Maui needs help and they’re getting it from a retired priest from Los Angeles who has taken in Lahaina residents who lost everything and organizing supply runs ABC7 was able to connect Father Ken on zoom with his sister Terry who lives in La Crescenta
"Though we don't have a lot of services of anything out here, the community, the locals, ourselves, we are pitching in and taking care of each other," he told his sister via Zoom, which was the first time he was able to talk to her due to spotty cellphone service.Father Ken Deasy moved to the historic town of Lahaina on Maui when he retired from the Archdiocese of Los Angeles five years ago.
"Our water is off, and it's dirty right now so they're telling us not to drink the water," said Deasy. "It's like being in Kenya. It's like being in Haiti. I wish I could do open fires because then I could make bigger pots of rice and beans, but I don't dare put an open fire."Deasy made contact with his sister Terry, who lives in La Crescenta, and the two were able to communicate via text - but service has been spotty.
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