A couple of weeks ago, PIBC and the Evangelical Lutheran Church o
f Guam (ELCG) had a play day here on campus. It was full of fun and games, music, fellowship, a wonderful student-led devotional, and (of course) good food. Melody enjoyed a little volleyball with some fellow PIBC staffers
against the ELCG, after which some of our students replaced us staffers and bailed us out, winning the game by 2 points! (Phew!)There was also a balloon toss with
water balloons; their breaking was NOT bad news, but "refreshing" in the quite warm, humid evening air. There were several un-used water balloons after the game which somehow mysteriously found their way into the hands of several students and church members who assaulted Pastor Jeff! (Sorry! We wish we had a photo for you of that, but we missed it; they were QUICK in their assault!)
Many of you are aware of the fact that Guam has not had many birds since WW2 due to the Brown Tree Snakes. However, the snake population has been dropping, and thus we are seeing more birds on Guam. I (Melody) was having my quiet time on Dave and Joyce's front porch the other morning and looked up to discover I had company: an extraordinary looking and fairly large bird had perched on a nearby palm tree! He stayed long enough for me to go grab my camera and get a photo of him before he winged off!
This past Monday evening (the 8th), a group of us ladies went out to dinner at Thai Kitchen to celebrate the arrival of Karyn Sorenson, wife of PIBC teacher Eric, with their girls. (Eric has 
been here since August with their son.) We had a lovely time of fellowshipping and getting acquainted. (Eric and Karyn are the couple who are graciously storing our household goods which were unloaded from our container in early September.) Above to the right, you see half of the table of us (13 women!). At left is a photo of Karyn, Joyce and Lynnette.
In closing, here is a picture we snapped while driving to work on the back road from Yigo into PIBC. It is about the only long stretch of straight road on the island. If you look closely, you can see a little gap in the trees far ahead: that is still the road, cresting a hill in the distance. We drive this road every morning on the way to campus. The speed limit? 35 mph, of course! That's the speed limit island-wide!
May God bless and keep you on His straight and narrow road!
Melody and Tim
2 comments:
35 mph is the default speed limit. But there are quite a few places posted below that. And there are a few places posted above. 45 mph is the highest speed limit anywhere on Guam -- which in reality means 60.
I've never seen anyone drive 60--where can you do that? I'm sure Christian would like that information!!!
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