Birthday Outing

Last Tuesday was my birthday, (no, I can't believe I'm 17) and my family took me on a "Happy Birthday Outing." They took me to the Pitch Lake in La Brea, and it was really neat! It is the largest "natural deposit of asphalt in the world," right here in our beautiful island of Trinidad! :)

We went with some of the brethren here, Bro. Wendell Parris and his family, and two of the students, Trovel and Adrian, and Adrian's mum. :) They really made it a fun day! <3

A bubble in the middle of the path. Those are foot prints, it was really soft!

Old carts used to carry the pitch up to the refining factory...now they just use a tractor and dump truck!

Better be careful around the bubbles of fresh pitch, if you stand in some places long enough, you'll sink! ...*quick pitch!* Ha!

Trovel got me a lily from the lily-pad covered pond.. :)

Part of the lake was covered in water, which has a lot of sulfur in it, and supposedly it "helps with pimples and stretch marks." Hehe! So we did go bathing, and it felt so good! The sun was real hot, so it was like stepping into a hot tub! :)

Trovel mummy make me a cake, and he decorated it for me! :)

*yummy*

THEN Tracey and Crystal made me a cake, and decorated it the same way! Hehe! They didn't know at all!

The people are so giving down here, they really made my birthday so much fun!

And my family...what can I say? They sang to me probably 17 x 17 times that day! (and the next, and the day before...hehe!) They are such a blessing to me! <3

I thank God for giving them to me! :)

Hope everyone has a blessed week! :)