WE ARE CELEBRATING WITH OUR 6 GRADUATES!  YOU HAVE  SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED GRADE 12 AT THE PHILLIPS PREPARATORY SCHOOL.  WE ARE SO PROUD OF YOU!!!

         ” Graduating Class” Group Photo                        Francis, Ruben, Pastor Malcom and Emmanuel 

 

Francis Darlieh, Ruben Gea, Obediah Zeon, Emmanuel Bougar, Dominic Roberts and Lougon Wonbiah we are all celebrating this JOYFUL OCCASION with you!  We will trust God to open up doors of opportunity for you.  I know you would all like to go further in your schooling.

                         

                    Francis Darlieh + Peter Flomo                                                Luogon Wonbiah

           

               Dominic Roberts with guests who came      Pastor Malcolm presenting Luogon with a gift

       

                   Obediah Zeon and  Emmanuel Bougar are proudly holding their diplomas!                

These boys all have a dream to go on to college or university.  This will only happen as funding is provided.    Emmanuel Bougar has just started a   6 months training school at Youth With A Mission.   Ruben is starting a small business selling clothing and shoes to the remote areas of Sinoe County.   Francis will be selling red oil and vegetables which he will bring in from the interior to sell in the city.  His dream is to study Biology at the University of Liberia.  “Francis you got the highest mark in English, on your WAEC!!  Way to go!! “  Each one is coming forward with a small business plan and that is how they will provide for their own daily needs.  We are calling this the transitional stage, where they will learn to support themselves.   We say a BIG THANK YOU to our sponsors who provided the funds for the boys to finish highschool.   Ruben Gea says thank you to Allyson Linklater from Winnipeg, MB.  Emmanuel Bougar says thank you to Elaine Caudle from Highland Village, Texas and Kris Riley from Vernon, BC.   Obediah Zeon says thank you to Jackson and Diana Wisdom from Friendswood, Texas.  Luogon Wonbiah says thank you to Dalen and Sarena Wiebe from Terrace, BC.  Francis Darlieh says thank you to Terry and Julianna Johnston from Kleefeld, MB.  Dominic Roberts says thank you to Jerry Aiken from Bellevue, Washington.   Without you these boys would not have accomplished this!  We applaud you!!

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              

                                                                                                                                                    

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  

      

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MY FATHER’S HOUSE is always buzzing with activities!  We keep our boys very busy.  Everyone is expected to do their very best in school.  We monitor their grades closely and provide tutoring where necessary. Presently we have 38 highschool students and 20 college students.  We have two group homes and several neighbouring apartments and rooms.  Without a doubt these young people will help to build this nation!

                                                                                                             

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Richard, Emmanuel and Dominic in Gr. 12.            Highschool students taking a break after school.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Jeremiah Gaye (white shirt)  stands with his teacher who honors him for his outstanding grades.  

 Joseph Sackie ( yellow shirt) gets awarded for Home Medical Care.  He assists our boys to the medical clinics. 

 Joseph is in Gr. 12 and his dream is to be a pharmacist.  To-day, with funding, this is a possible dream!

       Winners of the Soccer Tournament                         Saturday is Wash Day for Paul Barchue

  17 of our students were baptized this January        Pastor Paul hands certificate to Jason Suku

You are making NATION BUILDERS by your support and communication with these young men!

If anyone would like to sponsor one of these CHAMPIONS we would be most delighted.

We have several students who have no sponsors for school this September.

300 Dollars will sponsor a Highschool student for the entire year, this includes all materials.

200 Dollars will sponsor a Grade School student for the entire year, this includes all materials.

You can donate NOW by credit card if you wish by phoning… 250-454-9456 Or fill out our DONATIONS PAGE and send it with your cheque or money order.

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One of the MOST JOYFUL  moments in this work, is seeing families reunited!  During the 14 years of civil wars many Liberians were separated from their families.  They often  had no clue if their family members were still alive.  Today more and more families are finding each other!

Thousands witnessed the brutal death of their loved ones as rockets and gunfire exploded all around them.  In terror they fled in all directions, often losing the whereabouts of each other in the frenzy.    Many  left on foot to neighbouring countries, like Guinea, Ivory Coast or Ghana.  Others escaped by boat.   To this very day so many are trying to locate their family members, even “within” Liberia.  Whenever possible Provision of Hope will try to help.   We also help refugees resettle back home.

This past January one of our sons, SUMO GIBSON, was reunited with his mother!   For years Sumo would search for his mother, always hoping, but never finding her.  There was an ache in his heart that would never go away.  It seemed like he knew, she was still alive somewhere, the question was where?    I will never forget the look on Sumo’s face when he came back from his search accompanied by his mother!  What a day!

Mamie, Sumo’s mother was overjoyed to see us, and could not stop thanking Provision of Hope,  for taking care of her children.  Mamie, grows vegetables on a small piece of land in the interior.  We gave her 200 dollars to boost her small business.

Decontee, ( Sumo’s sister) Mother Mamie and Sumo Gibson are so happy they all survived the war.  Today they are safely together!

 Decontee was raised by a widow woman named Ma Martha.  When her father was killed in the war, her mother became very ill and was not able to take care of her family.  Ma Martha had so very little herself, but she shared the little she had.  One day Provision of Hope came with Sumo to see the condition of his sister.  It was so poor!  They lived in a run down hovel.  There was little food and no mattresses.  Many nights they would go to bed cold and hungry.  For years Decontee was not in school, for lack of funds.  I will never forget the day, we were able to tell Decontee that she could go to school with her friends.  Sumo said she didn’t sleep all night!  At that time we helped Ma Martha move to a new community where they had a better quality of life.   In addition to food and clothes, we gave her money to boost her little coal business.  Today she sells small food items at a little stand in front of her home.

Decontee is in highschool now, doing very well in all her subjects.  She is also a great soccer player!  Her dream is to  become a nurse.  She has no sponsor, so if anyone would like to sponsor a very precious young girl, please get in touch with us. 

 

       MA MARTHA, DECONTEE AND HER MOTHER MAMIE

We have 13 of our boys at My Father’s House who would like to see their families too.     They have been begging to do this now for months.  For many they have  just located their families, after years of separation. Some have both parents who were killed in the war, but others do have mothers or grandmothers, aunts or uncles, they know about,  who survived the war.  The boys who are asking to see their relatives are:  Jackson Gbour, Patrick Goh,  Randall Doegmah, Uriah Marcus, Francis Darlieh, Michael Gbahn, Dominic Roberts, Timothy Nurson, Reuben Gea, Lougon Wonbiah, Joseph Sackie, and James Kollie.
 

I have felt very strongly that it would be good to let these boys go for a visit to their families, now during  their school break.  In order to do this we will need funding.  For each of the boys it will cost  50 – 75 dollars to visit, depending which county they will travel to.

If you can help with this, please email me, Karen Barkman at provisionofhope@yahoo.ca  We also take credit cards by phone.  You can call  to Provision of Hope 250-454-9456

We give tax receipts both in the US and Canada. 

Any contribution towards this would be most appreciated.

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Exodus Smith receives  THE CARPENTRY AWARD  at My Father’s House Award Night.     

Exodus lives in Apt. 2 with Joshua Keamue, Moses Taweh and Saye Gea.  He is in Grade 11 at the Calvary Baptist School.                                                                                                                                                                                                             Whenever anything needs fixing we call on Exodus and his team of Carpenters.  Ruben Gea and Paul Barchue are also skilled at carpentry.    They have made benches, shelves, desks and other furniture items.  We are very proud of their workmanship! 

                

              

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                                                                                                                                       Exodus (on left) is happy to receive the award from Prince Borlay(on rt).

                                                                                                                                      

      

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                                                                                                                                  Paul Barchue and Exodus Smith repair our broken chairs.

 

                    

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                                                                                                                                             Paul takes the measurements to repair a bed for one of our widows.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                                                                

 Paul and Ruben sit on the new benches they made.

We always encourage  our students to do work projects and use their skills and talents.   We like to reward them for their accomplishments.

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MY FATHER’S HOUSE boys were as welcoming as always when we arrived back home in Liberia on January 20th.  They had signs posted everywhere and greeted us with their usual welcoming songs.  “ Mama we Love you!!” Yes, I am very blessed!!

What an incredible privilege to be RAISING  UP LEADERS who will take a bold stand for Jesus Christ.  Four of our young men were water baptized on January 3rd.  These were Luogon Wonbiah, Konneh Taweh, Paul Barchue and Lasana Joseph.  Each one has an amazing testimony!

Right now we have  a total of 66 youth in our program.  38 are in highschool.  28 are in college, university, trade school or working at a small business.  Most of our youth are boys, but we do have a few girls who live out in rented rooms. These are sisters to our boys.  37 of our boys live at My Father’s House, the Discipleship Training Center, and our nearby apartments.  These places are all in the same neighbourhood, all very close together.  Our cooks are kept busy feeding so many students.

The others live out in rented rooms, or at Cuttington University in Bong County.  They come home on breaks. I want to say a big thank you to all our sponsors who make this possible.  You are the people who are generously giving and “including” them in your families.  Really that is what counts the most!

YOUTH WITH A MISSION spent 3 months leading a Discipleship Training School with over 40 of our young people.  What a life changing experience for some of them!

The  first topic was THE FATHER HEART OF GOD. How appropriate for our boys who have no fathers. Most fathers were killed in the war.  Other topics were…

• Stewardship and Servant Hood
• Integrity
• Violence and Drug Abuse
• Spiritual Warfare
• Worldview and Faith
• The Holy Spirit and Spiritual Gifts
• Relationships and Team Dynamics
• Quiet Time and Spiritual Growth
• Evangelism and Personal Soul Winning
• Cross Cultural Issues and HIV/AIDS

STUDENTS PROUDLY HOLD UP THEIR CERTIFICATES

Provison of Hope became partners with YWAM in January 2009.  Jamel and Yeayea are outstanding people who pour into the youth of Liberia.   After the training sessions, our boys went out into the community to share their faith with others.  Ruben Gea came back saying, “ I didn’t know it was so easy to lead people to Jesus!!”  Today he is one of the team leaders in evangelism and they go out on a regular basis inviting the lost to find “Life in Christ”   For this primary reason we are called to RAISE UP
DISCIPLES.

Jesus is THE WAY, THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE!

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MY FATHER’S HOUSE is buzzing with new activities! 

  

Provision of Hope Team Liberia welcomes  Malcolm Harris as our new Youth Director!!   He is the overseer of more than 50 young students who are in our care.  PLEASE REMEMBER TO PRAY FOR HIM. Malcolm comes trained in missions and evangelism, having graduated from the Maranatha School of Ministry in Ghana.   He has a heart after God and moves led of the Spirit.  He leads by example, and has a  vision to see our boys become strong Followers of Jesus Christ.   Provision of Hope is investing in highschool and university  students who are being trained as LEADERS OF INTEGRITY.   Our values and goals include: 

1. To be a Devoted Follower of  Jesus Christ

2.  To have a Healthy Self  Identity

3.  To achieve a Good Education

4.  To participate in Work Projects and Contribute to Others

These young leaders are being raised up to fight in the battle for MERCY + JUSTICE.  Each one has a story of a very DIFFICULT JOURNEY, making it through 14 years of civil war.  These are the leaders who will help rebuild this war torn nation and see a NEW LIBERIA!!

TWENTY NEW STUDENTS have arrived in August and every room is filled in both My Father’s House, The Discipleship Training Center and the nearby apartments that we rent for students.  We have had to add to our food supply because of the number of students we are feeding.  Jason Nightingale, of Wordsower International is our partner in this work, and provides the funding each month for food!   We are still needing funding for school fees next semester.  Christmas is coming, at which time we try to give each student 50.00 for new clothes.  They all desperately need clothes and shoes!   If you know of anyone who would donate for this, could you please contact me  karen@provisionofhope.com  or                 phone 250-454-9456  See below for donation instructions.

Some of our Calvary Baptist Students in new uniforms, school shoes and book bags.  They are very happy to be in highschool again!   They all have a dream.   I pray they will have the means to accomplish all that they have envisioned.   Could you consider sponsoring a student?

 

 

 

Students are meeting in CELL GROUPS and being trained in EVANGELISM 

 

 

 

 

Some of our   PHILIP PREPARATORY students in their new uniforms, shoes and book bags.   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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