Trip to Kambia

Today we are on our way to Kambia, a small town north on the Guinea border. At the town of Waterloo, we make a detour to see Augustine’s property. It is situated down another very bumpy road. Sometimes it seems like we are driving through the brush, as the vegetation is high following the rainy season. His plot is a nice size and he has begun building walls of concrete blocks which are all made from scratch.

We proceed, after driving back on the very bumpy road, toward Kambia to the north. We pass many palm trees and some rice fields. The road is very good. Yeah!

We arrive at the hospital where Samuel’s wife,Salamatu, works as a midwife. She served us a real African meal of rice and cassava leaves. We enjoy it greatly.

They take us to the guesthouse to rest. It is difficult as it is 90 degrees and humid. This is a typical African accommodation. No electricity until 7 pm, no running water, but plenty of water in buckets to do what we need. We should have brought our insect repellent, our bamboo sheets and our quick dry towels for such a situation. But, no, we left them back in Freetown. We just weren’t thinking or didn’t know what we were getting into. (We are faithfully taking our Malaria pills!) We are doing something right.

We took a walk by the beautiful Scarsie River and noticed rice fields near the banks of the river.

We ended the evening with the family bringing dinner of pancakes, fish and fried plantains. Yummy! We had a nice talk about Simeon and his death. It really helped us to understand the circumstances and the pain they all went through. We are very thankful for everyone’s kindness to us.