Sunday is the Lord's Day

This is the day that the Lord has made...

After a long day of travel on Saturday, I think everyone was ready for a good night's sleep. The sun rises early here, and our team was ready to get our first full day underway. We traveled roughly 1 hour to Harvest Church in Deeside (15 miles away) and got to see the geographical difference between the coastline and the countryside. A group of our team led some worship songs with the congregation, and another group of students led a children's Sunday school class on Salvation. I was very proud of our students for being great mentors to the 25 children from the community. Pastor Vernon gave a memorable Palm Sunday sermon about Welcoming the King, in which we should do this through faith, obedience, gifts, and praise. After some final songs of worship, we departed the community of Deeside. We will return here later in the week for a soccer match.

We then drove through the countryside to Bethel Baptist Church located in Dumfrees. Eating lunch along the way, our team was ready for an afternoon of volleyball. Thanks to Jay Foxworthy, the sleeveless jerseys looked sharp in the mid-80 weather. After several strategy talks, practice drills, and an intense cheer...the team was ready to take the court. The community brought out some tough competition, and let's just say that next year we will be doing some more practice games before coming to Jamaica. The final game count was 3-1 Jamaica home team...but everyone was a winner today because we shared love with all those in the church community. Everyone played a special role today, from volleyball to cheering section to kid patrol to photography. We returned to the house for dinner, and the kids enjoyed a nice evening at the pool after a long day in the sun.

Some of the students wanted to pull some April's Fools Jokes on their parents/families, but that didn't sound like a good idea since we are a plane flight away and in a different country. They can save those for when we return. It has been a successful Day #1...looking forward to starting the week out strong tomorrow. Yeah mon!