'Liberia Mission Trip' Tagged Posts

Greetings in the name of the Lord, We have returned from our jungle expedition and it was simply stunning to experience.  Some of it was so primitive I thought I was part of the cast in a Tarzan movie.  Below are some more of my observations. Observations from Africa: There is no speed limit or speed signs in Liberia. They still have leper colonies. Our favorite phrase we use is “ok, yeah” with a nod of the head, because most of…

Day 9, Blog 6 Today was our graduation ceremony and all who attended received wonderful certificates of graduation.  Yes we are all relieved that it’s over, we are totally exhausted, but extremely grateful for all that God is doing.  For the first-ever, best-ever Liberty Pastor’s Conference, it was all the work of GOD!  The official count was 207 pastors, leaders, elders, deacons and evangelists not including all sorts of wonderful help from kitchen crew and ushers, etc.  There were 75…

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…

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…

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,…

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,…

Today’s the day the pastors are on their way to Africa! Please keep them in your prayers every day during this mission trip as they teach other pastors in Africa. Today we can especially pray for safe travels for all of them. To read all of the blog posts about this trip to Liberia, click on the tag “Liberia Mission Trip” below. Watch for more posts to come.

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,…

A HUGE THANK YOU needs to go out to the Gospel Coalition International Outreach Team! Pastor Gary and Alfie were able to pick up 160 copies of The Supremacy of God in Preaching by John Piper for Gary to take to Africa for the pastors that are attending the Pastors’ Conference this March! The Gospel Coalition provided the books for free and they were able to pick them up at the Desiring God 2014 Pastors’ Conference. On a side note…