Chimpanzee Island

Marshall Well Opening

Congo Town Elders

Brother Thomas (branch missionay), Elders Bosomtwe, Agyemang, Maurana.

Paynesville

The Paynesville Branch has been working on a "garden project."  They plant, grow, harvest, feed the needy, feed their families, save seeds for the next season and sell their surplus to give them some income.  A win-win-win-win project!

Sister Dingy cutting cabbage leaves and pounding peppers!  Peppers so hot they make us cry!

The Dingy family cutting cabbage leaves.  They are shredded very fine then used in soups with palm oil, dried fish, and lots of pepper.

Paynesville Elders

Elders Pishl, Price, Pearmain and Tolar (or should it be Polar?)

Liberia National Museum

This mask was worn by a "witch doctor" to tell you your future.

This is a "fertility God" that would be consulted when an women could not have children (it was considered all her fault).

All of these are used for fishing.

The Museum is housed in the original Parliament building built in 1864.

All the young missionaries get a day a week to "prepare for the week (P day)."  We as couples are to do the same but it NEVER happens.  We have to carve out an hour here and there.  All of the couple's took a few "P Hours"  to go the only museum in Liberia.

Bats, bats, bats

The tree on the left side of road looks kind of dead but look closely.  Those are not dead leaves or hanging moss those are fruit bats.  Hundreds of them!

We Have Fuel :) But Limited Water

The fuel tanker arrived at dock last weekend and the fuel was back on the street the first part of the week.  We spent about 3 hours in total in lines/queues for fuel and was able to get 15 gallons in total.  We had a few days at our apartment where the generators were off from 9am to 5pm to conserve fuel and ensure we had electricity through the night.  Electricity at night is nice for the light but especially the AC since it is summer here and nights without AC would make for one hot sleepless sweaty night.

Due to the dry rainy season the ground water is low this year and the wells are drying up.  A couple of mornings last week I (Elder Hezseltine) ended up in the shower with just a trickle of water to rinse the soap off.  Better make sure we have a bucket of water close at hand.

Where in the World is Your Missionary

Scarecrow African Style

Fuel

The tanker arrived at port and the diesel is back at the pumps.  What a relief.

Picket Fence?

On the way to Harbel/the airport we pass this house.  It looks so out of place here.  A home with a picket fence!  Someone has been watching too many old American movies!!!