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Hi, my name is Sarah Papaya. My husband, Vicente Papaya, and I have set up this fundraiser to raise funds for my husband’s family who lost their house in the Lahaina Fire. Starting out as a place for Hesard to rent in the back many years ago, Marvi and Hesard were eventually able to buy the whole house. Together with Grandma Emi, they worked hard over the next decade or so to make it a home and happily welcomed two more sisters (Sarah and Annabelle) with their families from the Phillipines, and Hesard’s mother to live with them. At a full house of 10 there was always a lot of life here, a lot of memories made, a lot of memories kept. This was a home and a promise of a new life in America. This was a place to come home to at the end of the day, a place to stay, talk story, and sing karaoke with family, a place to celebrate birthdays and graduations, a place to be together and mourn the loss of loved ones, a place to play with all the family pets, a place to cook and enjoy delectable home cooked meals, and yes during Covid this was a place for school too. This home was full of life. Please, we are asking for help for the whole family to get back up on their feet, to begin again.