Chronicle for 2010-07-09

Wow! What an amazing day it has been. Customs at the airport was an interesting experience. As we were go ing through the final check point, they wanted to see what was in the 12 large boxes we had with, so the customs agent proceeded to open a box, found a couple of Nil's shirts then reached deep in the box and pulled out a bible, she smiled, closed the box and let us pass through with no more questions asked. Gos was with us.
Had dinner with The Chinchen family tonight, it was good to meet Del after hearing so much about him. Looking forward to getting to know them better over the next couple of weeks.
We are staying on the ELWA campus in a dorm house next door to the ABC residence here in Monrovia. We are right on the coast of. The Atlantic, literally 100 yard out the front door. Such an amazing sight, I took a few pictures and hope I will figure out a way to get them posted at some point.
Plans have changed a bit and rather than spend the day here tomorrow we are going to head to Yekepa around 9 am in order to get a jump start on the work we are here to do. It is about a 7 hour drive from here, so tomorrow will be another long travel day again.
The ride here from the airport was sobering. The poverty and need is beyond anything I have experienced to date and I am assuming it will not get any better as we. Head out of the city tomorrow. Makes me really think how fortunate we are to even have the things we brought with us for this trip.
Time to get some rest, did not sleep much on the plan rides, more to. Come tomorrow with our adventure to Yekepa.

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