We're Still Alive!

So far so good here in Jamaica! This last week we spent at another camp and went through a Foundations course through Fusion. We met many other people from Canada, United States, Jamaica, and elsewhere. The week was crammed with class time. At least 10 hours a day of classes, but they were all really good, and we got to have a lot of fun with all of our new friends in between. We have gotten to eat many of the traditional foods of Jamaica including aki, which is the national fruit of Jamaica! It is the weird looking fruit with the three balls, and the mushy yellow stuff in our pictures. It is impossible to describe the taste, but it's kinda like eggs/tofu/whatever you add to it.
Tyler and Jordan finally got to play basketball with the Jamaicans! It was a very exciting time in their lives. Something else exciting was our festival yesterday in Majesty Gardens! We were all very surprised to stop in the middle of a ghetto on an intersection. This was the setting of our festival. The kids instantly swarmed us, touched our hands, and pretty much took the hair off of our heads. The festival itself was crazy. Very crazy. 100 plus people crammed into an intersection having tons of fun, trying to butt in line, sometimes fighting, but all in all it was a great time for everyone. It really pulled the community together, and according to the Fusion workers the best festival they have had yet, which means the community is improving and God is allowing their work to... work!
Today we graduate from our Foundations course, and we are looking forward to this next week of missions in the inner city of Kingston! Thanks for your prayers!