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Trip Info 2010!!

UGA Wesley Foundation

Jamaica Mission Trip- March 5-13, 2010

We’re staying: Casa Maria, Port Maria, Jamaica http://www.casamariahotel.net/

(We’ll have the hotel all to ourselves for the week. Sidenote: the hotel is newly renovated and looks nothing like it did when we used to stay there! We might not want to come back home from the looks of it!)

Emergency contacts:

*Jill Henderson- Associate Director, UGA Wesley Foundation- 404.213.3341

*In Jamaica 876.725.0156 (just dial “1” and then the #, for emergencies ONLY!)

*please check the blog for team updates!

*Caren will also have a cell phone in Jamaica that we can call from if needed.

Flight Info:

Arrive @ airport 5:00AM!!!!

Fri. March 5th

South Terminal- Delta

Flight # DL 357, Atlanta to Montego Bay 8:25am- 11:27am

Sat. March 13th

Delta

Flight DL 362 Montego Bay to Atlanta 3:00pm- 6:06pm

Pick-up around 6:45-7pm, South Terminal (check websites for arrival times as they tend to change a bit this far out.)

We’ll arrive in Montego Bay and have a scenic drive to Port Maria. It’s about a 2 ½ hour drive.

Please feel free to contact us at Wesley with any questions you have!

706.353.1408

Trip Leaders:

Bob Beckwith, Caren Dilts (706.207.6862) William Draper (931.446.0448), Lindsay Duryea (404.583.1167), Mike Nakayama (478.747.1308)

Sunday, March 7, 2010

The day the lights went out in Jamaica...

So today we got to experience a black out in Jamaica! It's just a part of life down here sometimes. But today some people were working on the power lines- replacing wooden poles with cement poles to help better withstand the hurricane season here. So that meant we were without power for most of the afternoon and into the evening. Everyone was asking me when the lights were coming back on b/c we didn't have running water either! Luckily the hotel has a generator and they were still able to prepare a yummy dinner for us! Priorities!! Just as we finished dinner the power came back on. So we had another fun night of prayer and worship. The team is really bonding and coming together!

Today we split into teams and went to church, this is a great way to experience Jamaican culture! One group got to experience it for about 3 hours!! :) Then we came back, had a fun lazy afternoon by the pool and beach, and then we prepared for leading devotions in the schools. Everyone has been doing an incredible job volunteering for things, serving others, encouraging others- they are all just really awesome!!

Tomorrow starts our work week! We'll spend mornings leading devotions in primary schools and then work on our construction projects until early afternoon. I think that they are all really excited to start this next phase of the trip!

Please keep us in your prayers as this is the time that the first aid kits start coming out! So pray for safety, that the Lord would command His angels concerning us to guard us in all our ways, and for wisdom to make wise choices on the sites.

So far we have a really heathy team- we have a few sniffles and sore-ish throats. And I'm still coughing- a lot! But we are making it and hopefully after some down time today and prayer tonight we'll be good as new tomorrow!

Thanks for your prayers! Keep them coming!
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  1. margaretMarch 8, 2010 at 6:41 AM

    I NEED pictures badly!!!!! Praying for ya'll.

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  2. CarenMarch 8, 2010 at 6:59 AM

    Thanks Miss Margaret! I'll really try to put some up this afternoon! Thanks for the prayers! They are all doing great!!

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