This morning didn’t start like all the other mornings, instead as we were still in our bedrooms we could hear rhythmic clapping and small voices. It wasn’t really loud, but I knew it was deliberate. I finished my reading and came out of my bedroom to find Renee saying they wanted us to go downstairs. Leo came out about the same time and we all came down the circular stairs where there were probably 20, mainly very young faces. Renee and I went to sit on the couch with children all around at our feet and Leo stayed midway down the circular stairs. None of us had our phones along and truthfully I’m glad we simply experienced this tender scene of quiet singing followed by testimonies from mainly the younger children. At first there was leading in prayer of thanksgiving for something. When the younger ones talk in the Liberian dialect of English and colloqua, you have to kind of guess what they say. Some are easier to understand than others. Many simply stood up stating that ‘they are thankful to God for…’ with reference to the ‘team’ or something like that. We were moved by their genuine confession of thankfulness towards us. Some would stand up and simply quote a Bible verse. This was followed by wishes of safe travel and reunion with our families. Emmanuel came out and sat beside Renee and me and he led things through from there. We ended, after many kind words, with a prayer for our travels. We dispersed and headed back upstairs. Renee and I enjoyed an omelette with onions and cut up tomato slices along with our coffee. Leo is still nursing an upset stomach so he skipped the breakfast. Thankfully he’s feeling better now.

As I sit here in the airport with Renee and Leo, we feel a special bond as together we were loved and cared for by people across the ocean, over 5000 miles from our homes. The day would pass too soon and yet take forever. I packed my suitcases to be ready, but I wasn’t going to complete until I had my shower and could finalize my packing. I believe Renee was ready 2 days ago, not because she was anxious to go, but she plans better than I do. Leo lives an easy life and for him to get ready to go took probably 5-10 minutes.

Since Leo wasn’t feeling up to walking today I went for a walk by myself. I came upon a girls kickball game and I watched an inning of them playing. The green team scored many during the inning, while the white team went scoreless in that inning.

As I walked around I heard the occasional, ‘Dr. Robin’ called out to me, letting me know that they recognized me from LCMI church. It was fun to hear this.

When I returned to the yard, I sat outside and visited with many. One past friend stopped by to greet me and headed back out.

I decided to head upstairs where I found Renee sleeping by a fan on the couch. I didn’t disturb her as I headed to my room to shower and finish packing. Leo was downstairs showing pictures to the children.

When I cleaned up and packed, I came out to see Meko talking to Renee, sad that we were soon leaving. This would be hard for all of us. many tears began to flow as the time drew nearer. Before we headed downstairs to pack the car Titus and Mercy stopped by to say goodbye as well. They shared some gifts with us and even brought Renee some fried plantains for a last taste before leaving.

It wasn’t long and we headed downstairs, carrying our 5 bags and 3 backpacks. We left 3 empty suitcases for them to use since we didn’t need any room for our things.

Once downstairs, the car was packed pretty quickly with long faces all around. I took advantage of this to request to sing a song with them. Matthias got out the keyboard and started to play ‘I’ll Fly Away’, a song I was able to teach them 14 years ago. They know mostly the chorus, but it was fun to sing with them.

Such a sweet time.

We will be boarding our plane now so I’ll finish up. So thankful that we’ve been able to travel this road together.

Let me first start with the fact that we are exhausted. So much that I even looked up synonyms. This list may explain how we (or at least I feel).

all in, aweary [archaic], beat,beaten, bleary, burned-out (orburnt-out), bushed, dead, done,drained, fatigued, jaded,knackered [British], limp, logy (alsologgy), played out, pooped [slang],prostrate, spent, tapped out,tired, tuckered (out), washed-out,wearied, weary, wiped out, worn,worn-out

Any, or all of these define tonight. We had a great day, with another trip into town to gather information on internet and what is available to both Emmanuel and Titus. We gathered good information and possibly it is something that can be acted upon in the future. Along with the trip into town, we had the party this afternoon. I’ll get to that in a bit.

After breakfast (very sweet cinnamon rolls) and coffee, Leo and I decided to go for a walk before we headed into town. We walked past the school and the new church. This is one that was started at the foundation level 14 years ago on our first trip. I know I’ve shared pictures in my past trips, and the project has stalled a bit as the next phase is the roof. This is being worked on a little at a time. Emmanuel has contracted a welder who makes metal truss rafters and as they have enough money, they try to pay towards another truss. This is a large building, as you can see.

Leo and I looked around more at the structure and then headed out further for our walk. We heard many times where people recognized us and called out. That is always a good feeling. Every bit of scenery that we see has its own story. Here are a few people we encountered.

We finished our walk, I had time for a shower and afterwards we headed out at 10:00. We didn’t need too much, but the trip to the store regarding Internet was way downtown. The trip took us 3 hours, but we’ve come to expect things like that. We picked up everything we needed and got home in time to eat lunch after 1:00 PM, knowing the party would start around 4:00. We know this is Liberia, so we didn’t expect to eat right at 4:00. Leo and Renee took a little rest and I sat down in the yard to visit. I was able to go and see the WOP ladies working on our meal for the party.

Now it is time for the party to begin. Titus and his family arrive and we all sit down for a fun program with dancing, singing, and laughing.

The party went till about 7:00 with sitting around and talking till we all came up to bed. That will be enjoyable tonight.

Each day brings so many memories and things to share and I only seem to cover a few of them. Today will be no different. We started the day with farina (cream of wheat) for breakfast. This along with a muffin and coffee was a good start to our day. Our plans were to head to the beach at ELWA (missionary compound) where we could swim privately. Renee, Leo, Emmanuel, Wintee, Meko, Princess and I headed out to the beach just after 10:00 AM. We arrived as the heat of the day was starting to set in, so it was a great time to begin swimming. Little did we know that our 4 friends that accompanied us had never really ‘swam’ in the ocean. What a good time it was helping them to get used to the water and the mild waves that caused a little bit of apprehension.

As we left the beach I went ahead to get the car. We left it at the guesthouse we stayed the first time we came to Liberia. Those who traveled may remember this house.

We left the beach well exercised and well burned. Renee and I got the worst of it. We feel it tonight, but we’ve been sunburned worse before. We hope it cools down by tomorrow.

We came home to cabbage soup over rice. It was good after our beach excursion.

Shortly after lunch I took a cool shower to settle the burn and then we were off to Red Light to shop for tomorrow. We plan to have a family party tomorrow afternoon with Titus and his family invited. Mother Wintee had her list so I headed out with her, Philip, Meko, Princess and Elizabeth. This trip to Red Light was to shop for food, so it was different than when Leo and I went there to buy fabric. Here are a few pictures.

The last thing we wanted to do was to pick up a mattress for Princess. She has been sleeping on a little pad on the concrete floor, so we headed there. Of course Red Light has this too. After we purchased the mattress Philip went to secure a delivery to Emmanuel’s home. I came outside and what do I see. I told the shop owner this is crazy and he simply laughed at me. This too is Liberia.

Of course when I returned I found Leo out watering the plants. They will miss him when he leaves.

Now, Leo and I are eating a little something before bed and Renee already went to sleep. The beach does tire you out. We look forward to the party tomorrow afternoon.

We are winding down in our trip with less responsibilities and more time to simply build our friendships. This is a good time in our trip. Today was a good day to enjoy all the people that have made our stay enjoyable.

We are really enjoying our morning breakfast with each other. We have time to reflect on the past day and look forward to what is happening today. Today is also a holiday here in Liberia. It is Armed Forces Day, honoring all who served and sacrificed in the Armed Forces of Liberia (AFL). Schools are closed and the markets are closed somewhat. A reminder that everyone here sells something, and that continues regardless of holidays.

After visiting over breakfast and taking our time getting going, Leo and I went for a walk while Renee decided to go through everything in her suitcase and to plan for packing to leave on Saturday. I’ll do this Saturday afternoon 🤓.

While on our walk we ran into a gentleman busy working. What we saw him doing affected me on my first trip here as Leo understood once he saw this himself. When you think your life is difficult, or your job is too hard, look at this picture.

We were humbled by his work ethic as he continued to smash rocks after we left. This will stay in our minds long after we leave.

We walked for awhile further, saw the end of a local football (soccer) game that ended in a 2-2 draw and walked back to Emmanuel’s home. By now the heat of the day was upon us. That didn’t mean nothing would be done. The questions were being asked, when would Leo make the blondie that Emmanuel spoke so highly about. It was decided that after a lunch of palm butter with chicken, kissmeat (spiny snails) and fried beef skin, that Leo would show how this was made. By the way, I couldn’t talk Leo or Renee into trying the kissmeat. I tried one, just to say I did. Renee gave some of the beef skin a try.

After lunch Leo planned to begin the blondie, with Philip, Meko and Princess watching to see how this was made. They were interested in what he was doing in the hopes that some day they could make it themselves. I’ll include the following pictures to tell the story of Leo’s work.

I almost forgot, I was asked to fill in and lead the Wednesday Bible study this afternoon. Luckily I could use my sermon at Pastor Titus’s church as talking points tonight. Since it was a holiday there were only 7 of us at the service.

Tomorrow is beach day. We invited Philip, Meko and Princess along. They have been so graciously serving us during our stay we want them to come along as we enjoy the cool water. By the way, none of them can swim so they won’t be going in too deep. Emmanuel won’t be going in at all. He says he doesn’t like the water. We’ll be sure to get some pictures of our trek. We may shop for our Friday party that I’ll tell you more about in the future.

As I finish (10:15 PM), there is a house yard a couple of houses down having some type of church healing service. They keep it going pretty long. This is the third night. I pray not too many people don’t attend because they aren’t following the Bible with any of their activities. It is Liberian style to play music very loud and talk close to the mic, making everything sound muffled. They do that well though. Music stopped after I finished writing the above paragraph. Looks like sleep will be easier.

Another day is done here in Liberia. It was less hot today, but humidity always is high. As I think about our time here, I think about how back home we live with the cold and don’t think about it so much because we know it is there day by day. Much like our experience, everyone here knows it is hot and humid each day and they simply accept it. For us, not used to this weather, it takes its toll and wears us down faster. That is why it was nice to have a little break in the heat.

Our plans for the day began with breakfast and talk of our upcoming kaekae ride. This was planned for 10:00 AM and just after 9:00 we saw a kaekae waiting already. We all got cleaned up and headed across the road before 10:00. We weren’t sure what to expect for cost, but like everything else in Liberia this led to disagreement and loud discussion that, once it gets going, I can only understand a portion of the conversation. Mother Wintee led the initial discussion where each driver wanted $40 to carry us to the Exclusive Super Store, Walmart style. It is about 4-5 miles away. This price was not acceptable to Mother, and she let them know. She offered them $20 each and they weren’t happy with her. It seemed like a sticking point was that they came early and because of this they were missing their whole day of driving. I listened for a bit and then I started to argue with them telling them we asked you for 10:00, if you come early, that is on you. I’m sure they wondered about this big white man arguing with them. I knew we were being taken advantage of, but I offered $25 each and I held my hand out to shake. Liberians respect their handshake very much. They both shook my hand and we boarded for our trip. Incidentally, I was speaking to Emmanuel’s brother, Reuben about this later and he said they were probably celebrating all day over that one. We did have a good safe ride and we even bought them an ice cream at the store as a treat. Here are a few pictures from our ride.

Once at the store we were able to find everything we needed for the blondie. Leo will make this tomorrow with Philip. That will be fun for Philip, and Leo.

We made it back in one piece and Renee even said she had fun on the ride. We paid the drivers and that trip was completed.

Leo still had the 4:00 PM meeting with the guys across the road. We ate our lunch, okra soup over rice and fresh pineapple. That was from Renee’s purchase yesterday. It was so good, like candy. we were fine in enough time to relax for an hour or so before the meeting that we didn’t know what to expect.

Just before 4:00, we headed across the road and there were chairs being brought over and surprisingly there were many people coming to sit and listen. The moderator started by welcoming all and then Leo began sharing the Gospel and his thoughts about what he believes. The idea of the day was to have a few comments and then questions so a discussion would flow. It was very interesting. We had one gentleman that considered going to a mosque, but he knew the Bible well enough that he couldn’t get himself to go. We encouraged him to just Emmanuel’s church. Emmanuel came over about halfway through and aided in the discussion. Liberians love to have deep discussions and this one was so interesting to see the interest in our thoughts on the Bible and why we think the Bible is the true way. This invite came because Leo took the time to get to know some of them and anytime they’d see Leo eating on the porch or walking by, you’d hear them call out to him. His used Leo’s friendly manner to lead to a deep discussion on the Bible with the clear testimony of salvation proclaimed. After we finished, thru said they hope to continue these discussions in the future and that anytime we are around they hope we will join them. They want to have a safe place to play checkers, discuss politics and religion and hopefully learn things. They want to keep out all drinking and anything that will detract from clear headed discussion. Emmanuel presented Bibles to them with some muffins and water yo share. They were all invited to join LCMI church with the promise that Emmanuel would pursue further interactions with the group. Here’s a few pictures of the meeting.

After the meeting I watched the girls (formerly from the orphanage) working on a rug with the loom built by Leo.

The girls were working all afternoon on this. They got quite far. Another WOP idea for them to make things using scraps, that they can sell. Earlier, while they worked I put on a couple shows on my iPad for the kids to watch. Madagascar and The Lion King. they loved watching these movies.

Leo had Aloysius stop by do they both went to work watering the gardens.

Now, it is after 10:00 PM and time for some sleep. It was a good day.

As I start to write this post I am sitting in an Internet cafe run by a lady named Korpo Woiwor. She is a friend of Emmanuel’s and he trusts her to fill out paperwork for him. It is almost 9:00 PM local time. Korpo was working on his papers when LEC went out. I stood out on the 2nd floor balcony and watched as the city kept going. The stoplights quit, but they don’t always mean much in Liberia anyway. At least not around the busy intersections (junctions, as they call them). Just before LEC went out I took a short video. I watched as lights came back on as businesses started generators to get their lights working. Across the road on a big screen in a bar/restaurant of sorts, I noticed a soccer game being broadcast. This is all off generator at this point. Either that or they had to switch to solar if they have this with the batteries charged.

Well, Korpo had to wait for fuel to arrive for her generator putting her back to work. This doesn’t phase Liberians, as this is an almost daily occurrence. She is finishing up some documents for Emmanuel, an updated visa application for Emmanuel and Wintee, so if they can work things out they will again travel to America. He just wants it available in case the opportunity arises. The new visas are for 3 years, which make things so much easier if you can get one.

Our day began with a cooler feel to the day and the humidity seemed down just a bit. We had spaghetti and hotdogs with some scrambled eggs placed on top. It was pretty good.

After breakfast Leo and I decided to go for a walk and we went quite a ways. We took many pictures along the way. Occasionally people will get angry and say we should pay for the pictures. We explain they are for our personal use and we are not influencers trying to make money off these images. Most are okay with us then.

When we were leaving on our walk a group of men Leo got to know called him over. They wanted to invite him (and now I’m included) to a discussion about Christ tomorrow at 4:00 PM. We aren’t sure what that will be like since they don’t attend Emmanuel’s church, even though they sell across the road from it. It will be interesting. We accepted and we asked them to plan a couple of kaekaes for us to ride tomorrow. We told them to have them arrive by 10:00 AM. We’ll see how these plans work out. The kaekae is a 3 wheeled (small wheels) motorized vehicle used as a taxi. Renee didn’t want to ride in one, but Mother Wintee said she’d go with Renee so they, along with Leo and me will go for a ride tomorrow. We want to go to their Walmart type store called the Exclusive. We want to find ingredients for a blond brownie that Applebees used to serve with a maple glaze over the top. Emmanuel loved it in the states and Leo has Patty’s recipe so he is going to give it a shot with the coal oven tomorrow. I’ll have a report on how this turns out.

When we got back from our walk Emmanuel wanted to check his new car out for a problem, and there was some shopping needed for Wintee and Meko. Anytime you go to ‘town’ it is interesting. Emmanuel left early on a motorbike taxi and Philip drove me, Renee, Wintee and Meko, first of all to find Emmanuel and then on to the stores. Meko planned to buy a ‘DK bag‘ (colloqua for a bundle of used clothing from another country that they buy, breakdown and sell in pieces). They are a good size and they sell for $100-$200 US dollars. They have three grades of quality that determines the price. Meko bought a bundle of women’s underwear that she will breakdown and sell. I was at the house when she opened the bundle. That’s a lot of underwear! She said they sell for $100-200 LD (Liberian dollar currently exchanging at 182/1 US dollar).

Well, we got the car checked (looks like it will be fine), the DK bags (Wintee bought one of men’s white shirts) and Renee bought some pineapple and limes from a street vendor and we headed back. They too have rush hour traffic and things move slowly. We got home about 5:00 PM and had our kidney beans soup over rice with fresh pineapple and some lime squeezed in the water. Leo did a lot of reading while we were gone.

After eating and waiting for the sun to cool down, Leo headed out to water his gardens while Renee and I watched the bake of underwear get opened. They just started to dig into the pile when Emmanuel said he wanted me to go with him to the Internet cafe. We arrived here before 7:00 and now it is after 9:30 as I wait for them to finish.

I’ll add pictures another time as the cell network isn’t so good here. I’ll try to post this update as written. Thanks for following.

Today is our third Sunday in Liberia. We are all so blessed to be able to be here and visiting with our friends. The morning started like most days with breakfast, oatmeal today, and coffee. Because we were visiting another one of CBC’s missionaries, Pastor Titus Namen, we were going to travel to the church. The church is about a 30 minute drive from Emmanuel’s home. Titus Pastor’s the United Liberian Inland Church in the Sinkor community. He’s been at this church since October of 2024. This congregation is new to all of us from CBC. It was good to meet the people from this church. Here are a few pictures of our visit to their church as well as a short video of the choir. Reminded me of the movie ’Sister Act’.

After the service we headed outside and Renee said she was a little tired, so we made plans to drop her off at Emmanuel’s home so she could rest and Leo and I would got to Titus and Mercy’s for lunch. We were able to get a picture before we headed out.

We got back to Emmanuel’s, Renee went to lie down and I changed into shorts and flip flops. We then headed to Titus’s home. Leo and I enjoyed a lunch with them and we got a few pictures from around their home.

We then decided to stop and visit a friend we’ve known for 10 years. Elizabeth Mulbah has a home close to Titus and Mercy. She is trying to make things work, but life is pretty hard sometimes. She would like to build a home someday. She said for $8000 she could build. We pray along with her for something to work out someday. Elizabeth is a mom of 8 (2 daughters live with her and one granddaughter) and a grandmother of 4.

After a short visit with Elizabeth we headed back to Emmanuel’s. Titus and Mercy followed because they wanted to see Renee. It was sweet of Mercy and Yeitoyee to stay with her awhile. It was also nice to see two of our missionaries together, visiting and catching up with each other’s life.

We awoke this morning after a much needed rest. Renee, Leo and I woke up at the guesthouse early and went to the dining area as workers came in for the day. They serve breakfast with each room, so we were the first to be served scrambled eggs, bread and pineapple. This along with a couple cups of coffee made for a great start to our day. The rooms were reasonably priced at $60/ room, except Leo and I, who shared a room, ours was $70. I forgot to take a picture, but our room had a loft with 2 twin mattresses on the floor of the loft. The stairs were a little shaky and wouldn’t pass code as they are narrow and the risers may not all match. The half wall railing in the loft was made from 2×2 size and was a little wobbly. I didn’t push on it to avoid the problem of explaining the broken wall. Overall, we all enjoyed the rooms. There was air conditioning that kept the temperature down to manageable. We also had a shower with hot water.

We sat and talked for awhile at breakfast and then Emmanuel & Wintee joined us and had their breakfast. After breakfast, Emmanuel had a young man wash the dust of the roads from the past few days off the car. Once this was done we packed up the car and headed back towards Monrovia. We had only one stop, in Kakata, where one of the ladies from the WOP chapter met us at a gas station to drop off some butter cookies, peanut cookies and banana muffins. I can say that all were good.

What did happen for me was that I received a message from Pastor Titus as the car was being washed. I didn’t check until we hit the road from Ganta. Once in the car, I noticed the message on my phone that said, ‘We need your text and title for your message tomorrow so that we place them in the bulletin’. I showed Leo and Renee the message and asked the question of them…’Did you hear Titus ask me to preach on Sunday?’ After they confirmed I did not miss this in the conversation, I chalked it up to ‘This too is Liberia’. I now had the ride to pick out a passage and a sermon title. I don’t mind. Pastor Mike reminds the Elders of the Christian maxim, ‘to be ready to preach, pray or die, within 5 minutes’. This gets lived out in Liberia often. I didn’t even mention anything of the surprise to Titus. I’m sure his assumption was matched by his assurance that he informed me. I’ll tease him after the service tomorrow. May God be glorified in my humble, rushed attempt to ‘preach, pray or die’.

On our ride home, after coming up with a passage, Job 42: 1-6 and a title, ‘God is God, We Are Not’, I sent the information to Titus and prayed over what God would lead me to say. Job’s confession tells us that he understood the sermon title in his life.

Leo and I enjoyed pointing out oddities along the road that we could catch pictures of. Leo got more than I did. I’ll share some of his and Renee’s pictures another time. I did get a couple, not so odd, but interesting to me.

I didn’t get many pictures as this was our return trip and we’d passed by this way before.

We arrived back at Emmanuel’s, greeted by so many as the long missing members of the family. It was good to get ‘home’. We had a good meal of cabbage type soup and chicken over rice. It was very good.

After the meal, I headed to my room to work on my sermon, Renee went to work on creating a rug with the homemade loom Leo built for her and Leo waited a bit for it to cool down so he could water the plants. After a few hours I felt I would be ready to ‘preach and pray’, but I’ll wait on the die thing till God arranges that for me.

We got back together on the porch for some supper and afterwards Leo headed to bed, Renee went to work on her loom and I went downstairs to visit people we hadn’t seen for a few days.

I did want to reach back into past pictures to share and add stories not related to today, but interesting nonetheless.

Tomorrow we head out for Titus’s church with Sunday School starting at 9:30. We are going to have Philip guide us there. It’s hard to tell how long it will take so I asked Philip his thoughts on when to leave. He first said, maybe 7:30, then 8:00 and finally no later than 8:30. I asked if we leave when we say, will the time estimate change? He says, ‘Oh, yea, we can leave at 9:00 AM’. I told him we will plan for 8:45. That gives us 15 minutes of Liberian time to float.

Good day for now…

It is 7:00 PM and we are riding in the car headed to Ganta…back to Ganta. Our day began in the bucolic setting in Yekepa, right across from the chapel I told you we were at just the night before listening to the choir practice.

We woke up this morning to a quick breakfast of coffee, bread and bananas. It was enough to hold us over for the beginning of our day. After breakfast we walked to chapel, listened to the choir’s ‘actual’ performance, and enjoyed a short challenge from:

2 Corinthians 5:20 ESV
Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.

This gave a mindset of sharing the gospel in all we do, and there was a lot to do.

We visited a short time after chapel and said our goodbyes as we headed out to Ganta. Of course this meant stops along the way. We stopped In Sannequellie to visit a small WOP chapter. We prayed with them and they shared a good fried dessert that we ate on our way.

Next stop was Ganta, where Mother Wintee got out of the car at a corner to walk to meet the waiting women at the Ganta chapter. The rest of us headed over to our guesthouse to drop off our bags and get back to the WOP waiting. It was decided first we would get some lunch at the guesthouse where we were assured it would be 15-20 minutes for our food. After 30+ minutes Emmanuel said Wintee was waiting for Renee, so we headed out without our munch, telling the staff we’d be back to get it.

We got Renee over to begin a day’s training and there were over 30 women and not enough material for the project planned. Emmanuel, Leo, Dennis (Emmanuel’s uncle who showed up in Ganta) and myself headed out to buy another 5 yards of black material for the backing of the project. We found some at the market and Emmanuel figured we should go and pick up the food we ordered. The only thing was they intended to serve it on their good plates. So, we sat down to eat with Dennis accepting just a coke. They forgot to prepare one of the meals, so we clarified what we needed packed up for takeout while we ate what they served. It was good food with leftovers for Dennis, but we were feeling we should get back to Renee with the fabric. We arrived just in time as she had need of it. She didn’t have time to eat what we carried, but kept on teaching the ladies. Leo helped Renee by holding the flashlight and answering what questions he could answer. I found a group of kids and had a good question and answer session with them about America. After another 1-1/2 hours we were informed the ladies at this WOP had some lunch ready for us. By now Renee was quite hungry so she took a break and all of had more to eat. I told Renee our next stop was to take a trip to Saclapea to meet another WOP chapter. We were to leave at 4:00 PM to drive the hour there to greet this chapter. Since she was already at a stopping point, she said she’d wrap it up in Ganta and we got on the road by 3:30. After the visit in Saclapea, they also served us some food…and NOW we are on the road back to Ganta. I’m not sure I’ll have coverage to upload photos, but I’ll try a few. If not, this will be the update.

We will head back to Monrovia tomorrow morning. It sounds like we may make a stop or two on the way back. That is yet to be determined.

As I end, we’ve arrived at our guesthouse. Time for a needed rest.