Page 11 - Annual Meeting, 2022

The only certainty at this point is that we would be shipping all the supplies to Jamaica and
trusting in God. On a Sunday afternoon, Johnny, Cookie, Jim, Elizabeth, Ken, and I held an
inventory/ packing party in Mama's suite. She would be so proud. With my truck packed, I
drove to Maryland the next morning to a shipping company, and off the supplies went. With
little over two months ahead of our targeted distribution date, the decision to make the trip
was very uncertain, understandable. This trip was a multipurpose mission, family reunion,
and to visit the house we are in the process of building in the countryside, did I say
country!!
After weeks of debating, the brave-hearted decided to make the trip, Catherine, Jan, Cookie,
Laura, John, Pat, Ken, and I. My niece Debbie and her family, nephews Gary, Ian, and
Yasmine came along too. Pat, Ken, and I got in first while the rest of the team came a few
days later.

On my first day I met with Annette, unpacked some of the backpacks, and then laid out a
plan for the rest of the team to carry out the next day. I had a chance to visit a few family

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