Here in Sierra Leone we are used to ‘having make do’ and substituting for a lot of items that most of you would take for granted.
One day Kelsey and I desperately wanted some gingerbread cake. Our mouths were watering for it. We checked the baking cupboard and, sure enough, there was a half a jar of molasses there. Great! We started mixing the ingredients together and then got to the ginger…..we emptied the cupboard but the only ginger to be found was a tiny bag of very mouldy ginger powder. Now we fretted because we had wasted other precious baking ingredients, like the rarely found molasses and we still wouldn’t have our gingerbread.
Suddenly Kelsey turned to me with a smile. What? I asked, not feeling particularly smiley myself. She dashed off to her room and returned a second later with ginger capsules, used for stomach upsets and motion sickness. Now I shared her enthusiasm. We grabbed some scissors and began snipping the top off the capsules, measuring out enough ginger to make our cake. I know you are wondering how many capsules it took to get a tablespoon of ginger. In order to let you get a feel for how we live, next time you want gingerbread, pick up some ginger capsules, your scissors and see for yourself…
Filed under: Uncategorized on April 4th, 2009 | No Comments »
After many weeks of waiting, the new Photo Gallery is up and running!
You may have noticed some issues and glitches in our album over the past few weeks. We’ve been shuffling things around and making a gallery that’s (hopefully) more user friendly and fun for you to use.
What you won’t see quite yet is a host of new photos. We’re working on that now that the new gallery is up, and hopefully we’ll have some new ones soon!
You can keep an eye on the gallery by visiting here, and you can also sign up for the RSS feed to be notified when new photos are added.
Filed under: Website news on February 26th, 2009 | No Comments »
There are now all-new photos of children needing sponsors in the photo gallery! These include Samuel K, Rugiatu, Precious, Sia Mbawa, Mamoudu, Santigie, and Salma. In most cases there are two or more photos of each, so be sure to click on the thumbnails to see more.
Visit our Children needing sponsors album now!
Filed under: Children update, Current needs, Website news on May 19th, 2008 | No Comments »
Dove was very pleased to have the South African team from YWAM join us for a few weeks. They helped the Dove kids with school as well as teaching them a series on how important they are in God’s eyes. They helped the kids realize the crucial role they will play in God’s kingdom and how they were specially chosen by God to have a home at Dove. The team also spent time in the community encouraging its residents. Thank you team for sharing with us!
Filed under: Uncategorized on April 24th, 2008 | No Comments »
