All Island Young Single Adults Conference

 this is the whole group - or part of them at least - YSA Conference - it was hot!  and wonderful!! Portmore Church Building - we had a great time.  Several people have said it was the Best YSA Ever!! yay!

 Some of our wonderful young single adults in the Mission - happy faces!

 Speed dating - 3 minutes to talk to each other and make new friends!

Shawn Jones and Anika Johnson from Ocho Rios - love these two!  Sure wish Kerri-gaye Richmond could have come!

New Missionaries

These are our new missionaries!  Sister Bezzant from Pleasant Grove, Utah, Elder Nelson from Lindon, Utah and Elder Ambrose from Trinidad and Tobago!!  Plus Pres. Hendricks, and the AP's - Elders Randle and McCready.  I do so much paper work for them to get here that I feel like we are old friends when they finally come!

Happy Birthday

 I had a great dinner date for my birthday - the Devon House Grog Shoppe Restaurant.

 Isn't this tree something?  It shaded the whole big patio where we sat to eat dinner.

This ice cream is Jamaica 50th - combination of pistacho and cookies and cream - yellow and green with back cookie crumbs - the colors of the Jamaican Flag .. it was delicious also - notice it melting already.

That's a lot of Bull!

 Big Bull! seemed pretty calm - I'm glad - we were very close  to him.

 Elder Smith wanted me to take a picture of these poles serving as fencing.

 This cow had bamboo poles as her fence. Elder Smith is holding our free sample of 'wet sugar'.

Look at the beautiful orchids!  I love flowers and these were especially beautiful.

Even more Fair Pictures

 There was a sugar cane boiling room - like in the olden days of sugar making.

 This is the cane syrup boiling - it was hot in there!  they call this 'wet sugar' - and it is basically molasses.

 Here is the turning arm - they usually have a horse pulling it around to crush the cane, but the horse was taking a break - see the cane piled in the background?

This was the only 'carnival' ride that I saw - the thing on top of the VW bug would go around and had seats for kids to sit in ... we were there on the first day so they were just setting things up in some areas.

More Fair Pictures

 Here is a beehive - making honey for us.  The church has several projects of beehives.

 Here are some rabbits - fun pets and good eating!

 This was a cute group of boys playing drums and singing.

This is a Jerk Pot - we ate some for lunch....no corn dogs, no turkey legs, no fried elephant ears!

Maypen Jamaica Fair

 Here are President and Sister Hendricks and all the senior couples on the island right now - we attended the Maypen Jamaica Fair .... lots of fun and a great way to celebrate my birthday!

 Here are fruits and vegetables in the shape and colors of the Jamaican flag - yummy!

 More vegetables on display ... no end to what they can grow here.

Elder Smith in his Montana Hat - keeps the sun out of his eyes!!  Isn't he handsome?