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The weekends always seem to fly by!  I can't believe it is already Sunday evening.  I know the weekend is supposed to be our time to rest, but I think I am more exhausted then when it started! Saturday night we stayed up really really late.  Not to watch a movie or talk, but to go to the airport.  Sadly Pamela had to fly to Guam.  Her flight didn't leave until 4 am, so we decided to stay up and go with her to the airport.  Andrea went with her to Guam, hopefully she is recieving better treatment there.  On the bright side, they are bringing back a huge collection of taco bell for us to freeze upon their return :).  After sleeping in a bit, we headed to the beach this morning.  We went to a new beach, a "resort" actually.  It was so pretty! They had a little outdoor restaurant there, so we all enjoyed lunch first.  They sang happy birthday to me, an early celebration since my actual birthday is tomorrow, a school day.  Then we headed for the beach! Their was a rope swing hanging over the water.  Everyone at home is always warning to be careful not to stand under coconut trees, but the swing was hung from a coconut tree.  It really is quite impossible around here to avoid being directly underneath one.  After a while we headed out to snorkel! The swim was a little rougher then usual due to the rain that was pouring all morning, but we made it.  The fish were huge! Much bigger then the last snorkeling adventures.  They were still colorful, striped, and beautiful.  We saw a puffer fish peak out from one of the rocks.  I don't think I could ever grow tired of seeing all the beauty under the surface.  After a while some of the other missionaries brought a kayak out to where we were and said we could take it out to the breakers if we wanted to.  So, Sabrina and I loaded on and headed out further.  After a while we began to notice we were getting deeper and deeper in the water.. the kayak was sinking! Sabrina went off the side, we got her back up only to have the entire kayak flip a few minutes later! Our snorkeling gear went flying off! We were dieing laughing, until we realized we couldn't find our snorkels and masks! We retrieved our flippers and the paddle, but the snorkels had disappeared.  We tried to look around but it was really deep.  We finally got the kayak flipped but we couldn't get back on.  We saw Mr. Raian swimming towards us, he said their was a sting ray circling us! We became a little panicked... apparently it got really close to us, but we never saw it.  Back at shore we collected some shells and found tons of crabs.  By 5 it was time to head back, we have lots to prepare for school.  I'm so glad we had a chance to finally take a good break at the beach! It was quite the adventure we won't forget anytime soon :).