Jamaica Palace Hotel Port Antonio

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!

... Money really does go like water. I have attached some pictures for your viewing. The snake was the most popular of the animals. Almost all the children wanted to take a picture with the snake. Even the children that are scared of snakes were able to control their screams until after the picture was taken (myself included). Hunting for Crocodiles I took my Green Club and other students on the Black River Safari, a popular tourist spot ...

Owdedo everyone, evriting aight here having my first night with the host family. Its pretty exciting they have a beautiful house. Kids running everywhere, Trying to start learning patois but i feel pretty stupid every time i say ...

... classey hotel in the nice side of town (had a koi pond) we meet the acting ambassador and watched some jamaican singers do stuff, they sang some cool songs but i was really hoping they would sing the banana song from beetlejuice...they didnt. after that we had some training classes pretty much from 9 till 6:30 .  All the teachers are hillarious and incredibly nice.  The person in charge for security at the embassey came to talk to us he kept making jokes about all ...

... of her, it was more of the general place itself). As I have noted before, Jamaica is not the friendliest place on earth. Back at the Mikuzi, a couple we had seen at the Kingston Mikuzi arrived and were in the room next door to us: Suzanne and Arthur. Suzanne was from London and had taught English and ESL in high school and then at King's College. She also taught in Jaipur, India for six years. Arthur was an retired American from New York who has spent ...

... food, music, movie, etc..... It was a lot of fun. Back to Normal The holidays was a blur but now everything is back to normal. The Green Club will soon start the vegetable garden at the primary school and the children and I are really excited. Right now, we are working on clearing the ground of weeds and trash and building a secure fence to keep uninvited persons and animals from eating the vegetables. Last week, I took the ...

... out to my town. And that's where the story begins...... Okay, this isn't bad. I can do this So we are driving, driving, still driving. And as we are driving the scenery is changing. Where they were a lot of people and buildings there is now sugar cane fields, animals and open space. I see the mountains and shanty towns built on them. I'm thinking to myself "is that where I will be?" We are talking the whole way there. I'm asking a bunch of questions ...

... to snap a picture as the drink was poured. We celebrated that night with dinner at Cuddy'z which is a great bar and restaurant owned by the legendary West Indian cricketer Courtney Walsh, unfortunately we didn't see Courtney but were told he's there regularly and was there just two days before. Some of his memorabilia is on display such as bats and boots which was cool to see. We then went on to a great ...

... Jess, Julie, Joe, Lauren, Drew, Nan, and Shahelia. The trip from MoBay to Boston Bay (where we were spending Friday and Sunday night) is one of the longest trips this little island has to offer. Usually, taking public transport, one has to transfer 5 times, and the journey takes anywhere from 6 to 8 hours. We, having chartered, took only 5 hours. We rolled into Boston around 9pm. The trip was probably the most fun I've ever had. We ...

... in Old Harbor. Most people in Jamaica have access to chlorinated water, but water pressure is frequently low, which promotes infiltration and contamination and not always available. Solid Waste is another story. Wastewater usually goes to absorption pits or septic tank on site. Few towns (20%) have wastewater treatment facilities. Other issues related to sanitation come from solid waste disposal. Much of the ground and open storm sewers are ...