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Well, after four weeks of being really busy, we are settling back into our regular schedule, kind of. This week Kirsten began an English Camp, which is for 4 hours a day through this week. The camp is small, but I think it will be really helpful for those who are attending. Although English is the official language of the country, Jamaicans speak a dialect called Patois. Patois sounds something like creole in that it uses English words strung and squashed together. If you want a sample click HERE to hear the Gospel of Luke spoken in Patois. All this to say, the grammar and structure of Patois is very different from standard English. Therefore, when students are in English/literature class, many have difficulty making the leap. Please pray for Kirsten and the camp as she hopes to give the high schoolers various study aids to help them in English.

In other news, Youth Fellowship is beginning to branch out and do some more service ministries. One of girls that Kirsten has been disciplining arranged a visit to the local hospital where the youth prayed with, read Scripture to, and sat beside those who were ill or recovering. The students did a great job of ministering there. We will have another opportunity to serve this upcoming week as we are going to visit a boys' home two hours away. We will most likely be serving by way of devotion and song at the boys' home as well as cleaning and other needs they may have. Please pray that the Youth Fellowship may gain a greater understanding of the love of Christ. Pray that this may be the beginning of lives of service in Christ's name and by His power. Also, we ask that you will pray that the youth both at the home and serving with Youth Fellowship may hear the call of God's grace and be saved!

Grace and peace be with you all!

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