To start off, I can speak for us all when I say, Jamaica is absolutely incredible, and we were all in awe the from the moment that we got here.
Travels went as smoothly as we could have asked for, with a 4 hour layover in Salt Lake City to watch the snow and another bit of time in Georgia where we got to listen to their enticing accents. When we landed in Montego Bay we went straight to the Whistling Bird, where we were all blown away by the view, the beach being approximately a 25 feet away from where we eat all our meals. All of us spent the rest of the afternoon enjoying the crystal clear water and then fell asleep before the sun did.
 Sunday morning we woke up, some of us still believing that we were in a dream, and enjoyed another delicious meal from Whistling Bird. Then we ventured off to church, with no idea what we were getting into. It was breathtaking. The community there was energetic and passionate and for an hour we got to participate in their day long celebrations. After church we came back, quickly changed into swimsuits and set off on our glass bottom boat tour with our very own "Captain Papa".
The rest of the afternoon was spent on the water; looking through the bottom of the boat to see starfish and sand sharks and many different fish, snorkling through a cave with local children, and jumping off a 35 foot cliff with the crowd at Rick's cafe as our audience. That night we returned exhausted, and after enjoying dinner and wonderful conversation until late in the night, we fell asleep with great anticipation for the morning.
Monday was more incredible than any of us expected. The children and staff at Gordon's Institute for Early Childhood Development welcomed us with open arms. Inside the school there are three rooms, one for 3 year olds, another for 4 year olds and the last for the 5 year olds. The rooms are only partially seperated and each hold roughly 25 children and only one teacher. Outside of the school we could see the start of the addition that would make up our manual work for the rest of the trip. Even though most of us were amateurs, the construction men and experienced team members taught everyone how to hammer, saw, and essentially build this school without any power tools. It was amazing how quickly the whole team got right into the work and performed as a functioning team. The rest of the day was a blur of children loving on us, delicous frozen fruit drinks brought to us by the wonderful Kay to cool off, and building the school. When it was finally time to go, the children made us promise to the return the next day, which all of us reassured them that we would happily do.
We end the night with yet another wonderful conversation, learning about each other and this beautiful country that we are in. Tonight I am sure we will all fall asleep dreaming  of hammering and becoming living jungle gyms for the children, and live those dreams out again in the morning!