HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY AWESOME WIFE LIZ WHO LET'S ME DO THIS! :)

We made it! We are in Jamaica! Solid rain here, about 87 degrees...actually very nice...but obviously very humid.
We really had no issues on the flights, with a couple of minor exceptions...the Baumgartners who were flying in via South Dakota, via Denver, via Dallas, were delayed in Dallas by 45 minutes and there was some concern they would cut it pretty close to our departure time, but they made it with an hour to spare...the only other minor issue was a few of our group had to sit solo in some middle seats with strangers, but at least we were all on the same plane...no biggy...
The atmosphere is kind of like the first night of camp...lots of kids wandering around without really knowing what to do...some of our guys already went in the pool, kind of fun in hot, humid, rainy weather...
We already collected the money for coffee, market exhange, and Dunns River Falls, and loaded up the van for the first ministry stuff tomorrow...
With help from Kalena's memory skills, here's the basic plan for tomorrow...
Breakfast at 7:00, leave at 8:00am...going to a school to do a show....then back to the hotel for a quick break then another school for a show at another school at noon....back to the hotel for lunch at 2:00 and a little free time till dinner at 5:00...then a "Street Show" at 7:00ish....so first day and we'll already have 3 shows to do...which is cool because it means all 3 bands will most likely have the opportunity to play, we'll use most of the puppet songs, and each of the two drama teams will have an opporunity (or 2) as well....nothing like hitting the ground running...
The weather has been rainy every single day for the past couple of weeks, but supposedly will take a break tomorrow before resuming the following day...most of us don't really mind the rain, it keeps us cool...kind of a pain to move the equipment, but worth the pain :)
Also, there is another team coming in from Florida, apparently their fist time coming, and we are going to be "showing them the ropes" a little bit...they'll be shadowing us for the evening show...
The latest plan is that we'll be here at the Hotel Montego for 3 days (until Saturday) and the good news is that obviously there is internet here, and it's pretty strong...so I'll be able to blog at least once a day :)
I get to room with Chris Chapman for a couple of days, that's an extra blessing!
Everyone is healthy and excited to do work for Jesus!
Have a great night! Hope to share the results of tomorrow's first day of ministry at the end of the day!
TN
GOD RULZ!