Please continue to pray for us. As the Lord opens doors, the adversary tries to close them through diverse machinations. The creation of the one-thousand-voice choir and three-hundred-plus intercessors team to promote reconciliation, forgiveness, etc through singing, praying, etc are initiatives that the Lord laid on our hearts to help redirect the country spiritually, politically, etc. Our folks are slowed to pick up - they can be more individualistic than collective. It's hurting the church and purpose of the nation. That's why we wanted to bring a cross-church-group team that could have gotten re-oriented and energized for such initiatives. Time is of an essence. Christian Liberia believes God has a special mission for the nation. They believe that the church is supposed to birth that mission. In fact, many believe the timing is coming when the next leader of the nation could come directly from - the support of - the church. It's a cry, yearning, etc - that Liberia will return to its roots. That's why a group of young ministers solicited thousands of signatures last year to lay groundwork for a petition to revert the Christian nation phrase into the national Constitution. We also did one for homosexuality not to be legalized in the country. Those two efforts have scared a lot of people. But aah! Libeeerians! They, or we need prayer. In 2014, we hope we can expose church leaders to effective potential of prayer that your initiatives present. Please continue to pray for us - and groups like the council of churches that has a lot of sway on the country but is threatened by a lack of spirituality, etc. This is my desire!
 
God Bless,
Brother Brown An Encouraging story from Liberia
 
That's what they called him: Milton Blahyi, a satanic high priest, cannibal, warlord and mass murderer in the Liberian civil war. He admitted to being personally responsible for the death of more than 20,000 civilians. He and his men fought naked to obtain "spiritual protection," which earned him the nickname of "General Butt Naked." Dedicated to satanic worship from his early childhood, he sacrificed humans on a regular basis as the high priest of his Krahn tribe. One day - with the blood of a child who had just been sacrificed on his hands - Jesus Christ appeared to him saying, "My son, why do you live as a slave?" And he called him to repent.
 
After a series of miraculous circumstances Milton Blahyi bowed his knees before Jesus Christ, who, out of the indescribable depth of his mercy and grace, saved the satanic warlord. Joshua - as he called himself after his conversion - later turned himself in to the Liberian war commission and confessed his crimes. Due to the special Liberian situation and his obviously changed life and positive influence on society, he was not convicted.
For more than 10 years he has now been working as a pastor and evangelist ministering especially to former child soldiers and seeking to establish reconciliation with his former victims and their families.
 
Joshua's heart is to reach his fellow Africans who are still living in darkness as he once did - including the numerous people who are still sacrificing human beings and practicing cannibalism. After hearing about G.O.D., Joshua was extremely excited about the opportunity to reach the whole of Liberia with the gospel. He is now working as one of our local G.O.D. coordinators and preparing the mobilization of churches all over the nation for a joint gospel outreach. We will be supporting that outreach by printing one million gospel tracts and providing training material for Liberian Christians.
 
We are very excited about what the Lord is doing in Liberia! The war-torn country still has so many open wounds and bleeding hearts - the message of the true Healer is urgently needed. Joshua's story reveals how God's incomprehensible love can reach even into the deepest darkness.