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The Adventure of my Voyage

September 26, 2015 by Joel and Andi

My trip to Liberia was not without adventures, but I am thankful that they were all good adventures.  So here is a little of some of the adventures and experiences I had during the trip.

We flew into their village on a in a helicopter
We flew into their village on a in a helicopter
We flew in since there were multiple bridges broken down on the path to their village.  Make the drive not possible.
We flew in since there were multiple bridges broken down on the path to their village, making the drive not possible.
Since it was my first helicopter ride, they let me ride co pilot.
Since it was my first helicopter ride, they let me ride co pilot.
The view was amazing.  So much more green than we get in Senegal
The view was amazing. So much more green than we get in Senegal
As we came to their village the people all ran out to greed us
As we came to their village the people all ran out to greet us

Life there is really simple.  It was a good reminder of how doable simple is.  They have no refrigerator there and so what Amy cooked for lunch, we would eat again for dinner and then sometimes even again for breakfast.  The first two days we ate local food made by villagers to welcome us to town.  We got the pleasure of trying, fish, porcupine meat, bird meat, and deer meat. The food was pretty spicy, but had good flavor.

The second day there we went to meet the village chief.  He welcomed us with some cocoa beans and chili powder that we ate and “wisdom” water to drink.  I was put on the spot to say something and realized that I always had relied on Joel for such speeches.

Amy and Aaron get their water from a nearby well and walk it to their house.  For the first time since they had been in the village, there was a water shortage, and so they only unlocked the well at certain hours of the day to keep it from drying up.  The heavy rains are expected at anytime which would solve that problem.

One of the wells, though this one was dried up
One of the wells, though this one was dried up
When it rained we put out buckets to try and catch the rain and stock up on water
When it rained we put out buckets to try and catch the rain and stock up on water

One day I traveled out to Aaron and Amy’s field.  Two years back they planted rice on the field just like the villagers, however the past few years they haven’t been around enough to plant and have stuck to the veggies in their garden.  They still however had fruit trees planted and so we went out to see if anything was ripe.

The hike in the woods out their field
The hike in the woods out to their field
We stopped for a snack on the way
We stopped for a snack on the way
These were our two little helpers
These were our two little helpers
A baby pineapple
A baby pineapple
Bananas - not quite ripe
Bananas – not quite ripe
One of the tress that had fallen down that they were using for lumber
One of the tress that had fallen down that they were using for lumber

The way back to Monrovia was on my own.  However Aaron came with me out of the village to make sure I made it and to bring supplies back in.  We rode 2 motorcycles out driven by two youth from the village.  The trip out was 2 hours.  Some of the “road” had been cleaned by the villagers and was clear, other sections were being taken back by the forest.  We drove through huge puddles, soaking my feet, and across bridges that are in desperate need of repair.  However despite the youth of our drivers, I could tell that they had navigated these paths many times and got us to the airstrip safe and sound.

The motos we road into town
The motos we road into town
I then flew back on a small Samaritains Purse plane back to Monrovia to await my flight.
I then flew back on a small Samaritans Purse plane back to Monrovia to await my flight.
I got to sit co-pilot again and hear countless stories from a very experience pilot
I got to sit co-pilot again and hear countless stories from a very experience pilot

In Monrovia, I stayed with a family who had been in Liberia during the war.  She had quite the stories to tell from the past 10 years.  The airport in Liberia was small – to say the least.  There were no computers there that I could see and so they hand wrote out a boarding pass for me.  We were greeted in Casablanca by people in hazmat suits, and had to be scanned by some machine before we could pass into their airport.  Because my boarding pass was hand written, I had to go to the desk and get my next boarding pass and the lady there put me up in a hotel for my 12 hour layover.  So what seemed like a hassle ended up being a blessing in disguise.  At the hotel they feed me and I even got to take a full pressurized hot shower, it was AMAZING!!!

The hotel was beautiful.  God sure does spoil me sometimes
The hotel was beautiful. God sure does spoil me sometimes

I arrived back tired, but so glad that I went!  God blessed me beyond belief and things went incredibly smoother than I thought they would  We have 3 weeks at home before our next trip which will take us down to Guinea.

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