I wanted to post this picture, because it captures perfectly what i see all the time when i'm surfing!! and i wish i could capture the beauty of God's creation that always brings awe and wonder to my spirit, leaving me speechless at how amazing God is.. That he would create such a beautiful place for us to live :]

Makapuu beach- Windward side

~Cruising over to the east (windward) side of the island~

For a little body boarding and sight seeing

Tetsuo Harano tunnel..

Todd & li'l Nick

Da Family

Navigating down to the beach..

~Doing a little body boarding @ Makapuu!~

Me

Todd

Rabbit Island in the distance..

Makapuu Beach

Breakfast w/ Jackie & Hanging out @ Waikiki

Breakfast with Jackie Salas!

Farmer nick

breakfast on the beach

Nicholas new friend :)

The view from Jackie's hotel room

~Sunset at Waikiki~

Hanging out on the beach!

Claire & Nick

Getting ready to go Surfing :)

~The End~

Hawaii, honolulu 26/07/2007

My First Day in Oahu!

As you can see they have a really cute little condo. It was funny, when i came down in the morning i really scared Nicholas, he ran over to Claire crying and wouldn't look at me for a few seconds. I think it was the hair :) He eventually warmed up to me and after i read him a few books he was my best buddy. We had a nice time at north shore we ate at this delicious hamburger place and then went shopping for a surfboard at the surf shops a few minutes down the road. I found a sweet board for good deal, i was pretty excited. I haven't been able to try it out yet because its so flat right now, but were going to try different side of the Island tomorrow. After that we drove along the coast and Claire showed me all the famous surf spots. We then landed at this little beach (pirates as Claire called it) and went swimming, i tried to get nick in the water, but he still isn't totally used to me yet, so he decided to hang out with his mommy on the sand!

~Claire & Todd's beautiful little house!~

My little room!

The bathroom and my beautiful sister!

The stairs.

The living room.

Nicholas play room under the stairs.

kitchen, with a dishwasher

Back porch, were we have dinner and breakfast.

The view from the back porch.

Eating lunch at a local hamburger joint on the North Shore.

Looking for a surfboard at the local surf shops.

The find!

Swimming at a local beach on the North Shore, called pirates.

Sand baby!

Driving back to their house from the North Shore, its around a forty minute drive.

Week 4: Pro Bargainers & Loving the Climate

Hi everyone! I miss you all....

We had a record high of 47 Celsius which is 116 Fahrenheit. So you are pretty much in a constant state of sweating. I was shaving in our sauna (bathroom) and my torso was soon completly weat and sweat was driping of my nose! And to top it off both A/C in our flat no longer work. Ours went out first so we converted to Davis A/C, soaking wet t-shirt draped over our upper body with the ceiling fan blasting. This was working pretty good; i mean, we were still sweating our brains out, but it wasn't to bad. We mentend to Mum and Papa that our A/C wasn't working, so they insted that we sleep in there room with them and they wouldn't let us refuse. So we had a pretty sweet slumber party! Last night with our luck their A/C stopped working. Now were gonna try sleeping at the school, either in the lobby area because a breeze is always blowing through or in one of the office rooms were there is an A/C unit. Pretty exciting stuff.



To further our Indian experince we have purchased a bicycle. Its pretty sweet, we now no longer have to get cheated by the rickshaw drivers to go to the market and we don't have to walk to school anymore. Our quality of living has definatly improved, not that its was bad before. We get even funnier looks now. I'm not sure what they think of us, two white guys riding Indian style and one of them with a curly fro. They really maximize on space around here, the most people i've seen on a bike is around three and one time i saw a guy with 5 twenty gallon propane tanks tied to his bike. And this is not an unusal site ethier. Its a little tricky manuvering the traffic, its a little different than the U.S.. But were getting the hang of it, you can pray we don't get run over that would be awesome.

Today, Monday we started an art & craft project. Were having all the students make scrap books. There not scrap books like back home, there more like a bunch of colored construction paper stapled with a cover that says " my scrap book" its pretty sweet! We have printed up a ton of pictures, some of the kids and some from back home in California. Were having them put one picture on each page and then draw and write about whatever the picture is. Its so that when the class is over they will have something to remember us and the class by.

We went shopping to Delhi's largest market and this other market which is kind of a tourist place. Were getting this barganing thing down, after getting cheated so many times you kind of get fed up. Shoping around here is different story, its almost an adventure especialy being white. Its like we have a big target on our forheads "TOURIST" its so crazy.

Oh and my name as changed to Villie its no longer willie. With there accents everyone says my name with a V its pretty funny.

My hair is looking pretty sweet, its probably around 8 inches and as curly as Gabrielle's hair. Just thought i'd let you know!!


Thats all folks stay tuned for more!


Yours Truly In Christ,
William Davis II

Week Three and were still alive! :)

Greetings to My Family and Friends and Gods Blessings!

Three weeks! Sometimes it feels like three months and other times like three days. Its so fun getting to teach these kids. We've really made friends with the ones that come regularly now. We started with thirty and now around twenty come on a regular basis! School go's from 8 to 12 so we have one hour periods. During the second or third period we play games in this big grass field, we taught them ultimate frezbie and they love it. Some times we'll play catch with tennis balls or when were tired or its to hot to play we sit in the shade and talk, laugh and the other day we brought out Barak's picture book that Alison made for him and showed them pictures. It was really cute, they all wanted to see the picture of Alison and one of the boys, his name his Sikander, wanted a picture of Barak & Alison, so the other kids started teasing him and were telling Barak that Sikander was going to take his girlfriend, it was really funny!

Saturday's are site seeing days. But we didn't get a lot of site seeing in this Saturday, because we stayed late at school and were messing with the new sound equipment Barak bought for the school. It was really fun we were the only ones there, so we set it up in the outdoor lobby area and it echoed throught the whole school with the granite and marble floors. And then were up late grading tests that we had the students take. It was hilarious. We told the students that there was going to be a test on friday and of course half of them forgot. So Friday rolls around and all the kids are stressing out and telling us they should take the test on Monday. But like cruel teachers we said no. It was really sad! Ok, so we got up late around 8, we usally arise around 5:30. We hung out at our flat and worked on some stuff for the following school week. We headed off to the school around 11:30 and ate lunch with the office staff Bency, Naynna, and Nesa who are our usual lunch companions. 2:30 we headed of on our adventure to visit India's largest Mosque and pick up some music stands for the guitars from the music store. The mosque was pretty amazing. Its extior is sqaure and on all sides there is shaded areas and on the east side is the place of prayer, which is the largest covered place you can walk. The center is a large stone courtyard with a pool in the center to wash you feet. On the eastern faceing wall in the corners are two very tall towers which you can go in. there really intense. it was very narrow inside and it winds around and around and around; there was no steel or cement used to build them only stone and they've been there for hundreds of years. You can not wear shoes inside, the only problem with this is its 110 outside and i was wearing sandals. But for your convince they have skinny mats that stretch to diffrent areas so you can walk. My feet are gonna be pretty tough by the time i come home! We then finished off the day with picking up the guitar stands.

My Health as been fairly good i only suffered a minor cold and stomach issues on Wensday lets just say it wasn't fun, so i stayed home and slept all day. Besides being extremely tired were doing awesome, its continuing to be a blessing being here and continued thanks for all you prayers, support and encouragment!!! I miss you all a lot! And i'll give more updates in about a week.

I'd love to hear from you too, you gotta keep me updated too!! :)


With Love in Christ,
William H. Davis II

2nd Week: First Week of Guitar Class

Hello every one

My God Bless you as you continue to pray for us!

This is the close of our first week of guitar class. Were pretty much putting the children through a musical boot camp, it is quite necessary because we only have four weeks left and that is a very short time to learn any musical instrument. For the short time they have really picked it up fast. Its a little different than teaching American children, most of these kids have never seen a musical note, have no idea what a sheet of music looks like or how to keep time. The children that are coming are doing very well, they are learning how to strum and have learned a few chords. To help the children learn faster we have set up a practice time after school. This runs from one o'clock to four or five, its worked well except that we have to have intense supervision. Teaching this class has really given me a lot of respect for teachers that i never had before. It takes a lot of energy to teach kids this age and especially if they don't understand you half the time. All the children are really precious, it was my birthday a few days back on the 22, so Barak had the children sing me happy birthday. The next day two of the kids had brought me gifts and following day another kid brought my something. Its a real blessing to see the smiles on their faces as there learning and their enthusiasm is awesome. We had some trouble with kids coming that were to young and from other schools just to pass the time but we resolved this issue and now things are running smoothly.

Saturday was site seeing day. We saw Red Fort, and incredibly large red fort. It was amazing to see all the architecture, carvings and inlay of stone. The landscaping of the this place was awesome, a river was once connected to a huge moat that surroundedhe fort. From this water was transferred inside which fed a stream which ran throughout the entire place, it was called the "the river of paradise". The Carvings in the marble and stone pillars and floor are so intricate. The inlay is amazing in these marble pillars you have flowers and many other designs inlaid with different colored granite and stones, it looks as if it was painted that how well done it is!

We visited another place that i don't remember the name of. This also had incredible carvings stone and an incredibly tall tower. This place had more long always of stone pillars and was more broken down, its a lot older than red fort.

We Also drove by the presidents house and office, it would be like driving by the white house. We also visited the Gate of India which was built in remembrance of all the soldiers that died in

WWI and the war against Afghanistan. All the soldiers names that died are inscribed on it.

Things are going well and i miss you all!!

Love in Christ

William Davis II