Christmas in Liberia



The following pictures and captions are courtesy of http://berrettsinliberia.blogspot.com. We (Spencer's family) are so grateful for the service and love they show not only to the Liberians but also our missionaries! We learn so much about the area and missionary work in Liberia by following their blog. Elder Fairwell raves about how wonderful the Berretts are! A HUGE THANK YOU to the Berretts from the Fairwell Family for all they do!

Vendors walk between the cars selling anything from boxes of kleenex, windshield wipers, dog leashes - which is interesting because I've never seen anyone here walk a dog - to water, or as they say 'wata', in sachets - which are like sandwich sized plastic bags filled with water.
Look down this row of cars and you can see 3 different vendors. They really have to watch the traffic and lights so that they can get back to the side of the road when the light turns green.


Why you can even buy a Christmas tree - already decorated - while you sit in you car at a red light.  Talk about convenient!  Who wouldn't want one of these beautifully decorated trees?  This could really make Christmas shopping so much easier - you could do it all from the convenience of your car.

 Liberian children don't need fancy toys to play with.  They can make cars they pull around on a string, from an empty oil can for the body and 4 small cans for the wheels.

Any patch of dirt can be a football (soccer) pitch and that you don't even need shoes to play or a ball with air in it.

 

  You can go to church in the humblest of circumstances, like in our Logan Town Branch, and still feel the spirit.  

 



New Kru Town and Point 4 Districts at Zone Conference

Front - Sisters Iwenofu, Addo, Nyamekye, Okeke

Back - Elders Pearmain, Fairwell, Price, Manqana



AND A BIG THANK YOU TO….

Elders Fairwell and Pearmain for the wonderful banana bread they made for us.  It really was good!  Can you see on the wrapping paper where they've written 'Mice Keep Out'? We're glad the mice could read and we were able to enjoy the bread instead of them.

 



Elders in the Logan Town apartments hung their stockings with care. 

Dear Missionary Moms - This is such a great picture of the whole Logan Town Zone on Christmas morning as they gathered around the 'tree'.  I just had to send it on.  Hope you had a Merry Christmas.  I know these missionaries did!

~Sister Berrett