West Africa Journal

CHRISTMAS SARCASM
“WE WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS, WE WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS, WE
WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS, AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR!”
Happy Christmas We No Die Oh (Krio version of above meaning, Its a happy day because we didn’t die this year)
“I’M DREAMING OF A WHITE CHRISTMAS. . .FOR EVERYONE ELSE BUT NOT FOR
ME [...]

Filed under: Uncategorized on December 15th, 2009 | No Comments »

*SOMETHING DIFFERENT FOR CHRISTMAS *
We have a container of donated goods sitting in England. There are new beds, mattresses, rat-proof storage containers, desks, stationery, clothing, shoes – and many more badly needed items. It needs to be shipped in December and will arrive in Sierra Leone early January.
Dove’s Village of  Hope for Children sits on [...]

Filed under: Uncategorized on December 3rd, 2009 | No Comments »

Santigie, Alex, Kadi S and Isatu were helping sort the strings of outdoor Christmas lights to hang in place. The kids faces were shiny with sweat as the temperature peaked just over 100F. Inside the house Silver Bells was blaring out of an IPOD. While the boys hammer nails in place to hold [...]

Filed under: Uncategorized on December 1st, 2009 | No Comments »

MISSING SUITCASE ADVENTURE
~Kelsey Konrad~
Traveling to Sierra Leone, under the best of circumstances, never fails to be an adventure. But when something goes wrong (such as finding out that your luggage didn’t arrive), the adventure quickly turns into a headache!
Such was the case when I arrived in Sierra Leone earlier this month. After already experiencing [...]

Filed under: Uncategorized on November 25th, 2009 | No Comments »