A day at the Beach

We went on an all day retreat to the beach. It was a very relaxing day. It's been a long time since I've been to the beach. When we got there, we first ran into the water, it was sooo warm!! It was the warmest beach water I've ever felt. It was close to bath water. Every time we felt something in the water, we thought it was a crab or jellyfish! It was very frightening!!

It didn't help that there jellyfish and crabs on the shore... The tiny crabs were everywhere. If you looked hard enough, you could see the tiny crabs, about the size of your thumbnail, moving everywhere in the sand!!

 Walking with bare feet wasn't the wisest thing, I could have gotten pinched, but I didn't...

The beach was beautiful and relaxing, like they all are. The palm trees swayed in the wind, waves continuously crashed against the shore, and the Thai people were so willing to serve you with drinks, hand made crafts, and so much more!! Also, something I've never seen on an American beach, was an elephant! Those cute elephants, I feel so bad for them, they have to be in captivity, they should have a life, too!!

The whole point of going to the beach was because it was a staff retreat. We had a total of three sessions, they blessed me very much. The last one was the best. We all got anointed with olive oil, like in the Bible. And we all shared what we prayed about, it was very spiritually moving, and I feel closer to every single person now. It's too bad I'm leaving tomorrow for Ubon, I'm going to miss everyone, but I know that is where God is leading me to be.