This is my life

I'm sorry about not posting for a while. My computer apparently hates me, and wouldn't let me get on this sight for a while. The problem is solved for the moment, so I'll go ahead and post about whats been going on...

Abe has to travel quite a bit, he's only been around about 5 days over the past 3 weeks! So Emily and I have been holding down the fort. Abe is back now, but while he was gone we were really productive. One of the perks was that we made our own work schedule. Get up in the morning like normal, work until 2ish, then go to the beach for a couple of hours. Once we get back from the beach, work some more. It was a great schedule. Yesterday morning while we were having devotions, the type of work schedule we had came out, and just to show you how great of a boss Abe is, he said that if we want to normally do that, we could! Ahh, living and working in the Bahamas... its fantastic.

The past 2 days I've been working on making my plans to go home. I'm planning on traveling back to the states on May 17 or 18. I honestly can't believe how quickly my time here has gone. I don't want to say goodbye, but at the same time I'm really excited to see everybody at home. Speaking of home... I've come to realize that home is truly where you're heart is, and honestly it has dawned on me that where my friends and family are is home. The reality is that now I have 2 homes, one in the states and the other here on Eleuthera.

With that being said, I got accepted into grad school at ETSU. After much prayer and guidence from friends and family, I have decided to defer my acceptance until the fall of 2009, so that I can come back to Eleuthera in August for up to one year. Even after my year of service next year, I don't know if I'll want to leave and go to grad school, but I've decided that the Lord has given me the opportunity to go to school, and I shouldn't pass it up. A career as a speech pathologist will most likely put me in a position where I can still go on mission trips or even serve full time on the mission field.

Tonight I had lots of fun hanging out with my family here in Eleuthera (The Weinburgers, Abe and Emily). They took me to the "big city", Governor's Harbour, for dinner. We managed to just get to the Waterfront Cafe right before they locked their doors. The only thing they could fix us were chicken wings, so that was what we had for dinner. They were really good! On the ride down to the cafe, Wayne, the youngest Weinburger, sat on my lap, laid his head on my shoulder, and held my hand the whole way there. Talk about MELTING your heart! He definitely did without any problems!

Cliff Jumping Anyone?!

I’m so glad to be back in the Bahamas!! On my first day back, Abe and Emily wanted to welcome me back by taking me to jump off of some cliffs. Almost everybody that lives here on the island knows about these particular cliffs. They are a little over 40 feet high, and you can only jump on a day where the Atlantic is very calm. It would be very dangerous to do on a day where there are big waves, because you have to allow the waves to carry you onto coral, and then climb up the rocks. Thankfully, the water was calm enough, so we made our way to the top of the cliff. Looking down off the edge was incredibly scary! I was instructed to land in the water like a pencil… well, that is easier said than done when you’re petrified. My feet ended up going into the water first, but my butt was second. It hurt so badly, but I was excited that I had done it! I decided to give it a second try and see if I could do it any better. That next jump was painless, and really exciting. Sadly, it has been very difficult to sit this week, and I’ve never been more bruised in my life, but I will definitely be doing it again!! The picture is of Abe and 3 volunteers jumping off the cliff.