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TUESDAY MORNING...CONTINUED

Alrighty folks- live from Kingston this is Olivia x2
For breakfast we had American cereal, pop tarts, granolas, and fried bananas.. oh and some green salty stuff that is native to Jamaica. We then went into the sanctuary and unloaded all of the suitcases with supplies. We had books on the stage, care packages in the back, and VBS on the side. There was a river of books! Sarah Buford headed up alphabetizing all of them! Thanks again for all of the book donations :)
There is a grand piano at the church and every now and again someone would pull a solo and we'd all be happy. There was tissue paper every where! Many kids had to cut up squares for a craft.
Next some of the boys painted the Homework Center room while others planned to make a shelving unit in a storage room. Time went by so so fast. It was 1:30 and we all ate lunch. We split into two groups: one went to KFC (a Jamaican version- but the sign literally has Colonel Sanders on it) and the other went to Sugar & Spice. Sugar & Spice is a patty and pastry place. The patties were DELISH and much better than the ones at the airport. The group ate all of the patties and they had to put a sign out to say "no more patties". ECONOMY BOOST. Then Olivia Massey met Miguel..a 3 year old Jamaican boy. HE IS AWESOME! He would not talk to anyone for a long time. He let me hold him for quite a while before he would even speak to me. Eventually he opened up and started talking to everyone, but he was our own little celebrity. He loves my mom's camera and took literally 30 pictures of the tile floor. Everyone took lots of pictures of him too..here he is:

This is Miguel! He is trying to write his name for me..it took 2 hours to get him to smile for a picture :)


After lunch, some of us went to the ice cream shop and had some ice cream. We all practiced puppets and went out on the streets to invite people to the VBS. The roads with houses scream poverty. A man walked out carrying a blunt behind his ear. Once we handed out two care packages there was a lot of people walking out of the houses to get them too. We got to invite them down to the church. Then it was VBS time! There were 80 kids!! None of them attend the church on a regular basis, so that was an awesome turnout. It got really hot in the room. They saw puppets, music, skits, and did a craft. Afterwards some kids stayed late and danced for us. They were hilarious and awesome. Sarah Buford was dancing on the side and a kid came up and said "wow, you dance like a white girl!" If you know her then you'll understand her response, " But I AM a white girl!" Then Jessica and Savannah got cornrows. Matt Wickland really wanted some but his hair was too straight. After that we cleaned up the sanctuary and another group went out into the streets to invite people to Hillside. Then we had spaghetti for dinner. It was delicious as well.
After dinner we all had to learn skits in 6 groups to prepare for Wednesday morning at a high school. We were all exhausted and excited for bed. The trucked us back home and we were out!
Love,
Olivia x2

Prayer Requests:
1) Kids come back for VBS with friends
2) Ryan Cummins is feeling sick today- HEALTH
3) The electronics (security system set up & music during skits)
4) The women cooking our food- they're so so so sweet
5) ENERGY!