Hello from Jamaica and JDV!!! I was assigned to the ‘Painting Crew’ which consisted of myself (Nora Thornton), Leah Walker and Sara Gamble. We started off painting the doors of the resident’s apartments and then moved on to paint one of the security buildings that Donovan, the night watchman, uses. Painting the doors went relatively smoothly, but when we got around to the security building, God showed us His sense of humor. We began painting using the last of one bucket and were able to get half of the building painted. Once we opened the second bucket of paint and after painting ½ of a wall, I realized it was a different shade of color. So…….we began repainting the first area we had already completed so the whole building would match. Before we could finish , a rain shower blew in and began to rain. We were painting with water based paint, so when the rain began, the still wet paint washed off!!!!! Thank you so much to everyone who has been praying for us.
Bill, Leisha and Blake – I love and miss you and will be home soon.

Nora Thornton


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Hello everybody!
This week has been beyond incredible. It’s amazing the strength God gives everyone to get so much accomplished on the work site and at VBS. This is my first time to go to the deaf village and it has been so inspiring to see people who have so little love the Lord so much. I have been on the VBS core team this week and have met so many awesome kids. I met one little girl in particular named Natoya who found a special place in my heart. She clung to me all week and loved dancing to “Making Melodies”! I also had the opportunity to work on the site! Since I’m not the most skilled of the workers (to say the least), I got to shovel and mix concrete with Caroline, Ellen, Blayne, LeAnn, and Michael while Doug, David, Brian, and Allen took care of the ‘thinking’ jobs (they were so patient with us)! Even though the work was strenuous, we had a lot of fun. I have made so many new relationships with everyone on the team and have loved getting to know the people in the village. God truly blessed me by giving me the opportunity to go on this trip! I miss everyone at home and cannot wait for our last day tomorrow at YS falls and Montego Bay!

Hannah Levell