Lending a Friendly Hand

I'm really glad to hear that as part of MHC's Crosscultural Connections I'll become a host to a first-year student from Jamaica.

At the present time we're communicating via email. When she arrives on campus, where she'll live in one of the dorm rooms, I'll be here to help her get acclimated to the local area. This will be her first time living away from home in a foreign country.

I'm very interested in learning about her culture. I like some Reggae music and I visited Ocho Rios when I climbed Dunns River Falls on a day-trip off a cruise ship years ago, but that's about as far as my knowledge of Jamaica goes.

Here's to another learning experience and new friendship on the way.