Zanzibar

We got to go to Zanzibar again this past weekend! We kind of just decided to pick up and go...I was talking to Whit one day and just said let's go to Zanzibar and since we weren't going to Zambia anymore we knew it was quite plausible. It was a great weekend to get away since a team is coming in this weekend. So we packed up and left and this time we stayed on the beach on the east coast, the area is called Paje Beach. It was amazing! Absolutely clear blue water and white powdery sand, who could ask for anything better? We got there Friday, laid on the beach for a while then walked along the coast for a while and that was about it. And all day Saturday we laid on the beach and walked the other way down the coast and that was about it. What a life huh? I'm so grateful that the Lord provides these kind of opportunities! A rest from life in Dar is definitely what I needed at this point. I love it here but going and going can be quite tiresome especially when the Lord is stripping you of yourself in the midst of being somewhere completely unfamiliar and uncomfortable. And it was so great that as we rode home in our taxi we all said that we were glad to be home. There's really not much to say about the trip...the Lord provided rest and refreshment and taught me a few more things about myself...things that were more of a reassurance of the truth that I hold fast to, reassurance in that I am here to bring Him glory...that through that I persevere and am able to be holy because He lives within me...anyway, just a taste of what He showed me through this weekend. So here are some pictures...

heading out on the ferry...this was the much calmer ferry ride, we all made it without any hitches (Whit didn't feel so well on the way home)

This is BEAUTIFUL Paje Beach...probably can't tell from the picture that it's so beautiful, so I'm thinking you should just come visit me and I'll take you there

yup...them's are some cows, taking a stroll down the beach...i live in Africa, nothing surprises me anymore

the three of us during our stroll...that's Keri, me and Whit by the way

you know this girl has to have at least one picture of a sunset posted...don't worry kids, i've got plenty pictures of the sun setting, this isn't the only one!