Sabbath Peleliu Trip

Ominous and inevitable rain on the horizon...

 We got to do a church service in Peleliu a few weeks ago.  Of course, Peleliu is in the Rock Islands, so this involved an hour-long boat ride from Koror, and unfortunately, it was raining the whole way there.

A wet arrival

 But the rain cleared out once we arrived, and we were able to change into our church clothes and do the service (surprise--we had to do the whole service, but at least it's all about God's glory, not putting on a performance, and He blessed)

Our stalwart Coach-Chaplain Corey giving the sermon

After the service, we had lunch and then a nice man named Edison drove us around the island in the back of a truck (thankfully it didn't rain again).  We got to see some of the sights we enjoyed over Christmas break, plus a couple of new ones.  And at one ocean point, we got to see some rays--maybe manta rays--frolicking (or whatever they were doing) in the shallows by the rocks.  That was cool.

Old WWII weaponry

Not your usual Sabbath afternoon walk

 Peleliu is small, but packed with WWII history.

And there's a bomb

By the Japanese WWII memorial

All in all, we had a good time, and it was an adventure.  Maybe not something you would want to do every week, but definitely something different from the normal routine.  Praise God for safe rides to and from Peleliu, for the nice church people and their hospitality, and for things we got to see.