On Christmas Eve I had a KILLER day alone at the beach. I went to Frederiksted and walked a LONG stetch of beach. Taking some time about an hour into it to do devotions and play in the sand writing messages. Then I slowly walked in total from where I started back only about 6 miles.... YIKES! That is a lot!!! It was fun, taking pictures in creative ways and just listening to music all day long. It was such a nice day I really enjoyed it. When i lived in Hawaii I would do a lot of bike riding or walking in my free time. Walk to the beach park and read a book, walk along the beach and just enjoy the sun. It felt like I was there again. WHAT AN AMAZING FEELING!! Ah I miss Hawaii so much, I constantly find myself comparing St. Croix to Hawaii and in all reality there isn't anything to compare. They are 2 different places. I miss the city, the skyscrapers of Honolulu the hotels of Waikiki. I miss the language, I find myself still speaking hawaiian words here and when i get funny looks it sucks. The water doesn't seem to be much different.
Other than the fact the waves to my knowledge. I have yet to see any waves close enough to the shore here that I would be able to surf. As I walked along the beach obviously I had a lot of time to think to myself yesterday because I was gone for 8 hours. It was just so relaxing, to just be me. It was truly a GREAT Christmas Eve. We had a Christmas party last night after I got home and had snack food and then a gift exchange! It was fun. The students are all missing home a little bit. How can you not at a time like this. When you are used to being somewhere for the holidays no matter how hard you try and make it seem like Christmas there is always something missing. For me the things that are missing of course is family, COLD, SNOW. When I walk around down here and see Christmas lights and trees and hear the music and hear the salvation army person ringing their bell I just have to laugh and remind myself again it is that time of the year.
It is just a strange feeling around this time of year trying to figure out new ways to celebrate a holiday that you are so use to having things a certain way. Yesterday sure was a splendid day, I can't even express how great it was to get away from everything and just be myself. AHHHH so great, I had some amazing laughs at moments and my head was full of thoughts all day. As I walked I prayed for anyone that came to mind and just had a nice day hanging out with God. As you can see from some of these pictures God was making the day special for me. A rainbow at the very beginning of my journey and then waves, sun, the water turning multiple colors and man it was incredible!!! It was a good day and even though I am away from my family and friends I was still able to find some joy and excitement!
Today for Christmas we are just hanging out watching movies and playing games. We had a nice breakfast this morning and dinner will be this evening. Turkey and all that good stuff!! Tomorrow Jonas my swiss student and I will be going Jet Skiing to celebrate Christmas! I'm so excited for that because I haven't done that since the very last day I was in Hawaii SO LONG AGO.... So it will be a nice reminder of my Home! I want to wish you all a very MERRY CHRISTMAS, MELE KALIKIMAKA in Hawaiian! Be blessed!
On Christmas Eve I had a KILLER day alone at the beach. I went to Frederiksted and walked a LONG stetch of beach. Taking some time about an hour into it to do devotions and play in the sand writing messages. Then I slowly walked in total from where I started back only about 6 miles.... YIKES! That is a lot!!! It was fun, taking pictures in creative ways and just listening to music all day long. It was such a nice day I really enjoyed it. When i lived in Hawaii I would do a lot of bike riding or walking in my free time. Walk to the beach park and read a book, walk along the beach and just enjoy the sun. It felt like I was there again. WHAT AN AMAZING FEELING!! Ah I miss Hawaii so much, I constantly find myself comparing St. Croix to Hawaii and in all reality there isn't anything to compare. They are 2 different places. I miss the city, the skyscrapers of Honolulu the hotels of Waikiki. I miss the language, I find myself still speaking hawaiian words here and when i get funny looks it sucks. The water doesn't seem to be much different.
Other than the fact the waves to my knowledge. I have yet to see any waves close enough to the shore here that I would be able to surf. As I walked along the beach obviously I had a lot of time to think to myself yesterday because I was gone for 8 hours. It was just so relaxing, to just be me. It was truly a GREAT Christmas Eve. We had a Christmas party last night after I got home and had snack food and then a gift exchange! It was fun. The students are all missing home a little bit. How can you not at a time like this. When you are used to being somewhere for the holidays no matter how hard you try and make it seem like Christmas there is always something missing. For me the things that are missing of course is family, COLD, SNOW. When I walk around down here and see Christmas lights and trees and hear the music and hear the salvation army person ringing their bell I just have to laugh and remind myself again it is that time of the year.
It is just a strange feeling around this time of year trying to figure out new ways to celebrate a holiday that you are so use to having things a certain way. Yesterday sure was a splendid day, I can't even express how great it was to get away from everything and just be myself. AHHHH so great, I had some amazing laughs at moments and my head was full of thoughts all day. As I walked I prayed for anyone that came to mind and just had a nice day hanging out with God. As you can see from some of these pictures God was making the day special for me. A rainbow at the very beginning of my journey and then waves, sun, the water turning multiple colors and man it was incredible!!! It was a good day and even though I am away from my family and friends I was still able to find some joy and excitement!
Today for Christmas we are just hanging out watching movies and playing games. We had a nice breakfast this morning and dinner will be this evening. Turkey and all that good stuff!! Tomorrow Jonas my swiss student and I will be going Jet Skiing to celebrate Christmas! I'm so excited for that because I haven't done that since the very last day I was in Hawaii SO LONG AGO.... So it will be a nice reminder of my Home! I want to wish you all a very MERRY CHRISTMAS, MELE KALIKIMAKA in Hawaiian! Be blessed!
