A few surprises

An already planned Independence Day break pleasantly surprisingly so got turned into a 10 day break thanks to the flu going around. Thank you Lord for a much needed break. So 4 days turned into 10 days off. :) HEAVENLY!

So what have I done with my time since then....if only you knew.

First of all I had already had a trip planned to the island of Roatan located on the northern coast of Honduras. I had spent a week there during my semester here and just relished in being back there. I took a group of 15 others for a few glorious days of fun in the sun. We were able to spend an extra day there due to more days off, but with how hot it was we were glad to return home. So what did we do?

(Sorry these are in random order)
Pancha and her baby

Juanito and I First time I've ever held a monkey :)

Barnie and I

Two story dock that I jumped from…picture below :)

Group headed out for our day of a glass bottom boat tour, snorkeling, and day on West Bay Beach

Paradise

Pancha and her baby again

Barnie and I again

Jumping! WAHOO!!!! I continued to do so for a couple more times even though something stunk my wrist after jumping the first time.

Heather, Marnie and I doing our canopy tour. I’ve done it many times and still love it

Superwoman or as he said “Superchica”

The Marlin Fishing Tournament...this was our winner weighing in at over 500 lbs!

Heavenly

The dock on the back of our hotel. Many memories were made here: wishing on shooting stars, long talks, laying under the stars, getting to know my new friends better

Back rub loving time. Wonder who’s idea this was? hehe



Chillaxin in the sun




And I had thought these were big before I saw the winner! Either way…I don’t like the thought of those being in the same water as me. Thankfully I didn’t come upon them snorkeling. The other stuff I saw was big enough for my comfort anyway!


So a few days of bliss makes one happy. :)

I've been pondering a couple of other things lately. My mom always comments about my generation. I've come to realize she's right. Technology has advanced so that my world is smaller...hence I can say it's "my world". It's tangible to me. It's within reach. For example, I can communicate between nations in a day. I do so daily in fact! I can facebook a friend in Austria, talk to a friend in Honduras, talk to my friend in Nicaragua (love you Beth), talk on Skype to Beth in Seattle, call MI and talk to a friend in the Philippines. Yeah...our generation is a bit different I suppose and I thank the Lord for it!

I've also been pondering the thought of relationships. I've always thought that we should love everyone and be open to everyone. However, I've realized I get attached easily. Way too easily. I think God is asking me to evaluate those relationships and attachments lately. There is a part in Joshua where Joshua is mislead into making a covenant with the locals because he didn't take it to God. Do you have attachments to people or things that maybe you shouldn't because you haven't taken them to God? I'm struggling here with this. There are a lot of great people in the world...some I have more recently met than others. I also realize that with this I spend more time focusing on and worrying about those that don't love me back than those that do! Why is that? I'm open to input.

Love you all. Back to reality for me in a few days and it'll be working double time I have a feeling.

Thanks for reading. :)