Altamont Court Hotel Kingston

... from the town of Matam, Matam province, who deciding that they could find a better life in the Promised lands of the European Union, sruck out for France thruogh the unforgiving deserts of the Sahara to Morroco where they hope to find them a boat to take them over the Med on their way to France. If there is anyone who would like to corroborate on this ...

Jamaica was my very first missions trip. I went with Shayna and Chad for one week and we had an amazing and eye opening experience. The water was beautiful and we went to ocho rios and climbed the waterfal too-it was so beautiful! We also witnessed poverty and need in ways that we had never seen before. We were able to minister God's love to people but honestly I think we all took away much more from this experience than we could ever give!

... why to me and i couldnt really figure out why since there was a guy smoking illecit substances in the corner of the party. I think it has to do with jamaicans associtating themselves as either christians or not. As far as i can tell not being a christian isnt bad as long as you dont expect to get a important job like a teacher. All the volenteer have recommended that if you do drink do it somewhere other than your community. I also had my ...

... dont really know what im doing this weekend, going to spend most of it with the host family. Ill try to take pictures and post them on a reall website soon, hopefully ill get some of this house but i need to ask the host family first.

I got a ride from the airport to the upper town. After check in, I ventured in the city and was soon offered some "stuff". Oh well, no thank you. The Bob Marley museum is quite interesting and probably the only notable attraction in Kingston (other than this feeling of being in a different country).

... for and raise our glasses and toast. This year, we will have a new president and I will end my service in the Peace Corps and return back to the US. I feel that there is so much renewed energy and possibilites in the air. Look at all that has happened in 2008. This year, I pray for the best for you all. I pray that all of the hopes, dreams, goals and ambitions that were not fulfilled in 2008, all those wonderful possibilities, will be realized in 2009. Love, Claudia

... still moments. Nonetheless, they have good flagwomen out - who direct you safely, detours are within sight of the normal route, and road signs are more than adequate (like "Paved road ends here", "Singlelane starts here", "Slow") My humble advice: follow all the commands. Somerset Falls is two minutes into Hope Bay - and I suggest you stop. (Did so on return ...

... needs of the children (as they enter not only adolescence, but a life without parents and a life with the virus). As the security guard of the facility guided me to the main road for a taxi later that day, I asked him about his job responsibilities. "I am here to protect the facility, the things within it, the staff that work here and the children that live here. The staff, the children...we are a team here. We are a team," he explained proudly ...

... Jamaica has been issued a tropical storm warning and hurricane watch. A "warning" indicates a likely occurrence, while a "watch" indicates a possible occurrence.) Regardless of Gustav's title, please keep those living on the coast of Cuba and Jamaica in your thoughts.    Classes are still scheduled to happen tomorrow, as we wait to meet the storm.  We will be contacted by the director of the program if it is deemed (in ...

... one in the back. The group climbed the front, I strolled to the back. As I was boarding, top step, I looked to my left to take one last glimpse of Jamaica and saw the girls from my group waving to me from their staircase, top step. So i thought.. wow awwww ooohhh. length of plane, the girls waving, jamaica in background.... no film. i forgot how disappointing it was when the wind wind wind button ...