Success: Everyone Has Their Own Definition

We said goodbye last night to our driver Artnell who was visiting the states for a few weeks to see family. We were greeted this morning by Michael and he was full of energy for the ride. Along with his spirit, we were enlightened by the ritual boys music medley for the bus ride. We headed up to Martha Brae and helped Pastor Kelly on his house. It was built several years ago with plywood and has since been destroyed by termites. He had some plans made and the renovations will be improving his family's quality of living plus doubling the living space. It was a warm day and the team worked hard moving cement blocks and building a trench to lay foundation. One of the toughest things about the Jamaican ground is the presence of roots. The team also got to view a children's home on the church property which is run by JAmericans. The goal is to start housing children over the summer but the paperwork process is difficult in this country. Once a few children are placed, then the parish will continue sending kids until they physically can't house anyone else.

The temperatures rose throughout the afternoon but we had nice bursts of breezes while in the hillside. After lunch, the team headed to Doctor's Cove beach for some time to cool off.

Tonight's Devotional Group: Brandon Bradley, Blair Zakas, Lane Langston, and Madi Licata
The theme for tonight was success. A quote that we saw on the wall of the children's home was "We live simply so others can simply live". God didn’t put us on this earth so that we can be successful in things that don’t matter. He does not care about money, cars, sports, etc. He cares about us giving the attention that he deserves. We are successful in all of the little things such as putting smiles on the faces of the people that we are here to serve.

Luke 6:20 says: Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.

"Our group talking about real success instead of what most people think success is really relates a lot to how we are serving in Jamaica. Serving is so much fun!"

                          -Madi Licata and Blair Zakas

"Don't worry everyone...we found the Kool-Aid!!!"

                          -Brandon Bradley