All 11 of us went to the International Bible Church (www.bonaireibc.org) this morning for their worship service at 9 am. The church has no air conditioning, but has large windows and doors to let any available breeze pass through the building. The message on the finished work of Christ was such a good reminder that our salvation does not depend on our works. The pastor reminded us that we should be concentrating on ‘renewing our minds’ rather than trying to do works in our own strength.
After church, Daryl and Carol Van Dyken invited us to convoy with them on a tour of the north end of the island of Bonaire. We had a quick dinner at our duplex then met them at 1 pm. We took the road north on the west coast to Gotomeer (lake with a few flamingos). Since there was a cruise ship in port, there were tour buses and cars blocking all the scenic points. We traveled on to the Rincon, the first town on Bonaire established by Spain in the 1500s.
We then arrived at the east coast of Bonaire where there are 12 large wind turbines. The wind is almost always blowing out of the east, but like with any wind or solar energy source, there is still need for oil fueled engines on standby to make up for this power when the wind is calm or the sun doesn’t shine.
At the south end of the line of wind turbines are some undercut rocks with ancient paintings. From there we traveled the shorter route back to Kralendijk, the capital of Bonaire. It is the second, and only other, town established on Bonaire.
After arriving back at the duplex, most of us men went to Bachelor Beach to cool down before supper.
Since the internet seems to be working fairly consistently, I used Skype to make my usual Sunday evening phone call to my mother in Colorado. We then Skyped Allan, Joyce and family and tried out our new webcam.