Jamaica March 2016 Team, Day 4

Our first stop today was Retirement elementary school, where we joined the groups of students in their daily devotional. We brought roughly 300 books to be added to the school’s collection, along with supplies for the kids. All of the Jamaican six graders participate...

Jamaica March 2016 Team, Day 3

Today was our first day working on the “Bless the Schools” project. We arrived at Eccleston Primary School bright and early, and led the devotion for some sixty children to start the day. We attended a ribbon cutting ceremony for a new teacher’s meeting center, which...

March 2016, Haiti Day 3

We worshiped today at the Methodist Church of Petit Guave. It was a wonderful service, and even though it was in Creole, we were all moved and inspired. As Sunday is not a work day in Haiti we enjoyed some nice time off. In fact, we walked to the coast (where Sarah...

March 2016 Haiti Team, Day 2

Today we drove to Petit-Guave. We worked almost three hours sifting sand from a gravel pile.  It will be used for finishing touches on the Methodist private school in Brakeman. We hope to use the sift to level the dirt floor and then lay beautiful tiles. We then...

March 2016 Jamaica Team, Day 2

The day started with a delicious American breakfast of bacon, eggs, pancakes, and papaya cooked by Rev. and June Harrison (tomorrow they had promised a special Jamaican breakfast). After breakfast we had a nice stroll around the grounds, checking out June’s impressive...