Mortar and pestle! That's what we needed, along with palm nuts, to make palm butter, a delicious topping for rice. MMMyummymmmmm!!!!! Martha, the woman who helps us in the house, took us to the BIG market to get several things we needed. The market was huge, really HUGE! And we went in only a portion of it. Our shopping list also included bananas, papaya, pineapples, cassava leaf (for "soup" to go on top of rice, collard greens (for soup), "chicken soup" (bouillon cubes), and then we picked up some frozen chicken legs at a supermarket on the way home.
We are really enjoying "rice and soup"! People used to ask us about the food here and when we'd say it is delicious, often the response was "yeah, right!" We were not being sarcastic!!! It really is delicious. No gagging it down on our part! Plus it's cheaper than eating American style.
Amos Kangar stopped by today to talk with Darrell about what he needs for the Bible school which he directs. I love it that there are more Bible schools now (4) than when all the missionaries were here (3). The work here has grown and what we as missionaries tried to accomplish has come to fruition--work ourselves out of a job. The Liberians are doing a fine job of carrying on the work. That is why we are here only in an advisory capacity and to give encouragement anywhere we can. What a blessing to see Liberians in leadership roles.
As a side note, I had to laugh the other day when I remembered how I hated writing all those "themes" in high school. Pick a theme--any theme we wanted--and write a page. If I'm not mistaken, they were due 3 times a week--I know at least twice. Oh, how I hated those things. And now I'm writing a blog because I want to???!!! Some things just don't make sense.
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