Day 13

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.