Shooting Begins

After arriving Tuesday evening, we began shooting on Thursday. We first arrived at R. M. Bailey High School, where a gym that the J&E used to use was badly burned in a fire 4 years ago. The gym still has not been repaired. and is an example of the need for a program like the J&E to give young people recreational time.

Today (Friday). we will continue shooting and hope to get permission to shoot on the campus of C. H. Reeves, a junior school where many students from the program attend. Yesterday Mark had to break up a fight there which gave one boy an asthma attack and nearly killed him. We were not able to get the fight on camera.

As for us, we've moved into our apartment, which means that we have use of half of a house. It's brand new and very nice, but it doesn't have any furniture for us except one bed. So the first two nights, Jason and Tim took turns sleeping on the floor. But yesteday we picked up some nice air mattresses, so we're in good shape now. We've bought groceries and cooked a bit, but we've already eaten at Wendy's, Dominoes, and KFC so far.

Last night we went to see Junkanoo practice down by the Fish Fry, which was great. Junkanoo is kinda like the Bahamian Mardi Gras, and it is a parade where huge bands play Junkanoo style music while dressed in elaborate paper mache costumes. Here's a picture of Jason in one of those costumes from last year:




Anyay, we've been having a great time. Our car's repairs are almost done, and Jonathan will get here on Sunday. We're looking forward to a great weekend.


Tim