Tuesday, June 30

Today was the team from Whittier’s last day so it was their recreation day. We had a later breakfast (9am instead of 6am) and then packed up the bus and van for luggage and drove from Kingston to Ocho Rios. I was in a pick up with some of the luggage with an adult leader (Roger) and an intern (Larry). Three white people driving in Jamaica is a prime target for what might be called under the table dealings with the police force here I guess. We got pulled over while still in Kingston for no reason at all, and they held us  for a while before clearing us.  Though they never asked for it, we suspect they were looking for a bribe. The Lord took care of us though. We told them right away that we were missionaries here with YFC. We also made sure that all the money was tucked away and nothing of valuable was in the open. They could tell that we had nothing to give them, and Roger (who was driving) wasn’t about to give them everything. All in all it probably set us back an hour. When we got to Ocho Rios we ate lunch at Burger King and took the team to Dunn’s River Falls. The other interns went on the hotel in Montego Bay but Roger, Larry, and I stayed with the team because they needed leaders to stay with them. Roger watch towels and things on the beach while Larry and I climbed the stairs along-side the falls and took pictures with the digital cameras people had. They were very grateful for it. After the team did some shopping at the shops at Dunn’s, and then we hit the road and drove back to Montego Bay. We had a late supper here at the Gloriana Hotel and had a little debriefing time for the team. Everyone then went to bed except for a few of us interns who swam in the pool for an hour or two. All in all it was a good “day off” (haha).