Even the kids from the hospitality center joined in to help. No child labor laws here right?..:)
The quote of the day is from Danae in central supplies when Ali and I went to get some baby formula. As we were leaving she says, "Oh, and by the way, if you are going to need that cow, let me know and I'll donate." Oh the random things you hear around here. One of the mamma's on the ward had sold her land and cow for medical help for her cleft lip baby after her village disowned her. Her baby had surgery but she has no money and actually does not know where her village is to get back. So today Ali's we were going to try to figure out the price of a cow so we can take up a collection for her. Ther verdict is still out...but I will keep you updated!
Are We Sinking?In the afternoon the laundry room and ward kitchen flooded...about 4-6 inches deep of water...so much it went over the lip at the doorway and was traveling down the hall past xray and towards central supply. So in a matter of minutes there was quite the commotion on deck 3.
At dinner time I found out that a tanker 18 miles off of our coast was attacked by pirates in the afternoon. The chief engineer was killed before the pirates got scared off. The tanker is from Monrovia and now in our port. I have been praying for them...what a traumatic experience! There is a news article about it on bbc: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8376715.stm. Guess it is pretty bad along the coast on either side of us. Don't think we will have a problem though as we don't have too much precious cargo. And I think the pirates would be in for a rude awakening when they got on and realized how many crew are on board!
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Will definitely be praying as you and the crew travel North! Love ya!
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