This is Alice. Would you believe that she has seven boys? That is right, seven, count them. They are precious. And Alice is a single mom. She gets all seven boys dressed and ready for every meeting. She is never missing. And on Sundays, they always have comments prepared. What an awesome example.
Two mornings a week Jason makes breakfast for the Bethel family. This morning Jason was making 85 scrambled eggs. Not to mention the side dishes. You guys have to see it to believe it. I am kitchen helper with him on Wednesday morning. I always bring my camera, because I still don't believe it.
This is Shem Querimit. He has been off island doing volunteer Kingdom Hall construction work. Seeing his pictures and hearing his stories has been super encouraging. We got really close to Shem when we were here the first time. We are so proud of what he is doing.
This is Troy Hamasaki and Sean Duarte. They are new missionaries and they just received their assignment to the atoll of Ebeye (pronounced e-buy). They are very excited to start their new adventure. They are both Ministerial Training School grads. Troy is from Hawaii and Sean came here from Tennesse. We have learned a lot having them here at the branch and will miss them when they go.
Let's just say that they do speak English here...but I think this sign is evidence of some severe translation issues.
We went to a beach today that is part of a reserve. The fish there were amazing. Pictures do not do it justice. We promise that we will get better with the camera. Those fish are so fast. Saw a huge sea turtle. What a beautiful animal. It was a very humbling experience. Sea turtles have such sweet faces. The sea turtle on 'Nemo' always pops in my mind when I see one. There were thousands of fish. It was awesome.
Well, now you know what made it so hard to leave. When we showed up at the airport at 6am to leave for California, there were 20 people there to say goodbye. It broke our hearts to leave.
From the surface, this looks like any old dirty lake in the states. When you get in, you realize you are in a world all its own. The visibility is about 25 feet and you can not move without touching stingless jellyfish. They are all around you and packed below you. The tiniest one we found was like a fourth of your pinky nail and the biggest was about the size of a honey dew melon. You can hold them and play with them. They feel like a big ball of jello. Amazing.
They claim that this stuff is like a facial treatment. But let me tell you, it smelled like dookie.
You would never know it but just beyond those boats is a huge drop off filled with reef sharks. We swam with 20 to 30 of them anywhere from 4 to 7 feet long. All of the rock islands that you see in the backround have specific specialties all their own. This particular rock island has sharks. Wish we had an underwater camera.
There are supposed to be saltwater crocs in this water...but we didn't see any.
I thought these guys were gonna have to carry me down the mountain. Note to self: Don't get old. Wait a sec, isn't talking to ones self a sign of old age?
Our life here in Guam would not be the same without these guys. They are always looking for some place for us to hike. This one led us down a very steep mountain side, through the jungle and a river and we ended up at this waterfall and swimming hole.
This lil guy didn't make it, but be assured there are millions here and even ones that are smaller.
Try double clicking on the picture and check this puppy out.
I was going for a belly flop but chickened out
Hungry?
