Fred-n-Tracy Together

Transportation pictures! Pick your favorite! The one is a ferry across a major river!

Email for week of September 22   Dear Friends and Family     We hope you all are well. Elder Thacker and I are adjusting to life in Sierra Leone.  There are still many surprises we see that make us laugh or contemplate.  Our internet and cell service is always a challenge so we find it hard to email.  We have to find the perfect time in between the electrical power going out, and not enough power with the generator, or between our travels where there is no cell service in many parts of the country we travel and stay in.  So forgive our many Facebook posts.  That seems the best way to share our experiences with you all.   We love working with the Jr. missionaries.  They are so enjoyable and remarkable.  I have witnessed the miracle and gift of tongues that these missionaries have.  In Sierra Leone, there are many different tribes with their own languages.  Most people speak their own language, at least 1 other tribe's langu...

  Email for the Week and pictures     Dear Friends and Family, Added to our blog if you are interested:  https:// fredtracyhappyinlife.blogspot. com/    I can't speak for Elder Thacker, but for me at the end of the week my perspective of things has shifted.  It's like my eyes are being opened and instead of just poverty, filth, and crazy picture worthy happenings, it seems that I am recognizing the beauty around me.  I see the beautiful palm trees and banana trees surrounded by red clay packed roads.  Those two colors are striking together.  I see the bright colors on all of the people and see them as beautiful people. Elder Thacker and I both have commented on how beautiful bright yellow looks on their black skin.  I stand in awe with the heavy loads that children and women carry on their heads.  I also see how the little children have chores and help in their families.  This week we were out very early.  We saw a li...

National Sierra Leone Service Day   We had an amazing opportunity to participate in a Service Activity that will forever change my thinking about construction work.       As a preface, we have a home group (a place where members meet on Sunday to worship and hold church when they are not a big enough congregation to form a branch.)  These home groups work under the keys of the Branch President in the area.  These home groups are formed because the distance it too far and too costly to transport to the main branch.  There is 1 particular home group that is allowed graciously to meet in a school house without charge.  Our home group is growing out of the school and so are the children attending the school.  The school wanted to add and addition to their building.  The school owners had already built the walls, but they were out of funds to finish the cement floor, some roofing, doors, and windows.  Our valiant missionaries seen a...