Good Times, Good Memories and Big Waves

Yesterday, a small group of us took a trip to the beach here with one of Karissa's siblings. They own a small beach house on one of the beachs on the pacific coast.

We had such a good time! The day turned out to be perfect with lots of sun and LOTS of waves. We also ended up going out to a little resturaunt down the road to eat chicken and steak right on the beach. It was delicious. It was fun hanging out with eachother and Karrisa's siblings as well.

The only bad part of the day was when we almost died...no joke! It was the closest I think I have ever been to dying. There were these huge rocks out a bit from the shore of the beach and the waves weren't really too big, so we decided to head out and climb up on the rocks. However, almost 2 minutes after we had climbed onto the rock the biggest wave EVER came and slammed the rock and slammed all the girls right off the big rock onto the rocky surface below. How scary! I don't remember falling down or anything...all I remember is getting up laughing because I had no idea what just happened. Luckily no one hit there head on the rocks below and there were no broken bones. After a little investigation we saw that a lot of our backs had been scraped against the rocks and we had "rug burns" and a few gashes in our backs. We are so so lucky we did not hit our heads or something worse! How scary! We of course laughed it off because no one was seriously hurt and it was kind of funny that a wave just took us and pushed us right off the rock, but it could've been a lot more dangerous. Today we are still dealing with a few cuts and a lot of bruises. And just feeling rather sore. But lucky to be alive! Yikes. I have some excellent pictures of the injuries and I'll post them when I get back to the states! : )

After that near-death incident we decided to stick to the shores of the beach and a small, natural wading-type pool near the house. But overall, we had a great day! I had a lot of fun with Karla, Karissa, Lindsey, Kyle, Rusty and Alex. We all had fun and all survived the craziness of that huge wave!

I did my 7 minute spanish presentation today. I was nervous, but it went pretty well. I'd say it was kind of boring, but I am just glad it is over. Tomorrow we switch teachers again for the last 2 weeks of class and then before we know it we're all heading our seperate ways for service! YAY! : )

That's all the update I have for now. Hopefully, another update coming your way on wednesday when we find out about service!! I hope!

Miss you all! <3