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On The Beach

Before dinner tonight we went down to the beach with Hajar, our driver. We got there just in time for the sunset. I had been wanting to stand on the beach for a while. As I stood there and watched three men playing in the waves, It was hard to put it all in perspective. They seemed to be having a great time trying to body surf the waves. A little more than a month ago, people on the same beach were fleeing the waves in terror. As I looked out over the ocean, I thought of the many people who are afraid to come back and rebuild their houses in the same place. Hajar said many people have moved out of the area, going to Medan, on the other side of the island. He thinks if it wasn't for the help of so many other nations, that even more people would leave the area. Every where you can see people's belongings scattered across the sand. It makes you wonder what happened to the people these things belonged to. Were they swept out to sea? Or, did they flee to safety, leaving everything behind?