Lion Mountain
Lion Mountain is the name the Portuguese gave to Sierra Leone in 1460, inspired by the ferocious weather they encountered here. Five months of thunder and lightening and tropical
downpours have started, and are wilder than anything we’ve experienced. The photos taken above in our street on last Sunday were on our way to church. Paradoxically when we reached there, just a mile away as the crow flies the streets were bone dry!
One of our Christian ward nurses, Annemarie in the same storm was in her house with her husband and four children when they heard a lot of branches falling on their roof. They rushed outside, just as a tree fell and crushed their house, so thakfully no lives were lost, only the building. As they haven't the money for repairs we have asked for the builder’s estimate so we can help them restore their home. (Two other nurses lost the roofs of their houses recently!)
(david.lyth@mercyships.org, or Helen.lyth@mercyships.org)
downpours have started, and are wilder than anything we’ve experienced. The photos taken above in our street on last Sunday were on our way to church. Paradoxically when we reached there, just a mile away as the crow flies the streets were bone dry!
One of our Christian ward nurses, Annemarie in the same storm was in her house with her husband and four children when they heard a lot of branches falling on their roof. They rushed outside, just as a tree fell and crushed their house, so thakfully no lives were lost, only the building. As they haven't the money for repairs we have asked for the builder’s estimate so we can help them restore their home. (Two other nurses lost the roofs of their houses recently!)
(david.lyth@mercyships.org, or Helen.lyth@mercyships.org)
posted by Dave & Helen Lyth @ 04:30
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