Pictures from Liberia

They say a picture tells a thousand words.  Here are several pictures from our first month back in Liberia.

Last meal in the States

In New York, we loaded 6 carts so each of us could push our luggage through the busy airport.  We navigated several crowded elevators, took the subway and rode the bus to the hotel.  We were exhausted when we arrived.  

From New York, we flew to Nigeria.  We left the States on a Wednesday and arrived at our home on Sunday.  

Nigeria

Upon arriving in Liberia, we learned that our entry paperwork was not correct.  Don spent the day at Immigration working on our documents.  We stayed the night at our good friend's house and then loaded our new car and drove into the bush.  We bought our car from ZOA.  Our good friend, Paul Layman from Christian Aid Ministry worked on the car to get it running perfectly for us!  We are blessed to have such wonderful friends.

After arriving home, we quickly got reconnected with all the families we work with. 

Thank you for providing gifts for each of our sponsored children.  Here are a few pict.

Last month, we had a terrible storm that blew the roofs off several homes and killed 4 people in our area.   Thank you for helping us love on those who were affected.  This is a picture of Rebecca's roof.  

Several of you gave money to assist Rebecca.  

The old roof and damaged portions of her walls were removed.

Windows were added

A strong roof was added.  We also added cement pillars to make the house strong for many years to come.  Thank you!  Rebecca's roof is now completed.  We are still in the process of helping a young lady named Yessa replace her roof.

Our boys brought bows back from the States to start a bow club with neighborhood children.  Though the club has not officially started, our boys have had a lot of fun shooting with our neighbors. 

After shooting, Christian teaches Bible lessons and prays for the children.  

Several times each week, Grace teaches Bible stories from our house.  

We added a fence around our property for security purposes.  

We praise God for the addition to our solar system.  We now have all the power we could need.  The solar system gives us light in each room, a freezer for our food, electricity to charge our computers and phones, and energy for our hydroponic systems.  Last week, we started growing lettuce on our hydroponic system.  

We started our homeschooling.

We have gone on several mission trips to our sponsored children's houses.  Here we are on Civil Compound loving on children who were orphaned during the Ebola epidemic.  

 

Please pray for PaMoba.  PaMoba is an elderly widow who is raising three orphaned grandchildren.  PaMoba has been sick for a long time and has been in the hospital for several days.  Her stomach and legs are swollen like she is pregnant.  The doctors don't seem to know what to do.  Please pray that God spares her life.

Thank you for giving our family the privilege of serving God in Liberia.  It truly is a privilege to be partnered with you for the Gospel.