Liberia gets a lot of rain, something like 180 inches a year. With all that rain I often think it would be nice to step through the door and onto a rug you could wipe your feet dry on. Most of the time, though, instead of a nice little rug you get what's pictured on the left: a sopping wet, dirty, nasty, wadded up towel to wipe your feet on, which of course does nothing for getting the wet and dirt off your feet. After trying to wipe my feet once again on one of those awful towels I snapped a picture of it to send to my kids, thinking “Someone should really find a real floor mat in this country!” And then, as if someone actually heard my thoughts,
this (pictured on the right) showed up at the mission office the next day! It’s funny how the littlest of things can make your heart happy!
Liberia gets a lot of rain, something like 180 inches a year. With all that rain I often think it would be nice to step through the door and onto a rug you could wipe your feet dry on. Most of the time, though, instead of a nice little rug you get what's pictured on the left: a sopping wet, dirty, nasty, wadded up towel to wipe your feet on, which of course does nothing for getting the wet and dirt off your feet. After trying to wipe my feet once again on one of those awful towels I snapped a picture of it to send to my kids, thinking “Someone should really find a real floor mat in this country!” And then, as if someone actually heard my thoughts, this (pictured on the right) showed up at the mission office the next day! It’s funny how the littlest of things can make your heart happy!
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