Posts by Gary Johnson (Page 4)
More from Liberia
Day 7, Blog 5 Well we just made it through hump day in our week long training. The response from the pastors has been amazing. We are building relationships and have handed out our addresses, phone numbers and emails to many of our new friends. They are an amazing people. They sit through 5 hours of intensive training and teaching in 90 degree heat with 100 % humidity, some coming from hours away, and yet you never hear a single…
Happy Saint Patrick’s Day!
Day 5, Blog 4 Woke up again to no running water, so took my usual cold water bucket and dumped over my head and then splashed where I could. We are laughing much in the joy of our Lord. At the conference today I wore my Irish green bow tie, green boxers and green socks for St Patrick’s, but they were clueless who he was, lots of confused stares, but they loved my outfit and all laughed at my green…
Personal Observations
Day 4, Blog 3 Personal Observations: 1. Nobody seems to smoke in Liberia. 2. There is a certain distinct fragrance in Africa – hot, humid, mixed with a salty ocean scent. 3. Everyone seems to be carrying something; on their head, in a wheelbarrow, with their arms, on their back, in old trucks and on scooters. 4. A very young demographic, many, many children. 5. An extremely happy people, yet they have next to nothing. 6. Their primary meal and…
A prayer request from Africa
Day 4, Blog 2 Woke to hot and humid as the power went out again. No running water so had to splash water from a bucket for my morning shower. God keeps us all humble. Please pray for a fellow pastor here – his name is Ben Mumford and he is one of the main coordinators of this conference. Last night he lost all of his roof from his house in one huge African storm. I have never experienced rain,…
Long flights, short beds
Day 2 Blog 1 Fifteen hours sitting, cramped, and our sovereign God chose to give to me the middle seat, between two kindly dudes on an airplane, and we finally arrive at our desired destination via Ghana. No one knew we were stopping in Ghana en route to our final stop in Liberia and no one knew we would sit on the tarmac for another 3 hours as the federal authorities dismantled our plane seat by seat, looking for bombs,…
Prayers for the Liberia Mission Trip
Our team will be traveling to Liberia for two weeks, from March 13-27, 2014. Our plan is to provide some much needed Biblical teaching and training to some 200 plus African pastors. The name of the conference is “The Liberty Pastors Conference.” I will be teaching two classes every day, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. The course I will be teaching is called “How to Study the Bible.” There will be six pastors going, including myself,…