A Wildflower Morning

We've been here a little over three weeks now and loving it.  The days go by very fast, and the internet is slow, so I haven't been posting as often as I thought I would.  Our week, in the middle is pretty normal, almost like home, with homeschool in the morning, and maybe stretching into the afternoon.  We are working on finding some things to try to help Araya's health.  We will see how they work.  The weekends start to get quite exciting, as Rob has time off work, and other people are up for doing things too. An old stone bridge, put in by the Spanish, hundreds of years ago, for their wagon cart roads.  This road went right by the sea, and was photographed while we were out in the boat.  There is at least one other bridge built by the Spanish on the island, located near the town of Agat. This Sabbath we attended Agat church again.  I played the piano to help the two piano players in the church who take turns every week.  Araya played her violin for special

This is what happened a week ago on Sunday.  William got to go on his first snorkelling adventure.  The location is Piti Bomb Holes, just a few miles up the road from Agat.  The holes in the coral aren't really created by bombs, but are really just places where the coral sunk.  Maybe there were caves underneath that collapsed.  Now they are are a great place to look at tropical fish up close.  William found his snorkel gear at a garage sale quite a long time ago, but he has been saving it for when he could go snorkelling himself.  He just loves it!  He and daddy went again twice during the week at the Agat cemetery beach, just across the road from our apartment.  They say that the fish there are almost as good.  They even saw angel fish and clown fish. Araya wasn't feeling good on Sunday, so I sat on the bank with her.  And then when she was feeling better, she found she wasn't ready to get in the water.  You can read her story here, on her own blog . Really tho

We are enjoying eating Soursop fruit.  A little sour and a little sweet and creamy, with big black seeds. Some people think that this fruit and its leaves might have cancer curing qualities.

Tarague (Tara-Gee) Beach, on the other side of the bushes from our campsite. Taragu might be the nicest beach on Guam. All the tents.  I heard that there were around 50 people there on Sabbath. JJ, William and Jonathan -Three new friends Morning details, just before breakfast for all the Pathfinders.  They don't have any uniforms yet. Nicole, a very nice girl Song Service, under the tarp.  We were comfortable in the shade. Building Noah's Ark Helping the Ark land on Mt. Ararat How long can Rob stay in the sun before his high forehead is red? New friends at the beach The little girls love Araya Rob talks with Sammy, who used to work at AWR Costa Rica. 

We just finished our second whole week on Guam.  It is such a lovely place.  I am enjoying the weather and all the nice people we are meeting.  Guam is a friendly place.  People are very glad to meet you, and are very welcoming. We were invited this weekend to go on a camp out with the Agat church and Pathfinder club to Tarague (pronounced Tara-gee) Beach.  This pristine beach is located on Anderson Air Force Base on the north end of the island.  It is protected from abuse and trash, but you have to know the right people to have permission to go there.  One of the church members is in the Navy and made arrangements for the group to have a camping site at this lovely beach. We got there on Friday afternoon, in just enough time to get situated before dark.  Someone had gone there the night before and set up tents for everyone who did not have one, rented from the Navy.  Patti Powers was in charge of the food.  She thoughtfully arranged so I could eat a large majority of every mea