We have arrived!!!

We have arrived! Yes it is hot. . . but not unbearable. It has been quite a ride thus far – we were working off little sleep for the first few days – but sleep is looking better now! We left Raleigh at 6:30am on the 1st headed for Miami. Then staging for a day and a half – nothing too interesting, really just feel good stuff. The hotel we stayed at was amazing – pillowtop bed – two showerheads – you get the picture. We left the hotel at 6:30am and finally arrived in Kingston, Jamaica at 1pm on Thursday. The time zone is the same, but no daylight savings time – so right now it is an hour earlier here. The college that we are staying at is a small (note sarcasm) downgrade from the Miami hotel. We are staying in the dorms – foam bed – cold water from 5am-8pm – you get the picture. The food so far has been good – bbq chicken, fish, rice & peas (kidney beans), and shredded cabbage. Breakfast consists of baked beans, greens, bread, saltfish (really salty fish & veggie dish) and fresh fruit. We will be here training for 2 weeks, then we head out to our site (which we find out on the 17th where that is) for 2 weeks, back here for a week, back to site for 2 weeks, back to Kingston for a week of testing and swearing in at the end of August. So far, so good – a little boring really, but once we get through training we feel like we are going to like Jamaica. ---pictures suun kom!