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The beginning

We ended up in the Caribbean but the journey wasn't smooth

Oct 26 1982

Just got back from the clinic. Funny how its been what I have dreaded and hoped for for these las...

Oct 29, 1982

Things have been moving rather rapidly around here. The two additional days of comprehensive stag...

Oct 31 1982

Jamaica was at first, just what I knew it would be: Hot, humid and sunny with showers off and on....

Nov 1

I was talking about money & currency because I didn’t have the energy. Energy is hard to come by ...

Nov 2

Dogs and more dogs. And things are mellowing a bit. I should say something about our ‘host’ famil...

Nov 7th

Went to church today at the Anglican church. 7Am is a bit early to be wanderin around Spanish Tow...

Nov 9, 1982

The ride up to the training center is quite an experience. The road between Spanish Town & Sligov...

Nov 12 1982

Even though we learn more & more each day, it becomes less and less distinct from the rest of our...

Nov 13 1982

That restlessness is tempered somewhat by excursions into the countryside. Today Deb & I (with Ju...

Nov 17 1982

The weekend in Port Antonio was well worth the time and expense. The night was cool and very quie...

Nov 21 1982

It’s peculiar how I’ve been preoccupied with enjoying ‘the comforts of life’. I’m afraid its cult...

Nov 24 1982

Well, I successfully passed my 27th birthday without complications. We had a morning at the UWI a...

Nov 30 (week to date, Embassy & T-Day, Man showin house)

The last day of training! I thought I’d never see the day. I realized I had been quite remiss in ...

Dec. 1 [The end of the beginning]

For the last day in Jamaica, it’s been rather trying . Got a letter from Gram saying that Dad was...