Our friend, Augustine, has been saving his money and bought land and built a house near Waterloo. Samuel and Augustine picked us up and drove us out to the house. Most of the drive was on good roads, but the last bit was a rather bumpy dirt road. The house is beautiful and painters were there putting on the last touches. Hawa, Augustine’s mother, greeted us and had cooked us a delicious lunch of fish, fried plantains, rice and spicy sauce, with fresh juicy pineapple for dessert. What an unexpected treat!
On Sunday we attended Calvary Free Pentecostal Church. Three new friends from the ship came with us. It is so fun to experience worship with the Sierra Leonian culture. It involved a lot of prayer, dancing and singing and a good message from the assistant pastor, Grace, on the sovereignty of God. Samuel’s wife Salamatu prepared a nice lunch for us of chicken with sauce to put over the roasted plantain and sweet potato. And lovely fresh fruit. We are definitely getting spoiled!
Tim & Kathy Simonsen 