Awakening to the sound of tropical birds and a summer breeze blowing in through the open windows, the ache in our bodies reminds us of the work in store for our team today. Many times youth group mission trips are closer to a vacation masked in righteous reasons to pay thousands of dollars to fly to one of the most beautiful countries in the world. Obvious to the muscles in our bodies, however, this is not the schedule today for our group. Today we are continuing to host two VBS programs for children in Norwood and Flankers which are both in St. James Parish, Montego Bay, Jamaica. The team played soccer and other games outside, shared the story of Noah and the Ark, learned and sang Jamaican songs about Noah and the flood (shared by Miss Norma), participated in a craft activity where they got to make their own ark, danced with Miss Abby and had their pictures taken for their very own photo frames. The kids in both communities were excited for VBS and melted our hearts with their smiles, love and affection. It was a fulfilling day for “Team Jam” (as Pastor Todd likes to refer to us), and the Praying Pelican Mission team helping us. This short term mission trip is giving us a nice taste of what mission work in the world outside of America is like, and we think God might just have more hot hours in foreign countries planned for this group. God is great! He keeps on giving here in Jamaica.