Happy Thanksgiving!

While not a Jamaican holiday, we celebrate Thanksgiving each year at JRM. This year Chris & Megan Glaub generously provided a turkey and a ham for our meal. It was quite a treat!

The aunties planned special activities and crafts to keep the children entertained.

In the beginning of November we said goodbye to Loretta Fisher. She had served at JRM for 20 months, and we were all sad to see her go.

A few weeks later we welcomed Abbi Yoder to the JRM team. Abbi is from Michigan, and will be serving as an auntie.

We also hosted a group from the Way of Jesus church in Lancaster City, Pennsylvania in early November. They spent several days building a house, and also spent a day doing ministry in Montego Bay and Mt. Pelier.

We enjoyed having them here and making new friends.

Last weekend, our family was able to spend a few days away from JRM. We enjoyed getting to spend one afternoon with some children that had been at JRM previously. It was so good to see them, and to see that they are doing well.

We were also excited to welcome the Barton family back to Jamaica. They are doing a skills training program through the church we attend, Baylife Baptist. Our girls were especially glad to have their friends and playmates back again.

We also had some changes in children coming and going at JRM. Pray for all of as we face adjustments and transitions seemingly all the time. We have lots of guests and groups planning to visit in the next several months. It is a beautiful time of the year to be in Jamaica. Those of us who live here get cool at night with temperatures in the upper 60s and lower 70s.

Pray too that we could focus on being a family here at JRM as we go through the holiday season, and are missing our families back home.

Thank you for your support and prayers!
Kevin

I have a couple of signs in Patois again this time:

A restaurant named Belli Buss (Belly Bust, no thanks!)