Several of us decided to take a road trip to the beach to celebrate becoming a congregation and to take a very necessary break. We ventured 1 1/2 hours to the city of La Boquita, on the Pacific Ocean. We had a great time.
There were so many of us squeezed into the back of the pickup truck that we could barely move!
This restaurant let us sit in their hammocks for the day since the beach was empty (we went on a Thursday).
Getting settled
Boy riding along the beach to see if anyone wanted a horse ride for a dollar.
People working along the beach.
Lady selling fish
Michelle getting some good reading in.
There is always a card game somewhere!
Nazareth hanging out
Man bringing kids home from school.
Lady selling plantains to the restaurant for our lunch.
Seafood caught just a few hours before. This plate combined with the one below cost only a few dollars.
Fish with garlic sauce. This would have grossed me out/scared me half to death 8 months ago but now I consider it good eatin!
Ready for that horseback ride?
Brother Newbon and his bible study go for a walk.
The Newbon guys
Me, not so gracefully getting on the horse. Actually, I was so worried about falling off, the guy just pushed me on.
Everybody else just rode off into the sunset but I wanted him to hold the horse the whole time and only walk. Hey, I did well to get on at all ok!
A little more relaxed....just a little.
Yea, I did it!
Now this is funny...See the brother on the far left, smelling his hand? He decided to take the horse I originally wanted. When he got on, the horse just took off across the beach. I don't know how he got it to stop! Once we got to him, he was still trying to get the horse to calm down a bit. Once it quieted down, it walked closely behind another horse, rubbing the brother's knee under the tail. He was left with a "chocolate" stain on his knee! That's what he is smelling! As soon as the ride was over, he ran straight into the ocean to wash off! Poor Bob :-(
Little colt that followed her mama all around as we walked the beach.
A relaxing day indeed!
Hi Kim, this is Anne and Rob from Ontario, Canada. We keep up with your blog to see what has happened since we left at the end of March. Great news about the official congregation status. Great seeing everyone's smiling faces. Didn't see the Dexter's, are they still there? Anyway great to "see" you all!!
ReplyDeleteHi Anne! I'm still not sure how to answer people's comments directly so I'll just do it here! Yes, the Dexter's are still here and doing well. We miss you! Come visit us again soon :-)
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