Bring on the rain!

Sorry for the delay! We have been without electricity and internet for the past couple days. It has been an incredible week once again! We were fortunate to have 4 days of rain this week! Though it might not sound too exciting, rain in Jamaica is a huge blessing. Before Wednesday of this week, it hadn't rained for over 7 weeks in Harmons! As you can imagine, this is amazing for the community of Harmons. There is no running water or underwater plumbing system in Jamaica, therefore Jamaicans have to get their water elsewhere. Most families collect rain water off their roof, having water run down a slanted piece of zinc into a big water basin or cistern. For laundry, many families just use rain water that they collect in a big concrete well. They either fish water out of it with a bucket, or the well has a spicket on the side where they can get water. If it hasn't rained in a while, the water company in Jamaica will come to Harmons where they will fill up 2 huge water tanks (1 at each end of Harmons). When the water trucks come, you will see ladies lined up at the tanks, ready to fill their 5-gallon bucket and carry it back home on their head. At home in the states, water is probably the one thing that is most taken for granted. And in Jamaica, it is the one thing that Jamaicans are most thankful for. So thank God for the rain! Bring it on!!!

The summer is quickly winding down. I know I can speak for all of the Summer Staff when I say that I can't believe we will be returning home in 3 weeks. Harmons has become our home for the past 2 months and has shaped each of us and taught each of us more than we could have ever imagined. We have experienced things here that couldn't happen elsewhere. We have learned things here that no where else could teach us. God has stretched us here in ways that only His glory could shine through. The next few weeks will be amazing, and God will continue to do His work. We will say farewell to Carmel Baptist on Monday, and pick up our next team, from Christ Community Church in Leawood, KS. I know that some of you use this blog to know what's going on here in Harmons and to pray for us in any way we need. We would love for you all to pray for our last 3 weeks. Pray that we would not start to shut down. Pray that having 3 weeks left would be motivation to get out in the community and really give it our all. Pray for our strength and our health. (There is usually someone on our staff that is sick and we are all frequently exhausted!)


God bless,

Lacy