Out of the Palmgrove gate, to the left, there lives a small family of four. Gabriel, the father, with his wife and two small children. The young mother suddenly passed away. Gabriel had her embalmed and lying in the house for 4 months, as he had no Naira to bury her. To get Naira, the poor man sold some of his land to Palmgrove. He then had to use most of that money for the funeral. The immediate relatives of the deceased have to feed all kinds of extended family till, during and after the burial. Our men, Okon Sampson, Goddy, and Joseph went o....

Our security is trying to make a name for themselves. They will not be tampered with, they will seriously guard this place. They're a group of nice young men. But now, I'll tell you the rest of the story.

Four young men on their way home from selling palmfruit, drove by our gate on a motorcycle in the evening. The security stopped and questioned them. One young boy that none of us really knew, was there visiting with Jeremiah. He accused one of those men of trying to rob him a few weeks earlier. Our security had them lying on the ground in n....

Have you ever wondered what manna tasted like? It was found like dew on the ground, every morning when the children of Israel were going through the desert towards the promised land. Well, in the months of June, July and August, here in West Africa, they have something that can be found ever so often, covering the ground in the morning. They refer to it as manna, in their language it's called 'nua'.

The children....

Palmgrove has a few small enterprises that are beginning to bring in money, not much though, but it's still better then nothing. The Palmgrove construction crew are out almost every day, doing work with the loader and grader. At this time of the year it's often raining, so at times they have to wait a few days for the ground to dry. They really need someone to teach them how to use the equipment properly, they keep misusing it, getting flat tires and m....

This is an entry that a lot of you have been waiting for. I don't really know where to start with this post, there are so many good fruits in this tropical part of God's creation. Something that I find strange is, almost all the fruits around here are green when they're ripe. Everything from oranges, grapefruits, mangoes, coconut, banana, plantain, pumpkin, etc. If it's ready, it's green, not like the different colours that we get back home.

Avocodes are grapefruit sized fruit, with a large nut in the middle. I've never had any  before comi....