Bake Sale!!

Come on down to the county tomorrow and stop by County Traders!  We are hosting a fundraising Bake Sale!  Good eats for a good cause!  As usual all proceeds will go towards YFC Liberia and our mission.  County Traders is located on county rd 12 (west lake rd.) it is a great place to find antiques and one of a kind items.   Saturday we will be there from 9-1:00.

 

Canadian Summers

Well it's August now and summer is winding down.  It has been a very busy and fairly hot one.  I have been enjoying spending time with the kids in the lake and at the beach. Liberia drifts in and out of my mind pretty much all day.  We are leaving in November and that is not far away!  As exciting as that may be.  We are not quite were I would like to be financially.  To help with this we are planning a Bake Sale for this weekend.  Please pray that we do well and that we reach a lot of new people.  I know that God will provide but it still ways me down with worry.  I am working on having faith in this.

The news from Liberia has been full of ups and downs.  There is still a couple of cases of Ebola.  The country was declared Ebola free in May and that status remains even with these new cases.  The risk for our team is very low as these cases are in the northern rural areas.  Please continue to pray for Liberia, its people, and our YFC staff there.

Yard Sale Madness!!

This past weekend we had our 2nd Annual Yard Sale for Liberia.  My driveway was a sea of antiques, furniture, clothes, toys, sports equipment, art, and some undetermined/confusing items.  We met lots of interesting people and were able to share lots of info about Liberia and YFC.  Oh yeah, we made $1,100.00 too!  Over all a great success!  Thanks to all who donated and all who came!  Don and I were sun burnt and exhausted by the end but so lifted up by the generosity of people.

Here are some shots from the day!  Enjoy :)

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.