One Heart: Catching up!

So I know it has been a little while since I wrote a post and I am sorry! Things have been so busy and today I finally have some time to sit, focus and write! So I will start by telling you all about our Christmas here in Jamaica! I know I had talked about Grand Market in my last post and it was so much fun! We drove into Junction around midday and it was packed with people! The streets were lined with people selling everything! There were D.J.'s set up everywhere blasting music, lots of food and lots of shopping. It was like an outdoor market. It was fun to walk around and see all the people and everyone truly looked so nice! People really dress up nice! We were there for a couple hours walking around and checking out all the little shops everywhere and then went home! That night we watched the movie, "It's a Wonderful Life" which is the best Christmas movie of all time and also a tradition with my family to watch every year on Christmas Eve. It wasn't the same watching it just the two of us. I remember while I was watching I could picture our family sitting around together and laughing at the same parts we always laugh at and we both felt a little sad after it was over. It was neat though to experience Christmas Eve in a new way together. Christmas day was fun! We got to facetime with our families which was awesome but also made us miss home! It was great to celebrate with them and enjoy their company! We got invited to our friend Dwayne's house who lives here in Ridge and we had a wonderful time fellowshipping with him and his mom. She made an amazing meal and we were so stuffed! It was nice to relax with them and celebrate Christmas with some great friends! After we left from their home we had some of our other friends from Ridge over for diner at our place. It was really nice and we feel so thankful that God has provided us with some wonderful friends here in Jamaica! We ate together and then played games! It was a really special Christmas. It was also special because our dog who lives outside had puppies! There are 7 in all and they are so cute! She had six boys and one girl. So that was a really great way to end the day! I have been taking lots of pictures of them and will post some! Everyday I can't help myself I have to go out and hold them. So that was our Christmas here in Jamaica! After Christmas things slowed down a little bit and Caleb and I enjoyed some relaxing time together to finish up our break. School started and it was back to craziness! Teaching is going much better for me and I feel like its getting easier for me to plan my lesson plans! I am really enjoying working so closely with the three youngest girls, Cavel, Britney and Quacian. Although they can be challenging they are lots of fun and I can see the progress in their work! I am so thankful for God's strength and presence each day in everything he really carries me through when some days I just want to give up! This is all I have time to write about for now as me and Caleb are headed out to Kingston to visit one of our pastors churches this weekend! I will write again soon!