Jenny’s Birthday

Birthdays over here are a big deal. I remember when Bobbi was over here for her birthday and the care the Liberian people show when you celebrate your birthday is special. Jenny’s was no different in their care of here. She was given two cards, the first from the Jonah family with everyone signing it and she was to read this before 8:00 a.m. and another from the LCMI school to read before 9:00 a.m. Just before 8:00, having gotten all ready and reading the first card she came out to the living room with a chorus of the family singing Happy Birthday to You. Wintee had made this cake and decorated it after we went to bed last night.

The candles on the cake were even fireworks as everyone cheered when they went off.

It was very sweet. Of course there was another special song planned as a group of children from the school came down and sang to her again around 9:00. They really want to celebrate with someone when it is their birthday.

After all the fun and singing Emmanuel wanted to take all of us to Liberia Baptist Seminary. One of his sons, Cyrus, is applying there and they needed to pick up his registration papers. He will take an entrance exam and pray for the funds to be able to go. Cyrus along with another boy Chirlon from the church want to attend there.

When we arrived we met the new president of LBS and he gave us a tour of their campus. It is not a big college now. It was bigger before their civil war, but everything was bigger or better before the war devastated so much. They are still trying to build everything back up. The college has from 120-150 students now with the need for 200 to break even with their expenses. Here are a couple pictures of their campus.

These are the girls dorms. The school is on break until March so the students are gone now. It was good to meet the president and speak to him about the challenges of running a school when the students are all having a hard time with the funds.

The cost for students to attend and stay in the dorms is about $600.00 / semester and the food plan with the cafeteria on campus is about another $200.00 / semester for a grand total of $1,600.00 per year. For most in Liberia they can only pray for a scholarship of sorts or a sponsor. So, if anyone is interested in learning more about how to help, just let me know. If you’re interested in being a teacher for a couple weeks in the semester, again let me know. They work with short term missions to teach like this a little.

They are located right on the ocean. It is a beautiful campus.

After our visit to the campus Emmanuel wanted to treat Jenny to a special meal at an oceanside restaurant.

It was a beautiful setting and we had a good meal also. Although, our meals at the Jonah home have been great all along.

We came home afterward and rested until prayer meeting. Mike found out that Emmanuel will plug you in if you show any willingness to help as he was able to do the lesson time for prayer meeting. After prayer meeting we had a light supper and of course more cake.

It was a fun day.

Of course Jenny had time for Esther and her sister in the morning.

I suspect they will be back tomorrow morning as well.