September Update

September 2013 Riley Family’s Update for Liberia

Blog: liberiacalls.blogspot.com  E-mail donriley4@gmail.com Webpage: wordsowerliberia.com

Address: P.O. Box 1648 Piqua, OH 45356

The mission of Jesus; “not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance” (2 Pet 3:9 NIV), is also our mission. 

Our mission is that every village of Liberia will have a healthy church.  Most of the towns and villages of Liberia have no church.  We have worked in over 300 villages in 12 counties; there are 8,700 villages and towns in 15 counties. We made 56 mission trips, visiting 53 villages and other locations and we made many local mission trips.  We went into 2 new villages.  29 attended our 2 week Bible Institute.  We printed and distributed approximately 1,500 pages of teaching material, 37 were baptized and 18 completed our extensive Bible study program.  Several factors affect how many mission trips we can go on each month; illness, injuries, motorbikes repaired, the availability of gas and money are some. 

Some highlights of the month

Wow!  Wow!! Wow!!!  What a blessed month!  The congregation of Fairview Missionary Church in Indiana donated to us $21,000 for motorbikes, upkeep, and gas.  This month we bought 10 new motorbikes that cost almost $10,000.  That leaves us with $11,000 which should keep them running and gassed up for a year or more.  One thing that kept us grounded many times was bike and gas issues.  Now we are free, unbound and have left the gates in a great mad gallop to reach Liberia for Christ.  To those who sacrificed for this gift we present to you our tears of gratitude, THANKS!

Click below to review a video on our new bikes!

http://youtu.be/DuxlDRZuzQ0

Wordsower Bible Institute: The second class of our Bible Institute have completed the course and have been sent out into their communities and the nation.  This class had 29 students from four counties. Our next class starts on Oct 21 and goes until Nov 1.  The class was consumed with passion, (passion is to suffer for a greater cause then themselves) and enthusiasm to take what they had learned as disciples to go wherever God leads them to make disciples who will also make disciples.  To go out as missionaries, evangelists and church planters.  An army is being formed, trained, and released.  The goal of a healthy church in every town and village of Liberia in our lifetime will be achieved! 

Audio Lessons and Print

Shop update: Last month we started recording audio Bible lessons for training church leaders.  Imagine being in a country where there is no Christian literature.  You just imagined Liberia.  The only Christian literature I have seen in Liberia is what we distribute.  The audio lessons will be used for the illiterate and the printed lessons will be used for the literate.  The printshop we bought last month has been shipped to us.  We should receive it sometime in December.  We have found a cheep distributer of paper here in Liberia!  We will be buying bulk paper for between .006¢ & .007¢ a page!  The cost of ink is around $5 per 100,000 black and white pages.  Put this all together and it is a powerful tool for the Kingdom!  We believe God is giving us the tools for a church multiplication movement that will spread through Liberia and West Africa. 

Prayer requests: I ask this often but please remember to pray for Liberia.  Pray that we would see a healthy church in every town and village within our lifetime.  Please also pray for our family’s health.  Last month we battled with sickness again.  Thank you for your prayers!

God Bless!

Don

Donations:

Donations may be mailed to:

Wordsower International

P.O. Box 1648

Piqua, OH 45356

Donations may also be made online by going to our webpage: wordsowerliberia.com

All donations are tax deductible.  A receipt will be sent at year’s end.  100% of donations go to the mission for the Liberians and Ivorian refugees.  None is used for me or administration.  If there are any donation questions, you may call Doug Billeinstein at 937-459-6412.

Villages, towns and cities we have been working in:

Sinoe County: Bardoua, Beatuoken, Bilibokee, Charlic, Cass Town, Chebioh, Cheboken, Dagbe, Deedo, Dejila, Deyankpo, Fanfin, Funnioh, Gbliyee, Gardoway, Greeneville, Geelor, Greft, Jalay, Jaytoken, Joazon, Joe Village, Jokoken, Judu, Karquekpo, Kilo, Korjayee, Kuwait Gold mining camp, Nyennwlejen, Pellkon, Pokpaken, Putu Jadweodee, Peace Camp (a gold mining camp), Polay, Pratt, Pynes Town, Qutatozon, Saygbeken, Seetor, Saybaken, Saydee, Senquene, Sennajalh, Titus, Voobadee, Wiah.  Grand Gedeh County: Army barracks, Badou, Bah, Bargblor, Barte-jam, Bassa, Bawaydee, Beezon, Beh, Bently Mining Camp, Best, B’hai, Tarway, Billibo, Boe,  Boley, Boplue, Border, Boundary, Chayee, Chebeh, Compound, CVI gold mining camp, Deplay, Diah, Dolozon, Dougee Refugee Camp, Duo Town, Dweh,  48 mile, Franzaz, Garbo, Garley, Gbakah, Gbarbo, Gbayea, Gbeyoubo, Gbloue, Gboe,  Gboe Geewon, Gboleken, Gambo, Geeha, Geeyah, Gleplay, Gorabert,  Gorbowrogba, Graddeh, Grady, Gwenebo,  Jackson, Jaibo, James’s Sayon’s, Jargbeh, Jarwleh, Jarzon, Jayteken 1, Jayteken 2, Jellu,  Johban, John David, Jonesgbaye, Juahzon, Julutuzon, Karlowleh, Kohn, Kojayee, Konobo, Ziah, Kpae, Kyne, Kwebo, Ma Esther, New York gold mining camp, Nico, Old Pohan, Panwolor, Pellelzon, Penokon, Peter Saydee, Pineapple village, Ploe Bodee, Polar Town, Polar Village, PTP refugee camp, Queboe, Sant, Savah, Saylee, Sayubo, Sentrodu, Sewion 1, Sewion 2, Sinkon, Sloman (a gold mining camp), Solo Inside, Solo Outside, Solo Refugee Camp, Sowaken, Steven, Suahken, Taye’s Village, Tiama, Toes Refugee Camp, Toes Town, Toffoi, Togbayee, Tojillah, Toueah, Tuglor, Varglor, Vleyee, Whybo, Willie Jellu, Woloken, Wulu, Zarzar, Zaiyee, Zeon, Ziulay, Zwedru, the county prison, 4 road check stations, and the county hospital.  Montserrado County: Bannerville, Jacob town, Monrovia, New Georgia, Pipeline.  River Gee County:  Cheboken, Dweaken, Fish Town, Fish Town Prison, Geeken, Jarkaken, Jaytoken 1, Jaytoken 2, Kanweaken, Kaytoken, Klaboken, Myoken, Podroken, Putuken, Sargba, Sweaken, Tartiken, Tuaken, Wartiken.  Bomi County:  Beh, Jaway, Joes Town, Tubmansburg.  Margibi County: Army barracks, Bovclay, Brown, Dolos Town, Harbel camp 7, Kpuyah, Mazoe, Naway, Sherflin Barak, Takata.  Maryland County: Cain, Cavalla, Cavalla Konukridi, Gbolobo, Dakay, Dannis, Dibleken, Factory, Fish, Gboloken, Halfgrayway, 7 locations in Harper, Holegrn, Judy’s, Kablaken, Kings, Lexicon, Little Weleppo Refugee camp, Middle town, Nekpachelu, Nemelken, New Half and Whole Graway Towns, Old Lady, Olegravic, Pedebo, 4 locations in Pleebo, Philadelphia, Poceken, Pular, Pulla, Puluken, Refugee Village, Rock, Rubber Bag Camp, Saydeken, Sawlowken, Saywonken, Siliken, Spring Hill, Warteken, Weah’s Town, Wechoken, Wholegrayway, Wuluplukredi, the county prison and check stations.  Nimba County: Beatwo, Camp 1, Dialah, Fienney, Freeman, Glalay, Gonkopa, Graie, Guotoin, Kpaytuo, Miller, Noway, Sarlay, Tappita, Towah, Unification, Venn, Wontoe, Yiteepea, Your Peg, Zarwulugbo, Zautuo.  River Cess County: Darhga, Gbee.  Grand Kru County: Baclaville City, Baclaville Check Point, Bewan, Boniken, Camp Spin, Company Camp, Doubbo, Gbarken, Iron Bridge,  Kladipah, Leaceco, Solokent, Woelowinken, Wropluken. Bong County: Bucannon.  Grand Bassa County: Baccoline, Goah. 

Updates from Family Members:

Update from Christian:

Hi Friends and Family,

We had a pet monkey but it died.  We will get a new one.  We have lots of things to do here.  It is fun having chickens running around everywhere.  We made a basketball hoop.  It is really fun to play with.  It is made out of a tire that is nailed on to a board which has two boards that are cut in half nailed to the board.  We also have a stick nailed on that hooks to the tire to hold it up.  The tire is the basketball rim.  We have had more rain.  I enjoy living here because I feel like I have more freedom.  Our house in America was squeezed between other homes.  I felt crowded.  Now, I can play with my friends everyday which I could not do in the United States.  I can pet kittens anytime I want.  The hardest part of living here is getting sick.  I hate being sick because the last time I was sick, we don’t know exactly what I had but it lasted for a week.  I couldn’t get out of bed and I had a hard time going from the bench in my room to the back yard to use the bathroom.  When I was finished, I had to rest before I could walk back inside.  Sometimes the sickness makes me want to go home but after I am done being sick I never want to go back home.  I love riding the new motorbikes that we got.  My favorite thing to do here is play with my legos.  I love living here!  I love you all!  Goodbye!

Christian

Update from Grace: 

God has been doing a lot of amazing things here.  He has showed me what it feels like to be poor.  I wish I could always be poor but I know cannot always be like this.  Africa is a very fun place.  It opened my heart up.  I know why I am here.  God sent me here for a reason.  The reason is being here for the mission.  God has done amazing things.  God is the best.  USA is not as much fun as here.  Africa is very fun.  I enjoy playing with Christian, Tommy, and Don.  I like playing with my friend Belfena, Wanetta, Junior, my friend Christian, Winka, and of course mommy and dad.  Thank you, thank you, thank you for our new motorbikes.  They have been a blessing.  We are hoping there will be a church in every town and village within our lifetime. 

Love,

Grace  

Update from Tommy:

Hi, I love you all really, really much!  We have been doing many things here in Africa.  Praise God we gave people houses and we saved a woman’s life.  I love you all more than you ever realize.  We have made a basketball hoop.  We play touch.  We play soccer sometimes.  Sometimes we play hopscotch.  I love you all really much.  One of my favorite animals here is my dogs.  It is because we pet them and they keep bad guys away.  We are going to be going fishing and we are going to be making African fishing poles.  We make Africa fishing poles with a piece of bamboo, fishing string, and a hook.  You tie the string to the pole and put a hook on and you have a fishing pole.  I miss you all really, really much.  I love you.  Goodbye.

Tommy

Update from Donny: (Pray for Don.  He is still missing USA).

I have friends in USA.  In America we have a family.  I liked our pet monkey but she died.  I miss my friends and family in America.  I love all the different towns here.  I have many friends in Africa.  I love my family.  I am having fun today.  Today, I had school and played with my family.  I hope to always be in Africa.  We bought 10 motorbikes.   I like riding the new motorbikes.  The old bikes were broken.  Now our missions go on mission nonstop.  I like that.  I think it is cool.  I love everyone in the United States a lot.  We have grass and trees all over the place all year long.  I love that.  I love my family.  We saved a woman’s life and a baby.  Our whole family has fun everyday.  I like it here in Africa. 

Love,

Don

August Update

August 2013 Riley Family’s Update for Liberia

Blog: liberiacalls.blogspot.com  E-mail donriley4@gmail.com Webpage: wordsowerliberia.com

Address: P.O. Box 1648 Piqua, OH 45356

The mission of Jesus; “not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance” (2 Pet 3:9 NIV), is also our mission. 

Our mission is that every village of Liberia will have a healthy church.  Most of the towns and villages of Liberia have no church.  We have worked in over 300 villages in 12 counties; there are 8,700 villages and towns in 15 counties. This month we had unusually low donations and had to cancel most all of our out of town mission trips. We made 15 mission trips, visiting 13 villages and other locations and we made many local mission trips.  We went into 2 new counties and 3 new villages.  We printed and distributed approximately 2,000 pages of teaching material, 27 were baptized and 19 completed our extensive Bible study program.  Several factors affect how many mission trips we can go on each month; illness, injuries, motorbikes repaired, the availability of gas and money are some. 

Some highlights of the month

Bibles: We have acquired 4,500 Bibles this month.  They will last us several months.

The Bible Institute opened: The vision of the Bible Institute is to raise

up an army of indigenous missionaries who will sacrifice their lives to start a disciple making, church planting movement that will spread across Liberia and West Africa.  Due to the extreme poverty in Liberia, we designed our training to consist of four levels of intense 2 week classes at the Bible Institute and ongoing training on the mission field.  We will offer a two week class each month. If we required missionaries to attend the Bible Institute longer than 2 weeks at a time, they would not be able to maintain their small farms to feed their families.  Last month 22 missionaries completed their first level of training at the Bible Institute.  In two weeks we will teach another level one class to a new group.  In Liberia, a little money goes a long way.  We can train missionaries for the cost of a Bible, soup, and rice.

Here is a story about the Bible Institute that illustrates the

extreme spiritual hunger that is in Liberia.  Due to an abnormally low month of giving, we gathered our students the week before class started and told them that we may need to postpone the start of the Bible Institute for one month because we didn’t have the money to feed them.  Their response amazed me!  Unanimously they protested, “No!  We need to be trained!”  They said, Jesus went through 40 days of fasting before He began his ministry, we will simply tighten up our belts, please train us.”  We agreed to open the Bible Institute because we could not say no to their hunger for truth.  The Liberians hunger for the Word of God.  Simply Amazing!  Students arrived the first two days of classes expecting to fast but we were able to provide food from our mission’s garden and small farm.  On the third day of class, God provided the funds needed to feed our students for the remainder of our time together.  God is Good!  I have never seen a spiritual harvest like what is here in Liberia.  There are three unreached people groups in Liberia.  I am certain we will be training the missionaries who will bring the gospel to these people groups.  What a privilege we have to get to be involved!  We are truly blessed!

Digging wells in every town we are working in: Last month, our ministry and a ministry called The Last Well met to see how we can best work together for the Kingdom of God.  This is very exciting!  As you may know, unclean water is a serious problem in many communities in Liberia.  The Last Well is a Christian organization that partners with missionaries with the goal of ending dirty water in Liberia within this decade.  In the past few years, they have brought clean drinking water to hundreds of thousands of Liberians.  We were excited to meet with them because a number of the communities we are working in get their drinking water from polluted rivers or from swampy like areas.  They were excited to meet with us because they don’t have any missionary partners who focus where we are working, the most remote parts of Liberia.  To make a long story short, they want to work with us and dig a well in every community we are working in and in all the communities we will work in as we spread across Liberia.  We have worked in over 300 communities so this is not a small task.  They are hopeful that we can accomplish this during 2014.  Praise God!  Isn’t it fun serving our King! 

We bought a printing shop: Two months ago, we received a large donation to set up a print shop on our base in Zwedru.  Last month we bought the printing equipment from World Missionary Press.  For years, Wordsower has wrestled with printer problems.  Like our motorbikes, our small copiers constantly brake and give us a headache.  When the print shop arrives in December, we will be able to print for the cost of .01¢ a page.  With the printing presses, we are now able to supply the printed material that will support a movement that will spread across Liberia and West Africa!  Praise God.  Once our print shop arrives, we foresee printing 100,000 pages each month.  These lessons will be put in the hands of missionaries who will start churches in every town and village of Liberia.   

Audio Lessons in every language of Liberia: In the remote interior villages 80% – 90% of the people we work with are illiterate.  Some of our most powerful leaders do not know how to read or write.  In addition to our adult literacy program, we will soon begin to record all our lessons in the various language of Liberia.  Last month, we received portable recording equipment that will allow us to go into remote villages and record each of our lessons in the various languages of Liberia.  Though Liberia is one of the poorest countries in the world, many Liberians have a cell phone.  These phones double as a music player.  Also the CD/tape players used here accept the SD cards.  Our vision is to put our recordings on micro SD cards that can be played on their cell phones and CD/tape players.  We believe God will use the printing shop and the recording equipment to reach every Liberian.  

Prayer requests: We see the mighty hand of our Lord blessing us beyond what we have even imagined.  Praise Him!  Our request is that as you remember to pray for WSL that it be a prayer of praise!

God Bless!

Don

Donations:

Donations may be mailed to:

Wordsower International

P.O. Box 1648

Piqua, OH 45356

Donations may also be made online by going to our webpage: wordsowerliberia.com

All donations are tax deductible.  A receipt will be sent at year’s end.  100% of donations go to the mission for the Liberians and Ivorian refugees.  None is used for me or administration.  If there are any donation questions, you may call Doug Billeinstein at 937-459-6412.

Villages, towns and cities we have been working in:

Sinoe County: Bardoua, Beatuoken, Bilibokee, Charlic, Cass Town, Chebioh, Cheboken, Dagbe, Deedo, Dejila, Deyankpo, Fanfin, Funnioh, Gbliyee, Gardoway, Greeneville, Geelor, Greft, Jalay, Jaytoken, Joazon, Joe Village, Jokoken, Judu, Karquekpo, Kilo, Korjayee, Kuwait Gold mining camp, Nyennwlejen, Pellkon, Pokpaken, Putu Jadweodee, Peace Camp (a gold mining camp), Polay, Pratt, Pynes Town, Qutatozon, Saygbeken, Seetor, Saybaken, Saydee, Senquene, Sennajalh, Titus, Voobadee, Wiah.  Grand Gedeh County: Army barracks, Badou, Bah, Bargblor, Barte-jam, Bassa, Bawaydee, Beezon, Beh, Bently Mining Camp, Best, B’hai, Tarway, Billibo, Boe,  Boley, Boplue, Border, Boundary, Chayee, Chebeh, Compound, CVI gold mining camp, Deplay, Diah, Dolozon, Dougee Refugee Camp, Duo Town, Dweh,  48 mile, Franzaz, Garbo, Garley, Gbakah, Gbarbo, Gbayea, Gbeyoubo, Gbloue, Gboe,  Gboe Geewon, Gboleken, Gambo, Geeha, Geeyah, Gleplay, Gorabert,  Gorbowrogba, Graddeh, Grady, Gwenebo,  Jackson, Jaibo, James’s Sayon’s, Jargbeh, Jarwleh, Jarzon, Jayteken 1, Jayteken 2, Jellu,  Johban, John David, Jonesgbaye, Juahzon, Julutuzon, Karlowleh, Kohn, Kojayee, Konobo, Ziah, Kpae, Kyne, Kwebo, Ma Esther, New York gold mining camp, Nico, Old Pohan, Panwolor, Pellelzon, Penokon, Peter Saydee, Pineapple village, Ploe Bodee, Polar Town, Polar Village, PTP refugee camp, Queboe, Sant, Savah, Saylee, Sayubo, Sentrodu, Sewion 1, Sewion 2, Sinkon, Sloman (a gold mining camp), Solo Inside, Solo Outside, Solo Refugee Camp, Sowaken, Steven, Suahken, Taye’s Village, Tiama, Toes Refugee Camp, Toes Town, Toffoi, Togbayee, Tojillah, Toueah, Tuglor, Varglor, Vleyee, Whybo, Willie Jellu, Woloken, Wulu, Zarzar, Zaiyee, Zeon, Ziulay, Zwedru, the county prison, 4 road check stations, and the county hospital.  Montserrado County: Bannerville, Jacob town, Monrovia, New Georgia, Pipeline.  River Gee County:  Cheboken, Dweaken, Fish Town, Fish Town Prison, Geeken, Jarkaken, Jaytoken 1, Jaytoken 2, Kanweaken, Kaytoken, Klaboken, Myoken, Podroken, Putuken, Sargba, Sweaken, Tartiken, Tuaken, Wartiken.  Bomi County:  Beh, Jaway, Joes Town, Tubmansburg.  Margibi County: Army barracks, Bovclay, Brown, Dolos Town, Harbel camp 7, Kpuyah, Mazoe, Naway, Sherflin Barak, Takata.  Maryland County: Cain, Cavalla, Cavalla Konukridi, Gbolobo, Dakay, Dannis, Dibleken, Factory, Fish, Gboloken, Halfgrayway, 7 locations in Harper, Holegrn, Judy’s, Kablaken, Kings, Lexicon, Little Weleppo Refugee camp, Middle town, Nekpachelu, Nemelken, New Half and Whole Graway Towns, Old Lady, Olegravic, Pedebo, 4 locations in Pleebo, Philadelphia, Poceken, Pular, Pulla, Puluken, Refugee Village, Rock, Rubber Bag Camp, Saydeken, Sawlowken, Saywonken, Siliken, Spring Hill, Warteken, Weah’s Town, Wechoken, Wholegrayway, Wuluplukredi, the county prison and check stations.  Nimba County: Beatwo, Camp 1, Dialah, Fienney, Freeman, Glalay, Gonkopa, Graie, Guotoin, Kpaytuo, Miller, Noway, Sarlay, Tappita, Towah, Unification, Venn, Wontoe, Yiteepea, Your Peg, Zarwulugbo, Zautuo.  River Cess County: Darhga, Gbee.  Grand Kru County: Baclaville City, Baclaville Check Point, Bewan, Boniken, Camp Spin, Company Camp, Doubbo, Gbarken, Iron Bridge,  Kladipah, Leaceco, Solokent, Woelowinken, Wropluken. Bong County: Bucannon.  Grand Bassa County: Baccoline, Goah.

Updates from Family Members:

Update from Christian:

Hi Friends and Family,

Today was a good day.  Last month we opened the Bible Institute. 

It has been good because we do school while Dad teaches.  When we are done with school, daddy is normally done.  The only thing I don’t like about the Bible Institute is that Dad needs to go early in the morning.  Almost everyday we play touch.  It is a really fun game.  Dad has given us $120 US dollars for ministry.  With that ministry money, we bought someone a house for 6 months, we bought a bed for the same person, we paid to bury a friend’s brother, and we helped save a woman’s life.  I enjoy helping people.  Yesterday, we played in the rain.  It rained pretty hard but who cares when you have your shirt off.  It rained so hard that if we stood under the corner of the roof it felt like an American shower.  We got to bathe in the rain.  We also played soccer in the rain.  We have 8 traps that are set.  6 are Liberian traps and 2 are American traps.    It is fun going into the bush because when we first went to the bush we had to cut our way through.  It was really fun.  Kim got some baseball supplies.  Baseball is my favorite sport.  When I saw that we got them I said, “Yes, Finally!!”  First we played catch then we got out the bat.  Now everyone on the base knows baseball.  We have been playing everyday since we got the baseball stuff.  Bye, love you all.

Update from Grace: 

Hello again, it’s nice to write a letter to you again. 

I want to tell you about all the miracles God did.  First, Mom and Dad gave us all our family’s money and told us we had to spend it on the mission field and food.  Right now we are providing for the family.  Now I am going to tell you the miracle things God has done.  First, daddy brings all the needs to us and tells us how much it will cost.  Then we pray about it.  One of the needs was Joseph.  His brother died.  We needed to buy him stuff so he could get buried.  Here’s another story, we have a friend named Lasanna.  He needed a house so we gave him extra money so he could buy a house and a bed to lay on.  I want to tell you another story.  Daddy brought the biggest need we have ever had.  Well, it was about a lady.  She needed her belly to get cut so she could have a baby.  She lost a lot of blood so she needed a pump.  We prayed about it.  We felt God said to help.  We put all our money together but we didn’t have enough.  We didn’t care that it was not enough, we gave it anyways.  At least we helped.  That’s about it on all the miracle things but I have lots more to tell you.  Right now I am going to tell you about going into the deep, deep, deep, deep rainforest.  We went to set traps.  Badio taught us how to set Africa traps.  My favorite game is to play hopscotch.  My second is touch.  My last but not least is marbles.  Baseball is also my second favorite thing.  We got a shipment from the United States.  Kim got baseball stuff.  He got a whole set besides the bases.  We had a lot of fun playing with it.  In the sandbox we play king of the hill.  Guess what, if you look on a map and it is about Liberia, look how long it takes to get from Monrovia to Zwedru.  It takes longer than going to Florida.  In our school, we are learning about earth.  We are learning about rocks right now.  There are igneous, sedimentary rock, and I forget about the third rock.  Guess what is made out of sedimentary rock?  Coal is made out of sedimentary rock.  Houses, gas, mud bricks, cars and many other things are made from sedimentary rock.  So far we have learned about coal and I forget the other.  Anyways, we are learning in history about China.  We just finished learning about India.  Don was really excited about that.  He taught us how to color the flag.  Now we are learning about China.  We just started learning about China two days ago.  I love you all, goodbye.  It was nice to write a letter to you.  I hope I can write another letter to you soon.  Goodbye.    

Update from Tommy:

Hi, I really love you all.  Glory, Hallelujah, we got to meet you.  I l

ove you really, really, really much.  I hope you are having fun in America.  I really, really, really, really love you.    My usual game is touch and hopscotch and marbles.  Marbles are my favorite game to play.  Glory, Hallelujah, we got to help save a woman’s life and pay to burry a man.  I hope you guys have a really, really, really fun day.  Glory, Hallelujah, the Bible School started.  My second favorite game is playing baseball.  We set traps way into the bush to catch animals.  We almost caught some.  One of them got a haircut.  The other one got caught and excapped and got away from the trap.  We have plenty house churches so far.  I really like it in Africa.  Africa is on the mission field, the front line of the battle field.  It is mostly dirt roads.  There is only one place that has a cement road.  That is in town.  We have a sand box.  I like to play king of the hill.  I love you realy much.  Goodbye.

Update from Donny: (Pray for Don.  He is still missing USA).

I love all my friends and family in the USA.  We have fun her

e though.  I love all my friends.  I play and have fun with my friends.  We have been playing baseball.  We go play baseball with all our friends.  We try to help people learn to follow Jesus.  A long time ago people saw one snake.  People hit it with a stick but it got away.  Two days ago we killed a poisonous snake.  It was going into one of the guests houses.  Today, people saw another snake.  They hit it on the head and killed it.  Today, one snake died.  Another snake they hit with a stick and it died.  Dad said to me, it’s ok you can be scared.  If we see a big snake we tell people where it goes and people will find it and kill it.  After they kill it they throw it out.  It is fine.  People say yeah, the snake is finished.  Our motorbikes break often.  Dad has a hard time starting one of them.  We have heard that people in the United States are going to give money to buy new bikes.  This will help us.  Today, dad and I sat on a bench under the tent and talked.  Later mom said, where is dad?  I said, I don’t know.  I could not find him so I ran around and around and around.  I found dad under the tent.  He was talking on the phone.  We went on a walk and talked about the snake.  It is ok to be afraid of a snake.  I don’t think dad was afraid.  He said, we are going to eat it.  On our walk we sat on a bench.  I pretended to make food for dad.  Dad ate the food.  Later dad made pretend food for me.  We used sticks and leaves for our food.  Mom called us and told us that it was time to eat.  We had fun.  Yesterday, I played in the rain outside.  We played soccer.  It was so much fun.  I slipped and fell down.  It kept raining on me.  The water was so much it made a river.  Junior won the soccer game.  I slip and fell again.  We were playing in the mud.  Mom took a picture of me.  We took a lot of pictures.  Then I went swinging in the rain.  I slip and fell again.  When I got off the swing, I fell again.  Why?  Because it was still raining.  I had to change my cloths.  Tonight we played baseball game.  I hit the ball a far way!  I said, “Yeah, I am awesome.”  Junior hit the ball and it went really fall.  We had fun.  When it was finished.  Dad said, we can go on a walk just the two of us.  I threw water in his face.  When people see dad, they talk to him for a long time.  Now it is family time.  We played and finished then we came home.  Now we are having fun again.  Nanny and Papaw sent us a lot of pictures of the USA.  I miss everyone.  I love the picture book.  I wish I could hug Nanny and Papaw and Grandma and Grandpa.  Wow, I am strong. Yeah! I wrote a long letter!  I beat my brothers and sister!! 

July Update

July Report:

The mission of Jesus; “not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance” (2 Pet 3:9 NIV), is also our mission. 

Our mission is that every village of Liberia will have a healthy church.  Most of the towns and villages of Liberia have no church.  We have worked in over 300 villages in 10 counties; there are 8,700 villages and towns in 15 counties. This month we made 56 mission trips, visiting 44 villages and other locations and we made many local mission trips.  We went into 8 new villages.  Many of the places we visited multiple times, our longest trip was 14 days, shortest a few hours.  We printed and distributed approximately 5,300 pages of teaching material and distributed hundreds of Bibles, 42 were baptized and 20 completed our extensive Bible study program.  Several factors affect how many mission trips we can go on each month; illness, injuries, motorbikes repaired, the availability of gas and money are some.

Some highlights of the month

Video: I just completed a short, must see video on the construction of the Bible Institute.  You can view this video from my blog: liberiacalls.blogspot.com or on youtube: http://youtu.be/05-vl25_ENg

House Church in Zwedru: Last month, I told you the story of the birth of a house church in Zwedru.  Praise God for what He is doing.  Our group has grown rapidly and now has multiplied into 2 groups.  Last week we had 50-60 people in attendance.  Once the leaders have learned how to make disciples in their neighborhoods, they will begin to go on mission to start house churches / discipleship groups in other towns and villages of Grand Gedeh County. 

Sino Road: Will you please join me in praying for the 13 towns and villages located on Sino Road.  I have been focusing much of my energy on evangelizing and getting to know these towns and villages.  My prayer is that the leaders from the house churches in Zwedru will become missionaries who will bring the Gospel and discipleship to these towns and village.  After reaching Sino Road, we will turn our attention to River Gee Road (see map).  Some of these towns are hard to the gospel and are strongholds of the Devil and the Devil’s Disciples (witchdoctors).  Pray that God opens the door for the Gospel and that home discipleship groups will be started in every town.

Accidents: (Written by Kim Smith) Bikes are dangerous on these trails and dirt/mud roads.  The mud is slick as ice, dust is blinding and the mud holes deep.  One of our men, Sherman, was on the motorbike and hit a car because he was blinded by the dust.  It almost killed him.  The accident stripped all the skin down to the muscle over his arm and shoulder and badly broke his leg.  He lay in the hospital for 4 1/2 months.  He was just released but has much recovery ahead.  The bone in the leg was probably shattered, it has not healed and he cannot walk.  This county has no x-ray machines.  The next county has one but no bone doctors. Now that he is released we will try to get his leg x-rayed. 

Another one of our men, Abednego (pictured to the right), just had a motorbike accident and badly broke his foot almost a compound fracture.  Now all hospitals are on strike from not being paid by the government for months.  He is staying with us (currently he is homeless a storm took down his house).  A country “doctor” (a carpenter by trade and has no formal medical education) is manipulating the foot trying to align the bones.  No pain killer!  Imagine the having the bone moved around without pain killer.  Poverty in a third world country is very painful and causes people to be unnecessarily handicapped making strong men, disciples, invalids.  This is a hard sad country. 

Bible Institute:  Praise God all 8 buildings are complete, the project finished!  $17,400 was donated for the project and we spent $17,470.  A few hundred dollars of the construction money was also used to buy 25 mattresses and sheets, 30 heavy duty plastic chairs and 7 benches.  We are blessed, excited and appreciative.  Adult literacy classes are now in session. This weekend we will have our first wedding in it.  On August 18 our first Bible students arrive for their 2 week training.  From this facility missionaries and teachers of adult literacy will spread throughout Liberia and West Africa.

Report from our Branch in Maryland: “We have started doing ministry intensively in Grand Kru County. During July we visited six new towns which include its capital Baclaville City.  The six new places are: Solokent, Baclaville City, Baclaville check point, Iron Bridge a town that really needs a church, the Company Camp, and Kladipah a mining camp that the team walked an hour plus to get to.  Two towns we visited last month in Grand Kru and we went to a second time this month; are Betwan and Douboy.”

Conferences:  We did two 2 day conferences in Sinoe County.  One was for disciples we are training and the other was for church leaders.  Their response a week after we left, “We need 200 more Bibles and send more lessons we are out!”

Prayer requests: The government is still financially unstable.  The national health care workers have not been paid in months and have gone on strike.  The hospitals and clinics have closed; the seriously sick, injured and dying are being turned away.  Pray for a stable country, a hungry country is an unstable country.  Pray for our injured disciples.  The harvest is growing, the territory is expanding, so pray with us for our lord to recruit more laborers into this harvest field. 

There is much more I could report on but I will stop at that.  I have a blog.  You can sign up to receive email updates from my blog at liberiacalls.blogspot.com.  I try to update the blog throughout the month with testimonies and pictures from Liberia.  I hope you enjoy reading my posts.  You can also check out our webpage at wordsowerliberia.com.

Sincerely,

Don Riley

Donations:

Donations may be mailed to:

Wordsower International

P.O. Box 1648

Piqua, OH 45356

Donations may also be made online by going to our webpage: wordsowerliberia.com

All donations are tax deductible.  A receipt will be sent at year’s end.  100% of donations go to the mission for the Liberians and Ivorian refugees.  None is used for me or administration.  If there are any donation questions, you may call Doug Billeinstein at 937-459-6412.

Villages, towns and cities we have been working in:

Sinoe County: Bardoua, Beatuoken, Bilibokee, Charlic, Cass Town, Chebioh, Cheboken, Dagbe, Deedo, Dejila, Deyankpo, Fanfin, Funnioh, Gbliyee, Gardoway, Greeneville, Geelor, Greft, Jalay, Jaytoken, Joazon, Joe Village, Jokoken, Judu, Karquekpo, Kilo, Korjayee, Kuwait Gold mining camp, Nyennwlejen, Pellkon, Pokpaken, Putu Jadweodee, Peace Camp (a gold mining camp), Polay, Pratt, Pynes Town, Qutatozon, Saygbeken, Seetor, Saybaken, Saydee, Senquene, Sennajalh, Titus, Voobadee, Wiah.  Grand Gedeh County: Army barracks, Badou, Bah, Bargblor, Barte-jam, Bassa, Bawaydee, Beezon, Beh, Bently Mining Camp, Best, B’hai, Tarway, Billibo, Boe,  Boley, Boplue, Border, Boundary, Chayee, Chebeh, Compound, CVI gold mining camp, Deplay, Diah, Dolozon, Dougee Refugee Camp, Duo Town, Dweh,  48 mile, Franzaz, Garbo, Garley, Gbakah, Gbarbo, Gbayea, Gbeyoubo, Gbloue, Gboe,  Gboe Geewon, Gboleken, Gambo, Geeha, Geeyah, Gleplay, Gorabert,  Gorbowrogba, Graddeh, Grady, Gwenebo,  Jackson, Jaibo, James’s Sayon’s, Jargbeh, Jarwleh, Jarzon, Jayteken 1, Jayteken 2, Jellu,  Johban, John David, Jonesgbaye, Juahzon, Julutuzon, Karlowleh, Kohn, Kojayee, Konobo, Ziah, Kpae, Kyne, Kwebo, Ma Esther, New York gold mining camp, Nico, Old Pohan, Panwolor, Pellelzon, Penokon, Peter Saydee, Pineapple village, Ploe Bodee, Polar Town, Polar Village, PTP refugee camp, Queboe, Sant, Savah, Saylee, Sayubo, Sentrodu, Sewion 1, Sewion 2, Sinkon, Sloman (a gold mining camp), Solo Inside, Solo Outside, Solo Refugee Camp, Sowaken, Steven, Suahken, Taye’s Village, Tiama, Toes Refugee Camp, Toes Town, Toffoi, Togbayee, Tojillah, Toueah, Tuglor, Varglor, Vleyee, Whybo, Willie Jellu, Woloken, Wulu, Zarzar, Zaiyee, Zeon, Ziulay, Zwedru, the county prison, 4 road check stations, and the county hospital.  Montserrado County: Bannerville, Jacob town, Monrovia, New Georgia, Pipeline.  River Gee County:  Cheboken, Dweaken, Fish Town, Fish Town Prison, Geeken, Jarkaken, Jaytoken 1, Jaytoken 2, Kanweaken, Kaytoken, Klaboken, Myoken, Podroken, Putuken, Sargba, Sweaken, Tartiken, Tuaken, Wartiken.  Bomi County:  Beh, Jaway, Joes Town, Tubmansburg.  Margibi: Army barracks, Bovclay, Brown, Dolos Town, Harbel camp 7, Kpuyah, Mazoe, Naway, Sherflin Barak,Takata. Maryland County: Cain, Cavalla, Cavalla Konukridi, Gbolobo, Dakay, Dannis, Dibleken, Factory, Fish, Gboloken, Halfgrayway, 7 locations in Harper, Holegrn, Judy’s, Kablaken, Kings, Lexicon, Little Weleppo Refugee camp, Middle town, Nekpachelu, Nemelken, New Half and Whole Graway Towns, Old Lady, Olegravic, Pedebo, 4 locations in Pleebo, Philadelphia, Poceken, Pular, Pulla, Puluken, Refugee Village, Rock, Rubber Bag Camp, Saydeken, Sawlowken, Saywonken, Siliken, Spring Hill, Warteken, Weah’s Town, Wechoken, Wholegrayway, Wuluplukredi, the county prison and check stations.  Nimba County: Beatwo, Camp 1, Dialah, Fienney, Freeman, Glalay, Gonkopa, Graie, Guotoin, Kpaytuo, Miller, Noway, Sarlay, Tappita, Towah, Unification, Venn, Wontoe, Yiteepea, Your Peg, Zarwulugbo, Zautuo.  River Cess: Darhga, Gbee.  Grand Kru: Baclaville City, Baclaville Check Point, Bewan, Boniken, Camp Spin, Company Camp, Doubbo, Gbarken, Iron Bridge,  Kladipah, Leaceco, Solokent, Woelowinken, Wropluken.

Updates from Family Members:

Update from Christian:

Hi, It is fun here.  I am getting used to life here.  For the first time in a long time, yesterday I was bored.  The food is spicy here.  For the first time I burnt my tongue off of spice.  Some of my favorite games here are marbles and touch.  Today, I almost won marbles but I lost.  Sugarcane is very good.  Everyday Junior, Godtime or Samson deliver our rice and soup, which is a spicy-watery thing.  The soup has different taste to it.  Today, Kim left for Monrovia with some people that came from the United States.  They translate the Bible into different languages.  Last Wednesday, Dad and I went on mission into the interior.  When we got to the first town we were going up a hill and the piece that goes inside the motorbike that holds the chain on, broke.  We had to push the bike back home.  I love you all.  Goodbye. 

Update from Grace: 

Hi, we have swings.  They are planning on making a sandbox and teeter-totter.  We have palm trees here.  It is hotter than the hottest place you have ever been in the USA.  I have baby dolls and legos.  That’s about it for the toys I have but it’s all right.  Normally, we play touch.  When we moved here, the car was so tight that all the kids were sitting on people’s laps.  We were so squished.  The food here at first was very spicy but now I love, love the soup.  If I had no soup on the rice, I would not eat it.  I love the soup.  It is my favorite of them all.  The boys like to go hunting.  I like to have my baby-doll, Sally on me always.  We now have the generator on, charging phones.  We do homeschooling.  We have lots and lots and lots of pineapple plants that are growing.  There are plenty, plenty, plenty of bananas here.  My favorite fruit here are bananas.  Our Bananas here taste better than the ones in America.  I have tons of friends.  I have so many that I can’t name them all.  There are beautiful butterflies here.  You can find them at least once a day.  Normally you see them about 10x a day.  Butterflies here are very, very beautiful. 

The Bible Institute is all done.  We used it for a wedding for Augustine and Josephine.  I love Africa.  I wish I could never go back to the US because I love it so much.  I want to someday teach my friends how to play duck, duck, goose.  I love my home.  This place is the only place that I want to be.  Most of our motorbikes are broken down so we only have one motorbike that we can use.  Our printing press is coming, we finally got enough money for it.  It will come here sometime.  All of our friends are very nice here.  Here, the pineapples grow on bushes and they don’t grow on trees.  I love to pick peanuts.  Yesterday, was my first day picking them.  I love them.  It is very beautiful here. 

When you go on a walk you can see the beauty of the world.  I have never seen anything this beautiful.  It is the beautifulliest place in the world.  Today, we are eating bean soup.  This is my favorite.  This place is a miracle.  I love this place.  This place is just amazing.  We are also teaching people to read for free.  A lot of people have given their lives to the Lord.  This is the best place I could ever be at in my entire life.  I love this place.  I love my home and I love my house.  This is the only place that I want to be at.  The houses here are different.  If it is a small family, they all squeeze into one room.  If it is a large family, like 6, they have two rooms.  I wish they would make small houses in America because I love it small.  The sky is very beautiful.  At night you can see the stars better than in the United States because they are brighter.  This place is the best place I could ever be at in my entire life.  I bet when I grow up I will wish I could come back.  This place is very fun.  I love my friends very much.  You might think this is a little crazy but we sweep the dirt outside our house everyday.  We sweep the leaves.  Our yard is mostly dirt.  There is only a little bit of grass.  We have seen many miracles here.  Kisses and hugs, I am sending to all of you.  Goodbye.   

Update from Tommy:

Hello, I love you very much.  My favorite food is bean and noodles.  Monkey is my favorite meat.  Touch is a game that you run on the line and one team gets slapped.  Today is a pretty day.  We have plenty of banana trees.  We have swings.  I like to play marbles.  I have a lot of friends in America and in Africa.  I love you very much.  I miss you very much.  Goodbye.

Update from Donny: (Pray for Don.  He is missing USA).

In USA I have family and friends.  I love them all.  I love Grandma, and Grandpa Riley.  I love Nanny and P

apaw.  I love Gi, Gi.  I love my cousin Kaiden, cousin Isaac.  I love my huge family in the USA.  I love all people.  I love cousin Autumn and Nathan and aunt Chris.  I love Miss Katy, and Allison.  I have fun here.  I have fun with my family.  We have friends here.  I have fun with my friends.  I like to go to Florida.  I like to swim in Nanny and Papaw’s pool.  Florida is hot.  There is a pool next to Nanny’s house in Florida.  It is cold.  There are swings at the park in Florida.  My friends Doug and Janet went with us to Florida before we came to Africa.  Grandma Riley visited us as well.  I am in Africa now.  Love you, Goodbye.

Wordsower International: Liberia Branch

July, 2013 Ministry Expense Report

Ministry expenses:

$1,527 – Paper, gas for the generator, pens, folders, Bibles, mission trips feeding, etc.

$536 – Motor bike gas and repair, we have 9 bikes (Gas prices are between $5.50 - $11.00  

a gallon). 

$141 – We have two schools that we pay the teachers.  We pay each teacher $50 a month, there are two teachers per school.  Money was also used for other student needs 

Assistance to the poor:

$717 – Humanitarian assistance: including food (average cost is $1.50 a day for food),                                      

rent, home repair, etc.  

$127 – Medical expenses (average treatment cost per person is $1.00 - $10.00.

Bible Institute construction project:

$2,409 – Finished!  All 8 buildings are complete, the project is over.  We spent a total of $17,470. The site will be used as a Bible school for the bush spiritual leaders and disciples.

Team food and house supplies:

$1,380 – Food and house supplies (close estimate).  Our core team consists of 13 adults and 17 children.  That averages out to $1.53 a day per person to cover, clothes, food, batteries, soap etc.  Really, our team uses less than that per day because we feed visitors every day from the interior, refugees, and locals from our house funds.

$300 – we rent a house in Maryland County it costs $100 a month

$2,409 – Total spent that has been designated for construction.

$4,728 – Total spent on ministry and missions.

$7,137- Total for the month.