Author: jahworksinc
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Loaves and Fishes
Brandon and Sharon cooked breakfast for the crew before heading out to work for the day on Tuesday. On the menu was bacon, toast with melted canned cheese (think Velveeta, but saltier) and scrambled eggs. Each day, the teams have split up in the morning between Vacation Bible School and the work project. Logistically, it […]
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Mearnsville Methodist Church
After a long day of travel on Saturday, we had only a short 8 minute drive to Mearnsville Methodist Church on Sunday for morning worship services. If you’ve never been in a Jamaican church, it’s certainly an experience. It can be the only place that people hear information about the community, things happening, birthdays, and […]
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Welcome to Jamaica
Greetings from Bluefields, Jamaica! Everything’s irie! (that pretty much means “good”). Yesterday we landed at the Montego Bay airport after a long day of travel. Once the whole team arrived (we were on separate flights), we boarded the bus and headed to the nearest jerk stand for our first authentic taste of Jamaica. The place […]
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Jamaica Bound…through Many Blessings
Jamaica – Out of Many, One People On August 11, the Building Jamaica team will depart North Carolina and head to Belmont Fishing Village and surrounding area to become a part of that community for a week. We’ll be working with Mearnsville Methodist Church to host a Vacation Bible School, and also be able to […]
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Ask for What you Need
So occasionally I’ll pick up whatever Bible is within reach, crack it open and see what message is given to me. Today, I picked one up from the built-in bookshelves right next to our computer desk. They are floor to ceiling and made me fall in love with this space while we were checking out […]
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Recent Blessings
Recent blessings we’ve already received, although we haven’t even left yet: ~The children in our Vacation Bible School at Morris Chapel – they will collect school supplies and a donation for the children of Jamaica throughout the week of VBS. The VBS program leaders are also donating the supplies to the team so that we […]
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Jah Work…is Never Done
As I look back at past posts, I realize there’s a lot of “work” related posts. Fundraisers, events and more. The team’s been busy and focused on trying to fund this trip and we haven’t had much time for anything else, especially reflection. With our trip less than 90 days away, it now seems time […]
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Work is NOT a four-letter word…most days.
Our team has been super busy lately dreaming up all the ways to fund-raise for this work we’ll be doing in Jamaica. Fundraising is one of those things that you either hate or love, I think. Who really wants to go begging? It’s not in most of our natures for sure. I think the things […]
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Spaghetti, Garlic Toast and Reggae?
What better to prepare you for time in Jamaica than serving a spaghetti dinner – right? Well, there’s a little dichotomy in that, but it’s just what we did last Saturday evening! Our host church puts on an annual Italian Night, complete with aforementioned meal and a bevy of romantic crooners to keep your ears […]
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News from Jamaica and Upcoming Events
So I just GOT A CALL FROM JAMAICA TODAY! We have been playing phone tag with our host, Wolde Kristos back and forth and it was SO nice to speak to him directly. Makes me want to go hop on a plane tomorrow! He called to let me know that one of the ladies on […]
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