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Multiplying Our Efforts In Liberia

admin December 21st, 2008

Our relationship with Imago Dei Community now allows us to receive tax-deductible funds to help us give relief.  We’re ready and excited to involve people outside of our own capacities, and multiply our effect on the Liberian people.  In a sense, as I go to Liberia, I go as you: your hands, your heart, your efforts. I will be there to give to people in need, and yet I go with your support and give on your behalf.

sick-babiesI brought this photo back from my time in Liberia a few months ago.  We met these families at the medical clinic set up at Mt. Barclay Christian School.  They had come from distances to get help for their children, who were gravely ill and dehydrated. Saah Joseph, director of the school, said that “this clinic was on time.”  If we were not there on that day these babies would have died.  He kept repeating that we were “on time.” I believe God was present, and we were present “on time” with Him.

Jill, a missionary just back from Liberia, told me of many instances where children died from illnesses that were easily preventable. Just ten dollars worth of medical care would have literally saved these children.  But, their mothers could find no help. I know that being there we will be confronted with many opportunities to make a difference. This is why we’re going back to Liberia, to be “on time” for what God is compelling us to do there.  With your support, we will be present at the places of need.

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Christ be with you,

Patrick

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admin November 27th, 2008

Thank you for visiting our new website!  There’s much work to be done in the months ahead, and we’re excited to move forward in bringing practical training in electrical construction to Liberians.  We’ll begin our efforts in cooperation with the Mt. Barclay Christian School on the outskirts of Monrovia, Liberia.  Monrovia is powered primarily by generators…the electrical power grid is virtually non-existent in poor communities.  There are areas, usually upper class neighborhoods, where there is limited electricity.  We will be training Liberians in electrical construction, which will provide jobs for the future as more electrical is restored, and bridge the wide gap between the economic classes.

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