A trip to Port Royal .....no, not Juniata County

We had some fun adventures this past week. The big top came to Roatan... well, if you can call it a 'big' top. It was a small circus to Justin & I, but to everyone here it was great. Kesia, our neighbor 2 houses down, invited us to go with her last Saturday, so we went. We talked her sister Kisha into going along too. I had emailed Teri that day and said: "this seems like the kind of place where a lion gets loose and eats everyone". So, that's kinda where my expectations were for this "circo". When we were standing in the line to go in, they pulled up the road behind us in this big truck with all the lions and leopards in it. So we all got to watch as they loaded them from the big truck into a little truck to haul them back behind the tent. These cats didn't look real happy. A man climbed in the truck with them and was cracking a whip to get them corralled into the small truck. They weren't being very obedient though, they kept hissing at him and batting at him and running to the other side of the truck. I was getting a little concerned at this point thinking that what I said to Teri, might really be true. Or at least we would have to see this man get eaten, which I really didn't want to see. We were all a little scared and started making plans for our exit strategy if the lions got out of control. But, they didn't, and we all lived. They weren't real cooperative though, even during the show. We think they cut that act short, because the lions wouldn't do what they were supposed to do. Every time the guy would want them to get off their stand and run around, they would hiss at him and bat at him. It was kinda funny, but scary too. Anyhow, after that their were some other neat acts, and then at halftime they invited people who wanted to get their pictures taken with a tiger or baby leopards to come to the stage. I wanted to do the baby leopards, but Justin didn't want to. The Welcome sisters did though. So we put on their picture. Actually I forgot my camera all together, but fortunately Kesia had hers and emailed me the photos she took. So we had a good time, and are alive to tell the tale.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

On Sunday for the meeting, I think we had 23. I think there was 11 from the territory. Danjah & Dennice are both studying their watchtower now and finding their own comments. I help the youngest one Davina, to find answers as well. Just yesterday, when I was helping her with comments for this week, she said she wanted 5 picked out. They really like the meetings and are progressing so well. Erica was there too and commented 2 or 3 times. Justin is studying with her husband now, so hopefully he will start coming to the meetings soon too.

Davina looking all cute in her uniform heading to school

Monday, was our other day of fun. Justin's study Allen, has been wanting us to come up to go out on his boat with him, before he leaves for Africa to work. So it finally worked out on Monday to get together. He took us further up East on the island. The water is beautiful up there and crystal clear... perfect for snorkeling. He took us to a couple different spots, one was a sunken ship wreak, that was pretty neat. He also showed us an island where there was an old stone wall with big holes in it where pirates had tried to break in. This island has a lot of cool history. Anyhow, the old town at the most eastern end of the island is called Port Royal. I have to say, this Port Royal is a little more beautiful than the one we know back home.

This is the shipwreak

To update you on Midas: He is doing well, back to his bad self. His eye looks pretty good now. I think in another week or so, you won't even be able to tell anything happened to it. Well, only 5 weeks till we will be back for a visit! I'm planning the things I want to eat while I'm home already :D

 

The cone of shame

We took Larry & Lynn to the airport this afternoon, they should be back in Florida by now and headed home tomorrow. The week went by quick! It started uneventful, we went to the meeting Sunday and had a good group, I think 22. Larry & Lynn loved the Martinez family. And they liked them a lot too. They knew Justin's parents were coming, so they had a lunch all planned to feed us. It was really cute. 

 

Then Monday, we took them to the popular West End & West Bay Beach, to shop and swim. It was a beautiful day! At West Bay, because it is the big tourist hot spot, there are lots of locals walking up and down the beach trying to sell you stuff- jewelry, sunglasses, "do you want your hair braided, or a message honey?".. and the list goes on. No! I don't. Leave me alone! I don't liked bugged at the beach. Who would ever give in to this kind of thing? Oh, I guess tourists would. And we forgot, we were with some tourists..... Justin and I had went out snorkeling for awhile, and when we got back, there were Larry and Lynn getting rubbed down by a local lady giving them a massage. They were even all shiny from baby oil. Yikes! Trust me, that's not something kids want to see happening! We ran back down to the water to escape. 

 

Tuesday we took them in service, and had a very nice day. We got a lot of calls and studies home, and it turned into a pretty long day, I think it was almost 6 till we left Oak Ridge. We weren't breaking Larry & Lynn in easy! They had a good time though. And little did we know, it would be the only day we were out. We were planning another service day on Thursday, but Midas changed our plans. When we were getting ready Thursday morning, we heard this barking and growling outside, and I said to Justin, "that sounds like Midas". And it was. He apparently got left out or escaped through the screen door or something, and went to the neighbor's house and got in a fight with the dog there. Till Justin got down to the porch to find him, he was running down our driveway to come home. Not unscathed though! His eyelid was all ripped up. Fortunately, his eye was ok and in tact. But, his eyelid looked pretty bad. So Justin called our vet right away, but he had just left on a day trip to another island to work. Of all days! And he is the only vet on the island. So, he told us we would have to wait till 4pm, and he would meet us at his office. So instead of service, we spent the day at home with Midas, patching up his eye. We took him in at 4 to see Dr. Soto and he put a couple stitches in the top and bottom of his eyelid. He didn't have a cone to give him for his head, so he told us to make our own out of a bucket. Justin found a plant pot that seemed to be the perfect size, so we used that. So now Midas is wearing 'the cone of shame'. His eye is doing ok though, and looking much better today. So Midas was in his first (and hopefully his last) Honduran dog fight. So the end of our week was just spent at home. We didn't get to take Larry & Lynn as many places as we would have liked. Well, that will give us something to do next time. You'll have to hear all their experiences from them when they get back.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oh, I keep forgetting to mention, we have a trip planned to come home! We are leaving April 20th down here, and coming home for 2 weeks. So we will see most everybody then! I heard that that is when the Special Assembly Day is. So maybe we will crash that.