />Now we know so little, even with our special gifts,<br />and the preaching of those most gifted is still so poor.<br />But when we have been made perfect and complete,<br />then the need for these inadequate special gifts will come to<br />an end, and they will disappear.<br />It's like this: when I was a child I spoke and thought<br />and reasoned as a child does. But when I became a man my<br />thoughts grew far beyond those of my childhood, and now I<br />have put away the childish things.<br />In the same way, we can see and understand only a<br />little about God now, as if were peering at His reflection in<br />a poor mirror: but someday we are going to see Him in His<br />completeness, face to face. Now all that I know is hazy and<br />blurred, but then I will see everything clearly, just as clearly as<br />God sees into my heart right now.<br />There are three things that remain -- faith, hope, and love ---<br />and the greatest of these is love.<br /><br />Thank you Kit, and thank you God for making him!<br /><br />See you at Home Kit!<br /><br />Tim FitzgeraldAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7144565291446185890.post-31600308024390253082009-04-28T10:35:00.000-10:002009-04-28T10:35:00.000-10:00I will be coming from Alaska for the celebration. ...I will be coming from Alaska for the celebration. Looking forward to being with you all.<br /><br />Love in Christ,<br /><br />Daniel BrackenPastor Daniel Brackenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17626139484530668845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7144565291446185890.post-35033913940921472542009-04-27T20:53:00.000-10:002009-04-27T20:53:00.000-10:00Kit-
Please say Hi to my dad for me and tell him I...Kit-<br />Please say Hi to my dad for me and tell him I'm doing okay and that I'm thinking of him all the time. Hope you two can be buddies and hang out. Will see you both again someday.<br />-GarleyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7144565291446185890.post-30375771390091518712009-04-27T05:40:00.000-10:002009-04-27T05:40:00.000-10:00We are all praying for the Lauer family. from the...We are all praying for the Lauer family. from the Small Ohana<br /><br />"Death or absence does not end or even diminish the love of God that brought you to the other person. It calls you to take a new step into the mystery of God's inexhaustible love. The process is painful, very painful, because the other person has become a true revelation of God's love for you." Henri J. M. NouwenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7144565291446185890.post-81835733941931887182009-04-26T21:34:00.000-10:002009-04-26T21:34:00.000-10:00i came to church on fridays never meet kit but he ...i came to church on fridays never meet kit but he touch my heart and my life he also touched my childrens life to. he taught me how to forgive and love again he did this all without knowing me well i know now he knows me.. kit we will miss you and we love you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7144565291446185890.post-53961283652028528262009-04-26T17:46:00.000-10:002009-04-26T17:46:00.000-10:00Beloved Kit,
If it could only be possible that yo...Beloved Kit,<br /><br />If it could only be possible that you could send us a blog from Heaven. <br /><br />Through God all things are possible.<br /><br />Listening oh so carefully....<br /><br /><br />With love to you,<br /><br />MeleUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05633759702687600787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7144565291446185890.post-60899798812050233272009-04-26T17:11:00.000-10:002009-04-26T17:11:00.000-10:00Shelley and family,
We will all miss
Kit tremend...Shelley and family, <br />We will all miss<br />Kit tremendously until we meet again in Heaven. You all have touched so many lives in beautiful loving ways. Can you just imagine the excitement Kit is feeling seeing the glory of the<br />Almighty God! And hearing the<br />angels sing! He must be<br />up there laughing, joking, running back and forth praising the Lord.<br />Our hearts and prayers are with all of you. We know how hard it is to lose someone that you love<br />so much. We love you all....<br />Maureen and DougMaureenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12749045905652912385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7144565291446185890.post-56581592735355686352009-04-26T14:46:00.000-10:002009-04-26T14:46:00.000-10:00I will miss you, until we meet in heaven. In the m...I will miss you, until we meet in heaven. In the meantime...I will remember to follow Jesus and retain your examples of how to do that completely...with joy through sufferring.<br />God bless the Lauer family and for they are a blessing to me and many others.<br />He is with Jesus, and there is no sufferring anymore.<br />Phillipians 1<br />Thank you Kit for touching my life, and increasing my faith in God. I will be faithful to God. <br />Tamara JohnsonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7144565291446185890.post-77061490588451026602009-04-26T12:22:00.000-10:002009-04-26T12:22:00.000-10:00I am sorry I cannot be there to share in the celeb...I am sorry I cannot be there to share in the celebration of Kit's life but I am thankful that Nicole will be flying out. <br />It doesn't seem that long ago when Kit and Shelly moved to Maui and became my neighbor. Kit was zealous to earn a living to provide for his family and then zealous to share the gospel TRUTH in love. He and Shelly have ministered to so many from their home and through the church. <br />Thank-you Lord for giving us Kit. <br /><br />Love, PatAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7144565291446185890.post-16913146154768138212009-04-26T07:21:00.000-10:002009-04-26T07:21:00.000-10:00I have many reflections on knowing Kit for over 40...I have many reflections on knowing Kit for over 40 years. The greatest ones are Kit's ability to see the good in others. In High School, Kit was "The man". He was an Honor Roll Student, on the debate team, student body vice president and on the varsity wrestling team his freshman year. Everyone liked him, even the troublemakers. I knew this for a fact because I was one of those rebels and Kit saw the good in us too. Always ready for a laugh, his optimism and friendliness were infectious and made him a friend to everyone.<br /><br />After High School, we went to different colleges and drifted apart, but we reunited in the early 80s. I lost a brother and Kit a brother-in-law and we became Christians at about the same time.<br /><br />We spent hundreds of hours training for triathlons together. Even though Kit was a stronger athlete (he competed in the Ironman) he always reveled in my accomplishments, even if it meant I bested him. Kit had inscribed on the back of his bike jersey "Jesus is the #1 Ironman" and I'll always cherish the memories of him riding in front, against the wind, pulling us all along and encouraging us to keep up the pace.<br /><br />Goethe said, "Treat people as they could be and you help them become that". Kit always had a positive vision for himself and we were all part of it. He was a fearless leader and the same affect he had on his friends - one on one - he later showed with all of you at the Hope Chapel as your minister. God had a vision for Kit, and it was a big one and he filled it to the top.<br /><br />Kit made us all better people, because like God, he saw the good in us. In his own words it was time to "step it up" and he wouldn't have allowed it any other way. I have many friends, but none that believed in me like Kit did, none that were as loyal and loved me as he did. To a large extent, I am what I am today because of his friendship.<br /><br />Dear God, Kit has finished the work you gave him here to do. In all your mercy, please receive him with open arms and give him safe lodging until we all meet again.<br /><br />-JimmyJim Hunternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7144565291446185890.post-47577285365775970752009-04-25T23:10:00.000-10:002009-04-25T23:10:00.000-10:00Since we have so GREAT a cloud of witnesses surrou...Since we have so GREAT a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us.. run with endurance the race that is set before us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. heb.12<br />You have definitely followed in Your Masters steps dear Kit. How proud He must be of you and how fulfilled you must be by the nearness of Your Lord. <br />I am happy for you my brother but i will miss you.<br />I'm glad you are in our cheering section. I can almost hear the shouts for maisha and mikey and your beloved shelly.<br />much love to all the lauer family,<br />carrie nicholsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7144565291446185890.post-39947111418422131342009-04-25T22:24:00.000-10:002009-04-25T22:24:00.000-10:00I wish I could be there =(. My love and prayers a...I wish I could be there =(. My love and prayers are with the Lauer family.Yeshuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15041941862332053107noreply@blogger.com