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Daily
Snapshots of Liberia
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Beccy, David and Gayla in the
Atlanta airport waiting to leave for Brussels
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Dinner at the Norman’s
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Jan & Rodney share a moment
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Negotiating
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Training for spiritual warfare
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What will God do here?
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Service To Servants – Liberia Board!
(And, no, I don’t know why the
program is leaving this large space below this picture. And , yes, it is very irritating to
me.)
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Emma and Robert Cuppah
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Beccy in front of the new insulated
interior wall of Liberian Ministries container
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Trouble in the making
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100 students and orphans
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Gayla & Beccy in the “Suwannee
truck” on the way to the airport
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Back at home, waiting on the sunrise
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And, as the sun rises, the reminder
that God is always faithful
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Service To Servants
Post
Office Box 771
Murfreesboro, TN 37133
615.202.3517
info@servicetoservants.com
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For, brethren, ye have
been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the
flesh, but by love serve
one another. Galatians 5:13
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Last updated
11/16 @ 4:49am (Central)
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Dates
in BLUE with an underline are linked to a full journal.
Contact
Information:
In Liberia-
Rodney
Edwards, Service To Servants
011 231 6 652 187
Robert
Cuppah, STS – Liberia 011 231
6 553 223
Remember when
calling Liberia that you will be charged for the call but the call
recipient will not. The safest
way to call is with a phone card from Wal-Mart. If you use your personal phone please
call and find out the rate.
Normally you will pay 35 – 50 cents per minute.
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Prior
to departure:
Pray for today- That we will be properly prepared
for the purpose that God has given us on this trip.
Planned- Pack and prepare. Pray and spend time with God
Actual- Packing occurred the night before leaving
and ended at about 1:30 this morning.
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Saturday,
November 3rd (click for full journal and photos):
Pray for today- That we will make all flights and
that we will be able to sleep on the flight over so that we can have a
productive trip without losing a complete day to recovery.
Planned- Go by Clark Iron and weigh our bags
(limited to 2 bags each at 50 lb maximum). Reach the Nashville airport 2 hours
early and meet up with David and Beccy in Atlanta for the flight over
to Brussels.
Actual- Got away from home about 30 minutes
late. Weighed the bags (47, 50,
51 and 30 lbs). Flight left on
time and we’ve met up with David, Matt and Beccy in the Atlanta airport. It’s almost time to board so
hopefully I’ll be able to update this in Brussels.
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Sunday, November
4th (click for full journal and photos):
Pray for today- That we arrive safely into
Monrovia and do not have too much difficulty going through customs.
Planned- Arrive in Monrovia this evening and make
it to the Baptist Compound in time to get a good night’s rest.
Actual- We made it in about an hour late. Both Laurence Norman and Robert
Cuppah were there to greet us.
Laurence had a dinner waiting for us at his place and then
Robert took us to the Baptist Compound where we visited and then slept
in a horizontal position for the first time in 48 hours.
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Monday, November
5th (click for full journal and photos):
Pray for today- Full recuperation of energy for
the team and the safe arrival of Matt, Jan and Mario.
Planned- Preparation time with Robert, visit with
World Hope International and dinner with Laurence.
Actual- Well, we really didn’t accomplish the
first 2 objectives. Robert was
busy working with our container which is at the port, making last
minute arrangements for tomorrow’s Crown conference and then picking up
the guys from the airport. We
did manage to eat dinner, however.
(Probably the Baptist in me setting the priorities.)
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Tuesday, November
6th (click for full journal and photos):
Pray for today- Crown small group session with
the pastors.
Planned- Attend the Crown small group study.
Actual- The Crown pastors’ small group training
was good. We were very impressed
with the job that Jan & Mario did today.
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Wednesday,
November 7th (click for full journal and photos):
Pray for today- Crown small group study with
business leaders.
Planned- Attend the Crown small group study
Actual- Attended another excellent Crown event,
got a lesson in selling, moved to the Norman’s and met with Shadrach
Saywon of the Willie N. Wylie Children’s Village. A full day.
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Thursday,
November 8th (click for full journal and photos):
Pray for today- That God will reveal the property
He has for us and that our visit to Mercy Ships will help us understand
better ways to serve others.
Planned- Visit several pieces of property and
buildings that are potential business and office locations. Enjoy dinner with the Mercy Ships
crew, take a tour and join in their community service.
Actual- We visited 3 potential property sites,
stops by the Liberian Ministries’ ice business, visited James’
children’s school and toured the Mercy Ships Veletta. A great day. A
special section about Keith and Kristin Chapman and Mercy Ships has been added here.
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Friday, November
9th (click for full journal and photos):
Pray for today- Pray that the property transfer
process will go smoothly. Also
that we can serve the Wesleyan churches ministry efforts. Importantly that we can form
relationships with government officials so that we can serve and
influence.
Planned- Visit the Bensonville property that we
are helping REAP to acquire, review the business needs of Isaac Wheigar
(Wesleyan church) and sponsor a dinner with some key government
ministers.
Actual- Major Dixon of the Salvation Army called
with a piece of property that we should see so we visited that at 10am,
delivered mail until after 12:00 and then returned to the Norman’s for
rest and a dinner meeting with Jan and Mario.
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Saturday,
November 10th (click for full journal and photos):
Pray for today- That the STS – Liberia board of
directors will grasp the mission God has given and will become the
leading force in ministering within Liberia.
Planned- 4 hours of board meeting, fellowship and
a dinner with our new Liberian directors.
Actual- The prospective board of directors
meeting went very well. All of
the 13 board members of Crown – Liberia enthusiastically agreed to
serve as the board for STS beginning immediately.
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Sunday, November
11th (click for full journal and photos):
Pray for today- That the services Matt and Rodney
lead will be glorifying to our Heavenly Father.
Planned- Attend churches in the area with Matt
and Rodney leading services at 2 of them.
Actual- Rodney, Matt and Jan preached at
different churches today. And
the Cuppah family had dinner with us at the Norman’s.
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Monday, November
12th (click for full journal and photos):
Pray for today- That we can gain a better
understanding of the work of World Vision and how we might partner with
them in certain ministry
opportunities. Also that
our ministry friends would understand how much we appreciate what they
do.
Planned- Visit World Hope and host an ”open
house” dinner for several of our ministry friends.
Actual- We have yet to make contact with World
Hope (maybe on the next visit) but did spend time with Shadrach Saywon
of Liberian Ministries, Isaac Wheigar of the Wesleyan Church of Liberia
plus hosted a small dinner for some religious, business and
governmental leaders.
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Tuesday, November
13th (click for full journal and photos):
Pray for today- That our visit of 5 orphanages
and a community farm will show how we can effectively serve them
through the generators that were provided through 12 Stone Church in
Lawrenceville, GA.
Planned- Visit 5 orphanages selected by Gods Kids
to receive donated diesel generators.
Host a dinner for REAP and God’s Kids workers.
Actual- We visited 4 orphanages in the Greater
Monrovia area one of which had a substantial farming operation. John and Jackson of God’s Kids were
our hosts and also joined us for dinner.
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Wednesday,
November 14th (click for full journal and photos):
Pray for today- That our time with Robert prior
to departure will be conclusive and meaningful.
Planned- Spend the morning with Robert finalizing
plans for STS. Prepare for our
departure from Liberia.
Actual- After another of Esther’s great
breakfasts, Gayla, Beccy and David went with James into the markets to pick
up a few things to take back to family members. Robert came over first thing and we
spent the entire morning working through the priority items that have
to be accomplished.
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Thursday, November
15th (click for full journal and photos):
Pray for today- Traveling mercies (that we will
make all of our connections).
Planned- Arrive in Brussels and then depart for
home. Gayla will be leaving to
visit our daughter and son-in-law in Switzerland for 5 days.
Actual- We made it to Brussels on time and, as
much as it pains me, I have to say that David outserved me on the
trip. Gayla left us there for
Switzerland as David, Beccy and Rodney traveled to Atlanta.
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Aftershock:
Pray for today- That the follow through from the
trip would be done in a timely and thorough manner.
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“Surrendered
to serving those on the mission field”
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