[LadyDoc]

Well, he went to push Christianity on...Christians? Most Liberians are Christian.

Me? I just saw it as a mitvah.

[LadyDoc]

Sorry....I meant mitzvah.
Pious petes who try to be a missionary and see it as a pious sacrifice are usually screened out by the agency who sends them, or go into a deep depression from culture shock and have to be sent home. The rest of us see it as a priviledge and an adventure.

as for taking the kids, well this was a problem 80 years ago, but unless there is a war or epidemic, I see no problem. Africa is no longer a jungle as portrayed in fund raisers,and post civil war Liberiaà has become a lot more sophisticated. A lot has changed in the last 50 years, but few Americans are aware of this.

And yes, I worked in Liberia back then.