The cost of the island

Well, we knew it was gonna happen, we just didn’t think it was gonna be us!  You would think that only being in the sun for 90 minutes AND having 30 SPF on would at least protect you a little bit…but no, it doesn’t, not when you’re at the equator

Karie’s burnt worse than I am, I feel really bad for her.  Mine isn’t so bad, it could be worse (I’ve had worse, anyway).  So if you could send a prayer over for Karie’s skin to heal quickly, that would be VERY appreciated.

As for the rest of the day, the ocean was amazing!  Truly a paradise, with the most beautiful blue water, where you could see your toes when you’re neck deep, and the waves wonderfully large.  It was Saturday, and we were the only people on the beach.  There were 2 things about this beach that were awesome:  there were no large broken shells when you get 10 feet in the water (like jersey beaches) and there’s no creepy, crawly things in the water to make you think you were about to get bitten

Hopefully, by the time you’re reading this, you will have seen a video (if you go to St. Paul’s) of what our team’s been up to in the last week.  We worked on that video today, and when we were done, we went to the church to run the 1^st night of the 2 night worship conference (which is more like a gospel service than it is a conference).  Things went swimmingly, and we had a blast!  There was a guest band that did a few songs in the middle of the night (to give the choir a break).  They were pretty good, and I guess they’re pretty popular here.  I think someone is interested in bringing them stateside sometime this year.  But, and it’s a big but, they’re vocals were SO LOUD!  Now, we didn’t really have a sound person for this thing, we’re using a PA head on the stage, and Charlie doesn’t hear so well, and the equipment is as you would expect in a Pearls, Grenada school, but somehow they were able to get the vocals so loud that I thought my ears were gonna bleed!  Neal, who runs sound for bands and has his own concert rental thing for our area was guessing that they were running at 125 dB.  I would have guessed only about 5 dB lower.  It was intense, and when it ended, I was clapping with everyone else that my hearing wasn’t damaged   But they did a good job, their musicians were great, and backed the choir for the rest of the evening.

It seems like everyone is getting comfortable being down here with the Grenadians, especially the children.  When we go to the church, there’s at least 10 kids that are constantly chasing Greg around for him to wrestle and for Karie to tickle.  There’s lots of laughs and hi-fives and young adults wanting to teach us cool handshakes and joke with us about American Football.  And it’s cool, but many of them have limited internet access at school, and most of them have facebook, so it will be cool to keep in touch with a lot of these folks.

We have to get up early again tomorrow!   We’re doing a live radio broadcast with the concert in the morning, and then we’ll come home for a little while and then do it again at night!  So, good night to you and have a great day tomorrow!

JF

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