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We Didn't Die. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1545582039518-V7682WGD43D9QU12914F/IMG_4816.jpg Blog - Happy Christmas. We Didn't Die. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1545582525475-ETAJHA13JLPJHN1BZ7KK/IMG_4822.jpg Blog - Happy Christmas. We Didn't Die. https://postmodernmissionary.com/blog/2018/10/17/forgotten-blogs-what-i-mean-by-postmodern-part-2 monthly 0.5 2019-07-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1539700431383-HAJYHBW2SY2CVVACFFDA/23559425_10154890548377414_4429292818096588643_n.jpg Blog - Forgotten Blogs - What I Mean By Postmodern (Part 2) Our missionary symbol is the anchor, symbolizing both our anchor in Christ and the boats that used to take us on that long journey across the sea. This is a photo of me with my sweet nephew the day I left home to start my missionary journey. Suitcase in hand, about to go through airport security and get on a plane. Times have changed indeed. https://postmodernmissionary.com/blog/2018/10/16/forgotten-blogs-what-i-mean-by-postmodern-part-1 monthly 0.5 2019-07-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1539699112482-2AZ569CLW5MB4D63SDRF/The_missionary_ship_%2522Duff%2522_arriving_%28ca._1797%29_at_Otaheite%2C_lithograph_by_Kronheim_%26_Co.jpg Blog - Forgotten Blogs - What I mean by Postmodern (Part 1) The missionary ship "Duff" arriving [ca 1797] at Otaheite. [Printed by] Kronheim and Co. London [1820s?]. https://postmodernmissionary.com/blog/2018/8/27/human-kindness-is-overflowing monthly 0.5 2019-07-15 https://postmodernmissionary.com/blog/2018/8/20/inflation monthly 0.5 2019-07-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1534771841266-87DN5SB2XPMVZLJU6YY0/IMG_0642.jpeg Blog - Inflation https://postmodernmissionary.com/blog/2018/8/13/forgotten-blogs-part-1-aunt-katie-watch-me-do-this monthly 0.5 2019-07-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1534180233459-OQ1CN8EGX7JHJHRA5WHW/IMG_2828.jpeg Blog - Forgotten Blogs Part 1 - Aunt Katie, Watch Me Do This! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1534179621038-KIMTXNENRV8H2XAQS7OD/IMG_2652.jpeg Blog - Forgotten Blogs Part 1 - Aunt Katie, Watch Me Do This! Isaac and Aaron https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1534179681300-7SMXUR7ETITN077NRIPU/Screenshot+2018-08-13+16.28.46.png Blog - Forgotten Blogs Part 1 - Aunt Katie, Watch Me Do This! Hagar in the Desert by Marc Chagall. Limited edition lithograph, 1960 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1534179784155-Q8VXKQ4JM4WY1OHAX5M9/IMG_1984.jpeg Blog - Forgotten Blogs Part 1 - Aunt Katie, Watch Me Do This! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1534179790733-MKML6KU0W99LK2SUVEW6/IMG_2172.jpeg Blog - Forgotten Blogs Part 1 - Aunt Katie, Watch Me Do This! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1534180054809-8F4OLA37GL8UROA4XZXL/IMG_3074.jpeg Blog - Forgotten Blogs Part 1 - Aunt Katie, Watch Me Do This! https://postmodernmissionary.com/blog/2018/8/6/gvmsqz983l54dfwcdammxmemczgp2y monthly 0.5 2019-07-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1533565681976-ZJAPUKD0KN1AMDZA6WHD/Flickr_-_Rainbirder_-_Common_Wattle-Eye_%28_Platysteira_cyanea%29_male.jpg Blog - Sierra Leone Birding - Third Edition Common Wattle-Eye (Source) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1533566607145-PAJSIB0GDZFER0MGYOLF/Common_kingfisher_perched.jpg Blog - Sierra Leone Birding - Third Edition Common Kingfisher https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1533569386369-NSL9A4QC9YMP82STI3EP/Centropus_senegalensis.PNG Blog - Sierra Leone Birding - Third Edition Senegal Coucal - AKA The Bird That Almost Got Me Arrested (Source) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1533583808740-83Y4T3HZ35YNDPK3H5E8/Common_Fiscal_RWD.jpg Blog - Sierra Leone Birding - Third Edition Common Fiscal (Source) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1533584115070-HYERG53H1Y14WK62H3V5/Northern_Grey-headed_Sparrow_RWD.jpg Blog - Sierra Leone Birding - Third Edition Northern Grey-Headed Sparrow (Source) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1533584493790-WH0H9MAHBA1192KAS2OM/Black-headed_weaver_%28Ploceus_cucullatus_bohndorffi%29_male.jpg Blog - Sierra Leone Birding - Third Edition Village Weaver (Source) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1533585440799-YVTW9N3KEBICLYGEP940/Village_Weavers_%28Ploceus_cucullatus%29_in_nesting_tree_%2811464472834%29.jpg Blog - Sierra Leone Birding - Third Edition https://postmodernmissionary.com/blog/2018/7/30/summer-camp-is-the-funnest monthly 0.5 2019-07-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1532957350784-33BPC331GPB2GTZN4DRN/IMG_3058.jpg Blog - Summer Camp is the Funnest https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1532957437571-9EN1ULPQHS4UXZ2U3KS2/IMG_3049.jpg Blog - Summer Camp is the Funnest Three of us lectures and pastors making our way to Kono for camp. In the back seat are Rev. Josiah (Evangelism) and Rev. Conteh (Systematic Theology and Dean of Students). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1532957439390-47ZI2L5YKR7YKKCYM60Q/IMG_3053.jpg Blog - Summer Camp is the Funnest Getting the truck ready for our march pass to open the camp. We love a march pass in Salone. Yes, those are speakers on top of the truck. And they’re powered by a generator that we take along inside the vehicle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1532957443527-HLV3DY8MDX4OX9XWAV25/IMG_3055.jpg Blog - Summer Camp is the Funnest The kids were placed in one of four houses: Hannah, Joseph, Ruth, and Paul House. This was their team the whole week for all of the competitions. (More on that later.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1532957475686-TKTJH0OJVD0SMNJCX1D2/IMG_3145.jpg Blog - Summer Camp is the Funnest A view from the camp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1532957477365-D6H7ZE4T1IPZIH2DONNJ/IMG_3146.jpg Blog - Summer Camp is the Funnest Another view from the camp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1532957542656-M3PL92FV0GFPAH7TO5AD/IMG_3059.jpg Blog - Summer Camp is the Funnest Our chapel room. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1532957522629-4HG3JFDDXIG0YPTRBTWO/IMG_3195.jpg Blog - Summer Camp is the Funnest Every day the students had multiple competitions. They had to clean the camp, present a drama, and in the evening there was a special competition that changed nightly. Revs. Josiah, Conteh and I were the judges for each competition, so as you can imagine, we became very popular. This photo was taken right before quiz night. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1532957526496-3BN7E2OALAHBJIM3A7TH/IMG_3197.jpg Blog - Summer Camp is the Funnest The other evening competition that we judged was speech night. The kids were given three minutes to make a speech, but they weren’t told what their topic would be until the moment they were to stand and speak. It was intense and they did so crazy well. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1532957526102-KI9U6QK3P0T33R6W52II/IMG_3209.jpg Blog - Summer Camp is the Funnest Even the preschoolers gave presentations. Notice the little girl on the mic. They lead singing on their own. It was amazing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1532957635765-DWV6SVJ2AG3S6U5JDARL/IMG_3155.jpg Blog - Summer Camp is the Funnest Extra points were awarded for extra work, so my truck got washed every day. In the picture, you can’t see it but it was sprinkling. Washing my truck in the rain. And they got their 9 extra points too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1532957587265-ZN43ALVBDE6EQLLSRQ4W/IMG_3067.jpg Blog - Summer Camp is the Funnest The kitchen crew https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1532957588899-U83WT3SWJMHSI46MDZWS/IMG_3069.jpg Blog - Summer Camp is the Funnest A few evenings we had these little fried cakes and hot tea for our evening meal. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1532957592615-NZ44AQHUINRC47XP5B4A/IMG_3071.jpg Blog - Summer Camp is the Funnest Delicious. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1532957756922-CPLB6UZ8EDLXSC6APMR0/IMG_3116.jpg Blog - Summer Camp is the Funnest Since I came to Kono, I got to see my namesake. They traveled the hour along the bad road on motorcycle to see me. She’s growing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1532957761556-B5PNYLF8YWWROHYIZMYX/IMG_3142.jpg Blog - Summer Camp is the Funnest Here she is with her mother, Grace. The jokes about little Katie’s parents also being my parents continue. My driver came up to greet little Katie by saying, “Hi, boss. She’s my boss you know.” And when her dad dropped by to see us at breakfast, someone said, “It looks like your dad is here, Katie.” So I guess I could say I have a beautiful mother (even though I’m pretty sure my mom is younger than me :-). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1532957760427-N6OEWVIJFUSY3DBGHOGJ/IMG_3121.jpg Blog - Summer Camp is the Funnest As we were visiting my namesake, a crowd of children formed. I get a lot of attention in Freetown. But it’s nothing like what I get in the provinces. I’ve found it’s quite a thrill for them if I take their picture. We took a series of them, but this one looks about like the view I saw every time I looked behind me. A clump of children whispering and giggling. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1532957811751-8C0E5PX3AFP44B47DJT5/IMG_3164.jpg Blog - Summer Camp is the Funnest The camp kids also liked my camera phone. A lot. At one point they came and greeted me. I said hello and we chatted a bit. And then there was an awkward silence until one of them blurted out, “Selfie!” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1532957814859-P2PFEGKWTPYYBVE8C0MC/IMG_3167.jpg Blog - Summer Camp is the Funnest Selfie! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1532957854995-S0UT62BB23URAJN6LUPL/IMG_3091.jpg Blog - Summer Camp is the Funnest This was the beginning of the obsession. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1532957854044-KH4A3N645VIB3G0SCZZ8/IMG_3093.jpg Blog - Summer Camp is the Funnest Trying to get a good jumping picture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1532957860087-IAFEVR9ZSGDLGVORNOQ5/IMG_3095.jpg Blog - Summer Camp is the Funnest Second try. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1532957860117-M93PNET8G2S153P3LWT3/IMG_3096.jpg Blog - Summer Camp is the Funnest This one was probably five or six in the series. I love their smiles. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1532958341528-6M6KPYNG1TZOVM5GOVZ8/IMG_3200.jpg Blog - Summer Camp is the Funnest The District Superintendent in Kono hosted us for breakfast every morning. A lot of the DS’s job is hospitality for visiting guests. This is one way the Sierra Leone (and I suspect all of Africa) is distinct. It’s taught me a lot about Biblical hospitality to see how it works in such a communal, relationship-driven culture. In this way, the DS’s wife is a big part of the ministry too. (I think the female DS’s end up doing all the work.) I’ve been fed well and welcomed so kindly both times coming to Kono. These are the DS’s dogs…named “Believe in God” and “It is Well”. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1532958341722-ZCKSG61X1UDXB5BFFSQM/IMG_3218.jpg Blog - Summer Camp is the Funnest The last day during our afternoon lull, I walked the surrounding neighborhood. I think I made friends with every person. Some called me over to show me how their child was hysterically afraid of me. Others asked for my friendship. One woman walked straight up to me about six inches from my face and said, “I’m Alice. What’s your name?” Others called after me from across the street. It was great fun. These kids wanted a picture. And their hands were dyed red, they told me, from a local fruit. They tried to wipe some off onto my skin before I left them. And then they giggled and giggled. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1532958347800-CFN7BJ0CYQWTJ7R8VI7X/IMG_3222.jpg Blog - Summer Camp is the Funnest This woman saw the photos I took of the kids and asked me to take her picture as well. She preferred to be by herself in the picture but other neighbors snuck in. Another woman asked for a selfie with me. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1532958487663-M5QTDQM601TRFPMHAEG4/IMG_3212.jpg Blog - Summer Camp is the Funnest Etched into the side of this house it reads, “Moses loves Isatu". I guess some things are universal. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1532958390302-TX0IU1M8ZUZAPAUNJT9O/IMG_3234.jpg Blog - Summer Camp is the Funnest My driver, Navo, on the left (on his birthday) and my student Tamba Isaac on the right. (Tamba is the boy’s name for second born in Kono. I have three Tamba’s in my class at the school.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1532958389616-8HUGT8AHT94WLPJIRX0Y/IMG_3231.jpg Blog - Summer Camp is the Funnest The woman on the left led music several of the days and I just thought she was so good at it. I mentioned to her how impressed I was with her. On Friday she pointed out that her hair that day wasn’t so different than mine. I thought that called for a selfie. I love her. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1532972360262-LUP7VH3Q1THHV8A5RSNN/IMG_3087.jpg Blog - Summer Camp is the Funnest https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1532972338561-R583T6SHUJ9CK9FMKJ2N/IMG_3088.jpg Blog - Summer Camp is the Funnest https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1532972357501-UXB0ADG2PLBUS0S7PCA4/IMG_3089.jpg Blog - Summer Camp is the Funnest https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1532972371703-KLEVALC8YR9QRELCMV7W/IMG_3090.jpg Blog - Summer Camp is the Funnest https://postmodernmissionary.com/blog/2018/7/20/come-let-me-die-with-you-3 monthly 0.5 2019-07-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1531843496183-07ZTP8KB2XHRR2H8VX9E/IMG_2160.jpg Blog - Come, Let Me Die with You (3) The road to Peima, Kono District https://postmodernmissionary.com/blog/2018/7/19/come-let-me-die-with-you-2 monthly 0.5 2019-07-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1531843190075-UYAOMXMB1CF5ISJNRWK3/ZUMA-EBOLA-SIERRA-LEONE-015-1038x576.jpg Blog - Come, Let Me Die with You (2) Photo by Michael G. Seamans Sierra Leone military personnel and government healthcare workers begin a sweep in the village of Ndogboie in the Nimiyama Chiefdom in eastern Kono District on Sunday, Dec. 14, 2014. https://postmodernmissionary.com/blog/2018/7/18/come-let-me-die-with-you-1 monthly 0.5 2019-07-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1531842483485-4FNSIFQ36M7MMXP29EZ6/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Come, Let Me Die with You (1) Source. License. https://postmodernmissionary.com/blog/2018/6/7/all-the-joy monthly 0.5 2019-07-15 https://postmodernmissionary.com/blog/2018/6/4/things-fall-apart monthly 0.5 2019-07-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1528122746556-UGBA0C8Q7V86T3L6F087/Screenshot+2018-06-04+12.24.15.png Blog - Things Fall Apart Cover art for Achebe's "Things Fall Apart" https://postmodernmissionary.com/blog/2018/5/20/the-dog-the-elephant-and-gods-timing monthly 0.5 2019-07-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1526827202445-V8XDU4MZATN7ILYKFC3K/beec77a767d65789e323afd2d24ea05a.jpg Blog - The Dog, the Elephant, and God's Timing Photo by virtualwayfarer on flickr (cc) https://postmodernmissionary.com/blog/2018/5/8/katherine-meek-kaingbanja monthly 0.5 2019-07-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1525736964347-SUCB9WUB209USVTRXVBO/6dbbc09c-fb5b-42e8-80c8-c68dfebfe757.jpg Blog - Katherine Meek Kaingbanja https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1525737091340-GTJVJ9GVVJ59YJYCK125/IMG_2058.jpg Blog - Katherine Meek Kaingbanja About two hours in, after we picked up a another student of mine in Makeni, the truck started giving us trouble. My driver recognized it immediately as a fuel issue. But we’d just had the fuel filter and all that entailed looked at. We’d obviously gotten a bad batch of gas somewhere. Navo was worried we weren’t going to make it to Kono. I suggested we bleed the fuel filter and as it turns out, I knew how to do it. Whaaaaat?! I know! The missionary who sold me the truck showed me how to do it because it’s not that uncommon to get some fuel with water in it around here. So here they are bleeding the filter. We would do it three or four more times before returning to Freetown and still the truck was giving us trouble. We even went to the mechanic in Koidu, who told us we needed an oil change. That did a whole lot of no good for the fuel situation. I gotta say I am very grateful to have a driver. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1525737107850-JIFQI2SV3BW1NQ3SGPJK/IMG_2084.jpg Blog - Katherine Meek Kaingbanja When we arrived after a night in Koidu hosted by the District Superintendent, I was led to meet the baby and her mother and aunt. It was a special moment. To see the look on mother’s face when I met them was, again, so humbling. Then we went to the worship service, let by a lay evangelist and many lay leaders. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1525737138000-426ZX1W87MGJGW335WZK/IMG_2095.jpg Blog - Katherine Meek Kaingbanja The congregation started thin but filled up as time went by. In Kono, they speak both Kono and Krio. And some speak English. I communicated some with Tamba’s family in Krio. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1525737107056-UH3DVBOCLYPQGCU98USY/IMG_2090.jpg Blog - Katherine Meek Kaingbanja Did I mention that Tamba also asked me to preach the service that Sunday? No?! I’ve learned that even people who speak English don’t understand my accent. So it’s best to get some translation. The gentleman here is a local teacher. He was told right before I preached that he would be doing the translating. He did well. But I’ll be honest. Cross-cultural preaching with a translator is challenging for the preacher, the translator, AND the congregation alike. My sermon was about how, as important as our names are, there is one name more true than the rest. It is the name given to us by God: Beloved. Kwadia in Kono. I pray the Holy Spirit worked to communicate that beyond our stifling efforts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1525737237120-N7F1AWW2PZDCQX1W27XR/IMG_2151.jpg Blog - Katherine Meek Kaingbanja The time came for the naming. After the people came forward to give their financial gifts to the family, the pastor named the child “Rev. Katherine Meek Kaingbanja”. Then they had me go sit next to them and handed her to me. As I held her people came forward to pray over her prophetic words of blessing. It was emotional. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1525737168736-EPELEOCDO04BPMUO5XV4/IMG_2148.jpg Blog - Katherine Meek Kaingbanja Somebody later said, “I fiba yu.” She looks like you. And then everybody laughed. :-) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1525737204141-N22WCSZW4FPWLVGRFZ6K/IMG_2150.jpg Blog - Katherine Meek Kaingbanja Perfect. Perfect. I was sweating heavily. Baby girl was very comfortable in four layers including this hot blanket. No wonder my security guards put on heavy sweaters when it gets into the 70’s at night. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1525737038974-HRFOAI1J7I3GQH6DZ1UA/6b370427-71b0-40a7-a914-0c13237512df.jpg Blog - Katherine Meek Kaingbanja Family. Tamba and his brother (and former teacher). Mother and aunt. And me. There were lots of jokes later about how strange it would be to give a grade to my father in class. (Since little Katherine and I share a name, I guess we also share a father now. Just this morning Tamba messaged me about “my mother”. Things are so playful around here.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1525737302760-Z9CF92BDTULPKTP1KDJN/IMG_2162.jpg Blog - Katherine Meek Kaingbanja After the ceremony, Tamba asked me to drive the family back to his village about 6 miles away. It was on a bad road but only 6 miles. And Tamba promised it was only 30 minutes round trip. They were going to leave me there to take the trip but I said I wanted to go. Of course I didn’t know that that meant a visit to the local chiefs. Anytime a “stranger” comes to town you’re expected to visit the chiefs along with a gift to give. I found out later that I did that wrong too. We also visited the school where Tamba is head teacher. During Ebola, people scattered and fled into the bush. While they were gone the school caught on fire. They’re still meeting there among the singed walls and equipment. That 30 minute round trip turned into 2 and a half hours. It was a late night getting home to Freetown. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1525737306953-KOVH4G5HXDQ9K60XNDDX/IMG_2168.jpg Blog - Katherine Meek Kaingbanja This woman came over when we arrived at the house to find out the baby’s name. We told her the name and she said, “I don’t know her name.” And we told her again and again she said, “I still don’t know her name.” Finally my student Roy leaned over and said, “She wants you to give the baby a donation.” So I smiled and brought over my 5000 Le to give to her mother. And then the woman started singing and dancing in celebration of little girl Katherine. She came back later with the biggest pineapple I’d ever seen. I asked for a picture with her and she looked at me like I was crazy. Navo, Roy, and I stopped to eat while we were there. It was food that had been prepared special for us. I wasn’t sure what I was eating…some kind of mystery meat. Actually mystery organ. It wasn’t exactly meat. But it was delicious. Later in the car, the boys were talking about in Krio. Then Navo looked over at me and said, “Do you guys eat pig in the US?” I said yes and he seemed relieved if not a little amused. A little later I asked which part of the pig exactly I had eaten. They told me it was the liver. It was good. And I would eat it again. https://postmodernmissionary.com/blog/2018/4/25/ice-breaking-by-ipad monthly 0.5 2019-07-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1524685878199-R8BLTUHZ48P6M508FVRC/IMG_1967.jpg Blog - Ice-Breaking by iPad A smooth patch on the road to Kailahun https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1524687434154-80UAWWDDX6LMLMP1TOE6/IMG_1965.jpg Blog - Ice-Breaking by iPad https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1524687436053-8JBHKVG8QULAY4ZHF12U/IMG_1966.jpg Blog - Ice-Breaking by iPad https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1524686544112-8QR2CHH8U6I9MH9IJBR7/IMG_1981.jpg Blog - Ice-Breaking by iPad https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1524686721622-9TUEFBFMWF6OKJLUTRBS/IMG_0542-1.jpg Blog - Ice-Breaking by iPad Old iPad means grainy pictures…but you get the idea. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1524686890327-DI1B7D2AQGD471817TQR/IMG_0545.jpg Blog - Ice-Breaking by iPad https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1524686720621-RHURY9W4TRZPEU9HUSKI/IMG_0546-1.jpg Blog - Ice-Breaking by iPad https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1524686752019-MGVRP8DPBXC1VXDKYQ1X/IMG_0547-1.jpg Blog - Ice-Breaking by iPad https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1524687322853-GCUAQYSRVI0URFFXNFIB/IMG_1971.jpg Blog - Ice-Breaking by iPad I woke up to find this critter on the curtain. So I guess I shared a room with a mouse AND a lizard. But no mosquitos. So there’s that. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1524686828563-7BYDOWOZMYA5QMCRZAW6/IMG_1975.jpg Blog - Ice-Breaking by iPad The view from the guesthouse entrance https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1524687079009-9BZRCITJJ9IXHRYQUN44/IMG_1976.jpg Blog - Ice-Breaking by iPad Lots of good texture for photo taking https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1524686854450-158Z2YFJ84SQI8IOAEKO/IMG_1983.jpg Blog - Ice-Breaking by iPad While I was outside taking pictures, the security guard asked me to take his photo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1524686863041-V5YW462KJ5O0T1BKMNRZ/IMG_1984.jpg Blog - Ice-Breaking by iPad https://postmodernmissionary.com/blog/2018/3/31/holy-saturday-reflections-on-suffering-disappointment-and-relentless-hope monthly 0.5 2019-07-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1522507381437-Y3DO1JZRVCD1ZM1Y2UZW/Black+Jesus Blog - Holy Saturday - Reflections on Suffering, Disappointment, and Relentless Hope Karl Teissig's Black Jesus https://postmodernmissionary.com/blog/2018/3/20/im-not-leaving-here-without-it monthly 0.5 2019-07-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1521535822220-3HLB36GDW1SOD5UYRTLA/jacob-wrestling-with-the-angel.jpg Blog - I'm Not Leaving Here Without It Jacob Wrestling with the Angel, 1888 by Paul Gauguin [source] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1521536052938-EGL540K4F1K4932M4XGF/IMG_1190.jpg Blog - I'm Not Leaving Here Without It Rev. Daisy Gbloh, left, prays the blessing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1521536055960-IPUY2IE4VFY3M54T31S9/IMG_1191.jpg Blog - I'm Not Leaving Here Without It Receiving her blessing on her 97th birthday https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1521536060997-BRF3YG8A6VTWP4NFJJBP/IMG_1193.jpg Blog - I'm Not Leaving Here Without It A steward assisted her back to her seat. https://postmodernmissionary.com/blog/2018/2/26/the-mountain-will-fall-people-and-power monthly 0.5 2019-07-15 https://postmodernmissionary.com/blog/2018/2/21/sierra-leone-world-war-ii-and-why-dont-i-know-this monthly 0.5 2019-07-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1519227172328-12VJ6UXKAIE2IZB6WHKM/Screenshot+2018-02-21+15.32.02.png Blog - Sierra Leone, World War II, and Why Don't I Know This? A Sierra Leonean soldier with the British army in Burma. Image Source https://postmodernmissionary.com/blog/2018/2/15/oh-yeah-that-makes-sense-actually-part-3 monthly 0.5 2019-07-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1518559132242-3A81DYEBQAENXZPKVJFK/IMG_1134.jpg Blog - Oh, Yeah, That Makes Sense Actually - Part 3 Students on the second day of their second semester at the Bishop Wenner School of Theology, UMUSL https://postmodernmissionary.com/blog/2018/2/14/oh-yeah-that-makes-sense-actually monthly 0.5 2019-07-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1518558712625-066I99HTJCC2X7Z8LMCT/IMG_1140.jpg Blog - Oh, Yeah, That Makes Sense Actually - Part 2 https://postmodernmissionary.com/blog/2018/2/13/oh-yeah-that-makes-sense-actually-part-1 monthly 0.5 2019-07-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1518527630772-L7PVI9GI1PT0V78C0E8R/IMG_1131.jpg Blog - Oh, Yeah, That Makes Sense Actually - Part 1 Rev. Dr. Ken Luseni, Academic Dean and Director of Studies at the Bishop Wenner School of Theology, UMUSL. He humored me yesterday when I asked him to stage this picture. Dr. Luseni has been professor to many of the UM pastors in Sierra Leone and he is well loved. Even some of the lecturers at the school were his students. https://postmodernmissionary.com/blog/2018/2/11/sl-annual-conference-as-seen-by-my-iphone-part-2 monthly 0.5 2019-07-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1518044934657-WTXGFPMXZZOOQYTGW4UM/IMG_0952.jpg Blog - SL Annual Conference as Seen by My iPhone - Part 2 Getting ready to march! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1518044949634-DBSKNSTGA2IU0XAL4TEA/IMG_0961.jpg Blog - SL Annual Conference as Seen by My iPhone - Part 2 With Rev. Alice Lassayo. She's a wonderful pastor and has been more than kind to me. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1518045463758-7SCQRF0RLTHBOIIX3XDJ/IMG_1001.jpg Blog - SL Annual Conference as Seen by My iPhone - Part 2 Children's night skit https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1518045474966-5F64H2V6MW9QW03BZZGZ/IMG_0996.jpg Blog - SL Annual Conference as Seen by My iPhone - Part 2 Worship at Children's Night https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1518045498481-UBYWGRJSIIEIVA5B2J9P/IMG_0988.jpg Blog - SL Annual Conference as Seen by My iPhone - Part 2 Voting for Lay Delegates to General Conference https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1518045505780-NNCL5ARZLPJD01G6FWV2/IMG_1008.jpg Blog - SL Annual Conference as Seen by My iPhone - Part 2 Worship Team in matching outfits https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1518045879644-F62LQSBEOAGVZ87NREEH/IMG_1010.jpg Blog - SL Annual Conference as Seen by My iPhone - Part 2 The Bishop and his wife Mrs. Yambasu receive their appreciation gifts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1518045891818-6TZ8YGVQ5QRI010GQERN/IMG_0981.jpg Blog - SL Annual Conference as Seen by My iPhone - Part 2 Presenting gifts to the international guests. This is Bishop Alstead from the Baltic Area in Europe. This is a generous gift-giving culture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1518045901501-GQ9S1RJXY8I43LG0J96Y/IMG_1023.jpg Blog - SL Annual Conference as Seen by My iPhone - Part 2 These mattresses were rented for the adults who stayed with the children all weekend. We (and by we I mean my driver) drive these across town twice. To pick them up it took four hours round trip to go what was probably something like 15 miles. Traffic and bumpy roads slow things down around here quite a bit. I won't tell you how these were tied down before I insisted that we buy another rope. https://postmodernmissionary.com/blog/2018/2/7/sl-annual-conference-as-seen-from-my-iphone monthly 0.5 2019-07-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1518044821228-LKUMF2W9MO68R9BZ8RBJ/IMG_0965.jpg Blog - SL Annual Conference as Seen from My iPhone - Part 1 https://postmodernmissionary.com/blog/2018/1/31/a-great-vision monthly 0.5 2019-07-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1517332363168-PJCGAE6D5ZL50XDMPKNA/2018-01-27+14.25.42.jpg Blog - A Great Vision Bishop John K. Yambasu https://postmodernmissionary.com/blog/2018/1/30/united-methodist-university-of-sierra-leone monthly 0.5 2019-07-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1517331925918-8J7RDBYI45XM7VWJI0P0/2018-01-27+12.37.55.jpg Blog - United Methodist University of Sierra Leone https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1517330453326-6RZQ0Q1DYAOND4KMQJJU/2018-01-27+11.45.48.jpg Blog - United Methodist University of Sierra Leone The UMU Bishop Wenner School of Theology from the vantage point of the amphitheater https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1517330490577-6J9PU4T2RJLEBJYRIU9V/2018-01-27+11.45.35.jpg Blog - United Methodist University of Sierra Leone The amphitheater all decorated and ready for guests https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1517330515401-PI0LHCQ16DRNUQO9NYPE/2018-01-27+12.35.57.jpg Blog - United Methodist University of Sierra Leone Our international guest's arrival. They wanted to take photos in front of the many international flags. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1517330545774-SRQNF0OK7PX2PGEIGNU7/2018-01-27+11.45.29.jpg Blog - United Methodist University of Sierra Leone The cross and flame up on the highest hill. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1517330591044-SALZDHQVJPGPG56G7STZ/2018-01-27+12.37.22.jpg Blog - United Methodist University of Sierra Leone Parking is always an issue in Freetown. They packed us in close. My truck is at the very back. Those of you who know me know that this introvert heart was freaking out internally. I like to at all times have an escape route. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1517330608493-SPB6C9A6L4DGF14OU19M/2018-01-27+15.32.09-1.jpg Blog - United Methodist University of Sierra Leone During the ceremony https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1517330624898-KGKUTOIYI28ENVIP4FXR/2018-01-27+15.32.30.jpg Blog - United Methodist University of Sierra Leone Rev. Dr. Kim Cape, General Secretary of the General Board of Higher Education and Ministry. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1517330644862-54QFFHHRS2KF72QBUPZF/2018-01-27+15.50.49.jpg Blog - United Methodist University of Sierra Leone Bishop Rosemarie Wenner, former bishop of the Germany Annual Conference, after whom the School of Theology is named. Without the UM church in Germany this day would not have happened. https://postmodernmissionary.com/blog/2018/1/18/a-tour-through-kroo-bay monthly 0.5 2019-07-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1516363244364-QP2J15NT217D3ZIM57HI/IMG_0799.jpg Blog - A Tour through Kroo Bay I was able to take out the camera for this one photo. See the stream running through. This was actually a cleaner area of the stream. (And that bridge was much much better than the one we crossed!) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1516363371418-AWAZ11B32GQ2TO9O1LZL/26237553_10101960664409784_248600538_o.jpg Blog - A Tour through Kroo Bay Cami and her husband Alan at Christmas dinner. Cami moved here fourteen years ago as a single person to work with Word Made Flesh. She and Alan met while Cami was on sabbatical at Iona Christian Community in Scotland. A year later they were married and Alan moved here. Alan told me the other day that it was his 6 year anniversary living here. They are an outstanding couple whose affection for one another is pretty darn refreshing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1516363638728-9QKBJGUVUF517MD8WGCK/IMG_0362.jpg Blog - A Tour through Kroo Bay I took this photo a few weeks ago on the way to the juvenile prison. I'm not sure if it's truly a part of Kroo Bay or just a neighborhood close by. This is the trash deposit for the city. You can see people walking on top of it looking for useful things. There are about three layers of homes, maybe four from the street to the trash. https://postmodernmissionary.com/blog/2018/1/15/boo-radley-and-texmex-find-a-home monthly 0.5 2019-07-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1515965406931-J46CETPTN2FPTVX8YMNL/IMG_0721.jpg Blog - Boo Radley and Texmex Find a Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1515964653626-G92QQ65D7B5LXBAWV3Y0/IMG_0723.jpg Blog - Boo Radley and Texmex Find a Home So scared! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1515964647767-7MHXO940JZDMOCM9RDM7/IMG_0725.jpg Blog - Boo Radley and Texmex Find a Home He didn't come out of the bag until he was forced out. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1515964642856-3EDEZ4V33FV9K6SHV75U/IMG_0727.jpg Blog - Boo Radley and Texmex Find a Home Hiding behind the toilet... You see the sliver of his face peeking out? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1515964785400-5F6XN51QENW2M7MQMDGY/IMG_0734.jpg Blog - Boo Radley and Texmex Find a Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1515964965924-L3ODDIIDLZQNA5LZKMT5/IMG_0746.jpg Blog - Boo Radley and Texmex Find a Home Boo Radley...still afraid. But he's warming up! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1515964980164-P4G62DQUDLVYXOJ9FMNH/IMG_0742.jpg Blog - Boo Radley and Texmex Find a Home I ended up landing on Texmex (Tex for short) because doesn't he kinda remind you of queso?! I would really love some queso right now... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1515964978165-A4281NCWPLFS0VAYIC3N/IMG_0743.jpg Blog - Boo Radley and Texmex Find a Home Tex is fearless and really doesn't like to be on his own. When he and Boo aren't playing he comes to find my lap. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1515964986262-YKTGXNTD37ITXNHZCBHM/IMG_0740.jpg Blog - Boo Radley and Texmex Find a Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1515964965139-97GQ20QER4O0BE9I5TLR/IMG_0752.jpg Blog - Boo Radley and Texmex Find a Home They love each other. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1515964952211-DWSBX414ZM4SGW6IOFRB/IMG_0781.jpg Blog - Boo Radley and Texmex Find a Home I mean... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1515964951322-I7Z54CX7CH3ZD9FRJINR/IMG_0803.jpg Blog - Boo Radley and Texmex Find a Home Texmex wants my beans and rice! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1515964939060-B29CDTYDDHHKUUUSYOY8/IMG_0805.jpg Blog - Boo Radley and Texmex Find a Home Nice place to sleep while I sermonize. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1515964938618-QO340NABT1KDRD2XTT1A/IMG_0807.jpg Blog - Boo Radley and Texmex Find a Home https://postmodernmissionary.com/blog/2018/1/2/sierra-leone-birding-second-edition monthly 0.5 2019-07-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1514925031892-ACR03M9OIGYOVD9LX0F0/Pied_Kingfisher_in_Egypt.jpg Blog - Sierra Leone Birding - Second Edition Photo from: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pied_Kingfisher_in_Egypt.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1514925144347-IU1SVCF7W5OKYHY4GSSL/6844c45ccc8d20a0abc5e6bf7aa070c4--green-photos.jpg Blog - Sierra Leone Birding - Second Edition Photo from: https://i.pinimg.com/736x/68/44/c4/6844c45ccc8d20a0abc5e6bf7aa070c4--green-photos.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1514925191770-QIGQVHOUGPL4215RV3TI/Egretta_gularis1-1024x952.jpg Blog - Sierra Leone Birding - Second Edition Photo from: https://asknature.org/strategy/head-position-helps-correct-for-light-refraction/#jp-carousel-81334 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1514925225195-4B9BTW9LR51WGHKRRN8T/750px-Whimbrel.jpg Blog - Sierra Leone Birding - Second Edition Photo By: "Mike" Michael L. Baird https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1514925333191-6MTPCMDO36X4GKAMIQFK/f8625a5326c300e326810150aa7bf8a7-2.jpg Blog - Sierra Leone Birding - Second Edition Photo from: https://i.pinimg.com/originals/f8/62/5a/f8625a5326c300e326810150aa7bf8a7.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1515440172142-NGHBECY62W2VX40RCLN5/Yellow-billed_Kite_2246407271.jpg Blog - Sierra Leone Birding - Second Edition By Chris Eason (originally posted to Flickr as Yellowbilled Kite) [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons https://postmodernmissionary.com/blog/2018/1/3/a-little-lesson-in-krio monthly 0.5 2019-07-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1514920464063-QSMCSMKC644SPD9NN4TL/2018-01-02+19.02.49.jpg Blog - A Little Lesson in Krio https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1514920461435-848TTHEXZT3SUU1EBQDR/2018-01-02+19.03.08.jpg Blog - A Little Lesson in Krio https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1514919280666-VI089XFGHQ2ZJNGAK5LL/Screenshot+2018-01-02+18.54.08.png Blog - A Little Lesson in Krio https://postmodernmissionary.com/blog/2018/1/1/check-me-out-tomorrow monthly 0.5 2019-07-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1514831628825-WEEQQ0YRD7ZZ09N0N4FZ/2017-12-21+10.32.07+HDR.jpg Blog - Check Me Out Tomorrow Female Correctional Center Gate, Freetown https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1514831748176-V7SLT1E701QFQVOL9R5Q/2017-12-30+10.01.02.jpg Blog - Check Me Out Tomorrow Christmas time in Freetown https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1514831781516-POKSPN2MRRMNEFWOUSDJ/2017-12-30+09.51.40.jpg Blog - Check Me Out Tomorrow My driver hates traffic even more than I do. So that means I get a tour of all the backroads. Not sure this is really helping me know how to get around in the city. But I'll take it for the sights and the speed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1514831808957-0ZINI43001XUNL2XPPNJ/2017-12-30+10.08.02-1.jpg Blog - Check Me Out Tomorrow Islamic prayer mats for sale on the street https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1514831835164-Y7VU21YQCIASMTLG0G67/2017-12-25+14.58.52.jpg Blog - Check Me Out Tomorrow I spent Christmas with the SL International Church community. Christmas Eve at an American's home for Lessons and Carols. Christmas dinner at an Irish/Sierra Leonean couple's home (she's Irish, he's from here). She was an outstanding host right down to the bag of candies on my plate. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1514831865547-D261DGWJUC72U4GYT5J8/2017-12-25+16.02.21.jpg Blog - Check Me Out Tomorrow Authentic Irish Christmas pudding, courtesy of my host's mum. I've always been curious about this Christmas pudding I hear about in songs and movies. It was such a treat to experience the real thing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1514831910840-GNZ38LL65VB684XVS3EY/2017-12-26+18.13.05-1.jpg Blog - Check Me Out Tomorrow The hut where I stayed for a few days with some of the church community. It was so relaxing it actually made me anxious. I will be a beach bum yet! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1514831923353-TPU6GWTR0HT91MGG20TO/2017-12-27+11.12.57.jpg Blog - Check Me Out Tomorrow Locally carved. I love him. And I see one of these making it's way into my house at some point. https://postmodernmissionary.com/blog/2017/12/18/makin-friends monthly 0.5 2019-07-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1513624588042-JWU989DFU1D84ZWKUYDD/2017-12-16+11.07.39.jpg Blog - Makin' Friends https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1513623682296-993BVLJA7Y57M150T28I/2017-12-16+10.51.45.jpg Blog - Makin' Friends Rainforest flowers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1513623567504-MQ840UOKNSSQMAGR3PVE/2017-12-15+12.45.15.jpg Blog - Makin' Friends The view on one of my walks https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1513623533587-QFQNGCB6K0E5TU5ODQ0Q/2017-12-15+12.31.03+HDR.jpg Blog - Makin' Friends I passed a group of children after school on one of my walks and they started following me. Followed me quite a while. At the end I asked if I could take their picture. They thanked me for taking it. So sweet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1513623485154-HA3XS87XYXUNGJ3CHSWR/2017-12-15+12.31.30-1.jpg Blog - Makin' Friends Selfie with the neighborhood kids. Today two children ran up to me from across the street and hugged me. It was the sweetest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1513623439710-UDKK3DOR5R2YZ3BD0ATN/2017-12-13+21.09.17.jpg Blog - Makin' Friends What my legs look like after the three mile walk. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1513623424881-UIZGXOYNH2KDE35XP7F7/2017-12-13+10.59.45.jpg Blog - Makin' Friends The altar at the School of Theology. We lit three candles for advent. Notice how the candles lean. Africa heat is no joke! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1513623635319-GCNQZM6H9B1WFZRL8XLV/2017-12-16+10.18.36-1.jpg Blog - Makin' Friends The road to the chimp rescue. Not long before the big hill. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1513626097139-FO5RYBZTEAH7RMR7UKFC/2017-12-16+16.16.54.png Blog - Makin' Friends My adoption papers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1513623610281-7FGUDA7Q7652ANDN4GUX/2017-12-16+10.50.47.jpg Blog - Makin' Friends Chimps! It was feeding time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1513623654697-5NJDLU9B6SMN49V956C0/2017-12-16+10.50.58.jpg Blog - Makin' Friends I love this guy's face. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1513623763211-ABFYQS1IZN1TWFGH5H9Z/2017-12-16+11.48.28.jpg Blog - Makin' Friends We encountered a worm on our way back at the rescue. Probably two feet long. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1513623750363-W1P9BD60BMBLGEFAWLAU/2017-12-16+11.57.08.jpg Blog - Makin' Friends Me, Navo (my driver), and Olivia at Tacugama https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1513623792110-AIS7VIRHDASX217E5VQV/2017-12-17+11.57.44.jpg Blog - Makin' Friends I got to preach at a local church on Sunday! It was pastor appreciation Sunday. What they do here is they take up an offering, bring in a bunch of food supplies in the middle of the worship service (like the old fashion poundings they used to do), and pin ribbons to their shirts as you see here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1513623814823-8KKPILFXJ5429GK5U75S/2017-12-17+13.03.20-1.jpg Blog - Makin' Friends The pastors of Milton Margai Memorial UMC. Notice the ribbons. The senior pastor is Rev. Victor Kainboy on the left. Then the associate pastor who is also a civil engineer. Then on the right is an evangelist. Evangelists are a special set of pastors here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1513623831341-K6U7S2ER1QT1J772FMBJ/2017-12-17+19.30.50.jpg Blog - Makin' Friends The altar at the Sierra Leone International Church. Three candles lit for the third Sunday in Advent. https://postmodernmissionary.com/blog/2017/12/15/sierra-leone-birding-edition-1 monthly 0.5 2019-07-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1513328579254-16SUJQUEKJQ2G8NCCDF2/brownthroatedsunbird3.JPG Blog - Sierra Leone Birding - Edition 1 Photo Credit: Irish Bird Images https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1513329745240-OOUWXKENONK49LMGXXXE/Red-billed_firefinch_%28Lagonosticta_senegala_ruberrima%29_male.jpg Blog - Sierra Leone Birding - Edition 1 Photo Credit: Wikimedia Commons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1513330129792-YKA8ZBZ7NIYUZQM4ZHQG/797px-Pied_Crow_%28Corvus_albus%29_RWD2.jpg Blog - Sierra Leone Birding - Edition 1 Photo Credit: Wikimedia Commons https://postmodernmissionary.com/blog/2017/12/11/gentlemen-and-lady monthly 0.5 2019-07-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1513020776093-FPY8CLD2HAL6WYS1SY0Z/IMG_0464.jpg Blog - Gentlemen and Lady Another view from my walks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1513021516825-GEOT2OMVRVAKJ1UQ3EEL/IMG_0410.jpg Blog - Gentlemen and Lady Me in my office at the school https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1513021530130-3HAO4QTVHI9O1D6YLAAL/IMG_0411.jpg Blog - Gentlemen and Lady The view from my office at the school https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1513021567730-66NYXV2NGUFLUEDKCQ7H/IMG_0417.jpg Blog - Gentlemen and Lady On the right I wash with soap and water from the sink. On the left I dip in vinegar water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1513021577429-K0TNJGR6RWJAFCL3XCPI/IMG_0418.jpg Blog - Gentlemen and Lady No dishwasher here, but I draw the line at drying. They can air dry. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1513020704701-LK2NIGO4H01PRFVPEEX5/IMG_0419.jpg Blog - Gentlemen and Lady First meal in town that was veggie-heavy. I made it at home and it was so satisfying. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1513021551238-ZBV27UD341SU3ENTJMW7/IMG_0412.jpg Blog - Gentlemen and Lady The carolers in my living room. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1513022199718-D8NA9I0JD7N08M5XU9RQ/IMG_0440.jpg Blog - Gentlemen and Lady Having a leftover Christmas cookie with some tea. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1513020706434-DALYT3WSWQS4DZPUD45S/IMG_0421.jpg Blog - Gentlemen and Lady Found a coffee shop that feels a little something like home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1513020747171-QKO9H2C17EMGBXAE1M7I/IMG_0461.jpg Blog - Gentlemen and Lady Some friendly chickens trying to get under my gate. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1513020738715-JORFID6HQI3ZKZ2SOBZ2/IMG_0456.jpg Blog - Gentlemen and Lady Observing a lecture at the university this morning. https://postmodernmissionary.com/blog/2017/12/8/on-needing-people-part-3 monthly 0.5 2019-07-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1512595031735-KF4XQ1241IQ5CCTD2KBX/IMG_0368.jpg Blog - On Needing People - Part 3 Olivia and me...sittin' in traffic https://postmodernmissionary.com/blog/2017/12/7/on-needing-people-part-2 monthly 0.5 2019-07-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1512325682938-DGZJTZSFIN55HZNCT3WE/Screenshot+2017-12-02+20.46.45.png Blog - On Needing People - Part 2 Art by Clare Cherikoff (whom I know nothing about except that this comic made me laugh) https://postmodernmissionary.com/blog/2017/12/6/on-needing-people-part-1 monthly 0.5 2019-07-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1512325601786-RJZM6O8E9FULJTN9WPA4/1Rosie+the+Riveter_zpsxx8tbc4t.jpg Blog - On Needing People - Part 1 https://postmodernmissionary.com/blog/2017/12/4/breaking-news-i-bought-a-truck monthly 0.5 2019-07-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1512417332880-AG7Q0TZIC1JJ8JC2VC54/IMG_0350.jpg Blog - Breaking News: I Bought a Truck! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1512404322987-X2Y2IIQZOHK88TI6LGPB/aad10997-1504-4125-b573-09b24a3a8ff9.jpg Blog - Breaking News: I Bought a Truck! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1512404739004-L0C1D77MDVUVR2R8AEV7/77fb48a9-2c4e-41d4-bc8e-4f45703658d4.jpg Blog - Breaking News: I Bought a Truck! The Lutheran missionaries who sold me the truck. They were so kind. And they showed me a few places in Freetown that feel a little bit like home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1512404753556-TRT8IX0UCI2PQCOFCTZ9/7af83b8d-d0e3-43e8-92cf-91e76e19f837.jpg Blog - Breaking News: I Bought a Truck! Gotta have a selfie https://postmodernmissionary.com/blog/2017/12/3/what-i-love-about-sierra-leone monthly 0.5 2019-07-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1512331526339-W2UM0ULHG11JEF6CQS2S/2017-11-28+15.40.09.jpg Blog - What I Love About Sierra Leone Outside the entrance for the Conference Chancellor's office in downtown Freetown https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1512331657896-RXC5V6JOC3BNL2H2V4IA/2017-12-01+11.14.55.jpg Blog - What I Love About Sierra Leone The United Methodist Men's Coordinator for the Conference https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1512331674433-VQRKRH5D3XRRSYO30CCY/2017-12-01+09.28.33.jpg Blog - What I Love About Sierra Leone The theme of the Men's Convention was "Men on the Journey Ahead" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1512331691492-B217YUKXHWVGVQVWGPXN/2017-12-01+11.17.58.jpg Blog - What I Love About Sierra Leone Bringing selfies to Salone. This was at the beginning of the weekend on a work day. I expect, just like church, that it filled up slowly over time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1512331734116-DGVLM3WMY7M9QTQ0BYZC/2017-12-01+11.19.55.jpg Blog - What I Love About Sierra Leone The Conference Lay Leader https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1512331760477-L0464XCMGUO48YX8ZTWQ/2017-12-01+12.37.09.jpg Blog - What I Love About Sierra Leone President of the UMM and also a member of the Sierra Leone House of Parliament https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1512331789714-XULX57B3HEBEVVDOWWEW/2017-12-01+11.40.53.jpg Blog - What I Love About Sierra Leone We were serenaded by a group of children from a local United Methodist elementary school https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1512332078582-NC6TS14HAPMPG7ADOYH6/2017-12-03+09.05.52.jpg Blog - What I Love About Sierra Leone My new skirt for Sunday Morning... sorry for the selfie, it does not capture the beauty. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1512373998262-6FVC31RATOISLMYW1ZQW/48e7853d-4b12-4e58-927e-9682387e494f.jpg Blog - What I Love About Sierra Leone https://postmodernmissionary.com/blog/2017/11/26/on-thursday-we-wear-black monthly 0.5 2019-07-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1511732108084-U38LZ5Q9H5G1PC4BVUIW/IMG_0174.jpg Blog - On Thursdays We Wear Black The view from the UMW Office (third floor of the Conference Office) downtown Freetown. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1511730823745-3M6VEET69KHM034HET56/IMG_0142.jpg Blog - On Thursdays We Wear Black https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1511730819620-4283S9S2IAYBR59A6TEB/IMG_0134.jpg Blog - On Thursdays We Wear Black This week this fabric will be returned to me in skirt form! Four skirts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1511730816730-OBW3N8N0CTJNAT3BW7LQ/IMG_0136.jpg Blog - On Thursdays We Wear Black Getting measured. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1511730820899-9KVZMKKVPJBLOOZJREJM/IMG_0141.jpg Blog - On Thursdays We Wear Black She took a full body of measurements because she said, "We do not know what the future holds." She was right that dresses are in my future. Like 7 measurements of my arm alone. This is the reason the people are so well dressed here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1511730825274-BKMTANVGP252RVEBP37Z/IMG_0157.jpg Blog - On Thursdays We Wear Black This is the United Methodist School of Theology. I will be teaching here, it seems, full-time. Unexpected for me but I'm also thrilled. We discussed courses such as Christian Writing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1511730825452-5RT075ANAJZO7VYAORG7/IMG_0158.jpg Blog - On Thursdays We Wear Black Monday-Wednesday, the students had a spiritual formation retreat. We were able to hear Rev. Dr. Joseph Moiba's lecture on embracing the body (as opposed to asceticism) and grace as the primary saving power of God. I did not stop nodding my head the whole time. Very impressive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1511730828147-LOEH0A3VZZOQ3OS7NI86/IMG_0167.jpg Blog - On Thursdays We Wear Black The view on the way to the prison. This is where much of the poverty is in Freetown. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1511730830882-6967WV10C4QHMNYSW3MD/IMG_0214.jpg Blog - On Thursdays We Wear Black On Saturday, Olivia took me to Beach Number Two about thirty minutes outside of town. They say that the beaches in Sierra Leone are are some of the best in the world. I'm not much of a beach girl but when I turned around after getting in the ocean to see the view behind me, it was so beautiful that I gasped audibly. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1511730863256-TSF7VAIRUVMXTFRIGLNN/IMG_0238.jpg Blog - On Thursdays We Wear Black Olivia and me in our new hats. They quoted me the white person price of 55,000 Le (about $7). That seemed like a great price to me! Olivia told me that they quoted her 30,000 Le (less than $4) and she thought it was way too high. I bargained them down to 55,000 for the two. Half price...not too bad. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1511730830287-6NCX25IJILNOQ5WTWCHL/IMG_0216.jpg Blog - On Thursdays We Wear Black https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1511730834397-NOLU9RJ6AY9JE7DPQDGK/IMG_0218.jpg Blog - On Thursdays We Wear Black https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1511730844006-C4BODV1AKY633ETFJSIL/IMG_0222.jpg Blog - On Thursdays We Wear Black https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1511730835616-NYBFK4Q3J94BGNB0H3FP/IMG_0230.jpg Blog - On Thursdays We Wear Black https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1511730850693-N3LMCIKNZHSOPZYRSTFP/IMG_0249.JPG Blog - On Thursdays We Wear Black Heading out for church. I was able to assist in worship on Sunday at Charles Davies. They had me do the pastoral prayer. Only one mess up. I forgot that they sing the Lord's Prayer, so I started in on it and then was stopped abruptly with the sound of the organ. The clerical collar is a must here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1511730860293-4WKD1Q51KL0PJJ4PEEDY/IMG_0252.jpg Blog - On Thursdays We Wear Black A packed church. This was my view from the front. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1511730866627-I9VEGRETGO7YCG9YKI9B/IMG_0255.jpg Blog - On Thursdays We Wear Black Bishop John K Yambasu (center in white) preached the sermon this morning. It was fiery and so so good. I like him a lot. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1511730885433-X2ZCDEU9M2HN3CSR01LX/IMG_0259.jpg Blog - On Thursdays We Wear Black This is how Charles Davies Memorial does a church meal. I was placed under a canopy with the more mature attendees. Still I sweated through all my clothes. We ate black eyed peas in a kind of stew, sweet potato (that's white in color), fried bread of some kind, plantains, goat, rice, and something reminiscent of the masa in Mexican tamales. https://postmodernmissionary.com/blog/2017/11/20/arrival-and-acclimation monthly 0.5 2019-07-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1511205500713-VORYLT99BYRTWCFG4G6V/IMG_0029.jpg Blog - Arrival and Acclimation A beautiful tree at Lumley Beach https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1511205562332-X6W3VL6404GPX950G5UI/IMG_0007.jpg Blog - Arrival and Acclimation Solomon and me on the bus waiting to go to the ferry https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1511205628917-7FSFBL1VMJL9LF92IV78/IMG_0040.jpg Blog - Arrival and Acclimation Home for the next week or so. I'm very safe and comfortable here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1511205630806-82AWKJD74NQ12MA4B068/IMG_0041.jpg Blog - Arrival and Acclimation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1511205631741-25X7KVMLK1RX86SIELRF/IMG_0042.jpg Blog - Arrival and Acclimation Hotel Restaurant. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1511205724066-5JIS3G3ZTELIX4NDD35E/IMG_0011.jpg Blog - Arrival and Acclimation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1511205724159-P7J50Z7RMXU39B7H5PHJ/IMG_0023-1.jpg Blog - Arrival and Acclimation Barracuda! It was delicious. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1511205726261-LDCF2NL7C19PPY01628R/IMG_0122.jpg Blog - Arrival and Acclimation Notice the rice. I've not had a lunch/dinner meal yet without rice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1511205758339-ROAOU1OK4L5W74SW0XTC/IMG_0049.jpg Blog - Arrival and Acclimation Charles Davies Memorial United Methodist Church https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1511205758435-I7LYH8OWZ5XD3KUB2U75/IMG_0067.jpg Blog - Arrival and Acclimation Up on the left is the pulpit. The preacher is was a professor who has the same height challenges that I do. :-) There were many steps up to get there! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1511205779004-SB93ER5EY75OG7OJ3GH0/IMG_0050.jpg Blog - Arrival and Acclimation Four big buckets for separate offerings...general fund, envelopes (I still don't understand the difference), building fund, and university fund. The buckets are so big because $100 is 760,000 leones that come in denominations of 5000 and 10000. That's a lot of bills! Every person was invited forward for the offering by row (like we do communion in the states) by the stewardship representatives who are in uniform. They are serious about accountable giving! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1511205778935-ZUYHAL4X33W4JLN1CG71/IMG_0053.jpg Blog - Arrival and Acclimation Scripture reading. The woman on the left is a stewardship representative (I've forgotten their official title). On the right is one of the young adults. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1511205780180-WCZW9EPJVL24DIQ8O3UH/IMG_0062.jpg Blog - Arrival and Acclimation The competition. 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It took a few rounds to get the weight and locations right. She's a trooper. (Also there were seven humans and three dogs there that day.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1509925443710-C0D4OS5SJW5R01QD3WNK/IMG_1296.jpg Blog - Dig in the Dumpster Kind of Love I was planning to bring the chicken, but Cessie was worried the rainy season would ruin him. So I guess he stays at Sara's house. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1509925497315-32DSYYG3RVJL6EM1NL6J/IMG_1213.jpg Blog - Dig in the Dumpster Kind of Love Literally a whole day of paperwork. I. Hate. Paperwork. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a7198b197aea7e66346a05/1509925437759-BP4JGTSIUW24LFNSP4YP/IMG_1287.jpg Blog - Dig in the Dumpster Kind of Love Going through old boxes. 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