The last couple of weeks have been quite an eventful one on our speck in the Pacific Ocean. The first big typhoon of the season fortunately missed us, but wreaked havoc on the Phillipines. Our hearts and prayers go out to those affected there. On a more upbeat note, Elizabeth’s cheerleading has been flying along. The girls are improving rapidly, and the teams really appreciate them being out there. She’s had requests to attend volleyball and baseball games as well, and will be making that happen this week. I’ve thoroughly packed my schedule with soccer, soccer and more soccer, which has been one of the absolute highlights of being here. The culture is tremendously active, and for the first time in our marriage we’ve found treating our bodies well to be the routine more than the exception. This week alone I have a men’s league game on Sunday, Co-ed game on Monday, training with u-18 boys team on Tuesday/Thursday (a humbling experience, at least from a fitness perspective), and coaching my u-14 boys team on Wednesday. In the meantime, Liz and I have found time to do a trivia night, go snorkeling at a spectacular coral formation known as “Ice Cream” (plans for this Saturday--will definitely post pictures of that!), and take a jog or two on the 4.3 KM path right along the beach (it starts right across from our school).
Fall weather is in full effect here. Temps have dropped from 87 to 85 and there’s a little less rain. By the way, as I was telling our friend Thomas yesterday at Co-ed Soccer, you can roughly equate the temperatures on Saipan to home in the following manner – 87 degrees – 100 degrees at home, hot, sticky (Summer), 86 degrees – 80 degrees at home – warm, less sticky (Late Spring, Early Fall), 85 degrees – 60 degrees back home – nice, cool, breezy (Fall, Spring), 84 degrees – 40 degrees – frigid, chilly, 83 degrees – 20 degrees – bundle up, it’s freezing out (Winter). Who says we don’t have seasons here? We have both decided that "glistening profusely" is a way of life!
Fall weather is in full effect here. Temps have dropped from 87 to 85 and there’s a little less rain. By the way, as I was telling our friend Thomas yesterday at Co-ed Soccer, you can roughly equate the temperatures on Saipan to home in the following manner – 87 degrees – 100 degrees at home, hot, sticky (Summer), 86 degrees – 80 degrees at home – warm, less sticky (Late Spring, Early Fall), 85 degrees – 60 degrees back home – nice, cool, breezy (Fall, Spring), 84 degrees – 40 degrees – frigid, chilly, 83 degrees – 20 degrees – bundle up, it’s freezing out (Winter). Who says we don’t have seasons here? We have both decided that "glistening profusely" is a way of life!
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