Just got our assignment this afternoon, Chapleton in Clarendon Parish. It's dead center in the middle of the island in the sourtheastern Blue Mountain foothills. There appears to be NOTHING there; phone service, internet the whole lot. Even the hospital we're working out of doesn't seem to have any service. Jamaica reportedly is 95% wired and of course we got the 5% assignment. The great thing is that we're going to both be working on developing a Health and Fitness program. We're replacing a couple with Nutrition backgrounds who did the same on that topic. We're meeting our host family tomorrow and will have a clear picture of the living accomodations for the next posting.
It will be nice to get out of Kingston to meet and interact with Jamaicans. So far we've been quite sheltered during training. Once at our site I'm sure we'll have lots more to tell about the culture, our work and the life in general.
We'll be at the site for two weeks and then return to Kingston for another week of training. The training is very intense with long hours and little time to prepare for the next day. I can't fathom what it must be like at other PC posts where training is 13 weeks of being holed up in a compound. Thank goodness we hit Jamaica while they pilot this new MO of 8 weeks interspersed with with site based training. SSS
Attached are photos of a field trip the group took to a beach on the southeastern tip of the island. I was very sick and stayed home but Gary represented us. There's also a few shots of our training site, Shortwood Teachers' College [prounounced Shothud Tiichas Colej].
Kiip yu fingas crosd fi di nes leg ov wi adventur.
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