This is a video I put together with pictures I found on the internet plus my pictures and videos from my recent trip to Liberia.
This is a video I put together with pictures I found on the internet plus my pictures and videos from my recent trip to Liberia.
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Tagged as illinois great rivers conference, liberia, mission, United Methodist Church, video
5K
36:00 (Race for the Cure, Jun. '12)
35:15 (Firecracker Run, Jul. '12)
33:47 (Crimestoppers, Aug. '12)
31:40 (Lagomarcino's, Oct. '12)
26:52 (CASI St. Patrick's Day, Mar. '13)
26:28 (Railroad Days, Jun. '13)*
*2nd place in age division
26:40 (Casa Guanajuato, Nov. '13)
30:30 (Modern Woodmen Knockout Hunger, Sep '14)**
**3rd place in age division
8K / 5 miles
49:40 (Gigi's Playhouse Superhero Run, Oct. '13)
47:42 (Palatine Turkey Trot, Nov. '13)
7 miles
DNF (Bix 7, July '14)***
*** injured in third mile
10 Mile
1:38:30 (Soldier Field 10, May, '13)
Half Marathon
2:29:00 (Live Fit With Lupus, May '14)
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I LOVED the video, Robb! It was a blessing! Thank you for posting it. I “shared” it on my FB page so more people can see it & be blessed by it.
Thank you all for what you did and are doing for the Ganta Mission, including the hospital.
I was stationed in the town of Kpain 10 miles from Ganta from 1980-81 as a Peace Corps volunteer…and was successfully treated for kidney stones at the Ganta Hospital.
Went back to Liberia in 2009 with a group (Friends of Liberia) and we did service projects at the Ganta mission…met up with one of my former students, James Labala, a Methodist Deacon at Ganta..he and his wife Anna are now pursuing PhD’s in theology in DC . I visited them both in DC earlier this year, they are doing very well.
I was very impressed with the Eye Clinic at Ganta. They successfully treated my former boss (high school principal of Kpain) for an eye condition requiring surgery about a year ago.
Again, my deep thanks for all the Methodists are doing in Liberia.
Thanks for the comments Janice. Ganta was a remarkable place. While we were there they were in the process of putting together a dental clinic. If I remember correctly, there were only 6 dentists in the entire country. There was a dentist there that was training some people to do basic dental work for people. The hospital has improved a great deal over the last few years, but the new hospital is quite an undertaking. It is going to cost a couple more million dollars to finish it.
Right now they are going through some difficult times. I just blogged about it here https://fatpastor.wordpress.com/2011/11/29/prayers-for-liberia/