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Papa with Gracie on a canoe on the Liberian shore.

The child LOVES the water!

We're all exhausted after too many long days and two few naps! Gracie is making great progress already with lots of TLC, although she's also developping her personality more and pushing limits! It's good to see her exploring and even challenging a little as she clearly is comfortable that we are her parents. It's clear that she will need every form of therapy available and we are excited to see how she grows and develops over the next year - surely in leaps and bounds!

She fortunately eats everything and is at the point where her meals only take an hour as we figure out what textures of foods are easiest on her. I'm still not sure if we're feeding her enough and hydrating her enough! But we'll come into it!

I am giving seminars to the nannies at the orphanage on various health topics and that is quite enjoyable, although a challenge to switch from the mode of giving talks to colleagues in the medical field to individuals in a different country who speak a different English from mine who have no medical training at all!

We are otherwise enjoying the heat, the surprise holiday yesterday (former President Tubman's birthday) and trip up country a bit to an old mine turned into a lake (one of the hottest days of our lives!!), and time with friends here. We are blessed with fantastic hosts in the guesthouse who love the Lord and provide us with many challenging spiritual conversations.

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Anonymous said…
So I guess she is feeling better, thats good. Any word on the visa? We are planning to be at the airport when you come home! I cant wait! My friends at work that runs the pool was giving me some ideas. She would love to come one day and work with us! She has had a lot of experience with this, so it will be very helpfull.
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