Wednesday: Surfers Beach Day 2

I had so much fun out in Eleuthera, It was very beautiful.

I loved this beach... I probably took about 50 picutres there.

It's truly amazing what God does!

Wednesday: Surfers Beach Day 2

Cleopatra?

Fun in the sand

Tuesday: Surfers Beach Day 1

Ummm what's up guys?

Sunday Night: Whoopie Pies!!!

I slaved over a hot oven for 2 day just to make these Whoopie Pies

for them :P....but it was all worth it in the end. They loved them.

And I truly enjoyed making them.

The Girls were sooo happy that I made them again.

(I had made some for them a month ago)

The guys had them for the first time, and loved them.

-- I'll post the recipe for the Whoopie Pies in a few weeks

Sunday: Early Morning Hike

Sunday: Church and The Beach

Pictures from Eleuthera

Sunday: Church and the Beach

The Bay by the Church.

The Church from behind.

View of the front of the Church

Building our fire at the Beach!

Eleuthera and Spanish Wells

Eleuthera, Bahamas

(and Spanish Wells)

In a few day's I'll be going to these Islands for the second time in my life, the first time was actually almost this time last year, some of us went on vacation. It was very relaxing and fun to just walk along the beach, drive around town and lay on the beach and talk all day. This time I'm going with Patmos, and I'm not going to be laying around on the beach all day...but I'm ok with that because I don't really like laying on the beach all day in the sun...we're going to be working hard most of the time. It's going to be a lot of fun working with the students and getting to know them all a bit better.


Facts about -Eleuthera-

1. It is only 50 miles away from Nassau
2. It is very long and thin, little more than a mile wide in places.

3. It is 110 miles long.

4. It has a population of about 8,000 residents.

5. The name "Eleuthera" is derived from the Greek word for "free" or "freedom."

6. The major industries are: Fishing, Farming ann Tourism

Facts about - Spanish Wells -

1. It has a population of about 1,527 residents.
2. It was formerly called St. Georges Cay (pronounced "KEY")

3. Historically, the island was used as a last stop for Spanish ships returning to Europe,thus the English name of the settlement: Spanish Wells

4. Many of the people in (and around) Spanish Wells share the surname Pinder.
5. Currently, (2006) Spanish Wells is a center for lobster fishing in the Bahamas.

7. It is 2.5 miles long and about a half mile wide.

Night Life

Every night starting at about dusk is when the oh so beautiful "Bahamian Symphony"

starts up. It is made up of the following:

• Potcakes - It'll start out as just one or two of them, but after a few minuets all the dogs in the neighborhood are barking. They'll go on an on almost all night long, it's what I fall asleep listing to and if I wake up in the middle of the night they're still going.

• Churches - There is a church on every corner here, and 2 or 3 time a week they love to get together during the evening, turn up the sound and sing their hearts' out so everyone can hear them.

• Cars - They drive up and down the street ridiculously fast. Often I'll be nearly asleep and someone will drive by and it wakes me up part way again, thankfully this only happens about 5 times a week.

• Parties - Bahamians go all out when they have a party, they get a DJ, enough food to feed an army, huge speakers to go with the DJ, and they almost always go into all hours of the night.

And...........

• My Brother - Who seems to talk a lot more after the sun goes down. He comes up with all sorts or ramdom questions that he must have the answer to before tomorrow, because he'll forget his question if I make him wait till the morning.

All these sounds even though they are a slight annoyance, I love, because they are the sounds of the place where God has me and my family right now, and I love this place.