Day 2

Greetings from sunny WARM Liberia.
The temperature was a balmy 85 degrees today with a slight breeze.  It was a wonderful day to do laundry, so I did just that.  Alphonso was home from school because they were putting new zinc on the roof, so he helped me.  I am going to have to toughen up a little bacause I rubbed blisters on my knuckles scrubbing the clothes.  Did you know that red cooking oil does not come out of clothes easily?  From now on we will wear bibs when eating it.  However, the greens were really tasty.

I found the tomato and herb seeds that I had sent over, so Alphonso and I planted them.  He wanted to take the responsibility for bringing them in at night and watering them daily.  When I got up this morning, I found that he had already done it.  It is difficult to find things that he is interested in doing.  His desire is not to go to school and he will find all kinds of reasons not to go.  However, he may learn that school is better than working hard all day.

Son Jonathon worked on putting up rods in the closet today.  One long rod across the top of the closet and another shorter one half way down.  Then, Timothy can hang his shirts and pants in half the space that they would take if we only had one rod.  Jonathon worked very hard and has now started working on the second bathroom so it will be suitable for guests.  There is so much to be done, however, we are taking it one day at a time.

Timothy purchased a car so he would have transportation rather than take public transportation all the time.  Jeff loaned it to a friend who in turn had an accident.  The car is now totaled, money has to be paid to the woman for the damage to her car, the friend is not to be found, and Jeff is working to pay the debt.    Hopefully he has paid enough of the debt that he can get the car released from the police station and sell it for scrap to give him enough money to clear the debt.  One good thing to come of this is that we do have license plates in hand to go on the Rav 4. It has been a hard lesson for the two of them to learn and they both are embarrassed about telling me what happened.  Why was I not surprised?

Today Timothy has gone to his classes at LEAD, the children are in school, and I am here at the house.  I want to go through some more things and maybe work on something like my socks or needlework.  It is warm but there is a slight breeze to keep you cool.

Rolf is adjusting slowly.  He has made friends with Survivor (the other dog in the house) and tried Liberian food.  It did not set well on his stomach so we will work to wean him to it little bit by little bit.  People come by the house to see him and are afraid because of his color and his size.  It is interesting to watch their reactions.

That is all for today, love and hugs to all.
Anne and Timothy