Jamaica Teen Mission Trips - Every day here we see the beautiful kids in this community.  Whether it be one of the hundreds of kids that came through Kids Club, the children playing with us during breakfast in the morning before they had to run to school, or simply those whose home we were building a toilet for.  They were all beautiful, but some we truly made a connection with.  And one of the girls from our last team made an amazing connection with these three little girls in the community of Cambridge. And for this story I asked her to tell it:

“When I came to Jamaica I expected to be working hard for Christ – getting in the mud and shoveling dirt, being His hands and feet. I never expected that my service would be spending time with a group of three small girls – Kimmy, Kacey, and Tiana. Throughout the week we taught each other games, blew bubbles, and just sat and talked. Every time they saw me come off the bus their faces lit up and it put a joy in my heart that I had never felt before. We grew so close as the days went on and it felt as though we would always be together, as though I would never have to leave them.

"Then the last day came and the tears started to fall. Seeing these girls cry made me hurt inside and I spent most of that day comforting them and holding them. As I was getting on the bus, the girls handed me two pieces of paper and we said our last goodbyes. We were headed back to the school where we were staying and everyone else was watching 'Remember the Titans,' but I was sitting there crying. The girls had written me a goodbye letter and a poem.

"The relationships God helped us build during this mission trip to Jamaica were incredible and everyone will remember the friends they made, whether they were elderly adults who just needed someone to talk to or small children who just wanted a playmate and someone to hold them. I will keep Kimmy, Kacey, and Tiana in my heart and in my prayers always, and I thank God for putting each one of them in my life,”

- Annabel

It is because of relationships like the ones Annabel made with those three little girls that we are here serving and working.  It is awesome to be able to serve by meeting the physical needs of the people surrounding us but I truly believe that the world will change when it sees the love of Christ in its relationships.  That is why we serve.

Until All Know,

Nathan Heath

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