It rained a lot in Liberia when I was there. Of course it was rainy season and so it was to be expected, but unlike here in the Northwest, where it constantly drizzles with the occasional down pour, in Liberia it really pours. It will be sunny and very hot one minute and in the next, [...]
Archive for September, 2007
When it rains
Posted in From Ellen on September 13, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Hygiene the Liberian way
Posted in From Ellen on September 13, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I’ve been busy writing letters to the matrons and the children: a family is going over to the orphanage next week and have agreed to take and distribute my letters. I am so happy; I have really been having some hard times missing the kids. So I’ve been writing like mad and haven’t really given [...]
Story Time
Posted in From Ellen on September 4, 2007 | 5 Comments »
This is me reading to the kids. My Grandma Rabel thoughtfully sent me with books to read to them: what a great idea! Books served as: a diversion (I could read to them while Christie or Rachel plucked rocks out of their scrapes or soaked a foot in stinging Epsom salts), entertainment (they loved listening and [...]
Cooking, playing and plaiting
Posted in From Ellen on September 3, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
pepe egg
Cooking was a fun pastime that Irene, Redeemed, Naomi, and some of the other older girls loved to do when given the supplies. They would cook fufu, jalloff rice, fish, chicken, rice, plantains, a red-bean and chicken soup, and eggs. Of course, included in all of these recipes were the mysteriously spicy Liberian peppers. [...]
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