They are back from Jamaica!

They stayed at Burchell Baptist church in Jamaica which was over 100 years old and they had very primitive accommodations. Hannah was in a room about 20 x 25 with 13 women and all their stuff in it. Doug's room didn't even have any air, just fans. The community they worked at was called Cantebury and was very volatile. There was only one way into the community and one way out....a bridge was the entry way to the city. The drug lords were watching all the movement coming in and going out. They were nervous at first but Doug said it was amazing at the change of their hearts over the week. There was a definite chain of command among these men and they were very skeptical of the mission's team at first, but after all the kind acts and love of Christ that these men witnessed they became more comfortable with the team and actually very protective of them. They asked the question "Why would you come help us? We are evil." Doug ended up giving his sunglasses to one of the men and felt he had made a friend. He said that by the end of the week he would not have been afraid to go there by himself. Hannah visited the school there and the children, did VBS, helped work on the outreach center, cleaning etc. The children were so pitiful and so hungry that it moved the teens on the trip to put all of their spending money together to buy staples at the market for these families so that the children could fill their empty stomachs. Hannah had one little girl ask her if she had a momma and daddy....Hannah said "yes I do", and the little girl said "Will you take me home and be my momma?" It really touched Hannah. She held the little girl, gave her love and attention...the best she could give at the time. She also had them playing with her hair and hugging her and following her around. There was a little boy named "Leon" that she especially liked. The stories of how God worked are so many and so miraculous that there is no way I could tell them all. I do want you to know that your prayers and financial support were not wasted. There were 17 professions of faith and many, many lives experienced the love of Christ through our missions team. Doug and Hannah both want to return to minister again in Cantebury next year and take Hope and I with them. I hope you enjoy the pictures. God Bless you all!


The picture of Hannah and the young man with the visor was one night at VBS and he made her visor for her. This same young man was attached to Doug as well. He loved and was amazed by Doug's magic trick! The food in the picture was "jerk chicken" their first meal...many of the meals had some "kick" to them! lol! Jamaica has no garbage cans in the city....everyone just throws trash down or in these bins....those goats are eating the trash. The block buildings on the hillside are the homes of Cantebury...no electricity.
Doug and Hannah arrived back in Greensboro (with the rest of the Mission's team) around 8:45 on Friday night. They were so happy to be home but so thankful for their experience. They were full of stories and emotions. I think it was almost a sensory overload that they experienced.