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Central America Caribbean » Jamaica » Montego Bay February 15th 2008

well. maybe you can't even tell when i'm rushed...and i feel like that's how i start all my emails, blog entries, and such... right now, in another browser window, i'm finally adding pictures to myspace. i'm very excited for that! haha i decided since i haven't updated very well on here, and please excuse if i word things weird...i think it's from listening to people speak patwa and talking with two year old a lot??...that i'll copy some things i jotted in my our daily bread devotional booklet margins to kind of catch up. so here it goes... January 1 day off. played solitaire with kemar. conversations with friends. river was too cold to swim so i slept in a patch of dirt in the sun. from my quiet time: "until i die, not to act ... read more

Central America Caribbean » Jamaica » Montego Bay February 7th 2008

some people are saying they can't even get on here to see my stuff? i filled the gallery with 50 pictures. go see them!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i'm exhausted i will start taking at least one day off a week i love it here we have lots of kids and babies adoptions are going through slowly but surely i've been at the hospital a lot lately with matthew. time at internet cafe is about to run out. keep in touch. will reply to those who have written, soon don't forget to send support for me, ask how if you don't know my bank accnt is running out and i need money there for airfare and groceries/life while im' here and sent to the nest to pay for may-sept... read more

Central America Caribbean » Jamaica » Negril January 21st 2008

1/19/08 So 2 days ago was officially the coldest day I have ever experienced...& the same has been true for each day that follows. In some parts of MN it got down to -40 F!! That is just insane!!! Now I absolutely can't wait for Belize & Jamaica in a couple of weeks!! About a week ago I got back from Belize. We had an amazing trip in Bermudian Landing...a village that I have become so close with! Sister Dahlia & Pastor Floyd & their 2 precious daughters; Micracle & Abigail, and of course Melissa. It was a rather 'rough' trip because we slept on the floor & had NO running water. So, we washed either in the river or with a bucket of water, & we flushed the toilet by pouring a bucket of water ... read more
Oswald...Belize
MoBay
Belize VBS


it's overcast and raining for the...i don't know, 4th straight day, maybe. everyone has been bundled up and we send the kids out to play and run around for a few minutes here when the rain lets up. there's supposed to be rain for i think 4 more days, so says the forecast. we have more babies on the way. i'm realllllly missing having friends my own gender and age to talk with about life and the Bible and everything that goes along with that. so, girls from home, i think it's time you plan a little trip. ok sounds great. and i got a spot of ringworm on one of my ribs. and a little girl jumped out of a crib about ten minutes ago and almost knocked out one of her bottom teeth. with ... read more

Central America Caribbean » Jamaica » Montego Bay December 26th 2007

on christmas eve we were delivered some super fabulous stuff. a HUGE donation that will pay for an important building project we have going on...annnd...TWO INFANT BOYYYYYYS!!!!!!! they're not related, but from the same hospital. one is a premature 18-day old and the other is 5 days old. they are the same size. i'm holding one as i type right now, and i'm also getting my hair braided by one of our older girls. i'll write more later. i wish i could experience this with my fam and friends but i wouldn't rather be anywhere else in the world right now. i've waited for a christmas with all of these people for SO LONG and it's finally a part of my life now. for christmas eve i hung out with my friend kemar and met up ... read more

Central America Caribbean » Jamaica » Montego Bay December 17th 2007

NOTE: I just read this over after posting it and noticed a bunch of typing mistakes and awkward phrasing...but I'm not going to go through and fix it. At least I can feel better now that I've mentioned that. haha... Where do I even begin?! I.LOVE.MY.LIIIIIIIIIFE. Hard times don't matter in comparison to the good times. What's interesting about that is I so cherish the times I'm feeling so low and so driven to the Lord. So I love both fun times and tough times. I am already so sad that I'm leaving Jamaica one day. I'm having these rich experiences and soaking them up, feeling my heart grow as more people climb inside of it, and I am glad that I don't know what my future holds. My little world in Jamaica is growing, if ... read more

Central America Caribbean » Jamaica » Montego Bay December 13th 2007

other than anything good or fun i've written or thought of writing...because there is SO MUCH to say about the daily goings on of life here... i am going to copy and paste an email i just wrote to someone, someone i hardly know but i just had to get it off my chest, and i want everyone else to know it, too. i'm going to say it's not really a big deal but really...it has been a big deal to me and i just prefer to try and write it off like it doesn't really matter when it's something that's driven me to tears lately. and i know i'm a sap and i cry easily over lots of things ..but sometimes i really do cry over stuff that matters...all that to say...here's my little email: ... read more

Central America Caribbean » Jamaica » Ocho Rios December 12th 2007

We were both very excited to go to Jamaica. We left the ship early and hopped on a bus out to the ‘Happy Retreat’ Plantation, where we had a tour around the plantation homestead (circa 1730-35) and learned about all the local plants, fruits and spices and how to prepare the famous Jamaican ‘Jerk’ foods. The owner of the homestead also gave us a brief history lesson on the Ocho Rios area and the homestead itself - we even got to try some local Jamaican rum punch - which was yummy! We saw some of the local farm animals too - including a colossal fat and hairy piggy named Herbert! The drive up to the plantation traveled through the incredible ‘Fern Gully’ - an area of incredibly dense rainforest, featuring over 500 types of fern - ... read more
Ocho Rios
Kristi at Dunn's Falls
Happy Retreat Plantation

Central America Caribbean » Jamaica » Montego Bay December 11th 2007

i'm serious. martika, who is five and up past her bedtime, was in one of the bathrooms just now. when she came out, i asked her what she was doing in there and to show me what she had done, because she isn't supposed to play in the bathrooms, clearly. she said, like all jamaican children do, "my doodoo was comin' down!" so she took me in there and i had her flush the toilet and start to wash her hands. there was a huge cockroach by the toothpaste and we both screamed and jumped back laughing and i smashed it with my shoe and i am telling you, toothpaste and guts came out of that thing and smeared all over the wall. ...or maybe there was just toothpaste on its outsides because i tried smashing ... read more

Central America Caribbean » Jamaica » Montego Bay December 4th 2007

I walked back to school after lunch with our last boy to finish eating... the kids at our school out here in the country have a pretty long break for lunch, and when they're done eating, they wait for the principal or teacher/s to return. So what do they do? RACE! No wonder so many of the kids are so lean and muscular looking. For at least a half hour, they SPRINT back and forth across the huge lawn behind their school racing each other. They talked me into racing a couple of times, but I don't do so well running on a full stomach. I don't know how they do it. Oh, maybe it's because they do it every single day. They even run barefoot or just in their socks. They're considered tough if they ... read more




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