Day 14

Bailey and I left for the service meeting before Jo and Emily so we bid them good bye, leaving them in Natalie's care since she didn't start work until later in the day.

After the service meeting, we were walking to the Gua-Gua station when I heard my name being shouted! Turning around, there was Emily, Joanna and Natalie all on a moto cart heading to the bus station! It was nice to see them safely on their way. Unfortunately, upon reaching the capital their flight was delayed but hopefully they'll be on their way soon.

They rode in something like this

Bailey and I took a bus with Oso and another young sister out to La Pascuala to go on a study for Joann and to help Domingo prepare for the meeting Sunday.

Both of them did a really good job on the study and it was encouraging to see how much they have learned form their studies. During meeting prep with Domingo, we drew one picture/paragraph/answer. At the end his mother came out with a huge plate of rice, three fishes on top (they looked like the fish I'd eaten on Monday and probably looked like the fish Jesus ate all the time now that I think about it) and a mug of beans. How hospitable of her!

That afternoon a study I was going to go on was canceled so we headed to the beach this time with the other Natalie and her son Andrew. We walked way out the bridge again and this time we actually went swimming off the island. There is a dock you can jump off of into the water. It's a beautiful beach but unfortunately a lot of trash is littered about the trees and grass there. In paradise, it will be a really nice looking place but for the time being we just enjoyed looking out the ocean and at the boats docked across the water.

We continued to explore the island as the sun went down, a path led back into the jungle where the remaining skeletons of unfinished structures lay. We didn't quite make it to the end since we wanted to get back to the mainland before dark.

We ended up heading back to the house with Natalie and Andrew for some Grapefruit Seed Extract. It's supposed to help get rid of any parasites you might get from eating contaminated food and we didn't want to take any chances.

We ended up staying for dinner, eating BLTs, guacamole and watching TV which was a really nice way to spend the evening!

This is looking up the street from our front gate so you can see how tiny it is.  Julia's house is the yellow one on the right.

Not real sure what these are. Saw them in the park the other day.

This is the island we were on Wednesday when we went whale watching. We saw it on our way to zip lining since we were climbing way up high into the mountains.