Curacao

For our third and final VISA renewal trip, we went to a small island off the coast of VZ called Curacao it is one of the "ABC" islands (Aruba, Bonaire, and Curacao) all part of the Dutch Antilles. Interestingly for that reason - the most common language is Dutch! Followed by Papiamento (a mix of a native language, English, Dutch, and Spanish), then Spanish and finally English. Actually most of the English that was spoken was very limited, and we found it easier to communicate in Spanish (our now second language, as we are all pretty much capable of the language). Mostly, despite HORRIBLE, and I do truly mean that delays, cancelations and all around travel nightmares....we spent 4 days in Curacao relaxing, exploring, and eating some good food - prepping for the last three months of ministry. I've posted photo albums with pics from Caracas and Curacao....but I'll put up a few here with captions so you can see a tid bit of the experience :)

We were amused by the translation on this card, please no "spindling"

The cute little bungalow which was our home for our trip.

Who would want to buy this shampoo?! Eek!

The car we rented was REALLY tiny for the 4 of us!

Just a cool view of some downtown stores....

The girls, on the floating bridge.

Oddly enough, Curacao is home to an ostrich farm!

It's also home to an African restaurant....featuring Ostrich plates....I had a wrap....tastes like beef!

You might think this is silly, but there was a DENNYS in Curacao and we got super exited for American food! (especially after the ostrich meat!)

There are big lizards everywhere!

We got to visit the "Hato Caves" that were carved out by the ocean.

"Hato Caves" - slaves used to hide here and do religious services where their masters wouldn't find out. Cool!

The beaches, of course, were gorgeous!

Our last night we got dressed up and went to a nice dinner....the restaurant was on the ocean and we got to watch the waves crashing as we ate, it was a cool experience :)

Well I think that's all folks....It was a great trip of course, but I'm glad to be back in beautiful Merida and looking forward to our last three months of ministry here. Please keep us in your prayers!