A birthday to remember at
Nouvata Parc Hotel - Noumea, New Caledonia
Here we are in Noumea for the second time this year, and we are staying in this lovely hotel complex because our contact here has 'connections'. I took this photo from our balcony with a fisheye lens. (I think this is the biggest pool I've every seen.) This lens makes the ocean look far away, but it is very close, just in front of the hotel.
We are here to assist with the organization of the first stake of the church here in New Caledonia. For my friends not familiar with Mormon terminology, a stake unifies several congregations. (The word 'stake' comes from Old Testament imagery where a stake holds up the tent or the church.) What a great place to spend a birthday!
