Saturday, March 29, 2014

God's Creation at the Beach


 
 
This morning, many of our SITAG family piled into the SITAG truck and spent the morning at one of the beaches just outside Honiara. 
 

Sarah and one of her friends found several beautiful blue starfish.
 




I think two of my favorite things about the trip were the fabulous company of our SITAG family and the creatures God made to live in the ocean.
 
 
Sarah's friend found a different starfish that really wanted to stay attached.  Watching the suction cups work fascinated me!


Some of the kids collected tiny hermit crabs in a coconut shell.
 


Then one of the guys found a nasty crown-of-thorns starfish.  These critters eat the coral reefs, so there was some talk of leaving it on the beach to die.
 


But in the end, we tossed it back into the ocean.

 
So, God's creation of sea creatures is awesome, but His creation of our colleagues just blows me away!
 



 On the way home, we stopped at a road side stand for some lunch.
 
 
 Fish and cassava on a disposable leaf plate - perfect ending to a perfect Saturday morning!
 

6 comments:

Leslie said...

This looks like it was so much fun. What a beautiful, fascinating place.

Herding Grasshoppers said...

I love that you got to go PLAY at the beach. I know maybe it's not cultural, but you can get away and indulge :D

Bartokhound said...

What beauty...in the sea, in your people, and in the words and wonder of your heart, Joanna!

I'm glad you returned all living creatures to the sea! :-)

Love,

Kayla

The dB family said...

Wow! To get to see those beautiful sea creatures up that close. What an adventure. Glad you had a wonderful day!

Blessings!
Deborah

Bartokhound said...

There's an article in this month's Nat Geo about the women (young and old) of Brittany who wear various types of lace headdresses (some tall and cylindrical, others of varying shapes and heights). I think Sarah may be on to a new trend she can begin in the SI! Blue starfish headdresses! :-)

Love,

Kayla

us5 said...

we have most of those same creatures here, too, Joanna! :) do you guys also see the 'chocolate chip' starfish? they are the color of cookie dough with little brown spots. :D i love seeing God's unique handiwork in the tropics!