A morning in Harmons. Joy in the eyes of a little girl as she greets the day. Her day will not be filled with shopping, or playing in the park, or swinging in the backyard, or playing with wonderful dolls, or watching Dora the Explore, or sitting in the cool of an air conditioned house. Her day will be spent playing with used toys. She will run and play with other children in the area. She will spend lots of time with her family. Her day by our standards will be simple. Most of our children would be bored with her day and the lack of expensive toys. She will be happy with her day. She will giggle and play. She is beautiful inside and out.
Hoping for work. There may not be any. His build shows he is ahard worker. He can haul maul and rocks, he can mix concrete, he can pour foundations, erect concrete walls -- he can build a house. His greats hope for work today is Won by One. Will he be needed today? He must wait and see – If not today, maybe tomorrow.
Glad to be on the job. She works the greenhouse -- a project of Won by One. The greenhouse project employs local people growing vegetable for the people of the area. Good produce will be available for a good price and more, all too rare, jobs are created.
The village of Harmons is located in a remote area of Jamaica. The people of the area are poor. There is no industry there except an Alcoa mine and it does not add much economically to the area in which it is located. The primary employer in the area is a mission organization, Won by One. This ministry brings missions groups into the area. These missions groups generate the dollars needed to build small houses for those in need and they also provide manual labor needed to build the houses. This mission effort allows Won by One to employ many of the people of Harmons. The love of Christ is shared through service and the relationships built through this mission effort.The people of Harmons are lovely. They are warm and friendly. There are smiles and laughter all around. Though they do not have much from a material standpoint, they have much joy. They enjoy life and they welcome others to enjoy life with them. I hope to return there someday to experience the real Jamaica, to be a part of their lives for a few days, to help build a house, and to experience the warmth of these people.
