Office Envelopes

This week in the Mission Office we received a letter via DHL from the Cayman Islands - it was a work permit so now an elder can travel over there and work. The envelope it came in said: In Her Majesty's Service - made me feel a little like a Harry Potter movie!! Then the next day we got two from the Jamaican government that are similar - apparently you don't have to pay postage on these special envelopes!

Saying Goodbye and at the Airport

Our nice landlady really liked Polly and Chris - they did a day of service for her and she couldn't believe it ..that they would pay her to stay in the apartment and then work for her for free! Here she is giving them a goodbye hug - and said they could come back for a week with no charge! All of us at the Kingston Airport - it was such a great time to have them here...July will bring the Hardy Family - yay!!

Devon House Kingston

Devon House and park are right in the middle of Kingston - and so peaceful and green. The man who built it was the first Jamaican millionaire - his father was a German of Jewish descent - Steibel, and his mother a Jamaican. He was adventuring and got shipwrecked off the coast of South America - he eventually made tons of money in the mining industry down there and came home and built this mansion - beautiful grounds and outbuildings restored and used for a bakery, ice cream shoppe and craft stores. The house wasn't open for tours but we had a good time on the grounds and getting ice cream.

Flowers in Junction

There are sooo many beautiful flowers here1 Polly and Chris got to see our friend Elaine's orchids when we visited Junction.

Junction visit with Williams

It was so good to visit Junction and introduce Polly and Chris to some of the people we love there! Here we are at Sister Ellington's chicken coop - the one we built the day Sadie Fairbanks was born. Also Williams with Marcus - he is 15 now and we had been helping him read better since last October - he was baptized last week and has worked hard on his reading and actually read scriptures in Sunday School, the missionaries told us - yay for Marcus! Brother Gayle gave us a yummy watermelon - so did Sister Ellington - we shared with the missionaries. Brother Gayle is enlarging his house - adding a bedroom and bathroom - big job! Brother Lloyd was busy with the pick when we were there. It will be nice to come back and see the progress on such a big undertaking.

Black River SafariA

After YS Falls we headed to Black River Crocodile Safari - we had another good time there. Here are Chris and Polly on the boat - a bigger than usual croc in the water near the boat - standing by the boat and then looking out to the ocean. Black River empties right into the Caribbean Ocean - no bay or harbor.

YS Falls with the Williams

On Tuesday we drove to YS Falls and had a great time - here are Polly and Chris in the same lounge chair that Isaac and Olivia and Sadie were in - also wading in the pool. The weather was good and the falls pretty amazing - All four of us enjoying the beauty of the place.