Love for Liberia: Pastor Needs Help This New Year

Hello all! I am going to enclose an email from Phil, the President of Revive Liberia. I don't think I could have said it any better. I met this pastor last April and he is a great man. And the children of his church were amazing. They began to sing worship songs for me and sang for almost an hour. He is doing a great job there. It angers me what is taking place in Liberia right now. The devil is at work here and he is trying to stop those who are honestly and humbly trying to make Liberia a better place for their people. We are so fortunate to start this New Year off with a home for your family and somewhere to worship if we choose to each week. The pictures are of the children of Isaac's church. If God has blessed you this year and you are able to give for this cause then please either email me or call Phil, or check out our website with donation information.

Dear friends of Revive Liberia, I write you with a heavy heart. Many of us know the scriptures well when it comes to sacrifice. In Matthew 16:24 Jesus says "If anyone would come after me he must deny himself, take up his cross and follow me." The teachings of Christ are full of what can be the real cost of discipleship. Not many of us are called upon to literally give up everything for the privilege of following what we know is right. I know of a man who is doing just that. Most if not all of you know of the problems we at Revive Liberia have had this year. Part of that problem was the fact that our pastor support program was being corrupted. Much of the money needed for our pastors to continue in their work was being misallocated. This money is given by kind Christians in their calling to give to the Kingdom. On our recent trip to Africa Mark and I interviewed many pastors about this issue. Many told us that they were not receiving all the funds that were allocated to them. It is very hard for us to understand, but even before we left Africa some of these same pastors changed their stories. They even signed a paper stating that they had received all the funds allocated to them. The powerful personality involved here cannot be discounted. We feel these men were intimidated into signing this paper. Two pastors alone remained faithful to the truth. One, pastor Yates, we are not sure of what his future will hold. The other, pastor Isaac Glaybo, is the reason for this letter. I have known Isaac since February of 2004. He is a very gentle and humble servant of Christ. I have had the privilege of spending several hours, over the years, talking with Isaac. The spirit of Jesus is present around this man. Now, because he refuses to aid corruption, he is losing everything. Isaac has a wife and four children. The economic conditions in Liberia have not gotten better since the war. The political situation has improved drastically. There are signs of much economic growth in the future but for now the common folk are really struggling. A place to live is no small thing. Isaac is losing his. Sometime in early January Isaac and his family will be evicted from their home. His house is owned by an organization where we have had trouble. Not unlike some U.S. Churches, the parsonage is not owned by the pastor living there. Isaac's home is very modest to say the least. But now even that will be lost. Issac's congregation will no doubt follow him to a new church. A new pastor has been assigned to his post. What he needs immediately is a new home and church building. From our eyes in the states this seems like a tall order. But our men on the ground have done a careful accounting of what this would cost and it is a modest $2000.00. We do not want to see everything Isaac has tried to build in his home town of Buchanan lost. The congregation could scatter very soon. Please pray concerning this matter. Isaac has put his faith into practice. Only in heaven will we know the results of what we do here when we follow the prompting of the Holy Spirit. If you feel the need to help, just let us know and the funds will be allocated for that. As always there is no administrative cost in our work. There is a picture of Isaac on our web site, reviveliberia.org. It is in the year end report section.