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Hopeful Story, June 29, 2014

  The streets of Waikiki always thrum with life as the wealthy, the homeless, the tourists and the locals vie for space on the crowded sidewalks. Especially at night, street performers play, sing, dance or pose motionless, busking for tips.
  At King's Village, a quaint outdoor shopping centre, a crowd gathered around a "juggling and dancing spray paint artist." He cranked up the music, invited us to clap along, and began spraying layers of paint on two large sheets of paper, shimmying to the sounds of summer songs like Pharrell William's infectiously joyful "Happy". He lip-synced, played air guitar on a metal spatula, asked audience members to shake cans of paint and distributed lollipops. Through it all he worked frenetically without any apparent plan. "Are you having fun?" he asked. We laughed and urged him on, eager to see the end product.
  Michael Jackson's "Slave To The Rhythm" segued into Ray Steven's "Everything Is Beautiful" while he continued to spray. Our curiosity intensified when he tore paper and used the edges to create lines and scrape shapes in the layers of paint. As the big reveal drew near, he shocked us with two unexpected songs, "10,000 Reasons" and "I Can Only Imagine". Our eyes filled with tears as a few of us belted out the words.
  When the last praise song ended, the artist showed us the results of his hour long performance, two beautiful works of Polynesian art featuring sea life, swaying palms, lava flows and luminous planets. We gasped and applauded wildly; he pointed up. "After that, I am tired," he said. "But do you know where I get the energy? The same place where every one of you can receive energy for your passions. From my Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ."
  Wayne Gabaylo's "Art In Motion" show is one of the most entertaining and contagious testimonies that we have ever witnessed. On the worldly streets of Waikiki, it was also one of the most surprising.
- Pastor Peter

Visit "gabaylo.com" to view Wayne's art and a brief video of the street show that he performs five nights a week at 7:30 and 9:00 p.m.



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