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Friday, June 6, 2008


Jamaica here we come!  This trip was a bit different from all the rest.  We had other senior missionaries to take care of our every need.  The mission president said he did not want us to drive because all the driving is on the other side of the road and the roads are terrible.  They have over 400 deaths a year in car accidents and he was just worried about getting us back home alive.  Now, I was REALLY excited about going after that good news!  But we have been asked to visit all of the islands so we go with a smile.  To our great surprise we had a wonderful time and were cared for by some great couples.  They drove us to our meetings, fed us and we stayed at their apartment for the night.  We started our trip out with our camera being stolen out of our suitcase so all of our pictures the other couples took for us.  One of the couples we stayed with lived up in the mountains in a beautiful place that looks like the Garden of Eden.  The sister had the use of only one arm because as a young girl she and her whole family were hit by a drunk driver.  Her mother, grandmother and sister were all killed.  She, her father and other sister were in the hospital and were not even aware of the funerals.  We shared the pain of learning to pick up the pieces of life and forgive those that trespass against us.  She is a beautiful kindred spirit.

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