Sunday, November 16, 2008

Sunday - Saturday Recap

We are now sitting in the Roberts International Airport in Liberia waiting to board our plane to Abidjan, Ivory Coast and then continuing to Brussels, Belgium.  Yesterday was a great day at the dedication of the church in Unification Town or as they call it here in Liberia Smell No Taste.  The name originated in World War II when the Americans had a base there and the Liberians could smell the food from the mess hall but could not taste it.
 
The service was really great as Pastor Wilmoth preached a powerful, powerful message on the church being a House of Prayer.  It was interesting that it began to pour down rain outside and the rain made it very difficult to hear what was going on.  God did a great work anyway.  Then they fed us some fish with rice and a very good and spicy sauce that a couple of us were not brave enough to try.  At the end of the service Bro. Arnett spoke a few words on teamwork. After he was finished speaking he gave the pastor of the church his bible. The pastor was very happy to receive it and the church also gave Bro. Arnett a very beautiful white Liberian shirt.
As we headed back to the hotel there was some road construction and they redirected us off of the road onto the shoulder.  There were a lot of people which caused a traffic jam
 and we were stuck in traffic for at least an hour.  As we sat it was interesting to see how loaded the people here in Liberia load there vehicles.  There was one jeep-like SUV that was so loaded down on top of the vehicle that it was a wonder it didn't tip over.  Especially since the shoulder of the road was so bumpy and uneven.  The guys were crammed into a little Mitsubishi van and the only way it wasn't like a free sauna in there was every window in the van was open as much as it could be.  Then it began to pour so all the guys were trying to close their windows but only enough to keep us from being soaked because otherwise we would have lost a lot of weight.... in sweat at least.  The good thing was that by this time we were almost at the hotel so it wasn't for very long.

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