Since I last blogged, we hosted a work team from Cedar Springs Presbyterian Church out of Tennessee, which was a smaller group but wonderful and definite go-getter's. Thank you all for your hard work!
We also had a week off and we were able to have some quality family time just hanging out around the house, we went one day to the beach for Valentines day and then hung out with some friends that are also missionaries here in Jamaica. They came and spent the night with us on Friday and Saturday night. They allowed us to have a date night while they watched our children and in turn we gave them a date night and watched their children. Thank you Aaron and Melissa Black for being wonderful friends. I pray that our friendships continue to grow deeper too.
We are at the end of another week with an amazing group of people from Illinois. This diverse group was comprised of both mature and young individuals, who worked equally hard. They have been spread out on the campus working on various projects such as the collapsed wall, re-screening the patio on our home, cleaning/painting of some rooms in the educational building, finishing the construction of the ramp and let's not forget about striping the field (with used motor oil) to create a track for sports day. We will be taking this group to the airport later on today and in turn picking up our next team from Rosedale Baptist Church located in Maryland.
On Friday 2/25, CCCD-MoBay campus had sports day which was also Jamaica Day island wide. There were many track and field events that the students and staff participated in, as well as the On To Victory work team! It was very exciting to see all the houses(Red, Blue & Green) get involved and eager to do their events!
On March 1st, Jeffrey and I will be celebrating our 8th our anniversary!!! WOOHOO!! And on March 3, CCCD-MoBay campus will be hosting the 2nd annual 4-H Achievement Day where all schools within the St. James parish will be represented here on this campus. That's over 200 schools. Each school will setup their own booths and then there will be an awards program, too, for accomplishments. It will be a pretty big day here and guess who's in charge of coordinating cakes and cookies...me! They are expecting 1000+ people. This isn't going to be big....it's going to be HUGE!!!! This is a fundraiser for CCCD since they will be providing the foods/beverages for sale during this event. Please be in prayer that all the details and technicalities will go smoothly....it's hard for me to even wrap my mind around this right now but I need to start baking ASAP!!!
I feel like there is so much going on that I'm forgetting to write about in order to give you all a glimpse of what our schedules are like. Maybe as I get better about blogging, it will all just naturally flow. Our family is so excited about being on the field!!! God is so Good!!!!
Jodi
