After starting our last day on the island with another INCREDIBLE breakfast at the buffet, it didn’t take us long to hear that, in fact, Michael Jackson HAD passed away. I feel like i need to share this with you because it’s been the talk of EVERYONE on the island – every radio station, every conversation, every newspaper story – you get the idea. We’re hoping the rest of the american celebrities can pull through until we get back to the states.
So anyway…. after breakfast we were picked up at the hotel and taken
downtown and loaded on the triple decker boat. After about an hour of waiting, we finally got going on our 20 minute boat ride to the island (Matt only got a little seasick on the way there).
We unloaded on a small, private island where we spent the day laying on the beach, snorkeling, enjoying a buffet-style Bahamian lunch, and enjoying the beautiful views – yes, doing all the things everyone teased us about before we left when they heard we were going to a “workcamp” in the Bahamas. Well, to all of those people, after a long, tiring week of work – it was a perfectly sunny day, and a wonderful way to relax on the beach before we went home. 
(We wouldn’t want to stay here for a week and let the beach think we didn’t appreciate it, now would we? That’s just rude in our books!)
On our way back we saw the dark cloud approaching, and once we got back on the bus, the storm let loose. Because of rush hour traffic and the big rainstorm, our 20 minute bus ride ended up turning into over an hour and a half. Oh well. The good news is that there are plenty of restaurants in the hotel where we can find dinner for the evening. However, evening devotions on the beach are most likely out at this point.
SO, this will be our last blog from the island! We can’t wait to share even more pictures, stories and memories with each of you when we return. Oh, and for those of you Facebook-savvy individuals… of course you’ll be able to catch the 100′s of pictures that were taken among the group on our profile pages. Wahoo!
See you in the States! 
What a fun trip for all of you! Looks like you had a great experience. Thanks for posting and sharing on the blog, Kathleen.
Duane Carlisle – Broadway UMC