Occasionally I'll hit somebody with my car. So sue me-- no, don't sue me. That is opposite the point I'm trying to make.

Busy is a relative term. For the most part Erin and I have had our heads down plugging away at our various work projects. We spend most nights at home doing nothing, save pining for our very own game of Carcassonne, but our days have been pretty full. For those of you still reading our blog, I thought I would give a schedule of upcoming happenings for the summer…

At our orphanage:
- A couple weeks of summer school
- A couple weeks of arts &crafts, fine arts, and music
- A few beach days, an airport tour, a Rose Hall Great House Tour, and an off-site trip to St. Ann? (the trip is definite but location still up in the air)
- A week-long JAMM camp
- A week-long football (soccer for you American folks) camp
- The week-long HIV/AIDS peer educator training that Erin got a grant to fund- this project will actually continue on until World AIDS Day in December, but the main part is happening this summer
- A summer-long reading contest, complete with prizes for readership
- Computer classes will be held for the mothers, aunties, and the children though I might wait until school resumes to incorporate the kids

At the marine park:
- Revamping the outreach and education program
----- Educating and getting the local fishermen onboard to facilitate a protected area for fish to breed and grow
----- Educating the public, both domestic and foreign, about the issues the local marine habitats are facing and how they can help
- Hopefully finding funding to initiate a mooring buoy system to act as boundaries for the protected zones as well as providing environmentally low-impact anchor site

As for us:
- Last week we met the new PC Trainees. They all seemed very excited and full of energy. I believe they are all capable of making a difference in the lives of those they will soon be living among.
- Erin’s folks are coming for a 5-day Jamaica extravaganza! Woohoo!

And in the end, the love you take, is equal to the love you make.-- Sir Paul McCartney

Patrick