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Worked so hard all day to dig 100 meter ditch for internet cable. Plan: Finish tomorrow. Very impressive Team!! - Posted by Karen Roeming
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Shopping at the market with all these pomoy (sickly white folk) wears out our sweet sister/caretaker, Fudia.  Going on a visit to the home of a Child Rescue Centre student with JJ, Sponsor A Child coordinator. Scenes from around the Bo campus. Worshiping at Leader United Methodist Church on Sunday. Today was quite a fun-filled day at the Child Rescue Center! Melody and Rob had a morning meeting with Catherine Norman, the UMC Health Care Coordinator for Sierra Leone. Rob, Leo, and Katie assisted with the special interest classes with the children at the CRC. Leo helped children make paper airplanes in Arts and Crafts, Pastor Scott read books with the children in Library, and Pastor Katie played with children riding bikes. We rested in the afternoon, and then we played volleyball, hot potato, and soccer with the children, which was a blast! The games were filled with laughter, fun, and team-building. We even played a volleyball game with about 8 children and Katie vs. JB, the IT man, and much to our dismay, JB won! Fudia and Rosaline have been cooking delicious meals for us, and we are so grateful for them! - Katie Lewis, Associate Pastor, First United Methodist Church of Colleyville Today was our Team’s first full day in Bo, and it was extremely busy, and more importantly extremely successful. The Team sat in for morning prayers with both the Mercy Hospital Team, as well as the Child Rescue Center Team. Bishop Yambasu arrived shortly thereafter and greeted the Team, then began an epic / marathon meeting with Rob and Melody that lasted until almost 7:00 PM. Rev Katie, Rev Scott and Leo toured the entire facility, with particular interest in the new surgical wing. We also had the opportunity to go into downtown Bo and visit the local market. The entire team had the opportunity to dine with Bishop Yambasu, then held our team devotional and headed off to grab some well deserved sleep... - Leo Fox, Helping Children Worldwide Board Member Our team drove from Freetown to Bo today, and we arrived safely in the city! We toured the Missionary Training Center (MTC) and visited with the Government Hospital in Bo, which is the second largest hospital in the country. We were privileged to meet Dr. Taylor, and we learned how the hospital operates and the needs of the Bo community. We even got to see a newborn baby be delivered to her parents, and we saw her big sister walk over to her to give her a kiss! It was a beautiful moment.
We met with the Mercy Hospital senior staff over dinner, and it was so great to meet them and hear their stories! We learned about the work they are doing and vision for the future of Mercy Hospital. We were inspired by the staff's deep passion for serving people and saving lives in Bo! - Katie Lewis, Associate Pastor, First United Methodist Church of Colleyville  By Pastor Jason Duley, Galilee United Methodist Church (reposted from Facebook)
“Every time I think about how we started the Child Rescue Center, I almost break into tears,” Bishop John Yambasu told me at dinner in Freetown last night. The orphans and abandoned children that he and the UMC rescued after a civil war looked a lot like the children fishing last night in the ocean across the street from our restaurant table. The thought brought tears to my eyes, too. The work in Africa is moving like that. Have you ever spent a week with a lump in your throat? I have been struggling to hold back tears as I’ve met the children in the community, the church, the CRC and Mercy Hospital. “This work is really a miracle,” Bishop Yambasu said as he told the story of the CRC and his personal call from God to help. I feel that call as well. What a blessing to take part in everyday miracles! As I realize that we are rescuing kids just like these, saving lives and souls—when I am close enough look them in the eye—it touches my heart. Many children remain on the streets of Bo. Saturday evening prayers concluded with an eight year old boy singing in a strong but humble voice: “Lord bless the children on the streets, O God, that’s not where they should sleep.” He has recently been a street child, but is now safe with us. I invite you to pray, just one prayer today, for the children of Sierra Leone. My heart is with you in it. — in Freetown, Sierra Leone. |
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