Curtis Mission to Malta

Initially, we assumed that Malta, being an island, would share Hawaii's temperate climate. In Hawaii, summer temperatures can reach 90 degrees, and despite the humidity, the Tradewinds make it bearable. However, Malta's climate is distinctly different. Here, temperatures also soar into the 90s, but there's no cooling breeze. Malta is a desert island, and we are counting down the weeks until the end of summer. The intense heat has prompted us to put a lot of our sightseeing on hold.  However, we had some free time on Tuesday morning and despite the heat we decided to drive to the Blue Grotto Lookout.  We had seen pictures and were anxious to see it in real life.   We located the lookout point on the map and we were on our way.   When we got there, a trail led from the parking area to this view. It was indeed beautiful, yet it differed immensely from the images we had seen of the Blue Grotto and we wondered if we were in the right place. It wasn't until we re...

Wow!  What a week!  We have exciting news!   Scroll down for more details! For P-day this week, we decided to go to Rain Forest Cafe.  It's one of the few American restaurants (other than Burger King, KFC & McDonalds) we have here. Both of our sister missionaries are from other countries (Portugal and Argentina), so they had never heard of Rain Forest Cafe. It was so fun to take them.  They were so excited, they were just like little kids.  They had never seen anything like it!  We loved it too!    We ordered the Volcano and when the guy brought it out, he was chanting  "Vol-can-o, Vol-can-o, Vol-can-o!" SO MUCH FUN! Now for the BIG NEWS!   This week was the baptism of Veronica Mamani! The red headed Baptist has arrived at St Paul's Bay! We love Veronica so much!  She has such a sweet spirit about her!   Veronica is from Peru.   She came here about 4 years ago. She met the missionaries and took a fe...