Bat Moths!!

NOTE: This is September 2nd's blog.. I just didn't know how to get internet access until today so I'm posting it now.

Hey everyone! We made it! We’re in the Bahamas! We don’t have internet access yet so I am writing this on a word document before I forget the events of our travels. Let me just say, you do not want to be with any of us individuals after the lack of sleep that we all faced on our way over! I don’t even know who was worse; we were all a little crazy by the end, and passing out left and right at different layovers. After over 24 hours of having our bodies be completely lost about what time it could possibly be… we finally land on Long Island… guess what, it was raining! There is something about us Seattle people… I’ve decided that we are born with some kind of inherent rain magnet. Even this missionary couple commented on how unusual it was to get this much rain; but the whole afternoon, overcast, thunderstorms on the horizon and rain. Although, it wasn’t bad, it was so warm and humid outside that the rain didn’t affect any of us in any huge way. Regardless, the rest of the day was more relaxed as we settled in… we drove around to our houses, dropping off luggage and checking out our beds… Let me just say that I was warned about tarantulas, I was warned about scorpions (I havn’t seen either of those yet)… No one told us about BAT MOTHS!! AND GIANT WASPS! The bat moths aren’t so bad, just creepy… but I am terrified of bees and these giant wasps with dangly legs that just swoop over my head are not going to be my favorite part of this trip. We did see a pretty big spider, but it wasn’t a tarantula… it reminded me of the bird spider from Woodland Park Zoo… Ian is not the friendliest with those  Ian actually is probably the funniest person on this trip so far when it comes to our experiences. Later, we went to the supermarket to get some groceries. After some bowls of cereal we just hung around the guys’ house and the church.
At dusk we went to check out the beach! Oh my word… these beaches are amazing, they aren’t huge but they are beautiful. The sand can go up to your shins and the waves just crash and wash over you, incredible. We hung out there, taking some pictures and messing around and then went back to the guys’ house to wait for Kirk and Pastor Jimmy for dinner… which by then was at about 830. We couldn’t have been happier, I couldn’t have been happier, after eating cliff bars and odwalla bars for the past 48 hours, I was more than happy to stick cheesy noodles into my mouth. Sooooo gooood. After dinner, Bethany and I cleaned up, cleaned our room.. she crashed and I’m writing this… now I’m going to crash too, I am exhausted. Tomorrow… spear fishing and recoop! Also, Marissa will be joining us and it’ll be awesome to hear about her trip over!