Monday, 3/15
Another Holiday in Liberia and with all offices closed we were unable to advance our program, so we began working on the people God had been moving into our lives. If you remember the debate group that we had met on the last holiday, a young man had invited us to come on his radio show and share our plans and concerns. His name is James Kwabo and he had turned us over to the program boss, John Kollie. He called us early that morning and we set up a meeting with him as soon as we could get there. John invited us to be on his TV and Radio show called Melting point which airs throughout the country. He then told us it would cost $2,000 for the air time. Fortunately, we did not have that kind of money; we only had the small, small kind so John said his sponsors would pay it for us. Imagine that, Tree of Life goes on National TV at no charge (thank you Lord), and we did not even ask nor would we have known who to ask. The show was to be live talk at 10:30am Thursday and we will let you know…
After the meeting with John we left for ACFI headquarters to meet with my dear friend Arthur Zarmapoe, the Pastor of Ocean View Chapel. He is one of the first men I ordained in 1988 and has been a faithful pastor for 22 years. The generous people of Living Faith Baptist and Pastor Darryl Williamson had sent Arthur some money to do some repairs on his house and we had delivered it at the end of their conference in a small ceremony of the preachers. He waked us around his home (which none of you would live in) to show us the repairs that had been done with the gifts we brought. My heart was stirred to imagine living in that circumstance with a wife, mother and 5 precious children and I only hoped we could tear it down and build a real house without rotting plywood walls and a tin roof with huge holes. I could see the pain he felt and I am asking you to pray for him.
God is able,
Fred and Isela