We went to the market again this morning. It's not very big but 3 of the people in the church have booths there. Two sell Black Pearls which are from one of the other Islands in the Cooks, not Tahiti! My mother-in-law bought a Tahitian Black pearl in Hawaii, little did she know it either came from the Cooks or Japan. Tahiti doesn't have them! Anyway, the other church guy sells hydropondic lettuces and such. Lots of crafts and island made things. i bought a great purse here last week.
Sunday service went really well. A few less than last week, but about 80 or so, includng the chldren. This is Murray praying for them during ministry time. They are kind of quiet and not very demonstrative, but they received ministry very well.
This is me and Josie. Josie is one of the girls in the church who is competing for Miss Cook Islands. Another girl, JoyAna Meyer, is also competing and is the favorite for the title, but she is still in Auckland at University. Josie is a very sweet natured girl and loves the Lord. I'm excited to see how the competition turns out.
Sunset on Sunday evening. It sets on the other side of the Island but we could see the residual effects from the house. It was stormy most of the day Sunday and very humid, but during the night it poured rain. Pretty cool all day today and no more storms.
I just got out of the lagoon, snorkeling for the last time. It was great. In fact, it was like snorkeling at the fish tank in Captain Choice! The same fish. Beautiful. I was chatting with Chloe at this time. She wanted to know what I was drinking. It's only a fruit smoothie, don't worry. Shortly after, we returned our scooters and walked a ways to a little restaurant for lunch and blogging. Our day is almost over. We're having dinner at a favorite restaurant tonight, The Tamarind House and then it's a few hours sleep before leaving for the airport at 2 a.m. Leaving Paradise is always sad, but we're really ready to get back home and back to work. God has been so good to us, getting away like this really allows Him to speak clearly and we're ready to busy again. It's been a good two weeks in a really beautiful and peaceful and slow paced place.
That is awesome that her name is Josie and she is running for Miss Cook Islands. I hope she wins just because I like her name. And she is really pretty of course. :)
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