According Maria Sharapova's words, she is in Moyo Island : an Island paradise in Indonesia. 

For lovers of nature and the underwater world, three kilometers off the North coast of Sumbawa lies Moyo Island, a pristine environment with rugged coastlines and a grassy savannah home to all sorts of wildlife.

Moyo island has become more famous with the visit or Princess Diana of England who sought refuge on this island from the paparazzi.

The main attraction of this island lies beneath the surface of the ocean. Moyo is surrounded by beautiful untouched coral reefs which are ideal for snorkeling. Swim with white tip reef sharks, dive next to blue spotted sting rays, encounter a school of tropical fish. These experiences in the tropical warm waters of Indonesia will be unforgettable.

Back on land, two thirds of the island is a game reserve. Wildlife here includes deer, feral cattle and a variety of different types of birds. From great billed herons, spotted brahminy kites to white bellied sea eagles – bird watchers will be in for a treat with the amount of birds that make this island their home.

Archeology and cultural buffs shouldn’t miss a visit to Batu Tering traditional village where you can see the remains of an extinct megalithic culture. After you check in with the village chief, ask for a guide to show you round Airnung where you can see the remains of old rulers and ancient relief carvings.

Maria Sharapova in the Indonesian Jungle with a deer. 

What an Island Paradise !!!!!

Taking a float plane and landing on the water. I can't believe I signed up for that but it was one of the highlights of the trip!

Dartagnan: Landing on the water should be wonderfull.  I never try it in my short life. 

Flying from Moyo Island : http://www.youtube.com/w...amp;feature=relmfu 

 Maria Sharapova has left Moyo Island. 

Maria Sharapova takes India by storm 

ARE YOU AFRAID OF BUDDHA? 

MASHA IS NOT. 

Maria Sharapova: The Buddha sign of No Fear at the Borobudur temple...

It is the last picture Masha sent to us. It is in Indonesia. 

Dartaganan,

 Buddha is in Hell (see YouTube video below), and the Eternal God who Buddha did not know or believe in, is the only One that man is told to fear.  Buddha now fears Him and repents before Him but it is too late.  

So it is not Buddha, Muhammed or any other false or pagan deity that mankind should give reverential fear to, but the One true God and His Son Jesus Christ.   Jesus affirmed this saying in Matthew 10:28, "Fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul; but rather fear Him which is able to destroy both soul and body in Hell." 

Again, I encourage you to watch the YouTube videos below.  Both accounts were provided by missionaries who were eyewitnesses to these events, and were allowed or given permission by the parties in question to share their testimony. 

http://youtu.be/uSM8I-05Bm4

http://youtu.be/kiL4ClvshN0

HaShomer 2

Dartagnan,

I agree with everything that you said.  I know that Maria does not believe in Buddha, and that is why she as a follower of Jesus Christ should not visit Buddhist Temples or shrines, bow down to Buddhist statutes or idols, or engage in the ritualistic practices of other false religions.

You are right, culture does so often influence or determine one's faith or belief system.  However, once one's faith or belief system has been determined to be false it must be abandoned.  This is what happened in the case of the story of the Buddhist monk that I shared with you.  Cultural beliefs should not keep anyone from turning away from error once the truth is clearly known.  Once a person is armed with the TRUTH, they must no matter how difficult reject whatever false belief system it was that they adopted as a result of their culture. 

And you are so right, knowing God does keep one walking in an upright and honest way before God and before man.  

And doing yoga does not mean that you are Buddhist or an adherent to Buddhism.  Yoga is just a really great way of stretching, relaxing, and exercising all at the same time.  As I mentioned before to you, I, as a martial artist, have done a little bit of yoga as well.  

Again, I agree with all that you said, honesty, exercise, and hard work are so very important in life and is good for people of every faith.    

 HaShomer 2  

Dartagnan,

It does not matter how good Buddha, Gandhi or any other person was or is.  If they did not or do not believe or accept Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior, they unfortunately are LOST.  

Gandhi's acceptance of other faiths or false religions ("I am a Hindu, Muslim, and Christian") did not justify him before the Eternal God, but rather condemned him because he did not accept the only Way that God provided to man to be made right with Him.  It is only through His Son, Jesus Christ, that salvation and forgiveness is granted to all men.  Jesus affirmed this saying in John 14:6, "I AM THE WAY, THE TRUTH, and THE LIFE, no man comes to the Father but through Me." Those who think that they can bypass Christ, and go through some other way will not get into the Heaven.  This the Devil or HaSatan knows, because he is the one deceiving millions of people into believing the lies of false religions to their own destruction.  The only one happy about wicked men's refusal and rejection of Jesus Christ, is the Devil who is laughing at all adherents to false religions.  

Please review the response that I gave to Maria S. regarding the importance of what Jesus did for mankind by dying on the Cross, and why it was even necessary.  I've pasted it  below.  

Thanks!

HaShomer 2 

Maria S,

You are free to believe whatever you like about Jesus Christ, that He is a "terrorist", but it still does not change the truth of the matter and that is this.  You are going to bow down to this "Terrorist" one day, willingly OR unwillingly because He is going to use the rod that is in His hands to break your knee caps and force you to bow, if you don't. 

And regarding your comments, "it takes a sicko to manipulate the world by holding our souls to ransom.  Jesus Christ is the epitome of a terrorist in the truest sense of the word! He even willingly gave his life for the cause!", I will say this. Men have for centuries resorted to impugning the character of God and Jesus Christ, saying "God can't be good if He sends wicked sinners to an eternal Hell!'. They do this to excuse or take the attention away from their own wicked, sinful, and depraved nature and character.

God in point of fact is good, and very good at that.  It's not popular these days for Christians to point out to the secular world and nominal Christians that God is a God of Wrath.  People, like yourself, would much prefer for us to quote John 3:16 to you, "For God so loved the world" or 1 John 4:8 that "God is love", to make you comfortable rather than make you uncomfortable by forcing you to look further at the other attributes of God.  And it is in the context of God's holiness that SIN must be judged and punished.  It is also in the same context that God's love, mercy and grace is revealed to the world through the person of Jesus Christ.   

 Look at what Jesus did on behalf of mankind from the perspective of this story or analogy.  "There once was a king, who was strong, brave and possessed good qualities.  He ruled his country justly, loved his people and was loved by them in return.  Because of this, there was no crime in his kingdom until one day it was discovered that a thief was loose in the land.  Knowing that wrongful behavior would multiply unless he took a strong stand against it, the king decreed that when the thief was caught he would receive twenty lashes.  But the thefts continued.  He raised the punishment to forty lashes in the hope of deterring further crime, but to no avail.  Finally. he announced that the criminal would be punished with sixty lashes, knowing that no one in the country could survive sixty lashes except himself.  At last the thief was caught, and it turned out to be the king's mother.  The king was faced with a dilemma.  He loved his mother more than anyone in the world, but justice demanded that the punishment be carried out.  Moreover, were his subjects to see that it was possible to commit a crime and not be punished for it, social order would be completely undermined.  At the same time, he knew that if he were to subject his own mother to a punishment that would kill her, the people's love would turn to revulsion and hate towards a man so lacking in compassion and ordinary affection, and he would be unable to govern at all.  The whole nation wondered what he would do.  The day arrived for administering the prescribed punishment.  The king mounted a platform in the capital's central square, and the royal flogger took his place.  Then the king's elderly mother was brought forward, fragile, and trembling.  On seeing her son the king, she burst into tears, saying 'I'm so sorry... for what I did!' wailing between sobs.  Then, recovering, the bent, white-haired woman made her way towards the flogging harness.  The people gasped as the flogger raised his muscled arm with the leather whip.  Just as it was about to crack down on the exposed back of the woman who had given him birth, the king cried, 'Stop!' The arm poised in mid-air, the whip fell limp.  The king rose from his seat, removed his robe, walked to the harness, embraced his mother, and with his own body covering his mother, and his bare back exposed to the flogger, commanded him to 'Execute the sentence!'  The sixty stripes due the king's mother fell on the back of the king."

 This is what Jesus did.  Jesus knowing that mankind could never pay the penalty for his sins, nor bear the Wrath that was due him took our punishment for us.  Jesus, the Lord of glory, removed His royal robes and stepped down from His Throne in Heaven, and came down to Earth to bear the penalty that was due us.  The holy and just Wrath of God that was due us for our sins and crimes against God fell on God's own Son, Jesus Christ, who willingly took the punishment.  Jesus exposed His own back to the spiters, just as Scriptures say.  And all those who accept what Jesus did on their behalf, God have freely and legally justified and declared them to be no longer guilty before Him. Whereas, those who don't will stand before God on Judgment Day and will bear responsiblity for their own crimes, and the Wrath of God that fell on Jesus will fall on them for their own sins. And they will not be able to endure it or stand, but will fall under the weight of God's anger and fierce Wrath.  Jesus validates this, saying "He who believes in Me is not condemned; but he who does not believe in Me is condemned already because he has not believed in the Name of the only begotten Son of God....he who does not believe in the Son shall not see life, but the Wrath of God abides (remains) on him."

So this Maria S is the "difference" between those of us who hold to a Christian worldview, and you who don't!  We're justified before God, and have been declared "not guilty" because we accept what Christ did on our behalf and we recognize the tremendous love and unmerited favor that was shown to us as a result, and we willingly and freely place our faith and trust in Him.  Maria does so as well.  You, on the other hand, remains under God's condemnation and will experience His Wrath at death and on Judgment Day whether you believe it or not, like it or not, or accept it or not!  My advice to you, my friend, is to REPENT and believe the Good News that only Christianity offers through Jesus Christ.  Otherwise, Jesus Christ will in fact one day become your biggest TERROR and worst nightmare.  It's up to you!

HaShomer 2

Dartagnan,

Thanks for sharing the YouTube link.  I'm definitely going to check it out.  I would love to hear "Silent Night" done in Russian.  I bet it is very beautiful.  

 HaShomer 2