We've been having so much fun that I thought it was important that we let everyone know that we are, in fact, here for a purpose and John has been hard at work! His job is very demanding and learning all the ropes of being the finance director of this ship has been a bit daunting at times, but he is doing great! It's amazing how much money passes through this ship even though we are all volunteers. He has to try to predict how much money the crew members will need before we set sail to Guinea. With all there is to do in Tenerife, this has been a difficult task.
I figure our blog won't probably have a TON of information about John's job since most people don't get too excited about accounting, so here's the pictures to remind you that he is busy working away every day!
Hard at work at his desk. Soon he will have a name plate :)
The monitors are glued to the desk so they don't move when we sail!
The safe! (and a good way to keep the door propped)
And on to play. . .
Last weekend we had our first visitors!! We happen to have a really good family friend (Lori) that we grew up with that live on one of the other Canary Islands. Her husband works for a gold mine in Africa but he commutes from the islands! Lori's sister Julie just happened to also be visiting so she and her family came too! These girls have been like cousins to me and it's so crazy that we connected here. . .so far from the States! They traveled over on the ferry to our island and then we drove to the southern part of the island for the weekend. It was great to get off the ship!
Wall girls, Julie and Lori and Julie's kids
Adalynn loved the hotel slippers.
It was such a nice weekend and we felt totally spoiled! I even got to get a massage in the spa thanks to Julie!! They bought me a new watch (mine broke) and got the girls these adorable outfits!!
We were so thankful for this time away and a great time to relax and reconnect!
Then on Monday, the ship had to do some maintenance that required the entire crew to leave the ship from 7:45am-8:30pm. Mercy Ships paid for us to go to a place called Loro Park. It is like a zoo and Sea World combined. It was a VERY long day, but really fun too. The girls were total troopers!
Ready for our long day!
A really cool aquarium tunnel. Those are sharks lying on the top of the tunnel!
Sea Lion show
A really cool penquin house with real snow! Adalynn loved watching the penquins dive and swim.
I thought these birds were amazing!
Gorillas! One of the only places in the world you can see Gorillas. My favorite part!
Orca show
We loved the dolphins.
Adalynn got pretty tired towards the end of the day but we were able to see all the shows.
We've been able to rest up a bit the rest of this week and are getting ready for our sail to Guinea next Wednesday. Tonight and tomorrow we will make our final runs to the stores to stock up on gluten free food and also some diapers and other cabin items that we won't be able to get once we are in Africa. Hoping to have my first IKEA experience tomorrow! We are excited for the upcoming sail and praying that none of us get sea sick!
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