Some posts from the crew!

Things are going really well.  Thank you everyone who is praying for me.  James is NOT doing my homework.  I have decided to adopt 25 kids from here or maybe just smuggle them back home.  ~Andrea

Today I saw some wild monkeys.  I saw a 15 foot python.  I got soaked at a beach.  There's a video store down the street from us and the quality is actually good.  I had a white Kitkat chunky.  I only have $4 left.  There is a Concord here.  I go swimming every day either at the ocean or the pool.  Today it was the hottest day yet. It is starting to feel like it's getting really cold at nights.  Last night I woke up in the middle of the night and I was actually cold.  I needed my blanket!  I must be getting used to the weather.  By the way, you can see the little dipper and the big dipper here in Barbados. ~Nicholas

The yellow buses are awesome even though we haven't gone on one yet.  There is a salamander in the pool.  ~TJ

Blessed Be the Name of the Lord!!

Today we left at 7:15 am to go to Saint Silas Primary School for our performance at 8:45 am. They welcomed us with open arms. A few highlights of this performance are:
- when we completed the dowel rod story we heard several teachers say WOW, WOW! 
- As we did How Great is Our God, the kids and teachers stood and sang with us.
- When we completed our performance the kids from the ICSF (Inter Christian School Fellowship) club came forward to sing us a song. One of the teachers said we could go sit where the kids were to listen to their song, we gladly accepted this opportunity to sit with the kids and listen as they sang "Blessed be the Name of the Lord"!
- Our host Paul presented several kids with medals they won for sports. One little girl (approximately 5 years old) won two 1st place medals, one third place medal and she broke 2 records.
- The school also had prepared a lunch of tuna and cheese sandwiches along with cake for us.
- We enjoyed interacting with the kids after the presentation.

After this school we went to a wildlife reserve for lunch where we saw monkeys, geckos, turtles, peacocks, deer, and crocodiles. We were told not to feed the monkeys as they will take the food right out of our hand. However, we did watch them take the apple core out of the garbage can to eat.

After lunch we went to St. Lucy Primary School for our next performance. The kids at this school were very excited to see us, interact and hi-five with our teens. Once again they enjoyed our performance. We had a bit of a challenge leaving the school as the kids wanted to interact with us rather than going back to their classrooms.

After this we tried to get as close to home as possible and went to North Point, the most northern part of Barbados. Did you see us wave? It was breathtaking to see the waves spash against the cliffs down below and feel the salt water spray.

We appreciate your prayers and support for us. Thank you for helping us experience this wonderful opportunity to minister to these schools, both children and teachers/staff. As we go to the schools to minister to them, we are the ones being ministered to. It is such a blessing to see scripture on the walls at the schools, hear the children pray and recite scripture. Often individuals on the street will ask us about our Seeds International shirts that we are wearing and we have the opportunity to share with them what we are doing. Many times we are speaking with Christians who are very appreciative of us coming.

Alice