This might be short and sweet and I know you already know that we had a good flight down here. We are having great weather...and we are having great relationship building times...even though it is day 1. Having been here 2 times before, now I know why it is important to come and build those relationships. We are encountering our Jamaican friends calling us by name which means the world to us...and it means the world to them also when we can respond calling them by name. The response is overwhelming. There is so much more to come that the first timers dont even know about. By the end of the week, they will be emotionally drained, knowing what I know. If you have never been on a mission trip, you don't know what you are missing.

I worked on house team 2 today and the woman that will be receiving the home is named JoAnn. She has 3 children and was so overcome with joy when we showed up to start working on her house, she cried. There were around 8 women that joined her as we were building the home and approx. 12 children playing around the job site. 3 boys were helping sift marl. It was extremely hot so we bought bag juice and cooled off. Tomorrow we will be starting the stucco process. We will let you know later how it is progressing.

Love you all, thanks for your support and prayers.
Jeff Batson