The Porch

The porch of our house has become one of my new favorite places. There is never a time when we are on the porch that we do not have visitors stopping by to say hello. This has been one of the best ways for us to get to know people here. Holly said, "I feel like a celebrity here sometimes" and it is so true. Everyone here is so friendly. We don't ever see someone on campus without a "hello!", "how is your day?", "how are things?." The people here are genuinely interested in how we are doing and always want to know what they can do to help us. Marcus and Dukuley have been frequent visitors to the porch. Both of them are high school boarding students. Marcus has been responsible for helping us get settled in the guest house. He has helped us with water, hooking our gas up to our stove, and even takes out our trash. Yes, we told him we could do these things ourselves, but he has insisted that he wanted to do it. He told us that hospitality was his way of ministering. We have loved listening to his stories. Dukuly stops by during the early evening just to talk for a little while. He has helped answer a lot of our questions about what boarding life is like, and what a typical school day looks like.

When I came to Liberia I expected to invest in a lot of lives, but I was not expecting to be invested in. These are some of the most sincere people, who care more about others than they do about themselves. What an awesome example of what we are called to do as christians! Something you will hear a lot at Rick's is "It is not about what you got, it is about what you do with what you got." I see my friends here living out that quote every day. We all have a lot to learn from these amazing people! That is why we sit on the porch!