Day 3 and 4 and 5 in a nutshell :S

Soo sorry i didn't post a blog yesterday! things have been a lil bit crazy! i don't know if i can remember exactly what all happened but i will try lol. 

So i guess basically here's what ive done in the past few days :D 

it is established that breakfast is at 6:30 a.m...........lunch at 12:30 a.m.........and dinner at 5:30 or 6.....

i learned that i had two roomates! got to meet them on sunday night and the other one monday! their names are Allison(from Canada) and Jodi-Ann(from Jamaica!) 

Everyone is so encouraging and so much fun! Two nights ago we got to go to Mega mart to get stuff we needed...SO much fun lol. For laundry there is no dryer so we wash....then hang up to dry! havent tried it yet but should be fun lol. That night one of the girls said she brought Dutch Blitz(its a card game) so we spent the rest of the night doing that and ended up playing partner Dutch Blitz which was awesome!  

We don't start our regular class schedule until next week so this week is like orientation week. But we DID have a couple of speakers already which were all such a blessing to hear from! forgot how to take notes really though :S But i find that we do alot of praying and i absolutely love it. It's so encouraging and just a time to stop and talk to God :)

Friday is our welcoming party which will be fun!
Tonight in about 15 minutes :) we are having a community meeting about.....i dont know yet lol but should be sweet!
We heard 5 testimonies today and will hopefully hear the rest tomorrow but there IS alot of us lol. i am 21st in line :)

I already love everyone so much and am sooo excited for the journey ahead of me!! I definitely feel like this group was chosen for a purpose and i am not here on accident.
Signed up for worship along with a whole bunch of other students and that starts next wednesday soooo WOO HOO!!! sooo excited :)
Oh! we have a pool! haha random thought! i'll be takin some pictures of it :) 
oh goodness there is so much more to share and so little time!........
Every student signed up for a work duties which include:

 Maintenance

Breakfast prep and cleanup

Lunch cleanup (which i got)

Dinner prep and cleanup

Tuck shop(snack shop)

Hospitality

and......i cant remember the rest haha 

but i have to go to the meeting now ill blog later!!!! God bless you all for reading this whole thing :) -aprilgerke

Day 2 :)......late

So day 2 in Montego Bay, Jamaica at the YWAM campus :) 

Wake up to knocking on my door because i slept in...haha whoops! So i go to breakfast at about 8ish then go back to the dorm to shower. No hot water!! oh well.....its nice when its so hot haha :) so after the shower my new friend Kat and i decide to go swimming in the pool we have on campus. After a little coolin off we have PB and J's for lunch and bring them to where we have internet and watched NAnny McPhee Returns. Such a cute movie!! 

So...............now Kat, Shawn, and one of my roomates are all just sittin here on the internet haha.....wonder how the rest of the day will go!

Today's good news: My God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:19

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Arrival to Montego Bay, Jamaica

So the first flight was the easy one. I got all my stuff checked, got to my Gate, and ended up in Dallas in about two hours! Slept a little bit but not some because i was sitting next to an old guy so i didnt feel comfortable lol. 

When i got into Dallas it was simple.......check to see which Gate was the right one...and get there. Rode a mini subway type thing to get there :) soooo got on the plane and all was smoooth. My seat was next to a really nice Jamaican older woman. I watched "Just Right" as the inflight movie and in no time landed in Montego Bay, Jamaica.

So here's when it gets complicated...... 
I go to pick up my pillow (which was strapped with a belt to my sleeping bag) and there is a HUGE brown stain on it. i smell it....its coffee!! so i get off the plane with my purse, the stained pillow/sleeping bag, and my old cheer bag(which was PRETTY heavy).  

The walk to the immigration line was super long so i had to take a couple breaks to relax my shoulder from the heavy bag. Anyways...i get to the Immigration line and since the line moves only about a foot every 10 seconds i have to pick my huge bag up and set it down...pick it up...and set it down... so eventually i decide to just push it through on the ground with my foot lol. 

Gettin all sorts of weird looks 1. cuz of the stain on my pillow and 2. cuz of how im pushin my bag, i finally get to the front. Then i find out i need to fill out a new immigration paper.....mine was in purple pen(which i asked the flight attendant if it was ok and he said yes) so i go back to get another paper....start gettin all emotional so i gotta calm down. Then i finally get past immigration and was headed to get my luggage. 

After about 10 times around i decide my luggage isnt there....i was too late and it was waiting for me back at some desk type deal. Pick it up, go through customs(which were surprisingly and totally insensitive to the fact ive been crying for about 20 minutes or so) and finally found my YWAM van.... THANK YOU JESUS!!! 

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