This is in front of the mission office for Micronesia Guam. There are two senior couples here and several sets of young missionaries. One of the office elders served on Kosrae. It was fun to talk with him and hear first-hand about what to expect on the island.
This is a cave that the Japanese used when they knew that the US military was going to win the war. Many of the soldiers committed suicide in these caves but there were others who hid so well that they weren't found for twenty-five years after the war ended! You can see how easy it would be to hide here. If you didn't know there was a cave, you could walk right by and miss it entirely.
Guam is a beautiful island. We are staying at the Hilton on the beach. This is the other side of the island where there are lots of inlets and places for ships to come in.
Dad has always loved the flowers. These are plumeria flowers. They really smell good. The picture is taken at a WWII memorial to the Japanese. The building in the background is a Buddhist temple where people come to mourn and remember their Japaese ancestors. It smelled good inside because when people come they light insense and pray. We tried to light some but it had started to rain and the humidity was too much. We couldn't get any lit.
We visited a place called Two Lovers Point. It's at a very high point on the island and the story is that two lovers jumped off the cliff tied together by their hair when their parents wouldn't let them marry. Good thing that the two lovers in this picture had parents who let them marry...over 40 years later they still feel like newly weds!
We feasted on turkey, ham, salads, veggies, rolls, potatoes of all sorts and plenty of desserts
