March 12, 2015

Liberian Legacy

 From Dr. Major Pamm McKee

Here is an update on happenings here in Liberia

1.      Service to Servants is in the process of obtaining bids on starting some construction on one of the houses on their property, so we covet your prayers as we walk through this process – for wisdom and discernment – that in every matter – even finalizing who will be hired for the project – that it all adheres to the principles, passion and vision of Service to Servants (skill training, logistics assistance, seminar and conference initiatives, leadership empowerment, training of Health Practitioners).

Joe, Abraham and Gayflor at STS/CADO compound

2.      The Salvation Army William Booth High School burned to the ground just one week after classes resumed.  It is believed that the fire was arson.  1,000 high school students arrived on the compound the day after the fire to see that their educational facility was completely destroyed.  So many tears.  So much sadness.  The Salvation Army educational system administration is scrambling to try to figure out how to quickly get a temporary shelter set up for classes while they try to find funding to rebuild.  I didn’t even think about losing all their desks – so they need 1,000 desks and chairs!   People in the Paynesville community are doing their best to offer support – some families committing to buying 10 to 20 plastic chairs for now, so progress is slowly coming along.  Please pray for The Salvation Army School system in Liberia and especially the needs of the William Booth High School teachers and students.

 

 

3.      I visited the Brian J. Knightley School this week.  It is located in the area of the Baptist Seminary Community.  Ernest and Kebeh Suah built the school with the help of funding provided by Brian Knightley (England).  Unfortunately, there is no more funding from the Knightley’s as they were sending the money they made in retirement for the building of the school, but they are no longer able to work. They have classes for pre-school through 9^th grade.  The enrolment is at 259 right now, and as parents are able to come up with school fees, more are enrolling every day.  The school is in need of a sponsor to help in the completion of the building project for the sixth grade classroom, cafeteria, completing the Jr. High assembly hall and completing the compound wall.  They are doing extremely well and contributing to the building project and sustaining the school and are praying for others to come along side this ministry to add to what they can contribute to complete another phase of the building project.  The Suah’s are a fine, godly couple.  Please pray for health and safety for Ernest and Kebeh, the teachers and students at their school and for faith to trust God in every situation.

Elem School - on right area for 6th grade and cafeteria

Elem School classroom

Jr High Class

Assembly room needs cement floor

 

Jr. High School - trench for wall

4.      CleanOFF anti-malaria campaign.  CleanOFF and Service to Servants are working together to move forward with getting this product into Liberia and into the hands of those who can help with the prevention of malaria.  Please pray for the CleanOFF team and STS in this huge endeavor.  It is so much bigger than anything I have had to grapple with in a long time, so we will all readily acknowledge that it is God who is in charge here and moving us forward by His Spirit.  Please pray for all involved in this project and the new contacts that God is putting in our path.

5.      Evangel Christian Seminary.  Please pray for the staff of ECS as we work on getting Administrative matters in order and continue the teaching of the Seminary students.  Enrollment is increasing and we request prayers for wisdom and guidance so that the educational experience for the students (many teachers and pastors) will empower them with God’s Spirit and truth skills as they, in turn, minister to change lives and empower others in Liberia.

  

6.     
World Day of Prayer.  Here is a photo of The Salvation Army Sinkor Corps in Liberia celebrating WDP.

   

7.      One of our newest arrivals – Hadassah Grace McKay and her happy parents, Morris and Lydia and sisters, Veronica and Monah:

 

8.      In January, I received my Doctoral Degree in Theology!  The Degree is so helpful in working with Evangel Christian Seminary and other areas of educational support in Liberia.

Dr. Pamm McKee J

Evangel Christian Seminary

PO Box 2228

Monrovia, Liberia

Phone:  +1 88 885 8190      +1 77 018 9409

pammckee16@gmail.com

Stateside Contact:

Bill McKee (son)

3967 Acorn Hill Drive

Canandaigua, NY 14424

wmckee@frontiernet.net

This passage of Scripture speaks more truth than I can ever try to express!  In all that happens in life, I pray that our life will exemplify God’s presence and power and in the hard, difficult times of questioning, to remain faithful and keep our eyes on our Creator and King. 

2 Corinthians 6:4-10 (MSG)
Our work as God's servants gets validated—or not—in the details.

People are watching us as we stay at our post, alertly,

unswervingly . . . in hard times, tough times, bad times;
when we're beaten up, jailed, and mobbed;

working hard, working late, working without eating;
with pure heart, clear head, steady hand; in gentleness, holiness, and honest love;
when we're telling the truth, and when God's showing his power;

when we're doing our best setting things right;
when we're praised, and when we're blamed;

slandered, and honored; true to our word, though distrusted;
 ignored by the world, but recognized by God; terrifically alive, though rumored to be dead; beaten within an inch of our lives, but refusing to die;
 immersed in tears, yet always filled with deep joy;

living on handouts, yet enriching many; having nothing, having it all.

“In all these things, we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us” (Romans 8:37)

Fitting the Pieces Together

Do any of you like to working on puzzles? The challenge with puzzles is finding the right piece for the right place.   A few weeks ago while staying in Bentol, Neda and I put together a jigsaw puzzle.  The puzzle came in a box that included 10 puzzles.  Thankfully, the puzzles were all in separate packages.  I brought the box of puzzles with me to Liberia, but never opened the box because I thought all the puzzle pieces were loose in the box.  I had made up my mind not to even open the box because the task of sorting and making sense of all those pieces would be too much for me.  You can imagine how delighted I was when we opened the box and saw all those individually packaged puzzles, ranging in size from 300 to 1000 pieces.

Just so we would not get discouraged and quit, we chose the 300 piece puzzle with which to begin.  We placed a small table near a window where we could have the best lighting (no electricity) and set to work.  First, we turned all the pieces over so the picture side was facing up.  Then we searched for the straight edge pieces that constitute the frame of the puzzle. 

The puzzle was of two tan puppies surrounded by various shades of trees and sky.  Framing the puzzle was the easiest part.  After all, there are only so many straight edge pieces!  Then, we began the task of looking at the rest of the pieces, trying to match color schemes and shapes of puzzle pieces. We wanted to be able to get all those pieces where they were meant to be so that the finished product would match the picture on the box. 

We didn't go about putting the puzzle together using the same thought process.  Neda’s MO (method of operation) was working along the puzzle frame, carefully filling in pieces.  My MO was to find a group of puzzle pieces that looked similar and start putting random pieces together until there was a big enough section to place inside the sparsely completed puzzle, locating the general area where that section might fit.  For me, the excitement was in connecting my section to what Neda was working on.  For Neda, it was watching the puzzle ‘take shape’ keeping connected to the frame.  Together, using our individual style, we eventually found where all the pieces fit.  We were so excited to see the picture coming together and even more excited when we finally had all the pieces in place.  It was a wonderful sense of accomplishment and we shared great moments of faith and friendship in the process.

In many ways, life is a lot like that puzzle.  We have all been created by a wonderful, awesome, loving God.  The Psalmist, David, expresses it so well in Psalm 139:14-16 (NIV)

“I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.

My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place. When I was woven together in the depths of the earth, your eyes saw my unformed body.

All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.”

And our life is so much more than just a scattering of random pieces (although it may seem that way sometimes). 

God’s Word has so much to teach us about how we should live and guides us in the choices we make.  God guides us, but also allows us freedom to choose when and how the ‘pieces’ are joined together.   The world constantly bombards us with puzzle pieces that aren't appropriate or godly – trying to persuade us that the pieces the world offers will fit perfectly into our life.  We often believe that lie and try so hard to make those distorted, damaging pieces fit only to end up disappointed, discouraged, and disillusioned. 

I am reminded of two stories in Scripture.  The first is found in the first three Gospels (Matt 19; Mark 10; Luke 18).  It’s the story of an obviously well-to-do young man who just about everything money could buy, but still had a longing in his life that was never fully satisfied even with all his wealth and education.  He came to Jesus wanting to see if there was a way to piece together what he already had and who he already was and fit into the promise of eternal life.  He was so close to putting in place that one missing piece.  But, when Jesus told him to sell what he had and give it to the poor, he couldn't let go.  You see, he had fit together the puzzle of his life to conform to the pattern of the world.  He wanted the assurance of eternal life but also wanted to hold on to all the pieces he’d so carefully placed in the puzzle of his life.  Jesus told him that the missing piece he was looking for would require some serious rearranging (and letting go) of puzzle pieces that had shaped his life thus far. It wasn't that there was anything wrong with any of the pieces.  It’s just that somewhere along the way, his possessions began to possess him.  Some of the pieces had taken on colors and shapes that wouldn't match up with what Christ had declared were necessary.  I wonder how the story ended for him.  Did he ever grow weary of having all the world could offer and still have an insatiable longing for ‘more’?  Did he finally get rid of the pieces that possessed him? 

I am also reminded of the story of a  Samaritan woman in John, chapter four.   Here was a woman whose life was a jumble of pieces from several puzzles.  She’d tried to satisfy the longings of her heart with relationships that were inappropriate and she ended up ostracized from society.  She chose to draw water from the well in the heat of the day, maybe to avoid criticism and stares from the women who gathered in the cool of the morning and evening to draw water.  Her life may have been a mess, but her heart was still searching for Someone to make the pieces of her life fit together.  In this story, Jesus offers her water that will satisfy her thirst, so she wouldn't have to keep drinking from a well that could never quench her thirst.  In other words, He was saying that if she would start drinking and keep drinking from the well of eternal life found in Christ,  her thirst for meaning and purpose in life and relationships would be forever satisfied.  She could finally let go of the puzzle pieces that didn't belong.  In Christ, the Messiah,  she would start to see the beautiful pattern God intended for her.  Where she could only see the scattered, broken pieces of her life, Christ could see a person of worth and value.

Some photos and notes of events from April/May (up to today)

Preaching at Sinkor Corps
at their Mother's Day Program
(May 18, 2014)

Bentol City Farmers Market
Local Produce bought and sold
Also, ladies starting a new venture of processing and packaging cassava leaf, fever leaf, cassava root, palm butter and other items to sell in a local supermarket.
Pray for this new endeavor as we all try to figure out processing, packaging, marketing and how to manage this small, but exciting business adventure for the Bentol Community.

Bentol Clinic and Hospital where we will conduct part of a clinical trial on an anti-malaria mosquito repellent and antiseptic wipe (called CleanOff) developed and initiated by Cross Atlantic and Veritas.

Mother's Day at St. Paul Bridge Corps

Preaching at St. Paul Bridge Corps
May 11, 2014

Prayer focus:

1.  Changes in Salvation Army leadership in Liberia:

       Col. Festus Oloruntoba will farewell on Sunday, May 25th and return to his home country of Nigeria to take up an appointment. 

       Colonels Gabriel and Monica Kathuri, from Kenya, will arrive on June 1st to assume leadership of the Liberia Command.

2.  All the many details involved in the anti-malaria endeavor.

     Pray especially for the children who suffer greatly from malaria

My contact information in the US:

Bill McKee 3967 Acorn Hill Dr, Canandaigua, NY 14424

Dave and Karen Bearchell, 1884 Wilson Wynd Way, Lawrenceville, GA 30043

Blessings to all.

Pamm

October 11, 2014

It has been a long time since I've blogged, but am going to try to get one done today.  I’m started several but never finished or posted. 

Me and Joe and the car I've been
blessed to be able to use.
Thanks STS!

As you probably all know, Liberia is in a fight for its life against the Ebola virus.  There are more reasons for the spread of the virus than you can imagine:  denial, people thinking they are invincible and Ebola won’t get to them, government chaos preventing supplies getting to critical areas, carelessness, traditions people refuse to change (such as the handling and burying of bodies of the deceased), dead bodies lying in communities for three or four days waiting for the Ebola team to pick them up ( and most times, they never come) so the community ends up with some sort of contact with the bodies and most end of dying as well, and on and on it goes.

The medical and hygiene supplies being sent in small increment by those making great sacrifices to help, sit at the airport or the port for weeks while paperwork is shuffled from government office to the other with rules changing daily.  There are no words to express the power of prayer in all these situations and to walk through it all in the power of God’s presence and peace! 

I recently posted several photos on Facebook of the events of the last few months. 

Here are a few of the special joys in ministry through which we have known God’s abundant provision and blessing:

1.      

Martha Freeman, RN and CSM at
Monrovia City Corps

Joanna Clinton, RN 

From Service to Servants and CM (Crazy Missionaries) I received thirty infrared thermometers and ten thousand medical gloves (12 cases with to distribute to clinics (mostly), hospitals and some organizations who have a steady stream of people coming and going and were in need of the thermometers and gloves. ( It is really important to know if anyone has a fever as this is the time when the disease is contagious.  Not everyone with a fever has Ebola, but they will also know if they need to seek treatment for malaria, typhoid or some other illness.  Wearing of medical gloves – especially for those in clinics and hospitals is so important as Ebola is transmitted through contact with bodily fluids. ) Many medical providers  - especially small clinics - are now willing to see patients with the help of these two items.  I just got some vinyl fabric to make aprons to give to some of the clinics as well – to help protect them.  Getting the thermometers released from DHL and the airport was a challenge and took more than a week to finally get the official papers of release.  Contacting the clinics, hospitals and organizations was such a humbling experience.  Nurses and Doctors cried and gave praise to God for the supplies.  One nurse is expecting a child and said that if it’s a girl, her name will be Pamela.  J  And it’s just because God grants me unique opportunities to be His conduit – His representative on behalf of His Kingdom and His faithful servants around the world.  It is such a blessing to be able to live under the shadow of the Almighty.

2.      

David & Goliath with
 Diana Davies Orphanage Kids

From Victory Praise Tabernacle Church – several bags of children’s clothing to share with the Diana Davies Orphanage.  Spending an afternoon with Diana, the children and staff was joy unspeakable.   We worked on the “David and Goliath” drama and had such fun with it.  (The one my brigades from Atlanta performed)

3.        I’ve received calls and letters from three orphanages and two organizations that work with the disabled who are desperately in need of clothing, so we are thanking God that even now generous hearts and hands are gathering clothing to send.  I often think of all the clothing we stockpile and then get rid of that is in far better condition than anything most people have in Liberia.  If only there was a bridge across the ocean…J

Sorting container items for recipents

Okay, the bulldozer was
on the container and I couldn't
resist climbing up on it

  Receiving, clearing and unloading a container from Service to Servants and seeing that the thirty four recipients of items on the container were contacted and received what was sent for them.  I got to meet the most wonderful people deeply involved in ministry that is changing lives in Liberia. 

5.     

Suzie Guenther Orphanage getting
Manna Rice from FMSC

  Helping distribute Manna Rice from Feed My Starving Children on behalf of REAP and Christine T. Norman.   Ministries receive the rice to feed children and use the feeding program as an opportunity to share Christ.  Many young people are coming to Christ and so many are growing in their knowledge of the Bible through this outreach.  As I read the reports that come in each month.   I have the privilege of hearing their stories and seeing beautiful pictures of happy children.  The process of preparing and serving the food is giving the older youth and adults a great opportunity to serve and grow in their own walk with Christ.  Unfortunately, we ran out of rice in August and are waiting for a new shipment from FMSC to arrive.  In the meantime, we trust God to continue to provide for every need.

6.      

Colonels Gabriel & Monica Kathuri
Capt. Bundu, Johnnason David
preparing supplies for distribution

The Salvation Army in Liberia has been busy gathering and distributing rice and other food items, buckets, chloride and soap for hand washing, and other supplies to Corps, hospitals, clinics and communities in the fight against Ebola.  The Monrovia City Corps recently had their own fundraiser to be able to purchase supplies and distribute them to Ebola hospital units.  Thank you, Salvation Army, for serving in this time of crisis.

7.     

  I spent a day with the people from Victory Praise Tabernacle visiting five villages and giving out Manna Rice, buckets with all the hand washing supplies, and clothing.  They visited several villages the week prior to distribution, determined which villages to pinpoint, met with local village chiefs the week prior to the distribution.  The teens from their church handled most of the distribution and we wonderful at interacting with the village people, taking time to talk with them, share the gospel and pray with people.   What a blessing to be able to go along with them!

8.   

CROPPS donation to ELWA hospital

    Visited ELWA hospital and Ebola unit with CROPPS to give them food and medical supplies that had been collected from seven or eight churches/organizations.  In this group, everyone talked about having some things to share but not enough to go out to do a distribution.  They decided to pull their resources and then go out to represent Christ as a united front.  The tendency is for churches and organizations to hold rather tightly to what their sponsors send and not share for fear of diminishing their support and sponsorship, so this will a big step forward for this group to loosen the reins a bit and step out in faith to share for the sake of the Gospel and the needs in Liberia.  God has blessed them all a thousand times over for their

                                                         faith venture. 

9.      

Hooking up new water pump

Connecting pump wires to the water tank

We are almost all finished with the water project at the CHQ compound.  In May the stand for the water tank that supplies water for six families caved in and cracked the water tank.  We wrote to THQ New York to see if they would help us with a project to build a new water tower, get a new water tank and pump.  We were able to complete the tower and tank in by the end of July and have now purchased an installed the new submersible pump with an automatic switch so the tank will fill when empty and switch off when the tank if full.  Thanks, THQ New York, your kindness is helping us with water for all these families (including me!).  Having a safe water supply is helping us keep safe while the nation fights the Ebola virus.

10.  

Disciples of the Cross - Liberia

Commissioning and ordination of the Disciples of the Cross session.  It was a blessing to lead the cadets in covenant week and attend the commissioning and ordination of fourteen cadets from Liberia and Sierra Leone.  Their commissioning weekend was very small and the Women’s Congress that was planned in conjunction with commissioning weekend has been postponed until March/April 2015.  Please continue to pray for these new Lieutenants as they face some unique challenges in getting to their appointments and ministering in the midst of a very frightening time in both their countries.   And we are praying that the International guests scheduled for the Women’s Congress will be able to join us the end of March 2015.

       Of course with commissioning comes changes of appointments. 

       Here's a picture of officers on their way to a new appointment. :)

Officers on their way to a new appointment

11.   The Command Band. 

I love the Command Band.  The guys (and now one young lady) are improving!  In June, we lost our bass player, Prince Appau, who returned to Ghana and our lead cornet player, David Oloruntoba, who returned to Nigeria.  The rest of the band had a lot of hard work ahead of them and they have risen to the occasion.  I was privileged to get Lavela to make them all a new uniform shirt and trousers thanks to the donations you send through my son, Bill.  The Education Department had some sashes they were not using, so we donned those as well for commissioning weekend.   Their instruments are in dreadful condition, but we manage with what we have and enjoy and appreciate the provisions of God. 

12.  

Teaching for Evangel Christian Seminary and serving as Academic Dean.  The last Saturday of each month I teach a small class of BA and MA Students (alternate months).   Because the university is small (around 75 students) and is registered under a church, we have been able to keep up with classes.  Most of their work is via independent study as well.  November 9^th we are having a small graduation as part of the Sunday morning service at Christ Mission Ablaze Evangelical Church – where we will honor seven graduates:  one MA, two BA, and four AA degrees.  Because the government has all the schools closed at least until the Ebola emergency is lifted (November 6^th), we have to be very careful to abide by the government mandate.  Several locations are doing a modified education by giving young people assignments to keep their minds working.  We are doing that at the CHQ compound as well. 

Bentol Community (where I serve as consultant to Mayor Christine T. Norman) is having it's own issues with Ebola.  I am been working with the Bentol City Mayor's office to get supplies to areas where there are Ebola outbreaks.  GSA (government) finally gave us some supplies for Low Cost Village where there has been several Ebola cases.  

Supplies delivered to Bentol from GSA

 

Thanks for your prayers and support in this part of God's Vineyard.  

This morning I was reading about Jesus and His disciples in a boat on the Sea of Galilee when a storm came up with such force that the disciples we sure they would all drown.  In the midst of the storm and their fear, they cried out to God, "Lord, Save us!  We're going to drown!"  Jesus asked them, "Where is your faith?" Then He calmed the storm.  

Ebola in Liberia has become for us like the storm at sea.  It has caught us off guard and we are crying out to God, "Lord, Save us!  This virus is filling people with fear and death is all around us!"  And Jesus asks us, "Where is your faith?"   And He is here to calm the storm in people's hearts.

I have to say that churches are full and in worship, there is a genuineness and refreshing that is powerful.  People are seeking to know Jesus and have the assurance of eternal life.  The fields are ripe for harvest.

Pamm McKee

Something's Missing

 Blog March 22, 2014

 Something’s Missing

Last night when the generator came on, I went to the light switch to turn on the lights.  The light in the living room and kitchen worked just fine.  I flipped the switch and, without any effort on my part, the room was filled with light.   But, when I tried the same thing with the bathroom light, there was a faint flicker of light and then, nothing but darkness.  My analysis of the situation was that the bulb was burned out.  So, I called on Emmanuel to see if he would get a ladder and change the bulb. That sounded like a simple, routine task.  Emmanuel, climbed the ladder, changed the bulb and said, “Flip the switch,” which I did.  But nothing happened. So, out came the new bulb and out came a flashlight to scrutinize the light socket.  What Emmanuel discovered was that a small piece in the socket had broken loose.  Until the socket could be repaired, no matter how good the bulb, that bulb would not give off light from that socket – even if the switch is ‘on’.  The generator was working just fine, putting out the right amount of current.  The electricity was working fine everywhere else in the apartment.  The power was there, but because of one tiny missing piece, a good bulb was rendered useless.  Of course, the bulb isn’t really useless.  Once the repair is made, the bulb secured back in the socket and the switch is turned on, the power will flow to bring light to the room.

There are times when a similar thing happens in my walk with Christ.  Power for living in Christ is readily available.  The flow of power into my life is always available, 24-7.  But here’s what can happen. 

I’m pretty sure I am ‘full of light’ and busy as a beaver on behalf of God and His Kingdom but not shining at all for Him because there’s something interfering with the connection – with the Source of Power.  It could be I’ve been too busy to pray and spend quiet time with God and His Word.   I don’t suppose that’s ever happened with you.  But, for me, it’s far too easy to get wrapped up with good works so much that I look like the energizer bunny – all charged up and spinning in a flurry of activity -  but accomplishing nothing of eternal consequences, because of one teensy (okay, not really teensy in the light of eternity) little old misdemeanor – bad attitude, careless in keeping the heart and mind cleansed and focused on Him rather than ‘works’ or situation, or trusting in my own abilities and earthly resources. You get the picture. Flip the switch.  Nothing happens.  But, I’m too preoccupied to even notice that I’ve short circuited my connection with my Heavenly Father.  I may think my light is shining, but how can anyone benefit from a non-lit bulb?  If there is a glow factor, it’s probably not a positive one.

What short circuits your Source of Power? 

Grumbling, gossip, or compromise of values.   It amounts to neglecting to keep the connection in good repair, whether intentionally or unintentionally.

Jesus says in John 15:4 “Remain in me (if it’s broken, fix it), and I will remain in you.”  In 1 John 1:7, we are reminded, “But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin.”

In John 8:12, Jesus said to the people, "I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life."

  

Some exciting events:

February 24-28         Pointmen Leadership Institute – in partnership with REAP, led a week long seminar for leaders in public and private sectors on principle and ethics- based leadership training.

             March 1^st        Second Annual REAP (Restoration of Educational Advancement Program) Awareness Day at the William R. Tolbert Center for Youth in Bentol City.  REAP has been operating in Liberia since 2004. So far, REAP’s presence and impact cut across the 15 counties of Liberia. With the vision to bring help, hope and opportunities to war affected Liberian youth and young adults, REAP seeks to explore, design and implement relevant programs and initiatives that will result in total recovery and restoration of lost values and dignity among Liberian youth and young adults.

 

March 15^th                 Bentol City Home Coming and Induction Ceremony for Mayor Christine Tolbert Norman.  The Salvation Army Band provided music for the induction ceremony which was attended by many Liberian Government officials and friends, including being honored with the presence of Her Excellency Madam President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf.

March 20 and 21      The first Liberian Circle Association conference, held at the Norman Guest Home Conference Center with 40 in attendance. The mission of Liberian Circle Association is to provide to Christian ministries serving the people of Liberia with opportunities for communication and networking that promotes vision, planning, and collaboration of resources, efforts, and services for relief, development, and advancement of sustainable improvements that bring growth in discipleship, reconciliation, justice, and righteousness in order to renew all relationships and culture to be under the authority of Jesus Christ

March 28                    Joined The Salvation Army medical team in Mt. Coffee.  We took along Laurie and Breanna Kelly (Feed Hungry Children foundation) and Pastor Don Coffeen (God’s Kids) and Franklin (a 16 yr old Liberian who grew up in Calvary Orphanage, graduated from high school and now taking a computer class and wants to be a doctor).  Pastor Don spent hours praying with people who had come to the clinic. Breanna gave out more than 80 packets of rice with nutrients especially designed for malnourished children.  Franklin helped with registration.  Laurie and Breanna worked with the medical team assembling packets of medicine for distribution to patients.  I took pictures, visited with people, and did story/singing/scripture memory time with the children.

March 30                    Preached at Christ Mission Ablaze Church for Youth Sunday. J

 Prayer Focus

Praise God for answered prayer in so many ways.

People are coming to Christ.  Churches/Corps are paying attention to discipling believers.

God has provided resources for nutritional rice packets to feed malnourished children in the interior, day care kids and orphanages.  

Thanks be to God for CM (crazy missionaries) who is helping to provide for some basis needs (stove, frig, a/c, drinking water, generator, etc)  I am blessed beyond measure.  To all of you who are part of my support, I thank you.

Pray for an end to the Ebola outbreak in some areas in Liberia and for protection from disease.

Pray for our daily ministry and interactions that God would grant wisdom in all matters to His honor and glory.

Blessings to all.

My son, Bill, is handling my finances.  If anyone would like to help in any way, please send to:

Crazy Missionaries

Dave Bearchell

1884 Wilson Wynd Way

Lawrenceville, GA 30043

or 

Bill McKee

3967 Acorn Hill Dr

Canandaigua, NY 14424

Pamm