Jamaica Post #2...

Wednesday 12-29-04
We got a lot of sleep last night and it felt really good. When we woke up we realized the place we're staying at isn't too bad and that last night we were just tired and cranky.



But we're all really looking forward to the villa. We found out that we aren't going to work on this church - we're working on the church that Sikon, a Jamaican AU student, goes to. It's pretty far away so we have to drive but we didn't have tranportation today. So we walked down the street and went to Dominoes for lunch (the only place we found quickly) and got some Jamaican juices from the grocery store next door. We also exchanged some money. We split into two groups - one group bought groceries for our breakfasts and my group went to find a card that Moose would put in his cell phone so it would work here, but his cell company locked it out, so that didn't work. We then went to the hardware store and bought some lumber to reubuild the church's roof. Then we all came back. Some people bleached the showers, some played frisbee, and I played cards with some people. Then a group of us went into town to go shopping. I bought a little flag for my brother. Then we came back and took a short nap. After my nap I changed my clothes and we all went to a jerk restaurant - spicy, but VERY good.











And the owner, "Logan, Vince Logan" was very friendly. Most of us had chicken, some had pork. There was a lot of little bones, but still it was good. For a side we had this thing called Festival - it was sort of like fried bread. we took some pictures and then came back. We had a time of relfection on the day. We had all noticed that the kids and the older people are really friendly, and the pople more our age aren't. We are the only caucasians here. This is definately not a part of Jamaica most Americans come to. We worshipped some, and then got ready for bed, played a few games of Mafia and then slept.