Liberia VS Canada - Traffic edition

I live in beautiful Prince Edward County.  Home of Sandbanks Provincial Park, Huff Estates Winery, Historical Picton, and loads of scenic lakes and views.  I love my part of Canada, but this time of year brings with it the return migration of the tourist, and with tourists comes traffic!  I was thinking today about the traffic mayhem that I deal with in the summer and how different it is in Liberia.  My traffic craziness is nothing compared to that.  One example is; In Liberia you honk before changing lanes, this lets everyone around you know your intentions.  Here we use signal lights for that.  Now, we also don't have motorbikes whizzing past us in between cars with whole families on them.  In Liberia it is common for one truck to carry the load of two and people to hang on to the sides and back of vehicles.  It is wild.  In Canada it is common to see a vehicle with one person in it, at least in Liberia, well most of West Africa, that is very rare.  One could even say it is the ultimate form of reducing your commuting carbon foot print.  Well, at least it would be if it wasn't for all the diesel gas that is used.  My husband (Don) drives in Liberia and enjoys it!  I may even try this November, we'll see!  Driving is like most things in West Africa, it's not done "our" way but it works, and we don't need to change it or "fix" it, we just need to relax and go along for the ride.  

Picton, Ontario Canada 

Monrovia, Liberia's capital city

 Tetris anyone?

    

            The mom in me says "So not safe".   The Child in me says "That's awesome"!

     

Yard Sale Fever!

Garage Sale Queen by Karen Chisholm (BMI)
Just some yard sale humour for Ya'll.  We are still collecting your used items.  Please Don or Tania 613-919-1699
or YFC Quite 613-969-0471
or comment here!
Remember all proceeds go to YFC Liberia school project and mission.

Yard Sale!

Its that time of year again!!  Yard Sale season!  Last year our annual yard sale fundraiser made $2000 for Liberia!  Let's beat that this year people!!  We are accepting donations of gently used items from now until mid July.  Donations can be dropped off or we can pick them up. All the money will be used for purchasing building materials and paying local workers while we are in Liberia.  I love this event!  Its a great way to spread the news about what we are doing, to educate the public on the issues in Liberia, and who doesn't love a yard sale!?!  If you would like to donate please call or text:

Tania 613-919-1699
               
Don   613-919-4224

 

Augustine

Who is Augustine Fredricks?  Augustine is the Director of YFC Liberia.  He is the overseer of all programs and volunteers that YFC Liberia runs and assists with.  Without Augustine there would be no YFC in Liberia.  Augustine is a husband and also a father of two beautiful little girls.  Before the war started in Liberia, He was a teacher/principle of an elementary school.  Therefore education is very close to his heart.  It is Augustine that will oversee our team in November and he will be responsible overseeing the running of the school we are building there.  That is many hats for one man.  That is where his faith comes in.  Augustine is strong in his faith and is always leaning on God.  Even in the midst of Ebola, Augustine would contact us and say, "Thank God for everything".  He is a great encourage for us.  His goal is to reach the youth of Liberia and bring them to faith.  The love of Jesus is what he extends to the youth. It doesn't matter to him whether they are from the poorest slums or getting the highest education, he treats them all with the same amount of respect and love.  When I feel my faith is as small as a mustard seed, Augustine reminds me that God can do wonders with anything.  I am so thankful to call Augustine friend.
So why am I telling you about my Friend?  Well, it is because we are trying to raise money to cover the cost of his wages and programs.  Augustine in payed through the generosity of people like you.  Our goal is to have ten people willing to commit to $50 a month to cover the cost of Augustine's wages.  That the less then the price of a cup of coffee a day at Tim Horton's!  Far less if your a Starbucks lover!  Imagine all the children that could be reached on $1.67 a day!  The money we raise covers Augustine's costs not only for himself but for so many programs he runs.  If you can not commit monthly how about a one time gift?  The cost of one bag of rice to feed a family of four in Liberia is $60!  Can you feed his family for a month?  Please donate.

HOW TO GIVE:

1. Phone: Call our office at (613) 969-0471 during regular business hours (9am-5pm Monday-Friday).
2. Mail: Send to QYFC, P.O. Box 233, Belleville, Ont., K8N 5A2. 
3. Office: Cash, Debit, Credit Cards & Cheques accepted at our office: 320B Sidney St. Belleville 
4. Our donate here:  http://qyfc.com/creditcarddonationp796.php

 Augustine with Sami Lester

Colin, Augustine, Don, and myself (Tania) at YFC Quinte

Augustine Fredricks, YFC Liberia.