The Orphanage

Jeremiah
Sam

Matt

Leah

Paul and Jason

Jami

Brent

The Day with the KP Kids

Pictures from the Infermery

The Manchester Infermery
Marie visiting with one of the residents

Sam making this womens day by dancing with her:)

Jeremiah sharing his song book

Jami visiting with one of the women

I love how God works. I know that when the team visited it brought so much JOY to the lives of the residents there at the infermery. And I know without a doubt after hearing their stories and experiences how touched and blessed the team was by the people at the infermery. What a great God we serve. Have a great day I love you very much.

Be blessed and be a blessing

-Erin-

Randomness

A quote I would like to share because its my desire for you all

"I want to help you to grow as beautiful as GOD meant you to be when He thought of you first"

-George MacDonald-

So we are now on round two of ring worm. I don't know which one of my kiddos has it but they keep blessing me with it. I am in contact with at least 50 different kids a day so I have no idea who keeps giving me ring worm or who to be more careful around so that I stop getting it. I praise GOD that this time I realized what it was and did not scratch it like last time. The first time i had it i thought that it was just some mutated bug bite that if i scratched it enough it would go away:). However that was not the case and thanks to some special cream from mom we got that taken care of. THANKS MOM!

(Sorry this is not a very good picture)

So ever since the last team left there have been crazy thunder storms/ lighting storms everyday/night. Its really cool to watch the lighting looks so close and at times the thunder is so loud it just vibrates through all the brick buildings setting off car alarms. I LOVE STORMS!

With the storms I don't know what kind of bugs they are but they swarm. with all my windows and doors closed they still come in the cracks and not just one or two but hundreds. I was sitting in my chair the first time it happened trying to be productive after a week at JDV and at first I just sat and watched as a few crawled through the cracks and started flying around BUT THEN they started landing on the computer and my arms and hair and cloths and not only 1 or 2 but 10 or 20 so then they started to freak me out So I started brushing them of me and i found out they are very flimsy because you touch them and they fall apart and die. So with this knowledge I grabbed a flip flop and started swatting at any and all I could reach. That was NOT a fun mess to clean up after all were finally taken care of.

Thanks for letting me share its time to go chat with the kiddos. Have a great week. I love you. Be blessed and be a blessing -Erin-

The Team That NEVER Sleeps!

I LOVE THIS GROUP! That in a nut shell says it all. This is one of the only open groups that still comes to Jamaica on a yearly basis. There were around 42 people on this trip and around 18 different churches represented. I have never in all my 7 years working on work teams and with work teams seen the spirit working so much and so quickly through a group. We had two people come to know Christ as their Lord and Savior, One come out after 2 years of being a "secret" Christian and now holds his light up for all the world to see, And one who rededicated his life to Christ after some difficult times away from the Lord. Praise GOD! The team left yesterday and the only way I can think to describe it is my heart aches for them. They uplifted me and blessed me in such a way... its just indescribable. I pray they can take the energy and experiences from this week and spread it around back in the states where ever they are.

The Group Shot
The Boys

The Girls

The Peoria Group

The Morton Group

The Kansas Group

The Denver Group

There are many more pictures to share and through the week I will try to get more of them on here. My goal for this week is to catch up on sleep. I think my earliest night this past week was around midnight and my latest was around 6:30 a.m. This group goes strong like no other! Thanks for all your love, prayers, and support. Be blessed and be a blessing. -Erin-

Chick fil A

The new saw for the wood shop
a new mixer for the kitchen

This is the Chick fil A team. I think the majority of them were restaurant owners but one or two worked at the corporate building in Atlanta. WOW. this team blew me away with their generosity. They were not a work team but just came to see what the ministry was all about. They went around asking teachers, if they could have any thing to help them in the class room what would it be? The teachers named it then today before they left the Chick fil A team went around and delivered those things they wished for. It was truly Amazing to watch the teachers get so excited, Tony the woodworking teacher just plugged in the new saw they got him where they left it and he and the boys went right to work making legs for dressers and tables. Praise God for his goodness and faithfulness. I hope you all are having a great week. This afternoon I am off to JDV for the week so please keep the Plattners, I and the work team in your prayers that hearts will be softened and open to accept Christ.

I love you.

Be blessed and be a blessing

-Erin-

Team Work

Good After noon, Tuesday night the kids were working on team work. The older girls got 4 of the older guys to try, sitting them on chairs then when they leaned back onto the legs of the guy beside them, the girls pulled out the chairs and they saw how long they could hold.

Once it was done the first time everyone wanted to try. Here are some pictures.

The younger girls

the older boys being able to hold it for a 1.5 min before they fell

the girls being able to hold it for a min before their legs gave out

the gathered crowed to see who can hold it the longest

Have a great day. The Random A.C. team comes tomorrow for the next week. Please keep them and us in your prayers as we serve together this week. Be blessed and be a blessing -Erin-