Happy Birthday to Me!!!!

Today is my 40th birthday here in Guam...... It is almost 11pm here, and it has been a good day.

It was 7:30 this morning when there was a knock at my door. Since the knock woke me up I wasn't even coherent enough to remember it was my birthday yet until I opened the door and a number of the girls from the dorm were there and including Ethel, our office manager to sing me some songs and wish me a happy birthday.

Throughout the morning others stopped by to do the same including Ned and Joel who sang happy birthday in Spanish. Joel gave me the box from my parents which was filled with all kinds of good snacks. The Farnsworths also gave me a pot holder with apples because it is apple picking season back in Pennsylvania.

In the morning chapel everyone sang to me again.

After it was over Crystaleen took me for lunch at Steaks and Shakes where I got a taste of home with a Philly Cheesesteak. She and the girls from the Bannex dorm also got me a Guam shirt and signed it.

In the evening I talked the campus director into letting us keep the court lights on so we could celebrate with volley ball, basketball and ice cream sundaes (My treat - thanks to the generosity of my parents) One of the students made me a flower Mar-Mar which are a tradition in Micronesia. (See picture)

Of course throughout the day I received many ecards and emails with birthday wishes and throughout the week a number of snail mail cards..... A special shout out to my friends at PMA.... miss you and love you all.

Thank you all my friends in Micronesia and around the world for making this a very special day.