Arrived in Yekepa

It’s been a long day as it began like a normal Sunday over here. We woke up, had our breakfast and then made sure we were packed for our trip to Yekepa. We plan on today as the travel day, stay for Monday and Tuesday and leave Wednesday for Saclapea from the orphanage. We will stay one night in Saclapea with Emmanuel’s Uncle Dennis, a Pastor in Saclapea.

We had a great day at Sunday school and the service that followed. It was the last time I will preach in Liberia on this trip. Time to start planning the next trip and my next sermons. I really enjoyed serving in this manner.

After church we had a lunch of palm butter soup over rice with cucumbers and pineapple. It was very good. We got on the road by around 2:15 p.m. local time. We had a few stops on the way, but far shorter than I’ve experienced before since we left late and Wintee was worried with us traveling the last part of the trip with the roads the worst, in the dark.

We arrived around 9:00 p.m. local time. We were able to visit with the children a little, but with it being dark and late it is harder. They fed us when we arrived as they always do and we are so thankful. We will see them tomorrow as we look forward to looking around again. Mamma Betty received us with hugs all around. It is so nice to see her again. While I was talking with her and she was asking about my family I realized that the last time I ‘saw’ my father alive was on Facebook messenger video while I was here at the orphanage. Mamma Betty reminded me that she spoke with them and saw them at my last visit. That was a special moment for me, remembering speaking to Dad and Mom and showing them around the orphanage. I am so thankful for this memory as this place will always remind me of that video call.

We have the generator on tonight giving us a fan, but we feel bad as they need to watch for thieves as they would love to steal the generator again. It was stolen from here two times previous. We agree that we can go without the fans so they can secure the generator better, but they offered to have it run overnight at least for this night. We are grateful for their care.

I don’t have pictures this time as the cell coverage seems a little less and I want to make sure I can post at least the update. I’ll send pictures later.

Thanks for reading along and praying for our travels. We’ll see what adventures come tomorrow.