“Fire! Fire! Pour on water! Pour on water!”

The home (two rooms) of Jeremiah, one of our drivers burned, along with six others this week. He is a widower with two young children, and is a member of our church. The good news was that the Aberdeen Fire station with 5 five trucks was located less than 50 yards away (just across the road from the hospital). The bad news was that none of them had any water! A fire truck had to come from the other side of Freetown.

Actually there is good news that he has been offered free land to re-build on. Bad news is that this may cost about £1,000.