Hastings Primary School

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About a year ago Praying Pelican Missions had the opportunity to adopt a school in the rural community of Deeside, Trelawny. This school, called the Hastings Primary School, doesn't exactly have enough room in their classes for all their students. It's simply crammed. And they can't get any funding from the government to help put up a new facility or expand. One of our close friends and ministry partners, pastor Owen Brown of the Hastings Baptist Church, is the chairman of the school board. When we approached pastor Brown with the offer to bring mission teams to the area and support his circuit of churches, he quickly encouraged us to support this school. The impact our mission efforts have in Deeside are exponentially felt when we can undertake a project that supports education. Jamaicans are very serious about their schooling and our working with the school and assisting them in this effort causes change throughout the entire community and area. Here are a few pictures beginning in March 2011 and progressing to March 2012....

Construction began in March of 2011 with the foundation and steel

Below: A team in June from Hosanna Lutheran Church brought up the walls

Below: Asbury UMC from Tulsa in March of 2012 poured half of the concrete roof! Asbury began the school building in March of 2011 and they're a big part of the start of the finish in March of 2012!!

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