by Resurrection Staff | Oct 16, 2015 | Jamaica
Thursday, October 15, 2015 This morning, we had a more traditional Jamaican breakfast. The papaya, orange halves, starfruit, and toast with guava jelly were not too far out of the ordinary, but the salted fish, ackee, and festival were new to us. The salted fish was...
by Resurrection Staff | Oct 16, 2015 | Jamaica
Wednesday, October 14, 2015 This morning, we didn’t have breakfast until 8am, which was really nice since we had all had so little sleep the night before leaving the states. The morning was cool and quiet and clear, and the view from the house showed layers of...
by Resurrection Staff | Oct 16, 2015 | Jamaica
Tuesday, October 13 After a delayed but otherwise uneventful flight from Chicago, we arrived in Montego Bay a little after 2pm. We made our way down the long, winding corridors of the airport to customs and baggage claim before exiting out into the heat, humidity, and...
by Resurrection Staff | Oct 12, 2015 | Jamaica, Jamaica Partners
The Jamaica team leaves tomorrow to be with our partners from Brown’s Town, Jamaica! Please be praying for our teams safe travel and for the relationships that we will have the opportunity to grow. Thanks for your prayers! Stephanie and the...
by Resurrection Staff | Aug 4, 2015 | Jamaica
On Saturday, July 25th, eight team members attended the Community Team Preparation Training and Commissioning at Church of the Resurrection to learn more about their upcoming trip to Brown’s Town, Jamaica during October 13-20, 2015. The team will be...
by Resurrection Staff | Apr 15, 2015 | Jamaica
Friday started with a 40 minute drive to Reverend Harrison’s manse in Brown’s Town. Once we arrived we loaded up avocado trees and headed down to Egypt (the name of his farm along the mountain side and in the valleys). Egypt is a very mountainous...