On Saturday we drove out to ELWA for a B-B-Q lunch at the beach. It was hosted at
a families home who is living here full time and has two small little children. ELWA compound is a great place. Right by the beach, small paved roads, and safe. . . for the most part.
Every family that came contributed a dish, and we brought our spicy spaghetti, a dish that I learned to make from our cook. Meg made it today considering I was at AGC playing volleyball with the gigantic principal from Lighthouse Christian School. . . okay lets get back on track. The food was great; it was actually American! After eating, Meg and I played (more for me) volleyball with Jared, Matt, and Mark (the Med. students), and a second Matt we met at the party. Because the weather was warm and sunny we decided to go down the road a ways to where it is safe to swim. The Matt we met at the party has a big, heavy duty dirt bike and Meg asked if she could ride it (she has always loved motorcycles, but has never ridden one). Since there were no busy roads out there, with only the occasional car on it, Mom consented. Matt made Meg wear his helmet (it was huge on her and looked hilarious, shh. . . don't tell her I said that) and they drove about a minute down the road to the swimming spot.
When everyone else caught up we changed into our bathing suits, laid our towels out, and swam. Well, Dad the kids and I did, Mom and Meg laid on their towels in the sun. The weather is gradually getting cooler. It wasn't as hot as when we first came, and the water was a little chillier than before. But we all had a great time. Lawrence and his buddy Matt swam, threw the football and tried to do flips on the sand. Lawrence likes him a lot, and says he is, "the older brother I never had! Well…the brother YOU never gave me, Mom!" It was sad when it was time to go. The students were leaving to go back to school the next day, and we had grown close to all of them. So we got a picture with them and said our goodbyes. 
- GG -
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