Then at 4 pm, we walked to St. Michael's Chapel, the small church on campus, for Stations of the Cross. Father Tikpor, the 87-year old and first-ever Liberian Catholic priest, led the solemn service and reminded the kids about the need for more priests and sisters. After "night prayer," the girls fell asleep to a movie while the boys talked "football" until their 10 pm bedtime.
Saturda
y morning, the girls taught Amy Spelz and I how to make African doughnuts - a very dense, lightly flakey biscuit. A touch of cinnamon and glaze would have turned these twisted dough balls into tough, American cinnamon buns. We had fun working out the dough and swirling them into different shapes.
Then, I met with Amy and the younger girls of the mission for "girl's meeting," which Amy leads each weekend. She introduces each session with topics and pressures relevant to the young ladies. We drew pictures of ourselves and wrote down they ways in which we feel loved.
Willamena, 11, shared her answers, saying she feels loved when "someone encourages" her....Click here to continue reading
