Friday, December 24, 2010

December Ministry 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.

Wordsower Liberia exists for the purpose of going to all the villages and towns of Liberia to preach the good news, disciple, encourage and train existing churches and start churches. Most of the towns and villages of Liberia have no church. This month we made 26 mission trips, visiting 9 villages, the prison, 5 immigration and police stations, and the hospital. Many of the places we visited multiple times, our longest trip was 4 days, shortest a few hours. We printed and distributed 15,000 pages of teaching material and hundreds of Bibles. This month we baptized 26, 4 children were dedicated in Church services and 44 completed our extensive Bible study program.

Some great news! This month several churches were started by those whom we have trained that have taken the training to others. We have never, yet, even been to the villages. One of those villages is Jellue. Their congregation is healthy and growing, they have almost completed their Church building. We have never been to their town. Our investment in the Church building is about $10 for nails, all other material was harvested from the bush at no cost. Our goal of a Church in every village of Liberia can only be accomplished when those we disciple and assist in starting a Church can and will also disciple and assist others in starting Churches. We are beginning to see that happen.

It appears to me that there is an inevitable war ahead again for Ivory Coast, Ivory Coast boarders Liberia. Wars, as you know, here in West Africa are especially brutal and cruel. Blood Diamond is a good movie to watch to get some understanding. It is about the last recent war that was in Ivory Coast. Both sides of the factions are actively recruiting former rebel fighters from Liberia to join their forces. In one week there were confirmed 170 deaths, 90 cases of torture and 500 disappeared or were imprisoned without trial, I am sure the actual numbers are higher. UN and Liberia have increased forces along the border. The UN is struggling with refugees pouring into Liberia. In Harper alone, where we are starting our new branch, it was reported a while back that 13,000 refugees entered their area. Fortunately, Aloysius and Albert who will be assigned to Maryland both speak fluent French, the Ivorian national language. We have our Bible marking lessons translated into French. Also Christine, a French lady, will be arriving in Feb. looking to see how God will use her. We will probably start her in translating our other lessons and then pray about her spending some time in the new refugee camps. Our need is French Bibles. We have searched and cannot get them here in Liberia. You can get up to date information by Googling Ivory Coast.

This month we sent Albert to Monrovia to purchase equipment and supplies for our new start in Harper, Maryland County. We purchased a motorbike, generator, copier, toner cartridges and ministry supplies. Our original leave date was December 15th but I got Typhoid and/or Malaria. This time my recovery has taken longer. We are now schedualed to be in Maryland before Jan 1st.
Our team that will be in Zwedru has grown in spiritual strength and numbers. We have a very strong group here that are committed missionaries. They are excited that Albert, Aloysius, and I are leaving so that they can prove themselves.

Villages, towns and cities we have been working in:
Sino County: Pynes Town, Gbliyee, Titus, Gardoway, Putu Jadweodee, Saydee, Peace Camp (a gold mining camp) Greeneville, Qutatozon, Seetor, Karquekpo, and Cass Town. Grand Gheda County: Zwedru, Toe Town, Toffoi, Suahken, Julutuzon, Jaibo, Gorbowrogba, Kyne, Gbloue, Solo Inside, Solo Outside, Kohn, Gambo, Gboleken, Dolozon, Polar Village, Dian, Gbarbo, Franzaz, Gwenebo, Jargbeh, Pellelzon, three road check stations, Zeon, Kpae, Zarzar, Gleplay, Compound, Sinkon, Jarzon, Polar Town and the county prison. Montserrado County: Monrovia. River Gee County: Jarkaken, Tartiken, Geeken, Kanweaken, Putuken, Fish Town, Klaboken. Bomi County: Beh

Thank you for your prayers, donations and support,
Kim

December Expense Report

Assistance to the poor: $501 – Humanitarian assistance: including food (average cost is $1.50 a day for food), rent, home repair, etc.
$7 – Medical expenses (average treatment cost is $1.00 - $3.00)

Ministry expenses:
$24 – We fund a daily one hour local Christian radio program. The total cost is $24 a month
$874 – Paper, gas for the generator, pens, folders, Bibles and mission trips
$366 – Motor bike gas and repair
$74 – Pay for a teacher in a school we started. This is payment for November and December. What we pay a teacher for a month’s work I made in an hour in the US as a teacher.

Cost of supplies for our new branch in Maryland County:
(The money was specifically donated for this new startup months ago by a family in Ohio)
$825 – Motorbike
$345 – Generator
$460 – Copier
$300 – Toner Cartridges
$200 – Transportation to and from Monrovia for Albert and supplies
$5 – office supplies

Team food and house supplies:
$725 – Food and house supplies (close estimate). Our core team consists of 8 adults and 7 children. We regularly feed and house visitors from the interior and locals as needed from our house supply funds. That averages out to $1.60 a day per person to cover, clothes, food, candles, soap etc. Really our team uses less than that per day because we also feed others every day.

Construction of our permanent ministry center and housing:
$27 – Construction costs for our property.

$4,833 - Total for the month

Donations should be sent to:
Wordsower Liberia
16960 Sidney Plattsville Rd
Sidney, Oh 45365

All donations are tax deductible. A receipt will be sent in January. 100% of all donations go for the mission to the Liberians. None is used for me or administration. If you have any questions concerning donations you may call Tom Looker at 937-489-8090.

Thank you,
Kim

Thursday, December 2, 2010

November Ministry 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.


Wordsower Liberia exists for the purpose of going to all the villages and towns of Liberia to preach the good news, disciple, encourage and train existing churches and start churches. Most of the towns and villages of Liberia have no church. This month we made 11 mission trips, visiting 4 villages, the prison, 5 immigration and police stations. We printed and distributed 7,260 pages of teaching material and hundreds of Bibles. We baptized 5, and 43 completed our extensive Bible study program.

We had an unusual month. For most of the month we did not have money, most of the time we did not have money for gas for the generator to run the copiers, or for paper or the bikes to go on mission trips. We were able to go on a few missions that were local or close to our base. We had many villages to visit and conferences to teach that were cancelled because of finances…But we also have great news! 536 pounds of desperately needed supplies were put on a ship for us. Much of them were purchased in November and the cost of the shipment covered (that is one reason our on-site finances were low). In the shipment are medicines, books, 2 desperately needed copiers, office supplies, Bibles and motorbike parts. We are very, very grateful to those who contributed time and money to make it happen! Thank you! They are scheduled to arrive the first week in January, we eagerly wait.

More good news: A young church we assisted in starting, in Jellu Town, is now constructing their church building. Franzay Town, a population of about 400, is remote and was also churchless. Last week we visited their recently birthed Church. We celebrated with them as they had their first communion service. In December we are scheduled to return for several baptisms. 500 students here in Zwedru have started and are actively working on a series of 12 lessons, called The Mail Box Club. Also we have started a new church here in Zwedru, last Sunday more then 20 attended.

Prayer requests: In December we are dividing our team, Albert, Aloysius and I are going to Maryland County to start a new branch. I will be with them for two months, they will remain. The trip, start and ministry are all going to be a real challenge. The road to Maryland County is hard and dangerous, taking two days. Motorbike drivers form caravans when traveling that road. Even caravans do not guarantee safety. Last week road rouges shot two riding one bike on that road, who were in a caravan, killing one and critically wounding the other (Aloysius and I will travel that same road on bike next week, Albert will follow later in a car with supplies). Also, they have discovered recent ritualistic child sacrifices in that county.

Villages, towns and cities we have been working in:
Sino County: Pynes Town, Gbliyee, Titus, Gardoway, Putu Jadweodee, Saydee, Peace Camp (a gold mining camp) Greeneville, Qutatozon, Seetor, Karquekpo, and Cass Town. Grand Gheda County: Zwedru, Toe Town, Toffoi, Suahken, Julutuzon, Jaibo, Gorbowrogba, Kyne, Gbloue, Solo Inside, Solo Outside, Kohn, Gambo, Gboleken, Dolozon, Polar Village, Dian, Gbarbo, Franzaz, Gwenebo, Jargbeh, Pellelzon, three road check stations, Zeon, Kpae, Zarzar, Gleplay, Compound, Sinkon, Jarzon, Polar Town and the county prison. Montserrado County: Monrovia. River Gee County: Jarkaken, Tartiken, Geeken, Kanweaken, Putuken, Fish Town, Klaboken. Bomi County: Beh

Thank you for your prayers, donations and support,

Kim

November Finance Report

Assistance to the poor:

$170 – Humanitarian assistance: including food (average cost is $1.20 a day for food), rent, home repair, etc.
$35 – Medical expenses (average treatment cost is $1.00 - $3.00)

Ministry expenses:
$24 – We fund a daily one hour local Christian radio program. The total cost is $24 a month
$247 – Paper, gas for the generator, pens, folders, Bibles and mission trips
$163 – Motor bike gas and repair, we have three bikes, we use them to get to the remote villages

Team food and house supplies:
$725 – Food and house supplies (close estimate). Our core team consists of 8 adults and 7 children. We regularly feed and house visitors from the interior and locals as needed from our house supply funds. That averages out to $1.60 a day per person to cover, clothes, food, flashlight batteries, soap etc. Really our team uses less than that per day because we also feed others every day.

$1,364 - Total for the month

Donations should only be sent to:
Wordsower Liberia
16960 Sidney Plattsville Rd
Sidney, Oh 45365
All donations are tax deductible. A receipt will be sent in January. 100% of all donations go for the mission to the Liberians. None is used for me or administration. If you have any questions concerning donations you may call Tom Looker at 937-489-8090.

Thank you,
Kim

Thursday, November 4, 2010

October 2010 Ministry 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.


Wordsower Liberia exists for the purpose of going to all the villages and towns of Liberia to preach the good news, disciple, encourage existing churches and start churches. Most of the towns and villages of Liberia have no church. This month we made 17 mission trips. Our mission trips can last from ½ - 6 days. In September, we printed and distributed 15,500 pages of teaching material and hundreds of Bibles. We baptized 22 people, and 21 completed our extensive doctrine study program.

We had the blessing of having Don Riley visit us from Piqua, Ohio. He arrived on Oct. 1st and stayed until Oct. 24th. He has pictures and stories and is excited to share them with all who are interested, contact him at 937-451-9809.

“Jesus went through all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the good news of the kingdom and healing every disease and sickness. When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.” (Matt 9:35 NIV).

Of course, the heart, passion and mission of our Lord has not changed. As we go from village to village we see most do not have churches. They all desperately want one! One will beg us to return quickly while another begs for us to come. They are harassed with evil spirits and religion, sheep without shepherds. Truly, we see the harvest is plentiful and the workers few. Pray with us that our Lord will rise up and send more workers.
We are now doing monthly conferences on our base in Zwedru, training workers from nearby villages to start churches. We are also traveling to distant regions, gathering people from surrounding villages and then training them. This month, again, we experienced the miraculous birth or a new church in a once churchless village. That day 90% of the village attended, leaders were put in place, 8 were baptized and many experienced communion for the first time. The whole village celebrated together with a meal. We are receiving reports that other churches have started from our training.

We experience many trials. The roads are BAD! From motorbike accidents we currently have 5 healing from bloody wounds, and another from a hurt neck. Longer trips are made in car/truck taxi. One trip, in the back of a small pick-up truck with 19 people, one gazelle carcass and a chicken, took over 13 hours to go 150 miles. Another, 41 hours to go 320 miles. Drivers, strained machines and muddy roads create long, rough trips. Because the roads are so bad gas and supply trucks can’t get through. One large gas truck striving to make it turned over dangerously spilling its load. Gas prices are normally $3.50 a gallon but have rose to $11.50 a gallon. The supply shortage and cost have caused us to temporarily shut down our bikes, keeping us from going on mission trips. We have also had to stop our generator and copiers.
Illnesses, also, create delays in our mission. One 5 day mission trip had to be cut short because of a very serious, odd illness. Delka, one of our core team leaders, had to be “rushed” to Monrovia for treatment. Also, again this month, I had Typhoid Fever and Malaria. Fortunately, we got the Cobra in our yard before he got us!

The blessings always far out-weigh the challenges. Example: this month we started 500 students with Bible lessons, many more are waiting to participate.
Answered prayer: we now, on our Zwedru base, have over 6,000 Gideon Bibles. We were down to less than 100. Long story short: it is miraculous that we have them!

Villages, towns and cities we have been working in:
Sino County: Pynes Town, Gbliyee, Titus, Gardoway, Putu Jadweodee, Saydee, Peace Camp (a gold mining camp) Greeneville, Qutatozon, Seetor, Karquekpo, and Cass Town. Grand Gheda County: Zwedru, Toe Town, Toffoi, Suahken, Julutuzon, Jaibo, Gorbowrogba, Kyne, Gbloue, Solo Inside, Solo Outside, Kohn, Gambo, Gboleken, Dolozon, Polar Village, Dian, Gbarbo, Franzaz, Gwenebo, Jargbeh, Pellelzon, three road check stations, Zeon, Kpae, Zarzar, Gleplay, Compound, Sinkon, Jarzon, Polar Town and the county prison. Montserrado County: Monrovia. River Gee County: Jarkaken, Tartiken, Geeken, Kanweaken, Putuken, Fish Town, Klaboken. Bomi County: Beh

Donations should now be sent to:
Wordsower Liberia 16960 Sidney Plattsville Rd Sidney, Oh 45365

All donations are tax deductible. A receipt will be sent at year’s end. 100% of all donations go to the mission for the Liberians. None is used for me or administration. If there are any donation questions you may call Tom Looker at 937-489-8090.

Thank you for your prayers, donations and support,
Kim

October 2010 Expense Report

Assistance to the poor:

$768 – Humanitarian assistance: including food (average cost is $1.50 a day for food), rent, home repair, etc.
$135 – Medical expenses (average treatment cost is $1.00 - $3.00)
$120 – Small business start for a family, soap making.
$40 – Assistance for a wedding
Ministry expenses:
$24 – We fund a daily one hour local Christian radio program. The total cost is $24 a month
$1,243 – Paper, gas for the generator, pens, folders, Bibles and mission trips
$277 – Motor bike gas and repair
$35 - Communication
$36 – Pay for a teacher in a school we started. What we pay a teacher for a month’s work I made in an hour in the US as a teacher.

Team food and house supplies:
$725 – Food and house supplies (close estimate). Our core team consists of 8 adults and 7 children. We regularly feed and house visitors from the interior and locals as needed from our house supply funds. That averages out to $1.60 a day per person to cover, clothes, food, candles, soap etc. Really our team uses less than that per day because we also feed others every day.

Construction of our permanent ministry center and housing:
$1072 – Construction costs for our property. We plastered our outside walls with cement. Necessary for protecting our mud brick walls from rain and bugs. We also have started teaching conferences so we built a thatched roof building protecting us from the rain and sun.

Schools fees:
$269 – for children’s school fees. Average cost per child per semester is $40.
$457 – designated donation for an orphanage to cover orphan school fees.

$4,201 - Total for the month

Monday, October 4, 2010

September 2010 Ministry 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.


Wordsower Liberia exists for the purpose of going to all the villages and towns of Liberia to preach the good news, train and encourage existing churches and start churches. Most of the towns and villages of Liberia have no church. This month we made 32 mission trips, went to a total of 22 villages, towns and cities. Some of those towns we visited several times, others we visited once. Our mission trips can last from ½ - 6 days. In September, we printed and distributed 14,950 pages of teaching material and hundreds of Bibles. We baptized 34 people, 57 completed our extensive doctrine study program, and over 30 children were dedicated in a church service.

It rained all night at times terribly hard, monsoon hard, it was also cool. In the morning I looked out the window and saw an old women limping up to the house. She was cold, wet, muddy and hungry. She had spent the night outside, alone. She wasn’t from this region. Nancy told us that she used all the money she had to take a car as far as it would go towards her son’s house. She was still many hours, by car, from her destination. Her plan was to walk the rest of the way. She had had a stroke; her right side was mostly paralyzed, her leg dragged. We warmed water for bathing, gave her clean dry clothes and one of our rooms to sleep in. When she woke, several hours later, we had food for her. She stayed with us for a couple days, sleeping most of the time. We gave her spending money, put her on a car, paying the fee for the rest of her trip. Our Lord brought her to us. Such events happen to us often.

There is another widow, Betty, who is alone, we help her regular. She also is handicapped, has had a stroke, walking with a limp. The war separated Betty from her family. Her only known living son died and left her with a grandson to raise. She tried to raise rice this year but the groundhogs destroyed it. Her thatch roof was rotten and leaked bad. We are in the rainy season, it rains every day, often with the strength of a monsoon. We purchased and had installed a new thatch roof in the house she rents.

This month we had a three day conference for church planters and young churches. 20 attended representing 8 fellowships. Existing church leaders returned strengthened and encouraged. Others returned to start new churches.

It was a month of hard rains, sickness, generator and copier problems . Malaria swept through our team leaving more than 10 of us sick. I had malaria twice, typhoid and a severe kidney infection that left me incapacitated much of the month. My treatments consisted of injections, pills and IVs. IVs were purchased black market and administered on the floor of my room, the needle held in place with electrical tape.

Villages, towns and cities we have been working in:
Sino County: Pynes Town, Gbliyee, Titus, Gardoway, Putu Jadweodee, Saydee, Peace Camp (a gold mining camp) Greeneville, Qutatozon, Seetor, Karquekpo, and Cass Town. Grand Gheda County: Zwedru, Toe Town, Toffoi, Suahken, Julutuzon, Jaibo, Gorbowrogba, Kyne, Gbloue, Solo Inside, Solo Outside, Kohn, Gambo, Gboleken, Dolozon, Polar Village, Dian, Gbarbo, Franzaz, Gwenebo, Jargbeh, Pellelzon, three road check stations, Zeon, Kpae, Zarzar, Gleplay, Compound, Sinkon, Jarzon, Polar Town and the county prison. Montserrado County: Monrovia. River Gee County: Jarkaken, Tartiken, Geeken, Kanweaken, Putuken, Fish Town, Klaboken. Bomi County: Beh
Thank you for your prayers, donations and support,
Kim

September 2010 Ministry Expense Report

Assistance to the poor:
$652 – Humanitarian assistance: including food (average cost is $1.50 a day for food), rent, home repair, etc.
$70 – Medical expenses (average treatment cost is $1.00 - $3.00)
$159 – assisting those stranded and transporting our teams to Monrovia for ministry and supplies

Ministry expenses:
$20 – We fund a daily one hour local Christian radio program. The total cost is $20 a month
$1,096 – Paper, gas for the generator, pens, folders, and Bibles
$326 – Motor bike gas and repair
$44 - Communication
$177 – Mission trips. We give each day $1.40 per person for food for overnight mission trips. Also included in this is the cost of candles for night services.

Team food and house supplies:
$725 – Food and house supplies (close estimate). Our core team consists of 8 adults and 7 children. We regularly feed and house visitors from the interior and locals as needed from our house supply funds. That averages out to $1.60 a day per person to cover, clothes, food, candles, soap etc. Really our team uses less than that per day because we also feed others every day.

Construction of our permanent ministry center and housing:
$37 – Construction costs for our building.
Schools fees:
$130 – for children’s school fees. Average cost per child per semester is $40.
$50 – designated donation to assist in Weddings. We used it for the wedding of DK one of our leaders.

$3,442 - Total for the month
Donations should now be sent to:
Wordsower Liberia
16960 Sidney Plattsville Rd
Sidney, Oh 45365
All donations are tax deductible. A receipt will be sent in January. 100% of all donations go for the mission to the Liberians. None is used for me or administration. If you have any questions concerning donations you may call Tom Looker at 937-489-8090.

Thank you,
Kim

Tuesday, September 7, 2010

August 2010 Ministry Report

A day in the life of Wordsower: Sunday, August 22, 2010


It rained almost all day, sometimes heavy, but then it is the rainy season. Our teams, using motorbikes, did 5 mission trips that day. One of our team, Ballah, was in Monrovia purchasing and shipping supplies. The morning started at 8:00 with a team, Dk and I, going to the village called Gbarbo. As we were returning from the service, pulling into our yard, we met a second team leaving, Albert and Aloysius, for service at the prison. Sam and Roland Sr., another team, were dropped off the day before in Franzay. I ate and then went to get them. The trip to Franzay is a combination of dirt road and path. On the way there is a steep, badly rutted “road” made of clay and extremely slick, it was raining. No way could one go down it without wreaking and probable damage to man and machine. As God would have it, He does this often, a man was at the bottom with his bike unable to come up. I helped him up, not a small job, and he helped me down. Sam and Roland Sr. had spent the night in Franzay, they helped the church the day before in the construction of their new church building. They had a service before I arrived. Together we celebrated the work, encouraged each other and prayed. Upon our return I met the others at the house. Roland Jr., the pastor of Solo Outside, was at the house. He explained that George, the pastor from Solo Inside, was injured. He was hit in the head, an accident, had a tooth knocked out, was delirious, and may also have a broken jaw. Albert and Badio took some ministry training material and immediately left to get him. Roland Jr. and I went to Polar village for an evening service. Albert and Badio returned with George about 5 hours later, after 9:00 PM. They had many wrecks, they and the bike had been washed down a swollen bridgeless creek and had spent a couple hours in pouring rain trying to restart the bike. Throughout the day many came to be served at our center. They come for personal training or as trainers they will come for supplies. That night we slept in our various rooms, three visitors also slept with us. As we lay in our beds there was much laughter and talk, going from room to room, recanting the activities of the day. The next day we took George to a clinic (there are no x-ray machines in our county, maybe none outside Monrovia) he was treated with pain killers and antibiotics. How he heals, we will see? He will stay with us for a few days. Sunday, August 22, a typical day.

About the five villages: Gbarbo, about 25 homes, formerly no church or school. We have been meeting and training them for a couple months. A church has been birthed. This next Sunday will be their first service without us. The Prison has about 130 inmates, formerly a harsh cruel typical third world prison. Today they have a strong healthy church lead by the inmates, 98% of the inmates and guards are doing our lessons. The cruel, harsh conditions have almost ceased. Franzay a village of about 30 homes, formerly had no church or school. Today they have a young healthy church and have started constructing their church/school building. Polar, about 20 homes, currently has no church, or school. We have come to this village several times evangelizing and discipling. We have discovered the emerging leaders and are giving them special attention, preparing them to start a church. Solo Inside, about 30 homes, formerly they had no school or church. Today they have a healthy growing church. In September we will dedicate their completed church/school building. They will have their first day of school the second week of September. The elders say the town is generations old and that they have never before had a school or church.

Villages, towns and cities we have been working in:

Sino County: Pynes Town, Gbliyee, Titus, Gardoway, Putu Jadweodee, Saydee, Peace Camp (a gold mining camp) Greeneville, Qutatozon, Seetor, Karquekpo, and Cass Town. Grand Gheda County: Zwedru, Jaibo, Gorbowrogba, Kyne, Gbloue, Solo Inside, Solo Outside, Kohn, Gambo, Gboleken, Dolozon, Polar Village, Dian, Gbarbo, Franzaz, Gwenebo, Jargbeh, Pellelzon, three road check stations, Zeon, Kpae, Zarzar, Gleplay, Compound, Sinkon, Jarzon, Polar Town and the county prison. Montserrado County: Monrovia. River Gee County: Jarkaken, Tartiken, Geeken, Kanweaken, Putuken, Fish Town, Klaboken. Bomi County: Beh

Donations should now be sent to:
Wordsower Liberia 16960 Sidney Plattsville Rd Sidney, Oh 45365

All donations are tax deductible. A receipt will be sent at year’s end. 100% of all donations go to the mission for the Liberians. None is used for me or administration. If there are any donation questions you may call Tom Looker at 937-489-8090.

Thank you for your prayers, donations and support,

Kim

August, 2010 Ministry Expense Report

Assistance to the poor:
$613 – Humanitarian assistance: including food (Average cost is $1.50 a day for food), rent, home repair, etc.
$67 – Medical expenses


Ministry expenses:
$20 – We are funding a daily one hour local Christian radio program. The total cost is $20 a month
$348 – Paper, gas for the generator, pens, folders, and Bibles
$326 – Motor bike gas and repair
$840 – New motor bike
$39 - Communication
$178 – Mission trips. We give each day $1.40 per person for food for overnight mission trips. Also included in this is the cost of candles for night services.

Team food and house supplies:
$725 – Food, house supplies (close estimate). Our core team consists of 8 adults and 7 children. We regularly feed and house visitors from the interior and locals as needed from our house supply funds. That averages out to $1.60 a day per person to cover, clothes, food, candles, soap etc. Really it is less than that per day because we also feed others every day.

Construction of our permanent ministry center and housing:
$80 – Construction costs for our building.
$540 – well hand pump. We have a well that is open, now water is not for drinking. The pump will allow us to enclose the well and allow for drinking water. Many around will use it.
Schools fees:
$370 – for children’s school fees. Average cost per child per semester is $40.


$4,136 - Total for the month

Tuesday, August 17, 2010

July Ministry Expense Report

Assistance to the poor:
$490 – Humanitarian assistance: including food (Average cost is $1.50 a day for food), rent, home repair, education expenses, etc.

$154 – Medical expenses

Ministry expenses:
$20 – We are funding a daily one hour local Christian radio program. The total cost is $20 a month

$1,112 – Paper, gas for the generator, pens, folders, Bibles and feeding for those going on mission trips

$575 – Purchase of a new generator. Our old one could not keep up with our needs, we have made many repairs; it no longer is capable or trustworthy

$94 – Motor bike gas and repair

Team food and house supplies:
$620 – Food, house supplies (close estimate). Our core team consists of 8 adults and 7 children. We regularly feed and house visitors from the interior and locals as needed from our house supply funds. That averages is less than $1.50 a day per person to cover, clothes, food, candles, soap etc. Really it is less than that per day because we also feed others every day.

Construction of our permanent ministry center and housing:
$271 – Construction costs for our building.

$3,336 - Total for the month

Thursday, August 5, 2010

Ministry report for July 2010

Jesus said, “I must preach the good news of the kingdom of God to other towns because that is why I was sent.” (Lk 5:43)

Wordsower Liberia has the same mission: we exist for the purpose of going to all the villages and towns of Liberia to preach the good news and start churches. From my experience I have discovered that most of the towns and villages of Liberia have no church. This month we went to 13 towns and villages (some we were in for several days others we made several visits) preaching, teaching, strengthening existing churches and starting churches. In July we printed and distributed between 8,500 - 9,000 pages of teaching material and hundreds of Bibles. I will give just a few of the many highlights of the month:

Solo Town Outside – before we arrived over a year ago they had no church. Today, they have a healthy church, a completed church building and last month they celebrated their first year anniversary as a church. We are now in the process of ordaining elders.

Solo Town Inside – before we arrived they also had no church or school. Today, they are proud to have a healthy growing church. This month, August, they will celebrate the dedication of their church building. The town is generations old; the elders know that this is the first church they have ever had. We are also in the process of establishing a school for the many children.

Gbarbo – characterizes most of the villages we work in. They have about 30 homes and have no church or school, I believe there are 1000’s of such villages. We have made several visits to Gbarbo in the last six months. The last two Sundays we had our first church services, most of the village attended with overjoyed excitement. Another new church has been birthed in a once churchless village. The chief had given us property for the construction of a church building. They beg us to never stop visiting. We are currently training leaders from the village to be elders of their new church.

Pynes Town – this town has a history of being the most powerful of demonic strongholds. It is the birth place of General Butt Naked, a friend of mine (Google General Butt Naked). He was a leading demonic high priest for Liberia. Last month the Devil and his Disciples from Pynes Town (a satanic cult) went to Peace camp, a gold mining camp of over 1000, and attacked;  beating, raping, pillaging and destroying the camp. We just returned from 4 days in Pynes Town. The head devil and several of his disciples have committed themselves to Christ and renounced the cult. They are now committed to our Bible studies. The main devil has been invited to come live with us for a month or so for cleansing and training, he says he will come. This is a major victory and the breaking of the back of this demonic stronghold! The story is long these are just some highlights.

Beh Village – is a town within the Gola tribe. This tribe of 140,000 is considered to be an unreached people group with less than 1% Christian. We have a healthy growing church there that is also going to other villages evangelizing with the hopes of starting churches. We baptized 7 while there.

Liberia is one of the poorest countries of the world. Many are malnourished, go to bed hungry and die from illnesses that $2 worth of medicine would have cured. We assist many of these with food, clothing, rent and medicine.
We grieve the loss of Pappee Jolo, about 20 years old. He died a week ago. He was an orphan that we assisted for 8 years. His illness was probably Jaundice.

Villages, towns and cities we have been working in:

Sino County: Pynes Town, Gbliyee, Tactiville, Gardoway, Putu Jadweodee, Saydee, Peace Camp (a gold mining camp) and Cass Town

Grand Gheda County: Zwedru, Jaibo, Gorbowrogba, Kyne, Gbloue, Solo Inside, Solo Outside, Kohn, Gambo, Gboleken, Dolozon, Polar, Gbarbo, Franzaz, Gwenebo, Jargbeh, Pellelzon, three road check stations, and the county prison

Montserrado County: Monrovia

River Gee County: Jarkaken, Tartiken, Geeken, Kanweaken, Putuken, Fish Town, Klaboken

Bomi County: Beh town
 
Thank you for your prayers, donations and support,

Kim

All donations are tax deductible. A receipt will be sent in January. 100% of all donations go for the mission to the Liberians. None is used for me or administration.

Tuesday, July 6, 2010

A Letter to Supporters: July Ministry Update

Hello,

Below is an edited note I got from Albert Dossen, one of our leaders, while I was in the states.

We have started making trips into the interior already. Aloysius & Badio went to Pynes Town to work with our leaders there. While they were there the Devil (the name given to the leader, a man) and his Disciple’s, from Pynes Town, at 2:00 AM attacked Peace Camp (a gold mining village where we are also working and starting a church). They beat some of the men, raped two of the women, burnt homes, pillaged and ruined the entire camp. When they returned to Pynes Town they met our team there. One of our trained local leaders, Moses, they took to their place of worship, stripped him and were preparing to tie and beat him when he was able to escape. Badio & Aloysius found means of escaping also. As they were escaping they found Moses running on the road naked. They picked him up and the three returned to our place in Zwedru. As I'm writing you Pynes Town is on fire also. The government is trying to get things under control.

That’s all for now bye,
My best regard,
Albert

I personally spoke to the regional commander, a friend of mine, who confirmed the story as true. He went personally with armed national troops to Peace Camp and Pynes Town and made several arrests. The Devil escaped and is in hiding. The Devil and his Disciples are a satanic religion, found in most of the villages of Liberia. They are very evil, controlling and violent. They have alters and make ritualistic sacrifices, sometimes they will even sacrifice children. They attacked because they said the camp no longer gave them proper respect.

We need your prayers. Pray that our Lord will show us how to respond to this attack, that He will bind the power of the enemy and release His Spirit in Pynes Town.

Currently I am in Monrovia purchasing ministry supplies to take back to our base in Zwedru. We are in the rainy season which makes the roads very bad. Pray that we are able to get the supplies needed and will be get them safely home.

Donations can be made by writing a check to:

Wordsower Liberia
16960 Sidney Plattsville Rd
Sidney, Oh 45365

100% of all donations go directly to Liberia for the mission. None is used for administration or for the missionaries. A tax deductible receipt will be given each January.

Thank you,
Kim

“Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. Put on the full armor of God so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand. Stand firm then.”
Eph 6:10-14 NIV

Wednesday, June 9, 2010

Ministry Report for February 2010

February 27th we moved into our new place! It is far from finished. Most floors are dirt. Walls, roof, doors and windows are incomplete but enough or each was completed for us to move in. We have spent almost the entire month working on our housing/ministry center. We started the project this December and will move in at the end of February. The project has kept us out of the interior villages and will for the next month. The project is a temporary necessary distraction.

We have not worked in the villages this month because of this construction project. March will also be dedicated to the construction project. The first of April will allow us to return to the mission we came for, “A church in every village of Liberia”. Another reason for being away from the villages is because our copiers are all unusable and supplies are depleted. We have copiers, ink, paper and Bibles on a boat from the US that has not arrived yet.

After almost 1 ½ years I will return to the US for a visit, arriving on April 8 and returning to Liberia June 17th.
Villages, towns and cities we have been working in:
Sino County: Pynes Town, Gbliyee, Tactiville, Gardoway, Putu Jadweodee, Saydee, Peace Camp (a gold mining camp) and Cass Town

Grand Gheda County: Zwedru, Jaibo, Gorbowrogba, Kyne, Gbloue, Solo Inside, Solo Outside, Kohn, Gambo, Gboleken, Dolozon, Polar, Gbarbo, Franzaz, Gwenebo, Jargbeh, Pellelzon, two road check stations, and the county prison

Montserrado County: Monrovia

River Gee County: Jarkaken, Tartiken, Geeken, Kanweaken, Putuken, Fish Town, Klaboken