TeamWork: Many Hands Working Together with a Purpose

Day 3 began earlier than before as the group departed for Mount Olive Basic School. In Jamaica, children go to Kindergarten until they are 5 years old. The school had 3 classes of boys and girls who were either 3, 4, or 5 years old. There was a small field where we led recess, consisting of the parachute, jump ropes, swings, and shoulder races. Afterwards, the students went into their school room and showed our kids around their classroom. 

After spending the morning at the Basic School, the group departed for a beach break. Our trip to the infirmary was delayed for another day because of visiting hour limits. Doctor's Cove was not too crowded today and the water was beautiful as always. It is a unique spot because airplanes fly in right overhead to land at Sangster Airport. Additionally, while taking our group photos, a family of stingrays swam right by us in shallow water; they were a sight to see!

Senior Leaders

The evening activity of soccer or basketball was delayed because both organizations didn't get back to us in the afternoon, so we took the students to a great spot for souvenir shopping. We then walked around a nice little area to take in the Jamaican evening. There was a DJ playing in a strip mall and a 1+ hour group dance session broke out. It was an awesome way to work off some of dinner and bond together as a group. We even had some Jamaicans looking on and joining in our dance circle.

Teamwork was the devotional theme for this evening, and was led by Sydney Foxworthy, Lane Langston, Cosette Doctor, and Isaac Na. The group began by playing a game of Human Knot and then the leaders shared some thoughts following the activity. It was interesting to watch the students try to untangle the knot with their eyes closed, by remaining silent, and then finally being able to communicate with each other.

Cosette: "Our devotional covered teamwork and trust. We played human knot and the team had to work together to achieve the goal of untangling the knot. Teamwork and trust is essential to our team this week to achieve all of the goals set for us."

Sydney: "The theme of our devo tonight was teamwork and trust. I can already tell that this team is going to have a great week. We get along really well and we are great dancers:)"

Isaac: "One of the themes of our devo is that it isn’t enough to just talk about yourself and your own problems, and it isn’t enough to just watch others struggles and stay silent as a bystander. Being aware of other people’s circumstances and doing something about it will benefit everyone since we are all connected."

Lane: "Tonight, we talked about trusting others and working together as a team. I think that we already applied this idea well in our volleyball match against the Jamaicans yesterday, and I think that through that our team has grown closer together."

Stay tuned for Tuesday's exciting news! Hope to have great pictures from our afternoon at Chukka!!! And we only had 2 students who felt the pain of some sea urchins in the ocean...they are using vinegar and tweezers to remove all the spines. No worries!!!! Check back with us tomorrow!