We have wonderful news on that account! From two different sources we received funds for this cause. We have five homes we are working on, three of which are near completion.

Our director and myself decided to spend this money to complete the three that are nearly finished. The other two are in the early stages of completion. This way we can concentrate on getting the ones done that have been in progress for some years. What a huge uplifting feeling to these men of God! I feel a great burden lifted from me too.

Our latest shipment has just arrived! As you know the US government held up our last one. It cost us an additional $3000 for nothing. This time it was the Liberian governments turn! We had an additional $5000 to pay on top of the

usual duties and shipping costs.

This is a major prayer issue. It goes without saying we cannot continue like this. I will be reaching out to shippers in the next few weeks to see how they are coping with this.

We have been blessed with the donation of dried beans, canned fish, rice, peanut butter and other foods lately. We even have a good start on another shipment.

We are now helping a blind community with food. All this is so important.

Karen does such a great job in buying tuperware type cookware, iron skillets we find on sale and various other "luxuries" for our pastors wife's. Just little things, like sun hats, shoes, flashlights, Luci lights etc we find on sale or are donated are so important.

We just sent in a barrel a wind generator so our director can have electric power in his house on the beach land. The ocean breeze blows almost constantly and that will generate enough power to run led lights, and most important in Africa, charge cell phones, ha.

Shipping large items has become almost impossible. Two seven foot conveyors that Woodmizer donated to add length to what our LT15s could cut they sell for S2,200. The Liberian government assessed them at $8,500. The duties on these alone were over $1,300.

Keep this in prayer, shipping is such an important part of what we do.

The Karen school is approaching completion. A little history lesson here will share light on how far we have come with this school. In around 2007 Mark, our earliest RL supporter, was invited to the village called Bagayestown. He said that he actually felt the evil in that place. It was controlled by Zoe ( the forerunner of Voodoo) priests.

Later I accompanied him there. They had agreed to let us build a church outside the village so long as there was a school started in the building also. Even the trip to the village for the meeting was an adventure. A flash flood washed out a crude bridge and we approached a fast running creek about 8' wide and 6' deep.

I had just purchased a SUV the day before that we were in. This is the point where I realized the leadership skills of our director. Frog went across the creek and walked some distance into the village.

Suddenly we heard the sound of a chain saw. In another few minutes he came around the corner leading a large group of men, singing, with a huge log on their shoulders! They laid down the log, and drug it across the creek. This was repeated several times , always with singing, and a new bridge was made!

Mark was brave enough to drive across it. There was literally no road most of the way there. It was a couple of hours off any main road and we drove where there were high weeds, limiting our view and sand as deep as snow!

Once we arrived we sat in a circular counsel of Zoe priests. There were two young girls, mid teens I guessed, off to the side, shirtless, painted white and in grass skirts, watching it all. I felt as if I were in an old National Geographic magazine.

We came to an agreement to construct a building. About that time one of our "wolves" took all of our extra money. Our friend Thomas was working at Samaritans Purse at the time building churches. He went to bat for us and praise God that good organization built our church!

After some time things got bad. The Zoe presence worsened and our pastor ( and principal) was threatened. Things started getting stolen regularly. Then a relative of his was murdered while on a visit.

After that things went down hill and we replaced him with another fellow. That did not help and so after a few years we had to move out for the safety of our pastor and his family. He wondered about until he said he felt the Lord told him to plant another church and school in a certain spot.

That has worked out so well for us in Revive Liberia! It is in the bush but only about 30 minutes from our headquarters. Thank God for that location! We now own five acres there. Because it is near the highway between Buchanan and the airport the land is increasing in value every year.

As most of you know that school has been just a temporary structure of bamboo and pool covers. We were just about to close it with no means of improving it in sight. We gave a presentation at a local church and God touched the heart of the pastor there when he saw that pool cover school. Even before the service was over he announced funds to build a real school building!

Karen broke down in tears! She was so burdened about the schools condition. Everyone is excited in that neighborhood now! We will be needing funds to dig a well and put in a bathroom but the school building is soon finished! As I reported in a previous letter a tree fell on it before it was finished. God will not allow Satan to be victorious!

We are now planning a trip to Liberia in October. There will be four of us, two fellows who have never been there. Our African friends are planning a great dedication for the Karen school upon our arrival.

We have another sawmill operation up and running in the Cape Mt area. This has been a long time coming and if successful it could help Alive Liberia to start funding their own operations. This has been going on already with the expansion of the Jeremiah school into a junior high and other projects they have funded themselves.

Our container goods have been distributed and you can see the smiles!

We will be checking on our various projects like feeding the folks at the Old Folks Home, visiting the blind community and all the construction projects being worked on.

We also need one pastor sponsored now and three teachers. We also always need laptops!

Thanks as usual for all of you who regularly pray and donate financially to this work. We are humbled by the year after year commitment from so many. Pray for us as we plan this trip.