The illiteracy rate in Liberia is approximately 80%.  Of this, 60% comes from youth located in the poorest parts of the country.  Poverty and the lasting affects of war prevent 61% of the nation’s children from attending school.

Revive Liberia Missions is working to establish schools in Liberia.  The schools operate out of village churches that are supported by our ministry.

Support is needed to supply the schools with teachers, supplies, and in some instances, meals for the students.  Your $30 per month commitment could provide a teacher’s salary as well as supplies needed to operate a school.

Program information:

• There is no overhead.  The teacher that you sponsor receives every dollar that you contribute.
• You will be provided the name and bio of your teacher.
• You will receive regular reports/updates from your teacher.
• Your contribution is tax deductible.

For more information contact:

Karen Eckart (USA Coordinator)

Phone: (812) 876-4348

Email: pkplywoodking@yahoo.com

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During the past year Revive Liberia Missions shipped a cargo container to Liberia containing industrial grade wood working machinery as well as the generators needed to operate the equipment.  Our focus has now switched to building a facility to house the equipment.  Land has been purchased but funds are needed to build the actual structure.

Here is an update from Phil Eckart describing the status of our fund raising efforts:

Dear friends,

Today I met with a couple of friends who have been a financial help to our ministry in the past. I had told them of the wood working shop project in Liberia. They prayed on it for some time and concluded that the Lord would have them donate $2500 to this project if we would raise matching funds. We praise the Lord for this development.

This is a great time for our ministry! Perhaps some of you could help with this financial challenge or approach your various church boards or missions committees. Even asking friends can open doors. That’s what I did, I just asked. We will hold a board meeting soon.

Thanks and remember John 11:40 Jesus said to her “ Didn’t I tell you that if you believe you would see God’s glory?”

Phil Eckart

President, Revive Liberia Inc.

Among the items included within the latest cargo container shipped to Liberia was many boxes full of school supplies.  The supplies were recently delivered to the Karen Eckart School in Gbagaye Town.

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Karen Eckart School, Gbagaye Town

A container that holds a tractor, several industrial grade pieces of woodworking equipment, computer equipment, building supplies and many other items has recently arrived in Liberia.  Efforts are currently underway to distribute the items and to put them to use as quickly as possible to benefit our work in Liberia.

Here is a message that we received from Bayougar Kangar:

Dear friends of Liberia,

On my own behalf and on behalf of the volunteers staff of the Alive Liberia Mission Inc. I wish to extend my Mr. & Mrs. Phil Eckart & family, the Vice President of Revived Liberia Mission Inc.  Mr.  & Mrs. Mark Parmenter & Family, board members of Revived Liberia Mission Inc, donors of Pastor’s Support, donors of girl’s Scholarship and all those you contributed for the shipment of the 40 feet Container and items in the container. Liberians are grateful.  We appreciate all you have done in the passed and all that you continue to do.

May our good God richly bless you.

Is my prayer that as we Liberians received these items and Tractor and saw mill equipments we will cherish it and make the maximum use of it as it will provide job opportunities for many.

Bayougar Moses K.

Volunteer Staff

Alive Liberia Mission Inc.

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Dear friends of Revive Liberia,

Kokeh Kotee is our friend and fellow traveler in the Lord’s work in Liberia.  I found his words to be powerful and full of meaning in all of our walks in Christ.  Pray for his success in the endeavor he has undertaken in God’s work.

Thank you,  Phil Eckart

A message from Kokeh Kotee:

We always look forward to visiting and encouraging pastors serving on the frontlines in towns and villages in regions of Liberia. One of such places is Larkeyta township in Margibi County. Despite the heavy down pour of rain pastors walked thru rain forests  cross makeshift bridges and swamps to be at our yearly  event.

By nightfall on August 24, we arrived with our team and most of

the participants arrived late night. The training started on the morning of the 25th.  Our sections went from 9 am to 5:30 each day.  About 53 key pastors and church leaders participated in this year’s training from both denominational churches, independent and mostly grassroot churches.

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Our beneficiaries are not theologically trained folks, they are laymen largely unschooled and semi-literate people.  50% of them barely made it thru high school and the rest are school dropouts.  The amazing thing about these ordinary folks is that they are available and willing to learn.   Since our fifth year of working with them we are seeing God qualify them to serve him under difficult circumstances and in remote places where the capable and qualified would  be unwilling to live and serve the church.

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For example Larkeyta has a population of about 5,000 inhabitants. It has only a hand pump for safe drinking water and a clinic. Health and sanitation is still a major challenge for many people.   This is just to say that the development needs in these areas are very acute.

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It is because of these people that we are have seen the need to develop a sustainable  development program that would help improve the living condition of  people thru the church as a change agent.

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Continue to pray for our ministry as we serve together. Things are not as easy as it seems sometimes. After our great week of training, my first ordeal when we arrived in the city was my  travelling bag was stolen at  the commercial district of Paynesville.   I lost everything I took with me including a camcorder, dual sim cell phone, books and other personal effects. We reported the matter to

the police, but  they  have not been able to get any clue on those who took from  the back of the truck on Saturday evening when we virtuually hit snail traffic at about 5-5:30 p.m. .

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I also came down with an attack of malaria/typhoid. I am presently on medication and on my back for this week.  These have been discouraging moments but my devotion this morning encouraged me.  It is taken from 1 Timothy 2:3 .

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The writer, Frederick Kosin, wrote these comments: A simple study of war helps us more fully understand that battles  await all who accept Christ for Salvation.  Perhaps we should be more careful to describe the conflicts  that lies ahead for anyone who consider joining the sojourners from earth to glory.

The feeling of loneliness may become irksome. The lack of comfort or rest from battle is wearisome. Many sojourners seek refuge from such difficulties, but war demands discipline, obedience, endurance, and even poverty.  All of this we were unprepared for when we said “yes” to Christ. Every son is a soldier, every believer a battler, every follower a warrior. Every Christian is in conflict!

Although many want to retire, there is no discharge from this war, writes Solomon in Ecclesiates.  Endure, knowing that you are a soldier until the day we lay aside this perishing body.

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I hope this will also encourage you.

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Kokeh

Praise God that RLM was able to ship a cargo container full of useful items to our brothers and sisters in Liberia.  The container was loaded during the weekend of August 7th and was shipped on August 9th.

Loading the trailer

The shipment contains a donated tractor that will be used to support an agricultural project in Liberia as well as several pieces of industrial quality wood-working equipment.

The tractor being loaded.

A donated Bandsaw ready to be loaded.

Power from the grid is so expensive in Liberia that generators are needed to power the wood-working equipment.   Two 30K generators are in the trailer to serve this purpose.

One of two generators waiting to be loaded.

Revive Liberia Missions would like to thank everyone who participated to make this shipment possible.  God has blessed RLM and our brothers and sisters in Liberia through your work, your time and your generosity.

To view more images of the container’s contents and the load process click HERE.

Liberia, a war-torn country on the coast of West Africa, was founded on the principals that we hold dear: life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Unfortunately those basic freedoms have been denied to many of its citizens as it emerges from decades of civil war. Poverty is rampant and quality education is only a dream, especially for young women. Many girls in Liberia have had educational interruptions due to the conflict. Many of them are in their late teens and still have remaining years of high school. Unfortunately most of the decent schools are private and require tuition payments that the girls can’t afford. This is so unfortunate because educated women change not only the quality of their own lives but they also lift their families and even their communities from the crushing grip of poverty.

You can provide a quality education for a girl in Liberia.

For as little as $30 per month or about $1 per day  you can purchase tuition and books for an impoverished young woman and set her on a path to a professional career.  In return you will receive regular updates from your sponsored girl as well as her grade reports.  You can send and receive letters with her.  You can support the young woman through her entire academic career, if desired, although a one-year commitment is all that is required.

Also:

• Your gift will be tax deductible
• 100% of your gift will go toward assisting young women. There are NO ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.

Consider:

• Supporting a young woman as a family project
• As part of your Sunday School group
• With your team at work
• As a 50% sponsor. Another sponsor will be found to partner with you.
• This is a pilot program. Only eight young women are available for sponsorship. If you want to radically change the life of a girl, her family and her community, please contact us today!

More Questions?

• Contact Julie Parmenter, the USA Coordinator at jparmen@comcast.net
• A project under the guidance of Revive Liberia Missions

Dear friends,

We would like to ship the next container to Liberia on the 7th of August.  Please keep our work in your prayers.  There is a lot of work still to be done before we ship.

We will be testing the electric machines with the 30K generators that we purchased.  Items need to be boxed and packed then there is the actual act of  loading the container.

Check here for updates on our progress.

May God bless you,

RLM