The bed Calva made for Nicholas and what it looked like after we set it all up!!


Dresser that Nigel finished along with help from Calva on carving the drawer fronts of the top 3 drawers

Dwayne is LOVING his new mower!!! the old one finally couldn't be revived. After the first day of using it, he cleaned it all up and wanted his picture taken:) Wayne made this security gate and installed ityesterday

The before and after stain pics of the headboard Calva is making

Andrea excited for the beach

Dennis and Damion

Sheldon and Simone at Negril for Independance Day(last Wednesday, Sug 6th)... I told everyone here that I would drive where ever they wanted to go for the holiday. I told them they needed to pay $200 each for fuel and then when we got to the gas station gave their money back... Ionda called me a liar and couldn't trust me, but was laughing and thanking me the whole time! Thanks to all of you for making the surprise possible with your support!! this isn't staged, we had 20 of us in the mini-bus for the 3+ hour trip!:)

Nigel posing for the camera

Kitchen Cabinets that Nigel made for Mrs. Senior.

The cabinets are pine and the crown mold on top is pineapple. We are going to have to change a couple of thingsin the furture... the corner base cabinet was made in one piece and we had a real treat trying to get it in the house:)

Ionda sneaking up on me the first night... didn't realize his giggle gave him away, but I played along:)

Me looking like a Rasta Mon

Yesterday I drove to Montego Bay in the truck with all of the luggage for the last work team here at the village this year... Should have gotten a picture:) Amazing what a tarp and a lot of rope will hold in!! Spend the day in Mobay and got to hang out with 2 teachers from the Mobay school for dinner and the evening as they showed me around and gave me a dose of Jamaican culture. Slowly but surely, I'm learning Patwa!
There is a big group here at the Village now for a camp... 75 boys from the inner city of Kingston and 23 men watching them. They managed to break more than 8 glass window panes so far fighting:( This afternoon one of the boys got news from Kingston that 2 of his buddies were shot. Details are still sketchy other than the boys are ~14 years old. Praying that they both live. One of the leaders told me that this is a very common thing these guys live with. Makes me thankful for growing up in the cornfields of IL. I am thankful that these boys, many of whom have never been to church, are able to get out here in the middle of the mountains and here about the love of Jesus Christ through this camp!!!
On a more selfish note... I gave a tour of the factory to 5 of the men that are helping lead this group this afternoon... One is a lawyer and the other is a manager of the biggest security company in Kingston. They are very excited about what we are doing and think that the churches/church members they represent in Kingston need to be buying their furnature from a Christian organization! They are going back to spread the word as well as offering to help me with locating anything in Kingston that I need for supplies!! Praise the Lord for that!!