Happy New Year! It seems like ages since my departure in May and much to be thankful for has happened with Gbarnga Mission (and my personal life). Let’s get personal first… I’m a grandfather now. Yes, Meghan Grace entered our lives on October 29th so a new chapter begins for me and Kathy (and my… Continue reading Liberia Here We Come…Round 9!

Wishing you and your family all the Joy of today as we celebrate the birth of our savior…the reason for the season AND our ministry in Liberia.

Now through Nov 2, AmazonSmile is donating 5% (ten times the usual amount) to Gbarnga Lutheran Mission Project Inc when you shop at smile.amazon.com/ch/46-5637972. There’s no extra cost to you and the items available are the same as through the regular amazon.com site. Do some early Christmas shopping and benefit Gbarnga Mission!

After departing Deanville in baby Foton at an 8:00am US time equivalent and ending with a delayed flight from Newark to Boston, I arrived home nearly 34 hours later. Hugs from Kathy and a warm shower in the cool, dry New England evening felt great. This afternoon I received my first phone call from Liberia… Continue reading Home again

I finished off my last batch of Aunt Jemima mix by making a nice big stack of pancakes and a couple of pieces of bacon as a filling breakfast in anticipation of a long airport drive along which there is little food available that I’m willing to eat from street markets. After washing and packing… Continue reading The Firestone shortcut

“… let us run with endurance the race that is set before us…” (Hebrews 12:1) I feel like my work in Liberia is part marathon and part relay race. In junior high I tried various running sports. I discovered very quickly after the first few cross country practices that long distance was not my thing.… Continue reading Handing off the baton

The response for supporting the other new Liberia Reads school with their $600 was rapid. Thank you – our training will be in Gbarnga! I spoke to Lyn Gray about the support and she feels she may be able to add some funds to it which would allow her to enroll two additional schools near… Continue reading We train in Gbarnga-Thank You!

The end of my trip is approaching quickly which means I actually have to decide what to do with some of the things that have accumulated in my bedroom and on various surfaces throughout the guesthouse. I spent some morning time, as they say in the attention deficit world, “chunking” this effort. Essentially, my brain… Continue reading Stifling independent thinking

I was nestled in my mosquito-resistant cocoon around 8:00pm when Amelia called to ask if a guest could stay at the guesthouse. I said yes and shortly after she and Annie showed up to make the bed in Room 2. Room 1 is currently being used to store some of my more precious remaining cargo… Continue reading A day without the mechanic is like a day without…?