Lucy Thurston, Part 1

In 1819, twenty-four-year-old Lucy Goodale met Asa Thurston. They were married within three weeks of meeting, and set sail from Boston eleven days later to become among the first protestant missionaries to the Hawaiian Islands. They served faithfully for over 50 years teaching, pastoring, translating the Bible and raising their five children in Kailua-Kona on the Big Island of Hawaii. Her influence had a lasting impact. The Providential Life & Heritage of Henry Obookiah, Christopher L. Cook, Pa’a Studios, Kaua’i, HI, 2015. Perpetuated in Righteousness, Daniel Kikawa, Aloha Ke Akua, Kea’au, HI 1994. Life and Times of Mrs. Lucy G. Thurston, S.C. Andrews, HI, 1882. Missionary Album: Portraits and Biographical Sketches of the American Protestant Missionaries to the Hawaiian Islands - Sesquicentennial Edition, Hawaiian Mission Children’s Society, HI, 1969.