Oh dear.
Apparently the Weavers aren't so good at this whole blogging and keeping-people-informed thing. So sorry. (Repentance should be followed by change- I always say- so hopefully we'll update sooner next time.)
Today our family, along with the Smuckers, visited Mr. Remsford. Mr. Remsford lives about half an hour from JRM (think muddy back roads, treacherous ditches, and a worn-out green bus). Mr. Remsford's legs end in stumps, just below his knees; he wears volleyball knee pads and walks on his knees. (When Mr. Remsford was younger someone was mad at him and poured acid into his boots to get revenge.) Whenever we visit Remsford, he shows about 27 different plants and all their uses: treat dandruff, remove warts, Karen's sore throat, mosquito bites, heart problems, etc. ("Here, this treats warts." Remsford says, as he vigorously scrubs a leafy plant up Carissa's arm.) Mr. Remsford is a sweet old man, but he doesn't know Jesus. He has some Rastafarian beliefs and he thinks heaven is here on earth. Pray that Remsford would realize that he's not good enough on his own, and he needs a Savior.
Mr. Remsford and his plant remedies 
On the way back from Remsford's, we visited Alison, the lady our youth group built a house for last summer. It was so fun to see Alison again, and spend some time with her children. We even got to meet her little boy (she was pregnant when we built the house).
In other news.
Friday afternoons we all head up to Montpelier to do a Bible club at the kindergarten JRM started several years ago. Here in Jamaica, children start school around 3 years old. Some of the kids are so shy, other scream and jump on us as soon as we arrive. We've been doing flannel graph Bible stories with the kids, but most of them are way more interested in the flannel people and animals than the actual story. :)
Dad with his little friend Ayanna (she's one of the shy ones) 
a bunch of the students...
Right up from the school lives an elderly woman named Iona. Iona is sick and frail... About 7 years ago, Iona took in 2 small children who didn't have a home. Kimona and Javon, now 10 and 7, still live with her. The children aren't able to go to school, because they don't have money for a taxi. Earlier this week Mom and Dad stopped in at Iona's house and met her step-sister who had paid for KimKim and Javon to go to a free public school for the day. Dad is currently setting up an account for Kimona and Javon to be sponsored. Please pray that Iona would know Jesus before she dies and that the children would get a sponsor so they can attend school.
That's all for now...
God bless.
Abby, for the family
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