One more thing....

I just posted the long blog below, but thought I would add one more interesting thing about Liberian culture. As I've mentioned before, we live above a church compound, so we often see different events going on. Today there was a Liberian wedding and I watched part of it from above. The whole event is very lively and pretty laid back. The bridesmaids sort of dance down the aisle...they actually rock back and forth to the music so it takes a while for everyone to get down the aisle. Even the little flower girls and ring bearers "rock" which is pretty cute. For the wedding today the 9 bridesmaids rocked down the aisle to the worship song "Ancient of Days", which was sung by a worship band at the front. Once they got to the front they continued dancing while the worship band played. Then, when the bride came in, she also rocked down the aisle....but she also sang a solo at the same time! She sang the song "Give Thanks" the whole time she went down the aisle...pretty impressive I think. Once she reached the front, she sat down in a chair while the groom was sitting down in another row across the aisle. Then the congregation sang another song and afterwards a sermon was given. I left at that point so that's all I saw, but I've been listening to the reception outside our apartment all afternoon. Very lively with lots of loud music! Sounds like they had fun! :)