Tuesday February 6th

Today actually seemed more relaxing than yesterday. My preliminary plans were to have The Bible Overview class today, but as things worked out I had only a meeting at 5:00 tonight to work through the ‘Trusting God’ book with the leadership at LCMI. All those who teach or serve were encouraged to come. It reminded me of our Discipleship Hour setting. We put chairs in a circle and my thought was we’d go through this together. Pastor Jonah was called to pick up some people at the airport so he was not planning on being in attendance. I had highlighted certain sections of the first 4-5 chapters with plans to push through that far. For those that watched Pastor Dave go through this book in 12 weeks you can understand why I just got into chapter 2 by cutting through chapter 1 and touching chapter 2 in 1 hour and 45 minutes. It was a great discussion and I especially appreciated the challenges as I encouraged them to look to the Bible for verification. We ended on a great understanding and awe of the sovereignty of God even when life hurts. Many were thinking that all good comes from God, but it was hard to imagine God in the bad things. That is why Trusting God is a great book to work through and not just a glib saying. I look forward to further study on Thursday with the leadership.

Prior to our meeting I started the day with quite a smorgasbord of food.

They are taking great care of me.

For lunch I had GB which is a traditional Liberian dish.

I only ate about half of what they served. Tonight I declined supper and the rest of the cake I bought from Princess and some popcorn they had also made for breakfast.

I also had fun playing with Snapchat with the kids here today. They would get so embarrassed at their faces with dog ears on or looking like an ‘Oma’ (grandma). Watching their reactions was more enjoyable than the pictures themselves.

Here is Daniel being a good sport and not hiding when he saw the picture.

Now maybe you can understand their embarrassment. I have a great friendship with these young men over here. I get teased by them and I tease them right back.

I look forward again to tomorrow and I appreciate all who take time out to pray for God’s leading while I’m here in Liberia.