Our Private Beach

Hello everyone!  We decided to post some pictures from one of our favorite spots on the island!  It is called coral sands, or what we like to call it, our private beach.  It turns out that people don't really travel very far from their houses around here and everyone goes to the beach close to the residential area.  However, Mindi and I like to ride our bikes a few miles and get away from everyone and come here.  Literally we spent 4 hours here today and we were the only ones for most of the time. We sun tanned (burned places that we missed with sunscreen) and did some snorkeling!

 There is us.....all alone......haha.

This is a trigger fish, very beautiful. Matt got a really good shot since these things are quick and don't like you being close to them. Most of the time Matt tries to get a picture of them they retreat into their holes in the coral. Who knew fish lived in holes?!

These are Damsels. Not sure what else to say about them but they were sweet and there were tons!

Once again, Matt got an amazing picture. This is the largest coral head at the beach. When the sun is out it makes it so much easier to see the color of fish and what you are actually swimming in. When a rain cloud appears and begins dumping it gets kinda murky and a little eerie.... But all is well I haven't been eaten by a shark yet :)

Just one more picture we wanted you guys to see from Coral Sands. 

UPDATE

Things have been going really well. School starts on the 25th and we have been working in our classrooms quite a bit. We still feel like we have a ton of work to do before the first day, but at least we have our wheels turning. We went to church again today and we really do like it there. We feel very comfortable and the worship and sermons have been uplifting. 

On Saturday night we had supper on the beach with a couple teachers and their families. The whole night made us feel like this was becoming home and that we are going to be just fine here. We continue to meet a lot of people and everyone is really nice, helpful, and encouraging. It is nice to wave a familiar faces when we are out and about. 

Our shipment comes in on Sept 7 so it will be like Christmas that day. We are really excited for our things to get here. But, we did go ahead and buy a convection oven and burner so now we are able to do some cooking from our rooms. This is just another aspect that has helped us to feel normal and like we are at home instead of just on a vacation. 

We love and miss you all. You are all in our thoughts and prayers.