Maggie and I had our day off in Tuesday. We caught a ride to Navy Beach (one of my favorite beaches) and hung out there all afternoon. We hitchhiked our way back to camp, and also spent some time taking pictures in the middle of the road! The road pictured here is Queens Highway, the main road that runs from the southern end to the northern end of the island. As you can see, there are no markings on the road of any kind, as well as very, very few road signs.
We also did a fair amount of gardening that morning, during which I wore my chacos. Dirt got caked under my straps in the process and this is the result:
Wednesday, I spent the day out on the worksite with our wonderful volunteers! I didn't get any photos while we were working. This week's group was very large though, so I ended up sitting on the floor on the way home!
This photo is the view from the highway in between Governor's Harbour and James Cistern.
You are about to find out that, well, we have some chickens here at camp. And we love them.
We had a fantastic chicken photo shoot, and these are the result of our chicken love! Clarice did an incredible job catching so many chickens!
The following day was filled with odd jobs. I drew a pin-the-tail-on-the-donkey game for Mrs. Pauline for Independence Day, and when I finished with that, I inflated twenty air mattresses! Not all of the mattresses are shown below. A few members of our staff are traveling to Nassau next week to run BMH there, and the task of checking the air mattresses for holes fell to me.
Friday night we had our closing worship behind Abe's house, right on the water. It was a great night, full of music and learning moments!
Saturday night when our volunteers left, we went caving! Caving is not exactly my idea of team bonding time, but it was quite the experience. Aside from being terrified the entire time, we had a lot of fun. We had to crawl on our stomachs part of the way and swim across a creepy cave pond, all the while holding our candles (which were our only source of light) above our heads! When we had reached the end, we blew out our candles and had a devotion. It was probably the most frightening devotion of my life!! Despite my (and others') fears, we all made it out alive!
This is the team in front of the mouth of the cave, which you can't see...because we are in front of it.
Sunday was the official opening of Zion Children's Home on Current Island!! It was a very big deal, and even the Prime Minister of the Bahamas showed up to give a speech!
This is the BMH staff with the Prime Minister.
This week we do not have a volunteer team, so we were given today and yesterday off. We have been relaxing, and today Kate, Manex, and I drove to Bottom Harbour to go kayaking! There were turtles all over the place. The photo below is Kate and me hanging out with a sea turtle! You can't ally see the turtle in the picture, but I promise that it's there!
Tomorrow, we are welcoming the second session interns and kids camp counselors to Camp Symonette! We will be back to work bright and early tomorrow morning!
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