Military retirement

In February I attended the retirement ceremony Wes Willand who was one of the members of my church.  It was a very impressive, formal, ceremony.

Guam Bugs

It is a fact of life that anyone on Guam WILL encounter the friendly cochroach.  This is how I like to find them -- lying on their back with feet in air.  My finger gives you an idea of the size of a Guam cockroach.

Catching Up

I haven't written anything since January. It seemed like all semester I was writing, writing, and writing. That's because I was in the second half of a college essay writing class. It is finally done and I think I have learned how to write better papers for college classes.

Although I came to Guam to work at Pacific Islands University as the computer person. I have now, also, become an official student. At the rate I have been taking courses it will probably take about 10 years to get a BA. It's a good thing I'm not in a rush. This summer I am taking "Spiritual Formation" online which means lots of writing. I have a feeling that is true of every college class at PIU.

I can't remember everything that went on since January, so I am going to look through my pictures and post the best of them and any stories they remind me of.

At the beginning of January I went with a group on a Boonie Stomp to Shark's Hol (a beach) and Lost Pond (a fresh water pond a few hundred feet from Sharks Hole beach).  Boonie stomps are always done in groups.  I was told the minimum is 3.  One gets hurt, one goes for help, and one stays with the hurt one.  Makes sense to me.

It was a great walk doing a lot of beachcombing looking for what we could find:

We went a low tide which make the hike easy (around rocks instead of over them) because we could wade around piles of rocks between a couple of beaches. We ran into hundreds of butterflies:

We also encountered a centipede with stingers like a scorpion but I did not get a picture.

I did get a picture of this crab looking me right in the eye:

This tree is growing right out of rock.  I am much safer around water wearing a life preserver:

Shark's Hole is an actual deep hole in the middle of the beach inside the reef.  It shows in this picture as a brighter blue area in front of the white waves.  I have not been brave enough to swim out there but I understand the fish are wonderful:

We also visited "Lost Pond".  I don't know where to go into the jungle so Anne had to lead us or it would have been truly lost.  The water is fresh and a bit green from algie.

The stompers at the overlook called "Two Lovers Point" which is the top of the cliff where one leaves for Shark's Hole.

A wonderful day enjoying God's great creation with friends.