Roatan - Day 29

Wow, J and I have had a busy couple of days.  This is the first time all weekend I’ve had time to sit down and catch up on everything.  At church this morning, I sat by a nice American family (who turned out to be related to one of my friends in San Diego AND own the Banarama resort here in Roatan) and shared my hymn book with their 8 year old daughter.  After sacrament meeting ended, she turned to me and said, “You’re a good example.”  How sweet is that!  I love kids.  You never know what they’re going to say.

THEN I met E (girl) and G (guy), from SLC and Provo respectively, both my same age.  Turns out we were all at BYU the same time as well.  They are here for the week to film at the clinic to make a promotional video for Nurse Peggy to help with funding.  I had heard a small film crew was coming, some of the same people who did Napoleon Dynamite and Nacho Libre.  Yep, that’s right.  Don’t be jealous Ryan or Sonya…  That is indeed the case!  E works for said filming company.  G does freelance.  Funny that I met them at church… both super great!

Since they are staying at a resort in West Bay, I shared a taxi with them so I could meet up with J and the other volunteers at the clinic.  Had a nice chat with E and G, then parted ways upon arrival in West Bay.  They were going to the clinic later in the afternoon to interview Peggy in a much quieter environment (Mondays are always chaotic, and with PLENTLY of loud crying babies).  [Side note: the Bananarama owner invited us to the resort tonight for dinner on him, but after church was nowhere to be seen.  Darn.  Maybe the offer will still stand next week.]

B, J, and I hung out together at the resort/beach.  We went snorkeling yet again (I think I’m just now starting to get tired of it…) and saw a giant eagle ray.  I went in (water was too cold) before J and D spotted a ginormous stingray.  Since we always see something new every time we go out snorkeling, I’m hoping for a shark next time!  Swimming to the edge of the coral reef and staring into the deep dark abyss and sudden drop off always gets to me… a little uneasy, but amazing to see at the same time.

After lunch on the beach and with too many people playing volleyball, I took a stroll up and down the beach.  Even though the rest of the beach is nice, our spot in front of the resort is prime.  At one point, I was blowing up one of those air mattresses made for the swimming pool and I must have looked ridiculous because one lady told me I could take it up to the left where some inflatable water toys were and they could pump it up for me.  After finding out there was a $2 fee, I resorted to blowing it up myself.  Then the security guard came over and told me I could take it up to the right where a shop could blow it up for $5.  Shoot, I only bought the thing for $3 so I’ll gladly spend 20 minutes of my time to blow it up myself.  There’s just something about floating on top of the ocean waves that I love.  5 minutes of that is definitely worth 20 minutes of effort.

Not at all jealous of J’s sunburn from today.  My tan may be slower in coming, but I have 6 weeks in Hawaii to look forward to next!