Red Rock and In.Light.In

On Thursday I went with some of the other spouses to a place called Red Rock Haven. It is a little hotel, owned by a woman from Oregon, on the northeast coast of the island. This place is only about a 30 minute windy drive from where we live. It was a wonderful afternoon spent out on the beach catching some rays. We had lunch there, as well, in the most picturesque setting. Palapa covered tables, tiki torches, and some Kubulis made this a great afternoon spent with the girls.

Since being on the island we have not found a church to attend regularly, nor have we looked that hard for one. The majority of the people on the island are devout Catholics, but tend to practice in more of the Southern Baptist style, if you know what I mean. That isn't exactly our thing. Singing isn't really Kyle's thing and I need no excuse for him to belt it out even more. With all that said, I was introduced to an organization started by a pastor who is also the wife of a 5th semester student. When he first arrived on the island about 2 years ago he wanted to do so meting in the community that would make a difference and In.Light.In. is what he has come up with. Basically, we meet some of the local kids on the cricket field at 2 pm every Friday, when they get out of school. We play with them for a short while and then we split up into groups and have a short lesson from the Bible, do a craft relating to the talk, and have a meal that we have prepared for them. It is a lot of fun and the kids can't get enough of our attention. They want to play dominos, Uno, soccer, play on the playground, and just sit and talk and ask us questions. We stay there until about 5pm and those 3 hours, I am sure, mean more to those kids than we could ever imagine. Most of them have no father figure and the mother has many children. They live in a 1 or 2 bedroom house so one-on-one time is limited. I feel so blessed to be able to give just a short amount of my time to them. They really need it. I can't wait until next Friday to see all their smiling faces again. Kyle hopes to be able to join me a few times, but with Exam 1 in just over a week, he has to spend most of his days studying. If any of you would like to send school supplies, books, or coloring books to these kids, please let me know and we can figure out the details.