America the Beautiful

Yesterday marked the day of independence for our country. And lucky enough, there are five Americans around these parts of Liberia: the three SMA missionaries, a Peace Corp volunteer nearby, and myself. So we celebrated it right.

We went all out. The ladies offered their house for the celebration, so they decorated (homemade mind you) before hand and we even had patriotic music to set the mood. We all chipped in on the cooking, so we had corn, baked beans, potato salad, hamburgers, and hotdogs. Freedom has never tasted so good. Rachel even dressed up as Paul Revere (mainly so she could yell, “The British are coming! The British are coming!” when Fr. Garry stopped by).

The 4th also marked our fourth day of celebrations for this past weekend. Last Friday was the feast day for the two brothers who are part of The Congregation of the Sacred Heart from India, so we had a special lunch at their house in honor of this. On Saturday we had a goodbye dinner for one of the brothers who is leaving for two months. Sunday we celebrated the Lord’s Resurrection day in our usual style of BananaGrams. And yesterday, of course, was our Independence Day.

So if you had any doubts as to whether or not we have any fun here in Africa, let your minds be at ease.

-Dan
written 07/05/11