Liberia is trying to

fight the world’s

deadliest virus al and spiritual

Liberia was devastated

by fourteen years of civil

war.

Now Liberia is suffering

from a tragic Ebola epi-

demic. Liberia does not

need our pity. Jesus

said a father does not

give a stone when a son

asks for bread. Liberia

needs our urgent help.

The Church Projects

are reliable ways for you

to help Liberia.

“FOR I WAS HUNGRY AND

YOU GAVE ME FOOD, I WAS THIRSTY AND

YOU GAVE ME DRINK.” MA-MATTHEW 25:35:35

Churches want to help Liberia but do NOT know how

EBOLA EPIDEMIC IN LIBERIA

September 2014 Being the hands and feet of Jesus

Time for the Church to help

Liberia as Ebola spreads

QUICK FACTS:

4.4 billion people

live in Liberia

Liberia is the 2nd

poorest country in

the world

It lacks electricity

and running water

Liberia has no real

health care system

because it only has

50 doctors for the

entire country

YOU CAN HELP

ENGAGE YOUR

CHURCH:

1. challenge your church/

youth group to take

on a project whether

it is raising awareness

in their various

schools or fund-raising

for a project.

2. Choose a CHURCH

PROJECT to support

and create a ther-

mometer to show

how funds are grow-

ing. Give generously

to Liberia.

3. Pray for Liberia and

see how God answers.

It's not enough to DO NOTHING

It's time for us to

DO SOMETHING -Matthew West

CHURCH PROJECTS:

Samaritan’s Purse (medical supplies, education)

http://www.samaritanspurse.org/disaster/ebola-crisis/

Christian Aid Ministries (medicine & medical supplies)

https://www.christianaidministries.org/programs/60

Women’s Bucket Brigade for Liberia (buckets/soap)

http://www.gofundme.com/Womens-Bucket-Brigade

Equipping Leaders (rice, education, leadership)

http://www.equippingleadersinternational.org/tag/chuck-mcarthur/

African Bible College University (Christian radio)

http://www.africanbiblecolleges.net/ebola-update/

Seeds for Liberia (vegetable seeds and medicine)

saublebeach@hotmail.com and l.rynd@ca.rr.com

Samaritan’s Purse is the largest Christian NGO in Liberia.

Head-quartered at the ELWA compound in Paynesville, it has

strategically been working in Liberia with a focus on health,

spiritual welfare, the family, and education. The fourteen

years of civil war between 1989 and 2003 destroyed Liberia.

Charles Taylor’s reign of terror is vividly shown in the movie

Blood Diamond starring Leonardo de Caprio. He used child

soldiers to kill teachers, doctors, siblings, parents, and govern-

ment workers. Houses, schools, hospitals, and companies

were all destroyed. Lives were shattered.

MSF (Doctors Without Bor-

ders) desperately tried to get

the World Health Organization

(WHO), the Centers for Dis-

ease Control (CDC), and na-

tions to come to the aid of

Guinea and Liberia at the end

of March 2014 when it said that

the Ebola outbreak was

“unprecedented” in its rapid spread both geographically and

in terms of rate of infection.

The WHO disagreed. It

thought that containment, con-

tact tracing, and treatment

would soon halt the virus’

spread. It was wrong.

The world did not respond

significantly until September

2014. It watched as a by-

stander, lacking a leader to be a

Good Samaritan and jump in

with aid.

The body of Christ needs to

mobilize now to help West African and particularly Liberia

where Ebola is totally out of

control. The church cannot be

a bystander like the world.

Samaritan’s Purse (medical supplies, education, Ebola awareness, family & health)

http://www.samaritanspurse.org/disaster/ebola-crisis/

Bystander Effect

Samaritan’s Purse rebuilt African Bible College University in

Yekepa, Nimba County so spiritual leadership could be developed.

Recently it has been concentrating its efforts in Lofa County, lo-

cated in northern Liberia. It was already well-established in Lofa

when the Ebola virus entered the county from infected Guineans

seeking medical help in Liberia.

Samaritan’s Purse works closely with SIM (Service in Mission). Dr.

Kent Brantley was a Samaritan’s Purse volunteer doctor at the

hospital located within the ELWA compound in Paynesville., a

suburb of Monrovia, Nancy Writebol was a nurse volunteering with SIM. Now MSF (Doctors Without Borders) is manning the

three Ebola Treatment Units adjacent to the hospital.

Samaritan’s Purse has the organizational network to help Liberia. It

also has the facilities and logistics to be effective. Its white heli-

copter and airplane seem to be angels of help to those in need.

Samaritan’s Purse provides medical help, education, family and

health support. Support Samaritan’s Purse Ebola Response online:

http://www.samaritanspurse.org/disaster/ebola-crisis/

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Ruins of homes in Yekepa, Nimba County. Zinc roofs, window iron

bars, doors and plumbing fixtures were all looted during the civil wars.

Christian Aid Ministries in Liberia gathers and delivers medicine

and medical supplies. It reaches out to all areas of Liberia,

including the most remote corners of the country.

It delivers precious boxes of medicine to medical clinics as

pictured to the right and to mobile clinics in remote villages

many miles away from any hospital.

Your donation will help CAM to continue to be effective.

Please see their website: for more information:

https://www.christianaidministries.org/programs/60

The roads of Liberia are absolutely brutal on vehicles.

Land Rovers are standard to get through the mud of the

rainy season and dust of the dry season. CAM has a

fleet of vehicles which are maintained in good mechani-

cal condition, a must in order to be effective in Liberia.

Equipping Leaders International is another charity begun by a pastor from St. Augustine, Florida

who has taught at African Bible College University in Yekepa, Liberia. Chuck McArthur has

been travelling back and forth from Liberia equipping leaders for the past 30 years. He has a

passion for raising up strong Christian leaders. With the Ebola outbreak, he has been pro-

moting Ebola awareness and providing rice to those who are starving. Chuck uses his net-

work of trustworthy pastors to help the poor in Liberia.

You can read more by visiting the Equipping Leaders International website:

http://www.equippingleadersinternational.org/tag/chuck-mcarthur/

African Bible College Student—

a future Christian leader in Liberia

Christian Aid Ministries (CAM)

Equipping Leaders International

Women’s Bucket Brigade for Liberia

The Women’s Bucket Brigade for Liberia is a hygiene and edu-

cation program which uses trustworthy pastors to distrib-

ute buckets, soap, and bleach to those who cannot afford

these cleaning products. A $1.50 bucket in North America

before the Ebola epidemic cost $5.00 USD in Liberia. By

August 2014, the price rose to $10. A month later in Sep-

tember, an ordinary plastic bucket was selling for $15. Libe-

ria is the 2nd poorest country in the world. The unemploy-

ment before the Ebola epidemic was between 75-80%.

Now that schools and most government offices are shut

down, the unemployment rate has increased.

The average income before Ebola was only $450 a year!

For more information on how you can help, go to:

http://empowerwomenleaders.org/

"As Lazarus lay

there longing

for scraps from

the rich man's

table, the dogs

would come

and lick his

open sores."

-Luke 16:21

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CAM delivering 7 boxes of medicine to the Firestone Rubber Plan-

tation medical clinic located in Margibi County, near Kakata.

My name is Dian Wood. I am a missionary English professor at African Bible College

University who was to return to Liberia in August 2014, but Ebola changed all that. I

have prayed about what I am to do, and am convinced that God has called me to be

an advocate for Liberia by raising awareness among North American churches and

showing them how to help our Liberian neighbours. I am on a mission— or rather

a drive-a-thon of hope on behalf of Liberia. I want to visit churches and speak to

whoever will listen in Canada and the United States so that lives are saved and God

is glorified. I will have no peace or rest until I complete what God has commissioned

me to do. When Naomi said to Ruth, "the man will not rest, until he has finished the

thing" (Ruth 3:18)-- that describes how I am feeling. As soon as schools are re-

opened in Liberia, I will return, but in the meantime I hope you will join as the

body of Christ in helping Liberia.

God bless. ~Dian

African Bible College University (ABCU) is located in a remote part of Liberia just one mile from the

Guinea border. Its students come from all over Liberia, and even other countries such as Guinea and

Côte d'Ivoire. However because the university is closed (as are all schools in Liberia due to

Ebola) the university does not have incoming funds from student tuition to operate the radio

station since fuel is needed to operate the generator (there is no electricity). The radio sta-

tion is key for two reasons during this epidemic: it can provide information about Ebola and

it is a source of Christian evangelism to the lost— whether in Muslim Guinea or the secret

societies of Liberia. To read more about ABCU’s radio station please go to:

http://www.africanbiblecolleges.net/ebola-update/

Seeds for Liberia

Most of Liberia’s food is imported. President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf told Liberians that they

needed to plant their farms because of the closed borders due to Ebola. Seeds for Liberia aims

to provide vegetable seeds for those in need. For example, vegetables are needed for or-

phanages, the poor in remote villages, and everywhere. Seeds will provide a hand up instead

of a hand out. Just a packet of seeds will grow a lot of food. Seeds can be purchased from

Guinea and transported through one small border crossing still open. The types of seeds

include: beans, pepper, corn, onion, cucumber, melon, Benny seed, cabbage, collard greens,

okra, pumpkin, Irish potato, tomato, sweet pepper, carrot, lettuce, rice, groundnut.

Seeds can also mean seeds of hope. Medicines needed in mobile clinics serving remote vil-

lages are many. Seeds for Liberia also provides medicine. You can view needed drugs at:

http://ebola2014liberia.wordpress.com/2014/09/28/medicines-needed-in-liberia/

To make a donation to Seeds for Liberia, please contact:

Dian at saublebeach@hotmail.com or Laurel at l.rynd@ca.rr.com

Seeds for Liberia can also be spiritual seeds. The Genesis story of Joseph and his brothers

comes to mind. Even though Joseph’s brothers sold Joseph into slavery out of jealousy, God

used the evil done to him and changed it into good. Seeds will be distributed along with the

Gospel.

African Bible College University RADIO STATION, Yekepa

Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding. In all

your ways acknowledge Him, and he will make your paths straight. Those who trust in

the LORD will lack no good thing." -Proverbs 3:5-6; 34:10

Help LIBERIA

SEEDS FOR LIBERIA

Professor Dian Wood African Bible College University

Yekepa, Liberia

Email: saublebeach@hotmail.com

Blog:: Ebola2014Liberia.wordpress.com

U.S. cell: 517.295.9697

Canadian phone #:

519.422.1881

In all things I have shown you

that by working hard in this

way we must help the weak

and remember the words of

the Lord Jesus, how he himself

said, ‘It is more blessed to give

than to receive.’” -Acts 20:35

Bear one another's burdens,

and so fulfill the law of Christ.

-Galatians 6:2

Today, through North American Christians helping both Christian and non-believing Liberi-

ans, God’s goodness and love can be demonstrated through his church— the body of Christ.

Please prayerfully consider which area or areas God would like you to help in Liberia.

There is no time to waste.