Monrovia
Travel Blogs from Monrovia, Liberia
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Newspaper Column 2
... ; 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
... 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
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 ...
Newspaper Column 3
... 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 ...
We made it!
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
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 ...
Homeward Bound
... for different 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 ...
S-est offert le Liberia for B-Day !! and a new no
Rapide message pour donner mon nouveau numero > Lonestar +231 880 61 11 62 Sinon Bien Roule, bien arrive, en forme !! Allelujah !! et en route pour se mettre en contact avec la famille... pensez bien a moi.... Sinon vous devez vous demande e que ...
The changing face of Monrovia "New Buildings
... and 2010, the transformation that is occurring in the city of Monrovia is fascinating and exciting to witness. There are 3 areas in ...
few shots of the city
... coming alone Liberia has come a long way and i can see some big changes throughout the city as you drive by. more and more city lights, newer building and restuarents, Shushi Bar, Clubs and the roads @ downtown Monrovia is all being repaved ...
Tropical paradise
So, on the move again. This time Liberia for six months. Hopefully there'll be some updates. No promises though. ...
PIZZZAAAAAAAAAAA
Weekend de glande intensive. Je retrouve avec joie la douche chaude, un lit confortable et des moustiques un peu moins agressifs et sournois. Pour une raison inconnue, Internet ne marche pas, je ne peux vérifier les mails du boulot. Claudia - une de ...
"Jue!" "Im Not Your Jue!"
... . The election was in no way free or fair. It is a political fallacy of the highest order. Of the 3.5 million population in Liberia, 1.7 million of them are registered voters. Of that 1.7 million, only about 600,000 voted in the run-off election. That is ...
Sunday: church and sorting the donations
... 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
... of 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, ...
My Amazing African-American Birthday!
My sister will be coming to visit me here during her Christmas break! The first thing she asked was "can we go to the beach?" haha so I think we will be making more than a few trips to the beach while she is here. I have only been to the beach three ...
Oh, how I miss fabric softener . . .
... here last year (she has since gotten a job with the UN and works with the refugees from the Ivory Coast down in southeast Liberia) and she had only been in the country one week before they let her go places by herself. I’m reaching 2 months here ...
Nobel Peace Prize goes to . . . Ms. Fraudulent!
I guess I never paid attention to how quiet the skies were until they weren’t. The sights and sounds of airplanes have become a regular occurrence as they overlook the security of the land. They search high and low for signs of conflict and ...
Harrisburg
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
... surrounded 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 ...
Boulot, Budgets, Dodo!
Encore une journée de boulot interminable...... Je sais que les budgets d'un de nos projets (d'éducation pour les réfugiés ivoiriens) ont été discutés en comité hier chez notre bailleur et qu'il y a de fortes chances pour qu'il y ait des lignes ...
The War
... the country to escape the war and returned when it was safe again My mom asked if I could tell there ever was a war in Monrovia, her question assuming the answer would be “no.” The answer was “yes,” however. There were no longer ...
Arriving in Monrovia
... barefoot, 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 ...
Time To Count Some Serious Blessings
Today after lecturing in town about counseling, Andrea and I walked to a nearby supermarket—a 'real' one. It had glass doors, tiled floors, air conditioning, aisles of neatly stocked boxed and contained products, frozen dinners, and all was ...
Movin' On Up!
... But, she and Taylor used to be friends during the reign of President Doe, in the late 1980s, during the first phase of Liberia’s 15 year war. Charles Taylor was the head rebel leader then fighting against Doe. Our friend and loyal chauffer, Kilo, ...
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