Here’s a recent update from Phil Eckart, President of Revive Liberia…

Dear friends,

My neighbor ( a former Sunday school student of mine ), is in charge of servicing backup generators for schools, hospitals etc. I have had him looking for a 20K unit for us. He told me this is their most common model. So far he has had no luck save one deal. Ruth Lilly died recently. Apparently she had a 150K generator on her estate. Someone didn’t want it there after her death and it was returned to the manufacturer. My friend said it may be available for us since they have no money in it. I just talked to him and he told me it consumes about 20 gallons an hour at full load. At light load about 8 to 10 gallons are used.

I had lunch with Amos yesterday, he told me to get my hands on that thing no matter what. It is of great value over there either on Roberts Field Road or Buchanan. As of this morning I am contacting the right people for me to meet about this. Please keep this in your prayers. This could be a really big contact.

Amos has been a good friend to Revive Liberia and is currently helping us with several different facets of our operation.  Please keep his efforts in your prayers.

Kurt and I went to Indy this week to meet a fellow who sells stainless steel surgical tools cheap. These are not defective in any way. It is 5 to 10 cents on the dollar of retail. After this situation is resolved with the hospital this can be a really good resource for us. The newsletter is finished and is on the web. It will be “mailed” out email very soon. We are about $2000 short of shipping the container and another $1500 or so short when it arrives for dutys. We are still looking for an industrial (or older) jointer.

One last point. I am so grateful to God for all of you. When God called me to this work I felt so unqualified. Though I have had more real life experiences than most I find myself surrounded by people with such deep skills and or education. I still feel unqualified. God has moved so many hearts of people with such depth of skill and character to help I am forever grateful to Him. I mean this about every one of you. Remember Danay’e in your prayers. She has been through so much and is now going through more physical pain. The doctors don’t seem to have a handle on it. She needs our regular prayers. I will be posting regular updates on the web, at least once a week, to keep everyone informed about events concerning RL.

Many of you know that Thomas is here in the states. Unfortunately because we are saving for the container we were not able to get him to us. He is in Colorado and will then go back to South Carolina before returning to Liberia. We have decided to let his supporters send their funds through Revive LIberia. Danay’e has spent some time on this getting it just so with the tax laws. Thomas has been a great help to our ministry. Even as we speak Frog is working with Andrew Bosh ( Thomas’s understudy) in pastor training with SP. We hope never again will we have such a friend to Revive Liberia in the states and not be able to see them!

I received an email a month or so ago from a church in Dallas. I think they are associate with Dallas Theological Seminary. The fellow I talked to Googled Liberia agriculture and our web site came up. They have a fellow they have supported for 10 years in Liberia, building churches and training leaders. Low and behold I found out this fellow is working with Thomas, SP, and knows Frog well. This may very well lead to some synergy in all of our works.

Thanks and remember, ”Thanks be to the Lord, who daily carries our burdens for us, God is our salvation” Psalm 68:19

Phil Eckart

President

Revive Liberia Missions Inc.

Phil Eckart had the opportunity to interview three pastors, who all need a sponsor, during his last visit to Liberia.   A video of each interview is provided below.

If you would like more information about sponsoring a pastor through Revive Liberia select the “Sponsor Pastor” tab located at the top of this page.

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Pastor Richard Henna of Liberia

Pastor Besmond T. Bo of Liberia

Pastor David Matthew of Liberia

Our next cargo container will soon be shipped to Liberia.   One of the many things that it will hold is an industrial grade planer.  We have been asking God to provide us with a planer and he has answered our prayers.  God is faithful!

The planer will be used in our lumber mill project which we hope will provide our local people in Liberia with a means to raise funds that will be used to advance our ministry.

We are also trying to obtain a reliable power source to operate the mill’s machinery.  We hope to acquire and to ship one or more generators in the same cargo container that will carry the planer.

A planer similar to the one purchased

G. William Kangar (aka.  The Frog) is Executive Director of Alive Liberia, our sister organization that was founded and operates within Liberia.

Mr. Kangar recently sent us a short email (shown below) regarding the lumber project that is being supported by Revive Liberia.

As you can see from Kangar’s letter, your support is needed.  If you are wondering how you can help, there are primarily four ways…

1. Pray that God will bless our work in Liberia.
2. Donate money to Revive Liberia.
3. Donate equipment to Revive Liberia.  Wood working, farming and power generating equipment are severely needed.
4. Sponsor a pastor.  We have pastors who need a sponsor to support their ministries.  For $50 a month you (or your church) can provide a remote village in Liberia with a pastor/church.

We truly value your prayers and any size donation of money or equipment will greatly assist us with our work and will make a big difference in the lives of the people of Liberia.

To learn more click on the “You Can Help” tab at the top of this page or contact us.

An email from G. W. Kangar:

Dear Gentlemen,

As I told you prior to my departure for the bush, hear are some of the photos of on going works in the bush. This is the project started as the benchmark for the deal to be signed with The Liberia Agriculture Company. As we are to p refinance the first project, we hope you will be move by this to see reason to support our proposal for this project.

I spent some time in the bush . This work call for food ,spare parts, transportation for hauling of wood from bush to main road,  gasoline,  engine oil, etc.

The photo there is General Arthur and I with some of the work force on the site. Up til now there are soem150 piece on ground. The saws used are those that we been having over the years and are doing regular servicing on them. As soon as we can get this started with the guys, we will be able to move the saw mill in for the permanent operation.

From Compound #3 to where the operation is on going, the quicker means is motor bike. All of our bikes are too old for the operation now. We have to charter bikes to reach there,

We went in there with Andrew Boryce to see about setting up the training for the lower level  Discipleship and Evangelism. We will even be a great help to most of the construction there.

Now that I am in town , we will be meeting with Seth from Christian Aid . But I hope to hear from you first.

The Agriculture farm is burn and planting will be starting by Monday.

More to follow.

The Frog

W. Kangar Inspecting Lumber Operation

W. Kangar Inspecting Lumber Operation

Here are some recent photos received by email from G. William Kangar showing the brushing of the farm.  Their work will be made a lot easier by the tractor that was recently donated to Revive liberia.   A container, with the tractor, will be shipped soon (along with other farming tools and supplies).   If you have farming tools/utensils that you would like to donate to our farm project in Liberia please contact us.   Our container ships soon.

Brushing of the farm

G. William Kangar aka. "Frog"

Brushing of the farm

Here are links to the latest newsletter from Revive Liberia.  It provides updates on the organization’s current projects, goals and needs.

Newsletter  (HTML format)

Newsletter (.doc format)