Here are some miscellaneous things that I have either forgotten to share or didn’t know where to put…  One of my happy sights during a daytime rain was when little boys would gleefully run naked through their village rolling a tire (looked like the inner tube from a motorcycle tire) using a tree branch like one of those early-American… Continue reading Miscellaneous Moments

You’re probably wondering where I’ve been for the last few days!  It’s been a busy time trying to tie up loose ends and prepare for keeping work going after I leave.  I’m writing this in my guestroom at the LCL compound and will be leaving in a few hours for the airport.  Here’s a summary… Continue reading Make Straight In The Jungle A Highway

When I realized it was Friday the 13th I hoped the day wouldn’t live up to its superstitious status after Thursday’s stuck truck incident.  As I drove the access road, the telltale tire tracks from the flatbed led around the bend in the road to a slightly dug up squash field sans semi-trailer and a clear road… Continue reading Friday the 13th

Once again, the day started with a surprise. I found out that the workers unloaded the truck until about 2:00 in the morning…with intermittent rain. But what I didn’t fully understand until I drove down the access road was that the large flatbed truck was actually stuck sideways in someone’s vegetable farm. Apparently after being… Continue reading Mud Wins World Championship

The rainy season was supposed to have ended a month ago, but it has showered nearly every night I’ve been here.  Fortunately, the sun has been out more, drying the roads, and helping us to get stuck in the mud less often.  The road conditions have swiftly aged our little FOTON truck.  I’d say it’s equivalent… Continue reading Ants In My Pants – Ouch!

It’s been a long day of shopping in Monrovia, picking up supplies, traveling slowly along with the traffic through Red Light (a market section of Monrovia that is pure chaos), and then a bumpy 3 1/2 hour ride back to Gbarnga. The workers have been busy plastering which should be finished tomorrow. The roofing is completed.… Continue reading An Even Briefer Brief

I’m back in Monrovia to buy cement and supplies for the guesthouse and school foundations that start this week.  I don’t have a computer so this will be brief from my phone. Last night my guesthouse-mate Bruce asked how long my VISA was good for…turns out immigration at the airport only gave me 7 days… Continue reading Brief Update in Monrovia

Since today’s sermon at St. Mark’s wasn’t really a “sermon” (more on that later) I was thinking about 1 Corinthians 9:23…”I have become all things to all people so that by all possible means I might save some.”  Although the apostle Paul was thinking more in terms of adapting to a culture (like Liberia) as much… Continue reading All Possible Means

As I just finished pouring the oatmeal into my bowl, Sam called to say I needed to pick up the volunteers meeting at St. Marks.  I rushed through my meal, made a lunch, and woke up Saah to make the pick up.  We arrived to find 2 volunteers…not what I expected.  We waited a bit,… Continue reading Raise The Roof

As you can tell from my lack of blog posting, I’ve been busy. The days have been full and I haven’t gotten back to the guesthouse until around 7:00pm, then a cold bucket bath, cooking dinner, chatting with my housemate Bruce who likes to chat, recording the day’s expense receipts…by that time it’s 9:00 and… Continue reading Mawta, Mawta, Mawta