Malawo Celebration

We had two Regional Directors visit the Liberia office the last week of February. I was in charge of coordinating and organizing their visit, and to make sure they see the projects they want to see. One of those projects was Malawo. So, we headed up the mountain again to visit the village that we love!

I really don't think I have gone a single day without seeing a Minnesota Vikings shirt! Just a little taste of home...

Elijah arrived carrying Bossman and our guests, plus OCC boxes.
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It was just a bit dusty!

Unloading boxes to be distributed to the children.

While we were visiting, Malawo was celebrating! It marked the one year point where the "burden was lifted" off of the village, where women could where shirts and men could where shoes. So there was a lot of dancing going on.

One of our guests, Tim, handing out shoeboxes.

The chief of Malawo helping one of the children open his box.

These kids were SO appreciative- they all were sprinting by me with huge smiles and yelling "THANK YOU YAH!"

While the guys were in the middle of the program, we hung out in the back and played with some of the kids.

Janell hanging out with the kids.

We were given a pineapple and it was the biggest one we had ever seen- way bigger than any of our heads!