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Today we awoke from a good
night’s sleep to the day before the Pastors’ Conference with only a couple
of things to get accomplished. We
want to show Matt, Andre, Fanie (pronounced Farnie) and Jan (pronounced
like John but with a Y) some of Liberia. David and Gayla (I keep lumping them
together like they are married – but they are actually so much alike that
it’s more like siblings) needed some things for gifts back home and the
rest hadn’t seen Monrovia. After
that we would go to Providence Baptist for the final meeting of the Pastor’s
Committee before the conference and to make sure the electrical equipment
was working properly. At 7:00pm
tonight we’ve been invited to dinner with some other guests at the compound
and some of the LBTS board members. Seems like an easy day.
We had a breakfast of
oranges, grapefruit, bread with jam, plantains, fruit juice and hot
tea/coffee. We had time to relax and
talk, bath and get prepared for our trip into town which was scheduled at
10:00am. We left with a van and
driver from the Compound and headed into Monrovia by the scenic route. The driver gave us the tourist info on
each of the major buildings we passed until we reached the market area. There we parked and walked by some of the
shops. Elizabeth and Rebekah… I
could tell you what your mother bought you but then she’d have to kill me. The streets were crowded but not like on
the weekends. We stopped by a peanut
and spices shop to let Gayla take some photos of the colors and shapes that
artsy type people like. Then we went
to some other stores that I can’t mention without the girls know what Gayla
got them. David did some shopping as
well and is quite entertaining to watch. He’s into bargaining now and may soon
apply for his immigration permit to Liberia. (No Karen, I can’t tell you what he got
you either.)
Finally the girls got tired
of shopping and we went to Providence Baptist. They have an internet café but it will not
let me upload files to the website (I’m doing this one at the Baptist
Compound which I just learned tonight had internet access).
The meeting started at Providence and we enjoyed introducing the Crown – Africa team to the Pastors’ Committee. The Crown guys were impressed just as
Gayla, Dave and I had been. Everything
looks good for the conference with only some last minute checks to make
sure the sound system and projector was working together. We finished up around 4:00pm and headed
back to the Compound where we lounged around in the heat (it’s starting
into the dry season here) until time for the evening meal. There was a total of 24 people at the
dinner and Lincoln
had prepared a salad, spaghetti and bread for the meal. We also enjoyed chocolate cupcakes for
dessert. It was funny watching how
much Gayla and Dave enjoyed the meal.
I haven’t experienced it the past two trips but the first two times
I was here I began to crave any meal American about 3-4 days before I flew
home. They were both so excited to
see what would have been a fairly normal meal back home. You would have thought that they were
eating steak.
The meal finished and I’m
sending in the latest of the updates before bed (It’s 11:00pm here now). Sorry for not getting more pictures up
quicker but the internet situation has been horrible. I hope to get some up of the conference
tomorrow night.
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