Whence last I left you, I had not had the pleasure of traveling to a beautiful tropical island. I can assure you- I am much more experienced as a person now that I have done so. haha...
We started off to the island of Roatan around 4 in the morning on Tuesday, September 28th. I slept in the car as much as I could, but the kids are much better than me at sleeping in the car while going over bumpy roads. We then got on a boat for about an hour ride over to the island of Roatan.
We got there only to experience yet another tropical storm! I was a slight bit more nervous about this one because we were actually RIGHT on the shore with the strong winds blowing hard. The power went out for the whole island, but thankfully, the resort we stayed at had a generator. =) The next few days especially, the waves were pretty high coming into the beach. This made for lots of fun with playing in them and "racing" our floaty-toys to the beach. We spent much of the days at Roatan doing just this.
Then one day (as you can see from the picture above), I decided to get my hair braided by a lady on the beach. Afterwards, I found out that this is apparently illegal. Oops. ;P
One new experience for me during this week at Roatan was snorkeling. I've decided that snorkeling is one of the better things in life. There are, however, disadvantages. Mouthfulls of saltwater are not preferred, but seemed to be ever-present in my snorkeling experience. In these snorkeling adventures, I got to see some very pretty fish, including a four-foot baracuda! That was... exciting, and made me more than a little nervous. ;-) But apparently, the only way a baracuda would bite you is if you, "stuck your hand in it's mouth."
So this resort we stayed at had different means of entertainment every night. One night, they showed a movie, the next they had live music, that sort of thing. Well, Friday nights were karaoke. I, never having done karaoke, sat and listened from our porch. There weren't a whole lot of people that night willing to sing, so, after some convincing, I decided to try. Unfortunately, I'm a little too young to know most of the songs that they had. But after some searching, I was able to give my renditions of "I Can't Help Falling in Love With You," and "We Are Family." If any of you know the song "We Are Family," you may remember how repetative it is. Let's just say I got a little bored when it got to the 5th or 6th time through the chorus, and so I decided to kindof go around to the people listening and, well, I got them to clap and sing with me. They were a pretty good audience, I'd say.
(excuse the alcoholic beverages haha)
The next day was a beautiful Saturday. I decided to spend some money and go to the "Dolphin Encounter." It happened to be 2-for-the-price-of-1 day, so I took Cassandra with me! We had a great time, and learned a lot about dolphins in the process. The dolphin we got to meet was named "Mr. French."
Here are a few more pictures of the beauty. =)
We left this beautiful island the following Sunday.
This past week we did clinics, as usual. One day while at the clinic, we learned that the guys had found a dead cat in our water tank! Thankfully, they didn't think it had been in there for long... But nevertheless, we decided to spend the afternoon out while the guys fixed the problem. Fixing the problem included draining the tank and scrubbing it down good with clorox. The life of a missionary is never, ever boring. =)
This past Saturday, there was a carnival to benefit the Ruth Paz foundation (one that helps the children of Honduras). Amy, Leonel, the kids and I went down for the afternoon. There were some small rides and carnival games to win prizes, which the kids loved. There was a 'circus show' which included a family of trampoline-jumpers, a rather scantily-clad lip-syncher who was really bad at it, some clowns, and a juggling guy. There was a place for 'tree climbing' (a process of pulling yourself high up by tightening ropes attatched to a tall tree), which Cassandra and I did, and also CAT truck driving, which Leonel did with Sarah and Jonathan while Amy ran around and took pictures of everything going on. =)
I decided to take my braids from Roatan out last night, because my scalp apparently got sun-burned and was peeling quite badly- I really couldn't take it any longer.
Oh. Yes.
Needless to say- it did a bit of damage to the ends of my hair.
SOOOOOOOOOooooo....
I am going to go to the salon tomorrow! And not only am I getting a haircut, but Amy and Toby decided that I can have the day off-- I'm spending a couple hours at the salon (probably get my hair cut, nails done, maybe a massage?... It's a whole lot cheaper here), and then spending some time at the mall. I'm very grateful. =)
Well, I've got a busy day tomorrow. I best be off.
God's blessings on you all.
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