Beach Day

We had a great team on this year's Sea Tribe trip. There were 16 students varying in age from 9th - 12th grade. About half of the students had been on the trip before. Some of them were close friends when we started, while others didn't know each other at all. We had 7 adult leaders- about half of whom had also been on the trip before. We were diverse in our culture, age, and life experience, however, we came together and became a unified team for the time we were on the islands. We loved each other and our love for one another spoke of the Father to the islanders.

One of our favorite memories as a team is of "beach day." On the first island we heard that the island was famous for its mini sail boat races. One morning we all gathered on the beach to watch. Some of us sat around and talked with the ibu-ibu (women), some played with the little kids in the sand, some of our guys were asked if they wanted to try the sail boat racing and so they jumped into the water and gave it a shot, some took pictures, while others sat by and watched and prayed. Regardless of what each person was doing it was cool to see our team spread out across the beach, all involved in different activities but at the same time all working together with the same love and same purpose.

Our women leaders and some guides sitting around at the beach,
having fun talking and laughing with the island women.

The mini sail boats racing toward the shore.

Playing with kids in the sand.

Some kids found a sea cucumber and were very excited to show us.

Group shot of two of our girls with the kids on the beach that morning.