Wa’gwon!

Wa’gwon! (What’s going on...Jamaican style) As we sit here on the front porch of Cloister’s Methodist Center, we’re not really sure how to even start describing our trip so far. Today started out with Bucky politely sounding an air horn in order to make sure we were all awake on time. Although that was quite the awakening, it was still hard to get out of bed, but totally worth it considering the fresh papaya, blueberry muffins, bacon, and eggs awaiting us for breakfast. Our day started off even earlier because Hop picked a few of us to take Bobby (one of the Street family boys, 12) to school. It was great because we got to see the inside of the Street family’s house and see what our church had done in the past years. We then headed over to the Hoolebury Church where our four groups continued work from Saturday. We worked with Bucky by hammering and sawing (Donna’s probably so proud) lumber to keep making the bleachers. Other groups poured cement and formed columns at the Street house. Working through the intense Jamaican sun was no problem for us though as the Jamaican kids quickly taught us how to tell which mangoes were ripe enough to enjoy. After we got back to the Cloisters and shockingly enjoyed semi-warm showers (our vans was one of the first ones back so it was an all out sprint for us) we met for yet another delicious dinner made by the women here. Once everyone had a chance to eat we met on the porch for group time. Ms. Johnson shared her inspiring and raw personal story that touched all of us and small group time afterwards was composed of challenging questions that made us all think. After all the deep thoughs and thinking, we were worn out and needed some munchies. Thanks to Billy and Pat, however, we found that the snacks had been hijacked and after attempting to sell the snacks and charge for a “delivery fee” they are now attempting to offer ransom to Sass as long as they get first place in line for meals. I swear, we really did have a mature group time tonight. Continue to keep us in your thoughts and prayers as we are serving our new family in Jamaica and challenging each other. Mom (Cheri): we wish you were here! Dad’s been a beast, but he can’t quite keep up with me ☺ Donna, David, and Kacey I miss you and can’t wait to see you even though I don’t ever really want to come home!!

All our love,
Kelsey and Eryn