Jamaica #3 - real post follows...

Thursday 12-30-04
This morning I woke up - and the sun was shining! It was so beautiful compared to the clouds we've had so far. It rained last night and everything looks so fresh now. Thanks to God for new beginnings - His mercies fall fresh each day. We had cereal and fruit for breakfast - mmm... fresh pineapple! Then we piled into a small van and traveled about 30 minutes through more mountains to the church we're working on.



The wood wasn't there at first so we played games with some kids and moved a ton of rocks to even out a pathway. Then the wood showed up and we unloaded it - after that there wasn't much to do because a man from the church cut the wood - so we played with the kids. Late in the afternoon we had mountain coffee and tuna sandwhiches...



then we played more and walked around, and it rained a little bit, and then we played Mafia, and then we had dinner - it wasn't very good and we don't really know what it was. And we had more coffee - so good! We came back to the place we're staying at and we walked to McDonad's and then to the grocery store. I bought some coffee for myself and for my mom and some jerk spice to take home and some snacks and water. We came back and had ice cream, played with a gecko, and had a devotional/worship time. Today when we were playing with the kids we sang "Hold Me Close" which the girls chose. The 11-year old, Delisha, had an amazing voice and it amazes me how God crosses cultures - the same worship songs, the same God. We also sang some Christmas songs. I've noticed that I keep forgetting that it's Christmastime. Tomorrow is New Year's Eve! So crazy.