Friday, October 31, 2008

What's New?

The Schumakers feel like kids again! We went to the zoo this week! It’s not a zoo that is ready for tourists but is almost finished and will soon be open for business. We had a lot of fun walking around looking at the animals- our tourist guide- a kitten! He was following us around playing with the animals, chasing butterflies, and meowing. He reminded me of LT- a sad moment- because I kind of miss the little guy- even though he was really obnoxious! While at the zoo we saw all kinds of animals- zebras, lions, crocodiles, raccoons, squirrels, monkeys, llamas, parrots, toucans, and the list goes on!


Work is going alright- we continue to struggle with the culture and finding our place in a country that is still fairly new to us- even though we’ve been here for 4 months now! Yesterday we walked to the store and on the walk back it started pouring rain- we were soaked to the bone- freezing cold- in JAMAICA! We finally found a vacant house to duck under until we thought the rain had passed- of course after walking a short distance it started pouring again! Go Figure! We walked home, changed into pajamas, and drank some hot tea.
We’re getting excited for Early Service Conference (which will be in Ochi Rios- in a fancy hotel) and Christmas- We’ve decided to go and spend some time with our friends Josh and Jesse- We’ll be staying in Portland with them and hopefully doing some touristy things!

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hey!!!
Was nice to see your updates for the week. Sounds like a fun day at the zoo like the parrots very colorful. Got your package in the mail today should reach you sometime next month-hope you can hold out till then kinda like on a slow boat to china. Guess I should of sent you an umbrella also. Today was cloudy most of the day but no rain. Keep up the good work and stay safe. We all miss and love you two.
Love You both
Grandma-Grandpa
BJ-Heidi-Lady-Shelby

Becci and Josh said...

hey andrea! I'm glad you found me! I can't believe you guys are in jamaica! That's awesome! How long are you guys going to be there? I know it's crazy how fast time flys, haha how is brad anyways?

Latah 4-H said...

Portland??? Like do I need to make a trip to Oregon?? I miss you so much

Annie said...

portland huh?? that's like three hours away from us!! we will come see you if you'll be there for a few days. love you

Jesse E. Hunter said...

Yeah, kids. That's Portland, Jamaica! We'll be hiking to waterfalls, chilling at some of the coolest natural beaches on island and eating jerk EVRI-TING.

So excited for you two to come and hang in the RG (rio grande valley).
We still need to plan the adventure (and where to stay)!

Anonymous said...

Hey!!!!!!
I like the pictures! Amazing photography! Hehe! :) Well its nice to hear you guys got some rain! Its kinda been raining here too so its ok. And its starting to get cold outside. But other than that nothing really. Good luck with every thing, while we still miss and love you bother very much!
♥/
~Arika~