Jamaica Trip Dinner

At 6Am I could hear little footsteps from Alivia. By 7:30 I woke up to find Jake and Alivia watching cartoons waiting for everyone else to get up. The kids played more downstairs and I sent them all outside into the freshly fallen snow. Everything was covered in a light fluffy inch of snow.

In the evening, we had a get together with our team from the Jamaica trip. Luke stayed with Karen and Orrie and Jake went with us. Joy and Aaron hosted the dinner and fixed jerk chicken, rice and beans. It was so much fun to reconnect with everyone. My book and DVD from the trip were well liked. We spent time talking about our experience and sharing moments. We also prayed for the kids, team, and future trips. Mike from our team is considering joining the Nest board. The kids all had fun reconnecting. The best choice we made was taking Jayden. What a great experience for her. It worked out that she got to be with some fun girls and most important, I think she has a heart for adoption and missions. We brought Jacob so he could hear about the trip and experience in hopes that he will want to go on a trip in the future. He ended up in tears on the ride home because he felt so left out. All the night was spent laughing and sharing of our trip that he was not on. We talked to him about how we wanted him to hear what the other kids thought and learned so that in the future he may get the chance to go.

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