well, I am just 2 hours from setting off back to the UK for just a 6 day visit to be bridesmaid at my sisters wedding so I thought I'd fill you in on my weekend antics.
It has been a busy weekend with two of my closest friends having birthdays. We started Thursday night by decorating my frined Claire's door and floor with balloons and happy birthday signs. The next day we had mid morning tea party for her, then dinner on the dock, followed by a barbeque to melt marshmallows and have chocolate digestives with them (AKA: 'Smores') - very yummy! The life of a missionary huh...
That evening we celebreated Claire's and Hannah's birthday going to a restaurant and having sushi and chocolate fondu. This place called the 'Living Room' made us all feel like we were somewhere out of Liberia...however the pencil used as the 'roller' inside the toilet roll holder in the bathroom did remind me where we actually were! A group of 12 of us went and had a great time just enjoying being off ship.
Sunday I went to an awesome church which is in the process of being passed over from the American founding pastor to the local Liberian pastor. His sermon was really amazing, and so encouraging. It is quite an international church in that many other west Africans attend and a few from NGO's but it was really refreshing to be there!
In the afternoon we were spoiled again and went to a farm an hours drive from us. We went and saw crocodiles, emu's and best of all, monkeys! They just appeared from nowhere bouding up the road and leapt up into our arms for a cuddle. It was just like holding a baby...if a little more surreal! We finished the visit off by leaping into the pool at the small restaurant at the farm. It was so nice to not be in sea that you had to spend all your concentrationon staying upright because of huge waves. It has been a lovely but exhausting weekend so i hope I'll be tired enough to sleep on the plane...more soon!
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