No Direct Hit -- Noel

Sunday and Monday saw bands of rain but no hurricane winds. Tropical depression, then tropical storm, Noel hits east of Jamaica Sunday into Monday. The crowds for Sunday Services were down... At Pinto I started with just 3 people... and the collection was half the usual $13k ($200US). The locals tell us: "this is the weather we had when I was a kid...really wet Octobers." On any given day we have no electric for 4 - 9 hours of late, but water pressure to sing about. Just a few more days of October... and maybe things will dry up a bit?

An Update on the Phone Lines

It's a month today since we lost the phone lines. Imagine making it through a major hurricane and keeping phones throughout, and then, on the eve of 21 September... loss of service. The reality is: the copper wire is melted down to make bullets. The level of civil chaos increases as the new party, JLP, takes hold and brings change and order. Pray for PEACE in Jamaica!

Still coming down to a cyber cafe every other day to do email.

Apologies...

Dear Readers-

For three weeks now we have been without telephones, and consequently email access. So every few days we come to town and do email at the Franciscan Sisters' Convent or a cyber cafe... you see some one has stolen the phone lines to Above Rocks. If anyone has a connection at Cable & Wireless, or you know who we have to pay off, please give us a call... until then bear with us.

PEACE!

The Friars & Sisters