Day of Rest and Church

Hey this is Sami with another amazing blog from Jamaica MON! (yes I am working very hard on my Jamaican accent, which I should have down in 2 weeks!) So today was definitely our “Day of Rest”. We had to get up around 8:30, (which is a huge change from our normal 6:45 wake up call) and had some great baked oatmeal, cinnamon rolls, and fresh Jamaican fruit for breakfast. Our bus driver Chris arrived and we were off to Church. Grace, Sam, Tyler, and Stefene sang in the main church service and Garrett did an amazing job giving his testimony. He genuinely shared his heart, and we were all so proud of him! During the church service the team snuck downstairs to the children’s church to help out, or so we thought. When we got down there we were informed that we had to do the whole 1 ½ hours, when we only had about 10 minutes prepared. The children were out of control! So we decided to play some good ole games like sword exercises and hang man. While church was going on, it started pouring outside- like flooding and continued the whole day, so again our tan day was ruined :( After church and Sunday School we headed back to Fairhaven for an early dinner. After dinner we all took some much needed naps- tried to catch up on sleep- but I was rudely interrupted by Samuel who thinks it’s funny to wake up sleeping beauties ;) After we woke up we all went to church again for a little choir sesh (thanks Polley for the word). That was fun, but we were all tired because it didn’t end until about 9:30 (which is late for us to be out at night normally). There were some incredibly HUGE bugs including a bat (which Jen swears was just a really, really big moth); I guess we will never know. Haha. We got home, had a little talky time between team members, showers and had an incredible batch of Mac and Cheese. After Dinner and Ice Cream from Edy’s- which strangely resembles Dryer’s, we just sat around and planned for tomorrow’s new adventures to come.

So as I am writing it is Midnight Jamaican time, (10 p.m. California time) and I have to be up in 6 in a half hours for devotions prepared by Jen. Please pray for us tomorrow as we venture out to a whole new orphanage. We will be going to Blossom Gardens which is a state run orphanage instead of a privately owned place. Pray that we impact the children we come in contact with, and we connect with the staff. Pray for guidance that we know exactly what needs to be done. Also, some of us on the team (not me for once) have not been feeling up to par, so pray for health on the team, because we would not be team Jamaica without each individual person. Soooo in conclusion I must get off to sleep or I will be a grumpy person tomorrow, and I don’t think my team would appreciate it. Hehe. So this is my sign off- Good night California! (and Oregon and where ever you may be sending up your prayers) Keep the constant comments coming- it lifts our spirits!



Now for MY shout outs~~ Momma- I LOOOOOVE you! I miss you lots. Thanks so much for all your love and support you have not only showed me (with my pre-written daily devotions, hearts and cute little notes), but all the support you have shown my amazing team. We all joke about how your comments are longer than our blogs, but we love them. Hehe. Anyways I will see you sooner than you think! Keep up the great work you’re doing.
Soash’s- Thanks so much for all your love and support! I can’t wait to take a trip down memory lane to Matt Denny’s J Miss and love you guys!
Bee & Ruth- Thanks so much for your comments. We look forward to reading more! Love and miss you girls!