Reporting from Liberia

We have been spending a great amount of time with our CCM Pastors, learning about their ministry, understanding the culture and getting to know them.

It's been so good to see the villages that I did not have a chance to see last time I was here.

Thursday and Friday the morning we had Peacemakers training and in the afternoon we went to visit the churches in the villages close by. Saturday we had a Training for the Children's Leaders and in the afternoon we had over 500 children for games, rope jumping, singing and dancing.

Sunday we went to church and after we had lunch the girls played kick ball and the guys soccer. It was a very fun day.

Today we stayed home discussing WHAT'S IN OUR HANDS and brainstorming how to develop the Liberian church to accomplish what they want to do.

Tomorrow we are going site seeing to downtown Monrovia and having lunch at one of the Pastor's house.

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Going back to Liberia

As most of you know, Robert and I will be going to Liberia as part of an 8 member scouting team from Trinity Church.

We are leaving on November 8th and returning November 16th.

The main purpose of our trip is to build relationships with the Community Church Ministries (http://www.ccmafrica.org/).  Trinity plans to work with CCM for the next 3 to 5 years. Also our team will:

• Spend a day working with children, possibly 500, as well as training/coaching the childrens leaders.
• Present a 2 day peacemakers/conflict resolution workshop.
• Visit some of the new church plants outside Monrovia.
• Develop a vision for future projects/trips.

Our prayer requests are:

* For God to use the trip as He wills.  

* For Health and energy to accomplish what He would have us do.

* To see wholeheartedly God's plan, God's people and not our circumstances.

We appreciate your prayers and support.

Thank you for sending us!

Robert and Laura Hill

You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you to go and bear
fruit—fruit that will last. Then the Father will give you whatever you ask
in my name. John 15:16

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