Warmer than New York

Hey All,

The team arrived in Jamaica on Thursday night and our ride home from Kingston was thankfully uneventful (aside from the time a big truck came rolling at us from around a sharp corner while we were going up a hill). I was sitting in the front next to our driver and I actually gasped. Incidents like that are typical on the road between MoBay and Kingston but this was the scariest one I've experienced. Our driver didn't flinch, though. He's used to it.

Our last week in Chile was spent helping with swimming lessons, a day camp, and English classes at the YWAM base in Pichilemu. The guys on the team also worked on constructing dorms and classrooms. We had a bit of a last minute drama as one of the students realized his passport was in his backpack that was stolen 2 weeks before we arrived in Pichilemu. The buses back to Santiago were booked until our scheduled departure on Monday night which only gave us a couple of days to get it all sorted out. Then we had trouble communicating with the embassy but finally made contact on the day before we left. Thankfully (after an afteroon at the Canadian embassy and something like $150 later, he got a new passport). I'll save the details for another day.

I have so much more to say about being in Chile and leading the team and being back in Jamaica but I have no idea where to begin. I guess I'm still processing it myself. It's crazy how a person can be transported from one world into another in a matter of hours. I think my brain is just trying to catch up. Not to mention that this is the last week of this DTS, the students graduate and leave on Saturday. It will be hard to say goodbye but I am so thankful to have known them for this season. I am tired and this week is a challenge because I want to rest but there are evaluations to complete and graduation to prepare for but next week I'll be able to chill at my friend Ruth-Ann's in Kingston.

Thanks so much for your prayers!!!

Em =0)

PS. I tried uploading pictures but it didn't work. I'll try again later.