Some Random Images

Hey folks. You know, we take a lot of pictures, and only a few make it to the blog. Here are a few random shots taken around the country.

We begin in Gbarnga. A nice shot o' the forest in the morning.

Army ants. If you look closely, there are the regular troups moving, and bigger ants along the pathway, standing watch. This was in Gbarnga. Noah loved these guys.

One of the towns about an hour out of Monrovia.

A couple of egrets take wing in the rainforest.

On the road to Rivercess: The UN drivers often drive exactly as if the vehicles belong to somebody else.

A village like you will find everywhere you travel outside of Monrovia.

Looking up Center Street-- that's Providence Baptist Church with the white roof at the top of the hill on the right side of the road.

Renita by the ocean on a cloudy day.

Eventide at home.

Downtown Monrovia.

Some kind of blue bird-- I'm still researching, sitting on a mango (here called a plum) tree.

A breezy day down at the Thinker's Village beach.

A Week of Homework

This was a busy week, but mostly spent at home. Both Renita and I have full schedules-- Renita with LEAD, homeschooling and the upcoming LEAD/Madison Square Church visit, and me with developing psychosocial training, working on this mental health task force, trying to forge links between Mother Patern College and US schools, and just last week, the college asked me to teach a class called "Conflict, Trauma and Peacebuiling." Great sounding course, but the curriculum is gone. So I get to invent my own peacebuilding class. Its a lot of work, but I love the topic. Here is what our week looked like in a few pictures.

The day begins with a lil' breakie. Some toast and eggs. Here, I'm checking so as not to burn da bread.

Homeschooling. Renita explaining the day's tasks.

Renita at midday, grading papers for business people in the LEAD class. Some of her students need a lot of help.

I'm on a roll. I'm developing the course outline and schedule for the class I'm teaching starting Feb 27. This was a good day.

Early afternoon. School's out and Noah shares his "playtoys" with Walker in red, Enoch in green stripe, and Obadiah in sorta white.

Some of her work done, Renita relaxes in the hammock. Reading Maya Angelou's "All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes."