Let me first start by saying I asked permission from Naill Harbison one of the contributors from the blog over at ifoods.tv to repost this here.  Naill has put together 25 reasons he would never own a restaurant and I would have to say 99% of the reasons are the SAME reason why I struggle with thoughts of owning my own.

Just last week (or was it 2… Continue reading | 1 Comment

Meet my friends Kuma and her mom. Kuma is a precious 4 year old that had facial surgery to release burn contractures on her right cheek down to her chest. Her eyes are so bright and they light up any of her favorite nurses walk in the room. She is the little one that I wrote about last week that would… Continue reading

My dear friend Bendu was back on the ward earlier this week. She came to have her eye lid and forehead worked on by Dr. Gary. I went in to see Bendu as she was leaving and she was very upset. She eventually told me ” I don’t understand. Everyone is talking about my arm, but my face is the… Continue reading

[Just to give you a little idea of how bad things are getting here because of the food crisis (worldwide rise in prices), here is an article from RTT News, and there are similar ones all over the Internet for Liberia and other countries as well...]

(RTTNews) -  In the latest attempt by Africa’s poorest countries to fight a food crisis sparked by a worldwide rise in prices… Continue reading

I know, I know…it seems like Stephanie has all but taken over since we have been on the ship. But actually a lot is happening.

Tonight was African Night for the meal at dinner. That is always a lot of work. We have African Night every 2 weeks usually on the Monday night. This time we had Fried Chicken w/spicy pepper sauce (local pepper), Jolof Rice (which… Continue reading | 1 Comment

Going to the market is definitely an experience…but the wheelbarrow business is here to stay!

I have been told that you can actually rent a wheelbarrow to put your goods on to sell for a day AND I just assumed each person owned their own.  In addition to that I have heard recently that they even had a union you can join?!?

I leave you with a few pictures and… Continue reading