So blessed...

November 26, 2018 - Part of the reason that I am blogging is just an opportunity to write down how the Lord is so richly blessing me. I know that He always has but over the past year - He has brought to my attention all the rich blessings that He is showering down on me - and I really feel so inspired to give back to Him. I want to spend my time for Him and I hope that my family members see this as well as others. What are some of my blessings? My loving husband, my two dear children that love Jesus (sure they don't do everything that I ask them for these days - we have differences of opinion) but they are both continuing their spiritual walk with Him and for this, I am so so honored and thankful. I pray earnestly for each of them every day. Also, I am blessed to continue to have some wonderful homeschool families as friends. These dear Christian friends do encourage me and help me want to stand tall and sure for the Lord. In these times where the Devil is throwing his fiery darts at all of us - this is so meaningful. I have a wonderful SDA Church family too. We have a new pastor, Pastor Paris, who I believe will really help our congregation grow. My mother's health is stable and her faith and resolve is sure. I am enjoying so much singing with the community chorus and meeting new music friends. The doctor's offices are rented and God is blessing our finances overall. We have so much to be thankful for! Dear Lord, help me to ever be grateful and humble and serve you as you have so willingly served me!

No more pictures to post but just want to say that Monday and Tuesday were equally fun and eventful. Monday, Rob took off work and we drove all the way around the southern tip of the island after we started the day with a couple of wonderful hours of snorkeling in Piti Bomb Holes area. Can't wait to get some of these pictures to show -- the Frohnes even have an underwater camera. Later in Inaraja - we swam in a salt-water swimming pool, a protected area, while nearby outside the coral walls the surf dashed and crashed. A very exquisite spot! At the end of the day returned to the Frohnes' apartment with an apparent overload of Vitamin D but heh -- we're not in deficit! Tuesday we squeezed in a full day at a local waterpark with the Guam SDA friends (who got us the local price instead of the tourist price) before our 7:30 PM flight took us to Manila thru Koror, Palau. Overall -- a full but wonderful start to our mission trip adventure to follow. God is so good!

Sunday we headed out early to hike into the Talofofo watering hole and falls. Needless to say, after finding the watering hole, we never made it to the falls. Roger and family stayed with us through lunch and then they headed off for a Chuukese New Year type celebration and the Frohnes and the Froelichs played until late in the afternoon and then hiked out. There are so many pictures I could post here but here is just a few for you to enjoy -- this proves all you really need for true entertainment is water, a rope, and an opportunity to be in God's natural wonders.

Pictures from Sabbath.

"This was one of the best Sabbaths I've ever had!" exclaimed Caleb when we were reflecting on our visit to Guam. I can't think of a better review than that. Friday evening we spent at Roger and Amy's home and then headed off to their home church, a new church plant of local Guam residents and Chuukese residents called the "Happy Family" church. And they were indeed one happy family! They meet under large tarps but still with A/V and Powerpoint support to make voices audible and the flow of the service consistent. Young people led out and when Sabbath School classes broke out - there was one in English, one in Chamorro, one in Chuukese and a variety of children's Sabbath School classes too. Araya's red hair was a fascination and everyone enjoyed hearing Rose, Caleb, Araya and William sing special music. The pot luck meal afterward was full of American and local fare. While Amy took a Chuukese friend home, Roger toured us all on the local beaches full of blue water and white beaches. In the evening, we all headed to a wonderful group party hosted by Dr. Robinson and family. The house was a bee hive of those from the Guam SDA Mission, Clinic and AWR facility. Caleb played outside with those in an active game of soccer and Rose stayed inside with those who were acting out all types of words and phrases. The OB/GYN physician brought the group down with laughter when he acted out his rendition of a women in "stirrups". You can imagine this yourself!

On Friday, our adventures started after lunch with Roger at Guam Adventist Academy so we could include Rob and Richard on our hike to Talofofo Caves. Amy lead us down the jungle trail and before you knew it, we were going through the opening in the rocks and discovering the wonders under the ground. The smaller ones of the group shimmied out the tiny opening and ran around to enter the cave and start it all over again. The cave with the wind tunnel was really neat -- to feel the rush of the wind from the beach and later to go out and see the incredible view of the beach.

The third day we went to a beach near the tall hotels and the Japanese tourists that was known for beautiful snorkeling. However, the weather wasn't with us; so don't even have many pictures. William and another friend, the veteran snorkelers, battled the aggressive current and reported seeing some good fish but the others of us (even my Caleb was conservative and didn't go out too far) huddled on the beach and tried to stay dry as the sun and the rain switched places back and forth many times during the day. Still the day was fun as we played with other wonderful SDA Christians and friends in Guam.