Our breakfast was leftovers from Friday’s breakfast. This time two vans were available for our trip. One took the team and the other took Alfreda, Princess and Muriel Nelson who was from the area we were headed to.
The team drove north of Monrovia to the Harrisburg area of St. John River District. Team Leader Linda Crowell had been at St. John United Methodist Church with VIM teams from East Ohio. Now in addition to the church, there is a women’s training center with sewing as their primary work, a guest house that visiting teams can stay at instead of driving in and out of Monrovia and a farm that is part of a Farmer-to-Farmer project.
We were met at the drive by the Youth Choir who sang us in. They were wearing robes that Linda had helped them start when she was there last year. During a worship service scheduled for our visit, Sis. Othelee Bass-Diggs, Coordinator for the Farmer-To-Farmer program, announced that Linda was being honored by their naming the Women’s Center for her and a friend that had started the project.
Pastor Siakar, Sis Othelee and Linda
After church the directors of the training center had some of the girls demonstrate how they made patterns and then the clothing.
Gifts of hotpads made from bottle caps covered with material were handed out. Then lunch was eaten in the Green House. It had been prepared by Sis. Othelee.
After a short drive to see a clinic, a school and part of the farm, we headed back to Monrovia. Sis Othelee brought food back from Harrisburg for our supper.
We had visits from time to time by vendors who were selling souvenirs. So we went another time to the area by the gate.
We talked about our day, had devotions and did some packing.