Signs and photos

We took our little 6 year old patient, Survivor, to St. Joseph's hospital today for his chemo treatment and this is the sign over the door as you walk into the hospital. Liberian English doesn't always make sense...even our translator who usually understands the point couldn't figure it out!

We were stopped by the side of the road waiting for our translator to get directions and these children walked by. I gave them candy and then asked 'where are you going' and they all said in unison 'yes.' Then I asked 'why are you carrying chairs on your heads' and they all said in unison 'yes.' I gave up. I speak English and they speak English but it's not the same English! They continued down the road and I took this photo. It's scary, though, because this is actually a 65 mile an hour highway they are next to.

We ended today at Nush's house just to drop off supplies. He wants to go to school so we gave his mother the $40.00 needed to enroll Nush and his sister for the semester. $40.00 is what kept them out of school. Ridiculous. Nush was ecstatic when he found out he was going to get to go to school. He's 7 years old and hasn't been to school yet. He will miss a few days every three weeks for his chemo treatments. His birthday is Sunday so we got him a football for his birthday. Here we are with Nush. I told him when we visit next week, I want a photo of him in his school uniform!

I also took a short video (51 seconds) of one of our visits to Nush's house. We are sitting on the outside part of their house where they cook and do laundry. It would equate to a front porch (except there is no porch - it's a dirt floor.