Williams Guest Houses Kingston

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!

... Its supprising how easy it is to fall asleep to thriller...or eye of the tiger...or word from some PCV's (peace corps volenteer) celion dion remixed to regae. i dont know if i mentioned it but they do not like rastafarians here. Its getting late so ill tell you about today...Had my first akee and salt fish (the national dish) tastes like srambled eggs and fish which was wierd to have for breakfast but pretty good. I also had an orange which ...

... 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.

... something like 25%.  They also talked about the political parties here and how one group had training duringelections.  Apparently jamaicas murder rate is so high b/c the two political parties go around killing eachother.  So during elections things apparently got crazy and they were not allowed to wear green or orange b/c thoseare the colors associated with each party.  Sounds fun right?   day 2went to the US embassey residence building for training today.  Its a ...

... The goal was to educate an offer a forum for all those in attendance to learn and share ideas on the environmental problems in the community and how best to fix it from the experts. The theme of the expo was "Working Towards a Picture-Perfect Community." A couple of weeks before the expo, my students and I went around the community taking pictures of things in the community that has a negative affect on the environment and or on their health. I developed the ...

... way to drive through. Come to the Shell gas station. They're turning that fork into a round about it seems. So never mind the dust and confusion (and the fact that the gas sation looks like it's sinking) - just go right. Now you start seeing the Caribbean Sea. Pass through Annotto Bay and the little towns along the sea side. At Windsor Castle (Hart Hill), if you are a ...

Over the past two weeks, amidst classes and studying, I've met with the agency staff at Dare to Care (an orphanage for HIV-positive children) for the volunteering/internship component of my graduate program. The team at the agency's downtown location (a facility for teenage orphan boys with HIV) agreed to meet with me first. To say that I was moved by the experience would be an understatement. The staff greeted me warmly when I arrived, and spent ...

Dear Friends and Family: This morning, we began our first day of school with hurricane watches.  The morning skies were blue and absent of Hurricane Gustav as Karen and I walked to the bus stop.  By midday, the clouds had rolled in and a thunderous rain was pounding on our classroom roof.   In less than a half-hour, the first atmospheric wave of the storm had passed over, and the skies were clear.  We were let out of class ...

... time to go back; but Ron ended up buying him beers, while the rest of us did email and shopping. But before that, we hit the petrol station, also got air in the tyres and dissuaded him several times from the notion that our interest was Jamaican girls. ("Don't have enough time" was Trenton's line.) And we hit the main Post Office. Trenton, the only one with local currency, kindly offered to sub us, and gave me a $100 note to buy ...

... projects, please email us. Through collaboration with individuals, various agencies, including Habitat for Humanity Jamaica, Food for the Poor, Jamaica Red Cross as well as local fundraising efforts, we hope to respond in a meaningful way to the hurricane victims, many of whom are still without roofs, almost three months hence. A big huge thanks to everyone for thinking of us and including us in your thoughts and prayers this holiday season! Health and Peace in the New Year!