http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Antigua-and-Barbuda/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Central America Caribbean , Antigua and Barbuda en-us Sat, 26 Jul 2008 21:10:45 BST Sat, 26 Jul 2008 21:10:45 BST Well our trip has finally come to an end after a long day of waiting for one airplane to be fixed shopping on Antigua and waiting at the airport for our Delta flight home What a terrific trip with an incredible group of students and adults. The team was prepared for the task but did a great job of trusting in God for strength and not themselves. We truly lived up to our theme Souls Saved . http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Antigua-and-Barbuda/Barbuda/blog-302774.html Resume de nos vacances mars 2008. Pendant q'on prend notre petit biere dans sud les gens du quebec prends le chocolat chaud entre deux pelletes de neige. http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Antigua-and-Barbuda/Antigua/blog-301549.html Around 4 we arrived at our camping site. It was different from the other beach we went to because there were more waves and rocks and stuff pollution. The boys set up the tents while the girls played in the ocean. Soon they joined us For dinner we experienced true Barbudan food roti fried chicken and bakes. Roti is a burrito type wrap filled with curry chicken and potatoes. After dinner w http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Antigua-and-Barbuda/Barbuda/blog-301421.html CLICK HERE TO SEE PICTURES OF OUR TRIP THIS IS A LINK TO GOOGLE PICTURES httppicasaweb.google.comtheverticalJust past the link into your web browser and see pictures of our trip. they are named by the dates the pictures were taken i thinkWe love you all and can't wait to see you on Saturday night Pastor BenHannah and Ethan daddy and mommy love you http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Antigua-and-Barbuda/Barbuda/blog-301108.html Hello to all.I just wanted to give you a brief update on our week and our ministry. Every morning we were able to do a Vacation Bible School VBS for the kids of the island. The first day we had 84 kids but it only went up after that Tuesday 157 kids Wednesday 147 and today 132 kids. We were able to talk to them about the creation story the Bible is the Word of God and we also tal http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Antigua-and-Barbuda/Barbuda/blog-301095.html Greetings from BarbudaI want to start by saying that we serve an awesome God who has showed up in a beautiful and mighty way This morning was our last morning of VBS and it felt bittersweet. We have been averaging about 150 children praise the Lord Worship was fun and exciting as it has been all week. It is wonderful to hear the children sing father Abraham in their adorable accents The grou http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Antigua-and-Barbuda/Barbuda/blog-301090.html This morning was VBS and this time we had power PRAISE GOD. More and more kids came so we know tomorrow will be absolutely packed. Today we talked about sin and how it separates us from God.Then after lunch and stuff we all did a local service project. The guys cleaned up the church computer lab which was a mess The girls helped clean up the school. Tonight for dinner we had a little taste of h http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Antigua-and-Barbuda/Barbuda/blog-300941.html Hello I am Olivia and I will be talking about what went on today Well we got up bright and early around 530 for some girls and 630ish for me. The island time is really weird. It gets early real early and dark early The kids started banging on the gates to get into the area of the church around 830am we gave them the soccer ball and they started a game. Lucy and I went out to play with the lit http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Antigua-and-Barbuda/Barbuda/blog-300314.html Hey my name is Olivia It is Tuesday today but I will be talking about yesterday. Yesterday was an unexpected blessing...well at least to me. I thought that there would be like a few little kids that would maybe if we were lucky fill up a few rows of the church. But As you know when you put God in a box he will bust out of it and go beyond your expect ions. There were so many kids Each one of http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Antigua-and-Barbuda/Barbuda/blog-300308.html We have arrived in Barbuda the ladies on Saturday night and the guys on Sunday morning. We had a great time in service worshiping together with Barbuda Pentecostal Church. Kami and Dave led Sunday School this morning and Nic Alicia and Kara shared a testimony our team performed a funny skit the itch skit and Kara awed the church with her Fine Arts Piano piece. It is beautiful here and w http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Antigua-and-Barbuda/Barbuda/blog-299322.html We just stared this blog to keep everyone updated on our upcoming mission trip to Barbuda from July 12th 19th 2008 Ben and Kami Heilman http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Antigua-and-Barbuda/Barbuda/blog-290829.html We are still in Barbuda loved it Talk about speechless it is one of those times. A wow And you know there are not too many times I have been speechless. We started our day with Cayuga picking us up went to beach. We had a local tour of the Black Frigate Birds. We learned to tell the male from females the young ones etc. I got pictures The males they have this mating call and their ches http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Antigua-and-Barbuda/Barbuda/blog-288407.html Irsquom getting into the final stretch of my contract now. Still a good chunk of time left but the end is in sight and soon Irsquoll be visiting ports for the last times. So this week Irsquove made a point to get out in the ports every day to see and do things. While on the Destiny I went snorkeling and ziplining in Antigua but I hadnrsquot really seen much of the island itself. T http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Antigua-and-Barbuda/Antigua/blog-262448.html Grandma was eaten by a sharkDad by a killer whaleAnd my baby brother got slurped upBy a rather hungry sea snailAndrea ShavickSo you think you know your sharks scary horrible teeth producing machines all set to attack Well according to National Geographic more humans get bitten by people from New York each year than by sharks. So itrsquos time to learn a bit more about these amazing crea http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Antigua-and-Barbuda/Barbuda/blog-256440.html Oh how I wish I was a fish to swim in the deep blue sea.I would swim up and down and all around in laps of two or three.There would be no rules to followall fun down here.On land rules are troublea real pain in the rear.K.B. ButlerWhenever you swim in the Caribbean whether it is over the reef in amongst the dark sunken roots of mangrove trees or above sparkling white sands you are sure to sp http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Antigua-and-Barbuda/Antigua/blog-255193.html Today is Pete's birthday. I made him a Key Lime Pie a Lo Belliard. We played dominoes with Perseverance and Non Linear last night on Perseverance. Non Linear leaving this afternoon for Deep Bay a few miles North. We are staying put here till Tuesday then we will go for Barbuda. The wind is finally going down. We are waiting for the seas to moderate some more. Looks like Tuesday through next Sund http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Antigua-and-Barbuda/Antigua/blog-254378.html We arrived in Antigua 8 days ago. Weather is not good. Pin down again. In Antigua you can get anything you want 1st rate grocery stores Like in the USA. All for a price of course. http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Antigua-and-Barbuda/Antigua/blog-252999.html No we did not go AWOL we just haven't had time to write...We are in Fallsmouth Antigua. Long story but we got up at 0400 Monday morning to traverse the Riviere Salee the salt water marshes that divide Guadaloupe in to 2 islands. There are 2 bridges the North bridge opens at 0430 and 0530 that's it. The South bridge opens at 0500 with South bound traffic having right of way. There were 3 of http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Antigua-and-Barbuda/Antigua/blog-250658.html The next port of call on this cruise was the island of Antigua in the capital city of St. John. Antigua along with the nearby island of Barbuda make up the independent country of Antigua and Barbuda. Today we were lucky enough to have a bit of a sleep in as our excursion for the day didn't start until 9am. Initally our plan was to do the Black Swan Pirate Ship excursion which consisted of http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Antigua-and-Barbuda/Antigua/blog-230909.html Every month a different department on the ship is in charge of crew activities and entertainment. Things like crew parties movie nights themed crew bar evenings bingos etc. And today a crewonly tour was offered. For 10 we had a three hour catamaran tour.There wasnrsquot a big crowd only about 35 crew members who went but a handful that I know. I spent most of my time with Jody the http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Antigua-and-Barbuda/Antigua/blog-229855.html I've been fighting a bit of funk the last few days. Feeling a bit homesick. Familiar fraustrations with work are back. I've doubted if I'll ever feel comfortable in the social world of this ship. I've been questionning my decision to cruise again knowing my last experience won't be this experience and maybe it just won't be as good. But I spent some time remembering the reasons I chose to co http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Antigua-and-Barbuda/Antigua/blog-225957.html Na drie weken Centraal America probeer ik de Spaanse taal machtig te worden. Woonachtig bij een Guatalmateekse famile is het onmogelijk om te vluchten voor deze vreemde taal. Langzaam maar gestaagd begin ik het Spaans in de vingers te krijgen hoewel dit gepaard gaat met de nodige KT momenten. Uiteraard.Antigua is een beschermde Unesco stad en bruist op het gebied v uitgaan. Veel backpackers http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Antigua-and-Barbuda/Antigua/blog-223863.html I have been far from communication this week enjoying the best that Antigua and Barbuda has to offer on the water sports front. We left Nelsonrsquos dockyard and motored through heavy swell to Green Island a haven for wind and kite surfing on the west coast of Antigua. The next four days revolved around time in and on the water.Every morning I took a group of 2 or 3 divers out to the exposed http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Antigua-and-Barbuda/blog-222142.html On the 21st October 1805 England fought and won one of the most famous naval battles of all time The Battle of Trafalgar against the French and their Spanish allies. Muskets and cannons blazed throughout the exchange. Leading the charge was Lord Nelson one of our greatest admirals a man who gave his life in the course of the battle. Prior to becoming the commander of the British Fleet Nel http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Antigua-and-Barbuda/Antigua/blog-219720.html So we've all packed and we're saying goodbye to the house the beach the island the country. Saying goodbye to the crystal blue water warm plesant nights fastspeaking natives and driving on the left side of the road. A week has gone by and we've spent our money on jetski's three times drinks ice cream zip line tours snorkling and of course...jewlery. We've all been tan and a little http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Antigua-and-Barbuda/Antigua/blog-201760.html