How I feel about myself, I feel better about myself because I feel more open I can talk to people that I can trust. I felt like no one really cared or really wanted me to talk out problems with. Now I see that most people who are trying to help me really care I just didn’t see it.

I feel good cause my mom them are more happy too and it makes me feel more good about myself. Like my mom them are happy that I’m doing good so I’m happy, I feel good.

I feel pretty connected and that’s why I try to do my best every time I come here. The first time I came I was like oh I have to jump in the mud. Now it’s like I want to do it. Learning more gives me a better perspective on how my ancestors did it and I should do it too. I think it goes back to teamwork too. I can work with people better. If you can’t work here you can’t work at the house we live at. It gives me a sense of peace every time I come here. I feel really good, when it’s completed you feel better.

I feel like it’s a part of me, in a good way. It feels good just being in nature, even though I’m not Hawaiian I do Hawaiian things. It doesn’t matter that I’m not Hawaiian. I’ve learned to take care of my self, respecting others and peers. It helped us getting along with each other, talk story and finding out new things about each other, having fun

The hard work I’ve done changed the way I grant for things because I don’t just get things that I want I work hard to earn things that I want. This place changed me a lot because b4 I came here I was always lazy to do things and now that I keep coming here every Wednesday it motivates me to work very hard at other places that needs a lot of hard work to get things done. My hard work changed my relationships with others by communicating well and being happy with each other’s hard work. The hard work made me feel like I need to do this for a living because it is part of my culture.

The hard work that I have done changed the way I feel about this place in a good way because when I first came I didn’t want to jump in at all, now I actually like jumping in to the lo’I because whenever we jump in and we complete work it gives us a sense of accomplishment and that feels good to know you worked hard to do something good. This place also help me with relationships with fellow peers. How? By communicating while working hard in the li’I patch

I feel like I belong here cause then you’re always telling us that what we do we are making a difference. Like it’s not just we are growing it and it’s going no where it’s like going out to people all over the island. It lets me know that what I’m doing it’s helping other people out it’s not just going nowhere.

I say it changed because like at first I kinda didn’t want to be here either but it’s like I’m giving back to people.

I’m Mexican, grew up only a little bit. I’m learning about Hawaiian culture so I want to learn more about my culture.

I say like I’m better with my attitude too cause at first I didn’t care about anything and now I want to get a job cause in the beginning I was just selling drugs to get my money and I’m actually working on the relationship with my mom.

It’s not my behavior that’s changed it’s my attitude that’s changed. I see more clear, I see things around me as happy instead sad, dark depressing, I’m not really depressed anymore. I’m more happy I want to do things I want to help out.

I didn’t even like eating poi and now I love it.

I care more for myself and others, like I’m not just thinking everyday like F it. I think more like less impulsive.

It’s important cause if you don’t respect yourself you’ll be all buss up and tired and you’re not going to like work or do nothing you’re just going to like smoke and stuff.

I wasn’t humble when I came, when I came around here I learned to be humble, I humbled myself.

I say this is the hardest work, being in the mud and stuff, some people don’t like being in the mud and stuff. My action speak louder than my words.

If you have all the support around you, you can really get something done. As a team at the end of the day you’re going to be sore but that’s how you know you got something done. We went down this path as one.

“I feel like I’m wanted here like this place means a lot cause people around over here helps me to do better for myself. I feel like I’m special here just being here my myself.