Pleasant View Villa Port Antonio

Let me be honest with you all this isn't about any great adventure i've had or even will had but perhaps may very well have a trip to the desert land of senegal. You see dear reader i'm embarking on a literary adventure regarding the land & people of Senegal with a book titled " Walls of Jericho" a narrative of the perilous journey of a group of ...

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!

... 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.

... 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 ...

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).

... surrounded by friends at a birthday dinner (put on by my host mom) and enjoying a celebratory night on the town with fellow students in the graduate program. The latter, with ten of us taking on the city, proved to be one of the best nights I've had since arriving in Jamaica. The weekend prior, I took a 3-hour shuttle taxi (chicken bus) to Port Antonio and the jerk chicken capitol of the country, Boston Bay. The experience reminded me that ...

... of providing my community with the help that it needs. But I quickly got over that once I returned to my community. Hurricane Dean left plenty of work to be done, and I didn't have time to second guess myself. The first couple of days back, I helped out at the local church to prepare meals and distribute them to people in need. I also did some need assessment surveys in my area. I had to find out who lost what and what they needed. During those couple of days I ...

... as to whether or not the JLP will do a better job than the PNP. From the polls I have seen in the newspaper, the JLP have a good chance of winning but then again I was told not to believe the polls. I personally feel safe, I am in a safe location. Don't worry about me. The Peace Corps has a plan to evacuate us from the island if violence does start. We are all waiting to see what will happen. I hope that you are all doing well. Likl muor (I'll talk to you later) Claudia

... airport there's an area where 2 different gangs live on opposite sides of the road and every so often there's a reporting of them shooting across the road to each other... I'm getting my car soon though so should get out and about a bit more then, though obviously not to that particular area. One of the girls took me on a tour of the 'shopping centres' at the weekend... Dundrum it definitely ain't!!.... Will be in need of some serious retail ...

... my home... I must give respect to my training community of Heartease, it's just what the name implies. I really enjoyed living in a rural area, th quiet, dark nights, friendly people, the small community feel. I loved having the spring close by for those long weekend afternoons...swimming in the cool water...laying like lizards on the rocks...peace and quiet. I was within walking distance of the beach, I will miss my early morning runs to the ...