Pulling Weeds out of Potholes

2012 - Liberian Mission Trip - The Children

Children at the Delany School in Buchanan where we provided a water filtration system.

Kids would just follow us around. They rarely see white people, especially very tall white people like Dave.

A boy hanging out by a tree in Buchanan.

Kids are the same around the world. They love to have fun. And they love to have their picture taken.

Palm is the source of life in Liberia. They use it in nearly everything. But if you look at this picture closer, you will see the girl in the background with a bloated belly. Sadly, she will be dead. It was tough to not just hold these kids that were literally dead kids walking and weep over them. In my soul, I did.

We stopped at an isolated village to provide them with a water filtration system. The kids were full of life and vitality. The little kid holding the sticks had acquired a hubcap from a car passing by. He would use his sticks to push it around. He also had a bloated belly and will be dead.

We were much too late at providing safe drinking water to help this guy. :(

This is part of a series that I wrote showing the mission trip I took to Liberia.

I divided the subjects into individual pages, for ease of use.

2012 - Liberian Mission Trip - Economy

2012 - Liberian Mission Trip - Wilfred

2012 - Liberian Mission Trip - A Few Notable Places

2012 - Liberian Mission Trip - Food

2012 - Liberian Mission Trip - Heart of Grace Elementary School

2012 - Liberian Mission Trip - The Children

2012 - Liberian Mission Trip - Water

2012 - Liberian Mission Trip - Monrovia Hope Center

2012 - Liberian Mission Trip - Marshall Hope Center

2012 - Liberian Mission Trip - Leadership Training Institute

2012 - Liberian Mission Trip - Gifts

2012 - Liberian Mission Trip - Our Brothers and Sisters

Here are a few articles that I wrote upon my return:
One Drop

You Shall Love Your Neighbor As...

Sunrise in the Clouds over Europe

Who Will Be God's Ambassadors?

FAQ on Liberia trip from questions asked at an Indiana Tech Sociology class

Hands and Feet

2012 - Liberian Mission Trip - Heart of Grace Elementary School

The Heart of Grace Elementary School was one of the bright spots in Liberia. Clean, trash free, and education happening; however, the well has run dry. They educate 1,500 students and provide water for the neighborhood they are in, serving approximately 7,000 people. Some of the people on our team for the trip in 2013 will be fixing this water nightmare.

They had a well donated to them by Rotary. Unfortunately, it is nearly dried up. Water just trickles out of it making it impossible for 7,000 people to get clean, safe drinking water from this well.

So they dug a new well!

But it was dry. Without any well drillers, this was all dug by hand.

The nearest well for the school is all the way down that hill. Sadly, it is a well that can be easily contaminated with everyone handling the bucket that goes down into the water.

These are some of the students at the school.

This is the computer lab at the school. I felt that the future of Liberia looks bright with people learning like this.

This is part of a series that I wrote showing the mission trip I took to Liberia.

I divided the subjects into individual pages, for ease of use.

2012 - Liberian Mission Trip - Economy

2012 - Liberian Mission Trip - Wilfred

2012 - Liberian Mission Trip - A Few Notable Places

2012 - Liberian Mission Trip - Food

2012 - Liberian Mission Trip - Heart of Grace Elementary School

2012 - Liberian Mission Trip - The Children

2012 - Liberian Mission Trip - Water

2012 - Liberian Mission Trip - Monrovia Hope Center

2012 - Liberian Mission Trip - Marshall Hope Center

2012 - Liberian Mission Trip - Leadership Training Institute

2012 - Liberian Mission Trip - Gifts

2012 - Liberian Mission Trip - Our Brothers and Sisters

Here are a few articles that I wrote upon my return:
One Drop

You Shall Love Your Neighbor As...

Sunrise in the Clouds over Europe

Who Will Be God's Ambassadors?

FAQ on Liberia trip from questions asked at an Indiana Tech Sociology class

Hands and Feet

2012 - Liberian Mission Trip - Food

They eat dirt. This was one of the more depressing days for me. I came from a Rotary meetings with some of the elite of Liberian society into the neighborhoods where people eat dirt to sustain themselves.