Guam 2020: Post 21 - Walking with Tina at Tumon Bay

On two different Mondays I've been able to go walking with my friend Tina Robinson. We became friends back when we were in College. We went as student missionaries to Micronesia the very same year. She went to Kosrae and I went to Pohnpei. We also worked at Sunset Lake camp together.

Now her husband is a doctor and administrator of the Adventist Clinic on Guam. What a treat to be able to spend time together while Rob and I are on Guam this winter. These are views of our first walk together at Tumon Bay.

When we were done walking we went to her house and cooked together. She had a couple nice recipes in mind. We made Orange "Chicken" with Soy Curls served on brown rice. We made a kale salad with lots of lemon juice. It was so much fun to eat together and share our lives.

Today we walked again, this time at Asan beach, which is in between where both of us live. It had been pouring rain all weekend, and yesterday and this morning the rain was almost non-stop. I really hoped it would stop by the time we were ready to walk. She brought rain ponchos just in case, but we didn't need them. The rain stopped. There was a brisk breeze, and sometimes a mist, but that kept us comfortably cool. I left my phone in the car, incase it started pouring rain again, so I didn't get any photos. It was so nice to spend time together and yes, I got enough steps for today too.

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