11/07/2012
DeAnza's Jamaican Trip Blog:
Day 2:
Breakfast was bright and early at 6:30am and it included Beans, hotdogs, fruit, and toast. Which was a perfect meal to get us going for the rest of the day.
After breakfast we gathered the school supplies and VBS equipment and headed to MBCA. When we arrived we saw students already gathering in the commons area excited about our arrival.
VBS was amazing!!! Heather Klinkerman was an awesome MC that pulled all of our elements together and got the kids on their feet waiting to hear what was next.
We had the kids to separate in teams for the week to earn points for listening, participating, and most importantly HAVING FUN! Then JC (Juan Carlos Cruz) Billy Bob (Rusty Rosser) Barbie (Lindsay Clock) and Big Mac (MacKenzie Miller) came up to introduce 15 seconds of chaos. Heather was the MC for the day and she guided the kids through to the lesson. Dawn came up to teach the lesson for the day about Jesus and she used student volunteers using name tags with different bible characters to keep the attention of the rest of the students.
At the aids hospus we not only got to pray with them but we got to hear some of their stories and even sing a few hymns standing by their side. We were able to see a true pureness of a relationship to God. Our plan was to bless the people of the hospus but in return we were blessed. This actually became a challenge for us to take this same perspective home and to bless the people that visit us as much as we have been blessed here.
We headed back to the MBCA to refresh the classrooms with a coat of paint. Although we did learn a valuable lesson, that oil-based paint in a small room with no windows does not lead to very intelligent conversation with Krystal Blue and Paige Danielle Ward.
At this point in the day we were able to pass out the school supply bags that were donated for the teachers. It was a humbling experience because it makes you think about all of the things that are sitting at home in your office as you watched these men and women thrilled with seeing there very own package of dry erase markers. The thought that they have “made it work” and taught kids without all of the luxuries that American teachers demand in their classrooms.
After an awesome dinner of Curry Mutton and rice and peas we all decided to have our VBS planning meeting in the pool hoping to finally cool down. We have a challenge to read Micah the rest of the week and we have thoroughly enjoyed Day 2 in Jamaica.
