Can't believe it, really....

Today was all about wrapping up details and heading out. We stopped by Samaritan’s Purse, a good-sized and highly regarded NGO based here (not far from our guest house!). The Shanks had connected us with Bev, a program director for them. We talked quite a bit about living an expat life in Liberia, and how they manage various projects – great info. There’s a small group of women that meets to hang out and surf (!!) that she’s a part of, and that I could maybe tag along with if I come back. Here are Gladys and I outside their compound.

Chuck, a pastor in Florida who’s lived here and comes back every year to visit, has been another guest at the guest house on and off during our time here. He asked if he could ride with us to the airport. Of course we said “of course!”, so here we are packed into our car – a fitting way to wrap up the Liberia experience!

Many good-byes all around and we were off. Can't believe it, really...

[We arrived in Brussels, Belgium at 5 am, and - since our flight didn’t leave till 10:30 - we took a train into the city and bashed around the early-morning streets a bit. Here are some photos – definitely a place it would be great to explore more! So sad that not one chocolate shop was open at that early hour… I did get to try a Belgian waffle and take a picture of (what I think was!) Brussels lace….]