For those of you who care, my daughter has been able to stay working most days for the last two weeks. We weren't sure what was going to happen for a while, but the natural remedies are helping. She is sleeping better now too thanks to another natural remedy. It's a blessing. We are thankful for God's care. We are thankful for your prayers. She is getting close to the end of her project, and it looks like she will be able to make it all the way to completion.
Monday was President's Day, and Rob had the day off from work. I'm so glad because I wasn't feeling sick at all. We decided to drive around the southern half of the island. Last time we tried to do this, it was a very raining day, but today the weather was perfect, sunny and warm with fluffy white clouds. Our first stop was Umatac, an interesting village full of history. In the local language, it is spelled Humatak. Ferdinand Magellan and his sailors brought first European contact to the island in 1521. It is thought they landed in Umatac Bay, but I just learned in further reading that the site is disputed, and might have been further north. I wish I could say that this is a good story, but it leaves me very disturbed. There was thievery, fighting, killing and burning of the settlement, not so different from stories of first visits in other places around the world. It wasn't mentioned in the article, but I'm guessing that the...
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