Jamaica Day 5 (July 6th)by Elle Moon | July 6, 2016 11:29 PM
?Breakfast was served at 7:30 and consisted of pancakes, eggs, bacon and fresh fruit; all the necessities to fuel our bodies for our work day! Thank God for our cook Oliver and his helper Mrs. Lorna, both are so sweet and seem so happy to be here serving us this week. The high school group was in charge of painting the Comfort Hall Baptist Basic School and the Comfort Hall Baptist Church as well. The group split in two and got to work. They had a lovely lunch of mackerel and veggies, dumplings, ackee and saltfish, fried bananas, roasted breadfruit, yams, bbq fried chicken, and homemade limeade to drink. We have been spoiled with meals to say the least. A rain storm rolled in while they were finishing and they got back around 3:40, leaving a couple of hours before dinner where the groups came back together. As far as the college group goes we traveled to Pathway Basic School (about 10 minutes past Roehampton where we were the last two days) to pour concrete to expand the building. We worked from the time we got there at 9 until 1:30 when lunch was served. Work included moving dirt, gravel, and cement powder from the ground to the roof using buckets and assembly lines. Water was needed to begin to mix the concrete so it took a couple of tries to figure out how to get it up there. Once that task was done is when the dirty work started. The concrete was hand mixed and transported to make the roof of the expansion. Working along side other Jamaican men from the community who had done this before made things go smoother and more structured as to what to do next. About half of the roof was done when we ate curry chicken, rice, breadfruit and bag juice to drink. The break was needed as many of us has gotten hangry but we got back to work fast as the rain was quickly approaching our worksite as well. The job got done right after the downpour began and we got back to the house around 3:15. Both groups cleaned up and met at the church around 5:30 for some jerk chicken, spaghetti, pork, vegetables, and fruit of course. We then headed to Comfort Hall Baptist Church for Wednesday night service. It was a wonderful outdoor service and many of the kids from both VBS's were there and were excited to see us. Most of the service was just music but it was a very good time. Both Pastor Richards and Pastor Miller spoke and one person from each community shared their testimony. We ended our night with more singing and dancing and the children did not want us to go. It is so nice to see how much of an impact we have had not only on them but all of the communities we have been working in. I am pretty sure we have all said we want to take one of the kids home with us at least once but sadly they will not fit in our suitcases (if only it was that simple). We are all thrilled for tomorrow as it is our free day and we will travel to Negril for some cliff jumping, swimming, and shopping! Hope you all are having a good time at home and are not missing us too much.