Terri and I were invited to a birthday party for one of the nurses that work at the clinic– one who has become a close friend of Terri’s. Each of these events becomeĀ very bitter-sweet for us as we know that we will be leaving.

Here is Phynze blowing out her birthday candles.

Then it was time to eat… as usual, there was a lot of wonderful food to share!

As we looked out over the normally calm sea, we were astonished at the size of waves that were pounding the shoreline! In our two years here, we have never seen waves this high!

In areas that are normally like a lake, you could see waves crashing against the rocks, the water shooting 20′-30′ high!

Here is a picture of Taga beach, where we normally swim. They had it completely roped off. The area where the wave is crashing is where people go to jump off into the water– usually 15′ off the water!


Here is a picture of what Taga beach normally looks like, and where people jump off into the water…

All down the beach the waves were just incredible. No swimming today!