Forbidden Island

This is beautiful Forbidden island located in Saipan. Last week a few friends and I hiked down the long trail to go swimming down there. This past weekend we were reminded of why it has its name "Forbidden". There was a group of Korean students hiking down there, about 17 of them. They were hiking on the south side of the island, near the reef, when a large wave came and swept 5 of them into the ocean. 4 of them were drowned and one is doing fine now. Very sad to see what the ocean is capable of doing. It is very unpredictable. Praise the Lord we made it down there and were fine. We were also being wise and staying away from the reef. It was nice to be able to enjoy Gods beautiful creation. If you look closely at the picture looking up the hill you can see the tiny little brown path that we had to hike to get to and from the spot. What a hike.