bowled over

"A man knows when he has found his vocation when he stops thinking about how to live and begins to live."
- Thomas Merton

Sheen's brother C's leaving do (again at the Sheep's Heid, the oldest skittle / bowling alley in the world. I have blipped before but can't find the link!! apols in a rush)

C is off to Liberia for a few years to help establish a feeding program and a school for the deaf with Mary's Meals. A fair tribe of friends and family will miss him and worry. It's not just the big headlines about drugged up child soldiers or corruption but the little things he tells us, no reliable postal service (so we can't send letters) and he needs to bring his own hair clippers to the local barbers (the shared ones could be an aids risk). He's keen to stress the positive turnaround happening (they have a female president doing good work) and is absolutely devoutly committed to doing what he can to help. He'll get some time off every 6 months and might start up a wee blog or research a book while he's out there.