Hot, sweaty, sticky and filthy. That's what you get for traveling in to Monrovia. Quite an adventure, from the car having a flat tire the moment it came to get us, to a boot being placed on the car because the driver parked it for 5 minutes in the wrong spot. Went to Stop and Shop...shelves lined with American goods, complete with 30 types of cereal...very expensive, but couldn't help getting the Oreos for Nik and a towel for me (I've been using a hand towel since I've been here). Shopped for papaya and ginger and garlic and tomatoes from the women lining the street...and brought home Timmy, the other person who will be a Learning Circle Guide with me here at Strongheart. He is from Nigeria, and was here a year ago basically starting the program. Everyone was so happy to see him and I'm looking forward to working with him. While I was gone for most of the day, Nik stayed in Robertsport having adventures with the Staff and Fellows here, including being picked up and forcibly removed from the vicinity of a poisonous snake. Glad he was removed from it, not glad that he came close to one. My worst nightmare. Now it is has happened, it doesn't need to happen again.
Beautiful sunny breezy day today. House was cleaned, new sheets on the beds, everything feels fresh and new. And two more Fellows to arrive tomorrow before our group is complete for the moment. I've uploaded some photos under the Liberia Photos link to the right of Nik being tossed in the surf yesterday, along with some neighborhood girls who were along with us.
Happy to be back "home" at Strongheart House.
love,
Rachel
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