Another Jamaica update

These are the two houses on Mo-Bay campus. Each house has a larger apartment on one side and smaller apartments on the other.

Kirk and Keri stay in the larger apartment on the left of this building. There is a screened in porch and a car port that separates the apartments. The teachers and others that work on campus stay in these buildings.

This building houses the office, dining rooms, and an activity room (upstairs).

Jolene didn't hesitate to go sit right in the middle of all the students before they began their program. (More later)

Chad distributing Sugar Cane he cut up.

Jonas chewing on Sugar Cane!!! YUMMY, sorry we can't bring any back to share.

The children playing a game with some of the work team.

If you click on the picture to enlarge it you will see Javan is showing his sign name, a letter J drawn in front of his shoulder.

From the campus you can see a cruise ship arrived into port in the distance.

Good Camera!!! :) Thanks Honey!

This is their library. Jesse and Javan have spent some time in it reading.

Supper with the work team, off to the left is the buffet style food line.

Jubilee and Drew playing church. Sorry no picture of the preacher.

Tues. - Travel Day: October 28

Wed. - Recovery Day and Get in Order Day (Rain)

Thurs. - Partial School Day and R&R (Rain)

Fri. - Pack up and drive back to Montego Bay to the deaf school (Rain)

Power out, candle lit supper and clean up, early to bed.

Sat. - Kirk pick up work teams. Laundry and supper with work team. (Rain)

Sun. - Church and family time. (Rain)

Mon. - (Rain) Chad and Kirk, along with Erin Davis, Chad Huber, and Ron _____ (my brain is failing me on his name) visiting Schools and Infirmiries (Nursing homes) our Church supports. They were supposed to be delivering items that arrived on the Sea Container but there was a problem with paper work or something so they found another valuable use for their time while Ron is here. This was the most difficult day with the children. They did not have enough to keep them busy and they were not getting along well.

Tues. - (Rain) Chad worked around the campus here while they waited for the paper work to be completed so they could start unloading the sea container. Chad kept the children busy in the AM but they still bickered when he left in the afternoon.

Wed. - (Rain) Chad and the afore mentioned group finished the deliveries that Chad and Kirk were included in. Thank the Lord there wasn't much bickering today. Could it be that because I wasn't getting good sleep and I wasn't having my time in the Word to start my day that things weren't going as well? Wednesday I cast my cares on the Lord first thing and even though the children didn't have any more to do than the other days, the day went well.

Jolene helping with the cleanup on Friday.

Thurs.- (Rain) Are you starting to catch a pattern here? Thurs. and Fri. Chad worked around campus, I think mostly repairing things. After supper the students put on a program for us. They mostly sign to music, one class danced. It's amazing how they can perform to music that most of them can't hear. Some have minimal hearing but bad enough they could not succeed in the public schools. I wanted to blog a video of one of the students but my video is too long. We will share our videos when we are together. If you aren't family and want to see them, just let us know.

The first grade class

Fri. - (Rain) In addition to working around campus Kirk drove one of the vans taking the Hands In Praise group to the airport. They are flying to Georgia for a tour performing at least 20 times on their 17 day trip. We had hoped to go to the beach to watch the sunset and go out to eat. Due to the hurricane that is happening (not over Jamaica) they had to wait on a different flight and Kirk was not available to take us to the beach even if it wasn't RAINING!

The Hands In Praise team and the Principle (far left) and Head teacher (2nd man from left).

A Look Into The Rest of our Trip.

Saturday (tomorrow) Kirk will be driving the work team to the airport and we will be cleaning the house preparing for our departure back to Knockpatrick.

Sunday, Lord willing, we plan to go to the deaf church at the Deaf Village near the deaf school where Kirk and Keri live. Ya gotta make sure ya get plenty of sleep on Saturday nights when you attend the deaf church because you can't use the excuse "my eyes were closed but I was still listening!" HA HA After Church we would like to go to the local infirmary for a visit and then possibly spend some time with the Hubers. (Another family that came down about the same time as Kirk's family.)

I don't know from day to day beyond that but we do hope to get out to eat at a couple Jamaican restaurants and to some Falls and possibly a beach, all weather depending and Lord willing.

Thursday we fly home! I'm not eagerly anticipating it yet, put perhaps by the time it gets here I will be.

If it seems like I'm complaining about rain, I'm really not. We knew it was the rainy season when we planned our itinerary. They aren't kidding when they say rainy season. Thankfully it usually only rains for a short while and then is nice the rest of the day or at least until another shower moves through.

There are so many things I want to share but it is getting late. I will try to keep a list so I don't forget to share them later.