Seasons Greetings from Sierra Leone
Seasons Greetings to all our friends all over the world!
We thank you all for your hard work and
enthusiasm contributed over the past year.
We wish you all a very happy festive period and hope you have a
happy time together with family and friends.
Latest from Freetown - Week 1
A big week here in hot and very wet Sierra Leone, with visits to the local bank, meetings with the Ministry and the end of Ramadan.
Finally got to see the Minister of Lands on Friday. ‘How de land Mike?’. ‘Problems’, I replied, ‘the land you gave us now has a house built on it’. ‘Ah yes we did have other clients! We’ll try for another place and send one of our surveyors who knows the area’.
We were offered the ‘very flat’ summit of a local mountain and an area only partly owned by one of the banks; neither offering much security for our future. The only remaining option will be for us now is to rent a property and start from there.
Muslims fast from 5.30am till 7.10pm every day throughout the month of Ramadan, (August 1st-30th) and today is prayer day when they break their fast. One problem is that many Muslim shops close, some for several days, whilst other, non-Muslim shops remain open. It’s a bit of a nightmare not knowing when and where to shop, but the one good thing is that it reduces our spending.
Have a wonderful week and keep the prayers going.
Thanks,
Mike.
Volunteers and staff in June 2011. Haja, Jacky, Cristina Bennett, Steve Atyeo, Su Adkinson and Samuel Babir, Ide Peterson, Justine Cutler and houseboy Ishmael.
