Branch Primary Activity

Friday evening we had our Branch Activity night put on by the Primary this week. The Children sang: Jesus Wants Me for a Sunbeam ! five year old Davia in her sunbeam - the boys 'dancing' and the girls put on a fashion show. We had chicken and rice and it was lots of fun. Over 50 people came - about half non-members! There were extra 'sunbeams' and several of the visitors came up and took one and sang with us - yeah!

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This is a picture of Flat Bridge - it was built a couple hundred years ago and is an 'architectural wonder' here - floods go over it in the rainy season! Notice the huge fern growing in the middle of the tree, and smaller ones on the branches. Last picture - didn't know that the spirit was flammable!! Maybe that's why paying your tithing is Fire Insurance!!

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I thought this medicine for children to stop their 'gripes' would be good for teenagers also! Here is a rainbow out over the ocean - beautiful! Here are the banana groves with the stalk of growing bananas covered in blue plastic - keeps the bugs out, we guess. A 'rasta' camp near us - we smell their smoke from their campfire all the time - they bath and wash clothes in the pool that they have diverted from the Ocho Rios river.

Ocean Baptism

This is the ocean baptism of Kerri Richmond - 19 year old Young Lady - she didn't want many pictures. The ocean was a little rough and a huge wave helped with the immersion part! Elder Fangulua jumping out of the tide - he had his shoes on, Elder Peterson didn't -matter of fact a wave 'knocked me down' after he had performed the ordinance!! the last two pictures are of the elders, us and Kerri and her friend Anne, plus Paul - who Elder Smith baptized in October, he is our branch mission leader - we started about an hour later than we planned and it got dark quickly at the ocean.

Kerri's baptism

More flowers and trees

These trees are so tall and have pretty bright orange flowers at the top of them. This is another kind of flower, next is lily pads on a pond, and then the tree called Flames of the Forest - a little closer up.

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Here are more pictures from our life! The elders playing in the primary room with the puppets I made out of socks - they had a great time! Next are gumballs for ONLY $20.00 - Jamaican - .3 US. Stan and Julie - here is Riddicks Jamaican friend - a one legged dog - one of the front legs! I got around pretty good.