Today was our first full day in Jamaica. We went to Robin's Nest Children's Home, which is a privately run children's home about an hour away from where we are staying in Montego Bay. There are 33 children currently living at Robin's Nest. It is up on a mountain, and the roads to it were awful. Thank goodness our driver Mikey is so wonderful. At Robin's Nest, the children have pod mothers so that they can bond to a few adults rather than having many different adults in and out. Therefore, we are there to take care of other things, such as laundry and cleaning, so that the pod mothers can spend time with the children. We hung up, folded, and put away a lot of laundry, hauled rocks, helped at a preschool, fed babies, got thrown up on, wiped noses, cut and carried rebar, sweated a lot, got a little sunburned, and gave a lot of hugs. It was a wonderful day! We're excited to go back to Robin's Nest for the next few days where we'll be doing some VBS stuff with the kids at the preschool and possibly at the children's home with the special education classroom as well.
Prayer Requests:
*Pray for the preparations for our VBS as we are unsure of exactly what we're expected to do.
*Pray for the children of Robin's Nest as well as the staff, as they have exhausting jobs.
*Praise God for the wonderful start we have had to our trip.