upcountry

I apologize for not posting this sooner, but I have been sick lately and have not really had the chance to do so until now. But I am feeling much better today for those of you who may be concerned :) Anyways, this past week we took a trip upcountry into Bo, Sierra Leone's "second city." We went to visit Abdulaman, one of our neighbors, who was at the hospital there awaiting surgery. He broke his leg when hit by a motorcycle taxi back in September, and the doctors here had told him to just let it heal on it's own, but since it never did, he now needs surgery on it, and the hospital in Bo is better than the one here in Freetown, or I think maybe it was cheaper there. Anyways, we went to visit him. Along the way, we got to drive through some villages!!! I was so excited to once again be seeing mud huts all over the place! It was a long drive, on roads that aren't exactly the same quality as those we'd find in America, but it was well worth the trip.

Lately, we have been spending more time with the kids who live around our compound. They like to have us help to go fetch water and sometimes they get us to help in preparing their meals. I'm sure watching the white girls trying to pound rice into flour is probably the highlight of their day! But I think we're getting better at it.

Please be in prayer for Megan, the other girl who is doing an internship here, along with her family. Her grandmother had a heart attack last week, and the doctors weren't expecting her to make it, although it appears that now she is recovering. But it is obviously hard to be on the other side of the globe when something like that happens at home, so I would ask you to pray for that situation. I also ask that you would pray for me to continue to get well, as I am still recovering from sickness. Thanks again for keeping up with everything going on here, and your continued prayers!