This is still John's father. John now has two cell phone numbers. Try the original one first - 011-224-65-239942. If that does not work, try 011-224-62-062580. He just has one phone, but can swap sim cards depending on which one gets better service. Sundays between 11 and 3 EST are still good times to call him. We use calling cards that we got at CostCo, which means we are paying between thirty-five and forty cents per minute.
Things seem to have settled down. They are still in stand fast mode, which seems to mean they can't move about and are supposed to stay prepared to evacuate. He hopes that since they were not able to go to Conakry on Christmas Day, they might get there on New Year's Day. That would mean he would have access to email - and a hot shower.
We learned how he does his laundry. It involves a trip to the well on Sunday mornings and three buckets. Basically it is a wash cycle followed by a rinse cycle and a second rinse cycle.
Food consists of rice and beans, rice with something like spinach sauce, fresh bread with peanut butter or mayonnaise, egg sandwiches, black-eyed pea sandwiches, oranges, and bananas. As best we can tell, everything seems to cost about twenty cents. He will correct me if I am wrong.
