Goodbye for now; our time in Jamaica - Day 8

We woke up this morning before the alarm.  I watched the pink sunrise on the water and we went out to our porch for sweet rolls.  Bruce had found a security guard the night before to get a couple of towels for swimming this morning and also found in the laundry room, a knife of questionable cleanliness.  So, after washing the knife with shampoo, this morning he was able to cut the pineapple that we picked up in Spring Garden so that we could have it for breakfast.  

After our early morning snack, we went down to the ocean to jump off the cliffs.  When we walked down onto the rocks about a dozen crabs scattered.  The water was rough and it was really neat to feel the ebb and flow of the waves.  We swam around in the ocean for a little while, then jumped in the pool to rinse the salt off in the chlorine. This is the life!

We got dressed, packed up all our stuff from the week, and drove back to the lighthouse to find the keeper to see if he would let us climb up to the top.  He was just leaving and told us to come back later. Not this trip. We’ll put that on the list for the next time. 

We drove to the beach for breakfast, said good-bye to the dog that followed us around all week who we named “Gesundheit” because he kept sniffing up the sand and then sneezing.  We said good-bye to our reggae musician friends, Vin and Leroy.  We went across the street to the mall and found Patrice and said good-bye to her, too. Then we started off for the airport.

I’ve felt a sadness since yesterday about leaving to go home.  But we know that we will be back to this beautiful country and these sweet people soon.  And I am way too excited to see what God has in store for us on this journey to waste time being sad.  I can’t wait to see what tomorrow brings!

As we were on the plane coming home and I was looking out over the big puffy white clouds, the verse that I keep hearing from Hebrews popped into my mind: “Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith.”

Yes, run with endurance until we can get back to Jamaica and the plan God has for us.