We were really stuck


As we were driving home from church through the Firestone rubber Plantation our car sunk in the mud. We were stuck. Some men from the town saw us and about 10 of them walk down the road and wanted to help get us out. After they tried pushing it became apparent that digging and lifting would be involved.


After over 2 hours of digging, putting rocks and Boards under the tires, and jacking the car up to get the tires higher we finally got out.


This is the group that helped us. They demanded compensation. Luckily the man who's in charge of the church fleet vehicles negotiated with them over the phone so I did not have to handle it. I'm not quite sure how much he gave them but it was probably around $50. Actually that wasn't too bad for all these guys working for over 2 hours. Some of them had quite a bit of mud on them before this picture.


We are making progress at a project for Gloria children's home. It is a home for Orphans and abandoned children. This is the new kitchen we're making them. We're also building a new bathroom, putting on new roofs, replacing all the electrical, and improving the drainage so the property doesn't flood. This place is kind of in the middle of nowhere just a few miles from the Sierra Leone border.


This is the lady that runs the home. She has been there for 22 years. She sleeps in the dormitory with the children. She receives no salary. Just room and board. Currently there are about 30 children and since her tenure there she has had about 200 go through the program. She said that many of the children that have grown up have gone to college and have gotten married. I think this is what an angel looks like.


This little boy has deformed feet and legs so he's not mobile. He was sitting all alone in this room. It's difficult to survive in this country when you have a healthy body. I don't know what the future holds for him.


We are making good progress on the Duport government health clinic. The new roof is on 


New paint, ceiling tile and electrical. This place was so bad that delivering mothers used to get wet from the leaking roof.

The weather has been so much better. The daily Highs are about 80° and the lows get down to 77°. The humidity is still close to 100% so I would say the weather is less uncomfortable. It's cloudy almost every day and rains almost every day. Usually not for the whole day but for maybe about a third of it.

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