Pastors waiting for sponsorship

Feb 16, 2010

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 Besmond T. Bo of Liberia

Pastor David Matthew of Liberia

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The “short list” of goals for 2010

Feb 11, 2010

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from Phil Eckart, President of Revive Liberia

Dear friends,

Mark and I had some time to talk when we went to get the Woodmizer. We came up with a list of goals that we thought were attainable for 2010. I will list them here and give a brief explanation for each:

Three new pastors sponsored. This has been, by far, the most successful program for us. It appears as if one of the sponsorships may be achieved already. I hope to inform you within a few days of the details.
Financing Yarlow’s law degree. This fellow has stuck by us though thick and thin. He has been helping us not only without pay, but he had to postpone obtaining his law degree in order to help RLM with the Gebeor case. Frog cannot speak highly enough of his loyalty and selfless duty to Alive Liberia. Due to your generous gifts we were able to give him $200 last month. He needs $600 more to finish his schooling. He has a government job awaiting him upon graduation. It is his intention to always stay involved with Alive Liberia on a voluntary basis. The benefits of his expertise in the past and in the future are hard to calculate. I just found out during my last trip that he was once the equivalent of one of our state governors until he had to run for his life from Taylor.
Real estate settled. Part of this is done already. Since Mark and I wrote these down we have sent Frog the money to survey the Roberts Field Road property. The Delany Burgess Home property is another matter. When Peter bought it he didn’t pay for all of the land we agreed on. The seller is a friend of Frog’s and is being patient, considering all that has happened. However we need to finalize this soon. I am not sure how much is in play here but I will find out soon.
Harris Yates’ church and home. We were able to purchase land for Harris to build a church and home but have not been able to afford to help build anything on it. This is a true man of God. He was thrown out of both house and church because he would not go along with corruption. His church has grown tremendously. During my first trip there, in 2004, I went to his church of about 30 souls. Attendance now runs sometimes close to 200. However, the old saw mill that they are renting is needed by the landlord for business. Time is running out for them.
Wood business established. This too has taken the fast track. I just mailed a check for the wood planer. It is 24″ and weighs about 3000lbs. We got a great deal. We also have a 1000lb table saw ( as you might have guessed, both are Africa proof) and the Woodmizer. We are now shopping for a three phase generator to run these machines. We had to tap into our container fund to finance these items but the Lord will provide.
Expand our donor base. We feel we need three new churches involved in our work. I will work on this. Chris is working on a general DVD to explain what we do. Mark has done a great job on this in the past but all the films are dated. If any of you have any leads as to where I can speak let me know.
Team trip. This fall we need a good group of folks to take on our trip. Comfort just got back and told Karen and I that Delta is on again for a direct flight. We will work on this starting about June or so. Our presence there means so much to our friends in Alive Liberia.

More to come,

Phil

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Revive Liberia purchases planer

Feb 8, 2010

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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

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A short note from G. W. Kangar

Feb 1, 2010

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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…

Pray that God will bless our work in Liberia.
Donate money to Revive Liberia.
Donate equipment to Revive Liberia. Wood working, farming and power generating equipment are severely needed.
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

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“Brushing” of the farm

Jan 21, 2010

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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.