Good news! Sheku and his dad returned from Makeni and they were told that he just has a severe case of malaria, probably recurrent malaria. They returned with medicines and hopefully he can get well now. Praise God!
We are attempting our Christmas cookies today. It is a hot job over a fire and three stones, and we can only cook about 8 cookies at a time, but boy are we going to enjoy them. We took some pictures are we are going to try to post them on facebook somehow.
Roy and Earl went to Freetown for a few days to stock us up on groceries and to do our Christmas shopping. Our wish list mostly consists of chocolate!!! It's funny how much better things taste when you never have them. It sure teaches you to enjoy the little things. When I start to wish for certain items, or any easier way to do something, I just look around and see everyone else with so much less than I. I see how people here struggle just to have the basic things that we consider neccessities, or perhaps don't consider at all because they are always available to us - and I am humbled. So, today praise God for how He has blessed us in America, and remember that the easy life is not necessary for happiness - God is.