Jamaica Journals 2002
Saturday
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My son Will and I arrived in Kingston this afternoon. We were met at the airport by Mrs. Jennifer McDonald, a Jamaican nurse with a deep love for the needy of Jamaica. She works very hard each time a dental team comes to treat her fellow countrymen, making various arrangements for those who come to serve. |
| Jennifer treated Will and I to a splendid afternoon of souvenir hunting, topped off by some delicious Jamaican ice cream - only 110 dollars per cone! (Jamaican dollars, equal to about $2.50 U.S.) We survived the rocky 60-minute drive up the blue mountains into Mavis Bank, and moved into our comfortable (by Mavis Bank standards) accommodations, |  Dr. Jim Carney, Jennifer MacDonald, Dr. Bill Griffin |
| complete with mosquito netting over each bed. We survived the rocky 60-minute drive up the blue mountains into Mavis Bank, and moved into our comfortable (by Mavis Bank standards) accommodations, complete with mosquito netting over each bed.
The dental clinic at which we will be working in Mavis Bank was started by Dr. Jim Carney, with Jennifer McDonald's help, about 8 years ago. Dr. Carney, a long-time member of the Christian Dental Society board of directors and a past CDS President, has offered free treatment to the Jamaican people on 30 missions trips over the past several years. | |