Sunday, March 1, 2009

Peter Pan's ship


Actually this is a tall sailing ship in the harbor in Paramaribo, Suriname. It was fun to see all of the different sails and items involved in such a beautiful ship.

Beautiful Dutch flowers


In Suriname, we were walking on the sidewalks and came up on these wonderful Dutch flowers for sale. The Dutch love flowers.

Snake anyone?


We were coming back from Suriname and came across these two guys wrestling with this 12' Boa they just caught in their back yard. I asked them if they were going to eat it and they said they don't taste good so they are going to sell it for about $200.

My first talk


This is a picture of me talking to a large group of people we just gave a lot of equipment to. Our church gives a lot of money to this organization each year to help the youth stay off the streets at night. We gave them cricket equipment this year and other things.

What are those things


These look like bananas but they are called planteen. The locals cut them in up in thin slices and deep fry them. It's their chips-like our potato chips. They are really good.

Sunday, February 8, 2009

What a building


This is an old hospital that has been abandoned for about 2 years. It is in a town about the size of Preston. It is absolutely huge. I don't know why they built it in such a small town when they did.

A park in Trinidad


We were walking through a park in Trinidad and found these beautiful flowers or bushes?

Ibis


Ibis are a local bird that comes in around dark every night to their favorite tree. Double click the picture and see the beautiful red ibis landing. Ibis come in white, blue and red. The red birds with the sunlight on their wings was just beautiful.

Deep, dark jungle


We are on the boat going to the sanctuary. It was so quiet and peaceful. Lots of wildlife

Will it sink?


This is a boatful of senior missionaries in Trinidad going to a bird santuary. It took us about three hours to see everything such as snakes in the trees, cayman (aligators) and lots of birds

Beach beauties


The senior sisters are really adventurous aren't they?

Where's my snorkel?


This is a beautiful beach on Trinidad. We had a few hours one day before our conference and visited a few places. There were little sand fleas that bit our legs and we itched for hours. It may look like a harmless beach but everyone was itching

Aren't we cute?


We are wearing official P-day clothes for seniors. It was a beautiful day.

Beautiful Island


Isn't this about the most beautiful thing you have seen. It is a view from the top of a mountain in Trinidad. It is looking down into the ocean. It is a very special place as far as beauty goes. The island has no garbage, animals roaming and dogs all over the place.

Cabbage Patch


This is a picture of a cabbage patch on a hillside in Trinidad. We saw all kinds of little gardens throughout the island. The island is soooo beautiful and had no garbage like Guyana.