To the beach we went!

PlayaOcotal

What a fabulous week we just had in Playa Ocotal. (Ocotal Beach) Because we didn't do any sight seeing during our trimester, we thought it was time to see the ocean. We visited the Pacific Ocean in Guanacaste. It was so beautiful. In fact the beautifulness of it was worth the very hard bus trip we took to get there. Because we were taking a public bus, we decided to leave Evie with another missionary couple, Steve and Diane, who so graciously offered to keep her for the week.

In my mind I thought this was going to be a Greyhound bus ride. Boy was I fooled! We got on the bus to find there were no bathrooms! Okay, so we will hold it. Hopefully they will stop just a little ways down the road, right? They did make plenty of stops but it was to pick up other passengers who stood along the road. Did I mention the bus was full when we left the station. And now we are picking up more people? Yep, they stood in the isles! So soon I had about 3 armpits in my face as people stood over me holding onto the the luggage racks. Then further down the road they stopped to let on a boy selling drinks and snacks for a living. So up and down the isles he went pushing people aside as he went. We are definitely not in America anymore! We caught the bus at 8am and were supposed to arrive at 2pm. Praise the Lord we made it a around 1:30pm! By the end of the trip it was very hot. The lady in the seat in front of me wanted to lay her seat back and was then in my lap (literally), and the isle was crammed packed with people. I was getting very claustrophobic and barely made it. It helped me at that point to take my tennis shoes off to cool down a bit. Don't worry about the smell, it didn't make it anyworse than it already smelled. But we finally made it and had a great time that made it all worth it! Oh and they did take a 20 minute bathroom break about 3-4hours into the trip!

When we got there we were met with pineapple smoothies and the news that we were upgraded to better rooms. We had requested beach front rooms, so we were a little worried. But when we saw the difference we couldn't believe it. God just decided to bless us with this extra perk after enduring that bus ride and boy did we love it.

During the week we were able to snorkel off the beach a bit with Mylee riding on Aaron's back the whole time, with her life jacket on of course. We did go on a boat ride with a bunch of divers, two of which were with us and we just snorkled while they were diving. Mylee did so good on Aaron's back once again and was even able to see a few fish from her view of the water. On this boat ride we were able to see dolphins as well. That was a fantastic day! We were so sad for the week to come to an end. But now are ready for the new trimester which starts Tuesday. Please pray that we would be able to remember what we learned last trimester and be able to apply it to the new classes we will have.

Above is the link to see all the pictures from our trip. Below are some pictures of the girls that one of our friends took of the girls when she was watching them on July 4th. Enjoy!