Happy Mother's Day! It is Sunday which means we spent much of the day at Jay's house of worship, the New Georgia Baptist Church. For the first half of our visit, we took in the service, sitting in the front pews. The choir sang, the pastor sermonized, announcements were made, a plea was made for donations. It was a great experience. As new guests of the church, Tim, LouElla and I stood up and were introduced to the congregation. Lou was not looking forward to this, Jay told her it was coming. But at the right time, in her colorful African dress, she stood and graciously introduced herself to the room.
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| New Georgia Baptist Church before services |
The second half of the day was Sunday School. The younger children gathered in a room in a side building for songs and stories. The older children gathered in an adjoining room. Their teacher was Jay. His was a very well done sermon on learning, education, Study Technology and their future. He wove it all together perfectly, hitting all the right notes with the youth in attendance.
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| Welcome! |
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| A tribute to mothers |
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| Choir performing. Beautiful! |
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| Sunday School for the young children |
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| Jay and his Sunday School sermon |
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Jay and the Sunday School teens
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| Sunday School chalkboard after Jay's sermon |
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| A new friend |
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| Into the classroom |
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| LouElla with new friends |
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| Friends at the entrance to the Sunday School |
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| Pretty girl, pretty dress |
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| In her Sunday best |
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| Three beautiful girls in their Sunday finest |
The boys!
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| Chalkboard in one of the empty classrooms |
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| Mothers from the congregation |
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| Two friends from church joined us at Jay's house, new friends for LouElla |
Two highlights from Jay's house
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Jay's five dogs sleeping inside the gate to his compound
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| iShower Head, Jay's bathroom |
And one for the road. This is now far and away the record holder for most Liberians in one vehicle.
Signing off from Paynesville Junction, Liberia. Keep those donations coming. We have one week left and are closing in on having the entire venture fully funded.
https://www.gofundme.com/african-literacy-project-2018
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