First Presbyterian Church in Jamaica

After arriving in Puerto Rico we enjoyed some pinchos (PR kebab) and Pina Coladas seaside.

Then spent the rest of the day getting to the other Pelicans that we are lodging and serving with.  There are over 9 different nationalities among us.

Looking forward to seeing how God uses such diversity.

This morning  we attended church at our host church, iglesia nueva cosecha. 

We had an opportunity to share some testimonies and sing with them as well.

We had a lot of fun and enjoyed the vibrant people of the community.

In the afternoon we got o visit the community of villa Hugo. 

It was heavily affected by the hurricane and we got see the damage that is still very evident, as well as hear some of the stories about it.

It just made us so much more excited to start working!

Tonight we had a worship service at Villa Hugo, we sang and shared stories with pastora Edith, that is opening up the community's doors for us. 

Today we started our construction work. We are building a roof for one of the residents. We are all so excited about the work that even the bus driver jumped in to help!

Today we came back to Carmen's house to keep working on her roof.

yedterday we disassembled half of her roof (because it was comprised) and put on rafters and crossbeams.

This is the weeks work.

we put in new rafters, new zinc sheets, a new stairwell to the front porch and painted the inside and outside of the house.

Carmen the house owner, Oscar the community leader are very pleased with the result.

it was moving and impactful to all of us. We will always carry a little bit of Puerto Rico in our hearts.