Busy. Busy.

   Well we have been staying busy that's for sure. Sorry for those of you who want to check in (aka Keith and I's family). I will try to start where I left off.

    In the middle of the night Sunday I awoke to what sounded like an extremely loud gunshot. I am not going to lie I was extremely scared because it sounded like it was really close. Eventually nothing else happened and I was able to go back to sleep. When we woke up we didn't have any electricity and Mrs. informed us that the gunshot noise had something to do with losing electricity.

   We had breakfast got ready and headed to take the tire Keith and Xavier had taken off the van to the "tire shop" which is a shack with tons of tires around it. We left the tire and headed to the school for the first time. Some of the preschoolers were outside and they were adorable! One little boy came right up to me. We got introduced in all the classes and Keith overheard some of the little kids saying "look white people!" haha.

   We didn't stay at the school too long because Mrs. had to go to the yacht club to pay the dockage fees for Mr.'s boat. After that we headed to Wendy's, soon after we got our food the power went out. No one even freaked out like they would have in the states.

   After that Mrs. took us to where Keith had stayed on his last trip the "Pink Hibiscus". After that Mrs. took us to the place her and Mr. used to stay if they would come in for a month at a time. On the way there we saw some slums, it is heartbreaking to see what some of these people live in.

   We headed back to Sandy Bay and picked up the tire, then headed to the "super market". On the way in there were 3 little kids coming out they said hi and when we walked past one of the little boys rubbed my arm, I looked back and he was grinning really big. It was really cute. Mrs. told us that for the most part they love white people, and from what I have seen so far that's true. When we got home we didn't have any water, so no shower for us.

During the night Tuesday the power went out again with the same loud noise. So when we got up Tuesday morning we had no water and no electricity so still no shower. Oh well. We got ready and headed to the school. We both helped out in the first grade classroom. Oh my. Those little kids loved us. At one point I counted 9 around me just trying to hug me and get me to play with them. We got to help with reading and I got to check some of their papers. We went up to the office to eat our lunch and they wanted to follow us.

   After lunch we headed to Negril to Rick's cafe. Driving there was crazy and nerve wracking. We finally arrived and sat down while Keith put his swimming trunks on to jump from the cliff. I went down to video him and he jumped before my camera was recording so I didn't get it and he didn't want to jump again. There are people who work there who jump from the tops of the trees which is about 200 feet or more! That is crazy! I could tell we were in the tourist part because the menus were in US dollars and everyone around us was smoking cigarettes (which I have not seen many Jamaicans do).

  We headed back to Sandy Bay and it got when we were going through Lucea. Talk about terrible. It was hard to see and very hard to see the people. Needless to say we were very thankful to get home to electricity and water. We hurried to shower in case the water ran out and no longer than Keith got out of the shower the water stopped! Thank the Lord we all got showers, because we were gross.

  This morning we woke up with water and electricity how thankful we were! We got ready and headed into Montego Bay to shop for some souveneirs. We found some and then headed to eat lunch. We had what is called Jamaican patties and they were amazing!

   After lunch we started our long and dangerous journey to Robins Nest Childrens Home. The road was straight up in many places and deep holes everywhere. We took a really long time to get there due to the fact that the roads are so terrible. I can't imagine traveling that everyday. The directors there are really sweet and it is a nice place for the kids. There were so many cute little ones! We spent some time there getting a lot of information and then headed back to Sandy Bay.

   It has been a good few days, and tomorrow we plan to work at the school! Keep praying for us! :)

   P.S. Sorry for the bad grammar and spelling, but for some reason the computer is not letting me make corrections without deleting stuff..real weird so sorry about that!