Psalm 112
Praise the LORD.
Blessed is the man who fears the LORD, who finds great delight in his commands. His children will be mighty in the land; the generation of the upright will be blessed. Wealth and riches are in his house, and his righteousness endures forever. Even in darkness light dawns for the upright, for the gracious and compassionate and righteous man. Good will come to him who is generous and lends freely, who conducts his affairs with justice. Surely he will never be shaken; a righteous man will be remembered forever. He will have no fear of bad news; his heart is steadfast, trusting in the LORD. His heart is secure, he will have no fear; in the end he will look in triumph on his foes. He has scattered abroad his gifts to the poor, his righteousness endures forever; his horn will be lifted high in honor. The wicked man will see and be vexed, he will gnash his teeth and waste away; the longings of the wicked will come to nothing.
Apr 29, 2010 Revive Liberia Missions has purchased two 30KW generators for our ministry in Liberia. Both generators were Army surplus. One of them is fully functional. The other needs some minor work.
Thank you! to everyone who has been praying with us for this much needed blessing. We plan on including both generators in the cargo container that we want to ship later this summer.
One of the recently purchased generators
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Apr 18, 2010 | Dear friends of Revive Liberia,
By now most of you have heard of the accident that Thomas and Hauwa were involved in. I will try to post the pictures on the web that they sent us in an email. Thomas is still recovering with a serious jaw injury. This could have been much worse. Thanks God it wasn’t. This brought up unpleasant memories for me. I was driving that suv last November when I almost wrecked it. A taxi came strait at me trying to avoid a pothole. I swerved sharply right and Bill said I missed a pedestrian by about three inches! That’s about how much room I had on the left side also. I was stressed out for quite a while over this near miss. Our friends in Africa live this way. Here in the states we cannot appreciate what our African friends have to live with on a daily basis. Hauwa said in her report to us that an unqualified fellow (doing his best) was using a cell phone light to sew Thomas up. It was so bad that later it had to be redone. Going over there for short visits gives us a good overview of these issues but within a couple of weeks we get back on the plane. Many of our friends over there are highly educated and have traveled extensively. They know the hand they have been dealt. They remember Liberia before the war. It’s not like some of the village folk who have never known any other way because they haven’t seen it. Recently I have been under conviction because I don’t pray enough for our friends over there. There is still much human suffering for them to contend with. Is the heart of an African believer different than ours? How do you deal daily, with someone genuinely hungry when your own family doesn’t have enough? When I first started visiting Africa I would come home and it would take me a couple of months to recover emotionally. I finally had to learn to “turn my heart off.” There is only so much you can do and then that’s it. Think if you were surrounded with this. They have my greatest admiration and respect. Remember our sponsored pastors and those in the ministerial association that Frog and Thomas work with. These men of God walk many miles a week in the bush to spread the gospel and take care of congregations. These are unsung heroes. Only God knows what they really sacrifice for His plan. The last time I was there we went to a meeting in Bong Mines with several of them and I heard that some had walked five hours just to reach there. We just have a couple of things to wrap up in order to ship the container. We had to make a change on the planer we were buying. This will cost us $1000 more but it will be a fully rebuilt one. The Woodmizer needs spare blades and spare parts. This will also be about $1000. This puts us about $2000 short of shipping. Any contributions would be greatly appreciated. We have the tractor at my place now. One of the military generators is running great and is producing power. The other has a slight problem. We have countless other stuff to put on the container including about 100 pool covers and 70 or so computers. My wife has collected quite a number of shoes also. We are in the process of working with Thomas in his transition from Samaritans Purse to his own ministry. He and Hauwa will increasingly be working with us. Part of this will be in partnership with a large church they have worked with for some time in Muslim outreach. I will keep everyone informed as to the details as they develop. Yours in Christ, Phil Eckart |
Apr 18, 2010 Thomas Shelwah and his wife Hauwa were recently in a bad car accident. Please keep them in your prayers. Below is an update sent by them telling of their situation.
Dear beloved in Christ, Thanks for staying in touch and assuring us of your prayer support.
Please forgive me if this email doesn’t make sense because Thomas andI had a serious accident last Friday and I’m literally still in a state of shock!
We’re both at home now and gradually recuperating. Thomas’ X-Ray result was very impressive because he neither sustain any fracture in his chestbones nor bled internally. His chest is only sored inside because of the collision he had with the steering wheel. His mouth is still sored in and out but the doctor removed the external bandage yesterday and he has started to slowly speak. I’m so far so good doing very fine (though I’m having headache and body pains) and have no physical injury because Thomas sacrificed his side and took the hit in order to protect my side in the front!
Crash Scene
Regarding the little green house that our car ran into, as best as we know, there’s not yet any issue of a damaged property because the house that our car ran into only lost some of its paint but didn’t get
damaged. According to the neighbors, It is a very solid cement bricks house that was built in the 60s. The accident took place in Roberts-port (Liberia’s only Muslim dominated coastal town). Praise be to the Lord that the occupants of the house were out to the mosque for their Friday’s prayer. The house is located at the bottom of a hill that is about 200ft high. Our car brakes failed while decending this hill and was heading either into the Atlantic Lagoon or a very deep valley. But Thomas decided to head for the stairscase of the nearby green house. I was sitting by his side in the front while the director of the Family Life Ministries of Campus Crusade for Christ and his wife (Amos and Wolah Harris) were sitting in the back seat.
The Harris and I sustained minor injuries and we’re experiencing a lot of body pains but Thomas’ case was worse because he was driving and tried protecting my side from taking the collision. So he took the greatest blow and hit his chest and mouth against the Steering wheel. He is still down with the pains of a stitched mouth, chest, & neck. Unfortunately, his mouth stitches were opened and restitched at the Kingdom’s Care Medical Center in Monrovia yesterday because the local physician Assistant did a poor job at the Rural Roberts-Port St Steven Hospital and thus disfigured his entire mouth.
This is very embarrassing to mention but I’m very sad to say that there was no functional surgical Light in the Emergency Room. So, right in my presence, the Physician Assistant stitched my husband’s mouth using the light of a borrowed cell-phone but I was too helpless and still in the state of shock to have done anything about it. I knew he wasn’t doing a good job, but Thomas was losing a lot of blood and that was the only medical care he could have received at that time.
Crash Scene
The car in question is the same car that nearly took my life about a month ago when I was driving and the Ball-Joints and front shock absorbers broke. So I parked it in our garage and vowed not to drive it again. But when this stubborn husband of mine ha ha arrived from the States, he got a local quack mechanic to patch it up and there he was driving it around town again. I don’t even know why I allowed him to persuade me into ridding that car again. He also wanted us to take Matea (our five year old daughter) along but I vehemently objected to the idea and he grudgingly let go!!
He has been discharged from the hospital but still doesn’t speak freely because his mouth is still sored and is also complaining of chest pains!
Attached are photos of the wrecked vehicle that were brought to us today by the Samaritan’s Purse Tow Truck Driver who helped us did the towing to Monrovia!
Please keep us in your prayers!
Thank you!
Hauwa
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