The team has left the city of Ganta, and traveled the 5 hour road back
to the capital city of Monrovia.  We’re sitting out on the balcony
overlooking the city, and getting ready to spend our last day and a
half together before five of us travel back, and six of us prepare to
head back north to stay for two more weeks.

Today is Liz Wood’s 19th birthday, and we intend to help her celebrate
with a little shopping, going to the beach, and having a special
dinner together at an area ocean-side restaurant. Tomorrow we will
worship with the church here in  Monrovia.  Because we were only here
for a brief overnight when we originally landed in Liberia last week,
we have not had a chance to meet most of them yet. Scott Capp will
preach the morning sermon, and there will probably be opportunity for
other team members to give testimony of what God’s been doing in their
lives.

The plan is to connect via Skype with the church family back home in
Sugar Grove, and Aurora. We can hardly wait to tell you all of the
cool things that have been going on here.  The physical work project
went much slower than we were hoping, but the spiritual and relational
opportunities abounded.  It was really cool to watch Brian Lakin, who
came focused in on digging, and building… to open up, and to begin
making friendships, sharing with the locals.  At one point he got left
behind when the construction truck left for a sand run… he headed off
down the path convinced that he knew were it was… a mile or so away
down a couple of different roads.  A new “friend” found him wandering
down the road on foot… and offered to give him lift on the back of his
motorcycle.  Brian pointed him down to road, and the two of them
proceeded to end up NOT at the sand pit, but a Christian ministry for
the “Concerned Women of Liberia” that we had visited, and toured the
day before.  Needless to say, it ended up only being a joy-ride…. As
they headed back to the campus of the L.I.C.C.  (Liberia International
Christian College) where the rest of the team awaited.