January 16, 1942
It was siesta hour, and most of my roommates were in their cubicles, a space large enough to hold a bed or mattress and various… Read More »January 16, 1942
It was siesta hour, and most of my roommates were in their cubicles, a space large enough to hold a bed or mattress and various… Read More »January 16, 1942
By ten o’clock there were close to 150 of us in front of the main building ready to go. We waited. We waited. We waited.… Read More »Thurs. Jan. 15/42
The bedbugs in our native beds continued to fatten and multiply, and our nights became more sleepless and uncomfortable. As soon as the insecticide squad… Read More »January 15, 1942
There was a notice on the board this afternoon saying that all missionaries are to be packed up by ten a.m. tomorrow ready to be… Read More »Wed. Jan. 14/42
Willie has a job helping prepare food in the Red Cross kitchen for the children. Cecil is on the clean-up gang at the annex. Leo… Read More »Tues. Jan. 13/42
Nothing different today! More people coming in, and a very few getting out due to old age, sickness, etc. Mothers with babies less than a… Read More »Mon. Jan. 12/42
The long wide road from the Big House to the front gate led to the outside world. Tall and shady acacia trees lined each side… Read More »January 12, 1942
There was too much confusion to try to have a Meeting, and we were told that private meetings were taboo anyway. I was put on… Read More »Sun. Jan. 11/42
There was a steady trek of people trying to get near the Commandant’s office in order to be pronounced unfit for concentration life, and fortunately… Read More »January 11, 1942