padding:0 20px 20px .25em; Ramblings From around the world: April 2006

April 29, 2006

Mama Vic's Orphange (In the Country)

















Yesterday, I along with some of the other Deckies, went out to the country orphange. We have been going to the oprhange at least once a week since we arrived here in Liberia. At first going to the city orphange and now to the country orphange.
















Yesterday, we were working on finishing plastering the latrine and priming it.






















We also removed the forms (for the cement) from the inside of the latrine and dug it a little deeper. As you can see there were lots of frogs.

Before and after pictures of both orphanges will be posted when we leave Liberia in about a month.

April 24, 2006

Swimmer's Return Security Increases

New swimmers keep coming, no matter how many we have arrested more still come..
One even made it onto the dock. He is currently residing in Monrovia's luxurious prison(more about prison to come). So, we are upping the security measures. More, Ghanaian UNMIL soldiers patrolling and more Razor Wire. So that is what I did today and will be doing tomorrow securing the perimeter of the dock. Don't worry, when we are done the only way onto the dock will be through the Unmil gate at the beginning of the pier.






Thib's Taxi Service

Introducing the newest car to the LMC Peir, I like to refer to it as Thib's Taxi.
It actually belongs to one of the dayworkers on board he is restoring it. It does actually run and it really doesn't have anything inside. Here is Thib with his first passenger.















April 22, 2006

Fire Drill / Training

























Wednesday this week we had our monthly fire drill. This time it was in the bottom of the Ship(Hold Five). This is a storage area for all the different departments. Basically, We suited up and found out that there was two bombs planted on the ship. After a few minutes the first detonated. My team then proceeded to rescue two victims. I carried them both out of the smoke and up two levels with Todd( another member of team 1). We then switched to a new tank of air and started to search for the second Bomb. I think this was our most tiring drill so far. The visibility was only about 2 feet with my flash light

April 19, 2006

Crows Nest


I enjoyed this day a lot. I climbed the mast of the ship reached the crows nest and kept going. I finally stoped because there was no more ship. Sometimes working as a deck hand is a rough job, but someone has to do it...

Pictures From Easter Brunch.

Secret Beach



From the pitcures you will probably wonder how it is kept a secret. I know I still am..

I personally liked the full moon.

April 11, 2006

Happy Easter

Happy Easter. I hope you all have a wonderful Easter.

Meet Hawa (Patient Story)












Hawa is a seven year old girl from Sierra Leone. I meet Hawa and her father the first week I was in Liberia, at Mama Victoria's orpanage church. She was already scheduled to have surgery, and we drove them back to the ship that day. They had traveled for two days by taxi, to hopefully get a surgery that was impossible to recieve in Sierra Leone. Hawa was begining to struggle to breath since the tumor was so big and eating was difficult, she would have to tilt her head back and push the food between the tumor and her lower lip. Her surgery only took 3 hours and she was sent to the Ward to recover. While on the Ward my girldfriend, Jen, was her nurse, and brought her back to health. She is now back home enjoying a new life free of ridicule, and teasing.

April 09, 2006

Beauty and the Beast

The Academy, The highschool for all the kids on board performed
Beauty and the Beast last night. It was a great show.