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My
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We stayed at the Lutheran guest house. The rooms were very spartan, but clean and comfortable with electricity and air-conditioning in early morning and late evening. The air conditioning helped us to get a good night’s sleep. One night we had a severe African-style thunderstorm. Our window had louvered-class, and Kurt, my teammate, had to rearrange the room in the middle of the night to avoid being soaked. |
Our lodgings |
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Children at the guest house |
Liberia
had just ended a civil war which destroyed the country’s infrastructure. Most buildings had a “bombed-out”
appearance. I thought this may have
been limited to the big city of Monrovia, but one of our hosts said Monrovia
was actually in better shape than the rest of the country. Many American missions were present in
Liberia helping them to rebuild. |
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Kurt
was the ideal team leader. I learned
much from him. He was able to
illustrate the answer to almost any question by drawing a cross and a
timeline. It
was the first time I had ever devoted an entire two weeks to teaching and
studying the Word without distraction.
The experience was incredibly life changing. |
Brian at the white board |
The
Bible school was held in an large apartment building. We had a portable public address system which
helped tremendously. There were no
windows, and the street noise was continuous – everything from chickens and
church choirs to welding shops and military parades. At night, we lit the classroom by car battery
and fluorescent lights. When the car
batteries failed, we used candles. It
was remarkable to take the taxi back to the guest house through an entire city
lit by candle light.
Our night class
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For
this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word
of God which ye heard of us, ye received [it] not [as] the word of men, but
as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh
also in you that believe. |