With a summer birthday, I have had the privilege to celebrate in many exotic places over the years like Sweden, Switzerland, PNG, Ivory Coast, Vancouver Island⦠:p This year I got to share my birthday with a beautiful little girl from France whose family was attending Fortify and Independence Day for the Ivory Coast.
The running joke was that someone organized a huge party in honour of our birthdays. We had fasted the day before β and actually for more than 24 hours because we started the Friday night β and so sleeping through the night was quite of hard on an empty, empty stomach.
But the day was full of love and surprises from different people. There was a big party hosted by Papa Aggrey, the owner of the retreat centre in celebration of Independence Day complete with fresh coconuts, Ivory Coast flags and some presentations.
Mmm coconut! A powerful piece as the movements correspond with the text and of course with our focus being to worship God. And I was asked impromptu to translate for the MC at one point. And on the Monday at snack, bananas with whipped cream, bonbon on brochette there were some happy children! Posted in Uncategorized. Anne's Blog A journey of transformationβ¦.
Posted by: anniebananie October 11, A birthday in Ivory Coast. Surprise notes from my roommates. Gifts I did not expect. Some of us like to dress up. Group photo. Share this: Facebook X.
