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Aloha! We are Matt and Noelle with 18 month old Serene, 4 year old Micah and three older daughters age 11,9,7. Matt grew up in the Philippines so felt at home when he moved to big island. Noelle was born and raised on Kauai, got her degree in California and travelled abroad, living in Italy 6 months, new Zealand 6 months and other places) before moving to the big island. We have a family bakery cafe business in town ( inspired by living in Europe with fresh organic sourdough, croissants, coffee...), but we are not asking for work at our business, rather an exchange on the home front. :)
We are a homeschooling family. Our kiddos are super sweet and just wonderful (no bias!) And our baby girl Serene (1) brings us so much joy! We love living as creatures in God's beautiful jungle here in Puna on the big island. We enjoy music, singing, community, cooking (and baking of course), natural health, Lego creations, reading good living literature, ocean play, working outside and meeting new people- to name a few!
We have very much enjoyed hosting people from around the world in the past and look forward to welcoming you!
Arten von Hilfe und Lernmöglichkeiten
Hilfe bei Ökoprojekten
Unterrichten
Gartenarbeiten
Heimwerker- und Bauarbeiten
Betreuung von Tieren
Mithilfe auf einem Bauernhof
Zubereiten / Kochen von Mahlzeiten für die Familie
Hausarbeiten
Handwerkliche Arbeiten
Kultureller Austausch und Lernmöglichkeiten
If time allows and you ask me, we can show you sourdough baking as well as other natural fermenting like kim Chee. Practical herbalism and knowledge of local Hawaiian plants. Please don't be shy to ask!
Experience the blessing of joyful children and funny kid conversation. We are musical and sing and play guitar.
We are very busy and value our individual family space, but will be happy to help you in everyway we can!
Arbeit
We are busy building our family business (bakery cafe) and more importantly, investing in and raising our five children. We are not available to be tour guides everyday (as our lives are very full) but we hope be good hosts while you enjoy our island and look forward to getting to know you and share life together during your stay.
There will be food available in the kitchen in your place for you to eat and cook for yourself. Specifically, organic eggs, organic sourdough bread from our bakery, butter,jelly, organic peanut butter, bean,rice, some veggies, some fruit, salt, pepper, local honey, coffee and tea. Of course you can also buy other food items you may need. We are 10 min drive from the coast cliffs (note, not water access). Hilo (bigger) town with several good ocean swimming areas is 30 min away. Ideal experience for someone interested in exploring hawaii (note: consider renting a car) while having a home to do so from!
Some days we will need help with housework help with maintaining and expanding our garden beds, permaculture food forest landscaping , composting, some help with animal care, help cleaning house, some meal prep, run errands, various household tasks.
Experience the beautiful hawaiian green jungle (note: rainy, but warm) in our Puna district of Hawaii, close to the newest lava flow on earth!
Gesprochene Sprachen
Englisch: Fließend
Unterkunft
Your own bedroom or shared bedroom
Things to bring or buy first day to make it comfier/easier for you:
Earplugs/white noise machine if you are a light sleeper
Sunscreen and bug spray as you are in the tropics
Closed-toed shoes but also flip flops (we call them slippahs here)
Shorts with elastic band for ease of movement
Tank tops or yoga tops
Sunhat if you want. I
Light rain jacket in winter (we live in wet jungle)
US sim card if your phone is foreign. Walmart carries them here on the island
Your personal soap, shampoo, conditioner etc
Was noch ...
It is a ten min drive to the coastal mini beach at uncle Roberts (they have awesome local music wednesday nights for a cover charge) 15 minutes to Stunning black sand beach (clothing optional). 20 min drive to the newest lava beach on Earth (!!!!) and geothermal pond. Pahoa has a health food store, shops, kava kombucha bar, organic sourdough bakery, live music dinners, Thai, Hawaiian, italian and more.
Hilo is 30min. Kona 2 hours. Volcano town 1hour.
Hitch hiking is common here, but obviously unpredictable way to travel, and there is a bus that picks up close and goes around island, but does not come frequently and requires walking to places of interest. There are so many things to see! Volcano national park, Kona beach camping, Mauna kea, old time cowboy country of waimea, South point. We may have a spare tent to lend you. We might offer a vehicle for use on off hours for an affordable exchange.
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Wir besitzen Tiere
Wir sind Raucher
Familien möglich
Kapazität - wie viele Workawayer maximal
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Arbeitszeiten
20 hours a week
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The work was absolutely doable. Even though it's Hawaii, be sure to take a rain jacket. The… read more
This being my first workaway expereience, I didn't know what to expect but I couldn't have picked a better host family! Matt, Noelle and the adorable children will make you feel right at home! They are the most loving, caring and giving family, you will ever meet! I was so fortunate to stay with them for a month, getting to explore the Big… read more
Pahoa is such a nice little place… read more
Me and my boyfriend helped them with some gardening, landscaping,… read more
I planned on staying in Hawaii for only a few months & ended up staying for 10 because I just couldn't leave Matt & Noelle's family and the community I found in Pahoa. I miss them so much and will be going back as soon as possible!! They are now my Ohana. I have work traded on all main Hawaiian Islands as well as in France & this… read more
She is a very quick learner and has a natural knack for working with animals! Everything that she worked on with us was done with love and excellence! She was very easy to work with and be around and often intuitively figured things… read more
The girls and little Micah are… read more
We helped with the renovation of their new house. They were flexible with the schedule and we had enough free time to explore the surroundings. After work, we were rewarded with a meal in their bakery (absolutely delicious food and a… read more
I think we have initiated them into the world of many littles, including the ever important skill of extreme driving: sharing a car ride with a loudly crying baby or a happy chorus of little voices speaking at once! hehe.
joking aside, our time with them was… read more
I spent three weeks in their new home, helping to build it up, and they welcomed me so warmly that I directly felt like home. I appreciated that they were always friendly and reliable.
The kids are lovely, cheerful and so full of joy. Matt and Noelle are very caring and… read more
They have been welcoming from the start and did everything to make us feel comfortable. We were staying at their house for the first few days, because Noelle did not want us to stay in the freshly painted rooms at the new house, which gave us the opportunity… read more
They came the month of December and pretty much painted all the outside of our house!
We enjoyed our conversation time in car rides and over meals and found them to be very thoughtful, interesting people taking a lovely break from work to travel and enjoy beautiful creation! Special, go the extra mile kind of… read more
I had such a good time and would… read more
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Be part of your family during 1 month was a blessing for us ☺️. We really enjoyed our stay and all the sharing. We were glad to work in your house with your wonderful team of professional !
The accommodation, the food, the work, the family dinners and all the other moments together were perfect.
Thanks… read more
I was helping in their new house which is renovating, mostly with painting, and also with running chores, whatever was needed to be done. They always made sure if I’m okay with work and if need anything.
Hours of work are fair and flexible, so I was able to make… read more
