Stanley Yeahwon makes it home!

Finally after months of planning and waiting on the United Nations, Stanley made it home to Monrovia Liberia!

When he was 10 his parents were shot and killed during the civil war. The UN moved him to a temporary refugee camp near Accra, Ghana. That is where I met him. Now over 10 years later, he is home!

I have known Stanley for almost 3 years I guess, talking several times a week. It has been such a hard time for him in a camp with no clean water, no bathrooms, no real house to sleep in, just a shack. In a refugee camp there are no jobs, no career path, no education....so it has been very hard surviving. Along the way he had malaria twice I think. A man who came from Accra to stay with them stole a flash drive from someone in the camp. Because Stanley was with him, he was jailed for the offense and kept in HORRIBLE conditions until restitution was made.

We talk a lot about the Lord and he has shown me what it means to completely trust HIM for everything. Give us this day our daily bread is a reality to him!

I also see how we are the same. His temptation is to trust in himself to find a way to survive in the same way I trust in myself to make more or have more. I thought that was interesting.

Right now he is not in a good part of the city of Monrovia. He is in the Red Light district. Here is a video of a ride through the district I found on YouTube. Just a good visual of what he is now facing with no place to sleep and no money in a new country.



So our goal is to get him around some Christians, find a job and a room to live in. (A room is $25 a month, only catch is you have to pay a year up front...It's a sellers market right now with the flood of refugees)

Did you know rubber is one of Liberia's largest export? Firestone has a big plant there in Monrovia.

I'll keep you updated on the progress....

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Here's Stanley's story he wrote for me a few years back.

Stanley Yeahwon is my name, I am a Liberian born in the north west of Africa coast. descended into a civil war that spanned over a decade and drove hundreds of thousands of refugee to neighboring countries.

One afternoon why my parent and I was home, rebel broke into our homes and suspected my parents of being employed by the ruling government at the start of the war. Both my parents were forced into a truck at gun point as I watched.When the truck disappeared from sight over a nearby hill, I heard two gunshots ring out.That was how I came running out of the house and left for a refugee camp in shortly afterwards. Since then I have not heard about the wherabouts of my brothers and sister.

Unfortunately, life on the camp isn’t mush better.

Original having been designed for a population of 5000, it currently houses approximately 60,000 people. Presently on the camp, there is no help been giving to refugee here and that has place most refugee in such a position were in a dark cloud has been place over their future.

Educations
Due to the above mention, I am kindly asking for help so that I can be able to cater to my education and also be able to help my dear country.

Because in time like these my country (Liberia) needs educated people who will pledge their service in helping our country stands on it own cause as you all may know, education place a vital road in one life and it is also the key to success…………………

With the above mention, I am kindly asking that the almighty God will speak to the hart of a loving person so that I can be bless.

Pursuit of Wisdom Brings Security

Proverbs 2:1-10

Still want wisdom? Here's what you must do:

Prov 2:1 My son, if you will receive my words And treasure my commandments within you,
Prov 2:2 Make your ear attentive to wisdom, Incline your heart to understanding;
Prov 2:3 For if you cry for discernment, Lift your voice for understanding;
Prov 2:4 If you seek her as silver And search for her as for hidden treasures;
Prov 2:5 Then you will discern the fear of the LORD And discover the knowledge of God.

If you do that, then God will do this:

Prov 2:6 For the LORD gives wisdom; From His mouth {come} knowledge and understanding.
Prov 2:7 He stores up sound wisdom for the upright; {He is} a shield to those who walk in integrity,
Prov 2:8 Guarding the paths of justice, And He preserves the way of His godly ones.

The result of your seeking and His giving:

Prov 2:9 Then you will discern righteousness and justice And equity {and} every good course.
Prov 2:10 For wisdom will enter your heart And knowledge will be pleasant to your soul;

Please Listen!

Oh, this is one of the better messages I have heard in a while. Such a good passage!

It just sums up the Christian life. PLEASE RIGHT CLICK HERE TO SAVE THE FILE.

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Hope you are doing well. Stay in God's Word and live for Christ in uprightness of heart before the Lord.

Proverbs 1:20-33 (Wisdom)

Prov 1:20 ¶ Wisdom shouts in the street, She lifts her voice in the square;
Prov 1:21 At the head of the noisy {streets} she cries out; At the entrance of the gates in the city she utters her sayings:
Prov 1:22 "How long, O naive ones, will you love being simple-minded? And scoffers delight themselves in scoffing And fools hate knowledge?
Prov 1:23 "Turn to my reproof, Behold, I will pour out my spirit on you; I will make my words known to you.
Prov 1:24 "Because I called and you refused, I stretched out my hand and no one paid attention;
Prov 1:25 And you neglected all my counsel And did not want my reproof;
Prov 1:26 I will also laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your dread comes,
Prov 1:27 When your dread comes like a storm And your calamity comes like a whirlwind, When distress and anguish come upon you.
Prov 1:28 "Then they will call on me, but I will not answer; They will seek me diligently but they will not find me,
Prov 1:29 Because they hated knowledge And did not choose the fear of the LORD.
Prov 1:30 "They would not accept my counsel, They spurned all my reproof.
Prov 1:31 "So they shall eat of the fruit of their own way And be satiated with their own devices.
Prov 1:32 "For the waywardness of the naive will kill them, And the complacency of fools will destroy them.
Prov 1:33 "But he who listens to me shall live securely And will be at ease from the dread of evil."

Bringing it all together

Well I am at that point in my life where everything is starting to blend together. I mean it was before, but I still had separate compartments for everything. Faith, work, home, desires, goals.... Now it is slowly all coming under the leadership of the Lord. He took me through some things, and showed me myself. He showed me others. He has shown me what I deserve and what I don't deserve. Now as He leads me it is now all coming back together as one. It's all about my heart and motivation for every thing I do. I am very excited to spend time in proverbs. Tonight I stop at Prov. 1:7

The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge; Fools despise wisdom and instruction.

I don't need to teach you anything. Just read it. If you don't fear the LORD it's because you don't fully understand who He is. Even though you love Him and He may love you. There is PLENTY to fear! A mighty and powerful God who is wonderful, eternal, and HOLY.

Next if you have no desire to learn and grow, you are a fool. Just like when I get prideful, I despise anyone trying to teach me anything. What a stupid thing for me to do. Let's learn and grow each day.

Have you even known when someone is praying for you? Like right now. I don't know for sure, but 95% odds my dear friend is praying for me. He never tells me when he is praying for me, but I can always tell. He is a faithful man of God and I KNOW God hears his prayers. Another friend of mine far away is also praying for me as I am praying for him. May God hear OUR prayers and strengthen us where we are weak.

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