...New Contacts for STEVE and IRENE

We're packing up and will move from Denver in about a month. We'll be in Jamaica by mid-March, 2014. Here are our new contacts - we hope you decide to stay in touch and follow us as we chronicle our Peace Corps service. If you would enjoy receivng email updates, please sign up in the box on the right  è è

Our new permanent addresses (effective February 1^st, 2014) are:

OUR HOME:                STEVE LAWRENCE & IRENE LEDESMA

                                        8230 Sabre Street

                                        San Diego, CA 92114-4809 

SEND ALL MAIL TO:   STEVE LAWRENCE & IRENE LEDESMA

                                        P O BOX 277

                                        SAN MARCOS, CA 92079-0227

Our emails are the same: 

                        Leddee@Hotmail.com – IRENE

                        SteveLawrence@2111usa.com – STEVE

                                    or

                        STEVEandIRENE.us@gmail.com  

Steve’s Social Media contacts are: 

                        www.Facebook.com/SteveLawrence.Denver 

                        http://www.linkedin.com/in/stevelawrence 

Irene’s Social Media contacts are: 

                        www.Facebook.com/Irene.Ledesma

California - family visits

We flew out to San Diego for a few days to make some arrangments for our move in January before our Peace Corps deployment to Jamaica in March. We will store our stuff here while we're away, and will also receive our mail (and bills!) at a new California mailing address.

Before heading to San Bernardino to spend a lovely 2 days with Irene's dad and mom, we stopped for a night in San Juan Capistrano to visit the Mission (...where the swallows return every March)

...next morning on the way to San Bernardino, we stopped at the Nixon Library - totally impressed with the presentation of accurate facts about his life and presidency. We even got to snap a picture in front of the actual helicopter Nixon flew from the Whitehouse after his resignation.

Also went to the annual Holiday December Nights walk at San Diego Balboa Park with Irene's sons and their wives - its a celebration of international arts and foods.

Jamaican experience -- Ackee and Salt Fish, Goat Curry, Jerk Chicken and more...

Preparing for Jamaica! We decided that one way to learn about our new Peace Corps home is by experiencing the food. We drove to Colorado Springs for a REAL Jamaican experience. Spice Island Grill's Head Chef, Clovis "Uncle" Nathan cooked Ackee and Salt Fish, Goat Curry, Jerk Chicken, Rice & Peas, Festival Bread, Fried Plantains, and more -- all with a couple of bottles of Red Stripe beer.