So after three months of living on Namu, Fernando and I are back to Ebeye for Thanksgiving/Christmas break. Our adventure started last Tuesday morning. There was a small boat coming from Majkin (another island on the Namu Atoll) because that is where the plane lands to take us to Kwaj. So we left Namu very eager to wake up the next morning, get on a plane, and be on Ebeye the next day. Unfortunately that is not the way things turned out. The elder from the Majkin SDA Church informed us later that day that the plan would not be here on Wednesday but that it would HOPEFULLY arrive on Thursday. So there we were, stuck on another outer island that we knew nothing about with people we didn’t know. But the experience turned out to be quite a blessing. We met Jordan, a teacher from World Teach who had been living on Majkin for about as long as we had been living on Namu. It was great to be able to talk to somebody who came from the U.S. and be able to share our different experiences together.
Finally Thursday morning came and with it the plane came also. About 20 minutes after take-off we were landing on Kwaj. We found our way to the dock, took a water taxi from Kwaj to Ebeye, and then a taxi from the dock to the apartments where all the SM’s live. So after all the waiting we had finally made it back. The power was out so after a few hours we were all enjoying a delicious Thanksgiving meal. These last few days have been really refreshing. Its nice not to have to wake up in the morning and carry water from the well to your bathroom, carry your car battery to another house to get it charge, or carry your drinking water from someone else’s house to yours. It’s nice to able to come back to familiar things. But it’s funny how I find myself missing my students, the people, and life on Namu. I’m definitely going to enjoy my time on Ebeye but looking forward to going back to Namu.
