We have arrived in Liberia and are currently near Monrovia. We were warmly greeted by the children as soon as we entered the campus. We are happy to be here!
A group picture of all the children. Everyone in VBS. We loved the past 2 weeks! Throughout the VBS days, the children worked on designing a quilt square. Each square attached to each other through buttons. The quilt showed unity. The quilt being attached to a wall in the boys dormitory. Pastor Bob presented Hope and Care Executive Director Linda Kurtz with an elephant mask. An endearing name given to Linda by the Liberian people is elephant because she, like an elephant, plows through any obstacles.
Going to the airport is a big deal for the kids, but there's not room for all 70 kids. So, it is a tradition at the orphanage that when someone leaves to go to the airport, a heads and tails game is played, where the winner gets to go to the airport. Our team with Linda, of Hope and Care, at the Monrovia airport. We arrived safely in America Saturday night. Linda makes multiple trips to Liberia each year, as she says the need is great . Although we are no longer in Liberia, we will still add to the blog until the end of this month. The team members will present about our journey to our church on Sunday, July 23rd.
On Monday afternoon, the team visited a beach near Monrovia. We had dinner outside overlooking the Atlantic Ocean. It was nice seeing the Atlantic from the other side.