the two pictures on the right are from Sierra Leone we went there on a trip to look at the Burns is projects that are the humanitarian missionaries in Sierra Leone we really learned a lot and now are doing a lot more of these what they call short-term projects

 the picture above is in Accra Ghana we were at a park where there is all kinds of trees this tree is over 350 years old it's what they call a cotton tree they are very beautiful

the three pictures on the right is a well that we are digging first picture is when they started putting the rings in the ground next picture is down setting that ring is about 30 feet in that whole and they do these Intel they get about 2 feet out of the ground it takes them about four days to set the rings and then they have to go in and plaster them with concrete the process takes about two weeks than the picture below is after they have put what they call the apron on and that is where the pump is is a top of the last ring sister miles and women of the community always get the pump the first bucket of water

the picture on your left is when we were in Ghana the Haws and the Kleins and ourselves are all on missions in West Africa

if you will notice when I posted these the last was first the first was last. for today's posts, So when you read this blog for today's entry start at the bottom. and work your way up, I will do better next time

here sister miles and all the ladies are opening the women's side of the latrine

as we completed the ceremony, the chief said to him this day, we had to wash her hands and eat together

sister miles and all the ladies are so happy there dancing to have their new latrine

this is the third dedication we've done since we've been here
this is the biggest project, one community that LDS
charities has done in Liberia. We dedicated for latrines and five Wells in this refugee camp Sierra Leone. They really needed the water in the latrines, there was over 30,000 refugees in this camp

this is the first counselor to the mission president

here I am turning over the keys to the chief in this community is a real special man. The bank and sister miles

this is the first water out of the well

Add we are getting ready to start our project at the death school with the young man and women's

these are all the supplies and new tables we brought to donate to them

we also worked at the blind school which is just down the road we had about 20 young men and women working over there we had a total of about 80 young men and women

we were giving them instructions on the things that they had to do for the day

she is signing to all the deaf kids as we talk about what we're going to do today

we got all the deaf kids involved in doing the painting along with a young men and women before they were done they were all out in the soccer field playing soccer together that's what happens when you work together we really had a fun day it was hot but it was all worth it they could not fund the project so that humanitarian department which is Sharon and myself funded the project for the young men and women this is some other things that your humanitarian money goes to when you send it with your fast offerings

this is another latrine that we dedicated last week the lady in the center is the governor of the city

 

 Sharon says this is my new girl friend she is over the water committee

this is when we was starting to complete the new well . On your left this is the opening of the new well two weeks later

 these four pictures are of our helping babies breathe program  the doctors from United States trained midwives and nurses how to get newborn babies to take a breath when they're born. They said 10% of all babies all over the world have to be helped to take their first breath most of them die in these third world countries so they are here to train these people there was 45 people that got trained all over the country they will go home with these kits that they can train other midwives and nurses to get babies to take the first breath of life the kits are the ones you see on the bottom right they brought over over 300 of these kitsI have a have a doll in them with all the other tools they need to get the baby breathing and each one of them have committed to train 10 to 20 other midwives