Monrovia, Liberia Travel Blogs

Newspaper Column 2
Dec 5, 2006 (4 photos)

... ; John Kpewoan has good reason to thank God over and over again when he gets in and out of his pickup here in Liberia.  Monrovia is far and away the scene of the most chaotic auto dance that I've been privileged to take part in.   ...

home, work, and fish harvesting
Jul 6, 2007 (12 photos)

... to Monrovia to the head office to be doing some work in the office there as well as some rest and relaxation. In Monrovia I'm staying in a back room (kinda like a garage turned bedroom) of Kendall and Bev's house. Kendall is the country director for ...

Monrovia
Dec 10, 2008 (2 photos)

Une capitale que je voulais quitter au plus vite. Logement trop cher (50 dollars apres une dure negociation - prix de depart 65-75 dollars), et peu d interet et une securite toute relative.

Newspaper Column 3
Dec 12, 2006 (8 photos)

... with Hume Lake Christian Camps near Fresno to run a youth camp for orphans this week at a location 45 minutes outside of Monrovia.  The local kids that live near the camp have made themselves part of the activities from the beginning.  They hang ...

We made it!
Jun 30, 2007

I'm going to keep this short and quick because the internet is not reliable here in Monrovia.  It was a little adventure to get here, but we (my travel companion and fellow intern Buddy and I) made it just fine with all of our luggage.  ...

Samaritan's Purse Video on Website
Jul 7, 2007

The film crew already has a short video up on the Samaritan's Purse Website of Franklin and some of the projects that are going on.  Check it out at: http://www.samaritanspurse.com/media.asp Click on Liberia Update.

Homeward Bound
Nov 6, 2007 (23 photos)

... positions in different places, but have not heard anything regarding those possibilities.    Lately I've been working in Monrovia after having spent a few weeks in Bopolu and a week back in Foya this month.  I've been busy working to get ...

Sunday: church and sorting the donations
Mar 29, 2009 (7 photos)

... to be able to continue our work. After church and lunch we began unloading and sorting the boxes we had shippped to Liberia along with the donations we brought and bought the day before. For several hours we counted and sorted and we knew we ...

Humanitarian Aid
Apr 15, 2008 (3 photos)

... vocational services.  We had a good meeting and the team was truly grateful that we came to help the people of Liberia.  They have a detailed plan to help the children of the community including health care, foster care, a feeding program, and ...

Harrisburg
Mar 31, 2009 (9 photos)

Today we traveled about 1 1/2 hours into the interior of Liberia to visit pastor Johnny Bai who lives with his family in Harrisburg. He is currently caring for 25 children in addition to his own 6 children. People in the surrounding areas bring him ...

Royal Hotel
Apr 13, 2008 (1 photos)

... by barbed wire. It was crowded to the point we almost couldn't get in and we soon learned that the President of Liberia was here for an event.  After bringing our bags up to the rooms and attempting to get our cell phones working we experienced ...

Arriving in Monrovia
Apr 13, 2008 (5 photos)

... , selling homemade candy. We loaded our luggage into 2 cars and began the drive to our hotel in Monrovia. Rosie and Ruth immediately began telling us of Liberia, the war, the re-building efforts, the ways the country has changed over the past 10 years, ...

Ummm... is it always this hot?
Dec 8, 2004

If you have time, read the story....

Harrisburg Community
Apr 17, 2008 (12 photos)

... ; lush and tropical and so untouched by development. We visited the community of Harrisburg.  The interior of Liberia consists of many very small villages, like Harrisburg, of people living together with little to no resources.  ...

Heading Home Today
Apr 3, 2009

We are both sick with upper respiratory issues and very ready to head home although traveling for 48 hours while sick will be even less fun that getting here was. Today we will finish our meetings and delivery more rice to another needy orphanage. We hope ...

Adventures in the marketplace
Mar 28, 2009 (6 photos)

Wow! what an  experience. While Rosie and Dawn met to talk, Holly got her first solo adventure by going with Lucinda and Fedesco (our secutiry) to buy rice and oil. The sheer number of people in very close proximity was overwhelming. We bought ...

Monday, March 30, 2009
Mar 30, 2009 (4 photos)

... Welfare.  It went very well and Dawn connected with the Asst. Director, who is basically the CPS worker of Liberia.  GOOD NEWS!:  The missing bag of humanitarian aid donations was recovered!  We tried to register our passports ...

Staff Meeting
Apr 14, 2008 (1 photos)

Today we met with the team at Rock Children Services; Bishop Rosie Cox, Pastor Kotte Jr., William Kotee, and Dr. Braima the medical director.  We met to discuss how adoption fits into the overall mission of RCS.  Bishop Cox and her team were ...

Visit to Divine Orphange
Apr 1, 2009 (6 photos)

On Wednesday we visited the children of Divine orphange. We delivered clothing, school supplies, toys, food and water. We visited with the children and were deeply touched by their extreme need for touch and affection. While the staff appear to do their ...

Devine Childrens Home
Apr 16, 2008 (20 photos)

Today we went to Devine Childrens Home a licensed orphanage run by a lady name Fatu.  When we arrived in our car the children swarmed vehicle and sang to greet us.   There were over 100 children and we gathered in a small open air ...

Monrovia and more
May 20, 2008 (9 photos)

... the mayor who funded them as if the citizens should be grateful that s/he did what he was supposed to do. Anyway, back to Monrovia. The Chinese were still working on the roads in town so one shouldn't expect too much of those out in the country as we ...

Leaving Africa
Apr 18, 2008 (5 photos)

We are sad to leave Africa today.  It has been a beautiful trip.  I have never experienced this type of gratitude.  Each member of the team individually expressed how grateful they were toward our efforts to the point I was embarrassed ...

The arrival to Liberia
Mar 28, 2009

We arrived on time at the Monrovia airport and were greeted by seven people (Jana everyone says hi and they miss you!)  Only one bag out of 7 didn't make it to Liberia.  We're not sure where it is...could be Chicago, NY, Brussells or Hong Kong ...

Dedication at the Health Center
Apr 2, 2009 (8 photos)

... might be available for adoption.  We also got a better understanding from Mr. Kotee about how adoptons are processed in Liberia.   Maybe this doesn't sound like much of a day...but please know everything in Liberia takes much more effort ...