May 19, 2009 From Trinidad

Jamie is holding court after dinner at the monastery. Chloe, Leia, Rosie, and Hannah look great after a hard day's work
Ah, yes, the fire tower. You don't suppose any of our kids actually climbed up that thing? No way! Here's a shot of some of our students below one of the buildings at the monastery. Hey Tony--Where are you going?!


After a short night's sleep and a long day's work, somebody actually got tired enough to fall asleep in the middle of all the activity at the orphanage! You can see some of our students playing soccer with the kids. Samantha and Sarah worked hard to organize books in the library.


Kathryn and Molly worked with one of the kids to install tile in the girls' bathroom. The large photo at the bottom is just some of the artwork by Marcus, one of the kids. He is 14 years old and an amazing artist. His work is everywhere!













Day 2 and we are hard at work. Gus and I are back at the Cyril Ross Nursery with group B, while Jamie is at Habitat with group A. Yesterday, the Habitat group worked at a church. They built a table that will be used for bending rebar. They built forms for cement and cut lots of rebar. Today at the nursery, we mounted 8 fans on various cement walls, tiled a bathroom, fixed a broken swing, and started a big painting job. Last night after a delicious dinner, we held a meeting to talk about why we are here. We spent a long time outside, singing, playing guitar, hula hooping, and enjoying the amazing sparkling lights below us in Tunapuna. I feel so blessed to be able to share this experience with this amazing group of students. More to come...