Fredna and I were able to travel with DeVane & Mary McGee to the interior of Liberia. Destination – Pleebo, which is over 740km from Monrovia. We went to carry supplies for the re-building project of the Pleebo Bible Institute.
This Bible school was founded in 1953 by missionary James King for the purpose of training pastors and became a base from which the gospel was spread from southeastern Liberia to other parts of the country. This school, later named the Pentecostal Theological Institute, was the first Pentecostal Bible training institution in Liberia. These buildings, several damaged during the war, remain the only facilities for pastoral training of the Assemblies of God for Maryland, River Gee, and Grand Kru counties. PTI has continued to operate in spite of the near devastation of all buildings. Before reconstruction began in April of this year, students studied in a looted classroom building. There is no electricity, no running water, and no computers.
The students enrolled in this institute truly had, and still have a desire and a calling in their lives in order to endure these harsh conditions! Below are “before & after” pictures of the work in progress today.
Staff housing
Married couple’s dorm
Men’s dorm
School chapel
The years of war in Liberia destroyed so much - not only physical property, but, more importantly, people! Over 250,000 people lost their lives, and upwards of one million people were displaced to other countries to become refugees. Families were separated, children became orphans or child soldiers! There is much to recover in Liberia, and only the grace of God will bring total recovery to the hearts and lives of this nation.
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. – John 3:16 (KJV)
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